The Sycamore Project (Zac's Youth Bars) is seeking a new CEO to have oversight and responsibility for all aspects of the organisations work. "Zac's" is a Christian charity providing a wide range of activities and support for over 1,400 young people annually in Bolton and seeks to have a positive and lasting impact, helping young people to achieve their potential.
We are looking to appoint an exceptional individual who will continue to build on the foundations, address the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities to lead the charity forward. You will be working alongside a dedicated team of currently seventeen full and part time staff, together with a team of volunteers.
The successful candidate will be required to provide Christian leadership and have specific focus on funding bids and fund raising, as well as ensuring aims are achieved, targets met, and legislation and regulation complied with.
Overall, you will need to be able to hold and manage the bigger picture.
Zac’s ( The Sycamore Project) has always put the needs of the young people at the heart of all it does, and so its projects are always evolving, with new services being set up all the time in order to meet the increasing needs of its young people and the wider community.
As well as centre-based activities,schools work emerged as another important strand of the charity, with support being offered to several schools across Bolton, in a variety of ways (e.g. lunchtime clubs, pupil mentoring support, and targeted issues-based work).
In 2017, with mental health concerns emerging as a major issue for the young people in the community, a new “Young Persons Listening Service” and “Healthy Minds” peer support group was set up as part of a new “Thrive alliance” working in partnership with other Bolton based charities and with funding from Bolton CCG.
Whilst the charity has changed and evolved since being formed, the heart of serving the community and being faith based not biased has never and will never change.
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Cara Syria Programme in the Region
‘Investing in Syria’s Intellectual Capital: Creating Pathways to the Future’
Post Syria Programme Senior Officer
Purpose To provide support to Syria Programme activities, including finances, events logistics, core database, online portal
Experience Masters or equivalent experience with a minimum of 1-year experience of supporting an international project of similar scale and complexity and overseeing a small project team.
Start Date 6 January 2020
Duration 12 months - with the possibility of an extension subject to funding
Salary £28,000 - £32,000 (depending on experience)
Reporting to Cara Middle-East Adviser
Website www.cara.ngo
Application Deadline 29 November 2019
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Organisation Background
The Council for At-Risk Academics is a UK-registered charity founded in 1933 under the leadership of William Beveridge[1], to rescue academics suffering persecution under the rise of Nazism and facilitate their continued work in safety. Sixteen Cara Fellows from the 1930s and 1940s became Nobel Laureates, and many more innovators in their fields, including, Nikolaus Pevsner, Lise Meitner and Karl Popper. A number of Cara’s founders and Council members also personally provided places and/or funds to help individual academics; and Cara, known in the 1930s as the AAC, later the SPSL, was closely involved in the successful effort in 1933 to bring to London the Warburg Institute art library, which had been prohibited by the Nazis, and six of its staff.
Cara has been a lifeline to academics at risk for over 80 years, as and when world events have placed them in the line of fire: Hungarian Uprising, Cold War, Apartheid South Africa, Iran, Latin American Juntas, Vietnam, Kosovo, DRC, Rwanda, Sudan, Zimbabwe etc. and, more recently Iraq, Yemen, Iran and Syria. Cara support is typically framed as temporary sanctuary offered at times of heightened risk.
Cara’s Objectives ‘To assist academics who have been, or are, or are at risk of being, subject to discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, to relieve needs among them and their dependants and ensure that their specialist knowledge and abilities can continue to be used for the benefit of the public.’
‘To advance education by supporting academics and their educational institutions in countries where their continuing work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that such academics and institutions can continue to fulfil their critical role as educators for the public benefit.’
Cara Syria Programme in Region
Launched in October 2016, the Cara Syria Programme in Region is now in its third year (Phase 3), working predominantly with Syrian academics in exile in Turkey where the greatest number have sought refuge. Cara has over 400 Syrian academics registered on the Syria Programme database, of whom over 100 are actively engaged in one of more of the Syria Programme Strands (activities).
Syria Programme Aim ‘To nurture and enable future opportunities for Syrian academics by facilitating professional connection and collaboration and continued academic development and contribution whilst in exile, as a group that is vital to the future of Syria.’
Phase 3, an 18-month period, began on 1 April 2019 and consists of six strands:
- Strand 1: English for Academic Purposes (EAP) a blended-learning activity combines weekly one-to-one online EAP sessions with monthly workshops in Istanbul. Following a pilot in Phase 2, weekly group face-to-face sessions will be introduced in three geographical locations where clusters of participants exist.
- Strand 2: Academic Development (AD), another blended-learning activity, combines online webinars and courses, with workshops in Istanbul. A more comprehensive online programme will be developed over Phase 3.
- Strand 3: Research Incubation Visits (RIVs) 2- to 8-week visits by Syrian participants to discipline-relevant UK university departments to allow networking, training and the development of a collaborative research project with academics from the hosting department, enabling longer-term institutional affiliation, online resource access and collaboration.
- Strand 4: Cara-Commissioned Research (CCR) facilitates research collaborations that offer action-learning opportunities. In Phase 1, a Cara-commissioned study, led by Cambridge University faculty working with nineteen Syrian academics in exile, captured the state of HE across Syria both pre and post 2011. In Phase 2, building on Phase 1, 26 Syrian academics in exile, under the guidance of an Institute of Development Studies faculty member, has undertaken 5 thematic studies, looking at the role of HE in addressing societal challenges in Syria. In Phase 3, Strand 4 will continue to facilitate ongoing academic engagement by academics in exile on Syria-related topics. Research outputs aim to inform policy makers and planners amongst key responders to the Syria crisis.
- Strand 5: Syria Research Fellowship Scheme (SRFS), provides funding to support research on Syria or Syrian populations in exile, with grants ranging between £3K and £15K. Small grant research is led by Syrian academics in exile and larger grants support research collaborations between Syrian academics in exile and colleagues from the wider regional and international academic communities.
- Strand 6: Arts & Humanities (A&H) combines existing Syria Programme activities, dedicated to Syrian colleagues in exile whose disciplines sit within the Arts & Humanities.
Online elements of the Programme are supported by a dedicated online Portal and allied Moodle site.
The Programme relies extensively on volunteer support for all of its Strands, with over 200 discipline and EAP experts delivering weekly online one-to-one EAP sessions, weekly E-learn Soiree Series, as well as supporting research and facilitating workshops in Istanbul.
Governance The development and implementation of Strands 1 and 2 are overseen by their respective Steering Groups comprising experts from Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kent, Middlesex, Queen Mary’s, Reading, Sheffield and South Wales universities, also on a volunteer basis. The overall Programme is overseen by the Cara Syria Programme Steering Committee comprising the Cara Chair, Honorary Secretary, Executive Director, and a Cara Trustee and board member.
Syria Programme Staffing The staff of the Cara Regional Syria Programme currently consists of two Syria Programme Administrators and two Administrative Assistants, overseen by Kate Robertson, Cara Middle East Adviser, who leads the overall Programme. The successful candidate will be a Cara member of staff but will work, with the other Programme staff, from the Middle East Adviser’s home in south-east London.
Person Specification and Responsibilities
1. Qualification or Experience
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in the workplace
• Experience of supporting an international project of similar scale and complexity (1 year minimum)
- Experience of overseeing/guiding a small project team
I. Essential
- Fluent English – spoken and written
- Experience of Microsoft Excel for book-keeping, data capture and analysis purposes
- Excellent/proven oversight, time-management and organisational skills
- Experience of databases.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Confident, sensitive communication skills
- Excellent/proven writing skills
- Good team player
- Ability to work independently to deadlines
- Understanding of issues of confidentiality
- Dynamic and flexible working manner
- Ability to accept and use feedback
- Entitlement to work in the United Kingdom without any additional approvals
II. Desirable
- Arabic and/or Turkish language skills
- Experience of website development and maintenance
- Experience of online software, e.g. WordPress, Salesforce, Moodle, Articulate 360
- Knowledge of the Middle East and Syria in particular
- Experience of working in the humanitarian NGO or education sector, or similar
2. Responsibilities
As Senior Programme Officer, to support the Cara Middle East Adviser in both strategic thinking and development relating to the Syria Programme and day-to-day management tasks, including:
- Oversight of the four-member Syria Programme team
- Communication with partners, including funders
- Identifying new partners and opportunities
- Writing reports, e.g. for the Cara Syria Programme Steering Committee, Cara Finance & General Purpose Committee, Cara Council, and interim financial/ narrative reports to funders etc
- Data Analysis
- Newsletters
- Fundraising and proposal writing
- Programme scheduling and logistics
The Senior Programme Officer will, in particular, have a key role to play in the coordination of Strand 6 ‘Arts & Humanities activities’ and in monitoring and identifying potential synergies and opportunities for collaboration between the Syria Programme and the Cara core Fellowship Programme.
3. Undertakings
The Senior Programme Officer will receive a contract, appropriate support and relevant training and supervision, an annual salary of between £28,000 and £32,000 based on experience, and a pension contribution of 8% of salary following completion of the probationary period.
The Senior Programme Office will in turn be expected to adhere to Cara’s policies and practices on confidentiality, equal opportunities and health and safety, and to wear appropriate dress.
Working hours will be 9am to 5pm unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Annual leave is 25 days a year, plus public holidays.
4. Time Commitment
The post will be for a minimum of twelve months, five days a week, preferably to start on 6 January 2020. The jobholder will be subject to a three-month Probationary period, to run from the contract start date.
5. Application
Please send your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the post, with particular reference to the ‘Person Specification and Responsibilities’ set out above.Submissions without a covering letter will not be considered.
Please include contact details for three suitable referees, ideally individuals for whom you have previously worked. These will only be taken up with your prior permission.
Please include ‘Senior Programme Officer’ in the subject line of your electronic submission.
Application Deadline 29 November 2019
We anticipate that interviews will be held in central London on 6 December 2019
[1] Lord William Beveridge was Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1919 to 1937
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The CEO will lead UpRising, taking overall financial and managerial responsibility as the internal and external face of the organisation. They will be responsible for identifying and implementing development strategies, stewarding our resources, fund raising and ensuring that UpRising continues to be effective and sustainable in our work with young people.
Reports to: Chair & Board of Trustees
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Strategy
- Work with Trustees and Senior Management Team to ensure an effective fundraising and operational strategy is in place to deliver the organisation’s mission.
Income Generation
- Take overall responsibility for fundraising and the ongoing development of a sustainable business model – with specific responsibility for monitoring the overall budget.
- Work alongside Head of Development on the delivery of a fundraising plan to ensure diverse and sustainable revenue streams (including via grants, corporate sponsorship, local stakeholder investment, alumni and individual giving).
Business Model
- Lead the ongoing evolution of the UpRising delivery and replication model.
- Grow our social franchising model and other earned income streams (to sit alongside traditional direct delivery).
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the external face for UpRising, developing and managing key national relationships.
- Manage key partnerships with funders, corporate supporters and public sector bodies.
- Work alongside leadership team and local managers to ensure effective regional and local stakeholder management.
Operations
- Work with the Senior Management Team to ensure effective staff management and delivery of programmes, devolved budget management, and impact and evaluation in each of our locations.
Communications
- Ensure that UpRising maintains and continues to build a strong brand and reputation across all sectors.
- Attend key internal and external events and articulate UpRising views and experience regarding participation, diversity and inclusion.
Governance
- Work with the Chair to enable the Trustees to fulfil their duties and legal responsibilities, including responsibility for risk register.
General Responsibilities
- Be proactive in keeping up to date with developments affecting your work and maintain and improve personal competence through continuous professional development.
- Take direction on projects and priorities from Trustees, which may vary from time to time.
- Abide by all organisational policies, codes of conduct and practice.
- Support diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace.
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ECPAT UK is recruiting a CEO to provide highly effective leadership of ECPAT UK. You will use your demonstrated skills and experience to ensure ECPAT UK’s mission and strategic objectives are achieved through excellent organisational management and administration. As CEO, you will maintain and develop external relationships and use your strategic vision to lead the organisation through an exciting period of evolution. The CEO of ECPAT UK is a central player in the fight against child trafficking, with the opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of very many children around the UK and internationally.
About ECPAT UK
Every Child Protected Against Trafficking (ECPAT UK) is a leading children's rights organisation working to protect children from trafficking and transnational exploitation. We support children everywhere to uphold their rights and to live a life free from abuse and exploitation.
Since its establishment as a multi-agency coalition in 1994 (registering as an independent charity in 2004) ECPAT UK has played a pivotal role in raising the awareness of policymakers, professionals and the general public in order to tackle and prevent the exploitation of children. We work directly with victims of trafficking to support them and to enable their voices to be heard across the spectrum of debate - at all times ensuring that our work is child-centred, rights-based and that it is rooted in every child’s fundamental human right to be protected from trafficking and exploitation.
We are part of the ECPAT International network, which is present in 93 countries, working to end child exploitation.
Our vision
Children everywhere are free from exploitation, trafficking and modern slavery
Our Mission
- To improve legislation and policy to end child trafficking and transnational child exploitation
- To improve the child protection response of professionals in the UK and overseas
- To ensure that the views of children affected by exploitation are part of the solution
Our strategic priorities
1. Improve legislation and policies protecting children trafficked and exploited in the UK and overseas through research, campaigns and advocacy
2. Promote new and increased understanding of child trafficking and exploitation in the UK and internationally, with a specific focus on root causes and gaps in protection
3. Improve the practice of frontline professionals through capacity building and sharing of specialist expertise
4. Promote active and meaningful youth participation with young people and those affected by trafficking and transnational exploitation, to inform policy and practice in UK and abroad
5. Position ECPAT UK as a key knowledge hub campaigning and advocating for every child’s right to be protected against trafficking and transnational exploitation
6. Strengthen and sustain ECPAT UK’s growth
Our team
In addition to the CEO role there are currently 11 posts, covering policy and research, parliamentary affairs and campaigns, youth programmes, projects, training, communications and media, development / fundraising, finance and administration.
Recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer
We believe this to be an exciting and crucial time in the evolution of ECPAT UK and of the fight against child trafficking and transnational exploitation. There is an increasing awareness of the various forms that modern slavery can take, and how that interfaces with the trafficking and exploitation of children; at the same time the situation is constantly changing, and at times seemingly intractable. It is the role of ECPAT UK and the other actors in our space to tackle this intractability and to make sure that the issue remains at the forefront of our society’s attention so that it can be addressed effectively and permanently. The CEO of ECPAT UK is a central player in this fight, with the opportunity to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of very many children around the UK and internationally.
Job Description
Job Title: Chief Executive Officer
Location The post is based at ECPAT UK’s Office in central London
Reporting to: ECPAT UK Board of Trustees
Salary: £55,000 to £60,000 (depending on experience) plus 6% pension paid by ECPAT UK. An additional 1% allocation to pension will be taken from your wage (this is subject to change due to pension regulations).
Working hours: This is a full-time position and work will be carried out during normal office hours from the ECPAT Office. However the pattern of hours may vary according to operational needs and travel requirements, including overseas travel where appropriate.
Contract: Permanent after probationary period (6 months). The post requires a satisfactory DBS check.
Annual Leave: 28 days per annum plus statutory holidays.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
1 Leading and managing the organisation
- To ensure that a long-term strategy, reviewed and approved by the trustees, is in place to guide the organisation in achieving its objectives.
- To ensure the production of appropriate business plans to implement and achieve the strategies agreed by the board.
- To ensure that the organisation has the human, material, financial and research resources it needs to operate effectively.
- To ensure that ECPAT UK has the right management systems and structures to carry out its work effectively, accountably and safely.
- To build the internal culture of ECPAT UK and strengthen the organisation by ensuring that staff are suitably equipped, provided with training, appraised in their work and given opportunities for professional development.
- To review with staff all new developments for the organisation and proactively research and promote ways to increase ECPAT UK’s influence and impact.
2 Promoting the mission and strategic objectives of the organisation
- To represent ECPAT UK in a variety of settings including government, industry and NGO partnership work and to ensure that all internal and external stakeholders are aware of ECPAT UK’s mission, vital activities and success.
- To protect and enhance the reputation of the organisation and at all times model the highest ethical standards and ensure that ECPAT UK maintains the highest quality of work.
- To take appropriate steps to protect the organisation from risk, including undertaking an annual risk audit.
- To represent the organisation, including speaking at conferences and participating in national and international fora and meetings.
- To ensure that ECPAT UK is well profiled in the media
- To manage the links with the ECPAT International Secretariat and other ECPAT groups worldwide.
3 Advocating for children and young people
- To be committed, at all times, to working for the best interests of children.
- To ensure that the views of children and young people are represented both in the external arena and within the organisation.
4 Overseeing income generation
- To work with staff to ensure income targets are set, effective fundraising strategies and activities are implemented and that the organisation is able to capitalise on its income generation activities.
- To meet with key funders regularly ensuring that supporters are kept up to date with work and recognised for their contributions.
- To research new funding sources and work with fundraising staff to bid for contracts, apply for funding and new work, and proactively seek out new funding partnerships.
5 Exercising financial stewardship and governance; ensuring organisational effectiveness
- To ensure that the annual budget and projected income and expenditure are set, monitored and regularly assessed.
- To ensure that ECPAT UK is in a position to fulfil its financial obligations under the Company and Charity Laws.
- To ensure that the annual accounts and Directors’ report are completed, audited, approved by Trustees and submitted to Companies House and the Charity Commission annually.
- To ensure that the responsibilities of Company Secretary are discharged appropriately.
- To oversee operations to ensure efficiency, quality, service, and cost-effective management of resources.
- To ensure that the culture of quality improvement is maintained, ensuring that evaluation (external and internal) processes are carried out which measure the success of ECPAT UK’s programmes of work and that staff refine or change programmes in response to that information.
6 Working with the Board of Trustees
- To support the Chair and the Board of Trustees in formulating and regularly reviewing the organisation’s vision, mission and values.
- To develop, in partnership with the trustees, a long-term strategy for the organisation within the vision, mission and values established by the board.
- To review and develop, with the board, the organisation’s policy proposals and activity and adequately monitor annual plans, targets and performance.
- To report to the board on organisational progress, providing information on targets and organisational performance.
- To establish, with the Chair, the annual calendar for board and subcommittee meetings.
Person Specification
ESSENTIAL
- Highly motivated with strong leadership qualities and experience of managing staff, programmes and projects in a non-governmental organisation (charity, development agency or human rights organisation).
- Sound understanding of ECPAT UK’s key policy issues
- Experience of representing an organisation to others, ranging from grass roots activists to government officials.
- Experience of working collaboratively with external organisations whilst maintaining the unique vision of the charity
- Experience of fundraising from trusts, governmental and/or corporate sources.
- Experience of developing and managing budgets.
- Good written communication skills, including fluent spoken and written English.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly in staff leadership, management and development.
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines and to react quickly when unexpected demands from the external environment occur
- A willingness to ‘roll up the sleeves’, working flexibly within a small inter-disciplinary team
- Ability to work pro-actively and reactively with all forms of media
- Sensitivity to issues of children, gender orientation, race and religion and commitment to ensuring equal opportunities.
- Education at degree level or equivalent
- Willingness to travel abroad and to work outside usual office hours if necessary.
DESIRABLE
- Knowledge of voluntary sector governance practice
- Proven track record of influencing governmental/inter-governmental policy.
- Experience of working internationally and/or in children’s rights and campaigning for change
- Experience in, and understanding of, different methods for measuring, demonstrating and communicating successful outcomes
- Working knowledge of / fluency in a second language
Recruitment process
A CV, plus a two-page personal statement demonstrating how you meet the person specification, should be submitted by 9am on 2nd December.
Shortlisting will take place during the week of 2nd December, with shortlisted candidates being notified by 11th December.
Interviews will take place at ECPAT UK’s offices (81A Endell Street, London WC2H 9DX) during the week commencing 16th December (precise date to be confirmed).
The process will consist of a panel interview, to include a presentation. Shortlisted applicants will be informed of the presentation topic at the point of notification.
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Nansa is a well-established leader in the care of people with disabilities across Norfolk and Norwich. The charity provides services for infants through to adulthood – from the School for Parents of pre-school children through to the pioneering Train and Trade programme helping disabled adults into employment. And everything in between.
The Trustees of Nansa are looking for a CEO to provide the dynamic leadership to further develop its services. The successful candidate will bring strategic thinking to enhance and develop the charity’s work, develop new funding relationships and promote the profile of Nansa. In particular, they will demonstrate:
- experience of working in the charity sector
- managing, leading and motivating teams to deliver outstanding services
- developing costed initiatives – both to add to our service offering and to bring in funds
- the ability to network and promote the charity with users and the community
For more information about Nansa please visit our website. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
the Friary’s mission is ‘To empower homeless and disadvantaged people to rebuild their lives.’
Established in 1988 in West Bridgford, Nottingham the Friary is highly regarded in the local community. The charity provides advice, support and a range of drop-in services to our visitors. In 2018 there were 18,000 presentations by 948 unique individuals.
We are now seeking a new Chief Executive to lead and inspire our dedicated staff and volunteers and deliver our recently approved Strategic and Business plan 2019-22.
Candidates should have empathy with the aims and ethos of a faith based organisation. They must be aware of the issues surrounding homelessness and rough sleeping, including the political, social and legislative implications. Experience of managing a complex organisation and providing excellent customer service in a challenging environment is essential. First class communication skills, experience of successful fundraising and a willingness to work flexibly are also requirements for this key position at the Friary.
Closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 15th November 2019.
A DBS Disclosure will be required for this role
The Mlambe Project is a grassroots international development NGO working to transform educational opportunities in Malawi.
Our approach is centred on sustainable, community-driven and innovative development with a distinct focus on working with Malawians to find endogenous solutions that can have large-scale impact. Through our sustainable infrastructure building programme, we have trained local communities to build high quality schools using alternative construction methods which are environmentally responsible and socially conscious. Our next Chief Executive will be fundamental to helping us deliver on our ambitious goals in Malawi.
This role is UK-based, primarily focusing on fundraising and operations management, with an accountable relationship for all work carried out in Malawi, by our local project partners. To be adept at this role, you will need to be a hands on manager, with a talent for building movements and initiatives, recruiting, motivating and managing volunteers, whilst demonstrating a strong track record of fundraising. As the only paid staff member in the UK, you will be proficient at building and managing resources to bring our vision to fruition. We are a small charity with big ambition, exceptional people, and a real drive to get behind the Chief Executive and support their work.
Our trustee, Andrew May-Miller, is fielding informal conversations with prospective candidates, in the first instance, further details for him can be found in the job pack.
Please apply with a CV and cover letter which should include a personal statement addressing how you meet the person specification no later than the closing date of 20th November 2019 at 12 noon. The cover letter and personal statement should not exceed 3 pages, and the CV should not exceed 3 pages.
We are an employer that follows safer recruitment procedures, and the suitable candidate will be subject to relevant due diligence checks and DBS to ensure suitability to the role. For more information, please check the Charity Commission guidance on Automatic Disqualification Rules for Senior Management Positions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Citizens Advice Stevenage is a progressive, highly regarded independent advice charity in Hertfordshire serving a growing population of 87,000. With over 20 paid staff and around 70 volunteers, we seek to deliver the best possible service for the people of Stevenage.
We have an excellent track record and strong foundations to further develop our work, with a new business strategy with a clear ambition for what we can deliver. You will be highly self-motivated with a strong sense of mission and vision. You will have significant experience of project management, strategic development, business planning, monitoring and meeting challenging performance targets, with a strong focus in identifying and developing new funding opportunities. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator with demonstrable experience of working with a range of key stakeholders.
Citizens Advice Stevenage values equality and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Job Description
1. Planning and Development
- In conjunction with the Trustee Board, develop, implement and monitor the business and development strategy as required by the Citizens Advice membership scheme
- Translate organisational objectives into team and individual work plans with clear and realistic targets
- Develop project plans as necessary in furtherance of the business and development strategy, development objectives and fund raising targets
- Maintain an awareness of the operating environment such as those legislative developments, social trends and local needs likely to affect demand for advice and opportunities for service development
- Develop IT and other resource needs and strategies within Citizens Advice guidelines
- Participate in Citizens Advice initiatives as appropriate
- Work with the management team to ensure the effective operation of the service to meet the needs of clients and the targets which have been set
- Manage the development of the service to ensure that the strategic development of the bureau, its management and its services to clients reflects and supports the Citizens Advice service’s equality and diversity strategy
2. Supporting the Governing Body
- Oversee the arrangement and servicing of meetings of the Trustees and attending meetings of the Trustee Board and sub committees, including the annual general meeting and any special general meetings
- Advise the Trustee Board on progress against agreed objectives as well as any financial, staffing and service delivery issues and on compliance with the Citizens Advice membership scheme and all other relevant legislation, e.g. company and charity law, health and safety, GDPR, employment etc
- Report to the Trustee Board on progress against the business plan and agreed objectives
- Prepare and draft the organisation's annual report
3. Service delivery
- Research and develop the provision of specialist advice services and identify and respond to changing advice needs particularly for disadvantaged groups and different demographic areas
- Identify development opportunities consistent with the aims of the organisation and the operating environment
- Maintain an awareness of organisational and technological developments and ensure that the service operates in ways which make best possible use of the resources available to meet local needs
- Ensure, delegating as appropriate, that each service location is adequately managed, staffed and resourced and appropriate IT systems are in place, monitored and developed
- Develop and maintain common practices in service delivery and monitor staff to ensure that standards of service delivery are met and appropriate systems are in place for staff supervision, case recording, statistics, follow-up work and quality control
4. Resource acquisition
- Develop the organisation's funding base by identifying potential funding opportunities consistent with the aims of the organisation and the operating environment, and applying for funding as agreed by the Trustee Board to secure present and future service delivery
- Negotiate and review all grants and service agreements in consultation with the Trustee Board, ensuring that existing services are adequately funded
- Maintain appropriate relations with funders, fulfilling all reporting requirements and ensuring compliance with contracts
5. Financial management
- Maintain day-to-day financial control of the service within budget heads agreed by the Trustee Board
- Ensure that all finances are properly administered and monitored and that appropriate financial regulations and controls are in place and in use at all times
- Advise the Trustee Board on the proper allocation of resources
- Prepare and review detailed budgets for approval by the Trustee Board in conjunction with the honorary treasurer and / or appropriate sub-committee and auditors
- Make regular reports to the Trustee Board on income, expenditure and any variations from budgets
- Oversee the correct preparation of accounts and financial statements in conjunction with the honorary treasurer and / or appropriate sub-committee and auditors
- Ensure that all financial reporting obligations are met in relation to submissions for funding, grant aid, contracts and any other initiatives
- Act as cheque signatory and authorise expenditure up to limits as agreed by the Trustee Board
6. Staff management
- Ensure that appropriate staff and volunteers are recruited and inducted ensuring that recruitment procedures are followed
- Line manage the management team and other staff as appropriate
- Create a positive working environment in which equality and diversity are well-managed, dignity at work is upheld and staff can do their best
- Ensure the effective performance management and development of all staff, through regular supervision sessions and the appraisal process
- Regularly evaluate staff learning and development needs and ensure that learning and development needs are identified and met in accordance with Citizens Advice standards.
- Ensure that each member of staff has a learning and development plan
- Convene and chair regular meetings of the management team
- Convene and chair regular meetings of all paid and unpaid staff and negotiate with staff reps / union reps / volunteer reps as necessary
- Establish and implement a recruitment, induction and staff development policy in conjunction with the appropriate sub-committee
- Ensure that Health and Safety policies and procedures for staff, premises and equipment are agreed and maintained and comply with statutory requirements
- In accordance with Citizens Advice and organisational procedures, assist the Trustee Board in implementing and monitoring employment policies and procedures
7. Public relations and research and campaigns
- Promote and protect the aims, principles, policies, interests and reputation of the CAB service both locally and nationally and ensure that the organisation has a high profile at all times
- Ensure the development and delivery of research and campaigns is undertaken effectively and instigate systems and procedures in line with the research and campaigns requirements of the membership scheme
- Develop and oversee appropriate publicity through effective relations with the media and other community organisations, and through public speaking
- Develop effective relations with appropriate authorities, agencies, organisations and individuals at local and national levels, including councillors, MPs, MEPs and local and national statutory and non-statutory organisations
- Liaise with Citizens Advice and contribute to its work at regional and national levels where appropriate
- Represent the Trustee Board, as appropriate, with external stakeholders and other bodies
8. Administration
- Establish, maintain and monitor effective administrative systems
- Establish, maintain and monitor complaints procedures in accordance with Citizens Advice requirements
- Ensure that the service is adequately accommodated and equipped in consideration of the needs of clients and staff and the effective operation of the service
- Use ICT as required for the role and coordinate its development
- Promote the aims, principles, policies, interest and wellbeing of the organisation and protect its integrity and reputation
- Undertake such other duties as may lie within the scope of this post to ensure the effective delivery and development of the service
Person Specification
Essential
- The ability to commit to and work within the aims, principles and policies of the Citizens Advice service.
- Understanding of equality and diversity best practice and legislative requirements in relation to service delivery, business development and recruitment of staff and volunteers.
- Proven ability to devise and implement strategic development and resource plans, particularly in the areas of service development, staff development and the management of change.
- Demonstrable track record of financial management and budgetary control, and ability to manage a budget under the guidance of the honorary treasurer.
- Track record of successful income generation, through fundraising, commissioning and marketing activities including bidding for grants and service contracts.
- Capability of influencing external change through research and campaigns and the ability to earn and maintain the trust of those people with whom the bureau deals, especially funding bodies and donors.
- Proven ability to develop quality standards and monitor service delivery against agreed targets and to manage internal change.
- Ability to lead and contribute to a team, including the ability to prioritise work, identify and develop ideas and opportunities, delegate effectively, handle pressure and take day-to-day decisions on the running of an organisation.
- Demonstrable ability in people management, including the ability to recruit, develop, manage and motivate staff and volunteers, particularly in the voluntary sector with the ability to create a positive working environment in which equality and diversity are well managed, dignity at work is upheld and staff are empowered and motivated to do their best.
- Proven ability to communicate effectively in person and in writing with individuals and with a wide variety of organisations, and to research and interpret complex information and produce clear verbal and written reports.
- Commitment to continuous professional development and willingness to learn and develop.
- Track record in project management.
Desirable
- Understanding of the voluntary sector and, in particular, knowledge of the strategic and policy environment in which the advice sector operates.
- Broad understanding of the operation of local and national government and the administration of public and legal services, including an understanding of commissioning.
- Experience of managing service provision from split locations and / or different functions.
- Experience of developing quality standards and monitoring service delivery against agreed targets.
- Track record of managing ICT in a business environment, including the ability to: use ICT packages; undertake ICT business planning; develop and maintain management information systems and procedures; and manage supplier relationships.
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The Registration Council for Clinical Physiology (RCCP) was established in 2001 to campaign for Statutory Regulation for Clinical Physiologists and to ensure the highest levels of safety for patients of Clinical Physiologists. The RCCP holds a non-statutory Professional Standards Authority (PSA) accredited register for practitioners in six disciplines of Clinical Physiology; Audiologists (including Hearing Therapists and Educational Audiologists), Cardiac Physiologists, Gastro-Intestinal Physiologists, Neurophysiologists, Sleep Physiologists and Respiratory Physiologists. Today we have around 5500 registrants and a turnover of £300k.
The Board is seeking our next Chief Executive Officer who has the skills, expertise and vision to bring new energy and ideas, and is able to forge new relationships to support RCCP’s strategic objectives. The CEO will be responsible for implementing the recently updated strategic vision for RCCP and leading us through the next phase of our development. A key part of the role will be the responsibility for our operational, financial and people performance, ensuring RCCP achieves its strategic objectives, while operating efficiently, effectively and within budget.
As a suitable candidate for this post you will need to be an inspiring leader, who can engage with, and influence, a wide range of stakeholders and operate on a national stage as an ambassador for RCCP. Knowledge and experience of professional regulation is essential, and you will have a clear understanding of the current issues within regulation, and ideally healthcare. You will demonstrate leadership, experience of successfully delivering strategic objectives, ensuring core functions are professionally executed, and implementing change and transformation in a similar sized organisation, You will be able to demonstrate a high degree of commercial, financial and political acumen and you must be comfortable working in a small organisation, where there is often a requirement to balance strategy with the operational demands of the role.
If you believe you meet the requirements of the roles and would like to work with fantastic colleagues in an ambitious organisation, then we would welcome your interest and application.
Deadline for application: Midnight, Sunday 17th November 2019
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 27th November, 2019
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Chief Executive
37 hours per week
Salary £47,548 per annum
Carers Together Foundation is a charity dedicated to improving carers’ quality of life. We listen to carers, give them a voice, provide information, practical and emotional support and promote carers’ rights across the South Tees area.
We are seeking an experienced manager, who will be accountable for the strategic direction and overall functions of the organisation.
To succeed in this role, you will need:
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experience of strategic leadership.
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a successful track record of organisational planning and management.
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up to date working knowledge of relevant legislation.
This postholder will be based in Middlesbrough and must be able to travel to our other office, located in Redcar.
To apply for this position please complete and return the Carers Together application form and equal opportunities monitoring questionnaire to the email / postal address shown on the final page of the application form.
Closing date: Monday 25th November 2019 at 12.00 noon
Selection days: Wednesday 11th & Thursday 12th December 2019
Candidates will be required to participate in both selection days.
Carers Together is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
Registered charity number: 1128910 Company number: 6746629
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The Florence Nightingale Foundation is looking for an Executive Assistant and Office Manager to join our small but dynamic team. The postholder will be responsible for providing administrative support to Executive team and the Board of Directors as well as managing the office. 2020 is Florence Nightingale’s bicentennial year, this role is therefore an exciting opportunity to support the CEO, Board Chair and the Florence Nightingale Foundation in what will be a very busy year.
Interviews will be held on 20th November 2019 in the afternoon.
Please do not apply if you are not availble on this date.
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Work in support of the CPB to provide central governance and with Project SROs, project teams and relevant work-streams, to ensure effective initiation , planning, management , delivery and reporting of Corporate Projects to support the ambitions set out in the Strategic Plan.
To act as a conduit ensuring that the CPB Chair, Corporate Leadership Team, Chief Executive Officer and Trustees are kept abreast of changes in Corporate Programmes and Projects and have confidence in Programme and Project delivery and governance.
Context:
The role will support the Corporate Projects Board Chair and act as an active Programme Manager for the Corporate Director Business Services to lead from within Business Services the planning and successful delivery of projects related to the Corporate Strategy delivery , and Change Programme. The current programme/project portfolio includes but is not limited to:
* Business Services Change Programme (Corporate Service excellence)
* ERP (Oracle) replacement project (Support Systems)
* Voice and Influence Strategy (Children & Young People)
* Children Services Strategic Partnerships (Children Services Operations)
* Impact/Core Priority Programmes (Impact)
* Health and Market Strategy (Health & Social Care)
* Quality Assurance Framework
* Trauma-Responsive Organisation Training (People)
* Barnardo's Foundation (Voluntary Income)
* EDI Action Plan (Diversity)
* Data Transformation : Eclipse (Service User recording)
* Products & Services Transformation (Technology)
* Volunteering & Community Engagement Strategy
* Operations Transformation (Corporate Service excellence)
* Barnardo's University (Learning)
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described
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The MedicAlert Foundation has been providing life-saving support and assurance to its members since 1964. In the event of an emergency crucial information can be accessed by emergency professionals allowing for fast and accurate treatment. As the original and best provider of medical ID services, MedicAlert is a small, friendly and productive charity with its own production unit and member support team including in-house medical professionals. We place our members at the heart of all we do providing them and their loved ones with peace of mind and giving them confidence to live life to the full, be active and join in.
There are X2 Trustee Board Member positions available:
Role 1: Trustee Board Member - building and developing strategic alliances
About the position:
We are looking to recruit a Trustee with strong demonstrable skills in building and developing strategic alliances to support the charity’s growth strategy. For this role we are seeking candidates who have gained senior level experience, with a track record of identifying, introducing and building mutually beneficial partnerships. Skilled in developing third party business relationships, you will help maximise existing networks and contacts to develop new opportunities. Passionate about our charity’s work, you will help us secure, strong, long term partnerships that increase membership, improve income and add value for our members.
Trustees must meet the following requirements:
Essential:
- Experience of senior external representation and advocacy leading to the establishment of beneficial third-party collaborations, relationships and commercial growth
- An ability to contribute to strategic direction and a passion for delivering quality services to our members
- Strong teamwork skills, ability to motivate and bring people together
Desirable:
- Experience across several sectors, potentially including charities
- Experience and understanding of charity governance and working with or as part of a Board of Trustees
Role 2: Trustee Board member with experience in the healthcare sector
About the position:
We are looking to recruit a Trustee with a clinical background to help develop our links with the NHS
and emergency services and to provide a medical perspective on our strategy development.
For this role we are seeking candidates who have gained senior level experience within the
healthcare sector and have a passion for improving the health and well-being of our members,
enabling them to have the peace of mind and confidence to live life to the full. We would
particularly welcome candidates with urgent or emergency care experience.
Trustees must meet the following requirements:
Essential:
- A clinical background, gained from medical, nursing, allied disciplines or social care at a senior level in a clinically focused role
- An ability to influence the strategic direction of an organization and have a passion for delivering quality of service to our members
- Experience of senior external representation and advocacy, preferably within the healthcare sector
- Strong teamwork skills, ability to motivate and bring people together.
Desirable:
- Experience of managing external stakeholders, ideally within the healthcare sector
- Experience and understanding of charity governance and working with or as part of a Board of Trustees
Closing date: 22nd November 2019
Interview dates: 2nd or 3rd December 2019
Interested?
Please click the 'How to apply' button for more details.
No agencies please.
We are seeking to appoint a Membership and Marketing Director to increase ASDAN’s membership base through building an inclusive community identity and brand for customers and partners. As we embark on the next stage of our journey to be a leader in personal, social and work-related learning, our new Membership and Marketing Director will play a pivotal role in developing a marketing and membership strategy to support the charity’s targets to retain and attract new members, grow membership income, and extend our impact.
Being a director of ASDAN will require a real commitment to our beliefs, values and principles. In return, you will be joining a team charging themselves with a truly rewarding mission - transforming the life chances of children and young people.
About ASDAN
ASDAN is a successful national educational charity and awarding organisation for a range of qualifications, programmes and curriculum resources used by more than 3,000 schools, colleges and other education providers in the UK and internationally.
Job purpose
To sustainably increase ASDAN’s membership base through building an inclusive community identity and brand for customers and partners.
To lead the development, implementation and review of a marketing and membership strategy to support the charity’s targets to retain and attract new members, grow membership income, and support growth in product sales.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver the annual membership income budget by achieving targets for member retention, new members and growth in member spend, with responsibility for reporting to the trustees, including the Performance, Audit, Risk and Compliance (PARC) committee, on performance
- Develop and implement a coherent membership and marketing strategy to build an inclusive community identity and brand for ASDAN through fully integrating three key areas of activity: marketing and communications; customer experience; customer relationships
- Create fully integrated membership and marketing strategies that support the charity’s overall strategic direction, and are fully integrated with its education, product development and business operations functions
- Deliver extended reach for ASDAN’s courses to a wider membership and secure evidence of the charity’s increased performance, impact and contribution to its overall charitable purpose
- Share collective responsibility for the overall leadership of ASDAN with the director team and trustees
For full details including role description, person specification and terms and conditions, please download the Membership and Marketing Director recruitment pack.
How to apply
To apply, please follow the link below to our website.
- Applications close: Thursday 14th November, with shortlisting completed by Tuesday 19th November
- Interview date: Tuesday 3rd December 2019 in Bristol
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Little Green Pig is a ground-breaking young people’s writing charity working in and out of schools across Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex, delivering high-quality creative experiences to over 850 young people each year. After ten years being led by founder director Ella Burns, we are looking to recruit a new Director to help write the next chapter in our story. This is a fantastic opportunity for an exceptional leader with a passion for young people’s creativity and a commitment to their voices being heard.
Principle objectives
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Strategic management: You will drive and deliver the long-term strategy and business plan.
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Finance and operations: You will hold organisational budgets and oversee all daily operations.
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Creative programme: You will be responsible for the artistic direction of the organisation.
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Staff management: You will manage, lead and inspire our staff team.
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Communications: You will oversee our communications and build links across the region.
You will have a minimum of 3 years senior management experience in a charitable, youth, arts, education, or creative organisation. You will be a motivated leader with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven experience of growing a project and leading and managing a team.
Please download the application pack for full details of how to apply; in addition to a CV, we require a covering letter outlining why you want this position and how your experience meets the different areas of the person spec.
Closing date: 25th November 2019
Interview date: 2nd December 2019
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