We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to take on the role of Regional Operations Manager for Scotland, whilst fulfilling the role of Centre Leader in a new centre in Glasgow. As a Regional Operations Manager, you will ensure that all the centres in your cluster are working effectively by directly line managing the Centre Leaders. In your role as Centre Leader you will have responsibility for running your IntoUniversity centre, including planning and delivering the programme, liaising with external stakeholders (including our university partners) and meeting IntoUniversity’s targets for delivery.

As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We therefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity.

We are also recruiting for a Regional Operations Manager for our West Midlands and Oxford Cluster.

The full job description is attached, and you can apply by clicking on the 'visit website' button. The deadline for applications is 9am on 4 May 2021, and the selection day will take place on 18 May 2021.

Salary: Circa £36,000 per annum

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours

Location: Office-based in Edinburgh (with flexible-working opportunities)

Application deadline: Sunday 25th April 2021, 23:59pm

Interviews: Expected to begin from week commencing 3rd May

Application method: CV and cover letter

We have a great opportunity for someone to join us a Public Affairs Manager responsible for driving Cancer Research UK's public affairs work in Scotland, leading our work with the Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, and key NHS bodies to influence along our policy priority areas. Managing one officer and one assistant, the role will be an important member of the Devolved Nations Public Affairs team and the wider Policy Department, ensuring opportunities to influence are taken up to have impact for people affected by cancer in Scotland.

Some of the key responsibilities you can expect are...

• Manage the charity's public affairs activities in Scotland, build our profile among politicians and officials, and ensure our policy messages are heard at every level.

• Lead Scottish public affairs planning and work closely with the Policy Development, Public Affairs and Campaigns, Communications, Strategic Evidence, and Clinical Engagement teams.

• Support the work of the Senior External Affairs Manager (Devolved Nations) and play a key role in the management cohort across the Department.

• Use knowledge and understanding of the Scottish political and policy environment to proactively seek opportunities to grow the charity's influence and drive forward our policy priorities.

• Manage one Public Affairs Officer and one Public Affairs Assistant for Scotland, overseeing our relationships and influencing in the Scottish Parliament, including our work as secretariat of the Cross Party Group on Cancer and Scottish Cancer Coalition.

• Act as a media spokesperson for policy matters in Scotland.

• Lead on relationship management with key political and policy stakeholders in Scotland, ensuring the charity engages effectively and in a joined up way.

• Oversee the delivery of impactful communications with Scottish stakeholders, including briefings, speeches, blogs, social media content, reports, letters, emails and consultation responses.

• Oversee the delivery of a programme of events and activities to engage with key political and policy audiences.

• Monitor trends in policy and advocacy and drive innovation and collaborative working across public affairs activities, seeking new ways to have impact.

• Build strategic and operational relationships with key teams across Cancer Research UK including support for our research and fundraising work.

• Build and maintain good working relationships with key sector colleagues and act as a representative of the charity on appropriate bodies, groups and networks.

• Monitor and evaluate the impact and success of our work in Scotland and participate in producing annual operating plans and budgets for the Policy Department.

To be successful in this role you need...

Essential:

• Excellent understanding of the political environment and experience in successfully influencing for change in Scotland.

• Excellent political judgement, with commitment to neutrality and ability to work across the political spectrum.

• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills, and strong experience of influencing internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Excellent communications skills (written and oral), including the ability to write with a methodical, analytical and concise style.

• Ability to prioritise, work well under pressure, manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.

• Experience of working in coalition or in partnership with other organisations.

• Experience of acting as a media spokesperson.

• Adaptable self-starter with the ability to work remotely and in self-directed way as part of a larger team.

For a full role profile, please see our candidate pack here:

Location: Homebased - Scotland

Salary: £26,000 to £28,000 (pro rata)

Contract: Full time, fixed term contract until 31 March 2022. This role is funded externally, therefore if additional funding is secured it may be extended.

Advance within this innovative and engaging organisation, working to better lives through cycling.

Shift is a fantastic initiative, focusing on supporting community organisations deliver behaviour change activities to enable people to swap the car for a cycle for everyday journeys. This influential role is essential to the success of the Shift programme in compelling change and it will be up to you to use your excellent organisational and communication skills to manage and implement the project plan with your team of six development officers.

Tell us why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity.

Head to our website and explore the individual job description attached for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete our application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening and send to our recruitment team.

Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to the job description and person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.

Apply before: 09:00 Monday 19 April 2021

Project Manager/Senior Co-ordinator (9 Month Maternity Cover Contract, 4 days per week)
London or Edinburgh (Please note that whilst this role is advertised as office based, IIED will remain a remote-working organisation for the foreseeable future).

The closing deadline for applications is 28th April 2021.
Interviews will be held w/c 10th May 2021.

About Us

The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is a policy and action research organisation promoting sustainable development and linking local priorities to global challenges. We are based in London and Edinburgh and work on five continents with some of the world’s most vulnerable people to strengthen their voice in the decision-making arenas that affect them. With more than 100 members of staff working with associates and partners around the world, IIED has been at the forefront of policymaking in sustainable development for over 40 years.

IIED's Climate Change Group (CCG) works with those who have less voice and power in climate decision-making to co-create solutions that shape pathways and drive action for a just and sustainable future.

CCG's Climate Governance and Finance Team collaborates with public sector institutions (governments, bilateral and multilateral partners and development finance institutions), civil society actors and private sector entities in the developing world to design and test innovative solutions to climate change related risks.

We are now seeking a part-time Project Manager/Senior Co-ordinator to join the Climate Governance and Finance Team for a nine-month, fixed term maternity cover contract.

The Benefits

- Salary of £39,114 - £43,064 per annum (up to £48,595 for exceptional candidates) depending on experience
- Benefits package

This is an incredible opportunity for a senior level administrator or project manager with financial management experience and a deep grasp of communications outputs to take on a vital contract supporting a key Group within our organisation.

The Role

As a Project Manager/Senior Co-ordinator, you will ensure the effective and efficient implementation of a complex portfolio of multi-partner, international research and policy projects.

Managing the organisational, finance and contractual aspects of a portfolio of projects, you will assist with the production of communications outputs and provide general support to the Climate Governance and Finance Team’s programme of work.

Primarily working on the project management aspects of the role, you will also play a key part in the delivery of finance projects and work and will also take part in business development and fundraising and events, networking and communications management to a lesser extent.

About You

To be considered as a Project Manager/Senior Co-ordinator, you will need:

- Experience of managing budgets and/or financial monitoring and planning
- Experience of managing communications outputs
- Experience of working in a non-profit organisation in co-ordination and strategic support roles
- Experience of supporting fundraising proposals to major donors
- Experience in event administration and co-ordination of travel arrangements for international collaborators
- Knowledge of finance systems such as Access Business software
- An understanding and experience of proposal and/or business development
- Excellent knowledge of office software (including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, databases and communications)
- A good understanding of sustainable development and climate change issues
- The ability to liaise with different partners, donors, stakeholders and audiences at various levels and remotely
- An awareness of the actors, institutions and issues in the sustainable development arena linked to own projects
- A high level of analytical, technical and synthesis skills

Finance and/or project management qualifications would be beneficial to your application, as would a working knowledge of another international language (in addition to English).

Other organisations may call this role Team Co-ordinator, Project Manager, Senior Programme Administrator, Project Accountant, Project Finance Co-ordinator, Programme Co-ordinator, or Project Co-ordinator.

This is a part-time role working four days per week.

Webrecruit and IIED are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Project Manager/Senior Co-ordinator, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

The Prince’s Trust Scotland is currently going through an exciting period of development. We have ambitions to grow our offer to young people by providing a blended approach of face-to-face and digital delivery and support. To help us on this journey, we are looking for a passionate and motivated individual to join our dynamic team in Edinburgh!

You will engage and build quality relationships with young people, volunteers and partners and as an effective communicator and collaborator, you will thrive in both team and independent work. If you believe you have the passion and skills to help young people change their lives, then we would love to hear from you!

To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. Due to the pandemic, you must be comfortable both working virtually and delivering programmes on virtual platforms.

Our Execs provide 1:1 and group support for young people so need to already have experience in facilitating skills development in at least one of the following:

• Education sector
• Partnerships management
• Digital skills training
• Social and personal development
• Employability/self-employment training
• Volunteer training/management

We work with young people from every background, so we’re passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We, therefore, welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role. If you think you could do the role, but don’t have all the desirable experience, we would still love for you to apply, as you’ll have the chance to let us know what you would bring to the table, that will help Scotland's young people in your supporting statement.

Upon joining the Trust, you’ll have the opportunity to join and be supported by our 4 main networks. PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality), PT PULSE (LGBTQ+ network) and PT DAWN (Disability and Wellness Network). We want to work with people who think they can make a difference in young people’s lives, if you think that’s you, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information and to help with your supporting statement, please go to the job description or our ‘Working with Young People’ page. (These will open in a new window)

If you are viewing this on an external job board, please click apply to be directed to our website. Here, you'll be able to access the links or submit an application.

Why we need Prince's Trust Executives:

Last year, we helped more than 70,000 young people, with three in four young people on our programmes, move into work, education or training. 

The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. Our job is to inspire and support young people, to help them reach their potential so that they can thrive and society can prosper.

We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role
As Member Involvement Coordinator, you will be part of a team responsible for creating opportunities for people with lived experience of homelessness in the design, development and delivery of Crisis’s work.  You will co-ordinate he involvement of people with lived experience of homelessness in a range of events and projects across the organisation. Over the last few years, our ability to involve member in meaningful ways that genuinely impact their progression out of homelessness has gone from strength to strength.  We are looking to expand the Member Involvement team to increase our visibility and our capacity to support teams to embed co-production in their work and increase the number of opportunities we make available to our members.

About you
To be successful in this role you will have:

- Experience in working with people who are experiencing homelessness and/or multiple disadvantage 
- Strong facilitation skills 
- Strong organisational skills and experience in coordinating meetings and events 
- A passion for working collaboratively, sharing ideas and thinking creatively 
- approachable, non-judgmental and able to adapt to working with a broad range of people, creating a comfortable, professional and productive environment 
- Knowledge of and ability to comply with safeguarding procedures 
- Commitment to Crisis’ purpose and values including equality and social inclusion
- Lived experience of Homelessness is not essential but is preferred

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
•  Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy 
•  Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5% 
•  25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.
 

Closing date: Monday 3rd May 2021 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 11th May 2021

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Fundraising Officer
Reference: MAR20215109
Location: RSPB Scotland - HQ
Salary:  £22,986.00 - £25,500.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days Annual Leave

RSPB is the largest nature conservation charity in Europe, with over one million members. We work to achieve a better world for both nature and people, where biodiversity loss has halted, and human actions ensure the sustainable management of the planet’s natural resources. Extensive research programmes ensure that sound scientific knowledge underpins our work. We provide opportunities for people to enjoy and learn about the natural world and for young people to develop an understanding of environmental issues and wildlife.

RSPB Scotland manages 80 nature reserves from Shetland in the north to the Mull of Galloway in the south. We collaborate with other organisations to deliver a wide range of projects and activities both on and off our nature reserves.

What does the role involve?

RSPB Scotland’s Funding Development team is based at our Scottish HQ in Edinburgh. We raise money for conservation, education, advocacy and other activities taking place across Scotland from a range of sources including grant funders, corporate businesses, individuals and communities.

The focus of this role will be to secure grants from funders including charitable trusts, the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund, Peatland Action and the National Lottery. This involves:

• Researching and identifying potential funding opportunities and matching these to agreed priority work on our nature reserves, projects and core work
• Developing relationships with funders to understand their objectives and deadlines
• Writing grant applications and collating relevant financial information
• Liaising with colleagues across the country to gather relevant and accurate information for funding applications and other communication requirements
• Reporting to funders and gathering invoices and evidence for grant claims
• Accurately recording income on a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
• Communicating with project partners and other charities to share knowledge and experiences

What We Need From You:

We need someone who is highly organised, has good attention to detail and can work calmly to tight deadlines. You would be part of a four person grants team and a wider eleven-person Funding Development team. A friendly, positive attitude and willingness to collaborate within the team and adapt to changing priorities is required. Experience of grant fundraising would be advantageous.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Persuasive and succinct writing skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise work and meet tight deadlines
• Good numeracy skills
• Strong IT skills
• Awareness of, and interest in, the challenges facing the natural world
• Ability to develop good working relationships with colleagues and funders
• Relevant professional writing experience or educated to degree level
• English and Mathematics GCSE/Standard Grade

Closing date: 23:59, 18 April 2021

We are planning to conduct interviews for this position on 4th May 2021.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

Business Planning Lead Specialist
Reference: MAR20218984
Location: Flexible
Salary: £36,604.00 - £40,608.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 26 days annual leave, flexible working

Can you lead the RSPB’s corporate and delivery planning process, providing specialist expertise to support the translation of strategy into achievable, prioritised programmes of activity?

As the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, we spend >£100m/year in pursuit of our vision – a world richer in nature. You will be joining a workforce of over 14,000 employees and volunteers dedicated to realising that vision, alongside our many partner organisations. Playing our part in tackling the nature and climate emergency facing our planet requires us to be even more effective, and better planning has a vital part to play in helping us rise to the challenge.

We are a complex organisation, operating across the four countries of the UK and where we can make a difference overseas. We manage over 200 nature reserves, influence policy and legislation and deliver many research, conservation and people engagement projects. Our impact-generating activities depend on a range of enabling services. We need your expertise and energy to help ensure our activities align with strategy and are achievable within agreed resourcing parameters, and actively manage dependencies between different parts of our organisation.

It’s an exciting time to join – not only do we have a new strategy to 2030, we are in the middle of re-designing our planning and related decision-making processes in support of this. You will arrive as we begin to plan for the first full year of delivering our new strategy, spanning 2022/23.

In summary, we need your help to ensure we make the best use of the charitable resources entrusted to us, championing the creation of business plans that are ambitious and achievable.

Key activities will include:

• Facilitating the business planning cycle, culminating in the production of an annual corporate plan which matches resources and reflects a rolling three-year planning horizon and delivery pipeline.
• In support of this, identifying and implementing leading edge planning techniques and processes and helping define/develop and embed relevant standards, frameworks and/or policies.
• Monitoring the internal delivery environment and external developments; effective liaison with other planning and functional specialists to identify opportunities for, and risks to, strategy delivery.
• Initiating and presenting analysis and findings at senior management and occasionally Trustee level; producing a quarterly progress report against corporate plan for Management Board and Council.
• Leading development of the business planning specialism: co-ordinating an internal practitioners’ network, helping define the professional skills and capabilities needed for high performance, celebrating successes, and promoting the RSPB’s values and positive behaviours.
• Supporting the RSPB’s Management Board, actively managing a business pipeline, helping ensure deadlines and content standards are met and Council deadlines adhered to.
• Planning, management and/or delivery of significant change projects, ensuring the work is aligned with strategic need, and managing resources and dependencies as required.

What we’re looking for

• Knowledge and experience of business planning (activity and resources), which may include significant projects or programmes, and an awareness of the context for RSPB’s strategy delivery.
• Highly effective planning, analytical, organising and interpersonal skills, including forming and sustaining collaborative working relationships with a diverse group of functional, operational and senior stakeholders. Encourages others to buy into and support change.
• Able to communicate a vision and related standards for business planning, and to overcome, and advise/guide others in overcoming, barriers to progress.
• Experience of identifying, evaluating and communicating trends, opportunities and threats relevant to strategy delivery, enabling appropriate and timely action to be taken.
• Appreciation of the importance of adhering to relevant governance requirements, agreed time and quality standards and externally derived benchmarks as these apply to the planning specialism.
• Proactive approach to helping develop the capability of colleagues with a planning specialism, motivating and mentoring colleagues to meet current and future requirements.
• Willingness to network with the internal community of lead specialists to promote integration across functions, representing and promoting own specialism as required.
• Motivated to take responsibility for own personal development.

This position is full time working 37.5 hours per week. The successful candidate can be either home or office-based, depending on personal requirements and location. There will be a requirement for occasional travel, within the UK and to our headquarters in Sandy, Bedfordshire

Closing date: 23:59, 23 April 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

No agencies please.

The opportunity

Are you looking to gain experience working in policy and public affairs? Do you want to be involved in the campaign work of one of the country’s biggest charities?

About the role
 

BHF Scotland is looking to recruit a Policy and Public Affairs Intern to provide research support to the wider team and support an ongoing policy development project. 

Our award-winning policy and public affairs team in Scotland is committed to beating heartbreak forever by ensuring our world class research is communicated to government and parliamentarians, this is a great opportunity for an individual looking to gain experience in a dynamic policy and public affairs team.

About you

You’ll show a willingness to learn and develop your skills and an eagerness to contribute to a team environment.

With a can do attitude you'll have excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to get involved in key projects with the team. You'll be able to develop strong relationships with key contacts both within and outside of the organisation. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading charity and get some valuable hands on experience in policy and public affairs.

Please note this is a fixed term contract until the end of 2021 working 28 hours per week.

About us

When people affected by heart and circulatory diseases are in need, they turn to us. With our research we give people hope. With our expert advice and training, we give people knowledge and support. And with our campaigning we help build a healthier world for everyone.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life.  Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

Interview process 

The interview process will be held over MS Teams.