The Head of Fundraising & Marketing is a key member of Qadria Trust’s Leadership Team with responsibility for developing our fundraising and communication strategy and overseeing all communication activities for our multi-million project named Islamic Centre of Britain which includes masjid, community centre, commercial block and a school building.

The post holder will be responsible for raising and growing revenue, will design and implement a sustainable development strategy to increase philanthropic revenue from a diverse portfolio of supporters across the UK and overseas. They will mentor and lead a team of fundraisers and Social Media to achieve ambitious revenue and renewal goals year over year, while delivering excellent stewardship experiences for our supporters.

Main Responsibilities:

Fundraising

1. To develop, manage and deliver a clearly defined fundraising strategy, which will ensure sustainable revenue for Qadria Trust and will also raise the profile, reputation and credibility of Qadria Trust’s work among clearly defined audiences and stakeholders.
2. To establish and provide strong leadership to Fundraising and Communication teams ensuring that organisational and individual targets are met, through instilling a creative, professional, adaptable and positive team environment. 
3. To undertake and participate constructively in induction, regular supervision, appraisal and relevant training. To contribute positively to continuous improvement of services.
4. To maintain close contact with the CEO/Director and with all the work of the organisation so as to be aware to effectively use the information for fundraising purposes.
5. To work closely with the CEO/Director and Senior Management Team to broaden Qadria Trust’s funding base for projects/services which add value to the organisation, particularly working with Muslim communities and businesses across the globe.
6. To ensure the implementation of risk awareness and risk control in the department.
7. To provide line management to the Fundraising and Communication Teams.
8. To develop and manage Qadria Trust’s long term profile and identity for fundraising purposes.
9. To maintain confidentiality in line with organisational policy in relation to service users, staff and business sensitive information.
10. To review potential partner organisations and corporate sectors and identify best ways of engaging for partnership.
11. To develop, deliver and evaluate a schedule of donor acquisition and retention campaigns across all platforms including Social Media.
12. To design and implement an evaluation and monitoring process to evaluate the outcomes and success of campaigns.
13. To produce detailed reports at the end of Qadria Trust’s campaign periods.

Community Engagement and Fundraising

1. To develop and implement cost effective fundraising initiatives and events aimed at a diverse range of communities.
2. To establish, manage and strengthen Qadria Trust’s external relationships with all stakeholders including donors, statutory bodies, mosques, local communities, corporate organizations, charities and educational establishments in order to maximise Qadria Trust’s income.
3. To create, maintain and develop Qadria Trust’s donor base through fundraising initiatives.
4. To identify new areas of income generation which fulfil the strategic objectives of Qadria Trust.
5. To ensure the effective implementation of maximizing Qadria Trust’s income from fundraising through campaigns, Ramadan, Qurbani, and Qadria Trust’s projects/services.
6. To create appropriate manuals, procedures and guidelines for all fundraising initiatives and organize periodical reviews for continual improvement.

Community Engagement and Social Media Fundraising

1. To ensure that resources for fundraising, both through community engagement and with Social Media are carefully allocated, managed, and monitored effectively to achieve the greatest impact.
2. To ensure all fundraising events and investment to Social Media campaigns are cost effective and add value to the organisation.
3. To drive forward the growth in institutional fundraising initiatives, incorporating innovation and creativity.
4. To develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and potential funders, including large charities and other CSR institutions.

Other Responsibilities

1. To ensure compliance with the financial legislation and Qadria Trust`s financial procedures in all activities of the department.
2. To be willing and able to travel extensively and at short notice.
3. To be responsible for ensuring that staff and volunteers are adequately informed, skilled and supervised to carry out their duties safely and in compliance with Health and Safety policy and safety management systems.
4. To monitor, analyse and evaluate success and weaknesses of the department’s activities and ensure learning outcomes are shared and documented.
5. To comply with all policies, procedures, legal and regulatory requirements.
6. To be willing to travel extensively with short notice.
7. To commit to working unsociable hours on a regular basis.
8. To be responsible for health and safety in the area of his/her control and ensure that he/she is familiar with Qadria Trust’s health and safety at work policy.
9. To respect the unique contribution of every individual and work positively in an equal opportunity and diverse environment.
10. The post holder will be required to apply for a Disclosure check.
11. Any other duties commensurate with the accountabilities of the post.

Note: Please send your CV and a cover letter to apply for this position. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

To support in developing, maintaining and implementing Qadria Trust’s marketing and communication strategy for their multi-million project named Islamic Centre of Britain which includes masjid, community centre, commercial block and a school building.  

To provide and ensure that electronic media (websites and e-news) are accurate, professionally written and designed.

To maintain and update Qadria Trust’s Social Media accounts e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Instagram in order to promote Qadria Trust’s profile.

Main Responsibilities:

1. To support the development and implementation of Qadria Trust’s social media strategy and ensure it is streamlined with Qadria Trust’s vision, mission and values.
2. To ensure that there is consistent and meaningful media coverage for Qadria Trust and continually promote greater public awareness of the organisation.
3. To ensure that digital content is accurate, professionally written and designed, and conform to Qadria Trust’s organisational objectives.
4. To work with the Head of Fundraising and Communication to identify, develop and deliver audience-led marketing and engagement strategies and campaigns in accordance with Qadria Trust’s strategic plan.
5. To update the Qadria Trust social media accounts with relevant information by liaising with the Head of Fundraising and Communications.
6. To keep up to date with all social media good practice, ethical and legal guidelines and implement accordingly.
7. To create and implement initiatives that make effective use of social media and the website.
8. To write, edit and publish content for Qadria Trust’s website and emails.
9. To ensure that the website is consistent and user friendly.
10. To produce detailed reports at the end of Qadria Trust’s campaign periods.
11. To attend external events when required in order to provide live updates on various social media.

Other Responsibilities

1. To comply with all policies, procedures, legal and regulatory requirements including the Data Protection Act (GDPR).
2. To be willing and able to travel extensively and at short notice.
3. To have the flexibility to work additional hours as necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role and meet the business needs.
4. To be responsible for health and safety in the area of his/her control and ensure that he/she is familiar with Qadria Trust’s health and safety at work policy.
5. To respect the unique contribution of every individual and work positively in an equal opportunity and diverse environment.
6. The post holder will be required to apply for a Disclosure check.
7. Any other duties commensurate with the accountabilities of the post.

Note: Please send your CV and a cover letter to apply for this position. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Community Project Officer
Salary: £18,534 per annum
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week (with regular evening and occasional weekend working)
Core Hours: from 10am – 4pm, with some flexibility of starting earlier/finishing later
Benefits: 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays. All necessary PPE will be provided by the company. Laptop, mobile phone, and mileage allowance.
Based: Tipton with regular travel across the West Midlands Region (currently remote working due to Covid-19).

Are you looking to make a difference every day to children and young people? Are you passionate about education and play? Do you want to join a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation and work as part of a friendly project team? Then this could be the role for you!

Groundwork West Midlands are offering flexible working conditions and plenty of on-the-job training and support.

Groundwork West Midlands is a registered charity based in the West Midlands.

What we need from you:

• Ideally you will have a qualification and experience working with Children and Young People, specifically 6-12-year olds (up to 16-year olds with additional needs).
• An understanding of the needs and issues relating to children and young people living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. 
• Experience in planning and leading child-led sessions and resources for delivery.
• Hold a current UK Driving Licence, with access to your own vehicle as the position involves regular evening and occasional weekend work

Desirable:

• Experience in marketing and the use of social media and / video making software for engaging with audiences and promoting the project.

As a Community Project Officer on the Go Play Sandwell project you would be leading on the delivery of outdoor / indoor play activities that are age-appropriate, safe, child-led, creative, and engaging. Responsibilities and Tasks include, but not limited to:

• To deliver high quality, safe and creative after-school, and holiday play sessions.
• To deliver activities to children aged 6-12-year olds (up to 16-year olds with additional needs) in parks, community venues and across the Zoom video platform.
• To plan and develop new play, environmental, arts and crafts sessions and activities for physical and virtual sessions.
• To ensure all sessions offer children a variety of child-led play opportunities including sports, games, creative and imaginative play activities, arts and crafts.
• To ensure all paperwork, (including project monitoring, evaluation, participant data, risk assessment forms, safeguarding and incident/accident report forms) are kept up to date and inputted accurately in a timely manner and to the required standards.

**PLEASE NOTE: CVs will not be accepted without a covering letter stating how your experience/qualifications meet the requirements of this role.

Closing date: Friday 12th March 2021.

Please apply now to avoid disappointment!

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position. 

An Enhanced DBS check will be carried out for this post.

No agencies please

USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND YOUR ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS TO HELP AMAZING CHARITIES AND NONPROFITS CHANGE THE WORLD.

**Please note we will be interviewing for this role on an ongoing basis, so please fill out the short form below as soon as you can if you are interested in the position.**

We are The Developer Society, a fully not for profit co-op digital agency based in the UK, working exclusively with charities, NGOs and mission driven organisations. We exist to bring our expertise and experience across development, design, project management, and strategy to the groups making the biggest impact in the world. This includes some of the biggest and most innovative changemakers in the UK and around the world such as: Samaritans, Macmillan Cancer Care, Oxfam International, War Child, Help Refugees, Mercy Corps, 38 Degrees, and many more.

We have a busy end of 2020 coming up and we are looking for someone to join our team who can help us run our projects in a smooth and calm way. You’ll work directly with our partners and our team to align project scope and features, and ensure that everyone has what they need to get the job done. You’ll be planning and writing project documentation, running kickoffs and facilitating sprints, meetings, and key project milestones. You’ll help keep our projects focused, on track, and delivering brilliant results for some of the most important orgs in the world.

THE ROLE INVOLVES...

• Being flexible and responding to changes in projects as they arise
• Playing an active role in scheduling and leading all meetings including kickoffs
• Planning projects so that they are completed within defined time and budget
• Monitoring progress of projects to make sure they meet targets and partner expectations
• Supporting teams and working to reduce their stress levels through problem solving and communication
• Producing clear read outs of activities, milestones, costs, and risks at all times
• Checking in with teammates to ensure they are not over-scheduled on project tasks and have everything they need to work effectively and efficiently
• Collaborating and communicating regularly with internal team leads on project resourcing, progress, and challenges
• Providing regular status updates to partners

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO IS...

• Comfortable with all things tech and digital (you don’t have to able to write the code but you know the difference between your HTML and your APIs) REQUIRED
• Familiar with project management methodologies and approaches to software development REQUIRED
• Big hearted and keen to make the world a better place REQUIRED
• Organised and self-motivated REQUIRED
• Keen to share skills and learning with the team REQUIRED
• A great communicator REQUIRED
• A PM process expert (to help us improve our internal ways of working) REQUIRE
• Upbeat, friendly, and a positive addition to the team REQUIRED
• Available to start immediately (or very soon after an offer is made) REQUIRED
• Experienced working with charities and nonprofits NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT REQUIRED
• A tech expert NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT REQUIRED

If that sounds like you, then we’d love to hear from you!

CONTRACT DETAILS

Start date: as soon as available

Salary: £32,000 - £45,000 depending on experience

DEADLINE

We will reach out to candidates on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.* If you’re interested please complete the short application form (it really is short!) as soon as possible.*

Are you experienced in grant management? Are you passionate about supporting communities and improving the environment?

Groundwork UK
Programme Grants Officer
Salary: £28,453 per annum
Based in Birmingham – some remote working considered

Groundwork is a charity working locally and nationally to mobilising practical community action on poverty and the environment across the UK

We’re passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. We aim to protect and improve green spaces, help communities lead more active lives and overcome significant challenges such as poverty, isolation, low skills and poor health.

We are recruiting for a grants officer to support a community and environmentally focused grant programmes, the role is based in our national offices in central Birmingham, and offers flexible working arrangements, job share opportunities and supportive, family friendly policies.

We’re looking for people that share our values, are passionate about our cause, and will bring new skills and experiences to our team.

Closing date: 12 midday 3rd March 2021
Proposed Interview dates from w/b 8th March 2021

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:
If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website where you can find out more info and complete your application.

No agencies please.

• Application Closes: Monday, 15 March 2021 (please note that late applications will not be accepted)
• Job Location: London or Birmingham (with home working required while lockdown and/or tier restrictions are in place)
• Start date: As soon as possible from 1 April 2021
• Contract: Permanent, Full Time
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week. We are open to agreeing a flexible working pattern to best suit the successful applicant
• Salary: £34,000 p.a. (plus £3,000 London weighting)
• Reporting to: Operations Director
• Interviews planned for: Monday, 29th and Tuesday, 30th March 2021

About The Access Project

The Access Project is an innovative education charity that helps bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds gain places at top universities. Our volunteers are trained and supported to be effective tutors who work with our students for an hour a week to raise their grades. In addition, a dedicated school-based staff member mentors the students so they have the knowledge and support to make strong university applications. Our results show this approach works.

About the role

The Access Project is experiencing planned rapid growth, currently operating in London, Birmingham, the West Midlands, East Midlands and more recently expanding into Bradford, West Yorkshire. We have core staff in offices in London and Birmingham and staff in each area who are based in schools Monday-Thursday. We have a high calibre staff body and a positive, mission-oriented culture.  We are now seeking an experienced HR professional to work with our Operations Director to help us develop thoughtful processes to make the most of these assets, which will guide us through our next period of growth.  They will work closely with the Operations Team to ensure the rollout and implementation of best practice around all aspects of HR.

Duties and responsibilities

Work closely with the Operations Director to lead the delivery of a comprehensive HR service for the organisation:

Driving change

• developing and implementing a People Strategy to underpin TAP’s strategy for growth and aspiration to be a leading employer
• managing the development and implementation of an eHR system, integrated across functions, e.g. payroll, recruitment, etc.
• Identifying and implementing a creative approach to people leadership, working with an evidence-base and/or piloting innovative new ways of working
• Engaging staff across TAP in the development of our approach, ensuring their opinions and experiences are considered, valued and inform decision-making
• Ensuring communications are regular, informative and accessible, keeping colleagues engaged and committed to working with our approach and systems
• Fulfilling TAP’s commitment to our line managers, recognising their importance in the organisation’s success, through the delivery of their direct reports

Policies and procedures

• ensuring all charity policies and procedures are up to date and in line with current employment law and GDPR.
• ensuring line managers are up to date with any changes in policy
• ensuring policies underpin a flexible, supportive, enabling and consistent approach to people management
• embedding diversity & inclusion as part of our organisational culture

Employee relations

• measuring employee satisfaction and identifying areas that require improvement, engaging employees in a meaningful way
• developing the use of evidence and analysis to provide insight into the factors which create or inhibit a positive and effective working environment and put in place a programme of actions to deliver continuous improvement
• working with colleagues to identify the skills, knowledge, capability and culture TAP needs to deliver future plans
• implementing new talent management and wider learning programmes at all levels which align with our ambition to be a ‘learning organisation’, engaging our people to fulfil their potential, perform better and want to stay longer
• reviewing and monitoring the charity’s approach to pay, reward/recognition and benefits to ensure we attract, recognise and retain talented paid and unpaid colleagues who are committed to TAP’s mission.
• leading the charity’s approach to performance management, focusing on inspiring, equipping, empowering and rewarding colleagues to meet and exceed expectations working collaboratively across regions as required, ensuring all employees’ experience is consistent
• addressing and resolving grievances and disciplinaries if they occur

Acting as a senior leader within the organisation

• modelling the tone and behavioural expectations of The Access Project amongst staff
• leading and inputting to significant cross-functional projects
• representing the charity externally with senior stakeholders when required

In addition to the responsibilities listed above, the job holder may be required to perform other duties as assigned by the Operations Director or Chief Executive Officer from time to time.

To arrange an informal discussion about the role, please contact Stuart Sheldon (Operations Director) 

Person specification

Essential characteristics and experience:

• CIPD accredited (or equivalent) qualification
• At least 5 years’ experience as an HR generalist
• Superb communication and project management skills
• Ability to articulate HR priorities as part of the bigger organisational picture
• Confidence advising managers on all aspects of people management and development
• Demonstrable experience in facilitating changes and improvements to processes
• Strong understanding of employment law
• Sound understanding of data protection regulations in relation to HR practices

Desirable:

Experience of implementing a diversity & inclusion strategy would be beneficial.

Benefits:

• £34,000 p.a. (plus £3,000 London weighting)
• 3% pension contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel card loan
• Flexible working arrangements, particularly around working from home
• 3 paid volunteering days per year
• Perkbox employee assistance scheme

Safeguarding statement:

Applicants must be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Disclosure of a Criminal Record
The Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986 does not apply to posts where there is access to children. This means that applicants for employment which involves working with children and young people must disclose any criminal record. If your application is successful, you are required to make these disclosures and consent to The Access Project verifying the accuracy of your response with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Project Administrator - Community Safety (Housing)
Birmingham (across multiple sites)
£16,210 per annum pro rata
Position Type: Part Time - 23 hours
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract for 12 months

Are you an experienced Project Administrator, a self-starter that can successfully build external partnerships and coordinate project actions under pressure?                                                                                                                                                                     
If yes, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to join our client as a representative for a body for Registered Providers operating across Birmingham.
 
As Project Administrator Community Safety, you will be working to manage, develop and deliver work ensuring registered providers and partners are able to effectively reduce harm and improve community safety policy and practice in Birmingham.
 
The Role:
 
You will build successful projects and partnerships with the Police, Local Authority, Registered Providers and other stakeholders
You will build capacity with members and partners to improve community safety through training, briefings and projects
You will co-ordinate action around specific cases, community safety concerns and engagement with key stakeholders
You will contribute to building a strong and value-driven partnership
 
The successful candidate will:

Be a self-motivated problem solver
Have the skills and approach to help build partnerships and networks 
Experienced in gathering and sharing key information
Create and maintain good practice between partners
Be organised and have strong administration skills
Have the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines whilst maintaining customer excellence
Have the ability to deal with face to face, telephone, email communication
Have the ability to develop and maintain manual and computerised filing systems
Resilient
Be familiar with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook
Have the ability to maintain positive working relationships with staff and managers at all levels
Ideally have a good working knowledge and or keen interest and or studying in social housing, crime and disorder act and community safety and ASB
Ideally have experience of working in public sector, housing or third sector organizations
 
The 23 hours are to be worked in an agile way over Monday – Friday.

In return, our client offers an attractive benefits package.

Join our dynamic team and you will be at the heart of delivering first class support to rare disease patients as part of an innovative third-sector Charity/NHS partnership.  Working from home and within NHS specialised multi-disciplinary clinics held in London and Birmingham, the successful candidate will assist our Patient Liaison Officer within our patient support team to provide information, support and advocacy services to those living with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome.  This exciting role offers excellent learning and development opportunities for anyone looking to work within health and social care.

This is a permanent, part-time position commencing at 20hrs per week.

The successful candidate will live within commuting distance of London and Birmingham

We are looking for a person who is highly motivated and enthusiastic to support the Chief Executive, Chairperson and Boards of Trustees of Age UK Birmingham and Age UK Sandwell. You will undertake a range of administrative and secretarial duties for the organisations, as well as support the Chief Executive and Board to facilitate the general efficiency and governance of Age UK Birmingham and Age UK Sandwell.

You will administer HR activities and utilise and develop a range of systems to support efficient, high quality HR processes and practices across the organisations.

You will be able to demonstrate commitment to the values and mission statement of Age UK Birmingham and Age UK Sandwell, by providing the highest possible level of service to your internal customers.

Application forms must be completed fully; CV’s will not be accepted.

The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Friday 26th February 2021 

Interviews will be held on a date to be arrange, week commencing 8th March 2021

This role will initally be home-based - but will then be based in one of our offices. 

Prince’s Trust International has been supporting young people worldwide since 2015. Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales, we work with partners around the world to deliver education, employment and enterprise programmes that empower young people to learn, work and thrive.

The HR People Partner focus is as a trusted advisor and support to Prince’s Trust International’s CEO and senior leadership team, with diversity and inclusion at its heart, focusing on employee engagement and wellbeing and ensuring systems and processes are fit for purpose in the international arena.

You will be responsible for developing and delivering a coherent HR strategy to align with the new Prince’s Trust International strategic direction. You will lead initiatives to support organisational growth, talent and succession planning, and developing in-region recruitment and reward systems. You will refresh development strategies to support remote learning opportunities and ensure our commitment to diversity and inclusion is embedded in all we do.

We are seeking an HR People Partner who will think globally, with a strong grasp of international HR issues, be collaborative, role models inclusivity, is solutions-focused and have excellent coaching skills. The role also requires a doer, who is capable of rolling up their sleeves and delivering operational solutions.

PTI is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse communities and is committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds across all roles and at all levels.

Can you help award-winning organisations in sport, education and the third sector secure new income from trusts, foundations and institutions?

Here at Oaks, we help socially-minded organisations raise their game. Formed in 2008, our journey has seen us work with organisations of all shapes and sizes right across the sport, voluntary and education sectors: empowering socially-minded organisations to expand their work, support more vulnerable people, and ultimately change lives across the UK.

Borne out of sport, our work now spans five core sectors:

• Sport: We help organisations using sport as a tool for development to grow and sustain their activity
• Education: We help schools and academies to think differently about their income generation potential
• Third sector: We help charities and social enterprises to build their fundraising capabilities and improve capacity
• Social housing: We help housing associations to invest effectively in their communities and make their resources go further
• Corporates: We help businesses to develop, activate and evaluate their social responsibility commitments

Our clients include global sport-for-development charities such as the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation; prominent sporting institutions such as UEFA, Sport England and the LTA, some of the UK’s largest multi-academy trusts and over 40 other award-winning community organisations. Our work with these organisations has received its own plaudits too – with Oaks shortlisted as provider of the year at the Football Business Awards and Sports Business Awards in 2019.

The opportunity

We are now looking for a talented bid-writer and fundraiser to join our growing team – supporting our income generation work with several high-profile clients.

Successful candidates will focus primarily on helping to secure grants from trusts and foundations for our diverse clients so that these organisations can continue to enhance their life-changing work.

It’s a unique opportunity to hone your bid-writing skills in a variety of not-for-profit contexts – working with schools and academy trusts, national governing bodies, sport-related charities and regional and international development organisations to secure their long-term futures and deliver genuine social impact.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing hands-on fundraising advice and support to a number of organisations in the education, housing, sport and not-for-profit sectors
• Identifying new grant opportunities from trusts, foundations and other institutions that are suitable for our clients and their award-winning community activities
• Securing these grant opportunities through responding to requests for proposals, drafting formal cases for support and applications, and nurturing new relationships with funders
• Developing and managing successful relationships with our clients that deliver exceptional client satisfaction levels and provide a significant return on their investment in Oaks
• Training and developing individuals within our team to be able to provide high-quality consultancy support

Core Skills and Experiences

We are looking for individuals who would be a natural addition to our energetic, purpose-driven team: independent and innovative thinkers who enjoy identifying new opportunities, developing high quality and persuasive prose, and who are naturally ambitious.

We are looking for:

• Experience of securing four or five-figure grants from trusts, foundations, lottery funders or other institutions
• High quality writing, with the ability to compose compelling content and adapt this to suit different audiences and different funder guidelines
• Excellent account management skills and confidence in developing relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Preferable experience in education, sport for development or the wider not-for-profit sector
• Efficiency – the ability to multitask and produce work to tight deadlines – and ability to independently prioritise between tasks with overlapping deadlines
• Excellent communications skills at all levels and the ability to give information clearly
• Experience in supporting the implementation of fundraising strategies, plans, projects and budgets
• Project management skills to support the wider consultancy work of Oaks

Who we are

We are a team united by our commitment to:

• Constantly challenging ourselves and our clients
• Having fun whilst we work
• Trusting and valuing each other
• Not taking ourselves too seriously
• Being agile and flexible in our approach

Individuals who join us on our journey will:

• Be rewarded for their efforts
• Continue to progress through the business and develop their skills
• Have a clear pathway for progression, being provided with the appropriate training and development
• Be continuously challenged
• Be given diverse and exciting opportunities and experiences
• Develop and hone skills that lead to great careers

About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK - we’re proud to award money raised by players of The National Lottery  to communities across the UK.

At the heart of everything we do is the belief that when people are in the lead, communities thrive. National Lottery funding is open to everyone and we’re privileged to be able to work with the smallest of grassroots groups right up to large UK-wide charities and community groups. 

We support a wide range of projects with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound programmes.

Last year alone we gave out over half a billion pounds (£588.2 million) of National Lottery funding to over 14,000 community projects across the UK, enabling even more people and communities to bring their ideas and ambitions to life. Over eight in ten (83%) of our grants were for less than £10k, going to grassroots groups and charities.

We are here to support people and communities through bad times as well as good – and that has never been so important as this year. Thanks to National Lottery players, we’ve been able to respond quickly and positively to communities working hard to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Their efforts have been humbling and inspiring and we’re delighted to have been able to help by distributing over £400 million pounds in National Lottery funding alone across the UK since the first lockdown began in March 2020.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in our People Team, helping shape our recruitment strategy. You will be responsible for managing and co-ordinating all the Fund’s recruitment activity, developing our approach and promoting best practice.

An experienced recruiter with expertise in developing recruitment practice, you will advance existing recruitment policies and procedures so that they are aligned to best practice and reflect our varied recruitment requirements. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management and development of our Applicant Tracking System (ATS), utilising this to ensure smooth processes for both hiring managers and applicants.

With your first-class customer service skills, you will be the first point of contact for recruitment and onboarding queries. Working with hiring managers you will develop selection processes best suited to their recruitment campaigns.

You will utilise your knowledge of candidate attraction to work with our brand team to develop our employer brand. You will actively identify and source talent for a variety of roles through relevant networks and social media channels. You will build and maintain relationships with recruitment agencies.

You will work with our People Business Partners to understand future resource requirements that arise from business planning and restructuring processes. You will coach and develop line managers and, working with our L&D team, develop training modules around key recruitment skills for managers.

Contract Type: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Interview Date: w/c 8 March 2021

Location: Multiple

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrable experience of working as a recruiter either internally or with an agency
• Excellent communications skills, being able to adapt your style for a range of stakeholders
• First class organisational skills, with experience of managing multiple recruitment campaigns at once

Desirable Criteria

• Ability to work independently and leverage relationships to deliver best results for the Fund
• Skilled in using LinkedIn and other external networks to attract and source talent
• An understanding of our values

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

How to Apply

Visit The National Community Fund website for further details about the vacancy and our application process.

Equal Opportunities

Equality, diversity and inclusion in our grant-making, and amongst our people, are all vital to our success in supporting people and communities to thrive.  We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with.  We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident employer and positively welcome applications from disabled people.

Associate Director, Strategy 

Full Time/ Part Time 37.5 hours per week 

London, Birmingham or Manchester

£56,000 per annum (plus £3,000 London Weighting if applicable) 

Who we are looking for 

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Strategy professional to join our Strategy & Development team in this exciting time as an Associate Director, Strategy.

The role is responsible for providing senior leadership of strategy development and implementation across the organisation, and for providing leadership in the business development function, especially with regards to senior oversight of financial modelling. 

The successful candidate will have a demonstrable track record of leading complex strategy formulation and bring experience of strategy development in a range of settings  to join the team in this senior position. You will be responsible for leading the organisation-wide process to develop its long-term strategy and launching two critical new cross-organisation projects. 

The Associate Director, Strategy can be based in our London, Manchester or Birmingham office and will report to the Interim Senior Director, Strategy & Development. This role does not currently have any direct reports but may do so in the future. 

Who are Ambition Institute? 

Ambition Institute has one purpose: to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. With our new organisation, and more than ten years of collective experience in working with educators at all levels, we believe that exciting opportunities lie ahead. We are a graduate school for educators, and we apply academic rigour to our learning design, drawing on frontline insights from schools into what works in practice. Our programmes leverage the latest evidence from international experts, which means we think carefully about what is taught, how, and in what sequence. We work collaboratively to enable school improvement for the benefit of pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Our offer 

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

• Flexibility on how you work – agreed between you and your line manager 

• A competitive annual leave entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays 

• 2 additional annual leave days for 1 day booked during December over the festive period 

• A generous employer pension contribution of 11% (10% pension plus 1% NI rebate) 

• Competitive salary rates

• Access to an interest free season ticket and bike loans, as well as eyecare vouchers 

• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides confidential support for employees on personal or work-related matters. 

• A robust learning and development offer that ensures your continuous professional development 

How to apply 

All applications must be received by the closing date, midnight on Sunday, 28th March 2021. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

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

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

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

About the role
Do you want to play a crucial role in helping Crisis develop our place-based approach to ending homelessness in Great Britain? 
Can you help us find the answers to what a place must actually do, or provide, to end homelessness?

Crisis is committed to building a programme of support to be available to, and effective for, any and all communities seeking to end homelessness in Britain. Our ‘Everybody In’, plan sets out how we can end homelessness in GB. As part of this we are investing resources in two or three local areas so that we can prove what can be done when a place-based approach is taken.

Each place based partnership will mean both Crisis and the local authority in that place commits to putting a plan into action to achieve an end to homelessness there, helping to lead the way for others to learn what needs to be done to end homelessness in an area for good.  This role needs someone with the right skills and experience to work with each place based partner we have secured. 
This role can be based at any of our 11 nationwide offices; Croydon, Central London, Brent, Oxford, Coventry, Birmingham, Rotherham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh or South Wales

About you
Are you passionate about ending homelessness? Do you want to work in a team that values people’s skills and life experiences, whatever their background? 

Do you have demonstrable experience on the commissioning, management and delivery of evidence reviews that will help us understand how aspects of a system need to work differently to prevent and put an end to homelessness? Do you have experience of managing systems and databases to design services and inform decision-making? Can you bring people together and be able to communicate clearly and assertively, presenting complex research information in a user friendly way? 

If this excites you and you have the skills and aptitudes we need, then we would like to hear from you. Interviews will be in early to mid March 2021

Benefits
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
•  Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy 
•  Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5% 
•  25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career. We really value people’s lived experience of homelessness and want to help develop diverse, committed and passionate people to help us end homelessness. 

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
If you need to request an application in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team, contact details can be found on our website.

Closing date: Sunday 7th March 2021 (at 23:59)

We value diversity, promote equality and encourage and applications from people of all backgrounds.  We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.