Population Matters is looking for an experienced Senior Campaigner to play a key role in achieving our vision of a future in which a stable human population co-exists in harmony with nature and a healthy planet. 

The Senior Campaigner will be a role model and driver of success in our four-person Campaigns and Communications team. You will help shape our policies and strategy, but most important of all will relish the responsibility of delivering designated campaigns to a high professional standard, with support from the Head of Campaigns but a great deal of independence. This role requires at least three years’ campaigning experience, or similar, in the charity/NGO sector.

Population Matters has no central office - the role is home-based and, in line with our strategy of increasing Population Matters’ global reach, you may be based in any country. Flexibility in working hours can be negotiated for overseas candidates but you will be expected to regularly meet and work directly with colleagues during UK working hours. Being self-motivated, disciplined and able to work on your own initiative and virtually is therefore a key requirement for this role. Some travel may be required (expenses paid).

Your successful track record as a campaigner will show your in-depth understanding of the process of developing effective campaigns, and how to implement and adapt them in changing circumstances. You are adept at establishing and developing great stakeholder relationships, and confident in representing your organisation at events, at meetings and in the media.  You are sensitive to the challenges and opportunities of developing and managing relationships with individuals and organisations internationally. You also have the analytical and communication skills needed to bring our message home to audiences of all kinds, including the ability to write authoritative and impactful reports, lobbying material and other communications. 

Most importantly, you are passionate about protecting our planet, securing global justice, empowering people and communicating our positive message. You will be tackling challenging issues and obstacles, including institutional inertia, entrenched views, and sometimes suspicion of the population agenda. You will need to be flexible, creative, committed and dogged, and you’ll be working in a supportive, committed team where those skills will be shared and valued.

About Us

Population Matters (PM) is a UK-based charity working globally to achieve a sustainable future for people and planet. 

Our Vision is a future in which a stable human population co-exists in harmony with nature and prospers on a healthy planet, to the benefit of all.

Our Mission is to drive positive, large-scale action through fostering choices that help achieve a sustainable human population and regenerate our environment. 

Our Approach is to campaign, inform, lobby, undertake research and do all we can to encourage an open, fair-minded and constructive debate about population. We promote positive, practical, ethical solutions – encouraging smaller families, inspiring people to consume sustainably, with the aim of enabling everyone to enjoy a decent quality of life whilst respecting and sustaining the natural ecosystems upon which all life on earth depends.

We believe everyone should have the freedom and ability to choose a smaller family.  We support human rights, women’s empowerment and global justice.

OUR CURRENT CONTEXT

From three employees in 2016 to 10 in 2020, Population Matters has grown its team and ambitions significantly in the last few years. Our goal is ‘Take PM Global’ over the next 3-5 years, extending our reach and impact globally, strengthening existing partnerships and forging new ones, and influencing and effecting change through international policy forums and processes. In developing these new relationships and activities, we will be respectful, sensitive and willing to learn from our partners and other stakeholders. We will maintain a truly global perspective, whilst in parallel, we will continue to enable individuals and communities to make informed choices at the personal and grassroots level.

Join our campaigns team

We have a positive story to tell, and much to achieve. Growing human population is one of the most important drivers of our environmental crisis and in many parts of the world, is holding people back from leading the lives they deserve to lead. Alongside reckless and unsustainable consumption, the billions we’ve added to our numbers in the last few decades are punishing our planet. Multiple scientific studies and international reports repeatedly affirm that it must be tackled if we’re to contain environmental crises such as the climate emergency and the sixth mass extinction. Meanwhile, from poverty to patriarchy, population is inextricably linked with some of our gravest economic and social global justice issues.

The good news is that the solutions are all positive:

• Eradicate poverty and inequality
• Empower women and girls
• Provide a proper education for all
• Ensure everyone is free and able to use modern family planning
• Promote the benefits of smaller families

Population is far from the only driver of our current environmental crisis, and Population Matters supports multiple solutions to address it. Our role, however, is to highlight this one, and help it assume its proper place on the policy agenda. We are not just the only registered charity addressing this issue in the UK, we are the largest and most effective campaigning organisation on population internationally.

Leveraging scientific consensus and public concern to achieve change is our challenge, and our opportunity. We need an ambitious, capable and brave campaigner, willing to tackle inertia, misunderstanding and prejudice, forge positive relationships with friends and allies, and find effective ways of promoting the effective, ethical solutions that will empower people, improve lives, protect our planet and help achieve global justice.

Salary Range and Terms and Conditions

UK based: Salary range: £30-35,000pa; 6% employer’s pension contribution

Contractor status on suitable terms will be considered for overseas candidates

Population Matters is a virtual organisation and the position is home-based, with regular meetings by video and, where possible, in person with other members of the team. Some travel within (for UK-post holders), to, and/or outside the UK is likely (expenses paid). The role is offered on a full-time basis, but we are willing to consider other arrangements in certain circumstances.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Population Matters is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or any other category protected by law.

Please apply by submitting a CV and covering letter (no more than 500 words) via CharityJobs 

The deadline for applications is midday on Friday 5th February 2021. Interviews will be held between 18th - 26th February 2021. 

We’re sorry but due to our size it may not be possible to respond to every application.  If you have not heard from us by 17th February 2021 you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.  Thank you for your interest in Population Matters.

About the Trade Justice Movement

The Trade Justice Movement is a UK coalition of organisations advocating for trade justice, including trade unions, aid agencies, environment and human rights campaigns.

TJM has led advocacy on issues including the privileges offered to investors, democratic scrutiny of trade agreements and the impact of trade deals on climate change and the environment. We play an important role in supporting politicians, the media and other civil society organisations in developing their understanding of and ability to engage in trade debates.

Following the Brexit vote, international trade became a key focus for government and the media. The UK has a unique opportunity to develop trade policy which is aligned with climate goals. However, to date there is no clear strategy to ensure this happens. This role will help us to use our existing research and policy proposals to shape media debates and ensure that civil society organisations are equipped to act.

About the role

The Senior Communications Adviser’s role is to raise the profile of TJM’s work on trade and climate change:

• Develop a strategy and help TJM to build our reputation for strong expertise and analysis in trade and climate policy.
• Lead TJM’s communications on trade and climate change with civil society, the media and online.
• Convene TJM’s network of partner organisations and develop new relationships so that an increased number of organisations advocate in trade and climate policy in partnership with TJM.
• Support TJM’s influencing work within key civil service departments including Cabinet Office, BEIS, DIT and Defra and with the aim of influencing the UK’s approach to COP26 and beyond.

Working with a small team, you will need both a strong ability to develop innovative approaches in the areas identified, manage your time and work plan and to be proactive in developing networks. This is an exciting opportunity to make a big impact as the UK develops its independent trade policy and hosts COP26.

Role Description

Trade and Climate Communications Strategy

• Develop TJM’s strategy for communications with the media and civil society organisations in this area, taking into account the political and media context and the need to achieve impact with minimal resources.

Development of External and Network Communications

• Lead the delivery of TJM’s communications with the media and civil society organisations on trade and climate change, including identifying key audiences and tailoring messaging to them.
• Build TJM’s media profile and networks, including through regular press releases, developing opportunities to place opinion pieces, and increasing TJM’s social media presence.
• Establish effective, regular communications with member and partner organisations.
• Maintain TJM’s web content on this issue.

Convening Civil Society Organisations

• Provide opportunities for civil society organisations to collaborate and advocate in this area, including through regular meetings, joint letters and engagement with civil service departments. 
• Organise a number of seminars and briefing meetings for TJM members to build civil society capacity on trade and climate change.
• Work with the Senior Adviser to engage with existing climate change forums.

Institutional Engagement

• Develop and maintain relationships with key UK civil service departments including Cabinet Office, BEIS, DIT and Defra.
• Where appropriate, identify and engage with other international institutions, this might include the WTO, the UN or the OECD.
• Work with other team members to respond to opportunities to engage including consultation responses, meetings and online forums.
• Track preparations for COP26 and highlight opportunities to influence the process, as well as the UK’s broader trade and climate policies.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Establish and maintain good monitoring systems against project aims.

Hours of work: Full time - flexible working can be discussed with the line manager

This role reports to: TJM Senior Adviser

Staff reporting to this post: None

Key competencies

Essential

• Good knowledge of international trade rules, climate policy or of an equivalent macroeconomic or environmental issue.
• Experience of the management and delivery of effective external communications at a senior level. 
• A demonstrated ability to develop and maintain networks and relationships.
• A demonstrated ability to influence across a diversity of organisations, journalists and civil service departments at a senior level.
• Excellent analytical skills and political awareness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrable project management skills, including budget management.
• Strong ability to work independently, with minimal supervision, initiating own work, prioritizing and meeting deadlines.

Desirable

• Ability to travel occasionally and work outside normal working hours when necessary

Philanthropy Manager, Feed the Minds

Contract: Fixed term 18-months

Salary: c£37k

Location: Vauxhall, London

About our work

Feed the Minds is a small, but ambitious UK-based international development organisation, operating in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Our projects emphasise partnership and sustainable solutions promoting economic empowerment, health, and citizenship through practical education. Our funding comes from a wide variety of sources, and we are keen to diversify our funding streams.

About the role

The right person will have several years’ experience of fundraising and securing 6+ figure gifts from statutory, corporates and trusts and foundations that act like institutions etc., to build a sustainable portfolio to enable Feed the Minds to fund the work that we undertake. In this newly created role, you will join a small but high performing team.  You will think strategically and lead on sourcing and responding to new funding opportunities.

Due to current circumstances this role will initially be home based. 

Closing date for applications: 5pm 28th January 2021

To apply, please send your current CV and a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) stating how you meet the person specification to Sandra Golding (by clicking on the apply now).  The job description with person specification is attached.  Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Thursday 11th February 2021

We do not wish to be contacted by recruitment agencies.  Thank you.

SOAR Community is seeking an experienced and skilled manager to lead and inspire a dedicated team of professionals to improve the economic, health and wellbeing of individuals and communities in the diverse and vibrant neighbourhoods of North Sheffield.

Supported by an enthusiastic and experienced Board of Trustees, the successful candidate is likely to be a driven competent people-person with a good understanding and knowledge of VCF organisations, social and economic regeneration, and community and partnership development. S/he will be committed to leading an asset-based approach that enables people and diverse communities to thrive, and will have the following literacies: people, business, and financial.

SOAR leads, supports and develops four Community Partnerships, manages an estate of 10 buildings, 38 staff, and has a combined turnover of £1.4m (2019/20).

“SOAR embraces diversity and equal opportunities in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be”.

To download an application pack, please visit our website.

CAF is seeking a dynamic Senior Manager to lead our strategic consultancy service and business development strategy for charities. This is a key role in CAF’s Programmes and External Affairs division that understands the unique qualities of the support and information that CAF provides for the sector.

You will be a skilled consultant comfortable with managing a high performing team. You will have excellent project management skills with a sound understanding of the charity sector particularly in relation to governance, fundraising, income generation and grant making. To be successful in this role you will have strong networks and be motivated to significantly grow CAF’s Charity Advisory & Grant Making services to new levels.  A natural team player you will be equally adept at facilitating a challenging discussion with the senior leadership team of a large charity as you are at interpreting the charitable aspirations of corporates and philanthropists. Most importantly you will be able to demonstrate a commitment to CAF’s mission and your ability to contribute to it.

CAF is a Disability Confident Employer. We guarantee to interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please advise us if you consider yourself to have a disability.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Senior Humanitarian & Business Development Manager

Salary: £36,994 per annum, depending on experience + good range of benefits

Contract: Permanent – 36.5 hours per week

Based: Milton Keynes – Currently home working during COVID-19

World Vision is an international children’s charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries.

Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy we have helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. And as a Christian organisation, everything we do is motivated by our faith as we strive to reflect God’s unconditional love.

Work for World Vision UK and you will be part of an exciting and a truly global Partnership, building brighter futures for vulnerable children.

Job Purpose

The Senior Humanitarian & Business Development Manager will join the Business Development and Acquisition Unit at World Vision United Kingdom (WVUK) and will be responsible for ensuring WVUK maximises its impact on the lives of the most vulnerable children in fragile states, emergency response and developing contexts through effective cross-organisational coordination. With a drive for influencing the humanitarian sector, you will be actively engaged in external networks, and will manage a small team, responsible for establishing a sustainable and diversified institutional funding pipeline (grants, tenders, and innovative funding opportunities). You will build and maintain strong relationships with the World Vision International (WVI) Global Centre and Regional Office Resource Development Hubs and will support WVUKs’ MEAL and Research Advisors to identify and secure strategic research partnerships that contribute to effective programming and support WVUKs’ culture of learning.

WVUK is seeking to find a person with the following knowledge, skills, and experience:

· An excellent understanding of humanitarian and development theory, process, and practice, including current humanitarian aid discourse, such as standards relating to quality and accountability in the aid sector (e.g., SPHERE, ICRC Code of Conduct, HAPI, etc.) 

· Demonstrated knowledge and competence in assessment, design, and project cycle management for multi sector programmes in large complex and rapid on set emergencies. 

· Minimum Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline. 

· Significant management experience and active engagement in the humanitarian industry.

· Demonstrable understanding of the design requirements and regulations of major institutional donors, e.g., FCDO, EU, Start Fund, World Bank and Trusts and Foundations.

· Strong track record of working with, managing, and developing relationships with consortium partners

· Strong financial management and reporting skills, strong quality assurance and proven experience of good quality proposal writing skills.

As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.

In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including pension, generous holiday entitlement and free parking (MK only).

Please click the link provided to view the full job description

Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter stating how you meet the essential criteria given in the Job Description.

Closing date for applications: 7 February 2021

Interview dates: 15 & 16 February 2021

Please note, we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the advertised closing date.

World Vision UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We welcome applications from people representing all sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.

As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

By submitting your application, you understand and accept that World Vision UK will process the data you provide for the purposes of your application and in accordance with the World Vision UK - Job Applicant Privacy Notice is available on our website.

No agencies please.

About the Freedom Fund

The Freedom Fund is a leader in the global movement to end slavery. It:

• invests in those countries and sectors with the greatest incidence of slavery.
• analyses which interventions work best and shares that knowledge.
• brings together a community of activists committed to ending slavery and empowered by the knowledge of how best to do so.
• generates funding by demonstrating how effective interventions can protect those at risk of being enslaved and free those in slavery.

The Freedom Fund now has programs in India, Ethiopia, Thailand, Nepal, Brazil and Myanmar and will open new programmes in Indonesia and Bangladesh in 2021. It currently supports and funds over 140 partners around the world.

About the position

This is an exciting and demanding role for an outstanding individual with experience in managing and implementing development and human rights programs. The successful candidate will manage our Asia-Pacific regional seafood program, including two grassroots country programs (‘hotspots’) in Thailand and Indonesia. The seafood program is focused on reducing labour exploitation and forced labour in seafood supply chains in key countries in the region and has a strong focus on improving accountability and oversight in the supply chain, improving worker agency and safer migration. Knowledge and experience working in labour rights, business and human rights and migration is preferred.  S/he will join a growing London-based office and work closely with the Freedom Fund’s consultants in Thailand and Indonesia and in partnership with our joint-implementer, Humanity United, to design and deliver quality programs, measure their impact, and support research and learning on behalf of the wider anti-slavery sector. S/he will line manage a small number of posts in Thailand and Indonesia.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Freedom Fund Asia-Pacific seafood program grants, including to two grassroots country programs (‘hotspots’) granting to approximately nine local CSOs across Thailand and Indonesia, and co-manage with Humanity United up to 10 grants to international organisations.
• Line manage country-based teams in Thailand and Indonesia who are responsible for the day-to-day delivery of hotspot programs.
• Monitor program strategy, impact and performance against objectives.
• Identify, commission and oversee relevant technical assistance and capacity building for local grassroots partners when required.
• Manage relationships with relevant grant management staff and partners.
• Commission/manage program evaluations by independent research institutions and ensure that lessons are appropriately shared and acted upon.
• Coordinate with the Freedom Fund’s global initiative team, particularly the strategic litigation and supply chain global initiatives.
• Provide research, monitoring and evaluation and other support as directed.

Qualifications and experience

The Freedom Fund seeks an energetic, thoughtful and committed Senior Program Manager for this 12-month maternity cover position. The ideal candidate should be capable of operating with a high level of professionalism in a range of global settings. The successful candidate will have experience working with poor and marginalised communities, a track record of implementing development programs with a strong monitoring and evaluation component and a thorough understanding of labour rights, supply chains and migration issues.

Essential

• At least ten years of directly relevant experience, with significant time in the Global South
• Direct experience of working with marginalised communities
• Management experience
• Experience of designing, implementing and reviewing strategies
• Experience employing rigorous monitoring and evaluation techniques and clear understanding of possibilities and limits of M&E in development
• Experience working with private and public donors
• Experience preparing and managing budgets
• Strong understanding of labour rights, business and human rights (in relation to supply chains), safe migration and worker agency in the international development context
• Bachelor’s degree
• Entitled to work in the UK without work permit sponsorship from the Freedom Fund

Desirable

• Advanced degree
• Experience in the anti-slavery sector and in countries with a high incidence of slavery
• Experience working on issues related to labour migration
• Experience in Thailand and/or Indonesia
• Knowledge of languages other than English
• Experience in grant-making

Personal attributes

Essential

• Team player committed to the Freedom Fund’s values and passionate about human rights issues
• Ability to build relationships with a wide range of individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to work independently, displaying strong initiative in solving day-to-day problems with limited direction
• Ability to motivate and support direct reports and build a high functioning team
• Outstanding oral and written English communication skills and ability to present information in compelling ways
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively (estimated 25% of time)

Compensation

• £45,000 - £52,000 per year, depending on experience
• 10% non-contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday per year, plus public holidays

Senior Cost Manager, package up to £82,000: Birmingham

For the largest and most exciting transport projects in Europe, we are recruiting a Senior Cost Manager to support the Head of Cost Performance at Programme and Area level. The Senior Cost Manager will be managing a team of up to 6 Cost Managers and will be leading on the management of budgets, actual costs, forecasts, and Earned Value Management (EVM) to support the successful delivery of this major infrastructure project. Sitting in the Phase One Project Controls function, this role is part of the directorate which includes Baseline Maintenance, Schedule Management, Cost Performance, Change Management and Performance Reporting.

Main Duties:

• Lead on the analysis and verification of programme and area level cost performance
• Lead on the validation of cost performance data submitted by Area teams
• Develop overall programme performance reports to communicate current performance to Project Controls Director, including Earned Value Management, forecasted costs and EAC pressures.
• Support the Head of Cost Performance in the management of the Cost Management team
• Ensure adherence with cost performance processes and procedures
• Provide technical support to Project Controls Managers on cost performance
• Engage with stakeholders across Cost and Estimating, Project Controls, Project Client Directors, Commercial and Contractor organisations
• Work closely with Areas to develop defined work-streams to enhance cost performance

Person Specification:

• Experience in the delivery of cost management or project controls on major programmes as a QS or similar.
• Proven experience in the management of Cost and Performance and project controls within a major project
• Experience in core project controls including baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting etc
• Experience in managing and producing performance reports that summarise cost performance including Budgets, Earned Value Management (EVM) and forecasts on major projects
• Experience of cost management systems including Prism or Ecosys
• Knowledge of Project Controls, Commercial and Finance processes
• Knowledge of NEW contracts, amendments, early warning notices etc
• Knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

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Summary

Partnership working is integral to us achieving our strategic goals. As our Senior Corporate Manager, you will lead and manage your team to generate income, raise awareness and achieve charitable impact via our existing corporate partnerships. Diabetes UK has grown our partnership portfolio in recent years and this trend is set to continue. With your leadership and expertise, we can leverage this momentum and work with partners to generate funds, support and inspire the millions of people living with and at risk of diabetes across the UK. With your help, our partners will help us to prevent diabetes, and one day soon find a cure.

Interview Date(s): 29 January & 1 February 2021

We would consider flexibility on where this role could be based

Package

What we can offer you:

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

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

Main Responsibilities

All of our existing corporate partnerships will sit in your team's portfolio - including our sector leading, £multi-million partnerships with Tesco, Britvic and Pharmaceuticals - and you will work with stakeholders at the highest levels internally and externally to develop these partnerships to the full. You will lead your team to achieve shared partnership goals and grow income generated via corporate partners year on year. Our partners are uniquely placed to change the health of the nation, and the number of partners that want to work with us continues to grow. We are looking for a strategic thinker, with tried and tested experience, to join a successful high value team and help take our corporate partnership programme to the next level.

Ideal Candidate

As our Senior Corporate Manager (Account Management), you will have experience directly managing six and seven figure partnerships. You will have worked on and led partnerships that generate more than just financial return to your organisation, and have experience leveraging partnership channels to raise awareness, build organisational capability and expertise, and deliver value to all parties. You will have management and leadership experience and be able to communicate compellingly, with authority and authenticity. You will be able to inspire and persuade, and have experience innovating approached to deliver additional, sustained value.

Are you a Programme Manager with a genuine interest in the MENA region?

Prospectus is excited to be working on behalf of an organisation that strives to improve democratisation processes around the world through partnering with local institutions that support political engagement. The organisation leads on the delivery of an outstanding portfolio of international programmes in the MENA region, therefore, they are seeking their new Senior Programme Manager- MENA.

Reporting to the Regional Director for MENA, the Senior Programme Manager is expected to oversee the operational implementation and strategic development of programmes as well as providing input into the programme design, support horizon scanning and political context analysis work for the MENA region. Alongside spearheading this specific portfolio of programmes, you will be the pivotal link between the organisation's London office and the field teams making regular overseas visits. You will also partner with the Finance Team to manage the preparation of budget forecasts and support the production of regular financial reports. Last but not least, your duties will include internal and external stakeholders management and business development.

To be successful, you will have International background in project and programme design, implementation and management. You will have line management experience, strong organisational skills and an understanding of programme management systems and tools. The right candidate will be an exceptional communicator and be able to represent the organisation to a wide variety of audiences, will be capable of providing advice and guidance to remote and diverse teams and will have significant experience in managing resources. In-depth political, professional and sectoral knowledge relevant to the region will be beneficial but not essential.

In order to apply, please submit your CV in Word format. Cover letters are not required at this stage. Prospectus will provide a full job description to candidates that will be shortlisted.

The Research Base is an international research consultancy based in Brighton, with a particular focus on education and skills, third sector research and international development. We have worked in over 100 countries internationally and our clients include NGOs, government departments, foundations and bilateral agencies. Our flexible model means that business has continued as normal, to some extent, with team members all working remotely, at home, until it is safe to work together again.

The current team comprises a combination of qualitative and quantitative specialists, as well as project and programme managers; all bring something unique to The Research Base itself and to our work. Since our inception in 2010, we have seen our colleagues take on new challenges, learn new skills and travel to exciting places across the world, always returning to the security of a tight-knit and friendly team.

We are currently seeking a senior research manager to join our team, and to support the delivery of our wide ranging research, intelligence and evaluation projects. The role will include, but not be limited to:

• Scoping, designing, producing and overseeing high quality research projects, including providing technical expertise in the use of quantitative (and potentially qualitative) methodologies.
• Conducting field research effectively, independently and with adherence to the appropriate ethical codes.
• Writing and editing proposals and research reports.
• Liaising and communicating with clients.
• Supervising small teams of researchers and research assistants on elements of individual projects, coaching colleagues and quality assuring colleagues’ work.

This role would usually be based in our Brighton office and require international travel (up to 25%); until office working is permitted and considered safe beyond any reasonable doubt, however, all staff are working remotely from home.

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager (SPM) to join the Services team at Pro Bono Economics (PBE).  This is an exciting opportunity for a senior manager to apply their skills and expertise to a range of interesting projects in the charity sector.  The SPM will work directly with a wide variety of charities – from helping them understand and articulate their impacts to the delivery of full-blown economic evaluation reports outlining their benefits to society.

Post type: Full-time or part-time, fixed-term (24 months). Flexible arrangements will be considered

Reports to: Director of Services

Main duties and tasks:

• Timely delivery of charity projects with volunteers and external consultants, ensuring clear communications and reporting to all relevant stakeholders
• Delivery of the other PBE services including impact workshops
• Line management
• Measure and report on performance, including project evaluations
• Maintain structure and systems to ensure high quality, high value service
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Assist with business development activities
• Assist with marketing and comms activities including development of collateral

About us

Pro Bono Economics uses economics to empower the social sector and to increase wellbeing across the UK. We combine project work for individual charities and social enterprises with policy research that can drive systemic change.

We have worked with over 500 charities since our inception in 2009. Working with our network of both experienced consultant economists and economist volunteers from across the private, public and third sectors, we help charities and social enterprises appreciate their economic and social impact and so improve their overall effectiveness. 

The core deliverables of the services team are impact measurement and evaluations, considered through an economic lens. We work with charities right through their impact measurement lifecycle by:

• Helping them to develop a clear logic model for how their activities link to the outcomes they want to see and identify what data they need to capture, as well as what publicly available data sources they can draw on.
• Providing analytical support to allow charities to make statements such as ‘for every £1 invested in our work, we deliver £x of benefits to wider society’ and/or demonstrate their value in wellbeing terms. Organisations have used the findings from our evaluations to support campaigning, fundraising and to improve service delivery.

More recently, we have embarked on an exciting new phase of our development, adding a dedicated in-house research and policy function to supplement our charity projects with ‘macro’ insights into the value and the potential of civil society in the 2020s. Armed with fresh content, we want to play an enhanced role in actively shaping the policy debate in the UK.

About you

We are looking for an exceptional candidate with strong experience working in a senior service delivery role. This role would suit a candidate with a passion for delivery excellence and who is excited by the prospect of working in a growing charity, helping the Director of Services shape services delivery.  You should thrive on working in a team environment and have an interest in impact evaluation and putting your influencing skills to good use to achieve the goals of the projects.

Ideal characteristics include:

• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to work collaboratively
• Great problem-solving skills
• An eye for detail and a strong dedication to quality
• Proven ability to work independently and manage priorities, deadlines and projects that may involve multiple contributors, including volunteers
• Strong people manager
• A commitment to PBE’s focus on using economics to drive wellbeing improvements in the UK

Desirable characteristics include:

• Experience working with CRM systems; and
• Knowledge of/experience in the voluntary sector

PBE is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity
 

This role has been funded as the result of the generosity of our supporters, who wished to enhance our work to bring lived experience to the forefront of discussions of how COVID-19 has exacerbated existing inequalities.

Building on our #EverydayInequality platform, the role will develop participative research, leading on collating, curating and analysing the experiences of a diverse range of people affected by COVID-19, in order to complement the academic data available. The postholder will also help to develop The Equality Trust’s wider #EverydayInequality survey in 2021.

About the role

The postholder will provide and cluster accessible evidence on how everyday inequality shapes people’s lives and experiences across the UK, and in doing so provide new insights of shared and differing experiences. These will also inform the design and dissemination of the #EverydayInequality COVID-19 Survey.

A vital part of the role is to empower those traditionally unheard and overlooked groups to tell their stories and challenge inequality by doing so. In addition, we want to understand more comprehensively what those experiencing the sharp end of inequality would like to change, and what policy, social or corporate improvements they would call for. The postholder will also grow the representation and participation of citizens in campaigns and politics as well as mapping the new trends in inequality that are COVID-19 related. We recognise that intersectionality is a complex part of how individuals have experienced inequality and COVID-19 and we are keen to draw this out in our research.

Responsibilities include

• Carry out qualitative research, including setting up, designing and conducting interviews, and supporting others to do so through peer and user-led research.
• Keeping expertise up-to-date in the areas of inequalities deemed as priorities by the team, through proactive scanning of relevant environments.
• Identifying and liaising with experts by lived experience, supporting them to tell their stories and offering a variety of levels of engagement to suit them.
• Ensuring that a diverse range of participants is engaged and that safeguarding procedures are complied with at all times.
• Drafting reports, case studies and providing analysis for media and campaigning work and briefings.
• Supporting the organisation to develop the #EverydayInequality COVID-19 survey.
• Managing / commissioning and/or contributing to the production of case studies in a variety of media, including blogs, podcasts, film and interviews.
• Writing and/or managing the writing of reports and articles.
• Supporting the organisation to respond to requests from a range of stakeholders that may include the media, policy makers, civil servants, Equality Trust supporters and local groups.

About you 

Essential experience:

• Track record of engaging people from diverse backgrounds in research and campaigning activities.
• Experienced in conducting qualitative research interviews, workshops and ability to support others to do so as peer researchers.
• Experienced in monitoring and evaluating the impact of participation work
• Experience of working effectively as part of a small team.

Abilities and Skills:

• Strong research and analytical skills, including analysing qualitative and quantitative data and information from a wide range of sources.
• Strong knowledge of inequalities and intersectionality
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• Proactive with initiative, actively seeking information from internal or external sources as required
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to empathise, influence and collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders, in a sensitive manner.
• Knowledge of, or interest in, social policy or social epidemiology, ideally relating to communities, health, education, criminality, and/or social inequalities and intersectionality.
• Deadline driven, able to remain calm in the face of several simultaneous deadlines
• Strong IT skills and ability to update a website and use Excel.
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Willingness and ability to work flexible hours when needed, for which TOIL will be given
• Commitment to the aims and values of The Equality Trust.

Desirable

• Ability to record and edit visual and audio files.

We recognise that the successful candidate may not have experience of all of the skills above and so we are willing to support training in areas that candidates wish to develop.

How to apply

Please submit the following documents by 9am on the closing date:

• Your CV (not more than 2 pages)
• Your covering letter addressing the person specification 

Carers Support Centre (CSC) - Bristol and South Gloucestershire provides a wide range of information, advice and support services for unpaid adult and young carers. Our Young Carers Service provides help and support to children and young people aged 8-18, their families, and professionals working with young carers.

Young carers are children and young people who look after someone in their family who has a disability, a long-term illness, or is affected by mental ill health or substance misuse. Young carers may look after parents, care for a brother or sister, or another family member.

We currently have a vacancy in our dynamic, creative and supportive Young Carers team, working to ensure that young carers are identified, have access to appropriate support and fulfil their potential.

The successful candidate will improve the health, well-being and safeguard the interests of young carers adversely affected by their caring roles for family members in the Bristol area by:

• providing individual tailored 1:1 support and advocacy
• taking a ‘whole family approach’ to delivering high-quality, effective and well-managed casework
• responding to referrals and carrying out statutory assessments
• managing the Bristol Keyworker team, sessional workers and student social workers

Please note the salary advertised for this role is the FTE - will be paid pro-rata for 30 hours per week.

All staff are temporarily working remotely due to Covid 19.

Registered Charity Number: 1063226

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and our workplace is free of barriers and fully accessible for people with disabilities. We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults; from recruitment of staff through to supporting our team working with families and carers in crisis