Richmond Borough Mind is a vibrant local charity that has been supporting and providing services for adults affected by mental health problems and their carers for over 60 years.  

Our out of hours crisis service, Journey Recovery Hub, has been running since December 2019. The service provides support to those suffering from mental health problems, aiming to prevent escalation, reduce isolation, increase independence and self-management and improve mental health and wellbeing.

We are looking for an individual who is a highly motivated team coordinator, with knowledge and experience of supporting vulnerable adults and using the recovery approach in service provision. 

The successful applicant will have clear project management skills to support our flexible approach to delivering crisis interventions moving forwards.You will also be a motivating and inspirational leader, and be skilled at encouraging and supporting your team of staff and volunteers to deliver effective person centred support for our clients.  You will be enthusiastic and self-motivated, and must be able to work on your own initiative.

You will be required to work face to face in our Kingston Hub primarily, but you may be asked to cover some shifts in our Richmond Hub too. The work will be delivered in a shift pattern over evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays. 

Richmond Borough Mind values diversity and difference.  We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, particularly individuals with lived experience of mental health problems.

Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS. 

Job title: Work Experience Coordinator

Location: Manchester (up to 50% office based)

Responsible to: Director of Delivery

Contract: Full time, Permanent

Remuneration: £23,000 - £26,000 per annum

**Please note: Your application will not be considered without submitting a cover letter and including your notice period.**

Main purpose of role

This role sits within our Experience team and is crucial to the delivery of our work experience programme.

Hours: This role will be full-time (37 hours) & Permanent.

Infrequent weekend work may be required.

Location: We are currently working from home. This role will be based at our new Manchester Office, but you will only be required to work from the office for up to 50% of your working week.

Application deadline: Please see below regarding notifications and start date.

What you’ll be doing:

Schools and Student Management

• Responding to enquiries from schools and students regarding questions about the application portal registration process and general troubleshooting
• Processing new user registrations on our portal
• Onboarding of new schools and colleges
• Supporting our Virtual Programmes
• Helping with technical delivery processes using both our in-house software and that of external partners, as well as helping to run training session with other members of our employer team
• End-to-end technical support for employers, schools, and students
• Enabling employers in the delivery of their virtual work experience programmes
• Using our in-house software to support the technical processes our employer partners use to recruit for and run work experience placements
• Data Management and CRM
• Inputting new data, maintaining existing records, generating reports to aid impact reporting and funding evidence

Skills and Proficiencies:

• Experience in a similar delivery-focussed role within a small, fast-paced organisation
• Experience using Microsoft packages, including Outlook
• Experience of using CRM software to achieve the tasks outlined above (preferably Salesforce)
• Experience of using Google Classrooms
• Good customer service skills that mean queries are answered professionally and clearly
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to learn quickly to ensure smooth delivery processes
• Flexibility and a willingness to get stuck in and help with any tasks the team require support for
• Experience communicating with educational establishments and a familiarity with how schools and colleges operate
• Ability to clearly communicate with students to ensure they understand our processes and are able to access opportunities

We are looking for people who:

• Are sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Excel at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently
• Think strategically and can change tactics while still meeting larger objectives

It's not just a matter of qualifications. As an eclectic team, one size does not fit all. A degree level qualification may be useful, but experience, effort and amazing communication skills is just as valuable.

What is Speakers for Schools?

Founded by ITV Political Editor Robert Peston (Trustee), and chaired by Andrew Law (Caxton Associates), Speakers for Schools was created to help level the playing field for UK state schools and their students by giving them the same access to the UK’s leading figures from politics, business, science, sport, the arts and more, as that enjoyed by private schools.

Bill Gates, Baroness (Martha) Lane Fox, Professor Brian Cox, David Dein, David Cameron, Natalie Bennett, Ed Balls, Naomi Campbell and over two thousand other influential, eminent and inspirational people, have been kind enough to volunteer their time to speak with Speakers for Schools. Almost a million Young People have attended a Speakers for Schools talk.

In 2016, we launched our Experience Programme. Experience works with our outstanding network of speakers and partner employers, to offer young people, amazing work experience opportunities, which would often be out of reach to them.

Our Experience Programme has more than trebled in impact since September as employers such as the Bank of England, M&C Saatchi, Disney, Spotify, Santander, Morgan Sindal, BA, BP, Cisco and others offer placements to thousands of Young People. In March we launched a ground-breaking virtual work experience programme in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

How to Apply:

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Please make it clear in your cover letter what previous experience you have working with Salesforce and Google Classrooms.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools:

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications.

We will be closing this on or before Friday 30th April.

Our new team members will start ASAP.

Community Coordinator

ECHO is seeking a new community-building superstar to join our small but hardworking charity supporting children and young people with heart conditions and their families.

You will play a major role in developing a new community forum on the ECHO website, reaching out to families and professionals across the paediatric cardiology community.

You will act as a link between parents, medical professionals and information providers and be of assistance to them all.

The day-to-day job of Community Coordinator will be to build and improve the way parents/carers can ask questions, find information, and get support from the moment of diagnosis right through to adulthood.

This job will suit someone who wants to make a difference to families, someone who understands the value of high quality and reliable information and someone who can take the time to make someone else smile.

The Job Description gives you an idea of what we are looking for - what we would love is someone who can bring ideas and see them through to delivery on a small budget and in a small team. Someone who values volunteers and who can get things done.

Setting up a new online forum might not be easy, we have some technical support, but you will work with volunteers and partners to get it working and moderated safely, within necessary guidelines and policies. When monitoring and replying to forum posts, you will need to be knowledgeable and professional in your signposting ability.

Much of your work will be online but some will be face to face meeting parents, children, doctors, psychologists, administrators, and charity professionals - you will need to be open-minded and have a positive attitude.

Supporting families as they experience their heart journey can be tough; we support you with a fun and friendly team, regular wellbeing activities and monthly external supervision. As a thank you we gift staff some extra holiday days, and we encourage personal development and training.

We are a small team, there may at times be a need for help with a children’s party, a fundraising letter to a company or presenting to a medical team about the work we do. Our work is based mainly from the ECHO office, but we are flexible and ad-hoc travel to events and activities will be necessary.

ECHO seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. ECHO welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK. ECHO will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job function if appointed to the role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments.

Hours: Part-time, 20 hours per week.

Salary: £27,000 (pro-rata)

Contract: 12 months (potential to extend, based on funding)

Application process: through Charity Job website only

Closing date: 10am Friday 14th May

Interviews: 8/9th June 2021

The Programme Funding Coordinator is an integral member of the emerging programme funding team, providing effective and efficient support to country programmes in project design, donor networking and in order to grow and diversify a donor funding base. We are ambitious to increase scale and sustainability of our grant funding by diversifying our range of donors and securing larger and longer-term opportunities.  The programme funding coordinator will be donor facing and work to identify and create new opportunities for the organisation across a diverse network and ensure that our country programmes are supported to produce consistently high-quality proposals. The position is responsible for driving growth of quality programming in our country programmes as well as increasing our reputation with donor agencies and within the wider International development community.

Closing date: 11.30pm on Friday, 23rd April 2021.

ord is an international charity working with people in highly sensitive and oppressive contexts to transform dysfunctional relationships into those that create peaceful and inclusive societies. Our vision, inspired by the Christian faith, is of a world where all people live in the fullness of peace, have the freedom to flourish and live free from fear. We work towards this through employing and working with people of all faiths and none. 

Cord’s strategy, Promoting the Power of Peaceful Relationships, builds on what it has learnt from its recent programme work, adapting to the new challenges and opportunities that are present in the world today. Cord is currently exploring opportunities to expand into new countries and develop new partnerships. 

Cord is looking for someone to support our institutional fundraising and programmes with excellent writing skills, who is passionate about seeing positive change in our world and can bring strong project cycle management skills, including programme design, quality assurance and implementation, and learning and accountability.

The ideal candidate will need to have the following skills/experience: 

• Higher degree and advanced understanding of human rights, peacebuilding or international development; 
• At least two years’ experience in a comparable role for an international organisation; 
• Demonstrated track record of securing funding through writing high quality fundraising proposals and reports; 
• Awareness of project cycle management and programme delivery in challenging contexts; 
• Experience in writing complex and detailed institutional funding proposals and reports tailored to the language of donors for example the European Union, FCO, NORAD, GIZ and the U.S Bureau for Democracy, Rights and Labor 
• Strong organisational and project management skills 
• Excellent writer with meticulous attention to detail 
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research and analysis skills, with the ability to form convincing conclusions and arguments

This role is homebased with team meet-ups in Coventry and travel to country programmes.

Pump Aid is a dynamic, award winning and growing organisation, which is promoting radically different approaches to aid and international development in the WASH sector in sub-Saharan Africa; providing opportunities for water entrepreneurs to establish small businesses, improving access to sanitation for children under five, and enabling rural Malawians to self-invest in water pumps and services: ending aid dependency for good.

To support this new approach, we are recruiting a Programme Funding Officer to help deliver a step change in our fundraising from trusts and foundations, with an active focus on those donors who both recognise the need for change and who want to support the innovative approaches we are delivering.

Your skills in communicating with others, putting together powerful content and a passion for doing aid differently will help us to achieve these aims and improve the lives and life chances of farmers, families, women, young children and girls for decades to come.

To apply; please send a CV and a two page covering letter explaining why you are right for this role.

Programme Manager (Violence Reduction)

Salary: £32,640 - £35,700 pa + 6% pension

Employment type: Two Year Fixed Term, 36 hours per week

Location: Haringey

Closing date: Thursday, 22/04/2021, 12 noon

Interviews:  Wednesday, 28/04/2021

Do you have a passion for reducing youth violence? Do you want to help drive an exciting and innovative community-led violence reduction partnership programme in Tottenham?

The Bridge Renewal Trust and consortium partners have secured a £750,000 contract to deliver targeted interventions to tackle violence in the Tottenham Hale ward area as part of the GLA Violent Reduction Unit’s flagship My Ends programme.

We are currently recruiting a Programme Manager to work with our consortium partners and stakeholders to lead of the delivery of our Home Cooked programme including programme management, delivery of violence reduction interventions, monitoring and evaluation.

We are looking for someone who is: experienced in developing and co-ordinating interventions to tackle youth violence with partners and residents; able to co-ordinate capacity building support and training for grassroots community organisations; skilled leader and able to manage relationships and motivate others; and conversant with a wide range of communications tools to engage a diverse range of stakeholders.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive organisation where we value and reward the performance of our staff.

To apply, please email your CV with contact details of two referees, a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the requirements set out in the Person Specification and completed equal opportunities monitoring form.

For a full job description, please visit the Bridge Renewal Trust website.

Position Title: Programme Officer– Non-Discrimination

Location: The Trust’s office in West London

Reporting to: A Programme Manager

Management

responsibility: None

Grade and salary:  Grade D, £48,719

Contract terms: Permanent, 37.5 hours a week

Please note we are re-advertising this role. If you applied for this position in the first round, you do not need to re-submit your application.

About the Trust

The Sigrid Rausing Trust is a grant-making foundation based in London. Founded in 1995, its purpose is to promote the values and principles of human rights, equality and the rule of law, and to preserve nature from further degradation.

In pursuit of these goals, the Trust has given away approximately £397 million to organisations all over the world. Current focal regions for Trust grant-making are countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Eastern Mediterranean, and North and sub-Saharan Africa. Its current annual budget is approximately £47 million. The Trust is led by nine Trustees and currently employs 25 staff.  More detail on the Trust’s work can be found on its website.

Purpose of the role

To advise the Trustees of the Sigrid Rausing Trust on grant-making related to non-discrimination. The Programme Officer will work across the Women’s Rights, LGBTI Rights and Xenophobia and Intolerance programmes, including identifying organisations working on multiple and intersecting discriminations.  

The Women’s Rights Programme supports organisations working to uphold women's rights and promote gender equality in three areas: ending gender-based violence, protecting sexual and reproductive rights and securing women's land and property rights. We also support national, regional and international women's funds.

The LGBTI Rights programme aims to improve the legal standing and social acceptance of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex people in our focus regions. We support organisations working to address discriminatory laws, homophobia and violence.

The Xenophobia and Intolerance Programme supports organisations in our focus regions defending the rights of people who are discriminated against, subject to hate speech and demonisation or denied access to justice due to their ethnic identity or refugee status.

Relationships and reporting lines

The Programme Officer will report to a Programme Manager, and will work closely with other members of the programmes team, as well as the Executive and Deputy Executive Directors on matters of strategy. Additional key relationships include interaction with Trustees, as well as collaboration with the Trust’s other programme officers and operations staff.

Working for the Trust

The Trust is committed to staff development. We offer various opportunities for staff to learn and develop, including an individual training budget, and management devoted to coaching and development as a grant maker. We encourage staff to attend events such as conferences, expert and donor meetings, to keep abreast of the developments in the human rights and philanthropic fields. The Trust is committed to being a good practice employer. We offer flexible working arrangements and are currently undertaking a wide-ranging review of staff benefits.

It is important to us that our organisation is diverse, so we actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

Main duties and responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to manage all stages of the grant making process, from invitation to application, award and reporting.

Programme Officer Duties:

• Making a contribution to the strategic direction of the Women’s Rights, LGBTI Rights and Xenophobia and Intolerance programmes, including advising on how these programme areas intersect;
• Liaising with staff and Trustees on the overall approach to the portfolios they work on;
• Identifying potential grant applicants by researching organisations relevant to the Women’s Rights, LGBTI Rights and Xenophobia and Intolerance Programmes, including organisations working on multiple and intersecting discriminations; networking and attending relevant events;
• Providing expertise on the issues covered in the Women’s Rights, LGBTI Rights, and Xenophobia and Intolerance Programmes;
• Reviewing submitted applications, interviewing potential grantees, undertaking due diligence and preparing analytical reports and recommendations to the Trustees;
• Reviewing reports submitted by grantees, evaluating and reporting on the impact of grants and signing off on grant payments;
• Managing the grant making pipeline to ensure efficiency of processes and an appropriate balance of recommendations across the Trust’s grant making meetings;
• Maintaining relationships and regular communication with grantees, including site visits and attendance at grantee events;
• Keeping informed of developments in relevant fields and in the Trust’s focus countries;
• Developing relationships with other donors and stakeholders in the field;
• Representing the Trust externally at national and international conferences.

Other Duties:

• Carrying out similar duties for other programme areas as needed; 
• Conducting research into particular thematic or funding related issues relevant for the Trust as needed;
• Supporting learning across the Trust on how we can better address discrimination including intersectional discrimination in our grant-making;
• Such other duties as the Trust may reasonably require.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Education:

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.

Experience:

• At least seven to ten years of experience in one of these areas: women’s rights, LGBTI rights or xenophobia and intolerance, and demonstrable experience of working in at least one of the other areas;
• Demonstrable experience of working across issues of discrimination and preferably of applying an intersectional approach;
• Experience of working in some of the Trust’s geographic focus areas;
• Demonstrable commitment to furthering the Trust’s vision;
• Knowledge of working with international and regional human rights mechanisms as they pertain to the issues addressed by the portfolios they work on;
• Experience of developing and managing relationships with civil society;
• Demonstrable interest, knowledge and experience of the issues addressed in the portfolios they work on;
• Prior experience of working in the civil society, legal or donor sector ideally on the issues in the portfolio.
• Experience of grantmaking is desirable.

Key Competences and Skills:

• Adaptability and flexibility;
• Organised, with the ability to prioritise and manage competing demands;
• Ability to think strategically about opportunities for grantmaking in the given fields;
• Ability to work closely and sensitively with other team members;
• Good judgement, demonstrating objectivity and self-awareness;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Analytical, with excellent research skills;
• An understanding of good grant making practice, including due diligence, effective grants management, legal compliance and monitoring and evaluation;
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks;
• Attention to detail;
• Collaborative, with good interpersonal skills;
• Takes initiative but knows when to seek advice and guidance;
• Integrity, humility and a sense of humour.

SRT is only able to consider applications from candidates who already have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. The post will be based in London and will require travel up to a minimum of six weeks a year in the UK and internationally.

How to apply:

Please submit a two page CV and two page cover letter to apply. Please use your cover letter to demonstrate your suitability for the role.

Closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Sunday 25th April .

We expect to hold first round interviews from 10th May 2021

The role will be part of an exciting new programme which is being developed by Citizens Advice in Hampshire called Reaching People Together.

Advice First Aid (AFA) Programme Manager

£28k - £30k p.a. depending on experience

Full-time, 37.5 hours per week(Please note we will consider requests for flexible working)

Fixed term contract for 1 year 

Flexible location (Offices based in Winchester and Bishops Waltham)

The role is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving organisation, and lead the development of an exciting, flagship programme.

It will focus on:

• Identifying key partners and building effective strategic relationships with them, to better reach target communities
• Testing and developing a partnership working model, based on Advice First Aid (where partners are trained to identify advice needs and refer into Citizens Advice as needed*)
• Working collaboratively with other funded posts (based in Citizens Advice Hampshire and Citizens Advice Rushmoor), as well as with other local Citizens Advice offices, and supporting the Steering Group.

*Note that training on Advice First Aid will be delivered separately and the post-holder does not need training skills and experience (although these could be useful).

The Citizens Advice service values diversity; promotes equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, as they are currently under represented in our workforce.

We are currently reviewing our policies around home and office working. Currently all roles are home-based due to the pandemic, but as restrictions allow we are likely to move to a hybrid model of home and office working. It is expected that you will be within a commutable distance of Winchester District, and able to travel to offices and locations around the district as required.

For more information about this role and the benefits of working for us please visit our website via the Apply button where you can download the Job Pack, Guidance notes and application form.

Closing date is 5pm Mon 10th May.

Interviews will take place on Mon 17th May.

Citizens Advice Winchester District (CAWD) is a thriving, independent local charity, and a high-performing member of the Citizens Advice network. At CAWD people come to us for support on a wide range of issues, but they have one thing in common: they need help, often urgently. Our advice changes peoples’ lives, supporting them through difficult and challenging times. We deliver free, independent advice on a range of topics via our telephone, email, webchat and face to face services. Our core service relies on volunteers who expertly support the bulk of our clients. We also deliver specialist services and projects.

We are passionate about creating opportunities for care-experienced children/young people to access the great education and pastoral care available through bursary places at the UK's boarding and independent schools; and are looking for a Programme Manager with compassion and experience of working with children and young people who are either in, or on the edge, of children's social care, to organise all aspects of this programme.

You will be highly organised, maintaining excellent communication, empathy and case management skills to ensure quality support to the children, schools, parents/carers and Local Authorities that we work with. Working within our Programmes Team, you will coordinate all aspects of the Looked-After & Vulnerable Children Programme, including:

• Managing the day-to-day operations: developing relationships with children’s social care professionals with regard to selecting, preparing and matching care-experienced children/young people to available bursary places at boarding and independent schools, providing advice and guidance to Local Authority Virtual Schools, social workers, families/ carers, developing all aspects of the application process, assisting in coordination and management of admissions’ procedures, undertaking home visits and accompanying pupils on visits to schools

• Developing and implementing approaches to measuring and monitoring pupils' progress, needs and views including through liaising with parents/carers and schools staff; maintaining oversight of school reports, PEP and child protection information, analysing data on pupil's social and emotional wellbeing, and reflecting on this information to continuously adapt and improve the ‘wrap-around’ care/support provided by the charity for its' looked-after and vulnerable pupils, in order to create the strongest conditions for successful bursary placements

• Working with the Head of Alumni Programme to develop support for how the charity ensures that looked-after- and vulnerable children continue to thrive after they leave their bursary placements

• Participating in the development, implementation and delivery of relevant training courses and information sessions, both for local authorities and staff in schools; and supporting the charity's research partners to build the evidence of positive outcomes and impact of the looked-after and vulnerable children programme to relate trends in outcomes of relevance to a broader audience and  disseminate that learning to key audiences

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to build a programme that is sponsored by the Department for Education and has the potential to have a significant impact on a key social problem. Our current team includes recent graduates and those with experience up to Director level - all of whom share a passion for improving social mobility through harnessting the commitment of the UK's boarding and independent school sector to widen access to their fully-funded bursary places. This opportunity would suit someone skilled in programme delivery and management and with prior experience of working in the children's social care or charities working with vulnerable children/young people. 

Person specification

The ideal candidate will be confident in providing day-to-day operations management/support with a strong emphasis on the quality of relationships with Local Authority personnel and vulnerable children's families/carers. Managing complex cases involving multiple parties, including social workers and supporting multi-agency collaboration you will need to be a clear and confident communicator and know when to draw on the expertise and advice of management.

You will be able to work with uncertainty and ambiguity, demonstrating a determination to find what needs to be done and having it completed, no matter how complex the multiple agencies and adults involved in the care for the child/young person. You will be highly organised, maintaining an overview of multiple case loads, prioritising effectively and overseeing the programme through from identification of potential beneficiaries, to preparation, support and as the young person transitions to become an alumni.

The willingness to build a strong relationship with people face to face, over the telephone and email. Being happy to spend time with people through a variety of interactions. Have a good understanding of team work and will work with the team to create an inclusive team culture. 

Essential skills/experience: 

• Ability to prioritise effectively in order to meet short term and long term deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple agencies and know when to escalate issues, particularly with regards to safeguarding.
• Strong communication skills, both in writing and verbally, transparent record keeping. 
• Caring and empathetic about the education outcomes of children in the care system.
• Advocacy skills to ensure timely delivery of services to the children we work with.
• Good understanding of business processes and strong attention to detail.
• Professional and polite telephone manner; have the ability to speak to individuals from a wide range of backgrounds; from social workers to senior local authority officers be empathetic with parents/carers in difficult situations.
• Proactive in responding to issues and a problem solving mindset.
• Knowledgeable of safeguarding and best practice in handling sensitive data and issues.
• Experience working within the local government/school/charity or social work sectors
• Understanding children’s services and delivery of local services.
• Knowledge of key issues relating to LAC/SEN, including trauma and attachment awareness. 

Desirable:

• An understanding and experience of the boarding school system and wider independent education landscape.
• Experience or knowledge of SEN provision and local offering.
• Experience of working in or with a small charity.

General

Salary of £30,000-£37,000 dependent on experience and location. We are currently working remotely due to the COVID restrictions with access to an office in Central London on a hot-desking basis. The job is subject to having the right to work in the UK and an enhanced DBS check. 

Contract: Full Time, 2 year fixed term

Salary: £25,000 - £32,000 per annum 

Principal Location: Bukavu or Bujumbura (Burundi) with regular travel to Uvira city and the High Plateau area and Bukavu.

Are you an experienced project manager, fluent in both French and English looking to develop further?

Street Child is seeking an experienced Project manager to manage our growing Great Lakes programme portfolio. We are particularly keen to hear from candidates who have strong experience in project implementation, budget management, grant management and developing and delivering MEL approaches.  This role will give you the opportunity to;

• Lead the operational oversight of Street Child’s established South Kivu programme together with our strong national NGO partner
• Provide support to the Great Lakes Representative in the expansion of our nascent programming in Burundi and Rwanda as well as further expansion in the Kivus as required.

To be successful in this role will require flexibility and adaptability as well as excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to working with our local partners in the region.  The project manager will be responsible for the project planning and excellent delivery of our complex £1.7m three year ‘Safer Schools’ programme in the conflict-affected High Plateau region of South Kivu.

You will be joining an agile and fast-growing global organisation, working for children’s futures in 17 fragile, conflict and crisis affected countries. Our partner organisations in the region have deep roots in the context and we are proud as an organisation to deliver as much of our work as possible through local partners whose development and growth we take as seriously as our own. Since 2008 we have helped over 318,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 29,000 families to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading operational oversight for the successful delivery of Plateau-based projects, including the delivery of the £1.7m UKAid funded Safer Schools programme.
• Lead MEL processes for the relevant projects, including design and translation of M+E tools, data analysis, evaluation processes and strengthening feedback mechanisms.
• Ensure donor compliance including report writing, budget and logframe revisions and donor communication.
• Prepare high quality institutional funding applications, donor proposals and concept notes in full partnership with the Great Lakes Representative.
• Monthly financial reporting and collaborative working on programme financial management
• Manage the relationship between the UK and Great Lakes office to ensure the impact of our programmes are clearly communicated externally.
• Provide partner capacity development with dedicated support on partner engagement, proposal development, project cycle management, grant management and reporting and institutional capacity building in line with the Street Child partnering agenda.
• Contribute to the development of Great Lakes strategy, supporting the Great Lakes Representative in the implementation of DRC non-Plateau, Burundi and Rwanda projects and in donor liaison, fundraising and networking.
• Externally represent the organisation at meetings with donors, networks, government and other stakeholders in all relevant fora.

We are looking for:

• A dynamic, positive person with a proven track record in project implementation including budget management, grant management and developing/delivering MEL approaches
• You will have excellent written and spoken communication in both English and French.
• Strong networking skills with an ability to skilfully navigate both national and international stakeholders.
• You will be passionate about local partnership and locally led development.
• Ideally, but not essentially, you will have a strong background in education, child protection and/or livelihood approaches with experience working in the Great Lakes region.

Please refer to the attachment to see the full role description, person specification and instructions on how to apply. Applications will be reviewed and interviews arranged on a rolling basis.

Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy. Street Child welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Womankind Worldwide is a global women’s rights organisation working in partnership with women’s rights movements and organisations to transform the lives of women and girls. We strengthen and support women’s movements in our focus countries in Africa and Asia, and take collective action at regional and global levels, to ensure women’s voices are heard, their rights are realised, and their lives are free from violence. Projects in our focus countries are at the heart of Womankind's strategy of partnership with women’s rights organisations and women’s movements. We commit to accountability to our partners and each other through transparent, inclusive, disciplined and ethical project management according to a standardised process.

This role is part of the Programmes and Learning team and will work closely with colleagues across the organisation as well as partners and other external stakeholders. This position is located in the in the UK. You will be joining a dedicated team of people who care deeply about the difference we are able to make, working with women’s movements across the world.

This position is located in the UK.

Salary £30,587 per annum plus pension contribution.

Deadline for applications: Monday 10 May 2021 12:00 noon 

1st round interviews: w/c 17 May 2021 TBC 

2nd round interviews: TBC

Role Purpose

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting Womankind’s Programmes and Partnerships in the Programmes and Learning team as part of the wider Policy, Programmes & Learning team. You will support the planning, implementation and monitoring of Womankind’s programmes and activities in line with Womankind’s strategies.

The successful applicant will work closely with the Programme Manager: Innovation and Partnerships to ensure coherence and consistency of approach, ideas and activities. They will make a strong contribution to the work and aims of Womankind with the scope to further develop and gain a wide range of practical experience and skills, in accordance with our feminist principles and approach.

The role reports to the Programme Manager: Innovation and Partnerships. The role has four key areas of responsibility in support of the Programmes Portfolio:

Programme Management Support

• Support project management including leading and contributing to project groups in the context of the Project Cycle Management approach. This involves working with Programme Managers/project leads on selected projects and activities as agreed with the Programme Manager: Innovation and Partnerships as per the relevant programme plan, and in collaboration with the project team and partners;
• Support the Programme Manager/project lead and Projects Finance Manager to manage programme budgets, including all associated project activity within budget, and support the project team to ensure the effective and efficient management of delegated budget in accordance with Womankind’s financial procedures and local governance regulations;
• Support project delivery through arranging logistics as per project need whether for partners, colleagues or other stakeholders;
• Support the recruitment and placement of suitable consultants, interns and volunteers in coordination with the Programme Manager: Innovation and Partnerships and relevant team members;
• Support the Programmes & Learning team in developing new projects, in collaboration with partners and other teams at Womankind;
• Adopt and promote best feminist practice in all aspects of the role including in relation to the wider organisation and Womankind’s programmes and partnerships approach and best practices of feminist ways of working.

Programme Governance Support

• Contribute to reporting processes at Womankind to ensure high quality narrative and financial work plans and reports, grant management, monitoring and evaluation, linking and learning, and financial management - in collaboration with other Womankind colleagues;
• Contribute to all necessary or ongoing partner due diligence in collaboration with other Womankind colleagues;
• Contribute to regular progress reports for key stakeholders including donor reporting;
• Contribute to project and funder administration and record keeping to ensure that it is delivered with excellence;

Contribution to knowledge and evidence base

• Support and contribute to the effective coordination of project reporting (financial and narrative) and partner engagement so that programmes are implemented in an efficient manner and deliver a coherent and useful body of evidence and learning;
• Contribute to effective and appropriate technical monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes for Womankind programmes in collaboration with the Impact and Learning Advisor;
• Support the production of programme research and documentation through quality checking and assurance to ensure they meet required standards;
• Contribute to the work of the communications team through drafting content on Womankind programmes for the website and social media channels and management of internal channels including the generic info mailbox and periodic partner updates;
• Contribute to organisation-wide strategic level policy, planning and systems development in relation to Womankind’s programmes, partnerships, financing, learning and sustainability;
• Actively contribute to the measurement and reporting of the team’s performance, for donor reporting and against the strategic and operational plan (for the Chief Executive and Board of Trustees).

Representation

• Serve as a programme representative and be an active participant in cross-departmental initiatives and information sharing activities as agreed with the Programme Manager: Innovation and Partnerships.

The role may also undertake other responsibilities not outlined above which are commensurate with a role of this nature and which will be discussed and agreed with the line manager.

The role must be committed to the mission, vision, values and aims of Womankind Worldwide as it seeks to support and speak out about women’s human rights and development internationally.

All posts are expected to contribute towards developing a supportive working environment at Womankind and to demonstrate commitment to Womankind’s values and ways of working.

Ability and willingness to travel 

 This post may travel for the purpose of project monitoring to Womankind’s focus countries which we estimate could be between 2-4 weeks per year.

Skills and Experience

 Essential

• Demonstrable experience of supporting the implementation of international programmes to a high standard, preferably for the promotion of women’s human rights and gender equality that are multinational and/or multi-stakeholder in scope;
• Demonstrable experience of working with civil society actors, including women’s movements, and/or membership movements, networks or coalitions.
• Demonstrable experience of working within a multi-disciplinary programme team including on programmes funded by statutory donors, with a strong familiarity with government mechanisms, policies, guidelines and restrictions;
• Demonstrable ability in administration, financial management, grant compliance and management, and tracking activity performance and costs;
• Experience of supporting the development and implementation of operational plans;
• Demonstrated facilitation and collaboration skills;
• Ability to assimilate and analyse information quickly and accurately;
• Experience of contributing to reports (narrative and financial) to donors;
• Experience of working with partner organisations located outside the UK with the ability to work with people from different cultural backgrounds and in different cultural settings;
• Demonstrable skills and track record as a strong, collegial team player who contributes to a creative and supportive work environment;
• Very strong interpersonal, communication and writing skills (in English);
• Ability to work autonomously and manage own portfolio of work;
• Comfortable planning and delivering multiple activities under pressure to strict deadlines and high levels of precision;
• Advanced ICT skills and experience of developing and using the systems required within a dynamic, multinational and inclusive environment.

Desirable

• Experience of working on women's human rights, and/or the rights of persons with disabilities including work with Women's Rights Organisations and those led by women with disabilities
• Experience of living and working in the global South.

Terms and conditions

Hours  

35 hours

Salary

£30,587 per annum

Contract

Permanent

Probationary period 

3 months

Holidays

28 days per annum plus statutory holidays (3 of these days are to be taken over the Christmas and new year period when the office is closed).

Pension

Womankind has a contributory pension scheme in place 

Other benefits

We offer a wide range of flexible working options, enhanced maternity leave, group pension scheme and free eye tests

This position is located in the UK.

How to apply

Womankind Worldwide welcomes all applicants and values diversity.  We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer. 

To apply for this position please go to Womankind’s recruitment portal and follow the links for more details about what we require.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret we will not be able to respond personally to applicants who are not shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline for applications: Monday 10 May 2021 12:00 noon

1st round interviews: w/c 17 May 2021 TBC

2nd round interviews: TBC

Job Title:  Funded Programmes Coordinator

Basis of Appointment: Fixed Term - Maternity cover replacement (12 months),
 Full Time (38.5 hours) 

Reporting to: Deputy Executive Director of Advancement 

Location: London (UK) 

Starting Date: 28 June 2021  

Salary: £33,360 per annum

Changing the world takes passion and dedication

Isn’t it time that your passion and dedication be channelled towards a career and community that genuinely change lives?

If you...

• want to transform your own life by transforming the lives of others

• crave a career that creates an opportunity for others

• desire to make dreams come true for those who never thought it possible

• know that education is the foundation from which we can change the world

• believe that today’s young people can transform tomorrow

• strive for world peace and global sustainability

• dare to dream

...then a career with UWC could be the change you need. 

UWC is a global family of schools with a powerful difference. With a shared goal of working towards global peace and sustainability, we bring together young people from around the world to study in one of our eighteen schools on four continents. There they don’t just learn how to be great at passing exams. They learn how to communicate across cultural boundaries. They develop the skills to be a changemaker. They design and engage in initiatives that transform their lives and the lives of those around them for the better. And they stay a “UWC-er” for life, becoming part of a global community of almost 60,000 changemakers transforming the lives of others. 

And why does philanthropy matter for us? Because we believe that access to quality education should be independent of socio-economic means, which is why UWC runs the world’s largest scholarship programme in international secondary education, with over 80% of students selected by UWC national committees receiving a scholarship. Do you want to help us make sure many more young people get this life-changing opportunity? 

Working with us will inspire and challenge you

Driving a mission to make the UWC experience available to tomorrow’s changemakers, irrespective of their background, beliefs and economic means demands colleagues with passion and dedication, and a talent for transformation. Our students go on to become leaders in politics, NGOs, social enterprises, community movements, charities, and business. For life, they remain dedicated to the UWC mission and many of them remain in close contact with us, their school, and their peers.

This is what fuels us at the UWC International Office.

We are based in London and Berlin, and we are the executive arm of UWC International, a registered charity in the United Kingdom and Germany. We collaborate closely with all stakeholders from across the UWC movement, including more than 4,000 volunteers and almost 60,000 alumni, and we serve UWC International’s governance bodies. 

Philanthropy is one of the core functions at UWC International and a key contributor to UWC’s growth and financial sustainability. The Philanthropy Team at UWC International is responsible for developing UWC’s fundraising capacity, coordinating UWC movement-wide fundraising activities and bringing in multi-million dollar gifts to support. It also includes the management and running of funded programmes, which entail donor stewardship with a focus on providing regular scholar updates to our funders. 

The Philanthropy Team is part of the larger Advancement Team, which also includes Communications and Community Engagement, and which works closely with colleagues at all eighteen UWC schools, staff members and volunteers at the over 155 UWC national committees, and UWC governance stakeholders. This is why anyone who joins the Philanthropy Team at UWC International will also become part of a much bigger and truly global team. 

Are you our new Funded Programmes Coordinator?

Right now, we are searching for a Funded Programmes Coordinator as a temporary maternity cover. 

In this role, you will coordinate and oversee the planning and management of major gift scholarship programmes within designated countries. This includes donor stewardship as a way to promote long-term engagement and high-value interactions with funders, with a primary focuses on honouring the gift’s intentions - as a matter of fact, good stewardship of existing donors has proven to be the most effective way of ensuring that we receive a gift in the future, making the management of these relationships a crucial part of the job. 

This is a full-time fixed-term position for a duration of twelve months. You will be based out of UWC International’s Office in London, United Kingdom, though some travel abroad might be required from time to time. 

If this sounds like the role to make you leap from bed every day, then read on for further details.

Key responsibilities

• Implement UWC funded major gifts scholarship programmes, including donor reporting, in liaison with UWC schools and/or UWC national committees and support to individual scholars 

• Manage major gifts scholarship budgets

• Recommend solutions to challenges that may arise at UWC national committee and/or UWC school level from the implementation of major gift scholarship programmes 

• Troubleshoot operational problems as they emerge

• Develop processes to monitor and evaluate the overall progress and effectiveness of new and existing major gift programmes

• Collaborate with other members of the Philanthropy Team on the planning, organisation and delivery of any fundraising-related events

• Manage and run the stewardship programmes including follow up with donors

• Ensure that the philanthropy database, relevant website pages and resource pages are updated 

• Manage the Funded Programmes Officer within the Philanthropy Team 

• Support the Philanthropy Team and other Philanthropy working groups and committees across UWC International with their meetings, including minute taking and agenda preparation

Requirements

Essential skills required

• Proven experience coordinating and administering complex major gift programmes 

• Experience implementing and coordinating stewardship programmes for donors 

• Proven experience in budget management and reporting

• Experience and willingness to work on programme management activities in cooperations with other teams and to deliver cross-team objectives 

• Ability to deliver and report upon agreed targets and plans within deadlines

• Values own knowledge but always willing to learn and to remain open to alternative views and perspectives 

• A cooperative attitude and proven ability to work as a member of a team and own initiative

• Flexibility and adaptability to work in changing environments

• A high level of comfort operating in an international and multicultural environment

Desirable

• Experience in donor relations

• Experience in grant management 

It is expected that the job holder will travel to UWC schools. For that reason, a basic DBS check (disclosure barring statement) or international equivalent will be required before any job offer is made.

Visa requirements

Anyone who applies to work at UWC International in London must have a work visa before starting employment, in compliance with the UK Immigration Rules. UWC International might be able to sponsor individuals for work visas.  If you need a work visa please make that clear in your application. 

Diversity Statement

UWC places deliberate diversity at the heart of our educational model because of its critical importance in our mission ‘to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future’.

At the UWC International Office, we believe this commitment to deliberate diversity must be reflected within our team, organisational practices, policies and culture. We recognise people with different backgrounds, skills, attitudes and experiences bring fresh ideas and perceptions, and we encourage and leverage these differences to make our work more relevant and approachable.

We will not discriminate or tolerate discriminatory behaviour on any grounds such as, but not limited to, race, gender, disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age or socioeconomic background. 

We strive to be an inclusive workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging, has a voice, can raise concerns, and feels comfortable and confident. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment and to act accordingly, as we aspire to best serve the UWC mission and our global community. It is an ongoing journey and we welcome all those who are ready to travel with us.

Applications Process and Deadline

Please send your CV and covering letter in English (each of a maximum of 2 pages) that relates your experience to the requirements to the email address stated on our website. Please also indicate how you heard about this role. In your application, please also provide the name, roles and contact details of two referees. We will not contact them without letting you know.

Please note that applications without a cover letter will not be considered. 

Deadline for application: 5pm UK time on 28th of April 2021. The first round of interviews will take place the week beginning 10th May 2021. Starting date: Ideally 28th June 2021. 

CoachBright is a social mobility movement committed to ensuring that every young person experiences educational equity. As an award-winning, fast-growing social enterprise our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged communities to identify and fulfil their potential.

We are looking for someone based in the West Midlands to support the delivery of our Secondary school Programmes.

We need an outgoing self-motivated person to enhance our work in the West Midlands, making it a vibrant and exciting hub that delivers real social impact.

At the forefront of the organisation, you will be responsible for maintaining partnerships, supporting tutors/coaches and delivering our programmes from volunteer recruitment and workshop delivery all the way through to evaluation. This is an “in-at-the-deep-end” role and you will flourish in a small dynamic team with real influence. 

Person Specification

Essential characteristics and experience

• Passion for social mobility: we have big aims and are looking for those who share our desire to make education fairer in the UK so a person’s background does not determine their future.

• Relationship building and facilitating: this a public-facing role so you will love delivering workshops to groups as well as communicating our mission to a wide range of stakeholders (businesses, senior members of MATs, universities etc.

• Organisation: working in a fast paced young organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.

• Independence: this role requires you to work independently/alone from time to time in the office and/or from home

• Resourcefulness: we’re a small, dedicated team - you must be a self-starter prepared for practical roles with lots of responsibility. A willingness to stay solution-focused with last minute challenges is a must!

• Young People: experience in a school or youth organisation/working with young people.

• Flexibility: the role will occasionally involve working evenings & weekends 

Desirable knowledge/experience

• Experience working with young people in a school or youth work setting.

• Experience recruiting volunteers.

• Experience measuring and evaluating impact 

• Knowledge of programme design, pedagogy or tutoring/coaching.

• Knowledge of UK schools 

Benefits:

• An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting social enterprise with scope to input widely and take on new roles. 

• Starting Salary: £21k per annum pro rata

• Annual Leave: 28 days pro rata

• Office space: initially working from home with travel to schools when required. Longer term in our West Midlands Office (currently Birmingham City University)

Key Information:

• Length: fixed term contract until end of July

• Hours: Part Time (4 days a week, Mon-Thurs)

• Reporting to: Head of Region 

• Responsible for: individual programmes

• Start Date: W/B 11th May 2021