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ROLE SUMMARY
This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of young people and contribute to the ongoing success and development of The Diana Award's programmes and partnerships.
The Director of Programmes and Partnerships is responsible for ensuring The Diana Award delivers quality impactful programmes and develops strong strategic partnerships that harness young people's power and potential to change the world. This role is one of four Director-level positions within the organisation, forming the Senior Leadership Team alongside the CEO.
The Programmes Directorate currently comprises four teams: Anti-Bullying, Mentoring, Social Action, and Impact and Influence, with a staff count of 25 plus a pool of associate trainers. The Diana Award’s programme strategy (2021-2026) focuses on embedding evidence-driven, youth-led approaches across our programmes, enhancing our profile as a platform for youth-led social action, and increasing our influence on policies affecting young people.
The Director of Programmes and Partnerships will work collaboratively with other members of SLT and the CEO to drive forward the organisation’s strategy and plans as set out in The Diana Award’s five-year strategy, Future Forward, and play a vital role in shaping the new strategy.
As part of our Future Forward strategy, you will lead on the specific objective to develop and deliver programmes for young people that unlock their potential, create opportunities for growth and inspire action.
Impact and Effectiveness: Increase our effectiveness and impact by embedding evidence-driven, youth-led approaches across our programmes.
Expertise and Profile: Enhance our expertise and profile as a platform and catalyst for youth-led social action.
Voice and Influence: Increase our voice and influence on policies and practices that affect the young people we work with and their ability to effect social change.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Senior Leadership
- Drive the organisation’s strategy and vision as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, taking key decisions in the best interest of the organisation.
- Promote best practices across the organisation, including equal opportunities, risk management, data protection, safeguarding, health and safety, volunteer management, continuous improvement, and staff support and development.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with external stakeholders across public, private, and third sectors to ensure high-quality delivery of all The Diana Award’s programmes.
- Represent The Diana Award at external events and act as a media spokesperson as required.
- Prepare reports for the board of trustees and participate in board meetings.
Programme Strategy
- Provide leadership for programmes that deliver high impact, co-designed integrated approaches, which put young people at the centre of design and delivery in line with our theory of change.
- Lead the design, delivery, and review of The Diana Award’s programme strategy, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and conducting quarterly reviews to monitor progress.
- Work with the Impact and Influence team to embed evidence-based programming within the directorate, developing and rolling out appropriate systems and processes for monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
- Oversee The Diana Award’s policy function, supporting the Policy team and heads of teams to develop and embed policy objectives within programme plans, contribute to policy development, and identify opportunities to engage policymakers with our work.
- Identify and develop cross-cutting workstreams and initiatives to support the programme strategy and assist programme managers in their implementation.
- Maximise opportunities for young people to engage meaningfully and inclusively in programme planning, delivery, and review, adhering to sector best practices.
- Collaborate with the Communications and Impact and Evaluation teams to develop robust and compelling resources to communicate programme impact to core audiences.
Programme Partnerships and Funding
- Build and maintain strategic programme and policy partnerships effectively through regular communication and quality report production.
- Identify and cultivate new programme partnerships and funding opportunities to support the growth and sustainability of our work with and for young people.
- In collaboration with the fundraising team and programme heads, develop pitches, products, and funding proposals.
- Hold budgetary responsibility for the Programmes Directorate and work with heads of teams to develop annual budgets and monitor expenditure.
Team Leadership and Management
- Build a cohesive and engaged Programmes Directorate that embraces The Diana Award’s core values, delivers work to the highest standards, and fosters a culture committed to reflective learning, accountability, and impact.
- Provide strategic and operational oversight on safeguarding as a member of TDA’s safeguarding committee, ensuring that a safeguarding culture is embedded within the programmes directorate and that safeguarding policies and procedures are fully understood and applied across teams.
- Directly line manage heads of teams, enabling them to connect, collaborate, and provide peer support through regular group meetings.
- Manage and support the wider Programme Management Team to collectively plan and deliver against our strategy through regular check-ins and monthly meetings.
- Ensure teams have clear shared and individual work plans, and that regular supervision, appraisals, and team meetings occur to monitor progress.
- Foster effective business partnerships between programme teams and core functions such as safeguarding, Marcomms, Operations, Fundraising, etc.
- Implement appropriate policies and practices for recruiting, onboarding, and managing volunteers in line with sector best practices.
- Encourage and support continuous professional development within the directorate by signposting and seeking relevant opportunities.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills and Experience
- Substantial experience in a similar leadership role, managing a fast-paced programme portfolio.
- Experience leading and delivering successful large-scale services for young people.
- Strong understanding of evidence-based programming, including using theories of change to guide programme practice.
- Proven experience in fundraising and business development, ideally including commercial projects.
- Proven experience of cultivating new programme partnerships to support service delivery and / or policy engagement.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and develop a cohesive, high-performing team.
- Highly developed skills in influencing and bringing about change at a senior level.
- Public speaking and proactive networking abilities.
- Excellent organisational, planning, and management skills with a strong attention to detail.
- Superior interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, capable of working with a wide range of stakeholders.
- Experience in budgetary management, forecasting, and reporting.
- Demonstrable experience of safeguarding, from both a strategic and operational perspective.
Personal Attributes
- Commitment to and ability to inspire adherence to The Diana Award’s vision, values, and mission.
- A self-starter with drive, determination, and commitment to achieving results.
- Commitment to self-development and keeping up to date with sector trends and developments.
- Good judgement and the ability to make sound decisions.
- Driven to achieve great results.
OUR CULTURE
We know that change is a team effort, and work hard to make sure every member of staff is inspired, nurtured and supported.
Every staff member has their own personal training and development budget, ability to work flexibly around core hours, access to our employee assistance programme 24/7, wellbeing initiatives, equipment to support you both at home and in an office environment (if applicable), opportunities to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues both in person and online, and much more.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all. This is a responsibility that is shared by all members of staff the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS or equivalent police check.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Application deadline: Thursday 04 July 2024 at 1PM. Shortlisted candidates will be invite to an interview during the week of Monday 15 July 2024 in our London Office.
Good luck with your application!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Elders
The Elders was founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007 as an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, human rights and a sustainable planet. There are 12 active Elders from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. The group has been chaired since 2018 by Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Previous chairs were Desmond Tutu and Kofi Annan.
The Elders operate through private diplomacy and public advocacy; they use their experience, influence and access to heads of state and government to engage politically, and their connections to civil society to stand in solidarity with the most vulnerable people and communities.
Role Overview
Working closely with the Deputy Director (Operations) [DDO] and line managed by the Operations Manager [OM], the Operations Officer contributes to the work of the Operations team, sitting within the larger Corporate Services team. This role involves supporting the planning, and organisation of all operational and logistical elements of Elders’ meetings, trips and events, as well as supporting the secretariat’s information technology infrastructure, system security and technical capacity, and the facilitation of knowledge management.
Person Specification
Experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including fluency in written and spoken English.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365. Experience in managing IT and telecoms systems is desirable.
- Experience with providing logistical support for events and/or individuals desirable.
- High level of organisational and administrative skills, attention to detail, ability to problem solve and adapt quickly.
Person Qualities
· Flexible, happy to work in a dynamic environment where priorities and plans may change unexpectedly, and able to remain calm under pressure.
· Initiative, confidence and willingness to accept responsibility.
Behavioural
· A strong personal commitment to the mission and values of The Elders.
· A flexible style and willingness to work in a small, collaborative team.
· Ability to develop effective working relationships with sensitivity and respect.
· This role may require some international travel, in exceptional circumstances. You may be required to attend staff or Elders events in the UK from time to time.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Logistics and Events
In consultation with the DDO and OM:
· Assist with practical and logistical support to the Elders, Advisory Council, team members and others for Elders’ meetings, travel and events.
· Supporting external communication in preparation of logistics/travel for meetings, international visits, events and online meetings, where required.
· Support research, including site visits, in preparation for The Elders’ visits, meetings and events, create reports and make recommendations to the DDO and SMT.
· Assist with the production of necessary health, security and travel briefings and/or protocols for staff, Elders and Advisory Council for all meetings, visits and events.
· Support post-event work including recording contact details and sending formal correspondence, as required.
· Occasional engagement with international entities including embassies, government offices and external partners to arrange appropriate logistics/protocol/security measures for Elders travel, where required.
· Assist with the preparation of necessary insurance, health, security, and safety measures and precautions during Elders’ meetings, visits and events, where required
Information Technology
In consultation with the DDO and OM:
· Support the organisational management of technology including: systems architecture, asset and CRM databases, ensuring adequate IT systems, polices and protocols to ensure the various organisational archiving policies and protocols are adhered to.
· Work with the IT support companies and other suppliers, consultants, and partner organisations as required to fulfil the management of day-to-day operations;
· Provide day-to-day IT and systems support to the London Secretariat office.
· Encourage and facilitate team wide usage of knowledge-based tools and applications, providing instructional training where required.
Executive Support
· Provide some diary support for the CEO to schedule external meetings once a meeting has been agreed in principle.
Other
· Other duties as required.
Working at The Elders
We operate a hybrid working policy, with a high degree of flexibility for staff. We ask staff to attend the office based on need, not a quota of days. We believe there are certain activities that are best conducted in person and also hold monthly “in days” when the whole team comes together. Additionally, some roles involve international travel, the timing of which is usually decided by Elders’ commitments. Aside from these obligations, staff are free to choose the balance between working remotely and working in the office that suits them best. We are based close to Green Park station in London, in a newly refurbished office.
Salary will be in the £29,600 -32,000 per annum range, depending on experience.
In addition to a competitive salary we offer the following benefits:
• Private pension scheme with 10% employer contributions
• Optional private medical and dental insurance
• Group life assurance equivalent to 5 x annual salary
• 28 days of paid annual leave (with 3 of these days on stipulated dates between the Christmas/New Year holidays) plus all UK bank holidays and public holidays
•Enhanced parental leave
To apply, please send an up-to-date CV and a covering letter (maximum 2 pages) setting out why you want the role and are suitable for it. Applications close at 23.59 on Monday 1st July 2024. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview w/b 8th July.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role Purpose
To support the development of high quality, trustworthy, current and effective information resources for the lupus community. This role plays an important part in our work to empower people living with lupus and supporting families and carers impacted by a diagnosis of lupus.
Key Responsibilities
Delivery
- Help to review, update and co-develop health information content for the lupus community in line with our schedule, maintaining a high standard of evidence-based information production, following appropriate criteria for accreditation by professional organisations. This could include support with research, liaising with external experts for input and review, copy writing, proof reading and production (including design).
- Work with colleagues, healthcare professionals and people with lived experience of lupus to codevelop high quality information resources.
- Communicate health-related updates, such as website articles on changes to access to vaccinations.
- Respond to emailed queries related to lupus and related conditions, health system access, treatments, etc.
- Support with co-ordinating the production of the charity’s magazine 3 times a year.
Other
- Uphold the values and expectations of LUPUS UK.
- Carry out other duties relevant to your post as reasonably required.
- Occasional evening and weekend working and travel may be required to support our broader activities.
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience communicating complex information in plain language, considering the needs of the intended audience.
- Working with a range of key stakeholders to develop information.
- Experience of working within a team.
- Communicating complex health, scientific, or research information (desirable).
- Experience in engaging those living with a long-term health condition and/or young people/families, in the co-production of information (desirable).
Knowledge and Skills
- Ability to critically analyse health information.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to develop effective partnership working.
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent attention to detail, with proven editing and proof-reading skills.
- Able to deal with confidential data and demonstrate high levels of discretion.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Word, Outlook and Excel.
- Skilled in critically analysing published scientific and medical research to ensure health information is accurate and evidence-based (desirable).
- Familiarity with the PIF Tick scheme and guidance (desirable).
Values and Behaviours
- Able to uphold and champion the values of LUPUS UK, demonstrating high standards of integrity, accountability, respect for others, courtesy and professionalism.
- Passionate about the work of LUPUS UK and working in a non-profit environment with a focus on health and disability
- Demonstrable empathy for service users and a commitment to understanding and addressing the challenges they experience.
- Actively committed to the growth of equality of opportunity and diversity.
- An enthusiastic and flexible approach and willing to support colleagues.
- Commitment to continual professional development and willing to give and receive constructive feedback.
- A positive, can-do attitude and willingness to help with tasks outside normal duties. Ability to critically analyse health information.
Please reseve the following dates in your diary when you apply:
Final interviews (in person) - Friday 19th July 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Sophie Hayes Foundation is a dynamic charity, focused on supporting survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking rebuild their lives and achieve sustainable freedom by providing invaluable training, coaching, work experience and advocacy across the UK.
We are seeking a Head of Fundraising & Engagement to provide vision, leadership and hands on delivery for income generation and communications to inspire and empower a small team and drive growth in the charity’s income, communications and campaigns.
Bringing proven experience in successfully developing and implementing fundraising and communication strategies, you will be an expert in building relationships with partners and donors and have a track record of delivering voluntary income growth.
Today there is greater need than ever before for survivors of modern slavery to be supported to rebuild their lives and remain free. If you are passionate about seeing this happen, we’d love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Rainforest Trust is a leading global organisation sponsoring the creation and expansion of protected and conserved areas, playing a central role in combating biodiversity loss and fighting climate change. We have already placed over 50 million acres under permanent protection across 72 countries, and recent surveys show that 99% of the rainforest we have protected since 1988 remains intact.
Rainforest Trust UK (RTUK) is set up as a separate charity to tax-efficiently raise funds from donors here in the UK for Rainforest Trust’s conservation projects. We are currently a team of 8 (part-time) people, but we are affiliated to, and supported by, the Rainforest Trust team in the U.S., which has a team of about 45 staff.When asked what they love most about working at Rainforest Trust UK our staff say it is feeling they are making a difference and taking direct action on some of the biggest issues of our time - climate change, biodiversity loss and Indigenous Peoples' rights. They also like being part of a small, friendly, and supportive team, where they feel they can have a direct input into decisions and our direction.
In 2023 the global charity raised $46 million for conservation projects in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The UK charity contributed £2.2m of this, and we are confident there is significant potential to increase our income from donors here. So, we are looking for an experienced, passionate, and highly personable fundraising professional to join our UK team, to help us identify, approach and cultivate relationships with new private individuals with the potential to make major contributions to our work.
This is a maternity cover contract so the successful candidate will need to get up to speed quickly, taking over responsibility for delivering the new Major Donor fundraising plan. The successful candidate will have previous experience of managing high level relationships and a track record of securing high value (5 and 6 figure) donations or new business. You will have outstanding interpersonal skills and be a confident communicator and able to build trusted relationships swiftly. As this is still a new role, in a relatively young charity, your ideas will help shape this work and you will play a crucial part in driving the growth and sustainability of our fundraising in the UK.
You might have existing experience working with high-value donors, however we also welcome applications from candidates who have transferable experience from other areas - for example a sales or account management background.
Key Responsibilities (see attached job description for full list)
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Proactively research, identify, and cultivate a list of new potential donors (high-net-worth individuals), building a pipeline of people to approach for support.
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Build and strengthen relationships with both existing and new supporters - developing and personally managing and inspiring a portfolio of individual donors and prospects, soliciting 5 and 6-figure gifts.
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Lead a programme of relevant cultivation and networking events, including receptions and lunches, creating engaging opportunities for donors to increase their giving to a higher level.
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Develop inspiring and compelling ‘case for support’ literature
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Regular stewardship including personalised updates, donor touches, invites to webinars/events etc
Person Specification - see attached job description document
Working Arrangements and Travel Requirements
Rainforest Trust UK staff work remotely and you will be expected to work primarily from home with an excellent internet connection. You may be based anywhere in the UK but you will be expected to work from a shared team space in London once a month, and your donor meetings/events are most likely to take place there.
The postholder will be required to host networking events and attend some online meetings with our partners in the U.S so some (early) evening working is required. We are also flexible as to how many hours this postholder works, and will consider a 3-5 day per week arrangement, depending on experience.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Rainforest Trust UK is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing a diverse and inclusive working environment. We recognise that promoting diversity and eliminating discrimination in our work will bring benefits for our people, our organisation and our charitable purpose. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief or any other protected characteristic.
Thank you for your interest in this role. If applying, please take time to submit your CV and covering letter, as well as completing the two additional questions. Please also send us a completed Diversity Monitoring form which you need to send to us separately. If you are shortlisted we will contact you by 26th June, and first interviews will take place on 3rd and 4th July. We look forward to hearing from you.
Rainforest Trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves for the benefit of species, people and the planet.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We seek individuals deeply committed to supporting children and young people (CYP), driven by intrinsic motivation and unwavering standards for themselves and others. If you resonate with this, we invite you to join our team! We are currently recruiting Associate Link Workers for primary school settings and Link Workers for secondary school settings.
AllChild (formally West London Zone) is a non-profit organisation that proactively works with children and their families to flourish socially, emotionally and academically through our tailored Impact Programme.
Working with schools, we identify and support children and young people before the need for crisis intervention, connecting them to the help they need through our trusted adult, the Link Worker.
Our Associate Link Worker/Link Worker is based in the school with the children and young people they are working with on our programme. They work directly with the children, their families, their teachers and our partners to design and facilitate a two-year Impact Programme of support and champion the children and young people along the way.
Since our launch in 2016, our Impact Programme has helped thousands of children and young people at the tipping point of need. 75% are no longer at risk in their emotional and mental wellbeing, two thirds improved their grades, and 90% of schools renew after the first programme, noting ‘transformational or significant positive impact’ for the children and the wider school environment.
We are proud to be an employer that puts equity, diversity and inclusion at the core of all that we do, for the benefit of our employees, our partners, and the communities that we work with. We are proud of our diversity and are therefore keen to receive applications from people who may be under-represented in our AllChild community. Please read our EDI statement on our website.
For more information, please read our detailed Job Pack and refer to our Safer Recruitment and Selection Policy.
Please inform us of any accessibility needs for the application or interview process. We will address them when scheduling interviews.
To ensure fairness in selecting the best candidates for this role, we operate a blind recruitment process. Therefore, all applications are anonymised until an interview has been confirmed.
These vacancies are being recruited to on a rolling basis and once the positions are filled, the advert will be closed.
All applicants will be contacted regarding their application status and shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.
Working hours 32 hours/4 days per week with potential for full-time (40 hrs per week) depending on other ministry gifts and passions you could bring.
Salary £29-£31k (pro rata) depending upon experience
Why St Stephen’s?
We are growing resource church with over 500 people attending every week. Our vision at St Stephen’s is to Love God, Grow Disciples and Transform Communities. Sundays are central to how we do this, as we gather across 3 services to worship God together and learn from His Word. We are passionate about: our ever-expanding youth, children’s and families' ministries; equipping each other to be Whole Life Disciples; enabling people to explore faith through Alpha; and transforming society through church planting, and various social transformation ministries. We are about to begin a new strategy process and are excited where God might lead us for the next few years.
With the second phase of a tech upgrade about to start, this is a great time for someone to be stepping into this post.
Main Purpose of the Role
The Media, Production and Sound Technician is a key role within the Creative and Worship teams, with responsibility for the provision of sound, visual and technical support for St Stephen’s Worship, Communications and Media production ministry.
Key objectives
· To enable the church’s worship through excellent sound, visual, staging and production of all services and special events (including online).
· To continuously recruit, train, oversee and support volunteer teams for sound, lighting and VPS.
· To have a vision for enabling worship which flows from your own living faith in Jesus.
· To help inspire a culture of creative worship and prayer at St Stephen’s.
· To oversee the maintenance of worship equipment (inc. organ and piano tuning), liaising with external contractors as needed.
· Encourage, equip and develop worship beyond Sundays (special services, events, Seasons)
· Oversee the provision of sound and visuals at weddings, funerals etc.
· To organise (with the Worship Pastor) regular creative team nights for community building, discipleship and training.
· To task manage and train interns to set up worship equipment, and operate sound and visuals desks
Technical Competencies
Essentials
· Highly experienced at using a digital audio mixing console.
· Fundamental understanding of video switching
Desirables
· Experience using ProPresenter 7 (or other presentation systems)
· Experience working with Dante or an equivalent A/V network platform
· Experience working with an SDI based Video Switcher
· Experience working with Stage Lighting Dimmer Racks
· Experience filming
· Comfortable working at height
· Experience working with Contractors
Person Specification
· Servant hearted
· A committed Christian with a heart for worship, sensitivity to the Holy Spirit and a passion to lead people into the presence of God.*
· Is already or is willing to become a worshipping member of St Stephen’s church.
· Technical skills & experience in audio, visual, lighting and production, including sound desk operation and mixing.
· Ability to lead, encourage, train and inspire.
· Ability to manage a budget.
· Excellent planning and organisational skills.
· Flexible approach to work.
· Good interpersonal skills.
· An optimistic realist.
· A desire to grow in leadership and to develop others.
· A self-motivated, team player.
· Doesn’t take themselves too seriously!
· Committed to safeguarding: understanding and personally applying the safeguarding policy and procedures & undertaking safeguarding training as required.
· A commitment to health and safety.
The details
· £29-31k (pro rata) depending on experience
· 32 hours/4 days a week (40 hours/5 days FTE) including Sundays, to be worked flexibly to cover ministry needs. We would be open to exploring a full-time position, if a candidate brings gifts in another area of ministry (e.g. Youth, Children, Worship, Creative, Students, Comms etc.)
· Occasional evenings and Saturdays, Christmas, and Easter services, with appropriate time off in lieu
· Full participation in the staff team (including attending staff worship, staff meetings and APCM)
· 25 days’ annual leave (20 days pro rata) including up to 5 Sundays plus Bank Holidays and a day off on your birthday.
· Church of England pension: 8% of salary of which 6.5% is paid by employer and 1.5% by employee
· Life Insurance
· 6-month probationary period
· Responsible to the Vicar
*NB. There is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GoR) for the successful applicant to be a Christian and this GoR applies under the Equality Act 2010.
Closing Date
Wednesday 26th June 2024
Interviews
Week commencing Monday 1st July 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Bexley Voluntary Service Council (BVSC), you will find a team who are absolutely committed to supporting a strong, sustainable, and influential voluntary and community sector that can make a positive impact on people’s lives in Bexley.
We work hard, we help each other and go out of way to help others and find solutions rather than focusing on problems. We are positive and proactive and, although absolutely focused on our areas of expertise, we work as a team so that BVSC is the best it can be. Above all, everything we do is to strengthen our local Voluntary and Community Sector.
We are looking for a dynamic individual to take on the day-to-day administration of BVSC. This is a key role at BVSC – a varied, interesting, creative role that requires a solid background in IT, database management, website maintenance, administration and supporting a large team.
Key Duties:
- Reviewing, refining and managing our database and website
- Ensuring the Community Directory is up to date, ‘live’ and reviewed regularly, with organisations supported to update and amend their own directory entries
- Providing administrative support to the CEO and HR & Governance Manager in their day to day work
- Supporting the Office Manager with induction and provide general support to the staff team with IT
- Being a key member of the social media and communications team
- Managing room bookings, events and CEO diary
- Supporting the Office Manager to manage the office service contracts
Planning Reviewing and Organising
- Overseeing the day-to-day BVSC administrative processes which include booking rooms, diary management, receiving phone calls, managing a general email inbox, updating our website and database, helping problem solve if occasional IT issues occur.
- Processing and recording Community Lottery applications.
- Team members are responsible for their own administration; however you will provide admin support to the organisation eg booking training courses, managing room bookings, offering support to staff that are facilitating Teams meetings/training events.
- Maintaining levels of stationery and office supplies as appropriate.
- Ensure all electronic and paper record systems which contain sensitive or person identifiable records are stored in compliance with the Data Protection Action and our Information Governance standards.
- To actively plan, support, and administer BVSC’s networks, internal and public meetings – taking minutes when required.
- To review current electronic filing systems, keeping folders organised, up to date and using archive appropriately.
- To be a key member of the communications team that manage the BVSC Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts keeping them current and relevant by scheduling content created by the team.
- Raising and processing Purchase Orders to buy equipment and services for the organisation.
Communication
- Respond to general enquiries, answer the BVSC phone and being the first point of contact in the office, ensure delegation of this responsibility in your absence
- Communicating with all partners via email, letter and over the phone
- Being the key point of contact for all suppliers and support contracts
Research, Support & Development
- The post holder will help produce regular impact reports for senior staff
- Contribute comprehensively to the annual workplan, updating and completing actions as they arise
- Support BVSC and our member groups to meet quality standards as needed
- Research local and national events, training and funding opportunities to publicise for the charity sector
- To undertake any other duties which the CEO, line managers or Trustees may reasonably require.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experienced office administrator with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- The ability to work as part of a team and provide efficient and professional administrative support to other office members
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft 365 suite including Word, Excel, Outlook, and a range of 365 apps e.g. Teams, Forms, SharePoint – these are used daily
- Excellent IT skills and experience of maintenance and input to CRM database systems
- Experience of working within a framework of confidentiality and with access to sensitive personal data
- Knowledge of website management and maintenance (WordPress and Drupal)
- Experience of using various design, communication, or project planning platforms e.g. Canva, Sway
- A creative problem solver and able to prioritise a varied workload, managing conflicting priorities to meet deadlines
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with colleagues, professionals, and voluntary sector providers across the borough
- Enthusiasm, flexibility and a positive ‘can do’ attitude
- Ability to prioritise your own workload and effectively manage several tasks at any given time
- Strong organisation and planning skills and the ability to work with initiative and with limited supervision
- The personality and temperament to deliver in a sometimes fast changing and busy environment
Desirable
- Existing knowledge of local voluntary services and resources
- Must have access to own transport (car, motorbike, bicycle) and able to travel efficiently across the borough
- Ability to contribute own ideas and solutions to the team
- A good level of written and spoken English and grammar, numeracy, attention to detail with high level of accuracy
- Alignment to our organisational values
Please return your CV and completed questions by Thursday 4th July 2024 (10am).
You will be advised if you are shortlisted and informed of the interview date which will take place on either 23rd or 26th July (mornings). If you have not heard from us by Tuesday 16th July, please assume your application was not successful, we are unable to provide feedback on applications which are not shortlisted.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Stories and Media Officer
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced storyteller to show the impact of live music in healthcare through the voices of the charity’s diverse community. This could be people who have experienced the live music, their family members, health and care staff, musicians or other stakeholders.
The Stories and Media Officer will be skilled at telling stories in different ways for a variety of audiences and channels, including success with local or national PR campaigns. They will demonstrate human connection and the power of music to create special moments and memories.
This is a remote, part-time role, offering some amazing benefits!
Position: Stories and Media Officer
Location: Remote (UK Wide)
Hours: Part time, 22.5 to 26 hours per week
Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 pro rata, per annum
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Tuesday 25 June
Interviews: Thursday 4 July via Zoom
The Role
You will build trust with people the charity is sharing a story on behalf of and foster lasting relationships. You will manage media contacts, seeking out relevant opportunities in the press and work with partners on features.
Main duties and responsibilities include:
- Lead on storytelling - writing effective and powerful stories to meet the needs of different functions, including fundraising materials, direct marketing, social media, sector reports and events, press opportunities, website features and publications.
- Attend live music experiences to conduct interviews and facilitate photography/filming etc
- Proactively identify and propose opportunities where stories can support and amplify the work of the charity, increasing awareness and supporting fundraising and impact reporting.
- Work within the communications team to facilitate social media and video content
- Manage a database of stories, case studies and quotes
About You
You will have experience of working across organisations to gather powerful and impactful stories and of building and maintaining relationships with different stakeholders. You will have a proven track record of successfully selling stories into local media and of managing stories in a database, including measuring and reporting on campaign performance.
Why join the team?
You will be offered on the job training and support for your development alongside other fantastic benefits:
- Opportunity to work your hours flexibly
- 35 days annual leave per year (pro rata) including the opportunity to take most bank holidays when you choose
- Employer pension contribution of up to 6%
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Budget for personal development and training
- Positive organisation culture with a firm understanding of supporting remote (hybrid) teams
- Opportunity to help share live music with people who may not otherwise get to experience it.
When applying for this role you will be asked to submit a CV and Covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4.
About the Organisation
The charity seeks to share joy through live music with people receiving care or treatment in healthcare settings across the UK, including those who are vulnerable, the elderly, those with dementia and in critical care.
Skilled musicians are carefully selected through a process of audition. Sessions are tailored to the both the setting and the audience to ensure that they can reach and connect people, encourage communication and meaningful interactions and evoke emotions and memories to make people feel good one tune at a time.
The successful applicants will require a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) or equivalent check.
The charity is committed to becoming an organisation that reflects society and promotes diversity and inclusion, and would particularly welcome applications from people who are currently under-represented, including disabled people and those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities.
You may have experience in areas such as Media, Stories, Content, Communications, Digital, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Digital Marketing, Digital Communications, Media and Content, Content Creator, Media Officer, Stories Officer, Content Officer, Communications Officer, Digital Officer, Marketing Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Digital Marketing Officer, Digital Communications Officer, Fundraising, Media and Content Officer, Journalist.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in-person working)
About the role and team:
Our Philanthropy Lead will join an established Major Gifts team, who collectively raise in excess of £5m+ a year. We are looking for a visionary, dynamic, entrepreneurial and empathetic leader who is excited to work closely with the Parkinson’s community to secure vital donations towards our strategic priorities - including our multi-year Parkinson’s UK Nurse Appeal, ground-breaking Parkinson’s research and the Virtual Biotech, our international drug discovery programme.
Maximising the value and contribution of our supporters is fundamental to Parkinson’s UK delivering the impact we want to see for people affected by Parkinson's. Building networks, understanding what motivates our supporters, and aligning our programmes to their philanthropic interests is key to our growth plans for Major Gifts.
This role will lead, influence and embed the major donor strategy and line manage a high performing team. You will deliver your own prospect/donor cultivation activity and generate new leads through working with senior volunteers. You will work with colleagues and leaders across the charity to identify prospects and opportunities to give at a transformational level. You will present and inspire philanthropic support for our work including our information and support services and our Parkinson’s Virtual Biotech drug development programme which is leading the way in driving forward new pioneering treatments.
You’ll contribute to a step-change in the charity’s income, particularly in soliciting gifts from new supporters. Now is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK as we accelerate our ‘Transforming Parkinson’s Together’ strategy and we drive forward our growth ambitions within major gifts.
What you’ll do:
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Lead the Philanthropy team to deliver our ambitious multi-year income targets
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Build on the team’s existing strategy, working closely with the Head on the overall strategic direction
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Identify, cultivate and manage relationships with your pipeline of donors and prospects (focused on £100k+ gifts)
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Collaborate with colleagues to build the £1m+ transformational gift pipeline
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Oversee, support and coach the Philanthropy team with their prospect/donor cultivation and stewardship activity
What you’ll bring:
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Extensive experience of successful major donor fundraising, with a track record of securing five and six figure gifts through making verbal and written asks
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The ability to proactively identify, qualify and generate new prospects to help grow the team’s pipelines
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Strong leadership skills and the ability to manage, coach, motivate and inspire a high performing team
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Excellent relationship building and communication skills
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Experience of delivering activity with fundraising boards/senior volunteers
Whilst this is advertised as a full-time position, we are committed to being flexible in our roles and would consider part-time working and compressed hours. Please specify in your supporting statement if you are interested in a specific working pattern.
Please apply through our career portal on our website, with your CV and a detailed supporting statement to show how you match what we’re looking for, as outlined in the ‘’What you’ll bring’’ section of the job description.
Interviews will be held: w/c 1st July 2024 and will be in person at 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EJ
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
We’re a people-powered movement on the verge of major breakthroughs in Parkinson’s. Together, we will find a cure.
Journey and Cross Sell Manager (Maternity Cover)
Home based, remote working
£38,000 pa plus excellent benefits
35 hours per week
12 month fixed-term contract until September 2025
The Journey and Cross Sell Manager is responsible for developing rich supporter journeys, primarily across email, that deepen the relationship between RNID and our incredible supporters.
As The Journey and Cross Sell Manager, you will:
- Build, design and deliver supporter journeys that engage audiences and encourage them to take actions, such as donating
- Work closely with colleagues in Marcomms and Fundraising to develop journeys tailored to donor types and audience segments
- Work closely with the Digital team to build journeys in Microsoft Dynamics
- Draft journey content plans and write journey content
- Maintain oversight of journeys and email across the charity, ensuring supporters receive communications that are timely, relevant and effective
- Monitor data briefs
- Track journey data and results, making recommendations to optimise their performance
- Oversee the schedule for refreshing journey content and briefing into the Content team
- Write up key processes relating to journeys and cross sell and following project delivery processes
You are an experienced professional, passionate about developing supporter or customer journeys that build loyalty and engage and inspire people to take action. You are excited by the idea of being part of a team that strives to build relationships with supporters, moving them to become advocates for people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. You thrive in an organisational culture where agile ways of working, collaboration and a digital environment are the norm.
Experience of developing supporter or customer journeys, especially over email is essential, as is experience of using a CRM to build and send emails (Microsoft Dynamics desirable). You should also have strong communication and copywriting skills and experience of managing projects.
We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.
Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.
We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better.
RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.
We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.
Closing date: 23 June 2024
Interview date: 4 and 5 July 2024
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland.
Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you, whenever you need it.
About the role
As digital content officer, you’ll design, edit and optimise our web content to help our users feel empowered throughout their breast cancer experience.
From personal stories and blogs to landing pages and webforms, you’ll support teams across the charity and lead the content creation for some of our key projects and campaigns.
You’ll know content design, search engine optimisation (SEO), user experience (UX) and accessibility best practices like the back of your hand and be able to advise teams on the correct approach for their pages. And with support from our digital analytics manager, you’ll be able to advise teams on how to improve their content to drive conversions.
Not only will you be able to take the lead, but you’ll also be a team player. You’ll be able to take direction from the digital content manager on bigger projects and collaborate with other members of your team.
You’ll join the team at an exciting time as we’re amid our digital transformation project. You’ll play a key role in moving our content from the old to the new website. You’ll also help set the standard of content on the new website by training teams on new processes on the new CMS and coaching them on web best practices.
This role is a 12 month fixed-term contract.
About you
A successful candidate will have a strong background in digital and experience in creating web content that packs a punch. You’ll have a can-do attitude, a methodical approach to your work and enjoy creating content.
You’ll have a comprehensive understanding of content design, accessibility, SEO and UX principles. And know how to take this knowledge and use it to create engaging content that supports our user's and charity’s needs.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits package are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role can be based in our Cardiff, Glasgow, London or Sheffield office. However, our hybrid working model allows full-time staff members to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. In support of your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. When applying please ensure you refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as possible with examples to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any questions regarding this role please contact us in the first instance.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date 9am on Friday 21 June 2024
Interview date Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 June 2024
The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) is the national charity for people affected by cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom.
CLAPA supports people affected by cleft to take control of their journey, connect with others, and use their voices to impact the future of care. Our vision is that no one affected by cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom will go through their journey alone.
We are looking for a Content Coordinator to join our small but dynamic communications team.
As CLAPA’s Content Coordinator, you’ll be responsible for publishing a steady stream of stories, blogs and other engaging content on our website and other platforms.
The UK cleft community is full of fantastic stories waiting to be told, and you’ll be there to sensitively support people of all backgrounds to share these stories with your insightful questions and top-notch editing abilities. You’ll be comfortable talking to everyone from school-age children to NHS cleft surgeons to get the kind of content that will inspire and engage our community.
You’ll be our go-to writer when a new resource needs to be drafted or edited, and you’ll enjoy the challenge of adapting your writing to different briefs and communicating complex ideas to people of all ages and abilities. This is a brand new role to meet rising demand within the team, so you will have a real opportunity to make the role ‘yours’. You’ll have the freedom to try new things, share ideas, learn from feedback, and work with others to solve problems. While you’re expected to be proactive in fulfilling key tasks, you’ll be fully trained and supported in every aspect of your work by the Head of Impact.
Our ideal candidate is a creative and confident writer who shares our values and our staff team’s dedication to supporting the UK cleft community.
Our outgoing Communications Officer in March 2024 had this to say about their role:
“CLAPA is hugely encouraging to new ideas and brings out the best of your strengths whilst providing the support to develop and grow. I have never worked for such a friendly, caring, hardworking team that is incredibly proud to deliver our services to the cleft community. […] Do not hesitate to apply if you want to feel part of a positive and supportive charity filled with dedicated and talented colleagues!”
How to Apply
Please complete the Application Form linked in the Recruitment Pack. For safeguarding reasons, we are not able to accept CVs.
Applications close: Monday 1st July at 9 am
Interviews: Wednesday 10th July (via Zoom)
Start date: ASAP
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Interim Direct Marketing Manager - Membership and Big Garden Birdwatch
Reference: MAY20244006
Location: Flexible in UK, Home based
Salary: £32,022.00 - £34,377.00 Pro Rata
Contract: Starting by 29th July for 6 months
Hours: Full-Time
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave
We are seeking an experienced interim Direct Marketing Manager to join our membership marketing team to work on the Big Garden Birdwatch and membership acquisition campaigns from August 2024 to Jan 2025. This is a full time role.
To be successful in this role you will need to demonstrate past experience of planning, proofing and fulfilment of multiple printed direct mail packs, response forms and emails. Ideally you will also have worked with inbound telemarketing teams and within a charity fundraising environment.
In return you will get to apply your skills to a high-profile national engagement and fundraising campaign. And be part of something amazing to support the conservation of birds and nature. You will be working as part of a very small direct marketing team within a wider, cross-functional project, with tight deadlines, targets and multiple approval processes.
We are looking for an experienced pair of hands in direct marketing – especially high volume print direct mail, forms, and email marketing to hit income targets.
Essential skills, knowledge, and experience:
- Proven experience of planning and delivering end to end multi-channel direct marketing campaigns, working with in house teams and agencies.
- Degree educated or equivalent CIM/IDM qualification, and experience in a direct marketing role
- Very high level of attention to detail
- Knowledge and understanding of direct marketing and fundraising compliance and best practice
- Strong creative understanding, and able to assess the measures that will maximise response rates
- Strong communication skills to bring support teams together to deliver campaigns
- Proven experience of campaign marketing budget management and ROI reporting
- Knowledge of testing, profiling and segmentation
- Able to work under pressure, making or escalating decisions where necessary and adapting to meet changing circumstances as required
You will work from home and will need a strong internet connection to connect and work with colleagues via Teams (if you are based near to an RSPB office you may be able to work from there).
This is a fixed term contract for six months. The RSPB reserves the right to extend or make this role permanent without further advertising dependent on business needs at the end of the contract term.
Closing date: 23:59, Monday 24th June 2024
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on 9th and 10th July with a start date of 29th July (at the latest).
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
As part of this application you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete an application form. If you wish to provide a cover letter with your application, please include this at the end of your CV document upload. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
No agencies please.
The Ageing Well Functional Fitness MOT project is aimed at supporting mild to moderately frail residents of the Frognal area of Bexley with falls prevention, improvement of functional wellness and to provide signposting for sessions to enhance functional fitness within this defined area. The project will be working to engage with people who may be experiencing health challenges but are not accessing support, therefore engaging with them prior to a crisis.
Your role will be to create and lead a network of organisations and individuals to deliver functional fitness "MOTs" and who can provide support for functional fitness. You will also provide a regular link with the local population which could be utilised by other services and campaigns such as cancer prevention or dementia awareness. You will work to strengthen the network of community groups, statutory services and businesses working together to deliver improvements to health and wellbeing. You will engage with local residents to gather feedback about what is important to them and involve people in the development of additional health and wellbeing support.
Our mission is to help the people of Bexley enjoy later life.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.