Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hemel Hempstead

Are you an ambitious C-suite candidate looking for the next step in your career?

Hope for Children (HOPE) have a fantastic opportunity for someone to lead their team as the new CEO, setting and shaping the organisation’s strategy. The successful candidate will be HOPE’s figurehead and leader, promoting aspirations, goals and achievements to all staff and key stakeholders.

HOPE is a UK based charity which works internationally creating a world where children’s rights are realised and they can reach their full potential. We actively identify disadvantaged children and communities by working with local partners. Through empowering, collaborating and learning together we aim to build a sustainable future for the children and communities we serve.

The CEO is accountable to the Board of Trustees for the overall management of the Charity, the delivery of its portfolio of international programmes and the relationship of the organisation with other professional and government bodies and, particularly, funding providers.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership - Lead the charity with vision and integrity, working alongside the Board to drive the development of corporate strategy, maintaining a business plan for growth. Ensure HOPE implements a robust marketing plan leading to the achievement of business development plans.

General Management - Provide leadership to the senior management team, keeping under review and appraising the work of direct reports. Ensure HOPE has appropriate mechanisms for monitoring and reporting to the Board on the charity’s strategic, operational and financial performance.

Finance and Risk Management - Responsible for the overall financial management and financial health of the organisation and its stability, alongside ensuring legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities and safeguarding principles are met.

Internal and External Relations - Lead and adopt good communications across HOPE, as well as externally through national and regional promotion, acting as spokesperson for the organisation.

Effective Governance - Ensure the Board and its committees have timely access to reliable, balanced and relevant information. Ensure that staff understand and support the role of the Board and are clear on matters of delegated authority.

Regulatory framework - Ensure that HOPE complies with all relevant legislation, requirements and/or compliance of the Charity Commission, HMRC and financial grants.

Experience

• COO/CEO experience - desirable

• A track record of delivering targets and strategic objectives

• Proven experience of financial planning and monitoring, budget development and funding

• Initiating and implementing strategic plans and organisational change

• Experience across Marketing, Bid-writing, Commercial and Fundraising

• Experience of working with local authorities and funding agencies –desirable

• Management experience in international development and/or voluntary sector- desirable

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel independently and internationally at least 3 times per year

  Full job description available here

Appointment of a Cathedral Administrator / Chief Operating Officer

The Dean and Chapter of St Davids Cathedral are seeking to appoint a Cathedral Administrator / Chief Operating Officer for the Cathedral, with overall responsibility for the lay administration, non-liturgical governance and operations of the Cathedral.  Accountable to the Dean, the Chief Operating Officer will develop and drive the implementation of the Cathedral’s strategic agenda under the Dean’s leadership.

Job Description

The Cathedral Administrator / Chief Operating Officer is the most senior administrator in the Cathedral and is responsible to the Chapter for the administrative support and functionality and matters of statutory compliance across the Cathedral’s operation, working in close collaboration with, and under the direction of the Dean.

• Strategic Leadership
• Cathedral Operations and Management
• Governance and Administration

Please note - the closing date of the role is 13th January 2020. 

Strategy

In conjunction with key stakeholders, including carers, board members, staff and partners, develop a strategy for the organisation. To effectively implement and deliver on the commitments within the strategy. To ensure that the strategy is embedded culturally within the organisation and that all levels of the organisation can have meaningful impact upon the delivery of the strategy. To monitor and report to the Board on the implementation and delivery of the strategy. To communication externally the organisations vision, mission and aims of the strategy.

Our services team has been reshaped to help meet the increasing demand for our support and has additional casework hours as well as a service advisor who is the first point of contact through our helpline service. The helpline offers support, help, signposting and referral for members of the engineering community, predominantly IET members, past and present and their dependents as well as care and disability support for anyone with an engineering interest. Our caseworkers provide information, advice and ongoing support based on an assessment of individual need and manage a caseload of community members, dealing with applications for financial assistance and support for people with complex needs.

As the service and development manager you would be responsible for bringing this new team together and developing relationships and new services to drive forward our innovative strategy.

Please read the application pack before applying

How to apply

To apply, please send a CV (including current salary level) and a supporting statement of no more than two pages explaining your interest in this post and how you meet the points in the person specification above. Please also give details of two referees who we will contact once a formal offer of employment has been made. Finally, kindly complete the equal opportunities monitoring form attached.

Applications should be submitted by 10am on Wednesday 15 January 2020 

First round interviews will be held on Thursday 24 January 2020 in London.

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK, supporting charitable activity in the arts, cultural education, migration and integration, and organisations working with young people across the country. We also support local charities in India that help the poorest and most vulnerable communities access basic services. More than a grant-maker, we not only provide funding, but endeavour to develop excellent relationships to work with and alongside those we support. With over 40 staff based in Kings Cross in London, the Foundation is currently funding nearly £35m of projects annually.

We are now seeking an exceptional individual to join the Paul Hamlyn Foundation in a new role, at an exciting time for the Foundation, and philanthropy more broadly. The newly-created Director of Strategic Learning, Impact and Influence will develop further our culture of learning and improvement, ensuring the organisations we fund and the impact they have are at the heart of everything we do. Reporting to the Chief Executive, this role will oversee the team responsible for our evaluation, learning, impact, policy and communications activities. They will play an active role as a member of the Senior Leadership team, working in close collaboration with our Heads of Programmes and the Director of Grants to understand impact, improve engagement in research and learning, and translate that into action.

The successful candidate will demonstrate considerable experience of leading either research or communications functions. Crucially, you will bring significant experience and a track record of designing and developing evaluation and research approaches and communicating learning from these to influence policy and practice. You will also bring exceptional influencing skills, and the proven ability to build collaboration internally and externally. Most importantly, the successful candidate will be passionate about the values and aims of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, our commitment to social justice and equality, tackling disadvantage, fighting prejudice, and supporting voice and agency.

To apply or to download further information on the required qualifications, skills and experience for this exciting role, please click Apply and quote reference 4479. The deadline for applications is 9am on the 6th January 2020.

The role is based in London.

Salary band £75,000 - £85,000 pa.

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Are you passionate about giving young people the best possible start to their journey and preparing them with skills for life? Help us grow our membership and enable even more young people to benefit from the fun, challenge and adventure that Scouting provides.

About us

We encourage young people to do more, learn more and be more. Young people in the Scouts take part in an exciting programme of activities from kayaking to coding. They develop character skills like resilience, initiative and tenacity; employability skills such as leadership, teamwork and problem solving; and practical skills like cooking and first aid.

The Scout County of West Lancs is made up of 8 smaller areas called Districts, covering the areas of; Blackpool, Chorley, Fylde, Lancaster, Ormskirk, Preston, South Ribble and Wyre. Each week, we prepare 10,000 young people with skills for life, across 160 Scout Groups with over 570 individual units, all delivered and supported by over 3,000 amazing volunteers!

The role

The purpose of the job is to support, instigate and deliver focussed growth projects across our County in agreement with the County Commissioner. You will be required to provide high quality and proactive support to our line managers (District Commissioners) and help us achieve our strategic objective, to exceed 12,000 youth members and 4,000 adults by 2023.

We believe that Scouting can change lives and transform communities. The role of County Development Officer will help us have an even greater impact through supporting and maintaining growth in our membership to reach more young people and adults.

Key tasks

• Support and work in partnership with District Commissioners, Group Scout Leaders and other volunteers to achieve organisational growth.
• Open new Scouting units in line with the project plan, and using local knowledge to contribute to the ongoing development of the project plan as agreed.
• Enable and motivate local Scouting to devise, apply and refresh focussed, sustainable growth plans in existing and new provision.
• Support existing Scout Groups to recruit new adults and young people.
• Advise and support local Scouting upon the retention and recruitment of adult volunteers.
• Sell Scouting and volunteering to a wide range of audiences, portraying a professional but fun and friendly organisation e.g. school assemblies, parents’ meetings
• Advise, support and encourage Scouting to engage with communities currently under represented in Scouting. 
• Help identify, create and design new tools and resources to support growth and development across the County.
• Represent the County across our 8 Districts.
• Analyse data to identify trends, issues and potential future growth projects.
• Manage projects to achieve set objectives against an agreed timescale and keep stakeholders regularly updated of progress
• Any other duties as may reasonably be required by the County Commissioner.

We are looking for

Someone to join our friendly staff and volunteer team to work across Lancashire. If you are enthusiastic and have a passion for providing more opportunities for young people, achieving targets and making a real impact on our organisation then we’d encourage you to apply.

Our ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and enjoy working with people. You will thrive whilst managing a diverse workload and reaching targets.

You will need to live in a geogrpahic area that enables you to serve the Scout County on a daily basis, have access to a car (business mileage will be paid) and hold a full driving licence.

An office is provided at Waddecar Scout Activity Centre (with home working as agreed with line manager)

Owing to our recent success with partners in securing funds in excess of £9M to transform the region’s STEM capabilities through both the National Lottery Heritage-funded ‘Union Chain Bridge: crossing borders, connecting communities’ and the North of Tyne Combined Authority-funded  STEM & Digital Heritage ‘Our Past, Your Future’ projects, we are seeking an Audience Development Manager to coordinate our delivery on both projects and apply that learning to enhancing our organisational capabilities to serve our audiences, online and in-person, both in region and beyond.

You will lead and champion the delivery of the two prestigious capital projects to budget, deadline and to the highest ethical and quality standards using effective communications to ensure that all of our stakeholders are kept up to date and engaged.

You will apply the learning from the capital projects, as well as your specialist knowledge, to improving our institutional understanding of audiences, transforming our capabilities to respond to diverse audience needs.

You will collaborate with Senior Management Team colleagues to lead and inspire teams to deliver our strategic priorities through departmental strategies, policies, and plans. Your work will be instrumental in improving the wellbeing and ambition of our communities, inspiring loyalty in our organisation and improving our reputation and reach.

• Job Type: Fixed Term until 31st January 2023
• Location:Flexible – Berwick-upon-Tweed or Ashington
• Salary:£42,119 per annum
• Hours of work: 37 hours per week

The job description and person specification can be downloaded below.

Closing date for applications is 6th January 2020.

Interviews will be held on 28th & 29th January 2020.

About us

Changing Our Lives is a rights based organisation that works in coproduction with disabled people and people with experience of mental health difficulties, finding solutions that enable them to lead ordinary lives that many of us take for granted.

Person specification

We are looking for an experienced individual, who is passionate about the rights of disabled people and people with experience of mental health difficulties. You will not be afraid to challenge but equally you will be able to develop strong relationships which can be drawn on to bring about change for individuals as well as strategic change.

What you will do

You will be working in a fast paced environment across a range of coproduced projects so you will need to be comfortable with change as often people start with one idea and it naturally develops and evolves. You will be comfortable working in the community, with local people enabling them to lead projects and equally as comfortable talking to senior figures, negotiating change. You will be working across the West Midlands, with occassional work in other areas of England. 

Interviews

Stage 1 Interviews will be held on  22nd Jan in Wolverhampton

Stage 2 interviews will be held on  27th or 31st Jan in Hagley.

Help build a philanthropic programme, covering major donors, trusts and special events.

This Foundation comprises of four schools, which comprises pre-preparatory, preparatory and senior schools, as well an on-site international school. The Foundation educates boys and girls from 3-18, seeking to equip them for life, both now and in the future. As a foundation, they seek to instil a love of learning which will last a lifetime, while balancing this with a readiness to embrace change.

Since the beginning of 2019, the development team has undergone significant change, with the appointment of a dynamic, driven director who is determined to breathe new life into a substantial development portfolio which has been largely dormant. A new chief executive starts in January so this role is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to make a significant impact on strategy and growth, working closely with the senior leadership team.

While the Foundation has successfully raised over £700k in the last financial year, the main focus of this role will be to go ‘back to basics’ and help to build a successful philanthropic programme from the ground up, reengaging and engaging key external stakeholders as well as teaching internal stakeholders the benefit of a strong development programme.

In the recent past, the Foundation has received a one-off gift of £1m, and it is relationships like this that need to be reignited to support a number of capital campaigns and bursaries. Bursaries are one of the key elements of the development programme, as the Foundation looks to increase the number of bursaries offered to children whose families cannot afford the fees, allowing them access to an excellent education and opportunities that otherwise would be unavailable to them.

Job specification

• Lay the strategic foundations of the development programme and grow income from major donors (anyone who can give £10k+), trusts (this income stream is less established) and alumni to ensure successful capital and bursary projects.
• Drive the strategic engagement of funders, maximising historic support, organisational intelligence and key stakeholders.
• Work with both Foundation staff as well as individual school staff to build a ‘best practice’ approach to fundraising, demonstrating the importance of a methodical, professional approach.
• Work with third party agencies to help develop fundraising materials, demonstrating the breadth of Mill Hill’s work and legacy.

Person specification

• An ambitious fundraiser, keen to gain unrivalled experience reinvigorating a lapsed programme of development and grow income in a small, well-organised and established charity.
• A candidate who has experience of growing giving circles, management of alumni and engagement events, creating a strong donor journey.
• An externally focused relationship builder, motivated by generating new income by engaging new funders and developing excellent proposals, focusing on strategy and quality rather than quantity, with an initial focus on historic supporters, progressing to a more new business development focus once established within the Foundation.
• An experienced professional who thrives on autonomy but is also looking for a supportive, positive culture with plenty of opportunities for career growth as well as excellent staff benefits.

In the first instance please send me an up-to-date CV.

Closing date for applications is 16:00 on Friday 10 January.

                                     

To apply for this role, please click Apply with Charityjob to submit your CV to Sarah Bowie at QuarterFive Fundraising Recruitment. If your experience is a good fit, we will send you a job description and arrange a briefing call or meeting that will provide you with all the information required to formally apply. QuarterFive aims to proactively support your job search, so we may also consider your details for other job vacancies to enable us to find a position that is most suitable for you.

ABOUT US

We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

OUR AIMS

We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems, made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. Our aims are to:

 Make agriculture work better for smallholder farmers, many of them women, so they can adapt to climate change and achieve a good standard of living

 Help more people harness the transformational effects of clean affordable energy and reduce avoidable deaths caused by smoke from indoor stoves and fires.

 Make cities in poorer countries cleaner, healthier places to live and work.

 Build disaster resilience into the lives of people threatened by hazards – reducing the risk of hazards and minimising their impact on lives and livelihoods.

HOW WE WORK

We work on holistic solutions that change systems and have a framework to help us achieve our aims:

 Analyse the root causes of a poverty and vulnerability

 Define the change at scale we need to make

 Develop activities along three complementary paths: Demonstrate, Learn and Inspire.

- Demonstrate that our solutions are sustainable in the real world

- Learn by capturing evidence and adapting our approach

You will work directly with key suppliers and creative agencies, liaising to co-ordinate the successful execution of campaign activities

JOB FUNCTIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

 Contribute to the 3 year strategic plan for donor development to maintain and develop engagement of existing supporters, through direct marketing activities, committed giving and stewardship, contributing to organisational planning process

 Support the implementation and delivery of a strong appeal programme and stewardship for both cash and committed giving

 Support the delivery of all activities to brief, time and budget. Ensuring value for money and compliance with Practical Action’s fundraising policies, data protection legislation and other codes of practice

 Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of campaign management processes and procedures through efficient execution, ensuring ongoing evaluation and learning

 Deliver briefing and scheduling information to the Communications Team to ensure timely delivery of appropriate content and copy for campaigns, participating in collective planning

 Responsible for undertaking project research to support the delivery of activities

 Undertake occasional overseas trips to collect content if required

 Manage the electronic and physical storage of campaign materials

 Track and monitor campaign results through daily reports and produce results analysis for all channels ensuring value for money

 Contribute to the monitoring of the supporter development (income and expenditure) budgets.

 Ensure the Supporter Services Unit are well briefed, have samples and are provide with thank you letters in advance of activities going live

 Coordinate the delivery of activity and internal campaign briefs, print management and procurement, database selection briefs and schedule management, ensuring that all stakeholders are well briefed

 Coordinate the day to day relationships with suppliers and agencies, including responsibility for collating, synthesizing and sharing feedback on materials and activities

 Support the delivery of monitoring and evaluation of stewardship activities and supporter journeys to retain and motivate supporters

 Present and feedback on our work, our activities and results to a range of audiences internally and externally

 Keep abreast of individual giving development activities amongst competitors and the wider charity sector maintaining an awareness of commercial and sector trends and legislation that relate to Practical Action and its ability to grow its fundraising

 Ensure Practical Action follows and champions best practice relating to fundraising standards and our approach to supporter care. Share and promote best practice, priorities and outcomes

 Maintain compliance with organisational policies and attend mandatory training

 Undertake any tasks reasonably requested by the Organisation

PERSON PROFILE

To be successful in the role, the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

Knowledge and Qualifications

 A level or equivalent qualification

 Knowledge of scheduling and project management

 Knowledge and experience of direct marketing techniques and practice for fundraising

 Working knowledge of GDPR and data protection and fundraising regulations and compliance

 Knowledge and understanding of industry wide good practice and developments in fundraising; awareness of trends and opportunities in the sector

 Proficient use of business IT systems, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint and the use of CRM databases preferably the Raisers Edge.

Skills and Experience

 Excellent organizational and time management skills, with proven experience in the ability to plan, prioritise, handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a busy environment

 Direct marketer at least 2 years’ experience working in a supporter development environment

 Good understanding of print production processes, media buying including briefing of suppliers

 Solid skills evaluating copy, succinctly synthesizing and collating feedback from multiple stakeholders

 Strong written and verbal communication skills; copy writing and proof reading, strong attention to detail and the ability to present internally and externally

 Experience of working with and building strong relationships with creative agencies, professional fundraising organisations, consultants and suppliers

 Good understanding and knowledge of donor audiences and segmentation

 Good analytical and research skills

 Team member who can easily work as part of a cross functioning team to deliver shared goals

 Presenting to a range of audiences internally and externally

 Experience and interest in international development and an ability to convey this to our supporters in a passionate way is desirable.

Please apply direct through our website.

Additional information

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender reassignment or sexual orientation.

Practical Action are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.

Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: Friday 20th December 2019

Interviews to be held on Friday 10th January 2020

Head of Strategic Project Management

Permanent contract

35 hours per week

£43,697 per annum with regular incremental increases twice a year to £48,552 (plus allowances)

Benefits include flexible working hours, 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, generous pension, season ticket loan and much more

Location: our central London office at Whitecross Studios, 50 Banner Street, London EC1Y 8ST. Some regular home working possible upon agreement with manager.

Fancy leading, planning and project managing The Children's Society's most ambitious, cross-channel marketing and communications campaigns?

If you've got outstanding leadership and project management skills with strong knowledge, understanding and experience of marketing and communications, supporter/customer engagement and direct response and you're an excellent communicator and relationship builder then this could be the job for you.

About The Children's Society

The Children's Society has been supporting the most vulnerable children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are in desperate need of help and we campaign to change children's lives for the better. We're there for children, every step of the way.

There's never been a better time to join us as we step up our already sizable ambitions to change the lives of children and young people. We're a household name but we're disruptive innovators in the sector too. We're relentless and unafraid to try new things as we push forward to achieve our vision of a world where all children are free from disadvantage.

About the role

This role sits within our Engagement and Income Directorate. You will play an integral senior leadership role in helping us to implement our transformational new approach to supporter engagement. Together we will connect, inspire and mobilise people, communities and organisations across the country to give their time, money and voice to our cause, collectively transforming the lives of vulnerable young people.

We are currently looking for a strategic thinker and senior leader who's as comfortable developing the strategy for our biggest marketing and communications campaigns as they are getting stuck in to the 'doing' of a project.

You will lead the strategic development, planning, project management and implementation of major, strategic, cross-organisational projects to deliver on our Supporter Programme of work (our programme of supporter-facing activity) and overall Impact Plan (our organisational plan).

These projects will typically involve significant resources, complex objectives and cross-team collaboration. Projects will be varied in nature and scope but will include major, integrated marketing and communications campaigns across multiple supporter audiences and channels to deliver substantial supporter income and engagement (such as our annual integrated Christmas campaign), as well as discrete projects working with specific supporter-facing teams.

It will be your role to strategically lead these integrated marketing and communications campaigns, which typically have ambitious direct response and supporter engagement objectives, with project management support from your team of two Strategic Project Managers, ensuring that all activity is joined up, deadlines are met and opportunities are leveraged to full effect.

You will manage relationships with multiple stakeholders at all levels of seniority (including the CEO and trustees), building positive, transparent working relationships and holding colleagues to account when necessary. As a senior leader, you will act as an ambassador for strategic project management and collaborative working across the organisation, sharing, role modelling and embedding best practice.

Key skills and competencies

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-Outstanding project management skills and significant project leadership experience within a large and complex environment working on major and complex cross-organisational marketing and communications projects that cover a wide range of channels, audiences and teams, with responsibility for making recommendations at a strategic level

-Excellent problem solving skills with a solutions-focused, hands-on approach to projects

-Outstanding knowledge and understanding of marketing and communications theory and practice, including an impeccable understanding of direct response and supporter/customer engagement

-Outstanding stakeholder management, negotiation management and communication skills, including a strong ability to be assertive and hold colleagues to account when necessary.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is on the 31st December 2019.

Interviews will be held on the 16th January 2020.

VfL is the leading authority on diet and healthy living advice for older vegans and vegetarians. We are at an exciting stage in our development, with 2019 marking the charity’s 11th anniversary. 

As we continue to expand our work, we have an opportunity to take on two new team members.

These are brand-new Regional Development Officer roles. Each working from their own home in Northern Ireland/Wales, with outreach across their country, we hope to be joined by confident and outgoing individuals who will work to expand the charity's services in their respective country.

The successful applicants will have excellent social and networking skills and be passionate about working to help older vegetarians and vegans to stay happy and healthy in later life. Ideal for methodical workers, with good presentation skills and a genuine interest in older people.

These are part-time positions, working in the region of 20 hours per month, with the opportunity for flexible working.

Should you wish to be considered for this role, please submit both a full CV (max 2 pages) and a covering letter, explaining how you meet the job and person specification. Please also outline how long you have been a vegetarian or vegan, and which of the two Regional Development Officer posts (Northern Ireland or Wales) you wish to be considered for.

Closing date for applications:

The closing date for applications is Sunday 29 December, 5pm.

Please note that the VfL office will be closed for the Christmas vacation from 5.30pm on Monday 23 December and will re-open at 9.30am on Thursday 2 January. We expect to send out invitations to interview by Thursday 2 January. 

Interview dates/locations:

Regional Development Officer (Northern Ireland)

• Belfast, Wednesday 8 January 2020 

Regional Development Officer (Wales)

• Cardiff, Friday 10 January 2020

Recruiting a Business Development Officer to join our Business Development Team in Westminster!

£24,000 to £28,000 per annum, dependent on experience, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This role is working 35 hours per week.

Look Ahead Care, Support and Housing is a specialist regulated housing association and provider of tailor-made care, support and accommodation services to people with a wide range of needs, including mental health, homelessness and complex needs, care leavers and young people. The organisation owns and manages a mixed portfolio of properties across London, South East and the Home Counties.

Job Overview:

This role supports the Business Development Team to retain and expand our care and support services at Look Ahead. The successful candidate will act in a supportive capacity, independently coordinating the Business Development Team administrative functions as well as tracking new business opportunities and supporting with competitor analysis. The successful candidate will also assist with editing and proof reading tender responses, ensuring high quality submissions.

Working as part of a fast-paced team, the successful candidate will have an eye for detail and strong organisational skills combined with a strategic outlook. You will be expected to work to tight deadlines and deliver work to a high standard, developing on competencies and taking on additional responsibility over time.

Starting salary will be dependent on experience to date, but we are open to bringing in an entry level candidate. There is significant scope for development and progression within the team.

Key Accountabilities:

Responsibilities will vary week to week and include:
- Supporting the team in identifying, monitoring and tracking opportunities to tender for new services
- Write clear, succinct and expressive answers to Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQ) and tender questions
- Undertake analysis of competitors
- Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with staff at all levels of the organisation - from Senior Leadership Team to frontline support staff
- Contributing to the achievement of the work of the Business Development Team, assisting other team members as and when necessary, so that all critical deadlines are met
- Support and coordination for the Business Development team through:
- Background research to gather intelligence
- Completing elements of PQQs
- Supporting the team to complete full tender questionnaires
- Preparing submissions (organising and printing)
- Supporting the team to prepare presentations for commissioners

The successful candidate will be a self-starter, committed to growing services which make a difference for the vulnerable people we support.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Person Specification

Personal Attributes:
- Proactive and supportive nature, contributing to the success of the New Business Team
- Imaginative and resourceful - able to contribute to development of new ideas for services
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Self-starter with a can-do attitude, able to push projects forward independently
- Has a practical and logical mind, is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Enjoys working with a wide range of people
- Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to digest, synthesise and organise large amounts of information
- Able to write clearly and persuasively, organising large amounts of information in ways that maintain the interest of the reader
- Numeracy skills and a desire to develop competencies around service finances.
- Able to work well within the New Business Team, taking direction and following the recommended course of action
- Able to support the administration of high quality presentations to a range of audiences including commissioners
- Able to manage time, cope with competing demands, and meet deadlines
- Able to work flexibly, including proactively assisting staff in the Business Development Team with their work when priorities dictate, occasionally during unsociable hours

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Essential:
- Candidates must have experience of writing reports or essays to a high standard
- Candidates must have excellent IT skills and experience of working with Microsoft Office Word, Powerpoint and Excel as well as the ability to design and develop other template documents for new business use
- An understanding of and desire to improve services in the health, housing and social care sector is essential
- Must be able to operate at a level equivalent to that expected of a graduate

Desirable:
- A degree in an aligned field
- Previous experience in a business development environment or operational knowledge
- Commercial awareness and financial acumen

Please upload a supporting statement along with your CV which details why you are interested in this role, the relevant skills and experience you have and what you could contribute to the team.

Please note that we have the right to close any vacancy before the advertised closing date if we have received a high number of applications.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities.

Job Type: Full-time, permanent (35 hours per week)

Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum, depending on experience

We are Parentkind, a leading charity and membership organisation that inspires and enables parents to play an active role in their children’s education, so that every child can thrive. As Parentkind enters a new phase of growth, we are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Development Manager to join our Head Office in Tonbridge, Kent.

Who you are:

You’re ideally in a development or membership role and looking for a varied and diverse role. You are a self-starter and have a desire to keep the wheels turning whilst working collaboratively and managing external stakeholders. You will be analytical, solution focused and creative.

You will have the confidence to work in a busy ambitious environment and have worked to targets.

You are comfortable multi-tasking, using CRM platforms, and take pride in your verbal and written communication skills. Most importantly, you’re ambitious, positive, friendly and a real team player.

Our ideal candidate will have a high degree of initiative and judgement and experience within a school/educational setting. 

The role:

Working closely with the Development Manager, you will be involved in supporting the growth and development of our memberships across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Under the guidance of the Development Manager, the post holder will assess audience needs, build an understanding of membership expectations and work on initiatives to grow both the membership offering and scope to attract and coordinate the development to recruit new members.

Parentkind is proud to be the leading membership organisation for parent teacher associations and equivalent groups with over 13,500 PTA members and an embryonic Parent Council membership still in pilot phase. 

This is a pivotal revenue role within our strategic direction to support, engage and champion parent and parent groups participating fully in school life and education.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter via Parentkind’s online recruitment system. The job pack can be downloaded from here too.

The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 27th December 2019. 
Interview dates to be confirmed for the new year​.

Unfortunately we are unable to consider any applications which are received after the deadline.