We're looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior Development Manager to join our growing team and focus on developing new projects and securing funding to deliver our charitable objectives of tackling cold homes and addressing climate change.

You'll be joining our excellent Development & Communications team, increasing our development capacity, helping us realise new funding and business development opportunities and enabling us to maintain strong client and funder relationships. 

The successful candidate will work with a wide range of enthusiastic and committed colleagues, to ensure we bring forward cutting edge new projects and also maintain a healthy forward work programme across all areas of our work – from practical support to households, organisations and communities to take action on energy, to original research and analysis that informs local and national policy.

Are you an experienced Media Officer? Do you have strong PR skills as well as knowledge of digital communications?

You could be the Senior Media Officer we are looking for.

About the role

As our Senior Media Officer for Grow Income you’ll work across our key directorates of Retail and Fundraising PR for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and will help to create and deliver external communications that inspire people to support the charity in these areas. 

You’ll lead media campaigns that will emotionally and creatively communicate the need for people to shop, donate, volunteer or sign up for BHF events and challenges – all of which will help fund lifesaving research.

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated the BHF’s income, forcing it to cut its funding for new research by around halve in 2020/21. This role will be vital in supporting the media team’s work to help the charity recover.

About you

With a good knowledge of the media landscape and an understanding of what works well in press to achieve cut through you’ll be fully IT literate and fully conversant with Microsoft packages.

You’ll have a good knowledge and understanding of the BHF and its cause and objectives and will have previous experience of working in a media/communication environment, as well as previous experience of writing and selling in press releases to national media and leading on campaigns.

You’ll have excellent organisational skills and will be able to handle a number of projects at any one time, whilst also have previous experience in managing stakeholders and developing relationships internally and externally.

To be successful in this role you’ll have the following skills and experience:
• Self-starter and ability to work independently
• Natural flair for accurate and engaging verbal and written communications
• Proven creativity in work
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good understanding of UK media
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• A can-do approach, with strong problem-solving skills

Please note this is a 9 month fixed term contract

About us

By joining our dedicated teams, you will be part of helping to create the next big breakthrough, from heart transplants and pacemakers, to stents and clot busting drugs. We will beat the heartbreak these conditions cause.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life.  Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.

Interview process

Interviews will be held virtually via MS Teams.

The BHF British Heart Foundation is currently following Government guidelines regarding working from home. Although the role is based in London, the expectation is that once restrictions are eased, we will follow a blended approach between office and home working. 

Bishopsgate Institute is a home for ideas and debate, learning, and enquiry. We are a small, fiercely independent charity with our own extraordinary premises at the crossroads of the City, Spitalfields and the East End, where culture, heritage, and learning meet. Bishopsgate Institute was "erected for the benefit of the public" in 1894, with the motto "I never stop learning". Our purpose has not changed.

Bishopsgate Institute is looking for a Programme Manager on a permanent basis.

At Bishopsgate Institute we’re looking for a Programme Manager to join our friendly team to develop an innovative programme of public events. You'll be a creative and highly organised manager, with proven experience of developing successful programmes within an adult education, heritage or cultural context.

From the history of protest to the history of drag, via swing dancing and podcasting, the topics we explore are varied and sometimes challenging. You’ll relish that challenge and diversity.

As well as planning events, you will manage and support the programme team, and work collaboratively with staff across the organisation and a wide range of external partners. You will be responsible for setting and monitoring against audience and financial targets and oversee the evaluation of our programme activity.

Successful applicants will demonstrate a keen understanding of Bishopsgate Institute’s unique offer, and a passion for the work we do here.

We only accept direct applications, and we do not accept CVs. Please no agencies.

Applicants should visit our website to apply

Application Deadline: 10am Monday 14 June

First Interviews will be held: Tuesday 22 June

We value and celebrate diversity, and we welcome applications from under-represented communities in our sector, including Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+, non-binary, neurodiverse and disabled candidates. We want to make sure we represent the society in which we work but recognise that the cultural sector still has much work to do in this area. If you have any questions on our hiring process or inclusivity policies, please contact us.

IPPR is looking for a Senior Development and Fundraising Manager to join the London Progression Collaboration (LPC) as it enters an exciting new phase in its development. The LPC is on a mission to make sure low-paid Londoners can secure better-quality, higher-paying work, and to make sure London’s businesses can develop the skills they need to thrive and grow. We offer fully-funded support to help businesses create great apprenticeships which meet both these needs, improving the way the apprenticeship levy works for the capital’s residents and businesses.

This is a new post with the opportunity to work collaboratively across our small matrix team to generate income via a range of sources. If you possess outstanding relationship-building, influencing and communication skills, and can bring an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to this work, this is the ideal job for you.

In addition to ensuring we continue to secure unspent apprenticeship levy funds to meet demand from SMEs for levy transfer, you’ll secure both paid consultancy income and corporate partnership funding. With this work in its infancy, you’ll have the opportunity to play a crucial role, using your experience to shape it, bring it to fruition and help to secure a sustainable future for our work. To do this, you’ll need to be comfortable working at pace and navigating uncertainty.

This is a unique chance to contribute your expertise to an exciting not-for-profit start-up, and work with a talented team to inspire businesses to create new opportunities for workers in London.

IPPR is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, and from applicants with a range of professional and lived experiences. As an organisation engaging in critical debate about a wide range of progressive policy issues, we value the creativity and range of perspectives that a diverse team can provide

As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant to fill the post, including part-time working and secondment opportunities. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

For an informal chat to find out more about the job and IPPR, contact Anna Ambrose, Director LPC, on 0 7 5 0 3 6 2 7 2 9 5 Monday to Thursday.

Before applying, please go to our website to read the information pack that includes the job description and person specification. Or email recruitment @ ippr . org quoting the job title or REF: LPC/MAY.  

To apply please submit a CV with a brief personal statement (maximum 2 sides A4) demonstrating your suitability for the role as described in the person specification. If possible, please combine your CV and cover letter into one PDF document.  Both should be returned to applications @ ippr . org, quoting the job title or REF: LPC/MAY. Please also complete IPPR’s equal opportunities monitoring form

This is an exciting and busy time to be joining UK Youth as we prepare to launch our new strategy and transform the way we work to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. As a result,  we are recruiting for a number of new roles designed to enable the organisation to grow, improve our ways of working and enable us to deliver our ambitious 2025 strategic plan.

In this role, you will lead the delivery of our flagship fundraising events (including Art for Youth London, Art for Youth North, Gala Dinner), committee management, as well as leading our bespoke and challenge events (including London Marathon, Royal Parks, Great North Run) ensuring we can grow our supporter base and contribute to the organisation tripling our income in three years (from c. £7m in 2020/21). In this role, you will work closely with the Events Strategy Manager supporting them to transform our approach to events at UK Youth, to develop new events across the organisation, including the development of supporter cultivation and stewardship events.

Who we are

UK Youth is a leading charity that exists to ensure all young people are equipped to thrive and

empowered to contribute at every stage of their lives. We work with others to ensure that the youth sector is strengthened, supported and that provision is youth-led, evidence-informed and delivers high-quality outcomes.

UK Youth plays a unique role in addressing; the lack of investment in the youth sector, the lack of cross-sector understanding in how youth work makes a difference and the limited opportunities to embed effective solutions. These factors lead to mass inequality of access to youth services for young people. To find more about us and how we make an impact, please visit UK Youth Website.

Why work at UK Youth

We are a value-based, passionate and committed organisation offering a friendly working environment with lots of opportunities for professional development and socialising (even whilst we are all working remotely!) from lunch and learn sessions, staff quizzes to virtual coffee meet ups.

UK Youth prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer, and we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under one of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Our selection procedures ensure that people are treated on the basis of their relevant merits, experience, skills and abilities and that no individual receives more or less favourable treatment.

We welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in our organisation, including Black, Asian, minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. We are also currently underrepresented by men and so are seeking applications from different backgrounds, cultures, age, experience and identity to bring a wide range of experience, ideas, views and insights to UK Youth.

What we can offer you

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and vibrant organisational culture.

• Flexible/Agile Working
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme (currently UK Youth match employee contributions up to 5%)
• Membership of our life insurance scheme which would pay-out up to 4 times your salary
• Employee Assistance Programme to support employees both professionally and personally
• 20% discount off bookings at Avon Tyrrell, our New Forest Outdoor Centre, including camping, lodges and outdoor activities.
• CycleScheme and TechScheme

How to apply

If you would like to be considered for this fantastic opportunity, please click here and complete an application via our completely anonymised recruitment system (provided by Applied)

• Closing date for applications will be 30 May 2021 12 pm
• First round interviews are due to take place 3-4 June 2021

As this role involves working in a regulated environment with young people, any offer will be conditional to satisfactory background checks, which include criminal record check and employment reference.

As part of the recruitment process, UK Youth will be gathering and uses certain information about you. For further information regarding this, please review our Data Protection Privacy Notice which explains what data of yours we process and how we use it.

“A world where everyone is an environmentalist, whether they realise it or not.”

Inspiring ways of living that are good for the environment is no easy task, but in 2014 that’s what Hubbub set out to do. With an ambition to inspire and engage people around practical environmental action the Hubbub team uses their creative skills to design campaigns that disrupt the status quo, raise awareness, nudge behaviours and shape systems. Fast forward 7 years and the organisation is already a multi-award winning pioneering charity, (Charity of the Year 2020 - “Charity Times”), with a stable of stellar partners that is delivering impact across all reaches of our society.

As our story and work continues to grow we have a newly created role aimed at further strengthening our community engagement capacity at a senior level. Driving the overall strategy for our community-focused campaigns you’ll guide projects led by the Creative Partners, ensuring we maximise our environmental and social impact while delivering work to the highest standards on time and on budget.

The role is focussed on 3 key areas: 

Campaign Leadership - Driving strategic direction for high-profile campaigns, predominantly covering our work with local communities. For example, you might work closely with a housing association and its residents to develop a programme that empowers sustainable living. You’ll be responsible for setting and achieving key outcomes as well as delivering fantastic creative work on time and on budget.

Funding Development - Strengthen relationships with existing funders in order to secure future opportunities. Develop new project ideas informed by the latest thinking, trends, and innovation, working with the team to turn them into new income.

People Management - Providing guidance and leadership to our talented Creative Partners, you will help them to achieve their desired project outcomes, while supporting their ongoing professional development.

In terms of functional experience we need an expert in leading and delivering large scale multi-stakeholder local community campaigns, programmes or projects. You must be able to demonstrate an exceptional campaign and project management capability with equally sophisticated stakeholder sensitivity.

In addition to top notch delivery skills we also need a seasoned business developer. If you have a proven track record of securing funding within the Third, Corporate or Government sectors it would lend great credibility to your application. The gravitas & confidence to influence and impress at the most senior of levels is an absolute necessity. 

Where you have gained these skills is less important. Housing Associations, Local Authorities, Social Enterprises, start-ups, community based organisations, the wider third sector or private sector - could all provide the experience we need. The key to what we are really looking for is an excellent ability for local grassroots community organisation and leadership.

We call our culture the “Hubbub way”. Can you be agile, continually create the new, innovate, be fluid, be comfortable with permanent experimentation, take risks… and still deliver outstanding work? The pace and style of working will not be for everyone - but then again we are not looking for just anyone!

What do we offer you in return for your hard work and dedication? These are things like salary (competitive), the organisation (values led & walks the talk), the people (an incredibly friendly and enthusiastic bunch) and the personal fulfilment of actually making a real difference to the world.

This truly is a chance to gain ownership at a high-profile level and help shape the future of a fantastic charity — a real career challenge. So, if you are looking for the chance to really make your mark and impact Hubbub’s future for the better this could be the opportunity you have been looking for.

Hours: 35 hours per week, but we’re open to flexible working

About the Role

We have big goals over the next few years.

We’re going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we’ll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Will you join us?

If you know how to lead a marketing team to engage large numbers of people over the full marketing mix of channels, you can help us meet our goal of increasing the number of supporters donating to us by 33% over the next three years.

You will need:

• Excellent team management skills
• Experience of project management involving colleagues from other teams
• Experience of managing multi-channel and multi-product portfolios
• Experience of launching new marketing channels, products or propositions based on audience insight and market trends.

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• You will join the Community and Events team as Events Manager. You will be leading the Events team of 9 to manage our third party portfolio making investment decisions to incrementally grow participation and provide an excellent challenge and running experience.

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• You will join the Community and Events team as Products Manager. You will be leading the products team of 7 to develop our virtual and digital events portfolio using audience insights to inspire support and provide an excellent supporter experience.

Please view the attached job description and person specification for the full list of duties and responsibilities.

The closing date for applications is 23rd May with interviews held between 2nd-9th June.

Other benefits available to you should you choose to join Mind are:

• Flexible working
• Generous gender-neutral parental leave
• Access to reflective practice
• 25 days annual leave plus 5 Mind Days (a paid day of leave after 5 of each of the year’s bank holidays) and Christmas closure
• A competitive pension package
• An interest free season ticket loan

A little bit about Mind

We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.

We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

Our goals:

• Supporting people likely to develop mental health problems, to stay well.
• Empowering people who experience a mental health problem to make informed choices about how they live and recover
• Ensuring people get the right services and support at the right time to help their recovery and enable them to live with their mental health problem
• Opening the doors to people with experience of mental health problems participating fully in society
• Gaining equality of treatment for people who experience both mental health and other forms of discrimination

Our values underpin everything we do. They are:

• Open: We reach out to anyone who needs us.
• Together: We're stronger in partnership.
• Responsive: We listen, we act.
• Independent: We speak out fearlessly.
• Unstoppable: We never give up.

We value the power of diversity.We embrace the different perspectives that each of us bring.We are creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is appreciated for being authentic and bringing their whole selves to work regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience.

We are committed to becoming truly anti-racist in everything we do and ensuring that all our employees are treated fairly and equitably at work and promoting equity in physical and mental health for all.

Contract – Fixed Term, Full Time (9 months), Part Time (12 months)

Hours - 35 hours (5 days) or 21 hours (3 days) per week

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.

We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

About the role

Working as part of the Executive Office who sit at the heart of the Coram Group of charities overseeing the governance and strategic, this support role offers the opportunity to gain insight into operational leadership in a service-providing children’s charity and is suitable for an emergent professional interested in archives/history of social care and events/corporate affairs.

The role is broadly based but focused on utilising and developing the Coram archive and building the support and understanding of the organisation through the Coram Society with discussion events and displays on current issues for children in support of organisation’s policy objectives. The environment is high paced, demanding, and multi-tasking underpinned by strong and effective planning, organisation and systems across business development and compliance.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: 12pm, Monday 24th May 2021

Interview date: Thursday 3rd June 2021

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

Summary

Mass participation activity is an important area of growth for Diabetes UK's Engagement and Fundraising Directorate. We have seen some great successes in our Diabetes UK bespoke challenges both in terms of acquisition and fundraised income, growing from c.3000 event participants to more than 30,000 in the last three years.

The Senior Events & Mass Participation Manager is a pivotal role within our Engagement & Fundraising Directorate, responsible for developing and delivering our multi-million-pound portfolio of events and mass participation fundraising activities, such as our flagship campaigns, One Million Step Challenge and Swim22.

Interview dates: 1 and 4 June 2021

Package

What we can offer you:

• Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays
• A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,500 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
• Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working
• Discounts on gym membership
• Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
• Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
• Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
• Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
• Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)

*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.

Main Responsibilities

Leading a high performing team to optimise our activity you'll also work to prototype, test, and launch new activity or ways of working to continually improve our offer and deliver an excellent supporter experience. An experienced manager, you'll focus on creating a motivating environment, coaching, and developing your team on to even greater successes.

Demonstrating your excellent planning and project management skill, you'll embrace insight, testing, evaluating, and continuous optimisation ensuring all of our engagement is audience-centred. This is an exciting time to join us in delivering on this commitment to create a world where diabetes can do no harm.

Ideal Candidate

You'll be able to demonstrate a significant track record of marketing and delivering successful events and mass participation activity, as well as having excellent communication and project management skills. You are organised and can demonstrate managing high performing activity through others across multiple workstreams, with a clear focus on optimising and improving delivery at every opportunity.

You'll bring brilliant cross-organisational leadership experience with stacks of emotional intelligence and stakeholder engagement skills. You will thrive when working in partnership and making alliances, critical for leading on our engagement with strategic partners, as well as internal and external stakeholders.

We are committed to providing an excellent supporter experience and you will bring a breadth of knowledge and ideas to help us connect with diverse audiences and build long term engagement.

This role will be responsible for the development, management and implementation of a collection of inter-related projects.  These projects comprise the implementation of two of the recommendations in the IICSA Report and other related developments which the Church has been planning.

In Phase One, this programme of projects will be introduced with a group of “pathfinder” dioceses and cathedrals. Following evaluation and adjustment, Phase Two will be rolled out across the Church.

The five projects which make up this role are:

1. The implementation of IICSA Recommendation 1

This is a major structural change in which the role of “Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser” changes to a new one of “Diocesan Safeguarding Officer” with greater autonomy. Supervision arrangements also change from being arranged locally to being directly supervised and quality assured by the National Safeguarding Team.

2. The introduction on a pilot basis of a “regionalised” model of support for dioceses and cathedrals in respect of safeguarding.

This is the second major, and related, structural change. In this pilot Regional Safeguarding Leads (RSLs) will be appointed to work with small groups of dioceses and cathedrals. The RSLs will supervise the dioceses’ / cathedrals’ safeguarding advisers but will also lead cross-diocese developments such as survivor engagement, sharing of expertise and good practice, joint commissioning of resources, peer review.

3.The implementation of IICSA Recommendation 8.

This involves the design and implementation of independent external auditing of the Church’s safeguarding practices.

4. The introduction of the Church’s quality assurance framework and national safeguarding standards.

The Church has a draft quality assurance framework. This now needs to be introduced into use in the pathfinder dioceses and cathedrals so that it can be further developed in readiness for implementation across the Church.

5. The development of a consistent methodology to enable dioceses and cathedrals to assess local safeguarding need and determine the resources needed to deliver good safeguarding practice.

The 42 dioceses and 42 cathedrals are responsible for the funding of their safeguarding arrangements (which include, for example, investigation of allegations, responding to survivors, training, quality assurance). The level of funding varies considerably between dioceses / cathedrals. One reason for this is the lack of a consistent methodology to assess both local need and the resources needed to achieve a good standard of safeguarding.

The role is based in the National Safeguarding Team but also links with the Church’s Project Management Office.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Planning and co-designing (with the pathfinder dioceses and cathedrals) the projects and proactively monitoring progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action.
• Ensuring the integrity and coherence of the projects, and its continuous alignment with organisational strategies and departmental goals.
• Developing the plans for the delivery of the individual projects, setting out the key actions, steps and timescales needed for each project, the critical paths and the co-dependencies / interfaces between them.
• Leading on the direct management and delivery of specific elements of the projects. 
• Establishing effective working relationships (individually and collectively) with the key stakeholders in the pathfinder dioceses and cathedrals. This will include, in particular, bishops, diocesan secretaries, deans, cathedral administrators, and diocesan and cathedral safeguarding advisers.
• Supporting the pathfinder dioceses and cathedrals in the establishment of local project groups and governance arrangements.
• Developing arrangements for the engagement of victims and survivors of abuse in co-design and programme development.
• Managing risks to the programme's successful outcome.
• Developing the evaluation framework for Phase 1 and potentially leading the evaluation process.
• Developing the plan for roll out of the projects across the Church in Phase 2.

The main duties and responsibilities of your post are outlined in your job description.  This list is not exhaustive and is intended to reflect your main tasks and areas of work.  Changes may occur over time and you will be expected to agree any reasonable changes to your job description that are commensurate with your banding and in line with the general nature of your post.  You will be consulted about any changes to your job description before these are implemented.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Skills and Aptitudes

• Good analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills including the ability to clearly communicate technical / complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to build relationships, trust and credibility with a wide range of diverse stakeholders including the ultimate beneficiaries of the change management.
• Able to influence and persuade at all levels and with a range of stakeholders.

Knowledge / Experience

• Significant experience in complex programme and project manager roles, including:
• Experience managing end-to-end projects (full project life cycle) that include substantive business change and transformation elements (i.e. not only technical activities).
• Experience managing multiple projects in parallel.
• Reporting to the senior leadership.
• Proven track record of proactively delivering successful results.
• Experience using Microsoft Project or another equivalent Project Management Information System.
• Good knowledge of Excel (e.g. pivot tables, diagrams, formulas).
• Good knowledge of project finance and budgeting.
• Experience of working in and leading multi-disciplinary teams in a complex environment

Personal Attributes

• Able to be rational, objective and unbiased when making decisions and taking action.
• Relational: emotionally intelligent and expert in valuing and managing relationships with others as the means of delivering change.
• Politically astute – understanding, and managing successfully, organisational politics.
• Principled – strong value base and committed to doing the right thing.
• Brave – willing to challenge others (including those with power) constructively.
• Self-reflexive, welcoming and using feedback.
• In sympathy with the aims of the Church of England.

Education / Professional qualifications

• Educated to degree level.
• Formal qualification in Project Management e.g. PMP (PMI), Prince2 Practitioner (Axelos), PPQ (APM) or equivalent certification.

Circumstances

• This role will require some travel to different dioceses involved in the programme.

DESIRABLE

• Understanding of the structures of the Church of England.
• Experience working for the Church of England, for Christian Charities, in the public or charity sectors.

Interviews and assessments will take place on either Thursday 3rd June 2021 or Monday 7th June 2021

The Youth Endowment Fund

Senior Research Manager

Reports to: Head of Toolkit

Period: Fixed term for 2 years, with a possibility of an extension

Rate: £47-50k

Closing date: 9am, 24th May

Interviews: Week commencing 31st May

This role has been revised since it was first advertised.

About the Youth Endowment Fund

In recent years there has been a significant increase in violent crime. Homicides, assaults, robberies and offences involving weapons have all seen sustained growth. For children and young people, there have been particularly large increases in those who are both the perpetrators and victims of offences involving knives. This is a tragedy. Every child captured in these numbers is an important member of our community and society has a duty to protect them.

The Youth Endowment Fund is a charity with a £200m endowment and a mission that matters. We exist to prevent children and young people from getting caught up in violent crime. Many organisations have this calling. Our unique role is to identify what works best and build a movement to put it into practice. We do this by finding the very best ways to prevent youth violence, funding great initiatives and working to scale them up and spread great ideas.

We believe that rigorous research can help us understand the approaches, programmes and practices that hold the most promise for keeping children safe. However, too often this research is hidden behind a paywall, written in academic jargon and difficult to apply to practice. The YEF is developing a series of resources which overcome these barriers and ensure research can make a difference to real-world challenges.  

The Senior Research Manager will play a key role in ensuring that the YEF develops evidence-based resources that lead to change. For example, two key resources you will work on are:

• The YEF evidence and gaps map. The current version of the map was published In January 2021 and features over 2,000 studies. This is the world’s largest database of studies on interventions that aim to prevent children and young people from becoming involved in violence.
• The YEF Toolkit - a free-to-access, online summary of research on preventing young people getting involved in violent crime.[1] It aims to make research findings accessible and easy-to-understand for a non-academic audience.  It will give an overview of the ‘best bets’ for reducing violence – an overall picture of the approaches that are most likely to succeed, given the available research. 

Key Responsibilities and Projects

You will be responsible for leading and supporting a range of research projects and accessible resources that are central to YEF’s mission. This will include:

• Leading the generation of new evidence synthesis to support the YEF’s work. You will be the YEF’s expert on evidence synthesis. You will have responsibility for ensuring that all YEF reviews are completed to the highest standards.
• Leading a major project to commission a batch of new systematic reviews. These reviews will be the foundation for YEF’s evidence tools over the next three years. You will ensure that these reviews address strategically important questions and provide information which helps the YEF bring about change.
• Leading a complex project to expand and update the YEF’s Evidence and Gaps Map (EGM). You will be responsible for managing the external research partner who develops this database. You will commission work which uses the database to address important questions and generate new insights.
• Leading the development of new evidence-informed tools and resources. You will use findings from evidence synthesis to design and develop innovative and impactful resources which enable the application of research in practice.
• Work with the Head of Toolkit to ensure that Toolkit content is rigorously researched but easy to understand and apply. You will take a lead in writing content for sections of the Toolkit.
• Contributing research to support the scoping, development and delivery of YEF’s grant making.
• Ensuring that YEF strategy and decision-making are informed by the best available research.
• Developing a process for reviewing and editing YEF evaluation reports. Every programme the YEF funds will be independently evaluated and the report published online. You will work with the YEF evaluation team to ensure these reports are accessible and useful.
• Managing and supporting junior staff in the Evidence and Evaluation Team.

Key Requirements

You are this sort of person:

• You don't want your days to pass without making a difference. You want to play a significant part in reducing the level of youth violence. You are passionate about the potential for rigorous and accessible research to transform the way we protect children and help them to thrive.
• You have a proven track record of commissioning or conducting high-quality systematic reviews and meta-analysis. You have a good understanding of these methods and can discuss the pros and cons of them. You might have gained this expertise through your academic studies, training, research or professional experience.
• You have at least 5 years’ experience working in a research and evidence role in a related sector. You have a strong understanding of evaluation and/or evidence review methodologies. You can critically appraise the design of evaluations and reviews.

• You have experience of managing complex projects. You put the right plans in place and develop the necessary relationships to deliver them on time and to a high quality.

• You can write well. You have that rare skill of writing in plain English. You avoid jargon. If something is complicated, you are good at explaining it.
• You are fascinated by and thoughtful about how people engage with research. You can present information so that people find it engaging, use it, recommend it to others and return to it. You understand why people resist making evidence-based decisions. You come alive talking about how to make information and evidence really accessible so that people change what they do. You are actively engaged in the latest debates about how research is used.
• You learn fast but remain humble. You are very quick at getting your head around things. You like learning. You are very good at synthesising information. You know how much you don't know. You know that you can learn more. You know that it's easy to assume you know when you don't. You care more that good things happen than who gets the credit. You are a great and supportive team player.
• You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. You believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values.

You may have:

• Knowledge and understanding of crime or serious violence. You know the facts, understand the issues, know the key people, and can discuss the theories. You are knowledgeable on this topic and very at ease discussing it with experts.

• Experience of working directly on the prevention of violence or crime. This might mean working directly with young people at risk of getting caught up in violence or working with organisations that fund or deliver crime-reduction programmes.

• Experience of developing accessible research summaries for a non-academic audience. You will have experience of communicating complex and technical research to a non-academic audience.

• While not a requirement, we do encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of violence.

It is important to us that the people we hire do not discriminate. We believe in being inclusive and giving everyone an equal chance to succeed. Applications are welcome from all regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sexual orientation, transgender status, or social economic background.

To apply

To apply, please send a CV, cover letter and the monitoring form through our application page by 9am, 24th May. In your CV, you may wish to include a link to a recently published piece of writing.

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your permission. You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK. As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

First round interviews will take place in the week commencing 31st May 2021.

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

[1] The first version of the Toolkit will be published in June 2021. It will be a live resource that is updated and expanded over time. The Toolkit is based on the model developed by the Education Endowment Foundation in the Teaching and Learning Toolkit. 

Streetwise Opera is recruiting an enthusiastic Development Officer with inspiring and engaging communication skills, and experience in individual giving, community or events fundraising roles. The ideal candidate will be able to develop strong relationships with individual supporters and be committed to providing an excellent supporter experience.

We are looking for someone who is keen to use and develop their skills and experience in a small team. This new role will work on a range of individual fundraising for the delivery of our work, with a focus on coordinating and growing our Friends programme, delivering fundraising and stewardship events, and assisting with our major gifts programme.

You will be joining an award-winning performing arts charity that, since 2002, has inspired and empowered people affected by homelessness through singing and creativity. We are an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation (2018-22), we were recognised as one of the Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers 2020, and we’ve been described by The New York Times as “combining social purpose with serious artistic endeavour”.

Homelessness is a complex issue that requires a range of joined-up approaches to solve. Frontline services are vital, however people need more than a bed and a roof to recover from homelessness; they need to feel that they are seen and heard, and they need to know that they have a legitimate place in society. That’s why we work closely with partners in the homeless sector to enable Streetwise Opera participants to build confidence and skills and become part of a supportive and creative community.

As an employer, Streetwise Opera offers a range of benefits including professional development and training opportunities, time off for volunteering, and season ticket loans. You will be joining a friendly, committed and supportive staff team and have the opportunity to make a real difference to our ambitious and life-changing work.

We seek applications from all ages and backgrounds, particularly those who are underrepresented in the arts and homelessness sectors.

We especially welcome applications from people who have been affected by homelessness. Those who can demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be guaranteed a first round interview. Please ensure that you communicate this clearly in your application.

We are looking to appoint a dynamic individual to lead Standing Together’s Specialist Domestic Abuse Courts (SDACs) and Criminal Justice team, including the Outer Mentor Courts. We are looking for a candidate with a proven track record in project development, strategic planning and skills in managing staff. 

STADA coordinates the ground-breaking Coordinated Community Response to domestic abuse in West London and the SDACs are part of a multi-agency partnership approach to domestic abuse in the Criminal Justice System. 

The post will require you to support this new project, Mentor Courts through driving forward process improvements, steering initiative outcomes, developing and monitoring project plans.

Remote working whilst restrictions are in place, otherwise a combination of some travel to Standing Together’s Office

Standing Together is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse population and is therefore committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds across all roles and at all levels. We strongly encourage applications from within BAME communities.

Are you passionate about creating resilient communities?

Launched in 2018 to tackle social isolation and poor mental health, Kintsugi Hope are looking for an Experienced Fundraising Manager to join their team.

Part time, 3 days a week, 7.5 hours a day.

Working from home, once a week at Kintsugi Hope Office (depending on Covid-19 restrictions)

This is a new role which will develop and manage the implementation of our fundraising strategy, working closely with the Senior Management team and Trustees, to embed fundraising work across the whole of the charity,