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Diocesan Director of Ordinands
We are looking for a new Diocesan Director of Ordinands with the experience and strategic skills to release the considerable potential for licenced lay and ordained ministry across the Diocese.
Position: Diocesan Director of Ordinands
Location: Kidlington, Oxford. OX5 1GF
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £54,531.32 - £59,075.41 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Monday 26 May 2025 at 23:59
Interview Date: Friday 6 June 2025 in person at Church House Oxford
The Role
As Diocesan Director of Ordinands, you will play a pivotal role in nurturing and discerning vocations to ordained ministry within the Church of England. You will guide individuals through the national discernment process, ensuring they are supported spiritually, pastorally and practically. You will be leading a high-quality Vocations and DDO team of two full-time Area Directors of Ordinand (ADO), one full-time Administrator, and 7 part-time Volunteer Assistant Directors of Ordinands (VADO).
Key responsibilities include:
- Overseeing the discernment and selection of candidates for ordained ministry.
- Providing pastoral and theological guidance to those exploring vocation.
- Collaborating with parish clergy, bishops and national church bodies to support candidates.
- Managing and developing pathways for diverse vocations, fostering inclusion across communities.
- Supporting the transition of candidates into theological education and formation.
- Maintaining accurate records and reporting on candidate progress.
- Leading and inspiring a team of Assistant Directors of Ordinands and Vocations Advisors.
About You
For this role there is a genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) for the appointed person to be an ordained member of the Church of England under Part 1, Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.
It is expected that the post holder will have:
- Experience of parish ministry within the Church of England, with the ability to engage across its breadth.
- A lively, sustaining faith expressed through prayer, worship and scripture.
- Proven track record in vocational discernment, including knowledge of the Shared Discernment Process.
- Commitment to supporting male and female candidates with integrity, aligned with the Five Guiding Principles.
- Strong leadership, team management, organisational and communication skills.
- Experience of developing strategy, managing budgets, and writing reports within Church of England frameworks.
- Awareness of human development and discernment processes, with sensitivity and critical insight.
- Ability to travel widely across the Diocese, including rural areas, with good IT skills and adaptability.
Benefits and Rewards:
- 25 days holiday per annum, rising each year by one day to a maximum of 30 days
- In addition to the statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege days
- Hybrid working
- Free parking and subsidised on-site café
- Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5% which includes a death in service benefit (5% Employee Contribution)
- Electric car and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
- Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
- Enhanced family-friendly policies and a generous sick pay provision
- Access to low-interest financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union, including loans
- An attractive modern working environment
We want the Church of England’s commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in our staff. We are particularly keen to receive applications from UK Minority Ethnic / Global Majority heritage and disabled candidates, who are currently underrepresented.
The Church of England is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within our church community. In the Diocese of Oxford we follow and are committed to the Church of England's House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policies and the relevant statutory legislation and guidance "Working together" to ensure the welfare of children and young people is paramount. This post is subject to an enhanced plus barred lists DBS check.
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Back on Track is a Greater Manchester charity that enables people to make lasting positive changes in their lives. This could be managing problematic drug and/or alcohol use, living a crime-free life, improving mental health and wellbeing, or finding and maintaining a stable home.
This role is ideal for someone who is looking for an opportunity to lead an organisation while maintaining a strong and direct connection to the people we work with. As CEO you will translate vision into action, shaping services, systems, and policy at both local and national levels with empathy, innovation, and a deep commitment to equity.
Essential knowledge and experience
- Strategic leadership experience in the charity, public or other relevant sector
- Experience of building relationships and productive partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrable experience of leading change within a dynamic, complex environment
- Successful experience of leading and managing teams and developing people
- Good understanding of strategic financial planning, maximising existing and potential revenue streams and budget management
- Good understanding of national and regional strategies and policy relating to our work
- Good understanding of the role of a Board of Trustees, or similar, enabling the Board to function effectively and in accordance with relevant governance and compliance
How to apply: click on the 'Redirect to recruiter' button below to apply through our website. The closing date for applications is Friday 6th June 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Changing Faces is seeking a motivated Health Professional Engagement Officer to join our Services Team.
Health Professional Engagement Officer
Contract: Part-time (0.6 FTE, 22.2 hours per week, ideally spread across 4-5 days)
Salary: £31,742.79 to £33,675.92
Location: Flexible working, mainly home-based, with potential for some work / meetings in London
Travel: Regular travel to deliver talks / attend conferences in the UK + staff / team meet ups
Benefits: 25 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata-ed at 0.6 FTE). 6% pension contribution. EAP access
Changing Faces is seeking a motivated Health Professional Engagement Officer to join our Services Team. This exciting part-time role takes the lead in our professional liaison work to educate health and social care professionals regarding the impact of visible difference and raising their awareness of the important work of the charity.
Main purpose of the role
The main purpose is to develop and maintain relationships with HCPs to:
- increase awareness of the impact of visible difference and educate them in how to effectively support patients
- ensure understanding of the Changing Faces service offers and how to access these
- encourage them to sign up to regular updates and news and stay engaged with us.
This will be done by building and retaining relationships with HCPs via NHS departments, organisations and societies within the field of visible difference; finding ways to keep HCPs on our mailing list engaged and interested in our news; and by providing information, meetings, education and talks both in person and online.
We are looking for
- A proven track record of engaging with Health Care Professionals (HCPs) at all levels, in a range of disciplines and building relationships
- Confident, engaging and experienced presenter to a range of audiences – clear, persuasive and authoritative in spoken communication, both online and in person
- High standard of written English, able to write information and presentations clearly, with an understanding of the needs of the HCP audience.
- Proactive, dynamic and innovative in approach, with an ability to be creative, self-supporting, meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities.
- Ability to work effectively, collaboratively, and sensitively with a wide range of senior stakeholders and service users.
- Ability to work effectively, collaboratively, empathetically and sensitively with a wide range of stakeholders and service users
- This role requires willingness and flexibility to travel across the UK and occasional overnight stays.
About Changing Faces
Changing Faces is the UK’s leading charity for everyone who has a mark, scar or condition that makes them look different (a visible difference). Being different in a society where there is such pressure to look a certain way is extremely difficult.
People with visible differences are vulnerable to isolation, loneliness, social anxiety and low self-esteem. They face staring, unwanted attention and even bullying and hate crime. They experience lowered expectations in education, problems getting work and stereotyping in the media. This can have a devastating, and lasting, impact on their wellbeing. Adults often come to us, having never spoken to anyone about the psychological impact of their visible difference before.
Changing Faces provides unique practical, social and emotional support for people affected by visible difference; we challenge discrimination and campaign for a world that respects difference.
Health care professional (HCP) engagement contributes to two areas in our strategy:
- Greater understanding and awareness among HCPs of the impact of a visible difference on mental health and wellbeing
- Increased awareness of Changing Faces services and increased referrals from HCPs.
Changing Faces wants a future where everyone with a visible difference on their face or body has the confidence, support and opportunity to lead the lives they want.
This role is part-time (0.6 FTE, 22.2 hours a week), ideally spread across 4-5 days and requires a highly flexible, motivated individual, with a passion for presenting and building relationships around the UK. We are looking for a start date around mid-August 2025.
Closing date: Please apply by 1pm, Wednesday 4th June 2025.
Interviews: Expected to take place on Wednesday 11th June and Thursday 12th June 2025.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
This role is subject to an enhanced DBS / PVG Scheme check, with adult’s and children’s barred lists.
No agencies please.
Providing support and promoting respect for everyone with a visible difference.
Age UK is recruiting for a proven HR Assistant on a 12-month fixed term contract. In this role you will support the HR Team to deliver the highest possible standards of service to our internal customers (employees) across the charity.
With an understanding of employment law, you will be responsible for providing an efficient and customer focused HR administration service.
You will play a vital supporting role covering the HR processes associated with an employee life cycle including, probation, flexible working requests, termination and any other contractual changes, you will ensure that all relevant changes are communicated to the relevant teams and appropriate HR systems are updated.
Supporting the delivery of a customer focused HR service, including employee relations, recruitment, training, HR operations and payroll, employee wellbeing, culture, DEI and safeguarding. You will have the opportunity to liaise with our employees and managers, responding to a wide range of HR related queries and escalating any complex employee queries to a more senior member of the HR Team.
We operate a hybrid-working model, a blend of home and office working. This role will include regular days working from our Warrington office. Your travel costs to the Warrington office are not covered by the charity.
Age UK Grade 8N
Must haves:
The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:
Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P
Experience
*Experience at HR Assistant Level - A
*Experience working in a fast-paced organisation with changing priorities and deadlines - A, I
Skills & Knowledge
*Knowledge of employment law in practice and interpreting HR Policy - A, I
*Competent in the use of Microsoft packages, including excel, word, outlook and Teams - A
*Ability to produce professional and accurate letters/emails for internal customers - T
Personal attributes
*Balanced and measured approach to decision making - I
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
Supporting statements and anonymisation
Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.
CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.
Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Reasonable adjustments
Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting the Recruitment Team. Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
For a full list of benefits please visit our website.
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Networks for Nature Project Administrator
35 hours per week, temporary contract until December 2028
We are Chester Zoo
We’re not just an amazing, award-winning visitor attraction that’s home to over 37,000 incredible animals inside 128 acres of stunning gardens. We’re not just the UK’s most popular zoo. We’re a major wildlife charity that’s committed to the recovery of endangered species, globally. And, as the world faces an extinction crisis, we’re making a hugely significant contribution to conservation at a time when it’s needed most. We are Chester Zoo and we prevent extinction.
The Role
We now have an exciting new role for a Networks for Nature Project Administrator. This role is part of the Networks for Nature project team.
Networks for Nature spans c60 square miles from the River Dee to the River Mersey, including Chester and Ellesmere Port. This is a collaborative partnership project working with Cheshire West and Chester Council, The Land Trust, Cheshire Wildlife Trust, Canal and River Trust, and Sustrans with the aim to drive nature recovery in a mixed-use landscape, creating diverse habitats for species to thrive now and for years to come. We will empower communities to have an active role in conservation action and stewardship and will focus on making nature more accessible to and inclusive for everyone to enable connection and improve wellbeing. To find out more about Networks for Nature visit Networks For Nature | Conservation at Chester Zoo.
As the Project Administrator you will provide administrative and accounting support across the Networks for Nature project.
We’re looking for someone who can:
- Provide full administrative support at all levels of project governance including project delivery team, Project Board and Steering Group, booking rooms, inviting staff, partners and other stakeholders and the taking of confidential minutes.
- Manage the associated project email account and phone communication, answering queries about project events and activities and directing to the relevant team members for action.
- Support the project team with logistics including venue bookings, catering and liaising with participants.
- Support members of the project team with raising POs, invoicing, and financial reporting, ensuring the budget is effectively monitored and that reports are available to project governance and funders as required.
- Collate project information for timely and accurate reporting to Project Board, Steering Group and project funders.
What makes Chester Zoo a great place to work?
Well, where do we start? Here goes…
We’re a huge team of conservationists, scientists, educators, animal welfare experts, marketeers, visitor experience professionals, environmental policy influencers; the list goes on. Each and every one of us is on a mission to make Chester Zoo the best in the world, and our planet a better place.
As the UK’s biggest and best zoo, we have ambitious goals, exciting plans, and there’s always lots going on here. We’re an inclusive and diverse organisation, made up of over 600 permanent and 500 temporary team members, and we know how important it is to invest in our colleagues to help boost their career development. We have ambitious goals, and we want you to be with us for the long term on our exciting journey.
Our working environment could not be more different from a typical office – where else can you see critically endangered orangutans from your office window, or stroll among rare giraffes and tigers on your lunch break?
The Package
- Fixed term contract until December 2028
- 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday
- Salary £22,629.62 per annum pro rata
- 33 days annual leave plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days (pro rota)
- Staff pass so you can visit the zoo during your time off, plus multiple complimentary tickets for your friends and family
- Cycle to work scheme
- Healthcare plan and employee assistance programme
- Discounted gym membership
- Discounts on cinema tickets, restaurants, high street shops and more via Perks
- Pension scheme with generous employer contributions
Our Requirements
- An understanding & affinity to the organisation’s mission, vision & values, with an interest in the conservation of UK nature.
- Qualifications: Relevant administrative qualification at NVQ level 2 or equivalent qualifications or experience of working in an administrative role.
- Experience: Excellent administrative experience in a busy customer facing environment is essential, ideally with experience in a visitor attraction, conservation NGO or similar organisation. Experience of minute taking and planning and organising meetings and events.
- Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, in particular ability to respond to enquiries tactfully and professionally. Ability to compile short reports.
- Budget keeping skills: Experience working with budgets and compiling financial information.
- Customer service: Customer focused approach and experience in a customer facing environment.
- IT skills: Highly skilled in the use of all key Microsoft packages with substantial experience using email, electronic calendars, booking systems and data bases.
- Organisational skills: Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise workload and the ability to meet deadlines. Able to work well under pressure in a busy environment.
- Interpersonal skills: Excellent diplomacy and interpersonal skills, demonstrated by an ability to liaise confidently and effectively with senior managers.
- Numeracy and data analysis skills.
- Attention to detail and accuracy are essential.
The closing date for applications is midnight 1st June 2025
Shortlisting of applications and interviews for the role will take place while the advert is live; the advert will close once the successful candidate is found and it is possible this will be prior to the advertised end date. Candidates are therefore encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible.
Networks for Nature is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Caseworker to join the Children & Young People team in Lancashire, working 37.5 hours a week, based in Blackpool.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday & options to buy or sell annual leave
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, gym, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Access to EDI networks and colleague cafes
- Cycle to work scheme & season ticket loans
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role:
We are looking for a Caseworker, to cover Wyre Fylde Lancaster and surrounding areas. You will be working primarily in targeted schools across your area and therefore this role involves regular travel and due to the location, a driving license and access to a vehicle is considered an essential requirement. If you are unable to drive because of a disability please indicate this in your application in your personal statement so we can explore the feasibility of alternative arrangements.
The role will primarily be 121 bespoke Casework to meet the specific needs of our Service Users. There will also be some group work, which will include;
- Delivering Recovery Toolkit to young people in small groups within senior schools and some year six. (8 Groups per week).
- Completing assessments with young people, identifying and addressing and safeguarding concerns.
- Proactively targeting new schools to engage with the service in delivering group interventions.
- Responsible for case management, report writing, outcomes recording and collecting other data.
You will need: -
- Considerable experience of working with children and young people, experience of delivering groups would be advantageous.
- You will have a thorough understanding of the impact of Domestic Abuse on children and young people.
- Experience of risk assessment and case management.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.
If you have already registered & started an application, then we will contact you to advise of the amended closing date wherever possible.
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As a Bid Writing professional, you will be responsible for raising significant funds (Corporate, Community, Trusts & Foundations), secure new business partnerships to achieve sustainable, long-term funding, contract-winning and other income generation for Young Barnet Foundation.
Develop and manage Marketing and Communications strategy
Responsible for supporting YBF members through training, funding opportunities and grant applications and sharing knowledge and experience with over 200 members.
Every Child and Young Person in the Borough of Barnet has access to activities, opportunities and support services which meet their needs.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here.
The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our nursing team.
You’ll act as a specialist resource for Breast Cancer Now, clients, healthcare professionals and the wider public on the subject of breast health, screening, risk, benign breast disease and primary breast cancer. This includes providing information and support to clients through our helpline and Ask Our Nurse (AON) written enquiry service.
You’ll also work closely with other teams across the charity and externally on our breast awareness messaging and breast screening in addition to breast health and breast cancer.
About you
You will be a registered general nurse, with a relevant qualification in cancer or breast cancer nursing, either stand-alone or as part of degree studies.
You’ll have knowledge of breast cancer having worked directly with breast cancer patients or in breast screening. You’ll have the ability to show tact and discretion when dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
With your excellent communication skills you will be able to present both formal and informal teaching to a variety or audiences.
Job description and benefits
Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.
Closing date Wednesday 29 May 2025 at 5pm
Interview date Week commencing 9 June 2025ca
Vox Liminis seeks a visionary Artistic Director to lead our pioneering work at the intersection of arts and criminal justice. You will shape and grow an ambitious artistic vision that is values-led, strategically focused, and collaboratively developed.
The ideal candidate brings substantial leadership experience in socially engaged arts practice, with a demonstrated commitment to critical thinking, community development, and social justice. Working alongside diverse people, you'll lead the development of innovative creative projects that challenge conventional responses to crime, harm, and conflict.
Permanent position (£50,000 - £60,000 pro rata), based in Glasgow with flexible working options. Creative Scotland Multi-Year Funding secured for 2025-2028.
Full appliction process, job description, and person specification can be found in our Artistic Director Job Pack.
Application deadline: June 15th, 2025 (midnight)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: London (remote working within the UK is possible)
Hours: Full-Time or Part-Time (5 days or 4 days per week pro rata)
Remuneration: £80,000 -£100,000 depending on experience
Role overview
This is a new role within FILE, providing dedicated thought leadership internally and externally with respect to our land use and nature strategies. You will support our partners to accelerate a transition to sustainable food production, secure and enforce sustainable frameworks for extraction of transition minerals, and contribute to safeguarding key global ecosystems, including through enhancing and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.
You will work closely with the Director of Program Strategy, Regional Directors, and other portfolio leads to ensure land use and nature strategies are developed and integrated throughout our funding portfolios. Externally, you will build and maintain relationships with some of the world’s leading climate and biodiversity lawyers and campaigners, as well as with aligned philanthropies.
Our land use and nature work mainly supports partners working on protecting habitats in biodiversity rich areas of Africa, South America and South East Asia, including by challenging harmful practices of corporations based in the Global North. Its scope may shift over time, including as the successful candidate refines our strategy going forwards.
We seek to protect the rights of, and support partnerships with, indigenous people and local communities. Key strategic outcomes pursued include confronting supply chains of major corporates that drive greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, and violate the rights of local communities, and securing regulatory changes to drive finance towards cleaner, more equitable alternatives.
Key Responsibilities
Each of these is conducted in close collaboration with relevant colleagues across FILE’s strategy teams, as well as FILE’s Research, Impact, and Learning, Grant Management, and Philanthropic Partnerships teams:
- Lead the development of FILE’s land use and nature strategies, including a focus on legal and narrative and movement-building approaches, as well as on enhancing and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities
- These strategies will set out a well-considered approach to sectors and themes including exploitation of transition minerals, deforestation and biodiversity loss driven by industrial agriculture, addressing rights violations in global corporate supply chains, etc
- Work in close collaboration with strategy, grant making and fundraising leads within FILE to increase access to funding sources and the resilience of partners working in the field
- Developing, maintaining and convening external partnerships and networks with partners and practitioners working on and use and nature strategies
- Provide leadership to the wider philanthropic and donor community on the need for legal interventions in pursuit of FILE’s land use and nature strategy, and support fundraising for FILE as well as directly for our partners
Key Outcomes
- FILE has a well-considered land use and nature strategy, including a focus both on legal and related narrative and movement strategies, which is integrated throughout our funding portfolios
- Increased funding is made available to partner organisations working on land use and nature, via FILE or directly from other philanthropies
- FILE colleagues and external partners have a trusted thought partner and collaborator on developing and implementing land use and nature legal strategies
- Overseeing / establishing high quality convening(s), with support of FILE’s Convening Manager, and networks of civil society and relevant legal practitioners and peers working in this area, to catalyse innovation and strengthen connectivity
- An engaged group of funders, ready to deepen their support for our partners’ work on land use and nature strategies
About you
We know that long lists of criteria can be discouraging and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the relevant criteria, we still encourage you to apply.
We also recognise that skills and experience can be gained in unexpected places, so we welcome applications from candidates who feel they have relevant skills for the role, gained from a wide range of professional, lived and learned experiences.
Essential criteria
- A strong commitment to protecting the environment, reforming corporate and financial governance, strengthening government ambition, and prioritising the rights of indigenous peoples, marginalised groups, and other communities most affected by climate change and environmental harms
- Experience of and expertise in developing and / or delivering legal strategies to advance systemic change on land use and nature
- Demonstrated experience in linking legal strategies to effective communications, campaign, and/or movement strategies to advance systemic change
- An ability to strategically manage projects, including prioritisation and forwards planning
- An ability to work equitably and effectively with multiple perspectives and build trust with diverse partners, and understanding of funder positionality and responsibility.
- A willingness to travel from time to time (at least four times a year, more if working remotely) to meet FILE staff and partners
- An ability to work flexibly as part of a team spread across many time zones, which will involve some meetings outside of standard working hours
- A professional standard of written and spoken English
Desired criteria
- A current or past qualification / bar admission as a lawyer
- Experience of working as a lawyer on strategic litigation against governments, corporations, or financial institutions
- Demonstrated experience of building and / or maintaining external networks, bringing expert practitioners and / or civil society together
- Experience working with communities adversely affected by climate change, environmental harms, and/or related human rights violations, particularly in the Global South
- Existing relationships with NGOs, lawyers, and / or philanthropic partners working on relevant land use and nature strategies
- An ability to communicate with partners in other relevant languages, including Portuguese, French, Spanish, and Bahasa Indonesia, would be a bonus but not essential
About FILE
The Foundation for International Law for the Environment (FILE) is a not-for-profit philanthropic organisation working to accelerate legal action on climate change.
Through grant-making and in-house legal expertise, we empower our partners to deliver strategic, innovative legal interventions and we support lawyers in their own countries to bring their own cases.
Legal action can unlock the systemic changes in finance, policy and social systems needed to protect all of us from climate change. The power of the law is both direct (changing policy and practice) and indirect (signalling the wider shifts taking place across these systems).
FILE is a ‘regrantor’ - this means we do not bring legal action in our own name. We receive grants from our philanthropic donors (a small group of like-minded climate foundations) and make onwards grants to partners who align with FILE’s charitable aims and purposes. We do not seek to make any profit from our activities either in a relevant financial year or in the longer term.
Working for FILE
FILE is a collaborative community of individuals who share a passion for climate, nature, and justice. We bring together knowledge and experience to support our mission.
Our people are empowered to lead their work both individually and as part of a wider team in order to make impactful change. As a relatively young organisation with the ambitious mission to change global systems, our roles are ideally suited to those who are highly strategic, flexible and adaptable, and open to growing in line with the Foundation.
FILE is committed to challenging inequality and values diversity, equity and justice in all areas of life. Our mission, work and impact is global, with staff and partners from across the world and a range of lived experiences. We firmly believe that we are strengthened by the diversity of our partners and staff.
At FILE, we actively work to create an inclusive culture where colleagues feel welcomed, heard and supported to succeed and thrive.
Location
FILE has offices in London and the Netherlands. We are advertising this role for candidates based (and with the right to work) in the UK, the Netherlands, Brazil or South Africa but will also consider applications from other locations where we are able to do so.
Please note, therefore, that you will see this role advertised in multiple locations but that we are only hiring for one position. Please apply to the job post for your preferred location.
How FILE supports its staff
FILE is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. FILE offer a generous annual leave policy and additional time-off work to support wellbeing. Amongst other benefits, FILE offers private healthcare and a contribution to a pension scheme.
FILE is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and encourage candidates who can contribute to the diversity of our team to apply.
Join us in making a tangible difference in the fight against climate change by creating spaces where diverse voices come together to drive impactful solutions.
Applications
Please apply on our website and upload your CV. This role is open for applications immediately and we accept applications on a rolling basis. If you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible. The role will remain open for at least four weeks from the date of advertisement.
Diversity & Inclusion
As an equal opportunities employer, FILE is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join FILE. We are committed to continually learning and improving our diversity and inclusion practices, which can best be done if we are as diverse as the people of the world we’re working to protect.
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