Shannon Trust is a charity operating across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, supporting thousands of people in prison each year to transform their lives by unlocking the power of reading. We inspire and train prisoners who can read to teach prisoners who can’t. 2020 was a year of adaptation brought about by COVID19 – we revised our delivery model and now, in 2021, we want to develop much further. To support this, we are now recruiting to new roles and are seeking proactive, committed, and enthusiastic applicants to join our team and help us continue our journey.
Working closely with prisons, volunteers and mentors, this role will lead the delivery and development of our prison-based programme across South West England and Wales, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn to read. You’ll be an excellent relationship builder, confident in the management and training of volunteers, and able to problem solve. We want to hear from applicants who can lead, be a team player, with knowledge of the criminal justice system (CJS) and who are comfortable with the use of digital business tools.
About Shannon Trust
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About The Advocacy Project
We help marginalised and vulnerable people make effective choices about what happens in their lives. We also support them to speak up and help improve important services we all need. We want to make sure people across all age and care groups – including learning disability and mental health – can:
- voice their concerns
- understand their rights
- make effective choices about what happens in their lives
We do this through advocacy services which support people individually, and user involvement projects that help organisations improve the services they offer.
About the role
The post-holder will lead a team of advocates working with adults and young people across NHS and private hospitals and the local community.
You will be required to provide line management support, be the point of contact for our stakeholders and ensure high quality delivery of our advocacy contracts.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of assigned advocacy services actively encouraging your team to contribute to service planning, quality improvement and development.
- Ensure the team provides instructed and non-instructed advocacy and signposting, working to the advocacy empowerment cycle and actively promoting self-advocacy throughout all work with service users where practicable.
- Ensure the team capture high quality advocacy notes, outcomes information and other evidence into the Case Management System in a timely manner.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of new legislation and reports and current trends and issues in mental health, mental capacity, care act, and health and social care legislation, local and national policy relating to people with mental health issues and disseminate across your team.
- Ensure quality standards are achieved by implementing operational policies and procedures to maintain professional and consistent advocacy services.
- Ensure contracts are delivered within budget, to agreed key performance indicators, case work standards and monitoring requirements, eg producing reports including quarterly monitoring reports.
- Lead on raising awareness of the advocacy service to service users and potential referrers.
- Ensure referrals are allocated efficiently, appropriately and within the requirements of the contract.
- Provide support and supervision to your staff team including professional development, appraisals, team meetings and work review meetings, and organisational activities such as CPD lectures and staff briefings.
General responsibilities
- Participate in team meetings and training (and make sure your staff to attend).
- Keep to our policies, including health & safety, and risk regulations.
- Work to our mission, vision, and values.
- Carry out other projects and tasks as needed.
- Participate in personal, team and organisational development.
- Contribute to monitoring reports.
Person specification
Essential
- Experience of delivering advocacy.
- Achieved qualification in advocacy.
- Proven leadership ability and strong people management skills.
- Experience of managing contracts and delivering advocacy services.
- Understanding of statutory and non-statutory advocacy.
- Sound knowledge of current issues in health and social care policy, practice and legislation.
- Exceptional stakeholder management abilities with experience of building effective relationships with ranging commissioners, partners, service users and colleagues.
- Excellent communications (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Effective in working with a wide variety of stakeholders ranging from trustees to service users and employees.
- Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project code of conduct, equalities and safeguarding policies.
- Ability to work as part of a team and on your own initiative, to plan and prioritise your own workload.
- Willingness to promote The Advocacy Project and the mental health service in line with our mission, vision and values.
Desirable
Achieved qualification in advocacy management
Benefits of working for us
We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.
Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.
All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.
We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.
How to apply
Send your CV and a supporting statement explaining why you think you’re the person we’re looking for and how your experience meets the person specification.
Upload your application via our website on.
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The Brokerage is at a critical and dynamic point having recently launched a strategic re-direction, innovative new services and a relevant new brand. At the heart of this exciting new direction is ensuring the profile of The Brokerage is both re-positioned as a Changemaker and thought leader, and also increased across key audiences.
As such we are recruiting for a Senior Communications, Marketing and Campaigns Manager to lead on the organisation’s campaigns, brand, external communications, marketing, social media and digital engagement. This includes the development and implementation of a communications and messaging strategy that ensures significant growth in the awareness, engagement and participation in our work from our key stakeholders and beyond.
You will need to share the CEO’s vision of creating a modern, trust - not rule -based organisation that is high-performing and offers its staff the ability to work pro-actively, autonomously and with an entrepreneurial spirit whilst offering a supportive, inclusive and flexible working environment.
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Role: HEAD OF COMMUNITIES
Salary: From £35,500
Hours: 37.5 hours a week – SAS has a flexitime policy, meaning these hours can be spread around core hours of 10.30am - 3.30pm
Contract: Permanent
Based: Cornwall – St. Agnes
Probationary Period: 3 months
Holidays: 25 days per year plus Bank Holidays
Benefits: An additional 1-day holiday per year accrued after each full year of service, up to 3 years / Employer pension scheme / 24-hour employee support line
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Direct reports: 3
The Charity
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is one of the UK's leading marine conservation and campaigning charities. Our mission is simple, to Create Ocean Activists Everywhere. Our projects and campaigns inspire, unite and empower individuals and communities to take action to protect our ocean, beaches, waves and wildlife. Our vision, Thriving Ocean, Thriving People, is about connecting all humans to the ocean and creating communities of people who want to make real change happen. We support and empower people to campaign together as the authentic voice of the ocean.
The organisation was founded in 1990 and became a charity in 2013. The charity is made up of a board of 11 trustees, an executive team of 22, 200+ Regional Reps and over 100,000 active volunteers around the UK. The charity also founded and runs the only marine conservation All Party Parliamentary Group in Westminster – the Ocean Conservation APPG, bringing together a collaborative voice for ocean in Westminster.
The charity has one of the biggest community volunteer networks in the UK, with grassroots ocean activists involved in ocean conservation campaigns, beach cleans, plastic-free initiatives and fundraising initiatives around the country. In 2021, we anticipate bringing our communities back together with a focus on:
- Supporting the innovation and ongoing impact of the UK’s largest beach clean network involving 100,000 volunteers annually;
- Enhancing and expanding our award-wining Plastic Free Communities programme, reaching more diverse communities nationwide;
- Growing the Plastic Free Schools programme to reach 3,000 schools;
- Securing new partnerships to support Plastic Free Schools and Plastic Free Communities from 2023;
- Managing the collection of new supporter data from our networks – ensuring we deepen engagement with all volunteers and communities;
- Supporting the existing management team, ensure we train, protect and empower our volunteer networks appropriately.
The latest annual report and accounts can be accessed through the Charity Commission.
The Role and Opportunity
Our communities and volunteers are central to the success of our campaigns to protect and restore the ocean. We engage millions of students and hundreds of thousands of volunteers annually, with a shared vision for our seas. Our award-winning community projects and highly experienced team now need the guidance, support and experience of a talented and driven professional to take our community impact to the next level in this Decade of the Ocean.
Our belief is that long-term systematic change comes from tackling four interlinked areas: community actions, business practices, laws and policies, and this holistic approach to change is reflected in our campaigns and projects. Effective project execution is critical, not only for our day to day delivery at SAS, but also for our longer-term success in achieving our vision of Thriving Ocean, Thriving People.
We need someone with great project management experience, a professional who can see the bigger picture, but also can drill down and help deliver the detail when needed. You will have experience of innovating and delivering significant community-based projects. You will understand the importance of good measurement and analysis, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
You will be highly results orientated, but also agile and adaptive to change. You will understand the importance of prioritisation and instinctively guide the team to focus on what matters.
We are a small, agile team with the ability to deliver big and you will need to be collaborative, inspirational and decisive. You will be skilled at empowering teams to create and deliver consistently utilising project management techniques and approaches. We are a practical charity, and you will be able to roll up your sleeves, and work on tight timeframes, capacity and budgets.
Ideally, you will have a strong grasp of environmental issues, spot opportunities, and understand how to engage and mobilise our supporters at this crucial time for our environment.
This new role with the charity will be both strategic and hands on, delivering trackable and meaningful uplift on a backdrop of extremely strong project impact and delivery. The main responsibilities are outlined below but this is not a definitive list and it will change and evolve over time.
Responsibilities
General
- Oversee and develop the ongoing community and events portfolio, supporting an experienced management team delivering education, beach cleans and community programmes;
- Support and empower the team to grow volunteer engagement, school enrolment and community participation across key projects including Plastic Free Schools, Plastic Free Communities and the beach clean programme;
- Ensure that our deliverables are consistent with our authentic ocean-focused mission, strategy and campaigns;
- Work closely with the Head of Campaigns to embed campaign actions in community projects;
- Co-chair the Campaigns and Projects Committee;
- Project management – accurate and timely scoping and planning, managing capacity and resources to deliver high levels of impact and engagement;
- Line management: Motivate, support and monitor performance within the projects team;
- Deliver complex projects accurately, on time, and to budget;
- Spot potential risks and challenges and mitigate/adjust plans accordingly;
- Monitor and communicate progress and produce relevant reports and necessary documentation;
- Understand and utilise appropriate project management tools, training staff where needed (We currently use Asana, Teams within SAS);
- Team leadership – direct line management of Community and Events Manager, Plastic Free Communities Manager and Education Manager;
- Understand CRM systems, their relationship with strong project delivery and supporter engagement;
- Scope and implement a major CRM project in collaboration with Head of Individual Giving and Head of Campaigns;
- Develop project pitches and budgets to secure funding for our education and communities programmes in 2023;
- Implement the strategic goals set out by the CEO and Board of Trustees and shape these collaboratively.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- To adopt a positive approach to personal and professional development;
- To play an active role as part of the SAS Management Team;
- To be aware of, and act on, relevant governance responsibilities and requirements as an employee of SAS and adhere to these wherever you are working;
- To maintain confidentiality in all areas of work at SAS;
- To work with the broader SAS team and to perform any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the post;
- To demonstrate a strong commitment to creating an inclusive, equal and diverse workplace.
Personal Specification
- Thrives in a fast-paced campaigning environment and has flexibility and agility in approach where necessary;
- An energetic, committed and strategic individual, with the ability to turn ideas into real impact;
- Has experience of managing complex, time-bound projects, ideally within a campaigning charity;
- An agile, flexible leader able to inspire others to act;
- Develops open and collaborative relationships, able to delegate and empower;
- Deals with conflict and pressure maturely and rationally;
- Works positively to address challenging personal and organisational goals, taking responsibility for resolving problems;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Adept at engaging a variety of cross-sector stakeholders and managing diverse relationships.
Knowledge and Passion for the Cause
- Is passionate about marine conservation and the wider environment;
- Fully supports the aims and objectives of the charity;
- Understands the critical role the ocean plays in current environmental challenges;
- Committed to supporting investigative work, empowering ocean activists in action and movement building.
Surfers Against Sewage values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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Disability Rights UK (DR UK) is a charity with our office based in the Olympic Park in East London. We occupy a unique position as the only national organisation led by disabled people. 90% of our trustees have lived experience of disability, as do the majority of our staff and volunteers. We describe ourselves as ‘disabled people leading change’.
Our charitable objectives include breaking the link between poverty and disability and challenging negative perceptions in society. We work to reduce the additional barriers that disabled people face. Evidence of injustice and inequality that we gather is taken forward into our policy and campaigning work.
We offer advice and information services to disabled people and member organisations. Our website reaches one million people each year with factsheets on subjects such as welfare benefits, housing, education, transport and accessing legal advice.
DR UK runs a range of innovative projects, working with partners including other Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), to demonstrate new approaches to disabled people’s participation. For example, we have a successful model of working with disabled people, local DPOs, social workers and Sport England to change attitudes, perceptions and practices around physical activity and wellbeing.
To underpin this vital and far-reaching work we have a plan to increase our annual income from individual giving, legacies, grant funding and corporate activity.
The role
This is an exciting time to join us. This newly created post is designed to build our digital fundraising, grow the number of individuals actively supporting DR UK and increase income from trusts and foundations. You will be asked to come up with as many effective, innovative and engaging fundraising approaches as possible to help achieve these aims.
DR UK has continued working at full capacity during the pandemic:
- supporting disabled people contacting our helplines
- producing special Covid-19 supplements for the advice sector
- creating high level channels for feeding the experiences of disabled people into emerging national policy and practice
Motivation and communication across staff teams has never been better – being already used to remote working and having a strong unity of purpose at this time.
As our Fundraising Manager, you will have a unique opportunity to influence the design of new systems and ways of working. This will include helping shape the development of our digital strategy and the fundraising aspects of our new website, to be launched in the second half of 2021.
To fulfil this wide-ranging role, we are seeking a highly creative, determined and enthusiastic fundraising all-rounder, with the ability to lead on income generating activities, while working collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation.
You will report to and work with our Head of Business Development to make sure fundraising activities meet annual targets, raise DR UK’s profile and enhance our reputation in line with our values.
In return we offer a highly competitive salary, employer pension, flexi-working and an informal, inclusive and modern workplace within the Here East innovation zone on the edge of the London Olympic Park. There will be opportunities for training and personal development.
To apply, please send your current CV together with a cover letter, outlining why you want this job and addressing each point in the person specification. Should you wish to apply using another format, please contact us. Otherwise, applications without a suitable cover letter will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
Crisis Skylight Croydon engages individuals at every stage of their recovery from homelessness, from early engagement on the street, stabilisation and progression into independent living, to ongoing support to ensure members are not subjected to the 'revolving door' of homelessness. We also work closely with a range of partners, referral agencies and the Local Authorities to support single homeless people who are insecurely or temporarily housed and others who are unlikely to receive a service elsewhere. We deliver structured Learning and Skills classes in our Skylight centre alongside housing, progression, smart-skills advice, volunteering opportunities and coaching.
About the role
As a Learning Manager, you will be someone who is passionate and understand your role in ending and preventing homelessness. We are looking for somebody who can demonstrate their ability to lead and manage teams to deliver a high-quality service while meeting the individual needs of our members. As part of the management team at Crisis Skylight Croydon, you will have the commitment and drive to support the implementation of a vision whose end goal is to see as many people have their homelessness end as possible through an excellent Skylight offer.
About you
To be successful in this role you will:
• Have experience of delivering or managing high quality information, advice and guidance services
• Understanding of the barriers faced by homeless people and using effective case management, solution-focused approaches to ensure the optimum outcomes for homeless people
• An understanding of coaching approaches and the ability to ensure coaching interventions are being delivered to a high standard
• Demonstrable experience of managing and developing staff in effective case management, including driving targets and allocating staff resources effectively
• Experience of supporting and embedding change in service delivery
Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
- Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your on-going development to build your skills, experience and career.
How to Apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.
Closing date: Wednesday 10th February 2021 (at 23:59)
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.
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The Philanthropy Manager plays a critical role in implementing a major donor program that supports Lewa Wildlife Conservancy’s strategic conservation and community development goals. He/she will primarily focus on UK and Europe based opportunities.
The Philanthropy Manager is a key member of an effective nine-staff development team, led by the International Executive Director. Lewa’s international team is currently based across the USA and UK, working in close collaboration with the team in Kenya. This position reports to the Deputy Director of Development, currently based in New York, for day-to-day management and ultimately reports to Lewa’s International Executive Director, currently based in London. The position is based in London (or within commuting distance to London) and sits within Lewa’s International Fundraising Department.
The Philanthropy Manager is entrepreneurial, experienced in nonprofit management and development, and passionate about both fundraising and donor cultivation. This challenging role demands a highly organized, detail-oriented, entrepreneurial individual with strong verbal and written communications skills and the ability to work independently. He/She understands the importance of data management, nonprofit administration, and budget oversight. A deep commitment to and interest in the protection of wildlife and natural heritage is advantageous.
Occasional domestic and international travel will require adjustments in personal schedule. The Philanthropy Manager should be flexible to work from a home office or shared Lewa office in central London post pandemic restrictions.
Key Responsibilities
1. Major Donor Management and Stewardship
- Manage a portfolio of 100+ individuals, institutions and corporations giving between £5,000 and £100,000 including:
- Regularly conduct prospect research. Qualify prospects and present information and strategies to Deputy Director
- Cultivate meaningful relationships through substantive contacts and visits, as appropriate
- Develop and execute solicitation strategies
- Steward existing donors
- Build a robust international donor base, primarily focused on the UK and Europe
- Lead and/or assist team in writing thorough reports and grant-winning proposals
- Lead development and submission of some reports and proposals that require coordination among offices, including international offices and Lewa Kenya, and across LWC programs
- Meet or exceed growth oriented fundraising targets annually
- Support development and communications goals related to annual giving by participating in campaign discussions and strategy development; increasing awareness of campaigns among donors; and securing matching gifts to be offered during campaigns.
- Manage all aspects of Lewa UK’s participation in the annual Big Give campaign.
2. Special Events
- Develop strategies to raise Lewa Wildlife Conservancy’s visibility and attract new major gift donors.
- Primary contact for bi-annual gala in London (currently scheduled for fall 2021). Work with team and event consultant to plan and execute this 300-400 person fundraising event and live auction. Mobilize signature sponsors for the event.
- Support US-based team members as needed on planning and executing a bi-annual gala in New York City (currently planned for fall 2022).
- Work with Lewa’s International Advisory Council and Board members to plan and staff smaller cultivation or fundraising events.
- Work with Kenyan colleagues to plan and conduct visits, presentations, and events in the UK and Europe.
- Support the annual Lewa Safari Marathon held in Kenya and virtually. Help manage sponsorship, donor relations, and travel for the marathon.
- Support team in preparations for International Board and Committee meetings (both virtual and in-person).
3. Fundraising Data Management
- Track all development actions and donor information daily in Salesforce; input fundraising projections according to team protocols.
- Help manage online campaigns on Classy as needed.
- Monitor and evaluate all fundraising activities to ensure that fundraising goals are being achieved.
- Utilize team tools like Dropbox, Salesforce, Google products, and Basecamp to manage tasks and projects.
Qualifications and Competencies
This challenging role demands a highly organized, self-driven, entrepreneurial individual with strong communications skills and the ability to work independently. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a genuine commitment towards Lewa’s mission and vision.
The post holder must demonstrate:
Track record of success in fundraising from individual, foundation and corporate donors. He/she must be able to identify, solicit, engage and steward current and new donors to meet or exceed growth oriented fundraising targets.
Excellent written & verbal skills in English, great attention to detail and commitment to high standards is required.
Professional Qualifications
- At least five years of experience in major gift fundraising required
- A successful track record of stewarding and securing gifts from major donors
- Experience writing/editing successful technical proposals highly preferred
- Experience working with Boards and/or fundraising volunteers
- Excellent written, verbal, and organizational skills
- Very strong attention to detail
- Experience with Salesforce or other CRM required
- Knowledge of conservation/international development issues is preferred
- A general-to-good understanding of the Kenyan/African social-political context is essential. Experience in Kenya, East Africa and or other parts of Africa is desirable
Personal Qualities
- Strong interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity and ability to foster positive working relationships that contribute to a healthy organizational culture in a multinational, multicultural environment
- Self-driven and able to take direction
- Ability to travel internationally and domestically
- Proven ability to work effectively and efficiently against pressing deadlines, with problem solving mindset.
- Ability to work in harmony with teammates, enthusiastic contributor to team goals, and able to accept and incorporate feedback
- Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and integrity
- Dedicated to personal professional development.
- Willingness to adapt schedule and work outside of typical hours when required.
Education and Training
- Relevant University degree required; MSc in Conservation/ relevant field preferred
- 5+ years’ experience in similar role at a conservation or sustainable development NGO in an international setting
- Skilled in Microsoft Office and use of a CRM database (Lewa currently uses Salesforce)
Compensation and Benefit
- Lewa provides a competitive salary between £42,000 and £52,000 depending where based/ level of experience, plus holiday compensation package
- Will consider flexible work from home/work from Lewa office (post pandemic) arrangement
Overview: The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
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Do you want to play a key role in standing up for Children? Then join us as Anticipation and Risk Finance Officer – Start Network.
About Us
The Start Network is an independent charity made up of more than 40 aid agency members across five continents, ranging from large international organisations to national NGOs. Our aim is to deliver more effective emergency aid, harnessing the power and knowledge of the network to make faster and better decisions to help people affected by crises. We advocate for radical change in the global aid system so that the world can deal better with the humanitarian challenges of today, and of the future.
About the Role
We believe that advanced preparedness and early action is essential in responding to humanitarian situations today. By anticipating these events and using forecast information it enables us to consider innovative financing approaches, to better prepare for and respond to these situations.
As Anticipation and Risk Finance Officer you will play a key programmatic support role and engage in programme development, grant administration and reporting on both day to day operations and the roll out of new projects and pilots across a range of disaster risk financing and anticipation initiatives.
This role presents an exciting capacity building opportunity for an experienced Officer, looking to expand their experience and knowledge of early action, risk financing, multilateral and networked coordination and humanitarian innovation. You will join a dynamic team, one that is open, and embraces change and have ample opportunity to help build and develop the organisation.
Key Accountabilities
Other key responsibilities of the role include:
- Support the Operations Lead role with team-wide initiatives, specific operational pieces of work including but not limited to proposal and report writing, programme briefs and budget tracking of projects
- Support the Partnerships Advisor with organisation of FOREWARN events, including event planning and running
- Oversee the maintenance of FOREWARN community contact lists and information channels and provide more general overall support for the FOREWARN programme
- Provide support to the Learning Meal Advisor on the development of project specific learning framework and in the wider implementation of the departmental learning framework
- Support the development of project specific communications materials (e.g.: case studies/1-pagers) that demonstrate best practice in anticipation and risk financing
Person Profile
To be successful you will have:
- A relevant academic qualification in the field of international humanitarianism/development, social/political science, or other relevant subject area (e.g. adult learning and development)
- Experience of working in a humanitarian or development organisation
- A proven project support skill set and excellent written and oral communication skills, including computer literacy and confidence in using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- An awareness of the challenges of distance support and cultural differences
- The ability to travel internationally, occasionally at short notice and to remote and insecure locations.
You must have fluency in written and spoken English as well as a permit to work in the UK. Working competency in French or Spanish is highly desirable.
Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.
If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.
To apply please visit our website.
Closing date: 24th January 2021
Please note - whilst this role is advertised as office based, Save The Children UK will remain a remote-working organisation until at least 30 June 2021.
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Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young refugees and asylum seekers?
This is an exciting time to be joining Young Roots as Fundraising Manager. This vital role will contribute to the delivery of Young Roots’ fundraising strategy by maximising income predominantly from individuals, community, events and corporate fundraising.
MAIN PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF JOB
The Fundraising Manager will play a key role in the delivery of our new fundraising strategy by maximising income predominantly from individuals, community, events and corporate fundraising. You will lead on the growth of a donor acquisition and retention programme, helping us to attract new, committed supporters and will be responsible for the delivery of specific agreed fundraising targets. You will also be responsible for supporter stewardship and ensuring excellence in our donor care, in order to increase our number of loyal, committed givers who share our passion for making a difference to the lives of young refugees and asylum seekers.
We are working to a new 3-year fundraising strategy with a focus on income diversification. We are also in the process of developing a new strategic plan and direction for the organisation. Young Roots has grown significantly over the last three years and our income has almost trebled. The majority of our income comes from Trusts, Foundations and other grants. The Fundraising Manager will focus on diversifying our funding, in particular through growing our levels of individual giving; building links with our local communities in Croydon, Brent and beyond to improve community and events fundraising; and developing relationships with corporate partners.
Who we're looking for
We are looking for an experienced and talented individual to develop, support and champion both new and existing fundraising activities in these areas.
You will bring enthusiasm and ambition to this varied role, using your passion for donor care and making a difference to increase engagement from supporters. We would welcome applications from candidates with strong fundraising experience and excellent relationship management skills who want to use their experience to make a real difference to the lives of the young people we work with.
We are a value-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment, although due to the current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the role will initially be predominantly home-based.
Young Roots recognises the positive value of diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and particularly welcome BAME candidates and those with lived experience of migration and the asylum system. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities. Young Roots is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Successful applicants will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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MIF invites great artists from across the globe to create extraordinary new work for the Festival, which is staged every two years at venues and found spaces across Manchester. Our future home is The Factory, a world-class cultural space being built in the heart of the city, where we’ll present a year-round programme and artists will be able to develop work of huge ambition and scale that they might not be able to anywhere else.
To support and administrate the Company’s Governance schedule which helps deliver the strategic objectives of the organisation.
To manage and provide a comprehensive operational support service to the Executive Team.
Closing date 04 February 2021
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We are looking for an ambitious manager to take charge of our major growth plans to provide accommodation and employment for the homeless. Emmaus Bradford is a homelessness charity with a difference - we don’t just give people a bed for the night; we offer a home, meaningful work and a sense of belonging. The key requirements of the job are:
- To develop and implement a capital fundraising strategy
- To apply to suitable trusts and foundations for start-up funding
- To enhance and expand the retail offer and other income-generating activities
- To identify and acquire a suitable residential building
- To launch the Emmaus Companion offer - providing home, work and support.
We are looking for someone with experience in a senior managerment role with proven expertise in project management, fundraising and business development. Third sector experience and some knowledge of retail management are desirable.
Please refer to the application pack and job description for more details.
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Akademi is seeking an experienced admin professional to join the team as Administrative Manager. The role will support the smooth and efficient running of a viable and stable organisation with the Exec team and will be responsible for the management of our administrative requirements alongside coordination of Akademi’s Learning and Participation work, financial administration and communications support.
You will have demonstrable management experience preferably obtained in the administrative side of arts or charity sectors and a good working knowledge of financial management / bookkeeping and social media. Excellent written and communication skills are also expected alongside experience in project coordination. An interest in dance / performing arts is highly desirable. The Administrative Manager is first point of call of Akademi enquiries, and communications central for the entire team and associate artists, so being friendly, proactive, professional and efficient is crucial to the role.
About Akademi
Akademi is a dynamic and future facing organisation, dedicated to redefining the parameters of South Asian dance as an art form. We connect South Asian dance with the wider contemporary arts sector and engage with social, political and cultural agendas to achieve real impact. Our areas of work include performances, learning and participation work, artist development programmes and bespoke curation for events.
SALARY: £30,000 - £32,000 depending on experience
HOURS & OFFICE: Full-time (40 hours per week). Normal working hours are 10am – 6pm with one hour for lunch. In due course and when safe to do so, it is anticipated that Akademi will return to office working (based at Hampstead Town Hall, Belsize Park London). Until that time, this post is offered via remote working. Akademi will always consider flexible working requests. In the event of a requirement to work occasional evenings and weekends, Akademi offers a Time Off in Lieu system.
START DATE: Ideally mid-March 2021
Closing date for applications: Thursday 18 February 5pm
Interviews will be held via Zoom on: Thursday 25 February
To apply, please download the full job description attached and send in your CV and a cover letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the person specification. Please also complete and send the confidential equal opportunities monitoring form.
Should you need this information in another format, or require reasonable adjustment, please contact us.
Akademi is committed to be an Equal Opportunities employer and recognises the importance and advantages of diverse workplaces and communities. Any candidate who self-identifies as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent, as a person of colour, and/or as genderqueer, and who meets the essential person specification, is guaranteed an interview. If you feel that this applies to you, please indicate in your application email.
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Position: Project Manager (Full-Time, 1 year Fixed Term Contract)
Location: London
Salary: £36,056 inclusive of London Weighting
About Us:
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL), a charity founded in 1826, is a world-renowned centre of excellence for conservation science and applied conservation. ZSL’s mission is to promote and achieve the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. This is realised by carrying out field conservation and research in over 50 countries across the globe and through education and awareness-raising at our two zoos, ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, inspiring people to take conservation action.
Overview of role:
The purpose of this role is to track the delivery of agreed project results and KPI’s across all intervention areas in collaboration with the technical leads in Nepal and Kenya who lead the in-country implementation of the project. S/he will ensure that donor standards are reached in the implementation of the project and that the implementation of the project aligns with ZSL’s global standards for conservation, project management and data management and verification.
They will manage the coordination of the project across both country offices; ensuring that the activities of all partners are aligned and implemented efficiently and effectively, in order to meet agreed country-level targets and deliver good value for money. They will assist the Project Leads in the preparation, review and periodic revision of detailed country-level implementation plans, monitor and respond to partner performance and be responsible for driving communication between the ZSL in country offices, Head Office, and across the programme.
They will assist the Technical Leads in the management of Stakeholder relations and engagement - the project works closely with central and regional government bodies in addition to working with the donor and other development partners.
The main workstreams include:
- Providing managerial expertise and experience to help facilitate programming
- Ensuring the performance and monitoring across all project activities and indicators and its reflection in project reporting and documentation
- Facilitating all communication between in country staff, the ZSL head office, communications team and Mannion Daniels the agency tasked with managing DFID’s Aid Match campaigns
Key Areas of Responsibility
Planning and reporting
- Work with the Technical Leads to contribute to the annual workplans, including preparation of annual costed workplans for programme activities.
- Oversee the Technical Leads quarterly plan for mobilising technical assistance, coordinating with partners as necessary.
- As part of the team, contribute to normal project cycle management as necessary, including through quality assuring the teams’ draft text for reports for MD/ DFID
Managing implementation
- Oversee the in-country drafting of Terms of Reference for consultants, quality assure reports and other deliverables, produced either internally or through external bodies where needed.
- Provide support for the continuous performance monitoring and reporting of project activities, including overseeing analysis of data on impact and outcomes for M&E framework.
- Where necessary support the technical leads to provide technical assistance to government and other implementing partners to effectively support the delivery of the programme.
- Oversee and quality assure processes to sustain interventions beyond the life of the programme, to ensure sustainability including helping technical leads to manage the project exit strategy.
- Oversee and quality assure implementing partners supporting CSOs to engage more effectively in community banking, Livelihoods, Human Wildlife Conflict Resolution, and support the team with linking into planning and budgeting processes.
- Oversee and, as necessary, improve, monitoring and evaluation of project interventions together with the technical leads to ensure that the impact is well documented and fed into the programme’s knowledge management strategies.
Team Management
- Line-manage and provide technical support to the Technical Leads in the country offices.
- Ensure effective co-ordination of the project team in Nepal and Kenya, including by leading regular team meetings and the sharing of information with UK based SMT and the communications department.
Coordination
- Engage with the team to promote an understanding about voice and accountability issues in order to ensure there is an effective integration with other areas of work in the programme.
- Actively engage with the partners and other country office/ technical lead to ensure the project strategy and workplan are appropriately adjusted in relation to emergent issues and, similarly, that the other technical strategies are adapting to any changes emerging from the project work.
- Work closely with the Technical Leads on collaborative work with the Regional and National Government bodies and For People For Wildlife colleagues/ partners to ensure that voice, accountability and demand-side access issues are adequately reflected in government policy, planning and services.
- Maintain up to date knowledge about the Programme’s implementation progress to ensure the project activities are progressing as expected.
- Ensure the project systems are at all times designed to provide efficient and effective delivery of the For People For Wildlife work and respond to environmental and programmatic needs and changes.
- Coordinate with the ZSL communication team in head office to ensure the project team provide relevant information emerging from the work that demonstrates the effectiveness of approaches.
- Participate in team meetings and other team events as appropriate.
Person Specification:
- Extensive experience of working within a conservation development and / or internationally funded programmes, including a proven track record in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes.
- Experience leading or working in cross-functional teams or inter-departmental teams.
- A sound understanding of core conservation development concepts, including voice, accountability, rights-based approaches, gender, equity and social inclusion and citizen participation.
- Experience of working in complex political and conservation environments, and a sound knowledge of the Nepal and/ or Kenyan context.
- A commitment to ensuring that all Nepalese and Kenyan citizens, including women, the poorest and other marginalised groups, are able to have equal voice and participate in the project;
- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytic skills;
- Excellent programme and team management skills;
- Fluent in English with excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to work to deadlines;
- Self-starter and able to set strategic direction for a technical assistance programme.
- Team player, with excellent interpersonal skills and comfortable working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to work to deadlines;
- Willingness and ability to travel extensively in Nepal/ Kenya (subject to COVID 19 travel restrictions being lifted).
To Apply:
Applicants will need to upload their CV plus a covering letter (detailing relevant experience and skills, stating why they want the position and including details of availability). If you have any queries regarding these positions or when applying through the system.
Closing date for applications: Midnight Sunday 24 January 2021
The Zoological Society of London is a charity registered in England and Wales: no. 208728.
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Permanent
Full Time
£43,000 per annum
Cheam, Surrey or Homebased
The vision of The Charity for Civil Servants is a lifelong community; with people offering effective support for each other when life takes a turn for the worse. We listen without judgement and offer practical, financial and emotional support.
We are embarking on an ambitious five-year plan to double the number of instances of support we deliver annually to over 100k. We cannot achieve that goal without an ambitious fundraising team and strategy to match.
We are currently recruiting for a Relationship Fundraising and Community Manager, who will be responsible for developing and delivering strategies and business plans to encompass community participation and high value (inc. grants, philanthropy and partnerships).
Working as an integral member of our Fundraising management team, this senior role will be responsible for identifying and building partnerships across the Civil Service, creating events and products to secure participation and working closely with colleagues across the Charity to ensure we increase sustainable income and support.
To be successful in this role, you will have the skills and drive to lead and inspire, be able to develop and deliver innovative fundraising solutions, naturally seek to work with others and build connections, and be experienced and adept at securing and growing high value gifts & income streams.
If this sounds like you, the closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday, 14th February 2021.
Due to the current situation with Covid-19, all interviews will be conducted remotely.
The Charity for Civil Servants are committed to building and developing a workforce which reflects the diversity of the civil service community that we support. We seek to ensure all job applications are treated fairly, with respect and without bias and we encourage applications from suitably experienced candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, or any other factor.
You may have experience of the following: Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Senior Fundraising Officer, Senior Fundraising Executive, Fundraising, Community Fundraising, Business Development Manager, Community Fundraiser, Events Fundraiser, Digital Marketing, etc
Ref: 96357
About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
This is an exciting time to be joining Crisis Client Services as we work towards our Vision to 'End Homelessness' for more of the members we work with. We are a values driven organisation with members at the heart of what we do.
About the role
Do you want to contribute to making a difference to the lives of those affected by homelessness? We are looking for an experienced, skilled and highly motivated person to join the team as a Learning Manger.
The Learning Manager will focus on developing and delivering a high-quality blended learning programme whilst working closely with the tutor team and the Head of Learning. Provide line management and support for the tutor team, liaise with external partners and awarding bodies where necessary. You will manage a flexible, person-centred learning programme for members who are experiencing homelessness. Manage the development of online training materials and workshops, supporting your team to deliver quality solutions using learning technologies.
About You
We are looking for someone with experience of managing and delivering a high-quality education offer, can ensure continuous quality improvement in the learning provision, in line with external awarding bodies. Someone who can demonstrate their ability to lead and manage a team to deliver an innovative and accessible learning programme while meeting the needs of our members. Ability to liaise with external education partners to seek further learning opportunities for our members. You will have in-depth knowledge of learning practices and an understanding of homelessness and the barriers that someone experiencing might face.
To be successful in this role you will:
• Be a qualified and experienced teacher in the FE/ACl environment, who has managed the delivery of high quality successful adult learning programmes.
• Have experience of working within a relevant sector e.g. homelessness, mental health, drug and alcohol treatment is desirable.
• Demonstrate proven experience of people management supporting and developing individuals and teams including performance management.
• Hold considerable experience of designing and facilitating workshops and developing bespoke solutions
Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
• Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
• Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.
Closing date: Thursday 28th January 2021 (at 23:59)
We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.
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