Programme Technical Lead Jobs
About the FCDO Centre of Expertise: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in partnership with Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has established a Centre of Expertise (CoE) to serve as an authoritative source of expertise, insightful informational resources, analysis, evidence, and advice on “what works” to support democratic governance around the world.
Programme Manager - Centre of Expertise
The Programme Manager will work under the guidance of the Head of the Centre of Expertise to support the delivery of Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD’s) role in the Centre of Expertise, leading on the procurement, contracting, monitoring and management of WFD Experts.
They will play an important and vital role within the team responsible for directly responding to requests from the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) posts for expertise in democratic governance and for managing the deployment of experts where in-country visits are part of the terms of reference.
About You
To be successful in this position, you will be an experienced Programme Manager with the following skills and experience.
Strong Programme Management experience and skills: At least five years’ proven track record in programme management, or in procurement or contracts administration with a background ideally in the international development sector.
- Previous experience working with the FCDO or on an FCDO-funded programme.
- Confidence in drafting and negotiating contracts.
- Good understanding of business processes including the outsource of procured services.
- Experience of implementing or strengthening processes to improve efficiency.
- Experience of and strong abilities in financial administration.
- Experience of working and supporting teams working remotely and cross-collaboration between multiple departments.
- Excellent time management, including ability to prioritise tasks and working to deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to foster good working relationships.
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent technical knowledge of Microsoft 365 Platform.
We offer - Remote Working. 4 wellbeing days per calendar year [pro-rata for part-time staff], plus annual leave and public holidays entitlement. (Eligibility for the Civil Service pension scheme option employer contribution up to 28.97%)
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We believe that a young person's success should be determined by the talents and abilities they have, not where they come from.
Improving social mobility is a team effort and we work in partnership with UK plc including Barclays LifeSkills, KPMG, M&G plc, Mace and the NHS to spark interest and engage young people from underserved communities to think big about their futures.
- Could you be our new Programme Manager, ready for the next step in your career?
- Can you imagine yourself managing several high-profile employability campaigns with some of the UK's best known businesses?
If you share our values of ambition, inquistiveness and equity and inclusion, and want to work in a team that supports 50,000+ young people build their skills and confidence every year... read on...
What you will be doing in this role
You’ll be a brilliant project manager, putting building relationships at the heart of your work. You like be organised and enjoy working in partnership with a variety of people and implementing practical solutions to meet your goals.
You could be supporting some of our longest running and successful partnerships helping young people discover exciting opportunities across industries such as healthcare, technology, construction and the financial services.
You can balance competing priorities and deadlines to keep projects moving towards their goals and are comfortable making decisions after gathering insight and information from colleagues and partners.
Key areas of responsiblity
- Multiple projects management
- Team management for programme delivery
- Systems and administrative processes for operational delivery
- Building exceptional relationships
- Evaluation and reporting
You will bring the following experiences:
- Track record of managing multiple projects with a variety of stakeholders from the public and commercial sector
- Direct line management of staff
- Track record of achieving targets and objectives
- Use of IT, data, and systems to operate efficient programmes, evaluate and measure their success
- Monitoring and evaluation of outcomes to assess impact
- Budget and resource monitoring
- Understanding of and interest in educational programmes
You will have the following skills:
- Excellent written communications and speaking and listening skills
- Confident using MS packages including Teams, PowerPoint, Forms, Excel and Word and comfortable using technology to enhance our activities.
- Planning and organisation
- Problem-solving
- Decision-making
Salary: £35,000
Annual leave: 28 days + Bank Holidays
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours pw (part-time hours min 22.5 pw)
Contract: Permanent
Place of work: Hybrid
You do not need to live in London for this role. You will be working from home (IT equipment provided), with 2-3 individual days per month on average in London for team together days in a co-working space (please consider this as a commutable distance as these are considered commuting days.
We are interested in hearing from candidates who are seeking part-time working. Please note this in your application.
You can submit a covering letter with your CV.
For our safer recruitment processes, CVs must cover all work history since leaving education - please provide a note outlining any gaps in employment.
While we encourage the use of innovative technology in our work, we want to hear your voice and personality in your application. We will check applications for use of AI generated text.
Successful applicants will need to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the role, including completing our Safer Recruitment process, references from past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £53,968 per annum, rising to £56,809 after 12 months in London. £49,940 per annum, rising to £52,781 after 12 months outside of London.
Hours: Full-time. Applications for four-day contracts are welcome.
Contract: Permanent.
Location: Home based, or office based at Society Building, 8 All Saints Street, London N1, in line with NCVO’s flexible working policy or home working policy.
Closing date: Tuesday 22 April.
Shortlisting date: Wednesday 23 April.
Interviews: 29 and 30 April.
About the role
We are the largest membership body for voluntary organisations in England. The needs of communities are diverse and ever-changing. This means the role charities play, and what they need, constantly evolve.
We hold a wealth of data. We need our data to become meaningful insight that helps tell the story of our members and the sector. Both to aid internal strategic decision making and to influence external audiences.
The insight lead will be integral to realising this ambition ‒ combining our analytical and sector research with our internal data. They will establish NCVO’s Insight Hub which will house the highest quality data and insight, and be respected and valued by external stakeholders.
We’re already revered for our Almanac and other research projects, which the insight lead will further expand. They will also develop the strategy, review our research programme, and embed a culture of using insights across the organisation.
This is a dual role. The insight lead will act as a champion for the voice of the customer internally – ensuring business decisions and strategic priorities are based on insight, and that we’re collecting and managing data in the most compliant way.
They will also take a strong external leadership approach ‒ looking for partners, technologies, AI solutions and funding opportunities so we can strengthen what we know about the sector, and how we report and share information. They will review our existing approach to research and harness opportunities from our unique perspective.
Equity, diversity and inclusion
NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector.
We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work with us. We welcome submissions from people from all backgrounds and identities.
As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a pre-interview task and will have one week to complete the exercise. Interview questions will be shared in advance.
If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please email us.
About NCVO
We are the charities charity. For over 100 years, NCVO has stood shoulder to shoulder with communities, championing and celebrating voluntary action.
Our membership is made up of over 17,000 voluntary organisations across England, from small, grassroots community groups and social enterprises, to large, far-reaching charities.
We believe that communities are strengthened by voluntary action. We therefore want charities to thrive and be empowered to deliver for people and communities.
We focus on empowering charities and volunteers by making sure they have the knowledge, tools, and resources they need. We advocate for and with our members, giving voice to those not often heard, and harnessing the collective power of partners to ensure the voluntary sector is valued. We bring charities together so they can learn, connect, and create greater impact.
As the voluntary sector and volunteering adapt to new challenges and a changing context, so must NCVO. We are therefore prioritising work to evolve as an organisation to ensure we live our values of ambition, inclusion, openness and collaboration in everything we do internally and externally.
We have around 80 staff and income of more than £7m per year. With our members at the heart of everything we do, our mission is to unite to champion the remarkable role of charities and volunteers. Because stronger charities make for stronger communities.
NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Charity No. 225922.
Benefits for NCVO employees
NCVO offers attractive benefits including:
- 25 days’ annual leave (for full-time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff) and office closure between 25 December and 1 January inclusive. After three years' service annual holiday increases to 27 days, and after five years to 30 days (pro rata for part-time staff)
- the option to purchase or sell up to five more days each year
- five days’ volunteering leave (pro rata for part-time staff)
- 2.5 extra ‘wellbeing’ days off during the year
- enhanced pay for sick/maternity/adoption leave
- subsidised gym membership
- season ticket loan
- flexible working, including opportunities to work from home/off-site
- monthly homeworking allowance for permanent homeworkers
- monthly office worker allowance for those who have to work from the office on a daily basis
- generous employer pension contribution of up to 8.5% of salary, into our stakeholder pension scheme (linked to employee contribution)
- training and development opportunities
- the opportunity to join Hospital Saturday Fund health cash plan for free at the basic level of cover, or at a reduced rate for other levels of cover
- 24-hour free and confidential employee assistance programme.
We’re located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern accessible building overlooking Regent’s Canal.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job purpose and key responsibilities
As per our 2030 Vision, CARE and our partners aim to support 200 million people from the most vulnerable and excluded communities to overcome poverty and social injustice. This role sits within CARE International UK’s Programme Funding Team, which is critical to the achievement of CARE’s vision as we lead high-quality bidding processes with UK-based institutional donors and large foundations.
As a Programme Development Officer, you will play a key role in the delivery of CIUK’s donor diversification strategy seeking to secure funding from and strengthen CIUK’s relationships with non-FCDO donors. The post-holder will lead proposal development processes for accountable grants up to £1.5M. You will also work with other programme development specialists to contribute to the programme design and proposal submissions for larger or more complex programmes such as those funded by FCDO or the European Commission.
The post holder will work closely with technical teams, CARE Country Offices and other partners to identify and monitor exciting funding opportunities, and which showcase CARE’s programme innovation, and which deliver impact as well as full cost recovery for CIUK. The post holder will be the primary contact person and manage CIUK’s relationship engagement with allocated donors.
Post holders will work internationally and be exposed to a range of technical approaches in varied thematic areas and geographies across CARE’s work. CARE employees are encouraged to pursue learning and development opportunities within the organisation, and to pro-actively contribute to the positive culture of CIUK. They will also benefit from the extensive knowledge and learning resources held by the CARE International confederation.
Why join our team?
By shaping and building our programme portfolio, the Programme Funding Team is central to delivery of CARE International UK’s new three-year strategy.
‘Local Leadership, Global Influence’, underpins our new strategy. Women leaders and activists already play key roles addressing humanitarian and climate crises, something which is frequently overlooked. CIUK will scale our proven models which support women’s voice and leadership to place women at the center of climate and humanitarian action and decision-making. The team will also contribute to CARE’s aims to shift more power and resources to a country and local level, exploring new ways to provide programme funding support to country offices and partners.
About you
The team is looking for passionate individuals ready to play a key role in the delivery of CIUK’s donor diversification strategy, seeking to secure funding from and strengthen CIUK’s relationships with key donors. You will have excellent communication skills, strong proposal development skills, and a proven ability to forge strong relationships with donors, partners and colleagues in multiple locations. You will bring experience in institutional funding, prospecting, donor engagement and understanding of programme design processes. An ability to work in French and overseas experience is also highly desirable.
Interviews commencing 13th May 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
Are you looking to develop your fundraising skills in the international development sector? Are you proactive, highly organised, a good communicator and a friendly team player?
If you are seeking a dynamic and engaging role which offers a wide range of fundraising experience, then this could be the job for you. This position would suit someone with administrative experience and a passion for fundraising. All we ask is that you are willing to learn and willing jump into the role and organisational culture feet first!
The Senior Programme Funding Officer role sits within the External Engagement Department and will be responsible for the majority of the team administration. The role will be working closely with the Senior Fundraising Manger and Head of Programme Fundraising to identify and approach new donors, coordinate cross team proposals and support on the development of trips and events. A critical part of the role is also managing the Foundation’s CRM (Raisers’ Edge) system across the organisation.
You will be line managed and supported day-to-day by the Senior Fundraising Manager, who will work with you to upskill and develop you in the charity sector. This is a pivotal role in supporting the smooth running of the team. It can offer you the opportunity to develop your fundraising skills and gain experience in international development, as well as the opportunity to meet a diverse range of interesting stakeholders.
What can the Foundation offer you
- You will be part of an organisation that values you. As a smaller organisation, we value everyone’s individual perspective and voice and seek all staffs input into strategy, annual plans, and organisational values.
- 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!
Guidance and how to apply
To apply, please download the job description and send us the following:
- Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (one A4 page max).
- We will not accept or consider applications submitted without a cover letter.
- When writing your cover letter, please refer to the job description, focussing on the essential and desirable criteria.
- Current CV (two A4 pages max).
All applicants should have the legal right to work in the UK prior to applying.
Please send your application in by 9am GMT on 8th April 2024.
Interviews will be held the following week.
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.
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 website.
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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have a passion for the arts and experience of developing successful arts programmes or participatory activities? Do you have knowledge of the UK creative and performing arts sector?
We are looking for an Arts Programme Manager who will work closely with the Head of Arts to manage the delivery of the major strands of artsUCL’s programme. They will oversee all student-led performances in the Bloomsbury Theatre and Studio, lead on the delivery of our new mass participation programme, manage our partnerships with arts organisations and external artists, and lead the project management of our major events and festivals. The post holder will be central to driving forward an exciting programme of new activity that fosters personal growth, connection and community through extraordinary creative experiences.
This is an exciting role in a unique organisation. Our vision is of an outstanding experience for all UCL students and to be one of the best students’ unions in the UK and the world. We aim to build a vibrant and empowered student community with real influence in UCL and beyond, that enables students to enjoy their time at university; pursue their interests and passions; see the world in new ways; and develop the skills and experience to change the world for the better.
We are a registered charity employing over 100 career staff and 300 student staff, delivering a wide range of services and representative functions for UCL students. We have the widest portfolio of services of any student organisation in the country, managing UCL’s extracurricular programmes for sport, music, drama, dance, media, volunteering, academic societies and intercultural engagement; providing a wide range of fantastic social spaces; leading on student democracy and representation across UCL; and offering excellent student support services.
It's an exciting time our growing organisation as we lead the delivery of UCL’s groundbreaking new Student Life Strategy. This is enabling us to build more programmes to improve students’ mental and physical wellbeing, promote genuine equity for all, build students’ skills and confidence, develop their international connections and intercultural skills, and make a real contribution to our local community.
We support hybrid working. Excellent benefits including defined benefit pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. We are proud of high levels of staff engagement and pride ourselves on being a great place to work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Background:
Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Street Child have helped over 148,000 children and families through education, child protection and food security programming. In 2022, 1 in 10 Community Based Classes in Afghanistan was run by Street Child, reaching over 60,000 Out of School children.
Part 1: Role Purpose:
The Head of Program position, reporting to the Country Director in Afghanistan, is responsible for leading a diverse programme portfolio across multiple provinces and partners in Afghanistan. The primary objectives of this role are to secure additional resources to support our work across the country and lead the design and implementation of Street Child’s programme in Afghanistan. Specifically, the postholder will lead the programmes team (including food security, child protection and education project managers and localisation advisor); lead our partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders; drive our resource mobilization; ensure effective programme implementation; provide strategic technical expertise in Education programming; and provide capacity building to staff and partners as required. Additionally, the Senior Programme Manager will be responsible for external liaison with national and international partners, government officials, and donor community, deputising for the Country Director as required. Ideally, the Senior Programme Manager will have technical expertise in education programming and/or child protection.
Part 2: Key Responsibilities:
(40%) Programme Management and Coordination:
- Provide matrix management oversight for the successful delivery of projects; including technical input, activity planning and day-to-day liaison with the team and implementing partners to ensure quality implementation within timeframe and budget.
- Provide technical support in areas of own expertise (ideally education programming), including programme development, quality assurance, technical backstopping, and capacity strengthening and coaching for education team and partner staff.
- Lead on the delivery of consortia programmes that CIC are part of.
- Coordinate the identification of partner capacity development needs and the provision of targeted support.
- Ensure all donor, internal and external reporting requirements are met in a timely manner, and are in compliance with donor requirements of project/ program allocation.
- Ensure comprehensive and professional M&E practices are in place.
- Ensure project reviews and the financial health of all projects by supervising expenditures within each project monthly and ensuring that well-structured corrective action is initiated and tracked where required.
- Maintain regular links with the operational teams to facilitate the provision of logistic, administrative and security support to facilitate program implementation.
- Establish meaningful working relationships with projects stakeholders and represent CIC at Education Cluster, ACBAR, Ministry of Education, UN agencies, and other international organizations working in education sector.
(40%) Programme Development and Resource Mobilization:
- Provide context analysis on the humanitarian/development context in the country.
- In close coordination with the Regional Representative and Country Director, identify and analyse new funding opportunities in Afghanistan in which Street Child can add value to the humanitarian and development response.
- Develop, implement, and review sector strategies and support the Country Director in identifying strategic opportunities for strengthening Street Child’s work in the country.
- Articulate strategic approaches, partnerships, management/ staffing plans, M&E and budgets.
- Cultivate partnerships, establish links and closely coordinate with relevant government stakeholders, UN agencies, INGO’s, L/NNGO’s, clusters, donors for programme development, including opportunities for consortia.
- Lead the project proposal development (budget, log frame, theory of change etc.) within the framework of the country and global strategy, with support from the programme teams.
- Support Country Director in formalizing a country strategy that aligns with global/regional strategies, priorities and programmes.
(20%) Leadership and Staff Management:
- Managing programme staff including field staff and ensuring direct reports have clear and realistic performance-based management goals
- Ensure that Street Child programme teams comply to Street Child’s security and other relevant operational, financial, logistics, admin, HR, safeguarding, and code of conduct regulations.
- Ensure that any risk to Street Child programming, projects or staff is communicated as soon as possible to and understood by the Country Director.
- Deputise for the Country Director as required.
Generic Responsibilities:
- A strong commitment to Street Childs vision, mission and values.
- Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures.
- Able to represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally.
- Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role.
Part 3: Professional and Behavioural Competencies:
Education Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in field of international development, social science or related field.
- Master’s degree in international development, humanitarian studies or related field.
- Accreditation or certification in education or child protection.
Experience and Knowledge:
- At least 5 years of experience in the humanitarian/development sectors.
- Proven track record in successful development and implementation of programmes in Afghanistan or comparable contexts including successful management of teams in humanitarian contexts.
- Significant experience of management in humanitarian/development programming.
- Technical knowledge and proven experience in delivering education programming.
- Experience of developing successful proposals to institutional donors in education, child protection and/or livelihoods.
- Fluency in both oral and written English, with experience in report writing at a graduate or professional level and excellent drafting skills
- Comprehensive understanding of sectoral trends and targets.
- Experience of delivering inclusive education programmes including EIE.
- Experience/knowledge of child protection or gender programming is highly desirable.
- Experience in delivering integrated programming that supports outcomes for children and their needs is highly desirable.
- Experience of in-country aid architecture, coordination and cluster groups.
- Working knowledge of Dari/Pashto is desirable (not required if international).
Competencies:
- Proven ability to work in a cross-cultural environment and strong capacity to work in intercultural teams.
- Excellent team working and communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and public presentation skills.
- Reflective, responsive and respectful towards communities and colleagues.
- Ability to work independently and with initiative.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Programme Manager - Surrey and Sussex
Location: South East
Salary:£36,050 FTE
Hours:35 hours per week
Job Type: Full time
Benefits: Standard Shannon Trust: Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.
Job Type Full time
Contract Type Permanent
Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing low literacy and numeracy levels amongst people in prison?
Our three year strategy is working well with improvements and expansions to our delivery model, a renewed vision and mission and we want to continue to develop and grow. To support this, we are recruiting for a new programme manager to grow our programmes and contracts in Surrey and Sussex. Our Surrey and Sussex area covers prisons including HMP Send, HMP Coldingley, HMP Bronzefield, HMP Lewes and HMP Ford. We are seeking proactive, committed, and enthusiastic applicants to join our team and help us continue our journey. Working closely with people in prison, prison managers, Shannon Trust staff and volunteers you will ensure development of our criminal programmes maximising literacy and numeracy learning opportunities for people across a number of prisons and contracts in your area.
Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings, managing teams and contract performance, underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach. We want to hear from applicants who can lead, drive performance and who are as committed to the cause as we are.
This is a full time, prison based role at HMP Downview and will require travel across the Surrey and Sussex area.
Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.
We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.
Interviews to be held the week commencing 8 April 2024.
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Programme Manager
We are delighted to share this new and exciting opportunity for a Programme Manager – Our Business to join a dynamic organisation.
Position: Programme Manager – Our Business
Location: Holyoake House, Manchester / Hybrid
Salary: £46,173 per annum (pro rata to 21 hours - £27,704)
Hours: Part-time, 3 days per week (21 hours)
Contract: Fixed term until 31 March 2025
Closing Date: Midnight, Wednesday 17th April 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 29th April 2024, in Manchester
Benefits: Flexible working options, pension scheme, discounted travel to work schemes, employee wellbeing assistance programme including free eye tests, personal and professional growth and development, including coaching and trade union.
We reserve the right to close the role early should a suitable candidate be found before this date. Applicants are required to submit a current CV and cover letter.
About the role:
As Programme Manager for 'Our Business', you will be responsible for managing the ‘Our Business' programme from inception to completion and acting as the primary contact between the organisation and our partners at Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and beyond.
The organisation has been tasked by GMCA to deliver the first phase of the ‘Our Business’ project and that’s where you come in. We are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to lead this important and exciting project.
Key responsibilities include:
- To lead the planning, design, delivery, and evaluation of the Our Business project, ensuring successful completion and delivery of the agreed project outcomes.
- To monitor and evaluate the project, delivering analysis and reports as necessary and complying with all GMCA reporting requirements, including using the GMCA’s GMIT system and ensuring that the programme achieves and reports on meeting its stated target outputs and outcomes.
- To support the set-up of the Our Business co-operative, ensuring that it is delivered in line with the requirements of co-operative governance and Values and Principles.
- To identify and secure a variety of funding mechanisms to support Our Business as a sustainable and independent co-operative beyond the life of the project.
- To form strategic relationships with large infrastructure bodies, recruiting them into membership of the Our Business co-operative.
- To complete the Social Value Portal reporting in line with GMCA’s requirements, ensuring that the social value targets for the programme are met.
- To manage the strategic partnership between various project stakeholders, including GMCA, Co-operatives UK, the training provider, and member groups, ensuring that everyone is kept informed and updated and can work collaboratively to ensure full cohesion and successful execution of the project.
- To support the CEO in the delivery of the marketing and communications plan for Our Business, including the design and delivery of recruitment and promotion events.
- To manage the project budget, ensuring that spend remains in line with the agreed budget.
- To work closely with the Tech Manager, ensuring the effective management of the online platform (supplied by Hivebrite).
- To act as line manager to the Digital & Community Co-ordinator.
About you:
To be successful in this role, you will be enthusiastic about the organisation and its mission, and you will have experience working as a Programme Manager in another organisation.
- Project management: Strong project management skills to oversee the delivery of the online platform and manage the triage and community process effectively.
- Technical understanding: A basic understanding of technology, especially in managing ‘Hivebrite’ online platforms, to collaborate efficiently with the Tech Lead.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills to liaise with the contract manager and relevant teams at GMCA, working with the Tech Manager, line management of Digital & Community Co-ordinator, and other stakeholders.
- Strategic thinking: Ability to align the project with broader objectives, and develop strategies for effective delivery.
- Collaboration: Strong collaborative skills to work closely with the Tech Manager, Digital & Community Co-ordinator, and other team members.
- Problem-solving: The capability to address challenges that may arise during the project and find effective solutions
- Leadership: Leadership qualities to guide the team, make decisions
- Adaptability: Given the complexity of the GM social ecosystem, adaptability to changing circumstances and the ability to adjust strategies accordingly.
- Stakeholder management: Effectively manage relationships with stakeholders, including GMCA and the social economy sector.
- Marketing and communications: Understanding of marketing principles to support the CEO in the platform's marketing and communication strategies.
About the organisation:
As the voice of the UK’s co-operative movement, we empower and support co-operative enterprises with specialised knowledge and expertise, to grow the co-operative economy and create a fairer society. From football clubs and farms to convenience stores and pubs, there are more than 7,000 co-operatives in the UK, each owned and controlled by their members and based on a set of shared principles and values. By promoting shared wealth through member ownership, we are committed to enabling anyone in the UK to form, or join, thriving and sustainable co-ops.
As an organisation we are led by our unwavering values of solidarity, self-responsibility, equity, and honesty, therefore if you share these core values, we would be delighted to receive your application.
Other roles you may have experience in could include Programme Manager, Head of Programmes, Head of Project and Programmes, Senior Programme Manager, Grant Programmes Manager, Principle Project Manager, Director of Programmes, Charity Programme Manager etc.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Schools2030 is a global programme focused on holistic learning and teacher leadership. The programme brings together a diverse coalition which includes educators, school leaders, civil society, researchers, international organisations, and government across ten countries and 1,000+ schools. The goal is to improve quality teaching and holistic learning, and to foster resilient education systems across the world, including for those living in remote regions and those facing multiple forms of marginalisation and crises.
The Senior Programme Officer for Schools2030 will lead on resource mobilisation for the Schools2030 programme as well as allocation of funding across the programme countries and workstreams. The Senior Programme Officer will coordinate closely with the Schools2030 Partnership and Finance teams and will manage the smooth functioning with the rest of the Schools2030 Global Secretariat. Working closely with the Schools2030 Partnerships Officer, the Senior Programme Officer will support on external reporting, including to Schools2030 consortium of donors.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND CORE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Resource Mobilisation:
- Lead on resource mobilisation and the development of new proposals for the Schools2030 programme to develop narrative content for proposals and proposal budgets. This should all be done in close coordination with the Global Partnerships team, other members of the Global Secretariat, country teams, and finance teams.
- Lead on scoping new funding opportunities for Schools2030, working closely with the Global Partnerships team, and identify and evaluate strategic growth opportunities for the programme
Coordination:
- Manage the smooth functioning of the Schools2030 Partnerships and Finance teams including through leading weekly progress meetings, monitoring deliverables and setting team priorities on a weekly and monthly basis, in coordination with the broader Schools2030 Secretariat.
- Develop annual funding plans (including aligning donor grants to programme workstreams, identifying areas for fundraising) with Global Programme Manager, Finance, Partnerships and Country Units
- Coordinate external technical partnerships, including developing TORs for external technical partners and tracking achievement of deliverables.
- With finance and partnerships, oversee the Schools2030 grant and budget database to ensure alignment between grants, budgets and partner contracts
Donor Reporting
- Support the Schools2030 Partnership Officer on development of external reports and ensuring alignment with financial reports developed by Schools2030 Finance Officers
- Present Schools2030 programme and financial progress at Biannual Donor Meetings (March and October each year), with support of Partnership and Finance Team
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, BEHAVIOURS, ATTRIBUTES
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in a relevant field preferred
Skills
- Excellent writing, speaking, comprehension and other communications skills, with thoroughness and attention to detail
- Highly organised with a strong ability and experience with time management, including managing multiple deadlines
- Able to produce deliverables and written material on time and to a high standard
- Efficient project management
- Ability to provide clear, stable, consistent, reliable and courteous communication when dealing with external organisations, senior colleagues and community members
- Ability to communicate AKDN/AKF values and strategic plan effectively to partners and colleagues
- The ability to pro-actively problem-solve, work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment with numerous and competing deadlines
- Ability to handle complex relationships diplomatically with colleagues, governance entities and external stakeholders in a professional manner
- Strong financial literacy, including the ability to review detailed budgets and financial reports
- Strong IT skills, including Office and Excel
Knowledge
- Knowledge of international development
- Understanding and knowledge of the UK/European donor landscape preferred
Experience
- A minimum of 6 years of professional experience in education and/or development fields
- Demonstrated expertise and experience in developing and writing proposals, business plans/cases, concept papers, as well as coordinating multiple inputs from a variety of sources
- Experience of managing relationships in complex organisations with numerous stakeholders
- Success in managing grants in complex organisations with numerous stakeholders desirable
Attributes
- Committed to international development, improving the quality of life and promoting pluralism through education
- Demonstrates equity, transparency, and integrity with high personal and organisational ethical standards; is fair, honest and trustworthy with respect for confidentiality; inspires and builds trust and respect from others; promotes credibility and professional reputation
- Respectful of diversity; sensitive toward others in their context, situation and challenges; pluralistic, open and understanding toward other people’s cultures, values, autonomy, and faiths; demonstrates compassion and empathy; is courteous to others with respect for their background, religion, gender and age
- Committed to acting ethically and upholding safeguarding standards towards all staff, volunteers and beneficiaries of the organisation.
Behaviours
- Communicates clearly and concisely with a broad range of audiences at different levels; ability to expresses complex ideas and concepts in simple terms; listens to the views of others; changes communication styles to meet individual and audience needs; encourages dialogue and effective communication by others
- Builds, maintains, and deepens constructive and effective relationships with stakeholders with a specific focus on AKF’s mission; balances business situations and the art of dealing with people and communities; changes approach to achieve desired results if required
- Has a customer focused orientation to others, is flexible and always puts the good of others at the centre of decision making; optimises respect for others and is dedicated to AKF’s purpose and fulfilling the mission
- Team player, collaborates effectively to create a culture of knowledge sharing and team learning to strengthen business performance
- Acknowledges creativity, has the desire to understand and use new innovations (including technology); adapts established methods for new uses; is focused on improving systems and processes; open to change; analyses, synthesises and challenges conventional thinking; supports the development of communities of practice
- Enterprising attitude that is quick to seek alternative solutions to needs or problems; demonstrable ability to foster a healthy organisational culture of teamwork and collaboration; creates and participates in communities of practice to establish networks of problem solving and organisational learning
Application Details:
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
- Must include CV and a supporting statement that outlines why you want the role, why you want to work for AKF(UK) and how your experiences and skills to date make you the most suitable applicant for the role.
- Closing date: 16th April 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Background
Chapter One is a dynamic, growing charity with a vision of a world in which all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive. Our mission is to close the reading gap by providing children with one-to-one support at the time they need it most. We work in eleven areas/regions of the UK and will support 3000 children in 2023-24.
Our unique Online Reading Volunteer programme pairs struggling five to seven-year old (KS1) readers with reading support volunteers who are working professionals. The volunteer ask is very focused: readers commit 30 minutes a week to read with a child using a bespoke digital platform for an entire academic year. The results are transformative, boosting children's reading confidence and ability.
From a school perspective, online reading volunteers provide direct, meaningful literacy support for up to 10 pupils per class. The programme is particularly suitable for communities where it might be challenging to find parents and other volunteers who can commit to physically visiting schools to boost reading.
For more information please visit our website and watch this short video!
Job Summary
Chapter One is seeking a West Cumbria Programme Manager who is an excellent communicator and is able to both motivate and support schools and teachers to implement our online reading volunteers programme, and also to ensure that the programme’s impact and benefit to disadvantaged communities is maximised throughout the academic year.
The post is ideal for someone looking for part-time, flexible, term-time only work from a home base and who is able to travel frequently around West Cumbria. The postholder will be joining a team of established Programme Managers (also part-time) who work in different parts of the UK and will need to have some flexibility to work additional hours during busy autumn months, and conversely to work fewer hours during quieter periods of the year.
Key Responsibilities:
• Effectively explain Chapter One’s online reading volunteer programme and its benefits to school leaders and teachers
• Install, setup and maintain Chapter One equipment in participating classrooms
• Fully understand the operation of the Chapter One platform and database and communicate this to others
• Organise and conduct initial teacher training and follow-up
• Ensure a smooth initial launch of Chapter One’s programme in every classroom
• Liaise with colleagues performing technical and volunteer support roles
• Through regular visits to/contact with schools, provide on-going embedded professional learning and support to teachers throughout the year as needed
• Proactively monitor classroom adherence/fidelity to the Chapter One model, including systematic review of data reports and volunteer feedback, taking proactive action to resolve problems that arise
• Analyse and manipulate data (largely in Google sheets) to produce reports and identify trends
• Create monthly data summaries for all participating classrooms
• Lead annual review meetings for senior leadership at participating schools
• Support programme monitoring, evaluation and research as required
• Coordinate in person and virtual school ‘visits’ of volunteer teams to classrooms where necessary
• Liaison with corporate partners as required
• Weekly communication and status updates with Senior Programme Manager(s) and wider team
• As a new school year approaches, secure commitments from returning schools and find and target new schools to join Chapter One’s programme
Role Requirements:
Essential
- Highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
- Proven track record of working at a senior level in education, project management or a related field
- Proven strength in both written and verbal communication
- Highly IT literate, with excellent computer skills, able to troubleshoot software issues and adept with Google suite
- Ability to manipulate and analyse to draw useful conclusions to improve programme delivery
- Proven ability to work independently
- Self-starter and quick learner
- Ability to adapt and embrace a changing environment
- University degree
- Ability to drive and access to a car for work purposes
Desirable
- Two years of teaching/education experience with primary age children
Chapter One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value and celebrate diversity in backgrounds and experience and are deliberate about the kind of teams we are building. Literacy is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds to maximise our innovation, creativity and impact. We especially welcome applications from persons who have experienced disadvantage and/or from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.
Chapter One is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.
Please send your CV (maximum 2 A4 sides) and a covering letter. Your covering letter (maximum 1 side of A4) should detail:
1) Tell about your relevant experience and why you’re interested in this role at this point in your career.
3) Your ability to be resilient when things are not going the way you thought, including clear examples of past experiences.
4) Tell us about how our organisational mission is in line with your values.
Applications that fail to meet these criteria will automatically be discounted. We want you to have every opportunity to shine and to show us your talents—please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Royal National Children's SpringBoard Foundation (“RNCSF”)’s vision is to promote social mobility through providing access to a great education for young people facing or who have faced some of the most complex and challenging circumstances. By harnessing the power of fully funded placements and targeted outreach activities available in the UK’s independent and boarding schools, we provide educational opportunities that are transformational for young lives, and in so doing seek to create a sustained ‘ripple-effect’ of growing aspirations and achievements across underserved communities and vulnerable groups.
We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and bright graduate as a crucial member of our Programmes Team. The Programmes Officer’s role is to coordinate a range of projects relating to the identification and support to children/young people provided with the opportunity to attend boarding and day schools through the bursary programme. You will join a small, close-knit team of 14 staff all passionate about the role that independent and state boarding education can play in lifting the life chances of the most underserved and vulnerable children. The role has a broad remit to support all those in the Programmes Team and so offers exciting opportunities to gain a strong understanding of all aspects of the charity’s work.
Key Responsibilities:
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coordinate and co-manage the applications and recommending to available school placements of pupils in the partnerships programme
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assist in the development and implementation of exemplary “wrap-around” care and support for all pupils supported by RNCSF
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have full regard to RNCSF’s policies and procedures and uphold RNCSF’s reputation, aims and values
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This position is full time.
Reports to: RNCSF’s Head of Partnerships
Annual Salary range: £25,000 - £30,000
Start date: as soon as possible
Location: This role can be offered on a hybrid basis. RNCSF’s hybrid workers are located at our offices in Shepherds Bush, West London (a shared educational charity office hub) on 2 days per week. Significant UK travel may be required for pupil home and school visits.
Benefits: Auto-enrolment in the NEST pension scheme (details available on request) and 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays. RNCSF is an organisation dedicated to the development and progression of our staff, and our competency framework outlines progression metrics and associated salary banding so team members can see what is required to move up the banding.
Right to Work: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Given the responsibilities of this role the offer of employment will be conditional on an enhanced DBS Check. You are required to declare any criminal convictions ahead of this DBS Check.
We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We especially encourage applications from people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, those with lived experience of our programmes, and people who have experienced forms of exclusion or marginalisation. Particular weighting will be given to former beneficiaries of the charity or those with relatable life experiences.
How to Apply
Please submit a cover letter and CV through the Charity Job portal
Your cover letter should answer the following questions and be no longer than 1 ½ A4 sides:
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Why do you want to be part of the Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation team?
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Give examples of how you meet the experience, skills and technical competencies set out in this Job Description and Person Specification.
Application deadline: 3rd April 2024
Successful candidates will be notified by 17th April 2024. Interviews will be held in the week beginning 29th April 2024, in person at our offices in London, W12.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.
Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members working in 37 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centered care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.
We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.
About the Role
The Other Multilaterals and Government (OMG) team sits within the Global Programmes and Philanthropy (GPP) team and has responsibility for MSI’s donor portfolio, including stewarding global and bilateral contracts and grant agreements with European and North American government donors and UN agencies. The team leads contract negotiations, organises kick-off workshops for internal stakeholders and partners, monitors project performance and spending, coordinates project inputs from the wider organisation (e.g. GEDSI assessments and strategies, MERL plans, technical assistance), tracks and escalates risks and issues, liaises with the donor on ad hoc requests, donor visits and collaborative initiatives such as webinars, leads donor reporting with the support of country programmes and the donor finance team, supports the operations team to manage close-out processes, elicits and disseminates learning on donors and donor stewardship, and the contributes to donor engagement.
This is a critical role. The stewardship standards set by GPP impact the quality of programming, MSI’s reputation and future fundraising prospects. The role also provides a wealth of professional development opportunities, providing rich insights into donors, programme delivery and support functions. This is an exciting role that requires excellent financial analysis skills, strong communication skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent ability to work across teams to deliver results, and great attention to detail
About You
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:
- Ability to speak French is required.
- Ability to work in a diverse and inclusive environment, respecting and collaborating with all individuals equally, and with a commitment to overcome bias and prejudice.
- Accuracy and attention to detail; highly numerate and analytical.
- Strong communication skills– written and verbal; diplomatic and able to manage sensitive information.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, including cross-team negotiating and relationship building.
- Strong report-writing skills in English
- Ability to manage and effectively prioritise multiple and/or competing tasks in a high-paced environment.
- Advanced Excel skills.
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following experience:
- At least 2/3 years of work experience at a comparable agency or organization essential (such as an international NGO, donor agency, or private foundation). Previous experience supporting implementing large-scale country programmes is desirable.
- Proven experience in successfully supporting the project management cycle and coordinating teams.
- Strong finance management experience including budgeting, budget tracking and analysing financial performance.
- Demonstrated experience of donor standards and expectations, including working with high compliance donors such as EU, KFW, and USAID.
- Demonstrated experience mitigating and managing risk on projects.
- Proven experience working cross-team, generating consensus and support from multiple internal stakeholders, and leading people through complex processes.
- Understanding of the sexual and reproductive health and family planning fields is desirable.
- Excellent verbal presentation skills.
- Excellent written communication skills: the ability to organise and present information in a compelling way to a range of audiences.
- Able to strengthen and improve the quality and timeliness of programme deliverables, processes and technical support without direct line management or control.
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, perform under pressure and reputation for consistently delivering results to a high standard.
Personal Attributes:
We seek exceptional individuals who are aligned to MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You must be a strong communicator, self-motivated and solutions-seeking, committed to driving social change in an environment that measures sustainable results and impact at an individual and global level. You must be able to work effectively with and across diverse teams and be comfortable with ambiguity.
For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is:
- Committed to the protection of team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups.
- Able to role-model inclusive and culturally sensitive attitudes and behaviours.
- Ability to manage a heavy and fluctuating workload. Results orientated.
- Demonstrates MSI team member behaviours.
- Pro-MSI philosophy of social enterprise and cost recovery.
- Ability to travel up to 12 weeks a year.
- Pro-choice.
For more information about the role, please view the job description and person specification on our website.
Location: London Support Office (hybrid working).
Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday (UK contracted hours).
Contract type: 2 year fixed term contract.
Salary: £34,200 - £42,750 per annum commensurate upon experience for UK based candidates. Benefits and discretionary bonus.
Salary band: BG 7
Closing date: 2nd April 2024. Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
Please see the job description on our website.
For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.
Nature’s Recovery Officer (Pollinators)
B-Lines are an imaginative and beautiful solution to the problem of the loss of flowers and pollinators. The B-Lines are a series of ‘insect pathways’ running through our countryside and towns, along which we are restoring and creating a series of wildflower-rich habitat stepping stones. They link existing wildlife areas together, creating a network, like a railway, that will weave across the UK.
Avon Wildlife Trust has been working with Buglife (the insect conservation charity) on the B-Lines approach since 2014, enabling us to target work to create continuous swathes of wildlife-rich habitat.
Over the past ten years we have been worked with a wide variety of private landowners and have delivered significant ecological enhancements across the region. This includes the restoration of over 170ha of wildflower-rich grassland and several nature-friendly orchards.
The next phase of B-Lines will focus on the West Mendips, between AWT’s reserves of Folly Farm and Browne’s Folly, with ambitions to scale up and expand this work. As the Nature’s Recovery Officer, you will work with farmers, landowners and communities to grow the network of habitats between these reserves. To ensure climate resilience, you will work on a variety of priority habitats including grasslands, hedgerows, planting in-filed trees and carrying out improvements to woodland edges, all of which are key to the survival of pollinating species.
As the Nature’s Recovery Officer you will:
· Support habitat improvement works on our reserves within the project area.
· Proactively identify sites, providing advice to farmers, landowners and communities, so that they can take action for nature by creating or improving nectar-rich habitats.
· Develop and lead volunteer opportunities, guided by the needs of the landowners and communities you are working with.
· Be supported by the experts at Buglife, who will provide technical advice and training, and ensure that the project is linked to the wider national B-Lines initiative and targeted species recovery where appropriate.
Responsible for
Providing habitat creation & enhancement advice to farmers/landowners and community groups.
Supervision of volunteers & placements.
Supporting habitat improvements on Nature Reserves within the project area.
Overall Purpose of Job
To support nature’s recovery through the conservation and restoration of habitats in the B-Lines project area, on the Trust’s nature reserves and the wider landscape.
Engage local communities and landowners in nature recovery projects.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sightsavers is looking for an experienced and collaborative Global Technical Lead - who will join our team of Social Inclusion experts to provide technical support on inclusion and mainstreaming in the design of new projects.
Salary: £54,158 - £63,715
Location: UK remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when required and regular overseas travel
Contract: Permanent (UK)
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and lots of home working
Sightsavers' programming portfolio is growing, and we deliver a range of disability rights programming in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, which are designed to expand civic space and to make systems and processes more inclusive of people with a range of impairments.
Our social inclusion strategy covers four thematic areas: inclusive health, economic empowerment, citizenship, and political participation, and promoting the rights of women and girls with disabilities. Gender mainstreaming is a core commitment of our work and addressing stigma, negative stereotypes and discrimination is a priority. Similarly, climate action is a core organisational commitment, and all projects now have a climate-related component. Cross-cutting all our work is a strong influencing commitment to ensure that the SDGs, Disability Summit Commitments and UN treaties are implemented effectively, particularly those relating to disability (UNCRPD).
We seek a Global Technical Lead - Social Inclusion and Mainstreaming, with expertise in addressing inequalities, to join our team of social inclusion professionals. The post-holder will be responsible for providing technical support in the design of new projects, the provision of technical expertise to ongoing initiatives and will also play a role in shaping the strategic direction of Sightsavers' approach to disability inclusive decision-making, gender mainstreaming, and supporting our policy and global advocacy priorities.
The Global Technical Lead - will support the Deputy Technical Director, Social inclusion in delivering Sightsavers' work in inclusive decision-making. This will include working closely with country office staff to deliver our West Africa portfolio of projects addressing inclusive citizenship and political participation (CPP). Inclusive democracy is an area of growth for Sightsavers, and the post-holder will have a significant role in contributing to growing the portfolio.
Principal accountabilities will include:
- Providing Sightsavers staff and our partners, technical leadership, support and guidance in the area of disability inclusion across our thematic area of citizenship and political participation
- Identifying the capacity building needs of Sightsavers' staff and partners globally to deliver social inclusion programming
- Working with Global Technical Leads and other teams to identify new strategic initiatives and innovative approaches in social inclusion including in fragile environments and promoting locally led development.
- Developing tools and guidance around disability mainstreaming
- Representing Sightsavers externally and strengthening partnerships with relevant stakeholders
- Working with fundraisers to generate additional financial resources.
- Contributing to the design of new opportunities
- Actively engaging in the Social Inclusion Thematic Group
- Contributing to communications about our work - internally and externally
This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details
This is an ideal opportunity for someone enthusiastic about leading our efforts in disability mainstreaming across a number of key projects as well as designing new programmes in the future. To succeed in this role, you will need:
- Significant and demonstrable practical experience in a relevant field (social work/social inclusion; gender studies, disability studies, international development etc.)
- Knowledge of current issues and best practice in social inclusion, gender, disability and development
- Experience in social inclusion and rights-based programming in low-resource settings
- Experience in developing and adapting programme guidance tools and other resource materials.
- Experience in collating, synthesising and disseminating best practice guidance, research and programme learning.
- Demonstrable experience of supporting capacity strengthening initiatives and programmes with marginalised groups in low-resource settings
- Good knowledge of the key international networks and organisations working on social justice and inclusion
- Experience of representing an organisation at conferences and events
- Excellent oral and writing skills in English and French
- The ability to travel for up to 12 weeks a year
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW) and attend in-person meetings on at least a quarterly basis. We anticipate that remote interviews will take place w/c Monday 29 April 2024 and the evaluation process will include a written exercise in English and French to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) administered by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.