At Carers First, we understand that caring can be hard, but believe getting the right help shouldn’t be. We work directly with and for, unpaid carers to provide personalised information, advice and support. Making it easier for those caring for someone else to continue living their lives to the fullest.

We are currently seeking an Operations Manager, to join our team. We are looking for an individual who is an inspirational and aspirational leader with a drive to ensure excellence for carers across London and Essex.  The individual will have the ability to identify gaps in service provision and develop projects to enhance and add value to the core offer, ensuring the successful delivery of Carers Firsts aims and objectives.

To be successful you will have experience of leading and managing teams across multiple geographical areas, have a clear understanding of strategic planning and delivery with the ability to develop new ideas and initiatives.

The location for the position is flexible but candidates must be willing to work out of one of Carers First’s main offices.

In return, you will benefit from working for a not-for-profit organisation that delivers a service which makes a real difference to people’s lives. We offer training and development to help you grow your career, good annual leave entitlement, flexible working options, access to our work-place pension, employee assistance programme and a Benenden Healthcare package.

If you are interested in becoming part of our team and have the skills and experience, we are looking for and are passionate about making a real difference then please read the Job Description and Person Specification.

To apply for this role, you will be required to download an application form from our website.  Once you have completed your application, please forward it to us for consideration.

Appointments are subject to Carers First receiving an appropriate disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable.

We encourage and welcome applications regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age. 

If you would like to discuss this role confidentially, please contact us and we will be happy to organise for one of the Team to contact you.  Please note that if you have not been contacted within one week of the closing date, your application has not been successful.

Closing Date:  25 October 2021

Interview Date: Week Commencing 01 November 2021

Carers First is an Equal Opportunities Employer

About Epping Forest Foodbank 

Epping Forest Foodbank (EFFB) is a charitable incorporated organisation providing emergency food parcels to local people in the Epping Forest area experiencing temporary financial crises. It was founded by local churches on Christian principles and this is reflected in its ethos and values. EFFB currently has 4 distribution centres, and rents a warehouse in Loughton for storage and office space. 

In 2020-2021 EFFB handled over 1,200 referrals from referral agencies in the local area, providing emergency food for over 3,000 people. This was a 75% increase on the previous year. In addition to providing food, EFFB is committed to signposting people in crisis to relevant support according to their circumstances. EFFB currently has over 100 volunteers. 

In order to alleviate hunger and effectively support local people, EFFB works in partnership with many local agencies and also benefits from operating as part of the wider Trussell Trust network.

Overview of role

• Overseeing the day-to-day operations of EFFB

• Coordinating the recruitment and management of volunteers

• Managing and developing relationships with relevant organisations 

• Encourage engagement within the local community with EFFB

• Monitor operational standards within EFF

• Encourage the development of the Christian ethos of EFFB

Duties of job role

Overseeing the day-to-day operations of EFFB

• Ensure operations of EFFB are effective, in line with the EFFB ethos and values and meet user demand

• Oversee stock-levels of food and ensure distribution centres receive what they need for EFFB users 

• Monitor the EFFB referral system and liaise with the Trussell Trust where necessary 

• Support the EFFB Director in implementing the Pathfinder programme

• Lead in procuring necessary resources for EFFB

Coordinating the recruitment and management of volunteers 

• Oversee volunteer recruitment, training and development 

• Oversee volunteer rotas and management 

• Manage key volunteers, including distribution centre and warehouse coordinators 

• Review and develop volunteer policies and ensure compliance by volunteers

Managing and developing relationships with relevant organisations 

• Manage relationships with referral agencies and local food providers and identify new ones

• Manage the relationship with the warehouse landlord and distribution centre premises owners 

• Manage relationships with organisations EFFB users can be signposted on to

Encourage engagement within the local community with EFFB 

• Lead activities to encourage engagement within the local community 

• Support the Director in promoting EFFB on the website and social media 

• Respond to enquiries to EFFB 

• Ensure EFFB’s reputation is upheld with users, volunteers and among the local community 

Monitor operational standards within EFFB 

• Regularly attend the EFFB distribution centres and warehouse 

• Ensure health & safety, safeguarding, data protection and other regulatory standards are maintained within EFFB and identify necessary improvements 

• Ensure regular and accurate data is kept of stock and referrals

• Develop resources for signposting EFFB users and keep up-to-date

Encourage the development of the Christian ethos of EFFB

• Lead regular prayer among staff and volunteers 

• Encourage volunteers to be open about their faith and sensitively share their faith with foodbank users where appropriate

Personal skills 

Experience

• Experience of managing people

• Experience of working with those affected by poverty and/or food insecurity 

• Experience of working or volunteering in an organisation that deploys volunteers 

Skills

• Excellent organisation and administrative skills, including the ability to prioritise tasks and manage competing demands

• Able to work as part of a team and motivate others about a project 

• Confident oral communication, including in front of larger groups of people and in a one-to-one setting 

• Excellent written communication skills

• Competent using Microsoft Office, Google applications, email, internet and social media

• Driver with use of a car

Personal requirements

• Ability to take initiative and problem solve

• Ability to work under pressure and deal with challenges calmly 

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to speak appropriately to all types of people

• Ability to be flexible with work hours and type

Other 

• Passionate about tackling poverty and food insecurity

• Commitment to the aims, values and purpose of EFFB

• Understanding and practice of Christian belief

We are looking for someone who is experienced and enthusiastic to join our animal welfare department as an Operations Manager.

Mayhew is a leading animal welfare charity working to improve the lives of dogs, cats and the people in our communities – in London and internationally.

In this exceptional time, You will play a key role in our Senior Management Team, working alongside all of them and our trustees to ensure Mayhew's mission and strategy is successful.

You will be responsible for overall line management of the kennels, cattery, animal welfare officers, adoptions and night teams.  Therefore, strong experience in mentoring and performance management is essential.

This is a permanent role, however candidates who may wish to apply for a interim basis are welcomed, please state if which you would prefer on your cover letter.

First round interviews will be conducted over Zoom.

Mayhew works in, and supports a diverse community here in London and Internationally, therefore, we welcome applicants from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds and the LGBT+ community.

If this sounds of interest to you read the Job Description and Person Specification below and apply.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this post early, should we receive a high volume of applications.

We are seeking an ambitious and goal orientated Corporate Partnerships Manager to maintain and diversify our corporate income stream to support our vital work. 

Genetic Alliance UK is the largest alliance of organisations supporting people with genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions in the UK. Our members and the people they support are at the heart of everything we do. We advocate for fast and accurate diagnosis, good quality care and access to the best treatments. We actively support progress in research and engage with decision makers and the public about the challenges faced by our community. We run two long standing projects, Rare Disease UK and SWAN UK (syndromes without a name).

This is a crucial role working directly with the Senior Management Team to coordinate, grow and diversify one of the charity’s most important streams of income. This is an ideal role for someone with demonstrable experience in relationship management and who is excited by the challenge of developing new partnerships. With access to external mentoring and coaching, you will design our programme and approach for expanding beyond our current support which is predominantly from the biosciences sector. 

You will need strong relationship building skills, confidence, and creativity. Friendly and professional with a keen eye for detail, you will be the main contact for the organisation with our corporate partners, new and old. 

Benefits:

• External mentoring from an experienced fundraising consultant, with coaching at the beginning of the role.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays and Christmas closure.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Access to free counselling via our employee support scheme.

This is a hybrid role with a negiotable working pattern.

To apply please email a CV and cover letter to Nick Meade, Joint Interim Chief Executive & Director of Policy by an email by 5pm Monday 1 November.

The full job description, person specification and how to apply is available on our website.

Part home/part office based

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

The newly formed Marketing Team at the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) engages, attracts and retains our priority audiences.  The team is comprised of a diverse range of marketing skills, with special emphasis on digital. We work in cross-disciplinary teams to deliver against a wide range of objectives, spanning every stage of our supporters’ journeys - from initial brand awareness through to leaving a gift in a will.

As a Marketing Manager at UNICEF UK, you will deliver marketing campaigns and projects in our multi-disciplinary marketing teams. This is a varied and busy role and you can expect to work across a range of channels and products, often using agile methodologies on fast paced projects.

Right now, we are particularly looking for candidates with skills in web content and UX who:

• are well-versed in developing engaging and effective web content and experiences, ideally in an agile environment
• understand supporter journeys, user experience, and online content, and how these combine to create exceptional supporter-centric digital interactions
• have experience of content management platforms and tools

Please explain how your skills and experience meet these criteria in your covering letter.

Closing date: 5pm, Tuesday 2 November 2021.

Interview date: Tuesday, 16 November and Wednesday, 17 November 2021 via video conferencing.

We are normally based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London but while our office is closed, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy. We are expecting to move to a hybrid approach (part home/part office based) when our office reopens.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business 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 are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact our Supporter Care Line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

Are you an honest, kind and hard-working person, with a commitment to equality and inclusion who wants to change the world?  Come and join us!

POST: Operations Manager

HOURS: Full time, worked flexibly 

TERM: Permanent  

SALARY:  £30, 000 - £32, 000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications. 

LOCATION: Flexible: either homebased with some travel (within Surrey) or office based at our office in Burpham.   

Surrey Coalition has grown quickly over the last few years, both in terms of the quantity and breadth of the work that we are engaged in.  Over the last year Board Directors, members, staff and volunteers have been involved in co-designing a new organisational strategy. 

The Board of Directors are keen to invest in the infrastructure of the organisation to ensure that our growth is sustainable, and that we can finalise and deliver our new strategy.

The Operations Manager will work very closely with the Chief Executive, and will have oversight across the whole organisation, with specific responsibility for the line management of a number of the team leads working in different areas of the organisation and a defined set of projects. 

The Operations Manager will be expected to deputise for the Chief Executive and any of the Team Leads when required.  This creates a great opportunity for someone who wants to develop their strategic leadership skills and experience, whilst still being able to roll up their sleeves and get stuck-in when required. 

We are looking for a confident, highly organised manager with excellent project and service management skills.  Your values are extremely important to us, and a total commitment to equality and inclusion is an essential requirement of the role.

For full details of the role, our organisation and who we are looking for, please check out the attached job description and person specification.

Please apply using our application form (we are not able to consider a CV). 

Closing date: Friday 5th November at 12.00 noon. 

Do you have proven leadership skills, a strong work ethic and a passion for quality? We are seeking an Operations Manager with the expertise, commitment and values to make a real difference to the lives of older people with care and support needs.

We need a well-organised, professional and proactive individual to join us as Operations Manager. You will lead and manage the delivery of high quality care and support to people living in Extra Care services in Tower Hamlets and Wandsworth. You will be dedicated to the delivery of person-centred services which enable people to enjoy a good quality of life. You will be highly professional and accountable with excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will have the experience and credibility to be able to provide direction, guidance and support to our team of Registered Managers and senior staff. You will be able to develop and sustain positive and trusting relationships with local authority commissioners, partner housing providers, professionals and other agencies.

You will have experience and skills in contract management, quality assurance and performance management. You will demonstrate a commitment to re-ablement principles and be able to lead staff to provide care and support which promotes dignity, wellbeing and independence.  You will foster a warm and inclusive atmosphere in services and must promote a responsive, person-centred culture and excellent customer care.

Your busy, varied and responsible role will involve:

• Contract management and compliance
• All aspects of quality assurance and monitoring
• Driving service improvements
• Ensuring provision of varied and vibrant activities at all services
• Producing reports and collating data against KPIs
• Performance management of the Registered Managers/Senior Team
• Recruitment and selection of staff
• Disciplinary and grievance management
• Investigation and follow up of concerns, complaints and suggestions
• Assessment and allocation of new service users
• Partnership working

In order to undertake this responsible role you will need to have a relevant health or social  care qualification and to have at least 4 years supervisory/management experience in health or social care services involving the care and support of older people and adults with a range of support needs. A knowledge and understanding of dementia and common health related needs will be very helpful. In return we will support you with your on-going professional development, including practitioner and management training.

The successful applicant will be based in Tower Hamlets (6 services) and Wandsworth (1 service) and will travel across the Boroughs to provide oversight to 7 Extra Care Services. It will therefore be helpful if the applicant lives in Tower Hamlets or within easy commuting distance.

Creative Support is a nationwide not-for-profit organisation which provides high quality, person-centred support to older people and adults with a learning disability, physical disabilities and mental health needs. The support we offer is tailored to the individual, and promotes their independence and community engagement. Creative Support is an Investor in People organisation which employs a diverse team of over 400 well-supported staff in the London area to deliver excellent services. 

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.

Are you a dedicated, enthusiastic, experienced community manager? Do you know how to tailor interactions with wide and varied audiences? Are you brilliant at developing and organising great events whether virtual or in person? We’re looking for an outstanding Community and Social Media Manager to help us in our mission to create breakthroughs that enable autistic people to live longer, happier, healthier lives. 

NB: Please read the application instructions carefully. Applications without a personal statement will not be considered.

This is a new role for Autistica – the UK’s leading autism research charity – at an exciting time in our growth as a charity. We are a small but dedicated team of people with big ambitions. But we can’t do this on our own. To create real change, autistic people and their families must be the central pillar in everything we do. That’s why we need you. 

As our community manager, your reach will span from direct, one-on-one relationships with members of the Autistica Insight Group all the way through to managing our broad and varied social media audiences. You’ll be adept at responding quickly and sensitively to enquiries covering a wide range of topics and you’ll be willing to admit when you don’t know things and seek out the answers to support the people we work with and for. 

You need to have a great grasp of data, logistics, community building and digital marketing and be utterly passionate about connecting with people in an individual, human way. We’re looking for someone who will fit in with our culture here at Autistica, which means you’ll need to be kind, compassionate and eager to develop yourself and the role. 

We particularly encourage applications from autistic people, people with other neurodevelopmental conditions and people from all underrepresented groups within the sector. 

For more information, please download the full job description and person specification. 

We are seeking an ambitious and goal orientated Development and Sustainability Manager to build a sustainable fundraising pipeline to support our vital work. 

Genetic Alliance UK is the largest alliance of organisations supporting people with genetic, rare and undiagnosed conditions in the UK. Our members and the people they support are at the heart of everything we do. We advocate for fast and accurate diagnosis, good quality care and access to the best treatments. We actively support progress in research and engage with decision makers and the public about the challenges faced by our community. We run two long standing projects, Rare Disease UK and SWAN UK (syndromes without a name).

This is a pivotal new role working directly with the Senior Management Team to help revamp our fundraising as we review our organisational strategy, and work to embed the recommendations of our recent fundraising review and restructure. This is an ideal role for someone with demonstrable fundraising experience who has ambitions to lead their own department in the future. With access to external mentoring and coaching, you can use and and grow your existing skills with the potential to build your own team around you. 

You will need confidence, creativity and excellent research and relationship building skills. Friendly and professional with a keen eye for detail, you will develop project plans, proposals and processes to achieve sustainable long-term funding for all areas of our work. Using your strong relationship building and research skills, you will identify new opportunities for funding and successfully work with our stakeholders to develop strong cases for support and inspiring case studies. 

Benefits:

• External mentoring from an experienced fundraising consultant, with coaching at the beginning of the role.
• Generous employer pension contribution.
• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays and Christmas closure.
• Flexible working patterns.
• Access to free counselling via our employee support scheme.

This is a hybrid role with a negiotable working pattern.

To apply please email a CV and cover letter to Lauren Roberts, Joint Interim Chief Executive & Director of Engagement and Support by an email by 5pm Monday 8 November.

Part home/part office based

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

The newly formed Marketing Team at the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) engages, attracts and retains our priority audiences. The team is comprised of a diverse range of marketing skills, with special emphasis on digital. We work in cross-disciplinary teams to deliver against a wide range of objectives, spanning every stage of our supporters’ journeys - from initial brand awareness through to leaving a gift in a will.

As a Marketing Manager at UNICEF UK, you will deliver marketing campaigns and projects in our multi-disciplinary marketing teams. This is a varied and busy role and you can expect to work across a range of channels and products, often using agile methodologies on fast paced projects.

Right now, we are particularly looking for candidates with experience in Paid Social who will:

• run paid social campaigns, delivered either through in house expertise or via our agency partners
• support the strategy and delivery of our paid social activity
• have a strong understanding of the paid social landscape and support in diversifying our channel mix and implementing tech solutions
• have hands on experience of Facebook Ads Manager and experience with other paid social platforms including Twitter, Snapchat and Pinterest

 Please explain how your skills and experience meet these criteria in your covering letter.

Closing date: 5pm, Tuesday 2 November 2021.

Interview date: Tuesday, 16 November and Wednesday, 17 November 2021 via video conferencing.

We are normally based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London but while our office is closed, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy. We are expecting to move to a hybrid approach (part home/part office based) when our office reopens.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business 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 are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact our Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

We are looking to recruit a Community Development Manager who will lead our community development work facilitating the formation of new ‘friends of’ parks groups and community-led environmental groups to protect and enhance parks and green spaces. The Community Development Manager will also empower and capacity build existing groups to achieve their aims and work proactively to enable new initiatives and groups to establish. As even more people have come to realise, our parks and greens are vitially improtant for well-being as well as nature.

You will be joining our friendly, fun and professional staff, volunteers, intern and trustee team, who have a wealth of experience of protecting the environment, conserving heritage, supporting grassroots groups and management roles in the voluntary, public and business sectors. 

Nonclassical is a music promoter, record label and events producer presenting the best new classical, experimental and electronic music. We are seeking a Finance Manager to join our small, dynamic organisation as we seek to grow and expand on our mission supporting emerging artists and reaching diverse audiences with new classical, electronic and experimental music, nationally and internationally.

The role works closely with the executive team and board to manage the charity's finances on a micro and macro level, supporting strategic decision-making as well as day-to-day financial administration and reconciliation. 

We believe in the strength of diversity, and strive for Nonclassical's team to be representative of modern Britain. We are therefore actively seeking applications from people underrepresented in our workforce currently, in particular Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse people as well as those with a lived experience of disability.

DEADLINE: 11.59PM FRI 12 NOV

About EngineeringUK

EngineeringUK is a not-for-profit organisation, which works in partnership with the engineering community to inform and inspire young people and grow the number and diversity of tomorrow’s engineers. We work locally, regionally and nationally with a wide range of organisations across business and industry, education, professional institutions and the third sector to understand the engineering sector and the skills it requires. We work in partnership with these organisations to develop and promote effective initiatives and programmes to inspire young people to consider a career in engineering.

We are guided by a series of values that we apply to all our activity.

We are insightful and open and honest with our insight so that everything we to inspire young people into engineering is based on clear and up-to-date evidence, gained by listening to and learning from our community.

We are courageous and dynamic in the development, piloting and promotion of ideas and activities which can help us all to inspire tomorrow’s engineers and increase the talent pipeline for engineering.

We are passionate about inspiring a new generation on engineers and a positive difference to young people’s lives.

We are inclusive, with partnership and collaboration at the heart of what we do. We are determined to reach those people who are under-represented in modern engineering.

About the role

At EngineeringUK we use evidence to make a real difference. Through research insight and robust evaluation, we work to improve  the impact of 150 organisations, as well as our own, in making a positive difference to young people’s lives and securing the diverse engineering workforce the UK needs to thrive. The research and evaluation team consists of 7 researchers and analysts who work to provide these insights.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver and develop our evaluation projects, to help build an evidence-base for STEM outreach activities and to shape how we use this evidence to inform our own and others’ practice.

With support from the Senior Evaluation Manager, you will be the operational lead on our evaluations, with responsibility for:

• critically assessing the evidence required to assess impact of STEM outreach activities across a complex landscape with an emphasis on groups historically underrepresented in the engineering profession
• designing and managing the evaluation of our educational programmes, including the practicalities and logistics of collecting/analysing these data, and reporting findings to internal and external stakeholders
• working with colleagues to embed learning from evaluation findings into our future activities and the wider evidence base on the impact of engineering outreach activity
• developing advice and guidance on evaluation and impact measurement to support the engineering outreach community to evaluate their activity more robustly.

This job would ideally suit an experienced monitoring and evaluation professional interested in evaluating education programmes with a focus on increasing opportunities for young people from under-represented groups.

Role responsibilities

Deliver our evaluation programme through:

• Project design - developing appropriate methodological approaches, in consultation with the Senior Evaluation Manager and relevant Product Managers, to assess the impact of EngineeringUK’s outreach programmes on young people’s capability, opportunities and motivation
• Project management – coordinating research and data administration, including preparing and overseeing tender processes, specifications for external data providers and research agencies, logistics for fieldwork, and progress reports
• Data collection – designing, conducting and commissioning primary research, including the development of large-scale, complex surveys
• Data analysis – collating, cleaning and validating data in preparation for analysis; analysing and interpreting statistical and qualitative data gathered through the research process; and presenting findings clearly for non-technical audiences
• Embedding learning – working closely with EngineeringUK Product Managers to interpret and understand evaluation findings to inform product development; reflecting on and continually improving impact and process evaluation approaches
• supporting EngineeringUK’s equality, diversity and inclusion team to improve our monitoring processes so that we can better understand the demographic composition of our participants and the differential impact of our programmes
• creating and maintaining effective working relationships with external research agencies and data providers, ensuring agreed deliverables are delivered on time, to cost, and to a high standard.

Support the wider STEM outreach sector to improve their evaluation through:
 

• supporting the development and implementation of an impact and evaluation framework to  support outreach providers to appraise their work and measure key performance indicators.
• developing good practice evaluation guidance for internal and external stakeholders, reviewing literature, analysing data, and sourcing case studies
• conducting desk research where required, including literature reviews of existing reports and analysis of existing datasets

Produce high quality reports on our findings, through:

• authoring internally-produced research outputs, including annual programme evaluation reports
• reviewing externally-produced research outputs, ensuring they are accurate, unbiased, methodologically sound, and written in a style that is fit-for-purpose
• collaborating with colleagues to ensure we derive maximum leverage from our research and evaluation outputs

Contribute to the wider work of the Research and Evaluation Team through:

• responding to research and data-related queries from the engineering sector and internal colleagues
• representing EngineeringUK externally, communicating research findings and identifying opportunities to forge relationships that benefit the organisation’s strategic objectives
• managing aspects of the research budget and adhere to relevant Quality Management System (QMS) processes
• co-authoring other research outputs produced by the team (outside of evaluation)
• following best practice in relation to research ethics, data storage and data management protocol, including ensuring that research is conducted in line with relevant policies, codes and applicable legislation
• keeping up-to-date with developments in education and/or STEM-related policy and available data, as  well as research methods

Other duties

This job description sets out the requirements of the role at the time it was drawn up and may change over time. The Evaluation Manager will be expected to undertake other tasks or duties as required.

Person specification

Educational requirements

• Evidence of analytical and problem-solving ability

Essential experience and attributes

• Professional experience in monitoring and evaluation of programmes, policies or interventions in the UK context
• Excellent knowledge of evaluation techniques/practices and data collection and analysis methodologies
• Experience in undertaking literature searches and reviews, identifying relevant evidence, appraising its quality, and summarising the body of existing work
• Excellent time management skills, with experience working on multiple projects at once, adapting to changing priorities, and meeting hard deadlines
• Ability to work independently and prioritise own tasks and time, but also take direction, be flexible and work collaboratively with others, contributing to team decisions and facilitating cross organisational working
• An understanding of ethical and legal aspects of social research and the ability to adhere to appropriate research ethics and data protection protocol

Desirable experiences and attributes

• Experience monitoring and evaluating the impact of educational interventions
• Experience developing impact, measurement, and evaluation frameworks
• Knowledge of the STEM skills environment
• Good knowledge of statistics, including how to employ inferential techniques to estimate the effects of an intervention (e.g. regression and multivariate analysis)
• Ability to effectively engage with stakeholders, foster collaboration with external partners on shared objectives and involve users in the development of research
• Strong interpersonal and persuasive skills, with ability to manage and diffuse challenging situations – including to deliver difficult messages and work with internal and external stakeholders to identify solutions to common problems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience producing research reports and presenting findings to a range of audiences (both technical and non-technical)
• Experience analysing the return on investment (ROI) or cost-benefit of social interventions
   

Applying for this role

Please send a CV and cover letter (no longer than 2 sides) in support of your application explaining how you fulfil the key criteria for the role. Please also tell us where you saw the job advertised in your email as we are currently tracking our applications.

The deadline for applications is before 12:00 noon on 1st November.

Interviews

Applications will be assessed against the requirements for the post as set out in the Role Profile and  Person Specification.

EngineeringUK are working hard to be a disability confident employer. Please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make for you during this recruitment process and beyond.

We aim to notify candidates who have been shortlisted on Friday 5th November. If you have not heard from us  after this date, please assume that you have not been successful.

First interviews will be held virtually between 11th & 12th November
 

EngineeringUK is an inclusive organisation; we welcome everyone with all skills, experiences, and backgrounds.
Each applicant will be individually assed regardless of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, ethnicity, colour, or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are open to flexible working, including job share.

Benefits / Perks

• 28 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays and 3 days at Christmas)
• Competitive pension
• Access to office gym with employee discount
• Yearly flu jabs
• Annual bonus
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Permanent Health Insurance

Islington Giving is seeking an experienced Digital Communications Manager and it is an exciting time to join us! The next few years promise to be pivotal in taking Islington Giving and the place-based giving movement even further. The current post holder has made a significant contribution to the development and leadership of fundraising for Islington Giving, including over the challenging pandemic period, and the new post holder will inherit a strong development and communications baseline.

This role is varied and interesting, calling upon a broad range of digital skills.  No day is ever the same, and the opportunities to test, learn and innovate are at the heart of what Islington Giving is all about.

Islington Giving’s growing fundraising programme involves inspiring the local community to support local projects. We engage trusts, foundations local businesses and residents. As a result, we have raised over £8m since 2010. We raised and distributed over £1.1m in 2020 alone, including through our Islington Giving Crisis Fund focused on support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Islington Giving is an ambitious initiative which has attracted widespread local and national interest. London’s Giving, inspired by Islington Giving, was launched in October 2014 and there are now 20 similar ‘Giving’ schemes across London.

We are seeking an experienced Digital Communications Manager to build on a recent rebrand and some super successful digital marketing campaigns over the last 18 months. So, if you

• have a proven track record in designing and delivering digital engagement strategies to raise funds?
• thrive in small teams where you can work with colleagues on a variety of projects and campaigns?
• are you passionate, as we are, about addressing issues around poverty and inequality?

Then you might be just the person we are looking for to join our small and ambitious team, so please do download the application pack and apply for this exciting role.