Strategic development officer jobs near Birmingham, West Midlands

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic development worker (Strategic and Governance Worker) who will direct operations at a strategic level over a 2 year period. She will be a skilled professional, with a community ethos able to facilitate conversations with women who are experts by experience, putting their voices at the heart of our plans. She will thrive working in a multi-cultural activist environment. We have grown from a small grassroots voluntary group in 2015, to one that employs 4 women part-time, having various projects and volunteers. Due to the crisis nature of many women's situations, we often lack the time and headspace to establish a long-term plan, which would ensure our longevity and competence.

Baobab Women’s Project give advice and assistance to refugee and migrant women on immigration, health, housing and financial issues via our community advocacy advise line. We are a small team with two caseworkers to allocate new cases to, one doing asylum and NRPF advocacy; the other advocates with women recently settled in the UK on financial issues. We take a gender and trauma informed approach to casework. We have community interpreter volunteers who speak a variety of languages.

We raise awareness of issues, finding ways to influence positive social change so that problems are prevented from repeating. Baobab is a member of local and national refugee and migrant forums and stakeholder groups. We run events and trainings for professionals. We organise social groups for refugee and migrant women that influence and inform our work. We make films, write books and build partnerships with others.

This role will be delivered through an intersectional, anti-oppressive feminist framework, offering a unique opportunity for a self-motivated and driven practitioner to be part of a service which aims to improve responses, access and support for refugee and migrant women. If you have the right skills and experience we would be keen to hear from you.

The development worker will be based in Birmingham at the Jericho Foundation, participating when required in regional and national events and meetings. We are flexible to some work from home if this is desirable to the right candidate.

The Program Outcomes will:

1. Review our strategic and financial planning documents making them clearer to the team, beneficiaries and partners.
2. Focus on implementing strategic & financial plans, developing governance, effective leadership and financial sustainability. 
3. Improve our CRM database system with caseworkers to better demonstrate the impact of our work.
4. Work with directors and finance to raising funds so workers can have sustainable jobs.
5. Develop more effective governance within the organisation, supporting workers, volunteers and beneficiaries who had lived experience to become directors, or steering group members.
6. Establish better alliances with other women’s organisations. 

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send a CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the requirements of the person specification

Deadline 18th August 2022. Provisional interview date 24th August 2022, start date: September 2022.

Belong’s vision is of hope, rehabilitation and recovery for victims and perpetrators of crime. We inspire change by providing long term, individualised responses to conflict and crime through restorative justice, psychotherapy, mentoring, and training for criminal justice professionals.

Last year marked our tenth anniversary, and there is much for us to celebrate! Growing steadily from our London based beginnings, we now support over two thousand people who have been victims or perpetrators of crime across England each year. This year we are working from a range of prisons including HMPYOI Isis, HMPYOI Feltham, HMPYOI Brinsford, HMPYOI Aylesbury, HMP Winchester, HMP The Mount, HMP Coldingley, HMP Featherstone, HMP Brixton and HMP Send. In addition, we deliver restorative justice, mentoring and psychotherapy in a range of community settings.

Belong fosters a working environment where everyone’s voice is listened to. The culture of the organisation is one that puts people first and the charity enjoys high staff morale and good staff retention. We will provide you with the support and training that you need to do your job, as well as opportunities to develop your skills and progress within your career. 

We have recently launched our strategy for 2022-2024. This outlines our ambitions to continue to sustainably and ethically grow our reach so that we can offer powerfully unique change opportunities to even more people. Please read more about us and our work on our website. 

We are seeking a skilled Development Officer to join us and help to make our vision of a society where there is hope, rehabilitation and recovery for victims and perpetrators of crime, a reality. The successful candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication and fundraising skills, with experience of working in the criminal justice and/or charity sectors.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a track record of communicating effectively with a range of partners and stakeholders within the criminal justice and/or charity sectors. Supported by our Development Manager, they will support and implement Belong’s fundraising and development plan.

We particularly welcome applications for this position from candidates who are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and/or who have had personal experience of the criminal justice system.

The successful applicant will have the following key responsibilities:

• Support our Development Manager to deliver our grants and contracts fundraising plan for Belong, in line with our strategy and corporate plan.
• Conduct research into grant and contract opportunities to identify opportunities that are relevant to Belong’s strategic aims.
• Write tailored, inspirational, high-quality applications for grant and contract opportunities to trusts, foundations and public bodies.
• Liaise with Belong’s management and staff teams to plan and develop the strongest possible applications and build relationships with funders.
• Work with the Development Manager to achieve Belong’s Communication plan, by developing social media, website and newsletter content.
• Work collaboratively with Belong’s Development Manager to provide impact and evaluation reports to funders.
• Devise and update a database of past and present grant and contract funders. 

The required knowledge, skills and experience for the position are: 

• Knowledge of psychotherapy, mentoring and restorative justice interventions and their relevance to people who have been convicted of and/or been a victim of criminal offences.
• Thorough grasp of the issues that may be faced by people who have been convicted of and/or been a victim of criminal offences.
• Understanding of and commitment to Belong’s strategic aims and values.
• Two years’ experience of working within the criminal justice sector, preferably including reporting and fundraising experience.
• Experience of effectively using IT software e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• Experience of creating and posting content for social media platforms e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram
• Excellent writing and research skills Ability to create and post content for social media.
• Excellent organisational, communication and listening skills.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders e.g. voluntary sector organisations, funders, public bodies.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.

Please apply for this post by submitting your CV and a detailed covering letter, outlining how you meet the required skills, knowledge and experience for the post. Please note that we are not able to consider applications that are not submitted with a detailed covering letter. Interviews for this post will be held in central London, on Thursday 15th September. 

Are you an ambitious communications professional looking for your next challenge? 

Are you strategic in your thinking, able to focus yourself and others on priority areas and ensure consistent use of key messaging with a focus on the impact of our funding?

Could you help to manage a team of communications officers – with press and digital specialisms - and work with them to create and deliver strategic content across all our channels that tells the story of how our funding is changing lives across the UK and supporting people and communities to prosper and thrive?

We’re looking for a proactive and energetic communications professional with at least three years’ previous relevant experience to join our busy strategic and digital communications team as a manager. Ideally, you will be confident and comfortable in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to spot content opportunities across a wide-range of topics, and the strategic skills to decide which stories to take forward.

You will be keen (and have the skills) to get the best out of people and will be used to working in a matrix organisation, with the ability to break down silos and build relationships to deliver projects and ‘get the job done’. You will also have an understanding and willingness to support engagement activity to help us understand what matters to communities and key stakeholders/partners.

Contract Type: Permanent 

Hours: 37 Hours per week, flexible working considered

Location: London, Birmingham or Newcastle with Hybrid working – a combination of working from home and either the London, Birmingham or Newcastle office as a base, with occasional travel to other offices as required.

Interview Date: First interviews week commencing 15th August

Essential criteria

You will need to demonstrate your experience, qualifications and skills in these areas: 

• At least three years’ experience of working in a PR agency, in-house communications, digital communications, or Press Office function, with some examples of communications planning management  
• Excellent written skills and the ability to influence and convince others, with experience of developing and implementing communications plans for senior level stakeholders, such as a CEO.
• Highly organised - with an ability to think on your feet and work at pace - while being a supportive team player who shows interest in others and develops a range of contacts outside your own team to get the job done

Desirable criteria

• Be responsive to emerging issues and trends which impact on your work, the work of the team, or the Fund.
• Take ownership and be accountable for your work. Demonstrate agility, a ‘can do’ attitude and a willingness to step out of your lane where necessary, all whilst encouraging others to do the same.

• Be committed to the Fund’s vision and principles, respectful of its position as an Arms Length Body to Government, and encourage others to do the same. 

For You

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

We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

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

Equal Opportunities

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

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

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

Base location – Negotiable, including hybrid working and some attendance at NIoT Head Office in Blackburn

This is a unique opportunity to join the National Institute of Teaching at the start of its journey as a newly formed organisation. The Institute will boost the quality of teacher and leader development nationally by generating and interpreting research, applying the insights to the design and delivery of high-quality teacher and school leader development programmes, and sharing it with the sector.

The Chief Operating Officer will be a pivotal member of the Institute’s Executive Team, leading the Finance, HR, IT, Contract Management, Registry and Quality Assurance teams. It will also work directly with the Board of Directors, CEO and Executive colleagues to design and develop the organisation’s principles and strategy as it grows.

The Institute is run by the School-Led Development Trust, a charity founded by four of the country’s leading school trusts: the Harris Federation, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, Oasis Community Learning and Star Academies, and supported by the Department for Education. We are building a school-led movement, strengthening relationships and collaboration across the system. 

Overall purpose of the post:

To provide strategic leadership and hold accountability for the operations functions of the National Institute of Teaching in order to:

· Provide exceptional support to the Trust Board, CEO and Senior Leadership Team, allowing them to deliver the programme, academic and research aspects of the Institute;

· Lead and develop the operations departments of finance, IT, HR , contract management and the registrar & QA function;

· Conduct strategic financial planning to support the decision making of the Board and Senior Leadership Team;

· Build leadership capacity at all levels.

Main duties and responsibilities:

⮚ Building and leading an effective and cohesive operations team;

⮚ Working with the Chief Executive and SLT to create appropriate short, medium and long term strategy;

⮚ Communicating and implementing these strategies across the operations functions and wider staff of the organisation;

⮚ Creating and co-ordinating annual financial and operational plans to include appropriate targets for heads of operations functions;

⮚ Reporting regularly to the Chief Executive and the Board on the progress of the organisation against financial, strategic and operational plans;

⮚ Managing the senior team who currently have responsibility for the following: finance, human resources, health and safety, site management, IT, registry & quality assurance and contract management;

⮚ Providing leadership to the Board on finance and accounting strategy to optimise the NIoT’s financial performance and strategic position;

⮚ Developing and overseeing the quality of management information, budgeting and forecasting processes;

⮚ Liaising with the Institute’s legal partners to ensure legal compliance to relevant company and charity legislation;

⮚ Ensuring the continued evolution of sound information systems to enable the Board, CEO and Executive team to make measured strategic and operational decisions;

⮚ Establish a high level of credibility and manage strong working relationships with external parties including the ESFA, HMRC, the DfE and external auditors;

⮚ Ensuring that the NIoT makes effective use of technical innovation in achieving its strategic and operating plans;

⮚ Ensuring the operations structures, systems and processes are appropriate to ensure long and short term plans will be achieved;

⮚ Liaising and negotiating with third parties over the maintenance and development of service level agreements and contracts for the delivery of some aspects of advice and support to the organisation and reporting these to the Chief Executive and Board accordingly;

⮚ Implementing best practice in recruiting, developing, managing and supervising staff;

⮚ Working with the Board to continue the development of outstanding governance policies and practices;

⮚ Acting in the capacity of Company Secretary to the Board and other companies and charities operated by the Board;

⮚ To represent the Board or Chief Executive Officer to regulatory authorities, the media, stakeholders and the public as required;

⮚ Having due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people and to follow the safeguarding procedures;

⮚ Demonstrating an active commitment to their own professional development.

Your team

There will be five main teams in the functions that this role will be accountable for

· Finance team

· HR team

· IT team

· Registrar & Quality Assurance team

· Contract Management

What we are looking for

Knowledge & Experience

Relevant managerial and professional experience in a related area at a senior level

A successful record of working within a changing environment and a commitment to the delivery of best value services

A sound knowledge or experience of relevant legislation and regulatory environment

An innovative leader with a vision for strategic financial leadership

Knowledge of experience of the charity sector would be advantageous

Qualifications

A degree and/or professional qualification relevant to the post and/or equivalent learning

through professional experience

Skills

Ability to demonstrate a business focus and commercially minded approach

Ability to win support for new ideas and concepts through effective advocacy skills

A strong understanding of ICT and its potential for the effectiveness of the organisation

A proven ability to successfully manage resources effectively

The ability to translate a visionary/innovative concept into a practical implementation

plan

Personal Qualities

A commitment to the aims of the National Institute of Teaching, with a focus on

improving schools and communities to raise standards for children;

A commercially astute, articulate, technically strong, dynamic, insightful and influential

leader with the ability to operate at a strategic level

A team player with excellent communication skills and robust and focused approach to

the delivery of key strategic imperatives

Highly motivated, with an inquiring mind and a passion for excellence and innovation in

pursuit of success

High integrity and openness combined with commitment to good governance

A mature and balanced approach to the assessment and management of risk

An ability to use the full range of leadership skills and qualities, including emotional

intelligence, as appropriate to the situation

Someone who is resilient and determined but can also provide support, demonstrate

empathy and deal with staff and situations in a sensitive and considerate manner

Personal Contacts

External: Department for Education at all levels, key decision makers across the sector including CEOs, contractors, ESFA, HMRC

Internal: Fellow Executive members, Campus Principals, Board of Directors

Working at the National Institute of Teaching

Location: Flexible

Contract: Permanent

Key benefits available to all Institute of Teaching staff:

· Flexible start and end working times (core hours between 10am and 4pm);

· Flexible working opportunities;

· 27 days’ holiday a year (plus 8 bank holidays).

Diversity and inclusion

The National Institute of Teaching is committed to creating a diverse environment and ensuring that all qualified applicants receive equal consideration for employment. We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment practices and are open to job shares, secondments, part-time, and flexible working schedules.

Things to know

• All National Institute of Teaching staff are subject to a check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The level of check which will apply shall be an “Enhanced” level check.

• We regret that we are currently unable to sponsor visas.

How to apply

Key Dates

· Closing date: 21 August 2022

· Shortlisting: w/c 22 August 2022

· First round interviews: w/c 29 August 2022

· Final interviews: w/c 5 and 11 September 2022

We reserve the right to change the closing date depending on the number of responses received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure that it is considered in the selection.

If you have a disability and can demonstrate that closing this post early would impact on your ability to submit an application in time, please contact our Human Resources team to request arrangement for an application to be submitted within the original time-frame.

Are you looking for a job where you are in control of the work you do, have life balance and the flexibility and freedom to achieve results?

Are you looking for new energy and a new challenge?

Newark & Sherwood CVS (NSCVS) & Rushcliffe CVS (RCVS) are looking for a Business Development Manager (working title you get to choose your own!) to develop a Partnership which will support our communities to grow and thrive.

Some of the things you’ll be doing:

• Creating and Developing the project
• Working with stakeholders to help shape the project
• Delivering solutions to meet community need
• Developing more effective and sustainable services

We’re interested in your ability not your qualifications; whatever your background e.g. NHS, Local Authority, VCSE we would love to hear from you if you can demonstrate:

• Working at both a strategic level & operational level
• Partnership Development experience with the skills to motivate stakeholders to get involved
• An understanding of the issues affecting communities at a local and national level

Closing date: We will keep the post open until we’ve recruited and will be viewing applications as they come in.

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Home Worker - England and Wales
Salary: £43,477 - £48,852 per annum (depending on skills and experience) + London allowance of £3,600 (if applicable)
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 05 August 2022
Interview Date: TBC (via Zoom or Teams)

Please note the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is 23:59pm on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About Us

Who we are

Alzheimer’s Society are a vital source of support and a powerful force for change for everyone affected by dementia. We will not rest until people with dementia and their carers live more fulfilled and less fearful lives, free from stigma and inequality.

What we do

We support people affected by dementia through some of the hardest and most frightening times, to improve their lives and help to avoid crisis.
No matter whoever you are, whatever you’re going through, you can turn to Alzheimer’s Society/us for expert support through practical advice, emotional support, and guidance for the best next step
We join forces with people affected by dementia, leading scientists and policy makers, amplifying voices to push for cutting edge breakthroughs and societal change that’ll improve the lives of people affected by dementia, now and in the future

How we do it

We’re the friendly face of support, the warm voice at the end of the phone and the determined minds who will fight passionately for the cause of everyone affected by dementia.

About the role

The Alzheimer’s Society New Business team is coming back stronger than ever following the pandemic and a period where the market for new partnerships really stalled. In the last financial year the team secured around £2m in income, and this figure is set to grow over the coming years.

This role co-leads the New Business team, ensuring that we are building strong relationships with prospects, presenting compelling propositions and prioritising the biggest and best partnership opportunities. We seek to secure partnerships that deliver big on income and impact, working with companies from a whole host of sectors; retail, banking, insurance and many more.

You will personally lead on our highest value and most complex prospects whilst also setting the direction and co-leading the New Business team. This is an opportunity to stay in the action as a fundraising practitioner, and build on your skills as a team leader.

This role will work from home, with some travel required (mostly to London) depending on location of partners and team meetings.

About you

Do you love the buzz of the win? Taking a new relationship on a journey from fact finding and getting to know what matters to them, right the way through to presenting ideas for large and complex fundraising and strategic partnerships. Are you proactive and driven, inspired by the work that Alzheimer’s Society does and how it can be amplified through partnerships? Can you think strategically to develop the vision of strategic and often commercial fundraising partnerships? Join us!

Dementia is the greatest challenge of our time, and our partners are helping to make life better for people affected by dementia and give hope for the future.

Our partnerships are increasingly delivering strategic value for the businesses we work with and for people with dementia, this is your chance to bring about real change.

We’re looking for someone who has

-
- Success of securing strategic six and seven figure corporate partnerships
- Substantial experience of building new relationships with prospects and cultivating contacts at all levels of a business
- Budgeting and financial management
- Ability to build successful colleague relationships and influence throughout the Charity
- Excellent communication skills
- Good project management and organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and networking skills

You may have experience of the following: Strategic Partnerships Manager, Business Development, Account Management, Partnerships Manager, Business Development Manager, Charity, Account Manager, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit etc.

Ref: 135 043

Using the power of boxing and sport to change the lives and futures of young people and adults, is at the core of why we exist. We're looking to recruit a candidate who shares our values, has the experince of working with challenging individuals and understands how to strategically develop and scale a charity. The candidate will manage programmes on a day-to-day basis, whilst leading a team to help young people and adults in their everyday lives. 

 Job purpose:

To work with partners to strategically develop projects and programmes. The candidate will lead on design, impact, and management, whilst driving promotion to NGB’s and partners, locally and nationally. 

• To identify and secure funding to expand our work and impact as an organisation.

• To ensure all programmes and projects are delivered on budget and achieve agreed outcomes.

• To support the strategic development of the organisation, forming part of the Senior Management Team.

• To lead all aspects of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact across the organisation. 

Autism West Midlands is looking for a strategic thinker with a passion to make a difference to autistic people and their families to be our next Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Autism West Midlands is an established charity that supports families, children, young people and adults on the autistic spectrum. We provide care homes and supported living, early intervention, parenting programmes, adult community support and operate a helpline. The work that we do makes an enormous difference to the people we support and we wish to build on the achievements of the last few years.

The charity is in a strong financial position, having worked hard to make this happen under the leadership of an effective senior team and committed and engaged trustees. We run good CQC services and want to do even better. We have expanded our range of services in different parts of the West Midlands, but there is still more to do. We want to be able to offer comprehensive support across all of the West Midlands.

Key details:

Role: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Autism West Midlands

Salary: £90,000 - £100,000 per annum

Location: Kings Norton, Birmingham (3 days per week to be spent on site)

Contract: permanent, full time

As well as a demonstrable alignment with our vision, mission and values the successful candidate will have:

• Substantial experience of senior management of a complex organisation, providing vision and strategic leadership and collaborating with a range of other organisation and partners.
• Experience of having worked in a senior role in health or social care or closely allied sectors
• Evidence of leading the delivery of key targets, service improvements and management of change.
• Demonstrable evidence of strategic planning and development, leading people / organisations through to successful delivery
• Track record as an exceptional leader of people; ability to motivate and inspire multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience at working with a Board of Trustees or equivalent.
• Solid track record of effectively managing multi-departmental resources and budgets, with
• Experience of delivering long term financial sustainability and stewardship of valuable resources.

If you would like to receive an information pack for this role with details on how to apply, please click apply, which will contact our consultant Jenny Hills at Harris Hill with an expression of interest. She will respond via email with a full information pack. 

For an informal and confidential conversation about this position, please contact Jenny via the same method described above, or via the Harris Hill website, with your preferred contact details, and suitable times to chat.

Closing date for applications: 9am Monday 5th September 2022

Harris Hill Charities Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Branch Development Coordinator

£27,000 - £30,000 + benefits

Permanent

35 hours per week (happy to talk flexible working)

Birmingham

We’re the CIPD — the professional body for HR and people development. We are the voice of a worldwide community of more than 160,000 members committed to championing better work and working lives. We’ve been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation development for more than 100 years, helping members build their professional expertise and organisations build their HR and leadership capability. Given the many recent changes in the world of work, there has never been a more interesting and important time to join us. We offer a friendly and stimulating culture and a wide range of professional development opportunities and benefits such as 28 days’ holiday, free access to LinkedIn Learning and an award-winning pension.
 

The Role
 

As the Branch Development Coordinator you will provide administrative support to our regional branches and the Branch Development team.  Your work will underpin the effective delivery of programs of work in branches through the robust coordination support you will bring to the role. 
 

 What You’ll Be Doing 
 

• Acting as a first point of contact and key liaison for our branches, volunteers and committees.
• Overseeing branch meeting coordination including managing pre/post meeting administration.
• Delivering Branch Development administration and support across a range of activities and projects.
• Handling incoming enquiries and the Branch Development team inbox.
• Coordinating the production of content in and distribution of branch newsletters.
• Working with the Branch Development Communications Executive and Communications team to ensure web content for branches is up to date.
• Supporting with the development and distribution of written communications around regional programmes.
• Supporting with the delivery and planning of regional programmes and liaising with key stakeholders.
• Working with volunteers to enable volunteer independent web based event delivery.
• Coordinating admin tasks for regional events including booking venues, organising catering/refreshment, booking delegates and preparing delegate packs/information.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful 
 

• Collaborative team player that can demonstrate extensive experience of delivering in a busy coordination role.
• A passion for customer service and an appreciation of how to prioritise the customer experience as a key part of how coordination work is delivered.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to relate to and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Solutions focused approach with the ability to navigate small admin barriers and obstacles with ease.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines.
• Exceptional attention to detail and can take initiative to flag issues/concerns.
• Good organisational and planning skills, able to prioritise tasks as needed.
• Able to understand and manage web-based and digital solutions within the role, troubleshooting user issues as needed,
• Expert user of full Office 365 suite including Teams, Zoom, Eventbrite, Marketing Cloud, YouTube, Survey Monkey and other systems that can enhance customer experience.

 

If this role describes you and your career aspirations, then click APPLY.
 

CIPD: valuing everyone as an individual!
 

The CIPD define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value all our employees, customers and clients as people. Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everybody feels valued, where their talents are fully utilised and organisational and personal goals are met.

We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion, or belief.

Please note, we reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, we would urge you to submit an application as soon as possible.

Business Development and Partnerships Manager

We are looking for a Business Development and Partnerships Manager who is ambitious and invested in conflict transformation.

Position: Business Development and Partnerships Manager

Location: Home based with flexible working

Hours: Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 28 days’ holiday pro rata, employer-contributed pension scheme, flexible working, home-based working

The Role

Working closely with the Founder and CEO, the Business Development and Partnerships Manager will play a key role in engaging the private sector, developing meaningful partnerships, and soliciting business and advisory services that will support the private sector to take concrete actions and investments in peace.

The Business Development and Partnerships Manager will lead ambitious and real change in how conflict transformation is understood, applied, and invested in across sectors.

Key areas of responsibility include:

Fundraising and partnerships

• Develop long-lasting trusted partnerships and build a portfolio of partners who engage the not-for-profit in an advisory role on how to action and invest in conflict prevention.
• Engage funders and the private/corporate sector as partners, increasing revenue while at the same time delivering programmatic results.
• Accompany the Founder and/or CEO on meetings with business prospects and undertake necessary follow-up.

Leadership and Management

• Review and adjust key strategic objectives with the private sector in line with our overall business strategy.
• Develop contracts, programmes, and partnerships that support the organisation to deliver on results.
• Effectively engage consultants and interns to deliver results when required.

Programming and external relations

• Develop trusted networks of influence and collaboration, building strong and dynamic relationships across the private sector.
• Lead and organise external events to engage partners and stakeholders on key issues engaging the private sector and multi-stakeholder actors.
• Represent the organisation in business and peacebuilding forums.
• Identify and open up opportunities to communicate BPP’s work, vision and results widely.

Adaptation and Learning

• Contribute to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) frameworks to support adaptation, learning and capturing of results.
• Gather learning, adaptations and results, to disseminate widely
• Work with the wider team to oversee and lead on research, identifying stories, and capturing results that are communicated to inspire action and shifts in the way things are done.

About You

As Business Development and Partnerships Manager, you will be comfortable both in the corporate and not-for-profit worlds. You are dynamic, passionate about investing in peace, and able to engage, influence and inspire others to take action in true partnership. You understand the need for balancing revenue with results and relationships with a drive for success. You work with heart, intention, and determination.

You will be self-motivated and find that your personal values align with Plan for Peace’s values, namely: vision - ‘the future belongs to those that can see it; balance - balancing the left and right brain thinking, effectiveness - doing the inner work through reflective practices; power and presence through courageous conversations; remaining light and resourceful in facilitating and catalysing change; and a dedication to ‘walking the talk’ of conflict transformation by modelling innovative new ways to integrate it throughout organisational approaches.

You will be asked to submit your CV and a cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role.

About the Organisation

The charity was founded by three times peace prize nominee Dr Scilla Elworthy and is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) whose mission is to generate a groundswell of people from all sectors who believe that a world without destructive conflict is possible and necessary.

You may also have experience in areas such as Corporate Partnerships Manager, Partnerships Officer, Partnerships Account Manager, Partnership Coordinator, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Partner Relationship Manager, Relationship Manager, Business Development Manager, Account Manager, Fundraiser, Membership Fundraising, Face to Face Business Development, Networking, Community Development, Community Fundraiser, Events Fundraiser, etc.

Job title: Executive Director
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Starting at £65,000 per annum (FTE)
Location: Home-based (UK)
Benefits: 32 days paid annual leave including public holidays per annum (FTE), Flexible working and TreeSisters operate a discretionary wellness scheme which currently offers six wellness days (FTE) pro-rata per annum.
 

About the Role

At TreeSisters, we envision a world where it is normal for everyone to protect and restore themselves and their world.  Our mission is to inspire everyone to rebalance with nature and lead global action to increase reforestation.

As Executive Director (ED) you will be responsible for the daily operation of a talented remote team. You will implement the organisation’s strategic vision, ensure financial viability and steer a global network in a social movement of restoration. 

Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, you will possess strong communication and presentation skills and have a good understanding of the not-for-profit sector. You will be able to inspire, motivate, engage and manage the complexities of a diverse community of stakeholders, internally and externally.

You will represent the ethos of a restorative leader at TreeSisters and ensure the charity is a thought leader and achieving its charitable objectives.

Core accountabilities of the role

• Governance. Work with the Board to fulfil the vision, mission and strategic objectives, including representing the organisation on the US Board; a separate legal entity.
• Financial Viability. Work alongside our Head of Finance and Board to ensure the financial health and compliance of the charity.Maintain sustainable financial health and compliance of the charity with transparency, integrity and ethics.
• Strategic Direction. Effectively implement the Strategic Plan, ensuring alignment across all Departments and reporting back to the Board.
• People and Culture. Lead staff in aligning the social and behavioural change work with the TreeSisters' values.
• Stakeholder Engagement.Inspire and effectively advance the practice of social and behavioural change work across a complex and diverse network of Stakeholders

Interested?

For more information and the full job description, please see our website. To apply for this position, please complete our employment application form on the above page. Please note the closing date for applications is 9 am (BST) on Thursday 18th August.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
TreeSisters is committed to a long-term, ongoing, organisation-wide journey of dismantling systemic racism and making our team and network as inclusive as possible. At TreeSisters, we want to encourage everyone to become restorers of the planet. We accept and welcome all whatever their culture, nationality, religious persuasion, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, gender, race or age. We aim to be an inclusive organisation allowing people to be themselves.

Who Are We?

TreeSisters is a UK registered social change and reforestation charity that places restoration into everyone’s hands. Our missionis to inspire everyone to rebalance with nature and lead global action to increase reforestation. 

We bring communities together and put solutions in their hands. By ethically funding the planting of over 26 million trees in places like Brazil, Borneo, Kenya, India, Madagascar and West Papua, we provide a measurable way to restore life and mitigate climate change. 

Our mantra is to make restoration the new normal. We actively encourage the cultural and behavioural shift required to move from a consumer to a restorative culture. With a focus on gender parity, we seek to empower women globally and champion the feminine within all of us toward personal and collective action on behalf of the earth. With our relentless desire for integrity, ethical, environmental action, decolonisation, and deeply listen to Original Peoples, TreeSisters is looking to change the world. We want to inspire and encourage the feminine in everyone. Allow people to fully and generously express their unique gifts on behalf of themselves, each other and the forests we love and need.

The CORE & Co Foundation is a registered charity set up by CORE Education Trust in 2020 to develop creative partnership programmes for children and young people. Much of the charity’s focus is aimed at working with vulnerable, at risk or under-served communities. The charity’s flagship programme is SAFE delivered on behalf of the DfE with local partners in Birmingham. SAFE is a school’s led programme which aims to prevent young people becoming vulnerable to violent crime. The charity has also supported the development of programmes such as the award-winning Echo Eternal.

This is an exciting, varied and challenging role with opportunities to network, fundraise, advocate, project manage and ultimately bring together a small but growing group of staff to achieve amazing things. A friendly and committed Board of Trustees will support you to achieve the charities and your personal development goals.

The charity enjoys links with CORE Education Trust which offers some corporate services support, but the infrastructure of the charity is that of a small start-up so this will be a hands-on style executive role.

Our partner is a leading conservation organisation. They are seeking to recruit an interim regional COO, overseeing the effective and efficient operational health of their countries and operations/programmes in the Asia Pacific Region for a period of 3-6 months. 

Responsibilities

• Leading the finance, compliance, HR, administration and management systems across the Asia Pacific Region; this covers the regional and country offices.
• Lead on reviewing & strengthening the operational performance of country offices; implementing operational structures to ensure excellence across the region; ensuring these are aligned to and comply with the global organisational policies, procedures and values.
• Develop and strengthen the regulatory, legal, risk and compliance framework, policies and procedures.
• Working with the Regional Finance Director to provide financial oversight and lead on developing the budgets and strategic plans for the country offices; and drive an environment of strong controls and compliance.
• Working with the Regional HR Director to influence and shape the organisation’s culture and values amongst staff, and to drive talent management & HR processes.
• Working with the legal team to ensure that country-specific legal compliance requirements, as well as broader donor/partnerships contracts and agreements are met and adhered to.
• Working with the senior leadership team, offering operational direction to meet business and strategic plan targets; and on any global matters.
• Lead on change initiatives, ensuring their successful implementation.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant, with over 10 years of progressive experience in a senior finance and operations role within a complex international INGO with decentralised operations.
• Leader, with a high level of integrity, and strong financial acumen experience and demonstrated experience of implementing and evaluating strategic plans.
• Strong negotiation. influencing skills and interpersonal skills and cultural awareness, able to develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English. Working knowledge of an Asian language is desirable.
• Excellent organisational skills.

They would prefer to consider candidates who are based in Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines or Vietnam (all these would be nationals/residents). However, they are open to candidates based with relevant experience working remotely. They are seeking candidates immediately available to start a new role. 

Sutton Coldfield Town Hall dates back to 1865 but in more recent history Sutton Coldfield Arts and Recreational Trust run the building as a Trust, employing a small team of passionate event and theatre professionals to manage the day-to-day running of the venue.  Sutton Coldfield Town Hall now regularly plays host to a vast spectrum of events. From household name comedy shows and theatrical productions, to weddings and birthdays, to Town Council meetings and much, much more and still possesses an unequivocal air of romance and majesty.

The Creative & Business Development Manager is responsible for:

This position will create and deliver an interactive Creative Strategy and Programme which enhances the venue’s arts sector profile and includes a wide-range of arts/performance/cultural activities and local-to-national productions which engage all parts of our local communities as well as forge partnerships with other creative organizations to mutual benefit. In tandem, the Creative and Business Development Manager will lead on marketing and promotions (which complements the creative purpose) and in total will generate a positive creative reputation for the Town Hall venue.

• The development and delivery of a Creative Strategy and Programme by commissioning arts/performance/cultural events, activities and productions from local-to-national sources
• The Programme should fulfil the venue’s strategic ambitions; monitor and review the artistic programme and event content for quality, value for money and profit margins; explore new and innovative features which strengthen and extend the venue’s creative ambitions
• The Programme should incorporate inclusive Arts Community Engagement which offers day/evening/weekend activities to engage all parts of the local communities especially in terms of diversity, equalities and inclusion
• Exploring potential creative partnerships for the Town Hall venue with other creative organisations i.e. planning and delivery of joint productions; touring national/regional productions; “locally-grown” talent and productions to showcase at the Town Hall venue; bespoke partnerships with the Arts Council and wider arts sector organisations
• Business development, attending arts/business networking events to promote the Town Hall offers; such as Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership, Sutton Coldfield Town Centre Regeneration Partnership, Town Centre BID etc.
• Developing a Marketing Plan which includes general positive PR, press releases, social media, website updates and creation of promotional material such as devising a quarterly Town Hall “What’s On” booklet which also encourages involvement/donations/sponsors 
• Pursuit of grant funding opportunities
• Being first point for contact for high level external enquiries (outside remit of Box Office/sales team);
• In liaison with the Chair and Trustees, develop and sustain external relationships with key bodies such as The Arts Council, commercial arts venues/providers across the West Midlands and arts/performance networks and venues across Birmingham
• Such occasional duties which are commensurate with the Creative & Business Development

Note: Some evening and weekend working is required