LOCATION: London, Cardiff, or remote within UK.

Are you a research professional with a deep understanding of the humanitarian sector? Are you committed to improving humanitarian outcomes and do you believe that research and innovation should be at the centre of efforts to improve humanitarian effectiveness? Could you oversee a portfolio of world-class research and learning products?

The UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (the Hub) is looking to recruit a highly effective Research and Learning Lead to join our team and steer the Hub’s efforts to bridge research, policy and practice in humanitarian innovation. The role aims at supporting to accelerate high-impact innovation processes, convene strategic and operational learning and oversee a portfolio of world-class research and learning products. To be successful, you will need strong research skills and a real commitment to achieving effective outcomes for people affected by crises.

The UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub is a new initiative, so we are ideally looking for someone who is experienced in start-ups and feels comfortable in an evolving environment, as the work of the Hub continues to grow and develop. You will have excellent research, project management and communication skills, as well as a strong understanding of the humanitarian innovation sector.

The Hub is hosted by Elrha and is funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). It is intended to be a convening mechanism to promote collaboration across the UK and provide a more coherent, accessible, and impactful innovation offer from the UK to the international humanitarian community. In doing so, the Hub facilitates a network of UK humanitarian innovators focused on new and improved processes and technologies that will make humanitarian action more effective and efficient.

If you feel you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, please review the full job description for further details. Please ensure you tailor your CV to highlight appropriate skills and experience to the role/ complete the personal statement to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is the next career move for you.

About Elrha

Elrha is a global charity that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We fund and support projects that go on to shape the way in which people across the world are supported during a crisis. We are based in the UK, but our roles have a global reach. We’re an established and respected part of the humanitarian community, working closely and meaningfully with our fellow networks and actors to make change happen.

Remote Working

Elrha employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. In early 2022 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

Elrha 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.

Salaries and benefits

Jobs are positioned within the salary structure on the basis of evaluation. New employees would normally be appointed at the bottom of the grade, however the appointed salary may also take into account the relevant experience a candidate brings to a role. Elrha is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff.

Elrha also has a comprehensive benefits package including 25 days holiday entitlement which increases year on year, 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution) and life cover.

Pre-employment Checks

Any Employment with Elrha will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:

• a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable)
• receipt of satisfactory references
• proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

Elrha is a wholly owned subsidiary of Save the Children. We are able to benefit from a range of support services provided by Save the Children UK, including recruitment systems. For this reason you will be directed to Save the Children UK’s job portal upon clicking ‘apply’.

Please ensure you read the full job description and complete the Personal Statement as requested in the application process. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 14 November 2021

Interviews: w/c 22 November 2021

Project Manager - Caring Services - Wales
Salary - £31, 578 - £35,000 pro rata
Hours: 21 - 28 hours per week depending on start date
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st March 2022 (with potential for extension depending on funding)
Based: Home based with travel across Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Closing date: 25th October 2021
Interview date: 8th or 11th November 2021

About the role:

We are seeking a Project Manager to lead on the Dementia Friendly Communities (DFC) project to support and further develop a regional approach to DFC across the Cardiff and the Vale, for the benefit of people affected by dementia and their carers.

The post holder will:
- Work with Dementia Friendly Communities Co-ordinators to develop and maintain a detailed project plan including setting key milestones and outcome criteria
- Identify, manage and mitigate project risks and issues and escalate as necessary
- Agree governance arrangements and produce stakeholder's analysis
- Facilitate and manage project group meetings, including circulation of project minutes and papers
- Support the use of a variety of methods such as: Interviews, focus groups, surveys and questionnaires to gather feedback.
- Review and guide strategic direction of the project to ensure specified outcomes are met
What we are looking for:
- Strong project management skills, including a logical, practical and structured approach to delivering key milestones
- Effective stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Ability to manage Marie Curie's relationship with strategic partners, businesses, organisations and trade bodies
- Experience of evaluation and performance monitoring, including reporting against agreed outcome measures
- Experience of delivering project reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders

What's in it for you:
- Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Continuous development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Working
- 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

About Us   

FareShare Cymru works with charities and community organisations across South Wales helping to fight food poverty by tackling food waste. We take surplus edible food from the food and drink industry (food that would otherwise be wasted) and redistribute it to organisations in South Wales that feed people in need, turning an environmental problem into a social solution.  

Over the last year we have redistributed over 500t of surplus food, providing enough meals for over 1.1 million meals and helping in excess of 5,000 people a week.  

This is a very important and exciting time for FareShare Cymru as we are about to embark on a programme of change and growth that will lead to us branching out across South Wales and into the west, recruiting more volunteers and more community food members, handling more food and expanding our base in Cardiff.  

Summary  

The Community Food Member Coordinator will assist in the growth and development of the organisation as a whole and especially to continue to grow the number of Community Food Members (CFMs) that we work with.    

Job Role   

The role will involve the recruitment of new Community Food Members ensuring that we reach more organisations and help more people, as well as ensuring that the needs of our existing CFMs continue to be met.  You will develop new relationships, partnerships and projects as well as playing a role in the overall development of the organisation.  

Additional Info  

Further information on FareShare Cymru and the job description can be found on our website fareshare.cymru

Amdanom ni

Mae FareShare Cymru yn cydweithio gydag elusennau a mudiadau cymunedol ledled De Cymru i geisio trechu tlodi bwyd gan fynd i’r afael â gwastraff bwyd. Rydym yn derbyn bwyd bwytadwy dros ben gan y diwydiant bwyd a diod (bwyd caiff ei wastraffu fel arall) a’i ail-ddosbarthu i fudiadau yn Ne Cymru sy’n bwydo pobl mewn angen. Felly i’r perwyl hwn, maen nhw’n newid problem amgylcheddol i fod yn ddatrysiad cymdeithasol. 

Yn ystod y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, bu inni ail-ddosbarthu dros 1100t o fwyd sy’n weddill, gan ddarparu digon o fwyd i baratoi dros 2.8 miliwn o brydau

Mae hyn yn gyfnod pwysig a chyffrous dros ben i FareShare Cymru wrth inni fynd ati i ymgymryd â newidiadau a thwf a fydd yn gyfle inni ymledu ar draws De Cymru a thuag at y gorllewin. Byddwn yn recriwtio mwy o wirfoddolwyr ac aelodau bwyd cymunedol gan ymdrin â mwy o fwyd ac ehangu ein gweithle yng Nghaerdydd.

Crynodeb

Bydd y Rheolwr Prosiect Cynorthwyol yn helpu gyda thyfiant a datblygiad y mudiad yn ei chyfanrwydd a helpu’n enwedig i barhau i ofalu fod FareShare Cymru yn cydweithio gyda mwyfwy o Aelodau Bwyd Cymunedol (CFMs).

Swyddogaeth

Yn y swydd bydd disgwyl ichi recriwtio Aelodau Bwyd Cymunedol newydd gan ofalu ein bod yn cysylltu gyda mwy o fudiadau a helpu mwy o bobl. Hyn i gyd drwy barhau i ofalu caiff anghenion ein Haelodau Bwyd Cymunedol presennol eu bodloni. Byddwch yn datblygu perthnasau, partneriaethau a phrosiectau newydd ynghyd â chynorthwyo gyda datblygiad cyffredinol y mudiad

Gwybodaeth Ychwanegol

Mae mwy o wybodaeth am FareShare Cymru ar ein gwefan www.fareshare.cymru