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The Programme Officer role will report to the Programme Manager and sit within the Programmes Team.
The Programme Officer will be responsible for coordinating and delivering a number of our services. You will have a clear focus of delivering high quality programmes that are run smoothly, efficiently, within budget and achieve the desired outcomes and objectives for both the partners and the young people.
You will support others within your team to deliver high quality programmes from programme initiation through to evaluation that will directly contribute to the company's growth strategy and impact.
The Programme Officer will also be a key member of the department and contribute to systems and maximising efficiency, delivering programme coordination to an excellent standard that produces high impact for our young people and partners.
In this role, you will work closely with our Youth Ambassadors, Facilitator Team and Digital Communications and Marketing team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Programme Manager role will report to the Senior Programme Manager and sit within the Programmes Team.
The Programme Manager will be responsible for project managing a number of our services. You will have a clear focus of delivering high quality programmes that are run smoothly, efficiently, within budget, and achieve the desired outcomes and objectives for both the partners and the young people.
You will lead and support others within your team to deliver high quality programmes from initiation through to evaluation and review, that will directly contribute to the company’s growth strategy and impact.
The Programme Manager will also be a key member of the department and contribute to, departmental strategies, systems and maximising efficiency, delivering programme management to an excellent standard that produces high impact for our young people and partners.
In this role, you will work closely with the Digital Communications and Marketing, Business Development and Finance teams.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is looking for a highly motivated individual with strong customer service and communication skills to join our team as a Programme Officer.
Please note, applications without a covering letter will not be considered. All applicants must have the full legal right to work in the UK as the Foundation does not offer sponsorship at this time.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. We reserve the right to end this recruitment ahead of the application deadline, so we strongly encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.
General information:
Job title: Programme Officer
Location: London based, hybrid working
Start date: TBC
Contract: Full time
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week). Core office hours are 10:30am – 3:30pm
About the role
We are seeking a skilled Programme Officer to support the end-to-end delivery of our sector-leading mentoring programme, ensuring participants join smoothly and are supported throughout. You will also support partners and donors to contribute to the delivery and expansion of the programme. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual with strong customer service skills, written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities.
For full information on this role, please download the job pack.
What the Foundation can offer you
- A fantastic package of 28 days of annual leave (which includes three that must be taken during the festive break).
- An organisation that values you. As a smaller organisation, we value everyone’s individual perspective and voice and all team members are able to contribute to our strategic planning.
- A positive and collaborative culture – we are proud of our leadership and management style that encourages teamwork, open and honest communication, while maintaining a friendly and relaxed atmosphere where everyone can thrive.
- One-on-one regular meetings with your line manager or director to focus on career and professional development while also taking an interest in your personal wellbeing. We have a dedicated staff training budget, and we are dedicated to spending it!
About the Foundation
The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women exists to create a future where women everywhere enjoy equal economic opportunities so they can thrive. Together with partners around the world, we work with women in low and middle income countries so they can start, sustain and grow successful enterprises. We collaborate to create fairer business environments so women are not constrained by gendered barriers and can reach their potential on their terms.
Since 2008, our training and mentoring services have supported more than 250,000 women to build successful micro, small and medium enterprises in over 100 countries. By blending insights from research, strong partnerships and pioneering technology we open doors for women entrepreneurs to skills, confidence, networks, finance and markets. We press for change to stop millions of women being held back from having the choice and opportunity to thrive.
Our gender transformative approach means women can achieve their own economic objectives. They create a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities. They contribute to thriving, fair economies, and global economic justice.
How to apply
To apply, please download the job pack and send us the following:
- Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role. When writing your cover letter, please refer to the job description, focussing on the essential and desirable criteria.
- Current CV (two A4 pages maximum).
All applicants need to have the legal right to work in the UK prior to applying.
Please send your application, or any questions you might have, by 22 May 2024.
The Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. Please let us know if you have any access requirements that you would like us to be aware of during this process.
Due to the large number of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.
Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.
For information purposes, we request that you complete the Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) monitoring form when you submit your application. This is not mandatory but supports the Foundation with its EDI goals and objectives. All information is private, and we abide by stringent GDPR and data processing management systems. The link is available via our vacancies page on our website.
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to improve the lives of people with disabilities and vulnerable people?
Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an award-winning international humanitarian and development organisation. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we take action and raise awareness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Our UK team is looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join us as a Programme Funding Officer (PFO). This is an exciting and varied role working across the funding cycle from the early stage of new opportunities through to grant management. You will be regularly in touch with our country teams, supporting them to engage with UK institutional donors in-country and advising them on compliance for both grants and commercial contracts. You will also get a chance to support partnership development, as well as get involved in advocacy and policy influencing. If this sounds like the next role for you, we’d love to welcome you to our friendly and dedicated team.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND PURPOSE OF THE POST
The Institutional Relations team is responsible for donor engagement and influencing, institutional funding, and partnerships in the UK. It comprises the Head of Institutional Relations, a Commercial Contracts Manager and three Programme Funding Officers.
As part of HI’s 2016-2025 strategy, we have ambitious targets for growth in institutional funding from UK donors, and more broadly, a focus on building strategic relationships with key UK donors and partners. Given the changing external funding environment and evolving context in the UK, we are looking for an individual who is willing to be flexible and adapt to the context in order to meet the organisation’s needs and have the biggest impact for people with disabilities.
The main purpose of this post is:
· Improving our track record for UK and other funding by increasing internal understanding of donors and funding mechanisms in your portfolio, supporting high quality submissions, grant management and donor compliance
Strengthening relationships with, and generating and managing funding from UK and other institutional donors and partners
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Promoting our work and building relationships with institutional donors
Supporting the work of the Head of Institutional Relations, you will have sound knowledge of the donors and funding mechanisms in your portfolio, and contribute proactively to influencing their funding strategies and priorities. Duties include:
· Maintain a good understanding of HI’s programmes, strategy and approach and communicate this externally.
· Identify and build relationships with a portfolio of large public and private institutional donors and their key suppliers (e.g. INGOs and for-profit development companies), mobilising colleagues from UK and across the global organisation as required.
· Work with country programmes to develop country-level action plans to engage with local representatives of UK donors and partners, in order to strengthen in-country relationships, influence donors’ country-level plans and access in-country funding opportunities. This will also involve supporting the development of multi-year operational plans and advise on the funding possibilities offered by UK institutional donors.
· Anticipate future trends and the expectations of the donors and funding mechanisms in your portfolio, influence their policies and strategies, and negotiate and consult with them on institutional funding matters, in liaison with the appropriate colleagues from the UK team and federal network.
· In coordination with the Head of Institutional Relations and the Chief Executive, monitor and where needed, contribute to collective work and advocacy initiatives in collaboration with partners and INGO networks (such as the Start Network and targeted Bond groups) with the aim of raising HI’s profile and influencing UK donors in line with our influencing priorities.
Generate and manage institutional funding from UK donors
You will follow and champion HI’s internal institutional funding procedures to identify and analyse funding opportunities from UK sources, contribute to project submissions, and carry out grant management duties. You will:
· Monitor, identify, analyse and communicate all relevant funding opportunities from donors in your portfolio (including development and humanitarian grant opportunities and commercial contracts). This will involve facilitating internal go/no go decision-making for new opportunities and advising, and supporting programme colleagues on positioning and consortium-building when relevant.
· Lead the review and analysis of the requirements in new funding agreements and contracts, advise internal stakeholders on compliance and ensure appropriate contract negotiation and due diligence processes are followed.
· Implement internal procedures for contract/grant management and support the submission of reporting and payment requests according to donor requirements.
Improve our track record for UK institutional funding
You will be responsible for increasing internal understanding of UK donors and funding mechanisms in your portfolio, supporting high quality strategic submissions and donor compliance. You will:
· Create internal communications, train and brief finance, programme and technical staff (including country programmes) on the donors in your portfolio, ensuring they have the tools and knowledge to comply with donor rules, understand donor priorities and focus areas, and maximise the potential for funding.
· Support proposal development, advising on donor requirements, expectations and preferences.
· Build strong relationships and internal links with technical and programme teams and contribute to internal working groups on issues related to institutional funding.
Other duties
· Maintain a positive and collaborative working relationship with HI UK colleagues and the Federal Institutional Funding, and Operations teams.
· Actively contribute to the HI UK operational plan and team work plans, and internal staff meetings.
· Ensure high quality, accurate internal reporting and information management for your portfolio.
· Keep abreast of developments within the sector by liaising with counterparts in other NGOs, and relevant networks.
· Represent HI UK at external forums and meetings when relevant.
· Any other activities commensurate with the level of the post, as may be required by the Chief Executive or Head of Team.
Equal opportunities policy
HI UK is committed to diversity and inclusion. We recognise that discrimination shapes the opportunities that many people have in society and that people have different needs in order to realise their full potential. Addressing this requires organisations to be proactive in creating environments that encourage the inclusion and development of all. Though we still have a long way to go, inclusion is central to our identity at HI UK and we are strongly committed to the continuous work that it requires.
We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with disabilities and/or from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds, to help make us more representative. If you have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role, we will guarantee you an interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Project Coordinator will work closely with our team of five Programme Managers to support with the day-to-day operations of the programme. You’ll enjoy supporting with a varied range of tasks and be able to quickly develop a rapport with a wide range of stakeholders. On one day you may be supporting with our volunteering training, writing case studies, or having support calls with the programme’s beneficiaries.
You will need to be based in London to meet our members and beneficiaries.
The salary is in line with our BITC job framework - minimum of £25,875 per annum up to £29,497 per annum - London office based.
Closing date: Sunday 5 May 2024 at midnight
Interviews in the w/c Monday 13 May 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The motivation behind the LifeSkills programme is to inspire millions of young people and equip them with the key skills to move forward into the 21st century workplace. The programme focuses on teaching skills such as CV writing, interview skills, networking, problem solving, creativity, resilience, communication and managing online reputation. This combined Programme Manager, Facilitator role will be instrumental in raising awareness and developing skills in schools across Wales.
This post requires daily travel within South Wales.
The role will involve:
- A thorough understanding of the ready-made online resources to facilitate LifeSkills workshops, online and in person
- Creation and management of a deployment plan to achieve agreed targets for students and engagement of Barclays staff
- Maintaining systems for timely and accurate monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the effectiveness of the LifeSkills programme in line with contract requirements
- Sharing best practice and collaborating within and across BITC’s programme managers/facilitators in Scotland and Northern Ireland
The successful candidate will be:
- Managing the delivery of programmes to meet contractual obligations
- Working with business, schools and/or community organisations to create mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships
- Delivering highly engaging workshops which respond to learner needs and remain true to workshop objectives
The role requires travel across the region for programme delivery and participant interaction.
Salary:
The salary band for this role reflects the flexibility we offer with the contractual location. Candidates will be based at home and have personal transport to travel to schools across Wales. This role is 28 hours per week until 31 July 2025 with a full-time equivalent salary of £27,945 to £32,000 per annum (this will be prorated for part-time hours).
This post, due to its nature, duties and responsibilities, will be subject to a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (known as a DBS check).
Closing date: Sunday 5 May 2024 at midnight
Interviews in the w/c Monday 13 May 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
UK Programmes Officer
Location: Oldham EIC with flexibility (with some home working)
Hours: Full time
Salary: £25,000-£30,000
Main Responsibilities:
To work within the UK Programmes by providing support to Masjid Benchmarking, organising online Seminars, Support to Icare, Masjid Benchmarking, Education (Madaris) oversee and monitor Masjid Connect and Islamophobia monitoring, Publicity, supporting other areas of work of UKIM central team that may be delegated e.g. Imam CPD, Dawah, Tarbiyah.
Essentially the role is to support the Head of UK programmes to implement a varied and diverse programme of engagement to support improvement of the different programmes, masjids, branches, and departments in UKIM that require the support from UK Programmes Team.
The post is varied and ever changing depending on the needs of the members and programmes within UKIM.
Key Duties:
• To support Masjid and Branch Improvement through enabling them to undertake the self-assessment audit and then to deliver a development day based on the self-audit.
• To organise training both face to face and online that will enable masjids and branches to develop and move forward in their work programme.
• To bring on board speakers that will enable mosques to develop.
• To engage with the Dawah programme and to develop a robust programme of support to meet the needs of the department and different stakeholders. The parameters of this are still to be agreed and may involve some of the following areas it serves including new Muslims, design new curriculum, develop resources, re-develop & update websites, Unity Iftars, teach new Muslims & train daees. Based on your capacity and availability of resources to outsource where appropriate.
• To support the wider effort of masjid benchmarking by undertaking audits and maintaining contact with masjids through WhatsApp, support in delivery of development training etc.
• To support Head of UK Programmes to provide information and advice on training, workforce and funding capability development to UKIM masjids/centres and branches.
• To support in the development of and deliver high quality core training courses and materials as an integral part of our work in order to support the development of masjids, madaris and branches.
• To support development of Secretariat Function of the UK Programmes Team and to market training and funding support provision and oversee the recruitment and selection of learners.
• To support training for masjid/centre and branch learners and to recruit, induct and manage external trainers and/or consultants, where appropriate.
• To support appraisal and evaluation of UK programmes
• To provide expert support and guidance to the education department.
• To work with appropriate staff colleagues to identify and develop income generating activities that relate to provision of services from masjid/centres and branches.
• To support the Line Manager and Executive Officer to ensure that UK programmes is compliant with funding requirements.
• To keep informed of current developments in life‐long learning, good practice, funding opportunities and appropriate quality standards and to disseminate this information.
• Where appropriate work to accreditation of training to masjids/centres
• To liaise with awarding bodies to ensure that all conditions of centre membership, policies and procedures and relevant quality assurance systems are implemented and evidenced.
• To maintain the administrative systems relating to the post.
The post holder will be expected to use their initiative, be proactive and work with a wide range of people in local communities and statutory agencies.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Education & Experience
• Experience of working with community organisations in a community development and training role E
• Experience in programme development, monitoring, and evaluation. £
• Experience of conducting needs assessments. E
• Experience of delivering training on safeguarding, health and safety, lone working, funding and bid writing. E
Training:
• Experience of delivering training to people from diverse community groups E
• Experience of developing training materials and delivering and managing a range of unaccredited and accredited training courses E
• Experience of working with Muslims communities and faith communities more broadly E
• Management qualification D
• Funding qualifications D
• Teaching qualification D
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
• An understanding of the issues affecting local masjids and Muslims communities and the training and development needs of their staff and volunteers E
• Knowledge of Islamic beliefs and practices E
• Ability to analyse training needs and to develop a programme of learning in response to identified needs. E
• Ability to design assessment tasks and assess learners work E
• Ability to manage training provision whilst ensuring that accessibility and equality & diversity issues are addressed. E
• Ability to communicate clearly in person and in writing to a diverse range of audiences. E
• Ability to monitor and evaluate the impact of training provision and to report on these issues E
• Ability to use ICT including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook and to be administratively self‐servicing, creating on line forms, E
• Able to work some evening and occasional weekends by prior arrangement. E
• Knowledge of the charity sector. E
• Good leadership and people management skills. E
• Fluent written and spoken English. E
• Report and proposal writing skills. E
• Complex problem solving and decision-making skills. E
• Commit to withhold the integrity and standards of UKIM Relief and its values. E
You may also have experience in the following: Project Support, Project Assistant, Project Coordinator, Project Administrator, Project Management, Programme Support, Risk Management, Project Compliance, etc.
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Welcome
Thank you for your interest in joining the CoachBright team as our new London Programme Officer.
We are a social mobility charity on a mission to support pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds become confident, independent, and resilient learners so they can lead the lives they want.
There is an attainment and outcomes gap in the UK between disadvantaged pupils and their wealthier peers. This is exacerbated when pupils have lower confidence in their own abilities and potential. Upward social mobility is made even harder when pupils lack relatable role models who have been to university or have professional occupations. We want to change this!
Now, more than ever, it is essential that young people from disadvantaged back- grounds get the support they need to achieve their goals. That’s why we’re playing our part to narrow the gap and support a generation of pupils to be their best.
We are young, ambitious, and optimistic, and are looking for someone as passionate as we are about creating a socially just world. If you get out of bed to transform the life chances of young people and want to shape and grow a values-driven social mobility charity, we would love to hear from you.
Thanks,
The CoachBright team
The Challenge
Social mobility in the UK is still far from a reality: disadvantaged pupils are less likely to attend university/ high level apprenticeships, occupy top jobs and improve their standard of living over their parents than their peers. The divide has become even clearer since Covid-19.
The gap between most advantaged and least advantaged pupils’ employment and higher education destinations remains vast - and this leads to real-life consequences. There is still much more to be done.
As an award-winning, fast-moving charity our mission is to support young people from disadvantaged communities to identify and fulfil their potential. Working in partnership with schools, universities, and employers, we deliver academic and pastoral coaching programmes that improve pupils’ confidence, resilience, and independence, as well as their attainment.
With a recently written three-year strategy, and a new Chief Executive, we’re at anexciting stage of development and have ambitious plans to continue improving our im- pact and reach. This academic year, we are planning on supporting over 2,000 pupils across our three regional teams: London, the South East and the West Midlands.
Role description
We are looking for a self-motivated individual to enhance our work across London, where we have very strong existing school and university partnerships.
You will primarily be responsible for delivering our academic coaching programmes to pupils in both Primary and Secondary Schools across your region, and other regions when required. Typically we run programmes between the months of October-December, and February-June, where regular travel to schools in the region will be required.
As a Programme Officer you will also recruit, train and manage volunteers (typically current undergraduates from universities in your region), deliver in-school and online workshops, and contribute to the overall development of the region.
You will be delivering programmes in schools and with volunteers can be challenging, with every day looking a little different from the last. But it is ultimately extremely rewarding! You will flourish in this role if you enjoy thinking quickly, responding to challenges, and using your own initiative to get great outcomes for young people.
One of our core values at CoachBright is that ‘we believe coaching is transformative’. A coaching approach underpins everything we do from our programmes to the way we work with each other. As a result, every team member undertakes training to become an accredited coach, and becomes part of our Lifecycle coaching team, where we provide direct, 1:1 coaching to current university students and junior employees of our corporate partners. Once accredited you will have the opportunity to coach as part of this programme.
Role Description
The London Programme Officer will be responsible for:
Programme coordination and delivery:
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Coordinate and run multiple in-school and online programmes (core and peer to peer) across the region and, when required, in other regions.
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Set timelines for programme start and finish dates.
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Visit schools to oversee programme quality and communicate with school staff weekly to provide feedback after sessions.
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Facilitate in-school or digital workshops for groups of pupils (typically KS3-5).
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Plan and organise graduation trips to a local university for pupils on the programme.
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Coordinate and allocate coaches to school programmes, communicating with them weekly and when needed arranging transport for them to schools.
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Collect data for monitoring and evaluation purposes, such as pre and post programme questionnaires, attendance records, and pupil and coach feedback.
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Report regularly to your Head of Region on key performance indicators and programme updates.
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Contribute to the development of the region by supporting the Head of Region in generating new school leads and securing programmes.
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Support a strong and supportive network of schools, Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs).
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Build and maintain relationships with coaches, pupils and teachers.
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Once accredited as a coach, coach on our Lifecycle programmes.
Volunteer recruitment and management:
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Recruit and retain volunteer coaches (meeting minimum requirements set termly).
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Deliver coach training to volunteers in person and online.
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Create a thriving community of social mobility advocates among university students and young professionals.
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Work with your Head of Region to develop and maintain relationships with Universities, corporate partners and others.
Other:
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When required, lead on, and contribute to, projects that will positively impact the organisation as a whole.
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Embody our values and demonstrate commitment to our mission.
Essential characteristics and experience:
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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.
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Relationship building and facilitating: this is 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.)
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Organisation: working in a fast paced organisation you’ll be able to work between different programmes and workstreams.
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Independence: this role requires you to work independently/alone from time to time in the office and/or from home.
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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!
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Experience with young people: Comfortable with running sessions and delivering workshops to groups of young people from age 8-18.
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Valid driver’s licence and access to your own vehicle: The role requires frequent travel to schools and universities across the region.
Desirable knowledge/experience:
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Experience recruiting volunteers.
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Experience measuring and evaluating impact.
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Knowledge of programme design, pedagogy or tutoring/coaching.
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Knowledge of UK schools.
Key details
Benefits:
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An opportunity to contribute to a young, exciting charity with scope to input widely and take on new responsibilities.
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Starting Salary: £23,000 (plus London weighting of £3,000)
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Compressed hours policy: Option to work full-time hours over four days (Mon-Thurs).
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Annual Leave: 28 days (based on 7 hour working days; adjusted if on compressed hours).
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Hybrid working: Working one-two days from our London office.
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Training: We are a reflective organisation and keen to support your professional development. In particular, we offer each member of the team the opportunity to become a certified coach, as well as an annual CPD budget of £100.
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Access to a 24-hour employee assisted helpline facilitated independently by Health Assured.
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Access to BrightHR perks, providing team members with an array of discounts in various areas such as retail and technology.
Key Information:
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Length: Permanent
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Hours: Full-Time, 35 hours per week (with some weekend/evening hours required during volunteer recruitment and training periods which will be acknowledged in TOIL).
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Opportunity for compressed hours as noted above.
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Reporting to: Head of London
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Start date: As soon as possible
Coaching young people to be confident, independent and resilient so they can lead the lives they want.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Imagine being told that you, or someone you love, is losing their sight.
In that moment, two profound questions demand urgent answers:
- Can this be stopped?
- How will I live my life?
At Fight for Sight / Vision Foundation, we pursue positive answers to both questions. We do this by funding the brilliant minds and bright ideas that put change in sight.
Our researchers are at the forefront of eye research, making breakthroughs and discoveries that will prevent and treat eye disease. The partnerships we build and initiatives we support are changing life for blind and vision impaired people: from tackling loneliness to supporting people who have survived domestic abuse.
We have a clear ambition, led by our CEO, Keith Valentine, who has valuable lived experience of vision loss. We’ve secured well-respected and highly engaged ambassadors and patrons, from Sir John Major to Marsha De Cordova MP.
This is an exciting time to join us, as we activate our new brand and five-year strategy.
If you share our mission and have the skills, experience and drive to contribute to our dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you.
Role Description
This new role of Programme Officer (Social Change) will play an integral part in ensuring our grant making has the best possible impact. Working with the Programme Manager (Social Change) and the wider Impact Team, you will be the first point of contact for potential grant applicants and deliver effective processes that ensure that anyone who applies to us for funding has a positive experience, whether they are successful or not. You will lead on all aspects of administering our Social Change grant calls and provide the rest of the team with the information needed to support robust and transparent decision-making. You will also be involved in events for our applicants and will work with colleagues to continually refine and improve our grant making processes.
Responsible to
Programme Manager (Social Change)
Direct reports
None
Working hours and contract
This is a permanent full-time role, 35 hours a week.
Salary
£26k
Location
Aldgate E1 and hybrid working. Minimum two days in the office and external meetings and events as required.
Start date
As soon as possible
Role Responsibilities:
Administering grant processes:
· Working with the Programme Manager (Social Change) to update application and guidance forms for each funding round
· Work closely with colleagues to set up the grant call in our online grant management system.
· Provide guidance to potential applicants and respond to their queries, e.g. about eligibility.
· Work with colleagues who run the research funding programme to ensure that opportunities for efficiencies and shared processes are maximised
· Process grant applications, ensuring that we adhere to the highest standards of grant making
· Assist with the preparation of papers to support our decision-making processes, including supporting our Social Change Grants Assessment Panel (SGAP) by ensuring they have all relevant information and that the meetings run smoothly.
· Following final decision, ensure that terms and conditions and award letters are sent to successful applicants and ensure a smooth transition of projects to the Programme Manager (Social Change) who will manage the active projects.
Event support and attendance
· Assist with the organisation and delivery of in person and online meetings and events, e.g. a feedback session for unsuccessful applicants.
· Assist with the organisation of visits relating to the social change funding programme, e.g. helping put together briefing documents, supporting with arrangements and highlighting opportunities for stories and impact with communications colleagues.
Team support:
· Provide support to the wider Impact team where required, e.g. working with the finance team on the processing of invoices.
· Assisting the team in keeping accurate and up to date records, including on the online grants management system and ensure that all relevant records are readily and easily available
Person specification:
Skills, knowledge & experience
Essential
· Health or social sciences degree or with experience of working in grant making or similar
· Experience of working in an office/ administrative environment, ideally as part of a hybrid team
· Proficient in the use of standard IT packages including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Desirable
· Experience of working in a research or grant making organisation.
· Experience of working with committees, ideally with a health, research or charitable giving remit.
· Experience using online grant management systems.
Personal characteristics and behaviours:
· Understanding of and commitment to the change needed to improve life for blind and vision impaired people in the UK
· good attention to detail and focus on quality.
· Ability to understand and analyse information presented in funding applications and reports, summarise this and identify the most pertinent points.
· Ability to work flexibly and effectively as part of a small team and actively collaborate with colleagues in other teams.
· clear communicator, both orally and in writing, with an ability to respond to a wide range of enquiries, e.g. from community organisations
· Ability to effectively prioritise and time manage a varied workload.
· Proficient in the use of standard IT packages including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Flexibility
· The role description is a general outline of duties and responsibilities and may be amended as the newly merged charity develops. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time.
Accessibility
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements. If you are unfamiliar with MS Teams and would like to do a tech run-through before the interview, we can also coordinate that.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Country Trust Head of Programmes
Employed contract
- Hours: 21 per week
- Salary/contract rate : £43-45,000 FTE depending on experience
- Location: Ideally within easy reach of Chelmsford. Hybrid/homeworking
- Employed contract – benefits
- Annual leave: 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (FTE)
- Benefits: Workplace pension
- Reporting to: CEO
Possible combination with the Impact and Learning Lead role also being advertised.
About The Country Trust
As a nation we've lost our connection with the land that sustains us all, with big and urgent ramifications for health, sustainability and equality. The Country Trust is changing this through high quality food, farming and countryside experiences that empower children in the most disadvantaged communities across the UK. For 45 years, we've worked with farmers to bring the countryside alive for over 600,000 children least able to access it. Our impactful programmes include the Food Discovery Programme, Countryside Discovery Residentials, Farm Discovery, Farm in a Box and Plant Your Pants.
About the Role
As the Head of Programmes, you will take on a strategic leadership role, managing the team of Programme Managers and deputising for the CEO when required. You will ensure each programme flourishes while encouraging collaboration across teams and with external partners to meet our ambitious objectives. This is a hybrid role, allowing you to work from home and travel to see our programmes in action nationwide.
Key responsibilities include:
- Line managing senior programme staff, including a dispersed workforce
- Overseeing operational demands and change management
- Financial management - budgeting, forecasting, invoices, embracing fundraising
- Actively promoting equality of opportunity and being a powerful advocate for our cause
- Confident communication and stakeholder engagement across sectors
- Supporting strategic direction and deputising for the CEO when required
You will work closely with the CEO, Senior Leadership Team of 10, and a delivery team of around 40 colleagues.
About You
We are seeking an exceptional communicator and versatile senior leader committed to providing quality opportunities for disadvantaged children. You must have:
- Proven success line managing senior programme staff and a dispersed workforce
- Strong financial management skills, including budgeting and forecasting
- Working with the Impact and Learning Lead to ensure broad and deep understanding and implementation of our Theory of Change and our values, that evaluation and learning are embedded throughout the organisation and that we are known for the quality of our reporting, with all our activities and reporting informed by meaningful data.
- To identify and develop key partnerships to enable us to extend our reach and our impact.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Confidence and competence to act at Board level and deputise for CEO
Additionally, you should have:
- Strategic thinking abilities to balance priorities and find solutions
- A collaborative approach suited to a dynamic team environment
- A desire to support colleagues' growth and development
- The ability to build successful, effective partnerships – our 5 Year Plan goals are dependent on working with and through others
- An understanding of the reality of the lives of disadvantaged children and the barriers they face in developing a first-hand connection with the land.
- Passion for food, farming, and the countryside
This is a fulfilling opportunity to play a vital role in an organisation dedicated to reconnecting children with the land and creating a sustainable, equal future.
Closing date: midnight 5th May
Shortlisting: w/c 6th May
Interviews: w/c 20th May (to be confirmed)
Due to our safer recruitment policy, we cannot accept CVs for this position.
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Reporting to: Senior Programme Officer.
Contract Type: Full time, permanent (part-time candidates will be considered, minimum four days per week, flexible working hours can be accommodated).
Location: Hybrid, minimum two days per week in London office (applicants must already be eligible to work in the UK).
Salary: £29,000 (plus benefits) FTE.
Accessibility and Inclusion: Accommodation in the role and interview process will be made for candidates with accessibility needs, and we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for those with a disability or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background; please see below for details.
Start Date: June 2024. Closing date for applications: 23:59 BST 28/04/2024.
About this role
This role is an opportunity to participate in the global movement to protect the natural world; meeting and supporting incredible communities and organisations driving change to secure a sustainable future. You will be supporting our partners and carrying out grant administration in the Amphibian and Congo Basin Programmes, for which proficiency in both French and English is essential.
The role will be a fundamental part of Synchronicity Earth’s Programmes team (currently a team of seven people), working to help develop and grow the support we provide to our partners (grantees) across our programmes. Please note that first-stage interviews for this role will be conducted in both French and English.
Specific responsibilities will include the following:
- Manage some grantee partner relationships, including building trust and openness, identifying capacity needs, administrating grants, monitoring progress and fulfilling reporting requirements.
- Provide administrative support across the Programmes Team with grant management e.g. preparing of grant paperwork, reviewing partner reports and checklists (proposals), monitoring pipelines.
- Undertake research in focal areas for the Programmes Team, such as identifying intervention points and opportunities to make a difference in conservation.
- Contribute to communication products, including donor reports and applications, to support Synchronicity Earth’s fundraising and philanthropic goals.
- Produce and contribute to board papers and discussions.
- Update and undertake due diligence.
- Manage and maintain partner database, including data entry, preparing reports and basic analysis.
- Contribute to the development of Synchronicity Earth’s processes and systems around partner management and due diligence.
For the right candidate, there will be opportunities to increase your experience, responsibilities, and potential career development as the organisation grows. We also have several cross-cutting Working Groups in which we welcome engagement from new staff, these currently include Reimagining Philanthropy, Youth, and EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion).
About us
Synchronicity Earth is a UK-based, global environmental charity which funds work that aims to make our planet a better place to live for all its inhabitants.
We are a medium-sized charity which supports partners working to protect less well-known species and ecosystems around the world that receive less attention but face the greatest threats. We do this through our Conservation Programmes, which identify, fund, and support organisations with a focus on: Amphibians, Asian Species, Congo Basin, Biocultural Diversity, Freshwater, and Ocean. We also support work across two other areas: the More than Carbon initiative, a portfolio of climate and biodiversity projects targeted at corporate donors; and the Synchronicity Portfolio, which aims to foster systemic change to promote a greater focus on biodiversity conservation within different sectors. Our partners are mostly organisations embedded within their local communities, and we often support work which also considers social impacts such as women’s health and empowerment, engagement with Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and sustainable livelihoods (e.g., small-scale fisheries) in addition to wildlife conservation.
Skills and experience required
Essential
- Proficient written and spoken English equivalent to C1 or C2 level.
- Proficient written and spoken French equivalent to C1 or C2 level.
- Bachelor’s degree or three or more years’ work experience in a relevant area. This could be lived experience, volunteering, or work experience related to sectors such as biodiversity conservation, social justice, environmental protection, community organizing, or engagement with political and social movements.
- Demonstrable interest in ecology, endangered species and biodiversity conservation, social justice, or community organising.
- Proven ability to produce high-quality written materials.
- Computer literacy.
Desirable
- Experience in Africa (especially lived experience in West or Central Africa).
- Some understanding of community- and rights-based approaches.
- Willingness to undertake occasional travel both within the UK and overseas.
- Desire to work across a range of conservation issues and to undertake a diverse role.
Your development: skills and experience from this role
The following list is meant to provide guidance for your application while also demonstrating the type of skills and experience you will develop as part of this role. If there is anything here which you have currently had no experience in, but would like to develop, then this would be a great role for you – please see the following section. Please let us know in your application if any of these particularly appeal to you, or you have some experience already.
Key skills and training: research and analysis, fundraising, project and programme management, grant administration.
- Gain experience in communicating technical or complex projects or ideas to a non-expert audience (i.e., explaining complex projects or scientific research).
- Learn about Synchronicity Earth’s value-driven approach to supporting biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
- Gain experience in managing partner relationships, building trusting and open relationships.
- Gain experience in grant administration from early scoping, to grant payment, to reporting.
- Gain experience working collaboratively and across multiple work-flows to ensure partners receive the support they require on time and to a high standard.
- Learn how to collect and analyse data, particularly in relation to conservation impact.
- Gain experience in undertaking research in focal areas for the Programmes Team, including the possibility of your research informing and guiding the development of new funds and programmes.
- Gain experience in fundraising, supporting the Programmes and Philanthropy Teams to meet their fundraising goals.
- Develop your public speaking skills and work towards opportunities to represent the organisation at external events.
- Grow your ability to identify themes & trends among grantee partners’ efforts, to see and bridge gaps, and to connect dots.
- Gain experience using different systems and tools i.e., Salesforce, Asana, and Tableau.
Our workplace values and culture
We pride ourselves on having an open and inclusive culture. Our team supports each other and encourages new ideas and creativity to help us develop new projects and reach new audiences with our work. We aim to apply the same dedication to a flourishing diversity of people and wildlife on our planet through our programmes to our working environment and strive to make this environment open and inclusive for everyone. We recognise that the environment sector in the UK is close to the bottom in terms of the diversity of its employees, and we are actively committed to doing what we can to change this.
Employment details
Reporting, location, and work hours
This position is a permanent full-time position that is based in the Synchronicity Earth offices in Central London, with the option for hybrid office/home working if the successful applicant wishes with 2 days a week in the office (laptop would be provided for home working). The successful candidate must be already eligible to work in the UK.
Annual leave
25 days per year for a full-time position (in addition to public holidays), adjusted for part-time. We also run an employer-supported volunteering programme, where employees may take additional time-off (2 days per annum) to volunteer for community organisations and other charities (in accordance with our policy).
Benefits
Synchronicity Earth offers staff a range of benefits including, but not limited to, a minimum 6% pension contribution, travel loan assistance, and a health care benefit. More details can be found in the careers section of our website and in the supporting documents.
Accessibility
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are always looking for how we can make our workplace more accessible. Our office has step-free access with an off-street entrance and lift; we can offer adaptive workstations, chairs, or desks; and can provide flexible working hours or condensed workweeks to accommodate medical appointments or help employees manage fatigue. Candidates with disabilities are eligible for our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and we encourage you to let us know if there are any adjustments we can make for you or information you need during the application process.
Application & Recruitment Process
Inclusion is a priority throughout our workplace culture and is embedded in our recruitment process (and we are actively still seeking to improve it through employee and candidate suggestions). For example, the first stage of recruitment will be anonymised to mitigate against unconscious bias. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds for this role, particularly non-graduates, and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Please let us know at any stage during the recruitment process if you have any accessibility requirements we can accommodate for you, and which pronouns you would like to be referred to by. If you are new to the sector, we have some helpful resources on our website to help support your application to this role and others.
How to apply:
- Please complete our candidate survey found in the supporting documents.
- Please send a cover letter (one side of A4) outlining any relevant skills and experience you have for this role, why it interests you, and any particular skills you would like to develop in this role, with your CV (no longer than two sides of A4).
Applications should be sent via Charity Jobs.
Closing date for applications: 28/04/2024.
Review process: The application process will have three stages. Following anonymized review of applications, first-stage candidates (including qualifying GIS candidates) will either be invited to a short zoom call (about 20 minutes) or asked to complete a short assessment. Up to six applicants will then be invited to a second-stage interview in person at our London offices with three members of our team. From these applicants, up to three people will be invited to a third-stage interview with our Head of Conservation Programmes and Senior Programme Officer. There will also be an opportunity for third-stage candidates to meet two members of Synchronicity Earth staff informally to get to know the team and what it is like to work for Synchronicity Earth.
The first-stage interview/assessment will aim to establish your proficiency in both English and French, and to understand your background and motivation for applying to this role. The second-stage interview will aim to understand your prior experience, your values, and what transferable skills you bring to the role. The third-stage interview will seek to understand how you work, whether this role and our organization are the right fit for you, and what development opportunities would be of most value to you.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: We recognise that people from Black, Asian, and Minority-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds and people with disabilities are under-represented in our sector, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We aim to apply the same dedication to a flourishing diversity of people and wildlife on our planet through our programmes to our working environment and strive to make this environment open and inclusive for everyone.
As part of our commitment to attract and retain talented individuals from under-represented groups to the conservation and environment sector, if you have a disability or are from a BAME background, opt in to the Guaranteed Interview Scheme in our candidate survey, and demonstrate in your application that you meet the essential criteria for a role, you'll be guaranteed a first-stage assessment. In most cases, this will be a 20-minute interview held via Zoom, however, in the case of an extraordinary number of applicants, the first-stage candidates (including GIS) will receive a short assessment. The results of this assessment will be used to select candidates for the second-stage interview.
Expected first-stage interview dates: 08/05/2024 – 10/05/2024
Expected second-stage interview dates: 13/05/2024 – 17/05/2024
Expected third-stage interview dates: 20/05/2024
Please note that interview dates may change depending on volume of applications received.
Please complete our Candidate Survey, found in the supporting documents.
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As the Training Programmes Manager you will have oversight and responsibility for the healthcare professional training projects and activities, as well as growing the M4RD network within HCP groups and training institutions.
You will be key to rolling out Rare Disease 101 training for healthcare professionals all over the UK and potentially abroad. While you are not expected to deliver training yourself you will be pivotal to creating opportunities and facilitating all aspects of the programme.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Co-lead M4RD’s Ambassador Programme, managing the clinical and medical student ambassadors.
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Planning and delivering training events.
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Deliver educational and training projects inline with M4RD’s current strategy and work programme.
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Collaborate with training institutions and NHS workplaces inline with M4RD’s current strategy and work programme.
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Potential to manage up to two members of the M4RD Team.
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Support the CEO and Operations & Finance Manager with recruitment duties, operational strategy and development and coaching any relevant staff.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Imagine being told that you, or someone you love, is losing their sight.
In that moment, two profound questions demand urgent answers:
- Can this be stopped?
- How will I live my life?
At Fight for Sight / Vision Foundation, we pursue positive answers to both questions. We do this by funding the brilliant minds and bright ideas that put change in sight.
Our researchers are at the forefront of eye research, making breakthroughs and discoveries that will prevent and treat eye disease. The partnerships we build and initiatives we support are changing life for blind and vision impaired people: from tackling loneliness to supporting people who have survived domestic abuse.
We have a clear ambition, led by our CEO, Keith Valentine, who has valuable lived experience of vision loss. We’ve secured well-respected and highly engaged ambassadors and patrons, from Sir John Major to Marsha De Cordova MP.
This is an exciting time to join us, as we activate our new brand and five-year strategy.
If you share our mission and have the skills, experience and drive to contribute to our dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you.
Role Description
The Head of Research and Programmes is a new role, leading and overseeing the delivery of our grant-making activity across eye research and social change: delivering first class grant programmes that respond to need as our organisation scales up. The role will lead on key strategic projects and relationships that will increase the Impact of our funding and the value we add to the sectors we work in. This role will also develop and own an appropriate impact framework to ensure we're able to amplify the work we fund and demonstrate the value of our approach to funders and supporters.
Responsible to
Director of Impact and External Affairs
Direct reports
Senior Programme Manager (Research): Programme Manager (Social Change): Impact and Evaluation Manager
Working hours and contract
This is a permanent full-time role, 35 hours a week.
Salary
Circa. £60k
Location
Aldgate E1 and hybrid working. Minimum two days in the office and external meetings and events as required.
Start date
As soon as possible
Role Responsibilities:
Overseeing our Grant Programmes
· Driving work in areas where our organisation can add value and meet need, including scoping new potential programmes and partnerships as well as ensuring our current programmes evolve
· Lead on delivering high quality funding programmes that meet regulatory (AMRC) requirements as appropriate and provide an excellent experience for applicants, both successful and unsuccessful
· Be responsible for the financial management of budget associated with our funding programmes, working closely with the Finance Team
· Lead and manage the programme teams to analyse the external environment, identify unmet need and how we can add greater value in the sectors we work in
· Proactively disseminate insights from our funded research and project partners, gather sector knowledge, e.g. through delivering presentations, networking and representing our organisation externally with other grant makers/philanthropic organisations and sector partners.
Impact, evaluation and learning
· Work with the Director of Impact and External Affairs to develop and deliver an appropriate impact framework for our organisation, ensuring that we’re able to amplify the work we fund and demonstrate value to our funders and supporters
· Work closely with the Head of Communications and External Affairs to ensure that the narrative around our impact is powerful and consistent
· Initiate and facilitate new partnership opportunities, e.g. for co-funding grants, or for co-creating innovative project ideas for consideration through our funding programmes.
Strategic projects and relationships:
· Act as the primary point of contact for scientific advisors and subject matter experts, supporting the programme managers by providing senior stakeholder and relationship management support, e.g. with funded researchers, institutions, sector partners and potential future partners
· Commission relevant evidence gathering, project or development work to support the evolution of our funding programmes, specifically our focus during 2024/25 on the North East of England .
· Work with fundraising colleagues to provide support and information to develop cases for support, including pitching alongside the fundraising team when required.
· Work closely with colleagues in communications to ensure that the scope and impact of our work is widely understood and communicated
· Lead on specific initiatives to support our research strategy and to enhance our social change funding programme, e.g. developing a network for early career researchers and involvement of experts by experience across our work.
Leadership and Management
· Lead the team to deliver high quality funding programmes, ensuring that impact is embedded and widely shared
· Provide leadership to the team to support Its ongoing and future development, including creating ways to build skills and expertise within the team
· Work alongside other senior managers in the organisation to provide leadership that ensures our organisation is able to make the most of opportunities, increase its profile and credibility.
· Deliver strong and effective grant-making through our decision-making and governance structures
· Deputise for the Director of Impact and External Affairs as appropriate.
Person specification:
Skills, knowledge & experience
Essential
· A postgraduate degree in a biomedical sciences, health or social sciences subject or equivalent work experience
· Experience of working in a funder organisation, ideally supporting research or social change programme delivery including patient and public involvement and/or other co-production methods.
· Enthusiastic about vision research with strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret, analyse and summarise evidence, including from technical scientific papers, for a variety of audiences.
· Experience of monitoring, evaluation and learning within a grant making environment, including facilitating opportunities for grantees to come together, either through structured development programmes or sharing best practice
· Proficient in the use of standard IT packages including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and ideally familiar with Grant Management Systems or able to learn how to use these quickly.
Desirable
· An advanced research degree (PhD) in biomedical sciences, health or social sciences subject or equivalent work experience
· Experience of working directly in or supporting vision and sight loss research or funding programmes.
· Understanding of the wider research and programme funding landscape and initiatives for responsible funding activities
Personal chararteristics and behaviours:
· A confident and clear communicator, both orally and in writing, with an ability to articulate our impact with internal and external stakeholders
· A collaborative approach, able to problem solve and work with colleagues to generate ideas or overcome barriers
· A focus on quality, attention to detail and accuracy in content and presentation
· A strong project manager with the ability to work independently and within a team to plan and prioritise activities across multiple projects.
· Commitment to the research that will prevent, treat and cure eye disease and the change that is needed to improve life for blind and vision impaired people.
· Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
Flexibility
· The role description is a general outline of duties and responsibilities and may be amended from time to time.
· The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time.
Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements. If you are unfamiliar with MS Teams and would like to do a tech run-through before the interview, we can also coordinate that.
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Who we are
The problem - On average, 160 young people are excluded from school each week. Once excluded, prospects for these young people are bleak, with only 4% achieving good GCSE grades, and 67% entering sustained education, employment or training compared to 96% of their non-excluded peers. This can be a pipeline to prison, with concerning statistics showing 63% of prisoners having been excluded from school.
Our mission - To ensure that young people who have been excluded from school are not excluded from society.
Who we serve - We support the hardest to reach young people in the most disadvantaged communities, each of whom are most at risk of experiencing school exclusion or are at risk of being excluded. Young people who are eligible for free school meals are 4x more likely to get excluded, along with black Caribbean boys. Young people with special educational needs are also six times as likely to be excluded as their peers.
Our work - We work in a number of different settings both during term time and after school. Our coaches lead small groups of 8-10 young people, using sport as a hook and mentorship as an anchor to develop their soft skills, as well as improve their physical & mental wellbeing. This, coupled with exposure to the work place through Career Taster Days, raises their aspirations and puts young people in a better position to enter sustained education, employment or training (EET) when they leave school.
Role Overview
Salary – £31,200 to £38,000 pa
Reporting to – Chief Operating Officer
Contract type – 10 months maternity cover (with the possibility to extend)
Location – Midlands, Liverpool or Newcastle (homebased with weekly field travel within the Midlands, North East, North West and London office)
Hours – Full time 37.5 hours
Start date: August
We are looking for someone to carry out maternity cover for our Programme Manager (Midlands & North). The Programme Manager role purpose is to lead on all aspects of service delivery within the Midlands & North area, which currently covers the following hubs: Birmingham, Solihull, Leicester, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, Liverpool, Warrington & Oldham. This is a 10 month fixed term role with the opportunity to extend employment at the end of the contract.
This includes accountability for the delivery of our in person services, digital delivery (Player Profiles), impact, employability, regional fundraising, regional partnerships, business development and people across all regions in the Midlands & North. You will directly line manage at least 3 people but be responsible for a wider team of circa 15 people.
This is a varied and hands on role that will be full of purpose. You’ll be joining a supportive and driven team that works hard to help young people change their lives. As a manager you will play a key part in the leadership of the organisation and driving the implementation of strategic plans on the ground.
It is important to us that this role remains embedded within the delivery of our interventions, therefore the post holder will be required to spend up to 25% delivering our programmes or working alongside staff for quality assurance.
Who you are
- At least 2 years experience leading a team and the ability to manage a team across a broad geography.
- Someone who aligns with our playbook values: play as a team, tell it like it is, future focused and high energy.
- A passion for our cause and ability to engage with young people effectively.
- Previous experience working in a charity, social justice, sport, youth work or teaching would be advantageous.
Applications
Email us your CV and cover letter by 12th May.
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Job Description – Impact Reporting Officer - Food
Reporting to: Network Analyst
Location: London or Sheffield with regular travel
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 35 hours
Salary: £26,138-£27,513 (National) or £28,731-£30,243 (London)
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.
The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis is driving millions into food insecurity.
We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.
FareShare’s Strategy & Vision
Vision: We have the vision of a UK where “No good food goes to waste”.
Mission: To use surplus, fit-for-consumption food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front line charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.
Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.
Our Values:
Passion – for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead
Ambition – to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen
Respect – for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners and our beneficiaries
Collaboration – it’s only by working with others that we can be stronger
Focus – on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and achieve the most for our clients/customers.
The Role
As FareShare continues to build broad and successful partnerships with key food suppliers across the UK, the Impact Reporting Officer will play a vital role in managing data and effectively demonstrating our impact to the food industry. This position is central to achieving our mission of saving usable surplus food and feeding communities.
This role is a reporting and systems lead, providing administrative and analytical support to the Food Team with a primary focus on consolidating and managing food volume data. Demonstrating to companies the difference their food makes in an informative and engaging way is a key driver of continued support and motivation for the food industry. We seek a fast learner who can engage across various internal systems, including FareShare’s national WMS, Power BI, and our CRM Salesforce.
Working closely with the Food Team, the role will extract and manipulate data from our systems, presenting it meaningfully in reports and updates for our key food partners. Additionally, this role will collaborate with FareShare’s in-house technology department (The Info Centre) to champion and support the maintenance and accuracy of systems used within the Food Team, ensuring account records are up-to-date, and live reporting is both accurate and beneficial to account managers while adhering to GDPR policies.
This role will champion the further embedded usage of our CRM system (Salesforce) to better manage multifaceted relationships with our partners across the food industry. Having a clear and aligned view of the relationships across the industry is central to our ability to achieve our ambitions in partnership excellence. This role will both support the teams in keeping the CRM accurate and work with the Info Centre in suggesting and implementing builds and developments to the CRM that enhance our ability to successfully track and monitor key relationships.
Alongside the ownership of our impact data, this role will also contribute to cross-departmental data analytics projects and support the Marketing team to gather qualitative impact stories. Across both qualitative and quantitative impact data, this role will look to translate all of this into meaningful insights for companies that highlight FareShare’s work and ultimately help to deliver more food for those that need it.
Main areas of responsibility
Impact Reporting
- Design, build and implement impact reporting activities across the Food Team, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with key partner joint partnership plans
- Develop and implement best practices for impact reporting to effectively communicate the difference made by partners’ food .
- Support the gathering of qualitative impact stories, working collaboratively with charity partners and individuals to compile compelling narratives.
- Bridge the gap between qualitative and quantitative impact data, translating both into meaningful insights that resonate with key stakeholders.
- Develop content that effectively communicates the broader impact of our initiatives to both corporate and charity partners.
Data Analysis and Insights
- Provide comprehensive reports and analyses on food partner volumes, aiding Commercial Manager presentations and reports to food partners, including Tesco reporting requests.
- Utilise analytical skills to extract meaningful insights from various internal systems, contributing to informed decision-making and strategy formulation (including where possible providing data to marketing team and to support commercial decisions across the procurement team).
- Collaborate with Commercial Managers to support data gathering for monthly reporting and quarterly/annual forecasting and targeting.
- Contribute to cross-departmental projects and discussions as the Food Team data lead
CRM System Enhancement
- Champion the embedded usage of the CRM system (Salesforce) to enhance relationship management with partners in the food industry.
- Collaborate with the Info Centre to suggest and implement CRM builds and developments that improve tracking, monitoring, and reporting capabilities.
- Provide hands-on support to the Food Team in improving the effective use of Salesforce, ensuring all team members are proficient in utilising its features.
- Work collaboratively to identify opportunities for CRM optimisation and efficiency gains in managing partner relationships.
- Support in the ongoing assessment of the Partnership Excellence pillar using our CRM
Food Data Accuracy
- Support the maintenance and accuracy of our food volume data across visualisation tools like Power BI, including full ownership of the food team Power BI report.
- Collaborate with the Info Centre to streamline processes related to live reporting, ensuring accuracy and relevance for account managers.
Troubleshooting, System Support and Training
- Work closely with the Food Team to understand how systems, including CRM and Power BI, are utilised for decision-making, strategic planning, and day-to-day operations.
- Offer troubleshooting support, identifying and resolving issues related to system usage and data management.
- Support in the delivery of training on existing systems with the ambition of building a stronger data culture across the Food Team and wider organisation
Person Specification
As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of data analysis to provide insight and overviews on progress against KPIs.
- Working knowledge of CRM systems and business analytics programmes such as SalesForce and Power BI.
- An ability to comprehend and display often complex data in a simplified and engaging way.
- Experience of working cross-functionally within a busy organisation meeting project deadlines.
- Experience of project reporting for internal or external audiences.
Desirable
- Experience working alongside marketing or brand teams building compelling narratives.
- Experience of using CRM or databases to extract data reports to inform decision-making highlighting any trends.
- Knowledge of, and interest in, FareShare’s mission.
- Interest and understanding of the food industry and/or food waste reduction sector.
- Ability to discuss sensitive case studies with charity partners and produce compelling content for reports and publicity.
- Experience in delivering training on technical systems.
Competencies and behaviours
- Good communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to think creatively and use data to tell compelling stories
- Proficient IT skills, including all Microsoft office packages; specifically an advanced user of Excel with technical skills to analyse data
- Excellent numeracy skills and excellent attention to detail
- Pro-active, organised and able to work under pressure
- Ability to prioritise effectively and cope with competing demands
- Ability to use own initiative working independently and responsibly
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan