Title:Programme Development and Finance Manager

Salary:£39,000 to £44,000pa, depending on experience, plus up to £3,000 London Weighting if applicable.

Reports to:ASN Founder and Director

Direct reports:Volunteers, Bookkeeper, Travel Abortion

Hours of work:35 hours full time, on a flexible working pattern. Some weekend and evening working will be required.

Location: Home-based during pandemic, potential for up to 2 days per week in a London based co-working space in future depending on staff location and desire.

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to ASN’s Founder & Director, you will be responsible for expanding ASN’s service into additional jurisdictions, finding new countries for us to support people forced to travel for second trimester abortions, or to support undocumented people who need to pay privately in country for care. You will also have a good head for numbers and evaluation, as you will work with the Director to ensure that we set achievable goals and targets and have a good process for monitoring and evaluation. You will also work with the Director and our Bookkeeper to ensure that our income projections and budgeting are in line with fundraising activities and goals and support ASN’s wider financial management processes.

We’re looking for someone with high attention to detail, who is both self-motivated and a team player, someone with social justice values who wants to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation to provide critical support to people who want abortions.

JOB DUTIES & Key responsibilities

1. Development of new projects and other initiatives

• Keep your finger on the pulse of access to abortion in European countries.
• Work alongside ASN’s Director to determine what countries most need a second trimester abortion fund
• Develop a plan for expansion
• Research options and pathways, types of service model, assessing likely scale of need from different countries/jurisdictions
• Determine the best way for ASN to operate safely, legally and appropriately to clients in new jurisdictions
• Help formulate recommendations for type of service and method of implementation, as well as developing budgets and exploring sources of income for this service
• Help monitor and evaluate activities and processes, making recommendations for improvements and expansion including e.g. speed and style of roll-out. 
• Foster relationships with abortion providers and maintain a database of second and third trimester provers in Europe
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with groups in countries most likely to come into contact with our target service users
• Manage ASN’s relationship with Travel Abortion
• Lead on the delivery of specific initiatives from time to time, as directed by ASN’s Director.

2. Programme monitoring and evaluation

Develop methods and methodologies for ensuring regular monitoring and evaluation of various aspects of ASN’s work, including:

• Second trimester abortion fund
• Abortion Fund Movement building
• Client care
• Volunteer management
• Fundraising
• Partnership working

3. Finance

• Work with ASN’s Director and Bookkeeper to develop and monitor budgets and income forecasts based on existing and planned fundraising activities
• Assist with forecasting, management accounts and reporting across financial KPIs to the Director and the Board of Trustees
• Take part in Finance Committee meetings
• With other staff, support Director and Head of Fundraising and Communications to ensure that strategy, budget and fundraising support each other
• Line manage ASN’s bookkeeper.

4. Operations

• Act as manager on-call for frontline volunteers on a regular/rotating basis, split 40/40/20 with Head of Development and Director
• Manage ASN’s Human Resources, ensuring policies and procedures are kept up to date
• Management of the technical and physical infrastructure that enables ASN to function legally and safely including databases, file storage, meeting & work spaces, IT and telephony.
• Assist ASN’s Director and Secretary in reporting to the Charity Commission and Companies House
• Work alongside ASN’s Director to ensure that ASN is running responsibly, effectively, efficiently, and within the law
• Develop and deliver trainings around budgeting, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and other relevant topics as part of ASN’s plan to begin new initiatives, both within ASN and via supporting external groups.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Required Experience:

5 years in roles encompassing some or all of the following. Lateral/comparable experience will be considered.

• New project or programme development
• Project or programme management
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Managing staff and/or volunteers
• Building and maintaining partnerships
• Budget forecasting and financial reporting

Desirable experience:

• Working with groups and organisations in multiple countries
• Working in a small and/or growing charity
• An understanding of the complexities facing abortion-seekers in places where abortion is illegal or restricted
• Experience of delivering training
• Any abortion or SRHR experience
• Provision of client services

Personal Attributes/Qualities:

• Post-holder must be pro abortion. This will be evaluated at interview
• Trustworthy, patient, flexible and a good relationship builder
• Ambitious, innovative, target-driven and self-motivated
• Enjoy working as part of a team
• Open to new ways of working, learning new tasks and skills as required
• Strongly motivated by success and passionate about seizing opportunities as they present themselves
• Exceptional organisational skills with experience of managing multiple tasks and prioritising effectively
• Computer literate and confident in using all MS Office software
• Financially literate with ability to analyse and contribute to budgets, management accounts, financial reporting and forecasts.
• Ability to travel internationally on an occasional basis
• Willingness to work, if required, on evenings/weekends

Inclusion

Abortion Support Network especially encourages applications from People of Colour, LGBTQ+ people (we are a trans-inclusive organisation), people with disabilities, and people who have experienced other exclusion or marginalisation. We have tried to make this recruitment process as accessible as possible, but if you have particular needs please get in touch and we can think together about how to make this process more accessible for you.

Applicants from outside the UK

ASN, as an organisation that supports people from across Europe, welcomes applications from people across Europe. However, as a small charity, we are not licensed as a sponsoring employer with the UK Home Office for international recruitment. If you are based in the UK, ASN is legally obliged to ask for documentation to validate your right to work in the UK. All successful applicants will be asked to provide two pieces of identification as proof of identity and residential address to enable ASN to meet UK audit regulations. Successful international candidates based outside of the UK will be offered any role as a consultant or contractor.

To Apply

Please send a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) and CV by 5 pm Sunday 16 January 2022. Initial interviews will be held via Zoom or MS Teams on 26, 27 and 28 January.

About Abortion Support Network (ASN)

Abortion Support Network is a largely volunteer-run charity that helps people living in European countries with bad abortion laws and provision access safe abortions in clinics abroad. ASN provides practical information on the least expensive way to arrange travel and abortion, logistical support, money towards the cost of abortion, travel and accommodation. We currently provide this service to people resident in Poland, Malta, Gibraltar, Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man and elsewhere in Europe on a case by case basis. ASN is a member of the Abortion Without Borders / Aborcja Bez Granic initiative.

ASN has a small staff, no office, and a large team of dedicated volunteers. We pride ourselves on providing a critically needed service, running our organisation efficiently and solving problems creatively. This role is best suited to people who enjoy working flexibly, reactively, responsively and remotely.

Living Wage Foundation

The Living Wage Foundation was launched in 2011 by Citizens UK to tackle in-work poverty and ensure that workers earn enough to live on and participate in family and community life. Citizens UK is the home of community organising with diverse civil society alliances set up to develop leaders to work on the issues that matter to them, such as the Living Wage. Other projects include PACT (Parents and the Community Together) and Sponsor Refugees to add depth to the impact of Citizens UK’s work.

The Living Wage is a movement of businesses, organisations and people who believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. The real Living Wage is an independently-calculated hourly rate based on the cost of living and announced each November during Living Wage Week, our annual celebration of a growing network of almost 9,000 Living Wage Employers.

The Living Wage Foundation (LWF) celebrates employers that voluntarily choose to pay the real Living Wage through an accreditation scheme that recognises a long-term commitment to fair pay and has secured pay rises for over 300,000 low paid workers.

Purpose

The Living Wage Foundation has an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as a Programme Manager. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised individual with the ability to build relationships with employers to grow the Living Wage network, to develop projects that will grow our accreditations schemes and proactively influence change.

• Build and manage relationships with employers to support them to pay the real Living Wage and seek accreditation.

• Create, develop and employ the tools and knowledge available to inform and advise employers on implementing the Living Wage throughout their organisation.

• Communicate evidence for change to influence key stakeholders to become Living Wage employers, recognised Service Providers or Living Wage Funders and to champion the Living Wage to their networks.

• Monitor and evaluate the impact of our work to refine our strategy and deliver projects in an efficient way.

Main Responsibilities

Relationship Management

• Build and manage relationships with employers and employer networks to promote and grow the Living Wage.

• Identify and develop strategic partnerships with a range of stakeholders including project partners and funders to support the Foundation’s work.

• Represent the organisation effectively to external audiences in meetings and events to promote the business and reputational benefits of the Living Wage.

Accreditation and Recognition

• Provide a high-quality client experience for employers that are interested in the Living Wage and provide timely advice and guidance on how to implement the Living Wage to support their accreditation.

• Process accreditations, recognitions and renewals whilst developing and improving appropriate CRM systems, including Salesforce.

• Keep up to date on latest Living Wage policy issues and support development and communication of Living Wage criteria to ensure that the Living Wage Foundation is responsive to the needs of employees and employers.

Project Management

• Develop and implement strategies to grow accreditations in specific sectors and regions to deliver the Living Wage Foundation’s business plan objectives.

• Lead on projects to promote and grow Living Wage accreditations and develop the quality of service offered.

• Manage bespoke budgets and identify opportunities to grow income.

• Monitor and evaluate the impact of projects and provide reports to Head of Operations and Director.

People Management

• Line manage and support the development of direct reports to deliver business plan objectives.

• Support the training and induction of team members and work collaboratively with the wider team to ensure that we are meeting the expectations of our network and stakeholders.

• Work with Citizens UK community organisers, members and leaders to promote civic engagement with and ownership of the Living Wage campaign.

Communications and Events

• Organise employer events to celebrate and grow our network of Living Wage employers, including playing an active role in the delivery of Living Wage Week every year

• Collate case studies and examples of best practice to develop materials and promote the Living Wage.

• Support the development of the Foundation’s presence on social media and website.

This position will have significant responsibility for leading the strategic development of Metroland Cultures' work with young people, working with artists and partners to shape opportunities for them to engage in the arts and culture as audiences, participants, creators and leaders.

In particular, this role will lead on the development and delivery of Metroland University, an intensive programme of creative development and industry skills building for young people aged 18-24 years.

For more information about the constituency model and main responsibilities, or to request an informal conversation about the role, click on the application resources below.

We kindly request no contact from agencies or media sales.

New year, new job? 

Alumni Programme Manager x 2 (both South, within reach of London)

If you want to support young people in schools, particularly those who are disadvantaged, then this could be the job for you. Future First is the UK charity that connects state school pupils with former students to show them a future that can be theirs. Hearing from past pupils builds resilience, confidence and gives students the motivation to study. Our new technology also gives them a network to help them.

We have two Alumni Programme Manager vacancies, both working with schools and partners in the South. Alumni Programme Managers are our front line workers supporting schools, volunteers and young people. You'll be joining an amazing and friendly team, with the opportunity to have your ideas heard and grow your skills, taking on projects, specialisms and responsibilities.  You will help your schools and colleges to build and use their former student networks to support today’s pupils, with workshops and talks, as governors and fundraisers, mentors and much more. You will also reach out to new schools and businesses to raise the profile of our work, build more partnerships and grow our pool of school members. 

You will be situated in or within reach of London, allowing you to easily reach schools in the South. We are currently mainly home working, with regular face to face team working and the option to use office space as you wish. We are reviewing the charity’s requirements and it is likely that we will take a base in London and Manchester, although home-based working will remain for those who enjoy it.

We would particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of the communities we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer committed to social justice and supporting a diverse workforce.

To join us, you will need: a desire to address social mobility issues; the ability to influence and win others to your way of thinking; experience of working with schools and young people, ideally through facilitating engaging activity; excellent communication skills; superb organisational skills; and an interest in working across the breadth of a small charity, including sales and business development.

In return, we offer you a supportive working environment with plenty of learning and development opportunities. You’ll work with dedicated, determined colleagues and witness the tangible difference our work makes to young people’s lives. We live by our values of social justice, collaboration, innovation and role models. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to hear from you!

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis through to 31 January 2022. We may bring forward the closing date if we are able to appoint to the vacancies sooner. You are therefore advised to apply early.

There is a director-shaped hole at Southall Black Sisters. Will you be the one to fill it?

Southall Black Sisters is looking for an exceptional woman with that mix of political vision and management & people skills which will ensure that the organisation retains and grows its iconic place in anti-racist, anti-fundamentalist, feminist politics, and provides an exemplary advocacy service to Black and minoritised women.

Originally set up in 1979, Southall Black Sisters has become a household name. Based in West London but with a national reach and reputation for its landmark legal interventions, its contributions to changes in policy through targeted campaigns and its unique approach to casework and advocacy have brought hope and freedom to countless women who have walked through its doors.

In 1983, we set up a not-for-profit advice, campaigning, resource, and advocacy centre for Black and minoritised women, defending women’s rights and freedoms, with a particular focus on challenging all forms of violence against women, especially in relation to South Asian women. We have been in the forefront of the fight to support migrant women whose escape from domestic violence is complicated by harsh immigration rules and the absence of state benefits.

Be prepared to challenge the state, community leaders, and all patriarchal and racist institutions in support of the women who come to our centre. You should bring substantial experience in a management role, including 5 years at a senior level. You should be committed to our values and have the experience and confidence to present our case to a range of external bodies, including the media and government. You should be able to demonstrate evidence of strategic leadership, and an ability to manage change, and inspire staff teams.

Due to the nature of our work the post is open to women only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, Part 1). We particularly welcome applications from Black and minoritised women.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate to drive BBYO UKI to the next level, taking overall strategic and operational responsibility for BBYO UKI’s staff, programmes, expansion, fundraising, safeguarding and execution of its vision to create the UK Jewish Youth Movement of the 21st Century.

This is a fantastic and rare opportunity to lead, drive and optimise the potential of this highly respected and dynamic organisation, ensuring our future success and building on our differentiation and innovation.

Main duties include:

• Ensure the organisation’s ongoing excellence in programmes, fundraising, communications and systems, and compliance with financial, administrative and safeguarding policies.

• Actively engage and energize BBYO’s volunteers, board members, event committees, alumni, partnering organizations, and funders.

• Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors; serve on major committees; seek and build board involvement with strategic direction.

• Lead, coach, and develop BBYO’s professional team.

• Expand local revenue generating and fundraising activities to support existing programme operations and regional expansion.

• Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand.

• Apply for and manage grant applications, reporting, and foundation relationships. Support the professional team (with Trustee support) in their application for other grants and UJIA allocations.

• Drive and execute BBYO’s strategic planning process.

• Consistently grow number of teens engaged by BBYO’s programmes

• Enforce BBYO’s safeguarding policy and ensure staff and volunteers are adequately trained

Qualifications & Experience:

The ideal candidate will be a driven and motivated self-starter, who takes an entrepreneurial approach to organisational management. With at least 3 years' non-profit management experience, they will value the creation of Jewish activities that resonate with teens today, encouraging them to experience Judaism on their terms, and providing them with the tools, resources and guidance to programme in a way that adds value, meaning and identity to their lives. Candidates must demonstrate a dynamic personality and feel comfortable and confident engaging and interacting with both the teen and adult communities. The successful candidate will work to support and empower teen leaders; we derive success from the quality of outputs at a teen level.

The Director of Policy and Engagement will bring strategic leadership to Magic Breakfast’s campaigns, policy, marketing, communications, and research teams to achieve change at a UK, national, and local level. You will develop and lead research programmes that ensure Magic Breakfast remains a thought leader and will be adept at ensuring research findings get turned into compelling ongoing communications in line with our values and purpose, galvanizing action from a wide range of partners including governments, charities, and businesses.

You will work closely with the CEO and other members of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive forward Magic Breakfast’s mission to end child morning hunger now and for good. 

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

The Opportunity

Plan International is a global development organization that is active in over 75 countries to advance children's rights and equality for girls. By 2022, our ambition is to transform the lives of 100 million girls. Plan International has put gender equality and inclusion at the heart of our organisational purpose. We believe that adopting a gender transformative approach ensures that our work results in positive changes and sustainable outcomes for girls and young women, and for society more broadly.

Our commitment to gender transformative change goes beyond addressing “symptoms” to explicitly tackle the root causes of gender inequality and exclusion, particularly unequal power relations, discriminatory social norms and systems, structures, policies and practices.

The role of the Gender Equality and Girls’ Rights Programming Officer is to provide strategic technical support to Plan’s work on gender equality and girls’ rights across programming and influencing. The position ensures that Plan’s programming effectively integrates gender equality and inclusion as a core part of its approach.

You will successfully lead on the integration of gender equality and girls’ rights across Plan International’s programme and influencing work, namely, through leading on the roll-out process of the Gender Transformative Marker, the implementation of strategic gender and inclusion objectives, and technical support on gender for a wide range of stakeholders across the organisation.

You will provide technical support to finalising and rolling our action learning on social and gender norms for increasing quality of programming to Plan International offices and staff, including roll-out and associated activities.

You will work in collaboration with other Global Gender and Inclusion team members, to coordinate and consolidate Plan International’s global community of practice (Gender and Inclusion Group) on gender equality, intersectionality, and feminist leadership to provide bold, innovative and inspirational thought leadership to influence policies, processes, structures, and people to embrace Plan International’s gender transformative agenda.

Contributing to setting the team’s priorities, processes & systems to support high-quality work, and to ensure a meaningful and relevant focus is an integral part of this role as is ensuring gender equality and inclusion are recognised by Plan International staff as mutually re-enforcing and interconnected across core areas of Plan International’s work, and embraced by staff as central to their work. 

About You

You bring proven experience working on gender equality, inclusion, and/or girls’ rights initiatives in complex international organisations combined with knowledge of key concepts of gender equality and inclusion, girls’ rights and global women’s rights and feminist movements.

You bring knowledge of how to develop holistic, gender transformative and inclusive programmes/projects, experience drafting reports, materials and resources on gender equality, inclusion and girls rights and an intuitive understanding of how to work collaboratively and get things done across a complex organisational structure.

Are you an inclusive, compassionate and principled leader?

This role is an exciting opportunity to lead MSF UK in collaboration with MSF IE at a time when public health is at the forefront of world discourse.

The Executive Director (ED) is responsible for the strategic vision, leadership, operational management and performance of MSF UK/IE, ensuring it optimises its contribution to MSF’s medical humanitarian action. Guided by the principles as laid out in the MSF Charter, the ED is part of a global movement, leading MSF staff and engaging supporters in a shared commitment to medical humanitarian action.

Summary of Accountabilities

• Strategic leadership:- vision setting, strategy development/ delivery for MSF UK/MSF IE, where MSF Ireland is a branch office of MSF UK, and contribution to strategic leadership at OC and international levels
• Upholding MSF identity:- embody the values of humanity and integrity
• Operational management:- effective risk management, maintenance of a healthy financial situation and leadership of a working environment where all staff thrive and are led by  a strong and empowered management team
• Representation:- represent MSF UK to diverse audiences both internally and externally (media, donors, public, INGOs, institutions)
• Positive working relationship with the MSF UK Board:- ensure excellent and timely information is shared and allow space for constructive dialogue and challenge

MSF Association and movement building:- stimulate MSF UK Association membership, contribute as a Management Team member to the effective management of Operational Centre Amsterdam (OCA) in addition to optimising the UK/IE’s contribution to the OC and the wider MSF movement.

Summary of Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Behavioural Competencies

• Track record of global humanitarian work
• Proven success of leading, managing and empowering large senior teams, using compassion and empathy, often in hybrid/split-site locations, and encouraging a high-performance work culture that supports staff wellbeing and development
• Demonstrable strategic vision, thinking, development and delivery
• Significant operational and financial management experience, including regulatory compliance and decision-making regarding resource allocation, with a clear commitment to transparency and accountability
• Experience of working in a networked/federated organisation
• Ability to work successfully in a fast-paced work environment that involves juggling multiple priorities
• Intercultural awareness and sensitivity
• High level of emotional intelligence:- balancing collaboration, negotiation, influencing and decision-making, with diplomacy and healthy conflict resolution skills
• Clear commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) principles and a demonstrable understanding and track record of leading organisational DEI initiatives
• Fluency in English. French/Arabic an advantage
• Willingness to travel extensively abroad
• Commitment to MSF’sPrinciples and Values

How to apply

MSF is partnering with Red Sea Executive Search for this role.

We invite you to please download the MSF UK Executive Director Candidate pack from Red Sea’s website for full details about the required qualifications, skills, and experience for the role.

The deadline for applications is 30th January 2022, 11.59pm GMT.

The Director of Literature ensures that great literature and Shared Reading remain at the heart of The Reader, utterly central to its mission. In this role, you will lead the development of the entire literature programme – setting the tone and tenor of how we read and what we read, and ensuring that the reading of literature feeds the organisational ethos. You will manage 3 Heads of Department within the Directorate across three teams;

• Publications – providing staff and volunteers with curated literature for use in Shared Reading as well as championing the work of The Reader to the general public primarily via The Reader magazine and The Reader podcast.
• Programmes – devising and delivering The Reader’s public events programme at Calderstones and elsewhere including online, weekly community activities and one-off events
• Teaching and Learning – designing and delivering The Reader’s teaching and learning programmes, developing and nourishing Shared Reading practice across our international network of practitioners. Working directly with the Volunteer Support Team to ensure effective quality assurance for volunteer-led Shared Reading and providing our volunteers with inspirational resources and learning opportunities.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Inspiring the entire organisation – Shared Reading participants, volunteers, visitors to The Reader at Calderstones, staff members, the Trustee Board - in its reading life.
• The annual programming theme and Reader Bookshelf of recommended reads, which inspire our events and reading experiences each year.
• The programming of literary events both online and at Calderstones, including Gravity Festival and The Penny Readings.
• The Reader magazine and podcast, and our wider publishing programme.
• The curated reading resources on our Online Community Hub, used by our national network of volunteers and staff.
• The oversight and development of The Reader’s quality assurance system, ensuring we maintain high quality delivery of Shared Reading.
• Ensuring great teaching of Shared Reading is delivered and further developed.
• Retaining and building standards of diversity and range of literature, including writing from earlier times and challenging texts.
• Being a leader in the ongoing work development of The Reader’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion strategy, paying particular attention to the role of the Shared Reading and the literature we read in creating more humane, warm, and diverse society. 
• You’ll be responsible for leading the development of a new organisational structure which will ensure that the voices of our Reader Leaders and group members are given expression and are heard in our organisational development activities.
• General Director-level work, as a member of Directors’ Group which is collectively responsible for the work of the organisation as a whole, building the organisation’s strategy and plans, and reporting to the Board of Trustees.

Key Responsibilities

Knowledge and skills

• Great vision for literature in the world
• Wide and deep range of reading experience
• Excellent writing skills
• Exceptional communicator
• Good at working alone and in teams
• Good with people, strong management skills

Literature and reading

• We are looking for a reader who has a strong vision for the place of literature in the world, who understands the emotional power of Shared Reading, at both individual and group level, and the potential of the literary experience as an agent for change. You’ll be able to describe the kind of change that literature can bring about.
• You’ll have a wide, deep and, above all, personal literary experience and be able to draw on your own inner anthology of great texts that feed your soul. You’ll be able to speak about your own reading life in compelling terms.
• You’ll be a reader who is also an explorer, willing to look beyond your current experience, but with a clear sense of what it is you are seeking for in literature when you go looking.
• You’ll understand the levels/range of literary expertise within The Reader movement and ensure the organisation continually encourages development of practice, as well as finding ways to harness and promote the expertise of exceptional practitioners.
• You will be committed to the enlargement of our reading range – we want more diverse and challenging texts, from all times and from many cultures. But above all we seek a commitment to the curation of texts which speak to our inner and emotional lives.

Leadership and people management

• We’re looking for a dedicated reader who is also an inspiring leader. This is, above all, about ensuring that the golden thread of literature is woven through all our organisational thinking, practice and making. You will ensure that Shared Reading is undertaken and embedded at all levels of the organisation, and that our organisational thinking about literature remains lively and flexible.
• You will have responsibility for ensuring the Literature Directorate meets its operational, financial and strategic objectives.
• You’ll be able to provide responsible, supportive leadership for the Heads of Teaching and Learning, Programmes and Publishing, as well as providing leadership and a sense of collective purpose to the Directorate as a whole. 

Communication

• You will be able to write well, with nuance and complexity, about The Reader’s work and more widely about the literary experience.
• You will be able to speak authoritatively in public and in the media about The Reader’s work, able to tell the stories we want to tell so that the world understands what literature can do.
• You will be able to develop business planning documents and compile information for Directors’ Group, the board, funders or other external agencies and stakeholders

Liaison and networking

• We’re looking for someone who has, or can develop, a network of contacts with writers, thinkers, and publicly-recognised readers in order to build The Reader’s brand and influence e.g. via podcast, magazine
• You will be a good team member, used to collaboration and able to build strong, flexible and respectful working relationships internally.
• You will be a leader who tells our Reader stories, building belief in what we have to offer, and able to make good and trusting relationships on the basis of your direct experience of our work.

Planning and organising

• You will be responsible to leading the development of an organisational structure to encourage the participation of Volunteer Reader Leaders (and eventually group members) in organisational thinking.
• You will be responsible for the development of the Literature Directorate plan, working collaboratively with other Directors to ensure that all plans help build the overarching organisational plan.
• You will offer leadership and support the Heads of Department within your team in relation to operational planning and the implementation of projects, and take responsibility for the realization of the Directorate’s plans.
• You will oversee the Literature Directorate budget (c £650,000) and be responsible for the high-level prioritizing of time and resources.

Initiative and problem solving

• We are seeking a deeply creative person, able to lead the directorate and wider organisation in creative literary thinking, taking literary practice to the needs and demands of real-life work, such as the development of our anti-racism position and our involvement with all kinds of people who may feel literature is not for them.
• You will identify key literary/reading/philosophical problems which arise in the course of our work and be a key thinker, giving voice to the complexity of problems and taking part in the discovery of solutions.
• You will be dealing routinely with issues which may not have an apparently immediate solution, and you’ll be able to hold complex problems in mind, able to use literature, first and foremost, as your mode of nuanced thinking.

Decision making and freedom to act

• You will be responsible for organisation-shaping decisions which will affect thousands of people involved in The Reader movement, as well as the organisation’s legacy for the future. 

Person Specification

Essential Criteria

• Powerful vision for literature in the world
• Inspiring leader – able to demonstrate your experience of inspiring others to read, or think and become fellow travelers with you in some way
• Wide and deep range of reading experience
• A highly motivated serious reader, with a profound grasp of the reality (impact and potential) of Shared Reading, and the ability to inspire belief in The Reader’s mission
• A literary thinker first and foremost – able to demonstrate that ‘literariness’ is a specific way of understanding the world
• Generously open-minded, unconstrained by ideologies but able to understand and translate, where appropriate, their relation to The Reader’s core purpose.
• Creative, able to lead the development of new literary products and services
• Demonstrably comprehensive understanding or experience of least one area within the literature-directorate: publishing/programming/teaching/comms
• Able to build networks of literary connection, e.g. publishers, writers, booksellers and to develop literary supporters
• Understands and aims to embody and represent The Reader’s Values
• Excellent writing skills – demonstrated by written submission
• Exceptional Communicator
• Good at working alone and in teams
• Good people manager

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of working in a senior managerial or leadership role
• Experience of building a creative product from scratch
• Transferable skills that you think would help you do this role well

In order to complete the application process you must submit an application form and written submission. Please visit THe Reader's website to view a full job description and application process.

About MEX

Migration Exchange (MEX) is an informal network of independent funders. Established a decade ago, and hosted at Global Dialogue since 2015, MEX aims to improve the lives of people who migrate, and receiving communities in the UK, by informing public debate on migration and supporting welcoming communities.

There are brilliant organisations and people around the UK working on issues of migration, integration and refugee protection, and polls show broader public support for immigration than ever before. Yet people are forced to navigate a deliberately dysfunctional, hostile immigration and nationality system and face huge challenges of structural racism, inequality, and injustice. To try to address this, MEX developed a vision of an immigration system that welcomes newcomers, treats people with dignity and respect, and which has public confidence and consent. 

MEX works collaboratively and strategically with a wide range of partners including charities, academics, think tanks, journalists and other funder networks in the UK and Europe. Our achievements include:

• Aligning funding and analysis through the network, leading to the formation of key infrastructure including The Migration Observatory, British Future and IMIX;
• Developing a COVID-19 response programme, Respond and Adapt, for the migration sector distributing over £2.4m to 130 organisations across the UK;
• Developing a Leadership for Social Change programme tailored to emerging and established migration sector leaders, with a focus on lived experience.

This is a key moment 

The movements and changes in public opinion galvanised by the Windrush scandal, the Black Lives Matter movement, and an end to free movement after Brexit have all had major impacts on this agenda. That is why we need a more ambitious mission and strategy that will build on our achievements and enable us to create and build ever stronger and more effective collaborations, partnerships, and networks. In order to meet these opportunities Global Dialogue is now recruiting a Co-Director (part-time, job share) who will work in partnership with Sarah Cutler to shape and lead this strategy and its delivery.

The Role

This is a strategic and relationship-based role that will, amongst other things:

• Co-lead and shape this collaborative network with shared purpose around this key social issue
• Maximise the potential to translate ambition and shared purpose into action that has wider collective benefit
• Shift entrenched power dynamics and ways of working within philanthropy
• Work with Sarah to set up and oversee the appointment of a new advisory group with a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds

About you

The Co-Director could come with experience from a range of social change issues; they may have already held a Director position, or they may be someone who feels ready to co-lead for the first time. Whatever your background, we will be delighted to hear from you, especially if you are a skilled and senior person with significant experience of working collaboratively on social change issues and building successful programmes and partnerships in the UK or elsewhere. Lived experience of the issues facing people in the immigration, asylum or nationality system and the intersection with structural racism will be welcomed and valued.

We value, welcome and respect all the differences that make us who we are, including: age, cultural background, disability and mental health, ethnicity and race, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and social background.

The deadline is 10am on Monday, 17 January, 2022. See links for info pack, application form and equal opportunities monitoring form.

Company Description

We are a global team of experts and innovators tackling some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. We work with leaders and change makers around the globe to bring health strategies to life. We provide ideas, advice and technical know-how that enable our partners to build a path to lasting change.

With 30 years’ experience in global health, we collaborate with our partners to explore existing evidence, combine expertise, scale up ideas and co-create solutions that accelerate change. This includes collaborating on policy design, managing initiatives, building powerful coalitions and galvanising social movements. Our impact is felt across whole communities, with a focus on women, girls and those who have been marginalised.

As part of MSI Reproductive Choices, all our profits go back into supporting MSI’s own mission of children by choice, not chance.

We believe in a world where everyone can access the high-quality health services they need, without financial burden.

Position

The primary responsibility is to provide financial management services, assurance and monitoring on designated Options’ programmes (FCDO, USAID, Gates Foundation) and will take the lead on programme related financial reporting from Options’ overseas offices and key suppliers.

• There is a team of 3 BAs in Options overseeing the financial management of all Options’ programmes. This is a fundamental role ensuring that Options has robust programme, financial and management accounting processes in place, particularly in Options’ overseas offices;
• The BA receives monthly accounts from Options’ overseas offices. The BA will interrogate, reconcile and validate the financial returns to ensure they meet the robust requirements before being transferred to Options’ accounting system;
• The BA will work closely with the overseas Finance Managers to ensure any discrepancies are resolved;
• The BA will take the lead on any development and capacity building needed for the overseas Finance Managers which will involve overseas travel;
• The BA will prepare financial reports for clients using Options’ reporting standards or client reporting requirements if specified;
• The BA is the main QA for financial reporting to clients, working closely with the programme teams ensuring reports are reconciled with Options’ accounting system;
• The BA will work closely with the Programmes team to ensure client financial requirements are taken into consideration when setting up the financial management structure of each individual programme;
• The BA will provide advice and QA when budgets are created on a rolling basis for programmes;
• The BA will need to be able to understand the technical aspects of the programme to add value to the budgeting process.

Requirements

• Fully qualified, or close to, CCAB accountant;
• Extensive experience managing donor / client funds within international development, understanding the generic financial regulations that are often in place;
• In depth experience of development programme budgeting;
• Experience of implementing USAID compliant financial and reporting process;
• Excellent financial accounting skills with experience preparing statutory accounts as well as donor / client financial reports such USAID, FCDO and Gates Foundation;
• Excellent knowledge of accounting packages and experience with report writing packages. SUN and Vision Q&A would be beneficial;
• A “can do” and team focused approach is vital.

Benefits

Options offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous annual leave allowance, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme and a performance related bonus scheme.

Other information

• As an equal opportunity employer, Options Consultancy Services is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage or civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Options Consultancy Services.
• Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
• We seek people who are pro-choice, promote diversity and inclusion, are energetic and enthusiastic about Options’ vision.
• Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

We’re looking for an experienced and inspired fundraiser to manage the IG supporter experience programme. You’ll lead the development and implementation of its strategy in order to maximise the value of our existing donors. If that’s a challenge you’d like to take on, please apply.

Key Skills and Attributes:

If you are an experienced fundraiser, with a solid grasp of supporter motivations and a passion for delivering excellent supporter experience, then this is an exciting opportunity for you.

You will need strong managerial, budgeting, planning and analytical skills; as well as the ability to build strong relationships with colleagues across the organisation.

The post-holder also needs to be a person who has enthusiasm to learn, develop and share learnings across the team.

The team:

The role is in the supportive and friendly Individual Giving (IG) team, which sits within the Income Generation directorate at FOE.  The IG team raises over £7m a year through a variety of Supporter Recruitment and Experience initiatives. 

The programme covers a diverse range of activities and techniques. This includes Supporter Recruitment activity such online paid media and promoting products such as our Bee Saver Kits, as well as a testing programme for new activity. Our Supporter Experience programme includes cash appeals, upgrades, reactivation, supporter magazines, e-appeals, and retention activity. The programme has evolved hugely over the past few years, with a big increase in our digital activity.

Experience in engaging existing donors via digital activity is a must. We recruit regular givers and cash givers and convert existing non-financial supporters to donors. We collaborate closely with campaign and marketing teams to create compelling and integrated plans.

The team is made up of: Head of IG, Innovation Manager, Supporter Recruitment Manager, Supporter Experience Manager and 4 x Individual Giving Officers

Each Individual Giving Officer manages a selection of projects across recruitment and experience, rotating on an annual basis as agreed across the team. The Supporter Experience Manager line-manages two Individual Giving Officers and project sponsors all Supporter Experience projects.

Closing Date: 23 January 2022

Interviews: w/c 31 January 2022

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

We are an equal opportunities employer and are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement, including people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people and other marginalised or oppressed communities. 

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

Sutton Carers Centre is working alongside the lead partner, South West London & St George’s NHS Mental Health Trust, to deliver a new pilot programme in the London Borough of Sutton. The aim of the Community Mental Health Transformation Programme (CMHTP) is to improve the experience of people using Mental Health Trust services and their Carers, using a Peer Support model and embedding support staff with lived mental health or caring experience along the treatment pathways.

The Carer Peer Support Worker will collaborate extensively with voluntary sector partners and mental health professionals to improve identification of, and support for, Mental Health Carers within the Mental Health Trust. The worker will provide front-line support, information, and coordination of services (practical, social and clinical interventions) to assist Carers with their own wellbeing needs and to enable them to provide well-informed care for the people they are supporting.

You will have experience working with people who have experienced poor mental health, with values based on recognising the unique strengths and abilities of individuals and families. You will be helping to build capacity and resilience within families and communities, offering support tailored to individuals, to help improve their wellbeing.

Applications via our application form only

Closing Date for applications:  We intend to keep applications open until  Friday 21st January . However, we will close the applications early, if an appointable candidate applies before this date.

Date of Interviews: We will be interviewing suitable candidates as applications are received with plans to appoint as soon as a suitable candidate is identified