Who we are

Future Men is a multi-award-winning specialist charity that supports boys and men along the path to becoming dynamic future men, whilst addressing the stereotypes around masculinity and engaging in the wider conversation of what it means to be a man. Through our evidence-based and practice-led services we encourage boys and men to explore, celebrate and build on the seven characteristics that we believe contribute to positive masculinity.

Our Vision

A better future for every boy, every man and everyone.

Our Mission

To inspire boys and men to become dynamic future men, by giving them the confidence to discover what it means to be a man.

Development Coordinator – Transitions Project

This is an 12 month fixed term contract.

As a Project Coordinator  you will be responsible for delivering a range of services in primary and secondary schools, supporting Future Men’s development and transitional work with boys and young men.  You will undertake group work and one to one mentoring, supporting improved behaviour, wellbeing and engagement in schools, and successful transitions into secondary school. A key element will be to support new developments, to identify best practice and to embed these in current services.

The programme explores a range of subjects such as masculinity, identity, conflict, health and wellbeing, aspirations and emotions.

The successful candidates should also be able to use standard IT such as Outlook, Word, Excel etc. We also use monitoring software for evaluating and recording outcomes of the work.

For the full application pack please see the Future Men website.

What we can offer you

• Pension scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• 24 days annual leave pro-rata

How to apply

Complete and return the Future Men job application form and Equal Opportunities form by 5pm on 4th November 2021

Should you have any questions regarding the application please contact us

Thank you for your interest. We will only contact you if you have been shortlisted.

Future Men is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.  In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process.  All employees within our organisation are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Future Men is an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer.

About the role
A leading professional body for psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors is looking for an Interim Change Agent and Project Lead to deliver three specific projects as part of a major transformational programme. This is a 6 months contract with a strong possibility to extend, working 4 days per week of your choice, the full-time £60,000 salary will be pro rata'd to £48,000. A flexible hybrid working model is offered.

As the Change Agent and Project Lead, you will be tasked with reviewing the organisation's operations with a particular focus on quality assurance, upgrading and restructuring the Regulatory and Membership teams' capabilities and capacities to protect the integrity of the organisations register of psychotherapists. In doing so, you will create greater efficiencies in processes, improve intra-team communications and escalation, while setting standards for a higher level of best practice.

Simultaneously, you will propose and implement solutions to measure and continuously improve services provided by the organisation's Membership and Regulatory teams to the members, prospective members, and other stakeholders. In addition, as the operation migrates to hybrid working patterns, you will work closely with the Head of Operations and Regulations on implementing a new hybrid working pattern that might include closure or adaptation of our central London office, or the transfer to an alternative location.

This is a varied role suiting someone with a flexible approach in carrying out duties which may change from time to time to reflect changes in the organisation's approach to a culture of continuous improvement.

You will have the following skills and experience:
* Extensive experience as Chief Operating Officer, Change Manager, or equivalent experience in a small to medium-sized organisation
* Extensive experience working in a regulatory or membership body environment
* Excellent understanding of membership organisation business operations
* Strong experience and track record of change management and change culture in complex settings
* Outstanding organisational and leadership capabilities
* Proven aptitude to diagnose problems quickly and hypervigilance to risk
* Confidence to use own judgment and ability to understand when escalation is necessary
* Experience of team working and evidence of ability to work with people at all levels and adapt communication skills to deal with each effectively
* Experience of procurement and proven financial management and planning.

I am reviewing CV's as and when I am receiving them so if you are keen to apply please do so today.

TPP are always keen to speak with candidates looking to work in the sector so if this role isn't quite right for you, please do check out our website www.tpp.co.uk and pop your CV over to us!

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Are you great at getting things started, passionate about local communities?  Can you breathe new life and opportunity into an old building? 

Mencap Liverpool & Sefton is now based from our building in Crosby, which we want to re-imagine as a small commuity centre.  The Cottage was built as a children's home and has been the home of Crosby Mencap since 1968.  There are lots of different spaces and heaps of potential.  We also have some funding to invest... what we're lacking is the right person to drive it forward.

We work with adults who have mild to moderate learning disabilities.  Our vision is a warm, welcoming, inclusive space where everyone is valued equally, listened to and included. We see the cottage being a community centre run by our beneficiaries for everyone in the local community.

These are the spaces we have 

• small coffee shop & tea room (in progress)
• art room
• quiet/sensory room
• larger multi-use room
• wellbeing/therapy/counselling room
• games room
• training/meeting room
• managed work space
• sensory garden
• woodworking space
• small outdoor events space

We are looking for someone with the energy and infectious enthusiasm to get new services and projects up and running.

Please have a look at the broader role description for more information.We'd also welcome anyone who wants to come and meet us and see the building, so please get in touch.

About Us

Mencap Liverpool & Sefton is a local learning disability charity. 

We are a group of members, volunteers, paid staff, trustees and supporters.

Together, we create spaces where everyone is valued equally, listened to and included in everyday life.

We believe:

People with a learning disability should have the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as anyone else.

Learning disability should not be a barrier or an excuse.

We believe in our members and in their ability to change the world.

We are:

Human - We’re all equal and we’re all different.  We all need support and we all have lots to give. We sometimes make mistakes, we are always learning.

Brave - We will challenge injustice even when that makes us stand out.  We will push boundaries and try new ways of doing things if the old way doesn’t work or could be better. We will admit when we’ve got things wrong.

Kind - We care about each other.  When we need to have difficult conversations we will think about the other person’s feelings and be gentle, so they know that we care.  We will be clear about what we mean.

What we do:

We aim to prevent isolation and the problems it causes. We run an outreach project to support people in crisis and we connect people to opportunities, activities, and new friends, through various social & physical activity groups and our befriending project.

We enable people to progress, to take personal responsibility for identifying and achieving their goals, through our workshops, travel training and personal coaching.

We involved people in empowering others by giving them confidence and skills to share their experiences through training opportunities, peer mentoring, volunteering and public speaking.

Most of the people we work with have mild to moderate learning disability and many also have autism.  Lots of our members get no other form of support. We are affiliated to the national charity Royal Mencap Society (RMS), but we are an independent, locally ran charity: we receive no funding from RMS.

The job of a Save the Children's UK Innovation Project Lead is exciting and rewarding.

• Are you an experienced innovator with solid commercial acumen?
• Are you confident in developing experiments utilizing your skills across a range of innovation methodologies?
• Are you an excellent communicator, who is excited to share learnings and engage stakeholders across SCUK, the wider movement and beyond?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

 About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Save the Children UK (SCUK) has a history steeped in innovative thinking and creative solutions, ambitious innovations which strive to change lives. Now, perhaps more than any other time in our last century, innovation has never been more important.

 Job Purpose

In 2021, SCUK set up a new, cross-organization innovation team (The Bubble), focused on developing and experimenting with solutions which have the potential to deliver both impact for children, and sustainable new business models. This role will drive forward the scoping, development, and testing of new commercial ventures at SCUK.

As an experienced innovator with solid commercial acumen, you'll be confident in developing experiments utilizing your skills across a range of innovation methodologies. An excellent communicator, you'll share learnings and engage stakeholders across SCUK, the wider movement and beyond.

This role is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic new team at Save the Children, committed to creating real, sustainable change for children.

Main Accountabilities

As the Innovation Project Lead, you will identify and develop long-term innovative opportunities to feed into the innovation portfolio of work, ensuring a sharp focus on commercial potential and rapid progress from inception to validation in market. The Key duties will focus on:

• Forging excellent relationships with key stakeholders including Executive Directors, to drive direction of travel and commitment to innovation.
• Utilizing specialist innovation expertise in developing and delivering future iterative solutions which create a step-change in impact and income
• Leading, mentoring, and coaching multi-disciplinary teams, from across the organization and including external experts to create, test and deliver new experiments.
• Leading the development and testing of new concepts, including consideration of; audience needs, market trends, competitive environment, SCUK benefits, capability requirements, go-to market strategy and risks & issues and commercial projections and judgements. 
• Role model an innovation culture, both within the core team and across the wider organization.
• Act as a catalyst to help create and embed a culture of innovation, bringing the outside in and establishing critical working practices to enable innovation to happen.

Person Profile

Essential Technical Skills:

• Strategic understanding of discontinuous innovation, different business models and innovation best practice
• Proven significant experience of transforming ideas, concepts and consumer insights into commercial opportunities and viable business ventures and of stretching the organization capability.
• Significant experience of creating digital experiences, and of taking new products and concepts to market, from inception to delivery
• Adept at leading and motivating of multi-disciplinary teams in high pressure situations, including leading sprints
• Proven ability to learn and adapt innovation methodologies and techniques in a variety of contexts

Personal Skills:

• Visionary – is passionate about innovation and can inspire, excite, and galvanize others
• Strong business acumen (across spectrum, from strategy to marketing to finance) and commercial mindset
• Ability to ‘sell' ideas to a variety of stakeholders
• Good communication, influencing, negotiation and relationship-building skills; ability to build consensus
• Entrepreneurial and innovative – ready to challenge status quo
• Ambitious; willing to set and meet high quality standards 

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

About Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN)

ENN is a well-established and highly respected UK-based charity working to reduce malnutrition globally. ENN strives to enhance the effectiveness of nutrition policy and programming by improving knowledge, stimulating learning and building evidence. We are passionate about being field driven and are globally recognised as thought leaders and conveners in nutrition.

Our vision is that every individual caught up in a nutritional emergency, or suffering from malnutrition anywhere in the world, gets the most effective help possible.

We undertake knowledge management, research and advocacy to support national governments, civil society, UN, donor and academic organisations. Through these collaborations we support agencies to implement evidence-based nutrition programming, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries.

ENN is governed by a Board of Trustees and has its head office in Kidlington, UK. ENN is financially supported by a range of institutional donors (including the Irish and US governments), charitable foundations (including the Eleanor Crook Foundation and the Waterloo Foundation), as well as UN agencies and INGOs. 

Why work for ENN?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the growing ENN team a Project Manager (PM). The role provides the opportunity to work across the spectrum of ENN’s projects, as part of a motivated and dynamic Operations team. You will also support the development of ENN’s next strategy. ENN’s portfolio includes projects specialising in Infant Feeding in Emergencies, Wasting and Stunting, Adolescent Nutrition and MAMI, as well as our highly regarded International Publications. We are also actively engaged in the global nutrition and development community in support of the COVID-19 response. You will be based in our headquarters and work with all of the ENN staff to enable our projects to deliver effectively. We’re proud that in our 2021 Employee Engagement Survey over 95 percent of our staff agreed that they are treated with fairness and respect at work and that they trust and respect their manager.

About You

You will be a highly motivated, adaptable and skilled project manager with relevant third sector experience. You will be comfortable supporting complex projects with dispersed technical teams whilst ensuring donor compliance and reporting requirements are met. A sound knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methods would be advantageous. Fundamentally, you will have a keen interest in what we do and be ready to contribute to making a positive change.

Terms and Conditions

Hours of work: Full time (37.5 hours per week) – part time may be considered Type of contract: 12 months fixed term (with the possibility to extend)

Location: ENN’s Head Office in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 (Note: In line with ENN’s current policy regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and the associated UK government advice, you may be asked to work from home up to two days per week until ENN’s Headquarters fully reopens.)

Holidays: 25 days plus UK bank holidays increasing by one day p.a. after two complete years of service to a maximum of 27 days p.a. (pro rata) Paid office closure days between Christmas and New Year

Pension: Auto-Enrolment to ENN scheme with a generous Employer contribution of 5% Salary: £36,000 to £42,000 per annum depending on experience (pro rata)

Purpose of the role

The Project Manager will be a key member of ENN’s Operations Team, working closely with the Projects Team (currently one other PM and two Project Officers), Finance Manager and Operations and Finance Director (OFD) as well as ENN’s Technical Directors and Project Technical Leads. The PM will oversee a portfolio of projects each of which are assigned a Project Technical Lead. The PM will work alongside project leads to develop and map key activity for the project, track milestones and deliverables, develop project and donor finance and narrative reports, and ensure compliance and adherence to governance requirements. In addition the PM will contribute to the development of new funding proposals.

Key Responsibilities

Project Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all donor grant agreements relevant to the PM’s portfolio of projects

• Develop and monitor project work plans and budgets in collaboration with project leads and Operations and Finance Team colleagues

• Manage project budgets: monitor spend against budget including approval within set thresholds, carry out forecasting and re forecasting exercises and regularly update project leads and the Senior Management team on spend

• Work closely with project leads to ensure project deliverables are clear, appropriately planned and delivered to deadline.

• Coordinate closely with relevant ENN colleagues and third parties to ensure delivery to deadline across a range of activities (e.g. international and UK meetings and conferences, technical publications - print and online, translations and design services, international field trips, technical webinars and briefings)

• Support project leads to develop and maintain project risk registers

• Convene regular meetings with the project team to keep a broad overview of project delivery in relation to the project grant, managing and enabling grant amendments/extensions etc

• Lead on both project narrative and financial reporting liaising with both internal and external stakeholders as required.

• Ensure effective communications with Donors during the project lifecycle

• Work with project leads to identify the need for additional capacity (staff/technical associates), aligning the project budget as required and ensuring due diligence requirements are met

Fundraising and business development

• Input into and support the development and delivery of ENN’s fundraising strategy

• Provide support to the development and maintenance of ENN’s funding pipeline and cash flow forecasting, and identification of potential shortfalls, linking with ENN’s Finance Manager and OFD

• Input into ENN database for major donors

• Coordinate the development and submission of proposals for new grants, carrying out due diligence, developing budgets and workplans.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Work with the Operations team to develop ENN wide quarterly and annual reporting

• Support the development of and measurement against KPIs and metrics

• Work with colleagues across the organisation in developing annual project plans including relevance performance indicators

• Work with the technical teams in identifying appropriate indicators and means of verification as part of project designs and proposals development.

• Maintain the ENN Results Framework and use data from the Framework and quarterly reports in preparing quarterly internal updates for the Management Team on project progress and results and in preparing reports to external donors.

General Responsibilities

• Support the OFD in the project management of a number of Core projects

• Support the OFD and Finance Manager with ENN wide management information.

• Line manage the Project Officer(s) if required

• Actively promote adherence to ENN’s procurement policy particularly with regard to the contracting of technical associates

• Contribute to internal and external communications and website development in relation to the PM’s portfolio of projects

• Contribute to the development and dissemination of relevant processes and policies

• Producing regular management information reports working with FM

Person Specification

Essential

• Previous experience of project management in the third sector

• Experience working on donor / grant funded projects and ability to navigate and communicate compliance requirements

• Experience in line managing a team including performance management, staff engagement and development, and effective coordination of team workload

• Experience in developing funding opportunities with a variety of donors

• Experience in developing, monitoring, and reporting against budgets

• Excellent communication and written skills, including previous experience of writing and collating detailed donor reports

• Able to work with and influence colleagues, often remotely, to achieve a shared outcome

• Ability to manage a diverse and busy workload, prioritising effectively, and able to work both autonomously and as a member of a dispersed and diverse team

• Flexibility and willingness to take on new areas of work and responsibilities

• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work with a wide range and varying levels of stakeholders

• Motivated, takes initiative, innovates and delivers to deadlines

• Excellent attention to detail

• Able to diagnose situations and constraints, comfortable when to progress independently and when to escalate

• Proficient user of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook

• Good cross-cultural awareness

• Ability to demonstrate discretion, diplomacy, and patience

• Fluent in English

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent), or able to demonstrate a relevant and equivalent level of experience

Desirable

• Project Management Qualification

• Specific experience in any of the following institutional donors would be an advantage: USAID, FCDO (DFID) and Irish Aid

• Experience of managing procurement activities

• Experience of evaluations: analysing, collating and reviewing data related to grant and programme effectiveness

• Previous experience of arranging international business travel, ideally to developing countries

• Experience working within a humanitarian, nutrition or international development context

• French speaking

• Experience of using Finance, HR and/or Project Management systems Reporting Lines The Project Manager will report to the Operations and Finance Director and will have line management responsibility for a small team.

Eligibility to work

Must be entitled to work in the UK at the time of application. No relocation package is offered for this role. ENN is committed to diversity and inclusion, and to building a culture where every staff member and volunteer is recognised and valued as an individual. We actively encourage applications from a broad range of experiences and backgrounds.

Application Process

Please submit a Cover Letter (no more than 1 page) and CV to no later than Sunday 7th November 2021. Early applications are advised as we reserve the right to conclude the process before the closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. Please include your preferred working pattern details in your application, if not full time

The VCS Alliance is a successful organisation that prides itself on delivering high quality work through partnering with a wide range of Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations across Bradford District and Craven. We work closely with the local Health and Care System, and co-ordinate some of the local VCS representation within this thematic area.

KEY PURPOSES OF THE POST

• To develop and manage contracts and grants managed and delivered via The VCS Alliance.
• Responsibility for ensuring that contracts of The VCS Alliance are delivered in line with contract specifications and to a high standard. 
• To develop, maintain and manage relationships with a wide range of delivery partners, to support the development of a diverse Provider Community as a resource pool for contract delivery.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Creation of suitable contracting documentation, in collaboration with team colleagues and Delivery Provider organisations.
2. Ensure the successful delivery of The VCS Alliance contracts and grants of varied sizes and complexity within legal requirements.
3. Establish, manage and develop arrangements, frameworks and systems to ensure appropriate monitoring of all contracts and grants under your responsibility, including performance and finances.
4. Take responsibility for monitoring and analysing performance within The VCS Alliance contract frameworks by leading on regular contract management processes with delivery partners.
5. Collation and analysis of information to highlight all contractual and performance issues in accordance with contract timetables.
6. Advise line manager of all contract performance issues, along with issues relating to compliance against contract/service level agreement terms and conditions.
7. Ensure all contract management issues are resolved in a timely manner.
8. Undertake the central administration of the contract arrangements including supporting the development and production of information systems and reports to support the contract monitoring process. 
9. Ensure effective processes are in place to answer all contract queries efficiently and in a timely way.
10. Produce regular reports updating the Board on the delivery and performance of The VCSA contracts.
11. Produce contract and activity monitoring reports for funders as required.
12. Any other tasks required in line with the role.

ADMINISTRATION

1. Complete relevant administrative tasks including record keeping and data management.
2. Contribute to The VCS Alliance’s general administration through dealing with enquiries via the telephone, email and drop-ins when needed.
3. Contribute information to The VCS Alliance’s newsletter/mailings/e-bulletins/website, where relevant to the role.
4. Complete any other related administrative tasks.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Undertake any training or development opportunities as may be required to keep up to date and fulfil the requirements identified for this role.
2. Attend regular supervision sessions and staff meetings.
3. Comply with all organisational policies and procedures.
4. Undertake any other duties as prescribed by and agreed with your Line Manager.
5. Work in line with The VCS Alliance’s Code of Conduct and maintain good relationships within and outside of The VCS Alliance.
6. Have a collaborative and flexible approach to work undertaken.
7. Work in accordance with The VCS Alliance’s Aims, Objectives and Values.
8. Promote The VCS Alliance with all relevant stakeholders.
9. Flexibility is an advantage. Please contact us to discuss what this means before accepting any offer of employment.

EQUAL OPORTUNITIES

The VCS Alliance is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, anti-discrimination and anti-oppressive policy and practice. Everyone who comes into contact with The VCS Alliance and its staff and volunteers will be treated with dignity and respect, and will not be discriminated against directly or indirectly on the grounds of any protected characteristic described in the Equality Act (2010) including their gender identity, sex, race/ethnicity, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, mental health status, age or disability. Job applicants, employees, volunteers and service users will be entitled these protections too.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

The post holder is expected to comply with The VCS Alliance Health and Safety Policy and take reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by the work.

NOTES

All job roles are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly. The job description is a guide to the work that you will be required to undertake and represents a range of responsibilities commensurate with the seniority of the post.

This post is subject to a 3 month probationary period. This post is currently fixed for two years (subject to review of ongoing funding).

The Independent Safeguarding Board has been recently set up to provide independent oversight and professional support to the National Safeguarding Team, and to advise the Church more widely on Safeguarding matters.

The National Safeguarding Team provides professional safeguarding advice to the Church of England on matters of national policy including the development and implementation of national policy, training, quality assurance and audit, and work with survivors. The national safeguarding team also leads complex casework and supports dioceses in their safeguarding of children and adults.

As Project and Administration Officer, you will provide high quality business support to the Independent Safeguarding Board as it commences operations and establishes its future ways of working.

This post is offered on a 12 month fixed term contract.

We are taking a flexible approach to work, with many colleagues opting for a hybrid approach to their working week, with a mixture of home and office-based working. Further details will be discussed at interview.

Interviews will be held on the 29th October 2021 and the 2nd November 2021.

In return we offer a unique environment with opportunities for continuous learning, generous annual leave for work life balance, season ticket loans and a range of benefits including discounted entry to attractions and what we feel is a market leading package when it comes to our pension scheme.

Project Administrator

Part Time - 21 hours per week

£19,704 to £22,605, pro-rata, per annum

Fixed term until 31st December 2023

Closing date: noon Monday 1st November 2021

Interview date: Thursday 11th November 2021, via Zoom

The Diocese of Manchester is the Church of England in Bolton, Bury, Leigh, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, and parts of Rossendale, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford. To find out more about the unique make-up of the diocese and its diverse activities, please visit our website.

We are seeking a well-organised, adaptable and professional administrator to join our Strategy team.  The successful candidate will work closely with the Strategic Programme Director providing a wide range of administrative support for the effective governance and delivery of funded projects.

The post holder will be experienced in office administration and able to prioritise their work, with good attention to detail and excellent IT and minute-taking skills.  They should be comfortable dealing with a diverse range of people, including clergy, laity and other members of the diocese.

Although experience of working within the Church of England is not required, the post holder should be sympathetic to the aims and values of the Church.

The role is based at Church House, 90 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2GH.  However, there is the possibility of a move to Bury in 2023.

Benefits include generous annual leave: 22 days plus public holidays and 3 additional allotted days.  This rises to 25 days after 12 months’ service.  There is automatic enrolment into a Church Worker’s pension scheme and the support services of the Employee Assistance Programme.

Please click the APPLY button for application form.  Full job description/person specification are attached below.

This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We have much to be proud of in our one hundred years of history, but we know that to remain vibrant and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.

We have begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of our organisation. We are on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.

We have recently agreed our 2020+ strategy and begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people and volunteers at the heart of our organisation.

We want to create a digital experience that enables connections and builds Girlguiding community, allowing girls and young women to do amazing things, make a positive difference and fulfil their potential. 

You will have experience in managing varied digital projects from the discovery phase to finished product. We are looking for someone who has a good combination of skills -project management, service design, digital innovation, user experience research and change management. You will lead on the scoping of some key new digital transformation projects i.e. a project that will focus on how we can digitally empower and include our volunteers and prototyping new digital experiences for various audiences

You will make sure users are at the heart of all that we do whilst also balancing business objectives. You will have technical and digital expertise and ability to work across multiple initiatives in a busy team.

Experience in gathering requirements, scoping, planning and delivering complex digital products is essential. Knowledge of Agile project management methodologies and how to best apply them is vital. You are passionate about design thinking and have a track-record in digital innovation and transformation projects.  

You will be a proactive individual, with a positive outlook and excellent stakeholder management and communications skills. A confident and open-minded communicator who is comfortable with change, as well as reporting to stakeholders across all levels is key.

Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change – improving attitudes towards mental health. While Girlguiding’s young members may be girl only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or mental), gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. Girlguiding is a COVID secure employer, offering hybrid working and providing support for all employees during the current pandemic. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.

We are currently advertising for a similar role Senior Digital Product Officer. If you would like to be considered for both posts, please note this in your application. Please include details of your relevant skills/experience for each role. You will only need to submit one application and will only need to attend one interview if you are to be successfully shortlisted. 

Salary: £30,000 - £34,000

Position:  Permanent

Location: Bristol and remote working

Deadline for Applications: Our client is reviewing applications on a rolling basis, please apply today.

The Position:

Our global charity client is recruiting a Project Manager.  The role works to support project leads within the organisation to ensure the delivery of successful and reputable projects.  You will assist with the planning, budgeting and monitoring of a range of projects as well as ensuring good project team communication and information management.

Requirements:

• Excellent project management experience and the ability to multi-task, managing a range of diverse projects.
• Experience of relationship and stakeholder management.
• Proven track record of delivering projects to time, cost and quality.
• Understanding of budgeting processes and financial reporting for grant makers.

Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance is a user-led charity supporting teenagers and adults with muscle-weakening conditions. We are currently recruiting a programme manager to take charge of an exciting new Lottery-funded project to develop skills, knowledge and confidence of young people with muscle-weakening conditions, and engage them in campaigning work to tackle the social barriers they face.

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Please note although most of this work will be carried out remotely, the successful candidate will be required to travel to attend outreach meetings and to run events for young people.

Pathfinders aims to enable teenagers and adults with muscle-weakening conditions to access the support they need to maintain good health, become independent, access social and work opportunities and contribute to their communities. We want to ensure standards of care and access to services and information is consistent across the country. We want to develop the skills and confidence of young people with muscle-weakening conditions and empower them to take charge of their own health and to build a stronger community to get better services and support. 

We are currently recruiting for a confident, experienced, and engaging programme manager to take charge of an exciting new Lottery-funded project to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence of young people with muscle-weakening conditions, and engage them in campaigning work to tackle the social barriers they face.

With this project, Pathfinders aims to support people with muscle-weakening conditions to:

• Advocate for themselves in order to access the right social care, housing, equipment and other support that meets their needs, to access employment or volunteering, develop relationships and interact with the community in the ways they choose.

• Understand how to carry out activities they will need to do as disabled adults, such as managing carers, researching accessibility, arranging support with organisations, talking about their needs with professionals in finding employment.

• Have greater knowledge of barriers they may experience and how their health may progress, and how they can manage these issues in order to focus on what’s important to them.

• Know how, when and where they can access support when they need it. 

• Become more independent in the sense of directing their own care and support, as well as making the important decisions about where they live, who they live with and what they do.

• Have greater confidence to talk about themselves and their needs, and to believe that they are an integral part of society, based on the rights to equality.

• Identify that they have the power to make a difference to society, by supporting them to identify issues and work with organisations to address these.

• Understand the needs of others in the community, and how to work together and involve everyone in events and awareness campaigns.

The project will involve running an annual 3-day residential development camp for young people with muscle weakening conditions, followed by a programme of online training and development, campaigning work and 4 regional events. 

We are particularly interested in employing people who also have lived experience of a muscle-weakening condition, especially adults with conditions themselves, but also carers, siblings, parents etc. However, this is not an essential requirement for the role.

It is essential that all the people that we employ embody the values of Pathfinders, enabling and encouraging independence, being led by the people we support, rooted in the social model of disability and valuing the importance of sharing lived experience.
 

Roles and main responsibilities of the role

• Overall management of the project and progress of milestones/deliverables

• Line-managing the project assistant 

• Managing project volunteers 

• Overseeing the project budget and monitoring spend 

• Liaising with colleges and hospices to set up events and bring in referrals

• Recruiting and managing expert speakers for the online and in-person events 

• Recruiting project participants and holding introductory and review meetings 

• Liaising with project participants and parents to support them to continue to be engaged, providing information and guidance on progressing their aspirations, and where necessary referring to advocacy support within Pathfinders 

• Recruiting and managing the steering group for the project 

• In partnership with the steering group:

  • Designing event content and programmes 

  • Designing evaluation materials

  • Designing project promotion and publicity 

  • Identifying expert speakers and professionals to be involved 

  • Reviewing evaluation and feedback and tweaking the programmes

  • Preparing and delivering online and in-person events 

• Supporting project participants to prepare and deliver regional workshops

• Liaising with the venues and other organisations and professionals involved in the project 

• Moderating social media and whatsapp groups for the project 

• Supporting the project participants to carry out social advocacy activity - providing guidance and overseeing the delivery of this work (monthly meetings)

• Liaising with organisations involved in social advocacy work (1-2 meetings per year) 

• Creating promotional materials for the project

• Promoting and showcasing the project in internal and external meetings (8 meetings per year)

• Reporting on project milestones

• Carrying out risk assessments and ensuring appropriate policies are implemented effectively
   

Person specification

In your application you will need to explain how you meet the following requirements:

Experience and Knowledge

At least 1 year of experience in roles involving project management

E

Experience of working with disabled young people 16-30 or students with SEN

E

Experience of networking and building relationships with organisations and consultants

E

Experience of using a range of social media platforms to engage audiences

E

Experience of running information, training or development events

E

Experience of organising and managing professional campaigns

E

Experience of carrying out risk assessments and operating within a strict safeguarding environment

E

Experience designing and delivering training or educational material

D

Experience of working in a residential environment with young disabled people

D

Lived experience of a muscle-weakening condition and the barriers to social inclusion and independence

D

Personal attributes and skills

Excellent organisational skills and confidence managing complex tasks under pressure

E

Excellent IT skills including use of Microsoft Office, databases, cloud storage and other online software.

E

Excellent people skills and a strong commitment to treating people with respect and dignity and upholding principles of equality and diversity

E

Excellent communication skills in person and in writing, with a confident and pleasant manner and professional writing style

E

Ability to interact with stakeholders at a range of levels

E

Ability to communicate effectively and professionally to manage conflicts and communicate problems to team members

E

Willingness to be flexible and open to new ideas

E

Come and work for a growing, creative, and multiple award-winning charity!  We're a small organisation making a big difference.

My Life My Choice (MLMC) is a self-advocacy charity, 100% user-led, run by and for people with a learning disability, founded in 1998.  The charity delivers a diverse range of innovative projects that enhance and empower the lives of adults with a learning disability in Oxfordshire.  These established projects include the Power Up training & consultancy & research team, Champions who speak up and campaign, Travel Buddy scheme, 12 local self-help groups, and Gig Buddies.

MLMC is now looking for a new full time Project Coordinator.  The successful applicant will coordinate the MLMC Computer Buddy project which involves providing devices for those without, coaching and training beneficiaries, recruiting volunteers, and working with key partners. We do not need a person who is a whizz with computers for this role! Above all, we want to work with somebody who has excellent coordination, administration, and people skills.

This role calls for a colleague who not only shows a passion for empowering, working with, and raising the voices of people with a learning disability but also thrives on achieving targets.
 

The successful candidate will enjoy a challenge, have a ‘can do’ attitude and be a competent driver (or with car driver support) with a UK driving licence and access to a car. MLMC presently reimburses 45p per mile for private car used for business purposes.

MLMC not only says it values its staff but commits to them by offering a competitive salary, an enhanced pension contribution, a comfortable and spacious office environment, an Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance, flexible working with time off in lieu, a weekly fruit basket, a £100 contribution towards a health & wellbeing activity, cycle to work scheme, two days special leave at Christmas, and working from home when appropriate. Free, dedicated staff parking is also available.

Open Doors is an international, interdenominational organization that supports Christians who are persecuted for their faith. Open Doors International supports the worldwide organization with services such as IT, DME Program Management, Finance, Advocacy, and HR by working in a service-oriented way with teams and colleagues in countries with an Open Doors Development or Field office.

Our Global IT Team consists of 22 colleagues, allocated in different parts of the world, like the Netherlands, Philippines and Brazil and they support about 1500 users worldwide. The team consists of an IT Service Team, which is responsible for the development, maintenance & support of all systems and an IT Change team, which is responsible for Business Analysis, Application Management and Programming.

The IT Project Manager is working next to these teams and is responsible to lead IT projects, in close collaboration with your internal stakeholders and IT specialists. This position reports directly to the Global IT Manager.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop and lead multiple project plans simultaneously.
• Achieve objectives within the set conditions and timeframe, with a strong focus on delivering high quality results and people skills to lead project teams.
• Timely flag when and how planning or content needs to be adjusted, taking appropriate action and maintaining contact with the stakeholders.
• Oversee and monitor progress of all different projects running simultaneously.
• Work closely with the IT Business Analyst and IT Services Manager.

Your profile

• A committed Christian* with a passion for the Persecuted Church
• Bachelor degree or equivalent work and thinking level in a relevant area
• Significant breadth and depth of experience in a relevant position, including system development, process analysis and/or IT functional management 
• Knowledge of and experience with the latest project methods and their customer-friendly application, like Agile/Scrum/Kanban. 
• Proven ability in planning and organizing, advising and leading stakeholders and project team members, in a continuously changing environment.
• Result-oriented, pro-active, culturally sensitive and able to self-manage.
• Strong leadership, networking and communication skills (in English).

This is a salaried position. Working at Open Doors means that you are actively involved in the worldwide Persecuted Church. We offer you a versatile position in an international environment and a professional team with development opportunities. The position is allocated in the Netherlands (Harderwijk) or in the UK(Witney/home-based). 

*There is an occupational requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for this post to be held by an actively practising Christian who assents to our statement of faith.

PURPOSE OF ROLE

Working closely with the Fundraising Management Team to support the team in achieving their shared objectives by enabling the development and execution of creative fundraising programmes and communications across all Premier platforms. With the overall aim of building the profile of the charity and increasing the supporter base for revenue generation.

This key role will be responsible for enabling the team to deliver tailored communication plans and share engaging fundraising collateral as part of our engagement strategies to build relationships and promote income generation from new audiences and potential donor groups.

The position holder will work cross departments with the Marketing and Database teams on a regular basis, as well as being the lead contact for external mailing houses.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Project coordination of Leap of Faith project

• Working with the Project Lead on a regular basis to provide all elements of project support, listed below.
• Event Management of both online events such as webinars and Zoom meetings, and physical events including VIP dinners, committee meetings and info sharing events
• Supporting individual fundraisers in their relationship management which could include copy writing, preparation of written communications, pulling info from our fundraising database, sharing resources or helping to manage the donor journey through updating tracking spreadsheets and fundraising records
• Responsibility for coordinating the Communications programme which will include email communications, mailings and online events
• Meeting management, to include note taking and helping to drive forward actions
• Acting as point of contact for Project Volunteers
• Conduct desk-based research to help qualify existing and new contacts

Coordination of the Major Donor programme

• Working with the Director of Fundraising to deliver the monthly Communications programme for the MD Pledge programme, which will include Pledge Renewals, monthly e-comms, event invites and the occasional postal mail outs
• This will also involve cross departmental working

Direct Mail

• Working with the Director of Fundraising, to manage the administrative side of the monthly Direct Mail programme and Voice of Hope quarterly mailings, helping to ensure that appeals are delivered within the agreed time
• Gathering information required for direct mail appeal from internal stakeholders within process when necessary
• Act as main point of contact for designer/printer once strategy has been signed off
• Edit and proof copy, working with the Fundraising Management Team and coordinate sign off in a timely way
• Management of scheduling of appeal mailings, internal and with the mailing house
• Sign off print proofs from mailing house

Regional Fundraising

• Provide administrative support to regionally based team members, including the Director of Support in Scotland and Northern Ireland
• This could involve coordinating occasional mailings, gathering information or appointment setting and updating RE records/tracking spreadsheets

To undertake any other reasonable tasks as required by the Director of Fundraising

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree educated
• 5+ years of good demonstrable experience in project management, coordination of complex administration processes and/or external facing client management
• Experience in fundraising (desirable but not essential)
• Professional qualification in fundraising (desirable but not essential)
• Experience of providing team support (essential)
• An understanding of media and web (desirable but not essential)
• Experience of working in a busy, high pressured environment

ABILITIES & SKILLS

• Excellent attention to detail
• Organised, efficient and good written communication skills
• Confident and assertive in managing processes
• Ability to use databases and finance systems after training, proficient use of Microsoft Suite
• Ability to handle and own multiple projects
• Pro-active and show initiative
• Team player with an ability to work in a flexible and collaborative way

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• The post-holder will work within a Christian environment and therefore it will be necessary for the post-holder to have sympathy and understanding for the Christian faith and its values, and be in able to work within the ethos of our organisational aims.