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Check my CVCarers UK has an exciting new opportunity for an enthusiastic individual who has experience in a customer relationship or business development role. Do you want to make a difference to those who are balancing work and unpaid care and their employers? Do you want to join a passionate and devoted team in Wales? Then we want to hear from you.
- Salary: £25,276 rising to £28,972
- Location: Cardiff, CF15 (currently remote working)
- Job type: Fixed (March 2023)
- Closing date: 17 May 2021, 12.00 pm
- Interview date: 24 May 2021
About the role
This is a brand new role focused on growing and developing the business within the Wales Hub of Employers for Carers. You will be working alongside the EfC Wales Manager to secure new business and support existing customer relationships with EfC members. You will administer membership systems and support membership engagement including organising member events and raising awareness of our work through networking.
About you
You will be an organised self-starter, who is confident managing customer relationships, delivering presentations and training to raise awareness of our work. You will be proactive at seeking out business opportunities and contacts to help us grow the Hub membership.
About us
Carers UK is the leading national charity, supporting, advocating for and connecting unpaid carers across the UK.
Unpaid Carers are those providing support for family, friends, relatives or loved ones.
With over 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK and 6,000 individuals becoming a carer every day the need to support them is growing and urgent. Unpaid carers save the country an estimated £530 million each day and are vital to the friends and family members they support, as well as to the wider community.
COVID-19 has dramatically affected carers across the country. Our recent polling suggests that the figure for unpaid carers could now be as high as 13.6 million, with 4.5 million people starting to care overnight due to the impact on coronavirus on services and individuals.
Why we're here
Across Wales there are 370,000 carers who, unpaid support a loved one who is older, disabled or s... Read more
We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
You will join Mind at an exciting time, as we begin implementation of our 2021-2025 strategy. As Senior Social Media Officer, you will play a key role in achieving our vision.
Reporting to the Digital Content Manager, you will oversee planning and content production processes of our social media channels, and play a lead role in developing, testing, and reporting on innovative digital content.
You will work collaboratively with staff across Mind and external contacts, making sure that content planning is aligned with organisational planning and external events.
You will lead on Mind’s digital response to external activity, working closely with the Media team to develop appropriate responses and supporting the Digital Content Manager in crisis management.
Supporting the Digital Content Manager you will work with an external moderation supplier to manage Mind’s social media engagement, developing processes and on-going training and quality assurance. You must be an empathetic person who understands the impact of mental health problems and how this can affect the way people access our services through social media.
To be successful in this role, candidates will have demonstrable experience in a social media role, including planning and delivering digital content across a range of channels, with the ability to develop digital content for different audiences across online communications. You will also have experience of maintaining and protecting an organisation’s brand in a variety of formats.
Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, in particular Adobe Illustrator, is essential for this role.
Experience in Audio/Visual content production would be desirable, however is not essential.
Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please complete an application form addressing how you meet the criteria for the role referring to the job description and person specification attached.
Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.
Closing date: 25th April 2021
Permanent - 35 hours per week
We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
The Multimedia Officer is an exciting new role that sits within the Communications and Production team at Mind. The Communications and Production Team sits within the Communications and Marketing team, whose role is to lifts Mind’s brand, tells our story in a planned, and audience led way and delivers strategic, life changing communications.
The Multimedia Officer will support the organisation in being more creative and innovative when communicating with our audiences. You will help improve production, collection, storage and implementation of our core multimedia assets – including photos, stories, infographics, videos, design assets, animations, etc.
Your role as Multimedia Officer is to:
- Be Mind’s go to person for photography, ensuring the organisation’s photo needs are met and our image library is refreshed and up to date. The Multimedia Officer will coordinate photoshoots from developing the brief through to sourcing suppliers and case studies to uploading the images and consents to the library.
- Using video production skills and/or by outsourcing to preferred suppliers (when necessary), you’ll also be responsible for coordinating and producing video content, ensuring our films are engaging and audience/channel appropriate.
- You’ll provide specialist technical and production expertise in audio-visual content. You will act as an in-house audio-visual design resource and be responsible for creating and producing a range of on and offline visual content for a variety of channels.
With a track record in multimedia arts, multimedia production, graphic-visual communication design and a keen eye for aesthetics and designs, candidates will have excellent branding principles knowledge and application in communications work. Experience with developing a range of multi-media communications and tools, you will have strong photo and video editing skills, coupled with strong, up to date knowledge of digital design.You will have a high competence and /orexperience with the use of a broad range of software applications for multimedia editing and production, including Adobe Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier and After Affects.
Closing Date: 20th April 2021
Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.
This position will initially, in line with current government guidance be based from home, with an expectation of being home based for the next six months or until updated government guidelines are published. However, if / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.
Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria.
Full Time 35 Hours
The role of a Copywriting and Communications Officer is exciting, collaborative and creative. The Copywriting and Communications Officer sits within the Communications and Marketing Team whose purpose is to lift Mind’s brand; tell our story in a planned, and audience driven way and deliver strategic, life changing communications.
You’ll have an influence on how we develop our communications for print and digital as well as contribute to our tone of voice across a wide variety of channels.
You’ll support with writing and reviewing of content, liaising with teams, and writing high-quality copy to tight deadlines and for a variety of channels (including digital channels). You’ll work from briefs to conceive, develop and produce effective messaging utilising your strong conceptual and copy skills.
You’ll be responsible for editing content for various projects (either in response to briefs and/or as part of projects led by the Comms. And Marketing Team), in according to guidelines and tone of voice, helping shape messaging and storytelling.
Your role as a Copywriting and Communications Officer is to:
- Plan and deliver a wide range of top-notch communications. From developing well thought out integrated communications plans and audience focused messaging you’ll also oversee or deliver a range of communications.
- Provide copy-writing and copy-editing support to projects and campaigns across Mind, promoting a consistent tone of voice and style for Mind’s communications.
- Work collaboratively with teams, ensuring that all copy ideas generated use plain English, adhere to the organisation's editorial and language guidelines and are audience focused - tailoring messages as appropriate to each channel (printed and online, external and internal).
- Proof-read, edit and check spelling and grammar, amending/revising a variety of messages and communications materials, as well as copy for website (as and when needed).
This position will initially, in line with current government guidance be based from home, with an expectation of being home based for the next six months or until updated government guidelines are published. However, if / when government guidelines change the role may then revert to being office based, whilst retaining some flexible working options.
Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please complete an application form addressing how you meet the criteria for the role. Successful candidates will be notified a couple of days before the confirmed interview date of 26th April 2021. Subject to applications received, second interviews may be held the following week.
Mind reserve the right to close the vacancy to applications earlier, should we receive a high volume of strong candidates – therefore we encourage an early application.
Closing date: 23rd April 2021
Digital and Innovation Officer
We are looking for a Digital and Innovation Officer to support a new voluntary sector transformation programme.
The charity is the national membership organisation for the voluntary sector and volunteering in Wales. Their aim is to work towards a future where the voluntary sector and volunteering thrive across Wales, improving wellbeing for all.
Position: Digital and Innovation Officer
Location: Flexible Homebased, there are office hubs in Abergele, Aberystwyth and Cardiff and there will be a requirement to attend staff events as required
Salary: £28,224- £29,912 depending on experience
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 35 hours per week. A flexi time scheme is in operation and time off in lieu is permissible for any work required to be undertaken outside the normal hours.
Closing Date: 29th April 2021
About the role:
The pandemic has demonstrated the importance of voluntary organisations being able to learn and adapt quickly in the context of huge change and uncertainty. To make a bigger difference, organisations will need to develop skills and confidence around innovation and digital transformation. As Digital and Innovation Officer you play a key role in helping to develop tools and resources to support voluntary organisations in this.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Support a new voluntary sector transformation programme, co-ordinating with programme managers, internal colleagues, participants, stakeholders and funders.
- Support a series of emerging workstreams being developed with partners to enable the voluntary sector in Wales to make a bigger difference through innovation and digital opportunities.
- Develop tools and resources on the Third Sector Knowledge Hub
- Identify opportunities for developing further work in these areas
- Work with colleagues in the communications team to engage members and other stakeholders in this work and communicate the difference it makes.
- Transfer learning from the externally facing programmes to support internal development.
- Support monitoring, evaluation and reporting to funders
About you:
To be successful in the role of Digital and Innovation Officer you will need to be experienced in a similar digital or innovation role, you will also bring with you the following skills and experience:
- Strong empathy with an ability to work well within a team as well as with a diverse range of people externally.
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to communicate clearly across different types of communications.
- Project management skills, with the ability to plan, develop schedules and meet deadlines.
- Confidence in digital communication and engagement with a willingness to learn quickly and use different platforms to engage effectively with different audiences.
- Willingness to experiment and learn, drawing on evidence and feedback.
Although not essential, a knowledge of the voluntary sector would be highly beneficial for this role, as would Welsh language skills.
Other roles you may have had experience of could include: Innovation officer, Digital Officer, Digital Innovation, Digital Innovation Manager, Social Media and Digital officer, Digital and Technology Officer, Senior Digital Officer, Digital Transformation, Digital information Officer, Digital Development etc.
Location: Flexible within England & Wales
Department: News, Campaigns and Public Affairs
Contract Duration: 12 months
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.
The Campaigns and Public Affairs team drives the organisation’s influencing and public awareness campaigns, to deliver positive change for the people we support. We work across a number of different policy areas, for example welfare, debt and energy.
This is an exciting time to join the team, as we’ve just decided our new influencing priorities. Reporting to the Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager, this role will be responsible for developing and delivering influencing strategies for a specific policy area. You will build strong relationships internally and externally, work with local Citizens Advice to achieve policy change and contribute to team development.
This is clearly an extraordinary time and a difficult point at which to change jobs and we are committed to making this as easy as possible for candidates. We will arrange interviews by video-conference and ensure inductions can be done in a way that makes the successful candidate feel like a valued part of the organisation. If you'd like to have an informal chat about how your experience could meet the essential criteria, please get in touch.
We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements such as working from home, part-time working, fixed (non-standard) working hours and job-sharing.
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone who is highly motivated and has experience of planning, delivering and evaluating strategic policy or behaviour change campaigns.
You’ll have:
- strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships, and establish credibility, with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- excellent written and oral communications skills, using appropriate styles, methods and timing to maximise understanding and impact
- sound political judgement
- the ability to work under pressure, with with good organisation, prioritisation and time management skills
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.
We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to extend the closing date of the role.
Are you looking for a role where you can make a real difference?
If so, we could have the perfect opportunity for you.
We are looking for a Digital Marketing Officer to join our team at Tanio (formerly Valley and Vale Community Arts).
Working in a small team based in Bettws, you will be pivotal in our mission; to offer a range of community arts-based activities to help a diverse range of people develop new skills, confidence and self-esteem through creative self-expression.
At Tanio, we strive for all community members to have access to inspiring, aspirational and high-quality arts experiences in safe environments.
Could you join us and help us achieve our mission?
In return we offer the chance to work with a dedicated and passionate team, a competitive salary, flexible hours, and an attractive benefits package including a stakeholder pension scheme.
Salary: 22K (pro rata)
Hours: 0.8 (equivalent to 4 days per week)
The core skills we are looking for:
· Experience of Working in Marketing and Communication in a similar role
· Experience of working in an arts or charity sector role and/or in marketing with minimal budget
· Experience of writing press releases
· Knowledge of Social Media Platforms and how best to use them for a small arts charity
· Knowledge of analytics, data creating and evaluations
· Experience of social media platforms, building and engaging audiences
· Knowledge of copyright and data protection laws
· A high level of computer literacy
· Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
· Excellent visuals skills
· Experience of Adobe packages including Photoshop
Highly desirable (extra) skills:
· Degree or relevant qualification applicable to the skills required in this role i.e. Marketing/ Communications
· Knowledge of Social Media Platforms and how best to use them for a small arts charity
· Competency with video editing software
· Good presentation skills
· Fluency in the Welsh language both verbal and written and/or the desire to learn
To apply for this role please send a CV and covering letter by Friday at 5pm on 30th April 2021 explaining why you believe you are suitable for this role.
Good luck and we look forward to hearing from you.
Application guidance
- Please submit an up to date CV and a letter outlining why you are suitable for the role.
· In your covering letter when telling us about your main strengths in applying for this post, please address each point in the Person Specification from the job description in turn.
· Any statements that you feel are relevant to the post should be backed up with evidence and examples. Do not use general phrases such as “I have the necessary skills ...” or “I am confident I can do the job well”. We need to know how you meet the requirements based on the evidence you provide. If, for example, you tell us that you are a good project manager, tell us why and where you have used these skills before.
· You should include details of any current or previous jobs, outlining tasks, responsibilities, and achievements that would be relevant to this post.
· Experience gained outside paid employment may also be just as important. For example, you may have done voluntary work in the community, or have skills acquired through other interests.
· Concentrate on relevant information and experience, transferable skills from your home life, voluntary work, past and present employment.
· Sometimes it may feel like you are stating the obvious but remember that we can only assess the application on the information you give us.
· If at all possible, please ensure you provide a daytime telephone contact number on your CV or covering letter.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Youth Development Officer - Cardiff / Wrexham
Young Adults (18-25)
Salary: £20,190 to £25,367
Based: Cardiff/Wrexham (occasional home working)
Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week.
Temporary until 30th September 2021
We are seeking a Youth Development Officer for Young Adults in our Children and Young People’s Department to oversee the development and delivery of our opportunities for Young Adults.
Due to external funding available until 30th September 2021, we have this new and exciting role for someone who is dedicated to improving services for Young People aged 18-25. St John Ambulance Cymru runs two successful programmes for Children and Young People, Badgers (5-10) and Cadets (10-18). Young Adults are offered two award schemes – the Amalfi Challenge and The Duke of Edinburgh. The post holder will be given flexibility to influence policy and procedure and even create their own Young Adult provision should they wish. The role will support our current work and seek to provide new opportunities and promote good practice. The Youth Development Officer: Young Adults will be a point of contact, advice and support for the organisation’s Young Adults.
The post holder will be a confident creative problem solver who can bring lots of new ideas to our charity. You’ll be passionate and ready to hit the ground running. You’ll have experience of working with Young People and be able to bring knowledge and experience to our evolving team.
We can offer a great place to work, the scope to make a difference and competitive benefits. You will work with a number of departments and influence our practice and opportunities for Young Adults across the organisation.
St John Ambulance Cymru is Wales’ leading first aid charity. We believe that everyone who needs first aid should receive it. With 4,500 volunteers – many of those being 25 and under, our organisation is supported by commercial training, supplies and ambulance services, we are a complex and diverse group offering a really exciting challenge to the right person.
Closing date for applications is Monday 26th April 2021.
Interviews will be held Tuesday 4th- Friday 7th May 2021
Do you want to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of lesbian, gay, bi and trans people? You could be Stonewall Cymru’s Office Coordinator and Projects Officer.
For the last thirty years, Stonewall has been working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people. As a charity we rely on the generosity of private individuals, communities and organisations. Without it, none of what we do would be possible. Join us as our Office Coordinator and Projects Officer in Stonewall Cymru.
Reporting to the Head of Programmes you’ll focus on the effective running of the Stonewall Cymru office and you will be involved in all aspects of our work ranging from co-ordinate logistics for Stonewall Cymru projects to community events. As the Office Coordinator and Projects Officer you will be responsible for the development and management of Stonewall Cymru’s website, social media, and information channels. This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop your skillset and step up as an ally and role model.
Office Coordinator and Projects Officer
Cardiff
£28,940
At Stonewall we want you to feel involved in all aspects of our work and to have amazing opportunities during your time with us . Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. In line with Stonewall’s commitments to race equity and trans inclusion, we are particularly seeking applications from People of Colour/ BAME people and/or trans people. Stonewall has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.
Deadline for Applications: 28th April 2021, 9am
Hoffech chi wneud gwahaniaeth go iawn a pharhaol i fywydau pobl lesbiaidd, hoyw, deurywiol a thraws? Gallech chi fod yn Gydlynydd Swyddfa a Swyddog Prosiectau ar gyfer Stonewall Cymru.
Ers deng mlynedd ar hugain, mae Stonewall wedi bod yn gweithio er mwyn sicrhau cydraddoldeb i bobl lesbiaidd, hoyw, deurywiol a thraws. Fel elusen, rydyn ni’n dibynnu ar haelioni unigolion preifat, cymunedau a sefydliadau. Heb hynny, fyddai dim o'r hyn rydyn ni’n ei wneud yn bosib. Ymunwch â ni yn Stonewall Cymru fel Cydlynydd Swyddfa a Swyddog Prosiectau.
Gan adrodd i'r Pennaeth Rhaglenni, byddwch chi’n canolbwyntio ar redeg swyddfa Stonewall Cymru yn effeithiol a byddwch yn rhan o bob elfen o’n gwaith, yn amrywio o gydlynu gwaith ymarferol ar gyfer prosiectau Stonewall Cymru i ddigwyddiadau cymunedol. Fel y Cydlynydd Swyddfa a'r Swyddog Prosiectau, byddwch yn gyfrifol am ddatblygu a rheoli gwefan, cyfryngau cymdeithasol a sianeli gwybodaeth Stonewall Cymru. Mae'r swydd hon yn rhoi cyfle gwych i ddatblygu'ch set sgiliau ac i gamu i’r bwlch fel cynghreiriad a model rôl.
Cydlynydd Swyddfa a Swyddog Prosiectau
Caerdydd
£28,940
Yn Stonewall, rydyn ni eisiau i chi deimlo eich bod yn rhan o bob elfen o’n gwaith a chael cyfleoedd anhygoel yn ystod eich amser gyda ni. Rydyn ni'n croesawu pawb fel maen nhw, beth bynnag fo'u hoedran, eu hanabledd, eu hunaniaeth rhywedd, eu statws priodasol, eu hil, eu ffydd neu gred, eu cyfeiriadedd rhywiol, eu cefndir economaidd-gymdeithasol, ac a ydych chi'n feichiog neu ar absenoldeb teuluol. Yn unol ag ymrwymiadau Stonewall i degwch hil a chynhwysiant traws, rydyn ni’n chwilio'n benodol am geisiadau gan bobl BAME/Groenliw a/neu bobl draws. Mae gan Stonewall nifer o grwpiau rhwydwaith staff sy'n darparu cefnogaeth i gyfoedion a gofod diogel i staff sy'n arddel yr hunaniaethau yma a hunaniaethau eraill.
Dyddiad cau ar gyfer gwneud cais: 28 o Ebril 2021, 9am
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Are you passionate about housing in Wales? Do you want to join a vibrant and passionate team?
Due to growth in our services, we have an exciting opportunity to join TPAS Cymru and really make a difference in social housing in Wales.
For over 30 years, TPAS Cymru has done great work all across Wales in developing effective tenant engagement through training, support, practical projects and policy development. We love what we do, and we are proud of our work.
The pandemic has meant changes across Wales to how services are delivered and therefore how communities engage and support each other. Exciting new digital based solutions are emerging to deliver effective engagement and advice.
As an organisation, we are leading new ways of thinking and sharing best practice to help tenants, landlord and communities adapt.
The role we are looking to fill is:
Project Co-Ordinator
Based initially at home but once restrictions allow, based from our Cardiff office.
28 hours per week.
Contract Type: Initially 12m contract with expectation to make permanent.
Salary: £24,000 FTE = £19,200 pro-rata for 28hrs per week
We also have a very good holiday allowance and 5% pension contribution, and we do our best to accommodate flexibility in work practices.
Interested? Visit our website are www.tpas.cymru/blog/project-co-ordinator
Check out our social media and YouTube channel. Could you do better? We hope so.
No agencies please.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- To assist with the delivery of the Home Office EUSS grant funded project providing support to vulnerable people (as per the agreement for the identified groups) across Wales to apply for settled status complying with Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) requirements
The identified groups are:
- People with disabilities and/or serious health conditions (e.g. physical or mental impairments)
- Victims of domestic abuse
- Elderly
- Children in care
- Adults in care
- Young adults who have left care
- Individuals who may be vulnerable due to communication, language, literacy and social disadvantage issues that link to poor mental and physical health plus awareness and access to digital services.
Job title: Fundraising Manager
Responsible to: Director of Business Development
Salary: £30,000 - 33,000 per annum
Location: Penygraig, South Wales / Home Working
Hours: Full-time
As a family friendly organisation, we recognise that obligations outside work are important and that balancing work and family commitments can sometimes be a challenge. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities and we would be open to those interested in applying as a jobshare.
Annual leave entitlement: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Employer pension contributions of 3%
Introduction
Over the last 40 years we’ve built up an impressive track record of improving the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged in society through working closely with the local community. This is an exciting time to join us as we are undergoing a period of transition building a new senior management team.
We are looking for a dynamic, experienced, Fundraising Manager to build a diverse funding base and lead a new fundraising team securing our services into the future, for people in one of the most deprived areas of the UK.
Key Responsibilities
Working closely with the Business Development Director you will lead the small fundraising team. You will lead on statutory fundraising and large bids and you will line manage a team member who will focus on individual giving and digital fundraising and a consultant who will lead on trust and foundation fundraising.
Management & Leadership
• To lead, inspire and motivate fundraising staff and volunteers, providing them with clear direction and sound decision-making and enabling them to raise funds and contribute significantly to organisational development.
• Work with Business Development Director to review and implement fundraising strategy.
• Manage Digital & Marketing Officer post contributing to development of Communications Action Plan ensuring key targets are met
• Assist with developing and scrutinising project plans in collaboration with Project Teams, to ensure they are accurate, deliverable and will achieve their objectives.
• Lead and directly manage a portfolio of key relationships.
Income generation
• Research potential grant making organisations and analyse their suitability to feed into the grant prospect pipeline to achieve identified targets
• Research and develop diverse income generation initiatives including a local Lottery, digital fundraising, individual giving, legacy & in memoriam gifts, major donors.
• Prepare and submit high quality funding applications and reports to grant making organisations.
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Scrutinise project budgets and financial information for applications and for grant reports.
• Support the account management of successful applications, liaising with the programme project manager and finance team and ensuring that funding and reporting criteria are fully met and specific challenges in relation to programme objectives transparently communicated.
• Develop and initiate innovative fundraising ideas
Monitoring & Evaluation
• Maintain and develop the database of contacts: individual donors, corporates, grant making bodies ensuring the General Data Protection Regulations (2018) are adhered to across all income generation activities and that all data collection is in accordance with these regulations.
• Review grant agreements
• Ensure all incoming grants are processed in line with internal procedures and best practice guidelines.
• Ensure prompt and appropriate acknowledgement of all grant income, ensuring all information relating to each grant is accurate, up to date and well organised.
• Maintain a timetable of deadlines to ensure grant making organisations receive reports and other correspondence as required.
• Ensure that all donor communications are handled appropriately, promptly and courteously and that complaints and criticisms are logged, investigated and resolved
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Ensure collection of key data and evidence to enhance Valleys Kids case for support.
Compliance
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To ensure that Valleys Kids fulfils all its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities adhering to Fundraising Code of Practise and GDPR legislation.
Person Specification
- At least 5 years experience of fundraising in the Charity/Social enterprise sector
- Ability to lead or oversee income generation from a wide range of sources including statutory funding, trusts and foundation, trading income and individual giving.
- Experience of managing an effective team, with ability to delegate effectively and to hold people to account.
- A commitment to community development, tackling structural inequality and other barriers to people achieving their potential.
- Resourceful, resilient and innovative, with the ability to manage different priorities
- Interpersonal skills and judgement, which inspire confidence and trust from staff, volunteers, stakeholders and other organisations.
- A strong track record of networking, developing and maintaining external relationships with a wide variety of funders
- An effective communicator orally and in writing, able to articulate our work to a broad range of stakeholders and to negotiate well.
- Experience of budget and financial management
- An entrepreneurial approach - able to use resources effectively and develop new ideas and gain buy-in to implement successfully.
- Organised, with excellent time management skills and high levels of self-motivation.
- Awareness of Welsh language, culture and the public services context in Wales or a willingness to learn.
- Flexible with a willingness to work outside normal office hours.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Position: Insight and Impact Manager
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Flexible (currently home-based)
Salary: £38,506 - £43,897 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band F, Level 2
Department: Information and Support
At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.
About this job
In our Insight and Impact Manager role, you’ll be leading the collection, analysis, and presentation of evidence to measure our impact across our services. This is an important role that helps provide greater insight into the service needs of the MS Community.
You’ll be working closely with colleagues across the organisation to support the further development, promotion and innovation of our services to people affected by MS.
We’re looking for candidates with:
- A proven track record of data collection and analysis, using a range of techniques
- Experience in evaluating and organising information
- Experience of developing databases and data capture systems
- Excellent knowledge of the use and application of statistical techniques (eg. averaging, correlations, statistical significance)
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, graphs, and formulae.
We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.
The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our new 5 year strategy.
As part of this exciting transformation, we’ll be moving from our current National Centre based in Cricklewood, London to Finsbury Park, London later this year. We’re expecting to be moving into our new office from August 2021.
Closing date: 9am on Tuesday 4 May 2021
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Location: You can be based in any of our UK offices.
We are growing our Technology leadership team and looking for someone to lead our Infrastructure & Workplace portfolio, responsible for the design, development and operations of the infrastructure that underpins our organisation, as well as our devices, core tools (including Office365) and first-line support service.
This role will balance critical live service operations with a modernisation agenda, completing our migration to a cloud-based infrastructure and ensuring our tools and office technology support future ways of working in a post-pandemic world.
You will be perfect for this role if you have a strong background in infrastructure operations, a passion for modernisation and want to be part of an organisation with true purpose.
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We work with young people from every background, so we’re passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We, therefore, welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role. If you think you could do the role, but don’t have all the desirable experience, we would still love for you to apply.
Upon joining the Trust, you’ll have the opportunity to join and be supported by our 4 main networks. PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality), PT PULSE (LGBTQ+ network) and PT DAWN (Disability and Wellness Network). We want to work with people who think they can make a difference in young people’s lives, if you think that’s you, we’d love to hear from you.
Perks for working at The Trust:
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
- Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:
We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!
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