Job title: Senior Application Support and Development Engineer
Salary: £37,974.25 per annum plus excellent benefits
Location: Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath
Job type: Permanent
Hours per week: 35
Closing date: 01 December 2019
Interview date: 09 December 2019

Please note - this role requires you to demonstrate the ability to work independently and in teams writing mainly SQL code - .Net experience would be useful. There may be the opportunity to work one day a week from home.

Due to the continued significant investment in technology, we are now looking for a Senior Application Support and Development Engineer to join a dynamic and experienced team of IT professionals based at the National Cat Centre, Chelwood Gate.

Cats Protection, the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, is developing and implementing a 5-year Digital Transformation strategy. This strategy has already moved key systems to Microsoft’s Azure platform and more exciting developments are planned to help expand and support the charity’s growth.

The IT department implements, maintains, supports, upgrades and improves the IT systems across the charity whilst minimising ongoing risks. The department are primarily responsible for all IT equipment and systems that sit at the heart of Cats Protection networks providing a service for the 1000 employees and 11,000 volunteers. Typically this will be servers, data storage, networks, telephone exchanges, security firewalls, and other centralised systems.

The Senior Application and Development Engineer will ensure that all assigned immediate development work, upgrades, and support requests are dealt with to agreed levels of service and customer satisfaction. In this role, you will deputise for the IT Applications Manager in their absence. You will also ensure that all assigned upgrade & implementation project work is completed professionally & documented, on time, and to agreed specifications.

You will maintain a high level of availability and integrity for all of the IT systems, resolving issues & requests in the most responsive, efficient, and cost-effective manner. You will be supplying & implementing IT systems and solutions that are robust and fit for purpose, enabling all sites, departments and volunteer groups to gain maximum benefit and productivity from their use of IT. You will be offering professional help, assistance, and support (which may include training, demonstrations, and presentations), to employees and volunteer groups for IT applications and systems and will write user documentation and guidelines that are easy for the target audience to understand.

The successful candidate will have experience in writing SQL code with .Net experience. You’ll be customer focused with a flexible approach. You’ll be a team player and play an important apart within a responsive team.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY ONLINE button. Our application process requires you submit a CV and answer screening questions – including explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications or CVs that are emailed to us directly.

Please note the recruitment process for this position will include a competency based interview with an SQL test.

For further details please download the job description below:

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As a Communications Officer, you will contribute to and organise a range of integrated marketing campaigns to promote our projects, services and ideas. You will be working closely with our marketing team to develop our digital presence, raise the profile of our interventions and create content that drives the expansion of our consumer base.

You will be a talented and experienced content creator that will play a key role in expanding our company’s digital footprint, followers and end users. Typical daily activities in this role include content writing, producing creative materials, engaging social media followers, liaising with suppliers and managing web platforms.

This role requires a high level of creativity, attention to detail and in-depth knowledge of emerging marketing trends. We would also like you to know the best ways of engaging with a range of different audiences to effectively tell our story. This includes an understanding of engaging with and working with the least heard voices, and those from deprived communities.

This post has been created in order to deliver the ambitions of Sport England’s £9.72m National Lottery funded Active Communities Programme. Birmingham and Solihull are one of 12 Local Delivery Pilots across England that are looking at innovative ways to reduce the levels of inactivity in our most disadvantaged communities.

The postholder will be employed by The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) which is an independent community benefit society which works with some of the poorest communities in Birmingham & Solihull to improve people’s health and wellbeing through physical activity.

Closing date: Sunday 1st December 9pm

Interviews:  Wednesday 11th December (afternoon) and Tuesday 17th December 

Unicef ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

The Marketing team at Unicef UK operates as a centre of expertise, providing strategic consultancy and digital transformation to the whole organisation. 

As Digital Marketing Strategist, you will primarily be responsible for developing the email marketing strategy for Unicef, ensuring the right capabilities are in place to enable teams to grow income/influence from this channel. You will operate as a digital marketing consultant across a broader range of channels (i.e. paid search, paid social, and display) supporting teams to deliver effective, sector leading digital marketing campaigns.

If you are an email marketer with a proven track record of building effective multi-channel CRM journeys and have experience delivering paid marketing campaigns, then we would love to hear from you. Whether your experience is from the charity or private sector, inhouse or from a marketing agency, this is a fantastic opportunity to use your expertise to make a difference to the lives of children around the world.

Closing date: 5pm, Thursday 28 November 2019.

Interview date: Thursday 5 December 2019.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at Unicef UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

Unicef UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights. CVs will not be accepted.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect. We provide advice and support to empower anybody experiencing a mental health problem and we campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.

The Senior Editorial Officer (Young People) will play a key role in Mind’s efforts to develop information that supports young people and their parents/carers and also ensure that Mind’s work in this area is credible, professional and evidence based.

We’ve made a great start on producing information for young people, which we’ve developed with and for young people themselves. You will help us produce more and refine what we already have, engage with young people to understand what they need and make sure the information is reaching them when and where they need it. With strong interpersonal and communication skills, you will engage with internal and external stakeholders. Together with editorial and project management experience, you’ll help us deliver potentially life-changing information to young people.

Experience of working with young people is essential, and an understanding of mental health problems, be that through personal experience, or previous job role, would be highly desirable.

This role is a fixed-term contract until March 2022.

To apply, please follow the link below to our website.

Closing date: 23:59 Sunday 1st December 2019

Interview date: Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December 2019

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

BookTrust, Battersea
Digital Content Editor
Maternity Cover (Fixed Term Contract)
Full Time
Salary: £33,649 per annum 

BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity. We are dedicated to getting children reading. Each year we reach 3.4 million children across the UK with books, resources and support to help develop a love of reading.

In this varied and exiting role, you will manage the BookTrust website and ensure that all social media channels are engaging, accurate, accessible and promote the aims of the organisation. You will also monitor the performance of the BookTrust website and social media platforms and work to extend our reach to target audiences. You will also oversee, coordinate and create regular content for promotion on our social media channels and support BookTrust activities (programmes, campaigns and prizes) by delivering new content and functionality as needed.

This role is ideal for someone with a broad range of knowledge of digital media, social media and technology content management systems (ideally Episerver), as well as someone with experience in digital administration and editing. A knowledge of the world of children’s books is desirable. The successful candidate will be highly proficient with Microsoft Office and Photoshop and ideally familiar with range of software packages including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite. The ideal candidate will also be a good problem solver and should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Find out more about who we are, including a job description and details of how to apply, please visit our website.

Closing date: Tuesday, 26th November 2019, 16:00

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

NCVO has a reputation as an authoritative voice for the charity sector: our robust, actionable policy positions and campaigns are built upon a strong research and evidence base and an engaged membership. You’ll help us to build on this reputation through excellent communications.

Able to get stuck in to projects from media relations to corporate communications and internal communications, you’ll likely have a background in public relations, but it won’t be all you want to do in your next role.

You’ll support staff with media work, find opportunities to highlight our messages, and also develop relationships with our members to help showcase their work. You’ll also help us create content for our own channels, such as email and social media.

You’ll be part of the communications team at NCVO, which is responsible for media and internal communications, as well as parliamentary and stakeholder relations, and you’ll work closely with colleagues in our digital and marketing teams. Coordinating our communications to make sure our messages are heard by the right audiences at the right time will be an important aspect of your job.

We’re looking for someone with the judgement to help us frame our issues in the right way and the writing ability to help us explain our work clearly. We’re looking for someone with excellent news sense and political judgement, and who has the initiative to spot issues and deal with them sensitively and effectively.

NCVO is a positive and supportive place to work, and you’ll be joining us at an exciting time as we get the ball rolling on a new strategy to inform our future priorities.

NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector.  We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work for us and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities.  We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented in NCVO. As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know.

How to apply

Please visit our website for more information on this opportunity and to apply.

If you have any queries regarding our vacancies or experience any issues submitting your application form, please email us or phone us, details available on our website.

Closing date: 09:00 Monday 25 November 2019
Interviews: Monday 9 December and Tuesday 10 December 2019

About NCVO

Each day, millions of people make a difference to the causes they believe in through voluntary organisations and volunteering.

This thriving voluntary sector and volunteer movement are essential for a better society – especially in times of challenge and change.

That’s why, inspired and empowered by our 14,000 members, NCVO champions the voluntary sector and volunteering. We do this by connecting, representing and supporting voluntary organisations, from the smallest community groups to the largest charities.

NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone.

Charity No. 225922.

Benefits for NCVO employees

NCVO offers attractive benefits including: 25 days’ annual leave (for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff) and the option to purchase up to 5 more days each year, take 35 hours of volunteering leave per year, subsidised gym membership, season ticket loan, flexible working including opportunities to work from home/off-site, generous contributions to a stakeholder pension scheme and training and development opportunities. We are located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern accessible building, overlooking Regent’s canal. 

Music, it’s in our DNA. And as the largest music therapy charity in the UK, at Nordoff Robbins we use the power of music to enrich the lives of people affected by life limiting illness, isolation or disability.

We’re looking for someone creative, confident and enthusiastic who loves music and wants to play a key role in delivering innovative and engaging social media and digital content for Nordoff Robbins.

As part of our successful communications team, the Digital and Social Media Officer will play a pivotal role in creating content that resonates with our audiences and helps us achieve our ambitious objectives to grow our supporter base. We’re looking for a creative self-starter who can produce compelling content – including social media posts, website articles, graphics and short films. A flair for design would be very useful in this role.

As a charity with a historic connection to the UK music industry and that uses the power of music therapy to enrich the lives of people affected by life limiting illness, isolation or disability, music is at the heart of what we do. You’ll be championing music and music therapy across our digital channels as well as promoting our high-profile fundraisers, and you’ll be working closely with colleagues across the organisation to source content and tell stories that champion the incredible work we’re doing to enrich lives through music.

To apply, please send a copy of your CV along with a covering letter explaining how you meet the person specification by no later than 5pm on 20th November 2019.

The successful applicant will require a basic DBS disclosure.

The role

Breast Cancer Now’s researchers are working tirelessly to find ways to prevent breast cancer, to stop people dying from the disease and to improve the lives of those affected by breast cancer. Right now, we’re funding just over £26 million worth of ground-breaking research projects and supporting almost 340 of the world’s brightest researchers.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the newly formed Policy, Evidence and Influencing team, and alongside our research team, to help to ensure a supportive environment for breast cancer research.

You will develop evidence-based positions and recommendations and build strong relationships with key external stakeholders on medical research policy and other related areas. You will act as a source of expertise across the organisation and externally, working with colleagues to support the development and delivery of influencing strategies, and developing contacts and relationships to increase the charity’s profile.

You will work within the Communications & Influencing Directorate which markets and communicates the new charity, its work and impact to all those affected by the disease, provide high quality information about breast cancer, and keep the cause and patient voice high on the policy, political and media agenda to influence policy and practice.

About you

You will have experience of working in a relevant policy role delivering significant change, of undertaking research and analysing data to support policy development, and of advising on the development of influencing strategies. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to manage projects and think strategically, and to build strong relationships with external stakeholders to influence change. You will have an excellent understanding of the current policy landscape.

About us

In April 2019, Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now united to create one charity for everyone affected by breast cancer. From research to care, our new charity has people affected by the disease at its heart – providing support for today and hope for the future. United, we can carry out even more world-class research, provide even more life-changing support and campaign even more effectively for better services and care.

By bringing together our passion, energy, expertise, funds and networks, we will make greater progress in more effective ways to make sure that, by 2050, everyone who develops breast cancer will live and receive the support they need to live well. 

For further information and to apply

Please download a copy of the job description and person specification. Please submit your application through our online application portal.

Closing date: 11:55pm on Sunday 24 November 2019

Interview date: Wednesday 4 December 2019

Job title: Senior Communications Officer

Office Location: Haywards Heath

Salary: £35,440 per annum

Contract: Fixed term contract until June 2023

Sightsavers are seeking a tenacious, committed and experienced communications professional to join the organisation at a very exciting time for our Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) work. The focus of this role is to generate further support for our efforts towards eliminating NTDs partly by leading on communications activities for Accelerate, a $105 million fund to accelerate the elimination of blinding trachoma, and to raise awareness of Sightsavers globally.

You will join Sightsavers at a historic time, where through global collaboration, we could be just years away from eliminating NTDs like trachoma. As part of this you will work with the NTDs Communications Manager and other colleagues to develop, deliver and evaluate integrated communication campaigns and lead high-profile communications activities to raise awareness of our NTD programmes. You will also be responsible for delivering engaging and creative digital content for a variety of audiences whilst working with relevant teams, designers, suppliers and agencies.

You will also help to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including INGOs, donors, academic and research bodies and coalition groups to help raise awareness of NTDs and related issues. You will also work closely with the NTDs Communications Manager and other teams to ensure departmental success, learnings and opportunities are communicated and contributes towards continuous improvement in communications across Sightsavers.

The ideal candidate will possess previous experience in a communications role, will be degree educated or have significant related experience, or strong commitment to this area, able to demonstrate prior work across a wide range of communication channels, have strong project management skills and show interest in NTDs, global health and international development.

Fluency in English is required, with a working knowledge of French being an advantage.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills, please read the complete Job Description for further details.

Closing date: 24 November 2019

Interviews: Week commencing 2nd December 2019

As an equal opportunities employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community.  Qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

The role

Are you passionate about supporting people to have their voices heard and their rights respected? Are you looking to progress your career in Policy and Public Affairs work with one of the UK’s leading voice and rights charities?

VoiceAbility has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join our successful influencing team as a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer. Working with colleagues within VoiceAbility and external stakeholders (including people with lived experience, parliamentarians, decision makers and opinion formers) you will have a lead role in delivering our influencing objectives around health and social care.  As a new post, there is also scope to shape the agenda and areas of work.

This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week, based at our Cambridge office (though London will be considered).

About us

VoiceAbility is one of the largest and longest-established voice and rights charities providing a range of independent advocacy and user involvement services. We support people to be heard at critical moments in their lives, and to be fully involved in decisions that affect them. We work with over 30,000 adults and young people each year, including people with a learning disability, autism, mental health issues, dementia and other disabilities. We’re embarking on an ambitious strategy to explore new ways of achieving our mission and support more people to have their voice heard.  To further this objective we are creating this new post of Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer.

About you

We would like to hear from you if you have experience of actively influencing the public policy agenda and are passionate about achieving change for people with disabilities and their families.

The successful candidate must have the ability to understand and analyse complex information from multiple sources, particularly those related to health and social care, and identify opportunities to influence. You must be an excellent communicator (written, oral and digital) with a strong track record in building positive relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, policy makers and opinion formers. 

Benefits

Working at VoiceAbility can be very rewarding.  We can offer you 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays; 5% employer pension & 3% employee contribution; Salary sacrifice pension scheme; Separate Life Assurance Cover; Staff discount scheme including supermarkets, fashion, restaurants, cinemas, holidays and much more; Discounted Gym Membership; Cycle to Work; Employee Assistance programme; Supportive working environment fostering a good work/life balance; Support with professional development.

To apply

To apply for this role, please complete the online application and upload your CV detailing your work history.

Closing date: Sunday 1st December 2019

First Interview date: Tuesday, 10th December 2019

Second Interview date: tbc – but before 17th December 2019

Senior Digital Content Officer - £41,000, London, Health Regulator

• Do you have notable digital content experience in a complex or regulated environment?
• Do you have a background in managing the whole web content journey?
• Do you have an interest in the health sector?
• Would you like to work for a well-known regulator?

Pro-Marketing is working alongside a notable London based regulator who are seeking a new Senior Digital Content Officer. The Senior Digital Content Officer will work closely with key business areas of the organisation in commissioning effective and engaging content for the company website and other digital channels.

What's great about this organisation?

• Great brand
• Lovely well-located London offices
• 30 days annual leave (plus public holidays)
• Attractive pension scheme
• Perkbox
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Subsidised on-site restaurant
• Season ticket loan
• Agile and flexible working

In this role you will be responsible for…

• Working closely with key business areas of the organisation in commissioning effective and engaging content for the company website and other digital channels
• Contributing to the development of the organisation's digital content strategy
• Utilising customer feedback and analytics to improve user experience
• Ensuring all content is aligned with the organisation's brand and tone of voice
• Ensuring that all content is legally compliant
• Helping to establish innovative online developments by working closely with developers, UX designers and product managers
• Supporting the wider digital communications team with creating content for the organisation's social media channels and helping with mass mailers

You will be ideally suited for this role if you have…

• Proven experience of digital content for websites preferably in complex or regulated industries
• Substantial CMS experience (this organisation uses Episerver, but exposure to Sitecore, SharePoint and or WordPress would be highly appealing too)
• An excellent Google Analytics background
• A digital flare for tech would be very helpful
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Experience of working with developers, UX designers and product managers would be very desirable
• An understanding or interest in health and or care would be highly appealing

What next?

If you are interested in applying for this Senior Digital Content Officer, or in learning more, then contact me ASAP:

Tel: 020 7269 6338

Email:

ProTax is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

This is a key income generation role for Premier, the UK’s leading Christian Media charity and will involve; relationship building with a wide range of supporters and stakeholders to secure long-term financial support for the charity.  

This role will work within a small but dynamic fundraising team to build Premier’s Major Donor supporter base. Identifying and cultivating potential supporters of Premier through our expansive network of relationships, bringing supporters into committed giving programmes and raising funds for Premier’s Leap Of Faith capital campaign which will raise funds to establish the first ever Centre of Digital Excellence for Christian Media in the UK.

A unique opportunity for a talented fundraiser to expand their experience in an exciting media environment which will involve relationship building with high net worth individuals and through prestige events, working with audiences of brands such as Premier Christian Radio, Christianity magazine and Unbelievable? 

JOB TITLE: Senior Major Donor Fundraiser 

LOCATION: London (SW1P)

HOURS OF WORK: 35 per week

CONTRACT: Permanent

REPORTING TO: Director of Fundraising

SALARY: £40,000 - £45,000pa depending on skills and experience

Key tasks and responsibilities;

Prospect/Donor Engagement:

• Be an engaging, empathetic and effective ambassador for Premier
• Contribute to the development of effective cases for support and wider fundraising materials to ensure integration of core messaging and strategic objectives Implement agreed Major Donor fundraising strategies
• Manage a portfolio of donors & prospects, in order to generate major gifts and multi-year pledges, through a mix of face-to-face and desk-based (phone) relationship building
• Establishing a pipeline of opportunity and delivering all aspects of the donor journey including research, cultivation, briefing, ask and stewardship phases for each prospect either in person or by the CEO, other senior colleagues, Board members or volunteer ambassadors
• Achieve donation targets by growing support from existing Major Donors, as well as identifying and securing new Major Donors, bringing them into a closer relationship with Premier
• Help organise and manage regular cultivation events for prospective donors
• Attend cultivation events e.g. parliamentary events in the House Of Lords, music events such as the Premier Gospel Awards, awards ceremonies and a wide variety of conferencing events throughout the UK, with the aim of leveraging the events programme and content production to build a strong portfolio of relationships and/or in support of the wider fundraising programme

Reporting and Pipeline Development:

• Conduct ongoing desk-based research to qualify existing contacts, maximising on Premier’s extensive existing database
• Maintain a diary of one to one prospect meetings at Premier’s radio studios in Central London
• Maintain accurate records of interactions with donors and volunteer leaders and regularly update a tracking system
• Deliver responsible fundraising as per the IOF Code of Practice, demonstrating a genuine duty of care for Premier’s supporter base.  

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

Qualifications and Experience; 

• Degree educated/Member of Institute of Fundraising 
• At least 4 years’ experience working in face to face cultivation of support which could be within Community, Corporate or Major Donor fundraising roles
• Good demonstrable experience in target driven roles
• Proven success in relationship building and creativity in approach, taking a prospect through to Major Donor status
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Institute of Fundraising accreditation (desirable but not essential)
• Familiarity with Raisers Edge (desirable but not essential)

Abilities and skills; 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – spoken, written & face-to-face
• An understanding of the broad Christian community
• Confident in relationship building with a natural ability to adapt appropriately to different audiences
• Highly developed organisational, administrative skills and the competency to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proficient IT skills and related software packages
• Results driven but a team player
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends

Regional travel may be required so an ability & enthusiasm for travel is essential

Personal Qualities; 

• Ambitious and pro-active nature

The post-holder will work within a Christian environment and therefore it will be necessary for the post-holder to have sympathy and understanding for the Christian faith

Due to the number of applications we receive, we cannot reply to unsuccessful candidates, therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date please accept that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.

Premier reserves the right to conduct interviews before the closing date for application.

YMCA England & Wales is looking for a Digital Communications Officer to manage the organisation’s social and online presence.

Working in a vibrant communications team, the Digital Communications Officer will lead on YMCA England & Wales’ web and social media output promoting our organisation, research and campaign work.

The role will focus on co-ordinating and growing the digital activity for the largest and oldest youth charity in the world, alongside working with the wider 116 member strong YMCA federation to ensure alignment of messaging, branding and imagery throughout YMCAs digital channels.

The successful candidate should have experience of working in a complex communications environment and planning campaigns as part of wider communications; knowledge of online campaigning techniques; excellent written and oral communications skills; and excellent attention to detail.

Reporting to the Head of Communications, they will have an in depth knowledge of managing social media and communications campaigns. They will also have experience in developing a wide range of targeted communication materials, including utilising case studies and developing digital content.

YMCA is the largest and oldest youth charity in the world, helping more than 58 million people across 119 countries. Across England and Wales, YMCAs operate in more than 740 different communities and, support almost 230,000 young people with accommodation, training and education, health and wellbeing, support and advice and family work. YMCA England & Wales is the national council of YMCAs in England and Wales.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 1 December 2019. Interviews are scheduled to take place during the week commencing 9 December 2019.

If you think you have the energy, enthusiasm and determination for excellence then we want to hear from you.

We offer a range of staff benefits including company pension, life assurance and a health care cash plan scheme.  We also offer annual season ticket and gym membership loans.

Please note that should you be successful in your application you will be required to complete a safeguarding self-declaration form, undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and have two professional reference checks.

If you don't hear anything within 4 weeks, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion and your details will be kept on file for 6 months.

Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer and be responsible for maintaining and supporting the infrastructure platforms that our teams rely on.

In our Support Services department, we fight for children every single day. We provide leadership and direction in the business of running an efficient organisation. We ensure our resources are used to maximum effect. We go the extra mile - and we don’t rest until the work is done.

As Senior Infrastructure Engineer you will be the design authority for all physical and virtual infrastructures, enterprise storage and cloud technologies focussing on Office365 and Azure. You will assist in the development of the 1st/2nd line support function, working with the 3rd Line application and network teams to ensure that all systems and support are aligned with technical and business requirements. In addition you will:

• Be expected to liaise with all levels of computer users, support staff and outside vendors to quickly understand, evaluate and remedy server and network technical support issues as and when they occur
• Work with 2nd line and the Service Desk in incident resolution and problem management, also providing guidance and knowledge transfer for specific tasks
• Provide 3rd Line infrastructure support to Save the Children UK users within the defined SLA’s, prioritising workload where needed and managing conflict resolution
• Ensure that detailed documentation is in place for all infrastructure systems in the live production and test environments to enable existing and new team members to support Save the Children UK infrastructure.

To be successful you will be a self-starter with excellent interpersonal and analytical skills with an MCSE or equivalent. You will have a good understanding of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 – 2016, Microsoft Hyper-V clustering and  proficiency in managing and configuring AD, DFS, DNS, Group Policy, ADFS, etc. In addition you will preferably have experience in:

• VMware ESXi clustering
• Microsoft Office 365: Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business
• Backup/Disaster Recovery Products
• Anti-Virus Products
• Microsoft RDS/VDI Deployments
• Microsoft Azure technologies including Azure ADDS, VMs, Enterprise apps, Storage accounts, Virtual networks, B2B, etc.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

If you share our belief in the power of children, join the fight. It takes relentless determination, creativity and a real commitment to real change. Because every child should be able to make their mark on their world, and help to build a better future. We look forward to hearing from you.

To apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 22nd November 2019