We are looking for someone who has a proven track record of experience delivering change within the NHS, as well as a wealth of experience in working successfully with community-based stakeholders. You should be passionate about wanting to change health inequalities, be resilient, enjoy stakeholder engagement at every level, and have a positive, can-do attitude.

This is an exciting time to join our Patient Projects team as we launch our Empowering People with Prostate Cancer (EPPC) project which aims to better educate and empower people living with prostate cancer.

This project, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, aims to provide people living with prostate cancer with the information and support they need, at diagnosis, when considering further treatment options, thereby reducing treatment regret, and ensuring better quality of life outcomes. Central to this project is the creation of a new patient information and empowerment website, The Infopool.

This role will be instrumental in the development and delivery of this project, helping ensure the project achieves its ambitious outcomes. You will be instrumental in delivering on the EPPC project and expanding the Patient Project Department into new and more ambitious areas.

This project is part time, 3.5 days per week, and can be either fully remote working or flexible hybrid (our office is in Holborn). Some travel will be involved in this role.

Key Responsibilities 

• Build new and manage existing relationships with clinical stakeholders, including HCPs, NHS system managers, Cancer Alliances, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver a programme of outreach to healthcare professionals, ensuring the adoption of project resources and other organisational resources across target institutions.
• Develop a pilot project for a community-based approach to information prescribing, building new relationships with key stakeholders focused on most effectively reaching those with low health and digital literacy.
• Maintain a tracking and reporting system to ensure the project exceeds its targets and funding requirements are met.
• Support the Head of Patient Projects to define the project’s annual operational plan.
• Contribute to external events as a representative of PCR including attending national conferences, such as BAUN and BAUS.
• Help develop a system of Infopool champions in hospital-based and peer-led support groups to help advance the project’s objectives.
• Input into new project development as well as funding proposals, bids, and pitches to help expand the breadth and depth of the project and ensure the development of new projects for the department.
• Think strategically about opportunities to connect this project and its users with other priorities of the department and organisation.
• Undertake any other relevant duties and projects delegated by the Head of Patient Projects in line with the responsibilities of the post and the aims of the department.

Skills and Competencies 

The candidate must have the following:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field and continuing professional development in a relevant field. 
• Creativity, critical thinking, and multiple years of strong project/ programme management skills and experience.
• An awareness of health inequalities and a desire to make a difference.
• Experience working with government departments and the NHS.
• Knowledge of the UK’s health and care research landscape.
• An ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing expectations and priorities in a sensible way that ensures delivery and success.
• Demonstrable experience of building strong working relationships with people at all levels across stakeholder organisations.
• An entrepreneurial, pro-active mindset with maturity and emotional intelligence.
• An ability to communicate clearly and effectively both internally and with a range of partners across healthcare and beyond. This includes patients, academia, industry, the NHS, and government.
• An ability to work autonomously, prioritise, organise, identify, manage, and mitigate risks, and plan own workload and deliver results consistently.
• Good IT skills, particularly in the use of MS Office, Teams, Zoom and web applications.
• An ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines, or where deliverables can change at short notice.
• A strong belief in the work we do.

About Us

Learning with Parents is a charity with a vision for every child to be supported at home to fulfil their potential.

We are narrowing the attainment gap by supporting all parents and carers to engage in their children’s learning.

We do this by leading the Parental Engagement Forum - a group of organisations and researchers connecting to improve home learning across the sector. We also provide a ground-breaking parental engagement programme to primary schools, which aims to motivate and empower all families to have enjoyable learning experiences together.

In the last year, our charity has become a leading player in parental engagement, working with over 10,000 families and large organisations such as BBC, Department for Education and Oak National Academy.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit a Programme Director with a strong knowledge of how schools operate and of the education sector more widely to lead Learning with Parents school programmes, working with schools and other partners through our platform to promote parental engagement in their children’s learning.

The Programme Director leads the Schools Team in supporting our school partners and other partners to use our platform, ensuring that parents and teachers are supported to effectively use the technology and that school leaders are regularly updated on the progress of their classes. Part of the role involves leading the Learning with Parents’ sales process to bring on board new schools, allowing us to expand our reach to more disadvantaged families. The Programme Director is responsible for overseeing and improving, as necessary, all the processes and materials which underpin these programmes. This includes working closely with Learning with Parents’ Tech Team to feed into new developments, updates and any troubleshooting as required. 

The Programme Director also represents Learning with Parents and promotes parental engagement in sector networking and advocacy events. 

Finally, the Programme Director is a member of the Learning with Parents Senior Leadership Team, drawing on their experience and learning coming for our programme to feed into strategic discussions.

This is a hybrid role, with Mondays and Tuesdays in the Bristol office, the rest of the week remote.

Core Areas of Responsibility

Lead on school sales

• Lead on the sales strategy, process and progress towards school sales targets.
• Identify new leads to feed into the Learning with Parents schools pipeline, including engagement with Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and other potential networks.
• Take potential school partners through our sales process
• Update and develop any new marketing and branding materials.
• Ensure that when new schools are handed over to the Schools Partnership Managers and effectively onboarded into the programme.

Oversight of school partnerships

• Oversight of existing school partnerships management.
• Lead on school relationship strategy.
• Support the School Partnership Managers to manage school relationships, address and escalate issues as they arise and keep the wider team informed.
• Support the School Team to maintain regular meaningful communications with school partners, including through catch up calls, monthly newsletters and tailored termly impact reports.
• Liaise with the Tech team to ensure that any tech issues can be managed, as appropriate.
• Oversight of the school renewal process and progress towards targets.
• Oversight of the transition process for existing schools from one academic year to the next on the Learning with Parents platform.
• Strengthen current systems and ensure any lessons learned are captured.

Line management

• Directly line manage the Schools Team which includes two Schools Partnership Managers and the Charity Development Coordinator.

Strategic and technical input

• Feed into strategic discussions on the direction of the organisation.
• Provide input into the development of new content, programmes, partnerships or tech drawing on experience in the education sector and learning from the Learning with Parents programme.
• Support or lead on the development of new strategic partnerships.

Additional possible areas of responsibility

Impact measurement

• Oversee the impact measurement of Learning with Parents programmes, including exploring new approaches and methodologies
• Support the Programme and Operations Officer with ongoing impact reports for schools and external publication. 

About You

Our ideal candidate would be able to provide examples of when they have used the following skills and experience:

• Experience of working in schools (e.g. as a teacher) or working closely with schools
• Project management and organisational skills
• Excellent management skills, including the ability to lead and motivate others
• Experience developing and strengthening systems and processes
• A desire to champion and uphold our organisation’s vision, mission and values

Our ideal candidate might also be able to provide examples of when they have used  some of the following skills and experience, although these are not essential:

• Experience of working in schools (e.g. as a teacher) or working closely with primary schools in the UK
• An understanding of education inequality in the UK
• Experience of strategic planning and development

• Experience in sales and marketing
• Experience in impact measurement and evaluation
• Lived experience of some of the barriers that families from disadvantaged communities face in engaging with children’s learning

Benefits

We have a passionate team and supportive culture, which was recognised as we were named one of “The top 100 organisations to escape to in 2021” by Escape the City. In addition, we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance (35 days, including bank holidays)
• Income protection in case of sickness
• Home-based working with optional office time
• Flexible working times
• Social events
• Environmental (Net Zero) Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Benefit Hub, including virtual GP and discount scheme

As our Regional Programmes Manager, you’ll inspire and lead our team of remote-based Senior Project Workers and Project Workers to effectively deliver high-quality support services for kinship families across the North of England and some parts of the Midlands. You’ll do this by working in close collaboration with local authority teams across the North and the Midlands who have commissioned our services. You’ll also develop effective partnerships with other local authorities to secure commissions and generate income for services.

Your team will deliver the following programmes:

• Kinship Ready – online workshops to prepare new and prospective special guardians for their role, as well as wraparound one-to-one support
• Kinship Reach – remote one-to-one support and virtual support groups
• Kinship Connected – in-person one-to-one support and support groups in the community

This role is home-based with travel across the North and Midlands, as well as other parts of England and Wales from time to time.

About Kinship

Kinship is the leading charity in England and Wales for kinship carers – relatives and friends who raise children when their parents aren’t able to. We offer kinship carers expert advice as well as financial, legal, practical and emotional support and understanding from the moment they need it, for as long as they need it. We’re always there to help with the complicated and stressful decisions that so many kinship families have to make, as well as to celebrate the good times.

Working alongside kinship carers and the children they raise, with their voices and views at the fore, we build communities of support and give everything we have to fight for each family and their rights, as well as to raise awareness of kinship care and secure better support for all those playing this critical role.

In return, we offer 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time) and pension.

For further details about the role, please refer to the attached job specification.

To apply, please click the Apply button to send us your CV and cover letter, along with a completed Equal Opportunities form.

Closing date: 12.00 pm on Monday 30 May 2022.
Interview date: Week commencing 13 June 2022.

Senior Programmes Marketing and Communications Officer

Full time, permanent contract

Salary: £29,000 per annum

Location: Hybrid (minimum 2 office days per week)

Hours: 09.00 – 17.00

Job type: Full time, permanent

Holidays: 27 days annual leave + public holidays

The Sutton Trust is the UK’s leading foundation dedicated to improving social mobility. Founded by Sir Peter Lampl in 1997, the Trust delivers programmes to 7,000 young people each year across the country, rigorous research into the issues of low social mobility and educational disadvantage, and policy advocacy to affect systemic change. The Trust gives opportunities to young people from low and moderate-income backgrounds to improve their chances of accessing top universities and the professions. It seeks to ensure young people reach their potential, regardless of their background, school or where they live.

This new role will work across the programmes team supporting the recruitment of participants to Sutton Trust programmes and their continued engagement with us. The role will be responsible for delivering programme marketing and communication activities, including coordinating, writing, designing, and evaluating communications across physical, digital, and social media formats. You will work on cross team projects including promoting the Sutton Trust in schools, supporting programme leads with student communications and engagement and lead on projects such as the build of a new microsite for our programmes. This role is based in the Programmes team but will work closely with the Communications team to ensure consistency in brand across the Sutton Trust’s outputs.

Safeguarding statement

The Sutton Trust believes that a child, young person or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe. Therefore all posts undergo a safer recruitment process, including but not limited to, disclosure of criminal records where necessary and eligibility to work in the UK. We have procedures in place to promote safeguarding and a safe culture at the Trust.

To apply

Please download the candidate application pack from our website, complete the application form, and submit it to us.

The applicant pack includes:

• Job description and person specification
• Application form
• Equal Opportunities Monitoring form (optional)

Applications should reach us by 9:00am on Monday 23rd May, with first round interviews to be held online on Thursday 26th May and second round interviews to be held on Monday 30th May in our London offices. Unfortunately, due to the large number of applications we receive, we will not be able to provide feedback to candidates who are not invited to interview.

Please state your name and the role you are applying for in the subject line of the email, and it would also be greatly appreciated if you could note where you saw this job advertised.

If you require any materials in an alternative format, or have any questions, please get in contact with us.

Any information you provide as part of your application will be treated as confidential and managed in accordance with relevant data protection legislation and guidance. Our privacy statement can be found on our website.

Location: Flexible global location, remote working from home.

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 GBP for UK location, adjusted based on the cost of labour for the country in which the candidate resides. Salary will be determined based on experience and qualifications. Candidates must have the right to work in the country they are applying from.

Reports to: Executive Director

Contract Type: Permanent employment contract

Background

The Urban Movement Innovation Fund (UMI Fund) works to connect, align, and strengthen people-power for a more socially just, zero carbon future.  Drawing together and amplifying the efforts of NGOs working on technical solutions, or working with policy makers, with those of campaign or grassroots groups and movements working to increase citizen engagement and activity.  UMIF´s goal is to dramatically accelerate humanity’s transition to a zero-carbon world. UMIF is a convenor of the field, an advisor to philanthropy, and a grant maker.

UMI Fund believes that people-powered movements are critical to creating a zero-carbon world, generating the drive and popular support necessary for huge political, cultural and technological shifts.  In order to grow in our set direction and meet our strategic plan, we are in urgent need to build a team to help us strategically reach our goals. 

The UMI Fund team is small with a large portfolio of grants. As part of the team, led by the Co-Executive Directors, the Senior Programme Officer will make and manage a portion of these grants. The successful candidate will be an excellent strategist and a seasoned and successful change maker. They will have the

opportunity to explore various climate change linked issues and to work with truly inspirational partners from all over the world. This position is full-time and home-based; being part of a fully remote working and internationally distributed team.

Primary Responsibilities

UMI Fund has a small team that operates collaboratively and flexibly with sometimes overlapping responsibilities. Team members have specialisms, but we avoid being siloed in work delivery. Within the team the Senior Programme Officer will primarily be in a grant making role, and have a particular focus on the following:

• Establishing and maintaining good relationships with applicants/grantees and other partners.
• Networking, landscape scanning and mapping, conducting research and performing due diligence on grants and partnerships that fall within UMI Fund’s theory of change and current strategy. The Fund strategy encompasses movement building for action on climate change with a focus on ending the internal combustion engine, supporting the youth climate movement and fairer, more socially just climate solutions.
• Co-creating and supporting grantee projects and clusters of projects.
• Creating collaboration spaces for the UMI Fund community.
• Writing recommendations for funding, and monitoring and reporting on the progress of open grants which may sometimes involve travel to conduct site visits (depending on Covid-19 related travel restrictions).
• Supporting grantees with capacity building and the development of child safeguarding policies as needed.
• Assisting grantees with challenges during the grant period and drawing out lessons learned in ‘end-of-grant’ reports and evaluations when grants close.
• Working collaboratively with the full team at UMI Fund, ensuring there is cross-programme resonance, synergy, communication and learning where there are programmatic areas of overlap.
• Working collaboratively with other Grantmakers and funder initiatives as required.
• Contributing to internal reports, UMI Fund’s annual report, and board presentations as required;
• Representing the programme in a variety of settings both internally and externally.

Experience and Qualifications

The following list offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

• A proven change maker with demonstrated success in international campaigning and/or movement building.
• Proven commitment to action on climate change and social justice with at least seven years’ experience of working in the not-for-profit sector and/or in philanthropy, including experience in project and budget management (whether from the implementation or donor side).
• Proven knowledge and work experience in the climate mitigation, social justice and/or movement building fields as a grant-maker, advocate and/or practitioner.
• Experience of working in diverse and international teams.

Skills and Attributes

The following offers an aspirational view of our ideal candidate profile; however, we encourage applications from candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds, especially those from underrepresented groups.

• Tact, humility, flexibility, openness, and a good sense of humour,
• Proven experience in building and maintaining positive work relationships and partnerships.
• Excellent collaborative and facilitation skills.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills.
• An understanding of intersectionality and inclusive approaches to grant-making.
• Ability to work independently but also flexibly and collaboratively, as part of a small team.

• Excellent workload and time management skills with the ability to manage a busy workload delivering high quality work to deadline and under pressure.

• Fluent in English; additional languages could be an advantage.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, and ability to write quickly to meet deadlines.
• A demonstrated commitment to the values of inclusion, equity and social justice.

The following skills/experience will strengthen candidacy for this role:  

• Knowledge and work experience in grant making.
• Knowledge and work experience in collective action or movement building.
• Knowledge and experience working on the agency, voice and power of women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities, or other disadvantaged groups; particularly in the context of climate mitigation.
• A demonstrated ability to link local to global action to safeguard people and the environment.

*For all locations: Applicants must have the right to legally live and work in the country where they wish to be based.

UMI Fund is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, as detailed in our child and adults-at-risk safeguarding policy. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Please note that the successful candidate may undergo reference checks and be required to provide a police record prior to starting employment.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 5th June 2022

Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required, irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

King’s Global Health Partnerships (KGHP) aims to improve health outcomes in four African countries– Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Zambia and DR Congo – working with local partners and drawing on the skills of volunteers from the NHS and King’s College London. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead the development of finance systems for an innovative and impactful health systems strengthening programme.

This role will oversee financial management of KGHP’s restricted and unrestricted funds, leading on financial planning, budgeting and donor reporting across our programmes.  The appointee will support Partnerships staff, providing hands-on support as necessary to ensure that internal controls, and financial management processes are in place, in order to meet financial, contractual, statutory and legal responsibilities.

The appointee will lead on the development of KGHP’s financial systems.  They will be able to deliver change in processes by building effective relationships with Partnerships staff in London and in Africa, as well as building relationships with teams across King’s College London, ensuring coherence and consistency of approach and compliance with financial policies and processes.

This post will be offered on an a fixed-term contract for 12 months.  This is a part-time post – 60-80% full time equivalent (depending on the candidate’s preference) 

Key responsibilities

Financial management, compliance and control

- Manage flows of funding to in-country programmes and partners, including forecast-based transfers and reconciliation 

- Ensure project-specific financial record keeping; review partner financial reports, proactively raising issues with the project budget holder 

- Oversee all international grants and contracts and ensure the timely submission of accurate grant reporting 

- Lead and manage external audits, ensuring that recommendations arising from external audits are effectively addressed 

- Support capacity building programmes workshops for local partners in Africa, enabling them to effectively implement and monitor statutory and institutional grants  

Budget development and oversight

- Work closely with programmes teams to develop proposal and programme budgets which ensure cost recovery and sustainable growth, ensuring appropriate rigour and accuracy. Ensure that match funding requirements for grants are strictly monitored. 

- Work closely with budget holders to ensure they have good working knowledge of their budgets.  Conduct regular meetings to understand and explain variances. 

- Maintain full oversight of KGHP’s finances, ensuring that unrestricted and restricted income and expenditure remain in line with approved budgets.  Provide monthly and quarterly analysis to the KGHP Director and Strategy Delivery Board to keep them informed of KGHP’s financial position and areas of risk. 

Financial processes and systems development

- Improve and maintain systems for financial records, reporting and financial controls in accordance with auditing standards and accounting principles. 

- Train and develop Partnerships Finance staff overseas and in London in financial oversight and business management; ensure thorough inductions to finance systems for new Partnerships staff.  

- Ensure that guidance on reporting, budgeting, and compliance to internal budget holders and other relevant staff members is clear and well communicated. 

- Develop and implement an approach to full cost recovery, cost attribution/allocation; reserves policy and management plan; and resource allocation policy, including policy on the application of unrestricted funds.

Senior Programme Advisor- Asia

Job reference : REQ000395

£38,433 - £42,000pa

Woking Surrey GU21 4LL / Hybrid working

If you are experienced in developing, managing and monitoring the delivery of conservation programmes this is an amazing opportunity to use your expertise to support efforts to help sustain the life support systems that nature provides us with. At WWF we are working to provide solutions to the greatest environmental problems facing our planet and as a Senior Programme Advisor: Asia you will collaborate with colleagues in China and India to deliver high impact programmes that are designed to help nature and people thrive.

 As Senior Programme Advisor: Asia, you will provide advice, programme management oversight and support to a portfolio of international grants delivered by our network partners mainly in China (and potentially India). This will include engaging with WWF colleagues in the UK and overseas to support strong partnership approaches, ensure adherence to best practice principles, risk analysis and timely reporting and robust budgeting.  You will also provide input into planning, due diligence processes and MEL frameworks. You will help develop powerful evidence-based stories and narratives to engage our supporters, businesses, media and new audiences too. Important will be the ability to identify resource gaps, share learning and support capacity building.

You will have considerable experience of developing, managing and monitoring the delivery of conservation and/or development programmes. You will possess good technical knowledge on key, relevant international conservation and development issues too, especially in relation to China and/or India and will be able to provide thought leadership on issues such as mining, infrastructure, Chinese overseas investment or energy transition. You will also be familiar with the development of high-quality funding proposals and donor reports. Skilled at thinking critically, you will be good at influencing others and able to work in a flexible, collaborative manner. You should also have experience of supporting teams remotely and the ability to build lasting relationships with stakeholders, taking into account multi-cultural sensitivity and experiences.

If you are enthusiastic about making our world a better place through your work, we would love to hear from you, please click on the link and apply via our website. Complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up-to-date CV with the Supporting Statement highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.

Application closing date: 29/05/2022

 Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you.  Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose.  We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work. 

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We’re looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.

Senior Programme Manager - Scotland Peatland Programme
Reference: APR20228507
Location: Flexible in North Scotland
Salary: £42,768.00 - £47,446.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension, Life Assurance, 34 days' Annual Leave (incl. Bank Holidays)

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the RSPB's Peatland Programme work in Scotland. The role of peatland in terms of delivering conservation and carbon benefits has never been better understood and valued by both public and private investment and this is a unique opportunity for an individual to make a significant and lasting contribution to both the ecology of and battle against climate change, in Scotland.

The postholder will manage the organisations Peatland Programme in Scotland and will have oversight of RSPB's Scotland's programme of peatland restoration works funded through the Scottish Government's Peatland Action fund. In addition the Senior Programme Manager will establish the systems, governance and have oversight for the accreditation process for registering RSPB Scotland reserves with the Peatland Code. They will also lead the work with operational teams to develop a pipeline of prioritised Peatland Action and Peatland Code applications and will also work with partner agencies to ensure that the support for our peatland ambitions is as streamlined as possible and has the greatest impact for biodiversity and climate change.

They will also be the key contact with RSPB HQ staff and operational teams in relation to the pipelining of Peatland Code accreditation and manging relationships with key donors and the marketing of carbon sales.

The individual will also develop and manage high level relationships within the organisation and with relevant external bodies.

What's the role about?

• Develops and manages Programme Plan and associated documents for Scottish Peatland Programme
• Lead contact for Scottish Programme Board for peatland restoration activity – manages authorisation chain for restoration project development
• Co-ordinates meetings and agendas for Peatland Programme Oversight Group and other relevant groups
• Develops an understanding of and contributes to RSPB thinking on peatland code – acts as main contact for high level discussions with IUCN
• Works with site-based Project Managers to develop PC validation timetable across compartments on reserves
• Gains an understanding of and leads Scottish contribution to the development of RSPB’s ‘off-reserve’ carbon ambitions in Scotland
• Develops an understanding and contributes to RSPB’s approach to community benefits associated with carbon finance
• Is lead contact for ScotGov discussions on streamlining Peatland ACTION funding
• Works closely with operational teams, support teams, and Peatland Action Programme Manager over development of pipeline of projects on reserves and into wider landscapes
• Works closely with both Scottish and UK fundraising team over corporate and donative relationships/carbon sales
• Line manages Peatland Action Programme Manager

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Knowledge of peatlands and peatland restoration techniques
• Understanding of the Scottish Government's Peatland Action scheme
• Understanding of the Peatland Code registration and implementation processes
• Experience of project management and project governance with major projects
• Competent IT user (e.g. MS packages, Outlook etc).
• Attention to detail and ability to understand financial systems.
• Knowledge of grant application and claim processes
• Knowledge of how to monitor grant/funding obligations and ensure fulfilment
• Knowledge of reporting to both public and private funders
• Demonstrable leadership ability, able to lead without line management authority.
• An ability to produce clear written communications.
• An ability to persuade and influence a wide range of people, both internally and externally.
• Ability to manage complex programmes.
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to find creative solutions.
• Logical & methodical, analytical and a good eye for detail.
• Experience of working to a standard programme management approach (e.g. Managing Successful Programmes).
• Diplomacy and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrable experience of developing and working in partnerships to achieve shared outcomes.
• Experience of leading and managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Cost and budget management.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• API or PMI registered
• Experience of delivering complex programmes.
• Experience of working to a standard programme management approach (e.g. Managing Successful Programmes).
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Project Management Qualification or appropriate experience/training.

This is a Permanent, Full-Time role for 37.5 hours per week.

The role is flexible in North Scotland. RSPB has offices in Aberdeen and Inverness and Reserves across the highlands and islands - including Boat of Garten, Loch Ruthven, Culbin Sands, Udale bay, Forsinard Flows, Corrimony and more.

Closing date: 23:59, Friday 27th May 2022
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 14th June 2022.

Application process:

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

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

No agencies please.

Senior Programme Advisor: Africa

£38,433pa

Woking, Surrey, GU21 4LL/Hybrid working

If you are experienced in developing, managing and monitoring the delivery of conservation programmes this is an amazing opportunity to use your expertise to support efforts to help sustain the life support systems that nature provides us with. At WWF we are working to provide solutions to the greatest environmental problems facing our planet and as a Senior Programme Advisor: Africa you will collaborate with colleagues in East Africa to deliver high impact programmes that are designed to help nature and people thrive.

As Senior Programme Advisor: Africa, you will provide advice, programme management oversight and support to a portfolio of international grants delivered by our network partners in East Africa. This will include engaging with WWF colleagues in the UK and overseas to support strong partnership approaches, ensure adherence to best practice principles, risk analysis and timely reporting and robust budgeting.  You will also provide input into planning, due diligence processes and MEL frameworks. You will help develop powerful evidence-based stories and narratives to engage our supporters, businesses, media and new audiences too. Important will be the ability to identify resource gaps, share learning and support capacity building.

You will have considerable experience of developing, managing and monitoring the delivery of conservation and/or development programmes. You will possess good technical knowledge on key, relevant international conservation and development issues too, especially in relation to East Africa region. You will also be familiar with the development of high-quality funding proposals and donor reports. Skilled at thinking critically, you will be good at influencing others and able to work in a flexible, collaborative manner. You should also have experience of supporting teams remotely and the ability to build lasting relationships with stakeholders, taking into account multi-cultural sensitivity and experiences.

If you are enthusiastic about making our world a better place through your work, we would love to hear from you, please click on the link and apply via our website. Complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up-to-date CV with the Supporting Statement highlighting what makes you a good fit for us.

Application closing date: 26/05/2022

Every role at WWF is open to applications from all sections of society. We believe in the potential of everyone regardless of; race, religion or belief, ethnic origin, different physical ability, family structure, socio-economics, age, nationality or citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other aspect that makes you, well you.  Here at WWF we’re committed to conscious inclusion that helps cultivate an ethos of belonging, connection and shared purpose.  We believe that the more diverse we are the better we become; this brings us together and empowers us to develop, engage and inspire; and critically to help build a future where people can live in harmony with nature.

Our policies and benefits reflect the importance of people being able to have a good work-life balance and being able to bring their ‘full self’ to work.

Our world needs you like never before. We are the first generation to know we are destroying the world and we could be the last that can do anything about it. We’re looking for people who are passionate about making it politically, socially and economically unacceptable to destroy our planet’s natural resources. We need you to join us in the fight for our world.

About the role 

Carers NI has a fantastic new opportunity to lead and manage our new Advocacy and Voice Project. You’ll establish forums, organise events and provide support to empower carers from across NI, from a diversity of backgrounds, to have their voices heard, and their lived experiences brought, to the heart of government and the Assembly. You will also be a key member of the Carers NI policy team, contributing to analysis of policy and strategy, developing research, co-ordinating engagement with partners, supporting campaigns and representing Carers NI nationally and locally.

About you

This role requires a broad range of skills in engaging with others and communicating at all levels. You will have excellent written and verbal communication, presentation skills, self-motivation and attention to detail. You will have an understanding of the issues facing unpaid carers and their families and ideally of the current Northern Ireland political system.

The role will particularly suit a proactive individual who enjoys working with people and creating successful networks, can multi-task and who can represent the charity to partners across all sectors, civil servants and politicians. 

In return, we can offer you a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of unpaid carers in Northern Ireland.

Diversity and inclusion

Carers UK is committed to becoming a diverse and truly inclusive organisation. We strive to create a workplace where our colleagues and volunteers can truly be themselves and feel like they belong and constantly seek to ensure all voices are heard. 

To embrace this culture of diversity, our employee and volunteer recruitment should reflect our stakeholders and the society that we serve and support, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, disabilities or religious practices. We value individual diversity and are actively building diverse teams here at Carers UK and value our colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds.

As a membership charity for carers, we particularly seek employees and volunteers with a real understanding of the issues faced by carers. Reasonable adjustments can be made to the process and role dependent on the needs of the applicant.

The closing date for applications is 12pm 20 May 2022

Interview Dates w/c 13 June 2022

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the UK’s largest funder of health and care research. 

The PPIE team sits within an arm of the NIHR that manages two global health research programmes in the Low / Middle Income Countries and five research programmes in the UK.

The NIHR Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Team

The PPIE team supports patient and public involvement and engagement activities and responsibilities, and undertakes key functions, including:

• Supporting research programmes by recruiting public contributors to act as reviewers 
• Supporting programme teams in monitoring performance of research award holders 
• Helping to ensure that there is effective community engagement and involvement in Global Health Research 

Job purpose

The post will also be responsible for the recruitment of public members into funding committees and giving advise, guidance and monitoring to NIHR domestic and global health programmes, Infrastructure, Schools and Units on the development and delivery of their strategic plans for public/community involvement and engagement. You will work with colleagues across the NIHR and beyond to coordinate collaborative approaches to sharing resources, learning and effective practice. 

Key responsibilities

• Provide leadership and capacity building in key work themes 
• Driving the sharing of PPIE knowledge, effective practice and expertise 
• Providing oversight, expertise and coordination to support and monitor the development of PPI
• Lead on the development, delivery, monitoring, review and reporting of our annual involvement 
• Work with other members of NIHR’s senior team, contributing to policy development 
• Establishing, maintaining and managing effective external relationships and networks 
• Lead on people management: including workforce planning, mentoring and coaching, line management
• Developing and maintaining awareness and understanding of the changing environment

Person specification

• Degree in humanities, arts and social sciences or equivalent experience
• Knowledge and experience of patient and public involvement in the community or healthcare sector 
• Experience in planning, delivery, monitoring, review and reporting strategies
• Experience of working with the public, building stakeholder relationships
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills orally and in writing, including the ability to convey complex material 
• Effective planning/organisational skills with the ability to coach and support others 
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion 
• Excellent IT skills including the use of Google Apps
• Experience of successfully managing and developing staff
• Self-motivated, able to work without supervision, perform well under pressure, prioritise workloads 

Essential competencies and behaviours

• Influencing
• Communication
• Integrity
• Decision making / judgement
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Planning and organisation

Applicants should submit a CV and covering letter outlining their suitability for the role. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so early application is strongly encouraged to avoid disappointment.

• Job Title:  Programme Manager – Sierra Leone
• Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone (with frequent nationwide travel within Sierra Leone)
• Salary banding: £25,000 - £34,000 per annum depending on experience
• Contract: Two years, with possible option of extension

Street Child is seeking an outstanding candidate with the ambition, skill and tenacity to drive programme delivery and quality in our flagship Sierra Leone country programme. You will be joining an agile and fast-growing global organisation, working for children's futures in 20 fragile, conflict and crisis affected countries. This role reports to the Sierra Leone & Liberia Country Representative, working alongside several other Street Child UK staff in country, as well as Street Child’s excellent national partners, in particular Street Child of Sierra Leone who are presently delivering several significant FCDO grants as well as projects with various other partners including the Government of Sierra Leone. Key to this role, the successful candidate will look to drive the implementation of high quality, impactful education programmes in partnership with local actors whilst also supporting our wider work across the country. Our portfolio is growing, with several innovative new programmes coming online, presenting an excellent opportunity for a successful candidate to be at the forefront of education programming in Sierra Leone.

Key Responsibilities:

Programme management (70%)

• Provide rigorous and adaptive programme management to drive quality in our education interventions across our programme portfolio;
• Work closely with Street Child’s national partners to ensure on-time and on-budget programme delivery, with an emphasis on impact and value for money
• Work alongside the Sierra Leone and Liberia MEL Lead and partners to support the development and implementation of robust MEL systems and conducting frequent field monitoring visits
• Support strong  programme reporting, completing SCUK internal reports and preparing donor narrative and financial reports in collaboration with national partners
• Lead on budget management across all live projects, liaising with partner and SC UK finance teams
• Directly provide partner capacity development support in priority areas, as required

Resource mobilisation (30%)

• Support high level proposal and budget development as required alongside the Sierra Leone Country Representative and/or local partners;
• Represent Street Child in interactions with donors, networks, government and other stakeholders in all relevant fora, in collaboration with the Country Representative;
• Support Sierra Leone based events in coordination with SCUK fundraising teams, including the Sierra Leone marathon, bike rides & international teacher training programme.

We are looking for:

• A dynamic, positive, personable professional with a track record of delivering education programmes in partnership with local partners;
• A proven track record in driving programme quality and impact in education programming and a sound awareness of equity and inclusion;
• A passion for extending Street Child’s capacity, and that of our partners (especially our unique lead local partner, ‘Street Child of Sierra Leone’, to serve children in Sierra Leone

Benefits

• Living allowance of $500 pcm
• Comprehensive travel and life insurance
• 1* Return R&R flight per year in addition to start and end of contract flights
• 25 days annual leave + public holiday
• Access to L&D funding for short, medium and long term training to support your professional development

Please note that this role is unaccompanied and not suitable for candidates looking for a family posting.

How to apply

To express your interest in this role please send your CV and covering letter to our recruitment email address as set out in the attached job description by Tuesday 24th May 2022. Your cover letter should include why you want this role and why you are a suitable candidate, outlining your relevant experience.We will review applications as they are received so interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.  We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should a suitable candidate be identified before the advertised end date.

Diversity is important to us at Street Child and so we especially welcome applications from candidates with backgrounds typically under-represented in the sector and/or reflect the communities we seek to serve.

Pre-employment checks will be required as part of our recruitment process in line with our Safeguarding Policy.

We are building a new generation of creative, innovative and globally responsible engineers who will find solutions to the biggest social and environmental challenges of our time.

Working closely with Engineers Without Borders UK colleagues and our programme partners, our Programme Manager will drive forward the success of our design challenges in the UK and internationally, inspiring and upskilling undergraduates around the world to become globally responsible engineers. You will significantly contribute to our goal to upskill 250,000 individuals by 2030.

While experience in education or engineering programmes might help you hit the ground running, it’s more important that you have excellent project and people management skills and a good understanding and interest in working with a variety of organisations and across cultures to achieve shared objectives.

The primary responsibilities will be:

• Building and managing relationships with our programme partners. You will co-develop and deliver programmes, negotiate and manage budgets and seek opportunities. 
• Coordinating and collaborating with our team to best deliver our programmes. You will take an approach that empowers others, utilising the skills and expertise they bring, whilst project managing, planning and communicating to ensure key milestones are reached.
• Recruiting and building successful relationships with educators. You will share insight into how to successfully deliver the programme, facilitate the sharing of good practice and highlight how the programme supports course accreditation and relevant skill development.
• Developing, managing and delivering learning materials. You will ensure that our online resources and the delivery of supporting workshops are inspiring, relevant, appropriate for the education level of the students
• Integrating the programmes within the movement. 
• Monitoring and evaluation to assess and grow the impact of the programmes.

Being a small team, everyone is expected to contribute and provide support to others in the delivery and improvement of the organisation. This is a great opportunity to develop broader skills and experience, as well as being part of a supportive, dependable team.

We are offering the role with flexibility on location, with the option to be remote (UK), hybrid, or office-based (London). The minimum expectation is one day per month in the office.

The Caxton Youth Organisation:

Thank you for your interest in the role of Head of Programmes at Caxton Youth Organisation.

We’re looking for someone who understands the youth workspace and is passionate about the need for extracurricular services for young people with learning disabilities, who is enthusiastic about youth-led activities and amplifying the youth voice, as well as having a good head for safeguarding and communicating to the young people, team, families and wider partners.

Ultimately this role will help us deliver an exciting menu of activities and achieve outcomes for our four main programmes:

•Health and Getting Active: (including sexual health, personal hygiene, coping with stress, substance misuse awareness, and sports including football and dance)

• Employment Support: (including workplace skills, digital literacy, staying safe, training, interpersonal skills, and volunteering).

• Independence: (including managing money, managing a home, personal awareness & problem solving, and emergency planning)

• Emotional and Social Wellbeing: (including emotional literacy, taking notice, self-care, building connections, peer-mentoring and person-centred planning)

Purpose of the role: The Head of Programmes will support the CEO in the delivery of high-quality programmes and activities taking responsibility for: See Attached Job specification.

Skills and Abilities

• Has a Youth Work qualification (E) preferably at degree-level (D)
• Excellent written and communication skills (E)
• Has a good understanding of different communication methods, including Makaton (D)
• Advanced use of Microsoft packages, including word and excel (D)

Experience

• Extensive youth work experience (E) with young people with disabilities or communication issues (D)
• Extensive experience of programme design and delivery (E)
• Experience of internal monitoring and evaluation of staff and project outputs (E)
• Experience of detailed reporting to funders on all aspects of the programme and services (narrative and financial) (D)
• Direct line management experience (D)

Knowledge

• Has a comprehensive understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality (E)
• A good understanding of issues surrounding young people with disabilities (E)
• Has an in-depth knowledge of the communication needs of disabled young people, specifically those on the autistic spectrum (D)

Personal Attributes and Other Requirements

• Is able to work as part of a team and to use own initiative (E)
• Is willing to travel and to work unsociable hours, including evenings and occasional weekends (E)
• A highly motivated and energetic leader (E)
• Self-starter, able to use own initiative to show insight and manage complex situations and processes between people (E)
• Is dependable and professional (E)
• The ability to remain calm when working under pressure (E)
• Is able to drive and willing to occasionally drive a minibus (D)

About Caxton Youth Organisation:

At Caxton, we work with 11-25 year olds with learning disabilities resident in Westminster. There is nowhere quite like Caxton Youth, that’s what the young people we work with and their families tell us, and we passionately believe it too.

Caxton is entering its 75th year, quite something for a small but mighty charity, and our longevity says so much about the importance of the services we provide to ensure young people with disabilities in Westminster are able to advance in their personal development, integrate into the community and lead independent and fulfilling lives wherever possible.

The majority of our work is delivered at our dedicated Youth Club in south Westminster. Our youth work team focus on young people’s social & emotional wellbeing, independence, employability and health & personal care. All these topics are addressed during weekly youth club sessions which take place in the evenings, and young people are supported to attend thanks to our very own Caxton minibus which collects and drops participants home across the borough. During school holidays we make use of our fantastic outdoor base in Surrey, giving our members the opportunity to experience life outside London, and parents and caregivers some much needed respite.

Essential Safer Recruitment Criteria

Caxton Youth Organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employer and the DBS.

Other information:

The time commitment is 37.5 hours per week. This will include evenings, the occasional weekend for trips to Ripley. We also arrange 2 weeks of fun residential trips during the Easter and Summer holiday, where you’d be expected to stay overnight. All overnight stays are taken back in lieu, meaning the added benefit is you can take extra holidays or days off during the week. While sessions are at specific times, this role lends itself to flexible working.

When you are not required to be in a specific place for activities, we are flexible about working location.