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About Us
MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.
Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members working in 37 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centered care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.
We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.
About the Role
The Other Multilaterals and Government (OMG) team sits within the Global Programmes and Philanthropy (GPP) team and has responsibility for MSI’s donor portfolio, including stewarding global and bilateral contracts and grant agreements with European and North American government donors and UN agencies. The team leads contract negotiations, organises kick-off workshops for internal stakeholders and partners, monitors project performance and spending, coordinates project inputs from the wider organisation (e.g. GEDSI assessments and strategies, MERL plans, technical assistance), tracks and escalates risks and issues, liaises with the donor on ad hoc requests, donor visits and collaborative initiatives such as webinars, leads donor reporting with the support of country programmes and the donor finance team, supports the operations team to manage close-out processes, elicits and disseminates learning on donors and donor stewardship, and the contributes to donor engagement.
This is a critical role. The stewardship standards set by GPP impact the quality of programming, MSI’s reputation and future fundraising prospects. The role also provides a wealth of professional development opportunities, providing rich insights into donors, programme delivery and support functions. This is an exciting role that requires excellent financial analysis skills, strong communication skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent ability to work across teams to deliver results, and great attention to detail
About You
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:
- Ability to speak French is required.
- Ability to work in a diverse and inclusive environment, respecting and collaborating with all individuals equally, and with a commitment to overcome bias and prejudice.
- Accuracy and attention to detail; highly numerate and analytical.
- Strong communication skills– written and verbal; diplomatic and able to manage sensitive information.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, including cross-team negotiating and relationship building.
- Strong report-writing skills in English
- Ability to manage and effectively prioritise multiple and/or competing tasks in a high-paced environment.
- Advanced Excel skills.
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following experience:
- At least 2/3 years of work experience at a comparable agency or organization essential (such as an international NGO, donor agency, or private foundation). Previous experience supporting implementing large-scale country programmes is desirable.
- Proven experience in successfully supporting the project management cycle and coordinating teams.
- Strong finance management experience including budgeting, budget tracking and analysing financial performance.
- Demonstrated experience of donor standards and expectations, including working with high compliance donors such as EU, KFW, and USAID.
- Demonstrated experience mitigating and managing risk on projects.
- Proven experience working cross-team, generating consensus and support from multiple internal stakeholders, and leading people through complex processes.
- Understanding of the sexual and reproductive health and family planning fields is desirable.
- Excellent verbal presentation skills.
- Excellent written communication skills: the ability to organise and present information in a compelling way to a range of audiences.
- Able to strengthen and improve the quality and timeliness of programme deliverables, processes and technical support without direct line management or control.
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, perform under pressure and reputation for consistently delivering results to a high standard.
Personal Attributes:
We seek exceptional individuals who are aligned to MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You must be a strong communicator, self-motivated and solutions-seeking, committed to driving social change in an environment that measures sustainable results and impact at an individual and global level. You must be able to work effectively with and across diverse teams and be comfortable with ambiguity.
For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is:
- Committed to the protection of team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups.
- Able to role-model inclusive and culturally sensitive attitudes and behaviours.
- Ability to manage a heavy and fluctuating workload. Results orientated.
- Demonstrates MSI team member behaviours.
- Pro-MSI philosophy of social enterprise and cost recovery.
- Ability to travel up to 12 weeks a year.
- Pro-choice.
For more information about the role, please view the job description and person specification on our website.
Location: London Support Office (hybrid working).
Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday (UK contracted hours).
Contract type: 2 year fixed term contract.
Salary: £34,200 - £42,750 per annum commensurate upon experience for UK based candidates. Benefits and discretionary bonus.
Salary band: BG 7
Closing date: 2nd April 2024. Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
Please see the job description on our website.
For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.
About Us
Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets (VCTH) is a small charity, established in 2008. Our mission is to increase the quality, quantity and impact of volunteering in Tower Hamlets. We work with one of the youngest, most diverse populations in the country. We broker residents into inspiring volunteer roles. We train and advise charitable organisations on running inclusive, high quality volunteering programmes, and we advertise their volunteer roles.
Do you share our passion for volunteering and believe that it can transform lives and build fairer, more compassionate communities? If so, you could be just who we are looking for to join our supportive and impactful team.
As our Volunteering Advisor, you will work across two programmes, both of which support people from Global Majority communities into volunteering. You will help volunteers gain the skills, experience and confidence that they need to increase their employability, and you will lead on delivering our Minoritised Ethnic Trustees (METs) programme, recruiting, training and supporting local residents to become charity trustees.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- promoting volunteering widely; running stalls at community events, giving targeted presentations, organising borough-wide Volunteer Fairs, and working with referral agencies
- developing trustee training materials and facilitating engaging, interactive sessions, then matching trainees to trustee positions
- enrolling volunteers, motivating them to overcome barriers, helping them to secure and sustain volunteering placements, and tracking their progress
- working with hundreds of local Volunteer Involving Organisations to develop and advertise inspiring volunteer roles that meet a wide range of needs, abilities and interests
- using your analytical and proficient IT skills to produce reports and help review services.
We are currently office-free. This hybrid role is home-based, but with a requirement to undertake regular work at community venues around Tower Hamlets.
We are open to discussing how the 21 hours are worked across the working week.
The ability to speak a community language and local knowledge of Tower Hamlets would be an asset, but are not essential. We are very keen to hear from candidates with lived experience relevant to this role, from Volunteer Managers, and from people who are passionate about volunteering.
Benefits include:
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Full Time Equivalent 33 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays, rising with length of service
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Training for continued professional development
- Time Off In Lieu
Closing date for applications is 9.30am on Tuesday 9 April 2024.
Interviews will take place the week commencing 15 April 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We seek an Advice Coordinator and OISC supervisor OISC L2 (OISC L3 desirable), or solicitor with equivalent qualifications for an exciting position leading our immigration advice provision in Havering and Newham and work in Asylum Support hotels.
The post holder will manage and supervise a team of OISC level 1 and 2 immigration advisors providing specialist immigration advice and casework to migrants at risk in London. You will play a key role in coordinating drop-in services in Havering and Newham as well as working with asylum seekers resident in Asylum Support hotels in Islington.
Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are met and that they are able to overcome the barriers they face. We work to build community, challenge exclusion and discrimination, influence policy and improve services. We played a leading role in exposing the Windrush scandal and advocate and campaign for lasting changes to policy and practice to address the root causes of the issues faced by at-risk migrants.
We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status.
Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes
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A 35 hour working week including flexible working hours
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A hybrid work model
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25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays)
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You can buy up to 3 days annual leave each year
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A defined contribution pension scheme
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Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you 24/7.
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A season ticket loan to help you spread the cost of your commute
If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team who will contact you to discuss how we can help.
For more information you can contact Dan Ashwell.
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter to recruitment team demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with both a cover letter.
Deadline: 22/03/2024
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with a cover letter.
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We are looking for an energetic Immigration Adviser (OISC L1 essential, L2 desirable) for an exciting position providing immigration advice to individuals and families in Havering and Newham.
The project is delivered through funding from Havering and Newham Local Authorities and will will include advice and casework for residents who attend One-Stop shop advice sessions and people referred by social services. The project is part of an expansion of the work that Praxis has been undertaking in Havering and Newham and will allow for a greater provision of immigration advice in those areas.
The ideal candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of the issues faced by migrants at risk (including EU migrants) and refugees/asylum seekers. They will have a good understanding of the challenges faced by migrants with NRPF. They will have experience and a commitment to supporting migrants at risk in need of immigration advice. They will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a range of stakeholders.
Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity supporting migrants in crisis or at-risk, ensuring that their essential human needs are met and that they are able to overcome the barriers they face. We work to build community, challenge exclusion and discrimination, influence policy and improve services. We played a leading role in exposing the Windrush scandal and advocate and campaign for lasting changes to policy and practice to address the root causes of the issues faced by at-risk migrants.
We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status.
Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes
• A 35 hour working week including flexible working hours
• A hybrid work model
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays)
• You can buy up to 3 days annual leave each year
• A defined contribution pension scheme
• Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you 24/7.
• A season ticket loan to help you spread the cost of your commute
If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team who will contact you to discuss how we can help.
For more information you can contact Daniel Ashwell.
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter to recruitment team demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with both a cover letter.
Deadline: 22/03/2024
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the job description marked ‘A’. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. Applications will only be accepted with a cover letter.
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Dear Applicant,
Thank you for your interest in the role of F100 Project Manager for the Black Equity Organisation, Sky Future 100 Programme. BEO has recently launched in 2022, and our mission is to dismantle systemic racism in the UK.
We are looking for an ambitious, experienced and talented Project manager who possesses the entrepreneurial experience needed to play a key part in ensuring our £1m BEO and Sky partnership for Black entrepreneurs to launch and grow their own businesses in the UK is an unmitigated success - could that be you?
Future 100 provides unprecedented access to direct financial support and supply chains, backed up by expert business advice, coaching and mentoring, to break down the significant barriers faced by Black British entrepreneurs when setting up businesses. The programme will also create a vital and tight[1]knit community of Black British entrepreneurs, with valuable, regular opportunities to network and share experiences, successes and challenges.
We are looking for someone with a track record of managing accelerators, who has extensive project management experience and who understands the mindset of a Black start up entrepreneur. You will be able to interface effortlessly with potential investors and others who offer support to Black talent who face huge barriers to investment, and human capital.
You will be a strong team player with the ability to establish strong relationships, manage complex programmes, identify and manage risks and also manage budgets. We also need someone who understands that it is lack of access to the opportunities to create family and community wealth that drives disadvantage in our community. We want to eradicate the key drivers behind race-based wealth in-equality in the UK within a generation, and we are actively working in close partnership with a range of actors to make that vision a reality.
In return we offer flexible, hybrid working from day one, a 5% employer pension contribution, a generous leave, maternity and parental leave package together with a strong focus on wellbeing and the chance to be part of the task of dismantling structural racism.
Are you the highly motivated self starter that we are looking for to become part of this unique opportunity?
We look forward to hearing from you!
We are currently seeking a flexible individual with a commitment to customer service to join our team as Branch Support Unit Advisor, based at our National Cat Centre, Chelwood Gate with some home working available. You will join us working 35 hours per week and in return you will receive a salary of up to £25,765.62 per annum plus excellent benefits.
Since 1927, Cats Protection has helped thousands of cats each year, across the UK. As a community of volunteers, employees, supporters and partners, we’ve improved the lives of millions of cats and transformed the way millions of people see and care for cats.
The Branch Support Unit (BSU) is part of the Operations Department and it provides support for branches, centres and the whole Operations team. Our day to day work includes; maintaining branch information on the database; arranging events and training days; organising allocation of free cat food, lottery licenses, PetPlan, cat relocations, NCC visits and processing Annual Returns; supporting Operations staff with projects and collating and dispatching mail outs to branches and centres. The Unit is very busy and handles approximately 3,500 E-Mails and almost 1000 calls monthly.
Responsibilities of our Branch Support Unit Advisor:
As a Branch Support Unit Advisors you will provide first-line support and advice to both volunteer groups; the operations team and regionally based employees. You will be the first port of call for other departments who need information about our branches and centres. You will also organise a variety of events ranging from recruitment drop-in sessions, interviews and training to networking meetings and conferences.
What we’re looking for in our Branch Support Unit Advisor:
- Experience of working within an office environment or customer support role
- Strong customer service and administration experience
- Excellent communication skills and be able to keep calm under pressure with great credibility
- Experience of using Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word and Excel
What we can offer you:
- salary of up to £25,765.6 per annum
- generous annual leave entitlement
- contribution pension scheme
- life assurance scheme
- range of health benefits including private healthcare
- Employee Assistance Programme
- and more
Through our values and behaviours we help people see the world through cats’ eyes. Together we can make a difference.
Closing date: 25 March 2024
Virtual interview date: 10 April 2024
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.
Please email if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.
Choose a career with us and you'll be helping us to achieve our vision of a world where every cat is treated with kindness and an understan...
Read moreSeeking a meaningful shift in your career? Embark on a transformative journey with the On Purpose Associate Programme, offering a unique opportunity for mid-career professionals to transition into impactful work. This paid, year-long leadership programme is designed for those ready to pivot their professional journey towards creating a sustainable, equitable and just future.
Why join us?
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Make a real impact: Through two 6-month work placements with leading organisations, you'll gain hands-on experience tackling pressing social and environmental issues. Our partners, including Big Society Capital, Save the Children, Oddbox, Samaritans, and Systemiq, provide unparalleled opportunities to contribute to meaningful change.
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Expert-led learning: Immerse yourself in an intensive Learning & Development programme, with weekly in-person sessions led by experts from across sectors. This blend of professional training and academic rigour equips you with the leadership skills, knowledge and mindset to drive systemic change.
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1-2-1 mentoring & coaching: Receive personalised support through fortnightly mentoring sessions and quarterly executive coaching, fostering both personal and professional growth.
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Join a supportive community: From day one, you'll be welcomed into a tight-knit cohort of ~20 like-minded and ambitious Associates. Together, you'll share ideas, challenges, and successes, creating a sense of belonging and mutual support that extends far beyond the programme's duration. You’ll also join the expansive On Purpose community, connecting with a global network of impact-driven professionals offering life-long inspiration, collaboration and opportunities.
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Earn while you learn: A competitive gross salary of £25,645 per annum, supporting your full-time commitment to creating change.
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Transformative impact: Nearly 1000 alumni are now leading change worldwide in all parts of the system, with 92% working in the impact sector, evidencing the programme's success in facilitating career changes towards impactful work.
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Diverse career opportunities: Our Associates have made significant career changes, moving into roles ranging from CEOs of social enterprises to leadership positions within traditional companies driving change from within, like a former music label business owner now the CEO of Hubbub, a former Consultant now Managing Director of Divine Chocolate, and a former Marketer at Google now Head of Europe for Terra.do.
Who we’re looking for:
This programme is ideal for individuals seeking a career change into the impact sector, or for those already in the impact sector who want to develop new skills, have the opportunity to work in more commercial organisations, or to join an engaged network of people who share your values and are working toward the same goal.
Specific sector/industry experience is not important. We’re looking for talented people from diverse industries who have a determination to bring their skills and experience to purpose-driven projects and to driving systemic change. We seek ambitious individuals with:
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A minimum of three years full-time professional experience
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The right to work in the UK
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Fluency in English
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Office environment experience
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Excitement towards building a career that helps transform our economy from profit to purpose
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Skills in project management, stakeholder engagement, adaptability, interpersonal communication, problem-solving, quantitative analysis and strategic thinking.
Diversity and Inclusion:
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences and those who are often under-represented in the impact sector, including but not limited to individuals with disabilities and those from diverse ethnic, gender identities, sexualities, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.
Learn more and apply:
Register your interest in the programme and we’ll send you all you need to know on how to apply. To apply, you’ll need to submit your CV and answer four questions about your skills, work experience and why you’d like to join the programme.
Curious about making an impact with your career? Register your interest, after which you will receive an email with the link to start your application. To apply, you’ll need to submit your CV and answer four questions about your skills, work experience and motivation for joining the On Purpose Associate Programme.
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Apply by: Tuesday 21 May, 9:00 am (BST)
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Interview dates: Mid-late June
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Programme start: October 2024
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Duration: One year
Join us in creating a healthier economy, society and planet. There has never been a more important time to act. Apply now and take the first step towards a career that matters.
Our mission & vision:
On Purpose are working towards a world in which all organisations put purpose before profit thereby creatin...
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About World Child Cancer
Most childhood cancers are curable. We know this because survival rates in the UK and Europe regularly top 80%. But for children in low and middle-income countries, the prognosis is bleak with their chance of survival falling to 20%.
The solution? It already exists. The challenge is making sure that every child gets the diagnosis, treatment and care they need. Yet in many countries, public and professional awareness of childhood cancer is dangerously low. Opportunities for early diagnosis are missed. Referrals are delayed. And there are not enough health workers with the specialist skills to diagnose and treat the disease.
It is children and families that pay the price.
Determined to balance this inequality, World Child Cancer works with local, regional, and international partners in some of the world’s poorest countries to improve: Treatment, early diagnosis, family support and advocacy.
Created in 2007, World Child Cancer is a small yet fast-growing, ambitious international charity.
Overview
The Programme Manager role will be crucial to the success and development of the charity. You will be responsible for the management and delivery of our work in Bangladesh & Nepal, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget and to high standard. The role will include responsibility for building relationships with partners and potential new partners. The successful candidate will contribute to seeking out further grant opportunities within the sector, working closely with the rest of the programmes team and the fundraising team.
Key Relationships
- Director of Programmes
- Director of Finance
- Country Programme Coordinators
- UK Programme Managers
- Psychosocial Support Advisor
Person Specification
Essential:
- 3 to 5 years international development experience preferably in the field of global health
- Understands theory and practice of Health System Strengthening.
- Understands theory and practice of capacity building programming.
- Knowledge of programme design and planning of complex programmes, including logframes and theories of change.
- Track record of financial management skills, including budget management and planning
- Experience designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including collection and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data.
- Excellent organisational, planning and time-management skills.
- Proven experience in building relationships and working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders
- Fluent English (written and verbal)
Desirable:
- Experience living and working in low middle income countries, preferably in Asia.
- Experience working with healthcare professionals both in the UK and abroad.
- Experience managing statutory grants.
Terms of Employment
- Hours: Part-time (3 days per week)
- Location: UK based, hybrid role: Home working for the time being, with the provision for regular meetings in the office. Office attendance encouraged on Mondays (nr Fenchurch Street, London)
- Contract: Part-time Maternity Cover (subject to successful completion of 3 months’ probation)
- Salary: £34,000 - £38,000 Full Time Equivalent (will be pro rata for 3 days per week)
- Annual Leave: 25 days plus 8 bank holidays pro rata and an additional day at Christmas subject to Board approval
- Other: Opportunity to participate in the cycle to work scheme
Timetable
- Closing date for applications: April 14th, 2024
- First interview: TBC
- Second interview: TBC
- The successful appointment is subject to a satisfactory criminal records disclosure and written references.
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About Us
MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.
Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members working in 37 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centered care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.
We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.
About the Role
The Global Programmes & Philanthropy Advisor - Government Partnerships is a new role supporting MSI’s engagement and fundraising, primarily with European government donors.
MSI has both longstanding and significant funding, together with established relationships with European government donors and networks. We are seeking a proactive, pro choice fundraiser whose experience of European government donor engagement will enable them to build on these relationships and position MSI as a partner of choice for government donors. A critical part of the role will be identifying and supporting new funding opportunities within both our existing and emerging government donor base.
Working closely with the Associate Director, Government Partnerships, the Advisor will be engaging in:
Fundraising
- Support delivery of MSI’s ambitious 2023-2025 global funding strategy, including donor-specific fundraising goals
- Support MSI’s upstream influencing of existing and emerging donor government audiences with a view to increase resourcing and prioritisation of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) including contraception and safe abortion services. Work closely with the Programme Design and Development Team (PDD) to develop successful concept notesand proposals for selected donors, in partnership with other MSI colleagues
- Work with MSI regional teams and advocacy colleagues, and MSI country programmes (CPs) to identify key opportunities, messages and providing support to enhance country level relationships with current or emerging donors
- Work with colleagues across the MSI partnership to monitor donor policy processes and developments relevant to MSI, and support the development of internal MSI positions to ensure continued leadership of and alignment with the wider sector.
Donor Engagement
- Support strategic engagement with key governments and accountability for the implementation of the engagement strategies necessary to deliver against MSI’s global fundraising strategy
- Act as a conduit for transferring knowledge and learning from MSI’s programming both to donors partners across the sector, and from key European donors and the wider sector into the MSI global partnership.
- Work with the Associate Director, Government Partnerships and other MSI colleagues to identify and cultivate relationships with governments with whom MSI has not traditionally built successful long-term relationships, despite their interest in SRHR.
Partnerships
- Support colleagues to increase MSI’s international visibility and profile, through strategic engagement with national governments, NGO partners, and donor networks in collaboration with other teams in P&P, MSI’s Global Communications teams, regional teams and advocacy colleagues.
- Develop an effective network of partnerships and relationships for MSI across Europe to leverage and deliver technical, financial and other resources to support MSI’s global mission, including the development of partnerships in new sectors
Building County Programme Level Fundraising Capacity
- Work with Country Programme colleagues to identify funding opportunities at national level, including supporting with strategic analysis of and messaging for local donor missions for current, new and emerging donors
- Work with CP colleagues to draft and deliver engaging pitches and presentations to various donor audiences, and input into country level fundraising strategies and engagement plans
About You
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills and experience:
- Established network or ability to establish relationships with European government donors and European SRH/partner networks
- A track record in successful fundraising and engagement with donors, senior policy makers and civil society with clear outcomes (SRHR experience preferred) (3 years experience)
- Excellent communication skills - excellent verbal and written English communication skills and ability to organise and present information in a compelling way
- International development experience: ideally in securing funding for both service delivery and advocacy programmes
- Demonstrated ability to conduct donor policy analysis and produce briefs, factsheets and messaging
- Strong analytical and strategic skills
- Ability to travel regularly within Europe, to the USA, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Ability to work independently and pro-actively
- Full working proficiency in another European language (preferred)
- Experience and knowledge of global health or allied thematic areas also desirable
- Being pro-choice is essential for everyone working with MSI
Personal Attributes:
We seek exceptional individuals who are aligned to MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You must be a strong communicator, self-motivated and solutions-seeking, committed to driving social change in an environment that measures sustainable results and impact at an individual and global level. You must be able to work effectively with and across diverse teams and be comfortable with ambiguity.
For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is:
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and be committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is a self starter, a strong people communicator, with the initiative, drive and ability to influence different donors and teams across the MSI Partnership. You will be results oriented and have a maturity of approach that comes from your previous experience. You will work in both face to face as well as remote working situations.
If UK based, MSI has a very flexible hybrid working policy, which requires a minimum of 2 days in the office in central London with the rest of time home based, if preferred
For more information about the role, please view the job description and person specification on our website.
Location: London Support Office (hybrid working).
Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday (UK contracted hours)
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £34,200 - £42,750 per annum for UK based candidates. Discretionary bonus + benefits.
Salary band: BG7
Please see the job description on our website.
Closing date: 25th March 2024 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.
Employment Advisor - Placement Lead
About Babbasa
Babbasa is an award-winning, Bristol-based, social enterprise with a vision to create a world where all people are inspired and able to realise their employment and enterprise ambitions, irrespective of where they live, their nationality, ethnicity, gender, race, sexuality or faith. Babbasa realises its mission through its subsidiary enterprises including Babbasa’s Youth Empowerment Programmes and Recruitment & Inclusion Services (BRIS) and our core values of Imagination, Determination and Kindness.
Babbasa supports low income and ethnic minority young people to prepare for the workplace as well as support employers to recruit diverse talent, develop cultural competencies and create inclusive work environments for all to thrive. The direct support for young people includes soft skills training, mentoring, and information and guidance support. The direct support for employers includes Recruitment, Inclusion Advisory Support, Cultural Competency Training, Research, Inclusion Needs Analysis and Onboarding Support. Over the next decade, Babbasa plans to grow its services to both young people and employers to respond to the pressing imperative to overcome the structural barriers to workforce inclusion and associated social inequalities in Bristol and beyond.
Job Purpose
The purpose of the role is to support and empower low income and ethnic minority young people to enhance their success in career development and progression. The post will lead Babbasa’s young people’s Placement Programme which prepares, places and supports participants to progress into their chosen career (through work taster days, work experience, and training opportunities). You will act as a key interface between our aspiring participants and available progression opportunities.
Role Specific Responsibilities
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Work with participants to understand their goals and ambitions; discover their personal barriers; and assess their strengths in line with available opportunities
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Build a trusting relationship (based on Babbasa values) with young people engaged, to ensure we meet their desired outcome.
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Engage, build trust and maintain effective rapport with the caseload of participants looking to progress their career ambitions.
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Design, manage and facilitate a range of soft skills training modules and interventions focused on CV and cover letter creation, interview guidance, employability skills, and general career guidance and be responsible for delivering these in 1:1 and group settings, both internally and externally.
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Liaise with Babbasa Team and external partners to provide participants with access to wraparound Specialist Support and other progression opportunities where needed e.g further training, education and self-employment
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Build relationships with city wide voluntary organisations, schools, colleges and local youth agencies to promote Babbasa’s opportunities and generate referrals to the placement programme.
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Organising and facilitating work taster days with external companies and organisations (called insight days).
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Maintain a database of participants, monitor and evaluate their progress.
General Responsibilities
● Ensure young peoples’ comments, voices and suggestions are at the heart of service delivery and respond to their needs.
● Ensure internal administrative tasks and reports are completed in a timely and accurate manner as required by Babbasa and the activity funder.
● Deliver support, information, and guidance to young people using best practice, referring them to specialist help when required.
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Commit to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to achieve and maintain professional standards of your role and area of responsibilities.
● To attend and take part in all core Babbasa meetings.
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Contribute positively as part of a delivery team, as well as part of a wider business team, to deliver business objectives.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience - essential
You build trusting relationships with young people - you have proven experience working with young people aged 15-30 from a wide range of backgrounds. You have a strong sense of professional boundaries and understand how to engage with young people in a way that makes them feel safe, and supported. You have experience delivering information and guidance to young people using best practice including referring to specialist help where needed. You have a strong understanding of the barriers under-represented or marginalised young people might face in realising their aspirations. You understand safeguarding policies and procedures, and are able to assess young people’s needs and challenges, making appropriate referrals where needed.
You’re aligned with our mission - You have lived experience and/or an understanding of the critical issues surrounding equality, inclusion and diversity, including structural issues around race and class, and how they impact young people within the communities that Babbasa serves. You are passionate about securing the best possible opportunities and life outcomes for young people and believe that with the right support, everyone has the potential to achieve.
You can deliver effective employability and progression support - you have experience designing, delivering and evaluating careers, employability, and education interventions for young people aged 15-30 and have delivered these in a variety of formats and settings. You understand the barriers that young people from marginalised and underrepresented backgrounds face when pursuing their aspirations and have developed effective interventions to support young people from these backgrounds toward their chosen outcome. You have good working knowledge of careers information and guidance, as well as pathways to further and higher education and are able to deliver effective support and guidance to young people, referring to specialist support where needed.
Organised - You are well-organised and have good attention to detail. Demonstrating efficient self time management. You have a track-record of balancing multiple tasks and responsibilities. . Effective and efficient – You are constantly reflecting on working practices and improving where necessary. Able to work to deadlines, take initiative and are proactive in your approach to work.
You have a good understanding of Service Delivery – You value the ability to deliver excellent customer service experience to make an impact. You have the ability to problem solve in a complex and rapidly changing environment. You have personal resilience and have the ability to stay focused. You are prepared to work flexibly occasionally including evenings, weekends and other unsocial hours to fulfil the needs of the service. You are consistently finding ways to improve and evaluate services and experiences for people.
Knowledge and experience - nice to have
You are well connected to the youth sector in Bristol - you are connected to and able to draw on a wide range of contacts across education, youth, voluntary, and public sectors to deliver effective interventions and referrals for young people. You are able to build and draw on strong relationships with organisations to facilitate effective interventions to young people who need Babbasa’s support and can work with the Senior Service Lead to identify collaboration projects, mutual referrals, and other opportunities to help Babbasa achieve its organisational goals.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
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The ability to encourage, motivate and inspire young people.
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Able to provide young people with appropriate information, advice, support and challenge, and refer them to specialist help when required.
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Able to develop and deliver effective employability and progression interventions including 1:1 sessions, workshops, talks, and skills sessions.
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Able to manage a caseload of young people and offer effective interventions to ensure they meet their desired outcomes.
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Able to monitor and evaluate success across your caseload of young people, projects, workshops, and other information sessions you may deliver.
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Strong team working skills and a willingness to work flexibly including working evening, weekend, and other unsociable hours.
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Strong communication skills including presenting, facilitation, and relationship building.
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Strong prioritisation and time management skills.
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Ability to work within a strengths-based framework.
Nice to have
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Teaching, youth work, or Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) qualification
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Advanced safeguarding practitioner knowledge or qualification
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Full driving licence and access to a car
Incentives/ Benefits
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Work in an inclusive environment working with a team which prides itself on ensuring staff feel seen, valued and heard.
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Access to an Employee Assistance Programme with a range of support offers available including free counselling.
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We aspire to nurture existing talent at Babbasa and recognise we all have something to bring to the workplace, we are a growing organisation and will work with you to find suitable progression and professional development opportunities.
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Work for one of the few organisations in the UK honoured with Queen’s Award For Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity.
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Be part of transforming the lives of low-income and ethnic minority young people in Bristol, helping to make Bristol a more inclusive city.
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Have access to flexi and hybrid working arrangements.
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31 days annual leave including public holidays.
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Access to Employee Assistance Programme and MediCash policy
Next Steps
If you are interested in working with us and would like to find out more about this role or have any questions, we’d love to hear from you.
The deadline to apply is midnight Sunday 17th March 2024
Shortlisting will be conducted week commencing 18th March, with in-person interviews scheduled for week commencing 25th March
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The deadline for applications is Sunday 24th March 2024.
Location: Flexible global location, home-based. Some travel required
Reporting to: Programme Director
Annual salary: $70,000 - $110,000 USD. Salary is offered based on experience and location, adjusted based on the cost of labour for the country in which the candidate resides. Candidates must have the right to work in the country they are applying from.
Contract type: Permanent Employment
Working hours: Full-time
Candidate level: Management
Background
The Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG) is a regranting collaboration made up of some of the world's largest climate philanthropic funders. We use our convening and philanthropic power to facilitate stronger collaboration, coordination, and campaigning from the global climate movement in pursuit of increased climate action around the UN climate talks and other international summits. CECG is fiscally sponsored by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a 501(c)(3), as a Sponsored Project within its charitable-giving fund.
Purpose of role
This is a full-time Programme Manager role in a growing organization that is focused on leveraging philanthropic impact around the calendar of key international climate meetings.
This is a fast-paced and dynamic role at the intersection of grantmaking, campaigning strategy and advocacy to support global climate diplomacy around tightening the accountability of multilateral climate commitments and Non-State Actor pledges. The role will focus on managing CECG’s grantmaking in its accountability portfolio, as well as supporting the Programme Director with the development of new strategies and convening opportunities that will shape and leverage our grantmaking and knowledge management in this area. The role will work closely with other members of the CECG Team, including the broader Programmes Team which works on Climate impacts, the Energy Transition, Food and Nature, and International Financial Reform, all through a multilateral lens.
CECG is looking for a strong programme manager, with significant policy understanding of, and an active network working in the multilateral accountability ecosystem. Some knowledge of campaigning and advocacy, as well as evidence of possessing a strategic mindset, are highly desirable. The candidate will be an organized ‘self-starter’ who enjoys problem solving and working in a close team. They will thrive in complexity and have high self-awareness, with excellent stakeholder engagement skills. They will possess a strong coalition-driven and co-production research mindset and have a fundraising track record. They will be able to juggle different tasks at pace whilst maintaining a keen eye for detail. They will be comfortable in a virtual workspace and be flexible about working hours from week to week.
Primary responsibilities
The primary focus of the Programme Manager role is to work closely with the CECG Programme Director in evolving our Climate Accountability Strategy, connecting with partners, identifying key grantees, and managing grantee relationships and the grantmaking process, including:
1. Grantmaking
- Research and scope for potential grantees for CECG’s accountability portfolio.
- Review proposals to assess fit against CECG’s strategies, providing recommendations to the Programme Director on programming and associated grantmaking budgets.
- Conduct strategic due diligence and intel-gathering to strengthen proposals as needed.
- Work with grantees to refine and sometimes help draft proposals, this includes ensuring robust KPIs for assessing impact.
- Work closely with grantees and the Operations Team to finalize and process grant agreements, operations due diligence, and payments.
- Monitor grant progress and impact against objectives, compliance with agreed submissions and review grantee reports.
- Work with other Programme Managers and the Operations Team to ensure grant pipeline and portfolio tracking is accurate and up to date.
- Maintain grants-related systems, update information, progress, and budget allocations.
- Identify and develop strategies to optimize the grantmaking process.
2. Programme development, research & analysis
- Monitor, analyze, and stay up to date on the latest developments and negotiations on accountability frameworks and initiatives within relevant multilateral processes.
- Identify and analyze opportunities for wider philanthropic engagement around multilateral accountability.
- Build and maintain relevant thematic and tactical strategic knowledge and information resources to enable CECG to access high quality intelligence, analysis, and data.
- Collate and analyze complex, technical material from a wide range of sources, and make strategic programme recommendations on that basis.
- Develop strategic materials which may include drafting key sections, developing theory of change diagrams, programme synthesis documents, etc.
3. Reporting
- Support the Programme Director in select donor engagement, helping develop any key knowledge management documents as relevant.
- Prepare grant recommendation and approval documentation for CECG’s Board.
- Communicate grantmaking progress, opportunities, risks, and strategic insights recommendations to the Programme Director.
4. Stakeholder engagement:
- Maintain a strong working relationship with grantees throughout the grant cycle - this may sometimes include creating working groups of different grantees around a specific strategic intervention, and problem-solving challenges with partners.
- Identify and support in coordinating opportunities for CECG network convening, especially to build stronger and more cohesive coalitions working on international climate accountability.
- Plan and coordinate convening, events and strategic workshops that showcase CECG grantmaking progress and to foster greater connectivity with stakeholders.
- Engage with climate experts and partners in relevant sectors to inform and leverage CECGs grantmaking and convening strategies.
Profile
The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.
Experience/Qualifications
Essential
- Either:
- A relevant master’s degree (e.g. Climate, Environment, Economics, International Policy, Political Sciences, Environmental Politics and Management), with a minimum of 5 years in a progressively responsible research, fundraising, and/or advocacy role in a climate-focused organization.
- Or a relevant undergraduate degree (e.g. climate, international development, international policy, environmental politics, geography), and a minimum of 7 years in a progressively responsible climate-focused organization.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
- Great attention to detail.
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
- A strong understanding of the UNFCCC processes and accountability frameworks.
- Experience in building, maintaining, and managing networks of relationships and stakeholder coordination, ideally at the multilateral level.
- Highly resourceful and a keen problem-solver who is eager to take on new challenges.
- Strong time-management skills and the ability to organize and coordinate multiple work streams.
- Demonstrable experience writing compelling reports and/or funding applications.
- Experience in a campaigning, advocacy, or strategic communications role.
- Written and verbal fluency in English is essential; other languages are an asset.
Desirable
- Experience in philanthropy and grant management.
- Experience in working virtually across different time zones.
- Experience in working in diverse teams and with people from various cultural backgrounds.
Terms and conditions
- This will be a full-time (40 hours/week) remote role operating preferably with GMT hours but will require considerable time collaborating with staff and stakeholders in multiple time zones.
- Staff in the US are employed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; benefits include healthcare, a 401(k)-matching program, and 5 weeks of paid time off.
- CECG is committed to providing equivalency of salary & benefits across its global team and maintaining a sustainable and positive working environment for all team members.
- This is a remote role and we welcome applications internationally, especially candidates from or in the Global South. Some international travel may be required. CECG is an international team, with the majority of the team working remotely.
The deadline for application is Sunday 24th March 2024
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Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required, irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation.
As Human Resources Advisor you'll be joining a small, friendly and supportive HR team providing advice and support to managers and staff across the full range of employee life-cycle activities. This is an additional role providing HR advice and support, primarily for our Key Project at Marylebone. Our Key Projects are at the heart of our Church Army vision and seek to bring transformation to the lives of those they work with.
Around half of our staff work within our Key Projects, so the HR Advisor will be lead for HR advice and support for these colleagues. They will play a key role in developing and strengthening the relationship between the projects and HR and ensure we deliver an effective HR service to the projects which is aligned with the service to the wider organisation. The post holder will work closely with each of the Key Project Leaders in making sure the Christian ethos and values of Church Army are part of the culture and practice of the projects.
The role suits someone who is a HR generalist with strong knowledge of the key HR practices including recruitment and retention, employee relations and development and training. The ideal candidate will be experienced in working in HR and hold a related qualification such as CIPD.
This role sits within our Co.Lab team which refers to the team of people whose roles have an operational focus on facilitating the work of CA across the UK and Ireland. The team come together at regular times over the year to develop connection, collaboration and community to help us better serve the wider Church Army community.
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SPANA – The Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad is the global charity for working animals in low-income countries. Since 1923, we have supported the welfare of working animals, including donkeys, horses, camels and elephants, in communities that depend on working animals for water, transport, agriculture and their very survival. Today, we support working animals across 26 countries, through a series of global projects and partnerships.
We are currently seeking an Education Programme Advisor to join us for a 12-month maternity cover, taking on a role that entails overseeing various components of our Education Programme. Our Education Programme aims to support anyone involved with working animals in areas of high need – whether that’s a child who look after their family’s donkey, a young person who uses a horse for their work, or a vet who looks after the community’s camels. Our diverse, responsive, and targeted education and behaviour change activities develop each person’s essential knowledge, attitudes, and skills required to support an improved quality of life for their animals.
While we classify this role as hybrid, it's worth noting that most of your work can be done from the comfort of your own home. Occasional in-person visits to our London office (located in Borough High Street) and all-staff gatherings will be necessary, but these will be limited to a maximum of once a month. Our full time hours are 34.5 hours per week and we offer core working hours between 10am and 4pm.
Key responsibilities
You'll be responsible for SBCC, teacher training, mentoring, coaching, and facilitating peer-to-peer learning. Additionally, you'll be actively engaged in evidence generation, research, and advocacy efforts. Your creative expertise will be put to use in designing and directing key education and behavior change materials along with developing and implementing technological solutions aimed at enhancing the reach and accessibility of our education and training activities among cohorts.
You will also be responsible for providing technical advice and direction in the development and implementation of locally contextualised, behaviour change-focused education activities through:
- Developing, revising, and quality assuring materials (frameworks, tools, messages, and materials) for a wide range of affiliates to the organisation.
- Supporting partners to develop coordinated, evidenced-based strategies, plans, and materials that incorporate a range of approaches and deliver increased reach and accessibility.
- Building capacity of global partner colleagues through the development and delivery of continuous professional development and/or training and support through methods such as mentoring, coaching, and on-demand technical assistance (taking place synchronously and/or asynchronously, occurring in person, remotely, or via hybrid modalities).
- Be informed by and generate evidence to contribute to the evidence base and latest thinking on education as it relates to international working animal welfare, One Health, pedagogy and andragogy, international development.
- Using existing and newly generated internal and external evidence to advance SPANA’s advocacy work with the aim of sustaining effective behaviour change in support of working animal welfare.
- Collaborating with colleagues to design and implement SPANA’s monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability (MEAL) system, providing technical insights for the development of tools, quality assurance, and beta testing to evaluate the effectiveness of education activities. To include collaborating with MEAL staff in the establishment of a learning agenda for the organisation and contributing to developing research that supports and promotes SPANA’s work.
- Contributing to knowledge sharing and learning among SPANA affiliates.
- Representing the organisation in relevant fora.
About you
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of experience in international education, social or behavioural sciences, animal welfare/One Health education or related fields.
- At least 7-10 years of education and/or related behaviour change-specific experience design, implementation, and quality assurance activities.
- Experience designing and/or participating in MEAL activities and/or related training.
- Strong organisational skills, and ability to lead a stream of work.
- Strong writing and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to read, write and speak fluent English.
- Ability to work independently as well as in cooperation with a multi-cultural team.
- Ability to think creatively and strategically.
- Relevant computer software skills (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office).
Desirable
- Master’s degree in the relevant fields of international education, SBCC, or related fields.
- Experience in developing and leading the implementation of SBCC approaches and content.
- Familiarity with public-private sector partnerships.
- Good spoken and written French and/or Arabic.
- Ability to design high quality education and/or communication materials using creative software programmes (e.g. Adobe CC).
- Direct teaching and/or training experience, especially within international/development contexts.
- Field-based implementation experience.
- Social enterprise exposure.
Benefits
- 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Company pension scheme (SPANA will contribute 10% of salary to a personal pension plan, if you contribute 5% of your salary)
- Group Life Insurance scheme, which provides coverage at 3x your annual salary
- Group Income Protection scheme
- Health Cash Plan with Medicash
- Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme including face-to-face counselling
- Paid Volunteer Day
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We are a not-for-profit organisation committed to increasing the diversity and numbers of young people entering engineering and technology to meet the future workforce needs, as well as promoting roles that help us work towards net zero and drive environmental sustainability.
We are looking for a pro-active Public Affairs Advisor to be part of EngineeringUK’s busy policy and public affairs team. If you are interested playing a part in enabling more young people from all backgrounds to be inspired, informed and progress into engineering and technology through driving forward EngineeringUK’s engagement with politicians and enjoys collaborating with others to advocate for change, we want to hear from you. In this role as Public Affairs Advisor, you will work closely with the Head of Policy and Public Affairs to develop and enact EngineeringUK’s public affairs strategy and engagement. You will represent the organisation externally in meetings with political and policy stakeholders and work with public affairs teams across the engineering sector and beyond to advocate for improvements in the education and skills sector.
About EngineeringUK
Our purpose is to drive change so more young people choose engineering and technology careers.
Our vision is that the UK has the workforce needed for engineering and technology to thrive, to improve sustainability and to achieve net zero.
Our mission is to enable more young people from all backgrounds to be informed, inspired and progress into engineering and technology.
In the UK, we don’t have enough engineers and demand is going up. So, we need more young people to realise there could be a future for them in engineering and technology. To really thrive, we need a stronger, more diverse and representative workforce and for that we have to do things differently to make engineering more appealing.
We are a not-for-profit working with hundreds of organisations across business, education, professional institutions and the third sector so we can all grow the future talent pool together. We drive that collective effort through research and evidence, leadership, activities for schools and advocacy, with a focus on long-term sustainability.
We guided by a series of values that we apply to all our activity:
· We are inclusive and care about diversity. We understand that we have different needs and create opportunities for everyone's voice to be heard
· We are collaborative. We listen, share and work in partnership to achieve our vision
· We are curious and keen to learn. We challenge ourselves and others to innovate and experiment
· We are insightful. We evaluate what we do and draw on research to make decisions and to improve our collective understanding
· We are driven by a strong sense of purpose. We are determined to make an impact and achieve our goals
About the role
Working closely with colleagues in the policy and public affairs and the research teams you will drive forward EngineeringUK’s engagement with politicians, policy makers and other political stakeholders, ensuring that EngineeringUK’s policy views are heard across Westminster, Whitehall and in the regions. This will mean developing clear engagement strategies and plans with the support of the Head of Policy & Public Affairs focused on nurturing our relationships with MPs and Peers. You will monitor political and policy developments in Westminster and the regions, working closely with policy colleagues in the team, and brief MPs and Peers using EngineeringUK’s research and policy reports and recommendations, ensuring that EngineeringUK’s views are heard in debates in Westminster and across Whitehall. As the Public Affairs Advisor you will represent EngineeringUK in meetings with some of our key partners, including the public affairs group of the National Engineering Policy Centre, supporting them to take forward joint projects.
The role is London based at the EngineeringUK offices at 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN and may involve some travel in the UK. We believe that hybrid working has many benefits and are pleased to offer flexible working with a minimum of 2 days (or 40%) a week and the option for a flexible start and end to the working day. Further details on our flexible working practices can be discussed at interview or you can reach out to a member of our HR team.
Further details of the role can be found in the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Essential skills/competencies
· A good understanding of politics and political processes in Westminster and Whitehall.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including a proven ability to write confidently and concisely for a variety of audiences.
· Proven ability to work independently and prioritise in response to many competing demands and time, but also take direction, be flexible and work collaboratively with others, contributing to team decisions and facilitating cross-organisational working.
· Proactive approach to working.
· Excellent interpersonal skills with a clear ability to build relationships
· Team player and happy to collaborate with others.
· Commitment to our mission and values, you will be able to engage with our values and work in a way that supports our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
· Understanding of regional politics and political processes.
· Experience and interest in developing policy positions.
Education/level of experience
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, or similar ability gained through work experience relevant to the role.
· Experience and a good understanding of working with politicians and other political stakeholders across different parties.
- Experience of representing organisations externally at meetings and events.
· Demonstrable experience in simplifying complex policy messages for a wider audience.
Desirable
· Understanding and/ or experience of the politics and political processes in the devolved administrations and local government.
· An understanding and/ or experience of STEM education and skills policy
· An existing network of relevant political and policy stakeholders
EngineeringUK is committed to being an inclusive workplace, where everyone feels they belong. This is supported by the dedicated work we are doing to ensure our policies and practices are inclusive and that our staff are trained to be able to fulfil this commitment.
EngineeringUK is committed to being an inclusive workplace, where everyone feels they belong. This is supported by the dedicated work we are doing to ensure our policies and practices are inclusive and that our staff are trained to be able to fulfil this commitment.
We value the benefits of a diverse workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. Our recruitment process is designed to be as accessible and inclusive as possible and to ensure people are individually assessed regardless of their backgrounds or characteristics. We are an equal opportunities employer and are open to flexible working, including job share.
Applying for this role
Applications
If you would like to request to submit your application in an alternative format to support accessibility, please let us know.
The deadline for applications is 12:00 noon on 26th March 2024.
Interviews
Applications will be assessed against the requirements for the post as set out in the Role Profile and Person Specification.
We are a Disability Confident committed employer. We guarantee an interview to any disabled people who meet the minimum requirements of the role. Additionally, if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to make this process easier for you then we are happy to do so. Just complete the relevant sections of the online application form.
We aim to notify candidates who have been shortlisted on 29th March you have not heard from us after this date, please assume that you have not been successful.
First interviews will be held between the 3rd and 4th April.
What can we offer you?
• Competitive salary
• 28 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), in addition we normally close for the Christmas week
• Competitive pension (10% employer contribution)
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Flexible working
• A vibrant office with terrace overlooking the Thames embankment and Tower Bridge
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Insurance (4 x salary)
• Long term illness/incapacity insurance cover (permanent health insurance or PHI)
• Annual private health check for all employees over 40 once they have completed their probationary period and to employees over 35 after 3 years’ service
• Discounted gym membership
• Yearly flu vaccination
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