About Us

Learning with Parents is a charity with a vision for every child to be supported at home to fulfil their potential.

We are narrowing the attainment gap by supporting all parents and carers to engage in their children’s learning.

We do this by leading the Parental Engagement Forum - a group of organisations and researchers connecting to improve home learning across the sector. We also provide a ground-breaking parental engagement programme to primary schools, which aims to motivate and empower all families to have enjoyable learning experiences together.

In the last year, our charity has become a leading player in parental engagement, working with over 10,000 families and large organisations such as BBC, Department for Education and Oak National Academy.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Programme Director with a strong knowledge of how schools operate and of the education sector more widely to lead Learning with Parents school programmes, working with schools and other partners through our platform to promote parental engagement in their children’s learning.

The Programme Director leads the Schools Team in supporting our school partners and other partners to use our platform, ensuring that parents and teachers are supported to effectively use the technology and that school leaders are regularly updated on the progress of their classes. Part of the role involves leading the Learning with Parents’ sales process to bring on board new schools, allowing us to expand our reach to more disadvantaged families. The Programme Director is responsible for overseeing and improving, as necessary, all the processes and materials which underpin these programmes. This includes working closely with Learning with Parents’ Tech Team to feed into new developments, updates and any troubleshooting as required. 

The Programme Director also represents Learning with Parents and promotes parental engagement in sector networking and advocacy events. 

Finally, the Programme Director is a member of the Learning with Parents Senior Leadership Team, drawing on their experience and learning coming for our programme to feed into strategic discussions.

This is a hybrid role, with Mondays and Tuesdays in the Bristol office, the rest of the week remote.

Core Areas of Responsibility

Lead on school sales

• Lead on the sales strategy, process and progress towards school sales targets.
• Identify new leads to feed into the Learning with Parents schools pipeline, including engagement with Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and other potential networks.
• Take potential school partners through our sales process
• Update and develop any new marketing and branding materials.
• Ensure that when new schools are handed over to the Schools Partnership Managers and effectively onboarded into the programme.

Oversight of school partnerships

• Oversight of existing school partnerships management.
• Lead on school relationship strategy.
• Support the School Partnership Managers to manage school relationships, address and escalate issues as they arise and keep the wider team informed.
• Support the School Team to maintain regular meaningful communications with school partners, including through catch up calls, monthly newsletters and tailored termly impact reports.
• Liaise with the Tech team to ensure that any tech issues can be managed, as appropriate.
• Oversight of the school renewal process and progress towards targets.
• Oversight of the transition process for existing schools from one academic year to the next on the Learning with Parents platform.
• Strengthen current systems and ensure any lessons learned are captured.

Line management

• Directly line manage the Schools Team which includes two Schools Partnership Managers and the Charity Development Coordinator.

Strategic and technical input

• Feed into strategic discussions on the direction of the organisation.
• Provide input into the development of new content, programmes, partnerships or tech drawing on experience in the education sector and learning from the Learning with Parents programme.
• Support or lead on the development of new strategic partnerships.

Additional possible areas of responsibility

Impact measurement

• Oversee the impact measurement of Learning with Parents programmes, including exploring new approaches and methodologies
• Support the Programme and Operations Officer with ongoing impact reports for schools and external publication. 

About You

Our ideal candidate would be able to provide examples of when they have used the following skills and experience:

• Experience of working in schools (e.g. as a teacher) or working closely with schools
• Project management and organisational skills
• Excellent management skills, including the ability to lead and motivate others
• Experience developing and strengthening systems and processes
• A desire to champion and uphold our organisation’s vision, mission and values

Our ideal candidate might also be able to provide examples of when they have used  some of the following skills and experience, although these are not essential:

• Experience of working in schools (e.g. as a teacher) or working closely with primary schools in the UK
• An understanding of education inequality in the UK
• Experience of strategic planning and development

• Experience in sales and marketing
• Experience in impact measurement and evaluation
• Lived experience of some of the barriers that families from disadvantaged communities face in engaging with children’s learning

Benefits

We have a passionate team and supportive culture, which was recognised as we were named one of “The top 100 organisations to escape to in 2021” by Escape the City. In addition, we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance (35 days, including bank holidays)
• Income protection in case of sickness
• Home-based working with optional office time
• Flexible working times
• Social events
• Environmental (Net Zero) Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Benefit Hub, including virtual GP and discount scheme

Job purpose

• To support the overall marketing efforts of Debt Free London.
• To support and continue to build brand continuity and brand voice amongst our partners and within Debt Free London.
• To use our data insights to help promote our service and share our learning.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: Midday on 31 May 2022.

Job title: Marketing Executive

Location: Remote working in the UK

Responsible to: Marketing Manager

Salary:  £25,000 - £28,000 per annum (plus London Weighting where appropriate)

Contract: Full-time, 37 hours a week

Closing Date:  Sunday 12th June 2022 at 23:59

Interview Date: Week commencing 20th June 2022

Please note, that if you do not provide a covering letter, your application will not be considered.

Why us?

Speakers for Schools is a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has grown tenfold in the past two years. This has supported growth in our employer network from 70 to 700 leading employers and 3800% growth in the number of work experience places offered during the same period.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives by raising the aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify, PwC and almost seven hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Speakers for Schools Values

PASSION: 

We are committed to levelling the playing field for young people across the UK, creating social mobility and tackling disadvantages.

AGILITY: 

We challenge our ideas of what is possible in order to better meet the needs of those we support. We are human, make mistakes, learn, evolve and adapt.

INTEGRITY: 

We act with empathy and bring our authentic selves to work every day. We value and respect the talent, time and intentions of those we work with.

COLLABORATION: 

We are one team with one mission and only by working together can we deliver better outcomes for young people. We support each other unconditionally and feel motivation in shared success as well as individual progress.

DIVERSITY: 

We know it takes people with different ideas, strengths, identities, interests, and cultural backgrounds to make our organisation succeed. We encourage constructive debate and critical friendship.

Role Summary

Are you a highly organised, creative individual with an eye for detail? Are you looking for a new challenge and somewhere to make your mark? Speakers for Schools are looking for a dynamic Marketing Executive to join our MarComms department to help support our fast-paced team in an exciting period of growth and change. 

This is the perfect opportunity for a Marketing Executive to gain hands on experience and grow their career. We are looking for someone who can think on their feet and work quickly and autonomously to support the day to day workings of our team.

The Marketing Executive will report directly to the Marketing Manager but will provide support across the wider MarComms team.

Key Duties / Responsibilities:

• contributing to multi-channel campaign planning and rollout.
• Assisting the Creative Studio with design requests and workflow whilst acting as a Brand Guardian to help maintain brand design and best practice across the wider charity.
• Provide support to our Web Manager to help edit and maintain Speaker for Schools website including regular updates to our main programme pages.
• Managing and assisting with the production and execution of events including assisting with printed collateral requests and delivery.
• Supporting the Digital Marketing Executive with digital marketing activity including end-to-end creation and rollout of engaging email campaigns and PPC advertising.
• Assisting the Communications and Campaigns Manager with drafting quotes, proofing press releases and sourcing youth advocates for media opportunities.
• Supporting the Content Manger with community management, influencer outreach, scheduling and monitoring.
• Building relationships and communicating effectively across departments and managing internal and external stakeholder requests.
• Process orientated, coming up with effective and efficient processes and systems to support daily team practices.
• Assisting with the management of invoice tracking and budget upkeep.

Skills / Experience / Knowledge:

Essential  

• Previous marketing experience is essential. You might be a Marketing Assistant looking for your next step, or an Executive level looking for a new challenge.
• A proven track record in successfully creating and facilitating marketing campaigns and supporting social media communities.
• Organised and proactive, with lots of initiative, you're able to prioritise a busy workload and consistently deliver high-quality work, often to tight deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Powerpoint, Word and Excel.
• Proven experience working across multiple tasks/projects at any given time.
• Good communication skills with a positive, hands-on approach to working. 
• A reliable team player able to adapt to and manage multiple tasks in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills and ability to learn quickly to ensure smooth delivery processes whilst maintaining a key eye for detail.
• Enthusiasm, energy and a passion for what you do are essential.

Desirable 

• Understanding of Adobe Acrobat, InDesign and Photoshop beneficial but not essential.

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• 3 voluntary days per year
• Wellbeing programme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption package
• Subsidised office furniture
• CharlieHR perks
• Perkbox
• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and to eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid-19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity is at our core, join us.

Disability Confident Employer

Speakers for Schools are glad to be Disability Confident Employers. This means that if you have a disability and you meet the minimum criteria for the role you will be invited to interview.

Please note that in certain recruitment situations, such as a high number of applications and seasonal and high-peak times, Speakers for Schools may limit the overall number of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

We usually ask for a CV and covering letter to be submitted as part of the application process. However, we understand that this is not always accessible to everyone, so we welcome video and phone call applications as alternative ways to apply. For additional information or support, please contact us.

How to apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one-page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period. Please note, that if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.  

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

You must have the right to work in the UK to apply.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

The closing date for this role is Sunday 12th June at 23:59

Successful candidates will be invited to interview on [INSERT INTERVIEW DATE]. Please keep this date free as alternative dates may not be possible.

Our new team member will start ASAP. 

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the interview date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Executive Leadership Team as the Director of Finance and ICT. Reporting to our Chief Executive you will be responsible for strategic oversight of the business, finance, ICT and facilities functions here at Independent Lives, a user-led charity and social enterprise working to change the lives of disabled people, people with support needs and carers.

Overview

• Accountable for business and statutory reporting in a timely manner, acting as the prime source of advice to the Board on all aspects of financial management, stewardship, and governance
• Lead responsibility for financial planning working jointly with other members of the leadership team
• Ensure that the IT needs are satisfied and maintained to ensure the provision of a secure and reliable service
• Provide strategic support on the marketing and fundraising stewardship and governance
• Responsible for developing and overseeing financial performance and initiating any necessary financial improvement strategies
• Responsible for internal and external business management policies, processes, and procedures to support the organisational business strategy
• Responsible for analysing and assessing new business opportunities

The successful candidate will be a motivated individual with experience of working at senior leadership level supporting businesses in key decision making and closely align with our company values.

In return we offer 

• Generous holiday allowance
• Flexible working
• Comprehensive training
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Plan

As a Disability Confident Leader and Mindful Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme to applicants who have a disability and meet the mandatory requirements set out in the person specification.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all, encourage applications from our diverse community and offer a welcoming inclusive work environment.

The CAS Operations Manager helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by leading and managing a cross functional operations team of staff and volunteers working with adults, children and young people and their families to provide the consistent delivery of person-centred services in accordance with their needs.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year.

For this role, there may be opportunities to work from home as well as the office.

We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate profile

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential
· Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Experience of collaborative working in a multi-professional setting and can demonstrate a strong ability to liaise effectively with statutory or voluntary sectors.
· Proven experience of planning and delivering person-centred services to meet the needs of adults, children and young people with sight loss and their families.
· Certified Management qualification such as ILM or equivalent relevant work experience in a management, supervisory or volunteer management role.
· Knowledge and understanding of effective management protocol Knowledge of models of person-centred service delivery to adults, children, young people and their families.
· Knowledge and experience of ensuring safeguarding compliance within a team.
· A comprehensive knowledge of GDPR.

Desirable
· Project Management qualification (Prince-2 or equivalent)
· Professional qualification in a related field (e.g. CQSW/DipSW, post graduate, Dip/Cert, BEd/PGCE/QTS, Habilitation/Rehab/GDT/GDMS.)
· Project Management experience

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

Description

Location: Remote in the US, UK, or Kenya
Position Status: Full-time, Exempt, Regular
Salary level: The starting salary for this role will be $91,000 USD Annually for US-based staff. To be locally benchmarked if based outside of the US.

About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. Our mission is to alleviate poverty, suffering, and oppression and work to build secure, productive, and just communities in over 40 countries around the world. Empowering people with bold solutions to help them become drivers of their economic well-being and become major players in their economy is a cornerstone to our strategy.

We are looking for a leader with the creativity and drive to lead our strategic vision for financial inclusion, execute it across our more than 40 countries of operation around the world, and build strategic collaboration with a variety of external partners— such as private financial service providers, investors, think tanks, corporations, and governments.

Program / Department Summary
Our Program Department supports field-led work that delivers measurable impact. Mercy Corps’ Technical Support Unit (TSU) is a key part of the Program Department.  It houses subject matter experts whose mission is to help our global teams apply the most effective solutions to the world’s toughest challenges, while building our global reputation and resources to do so.  We drive innovation, grow our portfolio, and foster learning internally and with external stakeholders so that we can make a bigger difference in the lives of people we work with.  TSU Team members are well versed in global practices and abreast of sector specific trends. They represent Mercy Corps with donors and other strategic partners, and inform and influence both internal approaches and global understanding on how to move the needle on some of the most intractable humanitarian and development challenges of our time.

The Financial Inclusion team supports programs across the globe with strategy development and best practices in a range of financial services, from community-based finance to new financial product development with financial service provider partners. Special attention is placed on serving the needs of the most vulnerable with more efficient and impactful digitally enabled financial solutions.

General Position Summary
The TSU Director for Financial Inclusion is Mercy Corps’ top global technical leader for financial inclusion programming in fragile contexts.  They will have a clear vision for the future of financial inclusion in the geographies in which Mercy Corps works. They will drive critical technical and funding partnerships, knowing that Mercy Corps can only excel at this work through catalytic collaboration with like-minded partners, companies, funders, governments and peer organizations.  And they will leverage technology solutions to transform the scale, cost and impact of our work.

The TSU Director for Financial Inclusion guides and facilitates the work of the financial inclusion team. They will grow the portfolio and team through new “wins”, guided by strong vision and related technical guidance to ensure exceptional programming. The Director is a strong influencer both inside and outside the Agency with the ability to communicate Mercy Corps’ technical strengths and overall vision. They will be a member of the TSU Leadership team composed of other Directors and Senior Directors and work closely with other TSU teams on complex, multi-disciplinary programs.

Essential Job Responsibilities 
STRATEGY AND VISION​

• Continue to iterate, develop and deliver Mercy Corp’ approach to financial inclusion and ensure it supports Mercy Corps’ new global strategy.
• Work with country and regional teams to develop and deliver financial inclusion strategies and priorities.
• Lead the agency in identifying and testing bold solutions that leverage technology advancements and innovations in the Fintech space.
• Spearhead innovative technical partnership initiatives to increase measurable impact within our financial inclusion portfolio.
• Serve as key external communicator for Mercy Corps in a wide range of public fora.
• Identify long term external trends with the potential to affect or transform Mercy Corps work.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY

• Gather/analyze data and complete assessments to determine program needs and priorities and Mercy Corps’ competitive advantage for funding.
• Provide counsel on strategic funding opportunities through prepositioning, technical design processes, and development of multi-sectoral program strategies.
• Explore and maximize new lines of revenue, especially relating to “big ideas”, multi-country or TSU-led initiatives.  Emphasis will be on growth of the Financial Inclusion portfolio among strategic donors such as USAID; private corporations; and US and European institutional donors.
• Provide technical support to a portfolio of programs including those in complex crisis environments. 
• Help improve and maintain standards of program delivery that comply with best practices, relevant regulations and requirements.
• Strengthen capacity of Mercy Corps team members to use human centered design, financial, and digital solutions in the design and implementation of programs.
• Guide teams to facilitate multi-team/multi country shared learning to standardize best practice, develop comparative advantages for new program development and advance strategic partnerships. 
• Identify opportunities to increase the adoption of impact projections and modeling across financial inclusion programs to maximize program quality and impact efficiency.
• Collaborate with country and MEL teams to ensure that we appropriately capture impact and support the building of evidence and learning across the financial inclusion portfolio.

MANAGEMENT

• Embrace Mercy Corps’ culture and values and actively work to contribute towards its goals on gender, diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Contribute to the management of the global and regional technical financial inclusion team, including identifying support needs and direct costing opportunities. 
• As a member of the TSU Leadership group, engage with other Directors regularly on collective programming, strategies and issues, work collectively to advance coherence across the Unit, and ensure communications flow in a timely manner.
• Identify and manage a strong and regularly updated network of technical experts and consultants that can serve as an additional resource to be deployed for program support.

REPRESENTATION, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP,  AND PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• Strengthen Mercy Corps’ profile and representation through expert interaction with internal stakeholders, partner agencies, donors and other networks and groups in Financial Inclusion.

• Position Mercy Corps as a thought leader in the sector, particularly how financial inclusion supports economic growth, food security and resilience; the role technology can play; and how to apply a market system approach to financial service development.
• Participate in developing TSU knowledge management practices that lend coherence to TSU technical products as a whole and maximize impact through coordinated and creative dissemination practices.

Supervisory Responsibility
The position has supervisory responsibility over the senior advisor for digital & financial inclusion, as well as any relevant consultants. 

Accountability
Reports Directly To: Senior Director Economic Growth
Works Directly With: The TSU management team, the TSU leadership group (composed of all TSU Senior Directors and Directors); other members of the Program Team including the Senior VP of Program; Regional Directors and teams, Country Directors and teams, and others.

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Minimum Qualifications and Transferable Skills 

• Proven track record in using financial inclusion as a tool to serve marginalized communities in improving their assets, incomes and resilience. 
• 10+ years of experience in financial inclusion with strong demonstrable experience working in at least some of the following areas - microfinance or banking; digital financial inclusion; blended finance; community-based finance (savings groups); and/or value chain and agricultural finance.
• Candidate should have additional experience:
  • Designing, budgeting, implementing and evaluating financial inclusion initiatives.
  • Working overseas and managing financial inclusion projects.
  • Strong understanding of and experience leading a market system approach.
  • Substantial experience and knowledge of digital applications and the Fintech industry.
  • Strongly established professional networks and partnerships with key actors in the sector to increase scale and impact.
  • Proven leadership, self-motivation, and interpersonal skills; and working with teams of diverse backgrounds.
• Exceptionally strong verbal and written communications skills and organizational skills are required.
• Ability to be dynamic, work flexibly and effectively in remote management situations, and manage ambiguity in the workplace.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to Mercy Corps project sites and field locations, including traveling to insecure environments, is required.
• Fluency in English is required; fluency in French strongly preferred.
• Additional skills will include knowledge in human centered design and agile monitoring and learning.

Success Factors
The director must be a superb team player who has the technical and functional skills to be a leader in a strategic and field-responsive best in class technical unit.  The director must be able to guide a team ensuring coherence of vision and strategy across groups as well as be able to identify and pursue new paths forward.  They must guide vision and plan for their team(s) in ways that are mutually reinforcing with other parts of the TSU and contribute to the Agency’s Global Strategy. Directors interact expertly with other directors and senior directors and also with executive team members, peers and high profile donors to maximize MC influence and impact.  In addition, the leader must have strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively reach across departments within the agency and to networks and associations outside it to build critical partnership to further thought leadership, program innovation and ensure MC relevance and impact on the industry. The successful Director must be a self starter who demonstrates exceptional ability in leading organizational initiatives and understanding Mercy Corps’ strategic plans and objectives.  The Director must have high proficiency for working in varied cultural, political, and religious environments, and must be able to travel and work successfully in austere environments and maintain poise in stressful situations.

Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions 
This position is fully remote, based in the US, UK, or Kenya.  The position requires travel at least 30% time to the field where living conditions may be exceptionally rugged or be in volatile environments where security protocols will need to be followed. Team members must be ready to deploy to field environments on short notice in response to any emergency or crisis. When in the field the team member must be able to work in remote settings and possibly over weekends and/or evenings as required by the schedule.

Ongoing Learning
In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.
We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.
We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.
As a safeguarding measure, Mercy Corps screens all potential US-Based employees. This is done following the conclusion of recruitment and prior to assuming full employment.
Our screening process is designed to be transparent and completed in partnership with new Team Members. You will have the opportunity to disclose any prior convictions at the conclusion of the recruitment process before the check is initiated. We ask that you do not disclose any prior convictions in your application materials or during the recruitment process.

Covid-19 Vaccine Policy for US-Based Employees
Mercy Corps has determined that, in an effort to protect the health, safety, and well-being of all Mercy Corps employees working in the United States, all U.S.-based employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, regardless of prior COVID-19 infection status. This policy is necessary to ensure not only the safety of our workforce, but the ongoing functionality of the organization.
This policy will be revised as needed to comply with federal, state, and local requirements, and to respond to changing guidance from public health authorities.
For new employees this requirement goes into effect within 10 business days of employment.  Team members that travel are expected to comply with host-country requirements, including vaccinations.  Failure to comply may impact your employment.  Proof of vaccination or exemption must be provided.

Age UK's Fundraising department are recruiting for a proactive direct marketing professional to join their friendly and supportive team as a Senior Acquisition Marketing Executive.

This is an exciting opportunity for a direct marketer with proven experience in coordinating direct marketing campaigns, both on and offline.

As Senior Acquisition Marketing Executive, the successful applicant will develop and deliver the Age UK Lottery Acquisition programme through marketing channels including TV, VOD, radio, paid social and face to face, as well as doordrop and inserts. You will utilise your skills and experience to acquire new players through delivering agreed campaign plans, offering excellent supporter experiences and deepening our relationships with our charity audiences. In doing so, you will be helping to raise funds for Age UK and the incredible services and support they provide to older people.

You will be instrumental in the growth of the Lottery product in the Fundraising suite, with ambitious growth targets over the next three years.

Please note that due to the Hybrid nature of this role, the successful candidate will be required to commute to our co-working hub at least once a week (currently every Thursday), working in our modern new co-working hub, based in the centre of London with fantastic views overlooking Tower Bridge, surrounded by excellent amenities.

You will have:

* Proven, successful experience of managing direct response marketing campaigns.
* Experience of campaign planning and budget management.
* Project management skills working to project plans and building marketing schedules.
* Numerical and analytical skills with demonstrable experience using data analysis to inform campaign planning.
* Proven, successful experience of editing and proofing copy.
* Proven, successful experience of managing internal and external stakeholders through various processes including sign off.
* The ability to build great working relationships with internal teams to encourage a culture of collaboration.
* Proficiency in the use of MS office applications, particularly Excel and Word.
* The ability to work autonomously and be a self-starter.
* Communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with people at all levels.

What we offer in return

* Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme.
* Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP.
* Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan.
* Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
* Heka Fitness & Wellbeing Benefit.
* You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Kidney Care UK is the leading kidney patient support charity in the UK, providing practical, financial and emotional support for kidney patients and their families, and campaigning to improve kidney care services across the UK.

We are seeking to appoint a Director of Patient Support Services to lead the strategic, financial and operational management of Kidney Care UK’s suite of patient support services to maximise patient outcomes and wellbeing through the delivery and development of existing services; as well as developing new patient support services.  You will also support the Chief Executive in development of the Charity’s overall strategic direction going forward, as one of the UK’s leading patient support charities.

The successful applicant will be a member of the Senior Management team reporting to the Chief Executive, with the following skills and experience:

• At least five years’ experience of developing and delivering patient/ carer support services across health or social care
• Experience of working for a charity or health related organisation
• Experience of managing in a patient support or health/ care setting
• A track record of successfully managing large teams across multiple sites/ locations
• Experience of developing and managing strong relationships and partnerships with external organisations, bodies, and stakeholders
• Understanding of the commissioning and delivery of patient care services in the UK
• Experience of managing change and translating strategy into practice in a patient care setting.

We are seeking a self-motivated individual with excellent people management and interpersonal skills.  You will have a proactive, innovative, and collaborative approach with commitment and passion to delivery excellence, patient support and care.  Experience of kidney care is desirable rather than essential.

If you have the qualities we are looking for and would like to play a central role for Kidney Care UK, we would love to hear from you.

Could you help develop our services to care leavers? Can you use your experience to shape new and innovative delivery models for the benefit of young people? Do you bring the enthusiasm and vision needed to make creative solutions a reality through strong partnership working?

We have a significant opportunity for a new colleague to join our Reboot West education, employment and training programme. 

It is a very exciting and interesting time to join 1625ip for this opportunity: 

• Reboot West already delivers an evidence-based model that helps care leavers across the South West to succeed in education, training and employment. 
• It is an innovative programme that enables young people to develop confidence and wellbeing by underpinning our relationship-based support using a psychological framework (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and DNA-V).
• We are in the closing stages of entering into partnership to extend this pioneering service to more care leavers across the region as part of a major impact trial - this will involve partnership working to deliver a large-scale evaluation of what works in supporting care leavers into employment and education – on a scale that has never been done before in the UK. 
• The role provides the opportunity to be creative, collaborative and shape new approaches to supporting care leavers, with the potential to influence the future of delivery models nationally.
• The role will also oversee our Training Enterprise, which delivers training to share best practice in psychologically informed approaches to other organisations - to enhance the support provided to homeless young people and care leavers across the region. 

We are particularly keen to increase applications from ethnic minorities, Muslim and male candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We would also like applications from people with relevant lived experience. 

Please find full details of how to apply via our website in the advert below. The deadline for application submissions is 23:59, Monday 06 June 2022. If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.

We are a leading youth homelessness and care leavers charity based in the South West, working with over 1,500 young people. We have strong local partnerships and adhere to the best practice in the sector. We build trusting relationships between our young people and our colleagues, and this is at the core of our work.

What we are looking for:

• You have confidence to effectively work in partnership with multiple, cross-sector agencies, including local authorities, the regional authority and large funders. 
• You are practised at leading and managing new projects, sustainable change and service improvements. 
• You have advanced experience in leading high quality support services for vulnerable people (or transferable leadership experience). 
• You are an assured leader and can motivate other organisations and internal colleagues towards our shared objectives for young people - to attain tangible, measurable outcomes for them, whilst supporting and directing your teams with care and compassion.
• You can effectively manage complex financial and performance data to identify causal impact in order to take objective, informed action. 
• You can oversee effective delivery of 1625ip’s Training Enterprise so the provision of external training meets its aims of creating value to learners and generates income for 1625ip to support our work. 

What you will be doing:

• Designing, negotiating and project managing new service models - through collaborative partnership work with young people and with external statutory agencies, funding bodies, evaluators and others. 
• Shaping our services to enhance opportunities and experiences for the young people we support, enabling them to achieve their goals and aspirations across the West of England. 
• Leading, supporting and guiding operational managers and our learning & development work to enable the delivery of high quality services.
• Playing a key role in the development and internal delivery of our psychologically-informed framework, in which our work is rooted.

You will be based in our Prevention, Support and EET directorate and your line manager will be our Operations Director (Prevention, Support and EET).

If you have transferrable skills and you are interested in this role, but you are worried about the application process, please get in touch with us. We encourage you to have an informal chat with the recruiting manager to discuss how your personal or professional experience and skills could be transferred to this role. Details of how you can do that are further down in this advert.

What we are offering: 

• 30 days holiday plus the usual Public and Bank Holidays.
• A supportive team – both internally and externally.
• An opportunity to develop skills in project management, service development and evidence-based delivery.
• Opportunities to learn through our training programme and to reflect through monthly group reflective practice with the senior leadership team.
• Flexible working hours and base.

Contract details: 

• Hours per week: 37.5 (this represents full time hours)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay: £36,371 - £39,571 per annum
• The location: 1625 Independent People’s head office: Kingsley Hall, 59 Old Market Street, Bristol, BS2 0ER. There is also flexibility and support to manage working from home.

Application information: 

• To access the Job Pack for this role and submit an application, please visit the link to the vacancy.
• Please refer to the Cover Letter guidance below to ensure your application can progress to the shortlisting stage. 
• To have an informal chat about the role, please contact Paul Hale. You can find his email address in the ad on our website (via the vacancy link)

Important dates: 

• Application deadline closes: 23:59, Monday 06 June 2022. 
• If you have not heard from us by Thursday 09 June 2022, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 
• Interviews are on Monday 13 June 2022. 

Covering Letter / Supporting Statement Guidance 
Please note that the online application form cannot be saved until it is fully complete.  We recommend that you prepare your Covering Letter before you start the online application.

Your Covering Letter is essentially your Supporting Statement and will form the most important basis on which your skills, experience and behavioural competencies will be tested against the job criteria.  Without it, your application cannot progress to the shortlisting stage. 

You should refer to the Person Specification document within the Job Pack and cover only the elements that are tested at this stage of the recruitment process.  Elements that only have the word ‘interview’ next to them will be tested at the next stage of the process and do not need to be covered in your letter.

Please try to keep the word limit to 250 words per criterion. 

ALTHOUGH THE APPLICATION FORM GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO UPLOAD A CV, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A CV AS THIS IS NOT NECESSARY AND WILL NOT BE USED IN THIS PROCESS. 

Equal opportunities for everyone:
We safeguard and promote the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Any job offer will depend on a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Barred List Disclosure Check. 

We believe those with a criminal record should have an equal chance to become employees or volunteers.  We also pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer for everyone regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion and beliefs, sex and sexual orientation. 
 
Please see our Policies section on the website, for further information.

The job of a Save the Children UK's Programme Lead is influential and exciting

• Do you have significant experience of engaging Irish and international stakeholders such as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Irish Aid, Irish Development NGOs?

• Do you have proven experience of providing creative and innovative approaches in developing new initiatives that contribute towards partnership objectives?

• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive but thrives and can go on to change the world – and of inspiring and leading others to do the same?

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

Note:

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once avacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

About Us

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

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor (who is based in in Belfast), you will be responsible for developing and progressing our relationship with the Irish Government  and informing our long-term strategic position on the island of Ireland.

The Irish Government is a strategic partner for Save the Children, both in terms of our policy objectives for children and our programme financing. As a result you must have experience in engaging stakeholders in Ireland and internationally - particularly with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Irish Aid, Irish Development NGO's. 

You will be part of our Northern Ireland Country Team, and work with teams across the movement, from Belfast to London to Country Offices to our UN offices in New York to Geneva.

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

Main Accountabilities

The Programme Lead's key duties will be to:

• Lead relevant engagement strategies, a stakeholder management plan, and participation in events across the Irish institutional landscape

• Influence Save the Children's strategic positioning with the Irish Government and peer organisations, define opportunities with the aim of expanding our strategic collaboration, policy influencing and funding

• Identify and anticipate the impact of current and future funding trends, opportunities and challenges emerging because of Brexit and from the Irish Government through networks and engagement

• Negotiating the support and buy-in of key stakeholders from across the organisation to contribute to our engagement. Ensuring senior management (Head of Country, Head of Partnership Development) is up to date with the direction of the partnerships and support their engagement with partners

• Representing Save the Children with the appropriate partner contacts and providing strong support to colleagues in their external engagement (country, regional and HQ levels)

• Supporting the organisation to continually build strategic understanding of partners and any evolving trends that may impact the development of relationships

• Researching and proposing new avenues of collaboration and new funding modalities to maximise income and return on investment.

• Collaborate with Country team members to develop understanding of our partnership and partner management approach

• Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.

Person Profile

Experience and Skills

• Strategic skills in partnership management and market assessment in relation to overall positioning with partners

• Knowledge of and experience working directly with a wide range of institutional donor partners

• Experience, interest and knowledge of current thinking and future trends and thorough understanding of international development issues

• Proven experience of providing creative and innovative approaches in developing new initiatives that contribute towards partnership objectives

• Experience in relationship management, working with institutional donors, trusts and foundations, or equally demanding partners

• Experience of undertaking industry trend and donor specific research, finding relevant, reliable, and up to date information quickly.

 Abilities

• Strong leadership behaviours, including external orientation, situational agility, partner focus, delivery of results, strategic vision and purpose, entrepreneurial approach, negotiating & influencing

• Self-driven: ability to take a pro-active approach and work on own initiative; problem-solving skills and creative thinking in fluid or less structured environments

• Excellent coordination and relationship building skills in forming and maintaining both internal and external relationships

• Strong analytical skills with ability to present complex information in a clear and succinct manner, ability to analyse trends and report on key financial metrics

• A proven team player. Someone who is open, ambitious and who is able and willing to deliver beyond his or her personal brief

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including senior level briefings and presentations, both for internal and external audiences with appropriate attention to detail

• Ability to deal with competing demands, work well under pressure and maintain fruitful collaboration with a large range of stakeholders

• Willingness and ability to travel

• Commitment to Save the Children's mission, values and approach (includes child focus and equal opportunities).

Aptitude

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

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

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

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

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

Position: Evidence Programme Lead
Type: Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent
Location: Remote working available and based from one of our national offices
Salary: £46,828 - £51,418 per annum plus excellent benefits  
Salary Band: Band G3
Department: Policy and Evidence team

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 
We’re now seeking an Evidence Programme Lead to put evidence at the heart of our work to improve the lives of people affected by MS.

You’ll manage two high-performing line reports in identifying evidence needs across the MS Society.

And meeting those needs through an improved evidence base - commissioning new research, conducting in-house research and through excellent analysis of evidence that is already available.

Your team will also be responsible for leading us at the MS Society towards a more evidence-based culture, incorporating evidence-based decision-making as well as appropriate use of evidence in specific projects. 

You’ll need to be influential internally and externally, including representing the MS Society at a range of external meetings.

Strong data and statistical analysis skills are essential as the application of data to practical purposes. Experience of project or programme management and a degree in a relevant field (or equivalent expertise) are also required.

This is a varied and exciting role – in a given month you could be:

• evaluating an innovative NHS service to help them spread
• running a survey of people with MS to support a campaign
• using evidence to support corporate engagement across the MS community
• supporting a stop-smoking behaviour change initiative,
• and managing a major research commission into the lived experience of MS.

About us

We offer 35 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) including bank holidays.

We have a range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):

• Flexible and smart working (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
• Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave 
• Enhanced family friendly, disability and carer’s leave
• Discounted season ticket loan/pension scheme/Cycle to work scheme/Interest-free emergency loans

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 Every MS Story strategy.

Right to work in the UK 
The successful candidate must have the right to work in the UK. If we do offer you employment, you’ll be required to provide documentation to show that you’re eligible to be employed in the UK before starting employment.

The full list of UK visas and permits that grant you the right to work in the UK can be found on the UK government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and will not be in a position to support you with any visa applications you may make. 

Closing date: 9am on Monday 23 May 2022

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

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

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel.

No agencies please.

The job of a Save the Children UK's Programme Lead is influential and exciting

• Do you have significant experience of engaging Irish and international stakeholders such as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Irish Aid, Irish Development NGOs?

• Do you have proven experience of providing creative and innovative approaches in developing new initiatives that contribute towards partnership objectives?

• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive but thrives and can go on to change the world – and of inspiring and leading others to do the same?

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

Note:

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once avacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

About Us

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

Job Purpose

Reporting directly to the Senior Policy & Advocacy Advisor (who is based in in Belfast), you will be responsible for developing and progressing our relationship with the Irish Government  and informing our long-term strategic position on the island of Ireland.

The Irish Government is a strategic partner for Save the Children, both in terms of our policy objectives for children and our programme financing. As a result you must have experience in engaging stakeholders in Ireland and internationally - particularly with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Irish Aid, Irish Development NGO's. 

You will be part of our Northern Ireland Country Team, and work with teams across the movement, from Belfast to London to Country Offices to our UN offices in New York to Geneva.

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

Main Accountabilities

The Programme Lead's key duties will be to:

• Lead relevant engagement strategies, a stakeholder management plan, and participation in events across the Irish institutional landscape

• Influence Save the Children's strategic positioning with the Irish Government and peer organisations, define opportunities with the aim of expanding our strategic collaboration, policy influencing and funding

• Identify and anticipate the impact of current and future funding trends, opportunities and challenges emerging because of Brexit and from the Irish Government through networks and engagement

• Negotiating the support and buy-in of key stakeholders from across the organisation to contribute to our engagement. Ensuring senior management (Head of Country, Head of Partnership Development) is up to date with the direction of the partnerships and support their engagement with partners

• Representing Save the Children with the appropriate partner contacts and providing strong support to colleagues in their external engagement (country, regional and HQ levels)

• Supporting the organisation to continually build strategic understanding of partners and any evolving trends that may impact the development of relationships

• Researching and proposing new avenues of collaboration and new funding modalities to maximise income and return on investment.

• Collaborate with Country team members to develop understanding of our partnership and partner management approach

• Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.

Person Profile

Experience and Skills

• Strategic skills in partnership management and market assessment in relation to overall positioning with partners

• Knowledge of and experience working directly with a wide range of institutional donor partners

• Experience, interest and knowledge of current thinking and future trends and thorough understanding of international development issues

• Proven experience of providing creative and innovative approaches in developing new initiatives that contribute towards partnership objectives

• Experience in relationship management, working with institutional donors, trusts and foundations, or equally demanding partners

• Experience of undertaking industry trend and donor specific research, finding relevant, reliable, and up to date information quickly.

 Abilities

• Strong leadership behaviours, including external orientation, situational agility, partner focus, delivery of results, strategic vision and purpose, entrepreneurial approach, negotiating & influencing

• Self-driven: ability to take a pro-active approach and work on own initiative; problem-solving skills and creative thinking in fluid or less structured environments

• Excellent coordination and relationship building skills in forming and maintaining both internal and external relationships

• Strong analytical skills with ability to present complex information in a clear and succinct manner, ability to analyse trends and report on key financial metrics

• A proven team player. Someone who is open, ambitious and who is able and willing to deliver beyond his or her personal brief

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including senior level briefings and presentations, both for internal and external audiences with appropriate attention to detail

• Ability to deal with competing demands, work well under pressure and maintain fruitful collaboration with a large range of stakeholders

• Willingness and ability to travel

• Commitment to Save the Children's mission, values and approach (includes child focus and equal opportunities).

Aptitude

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

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

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

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

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

About us

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation is the only UK-wide charity dedicated solely to preventing child sexual abuse. We run the Stop It Now! helpline and campaign. Our mission is to prevent sexual abuse from happening by working with those perpetrating it, those affected by it and with protective adults who can keep children safe.

We are an influential charity and we’re growing. Our work is vital and has real impact – every day we protect children from harm.

About the role

We are looking for a dynamic and talented senior leader to join our management team as Director of Policy and Advocacy. This is a new role.

The successful candidate will advocate and influence policy, deliver effective engagement with a range of audiences and key stakeholders, and increase awareness of our work and our services. They will head up our communications team of five.

This role will contribute to organisational development, influence our direction of travel and create new possibilities for the prevention of child sexual abuse. This is a fantastic opportunity for a senior leader to have a big impact. 

About you

You will have experience of effective delivery at a senior management level in policy, advocacy, engagement or communications. A background in child protection is essential and there is scope to develop your existing areas of expertise.

We are seeking someone with an instinct for creative communications, authentic engagement and strong leadership skills. You need to be able to represent the Foundation with gravitas and credibility to the highest levels of external audiences (e.g. governments, law enforcement agencies, funders and charities), while at the same time being prepared to lead through example in a medium sized and growing organisation, with a hands-on approach to our day-to-day activities.

You will need:

• Experience of working in a child safeguarding role within statutory or non-statutory sector, or a thorough understanding of child protection and child sexual abuse.
• Experience of working at a senior management level in either a policy, advocacy, engagement or communications role.
• A demonstrable track record of engaging with decision makers and key influencers.

You will have:

• Demonstrable interpersonal, negotiating and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence both internal and external partners at a senior level.
• Highly developed verbal communication skills including the skill to speak engagingly to a range of audiences, including the public.
• Highly developed written communication skills to produce guidance and policy documents, reports, and articles that are engaging, clear and practical.

You will be:

• Passionate about the delivery of our vision of a world free from child sexual abuse.
• An inspiring role model for others, capable of building trust and promoting our vision / mission and values.
• Happy to pitch in and support colleagues on organisational priorities with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

At The Lucy Faithfull Foundation we believe in creating a positive environment where our differences are respected and each of us feels valued for our contribution. Treating people fairly is part of our values and at the core of our culture. As an inclusive employer, all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, age, socioeconomic background, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibilities, marital status, nationality and disability including invisible disabilities and neurodiversity.

If you are eager to make a positive difference in your next role, this is a superb opportunity to join a charity tackling an issue that affects 1 in 6 children across the UK. In joining us, you will be instrumental in helping us protect children from harm.

The closing date for completed applications is 24th May 2022 but we reserve the right to close the vacancy early as we will be interviewing candidates shortlisted as applications are received, therefore we advise that you submit your completed application form as quickly as possible.  Candidates not shortlisted will not be contacted after the closing date.

ETT is seeking a creative, dynamic, and organised Marketing and Communications Manager to create, plan and execute ETT’s marketing strategy. The appointed Marketing and Communications Manager will be a key member of staff within our small permanent team and will play a leading role in shaping ETT's brand, supporting audience development across all public activity including our national and international touring operations and being the creative lead in the day-to-day marketing needs of the company.
This new role at ETT will allow the Marketing and Communications Manager the opportunity to craft marketing policy and infrastructure that best supports the artistic vision and the financial and operational aims of the organisation.

For further inforamtion and to apply please see our wesbite.