Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as a Senior Evidence and Learning Adviser and help us to unlock our understanding of the ways in which we can reduce the impact of poverty on children's lives and support their early learning outcomes.

Every child has the right to ensure that their basic needs are met, and to receive the encouragement and help which enables them to reach their full potential. The greatest barrier to this in the UK is poverty and inequality. Our mission is to secure a sustainable reduction in the number of children growing up in poverty and work to narrow the early learning gap between those children and their better off peers.

We believe this future is possible. It requires more money to be put back into the pockets of parents and carers, decent jobs, more opportunities for young children to play and learn, and policies and services which centre children and families' needs, reduce discrimination, and that are designed to help children to flourish in their earliest years..

We work closely with the communities we aim to support. We recognise their diversity and strengths as well as the challenges they face, and we aim to reflect their diversity and experiences in our UK staff team.

The UK Evidence and Learning team generates evidence that enables us to secure changes to policy and practice, in every nation of the United Kingdom. Through our work, we demonstrate what is effective in improving lives for children and families; we collect evidence directly from children and families to help us understand how current practice affects their lives; we develop and test promising, sustainable interventions in communities; and we gather and synthesise evidence from local partners, organisations in our sector, and academia. We draw on all this learning to work with colleagues to influence decision-makers and advocate for policy and practice change, with and on behalf of families.

As a Senior Evidence and Learning Adviser, you will:

• Develop strategies for generating evidence and learning, especially (but not exclusively) focussing on qualitative research, participatory practice and other open research and intelligence gathering approaches.
• Undertake primary research and evaluation, analysis and evidence syntheses.
• Support teams to implement evidence strategies, building their capacity and confidence to support evidence and learning practice and ensuring that the approaches put in place are rigorous and practical.
• Support teams in developing and using theories of change and outcomes frameworks; and using data in all its forms to describe the impact of our work.
• Capture and disseminate our data and learning.

To be successful you will:

• Hold expertise in evaluation and evidence generation across a wide range of methods, although we are particularly interested in hearing from candidates with a strong technical background leading qualitative, ethnographic, innovation and participatory research practice.
• Have experience of and be confident in undertaking evaluation and research with both children and families and with marginalised groups.
• Hold expertise in learning and improvement methodologies and have experience of using data and evidence for improvement.
• Hold strong analytical skills, be able to interpret complex data and make it meaningful to others.
• Be adept at developing relationships and working with a wide range of individuals, teams and in different policy and practice contexts.
• Be a confident and experienced user of data analysis software, such as Nvivo or Atlas.ti

This is 14 month, fixed-term, maternity cover role. This contract is longer than 12 months to enable a smooth transition between the two roles.

Diversity & Inclusion 

To help us attract and encourage applications from a wide range of people, we are holding an open information session so that you can find out more about working at Save the Children, the UK Impact team and our vision and mission for children in the UK.

This will be held in early December and you can sign up for that here

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.

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

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

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Interviews are expected to take place in the week of 6th of December.

Remote Working:

The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

Northern Ireland Development Manager
Part-time secondment cover until July 2023

Formed in 1890, the British Deaf Association (BDA) is the UK’s biggest Deaf-led membership organisation supporting Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL). We stand for Deaf Equality, Access and Freedom of Choice.

For this part-time position, we are looking for someone with the vision and experience to build on our strengths and reputation at a time of exciting change as Northern Ireland plans to introduce new Sign Language legislation. The post-holder will be a strong project development leader with experience of working with statutory and funding bodies, able to find new opportunities and generate new income. The post-holder will oversee the NI office, line-manage our NI Advocacy staff (and any new posts from new funding opportunities), and, work with key partners and organisations.

Working with the Chief Executive and key members of the Management Team, the NI Development Manager will ensure that the BDA remains responsive to the needs of the NI Deaf Sign Language Community.

Are you skilled at developing new projects to improve and make a positive impact on Deaf people’s lives in Northern Ireland’s Deaf Sign Language Community? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Salary: £35,000 pro rata (£21,000 pa)

Closing Date: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Interview Date: Wednesday 15th December 2021

The British Deaf Association expects the talents of all employees to be used fully. No employees should be treated differently because of their sex or gender reassignment, sexual orientation, abilities, language, marital status, religion, social class, race, ethnic origin, employment status, age, health status or pregnancy/maternity.

Details of the position, job description, person specification, application form, who to contact for an informal chat and a short video in BSL are available. Please click Apply to visit our website.

No agencies please.

Associate Director of Impact and Engagement

Reporting to the Executive Director of Locality Impact, you’ll lead the Stroke Association’s work in Northern Ireland, aiming to improve treatment and care for everyone effected by stroke.

Position: Associate Director - Northern Ireland

Location: Homebased

Hours: 35 hours per week (job-share and flexible options welcome)

Salary: £56,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 31 December 2021

Interview Date: 12 January 2022

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

As Associate Director, you’ll significantly increase our reach and impact through effective systems leadership, creating and managing relationships with key stakeholders, influencing local policy and practice and overseeing the effective delivery of high quality stroke support.

You’ll lead a motivated and engaged team of staff and volunteers to:

• Increase our impact and reach through systems and community engagement, influencing and service delivery 
• Ensure stroke survivors have a strong an influential voice in shaping and improving stroke policy and practice
• Deliver value to customers who receive and use our Northern Ireland based and our universally delivered services and activities 
• Increase consistency in quality and reach of our engagement activities and services, with a focus on addressing health inequalities 
• Enable peer support and self-sustaining stroke communities to flourish in Northern Ireland

About You

You’ll have:

• Senior-level experience in advocacy/influencing; service delivery or community engagement and development.
• Substantial experience of holding senior-level relationships with partner organisations, ideally in health and social care / the NHS and a strong understanding of systems leadership.
• Strong understanding of influencing policy in a devolved administration
• Substantial experience of leading high performing teams and large distributed teams (paid staff and
• Track record in developing and implementing strategy, leading change, and managing budgets.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.

To fulfil the role, you must abode and have the right to work in the U.K.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Director, Associate Director, Director of Locality Impact, Associate Director of Locality Impact, Locality Impact, Head of Locality Impact, Impact and Engagement, Director of Impact, Impact Manager, Director of Impact and Engagement, Social Care, Care, Health, Stroke, Volunteer Manager, Volunteering Director, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Director, Community Engagement, Community Engagement Manager, Director of Community Engagement.  

We have Youth Development Lead roles available in our Delivery Team in Northern Ireland on a maternity cover basis for up to 12 months and a fixed-term basis until March 2023. The Prince's Trust operates a hybrid model of office and home working.

As part of the Delivery Team, you will have a broad focus, working in important areas such as Education (in partnerships with schools), Employment, Enterprise and Personal Development. We encourage cross-working across teams and focus areas. You must ensure that every young person we engage, progresses with an appropriate pathway of learning and development and one to one support. You will demonstrate best practices in how we work with young people in a safe way, to ensure we deliver maximum value for young people and partners.

To be successful in the role of Youth Development Lead, you will be able to engage in challenges with optimism and resilience and be adaptive and flexible – embracing change and innovation. Due to the pandemic and ways of working you must be comfortable both working virtually and communicating on virtual platforms.

For more information and to apply, please click 'apply now' to be directed to our website.

Perks for working at The Trust:

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible working! Where operationally possible, you can work hours to fit in with, school hours or care arrangements for example and you can also work from home.
• Interest-free season ticket loans
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc.
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)

Contribute to the development of our client’s fundraising strategy and the achievement of other organisational objectives, through the production of accurate data selections, data management and pre and post-campaign analysis.

Data Analyst Responsibilities:

• Undertake the production of all data selections for fundraisers using specific criteria on our client’s donor database for a wide range of fundraising activities. These will include appeal mailings, retention mailings, community event mailings, as well as telemarketing, email and advocacy campaigns.
• Co-ordinate data schedules with other teams.
• Ensure timely provision of data – liaise with project manager or external agency to ensure data is delivered to schedule and to correct specification.
• Support the monitoring and review of the fundraising segmentation strategy in order to enable optimum return on expenditure.
• Increase data quality throughout the database by implementing validation, data cleansing and reporting.

About our client:

They deliver life-saving and life-changing interventions to some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. From rapid emergency response to their innovative programming in health and nutrition, livelihoods and education, they go to the hardest to reach places to make sure that no-one is left behind.

Today they are a team of over 3,500 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. Last year they reached 28.6 million people in 24 of the world’s poorest countries.

Location: Belfast
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Salary: £24,891 - £27,511 per annum. It is company policy to start new employees at the beginning of their pay band.

You may have experience of the following: Data Analyst, Data Analysis, SQL Analyst, BI Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Data Analyst, Python, R, etc.

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