VOLUNTARY ACTION COVENTRY

Community Mental Health Transformation

 Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise Mental Health Liaison Officer (Coventry)

37 hours per week, - £28,000 per annum plus 7% pension contribution

(Fixed term post until Mar 2024)

The newly formed VCSE Community Mental Health Team will ensure that the voluntary and community sector is effectively engaged in shaping the transformation of community mental health services. Working collaboratively with other sectors towards an enhanced, easily accessible service providing integrated and seamless care and support for people experiencing mental distress.

We are now looking to appoint a skilled relationship builder to connect, coordinate and support the VCSE sector to contribute to transforming community mental health services for people with severe and continuing mental illness (SMI), with a particular focus on personality and complex trauma, eating disorders and community rehabilitation.

Application forms only, no CVs. Please do NOT submit a CV, only a completed VAC application form. 

Closing date for applications: 10am Monday 7 February 2022

Interviews will be held 11th February 2022

Salary: £19,000 - £20,000 per annum

Location: Birmingham (remote working available as per our Home Working Policy)

Hours: 09.00 – 17.00

Job type: Full time, 12 months to Permanent

Holidays: 30 days annual leave 
 

About Ethar Relief

We are a non-governmental, non-political humanitarian aid organisation, dedicated to helping people in need regardless of their ethnic origin, political affiliation, gender or religious beliefs. Our current projects provide aid and sustainable resources to displaced, poverty-impacted refugees and disadvantaged communities in Sudan, Yemen, Djibouti, and Somalia, (countries within or near the area traditionally referred to as The Horn Of Africa). These countries and locations are diverse and unique in themselves, and are never treated as a homogenous group despite their proximity to each other. Likewise, the communities within each country share culture, customs, and origins, but also diverge greatly in many aspects. Ethar Relief celebrates both the similarities and differences, and extends its support and advocacy towards refugees from these communities within the UK.
 

About the role

The Trainee Programmes officer forms part of the Ethar’s International programmes team, set to deliver international aid and initiatives across the Horn of Africa. The Trainee Programmes Officer will support the Programmes Officer to ensure that country programmes are implemented and reported on in a timely and of a qualitative manner according to Ethar’s Programme Strategies and that the projects are well represented internally and externally.

Please contact Rabia Arif for more information, or apply here today. This vacancy will close on Friday 4th February 2022. 

To apply

Please read the Job Specification and send across your CV and Cover letter outlining why you are a suitable candidate for the role.

Find the full job specification attached.

Senior Programme Manager
Reference: JAN20223612
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £40,800 - £45,263 per annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave

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. Our new strategy to 2030 describes our vital part in tackling the nature and climate crisis facing our planet.

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 and our ability to win the support of new partners and access new resourcing opportunities.

As we pursue new strategic priorities, we need your expertise, focus and energy in leading complex programmes to help ensure our work to leverage new investment funding for conservation is delivered within agreed governance and resourcing parameters.

Working closely with senior colleagues from across our conservation, fundraising and operations directorates, you will co-ordinate and facilitate work to access emerging investment markets linked to carbon and biodiversity targets. These have the potential to enable conservation restoration and management at scale. You will help build support for this work across the RSPB, managing dependencies and risks to facilitate delivery of programme benefits.

It’s an exciting time to join – we are re-designing our planning and related decision-making processes in support of our new strategy, including a new project register system and refreshed project management framework.

In summary, we need your help to ensure we make the best start possible in delivering the ambition contained in our new strategy, leveraging your experience of delivering beneficial change through effective programme management.

Key activities will include:

• Putting in place the right vision, approach, governance structures and reporting processes to keep the programme, and the projects within it, on track and aligned with strategic need
• Supporting the programme executive in promoting the programme, ensuring it is receiving the required levels of support and resources to meet strategic need
• Ensuring that both internal and external stakeholders are kept fully involved and informed, acting as key relationship owner where appropriate
• Leading and motivating programme and project teams to achieve beneficial change by focusing on a common goal, to include line management of e.g. project managers and contractors as needed
• Identifying, managing and communicating risks and issues and putting in place appropriate contingency actions – to facilitate delivery of programme benefits
• Actively managing dependencies between projects within the programme and between the programme and other related projects and programmes
• Ensuring that changes to programme baselines are managed effectively – to prevent scope creep
• Managing the programme budget against forecast, estimating costs and ensuring that exceptions beyond tolerance are escalated and approved
• Clarifying and communicating the specific benefits to be delivered by the programme and measuring the realisation of these benefits
• Agreeing and implementing a quality strategy - to determine acceptable standards for the outputs and objectives of the projects, and other activities, within the programme
• Managing handover of change activities to normal organisational operations, ensuring that change is embedded and benefits will continue to be realised
• Develop programme management best practice across the RSPB – act as a coach and mentor to other programme and project managers internally, and help us be seen as an exemplar by our partners

 Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Significant experience of applying programme management approaches to deliver complex programmes, ensuring benefits realisation
• Demonstrable experience of working in partnership with both internal and external stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes, including in the early stages of relationship development
• Able to communicate clearly and influence and negotiate with a wide range of people, both internally and externally
• Self-directed – able to work closely with and think on behalf of senior colleagues, with experience of focusing stakeholder time and attention on the most urgent/important matters
• Able to lead without line management authority, with strong organisational skills and experience of leading and managing multidisciplinary project/programme teams
• Logical and analytical approach, encompassing financial literacy and a high level of attention to detail, with experience of managing programme budgets
• Excellent problem-solving skills and track record of identifying solutions to barriers to progress.
• Able to work under pressure, making or escalating decisions where necessary and adapting approach to meet changing circumstances
• Experience of developing and embedding project/programme methods and standards, and coaching and/or mentoring colleagues in support of these
• Broad understanding of the RSPB’s operating environment, funding model and personal commitment to its charitable mission
• A recognised programme and/or project management qualification

Desirable qualifications:

• Chartered programme and/or project practitioner status
   

This is a Permanent Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Closing Date: 23:59, 13 February 2022
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position on 2nd and 7th March 2022.

To Apply and for more information:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website.

No agencies please.

Role: Youth Violence Prevention Programme Manager Birmingham
Directly responsible to: Head of Strategic Partnership Funding and Sector Development
Location: Remote/Office Based
Grade: £40,000
Full time: 35 Hours
Duration: 12 months fixed term contract, secondments welcomed
Closing Date: Monday 31 January 2022

We are seeking to appoint a Youth Violence Prevention Programme Manager to lead on the development and delivery of evidence-based strategies, programmes and projects, working collaboratively with partners with a specific focus on reducing the harm and impact of youth violence in Birmingham. The role will be based with Birmingham Voluntary Sector Council and be matrix managed by BVSC, Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit.

Do you have experience of working in and around the criminal justice system, and are you passionate about violence reduction and prevention? Have you worked with communities in either the statutory or voluntary sector, and are you passionate about the public health approach to preventing and reducing violence with a commitment to sustainability and long term problem solving? You will be skilled at developing long-lasting and effective strategic partnerships, and have an excellent knowledge of the place you work in, and an understanding of the systems operating in that space. You will be able to demonstrate experience and success in systems change and navigating complex partnerships.

You need to be able to work independently, whilst also being an excellent team player. You will be required to work as part of a local and a regional team, and in a range of multi-agency settings. You will be expected to lead a range of multi-agency forums and meetings, and be skilled at influencing change and managing complex processes.

The West Midlands is a vibrant and diverse part of the country and we are committed to equality and diversity and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a good understanding of diversity and human rights, and a personal commitment to promoting diversity and racial equality.

BVSC is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Applicants must be able to demonstrate a good understanding of diversity and human rights, and a commitment to the values which sit at the heart of all BVSC activity:

Commitment - Supporting positive change through passion, innovation and social action.

Collaboration - Connecting individuals and organisations to work together to improve people’s lives.

Inclusion - Empowering everyone to get involved in creating a fair and equitable Birmingham.

Integrity - Building trust through transparently working in the interests of our sector and our citizens.

The closing date for applications is Monday 31st January 2022 at 10am Interviews are planned to take place on Friday 4th February 2022.

Please note we do not accept CV’s.

Programmes and Impact Manager

We are looking for a flexible and enthusiastic Programmes and Impact Manager with the ability to see the ‘big picture’.  This is a great opportunity to focus on managing, maintaining, enhancing and expanding our pro bono programme connecting UK-based charities and professionals working across the property industry.

With a £100,000 per annum fund behind the programme, it’s an exciting time to be involved with an ambitious and growing organisation that’s committed to bringing the property sector together to create real social change, and your programme has a £100,000

Position: Programmes & Impact Manager (Pro Bono)

Location: Flexible or Home-based. There is some travel across the country (around 2 days per month), Covid allowing.

Hours: 37.5 hrs per week, full time or part-time (minimum 4 days per week)

Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 pa pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days per year (not including bank holidays) pension, free annual flu jabs and annual sight tests, cycle to work scheme, ½ day a month entitlement to volunteer for a charity of your choice in work time, interest-free annual travel card loans, an employee assistance programme, staff discount scheme, health insurance, support for external mentoring, free fruit every week and scope for flexible working.

Closing Date: 5pm Thursday, 3 February 2022. However, the organisation is operating a rolling selection process and will interview candidates who score highly at application stage as soon as practicable, and potentially before the closing date.

The Role

Supported by four major sponsors, or Founding Partners, the programme brokers pro bono professional support for almost any UK charity (with a focus on helping homelessness and youth homelessness charities) from the 140 corporate partners signed up to the programme.

As Programmes and Impact Manager, you will help charities apply for help (working with them to define their requests as skilfully as possible) and then both promote those requests to the network as well as identifying particularly likely corporate pro bono donors.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ensure clear strategic and operational (business) plans underpin the development and growth of the pro bono programme
• Manage and lead the pro bono programme
• Develop resources and guidance for donors and recipients
• Work with the Comms & Engagement Team to advertise, market and promote the pro bono programme to charities
• Sustain and develop effective strategic partnerships with the pro bono programme Founding Partners
• Report against KPIs
• Assist in the comprehensive measurement of social value by capturing, analysing and reporting on the impact of the grant-making, pro bono and other collaboration work
• Manage, support and develop the Programmes and Impact Assistant and stewardship of the corporate partners

About You

You will have considerable scope to develop and expand the programme, continuing work to streamline and improve processes, data, impact measurement and participant experience. You will be a willing, enthusiastic, and an ambitious champion and ambassador for the programme, able and willing to promote and raise the programmes’ profile successfully. You’ll be an effective, passionate, and thoughtful communicator about the work the charity does, and the needs it seeks to address.

You will have:

• Demonstrable interest in CSR, and in how businesses can be supported to achieve social impact
• Project assessment and appraisal (grant or funding programmes would be particularly welcome)
• Effective management or co-ordination of committees – or experience of achieving positive results within significant stakeholder meetings
• Promotion and presentation of services through strong and persuasive communication
• Experience of managing relationships with senior stakeholders

In return…

The charity has an ambitious mission to end youth homelessness, so it’s an exciting time to join this dynamic and growing organisation. Along with an excellent benefits package, there are career development and flexible working opportunities.

About the Organisation

As the property industry’s charity working to end youth homelessness in the UK, the organisation brings remarkable businesses and individuals from across the property industry together to support charities providing accommodation for young people who are or have been homeless, or who are at risk of homelessness in the future. Through a unique network of corporate partners, it invests funding and expertise where to achieve lasting impact.

You may also have experience in areas such as Impact Manager, Engagement Manager, Impact and Programme Manager, Grant Programme Manager, Impact Development Lead, Monitoring Evaluation and Programme Specialist, Head of Programme, Programmes Lead, Impact Lead, Impact and Evaluation, Programme Specialist etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Programme Manager, Sustainable Housing Futures Design Team

About Reall

Reall is an innovator and investor in climate-smart affordable housing for people living on low incomes in urban Africa and Asia.

Reall’s purpose is to improve the lives of 100M people in urban Africa and Asia by 2030 through affordable housing.  We’re doing this because homes aren’t just a fundamental human right; they unleash unimaginable human potential to shape a future of gender parity, climate resilience, clean air, renewable energy, and socio-economic justice.

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the SHF (which is in the early stages of development and is looking to win business this year) to support with shaping what the programme looks like, its governance, coordination, ways of working and procedures to make it as streamline, agile and effective as possible. You will have a key role in that and will contribute significantly to business winning and managing projects that come through the programme.

Full details are in the job description and person specification, which are available by clicking through to apply for this role.  Please note that you must have the right to live and work in the UK to be eligible to apply for this role.

Why work at Reall?

With a modest UK-based team, Reall is an organisation driven by efficiency, with comparatively huge ambitions and a track record of significant success.

Our internal operations are underpinned by a culture of psychological safety, promoting trust, curiosity, and confidence.  This means that staff feel secure to speak their minds, tackle challenges creatively, and can never be described as risk averse.

A committed investor in its staff, Reall promotes an environment of conscious diversity in all its forms.  You’ll be joining a high-performing, cohesive team with its sights firmly on global impact.

Reall is committed to equality and diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  We particularly welcome applications from candidates who are black, Asian, minority ethnic, LGBTQ+, and those who have disabilities, because we believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important for our organisation and will lead to greater results and enhance our way of working.

We are looking for an organised, proactive, solution-focussed and self-motivated individual to provide project co-ordination for the Foundation’s EAL Programme.

Programme Coordinator Requirements:

A logical and systematic thinker, your role will involve managing programme information and data collection for evaluation, co-ordinating and maintaining effective project management systems, and ensuring the administration of programme activity including webinars and online training courses. With excellent interpersonal skills and a friendly manner, you will act as a point of contact for enquiries about the Foundation and its work.

You will have experience working in a comparable role co-ordinating and managing projects delivered both with external partners and across a team. You will be flexible, with the ability to work at pace to deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, and able to work on your own initiative and as a central part of the team.

The Bell Foundation believe in diversity, valuing difference and tolerance. We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of first language, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

The Bell Foundation is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. A DBS check will be requested in the event of a successful application.

About Us:

The Bell Foundation is a charity which aims to overcome exclusion through language education by working with partners on innovation, research, training and practical interventions. The Foundation is delivering its vision through three strategic programmes which focus on pupils, young people and those involved with the criminal justice system for whom English is an Additional Language. The Foundation has an exciting opportunity to work within a growing, dynamic team to assist and support the running of these programmes.

The Bell Foundation offers the following benefits:

• 25 days’ annual leave per year plus 8 public holidays.
• Pension Scheme: 5% employee/employer matching contributions. Employees can also choose to make their pension contributions via salary sacrifice.
• Options to Buy /Sell Annual Leave.
• BUPA Dental Plan.
• Free Eye Tests.
• Life Assurance Scheme.
• Tech Scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Health Assured Employee Assistance Plan.
• Free car parking on-site (Cambridge).
• Subsided canteen on-site (Cambridge).

Location: Flexible
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £26,609 - £31,304 per annum plus benefits

Closing date: 17:00 on Monday 7 February 2022.
Interviews: Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 February 2022

You may have experience of the following: Programme Assistant, Project Assistant, Programme Administrator, Project Administrator, Programme Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Project Manager, Administrator, Admin Assistant, Office Administrator, etc.

Ref: 106 381

We are excited to be recruiting for two Coordinator positions to join our Tutor Engagement and Student Success and Academic Development and School Partnerships teams. In our ‘Join The Club’ strategy we have set out our ambition for university access, focusing on the two goals: working with more pupils than ever before and extending our support across the student journey; this will only be successfully delivered by working together with our key stakeholders. Ensuring that we continually deliver high quality programmes and projects is key to this strategy. 
 
The Coordinator roles will support the Teaching and Learning across The Scholars Programme and Brilliant Tutoring Programme and support Student Success and Academic Development and School Partnerships teams, helping to ensure all strategic priorities are effectively delivered. These roles will lead on several administrative processes to ensure the development and effective tracking of the stakeholder relationships – with schools, universities and other partners – that are key to running our programmes.
 
We require driven and dynamic team players, with excellent organisation skills. The successful candidates will champion the charity’s values and embody them in interactions with colleagues and partners. 
 
This is a great opportunity to join The Brilliant Club team, as we become the UK’s largest university access movement. We are looking forward to meeting great candidates who are excited to join us as we help more young people progress to university and thrive when they get there.
 
We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at The Brilliant Club and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.

Person Specification 

Time and Resource Management

• Excellent organisational skills, with an ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Ability to identify opportunities to save time/resource
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities

External Stakeholder Knowledge and Management

• Comfortable handling external and internal enquiries, including connecting them with the right person 
• Understand the main stakeholders at The Brilliant Club, particularly the PhD researcher community

Communication

• Writes and speaks clearly, coherently and accurately
• Adheres to rules and policies for confidentiality, data protection and information security
• Confidently adapts content, tone and delivery of written communication to the needs of the recipients 

Initiative and Problem Solving

• Proactively identifies problems in processes, and identifies and enacts possible solutions 
• Effectively uses systems and structures to solve problems in a timely manner
• Ability to spot inefficiencies in systems, implement improvements and evaluate processes
• Responds quickly to solve problems, seeking advice and input from relevant stakeholders as required
• Actively looks for ways to help others, seeking advice as required

Developing Self and Others

• Self-reflective and committed to own professional development

Role Specific Knowledge and Skills

• Essential – Ability to deal with sensitive issues and to demonstrate strict confidentiality
• Essential – Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel
• Desirable – Good working knowledge of ICT systems, including CRM software

Role specific Experience and Qualifications

• Essential – Two years’ work experience or undergraduate degree 
• Essential – Experience of managing short- and long-term projects
• Essential – Experience of managing multiple competing priorities 
• Desirable – Previous experience of managing events
• Desirable – Previous experience of working with young people or in schools

Full Time 37.5 hours per week 

Birmingham, London or Manchester

£24,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for 3 motivated and talented individuals to join our Programmes team as Programme Senior Co-ordinators (internally know as Programmes Senior Associate). One of the roles will be offered on a 12 month FTC basis (maternity cover) and the remaining two roles will be offered on a permanent basis.

You'll provide the interface between the organisation and our stakeholders, liaising with other teams to ensure that full programme requirements are communicated and fulfilled. As well as supporting end to end programme management for the area you are responsible for. As the Senior Associate, the role may include oversight and coordination of Programme Associates, acting as a point of escalation, and helping to develop longer-term programme management plans.

Based in either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office, you’ll provide high-quality handling of in-bound queries (e.g. from participants or delivery partners), escalating where appropriate in line with agreed escalation policies, and seeking to build a friendly, professional and warm relationship with stakeholders. You’ll collect and review stakeholder feedback and follow up where appropriate in line with team ways of working, and contribute to continuous improvement across the team.

This exciting role is varied and complex, and will require a robust, agile and creative individual to fulfil the needs of the organisation. It is essential that you have an excellent understanding of customer service standards and have prioritisation, organisation and planning skills. In this role you will need to use your initiate to make improvements and have strong analytical skills with the ability to interrogate data and identify trends.

Who are Ambition Institute? 

At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better, and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time. That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.

• We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
• We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
• We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement. 

Our offer 

We are happy to announce that we will be able to offer you:

• Agile working culture, so you can control how you work.
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work.
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service.
• Shared parental leave package.
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line.
• Professional development offer for all staff.
• 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays.
• Employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% national insurance rebate).
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, 9am on 2 February 2022. Interviews are expected to take place on the 9th and 10th February 2022.

To apply for this role, or any of our other vacancies or for any questions or queries please visit our website. 

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. 

This is an exciting time to join the RSPB with the launch of our new strategy to 2030 and the role of Risk and Resilience Officer will help incorporate best practice and the appropriate standards in our risk and resilience activities to support the new strategy.

Risk and Resilience Officer
Reference: JAN20223615
Location: Flexible in UK
Salary: £27,574.00 - £30,590.00 Per Annum
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance and Annual Leave

The RSPB is the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, with a workforce of over 14,000 employees and volunteers across all 4 countries of the UK and an income of over £140 million.

We work to conserve birds and other wildlife, in the UK, the Crown Dependencies and the UK Overseas Territories. We also work throughout the world in collaboration with BirdLife International, the world’s largest conservation partnership and other organisations. 

Nature reserves are vital to our conservation work and provide essential wild spaces for everyone to get close to nature. We manage 222 nature reserves, covering 158,751 hectares and providing a home to over 18,500 species of which more than 3,500 are of conservation concern. We’re committed to helping young people develop a greater sense of connection to nature, supporting hundreds of thousands of young people in experiencing nature every year.

This role forms part of the Corporate Governance and Risk department: it is a new role and we currently expect the postholder to work closely with colleagues in the wider department, including on support for the Data Protection Officer. You will also work with stakeholders across the organisation to support the RSPB’s assurance, risk and organisational resilience activities.

You will be responsible for supporting the RSPB’s internal risk committee (we use the ‘three lines’ model), reviewing the RSPB's resilience plans and collaborating with the future development of the charity’s approach to risk.  The role is also responsible for ensuring information on the RSPB's risk registers and dashboards is appropriately managed to enable the risks to be managed effectively.

We are looking for someone who has the necessary skills, enthusiasm and motivation to support the RSPB’s vision for a world richer in nature.

The main responsibilities of the role will be:

• Supporting colleagues in their use of registers for the management of operational and strategic risk
• Identifying and collating relevant information from registers, dashboards and assurance maps to provide information and assurance to senior stakeholders
• Reviewing the RSPB resilience and business continuity plans, incorporating the appropriate standards and best practice
• Ensuring regular reviews of the RSPB’s resilience plans are carried out and are fit for purpose.
• Working with the relevant teams to ensure the regular testing of the RSPB’s resilience plans are carried out.
• To provide support to the Head of Corporate Governance and Risk.
• To assist the Data Protection Officer as required.

What we need from you

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Detailed knowledge and experience of Risk Management best practice, methodologies and regulatory frameworks.
• A good understanding of the ‘three lines’ model.
• Strong people skills and the ability to work collaboratively with peers and colleagues.
• Initiative and judgement to resolve problems independently.
• Effective written and communication skills at all levels.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience.

• Experience using Risk Management software.
• A good understanding of Data Protection legislation.
• An understanding of project management methodologies.

This role could be conducted remotely, with occasional travel to our H/Q at Sandy in Bedfordshire, once or twice a year.

Closing date: 23:59, 04 February 2022
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position late February 2022

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies.

The Grants Officer will be a key role within the grants team, supporting the Head of Grants and Director of Grants and Investment in the delivery of innovative and impactful grant-making. You will assess and make recommendations on requests for funding and, working closely with the Impact and Evidence team, ensure successful applicants are supported to deliver high quality, impactful projects that will build the evidence base of “What Works” to support the most marginalised young people into good jobs

Are you eager to get to know our most successful inspirational alumni and find the right donors for our remarkable campaign projects?

We are looking for a Prospect Research Officer to join our highly successful Prospect Research Team, working in partnership with our Fundraising Team to manage their prospect pools and portfolios. You will provide insight and advice on high value donors, trusts, foundations, corporations, and other organisations, collating and reviewing data and writing concise and informative reports for the Fundraising Team and senior stakeholders within the University. You will proactively identify new prospects, ensuring that biographical information is accurate and up to date. Other responsibilities include leading on the improvement and expansion of research processes, supporting with bespoke research requests, supporting the Research and Strategy Manager with specialist research projects, and administering the philanthropic due diligence process.

We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 10 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016.Academics here are tackling some of the world’s most pressing global challenges such as antibody testing and Covid-19, the impact of climate change on our woodlands and forests, issues caused by migration and displacement, the rise in youth mental health issues, and the prevention of needless maternal deaths in the developing world. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK. Philanthropy has always played an important role in shaping the University, most recently in 2015 when we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign, which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London. Through ‘Birmingham In Action’, philanthropy will continue to play a vital role in delivering projects to change lives locally, nationally, and internationally.

As an office, we are committed to sustainability and value green working practices. The environment is an integral part of our campaign and we encourage eco-friendly ways of working in order to have a positive impact on our campus and global surroundings.

Interviews are currently scheduled to take place week commencing 21 February.

We are committed to supporting hybrid working and look forward to receiving your application.

The Legacy Officer role is your opportunity to join our excellent team at an exciting time. You will be passionate about progressing your career and understand the impact that the University’s teaching and research has on the world. This is a time of significant investment for our individual giving programme with three posts currently being recruited across legacy and regular giving with ambitions to grow income from both these streams. You will have enthusiasm for working in a higher education fundraising environment and to help grow our legacy and in-memoriam giving programme significantly in the coming years.

You will work with our Legacy and Endowment Manager to generate new gifts to the University and to care for our existing donors. You will require a broad skillset to take on a varied role, encouraging donors at all levels by utilising both mass communication and personal relationship building techniques.

We are an ambitious and successful research-intensive University (one of the top 100 research-led universities globally) and have produced 10 Nobel Prize winners, including three who received their awards in 2016.  Academics here are tackling some of the world’s most pressing global challenges such as antibody testing and Covid-19, the impact of climate change on our woodlands and forests, issues caused by migration and displacement, the rise in youth mental health issues, and the prevention of needless maternal deaths in the developing world. Our students come from nearly 150 countries and our flagship outreach programmes mean that almost 25% of our student population come from disadvantaged backgrounds, one of the highest proportions in the UK. Philanthropy has always played an important role in shaping the University, most recently in 2015 when we closed the Circles of Influence Campaign, which raised £193 million, making it the largest HE fundraising campaign outside Oxbridge and London. Through the ‘Birmingham In Action’ campaign, philanthropy will continue to play a vital role in delivering projects to change lives locally, nationally, and internationally.

As an office, we are committed to sustainability and value green working practices. The environment is an integral part of our campaign and we encourage eco-friendly ways of working in order to have a positive impact on our campus and global surroundings.

Interviews are currently scheduled to take place week commencing 28 February 2022.

We are committed to supporting hybrid working and look forward to receiving your application.

Health Inequalities & Engagement Officer

• Reporting to Communications and Engagement Manager
• Contract (24 months)
• Pay scale: £22,300- £26,800 depending on experience and relevant qualifications. All our salaries are benchmarked based on the requirements of the Job Description and comparable roles in the charity sector. Salaries are subject to an annual review.
• Hours: Full time 35 Hours a week. We welcome applications to work flexible hours to accommodate caring responsibilities.
• Location: From home, during the Covid 19 pandemic. However, your regular place of work would otherwise be either our London or West Midland offices. You may occasionally be required to travel for work (travel expenses will be reimbursed).

About Ovacome

Ovacome is the UK’s national ovarian cancer support charity. We have been providing personalised support and information to those diagnosed with ovarian cancer and their loved ones since 1996.

We provide:

• A telephone, email, text and instant chat support line
• A 24 hour online forum
• Regional events, including research days, health and wellbeing day, and information afternoons
• A programme of online talks, workshops and support groups, that you can join from the comfort of your own home
• Information booklets and resources, all written and/or reviewed by leading experts in the field
• Ovarian cancer awareness information and support lines in six community languages: Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Polish, Punjabi, and Urdu.

We also work to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer, as well as the lived experiences of those affected by it. We run our B.E.A.T. symptom awareness campaign among the general public and educate student doctors and nurses through our Survivors Teaching Students programme. We also run training and information sessions for clinicians on barriers to accessing treatment and information about ovarian cancer – with the aim of reducing health inequalities for those affected by the disease. 

Job Description

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about reaching everyone affected by ovarian cancer and ensuring that they are well supported throughout their treatment and beyond. Our ideal candidate is forward-thinking and will be proactive in identifying opportunities to better engage with communities and grow the charity’s reach. This role requires someone who is self-motivated and able to work on their own initiative, while collaborating with the wider team.

You must be well-organised, friendly, compassionate, and able to work closely with all members of Ovacome staff. You must be able to work to deadlines, effectively manage your workload and meet targets.

You must be an excellent communicator able to write clear and engaging content for a multitude of different platforms and audiences.

You will undertake research, consultation and involvement as required to ensure that our work is evidenced based and effective in reaching and engaging with under-represented groups. These groups include: those diagnosed aged under 45 or over 70, those with English as a second language, BIPOC, travelling community, LGBTQ+ community, those who are rurally isolated, digitally excluded groups, those on low income/living in poverty and those with disabilities other than cancer. You will collate and track this work across all teams. You will set up and manage Ovacome focus groups in collaboration with the support team.

You will support our Communications staff to create appropriate and accessible content across our various media platforms, including a review of our website and all existing communications channels.

You will work across the whole staff team to support the development of new campaigns, information resources and support on a wide range of ovarian cancer issues, including broader issues around living with cancer, ensuring that all information is evidence based, up-to-date and accessible to all.

You will work closely with our Regional Hubs staff to embed health inequalities work across regional hubs; and to incorporate and share learning from regional hubs into our national policy work.

You will also assist in the production of regular reports.

You will proactively identify opportunities to expand and fund our work, record these contacts and pass them on promptly to other staff members.

You will have responsibility for ensuring that accessible community and information resources are created and disseminated to community groups and individuals.

You will work collaboratively with local charities, grassroots organisations and healthcare providers to ensure clear communication and networking for the benefit of those affected by ovarian cancer, especially those from under-represented groups.

You will keep, full, accurate, contemporaneous records of all enquiries and actions following Ovacome policies and procedures, including confidentiality and data protection.

You will maintain and update records on the Ovacome database.

You will work with the wider team to ensure that our support services are accessible to all communities and individuals to ensure that no-one is left behind.

You will support the Communications and Engagement Manager with the planning and organisation of our programme of online support events for the Ovacome community, as required.