Senior development research officer jobs

MAIN PURPOSE OF POST

• To be responsible within in the delivery of a programme of monitoring, evaluation and learning within Women Aid
• To evaluate Women’s Aid’s work across a range of areas (eg policy, campaigning and training)
• To provide specialist evaluation support to all teams to enable the organisation to understand and evidence their work.

DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Design and implement evaluation projects
   1. Design and deliver in house evaluations on a variety of projects, such as our policy and campaigning work or the training we deliver. Using mixed-methods, to enable the organisation to understand and improve the impact and effectiveness of our work
   2. Support with the commissioning of external evaluation of Women’s Aid activities
   3. Identify monitoring & evaluation trends and developments in the wider sector
   4. Present and disseminate findings in an accessible and engaging way
   5. Support colleagues to use findings to make evidence-based decisions on the development of project
   6. To represent Women’s Aid in relevant external meetings and to liaise with other key stakeholders

1. To deliver evaluation support to the Women’s Aid staff team
   1. To provide monitoring, evaluation and learning support to teams within Women’s Aid to enable self-evaluation and reflection, and to provide support around devising and implementing evaluation and learning frameworks.
   2. Use expertise and knowledge to help colleagues to identify appropriate methods to achieve research aims
   3. To create guidance on evaluation for Women’s Aid staff
   4.  To keep relevant staff up to date through regular internal briefings on activities relating to internal evaluation.

1. General Responsibilities
   1. To maintain clear and adequate records of work done and to produce reports on work programmes and activities as required by management.
   2. To contribute to team meetings and organisational priorities, and to participate in supervision and other line management meetings.
   3. To take direction on projects and priorities from your line manager, which may vary from time to time.
   4. To carry out administrative tasks necessary to comply with the job description.
   5. To abide by organisational policies, codes of conduct and practice, and work within a framework of equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice.
   6. To be flexible within the broad remit of the post.

Person Specification
 

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Experience of designing project evaluations using a range of methodologies
• Experience of applying qualitative and quantitative research/ evaluation methods from design and data collection to analysis, write-up and communication of findings
• Experience of creating monitoring and evaluation tools, frameworks and strategies
• Experience of collecting, managing and disseminating information in an accessible way for a variety of audiences and to facilitate learning
• Experience of supporting others to use tools and strategies to evaluate and improve their work
• Experience of managing projects within a set timeframe and with clear outputs/outcomes

Desirable

• Previous experience of working in the voluntary sector, and/or violence against women and girls service setting
• Experience of working with external stakeholders on evaluations
• Experience of using creative evaluation methods
• Experience of supervising or line managing team members

SKILLS

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with a range of audiences
• Ability to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders, and to support others to understand and use evaluation tools
• Ability to work on own initiative to meet objectives in a complex, changing environment
• Ability to producing training materials, reports and briefing papers
• Good IT skills, including for data analysis, preferably in a Windows based environment
• Excellent attention to detail, has a methodical approach to work to ensure work is completed accurately

Desirable

• Use of data analytics software such as SPSS, R or Tableau

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of how organisations can collect, analyse and use impact and outcomes data and the range of methods and tools that can be used
• Knowledge of research ethics, data protection and relevant safeguarding measures
• Understanding of and sensitivity to the issues relating to domestic abuse, including the nature of domestic abuse and its impact on women and children and the intersectional barriers they face.

Desirable

• An understanding of the project management cycle

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to, and understanding of, the aims and objectives of Women’s Aid.
• Commitment to promoting equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice.
• A non-judgmental approach to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse and an understanding of the gendered nature of violence against women and girl
• Willingness to travel occasionally for meetings and work occasional weekends and evenings as required

SUMMARY OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Terms of appointment: Confirmation of appointment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory DBS assessment at the appropriate level for the role and a satisfactory Pre Employment Health Questionnaire, the expense for both will be met by WAFE.

Confirmation will also be subject to the satisfactory completion of a probationary period.  This will normally be of six months (less for short term contracts).  During this time an employee will be expected to establish their suitability for the post. During the probationary period employment may be terminated in writing, giving one week's notice by either party (this may be waived by mutual agreement). Only any statutory dismissal procedure will apply during the probationary period. There is no probationary period for contracts of under 3 months.

Salary:  £31,766, on an incremental scale guided by WA pay scale points 35-39) + benefits.  Salary is paid in arrears through bank credit by the 25th of each month.  Part time staff receive pro-rata payment based on hours worked.

Working hours:  The standard working hours for this post are 37 hours per week, based remotely or in London; benefits include a generous bank holidays and annual leave package and contributory pension scheme.

Support and supervision:  Women’s Aid has a commitment to providing regular supervision and support to staff with annual appraisals forming a key part of staff development.  We have a training policy in place and encourage staff to take an active role in their career development plan.

Pension:  Women’s Aid is enrolled with the People’s Pension scheme. Women’s Aid normally contributes 7% of salary and the employee contributes 3% towards the group pension scheme. Eligible staff will be automatically enrolled on the scheme when they have successfully completed the 3 month interim probationary review.  .

Annual Leave:  Women’s Aid offers an annual leave entitlement of 25 days per year rising by one day per year until 30 days annual leave per year is reached.  In addition, we offer 8 days public holidays plus 2 additional days in March and August. All leave entitlement is calculated pro-rata for part time employees.

Other leave:  Employees have contractual rights to time off for reasons of sickness, maternity and other circumstances. 

Period of notice: 2 months after your probationary period has been completed.

Union:  You have a right to membership of a trade union. Women’s Aid recognises Unison.

Asylum and Immigration Act 1996:  To confirm your right to work in the UK, Women’s Aid will need to see the original of at least one document from a specified list. Most commonly this is a British Passport.

Additional information is available on request.

About FareShare

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to almost 10,000 frontline charities and community groups. Over the past year 54,000 tonnes of food were redistributed by FareShare Regional Centres and FareShare Go nationwide, our charity network serves over 2 million meals every week.

Hunger is a growing issue in the UK and while there is surplus food that is otherwise going to waste, we believe that this food should be used to feed people first.

FareShare’s Strategy & Vision
Vision: We have the vision of a UK where “No good food goes to waste”.

Mission: To use surplus, fit for consumption, food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front line charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.

Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.

Our Values: Passion – for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead

Ambition – to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen

Respect – for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners and our beneficiaries

Collaboration – it’s only by working with others that we can be stronger

Focus – on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and achieve the most for our clients/customers.

The role

The role is part of a highly successful and influential marketing and communications team. Our team has transformed awareness of and trust towards FareShare, by executing a wide range of marketing, communications and PR activities, including campaigning, promoting awareness of FareShare’s impacts, amplifying and protecting FareShare’s brand, and delivering effective marcomms support to teams across FareShare and its network of 18 charity partners who operate 36 warehouses across the UK.

As part of your role you will champion the impact that our food partners have on FareShare’s mission to fight hunger and tackle food waste. This work will sit alongside the wider FareShare communication needs below.

The COVID19 pandemic has shone a spotlight on the issue of food insecurity in the UK and with it, FareShare’s ability to get food to vulnerable communities nationwide. We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, sports ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.

The FareShare brand is much better known now than it was historically. As a result of our work with Marcus Rashford to highlight the issue of ‘holiday hunger’, children who would normally rely on a free school meal going hungry during the holidays, we have seen a 10-fold increase in our news coverage each month. Our website has seen an equivalent increase in the number of visits, donations kindly received from individuals and volunteer applications from people who want to help us help others has surged too.

The success of this relationship is thanks to the work of the FareShare Marketing and Communications team, and the Senior Press and PR officer role has a fundamental role in advocating its impact.

This role is vital in FareShare’s ability to respond quickly to regional, trade and national news media requests for comment, quotes, statistics, and case studies from our partners and beneficiaries. The person in this role will monitor the press inbox and hold the press phone in order to field enquiries swiftly and accurately, with the support of the wider Comms team. It will help maintain the relationship with the Marcus Rashford team and bring the stories of his support to FareShare to life.

The successful candidate will help deepen the understanding of what FareShare do with journalists and consumers. They will build and foster relationships with Regional Centres and the charities and community groups that they support to capture engaging stories that demonstrate the impact of FareShare’s work across the UK.

We want to grow greater awareness of how we fight hunger amongst vulnerable communities and manage surplus food as the most environmentally friendly solution for the food industry., to the audiences we need to influence to get the change we desire – to let no good food go to waste

The successful candidate will be working as part of a high-performing and very supportive team of 11 professionals, and will be directly supported by their line Manager and the Head of the Marcomms department.

We are looking for a highly proactive, enthusiastic individual who cares about hunger and reducing food waste in the UK enough to want to spend their professional time doing something about it.

Ideally they will come with experience or knowledge of effective communications in the food/voluntary sector or agency-side, but most importantly they will have a track record of effective media engagement, an eye for a story and great judgement on when and when not to provide a comment.

They will need to manage relationships with a range of stakeholders, from our Regional Centres and partner charities, to the people from vulnerable communities who receive the food that FareShare provides to the charity supporting them.

They will need to demonstrate a strong work ethic, an ability to swiftly draft quotes and comment for approval, and combine that with the experience and skills outlined below.

This is a great opportunity for someone to make a real difference in two areas, food waste and hunger co-existing - of significant relevance and growing interest to the media, British public, the food industry and government.
 

Main areas of responsibility

• To manage the FareShare press office

• Work directly with media, journalists and the FareShare network of Regional Centres to communicate FareShare’s story of great environmental, social and economic impact
• Develop and maintain a range of stories, press releases, case studies and case study contacts that effectively raises awareness, interest in and trust towards FareShare and demonstrates impact
• Input into and deliver a comms activity plan in line with the marcomms and PR strategy
• Manage inbound (this role manages the FareShare press office) and outbound contact with journalists and management of journalist visits to FareShare warehouses, charities and food partners.

• To promote FareShare’s work and evidence of impact, especially with the funder of the role
• Copywriting, proof reading and editing

• Seek out and create content demonstrating evidence of FareShare’s work and impact (e.g. case studies, stats, research)
  research, current data) that will engage the media, journalists and MPs
• Identify and share interesting stories internally with team and the food partner funder of the role
• Support the marcomms team with a copywriting/proofing/editing function that helps to sharpen up base copy provided into sparkling stories that really resonate with audiences

Competencies and behaviours

• Demonstrable experience working in/with a food industry, voluntary sector PR/Comms or relevant PR agency role

• Demonstrable experience of using Comms, PR and public affairs to raise the profile of an organisation or a national programme
• Demonstrable experience of managing a busy press office
• Experience of working within communications or marketing with project planning, story/creative development, delivery, monitoring and evaluation
• Professional use of media tracking tools – we currently use Vuelio to monitor press coverage
• Experience of working with, and managing, third party/external agencies

• Excellent written skills including copywriting and proof reading, along with a similar level of verbal communications skills
• A self-starter with proven ability to work on own initiative, meet objectives and tight deadlines under pressure
• Able to demonstrate attention to detail whilst also having a flexible approach and an ability to work in a team
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Benefits

Salary £31,000 – £33,000 per annum

Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel

25 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Employers pension contribution

Employee Assistance Program

Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme

Season ticket loan

Flexible working

The Vegetarian Society is a UK based charity at the forefront of ongoing work to inspire people to stop eating meat and adopt vegetarian and vegan diets for the benefit of animals, people and the planet.

Formed in 1847, we are the oldest Vegetarian Society in the world, with a rich history of activism over the past 175 years. However, our work is now more urgent than ever because of the unfolding global climate and biodiversity crisis.

As a result, we are now looking to recruit a Director of Development, a position which will play a crucial role in growing our income and profitability, developing a strategic but targeted approach to sales of our existing products and services, while taking a lead in the development of new income streams.

Working closely with our CEO and a new, aspirational leadership team, you will help the Society to meet the challenges of the next decade and beyond, building our profile, income and impact.  We are looking for an exceptional sales-focused individual, experienced in developing strategic sales and growth plans but one who is prepared to roll their sleeves up and drive performance, embracing flexible and agile ways of working to deliver against agreed income targets.

You will have a deep understanding of current and emerging B2B and B2C sales strategies and how these can be best deployed to deliver income growth within our existing services which include trademark licensing and our Vegetarian Society cookery school courses, while also overseeing increasing growth in our membership applications and individual donations.

You may have experience in some of these areas, but what is more critical is a proven track record in delivering against sales targets across a range of products and services and the ability to apply your cross-cutting strategic experience to deliver growth against these current revenue generating areas.

You will also be a creative thinker, able to spot market opportunities and develop new concepts that can be quickly developed and taken to market, as a means of securing new sources of revenue in support of our charitable goals.

Critically we are also looking for a leader, a friendly face who seeks to coach, develop and inspire the people around them to deliver to their highest potential at all times.

You will relish the challenge of:

• Developing, implementing and delivering a sales-focused growth strategy focused on increasing the Society’s income streams
• Leading, directing and managing the Vegetarian Society’s teams focused on generating sales, including the Society’s cookery school, our trademark licensing team and our individual giving function
• Researching and developing new income generating opportunities focused on delivery of products and services to business and the public sector, bringing these to market and delivering substantial income growth for the charity
• Working with our Director of Marketing and Communications to ensure all sales are supported by high quality and targeted marketing
• Building new client relationships at key senior levels and leveraging them in the delivery of new partnerships and income opportunities

If you feel ready to take on the challenge, meet the criteria set out in the person specification and are confident in undertaking the role; we’d love to hear from you, and look forward to reading your application.

How to apply

To apply for this post, please send a letter detailing how you meet the criteria set out in the job specification along with your CV.

The closing date for applications is 9:00 a.m. on Monday 18th July and interviews to be held week commencing 25th July

We operate a 35-hour week, flexible working-time scheme and stakeholder pension. We offer 33 days annual leave including public holidays, among other benefits.

The role will be based initially at ‘Parkdale’, our Altrincham office, with potential to move to central Manchester in the near future. We operate a hybrid working model and you will have flexibility to work from home but you will need to commute to our office on a regular basis.

The Vegetarian Society is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. Recognising that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in this sector, we are particularly keen to receive applications from people of colour,  people with disabilities and people who identify as being LGBTQ+.

BEO is a new Black-led UK civil rights organisation and our mission is to dismantle systemic racism in the UK. BEO is committed to being a data-driven organisation and we are now looking for an experienced quantitative researcher to join our growing team.

If have an in-depth knowledge of the race equality and social justice agenda, a strong personal commitment to anti-racism, strong research analysis and report writing skills with excellent communication skills and the ability to meet deadlines and work accurately under pressure in a small but growing team, then we want to hear from you. You will be part of the growing Advocacy Team, which comprises BEO’s research, policy, public affairs and strategic litigation functions. There will be opportunities for you to work with teams across the organisation and with key stakeholders. It’s a dynamic time for BEO and we hope you consider joining us on this journey.

In return we offer flexible working, including the option to work from home (where appropriate), 28 days of leave, above the statutory minimum pension contribution and parental leave with a package of wellbeing support.

We’re here for the cure. Everything we do is to move us closer to that goal.

Curing Parkinson’s needs world-class collaborative science involving researchers, clinicians, the pharmaceutical industry and, most importantly, people who are living with Parkinson’s. This collaboration is at the heart of our research programme.

Our leadership and funding enables the world’s leading neuroscientists and neurologists to prioritise, together, the next generation of drugs for clinical trial.

With an ambitious plan to increase Community and Events income, this is an exciting time to join Cure Parkinson’s. This is a genuine opportunity for a self-motivated, experienced and enthusiastic Community and Events fundraiser to develop and make their mark as part of this innovative and dynamic charity.

The Senior Events Fundraising Officer role will be responsible for project managing some of our flagship challenge events, including the ‘Raid’ cycling series, and increasing the level of community support and income through the pro-active engagement with and excellent stewardship of high net worth individuals, community groups, committees, companies and supporters from the Parkinson’s community across the UK.

You will be an active networker and be able to spot opportunities to raise funds and maximise income growth through supporter led and event fundraising.

You will have demonstrable success in community and/or challenge events fundraising, a solid understanding of supporter led fundraising and Facebook challenges, as well as a passionate and proactive approach to develop fundraising leads that deliver results.

This role is strongly focused on bringing in new community and challenge events, and will suit an outgoing, positive and professional fundraiser who is used to working on their own initiative and wants to develop their knowledge and experience.

The Senior Events Fundraising Officer will report to the Head of Public Fundraising and work within the Events and Community team alongside another Senior Events Fundraising Officer and an Events Fundraising Executive.

Ideally starting September/October 2022

Offered as full-time; open to job share partners; or part-time contracts (0.8+)

Bring industry, academia and the NHS together to drive translation.

We are the independent, expert voice of biomedical and health research in the UK. We have a Fellowship of the most influential scientists in the UK and worldwide. The Academy’s new strategy sets out its vision of good health for all supported by the best research and evidence. The Academy’s FORUM provides an independent platform for individuals from across academia, industry, the NHS and Government, and the charity, regulatory and wider healthcare sector, to meet and take forward national discussions on scientific opportunities, technology trends and associated strategic choices for healthcare. Patients and carers make an important and increasing contribution to our FORUM activities.

We are looking for someone with the skills and experience to both develop and deliver high impact policy events and to strengthen and grow the membership of the FORUM. We will need you to build close links and partnerships with FORUM members and other key stakeholders across the life sciences sector and ensure that they can contribute to the Academy’s wider work programme. You will have an understanding of the UK life sciences or health and care research ecosystems, including the factors that influence research and its translation into benefits for society. Ideally you will have worked in an organisation that seeks to influence policy or that is related to life sciences or health research. You will communicate with confidence and clarity, and be able to identify and harness synergies between and within organisations.

Excellent benefits include: generous leave allowance, Academy pension scheme, and travel assistance amongst others. The Academy is based in offices near Oxford Circus. The Academy has an agile working policy and staff are encouraged to work in the office at least once a week. We want to ensure diversity of thought and experience in all we do and for our staff to be able to bring their authentic self to work every day. To apply for this position, please visit our website via the button below.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.

Closing date: 5.00pm on Thursday 14 July 2022.

Virtual interviews provisionally scheduled for 21 July 2022.

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK, we want to reach as many people as possible so
we can improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s. We are looking for people to join
our network, make genuine connections, and be part of a larger team that works together
to support the Parkinson’s community.

About the role
You’ll play a key role in supporting the UK Parkinson’s Excellence Network to transform
health and social care services for people affected by Parkinson’s.
You’ll work closely with the Communications and Engagement Manager to create and
deliver a sector-leading integrated multi-channel communications and engagement offer
for the Parkinson’s professional community, ensuring that the voice of people with
Parkinson’s is at the core of all thinking.
This is a fixed-term role for 6 months.

What you’ll do
● Lead projects relating to professional communications and engagement
● Oversee the coordination of Excellence Network events and group activities, and
support the delivery of the Excellence Network Conference and Awards
● Oversee the management of external and internal queries relating to the UK
Parkinson’s Excellence Network
● Work with the Marketing and Content team to develop Excellence Network assets
and support the integration of plans and messaging across the charity
● Support work to evaluate impact of the Excellence Network, reporting into the
appropriate governance meetings
● Oversee other administrative and communications activities across the Excellence
Network team and provide support as required

What you’ll bring
The ideal candidate will have:
● Exceptional interpersonal skills, with proven ability to build and manage successful
relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
● An improvement and user-centred mindset, with experience of user research and
impact evaluation
● Experience of content planning and delivery across multiple channels with tailored
audience messaging, including CMS and CRM use, preferably for a long term health
condition
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience of creating and
proofreading content for professional audiences
● An understanding of the health and social care landscape across the UK, including
pressures faced by healthcare professionals
● In-depth product knowledge of Marketing Cloud, drupal and Salesforce (or similar)
and ability to quickly learn to use new digital workplace tools
● An awareness of data regulations and implications for communications best practice

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a supporting statement. The
supporting statement should fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria as stated
in the "What you'll bring" section of the role description.
The successful candidate will be required to:
● have exceptional written and verbal communication skills
● provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb
● have a confidential space in which to work

Are you a proactive, highly organised and friendly team player with solid administrative knowledge? Are you seeking a dynamic and engaging role which offers a wide range of experience and development in key areas of charity work? Would you like to play an important role in working towards a world where women have equal economic rights and opportunities to men?
 

Since 2010, we’ve directly supported over 200,000 women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries through our business skills and mentoring programmes, and influenced global change to close the gender gap in entrepreneurship through our advocacy work. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and energetic individual who is eager to make a difference to join our team as our new Senior Research and Database Officer and help us achieve even greater impact!

This will be a position that you can truly make your own, where you will play a key role in enabling our work by supporting our fundraising and ensuring our charity is strong and efficient. This dynamic and engaging position offers the unique opportunity to work and gain experience within two key departments. The role sits within the Corporate Services team, however your time will be split equally between that and the Partnerships (fundraising) team, providing high-quality, essential support, research and admin services across fundraising, partnerships development, finance, human resources, IT and general administration. Given the wide variety of support required you will need to be willing to adapt and respond to the needs of both departments and the wider organisation if needed.

Your work will enable the Foundation to operate efficiently and effectively, and grow its income and partnerships, thereby achieving long term, sustainable growth for the Foundation and supporting incredible impact for women entrepreneurs in low and middle income countries. If you are looking to learn and develop a wide range of skills in a values-driven and fast-paced charity environment, and to contribute to long-term global development and women’s rights, then this is the role for you.

This is a full time, permanent role at 35 hours per week, with core office hours being 10.30am to 3.30pm. Our team is currently hybrid working from home and office, and you’ll need to work from our central London office (W1) a minimum of two days a week.

This role’s starting salary is £26,370 PA, and this will increase annually as you move up in your pay grade. You’ll be entitled to a fantastic package of 28 days of annual leave (which includes three that must be taken at Christmas), plus plenty of other benefits and a caring, supportive, collaborative work environment. Our team also enjoys high-quality training and other development and enrichment opportunities.

To apply, please download the job description and send us the following:

• Covering letter addressing relevant experience for the role (one A4 page max)
• Current CV (two A4 pages max)

Please complete your application by midday, 7 July 2022. 

Interviews will be on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 July 2022.

The Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position. All applicants should have the right to work in the UK. We are open to receiving applications from individuals who are interested in flexible or remote working options. Please let us know if you have any access requirements that you would like us to be aware of during this process.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, please note that you will only be contacted should we wish to invite you to interview.

Thank you for your interest in the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. We look forward to receiving your application.

We are seeking an experienced Paid Media Executive to join the Digital Content & Engagement workstream to plan, implement, monitor and improve paid advertising campaigns across our digital channels such as paid social media, PPC, display, and other websites, to help increase engagement and income.

This is a key role in the team, and you will be instrumental in helping to grow our brand, reach new supporters, and ensure that people in the Armed Forces community know where to go when they need help.

In this role you will help us come up with innovative new ways to achieve these goals, boosting exposure on existing channels such as Facebook, Instagram, and Google ads, while also helping us explore new opportunities such as TikTok and whatever other platforms we may discover.

Bringing an analytical, data-driven mindset to the role, you will support the Digital Content & Engagement Manager in the development and implementation of our paid media strategy. Working closely with the Marketing & Brand, PR, Volunteering, Fundraising and Services you will take the lead on researching the most effective channels and approaches to reach our target audience.

You will bring expertise in tools such as Google Analytics and social media platform reporting, which will feed into existing marketing and communications reports and help the Digital Content & Engagement team develop a complete picture of engagement with its services.

Day-to-day, you will apply excellent copywriting skills and create engaging visual content, as well as oversee the effective moderation of comments on activity.

About the team

As part of the SSAFA team you’ll be warmly welcomed into an inclusive, supportive, and friendly workplace. As a charity, we work hard to provide high quality services to the people we help, but also work hard to look after the people who make that possible.

The Senior Paid Media Executive will be joining the Digital and Innovation team, which is part of SSAFA’s Marketing department. We’re a small, dedicated and friendly team who support one another to deliver the best outcomes for the charity.

Although you’ll be taking the lead on our paid activity, you won’t be expected to work alone or figure it all out yourself. You will be fully supported by your line manager, team mates, and department head to discover the best way to help SSAFA achieve its digital goals.

You will also have access to a wide range of development opportunities, whether that’s learning new skills, such as website management or email strategy from your colleagues, taking online courses via LinkedIn Learning, or undertaking sponsored training programmes. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your skills in the way that works best for you.

About you

As this is a senior role, experience working directly on paid campaigns is required. This includes planning and executing paid digital paid campaigns (search, social and display) and assessing keywords and ad groups to optimise performance. You will  be able to advise on the best practices when using digital platforms for paid social, paid search and display advertisements to increase awareness and engagement.

You will also have a good understanding of which platforms drive the best engagement and response amongst different target audiences, and will be comfortable creating engaging content for a range of specific audiences.

Alongside expertise in paid media management, you will also bring other skills such as project management, stakeholder engagement, analytical thinking, problem solving, and creativity to the role.

It is very important important to have a positive, curious attitude with a willingness try new things. This has the potential to be a diverse role, and we’d actively encourage and support you to make it your own.

You may already be working in a similar role or looking for the next step with a change in industry, or eager to undertake impactiful work within a charitable organisation.

 We would also welcome applications from those currently working in junior paid media executive roles, or social media managers with paid experience, looking to take the next step in their career.

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 candidate's direct application, and no fees will be payable.

Closing date: Midnight on 11th July 2022. (Please note that the vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications)

There will be a one stage interview process, and you will be asked to do an aptitude test and prepare a presentation, followed by a set of questions in the interview.

Do you have a solid research background and experience of gaining research funding to support and coordinate research activities? Would you like to work for a forward-thinking Hospice, playing a key role in research delivery and capacity building and moving forward our aim to be a research active hospice

As part of the clinical directorate and working closely with other academic partners in England, the research manager will help to move forward research activities at Hospice in the Weald, actively engaging with hospice staff, the local and wider academic communities as well as other relevant stakeholders.

You will lead and secure funding for research projects into identified research gaps and novel service developments, including but not limited to the Cottage Hospice model and Hospice Paramedics research.

You will help to further develop our research base and secure funding for research activities and  progress ongoing grant applications to the NIHR, in collaboration with academic and hospice partners and maintain existing research networks as well as developing research teams that will submit high quality proposals to funding agencies.

Benefits include a generous a rewarding working environment, career development opportunities, generous holiday allowance (including the opportunity to buy more!) and pension scheme, free parking and subsidised cafe. 

If you would like to find out more before applying, we’d love to meet you for an informal visit, please contact us to arrange a visit.

Vaccination against COVID-19 is not mandatory for this post but we encourage all staff and volunteers to access the COVID vaccine

Research Intelligence Project Officer

1 Year Fixed Term Contract (with a view to extend)

Full-time (40 hours per week inc. breaks)

£24,007 per annum

London based

STOP THE TRAFFIK is a groundbreaking charity established in 2006, working with organisations and communities across the world to assist in preventing modern slavery & human trafficking

STOP THE TRAFFIK has been at the forefront of developing an intelligence-led approach to human trafficking prevention.  Our working model brings together high level organisations, cutting edge technology and the drive and determination of teams of people passionate about the work they do

We are now seeking a Research Intelligence Officer to join our dynamic team based at our office conveniently situated in Central London. You will build partnerships with various organisations, engage with these partners to build trust and encourage sharing of information on human trafficking. Using that information, layered with open source intelligence, build compelling visualisation and actionable insights that drive preventative action

Supported by the team, you will:

• Own, deepen and extend the existing partner relationships 
• Create a shared trust to encourage sharing of information on human trafficking across networks
• Layer the shared intelligence with open source intelligence to build compelling narratives
• Develop visualisation to provide as complete a view of human trafficking as possible
• Drive action with compelling insights, actionable intelligence and visualisations to expose human trafficking

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven experience in roles relevant to the JPDS such as, but not limited to:
  • Insight analyst
  • Market researcher
  • Intelligence researcher
  • Intelligence Analyst
• A strong interest in human rights
• Ability to craft content targeted at specific audiences with a strong ability to interpret feedback and data
• Ability to juggle several projects at once at different stages of the process 

In return you will be rewarded by working with a supportive and friendly team, working on an interesting high profile, global issue, conveniently based in our Central London office.  Further details about STOP THE TRAFFIK can be found on the STOP THE TRAFFIK (STT) website

If you are keen to work in a busy and fast-paced environment, please send in your CV and Covering Letter via the Oasis CharityJobs website.For further information please contact STOP THE TRAFFIK.

This is a rolling advertisement.  CV’s will be considered as they come in and we will appoint when we find the best candidate.  Early applications are recommended.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know. 

Applicants must be able to prove their right to work in the UK. We cannot sponsor employees or assist with work visas.

STOP THE TRAFFIK supports Equal Opportunities Registered Charity No. 1127321

ODI

Senior Research Officer – Equity and Social Policy

Contract: Fixed Term (Maternity Contract)

Salary: £37,000 - £47,000

Location: ODI London

Ref: ESP032022

An independent, global think tank, working for a sustainable and peaceful world in which every person thrives.

About us

ODI is an independent, global think tank. We work to inspire people to act on injustice and inequality. Through research, convening and influencing, we generate ideas that matter for people and planet.

About the Programme/Department
The EdTech Hub is a consortium-based project, currently funded by the UK government (FCDO) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), and with technical support from the World Bank. With a budget envelope of £20m plus spread across 8 years until 2027, the programme aims to establish a platform for research on innovation and application of technologies to close the gap in provision of education worldwide.

The EdTech Hub has adopted an experimental and adaptive approach to generating knowledge and evidence about EdTech solutions that meet the needs and demands of the most marginalised students and support their learning outcomes. The Hub is structured around three spheres: research, innovation, and engagement. The core partners in the consortium include ODI, University of Cambridge (UoC), Jigsaw, Brink, Open Development for Education (ODE), and Results for Development, along with Afrilabs, eLearning Africa and BRAC.

The EdTech Hub completed its Inception Phase in January 2020, during which it designed its theory of change, thematic focus and research approach. As part of the Research sphere, the SRO will be closely working with the ODI research team and colleagues from UoC, Jigsaw, and ODE to address the following research questions:

About you

You will contribute to the high-quality delivery and innovative research, policy advice and public affairs, focused on the EdTech and broadly within the Institute’s overall strategy and with the aim of inspiring and informing policy. You will contribute to large-scale mixed methods research and evaluation as well as to innovate methodologies for the new EdTech Hub.

You will both work with a multi-disciplinary group of internationally recognised research within the EdTech Hub consortium and with the team of the Equity and Social Policy programme at ODI. You will work with organisations based in Sub-Saharan Africa, East Africa, South Asia, Latin America and elsewhere. You will contribute to supporting the broad research needs of the programme, from literature reviews, mixed methods design, analysis of secondary and primary data, preparation of presentations, drafting of blog posts, policy briefs and academic papers.

You will have:

• Experience and interest in relation to EdTech or digital technology for development
• Experience and interest in political economy analysis and in one or more of the following: education system and reform, equity and ‘leave no one behind’, girls education and gender, school to work transitions, education in emergencies and crises
• A degree and post-graduate qualification in education or in a related discipline;
• Strong analytical skills, a capacity to write clearly, and excellent organisational and oral communication skills
• Capacity for policy advisory or public-affairs work, based on an analytical approach, and an innovative and creative communications ability.
• Experience of research or development in low-income countries and the international development context;
• Interest in At-scale research (ASR) or design experiments and design-based research (DBR, EBR, DBIR, etc) and adaptive research (e.g. “nimble” approaches);
• Fluency in English, and preferably a good command of at least one other language.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• UK, hybrid working.
• Flexible working
• 25 days holiday (or pro rata equivalent) + 3 days for Christmas closure period
• Company pension
• Enhanced parental leave and pay for qualifying staff
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Interest free travel loan

Closing date: 31st July

Interview date: TBC

ODI is committed to developing and supporting diverse and inclusive teams of people who share our passion, where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We welcome applicants from a range of diverse backgrounds and different groups and encourage applicants from the Global South to apply for positions.

We also welcome applicants who experience intersectional marginalisation on the basis of their class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnic or religious identity. We also welcome applications from those living with disabilities.

This opportunity may be particularly interesting to those who are keen to contribute to ODI’s decolonial agenda.

We offer a range of flexible, family friendly and inclusive employment policies to support colleagues from a range of backgrounds and nationalities.

ODI is an equal opportunities employer

Charity Reg. No.228248

Senior Creative and Research Lead (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £48,000 - 52,000
Role Type: Full-time or 4 days per week. Flexible working available.
Contract: Fixed term contract - 9 months, with possibility to extend
Reporting to: Directors
Location: London / Home

We are looking for someone to lead our creative and design projects, from the first meeting with the client all the way through to completion. This role will provide essential senior support to our Directors and enable us to expand the reach of our work without compromising on its quality and creative breadth. This will initially be a nine month maternity cover, but with the possibility to extend into an ongoing role.

You will be working alongside our friendly, collaborative and committed team of thinkers and doers, and will play a pivotal part in ensuring our work reaches, impacts and empowers more varied audiences, and that our clients are happy. Projects might include leading on the creative concept and translation for a new installation about women’s reproductive health, or on the development and implementation of a new creative approach to public dialogue around healthcare and environmental sustainability.

About The Liminal Space

The Liminal Space is a purpose-led creative studio that uses art and design approaches to build understanding, participation and social action. A combination of a creative agency and a think tank, we are a multidisciplinary team on a mission to empower more people, more profoundly to contribute to greater positive social and health outcomes.

We work with clients and organisations who are excited about taking a new approach to engaging audiences, generating research insights and solving strategic challenges. These include some of the country’s top universities, independent funders and government bodies including organisations such as The Wellcome Trust, Nesta, The Francis Crick Institute, The Health Foundation, The Barbican, The Natural History Museum, UCL and The University of Cambridge. Recent projects have covered topics ranging from mental health in key workers and improving the way NHS teams manage Covid-19 to sustainable shopping, the future of work, the ethics of gene editing and a blueprint for the museum of the future.

Our work translating some of the toughest issues facing our society into tangible objects, spaces and experiences that people can relate to and interact with has led to us being shortlisted as Emerging Design Studio of the Year 2020 by Dezeen, and receiving a Wellcome Trust Sustaining Excellence grant.

Terms:

• Flexible working: The office (De Beauvoir, London N1) is open 2 days per week – Wednesday and Thursday – and we expect FTE staff to be in the office 5 days per month.
• A caring, supportive, family-friendly workplace, with flexible hours and remote working possibilities
• A sociable and friendly atmosphere, with regular activities organised for both our core team and our extended family of freelancers
• 15 days annual holiday allowance plus bank holidays (25 days pro rata)
• A lovely studio in Haggerston, East London
• A strong commitment to your personal and professional development - with an allocated training budget
• 3% pension contribution

Deadline: 9:00am, Thursday 7th July 2022

Interested?

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

he Liminal Space are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and strongly encourage applications from those who experience discrimination and / or prejudice based on their race, ethnicity or immigration status; women; new parents; people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ people.

We are currently taking action to become a DEI organisation. We are at the beginning of this process, we recognise that this process will take time and that we will also need to continually reflect on our progress to our DEI goals and make further practice changes/ improvements along the way to enhance our progression and ensure the programme needs are met.

No agencies please.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Individual Giving Officer to join our ambitious Supporter Marketing Team, who are responsible for generating around £1.5m in income a year through recruiting new donors and building relationships with existing donors, including legacies.  This role will require the successful candidate to be jointly responsible for the operational delivery of the Individual Giving strategy, using proven fundraising techniques across print and digital to grow and diversify our programme, engaging with both new and existing audiences to support our work with children with brain injury and neurodisability.

You'll help to plan, manage and deliver innovative and impactful supporter campaigns across a range of channels. With the ability to resolve everyday challenges and obstacles, you will help to deliver a range of Direct Marketing fundraising campaigns through the full creative process, from briefing to concept, through to final delivery, as well as reviewing results and making recommendations.

The ideal candidate will have proven working knowledge of direct marketing and fundraising principles and practice, with the ability to use this knowledge to engage with supporters. Experience of delivering an income and expenditure target, project management or managing complex programmes of work and working in both print and digital channels is essential for this role. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and analyse media proposals, data and information, to deliver recommendations is vital, alongside being proactive and self-motivated.

Hybrid working available.

We offer a ‘Golden Hello’ of £1,000 for newly appointed employees, paid in three payments over twelve months, provided the eligibility criteria is met, further details available on request.

PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, in order for your application to be considered.  As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and will be further explored during the interview process. 

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service. 

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton and Epsom.

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment, and much more. We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service. Other benefits include: free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Coulsdon South train station to Tadworth Court; subsidised cafeteria; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an environment that is as unusual in its beautiful historic nature, as it is unique in its state-of-the-art facilities.

The Children’s Trust is fully committed to protecting children and young people.  All posts at The Children's Trust are subject to an enhanced DBS check.  If you are applying to The Children's Trust, and are already registered with the DBS update service, this will speed up the recruitment process significantly. 

The Children’s Trust has a duty of care to minimise the risk of all infectious diseases to the vulnerable and extremely vulnerable children and young people in our care, as well as our employees and volunteers. As a result, we require staff to provide a valid NHS Covid Pass (or proof of Covid vaccinations or medical exemption) for all roles at Tadworth Court and in the Brain Injury Community Service. We also expect staff to have taken or be willing to take relevant immunisations required by the role to protect them against infectious diseases, (unless you are medically exempt).

At The Children’s Trust we recognise how important it is to have leadership that reflects the children, young people and families that we support. We also recognise that staff, comprised of a range of skills, backgrounds and experiences will help us to better understand the needs of those we support, and how we can best represent their interests. We, therefore, particularly welcome applications from disabled people, individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds and those from other under-represented groups. The Children’s Trust is committed to achieving equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across all levels of the organisation.