Head of National Diabetes Quality Programme

£46,000pa depending upon skills and experience, plus excellent benefits

London WC1 and home-based

35 hours per week

As Head of the National Diabetes Quality Programme, you will provide senior leadership and strategic operational oversight and delivery of the college’s National Diabetes Quality Programme.

The Head of the National Diabetes Quality Programme is an influential role is which you will liaise with a wide range of senior stakeholders such as healthcare providers, clinical leads and Network managers, providing a swift and personalised service to them on behalf of the College.

Reporting to the Director of Research and Quality Improvement, you will oversee the Programme to be delivered to schedule, within budget and to a high-quality standard, whilst ensuring that the entire programme provides high-quality review visit reports with an exceptional level of accuracy and fluency based on the information provided by units and reviewers to the timeframes agreed. You will also identify risks and issues and manage them accordingly, including escalating significant occurrences to the Programme Board and the Director of R&QI division.

Suitably qualified and with relevant post-qualification experience, you should have a proven understanding of current NHS policy and strategy across the UK including regulatory processes and standards applied to the NHS, independent health sector and child health services.

With demonstrable experience of leading and managing a large multi-disciplinary team and programme or project, you should have a background of working with the NHS and liaising with senior managers in the health service and multidisciplinary personnel.

An influential and strategic thinker, you should have excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, along with a proven ability to prepare and manage budgets and experience of producing high quality written reports, documentation and promotional information suitable for a range of audiences.

The National Diabetes Quality Programme works with paediatric diabetes units, medical multidisciplinary team members and the national diabetes network with the aim of improving multidisciplinary care for children and young people with diabetes in the NHS and involving families in service improvement in a developmental way.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health sets and maintains standards for the education and training of all doctors working in paediatrics and child health in the UK. We advocate on child health issues at home and internationally. Additionally, through a variety of activities, the College influences the quality of medical practice for children in hospital and in the community.

The RCPCH has more than 20,000 members and fellows and employs around 170 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have smaller offices in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The RCPCH wants to represent all the communities we serve. Appointment will be made solely on merit. However, the College is particularly keen to receive applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, and/or candidates with a disability who are currently under-represented at this level of the organisation.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions all staff are currently working remotely. We will be returning to the office on 27 September 2021 where you will work in the office for a minimum of 60% of the week and the remainder from home.

Closing date: 29 September 2021.

Interview date: 6th October 2021

Prisoners’ Penfriends is a seeking a diligent, resourceful and dependable new Director to manage the day-to-day operation of our penfriend scheme – and to support the charity as it grows its impact and reach.

About Prisoners’ Penfriends

Prisoners’ Penfriends (PP) is a small, London-based charity that supports the wellbeing of prisoners by extending the hand of non-judgemental friendship via letters and emails. The charity makes it possible for volunteers, in the community outside prison, to write to prisoners in England and Wales – and to do so in complete safety.

PP has grown as an organisation over the past year, extending its reach across the prison estate in England and Wales. Throughout the covid-19 pandemic, with prisoners regularly spending the vast majority of their time locked in their cells, the demand and need for the charity’s scheme has grown considerably.

We are now looking for a new Director to lead the charity on its next stage of growth, to develop the in-house resources needed to run the scheme sustainably, and to establish a clearer picture of the charity’s positive impact.

The Directors duties comprise the following key areas:

Operations

• To lead the charity's paid staff and volunteers in the day-to-day running of the organisation and scheme
• To oversee recruitment and training of staff and volunteers to support the organisation, maintaining high standards of safety and accuracy
• To maintain a good understanding of the external social, political and funding environment that could impact on the charity
• To build an effective working relationship with the chair of the trustee board, including regular reporting and attendance of board meetings
• To ensure backend database, systems and the charity’s website are fully functional and up to date, liaising with PP’s IT advisor as needed
• To carry out other practical and administrative tasks as and when required by the board of trustees.

Scheme management

• To read, record and forward letters and emails between volunteer and prisoner penfriends, overseeing staff and in-office volunteers as necessary
• To keep the organisation’s records of the correspondences up to date, carrying out a monthly review of all of them
• To process volunteer and prisoner applications to join the scheme, matching individuals sensitively
• To maintain the charity’s incident-free record, ensuring no information is passed which may jeopardise the safety and security of volunteers
• To be aware of any signs indicating risk to volunteers or to prisoners, particularly from suicide or self-harm.

Governance

• To ensure the charity’s procedure and policies are up-to-date, and are effectively applied
• To ensure the organisation fulfils its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities
• To process records of all communications with volunteers, prisoners and those working in prisons, following PP’s administrative and data-protection procedures
• To follow all PP’s procedures, e.g. for data protection, and equal opportunities.

Finances

• To help to ensure a sustainable income for the charity, identifying opportunities for growing income and supporting or leading fundraising activities as needed
• Working with the board’s treasurer, ensure the charity’s financial transactions  and accounts are recorded in an accurate and timely manner, including Gift Aid records.

Communications and relations

• To ensure effective communications with funders, volunteers, prisoners, and those working  in prisons regarding the scheme and organizational developments. This includes regular newsletters and funder reports
• To build relationships with prison staff and government officials in order to drive use of the service, discuss a prisoner’s safety, and to further the charity's work
• To secure insights from scheme beneficiaries regarding the charity’s work
• To serve as an ambassador and spokesperson for the organisation at events and to media.

Personal qualities

• Committed to the welfare of prisoners, maximizing the scheme’s impact in mitigating loneliness and depression, and supporting rehabilitation
• Conscious of the risks involved when putting volunteers in touch with offenders, carrying the responsibility for maintaining an incident-free record for the charity throughout their work
• Conscientious and meticulous in following the charity’s procedures, and accurate when making and keeping records
• Dedicated to the charity’s work, which may occasionally involve long days visiting prisons, weekend volunteer training, and work outside of normal hours.

The successful candidate must demonstrate:

• Strong analytical and financial management skills, to manage budgets efficiently and report in a timely fashion on financial performance
• The communication and interpersonal skills to motivate and support staff and volunteers; as well as to develop effective relationships with partners, funders and scheme users
• A strong understanding of governance, in particular with regards to ensuring safety and security
• The ability to work to high standards of accuracy personally, and to ensure the work of staff and volunteers is accurate too
• Awareness of the justice sector context in which the charity operates
• The ability to advocate on behalf of the charity to a range of audiences and stakeholders
• Experience of successful bid writing and fundraising applications an advantage.

Right to Succeed is a fast-growing national charity, working to deliver place-based and educational change in the most disadvantaged communities. Together, alongside their local and national partners, Right to Succeed delivers coordinated, impactful programs aimed at improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people, their families, and wider communities. 

We are excited to be looking for an inspiring Programme Director to strategically oversee and manage a 12-month discovery process in Norfolk. Working in partnership with and funded by the Youth Endowment Foundation, the Discovery process will focus on co-designing collective solutions with the community to address issues that are negatively impacting young people’s outcomes within their local area. Through the adoption of a research-informed approach, the aim is to establish a  deep understanding of the local needs and assets, to ascertain where the conditions below are already in place, and to work alongside local stakeholders to create them where further development is required. At the end of the Discovery phase, a report, including a key set of recommendations and prospective delivery plan will be provided to the funders, local commissioners, and trustees of Right to Succeed, enabling all stakeholders to make key decisions in relation to the project moving into the full delivery phase.

To apply for this position, please send a CV and supporting statement via our advert on CharityJob by midnight on 22nd September 2021.  Your supporting statement must not exceed 2 pages and should cover your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification. We are scheduling interviews as applications are received, therefore an early application is recommended.

The South West Academic Health Science Network (South West AHSN) is one of 15 AHSNs across the country set up by NHS England in 2013 to spread health innovation at pace and scale, improving health and generating economic growth.

The South West AHSN focuses on improving health equity – identifying and spreading innovative practice that helps close health equity gaps in access to care, quality of care, opportunity for a healthy life and agency in managing individual health. 

South West Academic Health Science Network
Programme Director – Technology Enabled Care
Location: Exeter, Devon (remote and flexible working arrangements considered)
Salary: £65,000-£75,000 plus pension and other benefits.

Are you passionate about creating a more equitable health and care system? Do you believe that harnessing new technologies will deliver transformational change in the health and care sector?

This is an opportunity to lead innovative programmes that will support our local health and care system to benefit from new technology, that delivers benefits for patients, the public and the health and care workforce.  This role is responsible for leading the design, delivery and development of our portfolio of programmes focused on the adoption and spread of proven technology across our regional health and care system.

You will bring strong leadership credentials, and experience designing, developing and overseeing the delivery of a complex portfolio of programmes – that ideally include a tech/digital element. Critically, you will bring a good knowledge of how to most effectively adopt and spread technology to drive improvements.

Deadline: Midnight, 17th October 2021 

To learn more about this unique opportunity, and to find out how to apply, please read the full appointment brief, on the Prospectus website, which can be reached by clicking on the “Apply on Website” Button.

Director of Programmes

Location: Flexible (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)

Salary: £81,000 - £86,000

Sustainable agriculture and integrated landscape management has the power to change lives and underpin prosperity, food security and climate resilience the world over. Farm Africa focuses on transforming agriculture, building links to markets and the sustainable management of natural resources in eastern Africa. We champion a holistic approach that boosts yields, protects the environment and connects smallholder farmers to thriving markets.

We are looking for a Director of Programmes who has outstanding technical expertise in one or more of our priority strategic approaches, the integrity, maturity and confidence to inspire and motive a team of specialists; and who has a real passion for sustainable rural development in Africa.

The Director of Programmes will lead the work to build our portfolio of high quality programmes, ensuring that they deliver maximum impact for the communities we work with. You will demonstrate a deep understanding of Farm Africa's work, an excellent understanding of programme finances, have exceptional people management skills and a wealth of experience of being an envoy for the organisation and influencing donors.

We have an ambitious strategy to deepen our impact over the next five years. We'll reach more people; lift more communities out of poverty; work with more corporate partners who share our vision; and, open up more agricultural markets.

We'll make change happen. Farm Africa. Growing Futures.

Prospectus welcomes candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds. Please let us know if we can help you with the application process in any way. We are more than happy to make any reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

If you are interested in applying for this Director of Programmes position, please submit your CV in the first instance. If your experience is suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.

Main role and responsibilities

ShelterBox is searching for a senior humanitarian leader with significant programme and people management experience to support our Programmes & Projects (Operations) team. Reporting to the Chief Executive, this is a fixed-term role, supporting the team through a period of change, and implementing initial recommendations from a recent strategic review process. This will include the move to a more programmatic approach and structural changes to the senior leadership team.

The successful candidate will also continue to manage urgent priority activities and oversee all international programmes/projects, ensuring we deliver high quality, impactful outcomes for the people we support.

The interim position will also input objectively into the future leadership plans for the Programmes & Projects team, in terms of skills, background, and experience required to develop and shape the charity's goals and objectives both in the medium and longer term.

 As Interim International Programmes Director, you will lead and oversee the work of the International Programmes Department, providing direct line management to staff in the UK, developing workplan priorities and overseeing management of response team volunteers and overseas staff.

The Interim International Programmes Director will also be a member of the Executive Team. This is ShelterBox’s most senior management team, with overall responsibility for leading, planning and managing the work and development of ShelterBox. They will be accountable for the delivery of 2021/2022 plans, as well as the implementation and development of longer-term strategy, and for ensuring that the wider organisational strategy delivers for both displaced people and supporters.

This role will also report to the Board of Trustees on a regular basis on Programme delivery performance. The Interim International Programmes Director role will also work closely with our Fundraising and Finance Departments and larger fundraising affiliates (particularly ShelterBox USA) to ensure an aligned approach to programme fundable opportunities.

The role will encompass high-level relationship building and advocacy with partner organisations to consolidate the reputation and position of ShelterBox within the humanitarian sector.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

• Responsibility for a broad portfolio of reactive and protracted programmes/projects in line with the organisational strategy. Ensuring quality, impactful, and on-budget programme/project implementation.
• Ensuring ShelterBox has the appropriate infrastructure to respond in a timely, effective way to humanitarian emergencies.
• Strategic change management. Prioritising the retention of key personnel and supporting direct reports and the wider team throughout the change process.
• Overseeing effective decision-making with respect to ShelterBox’s deployments, including how/where ShelterBox will deploy, safety & security assessments, and legal/best practice compliance.
• Actively encouraging and supporting ShelterBox’s fundraising and communications activities. Providing support to and actively engaging in the creation and support of fundable and fundraising opportunities. Prioritising quality communications with ShelterBox’s donors and partners to highlight programme impact.
• Ensuring ShelterBox plans and manages its purchasing, storage and use of emergency shelter equipment to meet pre-positioning, regular, sudden onset, or major disaster needs.
• Responsibility for identifying and developing key partnerships that will enhance ShelterBox’s programme effectiveness. Strategically positioning ShelterBox by fostering innovation, and in identifying new opportunities and partnerships.
• Account for the best use of financial resources within the Programmes & Projects team, ensuring all budget and procurement processes are effective and efficiently implemented. Liaising with the Finance Director to conduct regular reviews of programme cost rates, exceptional item expenditure, and forecasting/budgeting processes.
• Prioritising ‘do no harm’ principles. Ensuring those who encounter ShelterBox as a result of our activities are safeguarded from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings which place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm.
• Maintain high standards in all aspects of ShelterBox’s activities so that the reputation of the organisation is protected in the view of donors, partners & the people we support.
• Leading a culture which actively promotes improvements in its practices, processes, and outcomes, across all aspects of its work, seeking feedback from all stakeholders.
• Provide timely updates to CEO/Board of Trustees on all aspects of ShelterBox’s programme/project delivery and impact.

As well as these specific responsibilities, as Director you will:

• Contribute to the formulation of ShelterBox’s strategic plans.
• Work with your team to turn strategic objectives into operational plans and manage their delivery.
• Foster collaborative working with other managers and teams.
• Coaching and mentoring your team. Supporting their continued professional development.

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 undertaking a major technology and business transformation programme involving the implementation of new enterprise resource planning (ERP), which includes Finance and Supply Chain, project management for the purposes of tracking execution of grant and sponsorship funded development programmes and monitoring and evaluation systems reporting on the outcomes and impact of our work.  The scope of the programme will also include a new data warehouse and reporting environment.

To help deliver this programme, we require an experienced Programme Director to drive quality execution of the programme’s scope, timeline and budget that ensures the delivery of the programme benefits. The role is required to drive complex business and technology transformation to its successful completion. Aspects of the role will include understanding the agreed scope of each element of the programme, overseeing the team to manage the delivery of each element, understanding how these elements interrelate and managing interdependencies and ensuring the continued alignment of the programme with the overall benefits.

About You

Strong leadership, decisive management, strength and ability to influence and the capability to manage a wide array of stakeholders is essential. 

You bring a deep understanding of finance and operational business processes, including project management, reporting and data strategies and proven experience of managing global, multi-technology business related implementations, including the delivery of an ERP solution and finance and business digital transformation solution.

Strong understanding of the strategic and operational aspects of large, geographically dispersed, complex organisations, in particular INGO's and the ability to plan and prioritise work within this context will be essential. You bring significant professional expertise and in-depth knowledge of change management and process improvements. 

Full-time
Fixed term – maternity cover
Home based – North of England

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

The Child Friendly Cities & Communities programme brings the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) together with Local Government and other institutions to put children’s rights at the heart of communities and public services in the UK. It is part of UNICEF’s global Child Friendly Cities Initiative, and aims to create local systems and services that are child-centred, rights-based and responsive to the voices and experiences of children and young people.

As Programme Manager (North), you will play a leading role in continuing to develop and implement the Child Friendly Cities & Communities programme in the UK, with a particular focus on expanding the programme reach in the North of England and Scotland. You will cultivate relationships with local authorities, devise and deliver child rights training, and provide guidance during the implementation of programme projects.

To succeed, you will have substantial experience of social change within the public or charity sector.  We are seeking a highly organised Programme Manager, able to overcome the challenges inherent in implementing an ambitious and complex programme. You are an excellent people manager, committed to the development and wellbeing of others for the good of the programme. You are an excellent trainer/facilitator and you are able to both lead and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including children and young people.

This is a great opportunity to use your knowledge of the issues facing children to secure social justice for the UK’s children and young people, particularly the most vulnerable.

Act now and visit our website via the link, to apply online.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 27 September 2021.
Interview date: week commencing 11 October via video conferencing.

We expect that once things are back to normal, this role will involve significant travel in the North of England and Scotland (about 40%).  Until then, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

2 roles: 1x North of England and Scotland, 1x London and South of England
Full-time, Permanent
Home based

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK)’s Child friendly Cities and Communities team.  As a result of growth, we are recruiting for two Programme Officers: one for the North of England and Scotland and one for London and the South of England.

As Programme Officer, you will help to realise UNICEF’s vision of putting children’s human rights at heart of cities, communities and public services by supporting local authorities and other organisations. This will be achieved by devising and delivering child rights training, facilitating effective planning sessions and providing credible guidance and oversight during the implementation of programme projects and activities. You will also undertake some research to support and inform programme development.

To succeed, you will be an excellent trainer, an engaging workshop facilitator who is able to both lead and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including children and young people. You will bring experience of working on social change programmes within the public or charity sector; in particular, we are interested in candidates with knowledge of or experience in one of the following sectors: youth justice, community safety, housing, health, urban planning, child poverty.

You will be knowledgeable about the issues facing children in the UK, and keen to play an instrumental role in securing social justice for all of the UK’s children and young people, particularly the most vulnerable.  In return you will have the opportunity to develop and grow within this learning-oriented programme.

Act now and visit our website via the link, to apply online.

Closing date: 5pm, Monday 27 September 2021.
Interview date: week commencing 11 October 2021 via video conferencing.

We expect that once things are back to normal, this role will involve significant travel (about 40%) across the region you’re responsible for (either North of England and Scotland or London and the South).  Until then, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

The Head of Leadership Programmes is responsible for all aspects of Frontline’s leadership programmes (Firstline and Headline) from programme design, planning and delivery across the country. They also hold responsibility for our coaching offer - an integral part of the second year of the Frontline programme, to ensure its’ smooth operation and impact. The successful individual will bring their excellent programme management and understanding of social work to ensure the effective development, delivery and evolution of Frontline’s leadership programmes and coaching offer.

The Head of Leadership Programmes will work closely with their team to ensure programme quality remains excellent and to embed a culture of freedom and responsibility. They will set high expectations, have the ability to motivate others to deliver, and the confidence and assuredness to hold people to account.

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater ethnic minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value ethnic minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply and will keep applications open until we have satisfactory representation on the shortlist.

Please email our People team if you would like us to send you the job pack in a different file format, contact details can be found on our website.

The Walworth Living Room Programme Manager is a new role at Pembroke House. We want to build a space that can operate like a living room for the local community: that is public and yet familiar, and that can inspire new relationships between residents and partners in Walworth – a new model of social infrastructure in an area of the city where places to gather are becoming more scarce.

You will be responsible for bringing the Walworth Living Room back to life after the pandemic, leading the transition out of an emergency food distribution hub and opening a community space that contains a large open-access social space, lively community cafe, activities, community and public services, and rentable work/activity spaces.

Applications due: 10am, Monday 4th October

Responsible to: Director of Programmes

Responsible for: WLR Cafe Manager; Projects Officer - Community Activities; future WLR staffing, including host (or “maitre ‘d”)

Location: Walworth Living Room, SE17 2JU

Hours of Work: 35 per week

About you

The person we appoint to this role will be convinced that there are incredible things that can be unleashed when people are given the opportunity to connect as equals – whether that’s over a cup of tea and some cake, or a shared neighbourhood project. You’ll be steadfast in your belief that we need more places that can act like Living Rooms for the community, and you will be eager to play a central role in building this programme. You will also believe strongly in the potential of food to bring joy to people and situations, to celebrate life and connection, and to soften difficult situations and conversations.

You will bring a breadth of experience to the role that may well be in fields beyond the traditional community sector – maybe that’s in food, the arts, health or even urban design – but whatever your background, you will be eager to bring this experience to bear on a project that is rooted in Walworth as we recover from the pandemic.

You will bring an inquisitive mind and a real passion for getting stuck in. You won’t be too proud to pick up a mop at the end of the day but you’ll also know that we need to put the right systems in place to make a public building work smoothly and safely over the longer-term.

You will be a generous leader, who is able to bring out the best in the people around you to meet your shared ambitions. You will be passionate about learning and be willing to listen just as much as you talk. You’ll want to zoom into the real detail of staff plans and budget spreadsheets and then to zoom out and explore the significance of places like the Walworth Living Room in wider debates and public policy.

Above all, you will be able to really drive things forward, adapting flexibly to changes to the context and content of particular plans along the way, while managing to deliver your core goals effectively and efficiently. You will be used to working in environments with complex and competing demands on your time, and you’ll be able to keep a clear focus on what really needs to be done – and when – in order to take a project to the next level and bring key people along with you.

We are looking to recruit a Head of Programmes at Real. This is an exciting opportunity to work for the only pan-disability, user-led organisation in Tower Hamlets; helping us to provide remarkable services to and outcomes for disabled people in the borough.

As Head of Programmes you will manage and oversee Real’s programme of activities and services to ensure that project aims are achieved and all of Real’s activities  contribute to Real’s vision, mission and strategic objectives. This role requires a motivated, creative person who is able to lead and inspire staff to deliver our services. This role will also work closely with the CEO to develop new projects.

We are looking for a person-centred leader with at least two years’ experience in senior management, ideally in the voluntary sector. You will have a proven track record of delivering services to disabled people and will be expected to demonstrate at interview your experience of managing multiple projects and budgets, staff and volunteers.

We are about to launch a new two-year project, delivered with 4 other partners, to campaign against and highlight the iniquities of charging disabled people for their social care. You will be responsible for mobilising and leading this project. This will be an exciting opportunity to lead a consortium to make a lasting impact on the policy and practice of London local authorities.

Real is proud of its principles of valuing everyone and never discriminating. As a user-led organisation of local disabled people we particularly welcome applicants who are disabled or who live in Tower Hamlets.

Why you should work for Real

• We are a dynamic, growing third sector organisation and a user-led organisation of disabled people. We are firmly driven by our principles and ethos.
• We are a progressive organisation, constantly looking to work more effectively. But this does not mean we abandon our principles.
• We have a good reputation with our funders and our clients, and support approximately 1000 people in the community each year.
• We actively embrace diversity in all forms. Our clients relate to us more because we reflect their reality.
• We consider disability in our employees an asset.
• There is a great atmosphere and good staff morale.
• In a number of areas we are at the forefront of being part of an evolving and developing third sector in Tower Hamlets.

Applications close: midday on Monday 13 September

Click on the link to our website where you will find:

• more information about Real
• important information about the recruitment process
• more information about the role
• the job description and person specification
• an application form.

Once you have read the information above, if you would like to have an informal chat about the role, you will be able to speak to Mike Smith, the CEO.

Programme Lead - Shifting the Power

2 year Fixed Term Contract

£41,500 - 45,000pa

Remote - we are actively seeking to recruit outside the UK, particularly Sub Saharan Africa

Job Description

The role of Portfolio Lead – Shifting the Power is a two-year fixed term contract to lead the delivery of Comic Relief’s transformative, long-term civil society strengthening programme, co-funded by UK aid.  This exciting, strategic programme with the overarching aim of shifting greater power to civil society will invest in the organisational strengthening of civil society organisations in Ghana, Zambia and Malawi and offer training and support in local resource mobilisation. Learning from the programme will influence Comic Relief’s funder practice, and it will also intentionally seek to disrupt ways of working in the wider funder ecosystem. With oversight and support from the Head of Government Partnerships, and through quality relationship management with a diversity of stakeholders within and outside of Comic Relief, the Portfolio Lead will ensure all deliverables for the programme are completed on time, to a high quality, and driven by the programme’s values.

Key responsibilities:

• Leadership: Provide leadership of Comic Relief’s flagship civil society strengthening programme, co-funded by UK aid, in line with the approved Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Business Case, MoU and budget.
• Approach: Creatively find ways to unlock the inherent power of communities and organisations by ensuring that people with lived or learnt experience are intentionally engaged in how the programme is designed, delivered and monitored.
• Project management and reporting: Develop and drive delivery against an inception phase project plan and budget, encompassing all key deliverables outlined in the FCDO Business Case. Design and manage programme reporting requirements including portfolio Log frame, Partner reporting and financial management and reporting
• Design and developing key programme components: Including relationships with Anchor Partners; grant-making cycles; and in country governance and decision-making processes.
• Organisational Strengthening Framework: Work in partnership with the identified Anchor Partner(s) and other technical partners to complete the design of the framework to define, track, measure and understand the process of organisational change and strengthening
• Communications Strategy: Working with African creative agencies, Comic Relief’s PR & Communication teams, FCDO’s Communications team and Anchor Partner(s), support delivery of the initial communication strategy for the programme and identify draft outcomes.
• Learning and Influencing Strategy: Working with Comic Relief’s Learning & Fund Design Team, Government Partnerships team & Anchor Partner(s), support development and delivery of the learning and influencing strategy for the programme, with a focus on generating evidence on how funders can best support African CSOs to strengthen their organisations & generate more sustainable forms of income locally.  Develop community and partner-led reporting processes and ensure synergy with Communications Strategy.
• Network building and sector learning: Connect with existing networks and fora engaged in the #ShiftThePower discourse, as well as other funders who share Comic Relief’s intention to shift greater power to Southern civil society, in order to ensure the programme contributes to, and benefits from, existing rich experience, knowledge and perspectives.
• Line management: Be ready to provide quality line management and professional development support to potential line reports joining the team
• International travel will be required with this role (dependent on Covid-19 travel restrictions by Comic Relief or governments).

Essential Skills and Competencies:

• A strong interest in and commitment to creating a more equitable development system and shifting power
• Proven leadership of complex, high value partnerships or programmes
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Significant experience within social change and international development, with experience of working closely with national CSOs on organisational sustainability in an African context.
• Demonstrable knowledge of, and experience of, organisational strengthening and/or local philanthropy in an African context.
• Experience of working in partnership with a bilateral donor, ideally FCDO or other large institutional funders.
• Effective relationship builder with strong emotional intelligence and political awareness to proactively challenge and persuade senior stakeholders and partners.
• Experience of working in partnership at a distance / remotely.
• Strategic and analytical thinker with the ability to see the bigger picture, adopt a positive and solution-orientated approach and make appropriate and effective decisions.
• Strong communicator and planner with a flexible, engaging and inspirational style

Desirable Skills and Competencies

• Knowledge of and active engagements in sector conversations on “doing development differently” and shifting power.
• Experience of working in any of the programme countries (Malawi, Zambia, Ghana)
• Experience of working in a grantmaking or funding organisation

Perks and benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Work from home option
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Programmer
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Paid emergency leave
• Sabbatical Opportunities
• Professional development
• Mentoring/coaching
• Paid volunteer days
• Payroll giving
• Team social events
• Extracurricular clubs
• Cycle to work scheme

We are currently exploring moving from a solely UK-based team to a more globally dispersed team, to increase diversity, and ensure we are representative of the communities we serve. Therefore, this post may be based outside the UK, and we are actively seeking to recruit within Sub Saharan Africa.

To apply please visit our website via the link.

Closing: 12:00pm, 21st Sep 2021 BST

Inclusivity at Comic Relief

We recognise diversity and inclusion are a source of strength in achieving our mission. We therefore welcome everyone, trusting what makes us different brings creativity, styles and experiences to help us collectively do our best work. That’s regardless of your gender, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and cultural identity. We especially welcome those from under-represented groups in modern grant-making and fundraising. We are on a journey, but if you join our team you will be part of a community that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where we want you to:

• Be valued for being yourself
• Do your best work, and be supported to break down barriers so you can succeed
• Be heard, respected, and treated as an equal, whatever your level, experience or background
• Be part of a team that is committed to making this happen – with our colleagues, partners, and contributors.

Comic Relief is committed to preventing and protecting all people from harm in their interactions with us. We expect all those that act in our name to uphold our approach to doing no harm.

Come be a part of an energetic and vibrant team who are driven by the desire to improve the lives of people living with kidney disease. Their vision is to free lives from the restrictions, fear, anxiety and life limiting nature of kidney disease.

To deliver that vision, our client has an ambitious and exciting new strategy. They want to transform kidney health and improve outcomes for people affected by and at risk of kidney disease. To drive this forward, they have set up programmes of work to accelerate discovery and influence change. They need a strategically focussed and driven leader to develop, lead and oversee these programmes and a new way of working.

Head of programmes requirements:

They are looking for an individual who has a good understanding of medical research and the UK healthcare environment. You will have strong programme management and implementation skills, with experience of overseeing and developing a portfolio of programmes.

With experience of building highly motivated cross-organisational teams you will establish a culture of quality performance and continuous improvement.

They are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone and encourage applications from all sections of the community.

About our client:

They are the leading charity dedicated to kidney research in the UK. Their vision is to free lives from the restrictions, fear, anxiety and life limiting nature of kidney disease.

They fund research into all aspects of kidney disease - from understanding the condition, to how they can prevent and treat it. They want to discover better, kinder treatments.

Research has given us life-saving kidney transplants, dialysis machines that filter the blood when the kidneys fail, and drugs to keep us going. But these treatments come at a cost. They can be gruelling, confining, relentless. A transplant is not a cure, they rarely last a lifetime.

Kidney disease still affects three million people in the UK. And one million of those don’t know they are at risk. That’s three million people who are someone’s parents, grandparents, children, friends.

And kidney failure is rising, as are the factors contributing to it, such as diabetes and obesity.

That’s why their work is more essential than ever.

Research is what they do. It is the only way to discover future preventions, treatments and cures. It is vital to keep our loved ones safe. Your support is crucial to make this happen.

They’re here to be heard, to make a difference, to change the future. Kidney disease ends here.

Location: Peterborough with some home working
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum depending on experience
Benefits: They want all their employees to feel valued and engaged and are committed to offering a positive working culture along with a good work-life balance. As well as ensuring they pay their employees fairly, they offer the following benefits: Flexible working, pension, death in service, generous holiday entitlement, employee assistance programme, bike loan scheme, cycle2work scheme, eyecare, discount portal.

Closing date: Wednesday 22 September 2021
Interview date: w/c 4 October 2021

You may have experience of the following: Head of Programmes, Senior Manager, Senior Project Manager, Senior Programme Manager, Stakeholder Manager, Relationship Manager, Partnerships Manager, Head of Impact and Evaluation, Project Lead, Programme Manager, Operations Manager, Fundraising Director, Head of Reporting, Reporting Manager, Data Analyst, Head of Data, Fundraising Manager, Director of Fundraising, Head of Fundraising, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.

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