Established in 1984, St Nicholas Hospice Care is a successful and much-loved charity serving the local area of West Suffolk and Thetford. The approximate population is 270,000 people, thousands of whom benefit from our clinical services or participate in fundraising activity annually.

Every year we support nearly 2,000 local people, delivering care across multiple settings. Our services are not just for patients, but for their family and friends too, and include everything from specialist medical care to bereavement support and practical help. We also work with other community services that provide a variety of training and education to local professionals and carers about palliative care and bereavement.

The Hospice generates £6 million per annum to fund its overheads and employs more than 150 people. Volunteer support is core to the success of St Nic’s and with more than 500 volunteers are working at retail shops, fundraising events, bereavement support settings and providing practical support in people’s homes.

St Nic’s provides palliative care to people, including their families and carers, living with dying and grief, promoting their health and emotional wellbeing.

We work with a wide range of organisations and volunteers to support the community and we aim to:

• Equip people and communities to support those who are approaching the end of their lives, their families and carers through providing information, practical advice, contacts and specialist support for their care.
• Provide education, training and support in both community and health care settings.
• Establish a network of volunteers to support dying, death and grief in the community we serve, and to.
• Ensure the provision of specialist end of life care for those with complex health needs.

At present, in addition to its community services, we operate a six to eight bed inpatient unit located in the grounds of the West Suffolk Hospital. Our clinical team includes consultants in palliative medicine who are employed both by the Hospice and the Hospital provide specialist care. This unit serves people with the most complex health needs.

Income generation

We promise to make the most of every donation and more than 70% of our income is from voluntary sources.

Our income comes from donations, fundraising, a local lottery, legacies, retail sales from a network of charity shops, house clearance, online sales and grants from our region’s Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Job Summary:

Work as part of the Directorate team to ensure the successful achievement of the Hospice’s strategy and operational plans.

Provide strategic leadership to develop and lead the income generation and marketing strategy for St Nicholas Hospice Care to secure the resources required to deliver its strategic objectives, both now and in the future.

What we want from you

• An effective and highly motivated leader who will drive the development and delivery of the hospice strategy whilst also being flexible and reacting swiftly to changing needs and demanding situations.
• Ability to provide inspiring leadership with appropriate line management ability, ensuring clear delegation of day-to-day operations. Able to work at a strategic and visionary level but also to manage detail and complexities if required.
• Understanding and experience of the charity sector with proven experience in innovation in fundraising.
• Substantial experience and success in leading and managing
  • Business case development
  • Budgets
• Sound emotional intelligence and ability to lead a diverse workforce through change and growth during these challenging times.
• Education to degree level or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop, foster, maintain and utilise a network of relationships.
• Understanding and empathy with the Hospice Vision and Strategy.

Closing date: Friday 10th December 2021

Please click ‘Apply on website’ to be directed to the Peridot Partners website and to contact the advising consultants to discuss this role in more detail.

Harris Hill is recruiting for a Director of Finance on a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract. for this forward-thinking Charity focusing on New Technology.

* Full Time 5 days a week
* 3 / 4 days a week will be based at their offices in Central London
* 12-month fixed term contract - Permanent option is available
* You will manage a team of 5
* Salary: £85,000pa - £100,000pa Depending on experience
* Apply early, as the recruitment process will be swift

The Director of Finance role is a pivotal senior role encompassing the strategic and operational needs of the charity, including the management of accounting and financial control functions, along with ownership of the financial strategy of the Trust.

Working alongside the CEO and the Board of Trustees, the Director of Finance will not only be an exceptional accountant with hands-on experience, but be commercially astute and have a deep understanding of charity financial regulations and obligations.

The post holder will support the CEO to develop the strategy of the Trust ensuring it is financially sustainable and investments support the priorities of Charity

The role will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all financial regulations and ensure the timely production of management accounts, tax and other statutory returns including the filing of accounts with Companies House and company returns to the Charities Commission.
The role requires a strong and confident grasp of financial IT systems along with experience of developing and implementing IT to enhance service delivery and support the delivery of both growth and retention.

As a member of the senior management team the Director of Finance will be providing financial advice and support to inform key decisions including new investments and financial risk.

The Finance Director will have a significant amount of contact with customers and must have excellent communication skills that can be tailored to meet the needs of different audiences.

The position requires you to develop and implement an internal review programme to ensure that the company complies with financial procedures and regulations.

Person Specification - Skills and Qualifications:

* Excellent IT skills, always being ahead of new technologies and experience of developing and implementing IT systems in a complex organisation
* Qualified member of CIMA or an equivalent accountancy body or holder of an equivalent qualification in a related field
* Deep knowledge of tax law and its application to UK charities
* Experience of managing large scale supplier contracts.
* IT sector knowledge and experience.
* Strong collaboration skills and able to work effectively within an executive team. Able to present effective board level information to members who are non-financial.
* Experience of leading and developing staff and teams
* Experience of financial planning and forecasting.
* Experience of producing management accounts and reports for a medium to large scale organization
* Experience of appraising business cases and advising senior managers

Full-time: 40 hours per week (Part-time may be considered for the right candidate). Permanent.

The deadline for applications is 3 December at 12 noon.

Unseen is working towards a world without slavery. We provide safe houses and support in the community for survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery. We also run the UK’s Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline and work with individuals, communities, businesses, governments, other charities, and statutory agencies to stamp out modern slavery for good.

We are looking for a full-time experienced Director to join Unseen’s Senior Leadership Team to oversee our fundraising, communications, and operations activities. We are looking for an experienced leader with a record of accomplishment of working strategically, including experience of liaising at Board level.  This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated strategic thinker to join a fast-paced and ambitious organisation at a time of growth and re-organisation. 

As a strong and inspirational leader, you will be responsible for setting the vision and direction for your various teams. You will lead multi-disciplinary fundraising, communications, and operations teams, including administrative, and HR functions for the organisation. Your drive and determination will be core in helping the organisation achieve its income generation targets as well as optimising cross-organisational operational frameworks and processes. Using your significant communications experience you will ensure all of Unseen’s internal and external communications channels and networks are maximised and utilised appropriately to meet the organisation’s goals.  Your leadership style will ensure you strive to get the best out of your teams, and you will have a passion for personal growth and learning as well as a track record in developing others to succeed. 

Evidence of working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver challenging and ambitious projects, to time, is essential. The successful candidate will be passionate about Unseen’s work and able to articulate its values with confidence and professionalism to stakeholders, partners, and funders. Full and ongoing training and supervision are provided. 

The successful applicant must be able to travel to Unseen’s Head Office in Bristol regularly.

We are looking for someone to start in the first quarter of 2022 (subject to satisfactory references and completion of induction).

Please refer to the job pack for more details.

Successful applicants will be invited to a first interview in December. Second interviews may be held in December/early January.

To apply, please submit a personal statement (of no more than 3000 words) setting out why you think you are suitable for the role and specifically answering the following three questions.  

1. What experiences, skills, qualities and values would you draw on in the role of Director of Fundraising, Communications and Operations? (500 words max)
2. Describe a positive strategic development you have taken forward, outlining your contributions to this success and lessons learnt. (max 500 words)
3. Unseen works with many strategic partners, can you describe where you have used your experience to influence key partners? (max 500 words)

To make our recruitment process as fair as possible and to reduce bias we will be shortlisting based on your response to these three questions using ‘blinding’ and ‘chunking’ processes, so please make sure that each of your responses to the questions above stand on their own merits and do not rely on information from any other responses you give.

We also ask for your CV, but will only use this to provide context if you are invited to interview, it will not be used in shortlisting.

The equal opportunities form can be downloaded from the links at the bottom of the page. Once completed please return all forms to the email address provided.

Unseen is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the community we serve and recognise the value that diversity adds to our work and organisation. We encourage applications from BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under-represented in our workforce, as well as people with lived experience of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Position Overview:

Based in our London office (1 Friday St, London EC4M 9BT), Room to Read’s Development Director, United Kingdom, leads our fundraising efforts and team in this global market. Reporting to the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Director, the UK Director will be responsible for overall fundraising strategy and execution regarding individuals, corporations, and foundations within the United Kingdom.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage market strategy in the United Kingdom to raise a minimum of USD4MM for the market, with a stretch goal of 6MM annually.

• Supervise the London-based Development Manager, providing inspiration and support enabling the Manager to meet and achieve their goals.

• Lead market development activities including: liaising with donors and soliciting donations, identifying new potential investors, maintaining accurate donor records, managing expense budgets, managing events, coordinating with local volunteer chapters and representing Room to Read in the UK market.

• Establish and monitor revenue goals for all revenue streams in the United Kingdom

• Manage a portfolio of relationships with high-level individual and corporate donors in the region with a personal fundraising goal of a minimum of USD2MM+ annually.

• Support the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Director in managing the United Kingdom Regional Board

• Manage the UK Board of Trustees

• Report revenue progress to the UK Trustee Board and EMEA Director and Chief Development and Communications Officer and seek guidance as appropriate.

• Oversee the annual United Kingdom signature fundraising events including gala fundraisers with an annual revenue goal of USD 1.5k-2MM+ from existing and new donors.

• Represent Room to Read at various fundraising events and in donor cultivation meetings.

• As part of the DevCom leadership team, collaborate closely with the EMEA Director on fundraising strategy, as well as with the Senior Director of Global Business Operations, Senior Director of Global Partnerships, and Vice President of Marketing and Communications to support the overall performance of the department and achievement of annual goals.

• Ensure that donor records and revenue forecasts are accurate within DevCom department databases (Salesforce as appropriate).

• Working with the Senior Director of Global Business Operations and the EMEA Director and global legal team, to ensure the market is GDPR compliant while also maximizing potential within the market as well as complying with the UK Charity Commission Guidelines.

• Working with research team members on the Development Business Operations team, conduct research on individuals, corporations, and family foundations with the goal of uncovering new prospects in the United Kingdom.

• Work closely with People Operations staff to assist in the coordination and management of office space and logistics, including planning for growth, negotiating agreements, overseeing procurement, communicating IT requirements, managing expenses, and identifying potential issues

Qualifications:  

Required:

• Demonstrable, strong knowledge of the UK philanthropy landscape

• Minimum 10 years work experience working in business development with at least 2 years of non-profit team leadership experience.

• Demonstrated ability to raised funds in the range of USD 4-6 million annually. If not a non-profit fundraiser, has raised the equivalent or more in the private sector.

• Experience independently raising six and seven figure gifts. 

• Experience working with Boards to raise six and seven figure gifts.

• Demonstrated ability to work with both expats and local high net worth individuals and corporations.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and nurture business development and administrative teams.

• History of dedicated volunteer activity and/or commitment to nonprofit organizations.

• Demonstrated ability to plan and execute business development activities

• Proven ability to work strategically with senior executives

• Strong presentation skills

• Positive initiative and mature judgment

• Highly organized and self-motivated

• Able to balance competing priorities, complex situations and tight deadlines

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communications skills in English

• Ability to travel internationally

• Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people

• Experience living or working internationally is a plus

• Working visa is a plus

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, fun, and rapidly growing organization that is changing the world through education.

Location(s)

Global Office - United Kingdom - London

To be successful at Room to Read, you will also: 

• Have passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact a dynamic nonprofit organization 
• Be a proactive and innovative thinker who achieves results and creates positive change
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness  
• Embrace diversity and a commitment to collaboration 
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment 

Room to Read is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

My client is a national charity dedicated to the promotion of the UK’s rich and diverse arts sector. Their work ranges from supporting small local collections to engaging with world-leading institutions, they ensure as many people as possible can access and enjoy them.

At present they are looking to appoint an interim Director of Finance and Resources to lead on a review of their back office functions and ensure they are able to deliver as a critical business partner to the organisation.

Key responsibilities & objectives:

• Oversee a small but diverse back office function including finance, HR, legal, facilities.
• Acting as the most senior finance professional, responsible for overall financial management, business analysis and financial control of the charity.
• Transform finance into an outward facing business partner, providing critical financial information and insight to the business and board.
• Invest in the development and culture of the team (people, systems and processes)

The successful candidate will be a qualified Accountant with a track record in the Charity and/ or Arts sector. With strong presentation skills and outward facing mind set, you will be very comfortable communicating complex financial messages to the board.

This opportunity is open to candidates seeking both part and full time work (4- 5 days a week). At present my client is operating a hybrid office/ home working model, with c2 days in the office per week.

Director of Financial Planning and Analysis: up to £72,000 + Bonus and Benefits (14 months FTC)

On behalf of a renowned global health-care organisation, we're recruiting a Director of FP&A to cover maternity leave. The Director of FP&A will report to the CFO and lead a team of 5 across Global FP&A and Performance; Investment Funds; and Finance Business Partnering supporting insight and analysis. The Director of FP&A will lead the team to contribute across the finance strategy including capacity building country finance teams via insight; providing first-class business partnering support across regional and country teams for decision-making; and providing a technical centre of excellence for all stakeholder groups.

Main Duties:

• Lead, motivate and manage the FP&A, Informatics and Business Partnering team
• Lead the annual budgeting process, working with the CFO, COO and Fundraising teams to ensure planning tools are robust
• Lead the production of robust insight to country and global leadership teams
• Lead the reporting team to produce insightful management information for Exec and Board
• Support the Business Partners in providing first-class support to all stakeholder groups
• Lead the development of a business partnering provision across Country Programmes, Global Support Office, and Regional Finance Directors
• Lead the development of a new Global Planning process using PowerBI
• Own the Global Data Warehouse and BI Strategy project, ensuring benefits are maximised
• Key member of the Senior Leadership Team, partnering with CFO and COO to develop finance strategy

Person Specification:

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA)
• Exceptional financial analysis and business partnering experience from commercial and NGO sectors - ideally global in nature
• Strong staff leadership experience
• Experience of partnering operational, remote staff on financial management
• Strong financial modelling experience
• Exceptional interpersonal, planning, organisation and business partnering skills

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

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Harris Hill are delighted to be supporting a well loved organisation in their search for a Director of Communications, Marketing and PR.

This well-established charity provide practical and emotional support to individuals and their families suffering with cancer. Through a range of services and spaces they make cancer more manageable and are on a journey of growth, looking to expand their reach and impact to ensure everyone suffering has access to their support.

Keen to ensure this growth is a success, Marketing, Communications and PR will be integral in hitting their objectives to raise the awareness, reputation and reach of the charity. Therefore, this role will act as a key member of the SLT and advise the CEO and wider organisation to bring a Communications lens into critical strategy.

You will have solid experience in senior Marketing, Communications and PR roles with the passion and ability to lead and support a high performing team and advise SLT as the most senior Marcomms person for an organisation.

You will be a strategic thinker who will lead and shape the organisational strategy on reputation and engagement to meet wider objectives.

You will create and drive an internal culture which prioritises and promotes the importance of communications, messaging and voice to establish the organisations brand externally.

You will be a passionate leader who will motivate the wider team to ensure its continued success and strong reputation across the organisation as a highly skilled expert advisory function.

Salary: £55,000 to £66,000 (dependent on experience)

Location: London

Contract: Permanent

To find out more please email a copy of your CV. The firm deadline for this role is Wednesday 1st December, however applications and interviews are being shortlisted on a rolling basis so get in touch ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Unfortunately on successful candidates will be contacted.

Assistant Director of Services

Contract length – 10 months with possible extension to 12 months (maternity cover), commencing February 2022

Salary – [£60,000 - £62,870 per annum] - subject to skills and experience

37.5 hours a week over five days

Base - mix of home working and office - based at one of our locations in North London: Royal Free Charity, The Pears Building, Pond Street, NW3 2PP with occasional travel to Chase Farm Hospital and Barnet Hospital.

The Royal Free Charity stands at the threshold of its most important period of development. The pandemic has shown the importance and necessity of the support the Royal Free Charity can and has provided to staff and patients across our three hospitals sites, and the need for our globally important research has also never been so clear.

The Assistant Director of Services will report to the Director of Grants and Services.

The purpose of the role

Is to oversee the Royal Free Charity’s strategic direction and delivery of patient services. Manage all services delivered by the Charity including:

• Volunteering, Support Hub, Complementary Therapy Services

Required Experience

• Extensive experience of service design and delivery
• Ability to manage high volumes of varied work and operating to tight deadlines
• Experience of leading and line managing others to develop and grow and building and maintaining a high performing team culture
• Experience of building relationships, and influence, with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
• The role is heavily focused on customer service

If you have the right experience, confidence and if you feel excited about this role, we would like to hear from you.

Benefits:

28 days’ paid holiday plus UK bank holidays each year.

Enrolment into the pension scheme.

To apply for this post, send a CV in Word document with a maximum 500-word statement addressing how you meet the criteria set out in the job description and person specification: qualifications, experience, skills, knowledge and personal qualities. Please ensure you include your last employer and dates of employment within your CV.  Also please complete and return the Equal Opportunity Form.

Closing date for application: 8 December 2021 - 12 noon

Interview date: 15 December 2021

(The successful candidates from the first round will attend a second interview held on 20 December 2021)

As an equal opportunities’ employer, the Royal Free Charity is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Royal Free Charity.

Orchestras for All is looking for a Head of Programmes and Partnerships to join its dynamic team on a full-time basis. As part of the Senior Management Team, you will work alongside the Executive Director to drive forward the charity’s inspiring strategy and ambitious plans for the future, with overall responsibility for our three life-changing programmes.

This exciting role is a blend of overseeing the outcomes of OFA’s work through leading and managing the programmes team, and ongoing advocacy that includes attending external events and conferences as well as engaging with partners, donors and stakeholders to collaborate and explore the benefits of building new and existing relationships.

You will have a passion for people and partnerships, be eager to streamline and evolve internal policies and procedures and be excited by the opportunity to empower young people within our programmes to gain greater responsibility of the charity in years to come.

Salary:

£33,000-£37,000 per year, depending on experience.

Location: 

Cecil Sharp House in Camden, London, as well as residential activity across the UK. Flexible home working is currently supported and applicants from outside of London are welcomed.

Benefits: 

25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays

One paid volunteer day annually, aimed to upskill you and the team 

Access to accredited training through EduCare

Pension:

4% contribution to your pension from Orchestras for All

Violence Against Women Support Worker for Women with Learning Disabilities

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week (some out of hours work will be expected)

Job Purpose: To deliver tailored, holistic support to women with learning disabilities affected by violence and abuse, including practical and emotional support to increase women’s and children’s safety and meet identified needs.

Responsible To: Service Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Development:

ØTo identify and develop support strategies and good practice to meet the specific needs of women with learning disabilities seeking support

• To identify and make links with existing specialist projects and community services and to develop joint services where appropriate
• To share good practice around supporting women with learning disabilities who are experiencing abuse with BSWA staff and volunteers and with other relevant agencies
• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the Project
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

Support work:

• To work with women to identify their, and their children’s, support needs and incorporate these into women’s support plans
• To assess risk and to safety plan with women, reviewing assessments and risks regularly
• To devise and implement appropriate methods of communication with women, in agreement with your line manager
• To provide practical support on a range of issues including housing, benefits, legal matters, and emotional support to enable women’s recovery from their experiences of abuse.
• To facilitate access to BSWA and its services and to refer and signpost into specialist statutory and community services where necessary to help meet needs
• To encourage the development of safe and appropriate support networks within the community
• To work within the monitoring and evaluation procedures for the project including encouraging feedback from service users and producing statistical information

Development:

ØTo consult with women with learning disabilities to identify and develop support strategies and good practice to meet their specific needs

• To identify and make links with existing specialist projects and community services and to develop joint approaches where appropriate
• To share good practice around supporting women with learning disabilities who are experiencing abuse with BSWA staff and volunteers and with other relevant agencies
• To keep up to date with current legislative changes for dissemination within staff team, and for use when working with women and children around their rights.
• To keep abreast of issues regarding domestic violence on a national and local level with particular reference to those that may affect the work of the Project
• To participate in multi agency work as agreed with your line manager
• To promote awareness of the impact of domestic violence on women and children and BSWA services

Administration:

• To work within BSWA’s administrative and financial systems
• To ensure that adequate records are kept for all service users and relevant monitoring data collected and recorded
• To ensure that Health and Safety records are kept up to date
• To produce monthly reports for your line manager

Communication:

• To ensure that all staff team members are aware of any matters that are relevant to the welfare and security of the refuges, staff, volunteers and service users by:

1. Maintaining BSWA communication records
2. Following safety procedures
3. Attending team meetings
4. Carrying out risk assessments in conjunction with your line manager

• To attend in-house training
• To attend support and supervision sessions with your line manager
• To develop a professional working relationship with external agencies
• Feedback relevant issues from external meetings/ training to the staff and management teams as appropriate
• To be involved in the Annual Review process

General:

• To maintain the confidentiality of the women and children using the service and in all matters relating to the organisation
• To offer an equal service to all women and children regardless of age, class, culture, language, race, religion and sexual orientation
• To work within BSWA policies and procedures and demonstrate a commitment to the values and ethos of BSWA
• To work within BSWA’s framework for equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• To adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, and Adult Safeguarding procedures throughout
• To undertake any other duties required by BSWA, which may arise and commensurate with the post

Women only need apply.  These posts are covered by a Genuine Occupational Requirement (Schedule 9; Equality Act 2010). 

In the UK, in areas of disadvantage, up to 40% of children do not reach a good level of development by the age of 5. Thrive at Five is a new, independent, not for profit organisation, conceived around a vision of a society that cherishes children's development in the early years, where every child can thrive and achieve their full potential.

Using a collective impact approach, Thrive at Five is driving and supporting collaboration between funders, the public, private and the voluntary sector to improve outcomes in the early years. Listening to the voice, and harnessing the power of parents, carers and families in local communities is central to the change that Thrive and Five seeks to make. They are at the heart of shaping the future of their children.

Partnerships and Programme Lead

Thrive at Five

Stoke on Trent

Up to £70,000, dependent on experience

Thrive at Five was established in 2021, and having recruited a Chair, Board and Chief Executive, we are now building our senior leadership team to deliver our mission.

The Partnerships and Programme Lead will set up Thrive at Five's pathfinder programme. They will build relationships and networks, establish governance and a team to act as the backbone organisation supporting delivery of the Thrive at Five local early years strategy in two wards in Stoke. They will also work closely with local partners and the national team to ensure that data and learning from Stoke are captured and fed into strategic thinking around sustainability, replicability, and scaling of Thrive at Five Stoke is the first of several pathfinder areas that will inform a national model.

In delivering the pathfinder programme, the Partnerships and Programme Lead will work closely with local stakeholders in Stoke on Trent, from across the public, voluntary and private sector, enabling them to collectively support parents and children under 5, to improve outcomes in the early years and particularly improve levels of school readiness. Crucial to this work will be engaging with and empowering local parents who are the key to successful delivery of the initiative.

This is an exciting opportunity for an impact focussed leader, with deep knowledge of early childhood development and with a passion for social and systems-level change.

With proven experience of building and maintaining networks with a wide range of stakeholders and of working with public sector organisations who support families with young children, you will bring strong understanding of the systems that support families with children under 5. You will be self-starter as well as a team player who drives collaboration, is experienced at leading and developing staff and excited by this new venture. With solid project management skills, you will relish the opportunity to build a model that ensures strength in communities, achieves long term sustainability and aims to achieve long-term systemic improvements in early childhood development.

We are committed to inclusion in all aspects of our work and our new Partnerships and Programme Lead will have the ability to collaborate effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures and nurture differing views. They will work sensitively with the changing needs of our community and be comfortable talking about the importance of inclusion to a range of audiences.

Deadline for applications: Wednesday 5th January 2021

Interviews with Prospectus: 12th to 21st January 2021

Interviews with Thrive at Five: From 27th January to 1st February 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.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is the leading charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people.

Direct Marketing Executive (Retention)

Home-based (UK)

£26,081 - £30,884 (pro rata if not full time)

28-35 hours per week

 Fixed term contract - from January 2022 to February 2023

Do you want to play a pivotal role in raising the funds we need to provide our life-changing services for deaf children and their families?

In 2021/22 the National Deaf Children’s Society aims to raise £24.5 million to fund our range of services and campaigning work. Around 90% of this will be generated through the activities of the Supporter Marketing team. We have ambitious plans to continue the growth that has seen us more double fundraising income since 2005, allowing us to extend the reach of our services for deaf children and young people.

As the Direct Marketing Executive, you will be responsible for delivering supporter retention campaigns for our 160,000 National Deaf Children’s Society and Deaf Child Worldwide regular supporters and 35,000 cash and raffle donors. You will ensure our campaigns are delivered in time and on budget, including: direct marketing appeals, raffles, telephone reactivation and upgrade campaigns, supporter magazines, and online communication channels. 

Working as part of the Supporter Marketing team you will contribute to planning and implementing our supporter retention communications, finding new ways to improve supporter commitment and satisfaction and increase retention rates. 

You will have experience of marketing or fundraising either within a charity or other environment. You will be an effective communicator with strong project management skills and good creative/copywriting skills. Previous experience of telephone fundraising is an advantage.

The post is offered at either 28 or 35 hours (4 or 5 days) per week depending on the successful applicant’s preferences. This is a fixed term post expected to start in January 2022 and expected to run until February 2023. The role is home-based, though travel to the London office and other locations may be required on an occasional basis. 

To apply for this role, you will have to complete an online application and specify how you meet the person specification criteria, as outlined in the job description. Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Currently, the application process works best on desktop / laptop devices. 

The closing date for applications is on Sunday 5 December 2021 at 23.59.

We expect interviews to be held remotely during December 2021.

Please note: we will be reviewing the applications on a rolling basis.

The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment. 

A disclosure check will be sought in relation to the successful applicant for this post. This will be shared with Human Resources and may also be shared with the Safeguarding Manager and the relevant management team. All applicants must also complete a self-disclosure form. 

We strive to provide an accessible recruitment process. If a disability or long-term condition makes it difficult for you to complete our application form, please contact us to discuss alternative formats. If you require reasonable adjustments for taking part in the interview, please indicate this in response to the corresponding question in the application form. 

Additional information about the support we offer is on our jobs page. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to offering interviews to candidates who request to be considered under the disability confident scheme and meet the minimum requirements of the person specification.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to promoting work life balance amongst its staff. 

As part of the recruitment process, candidates will be asked to declare and explain their gaps in employment. All our offers of employment are subject to pre-employment checks – these checks include but are not limited to references, right to work in the UK, disclosure (if applicable) and qualifications (if applicable).

The National Deaf Children’s Society is a registered charity in England and Wales (1016532) and in Scotland (SC040779).

We are thrilled to be working with leading national children’s disability charity that is looking for a Direct Marketing Executive to join its Retention team. This role will project manage the charity’s supporter retention campaigns in order to maximise lifetime value of all individual supporters.

The successful postholder will also develop and test new supporter retention propositions and approaches and analyse and report on effectives. The role will work across online and offline channels, working closely with the Senior Direct Marketing Executive and the Head of Supporter Retention.

The charity is welcoming applications from candidates with experience:

• Understanding of charity fundraising, particularly direct marketing/individual giving environment
• Marketing or fundraising activity within a charity, agency or commercial environment
• Using databases and understanding their value in maximizing revenue from campaign activity

Location: UK based, work from anywhere

Salary: £26,000-£31,000

Deadline: ASAP

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Christina on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

Senior Project and Programme Manager

We are looking for a Senior Project and Programme Manager to leads on the strategy implementation and business transformation for a charity that enables people and communities to improve their health, prospects, and green spaces.

You will be working for a conservation charity working with community volunteers to deliver practical solutions to the real life challenges they face, their activities have a lasting impact on people’s health, prospects and outdoor spaces.

Position: Senior Project and Programme Manager

Location: Doncaster, with flexible working

Salary: £46,000 per annum

Hours: 35 hours per week

Benefits: 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays and including Christmas Eve, pension scheme, tax free childcare, Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work scheme, development leave, flexible working, life assurance, Bupa Health cash plan.

Closing Date: 9.00pm on the 5th December 2021

About the Role:

The Senior Project and Programme Manager is a key new senior role in the Central Services Team based in Doncaster. Reporting to the Finance Director and Leadership Team, the role will operationalise the implementation of the charity’s 2025 strategy ‘For people and green spaces: a thriving network for everyone’ and related business transformation, including hands-on delivery to related projects and work streams.

The role will also co-ordinate the delivery of continuous business improvement and business integration across the organisation.

About You:

As Senior Project and Programme Manager you will have proven experience in a similar role, with a breadth of skills and expertise in project management and continuous business improvement. 

You will need to bring with you the following skills and experience:

• Practically experienced as a Programme Manager in a charity organisation
• Experience of leading strategy implementation/business transformation programmes
• Experience of working with matrix business teams to deliver business change goals.
• Project Management office professional with knowledge of MS Project
• An agile/lean/six sigma qualified practitioner

If you feel you can bring the skills and passion to this exciting new role, then apply today!

As a Disability Confident and Equal Opportunities Employer, our client welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates including those from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups and disabled candidates

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Programme Manager, Head of Programmes, Head of Project and Programmes, Senior Programme Manager, Grant Programmes Manager, Principle Project Manager, Director of Programmes, Charity Programmes Manager etc.