Senior Manager

NSPCC JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:                 Senior Manager, Strategy & Impact Team

DEPARTMENT: Strategy, Policy and Evidence

LOCATION:                   Shoreditch, London

GRADE:                       P6

NSPCC are seeking an exceptional candidate to lead the implementation of our ten year strategy which will formally launch in April 2021. The next strategy will enable us to achieve greater change for children and further our aim of preventing child abuse and neglect.

The successful candidate will have strong support for NSPCC’s mission and values and experience of strategic thinking. They will work as part of the Strategy and Impact team alongside the Project Management Office to help teams across the NSPCC to transition to the new strategy.

JOB PURPOSE

To further the NSPCC’s impact by leading strategy implementation planning and the management of organisational change. This person will help us move to our new organisational strategy and to keep the strategy alive and relevant for teams across the NSPCC, strengthening strategic thinking on individual projects and services, so together we make the biggest difference for children.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Help teams across the NSPCC make the biggest difference for children

• Provide strategic advice and support to teams and cross-direct initiatives, providing advice, conducting strategic reviews, and leading workshops (eg what is the NSPCC’s strategy for xx type of abuse?).
• Provide thought leadership, working in a collaborative way to draw from the expertise that sits inside and outside the NSPCC e.g. becoming a trauma informed organisation, making EDI part of all we do.
• Lead and incubate specific projects to improve organisational delivery of the strategy, working with experts and key stakeholders to understand issues and develop solutions and buy-in.
• Identify opportunities for the NSPCC to make further progress towards its mission. Adapt the strategy/its ambitions over time, assessing internal and external learning and opportunities.
• Scrutinise and challenge evidence from a wide variety of sources.
• Develop ways of working and operating model/organisation design.
• Manage and commission primary and secondary research and/or consultancy.
• Bring best practice on strategic thinking, implementation planning and change management practice to the NSPCC’s work to strengthen strategic focus and delivery.

Coordinate cross-organisation planning processes

• Contribute to cross organisation annual business planning and target setting.
• Oversee implementation planning for the new strategy. Monitor and report on implementation progress and risks, identifying issues and taking mitigating actions.
• Contribute to reporting and communicating the progress being made towards our organisational strategy, shining a light on successes, and highlighting where leadership attention may be needed.
• Identify ways to strengthen organisational planning and performance management.
• Apply change management tools, to translate plans into action

Bring the strategy to life: make it meaningful for our people and our users

• Be an ambassador for the strategy and translate it into meaningful changes for all. Develop relationships, act as an information broker between teams, identify and raise issues and help us to understand where more engagement and support is needed.
• Provide proactive and sustained messaging about why this strategy, why now, why us, and the roles we all play towards achieving it. Support others to play these roles, internally and externally.
• Continually look for ways to strengthen the quality of performance management. For example, ensuring that high quality conversations around impact and progress towards the strategy are taking place throughout the organisation.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Reports to the Associate Head of Impact, in the Strategy, Policy and Evidence directorate
• Works closely with the Strategy, Policy and Evidence Senior Management Team and the NSPCC’s Leadership Team more widely
• Interfaces with Directors on the Executive Board including the Chief Executive
• Key influencers relevant to the children’s sector including other charities, local and national NSPCC partners 

KEY INTERDEPENDENCIES

• Linking to all parts of the Strategy, Policy and Evidence directorate
• Linking to and facilitating annual business planning
• Linking to and facilitating the setting of annual targets, representing the scale of our ambition
• Linking to the Project Management Office, which oversees the top priority projects and programmes across the NSPCC.
• Linking with Communications teams

PERSON SPECIFICATION

1. Commitment to our mission to end cruelty to children. Courageous in standing up for what is right, identifying and acting on concerns in a timely and sensitive way.
2. Confident strategic thinker: able to appreciate the bigger picture and apply sound judgment to identify highest impact options. Able to seek out relevant evidence, develop insights and relate this to the mission of the NSPCC.
3. An understanding of organisational strategy and planning, with some experience of change management.
4. Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, comfortable working with senior internal and external stakeholders, with an ability to convince and inspire others.
5. Oriented to continuous improvement, finding solutions and making an impact. Takes the initiative, learns from past performance and is open to change.
6. Quality written and oral communication, able to produce high quality written reports, deliver impactful presentations, and facilitate discussions.
7. Proven project management skills including project planning and managing multiple stakeholders. Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritise accordingly, working independently.

NSPCC Values

The NSPCC is the only charity focused on ending child cruelty across the UK. Everything we do protects children and prevents abuse. A brand’s values determine how an organisation acts; they shape the way it works and they create a point of difference. These are the values that we feel best embody the NSPCC brand and what we stand for:

Putting children first: we believe in children and we want what’s best for them.

Taking a stand: We are brave in our actions and we stand up for what is right, regardless of who is committing the wrong.

Making an impact: We base our decisions and actions on evidence and the difference these will make to ending cruelty to children.

Striving for excellence: We always strive to do and be the best we can, so that we can – directly and indirectly - give every child the start in life they deserve.

Working together: We always achieve more for children through working together.

We are offering a full-time position (maternity cover) for a creative and dynamic individual to join our Senior Leadership Team.

You will lead on all administrative functions of Croydon Drop In, an award-winning charity for children young people and families, including Management Information Systems, Financial Systems (including Payroll) and Company Secretarial functions in order to co-ordinate support systems across all areas of the charity.

Main aim of the role:

Responsible for managing and organising all administrative activities to facilitate the smooth running of Future Skills.

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Researching, reviewing and updating policies and procedures to confirm they are up-to-date and legally compliant.
• Scheduling and coordinating termly team meetings for both planning and reflection.
• Developing and Implementing a Social Media posting schedule across multiple platforms (Facebook, Twitter, etc).
• Creating an inventory of supplies and ordering resources needed for staff or sessions.
• Assisting with fundraising, researching potential grants, drafting proposals.
• Researching, recommending and booking relevant training courses for staff.  Ensure core safeguarding training is completed in accordance to requirements.
• Managing both the online and hard copy filing systems.
• Managing the Single Central Register to ensure all checks and information are up to date.
• Assisting with logistics and set up of sessions where necessary.
• Contacting child services departments, care homes, schools or youth organisations to offer FST’s services.
• Ensuring all mentees provide feedback prior to leaving FST.  Gathering feedback, sharing with team members and determining what, if anything, may be used on Social Media.
• Collating handouts and notes from training courses.  Scheduling team meetings to allow staff to share knowledge acquired through training classes.
• Tracking safeguarding requirements and ensuring staff and Trustees re-read policies and sign off.
• Updating FST website with pertinent statistics, pictures and more.
• Updating memberships websites with updated content as needed.
• Reviewing the data on Google Drive annually to ensure GDPR adherence. Shredding or deleting data as required.
• Booking guests, venues and travel as needed.
• Assisting with volunteer recruitment for Infuse
• Contacting local businesses to request they consider FST as their local charity for their CSR.
• Creating a central storage location for statistics, good news stories, testimonials and pictures that can be posted on Social Media or added to website.
• Researching, monitoring and collating relevant news articles, statistics and mandates.  Apprise team members of all pertinent information.
• Increasing awareness of FST within our community through Social Media, speaking at local events and news outlets.
• Other duties including, but not limited to, recruitment, attending training/webinars, etc.

The post holder should possess:

• Previous office manager experience
• Good working knowledge of Word and Excel
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity with Social media strategies a plus
• Ability to be flexible, adaptable, reliable and innovative
• Self-motivated and driven to succeed

Regular professional development and training opportunities are provided as part of the FST Performance Management System.

Plaese note we will only accept CV's with a covering letter clearly explaining how you meet the job specifications.

The Upper Room works with various disadvantaged groups including homeless people, migrants and ex-offenders, helping them to improve their lives. The successful applicant will have responsibility for managing and working with the Project Managers to ensure the smooth running of all operational activities of The Upper Room. This includes oversight of risk management, health and safety, Safeguarding and Data control.  

The Wolfson Foundation is a charity that awards grants to support excellence in the fields of science, health, heritage, humanities and the arts, with education and research underpinning everything that we do. We are one of the country’s largest funding charities, and in 2019 we allocated some £40 million in grants.

We are recruiting for an important and exciting role: our Programme Manager for Heritage, Arts and Schools.

The post reports directly to the Head of Funding, line manages a Programme Officer and delivers all of our grant programmes in these areas, in line with our new Strategic Framework launched spring 2020. The key areas of focus are heritage, museums & galleries, libraries & archives, performing arts, as well as secondary schools.

The successful applicant will have an enthusiasm for the sectors covered by this role, and it is expected that they will have at least three years of experience in one or more of the programme areas. Some experience of grant-making would be preferred, although we recognise that the role is also likely to appeal to individuals looking to build on their experience in the cultural or educational sectors and take their first step into a philanthropic organisation.

Essential skills include outstanding organisational and administrative skills, a high level of attention to detail and the ability to work flexibly, managing a varied workload under pressure. The individual needs to be able to work effectively as part of a small team while also being capable of undertaking independent work. Creating and maintaining high quality relationships with a wide range of stakeholders at varying levels of seniority is critical.

The Foundation is able to offer £35,000-40,000 per annum as part of a competitive remuneration package, including private health insurance and pension contribution.

Further information about the role can be found in the job description.

Please note that, due to Covid-19, the Wolfson Foundation office is currently closed and the role will be remote based until at least September 2020.

How to apply

To apply, please send a copy of your CV accompanied by a cover letter (addressed to the Head of Funding) which outlines why you are suited to this role and how you meet the skills and experience profile listed in the job description.

The closing date for applications is 9am on 13 July 2020.

It is expected that first stage interviews will take place virtually week commencing Monday 27 July 2020, with final interviews (virtually) week commencing Monday 3 August 2020.

Join the Bliss family and help us give babies born premature or sick the best chance of survival and quality of life.

Bliss is an award winning, digital first organisation looking for a Communications Manager to lead a dynamic and ambitious Communications Team.

You will have broad communications experience, in particular in digital and strategic marketing, and a strong track record of developing and delivering successful, integrated campaigns to meet fundraising, campaigns and service delivery targets. The ideal candidate will also be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Broad experience and understanding of the full range of communications tools and channels, with specific expertise in strategic marketing and digital development
• A track record of developing and implementing successful communications strategies and plans
• An ability to analyse and segment audiences and tailor communications and key messages accordingly
• Strong experience of managing and leading a multidisciplinary team to meet objectives and deliver success, including ability to lead and develop team members
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Brand management experience including delivering materials to a high standard
• Experience of raising the profile of an organisation through the media

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to drive continued excellence and innovation in this varied and creative role.

For more details please view the job description and person specification attached to this advert and also available on our website.

Why work for Bliss?

Bliss values and celebrates the work of its Communications Team and our organisation’s strategy prioritises digital.

We are an equal opportunities employer and take pride in our collaborative and inclusive work culture. We understand that we all have different priorities at home and we therefore aim to offer a mix of financial and non-financial benefits. Our benefits include financial, health & wellbeing, lifestyle and career development options:

• 25 days paid holiday (pro-rata for part-time employees)
• Flexible working practices such as flexi-time working hours and time off in lieu (TOIL)
• Relaxed work life and dress code
• A contributory Bliss pension scheme
• Interest free annual season ticket loans
• Company and statutory sick pay scheme
• Compassionate leave
• Time off for volunteering
• Salary sacrifice schemes (bike to work, payroll giving)
• Access to 24x7 free Employee Assistance Programme
• Family friendly policies
• Learning and development via peer to peer, blended, cascaded and self-directed learning
• Mentoring and coaching

How to apply

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents:

• CV
• Supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification
• Equal opportunities form

Recruitment Timeline

• The closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 15 July 2020
• The first round of interviews is provisionally scheduled for 20/21 July, and will be held via zoom video conferencing
• Second round interviews will be held week commencing 27 July

It is Bliss’ policy not to contact applicants who have not been invited for interview so if you have not heard from us by 22 July you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.

About us

Our vision is for nature and people to thrive in a world inspired by ecology. The British Ecological Society is the oldest of its kind in the world, with over 6000 members worldwide, we publish six successful journals, an ecological book series and a quarterly membership magazine, the Niche.

We actively value the diversity and wide range of perspectives that people from different backgrounds bring to their work, to ecology and to our Society.

About you

We are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to provide office and finance administrative support to the Society and to the CEO.

This is an excellent opportunity with lots of scope for development. You will have some previous experience in customer service or administration. It will be beneficial if you have some finance experience or a degree level qualification, however these are not essential.

About the role

Core duties will include but not be limited to:

• Meet and greet visitors for business meetings and prepare meeting rooms where necessary
• Taking minutes during the staff meetings and Committee’s
• Manage orders of stationery and other office supplies
• Working with the Society’s external accountant, administer day-to-day financial processes
• Administer fortnightly payment batches and organise a batch approval timetable
• Assist with audit queries in the lead up to, during and following the annual accounts audit work based in the Society office
• Assist with travel and diary management for the Chief Executive
• Providing administrative support to other BES teams as and when required

For more information on the role, a full job description and how to apply, follow the link in the yellow box.

We have an exciting, new opportunity for a highly efficient Buildings & Finance Administrator to join our small, inclusive and highly successful professional team.

The successful candidate can expect a thorough induction, supportive colleagues, a diverse and interesting workload and, a range of favourable employment benefits including; pension scheme, annual leave and Employee Assistance Programme support. 

Applicants must have excellent communication skills, a sound understanding of finance and finance systems, be thorough and accurate, be able to multi-task, remain calm under pressure and add positively to our team dynamics. In addition it is vital to possess a range of administrative skills including good numeracy, data processing/comprehension and IT skills.

Good interpersonal and teamwork skills are essential, as are effective use of emotional intelligence and the ability to exercise tact, diplomacy and sensitivity. 

For this varied role, ideally you will have experience of processing grant claims and invoices, an understanding of the education or public sector and strong general administration skills. However, training will be given to the right candidate.

Closing date for applications is:  Thursday, 16 July 2020

Interviews and assessment: Owing to current social distancing restrictions, shortlisted candidates will be notified of selection dates/times after 20 July 2020.

The Service Manager we are seeking to run our Neighbour Mediation Service must be a dynamic, resourceful and self-motivated individual to be able to run an efficient, productive service across several London boroughs. The organisation provides conflict resolution including, Neighbour, Family, Community, Youth, Workplace mediation and Restorative Justice.   

This is an excellent opportunity to manage the operations of a busy and complex organisation at the heart of community business. 

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Operations Manager to effectively manage our operations to make sure we can deliver everything we need to over the next two years. You will support the Director of Finance and Resources and Head of HR at Power To Change, to ensure that we work effectively, maximise our resources, safeguard our physical assets and are compliant externally and with regards to our policies and procedures. 

Power to Change is an independent charitable trust that supports community businesses in England, endowed by the National Lottery Community Fund (previously the Big Lottery Fund). Our vision is better places through community business. We want to back people to build successful community businesses for the benefit of their local places.

The successful candidate will lead and oversee a number of projects including supporting our return to office working post Covid19 and ensuring our IT provision is effective and efficient. Your approach to working is more important than your skills and experience and we are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive, able to work across the organisation to support your colleagues.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all candidates irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, or marital or civil partnership status. We will assess all applications against the requirements for this post as detailed in the job description and person specification and ask for names and education history to be removed from applications.

We are Disability Confident Committed, we welcome and respond positively to applications from disabled people. We will meet individual needs throughout the recruitment process, including making any appropriate reasonable adjustments during the interview stage and to our workplace if selected into post to support colleagues with any form of disability. 

As a Mindful Employer we recognise that in the UK, people experiencing mental ill health continue to report stigma and discrimination. We are committed to creating a supportive and open culture, where colleagues are able to talk about mental health. We are also committed to ensuring that our employees feel safe in disclosing any mental health conditions and confident that they will be properly supported and offered reasonable adjustments when required.

If you have any questions about how Power to Change is an equal opportunities employer please contact our Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, Edward Walden.

Role Purpose:

The primary function of this role is to support the Director of Finance and Resources and Head of HR to effectively manage the operations of the Trust, including maximizing resources, safeguarding physical assets and ensuring compliance.

Working with the Finance and Resources Officer the role will lead on IT, office management and provide additional HR support.The role will require the Operations Manager to lead on the one-off projects that it embarks on particularly as Power to Change (PTC) considers its potential closure. The post will be a key liaison within the Finance and Resources team as well working with stakeholders within the wider organisation.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic oversight

• Responsible for IT, office management and insurance budget lines ensuring value for money
• Where necessary develop and improve policies to reflect best practice and communicate to the organisation
• Contribute to committee and board papers where appropriate

Operations Management

Manage all operations projects including defining requirements, engaging with relevant stakeholders and ensuring objectives are met on time and on budget.

 IT

• Manage PTC’s outsourced IT provider ensuring they provide a good service and service level agreements are met.
• Ensure PTC’s network remains secure, stable, targeting zero downtime and adapting the best in class technology keeping within a cloud strategy.
• Responsible for the mechanisms for storing files on PTC’s network, apps and cloud software ensuring a clear structure of filing system.
• With the Data Manager ensure that data retained on PTC’s network is valid or archived/deleted where appropriate.
• Ensure IT equipment is replaced regularly and to the specification needed.
• Lead on IT projects and upgrades in conjunction with the IT provider.

Office Management

• Hold the relationships with the landlords and building maintenance staff for all offices
• Ensure adequate health and safety measures (including C-19) are in place and PTC is compliant
• Ensure the office and the office equipment is regularly maintained and if necessary tested.
• Ensure that fire evacuation plans are in place and regular drills occur

Insurance

• With the Director of Finance and Resources ensure an adequate level of cover is in place for the business insurance of PTC and subsidiaries.
• Take an active role in annual renewal of the policy with the insurance broker.
• Manage any claims made on the policy.

HR

• Support the Head of HR in ensuring that employee data is collected and stored in line with the GDPR and support on internal audit reviews as and when they occur.
• Support the Head of HR to manage employee benefit administration, including annual renewal processes
• Manage the update of the Employee Handbook, coordinating necessary changes and updated language from other teams
• Maintain the contract database for all consultants and suppliers
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to other team members as required.

This job description is issued as a guideline to assist you in your duties, it is not exhaustive.Because of the evolving nature and changing demands of our work this job description may be subject to change.You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description.

Skills & experience:

• Enthusiastic and proactive, willing to pick up a range of varied projects and support the wider organisation on new activities and opportunities.
• Good working knowledge of IT best practice including Office365
• Experience of contracts management including service level agreements.
• Experience of planning and managing projects.
• Experience of managing budgets and ensuring value for money.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information and concepts to non-technical staff individually and in formal group training sessions
• Proven ability to work to a high standard with an eye for detail with first-rate analytical and problem-solving skills
• Highly organised and able to manage a varied workload. 
• Working understanding and appreciation for information legislation such as GDPR
• Experience of working in a charity / not for profit sector desirable

Based: London

Salary: £45,000-£47,000

Reporting to: Director of Finance and Resources

Closing date for applications: Monday, 13th July, 2020

If you are interested in this excellent opportunity, please send your CV and Cover Letter to Sheena Pentin at Careers4Change.

Are you a Data Manager, looking for a new challenge?
Would you like to work for a charity with a supportive and inclusive culture?

We are working exclusively with a fantastic independent health charity, to recruit their new Data and Information Manager.

Supporting the grants, fundraising, communications and finance teams on all things data, digital and systems,
developing systems to lead on how they're best used.

The charity use Access/thankQ CRM and you will be tasked with creating dashboards for KPI's to enable more robust and efficient reporting.
Specific thanQ experience isn't essential - but certainly desired!

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience in systems management, data management and data governance.
It's a highly collaborative and strategic focused role that will require you to work independently and confidently.
You will manage a diverse range of databases and digital platforms, developing a strong working relationship with software providers and other external stakeholders.

You will champion the best use of their CRM, for both Fundraising and Grants management.
On any given day you will be busy supporting their compliance with data management and governance, including ongoing GDPR and policy development.
This work will lead you to support the development of their digital strategy for the coming years.

Please note you will initially, work from home. However will be expected to work in the office, once the world is more settled.

If you would like to apply, please get in touch asap with your CV and we can forward the full JD and charity details to you.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Purpose

This role is key to the Centre running as effectively as possible. Responsible for the overall coordination and administration of the Centre, you set the stage, providing the necessary foundations for the Centre to thrive and deliver on its mission. You will work closely with the Director, Head of Finance and Board as part of a small team with support from a Senior Administrator. You will liaise with colleagues in the Centre, the Board and with our partners. You will be expected to work independently and will hold a central liaison role within the Centre.

The Centre is a small community interest company, recently out of start-up phase, so all our colleagues are self-sufficient, energetic and organised and work well without the support system of a big enterprise, in a growing, close knit, team with a broad range of partners. We value teamwork, collaboration, being open, practical and iterative to make things work for our audience and the people in our teams.

Objective 1 – Finance and contract management

Managing the centre’s Business Plan, budget and finances, working with the Head of Finance, Treasurer and Senior Administrator.

• Finance and sustainability planning, including:
  • Development and implementation of a sound fundraising strategy aimed at diversifying income streams and building on the assets and expertise of the Centre
  • Bidding and fundraising coordination across teams
  • Reporting to the Board of Directors and funders
• Budget development, monitoring and planning
  • Oversight of day to day finance with Senior Administrator 
  • Monitoring progress against the budget with the team, as well as with the Head of Finance and Treasurer/Finance Committee
  • Implementing the budget for 2019/20 and preparing the business plan and budget for 2020/21 
  • Sustainability plan, business development, proposal development
  • Risk assessment and mitigation
• Setting up and maintaining financial compliance processes

Objective 2: Overall oversight and coordination of the Centre’s Programme, including 

• Facilitating the implementation of the Centre’s Strategy 
• Managing and improving commissioning and contracting processes 
  • Working across teams to ensure appropriate commissioning and contracting processes that allow flexibility and diversification of work
  • Contract management and reporting 
• Programme Oversight and Coordination
  • Working closely with the teams and the Senior Administrator to ensure overall effective programme management and reporting
  • Ensuring good communication across teams 

Objective 3 –  Secretary to the Board of Trustees and ensuring the organisation meets its legal requirements

• Preparing high quality board meetings, agenda, papers on time 
• Working with Chairman, Vice-Chair & Executive Director to deliver and continuously improve: 
  • Governance processes
  • Risks assessment and mitigation
  • Financial review
  • Strategic direction
  • Programme update & reporting
• Maintaining a positive and relationship with members of the Board of Directors, pairing available skills with the Centre’s work, priorities and teams 
• Legal requirements
  • Leading on the Annual Financial and Director’s Report in collaboration with the Executive Director, Head of Finance and Board of Directors

Objective 4 – Oversight and supervision of the day to day operations (people, IT and administration) of the Centre through the line management of a senior administrator

• Developing the Centre’s People Strategy 
• Line Management of the Senior Administrator, whose responsibilities include:
  • Day-to-day finance & accounting, Accomodation, IT, Phones, HR, Legal and contracting 
  • Reviewing and improving related processes e.g. HR processes, Finance and IT support
  • Coordination of the Centre’s teams and culture through weekly team meetings and bi-monthly full days including shared learning sessions. 

Person specification

You are:

• organised, efficient and responsive
• work well as a part of a small distributed flexible team in a fast-paced environment
• think strategically, exercise initiative and work independently to ensure effective.

Essential experience

• Business Planning, Budget and finance management
• Governance and reporting including working with Boards or High level meetings
• Operations/resources management
• Project and programme management, including risk, proportionate to a small business 
• Strategy development and delivery 

Desirable experience

• Interest in wellbeing, evidence or knowledge mobilsation 
• Bidding and proposal writing 
• Governance requirements of a Community Interest Company or company secretary experience 
• Knowledge and experience of working on Government Tenders
• People management experience
• Experience of work in a small growing organisation
• Experience of working in a research or university environment
• A proven track record in being able to write effectively for and communicate with a range of audiences
• ‘PRINCE2’, MSP practitioner or other relevant training completed
• Company Secretary training or experience
• A first bachelor’s degree or an equivalent relevant qualification, or equivalent experience

Working arrangements 

Accountable to: Executive Director

Management of: Senior Administrator 

Relationship with: Head of Finance and Board of Directors 

Salary: £28k- £35k per annum

Duration: Permanent – full time or part-time (min 4 days a week) or equivalent

Location: London preferred, but open to variety of working arrangements and location. We will consider flexible working arrangements and the post can either be London based or involve remote working as part of a virtual team. The post holder must be willing to travel to London regularly.

*Please submit a cover letter including your reason for wanting to work in/interest in Wellbeing*

This is a full-time post, but with some flexibility possible.

Background

ShareAction is a charity and campaigning organisation working to unleash the power of the financial system to drive social progress and protect our environment. We focus on transforming the investment system, using it as a lever to generate positive social and environmental impact in the real world.

We do this by:

• Educating and working with investors to improve their practices;
• Influencing the policy-makers and industry regulators that can ensure the investment system serves society’s interests in the long-term;
• Campaigning to unlock the power of investors, as shareholders in companies, to change corporate behaviour (on issues such as climate change, good work and human rights, sustainable food and public health);
• Mobilising ordinary people, who have a stake in the investment system through their pensions and savings, to demand a change in how their money is invested;
• Collaborating with other civil society organisations who share our vision.

Job Description

We’re recruiting a Media Communications Manager to work within our small but highly effective communications team. Using your expertise and contacts, you will raise and consolidate ShareAction’s profile and maintain its position as an authoritative thought leader in the responsible finance space.

You will relish working across press and broadcast media and with ShareAction’s Digital Communications Manager to maximise awareness of ShareAction’s industry and consumer-facing activity and campaigns. You will liaise with our Digital Communications Manager to contribute to the strategic development of ShareAction’s communications and develop and execute an engaging and impactful annual tactical communications plan.

The Media Communications Manager role is an exciting and varied position which offers the opportunity to influence the narrative around the financial sector’s role in climate change, human rights, and public health issues.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Although your role will be varied and open to some change in the activities you will undertake, below are the types of activities that you can expect to be doing:

• To work with the Director of Development and Communications and the Digital Communications Manager to devise and implement an organisation wide integrated communications strategy, including goals, budget and tactics;
• As part of the wider communications strategy, take the lead on developing and executing the media strategy, to include press and broadcast targets, including goals, budget and tactics;
• Take responsibility for the planning and pitching of media throughout the year, supporting the launch of ranking reports, research and other high-profile campaigns activity as appropriate and working with colleagues to lever these across ShareAction’s social media;
• Lead on the production of all media related output, including press releases, op-eds and Q&As and ensure that, where appropriate, these are uploaded onto the website/social channels;
• Monitor, record and analyse media activity on a monthly basis and contribute to a narrative report for the board on a quarterly basis;
• Keep abreast of the related national, EU and international news cycle and cultivate and nurture beneficial and productive relationships with current and new journalists across “trade” and related consumer media;
• To develop appropriate messaging for ShareAction’s key audiences – finance industry, policy makers and the general public – and ensure that our position on critical/emerging topics remains current;
• Respond with agility to reactive media opportunities and to requests from journalists, leveraging breaking news;
• To assist and advise the CEO, leadership team and other members of the team as appropriate about media issues and prepare briefing documents on high-profile and/or sensitive topics and issues;
• Training, briefing and preparing colleagues for broadcast media appearances/calls/interviews and acting as a spokesperson where appropriate;
• To regularly monitor, identify and manage any potential risks to ShareAction’s reputation, sharing and escalating these as appropriate.

Please note that this list isn’t exhaustive and the role might change slightly from time to time

Person specification

We are looking for a passionate, determined individual, with the following experience and skills:

ESSENTIAL

• Ability to think in a ‘big picture’ way about the communications needs of an ambitious and multifaceted charity;
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with demonstrable experience of producing high-quality copy and pitching to top tier media;
• Strong journalistic skills, including an understanding of what makes a good news story; proofreading and editing skills, with excellent attention to detail;
• Experience of developing and nurturing relationships with journalists and other media professionals, preferably within a related area;
• Ability to present complex issues in an accessible and engaging way to different audiences across different formats;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and execute tasks independently, managing deadlines and working well under pressure;
• Experience working in a campaigning organisation and developing campaign strategies;
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work in different teams and quickly understand complex areas of work within the organisation;
• Sound judgement and discretion in handling issues, especially those that might be sensitive, including the ability to identify and manage potential communications risks;
• Can-do attitude; willingness to work occasional evenings (with time off in lieu) and to be a first point of contact for media enquiries on personal phone number;
• Commitment to ShareAction’s aims and values;
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and Powerpoint.

DESIRABLE

• Experience with social media;
• Knowledge of responsible investment and ESG issues;
• Experience updating wepbages using CMS like WordPress;
• Professional training or qualification in journalism or media relations;
• Experience of working with Microsoft Office 365, particularly SharePoint;
• Experience of working with CRM systems, ideally Salesforce.

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available - such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Due to Covid-19 all interviews will take place online, you will also be expected to work from home for the foreseeable future

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Note that all personal information will be removed from applications prior to shortlisting which can delay the process in responding to applications. 

Please note that to be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK. Due to current restrictions we are unable to hire anyone that isn’t already living in the UK.

Operations & Data Manager – Living Wage Foundation

Hours: 22.5 HPW – 37.5 HPW Flexible (3 to 5 days)

Salary: Up to £32,056 Pro Rata Per Annum Plus £3,000 London Weighting Pro Rata Per Annum

Contract: Permanent

Based: London

Pension: 10% employer contribution

Purpose: 

The Living Wage Foundation was set up by Citizens UK in 2011. The Foundation is at the heart of the independent movement of businesses and people that campaign for the idea that a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay. We celebrate and recognise the leadership of responsible employers who choose to go further and pay a real Living Wage based on the cost of living, not just the government minimum. 

We an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as an Operations and Data Manager. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised individual to maintain, develop and continuously improve our systems. The role will be an integral part of the Living Wage team to provide strategic technical support and ensure the integrity of our systems, often overseeing development projects with external partners.

The Operations and Data Manager will need to be highly numerate and have great analytical skills to support our monitoring and evaluation functions, working with the Head of Operations on financial and budgeting management, reconciliation and forecasting for the Living Wage Foundation. The suitable candidate will be detail oriented, be able to demonstrate their ability to seek out improvements and problem solve creatively and ideally have experience working with Salesforce systems.

For information on how to apply for the post please click on 'Apply on Website' for simple application process. 

Living Wage Foundation is committed to being an inclusive employer. We value a diverse workforce and encourage anyone with an interest in this role to apply, regardless of whether you meet all the desirable criteria. We invest in our staff and will support you to develop the skills and knowledge required to deliver the role. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.

Please Note: Due to the expected high interest in the post, we may not be able to respond to unsuccessful applications.