We are currently seeking five Programme Managers to join our new Transformation directorate. You will join us on a fixed term contract for up to 18 months, working on a full-time basis and in return, you will receive up to £50,408.36 plus excellent benefits.

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of adoption and homing centres, volunteer-run branches and charity shops. During 2020, despite all of the challenges, we helped 126,000 cats and kittens. That's the equivalent of around 345 cats a day!

You would be joining us at an extremely exciting and interesting time in Cats Protection’s history. We have recently set out our ambitious strategic direction for the next 10 years to benefit the welfare of many more cats.  We have identified the need for a programmatic approach to co-ordinate and deliver the change required to achieve our vision and goals and are currently recruiting for multiple roles to build and develop a Transformation directorate.

Responsibilities of our Programme Managers:

As one of our Programme Managers, you will successfully lead key strategic programmes within Cats Protection’s (CP). These programmes include:

• Organisational Development
• Customer Centricity
• Cat Welfare Excellence
• Organisational Effectiveness & Efficiency
• Optimal Brand Identity

The role will require the ability to apply a structured Programme Management approach to ensure outcomes are delivered on time, within agreed scope and budget. 

What we’re looking for in our Programme Managers:

• A recognised Programme Management qualification 
• Substantial relevant experience delivering strategy programmes
• Proven leadership and ability to direct matrix teams
• experience in developing large or complex programmes
• Budgetary management and strong analytical skills and experience to manage budgets
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills that are tailored to be effective and meaningful to all levels of audience 
• Influential and persuasive communicator with the ability to communicate with people at all levels within the organisation
• Proven ability to work on own initiative, accurately and under pressure 

What we can offer you:

• Up to £50,408.36 plus excellent benefits
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Contribution pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• A range of health benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme… and more!

Join us as our Programme Managers and know you are helping to make a real difference to cats and kittens across the UK!

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Closing date: 10 October 2021

Virtual interview date: End-October 2021

You don't need to run faster than the win to work with us. But it would help if you like sport and see its power to end violence, discrimination and inequality for children and young people throughout the world.

As a key member of the programmes team, you will be responsible for planning and implementing a portfolio of impactful programmes across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe using sport as a vehicle for social change.

You will be responsible for managing a diverse sport for development portfolio, providing high level programme support, financial oversight, monitoring and evaluation technical expertise and capacity building support to our global implementing partners. This role will involve working closely with the Senior Programmes and Grants Managers, aiming always to ensure Sport for Good makes progress towards its Vision. 

In this role, you will:

• Develop and manage a caseload of grants, mostly in East Africa
• Support the organisational development and strengthening of grant partners
• Participate in developing funding proposals for a range of different funders
• Help make sure that grantees comply with requirements and expectations
• Work closely with grantees to source good case stories about how they use the power of sport to change the lives of children and young people

We expect you to hit the ground running, and for the 12 months you will be filling some pretty big and fashionable sneakers. If you feel you have the experience to deliver these different activities, write to us straight away. We will be hiring when we have the right candidate. Is it you?

As our Programme Officer you will be working on the frontline, delivering 1:1 sessions with marginalised young people across the capital. We want Settle to be the most effective and well-regarded homelessness prevention charity in the UK. You’ll work closely with our partners to ensure the smooth delivery of our contract and report to the Programme Manager. 

For the full job description and how to apply, head to our website: https://bit.ly/3zoSIe5

Responsibilities

Supporting vulnerable young people
You'll be delivering our programmes and working 1-1 with marginalised young people across London. You'll manage a caseload of young people and be a shining role model to those you're supporting.

Working with delivery partners
You’ll be working closely with our delivery partners to ensure the young people are getting the best support out there. Whether that’s liaising with social landlords or local debt advice charities. From time to time, you may join contract meetings to share the work you are doing on the frontline.

Collecting crucial impact data and evidencing impact
You’ll be meticulous in ensuring you collect and report data, understanding that this information is crucial to demonstrating our impact to funders and clients. You’ll ensure your notes and our databases are up to date with accurate information.

Working collaboratively
You'll work closely with Programme Officers that are delivering our in-person service to ensure you are learning from them and they are learning from your experiences.

Getting stuck in
We are a small but growing team and you'll be ready and excited to get stuck into new projects and opportunities as they arise - stretching yourself and developing your expertise.

About Us

Settle is an award-winning charity that supports young people moving into their first home. Our mission is to break the cycle of youth homelessness by equipping young people with the life skills and confidence they need to thrive. We are a fast-growing organisation and 2020-21 was a big year for Settle. We worked with more young people than ever before, developed new services and doubled our team size. You can read more about our recent work here.

In response to the ongoing challenges associated with the pandemic, Student Minds launched Student Space in August 2020, an ambitious mental health programme to provide additional support for students across England and Wales. It includes the commissioning of services (e.g. text support, services for minoritised students), online psychoeducation resources designed to be responsive to need, and a directory of services available through HE providers.

The programme was developed collaboratively with a variety of partners, thanks to up to £3million of funding from the Office for Students (OfS) and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW). We recently announced that utilising the existing funding allocation, the Student Space programme delivery period has been extended from August 2021 until January 2022. It is expected that the programme will continue over the course of the whole 21/22 academic year. 

This post holder will primarily support the effective delivery of the next phase of this programme, whilst working flexibly to support Student Minds’ other key sector improvement programmes as required. 

The Programme Officer will contribute to the successful delivery of this exciting initiative by providing effective coordination and administration to the Student Space programme team. You will support key areas of activity that will contribute to the programme achieving its aims, and ensuring constructive and positive stakeholder engagement. 

Working closely with the Student Space delivery team, the wider Sector Improvement team and stakeholders within partner organisations, this is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of the 2.3 million students studying across England and Wales. This is a unique opportunity to join a collaboration happening at the intersection of innovation in mental health and wellbeing, student voice, and digital. We are looking for a confident and proactive project officer with excellent multi-tasking skills and attention to detail to join our vibrant team and support this priority work for Student Minds.

For over 50 years the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been building a better childhood for all.

We are looking for a Senior Programmes Officer to help lead our exciting programmes of work across children’s health with a particular focus on overseeing our new delivery support contract with the NHS England Learning Disabilities and Autism team.

Position: Senior Programmes Officer - Learning Disabilities & Autism
Reference: 2133
Location: London Fields. Hybrid, flexible way of working and many staff work remotely for part of the week. Staff can choose to work in the office or remotely as much as their role allows.
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Salary: £38,773 per annum, plus great benefits such as 30 days annual leave and 3 days company x-mas closure

The successful candidate will have expertise in children’s health.  They should be highly motivated and an experienced project manager, confident at delivering training to health professionals and facilitating group learning.

Excellent project management and communication skills are essential for this role as are strong IT and writing skills along with experience of delivering training events.  You need to be passionate about what you do, have an interest in health, enjoy working in a fast paced environment and be comfortable working both independently, with team members and with others in our partner organisations.

A commitment to addressing health inequalities for vulnerable groups of children and young people is essential.

Closing date: 11:59pm, Monday 11 October 2021
Assessment and interviews to be conducted on: Thursday 14th October 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the Visit Website button. You will be directed to our website to download the information pack and application form.

NCB is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, political opinion, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, paternity, and carer status.

Please quote job title and reference number in your application. CVs will not be accepted. 

No agencies please.

Job Title: Programmes Officer

Contract: Fixed Term (for 1 year)

Hours: 21 - 28 hours per week

Salary: £14,700 - £19,600 pro rata, per annum (FTE: £24,500)

Location: Bloomsbury, London (with options for some home working)

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.

We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

About Coram Family and Childcare

Coram Family and Childcare works to make the UK a better place for families by bringing together what we learn from out on the ground parent-led programmes and our research to campaign for solutions that parents want and need. We focus on childcare and the early years to make a difference to families’ lives now and in the long term.

We have been running the Parent Champions National Network for almost 15 years. Parent Champions are parent volunteers who give a couple of hours a week to talk to families in their local area about the support, services and childcare that is available to them. Their particular strength is reaching the families most likely to miss out on services and helping to overcome the information, social and cultural barriers they face to using services. The Parent Champions National Network currently supports 46 local schemes across the country.

About the Role

This role provides the exciting opportunity to work with our inspiring Parent Champions Volunteers and Coordinators to reach and support some of the most isolated families. The Programmes Officer will be responsible for supporting local Parent Champions schemes through helping to make sure they have the resources, training and support they need to run a successful volunteering scheme.

As a key member of a small team, the role will support the development and implementation of strategies and plans, and contribute to the longer term development of sustainable and effective programmes. We know that the Parent Champions model really works for making a real difference for the families that need it most, so this role will work with us to expand the network to help reach more families.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing Date: 11.59pm, Monday 27th September 2021

Interview Date: Monday 4th October 2021

Coram Family and Childcare is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

Flexible working

Your passion for supporting entrepreneurs can help us transform the developing world.

The Enterprise team is seeking an outstanding individual to join us as a Programme Officer and help the team to support the delivery of our Enterprise Hub Community Engagement Offer.

About you

As our ideal Programme Officer, you’ll have experience of working with start-ups and/or entrepreneurs, as well as managing projects and organising events. You have a great eye for detail and a commitment to ensuring diversity is considered in all the activities of the programme.

In addition, you will be competent at relationship and budget management, administration and events support. Naturally, you’ll be highly organised with excellent time management skills and an effective communicator – both verbally and in writing.

This is a permanent position. We welcome either full-time or job share applicants as the post lends itself to job share.

If this sounds like you, we should talk.

Our excellent benefits package

We offer an unrivalled package of benefits including a non-contributory pension scheme, BUPA cash plan, private medical insurance, subsidised restaurant, regular social activities, health and wellbeing programmes and the possibility of flexible working, as well as significant investment into your personal and professional development.

About us

Engineering is at the heart of our nation and our future: transforming ideas and materials into global infrastructure, products and services that increase the wealth and health of our economy and society. As the UK’s national academy for engineering, we bring together the discipline’s finest minds to promote excellence and champion innovation.

The Enterprise Hub

The Enterprise Hub focuses on supporting individuals and fostering their potential in the long term, taking nothing in return. This sets us apart from the usual ‘accelerator’ model: the Enterprise Hub’s programmes last between 6 and 12 months, and all programmes give entrepreneurs lifelong access to an unrivalled community of mentors and alumni.

Our alumni community consists of over 250 thriving engineering-tech entrepreneurs. Through the community management, the Enterprise Hub aims at advancing its entrepreneurs' journeys and provide them with further opportunities to flourish.

Our goal is to encourage creativity and innovation in engineering for the benefit of all. By fostering lasting, exceptional connections between talent and expertise, we aim to create a virtuous cycle of innovation that can deliver on this ambition.

We are a small, friendly, collaborative and enthusiastic team. Therefore, you are someone who is a team worker with good interpersonal skills. We are looking to expand and you will enable us to deliver the community engagement activities and continuously improve the quality of our offer.

Truly flexible working

We have an inclusive and flexible approach to hybrid working based on trust and respecting individual difference, with a fantastic central London office near St James’ Park. During COVID-19 all staff have been working remotely, but we are now transitioning to flexible working with an average of two days a week in the office. We are happy to discuss working patterns with candidates.

To find out more and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button. 

We are looking for the best talents, hence we will interview successful candidates on a rolling basis.

We need an outgoing self-motivated person to enhance our work in the West Midlands.

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. 

Key Areas of Responsibility

Contributing to the development of the WM region:

• Generating new school leads and securing programmes
• Supporting a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), universities, corporate partners and others
• Ensuring retention of volunteer coaches (meeting minimum targets set termly)
• Maintaining relationships with coaches, pupils and teachers

Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals:

• Meeting recruitment targets for tutors/coaches across the region each term.
• Training volunteers in tutoring/coaching and our pedagogy.

Oversee multiple in-school and online programmes (university student led and peer to peer) across the West Midlands:

• Setting timelines for programme start and finish dates
• Communicating with school staff weekly to provide feedback after sessions
• Visiting schools to oversee quality.
• Managing and running online sessions.

Programme Design and Delivery:

• Contributing to the design of current workshops and creating new workshops when needed
• Running in-school or digital workshops for groups of pupils (KS3-5) and facilitating university trips at the start and end of our programmes

Line managing a team of Head Coaches:

• Delivering training for Head Coaches
• Holding 1-1 appraisals to monitor performance and set actions

Embodying our values (humility, high expectations, service, responsibility and resilience) and demonstrating commitment to our mission.

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 and UK university sector.

Benefits:

• An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting social enterprise with scope to input widely and take on new roles.
• Starting Salary: £22k per annum • Annual Leave: 28 days pro rata
• Office space: West Midlands Office, Handsworth Wood Girls Academy, Church Lane, Handsworth, Birmingham B20 2HL
• Training: we are a reflective organisation and keen to support your professional development.

Key Information:

• Length: permanent
• Hours: Full Time
• Reporting to: Head of Region
• Responsible for: Individual Programmes
• Start Date: November 2021

London WC1H with hybrid working

Can you demonstrate a strong track record in customer service? Would you like to apply these skills to supporting scholars and fellows? If so, you could gain valuable experience as a Programme Officer within the Chevening Scholarships Secretariat or Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) Secretariat, two of the three HMG flagship scholarship programmes managed by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Chevening You will facilitate a full and memorable experience for Scholars throughout their time in the UK and to support their day-to-day requirements. You will display a strong commitment to customer service through the professional and timely administration of awards and development of events and other engagement opportunities. You will work alongside a range of stakeholders as their contact for the Programme whilst managing a portfolio of universities comprising between 120 and 160 Scholars.

CSC You will provide comprehensive, professional and timely administration and support to Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Scholars and Fellows registered for courses of postgraduate study or programmes of professional development at UK institutions across CSC’s Programmes. You will act as the point of contact for a group of UK Universities and is responsible for handling all issues relating to the Scholars within your portfolio of institutions.

The ACU is an international organisation dedicated to building a better world through higher education.

We believe that international collaboration is central to this ambition. By bringing universities together from around the world – and crucially the people who study and work within them - we help to advance knowledge, promote understanding, broaden minds, and improve lives.

We champion higher education as a cornerstone of stronger societies, supporting our members, partners, and stakeholders as they adapt to a changing world.

As Programme Officer, your responsibilities will include:

• Specific responsibility for a portfolio of universities and scholars or CSC fellows, ensuring the timely completion of all pre-arrival and on-award administration
• Acting as the first point of contact for various stakeholders, ensuring a professional and timely approach to service delivery and day-to-day administrative management

Some of the other required skills include:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including writing for and understanding of different audiences and sensitivity for different cultural contexts, with a strong commitment to customer care
• Strong experience of working successfully within a team and proven experience of working in busy, demanding environments while maintaining professionalism and accuracy
• Relevant experience of working in a higher education/educational office environment
• You will need to be educated to degree level.

Our benefits include 31 days holiday per year (including 4 Christmas closure days) plus bank holidays, competitive pension scheme (10% employer contribution plus 5% employee contribution), season ticket loan and excellent support for learning and development through a range of educational and networking activities.

At the ACU, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of gender, race, religion, marital status, disability, age, and sexual orientation.

As Programme Officer, you will be employed by ACU Trading Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary.

How to apply

Applicants are invited to apply for either CSC or Chevening roles or both.

Closing date: 28 September 2021

Interview date: TBC

For further information and details of how to apply please visit our website

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FORWARD is the African women-led organisation working to end violence against women and girls (VAWG). From female genital mutilation and child marriage to domestic and sexual violence, we tackle abuse and discrimination – enabling African women and girls to have the dignity, health and equality they deserve.

FORWARD is seeking an enthusiastic and committed Community Programme Officer who will support the development, planning, implementation and monitoring of FORWARD’s UK community engagement work to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM), other forms of VAWG and support the health and wellbeing of those affected. As the Community Programme Officer, you will have a proven track-record of group facilitation skills, working with minority community women and groups. You will have good knowledge of working with Black, Ethnic and Minority communities on women’s empowerment, VAWG, FGM, health and support work.

Job Purpose

1. To mobilise and oversee FORWARD’s community support and advocacy services.You will monitor the strategy, programme planning and delivery of the community and related training programmes and manage the delivery of projects; monitor progress towards targets.
    
2. You will have some responsibility for fundraising, budgeting, financial management, financial control and reporting to funders. You will also oversee the implementation of FORWARD’s strategic goals and community projects.

 As part of the recruitment and selection process the FORWARD will undertake DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) checking of all individuals who will work directly with children and vulnerable adults. We are committed to welcoming people from a diverse background, culture and experience. FORWARD considers being a female is a Genuine Occupational Requirement for this post under the Equality Act 2010.

Due to the volume of application only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  We are sorry we are unable to reply to all submissions.

Closing date: The closing date has been extended to 3pm 1st October 2021
Interview date: Monday 11th October 2021

Candidate will based in International Medical Corps HQ either in London , Split or Los Angeles. 

JOB SUMMARY:

Day-to-day Headquarters liaison for assigned country programs advocating for the needs of the program within the organization and coordinate communications between all departments, including compliance, programming, logistics, legal, security, human resource and communication.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation:
 

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Coordination of program activities: Work with assigned country programs on the coordination of program activities and support activities. Support dissemination of country specific information with relevant departments. Support with any country specific reporting requirements from other departments and vice versa.

2. Proposal Development: Day to day coordination of proposals, donor reporting process for assigned countries. 

3. Country Mission Backstopping: Regularly deploys to the field to assist in startup, staff coverage, and close out

4. Grant Administration: Ensures that donors and internal reporting is submitted on time and in fulfilment of contractual obligations for the countries covered. Monitor grant performance and overall assigned country portfolio and flag any issue to the Program Manager

5. Donor relations and notifications: External representation as required with donors

Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.

Code of Conduct
As applicable to this position, an individual must promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the organization and maintain a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.

If this is a supervisory position, one must set an example of ethical behavior through one’s own conduct and oversight of the work of others; ensure that those who report to you have sufficient knowledge and resources to follow the standards outlined in the Code of Conduct & Ethics; monitor compliance of the people you supervise; enforce the Code of Conduct & Ethics and International Medical Corps’ policies, including the Safeguarding Policy and the Protection from Harassment, Bullying and Sexual Misconduct in the Workplace Policy, consistently and fairly; support employees who in good faith raise questions or concerns.

Safeguarding
It is all staff shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children, adults at risk, or LGBTI individuals; and any form of trafficking in persons. Staff are also responsible for preventing violations to our Code of Conduct and Ethics, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment.  If you see, hear or are made aware of any violations to the Code of Conduct and Ethics or Safeguarding Policy, you have an obligation to report.

Equal Opportunities
International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.
 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

•  Typically, a Bachelor's degree in related area. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

EXPERIENCE

•    Typically, 3+ year of relevant experience working supporting relief and development projects in the field, at least 1 year of field- based work experience in the sector
•  Project management certification
•  Experience in proposals development and donor reporting  with IMC major donors
•  Experience in effectively dealing with international and headquarters staff, and the ability to deal with a broad spectrum of people
•  Knowledge of Project cycle  management 
•  Knowledge of Logical Framework project planning and design
•  Proposal development and donor report skills
•  Knowledge of major donors rules and regulations
•  Report writing
•  Good research skills
•  Ability to read,  analyze,  and  interpret  and apply donor  regulations  and requirements 
•  Strong analytical skills to determine overall grant performance 
•  Ability to use creativity, reasoning, past experience, information and available resources to resolve issues
•  Ability to effectively present  information  and  respond  to  questions  from management and field programs;
•  Excellent writing skills, excellent cross-cultural communication
 

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

LawWorks (the Solicitors Pro Bono Group) is a charity which enables access to justice by encouraging and supporting legal pro bono in England and Wales. We work primarily with solicitors, law schools and law students, and other legal and non-legal volunteers and organisations.

Programme Officer (Legal) – Not-For-Profits Programme (part-time)

£13,772 (£27,544 full time equivalent)

Hours: 17.5 hours per week

Our Not-For-Profits Programme facilitates the provision of free legal advice (pro bono) for small charities and not-for-profit organisations, supported by volunteer lawyers from among LawWorks’ members. The team assess and process applications for legal assistance and place the cases with the volunteer lawyers.

The pro bono volunteers advise on a range of legal issues, including property, employment, tax, corporate and commercial matters. Work by the volunteers can include drafting a contract, reviewing a lease or clarifying rights in a dispute. The free legal advice makes a difference to hundreds of charities and not-for-profits.

The Programme Officer (Legal) works closely with the Head of Not-For-Profits and Secondary Specialisation and a Programme Officer (Legal) colleague, to ensure that the programme's services are delivered effectively to its stakeholders (small not-for-profit organisations on the one hand, and member law firms and in-house legal teams on the other).

The position will suit someone with legal knowledge and strong relationship-management skills, who is interested in the legal and not-for-profit sectors and enjoys working in a busy and small team. The role offers the right candidate valuable experience, variety, intellectual stimulation, and job satisfaction.

LawWorks is a relatively small organisation with 23 staff, including staff based in Wales and in the English regions. We are a busy and (for our size) complex charity, with a friendly team, a positive ethos, and a commitment to ensuring that LawWorks is a strong and efficient organisation and a great place to work.

In addition to encouraging and supporting pro bono delivery, we also work to address barriers to justice and to provide a 'policy voice' for pro bono.

More information about the role and how to apply is available on the LawWorks website.

The deadline for applications is 5.00pm Monday 4th October.

LawWorks is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications irrespective of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age.

We are looking for a Programme Design Officer to build on the great work the charity is doing and to help us achieve more. We are seeking a highly motivated, creative individual with excellent organisational and people skills who will be the reliable, positive, "go-to" person for our Programme Design Team. 

Working alongside the Programme Design Manager and Chief Programmes Officer, the purpose of this role is to support the design, development, and implementation of programme materials aligned to our organisational vision and theory of change. 

This is a varied role which requires a practical and organised approach, often responding to new and emerging research and data. However the ideal candidate will also have a creative approach to problem solving and an eagerness to suggest and test new ways of working. 

Please see Job Pack for full details and how to apply.