About the role

The Database Manager will join our Fundraising Team, supporting this team and the Finance and Administration Manager. You will help Autistica process and maximise the quality of its data, so that it can be used to create insights that will help us increase our income.

This role is responsible for the management of the Raisers Edge CRM System which incorporates all data for fundraising and engagement purposes and records all voluntary gifts and Gift Aid. You will be responsible for importing data into Raisers Edge from third-party platforms as well as direct income and data streams, understanding the implications of data imports, and checking data quality of the imported data.

Working across the department, you will take ownership for the delivery of high-quality data processing, ensuring systems capture the right data about supporters so the charity can plan insight-led activities to raise the voluntary income needed for Autistica to achieve its mission.

You will be responsible for ensuring that Autistica develops its Raiser Edge processes; proactively leading on improvements to the database and will lead on the training staff members in how to use and maximise the database, championing a culture of capturing data and then building reports that will create insights that will inform the work of the Fundraising Team.

As the GDPR lead within Autistica, you will ensure that we are compliant in all aspects of our storage and usage of data and champion a culture of best practice.  You will assist the team in trouble-shooting and routine maintenance, acting as the primary system administrator for the Raisers Edge environment.

Your great experience of using, managing, and improving fundraising databases will enable the team to develop the confidence, skills and insights that will enable them to maximise their use of Raisers Edge as a tool to develop income and give superb donor stewardship. All of this will help us to drive performance so that Autistica can achieve its ambitious and visionary goals for autistic people.

About our Team:

Our Fundraising Team consists of ten friendly, talented team members who are committed to raising funds from Trusts & Foundations, Corporates, Major Donors, Community, Sponsored Events and Regular Givers. We are committed to driving performance in everything we do with and for our supporters and for autistic people. 

We are planning to commence a blended work pattern from January 2022, where staff will work up to and including two days a week from our new office, soon to be based in vibrant Old Street, Central London; with the option to either work from home (or wherever you'd like to work!) or from the office for the remaining three days of each week. Our core working hours are 10 AM - 4 PM, to accommodate flexibility in your preference on start-finish times. 

How to Apply

Please submit your application to include a CV and a personal statement of no more than one A4 page, laying out how why you are interested in the post and how your skills and experience match the job description. 

We particularly welcome applications from autistic people and people with neurodevelopmental conditions, as well as people from under-represented groups within the sector.

Applications close at 23:59 on Wednesday 15 December, with interviews taking place on Monday 20 December. 

About Us

The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive.

National Lottery players raise an incredible £36 million a week for good causes. This money funds projects and activities that transform communities, protect our heritage and enrich lives through arts, spots and culture. We are proud to be one of 12 distributors responsible for awarding this funding across the UK.

Thanks to National Lottery players, last year we were able to award over half a billion pounds of life-changing funding to UK communities, supporting thousands of projects making a real difference to people’s lives.

Over eight in ten of our grants were for under £10,000 going to grassroots groups and charities across the UK doing great things to support their communities, during a particularly tough time.

We also distribute non-National Lottery funds, working closely with Government on funding for important issues, such as tackling loneliness, multiple and complex needs, mental health and distributing Dormant Accounts money.

Over the last five years we’ve awarded a total of £3.4 billion, of which £2.7 billion is National Lottery money.

We fund things that matter – whether helping communities respond positively to national, regional or local priorities, or helping the UK achieve its big social ambitions. Our grants range from £500 up to multi-million-pound programmes – supporting people and projects to do extraordinary things and bring great ideas for their community to life.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Funding Officer to join our South London Team

You’ll be part of a team, led by a Funding Manager, and comprised of several other Funding Officers.  The South London Team covers the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark and Sutton.

As a Funding Officer you will assess requests for funding and manage grants on our Reaching Communities programme, using local knowledge, best practice, thematic expertise, and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve our grant making and inform our decision making. By working closely with people and communities from a defined geographical area within South London, you will understand what matters to them and where our funding can make the biggest difference.

Being responsible for supporting local people and communities you will have a strong understanding of our vision, our commitment to equity and inclusion and our funding products. You’ll also need to support our stakeholders, helping them to make connections that will help them achieve their goals.

Being responsible for the pipeline of projects you will need to understand and respond to the different needs of our customers by providing advice and considered feedback and be willing to have challenging but constructive conversations.

You will ensure our grant management and assessment play an effective part in contributing to the Fund’s knowledge and learning as a grant maker. You will manage your own caseload, liaise with grant recipients, undertake project visits, identify and manage risk, supporting organisations to deliver their projects and measure their impact.

You’ll also need to work within the Fund’s policies and procedures and the necessary legislation, and in a way that is in line with our vision and principles.

You will represent the Fund within your local area including at funding fairs and external meetings and create opportunities for people to come together. You will share learning from your conversations, events, grant holder reports and evaluations with other colleagues so that we can maximise our impact.

Contract Type: Permanent – full time

Hours: Full time; 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Interview Date: W/C 3rd January 2022

Salary: £27,810 - £28,500

Essential Criteria

We are looking for local talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences who share our values and are passionate about making a difference through our funding. Whether through lived or gained experience you will really understand the communities we work with.

You will have:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and confidence to operate in a wide range of environments
• Ability to build and maintain excellent relationships at several different levels with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion
• Confidence to use your judgement, take initiative and challenge when appropriate
• An ability to manage your own workload with minimal supervision.

Ideally you will live within South London and have excellent knowledge of the area. You will work from several locations, including your home and our offices with the expectation that you will be flexible in order to get the best outcomes for our customers.

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge of London’s charity sector and experience working with underrepresented communities in the region
• Understanding of financial planning and business plans, ability to analyse accounts and numerical data.
• Demonstrable IT skills and the ability to learn detailed processes

For You

We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.

We offer a range of generous benefits including:

• Generous annual leave and company pension scheme
• Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals
• Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Season ticket and cycle to work loans
• Paid volunteering leave

Equal Opportunities

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.

We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. We are committed to being an inclusive and great place to work, and recognise our people come from diverse backgrounds.  As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and will proactively make reasonable adjustments if needed through the recruitment process and during employment. This can be related to a physical and mental health conditions.

We are also proud to be a Stonewall Diversity Champion, supporting our commitment to being a great place to work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) staff.

Full time, 2 years fixed term

Can you help us raise funds to support medical science during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond?

The Academy of Medical Sciences is playing an important and varied role responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, from providing independent scientific advice to policy makers to supporting doctors and scientists working on the front line.

We are looking for a dynamic and creative individual to join our small fundraising team as we enter a new, ambitious, phase in our fundraising and develop our activities to increase income at this pivotal time for medical science.

The Senior Fundraising Manager is a new post and the holder will be responsible for devising and delivering the charity’s major donor fundraising strategy. This is an exciting time to join the Academy’s Fundraising Team as we expand to have our first dedicated major donor fundraiser.

You will create and manage a robust pipeline of prospects to grow the charity’s fundraising base. You must have significant experience of major gift fundraising with an excellent track record of initiating new relationships, producing compelling appeal documents, securing major gifts, and managing long-term philanthropic supporter relationships. 

We are looking for a proactive and positive self-starter, willing to take responsibility for managing all donor interactions, with a demonstrated ability to direct, lead and personally work through the fundraising cycle with donors. You will have a ‘can do’ attitude, be able to spot and respond to opportunities and have great interpersonal skills, able to build rapport with colleagues, donors, and Fellows.

You will join a vibrant and growing staff team and be pivotal in enabling us to enter a new phase in fundraising, increasing income significantly.

Reporting to the Head of Fundraising, you will work closely with staff across the Academy and with our Fellows to help raise funds at a time when medical research and expert policy advice is more important than ever.

Location - The Academy offices are based at 41 Portland Place, London, W1B 1QH, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic staff continue to work remotely.

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

The deadline for this position is rolling, and we are accepting applications as soon as we receive them.

ISD is seeking a senior M&E professional to join our growing and busy team to play a key role in driving forward ISD’s approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) in our 6 global sites (London, Amman, Berlin, Beirut, Nairobi, Toronto, and Washington DC) and across over 15 project jurisdictions. It is an exciting time to join ISD, having doubled our project count over the last two years and we are operating across more jurisdictions than ever in combatting the rising tide of extremism, polarisation, and hate worldwide. 

The Senior Manager will lead and strategically develop ISD’s M&E practices and systems, working in close partnership with our top teams in research, policy and programming, and underpinning our MEL strategy. The post holder will take a swift lead on all MEL developments and form the ISD M&E team, looking to grow our capabilities across all sites.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and advising the development of MEL systems on ISD projects and programmes
• Providing sound advice and support on MEL developments to key project teams and stakeholders
• Drive the broader M&E agenda of using M&E as a learning tool to improve ISD programming
• Drive development to secure new funding to evaluate sections of ISD programming
• Line manage up to 2 staff, fostering a positive and collaborative team environment and providing learning opportunities.

This position will require a candidate with the following experience:

• Leading expertise on the development of evidence-based Theories of Change for range of programme types
• Extensive experience in conducting a range of evaluation types such as theory-based, case-based, process and impact evaluations for a variety of projects
• Experience in using participatory MEL approaches that provide space for programme and policy teams, partners and beneficiaries to jointly reflect on the effectiveness and impact of their work.
• Experience in developing MEL systems for a variety of project types, such as capacity building, advocacy/policy influencing, research and networks
• Previous experience supporting or leading M&E data collection, and development of M&E functions
• Experience in line management, building and developing teams

Shiva Foundation | Senior Program Manager 

Location: London, U.K. (flexible working possible)

Application Deadline: 23.59, 12 December 2021

Start Date: February 2019 

Duration: Permanent; 5 days a week

About Us: 

Shiva Foundation envisions a world that operates on the basis of value-based leadership, where individuals are equipped with the knowledge, frameworks and tools to act in service of equity, freedom and justice. We believe it is our collective responsibility to put people before profit, centre people’s lived realities of oppression and step back to make space for marginalised voices to be heard. We recognise the need to understand where power inequalities exist in order to build a more just world.

Our goal is to design sustainable models to tackle the systemic inequity impacting marginalised individuals and communities across the U.K. and India. Our role is two-fold. We act as a support and anchor for those working on the frontline - this includes community groups, grassroots organisations, local councils, civil society, local leaders and businesses etc. We also leverage networks and influence to enact meaningful change at the policy level, in government and across business. We do this in four ways, by providing:

• Knowledge, frameworks and tools to facilitate concrete action;

• Resources and capacity for collaborative working;

• Expertise for impactful policy advocacy; and

• Immediate support and relief.

Our focus is across two key issue areas:

1. Tackling modern slavery and promoting labour rights; and

2. Tackling gender based violence (GBV), especially against racially minoritised women.

About our Priorities: 

Our work is wide-ranging and collaborative. In particular we are currently prioritising:

• Embedding labour rights and modern slavery provisions into policy. We ensure that local and national government policies meaningfully address modern slavery and labour rights violations and support survivors fully. This includes but also goes beyond the Modern Slavery Act. We work with policy-makers, local councils, government and regulatory bodies to make this happen.

• Shifting corporate practices towards more equitable power distribution. We provide expertise to ensure that business policies and practices meaningfully incorporate activities that address modern slavery and uphold labour rights. We work with small and medium businesses to make this happen.

• Improving statutory agency response to GBV against racially minoritised women. We advocate an improvement in statutory agency policy and practice when it comes to supporting racially minoritised survivors of GBV. This includes more consistent, integrated and tailored support for survivors who live at the intersections of multiple oppressions. We work with statutory local agencies, policy-makers and civil society to make this happen.

• Better resourcing racially minoritised communities. We work to equip racially minoritised communities with more and better resources to be able to respond to GBV and access support services in ways that work for them when violence does happen. We work with leaders or community-led organisations in racially minoritised communities as well as civil society to make this happen.

About the Role:

The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for leading the organisaiton’s programmatic priorities, as outlined above. While some projects are well established, new areas will emerge and therefore you should have experience with program design as well as implementation. It is preferable that you have some knowledge of both issue areas but we welcome applications from candidates that have only worked in one area before, if you are able to show an ability to pick up knowledge quickly. You will work with a range of stakeholders especially public sector bodies and small to medium businesses. It is preferable that you have experience working with both but we will also welcome applications from candidates with more experience in one than the other if you can demonstrate a willingness to learn. The small team environment means that this role involves significant responsibility as well as the opportunity to collaborate and interact with a diverse set of senior external stakeholders. You must be comfortable with a steep learning curve and significant responsibility from the outset.

We are a small team and will have a senior member of the team on maternity leave for the first six months of your time with us. As such, you will also temporarily be responsible for some of the organisation’s administration, financial management and budgeting. You will work closely with the founder and other senior members of the team and will have the opportunity to input on key strategic decisions. To begin with, you will have one direct report - this may expand over time. 

You will often be expected to act as the public face of the organisation, building relationships with stakeholders from across a range of sectors including government and public sector, business and civil society.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Management 

• Building out new program structures based on the organisation’s strategic priorities.

• Designing and leading the day-to-day implementation of all project work. 

• Conducting mapping and research for new work, such as interviews, focus groups, roundtables, desk-based research, etc.

• Developing project-specific goals, monitoring and evaluation methods to measure the impact of the organisation's work. 

• Engaging key stakeholders to strengthen partnerships/collaboration for a comprehensive and inclusive approach. 

• Sourcing external funding, if relevant, and managing the relationship with donors, including timely reporting. 

Communications

• Liaising with the Communications Coordinator to create and implement outreach and communications plans relating to any project activities/milestones.

• Developing and maintaining effective constituencies of contacts and partners to optimise information gathering and development and implementation of effective strategies. 

• Writing or contributing to the drafting of timely and effective reports, briefings, position papers, correspondence, action materials, press releases and other internal and external documents.

• Acting as an organisational spokesperson at events, panels, presentations etc. 

• Representing the organisation at key working groups, partnership meetings, national forums, operational units etc.

• Managing the outreach and uptake of the organisation’s existing tools and resources, such as the Blueprint and SME toolkit.

Strategic & Operational

• Inputting on strategic and tactical direction of the organisation, as required.

• Maintaining understanding of current key trends and how those can feed into the organisation’s work.

• Maintaining key relationships with experts in the anti-slavery and GBV space (across business, government and civil society) to scope out future projects and identify opportunities for cross-promotion and/or collaboration.

• Measuring progress and impact against strategic goals to report back to the senior management team. 

• Identifying funding opportunities and drafting applications, as required (this is not expected to be a large part of the role).

• Overseeing organisational and program-specific budgets (this is expected to be a temporary duty while our Managing Director is on maternity leave).

• Overseeing general organisational communications with the Communications Coordinator  (this is expected to be a temporary duty while our Managing Director is on maternity leave).

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

The below is a list of preferred knowledge, skills and experience for this role. We encourage you to apply even if you only meet some of these criteria if you can show an ability and willingness to learn new skills and grow in the role. We particularly encourage you to apply if you are a person of colour or part of another minoritised community.

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in human rights, gender, development, law or other relevant discipline (or relevant professional experience)

• A minimum of 4-5 years of progressive experience in a project/program management role for a similar organisation

• Experience working with public sector bodies, such as local councils, the Home Office, the London Mayor’s Office etc.

• Experience working with senior level business representatives

• Experience working with civil society organisations

• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder projects and facilitating work with a wide range of groups and sectors

• Ability to think strategically and identify new opportunities and initiatives

• Proven experience planning, prioritising and juggling multiple demands, and openness and flexibility to take on different administrative and support tasks

• Experience of managing conflicting demands, meeting deadlines and adjusting priorities

• Ability to manage a heavy and varied workload effectively, to maintain high levels of both accuracy and output

• Management and leadership skills demonstrated by evidence of leading high performing teams and working with individuals at all levels

• Effective public speaking skills

• Excellent IT skills

• Excellent written and spoken English

• Ability to work unsupervised

• Knowledge of the modern slavery and labour rights in the UK

• Knowledge of gender-based violence (or violence against women and girls) in the UK

• Ability to relate well within a multi-cultural context and with various stakeholders

• Demonstrated commitment to Shiva Foundation’s mission, vision and values

• Permission to live and work in the UK

How to apply

Please apply for this role through our website by 23.59 on 12 December 2021. 

If your application is successful you will hear back from us the week of 13 December 2021 for an initial chat. You will also be given an exercise to complete. Successful candidates will be invited for an interview between 3-14 January.

If you are offered the role, you will be invited to attend two paid induction days at the end of January and/or early February. The expected start date is in early February but we are willing to discuss this with you further.

Reporting to the Director of Government & Multilateral Relations, the Senior Development Officer will establish and maintain close relationships with current and prospective donors with a view to maintain and increase Crisis Groups donor base internationally.

Responsibilities include:

• In collaboration with the Director of Government & Multilateral Relations, contribute to the development and execution of the annual strategic development plan and other organization-wide communications.

• Cultivate, solicit and steward a portfolio of government and multilateral donors while identifying and qualifying new donors to meet fundraising goals.

• Produce institutional fundraising strategies and develop quality concept notes, detailed tailored funding proposals, including liaising with the finance department to develop budget, for submission to government and multilateral donors;

• Through wide consultation across the organization, write detailed reports, project updates, and produce other related materials needed to deepen prospect and donor engagement, secure grants, and steward relationships.

• Negotiate new funding partnerships and/or consortia, liaising with both internal and external stakeholders to develop feasible projects for funding, establishing scope, allocation, outputs, navigating challenges, and cultivating relationships across a variety of levels.

• Negotiate the terms and conditions of grant agreements and contracts with new and existing partners, including managing expectations, troubleshooting issues, and facilitating consensus with donors before signing.

• Through collaboration with Crisis Group advocacy, Program, and Senior staff, devise innovative methods of donor engagement for government and multilateral donors, tailored to their evolving needs and priorities, and in line with the capabilities of Crisis Group staff.

• Conduct policy monitoring and responsive advocacy to strengthen relationships and cultivate new ones with government and multilateral donors, including organizing advocacy visits where needed with Crisis Group Program staff and senior leadership as well as period travel outside Brussels.

• Conduct research on prospective government and multilateral donors, proactively formulate entry points for funding, and contribute to developing a strategy for cultivation and solicitation.

Requirements include:

• Ten years of fundraising experience in an NGO environment, preferably working with institutional donors;

• Ability to produce high quality written content for proposals, calls for bids and other submissions and maintain accurate is essential;

• Excellent, demonstrated English language writing skills;

• Attention to detail, ability to work independently with tight deadlines;

• Well organised, communicative and interpersonal working attitude, keen to take initiative and collaborate in a team environment;

• Knowledge of French or other European languages is highly desirable; and

• Experience in planning events or conferences would be an asset.

Our Fundraising team are looking for someone who is highly organised, creative and proactive to become the new Funding Development Manager, focused on our funding propositions.

Focused on high-value fundraising, you will be responsible for high-quality bid and proposal writing, project managing the development and promotion of funding propositions and day to day management of The Trust’s funding approvals process. 

This role is perfect for you if you have excellent written and verbal communication skills, build strong working relationships whilst managing a varied, dynamic workload and enjoy creating efficiency and impact through training, processes and resources.

For more information and to apply, please go to our website.

Part home/part office (London) based

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

We are looking for an outstanding Senior Marketing Manager to join the Public Engagement directorate at the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK). This is a newly-formed directorate, and we are embarking on an exciting period of change to maximise the income, influence and impact we deliver for children.

You will play a leading role in one of our multi-disciplinary marketing teams, delivering exceptional website content and experiences. That might mean working on a groundbreaking campaign like VaccinAid, launching an appeal in response to the crisis in Afghanistan, or developing a new platform for our award-winning Paddington’s Postcards product. Or it could be galvanizing the public to ensure a better future for children by campaigning on climate change or leaving a gift in their Will.

To help achieve this, you will be well-versed in managing successful insight-led, multi-channel marketing campaigns, ideally within agile working environments. Alongside leading campaign delivery, you will also lead on strategy and capability development for a specialist area or channel of our marketing programme.

We are particularly interested in candidates with depth of experience and skills in supporter journey management. You will be skilled in supporter retention, channels such as direct mail and products such as regular giving.

Closing date: 5pm, Tuesday 7 December 2021

Interview date: Friday 17 December 2021 via video conferencing (MS Teams)

We are normally based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London but while our office is closed, this role will work from home or from wherever makes you happy.We are expecting to move to a hybrid approach (part home/part office based) when our office reopens.

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

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

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

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

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.

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

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

Starting Date: 01.02.2022

Contract type: Open ended contract

Salary: 95,000CHF, £52,000, ₹16,74,000 (depending on skills and experience)

Location: Geneva (Switzerland), London (UK) or Delhi (India)

Application closing date:  Midnight CET 19.12.2021

Background

Better Cotton is the world’s largest cotton sustainability programme. Our mission: to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment. In challenging times, we are meeting the challenge head on. Through our network of field-level partners we have trained over 2.5 million farmers - from the smallest to the largest - in 23 countries in more sustainable farming practices. A quarter of the world’s cotton is now grown under the Better Cotton Standard. We have united the industry’s stakeholders behind our efforts, from ginners and spinners to brand owners, civil society organisations and governments. Everyone who cares about cotton and its sustainable future can now be part of something better.

The Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (Better Cotton GIF or the Fund) is a global programme designed to support Better Cotton in achieving its goals and reaching cotton farming communities that need the most support. The focus of the Fund is field-level investment. The Fund invests in sustainable farming practices, training and capacity building, data collection and research to benefit farmers, farm workers and the environment.

About this role

As Grants Manager you will work closely with a portfolio of implementation partners that Better Cotton GIF funds. You will assess applications for funding, review project reports, manage the Fund’s relationship with these organisations and, together with the Programmes team, play a key role in recommending what funding and support should be committed to them. The ideal candidate will have lived in South Asia or Sub-Saharan Africa or visited them extensively. If you have a particular expertise in gender, climate change, soil health, pesticides, or smallholder livelihoods, that would be an enormous advantage.

This challenging role offers excellent opportunities for personal and professional development, together with a competitive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Better Cotton GIF team to manage GIF grant-making workflow and calendar, including:

• Coordinating application processes, including managing incoming grant proposals.
• Assessing grant applications to the Better Cotton GIF– analysing the quality and potential impact of proposals and organisational viability; obtaining appropriate advice and references; reaching a judgement or recommendation for submission to the Field Impact and Investment Committee and handling relationships throughout the process until the application is either successful or declined
• Supporting regular meetings of the Field Impact and Investment Committee which is responsible for approving the investment portfolio
• Preparing and sending funding agreement letters to grantee partners
• Managing and monitoring grants, through the review of reports and project visits

• Maintain the GIF grant management database (Salesforce): Ensuring that all grant and grantee information is entered consistently and accurately. Generating reports and dashboards for the programme and finance teams. Regularly proposing ways to better track grants, budgets, and managing the database
• Collaboratively evaluate, develop, implement new and refresh ways of managing the Fund’s workflows, processes, and procedures to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Capturing and analysing information on the delivery of programmes and reporting on progress to the relevant stakeholders
• Work closely with the Better Cotton Programmes country teams to support their relationships with GIF partners, through coordination around grant management and programme review processes.
• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure that MEL processes are effectively used with partners and learnings integrated into programme implementation
• Keep abreast with developments in the cotton/environment sectors to inform the Fund’s future grant programmes

The role is expected to evolve in line with Better Cotton Field Fund priorities.

Profile

The selected candidate will have the following skills, knowledge, and experience:

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Degree in Agronomy, International Development, Anthropology or other relevant subject, or equivalent work experience

• Considerable grant management experience gained in the not-for-profit sector

• Experience of rural development, gained through project or grants management of projects in SS Africa or South Asia

• Effective in developing relationships with organisations at all levels – and with the personal credibility, communication and analytical skills to provide advice and support on the challenges they face

• Cross-cultural understanding and perspective and the ability to communicate with, and learn from, a wide range of partners and colleagues

• Resourceful and proactive, with initiative and a problem-solving disposition.

• Good understanding of logframes and other project design tools

• Proven track record of an organised and methodical approach to work, combining numerical accuracy with attention to detail and an ability to meet deadlines

• Strong IT skills, including word processing, use of spreadsheets, use of databases to process information and electronic communications.

• An ability to work creatively and flexibly in a small team, supporting other colleagues, and with a strong personal commitment to learning and improvement

• A commitment to the aims of Better Cotton

Desirable

• Expertise in smallholder agriculture

• Experience reviewing budgets and financial reports.

• Experience of providing support to partners on organisational development

Working arrangements

The position is full-time (40 hours per week) and will be based in the Geneva, London or Delhi office. Better Cotton offers flexible working, with core hours being 10 am – 4 pm and the option to work from home one day per week (or more depending on Covid).

The position will require limited travel to countries funded by the GIF. These currently comprise: India, Pakistan, Turkey, Mozambique and Mali.

Applications

Interested applicants with the required attributes are asked to send a detailed CV (2 pages maximum) and a motivational letter (2 pages maximum), in English, by email to with the subject: "Application - Fund Grant Manager" by midnight CET 19.12.21 at the latest. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and first interviews will take place before the deadline, so early submission is recommended.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Better Cotton is currently unable to provide sponsorship for work permits, and candidates need to have a pre-existing right to work in the location where they will be based.

Better Cotton is an equal opportunities employer committed to good practice and transparency in the management of natural, human and financial resources.

Head of Funding & Income required for impressive Multi-Academy Trust

Qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA Accountant required

Client Details

Leading Surrey based Multi-Academy Trust are looking to recruit for a Head of Funding & Income vacancy. You will be responsible for managing the sales and income finance teams, providing development and maintaining a high-quality funding and income service alongside designing efficient systems and processes to report and advise on all funding and income streams, ensuring accuracy of information, audit compliance and maximisation of all cash inflows.

This is a hands-on position, and the successful candidate is expected to work closely with Principals, Directors, Heads of Service and will form part of the Senior Finance Management Team.

Description

Lead, manage and support the Sales Ledger & Income team to ensure a high quality, customer-focused, responsive service that meets the needs of the Trust.

Ensure income streams and funding data is reliable, maximised and up to date, managing quality and assisting decision making, ensuring sufficient supporting documentation exists.

To maintain an expert up to date knowledge of relevant funding policies and regulations for funding streams relevant to both the College and the Academies sectors

Identify and mitigate areas of risk relating to income, funding and funding policy, reporting on these to the CFO/Director of Finance and maintaining a risk register thereon.

To be a member of the Senior Finance Management Team and contribute in relevant meetings; and deliver training to staff

Work collaboratively with the MIS team for the College and equivalent colleagues for the Trust to ensure all funding returns are timely and accurate and attract the maximum entitlement of income, including census returns.

Prepare costings, estimates and calculations as required, presenting findings in an appropriate format and provide advice and guidance to management thereon.

To attend where required relevant Schools Forum, Funding Body meetings and other Local Authority meetings where funding activity impacts. Build strong, collaborative and positive relationships across multiple authorities and agencies.

Participate and drive negotiations with support from the CFO/Director of Finance with commissioners to secure appropriate, fair funding levels for all learners.

To comply with Trust policies and procedures including the College Accounts Direction, Academies Trust Handbook, Finance Regulations, SEND Code of Practice and Funding Agreements.

Maintain and update all policies and procedures relevant to the area of work and continuously adopt best practice guidance.

Oversee an internal audit process to measure the accuracy of data, ensuring systems and processes are in place to generate the evidence required to support audit and funding claims.

Manage and support the Sales & Income team leader to ensure the team are able to respond to changing workloads throughout the academic year and deliver business objectives, including annual appraisal cycle and regular performance management.

Identify and deliver the provision of staff training and continuous professional development.

Ensures the health, safety and wellbeing of all employees in the department. Other Duties

Demonstrates commitment to diversity, equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices.

Demonstrates commitment to ensuring children and young people learn in a safe environment.

Participates in relevant and appropriate training and development as required

Profile

ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified Accountant

Good understanding of working within the education sector and knowledge of national priorities and issues

Good understanding of Local Authorities funding

Ability to prepare and present financial reports

Experience of managing or supervising a team.

Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels throughout the College/Academy Trust, and evidence of forming strong partnerships with Local Authorities, funding bodies and other agencies.

Strong negotiating skills

Proficient in Excel and other Microsoft packages.

Use of Resource financial package or similar.

Ability to carry out financial monitoring and budget setting.

Job Offer

40 (yes 40) days holiday

Hybrid working

Competitive pension scheme

Perkbox benefits package offering numerous discounts across stores, gyms, supermarket discounts, as well as supporting staff with their financial, physical and emotional well-being

Flexible working hours

Friendly team

Bridges is a social enterprise that aims to inspire people to live well and work differently.

Our core business is the delivery of an evidence based, accredited programme of interactive workshops and coaching; underpinned by the principles of social cognitive theory and the concept of self-efficacy. We challenge and re-position the notion of self-management as an individual action, through developing a culture that is based on the interaction between a patient and practitioner. Founded through 15 years of healthcare research at Kingston and St Georges University of London, Bridges uses a powerful theory based model that focuses on the psychology around behaviour and on developing effective relationships between patients and practitioners, to maximise self-management support and long-term wellbeing.

Bridges is collaborative. We are built on the principles of co-design, and this extends throughout our team as an equal partnership. One of the unique aspects of Bridges, is that everything we do is co-delivered or co-designed by a team made of highly skilled practitioners and those with lived experience as a patient. This dynamic encourages people to think differently and open up to new possibilities. 

We are leaders in our field, with an ambitious growth strategy and a passion for facilitating real change across healthcare systems. 

We are looking to recruit an experienced educator and facilitator, to be a key member of the Bridges team, and to lead on the quality and delivery of learning and teaching across all Bridges programmes and services. 

You will have an eye for quality and detail, and the ability to deliver on complex projects and manage and prioritise competing demands. You will be an excellent communicator and an inspirational trainer with a commitment to delivering excellence in learning and teaching. You will be passionate, creative, and knowledgeable about innovations in learning and teaching and able to predict and adapt to changes in the health and social care sector. Ideally, you’ll have experience in implementing programmes across whole systems, with a focus on sustaining cultural and behavioural change. 

Head of Funding & Income required for impressive Multi-Academy Trust

Qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA Accountant required

Client Details

Leading Surrey based Multi-Academy Trust are looking to recruit for a Head of Funding & Income vacancy. You will be responsible for managing the sales and income finance teams, providing development and maintaining a high-quality funding and income service alongside designing efficient systems and processes to report and advise on all funding and income streams, ensuring accuracy of information, audit compliance and maximisation of all cash inflows.

This is a hands-on position, and the successful candidate is expected to work closely with Principals, Directors, Heads of Service and will form part of the Senior Finance Management Team.

Description

Lead, manage and support the Sales Ledger & Income team to ensure a high quality, customer-focused, responsive service that meets the needs of the Trust.

Ensure income streams and funding data is reliable, maximised and up to date, managing quality and assisting decision making, ensuring sufficient supporting documentation exists.

To maintain an expert up to date knowledge of relevant funding policies and regulations for funding streams relevant to both the College and the Academies sectors

Identify and mitigate areas of risk relating to income, funding and funding policy, reporting on these to the CFO/Director of Finance and maintaining a risk register thereon.

To be a member of the Senior Finance Management Team and contribute in relevant meetings; and deliver training to staff

Work collaboratively with the MIS team for the College and equivalent colleagues for the Trust to ensure all funding returns are timely and accurate and attract the maximum entitlement of income, including census returns.

Prepare costings, estimates and calculations as required, presenting findings in an appropriate format and provide advice and guidance to management thereon.

To attend where required relevant Schools Forum, Funding Body meetings and other Local Authority meetings where funding activity impacts. Build strong, collaborative and positive relationships across multiple authorities and agencies.

Participate and drive negotiations with support from the CFO/Director of Finance with commissioners to secure appropriate, fair funding levels for all learners.

To comply with Trust policies and procedures including the College Accounts Direction, Academies Trust Handbook, Finance Regulations, SEND Code of Practice and Funding Agreements.

Maintain and update all policies and procedures relevant to the area of work and continuously adopt best practice guidance.

Oversee an internal audit process to measure the accuracy of data, ensuring systems and processes are in place to generate the evidence required to support audit and funding claims.

Manage and support the Sales & Income team leader to ensure the team are able to respond to changing workloads throughout the academic year and deliver business objectives, including annual appraisal cycle and regular performance management.

Identify and deliver the provision of staff training and continuous professional development.

Ensures the health, safety and wellbeing of all employees in the department. Other Duties

Demonstrates commitment to diversity, equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices.

Demonstrates commitment to ensuring children and young people learn in a safe environment.

Participates in relevant and appropriate training and development as required

Profile

ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified Accountant

Good understanding of working within the education sector and knowledge of national priorities and issues

Good understanding of Local Authorities funding

Ability to prepare and present financial reports

Experience of managing or supervising a team.

Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels throughout the College/Academy Trust, and evidence of forming strong partnerships with Local Authorities, funding bodies and other agencies.

Strong negotiating skills

Proficient in Excel and other Microsoft packages.

Use of Resource financial package or similar.

Ability to carry out financial monitoring and budget setting.

Job Offer

40 (yes 40) days holiday

Hybrid working

Competitive pension scheme

Perkbox benefits package offering numerous discounts across stores, gyms, supermarket discounts, as well as supporting staff with their financial, physical and emotional well-being

Flexible working hours

Friendly team

Passionate about engaging with the research community?

The Royal Society, the UK’s premier scientific body, is looking for an exceptional individual to manage its career development and engagement activities for researchers across disciplines and career stages.

The Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK dedicated to promoting excellence in science. Our Grants team manage a range of fellowship and grants programmes which provide research funding for talented scientists in the UK and overseas. In addition, the Society provides a range of activities to support the development of the next generation of research leaders including opportunities for training, mentoring, peer to peer networking and engagement with the Royal Society.

We are now looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated candidate with excellent organisational and communication skills to lead our engagement with Royal Society research fellows. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing our research fellow engagement strategy in partnership with the Grants Senior Leadership Team, engaging with key stakeholders and delivering against the objectives set out in the engagement strategy.

This is an exciting role to support the work of exceptional scientists funded through the Society’s grant portfolio. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of the challenges faced by early career researchers and how the Royal Society can best support them.  You will be a key point of contact for Royal Society Research fellows and be expected to develop a good working knowledge of our funded researchers.  

During COVID-19 our employees have been working mostly remotely, but we are now transitioning to a hybrid pattern of working in the office and remotely for some roles and will be happy to discuss working patterns with candidates. Candidates considering applying should note that working outside of the UK is not permitted as part of our flexible working approach and travel from home to the London office will be at their personal expense regardless of location. With a fantastic historic central London office near St James’ Park, we hope to find an inclusive working arrangement that suits candidates.

Reports to:  Head of UK Grants

Line manages: Engagement Manager

Location: Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG plus hybrid remote working

Pay Band: E, salary up to £45,000

Contract: Full time, Permanent 

Interview date: 10 December 2021

Closing date: 03 December 2021, 23:59pm

To view the full job description and to apply, please visit our jobs board.

**Under the UK Governments Points Based System, this role does not meet the criteria to be sponsored by The Royal Society for a Skilled Worker Route application.

Fundraising & Development Manager

Maternity cover, with likelihood of becoming permanent. 
Full-time. £32-35K pa. Job share considered. Some working from home may be possible

Brooklands Museum, in Surrey, has had several years of success and recognition and has exciting plans for the future. We inspire people to shape the future using Brooklands’ history of innovation and endeavour. This focus on the impact Brooklands had in the past and its relevance to today and tomorrow, has helped us form significant partnerships, including a TV series, an exhibition with McLaren Automotive and apprenticeships with Heritage Skills Academy. It has led us to improve our learning and participation STEM programmes, and has won us significant support from individuals, grant givers and businesses, with over £2m raised in the past eighteen months. 

We have drawn up a masterplan for the development of the Museum’s 32 acre site, which builds on the national recognition received for the £8m Re-engineering Brooklands project, completed in 2017. A prestigious appeal board are ready to help us raise the funds we need to realise our long-term ambitions and we also raise money for our current programmes and projects. 

This is an opportunity to work directly with the Chief Executive, an experienced fundraiser, across all areas of fundraising activity, to deliver Brooklands’ future. You should be able to develop compelling and credible project proposals and cases for support and present these in person and in writing. You should understand fundraising strategy and cultivation processes and be able to pro-actively support Trustees and Appeal Board members in their work. You should excel at developing warm, professional relationships with a wide range of people. You also need to be good at planning, being pro-active and managing processes and people (especially managing up). Brooklands Museum is a fast paced and fun place to work.

This post is initially offered as maternity cover for the Fundraising and Development Officer, but the Museum’s fundraising needs are growing, and it is likely that the position will be made permanent. 

 
We are working on a strategy to make Brooklands Museum more inclusive and representative of our community and we actively welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds. We were a finalist for Surrey Employer of the Year in 2021. 

For full information about this role please download the job information pack from the grey box on this page.