An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Individual Giving Officer to join our Public Fundraising Team. You will support the team to generate nearly £1.5m in income from new and existing supporters who give through regular donations, annual appeals, our weekly lottery and digital channels.

You’ll help to build upon existing relationships with our 10,000 supporters and will attract new donors to create a sustainable fundraising platform.  Working closely with the Individual Giving Manager, you will support with developing new products and will deliver a range of individual giving campaigns through the full creative process, from briefing to concept through to final delivery and evaluation. 

With proven success in direct marketing campaigns across a range of channels, you will be skilled at managing multiple deadlines and stakeholders simultaneously. You will be adept at using techniques to grow and diversify individual giving programmes, particularly using digital channels to engage with both new and existing audiences to support our work with older people. 

27.5 HOURS PER WEEK

PERMANENT CONTRACT

£24,111.27 (pro rata)

Closing date: Wednesday 30 September. 5pm.

Interview date: Week commencing 12 October 2020

Age UK Bolton are looking for an experienced Information and Advice Officer to help us provide essential support for local people over 50.

This is an exciting opportunity to develop the service to meet the changing needs of older people and adapt working practices as we look to reopen for face to face appointments. 

With an up-to-date knowledge on benefits and pensions, strong IT and customer care skills you will be responsible for handling a wide variety of enquiries as well as supporting a team of volunteer receptionists and advisers.

Please complete the application form and the equalities form 

If you would like to discuss the position, please contact Paul, Corporate Services Manager.

Sported is looking for a highly motivated individual with experience of monitoring, evaluation and learning systems to join the team. The role, which is part-time, will sit within Sported’s Insight team and will work directly with Sported’s Member Services team to ensure we are offering the best possible service to our groups and that our activities are having a positive impact on community groups within our network.

At the Institute of Development Studies we believe that evidence and learning can drive positive social and economic change. 

The Knowledge Impact and Policy team contributes directly to IDS’ vision of Engaged Excellence, working across the institute and with partners to support this change by promoting evidence-informed policy making and practice. We are currently seeking to recruit for a Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Specialist to focus on the MEL of research and knowledge mobilisation. 

The core duties will be to manage and implement a portfolio of MEL work that contributes to the unit’s goals. This will include, designing and implementing MEL plans, administration of M&E data, interviewing development actors and entering and analysing M&E primary and secondary data. Given the range of responsibilities and tasks of this position, the post-holder will be expected to manage competing responsibilities with support on setting priorities from the Programme Development Manager so strong organisational and project management skills are essential. 

Applicants will be qualified to degree level in Social Sciences, International Development or a related field and have a thorough understanding of issues and methods relating to MEL and knowledge of issues related to measuring the impact of research and knowledge work. The successful candidate will have excellent numeracy skills with an understanding of standard data handling processes, and excellent written and verbal communications skills. Resource Management experience is essential along with significant facilitation experience.

Our vision is of an equitable and sustainable world, where people everywhere can live their lives free from poverty and injustice

Impact and Evaluation Specialist

Our client is a charity looking for an Evaluation Specialist to help generate evidence that demonstrates that their work is having this impact on the lives of disabled people.

Position: Impact and Evaluation Specialist

Location: Harlow, Essex

Hours: Full-time, permanent

Salary: £35,000 per annum, depending on experience

Closing Date: 18th September

About the Role:

This is an exciting time to join this national charity at a time of growth, they want to ensure that they are consistently evaluating their work to demonstrate the impact it is having and to use the learning and evidence generated to inform decisions. As Evaluation specialist you will map available data, its current use and data gaps for ongoing monitoring and reporting and support evaluations that help understand the financial, social and economic impact of the charity’s work.

Some of the other key responsibilities will include:

• Support the design and implementation of evaluations that assess the organisational and specific project level impact
• Design evaluation approach and methodology with support from Head of impact and evaluation
• Undertake and oversee design, collection and cleaning of data ready for analysis
• Undertake analysis of the collected data to respond to the evaluation questions and criteria
• Contribute to and lead writing on certain sections of evaluation reports ensuring it’s of high quality and suitable for target audiences
• Work with programme teams to support the development of programme/project specific M&E plans and results frameworks which will then be used for evaluation purposes

About you:

As Evaluation Specialist you will have significant experience of evaluating interventions with focus on measuring impact. You will also bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Experience of working closely with project/programme teams to develop theory of change, results frameworks and M&E plans
• Relevant qualification in an analytical discipline such as economics, statistics or social sciences, or evidence of professional experience in the area of evaluations with focus on assessing impact
• Ability to design and implement evaluations, using mixed research methods with a focus on quantitative data and proven experience of working with complex datasets
• Ability to develop analytical framework and undertake complex analysis (with focus on quantitative analysis and familiarity of undertaking qualitative data analysis)
• Highly IT literate with extensive experience of using Microsoft Office applications, and statistical software
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams, agencies and stakeholders and simultaneously deliver multiple evaluations, within agreed timelines
• Exceptional written and oral skills, including the ability to present complex information in simplified form for non-technical audiences

In Return…

You can be part of evolving programme of change taking place within a leading charity. With amazing benefits and an Investors in People Gold Award, this really is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an organisation that really cares about their employees, as well as knowing that what you do will make a real difference to the lives of disabled people!

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Programmes and Impact specialist, Impact and Evaluation, Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Research and Evaluation, Impact Delivery, Quant/Qual Research, Impact Development Lead, Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Specialist, Research and Evaluation Consultant, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer etc.

I am currently looking for an experienced Evaluation and Learning Specialist for an innovative educational charity.
This temporary role sits within the Research & Learning team and is part of the charity's Strategy, Research and Performance directorate. To help make best of its resources to improve the lives of children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Their role is to gather and use evidence as effectively and efficiently as possible to improve the work of the charity. Working closely with colleagues across the organisation to help generate, refine and review evidence; find ways of illuminating their achievements and highlight areas for improvement.
Your work will ensure the strategy and programmatic work is based on the best evaluation and research information. You will help evaluate the charity's programmes and activities to help colleagues learn what works and what needs to be improved. Specifically, an experienced evaluation professional, you will be working in a team that engages in high quality research and evaluation that has a real impact on the work they deliver.

Main duties:
Designing and delivering evaluations of programmes to understand their effectiveness, and where things can be improved. This role will have a particular focus on evaluation of the Academic Mentoring Programme (part of the government's £350m National Tutoring Programme), which will have a strong emphasis on quantitative analysis of pupil-level data, as well as qualitative methods.
Working closely with the teams who deliver programmes to collect and analyse data for evaluations, particularly the Academic Mentoring Programme team.
Working closely with other teams to communicate results and ensure that the learning from our evaluations is effectively shared and delivery is improved.
Building the profile of any findings. This will involve publishing reports on the charity website and presenting findings to different teams and potentially to external audiences at conferences.
Engaging with the wider evaluation and education sector to identify good monitoring and evaluation practice and investigate ways in which this might be used.
Designing evaluation tools that fit the needs of an evaluation and can be feasibly implemented.

Experience:
In-depth knowledge and experience of evaluation techniques and research methods.
Experience designing and implementing evaluations using quantitative and quantitative research methods.
Intermediate/ advanced quantitative research skills (logistic regression and multi-level modelling).
Excellent skills in collecting, managing, analysing and reporting on qualitative and quantitative data and research.
Some experience of commissioning and managing projects with external evaluators.
Excellent project management and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to effectively communicate complex evaluation and research findings to audiences in an understandable and usable manner.
If you are immediately available and have the above skills and experience, please apply online today!

Specialist ISVA, 2-year fixed term contract, 35 hours per week.

We invite applications for an exciting opportunity to join the Advocacy team at Respond in London.  As an independent sexual violence advocate (ISVA) you will work with female and male clients with learning disabilities, autism or both who have experienced some form of sexual violence or harm .They may be considering reporting or have already reported to the police and you will offer emotional support and advocacy as they navigate the criminal justice system. You will also support them to consider and negate the impact of what they have experienced. This post forms part of the Gateway service and you will work in partnership with other London sexual violence services.

Due to Covid-19, the post is mainly home based at present but working practices are under constant review and this will be discussed at interview.

About us: Respond is a small national charity with offices in London and Birmingham providing specialised community support for children and adults with learning disabilities, autism or both who have experienced abuse or trauma. 

To apply: Via CharityJob with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification criteria. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date: 30th September 2020.

Interview date (by Zoom): 9th October.

Application Deadline: 04 October 2020 

Summary of Role

The role is a 1 year fixed term position.The post holder will be responsible for the development and implementation of effective and coordinated MEAL systems across Muslim Aid’s programmes in support of quality service delivery.

The MEAL Coordinator’s mandate covers all Muslim Aid programmes. You will be responsible for the effective delivery of our new Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning policies and procedures in the UK and overseas. The primary objectives are to:

• Learn from past experience;
• Improve service delivery, planning and resource allocation; and
• Demonstrate accountability to ourselves and our stakeholders.

About the Role

As the MEAL Coordinator you will be working closely with staff and partners at both Muslim Aid in London (HQ) and in the Country Offices, supporting and leading on MEAL efforts throughout Muslim Aid.The main responsibilities of this role will be to:

• Provide strategic guidance on Muslim Aid’s MEAL services. 
• In close coordination with Muslim Aid HQ, country teams and other affiliates and partners, design and implement systems, processes and tools that ensure quality, consistency and best practices in planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, accountability and learning.
• Review, apply and monitor Muslim Aid MEAL policies and procedures to ensure they are fit for purpose. 
• Design and deliver key learning projects that incorporate the use of robust evidence into future programme design. 
• Support all Muslim Aid programme teams and partners in the process of tailoring MEAL tools and practices to different country contexts and programmatic (e.g. emergency), while ensuring consistency of Muslim Aid’s MEAL policy.
• Conduct training for Muslim Aid HQ and country office staff on programme standards and best practices, develop their knowledge, skills and competencies needed for effective monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability.
• Provide comprehensive analysis and presentation of MEAL information on Muslim Aid programmes.
• Compile Muslim Aid HQ and country monitoring data into clear reports, which reflect activities, outputs and outcomes, provide accountability, and demonstrate impact. 

About You

This role is based in the UK and open to individuals with unrestricted right to live and work in the UK. At this stage we are unable to offer sponsorship opportunities.

To be successful in this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject.
• Strong technical knowledge of M&E theory, MEAL systems and processes.
• Proven experience in reviewing, monitoring and evaluating programmes, and using quantitative and qualitative methods and approaches.
• Experience in planning and managing surveys, developing and refining data collection tools, and with data quality assessments and oversight.
• Experience of working within an international organisation.
• Manage complex information relating to projects, question inaccuracies and present information in an understandable and approachable way.

Why you should Apply

If you are self-motivated, with the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy this role is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious MEAL Coordinator.

You will be joining a supportive, highly-skilled, passionate organisation as a specialist in your field. Muslim Aid offer a 35-hour week, generous holiday allowance of 37 days (including bank holidays), flexible working and encourage a healthy work-life balance.

Bromley & Croydon Women’s Aid is seeking to recruit a Young People’s Engagement Officer, a domestic abuse specialist who is passionate about working with young people. This post is funded by the Mayor of London’s Young Londoners Fund. 

The post holder will be required to demonstrate a good awareness and understanding of the effects of domestic abuse and the specific issues around the impact of domestic abuse and intimate relationship abuse on young people.

You must be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team. The person we are looking for will also have experience of working with groups of young people to raise awareness of issues that may affect them, in particular around healthy relationships.

We are local domestic abuse service based in South London and are seeking a self-motivated, flexible and experienced individual to join our dynamic team to help us deliver excellent services to vulnerable women who have experienced domestic abuse and be committed to working in a non-discriminatory manner.

The post will require a mixture of home and on-site working, with access to office space.

Please note: availability for immediate start is desirable.

Job Title: Young People’s Outreach Officer

Hours: 28 hours/week over 4 days

Contract Type: Temporary (Currently funded until September 2021)

Salary: £20,571 (£25,714 FTE)

Application Deadline: 12pm Friday 2nd October

Interviews: (via Zoom): 7th & 8th October

Employee benefits we offer:

- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation

- Competitive salary

- 25 days of annual holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)

- Contributory pension scheme (5%)

- Training to help you perform your role and support your professional development

To download the Job Description, see bottom of page.

To apply, complete the online application form via our website.

If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks from application deadline, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Female applicants only. In light of the nature of work, the candidate’s gender is considered to be an occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.

BCWA are an Equal Opportunities Employer

Reg. Charity No.1068007

Evaluation Programme Manager

Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes 
Department: Policy Institute
Salary: £38,304 - £45,026, including London Weighting Allowance
Strand Campus
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract to 28 February 2022
This is a full-time post – 35 hours per week
Reference number: 005986

The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education (TASO) is a new affiliate What Works Centre for higher education. TASO’s vision is to eliminate equality gaps in higher education and our mission is to improve lives through evidence-informed practice. We are seeking an Evaluation Manager to help build our research programme which is focused on developing a better understanding of the most effective approaches in widening participation and student success.

The Evaluation Manager will ensure that externally commissioned TASO-funded evaluations are designed and conducted to a high standard. They may also conduct in-house research and analysis projects, including randomised controlled trials and quasi-experimental designs. They will lead on the development of guidance and resources designed to support evaluation activity in higher education, with a particular focus on impact evaluation and causal inference. They will also be involved in work to collate, translate, and disseminate evidence and evaluation guidance, via resources, training, events and collaborative projects.

The successful candidate will join a growing team of staff who are taking TASO forward as it spins out of King’s College London to become an independent charity. This team is building many of the charity’s systems and processes from the ground-up. The role is suited to an individual who is used to working in a small team and who is highly motivated by social impact.

Please note that TASO is being incubated within King’s College London while staff are recruited and during the charity registration process. However, TASO will transition out of King’s over the coming months (see job pack for more details).

Closing Date: 6th October 2020

We are seeking a highly motivated self-starter who is passionate about making a difference for unpaid carers across the UK. You will be able to work independently and as part of a team to deliver innovative member engagement programmes, and have the interpersonal and facilitation skills to support members and volunteers both remotely and face to face. You will have experience of recruiting, training and supporting a team of volunteers to provide direct support to beneficiaries, and have good knowledge of the volunteering sector.

Have you been successful in establishing B2B partnerships and are looking for a new challenge in the charity sector?  We are a growing cause that is looking for someone who has the skills to identify, negotiate and secure high value corporate partnerships.  You will have established track record in sales or have already worked in corporate fundraising with another cause.

You will be working as part of a supportive team at Bipolar UK. 

Bipolar is a severe mental illness characterised by extreme highs and depressive lows. Having the condition increases the risk of suicide by 20 times. Bipolar UK is the national charity for people affected by the condition. Our mission is to empower everyone affected by bipolar to live well and achieve their potential. This includes close friends and family.

We already have momentum with the corporate sector, so this won’t be a standing start.  You will be given sufficient lead in time to grow the programme. The post is a two-year fix term contract, but it is expected to become permanent should income targets be met.

Please review the recruitment pack and then send an email covering letter to the CEO, Simon Kitchen, with your CV and we can set up a discussion about the role.

The closing date is:  5th October 2020

CARAS is hiring a Development Officer to source funds for our work with refugees and people seeking asylum. You will be at the heart of all aspects of our fundraising and donor stewardship, communicating what we do to funders, the public and our community. CARAS is growing quickly. We have enthusiastic donors behind us and a very good record of securing grant funding. You would be stepping into a team which is exciting and dynamic with ambitious plans for the future.

We are offering a competitive salary because we want to find an exceptional communicator. You will report to CARAS Director of Operations and Development, an experienced fundraiser, so it's more important that you bring the right skills and attitude than a fundraising CV. Please check the Essential and Desirable sections carefully and show us why you have these qualities in your application.

CARAS is a values-led organisation, guided by: kindness; community; ‘with not for’; justice; meeting the needs of the whole person; providing a foundation. We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic professional who will both raise income for CARAS and uphold our values in all that they do.

Salary: £30,000 pro rata, four days per week (£24,000)
Mainly office-based in Tooting, SW17, but opportunity to work partly from home (especially while Covid-19 is a significant threat)

Main purpose of the role

Working with CARAS Director of Operations and Development, an experienced fundraiser, you will be at the heart of raising half a million pounds of annual income through grants, individual giving and community fundraising.

Required experience, knowledge and skills

Essential

• Outstanding communication skills in written and spoken English
• Relevant or transferable professional experience
• Ability to quickly build relationships and trust
• Strong research skills
• Experience in motivating and inspiring others
• Ability to work to tight deadlines
• Comfortable managing complex and competing deadlines
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to gather and synthesise into a narrative content from different contexts, e.g. data, personal stories, sector trends and national policy
• Highly motivated to raise funds for our work
• Confident in Excel, Word and Powerpoint

Desirable

• Experience raising income
• Experience of supporting people to tell their own story
• Knowledge of issues affecting refugees and the asylum system
• Experience designing newsletters, social media campaigns and using design software
• Knowledge of one of our community languages - Tigrinya, Arabic, Somali, Pashtu, Farsi, Urdu

Responsibilities

Trusts and foundations

• Maintain our relationships with the trusts and foundations funding our work
• Identify new grant opportunities
• Draft applications, working with staff to understand project plans and tell the story of our impact
• Prepare grant reports, gathering content and drafting
• Maintain our grant database, keeping track of our grant obligations and deadlines

Individual giving

• Steward donors, regularly communicating with our supporter base and sharing impact stories
• Encourage supporters to become monthly donors
• Lead our annual Big Give appeal and identify other similar potential areas of increased revenue
• Develop a donor database
• Explore legacy giving opportunities

Community fundraising

• Recruit volunteer fundraisers and support their appeals
• Develop community fundraising initiatives including tube bucket shakes
• Encourage business and corporate support of CARAS

General

• Work with those who use our services to communicate CARAS’s impact
• Gather promotional stories and images
• Co-produce (with the Operations Officer) our fortnightly bulletin and quarterly newsletter
• Support senior staff to improve our monitoring and evaluation processes
• Feed into our social media output, raising awareness of our work

Established in 1988, Colchester and Tendring Youth Enquiry Service [Y.E.S.]. provides a confidential, non-judgemental, and informal support service for young people between the ages of 11 and 25 within Colchester and Tendring Districts of North Essex, who are facing difficulties in their lives.

We are now seeking a new Chief Executive with a strong strategic background and a robust

understanding of the support Y.E.S. provide to young people, to motivate, inspire and lead Y.E.S. through the next exciting phase of our strategic development.

The ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate substantial senior management experience, preferably at Director / Chief Executive level
• Have a proven track record of securing funding through a range of activities including successful bid writing
• Have a proven track record in developing and delivering effective, high impact services
• Have previously worked in the third/ voluntary sector, preferably in the field of working with young people
• Be a strong and inspirational leader and team player, with experience of successfully managing and communicating organisational development
• Have knowledge of charitable governance and experience of working closely with Trustees

Education and Qualifications

Degree level or equivalent.

Business Management qualification desireable

A Counselling qualification or professional qualification for working with children & young peopledesirable

Salary: £40,000 per year

Hours: 37 per week, worked flexibly to allow for occasional evening and weekend working

Location: Colchester, Essex

Additional Requirements: Applicants must hold a full driving licence. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.

Tenure: Permanent subject to a successful probationary period

Closing date and application deadline: Monday 21st September at midday.

Interview date: It is anticipated that Interviews will be undertaken in the week beginning 28th September 2020

Applications are invited by way of a CV and a supporting letter indicating why you are interested in this position and how you meet the requirements of this role. 

If you are interested in learning more about the organisation and this post, please

contact Alistair McGarry, Chair of Trustees for Colchester and Tendring Y.E.S.