The Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager – Live Independently & Well helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by managing political engagement and campaigns work. The role is responsible for developing strong relationships with key political opinion formers, Ministers, Secretary of States, select committees and relevant decision-makers in Westminster and Whitehall to promote Guide Dogs policy and Campaigns. Working with the Senior Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager in their team, the role holder manages the development and delivery of current and new campaigns. The role will also manage the activities or our campaigners – both e-campaigners and campaigns volunteers to ensure they are taking meaningful actions that further Guide Dogs’ campaigns.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

Candidate requirements

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Significant and in-depth experience of achieving impact in public affairs or campaigns when targeting national government.
• Demonstrable experience managing campaigns or communications at a national level.
• Significant experience of crafting policy positions that can be used for public affairs or campaigns work.
• Proven experience participating in or running complex partnership groups.

Desirable

• Experience of working for a charity in a similar role, or working for an MP in their Westminster office.
• While experience in one of the disciplines of policy, public affairs or campaigns is essential, experience in all three is desirable.
• Use of online and social media to further campaigns.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.

As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.

If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Circa £29,746 pro rata, depending upon experience, with an allowance of £1,044, pro rata, to compensate for the fact a home office will be required. The Commission will also require the successful candidate to use their own car for any travel, for which mileage will be paid.

Location: London

You will be home based but with coordinating responsibility for London.  Must be within London to be able to easily travel throughout the capital.

The CWGC honours the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth Forces who died in the two world wars, ensuring they will never be forgotten. Our values and aims, laid out in 1917, are as relevant now as they were 100 years ago. 

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a talented and self-motivated Volunteer Coordinator to join our team based in our London Region to deliver the Annington Homes sponsored ‘Eyes On, Hands On’ volunteering project.

The ‘Eyes on, Hands On’ project is a new venture which will seek to develop a volunteer network to link the military communities in the UK with the CWGC sites in their local area. The postholder will develop opportunities to use volunteers to support and supplement the care provided by regional operations staff to CWGC commemorations.

Working 15 hours per week (some evening and weekend work may be required), you will be liaising closely with the local Regional Manager, the in-place Volunteer Coordinators and your volunteers building and maintaining partnerships with a wide range of volunteer organisations and associations, ensuring regular engagement.  You will also need to build upon established good working relationships with external cemetery groups where opportunities exist in relation to the project. 

In order to succeed in this role, you will have excellent communication, presentation and networking skills. You will also have experience of working with the UK Armed Forces, and empathy with the Service ethos.

If you would like to be part of a key team raising the profile of our valuable work and think you’ve got what it takes to succeed in this role please completed the Application Form and send your CV and a covering letter explaining what you can bring to the role and why you believe you can fulfil the requirements of the job, as outlined in the job description.

The closing date for applications is 2 July 2021 and it is anticipated that interviews will take place on week commencing 12 July 2021.  Due to current Covid-19 Social Distancing requirements, interviews will take place using Microsoft Teams.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time once we receive sufficient applications and encourage all interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

Migrant Help is a leading charity that has been established for over 50 years and delivers a range of support and advice services to migrants across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable migrants, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.

The Role:

The scope of this role is to contribute to the overall success of our Organisation in accordance with Migrant Help’s visions, values and objectives. The post-holder is expected to:

• Provide day to day management for their regional team(s) and to ensure statutory and contractual
compliance on behalf of the organisation.

• Ensure that quality standards are met and continuous improvement a focus.

• Maintain and develop excellent working relationships and referral procedures with and between 
external stakeholders in order to improve the access to and quality of mainstream and specialist
services for refugees and asylum seekers.

• Ensure continuous development of the role and their team.

• Ensure that the service is delivered according to procedures and processes.

• Attend meetings with key partners and stakeholders as the organisation requires.

• Monitor the service and react accordingly, and in a timely manner to changing needs with resultant 
re-prioritisation of his or her work as necessary.

• Lead within their region(s) on Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Data Security and Quality.

• Co-ordinate with colleagues in other parts of the organisation and with our sub-contractors to 
successfully deliver Asylum Services.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead the Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) service for the London region(s), based
within Migrant Help offices, responsible for planning the team’s deployment, 
delegating work appropriately and ensuring delivery of service across the region(s). This includes
planning cover and ad hoc absence (i.e. leave and sickness) and weekend working, as required.

• Provide support to other regional services teams and EAGL team by allocating regional resources as
required

• Provide support to the Head of Migrant Help Welcome and deputising when needed

• Lead on a range of HR process including recruitment, induction, staff development, appraisal and 
supervision, absence monitoring, disciplinary and grievance issues and any other associated processes

• Manage the Senior Client Adviser(s) providing support and advice on complex cases

• Provide support to the Head of Migrant Help Welcome in attending local Strategic Migration 
Partnership meetings, stakeholder meetings and other for a within your area of responsibility,
in conjunction and supported by the Senior Management, as required.

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with relevant local authorities, agencies and 
stakeholders in the region /National (Wales / Scotland / Northern Ireland) working in partnership 
with the Head of MH Welcome, the Head of Regional Services and Head of Outreach.

• Conduct regular team meetings and daily briefings to ensure that staff are kept up to date with 
changes in policy, legislation and law, safety and any other matters that effect the delivery of
service

• Report to the line manager any changes in trends and the impact on client service delivery

• Carry out required quality control audit of work and adherence to relevant legislation and 
quality standards e.g. file reviews, to ensure compliance with standards of OISC and the Advice
Quality Standard, GDPR, ISO9001 etc.

• Include apprenticeships, work placements and volunteers within the team for the provision of 
additional support services to clients as agreed with the line manager.

• Deal with complaints about the service and manage incidents in accordance with Migrant Help policies and operating procedures

• Responsible for regional budget management and future planning across petty cash control, ensure accurate records are kept

• Any other duties which may be assigned 

Benefits:

We place a high value on employees in relation to the work that they do and the benefits the organisation offers, with an ethos of being a Great Place to Work these include:

• Flexibility and work life balance
• Enhanced family friendly provisions
• Additional holiday entitlements
• Perkbox benefits
• Non-contributory pension scheme.

Migrant Help is committed to safeguarding those we provide a service to, applicants will have to undergo strict vetting procedures throughout different stages of the recruitment process.

Special Requirements:  

- This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

- The post is subject to Counter Terrorist  (CTC) Check 

- The successful candidate need to be OISC registered or willing to obtain OISC Registration

- The post holder is required to undertake weekend work as needed

Therefore the applicant must:

- Hold a valid, full current 10 year British passport; full EU passport or have indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

- Provide full employment history for previous 3 years and or suitable documentation to cover any gaps.

-  Be able to provide full 5 years UK address history.

Migrant Help is Disability Confident Committed

North - Based in Manchester / South - Based in London (Remote Working)

Fixed term contract until 30 June 2022 (with possible extension subject to funding)

Sporting Equals is the only UK wide charity existing to increase ethnic diversity in sport and physical activity. We are seeking a proactive and experienced individuals to manage our project work in the North (based in Manchester) and the South covering London and Slough.

You will have experience of engaging and working with diverse ethnic communities and partners to help deliver projects. The role will involve supporting a number of projects and building up our Associate Membership network.

This is an active, outward facing position and the individual must have strong experience of community engagement and project management. If you are a good communicator with the ability to persuade a range of stakeholders to work together to make a difference, we want to hear from you.

Benefits include 25 days annual leave + 8 public holidays (pro rata), a contributory pension scheme and employee welfare schemes.

Diversity is at the core of our organisation. We believe in inclusion by supporting and empowering our staff and aim to create an equal and inclusive workspace for all.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter via the apply button with your required location in the subject line.

Closing date: 9.30am on Wednesday, 30 June 2021.

This is an opportunity to join one of the UK's leading anti-knife crime charities and play a key role in its development.  As a critical member of a small team, your involvement will be extensive, broad and provides considerable opportunities for you to braoden your skillset.

Main Purpose of the Role
As Regional Manager, you will direct and develop the work of The Ben Kinsella Trust in the London area. You will work with the Operations Manager to ensure workshops operating from our London exhibitions (currently Islington and Barking and Dagenham) operate smoothly and consistently and serve young people through the achievement of quality outcomes and maximised engagement.
Location
The post holder will be located in our Barking and Dagenham Exhibition. The post will involve frequent travel to our Islington Exhibition and to other locations across London.
Benefits
• Flexible working opportunities
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme with the Green Commute Initiative
• Personal development opportunities
This role provides the opportunity for you to make your mark in the charity sector.

This is a full-time position, but we are open to flexible and agile working. Applications from those looking to work from 0.6 to 1.0 FTE are welcome.
The initial contract is for 2 years, but there is every hope and expectation that this will be extended. You will have our full support in making this a reality.

Key Responsibilities
Regional Operations
• Manage and deliver our local preventative, anti-knife crime projects for young people
• Support the Trust Coordinator to ensure the smooth operation of our workshops in our London exhibitions
• Ensure the workshops in our London exhibitions attract local schools and youth organisations and are consistently operating to achieve maximum engagement
• Implement and manage organisational systems to ensure the efficient operation of each exhibition
Outreach
• Maintain and develop relationships with key stakeholders at a senior management level
• Promote the work of The Ben Kinsella Trust and identify new leads and wider engagement in our workshops
• Represent the views of The Ben Kinsella Trust by speaking at public events
Personnel management
• Induction, training, development and performance management and line management of Trust Coordinator
• Induction, training, development and performance management and line management of freelance facilitators and freelance actors
• Delivery of regional training for freelance facilitators and freelance actors for the purposes of their induction and development
• Any other relevant duties as directed by line manager

Job title:Regional Engagement Manager - London & South East

Location:London & South East region  – 50% London office based and 50% elsewhere 

Responsible to:Head of Engagement 

Salary:£25,000 - £35,000 per annum FTE 

Role available: 3

Why us?  

Speakers for Schools are a dynamic, swift-moving and fast-growing charity. We are on a mission to support a million young people across the UK annually by 2023. Having taken the first steps on the road to achieving this, our team has doubled in size in the past year. This has supported 278% growth in our Experience programme and 10% growth in our Inspiration programme during the past 12 months.

We want to level the playing field, making sure that all young people can access inspirational opportunities and experiences to fuel their ambition.

We are united and unique in our mission to transform lives through raising aspirations of millions of young people every year. Each year, 1,500 senior leaders, celebrities and industry experts deliver a difference to by sharing their story with students in schools and colleges in every corner of the UK. We connect employers such as Disney, The Bank of England, Spotify PwC and almost two hundred others to communities to provide access to the top opportunities for all across the UK. With us, you will be part of inspiring a generation to reach higher, broaden horizons and get equal access to the top.

To keep growing our charity and our impact, we need top talent and we are committed to treasuring, developing and supporting them to thrive within their roles. 

Role Summary 

Working for the Head of Engagement in your region, you will focus on relationship building in your community and will be responsible for connecting a network of schools, colleges, employers and partners in your dedicated region. You will work to deliver our customer experience across a portfolio of programmes, forging a regional ecosystem to provide quality experiences for young people with regional employers.

Key Duties / Responsibilities: - 

• Outreach to and onboarding of new host employers, helping to grow our employer network to reach ambitious targets for Experience and Progression Programmes (and others as they develop). 

• Outreach to and onboarding of education and training providers, supporting our Progression Programme to reach ambitious targets. 

• Account managing relationships with participating employers, education & training providers, supporting them in the design of programmes (where appropriate) and engagement with our leading technology platform. 

• Outreach to discount and opportunity providers, helping grow the range of discounts and opportunities for young people through our Youth Card programme. 

• Delivering commercial income from employers, and education & training providers to meet regional income targets. 

• Responsible for delivery and completion of own operational and administrative activity 

• Supporting programmes as needed on any contact, phone conversations with stakeholders, programme delivery tasks and wider charity work in support of wider organisation aims and needs, particularly during peak delivery periods. 

Skills / Experience / Knowledge:- 

Essential  

• Experience in a similar environment working with a variety of stakeholders 

• Clear and concise communicator, capable of producing written content to a professional quality 

• Confident liaising with and managing relationships particularly with stakeholders from all levels 

• Comfort and experience in working with technology and data management 

• Proven capability of working through high volumes of work and securing targets across varying objectives within delivery 

• Sociable and confident and happy building and maintaining relationships with multiple stakeholders 

• Excels at organising their workload and enjoy driving work forward independently 

• Strategic thinker and can change tactics while still meeting larger objective 

Desirable 

• Previous experience working with HR/Recruitment/CSR/Engagement teams an advantage 

• An understanding of the UK Education System and a familiarity with careers provision within UK schools and colleges would be an advantage 

• Proficient use of the Salesforce CRM, to track relationships and ensure proper data management. 

We are looking forward to holding video interviews through June 2021 and appointing our Regional Engagement Manager swiftly so we can start delivering a difference in July and beyond. You must have the right to work in the UK without visa restriction to be considered. 

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools: 

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays 

• Morning of your birthday off

• Pension scheme

• CharlieHR perks

• Perkbox

• £500 a year training allowance

Diversity at our core  

At Speakers for Schools, we are committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

We welcome applications from all, including those where employment has been affected by Covid19 and those seeking to change careers. Diversity if at our core, join us. 

How to apply:   

Please apply as soon as possible submitting your CV and a one page covering letter which outlines your specific interest and ability to successfully fill this role, as well as your salary expectations and current notice period.

Appointees are subject to a successful DBS check, as contact with young people is likely.

Please note, if you do not provide a covering letter your application will not be considered.  

The Journey to joining Speakers for Schools: 

Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received, before the closing date, and will take place over Microsoft Teams. We may appoint before this date depending on applications. 

The closing date for this role is Friday 25th June. 

Our new team member will start ASAP. 

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful.

It is a hugely exciting time to join Career Ready; we are investing in our expert fundraising team as we build our income streams forward alongside our soon to be announced, new 3 year strategy.

Our Fundraising Team currently consists of 4 team members (two on Corporate Partnerships and a Trusts & Foundations Manager ) plus the Director but after an internal review we are looking to increase that number.

Purpose

The Partnerships Development Manager (Regional) is a new role in our Fundraising & Business Development department and has been created to help us achieve our Fundraising Forward strategy.  The post holder will be dedicated to generating new business with a responsibility for achieving £125k of mid-level new business wins (averaging £25k) this financial year (increasing thereafter).  This new post supports our drive for rapid grow in the number of quality corporate partner relationships we have, to diversify the sectors we work in and to achieve holistic engagement with partners across financial support, programme delivery and wider skills-based volunteering & capacity building.

The post holder will report to the Director but work collaboratively alongside the Head of Partnership Development who focusses on predominantly high value/FTSE350 level wins.  The post holder will personally prospect, pitch, negotiate and close deals with a portfolio of mid-level, regionally based supporters,  The post holder will work collaboratively with our Regional Managers to unlock potential leads as well as tapping into the BD ops among our Local Advisory Board networks, and bringing in completely new partners who don’t yet know that they should be working with us!  The post holder will also collaborate with the Head of Corporate Partnerships to onboard their new partner wins into account management and see them go onto fulfil partnership goals and nurture year on year retention and growth.

Reporting to: Director of Fundraising & Business Development

Reports: None but significant cross org working

Salary: £36,000

Contract: Full-time, perm, 35 Hours; (requests for flexible working between 28 – 35 hours week considered)

Please note - whilst the role is advertised as being based in our offices situated in Canary Wharf, London, Career Ready is currently operating as a remote-working organisation and will remain flexible in the future. During this remote-working period a WFH allowance of £300pa (pro rata) is paid.

Main responsibilities and accountabilities

Income generation

• Research, build, and develop our Corporate Partner pipeline, prospecting and relationship building and directly pursue a prioritised list of prospects to meet personal and team income target’s, inline with our sector strategy.
• Ensure that potential income sources are fully researched so that proposals can be appropriately targeted and that links with our local teams, LABs and wider supporter networks can be fully exploited.
• Use networking and commercial BD skills to cultivate potential donors, to make imaginative, accurate and timely partnership proposals and applications and to conclude each approach.
• Work with colleagues to ensure you have the appropriate programme narrative and insight, impact data, and governance policies to respond quickly and effectively to corporate income opportunities.
• Support our org wide work to research, develop and grow our High Net Worth network and employee fundraisers, through your corporate network.
• Support the Regional teams in their own BD pipelines and collaboratively utilise our local networks to develop long lasting social mobility partnerships.
• Working with local colleagues, devise and deliver cultivation and local BD activities, events and involvement strategies.
• At peak partner renewal times, work collaboratively with thein the team to support and nurture our partner portfolio to meet our retention and renewal targets.
• Build excellent relationships with the programme delivery team to identify and understand our programme and project needs and opportunities for partner engagement in the local areas you support.
• Champion our Income strategy and goals to diversify the geographies and sectors from which we secure corporate partners.

Person specification

Essential skills

• Experience and energy to drive fundraising from Corporate Partners;
• Strong commercial acumen gained to back up your passion to drive income;
• Demonstrable success of securing income and working with corporates to deliver our aims;
• Experience of creative proposal writing combined with the ability to demonstrate clear outcomes and impact and story telling;
• Good understanding of and experience working with corporate CSR, D&I, HR and commercial teams to build partnerships;
• Superb presentations skills and relationship management and networking;
• An good copy writer, with evidence of presenting a strong and compelling case to funders;
• Analytical skills and the ability to see an opportunity, make a connection and grab the moment in relation to partnership collaboration to meet mutual objectives;
• An independent thinker able to manage own workload and work to tight deadlines;
• Ability to work effectively with others and in a team, to convene and facilitate stakeholders to collaborate on projects.

Desirable

• Knowledge or experience of co-created development approaches in partnership working;
• Knowledge, understanding and interest in social, political and economic issues relating to Career Ready’s mission.

You will also have:

• IT literacy skills (databases, Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and be social media savvy.

Behaviours

• Proactively manage and motivate yourself to deliver against income targets
• Ability to approach financial objectives with an entrepreneurial mind set
• Apply a consultative, coaching and collaborative style in bid development
• Use clarity of thought to apply creative innovations in fundraising whilst ensuring Career Ready’s principles, values and practices are maintained
• Align work with multiple stakeholder needs (fundraising experience in the areas of education, employability, talent development are useful)
• Communicate inspirationally, accurately and effectively to a wide variety of audiences
• Manage a project from setting objectives through to delivery of outcomes, and prepare project budgets   

Benefits

• Plus 6% contribution to personal pension plan, subject to 3% employee contribution
• Annual leave: 25 days per annum plus bank/public holidays. The Charity is also closed between Christmas and New Year and there are an additional 2 days of leave available in August.
• Interest-free season ticket or bicycle purchase loans (or Cycle To Work Scheme).
• Access to both our Reward Gateway Portal and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Work Anniversary Gift Voucher

Timetable:

Closing date for applications: 9.00am on Monday 28th June 2021

Initial interviews will be held in week commencing 5th July 2021 and if required, second interviews for successful candidates will be held the following week.

If you are interested in the role, please apply using the button below and submit your CV and a covering statement (of no more than 2 pages) that demonstrates clearly, through examples, how your experience meets the requirements of the role and what attracts you to Career Ready. 

Please note that if your application is not accompanied by a covering letter your application will not be considered.

Registered Charity Numbers 1092891 (England & Wales) SCO43678 (Scotland)

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and dynamic peacebuilding, humanitarian or development leader with a strong programming background working on at least one of the Eurasia regions, and a commitment to delivering tangible and sustained positive change in often challenging situations. You will be a key leader at International Alert, one of the world’s largest and most respected peacebuilding organisations with a 30-year track record.

Reporting to the Director of Programmes, this position is for an experienced manager with a passion for innovation and the strategic vision to guide the consolidation and deepening of our regional peacebuilding programmes across diverse contexts. You will provide leadership and guidance to 30+ staff across these regions and in London, directly managing the team’s Country Representatives, while collaborating closely with our Africa and Asia-MENA regional programmes and Peacebuilding Advisory Unit.

You will provide strategic leadership for the Eurasia programme, ensuring that each of our country teams contributes towards a discernible impact on peace and that our staff are talented and motivated to deliver coherent and effective peacebuilding priorities in complex environments. You will manage a strategically sound programming portfolio and work on building its capacity for growth, as well as managing sustainable funding sources. You will take an active role in developing advocacy and influencing priorities for the Eurasia programme and take pride in representing International Alert through active networking and profiling activity. As an integral part of Alert’s Global Leadership Team, you will shape and guide broader organisational priorities, ensuring collaboration and continued learning across teams.

We are seeking a candidate and comprehensive knowledge of conflict and peacebuilding context in at least one of Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia or Pakistan. Fluent in English and ideally in Russian, you will have strong, proven experience in both programmes and people management, with a talent for leading, supporting and motivating a large and diverse team. You understand conflict and peacebuilding practice and have an entrepreneurial talent for seizing opportunities for programme growth and building networks, as well as excellent fundraising skills and resource management abilities. A strategic thinker and thought leader, you have a high degree of emotional intelligence and strong analytical skills.

All Applicants must already have the right to work in the country in which you wish to be based (UK, Netherlands, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan or Ukraine).

Note: The above include some of the requirements for the job. For the full job requirements, please read the job description.

The Regional Youth Coordinator will be responsible for supporting Bite Back 2030’s Regional Youth Boards, empowering young people from across the UK to lead impactful local campaigns to improve child health and ensure all children have access to good, nutritious food, no matter where they live. 

You will work closely with the Youth Board and Team Manager, and Bite Back 2030’s Director of Communications, to ensure the voices of Regional Board Members are heard by the National Youth Board, and the two cohorts are collaborating to win impactful campaigns. 

You will provide pastoral support to members, acting as their main point of contact and ensuring they feel supported and upskilled to carry out their role. You will provide administrative support, helping to manage diaries and oversee a regular engagement calendar.

Initially, our Regional Youth Boards will be situated in London and Birmingham, but in future years you will help us expand into other citiesareas — potentiallylike Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, and Leicester. You will then provide ongoing emotional, operational, and administrative support as the young leaders are trained and empowered to lead local campaigns. 

You will work with local youth organisations, schools, and community groups to identify talented and passionate young people with the potential to be tomorrow’s leaders — focusing on those aged 13-18 from low-income and BAME communities, those most impacted by childhood obesity. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide ongoing operational, administrative and mentoring support to ensure the smooth and effective running of Regional Youth Boards, including:

  • Organising and facilitating regular group meetings.

  • Managing appropriate digital communication channels. 

  • Ensuring forums for engagement are engaging, fun, and tap into youth motivation. 

  • Planning and executing team and community building activities. 

  • Build a strong values-based culture, encouraging positivity, openness, collaboration and creativity. 

  • Developing progression and personal development opportunities for youth board members, as individuals and as a collective. 

  • Creating effective communication and collaboration channels with the National Youth Board. 

  • Act as the key point of contact for all Regional Youth Board members, on standby to resolve any arising issues. 

• Act as key representative of the Regional Youth Boards within Bite Back 2030, ensuring their needs, ideas, and strategic thinking is fed into the National Youth Board and wider organisational plans. 

• Support the Regional Campaigns Manager to design and deliver training to empower 90 youth leaders to create and run impactful local campaigns to improve child health.

• Support the process of recruiting new Regional Youth Boards across the UK

This includes: 

• Developing and implementing an application and selection process. 

• Building relationships with local schools, youth networks and community groups to encourage quality applications from young people in the region. 

• Monitoring key diversity criteria, ensuring the members recruited are a minimum of 60X% female, 40X% FSM, and 50X% BAME, and tailoring recruitment tactics accordingly. 

• Lead regular evaluations of the Regional Youth Board programme, securing feedback from the youth leaders on their experiences, and providing recommendations to shape strategy and approach in the future. 

• Ensure that the highest level of safeguarding is upheld in all interactions with the Regional Youth Boards, including the securing of consent forms, training of the young people for social media and media appearances, as well as liaising with partners, schools and parents/guardians.

Person Specification

Required Skills and Experience: 

• 3+ years experience working in youth engagement programmes in the UK. 

• Experience in designing and leading programmes and governance structures to empower young people. 

• Great project management, administration and operations experience, with the ability to manage multiple projects to tight deadlines to high quality. 

• Experience in building and managing partnerships (preferably with schools, youth networks and community groups).

• Outstanding people skills, with the ability to form strong relationships with young people.

• Excellent English language verbal and written communication skills. 

• Knowledge of key safeguarding principles. 

• Understanding of the basic principles of campaigning. 

Desirable Skills and Experience:

The ideal candidate would bring 3-5 of these additional skills or experiences to the role: 

• Empowerment of young people to lead campaigns targeting government or business to make policy changes. 

• Evaluating the success of youth programmes. 

• Working on child health, nutrition, obesity or poverty in the UK.  

• Mentoring young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. 

• Local knowledge of London, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, and Leicester, with connections to youth organisations in these locations. 

• Good understanding of the cultural landscape of young people in the UK. 

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have lived experience of growing up on free school meals or with limited access to healthy food. 

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join SSAFA’s ambitious and dynamic Commercial & Corporate Partnerships team.

We are looking for an experienced and highly proactive Trading Manager to lead on the strategic direction, management, and growth of SSAFA’s charity trading operation. 

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, supports the person behind the uniform; any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us. Every year, SSAFA helps more than 82,000 people from the Forces family to get back on their feet: those currently serving, reserves, veterans, and their families. Support is there for people at any stage in their military career; from the youngest recruit to the oldest veteran – no one’s service is ever forgotten. We give hope, help and personal support for as long as it takes to get that person’s life back to where they want it to be.

About the role

You will lead on the development and implementation of a new and ambitious trading strategy, that seeks to achieve ambitious income growth through e-commerce, mail order, partner distribution and licensing.  You will research, develop, and implement new and innovative trading business opportunities, working with suppliers and commercial partners to create new and unique product offerings, to increase revenue, reach, and acquire new supporters and enhance our supporter experience.

This role is also central to developing and supporting SSAFA’s regional trading offering, supporting SSAFA’s branch fundraising through merchandise sales.

You will work closely with the Head of Commercial & Corporate Partnerships and be an experienced member of the team, managing your financial budget and having creative autonomy to develop the business and test new income streams.

About you

You will have experience in the charity or retail sectors, as we are seeking a candidate who brings significant experience and is target driven, a self-starter and has a record of achieving financial objectives. 

You will be an excellent communicator and relationship builder, have a sound knowledge of identifying market trends, product buying and development.  You can comfortably engage with suppliers and stakeholders to deliver the highest possible supporter journey and experience. Demonstrable experience of successfully managing a budget, analysing sales data and insights to determine next steps, strong project management capability and interpersonal skills are all essential to succeed in this exciting and challenging role.

SSAFA is an employer that values the diversity of its workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

Closing date: Midnight on 21st June 2021  

Interviews: Beginning 28th June- 30th June. Please note that this will be a one stage interview process and you will be asked to do an aptitude test and prepare a presentation, followed by set questions.

SSAFA is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service.

As Business Development Manager you will be a key member of our highly regarded fundraising team playing a significant part in the charity's success. You will be responsible for managing high value corporate partnerships and developing and delivering a pipeline of multi-year partnerships.

This is an exciting role that combines new business and account management, implementing Orchid's corporate fundraising strategy with the aim of maximising income from corporate partnerships.

As London and South East Area Manager you will represent, manage and co-ordinate FoodCycle for your allocated regional Projects and partnerships (such as franchises and London food distributors Felix and City Harvest), as well as line manage the two London Regional Managers and London Support Project Officer to ensure that London’s KPIs are met.  Your role will also work with the Head of Programmes and CEO to roll out a London wide strategy to ensure we open Projects taking into consideration organisational aims and goals.

Our Projects are spaces where volunteers are empowered to run their own community meals using surplus food. You will oversee local relationships with supermarkets, volunteer recruitment channels and venues to enable this to happen. You will continually be looking to increase our impact by working towards targets of increased meals served to our guests, expanding our existing Projects and setting up new ones within London. An excellent communicator, you will manage the volunteers at each Project ensuring they are trained, supported and on-message with FoodCycle strategy, ensuring that volunteers are confident enough to self-organise and make a success of their Projects.

This role is a maternity cover with a good handover period form the existing post holder. The contract is for 12 months. It is possible that responsibilities may change towards the end of the maternity cover period.

Location:London or Washington DC or (or remote based in UK or US)

Reporting to:Head of Program Development

Direct reports:  N/a

Budget responsibility: N/a

Safeguarding Classification: This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks

ABOUT Relief International.

Relief International (RI) is a leading nonprofit organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

RI combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach — which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.

RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Europe.  Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.

The Program Development Manager (PDM) –is critical in bringing significant impact and opportunity of funding to our country programmes. You will thrive in an entrepreneurial senior team dedicated to building high-impact programming.  Your creative and relentless approach to driving results that will fuel RI’s strategy.

The PDM role is to work collaboratively with the Regional Directors and Regional Program Directors, country teams and with a direct senior-level reporting to the Sr. Director of Program Development. Responsible for donor engagement and capture management (approximately 30%) and managing and/or assisting in proposal development (approximately 70%).

As a key member of the global Program Development team is dedicated to building high impact programming by raising income from institutional donors (like the USAID, FCDO, EC, GAC and the UN). The Programme Development team is based across our global support office in Washington and London and supports Country Offices by helping them to design high-quality programmes, and by raising funds from institutional donors needed to implement them. You will thrive in an entrepreneurial senior team dedicated to building high-impact programming

Reporting to the Head of Program Development, your role will be supporting country teams and will be key in leading in donor liaison and engagement and capture management. A large proportion of your time will be supporting country teams in proposal development. 

Travel 

This role is expected to travel (at least 40%) to field sites as well as other countries as needed once the organization determines it will be safe to begin regular travel. 

Due to COVID 19, RI policy currently limits international travel and it expected this role will be initially based remotely from home. The organization is undertaking regular reviews and risk assessments to review travel restriction on a global and local level.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Engagement and Capture Management (approximately 30%)

• In coordination with regional and country teams:  

• Support development of RI PD strategy in assigned countries and ensure coordination with overall program development strategy;

• Maintain regular engagement with donors, international organizations, national governments, foundations, etc., to track donor trends and priorities and inform HQ of upcoming program priorities;

• Represent RI to the donor community as needed and inform donors on RI country efforts;

• Attend relevant meetings and networking events (e.g., regional and national coordination meetings, relevant RFA/P meetings, donor consultations) as needed for the performance of duties;

• Maintain outreach with relevant international and local NGOs as well as private sector firms in order to facilitate partnerships needed for program development opportunities; and,

• Develop capture plans and conduct completion analysis on upcoming priority proposals.

Proposal Development (approximately 70%)

• Engage in needs assessment for project proposals as necessary; 

• Contribute to program design, for solicited and unsolicited programs, and for pilot and full-scale programs;

• Where proposals are pending with donor agencies, meet with donor officers to ensure program plans represent a good fit with donor objectives;

• Participate in the preparation of funding proposals, including leading proposal writing efforts as well as costing efforts; 

• Track country proposal efforts and report to PD team on status;

• Support effective go/no-go decisions and cost share analysis;

• Serve as PD focal point for assigned  countries that RI works in;

• Build the capacity of regional and country teams in program development; and,

• Ensure review process and submission is completed, within submission deadlines.

Additional responsibilities, not limited to:

• Support 6-8 countries, coverage will be assigned based on workload and pipeline. 

• Support building the PD Consultant Roster, identifying potential technical and non-technical individuals to be hired on a short-term basis.

• Undertake travel as required in the pursuit of the above tasks;

• Prepare regular activity reports for HQ;

• Undertake other ad hoc tasks, as instructed by HQ; and,

• Operate within RI policy, setting an example for other field staff.

Safeguarding 

• Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.

• Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible. 

Equity and Diversity commitment

• Ensure that gender equity is addressed in our staffing and programming 

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

This position will require a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast paced environment.

• Track record of achievement in a previous, similar role and progressive responsibility.

• Demonstrated proficiency with government grants, public/private donors and finance management.

• Ability to work under pressure and to meet challenging deadlines.

• Ability to work and manage a highly complex security situations within the regional context

• Ability to analyze complex organizational challenges and present innovative solutions.

• Demonstrated proficiency to write clearly, insightfully and persuasively on tight deadlines.

• A strong network of international donor contacts and relationships.  

• An outstanding ability to track donor trends that contribute to business development outcomes.

• Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills

• A passion and ability to work with field teams for sustained periods.  

• Master’s degree in international relations, business administration or other relevant field or equivalent work experience 

• Proven experience INGO context, previous work experience with DFID, EU, ECHO, USAID, PRM required. 

• Proven success in grant writing, net-working and liaising with field and HQ staff when necessary

• Willingness to travel, sometimes at short notice, as required for the successful implementation of the role. 

RI Values: 

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities.

We value:

• Inclusiveness

• Transparency and accountability

• Agility and innovation

• Collaboration

• Sustainability

How to apply.

• To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page 
• You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.The cover letter should be no more than 2 pages long and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit. 

Closing date. Please apply immediately we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, therefore may withdraw the position for the job board closing date.

Please apply by uploading your cover letter and up-to-date CV on our website. 

Due to limited resources, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment. 

All staff are expected to abide by our Code of Conduct. 

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.

As the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of services to disabled people, we believe disabled people should have the freedom to live their lives the way they choose – with the opportunity and support to live independently, to contribute economically and to participate fully in society.

With 5,000 staff and 10,000 volunteers supporting nearly 70,000 people in the UK and around the world, Leonard Cheshire provides support to 3,200 people in a variety of UK living services including supported living, nursing and day centre facilities.  We also support 12,000 young people in the UK with skills, confidence and employment programmes.  Internationally, we are a specialist development non-governmental organisation, delivering inclusive education, youth leadership and access to livelihoods programmes to more than 50,000 people in 15 countries across Asia and Africa.

About the role

We are looking to recruit a dynamic individual to join the Regional and Corporate Fundraising team at Leonard Cheshire. The team works to raise awareness of Leonard Cheshire both locally and nationally and raise funds for our services and programmes supporting disabled people.  

You will be responsible for all local corporate and trust applications, grant management and reporting as required. You will conduct in depth research into local funding opportunities and work with staff across the UK to match these up to funding needs.

Working on our annual school’s campaign, you will recruit and manage participating schools and grow our supporter base and income. You will work alongside marketing and digital to develop an educational fundraising pack.

About you

You must be efficient, organised and pro-active with strong administrative skills. You will have experience applying for funding from corporates and trusts and stewarding those relationships. You will be required to be an effective communicator and customer focussed individual. Many of our activities also rely on working across departments and will require someone with a confident manner who can work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure regional activities are delivered.

We seek candidates with a genuine commitment to our values and ethos.

Benefits
• Substantial annual leave.
• A generous employer contribution to a company pension scheme with additional life cover.
• Access to a cash health plan at favourable rates.
• Flexible working and lot’s more.

Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability, supporting where possible, your requirements for reasonable adjustments.

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once a suitable applicant has been appointed.

*No Agencies*