Lee Abbey London is looking for a new Director to manage the business interests of a hall of residence for 160 students and to lead the Christian community who run the residence.

About us

The Lee Abbey London Christian Community seeks to serve students from around the world through hospitality, outreach and service. Students can be of any nationality or faith and they study at many different colleges in London. With over 60 years’ experience of serving students and “communicating Christ through relationships”, Lee Abbey London has a strong history of ministry and service but also faces new challenges as we look to refurbish our building and renew our ministry and effectiveness for years to come, and particularly in light of the ongoing impact of the global Covid19 pandemic.

About the role

The Director should be a committed Christian, secure in and enthused about their faith in Jesus Christ. Together with the other Lee Abbey Communities, Lee Abbey London is an “Acknowledged Community” by the Church of England. While Lee Abbey is Anglican in foundation, its culture and outlook is ecumenical and welcoming.

Supported by the Board of Trustees and working with a core leadership team, the Director has overall responsibility for:

• Commercial management of a successful international student residence
• Leadership of the international and ecumenical Christian Community
• Promoting a culture of hospitality and ministry to both students and Community members.

Lee Abbey London is part of a wider network under the umbrella of the Lee Abbey Movement, sharing Christ through relationships, nationally and globally.

This position requires full membership of the Christian community at Lee Abbey London on a non-residential basis. The post is:

• Full-time
• For an initial 5-year contract (fixed term)
• With pension & benefits
• With 30 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Based in Kensington, London.

Lee Abbey London is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and adults and expects all who join our team to share this commitment.  A DBS check is required for this appointment.

Sense about Science is a unique campaigning charity that has turned the case for sound science and evidence into a popular cause. It has launched important initiatives to expand and protect open discussions of evidence, including Transparency of Evidence to secure openness for the public about the evidence behind policy, AllTrials, a global campaign for the reporting of clinical trial results; ‘Ask for Evidence’, which engages the public in requesting and making sense of evidence for claims; and Making Sense of Risk, a global self-education initiative for communities. It has challenged practices and changed the behaviour of governments, media and corporations in the use of scientific evidence.

This is a new senior role, created to support the director and increase our leadership team to build substantially on these gains and meet ambitious goals for public empowerment with evidence know-how. This will include, in addition to the above, international development of our work on data science accountability, a UK inquiry into the evidence people needed during the pandemic and internationally promoting a public-centred approach to official statistics. The Campaigns director will both lead on the planning and delivery of significant areas of campaigns, research and policy work, with direct reports from the policy, research and communications team, and deputise for the director in these areas.

Job description

The campaigns director will:

• Have primary responsibility for maintaining and promoting progress achieved in campaigns to improve discussion of evidence in public life. These include AllTrials, libel reform, the Maddox prize, Evidence Matters in parliament and transparency of evidence in government decision making.
• Lead our Ask for Evidence campaign, developing a renewed strategy that builds on the national ambassador scheme and resource hub.
• Develop and direct a programme of comment based on our experience, approach and values.
• Ensure our communications have the impact we require in a wide range of arenas, including government and media and among our expert networks and members of the public who support and donate to our work.
• Support the director on our global campaign to establish ‘evidence know-how’ as a duty of nations, with a particular focus on data science, statistics and risk.
• Support the director in the preparation of influential meetings and activities; and deputise for the director in internal and external activities, meetings and talks.

The role will involve:

• Representing Sense about Science and building relationships with community, research, government and media organisations, including convening and leading meetings and presenting at events.
• Writing effective reports and communications.
• Ensuring that the work of the team reflects our tone and approach and helps to achieve our goals.
• Integrating responsive decisions with programmed work.
• Engaging other organisations in efforts to achieve our charitable objectives.
• Supporting the effectiveness of the director and board, and contributing to the overall goals of the charity by:
  • Providing good assessments of progress and early warnings of conditions that may affect it.
  • Ensuring effective management of the policy, research and communications team, supporting staff to develop plans and the skills and confidence to deliver them. 
  • Working closely with the Head of programmes and operations to manage the planning and delivery of Sense about Science’s strategic objectives, financial needs and organisational goals.
  • Trouble shooting, problem solving and finding ways to make our incredible networks and small resources achieve the best outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A strong commitment to achieving the aims of Sense about Science
• Significant experience in investigating issues related to evidence, policy making and society – including securing participation and information, and presenting research and insights in a way that is influential and accessible.
• A bold and competent approach to research methods, evidential standards and assessing and analysing information.
• A portfolio of well-written reports, briefings and presentations.
• Experience in running presentations and training.
• Experience in speaking, chairing and interviewing, with a diverse range of people.
• Experience in supporting director and board level activity.
• Competence in managing relationships and resources in an effective, imaginative way, suited to a small charity.
• A university degree and good general knowledge of public life
• Confidence and unflappability

However, if you don’t have a CV that matches all these requirements but you are absolutely convinced you are right for the post, feel free to write to us to make the case. There is great scope in this job to develop the role.

Salary £65,000 p/a. Central London (W1). Will include some travel and out of hours activity.

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter no longer than one page by 5.30pm Wednesday 20th October.

We expect to receive a large number of applications for this post. So, unfortunately, we will be unable to notify unsuccessful applicants.

The Charity has provided specialist palliative care and support to patients with life limiting illnesses, and to their relatives and carers, in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire for 27 years.

The Director of Finance & IT role is an integral part of the Charity’s senior management team.  The role holder will report directly to the Chief Executive and will lead the Finance and IT functions in the provision of financial and ICT data, reports and information for the Senior Management Team and Trustees.  This includes the annual budgeting process, all monthly, quarterly and annual management reporting requirements and to ensure the Charity’s financial systems and resources are in place so as to support the income generation objectives and financial governance of the Charity.

In recent times the Charity has implemented a new ERP system and it would be helpful for the post holder to have experience of implementing such systems, and certainly to have project management capability in order to complete the implementation of this very important process. The post holder will need to be an inspirational and proficient leader of people with the ability to inspire and to build a motivated and high performing team. You will be qualified ACA or ACCA or CIMA Accountant with demonstrable experience of successfully leading and managing a finance and IT function.

In addition to an enjoyable working environment with a charity that makes such a difference to so many people, we offer:

• A competitive salary (circa £55,000 - £60,000 per annum, depending on experience)
• Contributory Pension up to 7%
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Free parking
• Health & Well-being initiatives and schemes, including an Employee Assistance Programme and Health Plan.

Job description

Job Description: Fellowship Programme Assistant

Line Manager: Senior Programme Officer/Team Lead

Objective: Assisting in the processing of enquiries and applications for support 

Experience:  Bachelors degree (2:1 or above)

Start Date: November 2021

Duration: 12-month contract

Hours: 3 days per week. Hybrid working - in London office (2 set days per week) and 1 day working from home

Salary: £15,000

Number of positions available: Two

Application Deadline: 31 October

Introduction

Organisational Background

The Council for At-Risk Academics is a UK-registered charity founded in 1933 under the leadership of William Beveridge, to rescue academics suffering persecution under the rise of Nazism and facilitate their continued work in safety. Sixteen Cara Fellows from the 1930s and 1940s became Nobel Laureates, and many more innovators in their fields, including, Nikolaus Pevsner, Lise Meitner and Karl Popper. A number of Cara’s founders and Council members also personally provided places and/or funds to help individual academics; and Cara, known in the 1930s as the AAC, later the SPSL, was closely involved in the successful effort in 1933 to bring to London the Warburg Institute art library, which had been prohibited by the Nazis, and six of its staff.

Cara has been a lifeline to academics at risk for just under 90 years, as and when world events have placed them in the line of fire: Hungarian Uprising, Cold War, Apartheid South Africa, Iran, Latin American Juntas, Vietnam, Kosovo, DRC, Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe etc. and, more recently Iraq, Turkey, Yemen, Palestine, Syria, Myanmar and Afghanistan. Cara support is typically framed as temporary sanctuary offered at times of heightened risk.

Cara Objectives ‘To assist academics who have been, or are, or are at risk of being, subject to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, to relieve needs among them and their dependants and ensure that their specialist knowledge and abilities can continue to be used for the benefit of the public.’

‘To advance education by supporting academics and their educational institutions in countries where their continuing work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that such academics and institutions can continue to fulfil their critical role as educators for the public benefit.’

This is a critical time to join our team. As a Fellowship Programme (FLP) Assistant you will be working directly with academics facing immediate risk in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Yemen, Myanmar and Afghanistan and many other countries to undertake background checks, secure placements and identify funding opportunities. In addition, you will provide general administrative support.

Fellowship Programme Assistant Role & Responsibilities

• Process enquiries and applications for support.
• Research potential hosts for academic placements.
• Prepare cases for eligibility review – this will include arranging calls to speak with applicants, booking English language tests etc.
• Analyse data for reporting to stakeholders and donors.
• Compile media reviews.
• Provide logistics support
• Provide general office administration, including answering telephones.

Responsibilities also include related activities that might arise in relation to the Fellowship Programme as required by the Executive Director or Deputy Director/Fellowship Programme Manager.

Person specification

Essential

• Bachelor's degree (2:1 or above)
• Fluent English (spoken and written).
• Confident and empathetic with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail. 
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Good time management with ability to prioritise and independently work to deadlines.
• Understanding of issues of confidentiality.
• Interest in and commitment to the work of Cara
• Confident use of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Good knowledge of current global issues.

Desirable

• Fluency in Dari or Turkish

Application Please send your CV and a brief covering email outlining your suitability for the post. Interviews will be held the week beginning 1 November at the Cara office in London. We will not accept applications without cover letters.

Please include contact details for 2 suitable referees, ideally individuals for whom you have previously worked. These will only be taken up with your prior permission. Please include ‘Fellowship Programme Assistant’ in the subject line of your electronic submission.

Application Deadline: 31 October

PHASE Worldwide is seeking an outstanding candidate to succeed its current Director. The new Director will lead the organisation, in partnership with the Board of Trustees, through the next exciting stage of organisational development.

Over the past  15  years,  PHASE Worldwide has matured from a volunteer led  charity  to a recognised international development organisation with funding from well-known institutions, individuals, and businesses. Every year, with this support, we change the lives of over 50,000 people. Today our work is focused on Nepal, but we plan to expand our support into other countries too.

The perfect candidate should be an inspirational leader with experience of management within the charity or private sector. They should be driven, resilient, and entrepreneurial. They should bring a strong track record of fundraising and securing both unrestricted and restricted funding. This is a rare hands-on opportunity to grow a small charity that has huge impact in our next strategic period.

The successful applicant will lead a staff team that consists of a Partnerships Manager, Communications and Digital Officer, and Trust and Foundations Officer (part-time). The Board of Trustees will require the Director to support them to fulfil governance and regulatory requirements and lead on future strategic direction in line with mission and vision. The Director will ensure that PHASE Worldwide meets its strategic and financial objectives and responds to and identifies current and future challenges.

Specific responsibilies: fundraising and communications, governance and strategy, partnerships, finance, and management. 

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of managing a small team
• Proven track record of income generation from unrestricted, restricted, or commercial sources in particular corporate partnerships and public appeals
• Experience of governance and working with a Board of Trustees at a strategic level, including developing and implementing strategies and policies
• Experience of financial management and use of Quickbooks

Skills and Abilities 

• Good ability to motivate yourself and others
• A good strategic thinker who can convert vision into implementation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Well organised and able to manage a fast paced and varied workload

Other 

• The ability to build relationships with different stakeholders
• Good understanding of Microsoft Word, Excel, CRM Databases, and Microsoft Teams
• A commitment to our work and values, particularly empowerment
• Ability to travel across the UK and overseas
• Ability to work flexibly as required

Location 

Our office is in Bristol, BS2, but we are currently working in a hybrid model. We are happy to discuss flexible working requests further with applicants. Ability to travel to the Bristol office and to Nepal is required. 

Director of Conservation

Salary: Circa £60,000 (higher for exceptional candidates)

Great Wigborough, Abbotts Hall Farm

Full time

Permanent

Closing date: 18th October

Our client is currently looking for a Director of Conservation to join their team based in Great Wigborough. Having overall responsibility for the delivery of our client’s conservation strategic objectives you will oversee the strategic delivery of existing projects, whilst leading and driving the planning and development of all future conservation work streams. Helping to position our client as the county’s leading conservation charity and will drive a strategic approach of how best to achieve wildlife protection in Essex.

Developing and leading the conservation vision for Essex is central to this role’s success. Leading and driving a credible and evidence-led shift in thinking, you’ll raise levels of ambition within the Trust and throughout the county in relation to what needs to be achieved to tackle the climate and ecological emergencies. Further to this you will promote the work of our client at a national scale, on TV, radio, at conferences and in meetings, engaging with MPs and senior decision makers to construct convincing arguments for why change is required in certain areas.

About you

As our client’s most senior ecologist, you’ll have a real flair for all aspects of conservation and will have significant experience and professional credibility to comment and lead in this area. Holding relevant qualifications (or equivalent experience) in an appropriate conservation field, you’ll have a real passion for protecting wildlife, knowledge of environmental issues and significant experience and excellent working knowledge of landscape conservation issues relating to a broad range of species and habitats.

As a confident and credible influencer, with strong negotiation and interpersonal skills, you’ll be a great networker and will have the ability to build long-term relationships. Communicating in an engaging and compelling way, you’ll be able to tailor your style to engage a variety of different audiences.

They want their people to be as diverse as nature, so they particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.

Who are they

Our client is the county’s leading conservation charity, committed to protecting wildlife and inspiring a lifelong love of nature. They protect wildlife through landscape conservation, engagement on their nature reserves and discovery centres and via campaigns that help to give wildlife a greater voice in their county.

INTERIM TECH DIRECTOR (12 MONTH CONTRACT)

Salary range: £70 000 (Negotiable) and day rate also negotiable, would consider a 3 day working week

Location: Permanent Working arrangement within the UK, or regular or ad hoc (would consider 3 days a week for 12 months)

About us
38 Degrees is one of the UK's biggest campaigning communities, involving over 2 million supporters who campaign to make the UK a better place. We’re united by a set of shared values; to defend fairness, protect rights, promote peace, preserve the planet and deepen democracy.
 

In the space of a week, millions of members could be campaigning on anything from protecting our NHS and stopping cuts to Universal Credit, to saving local libraries and pushing for laws that welcome more refugees.
 

38 Degrees is fiercely independent. We don’t take donations from political parties, or big donors. We’re run on hundreds of thousands of small donations from the public. This independence means we never have to hold ourselves back from taking on those with power and can truly listen to our members.

The entire team is currently working remotely and we are open to applicants who would like to work remotely on a permanent basis. 

Why you’ll want to work here 

The 38 Degrees culture is honest, kind, supportive, courageous, and respectful. We move fast, and frequently change plans to respond to events. We work hard but we also have fun. We regularly enjoy team away days and social hours. Benefits include: 

27 days holiday per year (plus Bank Holidays), Employer pension contribution,

24 hour employee support line, Enhanced family leave policies, Cycle to work scheme,

Free annual flu vaccination, Rental deposit loan, Contribution to eye tests/glasses,

Learning and development budget
 

Special COVID provisions: 

• 9-day fortnight (every other Friday off)

• COVID flex leave
   

What's the role?

The Interim Tech director is responsible for leading the software development team at 38 Degrees, working closely with various Directors and Heads of departments to review our tech needs and deliver software projects which will drive 38 Degrees’ mission.

Having just settled on a new organisational strategy, your primary role over the year will be to audit our technical capability, and to devise a strategy and shape our tech team to build, buy and sustain the cutting edge tools we need to deliver that strategy. 

38 Degrees uses a mix of in house software products (our Call To Action tool and CRM), shared development within a network of peer organisations and off the shelf solutions. 

You’ll manage the competing priorities of the software development team, provide guidance and make decisions on technical direction, leading the software development team to build and support projects & products.

You’ll also build & maintain relationships with The OPEN Network - a network of organisations similar to 38 Degrees operating in countries around the world, many of whom use the same campaigning software as 38 Degrees. You’ll ensure 38 Degrees’ priorities and vision for the software within the collaboration are represented, while helping 38 Degrees learn from the processes, projects & innovations which other organisations are trying.

As a Director you’ll also be comfortable occasionally getting involved in organisation-wide projects on a wide range of topics, including helping to develop new policies & practices within the organisation, contributing to the organisational strategy, and looking across the organisation for ways we can optimise processes.

Responsibilities: include the following, (38 Degrees may add, change, or remove responsibilities based on changing priorities)

• Audit technical capability and design future strategy

  • Review of our technical stack, inhouse products and capabilities.

  • Work with the wider Senior Leadership team to set a future direction and strategy for technology at 38 Degrees to deliver our organisational strategy, and provide business continuity, specifically looking at risk/reward of building inhouse technology vs off the shelf.

  • Review of our software sharing agreements and collaboration agreements with peer organisations.

  • Continue to design, build and develop our technical team to reflect this strategy. Thinking through which future roles we may need, and recruiting for them, including potentially a permanent Tech Director replacement. 

• Lead the Software Development Team

  • Using a solid understanding of tech development, provide direction to the team - both technical direction and a long-term vision for 38 Degrees’ software stack. Identify and minimise risks to production, be communicative and open when dealing with stakeholders, and give & receive feedback honestly and graciously.

  • Ensure the processes and practices used within the software development team are fit for purpose, and iteratively work to improve these when necessary

  • Line manage the most senior member/members of our technical team, and support other line managers in setting strong growth and stretch objectives for the wider tech team. Help build a strong, healthy, collaborative and productive culture within the team. 

  • Manage the budget for 38 Degrees’ technology.

• Deliver technical projects and products

  • Work with stakeholders across the organisation, and at times outside it, to prioritise fixing and improving our current systems, including new features, and entire new products. For example our next generation public action tool “Flow” is currently in development and on track to replace our current tool in the next 6 months. 

  • This is a leadership rather than a hands on coding role. Let other members of the Software Development team take ownership of projects & products where appropriate, setting clear goals for the project to measure progress & gauge success.

  • Keep stakeholders informed of progress, and work with them to reach a good solution to the problem, often within short timeframes.

  • Plan for the long-term support of new projects & products - how will they be updated and maintained.

  • Work with and manage contractors when necessary to deliver projects to tight deadlines.

• Be accountable for security and compliance of 38 Degrees software

  • Review of the security of 38 Degrees’ in-house software, and incrementally improve this over time.

  • Work with our external Data Protection Officer and senior tech team members to ensure 38 Degrees is aware of and compliant with new & upcoming legislation - such as GDPR, Age Appropriate Design, etc.

  • Oversight of Tech Risk register - Work with Directors to identify key security & compliance risks, and put in place mitigations to reduce the risk.

• Contribute to organisation-wide projects and priorities

  • Feed in to discussions around organisational strategy and strategic priorities, and ensure the team - in particular the software development team - are clear on what the organisational strategy means for them.

  • Contribute to task management and objective setting for staff who are not software developers, but are performing some technical duties in their role - for example, data analysts.

Other - any other duties as a result of a change in priority or organisational strategy

Your experience should include:

• Experience of designing or redesigning teams to implement and deliver on strategic goals. 

• Experience leading a technical or software engineering team

• Experience line managing technical staff

• Hands-on experience of delivering technical projects through the full development lifecycle - from requirements gathering to deployment and support / maintenance

Desirable

•  Experience of compliance, such as GDPR, a bonus.

More about you

Essential skills:

• Strategic technical team leadership

• Designing teams and implementing strategy 

• Demonstrable skills in consulting with stakeholders, requirements gathering, architecting solutions, prioritising features, and supporting systems

• Accuracy, attention to detail, and with an eye to mitigating risk - particularly in relation to building and rolling out software & business continuity plans.

• High level understanding of the programming skills needed to deliver multiple professional-level projects. We primarily use Ruby/Rails and TypeScript, so experience with these is a bonus, but this is not a ‘hands on’ role. 

• Good high-level understanding of software security principles.

• Good interpersonal skills, collaborative style and approach to leadership & management, and able to communicate complex technical ideas to a range of people, including non-technical audiences

• Able to adjust personal and team priorities in a fast-moving organisation

• Commitment to the mission and values of 38 Degrees

There are no formal education requirements for this role. As long as you can show us you have the skills we don’t mind where you got them from! Also important to us is your potential to learn and grow in the role so even if you don’t have 100% of the skills listed we want to hear from you.

38 Degrees is striving to build a team that reflects the diversity of our membership and our locations, and is truly inclusive. We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly people of colour, trans and non-binary people, and disabled people.  For this role we would also like to strongly encourage applications from women, who are currently underrepresented on our tech team (although well represented in the rest of the organisation).

Your commitment - You will have a commitment to 38 Degrees’ mission and values and will work as part of our wider team to drive and support change initiatives to achieve a sustainable culture.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

38 Degrees wants to make democracy work for everyone. That means living up to that mission by having a team that represents our membership and our location, making 38 Degrees a genuinely inclusive space to work. We are currently under-represented by people of colour, trans and non-binary people, older people and disabled people. We welcome applicants from these groups.

38 Degrees is deeply committed to inclusive working practices, so during the application process we commit to:

• Paying for childcare whilst you’re at 38 Degrees interviews or tasks

• Paying for your travel costs to the office and back

• Paying you for any trial days

• Making any reasonable adjustments - for example ensuring we have BSL interpreters organised in advance if you’d like them

• If there anything else you’re concerned about or think we could provide, please let us know

The first step of our recruitment process is for you to answer a few questions alongside sending us your CV.
 

1. What attracted you to apply for this position at 38 Degrees?

2. Tell us about a time you’ve had to decide on a technology strategy for an organisation. What considerations did you take into account and what process did you go through to come to a solution?

3. Tell us about a project or achievement at work where your leadership made a major impact: what was the outcome, what was your role? 

4. Thinking about your leadership role in teams, tell us about a sensitive or difficult decision you have led or implemented which had an impact on others. How did you handle this? What was the outcome and what did you learn?

5. Describe how you’ve motivated teams to achieve their best performance.

About Us

At MSI Reproductive Choices we are unapologetically pro-choice. We believe that every woman has the right to make choices about her own body and her own future. As one of the world’s leading providers of contraception and safe abortion care, we give women the means to do so. Across 37 countries, we provide high quality, safe services, and work with advocacy to create an enabling environment, so every client has safe access to services when and where they are needed. Because when a woman can determine her own future, she can contribute to creating a better, more sustainable future for everyone.

MSI Reproductive Choices is committed to creating an inclusive environment with a workforce which is representative of the communities we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and give equal consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age. We are committed to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups. 

About the Role

As a part of MSI’s PDD team, you will independently lead the development of dynamic and successful programmes and proposals for institutional donors, including bilateral and multilateral donors, private foundations, charitable trusts, and host country governments. Working closely with in-country and technical teams across the organisation you confidently handle single- and multi-country proposals processes, including bid writing and coordination. You will also own the country fundraising action plans process, facilitate programme design processes, negotiate partnerships, and building the capacity of MSI country programmes to effectively conduct local donor engagement. You will provide mentorship and capacity-building to PDD officers.

About You

We want individuals who support our mission of eliminating unsafe abortion by 2030 and who work with us to build an enabling environment to increase access to safe services everywhere. We expect all team members to share our vision and commitment to achieving our mission whilst promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all clients and colleagues.

To succeed in this role, you must have:

• Demonstrated experience working in business development in international development or the humanitarian sector
• Experience in proposal writing and development for institutional donors, included demonstrated experience with USAID
• Proven experience in managing complex proposal processes with multiple stakeholders under tight deadlines
• Proven experience in strategic planning and programmatic design
• Experience developing and reviewing budgets
• Experience and demonstrated ability to manage a heavy and fluctuating workload
• Experience in working with statistical and financial data
• Proven experience in representing the organisation with donors or other stakeholders
• Proven experience leading partnership discussions and negotiations.

Skills:

• Proven track record of writing and managing complex, high-value, and/or multi-country proposals and securing grants and contracts from donors, foundations, and trusts
• Proven relationship building skills and ability to work jointly and effectively in cross-cultural settings and with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Fluency in spoken and written French, ability to write at a professional level
• Demonstrate confidence in handling difficult situations
• Solid analytical skills and ability to present complex concepts in clear and concise formats
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and ability to perform confidently under pressure
• Ability to take initiative and achieve results with limited supervision
• Strong attention to detail and follow-up
• Excellent people and negotiation skills.

Personal Attributes:

• A strong supporter of the cause of family planning and a woman’s right to safe abortion (pro-choice)
• Committed to the protection of team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups
• Quality-focussed and results-orientated
• Take initiative
• Highly organised and action orientated
• Decisive and confident
• Resourceful and determined
• Determined to succeed
• Self-awareness
• Willingness to travel required (approximately 10% travel).

For more information about the role, please view the job description and person specification on our website.

Location: London Support Officer, W1T

Full-time: 35hrs a week

Contract type: 12 months fixed term contract

Salary:£46,000 - £53,000 + benefits

Closing date: Tuesday 19th October 2021 (midnight GMT). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.

SAMH is Scotland’s mental health charity. For almost 100 years SAMH has promoted the importance of good mental health; delivered dynamic and innovative recovery-focused services across Scotland; campaigned on behalf of people with mental health problems; and challenged stigma and discrimination. Our own strategic vision sits across 3 priorities: psychological wellbeing, suicide prevention and care and support with areas of focus including workplaces, children and young people’s mental health, sport and physical activity and our national programmes on anti-bullying and anti-stigma and discrimination. 

We have established a strong supporter and partnership base with c30,000 relationships on our supporter database, 60 corporate partners and have a number of existing strategic partnerships with organisations to deliver multiple national and community based programmes. We campaign and influence across the country for people’s mental health. In the past year we engaged with over 7,000 people to influence national policy and our own strategy and continue to be viewed strongly by key decision makers with SAMH being considered the most effective charity 5 out the last 6 years in a survey of MSPs.

We are now looking to appoint a new Director of Delivery & Service Development. With over 50 community based services across Scotland, SAMH is at the forefront of providing person centred and recovery focused support to people with mental health problems. Across this range of locality based services; including health and social care, employment, primary care; distress interventions and therapeutic approaches; you will lead teams to deliver high quality outcomes that make a real difference to people’s lives. 

As a key member of the Executive Team and Senior Management you will shape the SAMH Strategy and ensure the delivery and development functions work in support of the organisations ambitious plans for the coming years. Specifically, you will lead the transformational change of psychological wellbeing and the development and redesign of our core service offers will both be crucial features of the post as the organisation seeks to change, grow and innovate at a critical time in mental health. 

The ideal candidate will have operated at senior management level, have drive and enthusiasm to create opportunities and be able to bring influence to bear in the external environment. A strategic thinker with a track record in delivery too, we are looking for someone who can be part of a high performing team to lead the organisation to continued success in meeting the aspirations of those who we support. Considerable experience of financial management and an understanding of economic drivers will be essential in a field where contract delivery and results are key.

Closing date for applications is Friday 29th October 2021.

Senior Learning & Development Specialist (CRUK-Wide)

Location: Stratford (highly flexible)

Permanent, 35 hours per week

Salary: £43,000 - £47,000 p.a.

Application method: CV required and screening questions

Full job description here:

Application Deadline: 17th October 2021

Interview Date: Interviews are planned to be held 25th and 26th October. This will be a competency-based interview

We are looking for an experienced Learning & Development professional with experience designing a range of learning solutions to drive employee progress at CRUK.

Why we need you

At CRUK we are passionate about developing our amazing people. Our L&D team are constantly adapting our learning offering to support the organisation to achieve its corporate plan through the effective use of emerging technologies. We now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior L&D Specialist to design, deliver and evaluate cross-organisation learning and development interventions that build capabilities and increases performance across CRUK. In this role you will work with key stakeholders across the organisation to identify priority skills and capability needs, designing L&D interventions that will equip our people to deliver against the charity's objectives

What will I be doing?

Make an impact every day by:

• Define, design, deliver, evaluate and maintain key CRUK-wide initiatives

• Establish the key learning needs common to staff across the organisation and provide learning solutions to help the business meet those needs

• Work with L&D business partnering teams to ensure that cross-CRUK learning initiatives are adopted and embedded across the whole charity

• Promote learning literacy amongst managers and staff

• Encourage the use of technology-enabled learning and technology generally amongst CRUK staff

• Champion digital learning and the use of digital tools to enable learning amongst CRUK staff

• Partner with the EDI team to ensure people elements of the EDI strategy are delivered and that equality, diversity and inclusion is embedded across the learning & development agenda

• Proactively contribute as a member of the CRUK-Wide Team and the extended Learning and Talent Development team

What skills are you looking for?

You'll be able to bring to the role:

• Consultancy skills to engage with the business and colleagues in the wider Learning & Talent Development team to understand performance issues, and ensure appropriate solutions are developed, delivered and adopted to meet business needs

• Significant experience of designing and delivering impactful L&D solutions

• Significant experience of delivering on organisation-wide initiatives, working from design to embedding and evaluation with a minimum of supervision and often with a broad, ambiguous brief

• Significant experience of using learning platforms and other tools for hosting learning content

• Demonstrates a thorough understanding of how individuals and teams most effectively learn and develop

• Ability to design digital content such as articles, learning plans etc. (experience of HTML beneficial but not essential)

What will I gain?

Without you we wouldn't be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes discounts on anything from travel to technology, generous holiday allowance, gym membership, and much more. We want to ensure that you have the best work/life balance possible, so we actively encourage a flexible working culture for all our roles wherever possible. For most of our office-based roles you'll only be required to work from a specific location for 1 or 2 days a week on average. You'll also be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. And ultimately, you'll know that you'll be changing lives through your work.

If you're as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save lives and add years.

Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract 

Annual Salary: £55-65k per annum

Holidays: 27 days per year, plus bank holidays

Start date: 1 February 2022 

Location: Hybrid. 2 days/week at our office in London. You can be remote all other days or come into the office. Some nationwide travel expected for events and conferences. 

About the Fair Education Alliance 

The Fair Education Alliance (FEA) is England’s largest education coalition. They unite over 230 member organisations under a shared vision that no child’s educational success is limited by their socio-economic background. Their members (youth organisations, charities and social enterprises, research organisations and think tanks, businesses and foundations, unions, universities and schools) are working together to achieve an inclusive education system that works for all children and young people. 

About the role 

The Fair Education Alliance is currently led by two CO-CEOs Gina Cicerone and Sam Butters. They share the joint function of CEO and divide line-management and operational oversight between them. Sam leads on cross cutting activity (events, comms, projects) and member collective action work and Gina leads on the Scaling Impact Awards. 

As Sam takes maternity leave from Feb 2022, Gina will be taking on sole CEO-ship for the leave period, and so we are looking for a senior leader to work with Gina to take on the oversight and leadership of the cross-cutting activity (events, comms, projects and member collective action which Sam previously led on. 

This Director of Collective Action will be responsible for management and oversight of Collective Action and Policy and Influencing areas of work, including line management of the team in these areas. 

Who are we looking for? 

Ideal candidates will have a passion for tackling inequalities in society and an excellent understanding of the education landscape in the UK. They will have the skills to bring together the FEA’s diverse membership to drive systematic change and communicate the FEA’s vision effectively. Additionally, they will have a strong track record of leading teams, managing people, and relationship building.

Application deadline: 12am on Thursday 21st October 

Learn more, including full details of how to apply: https://bit.ly/FEA_Director_Collective_Action  

I have an excellent Interim Director of People & Services opportunity for an Education Charity based in South-West London on a 12-month fixed term contract.

The role will pay £75,000 to £80,000 per year depending upon experience and will be based at their offices in South-West London with some travel to other sites across London.  There may be some flexibility to work remotely 1 to 2 days per week.  This role has a good mix of strategic and operational activity.

This is a newly created Director position, which reports directly to the CEO and will oversee HR and Facilities / Services for the organisation.  You will develop and deliver the People Strategy to support organisational strategy to transform the People function into a business support function.

The role includes the following responsibilities:-

• Work with senior colleagues to support the Boards and committees, to ensure the organisation achieves the highest standards of people management and development.
• Attend all Board and appropriate committee meetings, ensuring that all appropriate areas within the scope of responsibility of the Director of People are reported on clearly and discussed constructively.
• Work closely with members of the Senior Leadership and School Support Teams to provide clear leadership and direction to the organisation.
• Review the current HR team structure so that it is aligned to the organisational aim and is fit for purpose.
• Support the Chief Executive to ensure a culture of accountability, agility, ambition and honesty is evident and consistently uphold the ethos and values of the organisation.
• Establish a high level of credibility and manage strong working relationships with key external and internal stakeholders.
• Lead the development of organisational design principles to ensure that structures are aligned to business needs and changes are implemented smoothly.
• Lead on the development and implementation of an inclusive culture which puts the achievement of our mission and values at the centre of all we do.

• Develop innovative reward policies, practices and HRIS technologies linked to organisational values and objectives which attract, retain and motivate high performance.

• Develop a grading structure and job evaluation system linked to objectives and performance measurement.

• Provide effective line management for the People team, ensuring that professional development and training needs are met.

• Manage the facilities function with a responsibility for health and safety at all sites; working closely with the Schools Business Manager who has operational responsibility for health safety.

The ideal candidate will have: -

• Significant experience in people management (using a business support function approach).
• Proven experience of managing and developing teams.
• Systems and process project management, including the introduction of HR systems, and operational reporting at all levels up to and including board level.
• Experience of driving equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives to support best practice in this area.
• Substantial experience of coaching and influencing staff to deliver new ways of working.
• Proven capability of delivery to diverse range of stakeholders – Board level, SLT, SST and staff.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of managing facilities

It would be an advantage for candidates with experience of working in the Education sector.

If this sounds like the role for you, apply now.

CAFOD is a leading international development charity and the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Through our 400 staff, 6,000 volunteers and £45m annual income, we work towards a vision of a world where every person can flourish and fulfil their potential, and that the earth is protected and cared for.  We reach out to people living in poverty with practical help, whatever their religion or culture. Through our global Church network, one of the largest in the world, we have the potential to reach so many. And we campaign for global justice, so that every woman, man and child can live a full and dignified life.

It is an exciting time to join CAFOD. We have a new strategy, an inspiring vision and a commitment to standing alongside those who face discrimination and specifically to be an anti-racist organisation.

Reporting directly to the CEO and as part of the Executive Team, this pivotal new role will lead the People, Culture & Change Group and embed the culture change necessary to successfully deliver Our Common Home strategy.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading a team of 16 staff in our People, Culture & Change Group which includes HR, Safeguarding, Internal Communications and Organisational Development.
• Setting the organisational People Culture and Change strategy and delivering the goals to support our new strategy
• Delivering CAFOD’s Safe & Inclusive Working Culture programme and supporting our work to have an active culture of belonging.
• Developing and modelling desired leadership behaviours across CAFOD, supported by an effective, high-quality suite of policies, processes, tools, internal communication, and learning and development support, acknowledging different cultures, contexts and flexible working arrangements
• Providing advice and support to the Executive Director, Chair of Trustees and other senior staff on key People, culture, and employee relations issues.
• Holding the remit of Corporate Safeguarding Lead, liaising with the Lead Trustee with support of the Safeguarding team
• Being the primary point of contact with the Union as Management representative on the Joint Negotiating and Consultation Committee; and ensuring regular contact with the National Staff associations
• With the Executive team, sharing cabinet responsibility for all corporate decisions.

We are seeking an organisational development (OD) professional with considerable strategic thinking and change management experience, skilled in promoting and embedding organisational effectiveness and cultural change. You will have a broad grounding in HR and experience of leading successful talent acquisition, learning and development, diversity & inclusion, and employee engagement programmes. Beyond this, we are looking for you to champion and role model our values and the culture we aspire to create, inspiring our staff and volunteers with your vision of what we can achieve together.

We are happy to consider candidates for whom this would be a first time Director appointment. Candidates of any religious faith and none are encouraged to apply. We ask for sympathy and appreciation of our role as an agency of the Catholic Church.

For a recruitment pack with further details please contact James Stephens at Morgan Law, which you can do by using the 'Apply' button.

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

CAFOD is committed to being an anti-racist organisation and is aware of the lack of diversity amongst its Executive team. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.

The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the-Global Director, Child Rightsat any existing Save the Children International office location.

ROLE PURPOSE:

Save the Children is seeking a transformational development / humanitarian executive to lead our Child rights work globally, covering Child Rights Governance, Child Participation and Child Rights Programming. Taking advantage of Save the Children's vast network of program experts and global footprint, this global leader will use innovation, technology, data, and research to ensure that Save the Children stands as a state of the art institution working with children and their communities efficiently and effectively. This position will provide an unparalleled opportunity to implement the cutting-edge of development, humanitarian and human rights theory and practice across a network of 100+ countries and 25,000 staff. This includes helping Save the Children become effectively localized, data-driven, productively partnered, a powerful advocate, and to stand as one of the world's most recognized voices in the defence of the rights of every child everywhere.

This is the most senior Child Rights role in Save the Children. This role has overall accountability for the quality and impact of embedding Child Rights across our programmes and advocacy across Save the Children, promoting programme innovation and drawing on and contributing to the best global evidence on what works to guarantee children's rights.

As part of Save the Children's 2030 Ambition, the organization has chosen to inspire three Breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, so that every child, and especially those suffering from inequality and discrimination can Survive, Learn and be Protected - with children's rights at the core.

This role will lead organizational efforts to achieve the four goals in our 2022-24 strategy for children, working to ensure that child rights is at the center of the global goals:

• Children have a healthy start in life
• Children go safely back to school and learn
• Children live free from violence
• Children benefit from safety nets and resilient families

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

CHILD RIGHTS TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• In depth understanding of international human rights mechanisms, with a focus on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
• In depth understanding of the interdependency of human rights, governance and development/humanitarian agendas
• Understanding of public financial management and how it impacts public investment in children
• Abel to champion an enabling environment for gender equality and inclusion, and prioritising the rights of the most deprived and marginalised children
• Abel to champion the empowerment of children to claim their political and civil rights

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EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Education to Master's level, with a qualification in human rights, international law/development/ relations, economics, management, politics, governance or a related field is desirable.

• Inspirational leader with ability to communicate a compelling vision for children's rights and Save the Children as a Child Rights organisation
• Strong leadership skills, including demonstrated experience in motivating large direct and indirect teams
• Significant international development and humanitarian contexts experience designing, implementing and evaluating programmes relating to child rights governance, child participation and other relevant child rights programming.
• Thorough knowledge and track record of influencing child rights public and programme policy in development and humanitarian contexts.
• Demonstrable ability to engage effectively across internal/external stakeholders and communities, including children.
• Knowledge of policy, research and evidence-based methodologies with regards to child rights programming.
• A clear understanding of and commitment to gender analysis in informing programmes and policy.
• A combination of technical, research, public advocacy and, local experience.
• Understands that work of development and humanitarian action can be complex and volatile.
• Country level experience in international development, preferably through long-term assignments.
• Proven experience delivering results and outputs
• Energy and drive to create change in a large complex organisation
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching - ability to work with people of all levels from CEO to junior staff and across all functions,
• Experience creating and managing high-performing teams including building shared objectives, quality control, evaluation, motivation, performance management, staff development and training.
• Commitment to building and supporting a diverse and inclusive technical leadership team
• Demonstrates ability to make technical expertise relevant and available to inform programs
• Engaging with donors and public finance stakeholders across humanitarian, development and developed contexts.
• An understanding of and commitment to Save the Children's mission, values and programme approaches.
• Fluent spoken and written English

Desirable:

• Additional languages, particularly French, Spanish and/or Arabic.
• Senior leadership experience working in Save the Children, another large INGO, donor or multilateral agency

We can offer circa £ 73,000 per annum (If based in UK) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.

This role can be based in any existing Save the Children International Regional or Cooffice location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

Where we Work -

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.