TERMS: Full time (35 hours per week) Fixed term until March 2023 with potential to move to a permanent contract pending further funding.
LOCATION: London, Cardiff, or remote within UK

Elrha is looking for an experienced Innovation Manager to apply their skills in Elrha’s fast-paced and creative Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) and lead on the strategic development and delivery of the HIF’s thematic area on the inclusion of people with disability and older people. This is not a fundraising role; the HIF aims to improve outcomes for people affected by humanitarian crises by identifying, nurturing and sharing more effective and scalable solutions.

Our Innovation Managers are passionate about identifying the most pressing humanitarian problems, analysing opportunities for innovation, working with sector experts to investigate solutions and designing funding calls (innovation challenges) to address them.

This is a varied role which includes providing technical oversight and management of the innovation portfolio to achieve its maximum impact, through fostering effective partnerships and providing support to grantees. This role carries a high level of independence which requires the ability to work autonomously whilst working collaboratively with sector and technical experts in humanitarian inclusion. It includes targeted advocacy, developing and sharing technical expertise on managing humanitarian innovation both internally as well as externally through thought leadership and external representation of Elrha.

We are looking for exceptional candidates with a good mix of skills and experience across three areas: innovation, facilitation and inclusion.

1. Innovation: You will bring significant experience of developing creative innovation journeys and bringing ideas from conception to completion. You will have strong project management expertise to lead innovation processes in collaboration with key stakeholders and sector experts. Candidates will need a firm theoretical and practical grasp of key innovation concepts, tools and approaches. We welcome experience from the private, public or voluntary sectors.
    
2. Facilitation and communication: The role requires the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with diverse stakeholders and audiences. You will need to demonstrate a track record of organising and facilitating interactive, inclusive and accessible workshops — both in person and remotely - and convening interdisciplinary and diverse groups. Your communication skills will extend to the ability to write and talk about Elrha’s work, presenting compelling stories about our innovations to achieve maximum impact within the sector.
    
3. Inclusion: Our new inclusion specialist will need expertise and experience working on sensitive and complex issues in an ethical and thoughtful way, for example with vulnerable or marginalised groups or protection in inclusion. The successful candidate will demonstrate an ability to listen to, learn from, and promote the voices of people with lived experience of the issues we work with. You will either have, or be in a position to build, a technically credible and respected profile in the humanitarian inclusion space, allowing you to provide excellent technical oversight and effective management across this thematic portfolio of innovation grants.

Please demonstrate clearly in your application how your experience is different from standard programming or delivery experience. For example, how have you drawn on innovation tools and approaches to identify and solve priority problems? Please note that we will assess your communication skills on the quality of your personal statement and CV as well as any presented achievements.

About Elrha

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

Remote Working

Elrha employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. In early 2022 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Elrha is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

Salaries and benefits

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

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

Pre-employment Checks

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

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

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

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

Closing date: 3rd October 2021   
Interviews: w/c 11th October 2021

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

Our organisation is unique. Each year we directly help 2.8 million people to solve their problems. We see first hand - and in real time - the problems faced by people across England and Wales. We can spot emerging issues quickly, often even before the government. We use our unique data and insights to work with government, regulators and industry to improve people's lives.

We are looking for two outstanding people to recruit for the position of Senior Policy Researcher in the Energy Retail Markets team and Senior Policy Researcher in the Consumer & Public Services team at Citizens Advice.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

The roles 

For both roles, as a senior member of the team you will work across different policy areas, designing and delivering major research and influencing projects from start to finish, while supporting junior members of the team to reach their potential. Our strong, respected brand means that you will have unique opportunities to engage directly with the people and organisations who have the power to make the changes we want to see - from parliamentarians and the civil service to regulators and industry. 

Energy retail markets team 

In energy, our vision is for an energy market that treats everyone fairly, now and in the future. For the energy retail markets team this means tackling the root cause of the issues causing energy consumers harm today, whether it be insufficient support for people in energy debt, poor customer service, reducing the harm of supplier failures, or more help for people in vulnerable circumstances. 

In the longer term, it also means shaping the reforms that will be needed to help meet the UK’s net zero energy goals, by enabling more innovation and rewarding low carbon choices, while ensuring the market is inclusive and people get the right support and consumer protections to confidently participate. 

In recent years we have achieved significant protections for people on low incomes or in debt and stricter rules for suppliers to ensure they’re able to provide good levels of service. We’ve also helped secure changes which help small businesses engage in the market more readily, and better regulate intermediaries like auto-switchers. 

Consumer and Public Services team

Working in the Consumer and Public Services team provides an exciting opportunity to work on the big issues facing people across the UK today.  In recent years, we’ve helped challenge the “loyalty penalty” paid by loyal and vulnerable customers in essential markets, reducing bills by £260m, lobbied for the introduction of a ban on letting fees, which has saved renters £13million a month, and used our unique data to secure additional support for people during the pandemic. ​​​​​​​

Current work includes influencing policy affecting non-UK nationals with No Recourse to Public Funds; looking at accelerating digitisation in markets to ensure new technologies and sophisticated product design are working for people, not against them; and understanding the impact of the pandemic on debt and household finances. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

Closing date: 17th September 2021

Interview date: Mid September

Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem.

Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented throughout Citizens Advice. We are a member of the race equality campaign at Business in the Community, the Prince’s responsible business network and are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities across the UK. We also welcome applications from, LGB and Trans and non binary candidates.

We have made a positive commitment to employing disabled people and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out in role profiles.

We are looking for two outstanding people to recruit for the position of Policy Research Assistant in the Energy Retail Markets team and Policy Research Assistant in the Consumer & Public Services team at Citizens Advice.  

The roles 

As a member of our policy research teams, you will work across different policy areas, using a wide range of research methods and creating outputs including blogs, reports, presentations and events. Our strong brand will give you unique opportunities to engage with those who have the power to make change. You will feed into our work influencing policy makers such as parliamentarians, the civil service, regulators and industry and you will work closely with our world-class news, campaigns, public affairs and data teams.

Energy retail markets team 

In energy, our vision is for an energy market that treats everyone fairly, now and in the future. For the energy retail markets team this means tackling the root cause of the issues causing energy consumers harm today, whether it be insufficient support for people in energy debt, poor customer service, reducing the harm of supplier failures, or more help for people in vulnerable circumstances. 

In the longer term, it also means shaping the reforms that will be needed to help meet the UK’s net zero energy goals, by enabling more innovation and rewarding low carbon choices, while ensuring the market is inclusive and people get the right support and consumer protections to confidently participate. 

In recent years we have achieved significant protections for people on low incomes or in debt and stricter rules for suppliers to ensure they’re able to provide good levels of service. We’ve also helped secure changes which help small businesses engage in the market more readily, and better regulate intermediaries like auto-switchers. 

Consumer and Public Services team

Working in the Consumer and Public Services team provides an exciting opportunity to work on the big issues facing people across the UK today.  In recent years, we’ve helped challenge the “loyalty penalty” paid by loyal and vulnerable customers in essential markets, reducing bills by £260m, lobbied for the introduction of a ban on letting fees, which has saved renters £13million a month, and used our unique data to secure additional support for people during the pandemic. ​​​​​​​

Current work includes influencing policy affecting non-UK nationals with No Recourse to Public Funds; looking at accelerating digitisation in markets to ensure new technologies and sophisticated product design are working for people, not against them; and understanding the impact of the pandemic on debt and household finances. 

The National Citizens Advice Operates from offices in England and Wales, with 4 regional offices based in Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Leeds, therefore all successful applicants must be based within England or Wales.

Please note, in the event of a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the application early. 

Closing date: 20/09/2021

Interview date: Late September

This vacancy closes at 23.59 on the closing date. 

Welsh National Opera shares the power of live opera with audiences and communities across Wales and England – in theatres, in neighbourhoods and online. 

We are seeking a Research and Database Officer. The Research and Database Officer provides database management for the team. Working across the department you will be the key contact for all database activity, including data analysis, ensuring fundraising momentum is maintained and supported. Research and data management may also be required to feed into wider cross-organisational projects.

Position: Stakeholder Engagement Officer (part-time 28 hours per week)
Type: Permanent contract
Location: Home-based in UK
Salary: £26,618 - £30,271 actual per annum plus car /broadband allowance and excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band E2
Department: Stakeholder Engagement team

At the MS Society, we make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.

Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.

Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive environment where you will make a difference.

About this job

Our role of Stakeholder Engagement Officer is one of 5 within our new UK wide Stakeholder Engagement team which is part of our wider Research and External Affairs Directorate.

As part of our Stakeholder Engagement team your role will be to support innovation and improvement in MS and neurology services across the UK.

You’ll work directly with Health and Social Care professionals to develop new partnerships, share good practice, promote innovation and develop resources that enable service improvement. You’ll develop and support networks of key stakeholders and members of our MS community to drive positive change.

You’ll play an important role developing resources, evidence and best practice examples to be shared via our Experts in MS Professional Network. And in organising regional and national forums, face to face and online, showcasing innovative services and best practice ways of working.

The post-holder will have experience of working in or with Health and Social Care services in any of the 4 UK Nations; experience of professional engagement; experience of developing evidence based resources and service improvement tools; as well as experience of partnership working to improve local services and outcomes for service users.

The post is UK wide, and we particularly welcome applicants with experience and knowledge of Health and Social Care systems in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

As this role covers a large geographical area we expect there will be travel, both to regions where work is being delivered and occasionally to our London office. We are happy to discuss logistical arrangements or adjustments with candidates.

We offer 35 days annual leave (including bank holidays), travel loan and various other benefits such as supported developmental opportunities.

The MS Society is in the midst of an exciting, transformational, period which builds on our great history and will drive us towards achieving our mission and vision as we embark on our Every MS Story strategy.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 4 October

PLEASE PRESS THE 'HOW TO APPLY' BUTTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer. We’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.  We’d be grateful if you could download and complete the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, the HR team will anonymise your CV and supporting statement before forwarding to the shortlisting panel.  

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and/or from ethnic minority backgrounds, where we’re looking to build stronger and better representation among our staff.

No agencies please.

We are at an exciting period of change presenting a career defining opportunity for either an experienced or aspiring Chief Executive to lead on the sustainability and strategic direction of the organisation.

Sight Life, formerly Cardiff Institute for the Blind, is entering a new chapter in its long history in supporting blind and partially sighted people.

Reviewing how we can best meet the future needs of people with sight loss in South Wales, we have mutually agreed to leave RNIB, enabling Sight Loss to have a greater focus on local face to face services and for RNIB to continue its national focus. We will, though, continue to work closely with the RNIB as we did prior to the merger.

Sight Life

Sight Life is small but mighty! We have nine members of staff and over 140 volunteers, many of whom have a sight condition. Our offices are located in Cardiff and Swansea but much of our work takes place in the community. We provide a wide range of local services so that blind and partially sighted people across the majority of South Wales can enjoy independent, active, social, and fulfilled lives. Originally established in 1865, we are one of the oldest charities in Wales.

The role

As Chief Executive, you will work closely with the Board of Trustees to develop the organisation’s long-term strategy, business, and financial plans, and provide effective leadership to management teams to deliver on the organisation’s aims, securing long term financial security. 

Your initial tasks will be to ensure a sustainable future for Sight Life and that we maintain our existing services. However, beyond that, there is considerable scope for a motivated and innovative CEO to build on and expand the services we currently provide.

You will be responsible for all governance policies, processes and procedures, ensuring they meet legal, regulatory and statutory obligations relating to equality and diversity, employment law, financial and accounting practices, health, safety and welfare, information governance, safeguarding and all other requirements relating to charitable company law.

You will also represent Sight Life at external events and publicity opportunities, raising the Charity’s profile through networking and with all forms of media (print, broadcast, online, social, etc).

The successful candidate will be a proven Senior Manager with experience of leading teams, customer facing services, and successfully generating income through varied funding streams. You will be a natural ambassador, confident in building effective relationships internally and externally, using exceptional communication, influencing, and negotiating skills.

As the successful candidate you will also be responsible for steering Sight Life into a new era of independence. You will be responsible for overseeing both the organisational change and development of a new strategy, including fundraising.  

This role is open to candidates outside of the charity sector but knowledge of the statutory and regulatory frameworks that apply to the charity sector is essential.

For more information and to apply please click the apply button.

Closing date: 19 September 2021.

Sight Life is committed to being an equal opportunities organisation and we welcome applications from people with sight loss.

Welsh National Opera shares the power of live opera with audiences and communities across Wales and England – in theatres, in neighbourhoods and online.

We are seeking a Trust Officer to join our Development, Strategy & External Relations Department to work with the Trusts & Statutory Manager to maximise income from trusts and foundations and achieve an agreed annual income target within the overall Trusts & Statutory target as agreed with the Trusts & Statutory Manager. The post holder will have the ability to plan and prioritise workload, working to strict deadlines, have strong planning, organizational, and time-management skills and experience of research.

TERMS: Full time.  Two years fixed term with potential to move to a permanent contract.
LOCATION: London, Cardiff, or remote within UK.

Are you a talented communicator who can tell a compelling story about Elrha and our work? Are you good at thinking creatively about the best ways to share messages across different channels Are you someone who can plan, deliver and evaluate a range of communications projects?

We are looking for a creative and capable Communications Officer who is ready to apply their expertise and develop their skills further within a fast-paced strategic team.

This post requires an individual looking for a challenging role, who is ready to take on this exciting and varied opportunity supporting a busy and ambitious team. You will be particularly skilled at maintaining an effective online presence for an organisation including maintaining and updating websites using content management systems; producing external mailings; planning, producing and curating content for a variety of social media channels – all with a proven ability to tailor for different audiences.

The successful candidate will have proven experience in a communications role with experience in taking the lead when planning, delivering and evaluating communications projects, ideally within the third/charity sector. You will be given a high degree of autonomy in your work and it is essential that you feel confident working both independently and within a team.

If you are passionate about communications and want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, and you strongly believe you can contribute, then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed.

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

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

Remote Working
Elrha employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. In early 2022 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Elrha is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

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

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

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

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

Please ensure you read the full job description and complete the Personal Statement as requested in the application process.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 19th September 2021
Interviews: 27th & 28th September 2021

We are currently looking for candidates for an 18 month Fixed Term Contract across England, Wales and Northern Ireland and this role will be based in our offices or at home. 

Data can be a powerful tool for empowering grassroots environmental campaigners and for telling powerful stories of hopes, threats, and injustices in order to build a better world for people and planet.  We want to appoint an Environmental Data Lead to develop our skills in this area, build-on our existing data products and to grow a network of volunteer data enthusiasts to build capacity and extend reach. 

As well as having expertise in using data tools for statistical analysis and display (such as SQL, R, Python, Excel, QGIS), you will also need to be a great team worker building strong relationships with others across the organisation and across the wider data community. You'll need to demonstrate that you are passionate about using data to make a meaningful impact on the climate and ecological emergency and for addressing environmental injustices.

Closing date: 21st September 2021

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement. In particular we welcome people from a BAME background and/or lived experience of disability or other marginalised background.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.

Carers Trust: Head of External Affairs Wales (Wales)

What are we looking for?

This role will suit someone who is a strong communicator with an interest in making a positive difference for the 370,000+ unpaid carers in Wales. Our Head of External Affairs is responsible for leading the development and implementation of strategies and operational plans designed to raise the profile of Carers Trust in Wales and the issues impacting on unpaid carers and the services they rely on.

This senior role within Carers Trust would suit someone with the skills, experience and enthusiasm to influence and inform Welsh Government and the Welsh Parliament and contribute to UK-wide campaigning activities. The role will work closely with the Director for Wales in developing our future strategic and operational priorities in Wales.

To be successful as Head of External Affairs (Wales) at Carers Trust, you will have: (the following skills and experience will be assessed at interview)

• Experience in representing a national organisation at a senior level including working with the Welsh Government and a range of strategic partners
• Comprehensive knowledge of Welsh policy-making processes including Welsh Parliament business and the mechanisms involved in developing legislation, policy and statutory guidance
• Experience in strategic influencing at a national level including working directly with Members of the Senedd, Senedd Committees and civil servants
• The ability to build relationships with a range of stakeholders and to communicate with diverse audiences effectively
• Experience in analysing and influencing policy at a national level and formulating policy recommendations in an evidence-led way that empowers those with lived experience to have their voices heard
• Experience in line management, including setting objectives, supporting performance and monitoring outcomes
• The ability to manage complex partnership projects including oversight of budget and finance as well as monitoring and evaluation of the impact
• A coaching management style focused on empowering people to produce high-quality work and to grow and develop within their roles
• Entry-level Welsh language skills as described by the Welsh Language Skills Framework which Carers Trust would be committed to supporting you to develop

What difference will you make for carers in Wales?

As part of a dynamic UK-wide team you will:

• Lead all external affairs functions on behalf of Carers Trust in Wales creating and delivering an ambitious and impact focussed External Affairs strategy for Wales
• Demonstrably influence Welsh Government policy, Welsh Parliament business and local and regional policy and commissioning practices for the benefit of carers and carers services
• Manage complex Welsh Government funded partnership projects focused on transforming carers' experiences and outcomes in a range of settings
• Develop a high-performing expert External Affairs team and bring together various project teams to work together effectively towards achieving shared aims and objectives
• Build trust, influence and partnerships with a range of other teams within Carers Trust
• Act as an expert spokesperson for Carers Trust in Wales working directly with the media and senior decision-makers to raise awareness of the issues impacting carers
• Create a strong profile for Carers Trust in Wales positioning us as a trusted, leading organisation for carers

This is a full-time position (35 hours per week) on a permanent contract. The successful candidate will need to be able to work from home until COVID restrictions allow our Cardiff office to reopen. Once restrictions are lifted, we will consider a hybrid working pattern between home and office-based working.

If this sounds like the role for you and meets your ambitions for carers, we would be delighted to hear from you. If you have any questions then please feel free to email Simon Hatch to arrange a confidential discussion

Based in any UK Office (Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London or Manchester)

The job of Save the Children's UK Head of Hunger and Nutrition (Global Policy, Advocacy and Research) is varied and fulfilling. 

• Are you an enthusiastic and experienced policy advocate?
• Are you a brilliant people manager?
• Do you have the ability to conduct policy research and communicate clearly with different audiences?
• Do you have expertise in the field of global hunger and nutrition?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you! 

About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose
As Head of Hunger and Nutrition (Global Policy, Advocacy and Research) you will directly impact on Save the Children's Survive Global Breakthrough which aims to ensure that no child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday by 2030. Addressing the barriers to ending hunger and malnutrition for all is central to us achieving this goal.

You will lead and drive Save the Children UK’s policy, advocacy and research on hunger and nutrition, with focus on equity and child rights, to influence key global and national policy makers to achieve policy and system change.

You will lead a team of expert policy and advocacy advisers to meet their goals in the key areas of our hunger and nutrition work, including on infant and young child feeding, access to health and nutrition services, adolescent nutrition, famine prevention and access to safe, nutritious and sustainable diets. An important aspect of your role will be to ensure your team’s wellbeing, continued professional development and learning.  

You will also be responsible for relationship management with key donors and partners, and for high-level influencing to ensure that international commitments to end hunger and malnutrition for all are fulfilled.  With this remit, you will be able to own professional relationships and grow your network, getting to know the development sector and architecture. Ending hunger and malnutrition is a significant priority for Save the Children, and this role will position you well for your future career and personal development opportunities.

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The post holder will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.

Key accountabilities:

• Oversee the organisation's policy, advocacy and research on hunger and nutrition by supporting the highest quality analysis and delivery
• Provide excellent management support, including performance management, pastoral care and ensuring that line reports have development and career-progression opportunities
• Contribute to the success of SCUK's multi-disciplinary teams by providing resource and technical expertise as required
• Ensure close working with key internal stakeholders, including programming, humanitarian, fundraising, comms and other colleagues across Save the Children UK and the Save the Children movement
• Lead a community of practice for technical experts that keeps abreast of best practice and external trends and innovates to maximise impact for children
• Represent the organisation externally including in meetings, media and other opportunities as
• required
• Be a visible and credible voice externally, strengthening Save the Children's global profile
• Build relationships with and influence key decision makers and opinion-leaders
• Give strategic leadership on grants for advocacy including liaison with donors
• Carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way that reflects
• Save the Children's commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with its Child Safeguarding Policy
• A commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, values and approach
• A commitment to effective management of risk, by operating within the Charity's code of conduct, policies, procedures and controls and by carrying out the risk management and assurance responsibilities of the role as set out in the Risk Policy and Procedures

Person Specification

The ideal candidate would be an enthusiastic and experienced policy advocate, motivated by a desire to make children's rights a reality for all and address inequality. They will have expertise in the field of global hunger and nutrition and have managed a team of policy experts to deliver change at a global and national level. The candidate will be a strong project and people manager with policy experience and strong networking skills. The candidate will have experience of leading teams and matrix working within organisations.

The candidate should be a team-worker, thriving on collaborating with others to achieve shared objectives within dynamic and agile teams. Excellent communication and influencing skills are essential, coupled with technical expertise global hunger and nutrition and the ability to conduct policy research and communicate clearly with different audiences.

Technical Skills:

• World-class knowledge and analysis of global debates in international development, children's rights and your area of expertise, especially for low- and middle-income countries with the highest inequalities
• Effective line-management experience or clearly evidenced potential, including in setting direction, performance management and feedback, with the ability to matrix-manage staff across teams, in order to lead, motivate, retain and manage a diverse team of professionals
• High-level knowledge of human rights, international relations and politics and the international humanitarian system.
• Exceptional understanding of the role of NGOs in influencing change and ability to negotiate and strategize to ensure impact
• Proven track record in policy and advocacy success and demonstrated leadership in advocacy development.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to inspire and engage with a wide range of audiences.

Personal Skills:

• Excellent networking and experience of building coalitions and working with civil-society actors to achieve change
• Proven ability to build relationships with and influence decision-makers and policy specialists, including politicians and donors, and other key actors globally
• Outstanding interpersonal communication skills
• Ability and willingness to travel for up to six weeks per year
• Commitment to Save the Children UK’s goals, mission, values and approach.
• Ability to operate within a predominantly self-servicing administrative environment

Education/Professional Skills:

• Masters' degree or equivalent experience in your area of expertise.

 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.

Closing date: 21st September 

We intend to hold first round interviews for this position on Wednesday 29th September.  Interviews will be held online. 

Our Programme Development team are looking for a dynamic leader with strategic focus and a great collaborative approach to become our new Senior Head of Change Delivery. (10 months maternity cover)

You will build and drive forward a transformation roadmap which aligns all of our programme design work and technology development, ensuring that it meets the organisation’s strategic aims for the support we give to young people within the fields of Education, Enterprise and Employability.

This role is perfect for you if you are experienced at driving change within complex organisations, adept at balancing multiple priorities and used to influencing stakeholders at all levels.

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual as a specialist Welfare Rights Team Leader to:

• Lead, coordinate and develop the Welfare Benefits Team, working with both paid and volunteer advisers; 
• Deliver high quality welfare benefits advice and specialist casework on behalf of clients;
• Provide welfare benefits specialist support to non-welfare benefit advisers

The role will involve working closely with senior management to help deliver the strategic aims of the service.  You will have good IT, numeracy and literacy skills.  You will be an experienced Welfare Benefits Adviser and be able to demonstrate team leadership, with good communication skills and a commitment to delivering a high quality service. 

Citizens Advice North Somerset (CANS) is an established and well regarded local independent charity who provide free, impartial and confidential advice.  We undertake research & campaign work to influence policy makers and to effect change.  We work in partnership with the Local Authority, The Legal Aid Agency, Macmillan Cancer Support, Money and Pension Service, Wessex Water and many more local and national partners to deliver our advice services to over 7,500 clients living and working in North Somerset. 

Please visit our website via the Apply button to download the application pack

Closing date: Monday 27th September 2021 at midday

Interview Date: 4th October 2021