Technical Officer Jobs in Birmingham

About POW UK

Protect Our Winters UK (POW UK) is a charity that rallies the outdoor community to drive meaningful action on climate change. We are a community of athletes, scientists, creatives, collaborators, and business leaders advancing non-partisan policies that protect our world today and for future generations.

We were founded in 2017 by a team of UK outdoor enthusiasts (like you) to mobilise the UK outdoor sports community. We work with athletes, creatives, the outdoor community, and outdoor industry to bring about a net zero society.

The Opportunity: We are looking for a visionary leader to drive its next stage of growth and impact. Over the past several years, POW UK has grown from a founding idea/cause by pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones to the leading voice for the outdoor community in the UK on climate. POW UK punches above its weight as a recognised, followed and loved brand. We need a leader who can establish the structural base (systems and processes) to enable the organisation’s growth and impact, as well as lead the delivery of the strategy set by the Board. The organisation currently has an annual operating budget of £280K, a 4-person team, and a community of athletes, creators, scientists, and business people in the world. With mounting evidence on climate change and its impacts and with sports clubs, organisations and governing bodies starting to understand this, POW UK’s moment is now. There are significant opportunities to nurture our current audience, grow its adjacent audiences, and expand its relevance. We believe the growth potential for POW UK’s positive influence is truly unlimited.

Key Responsibilities:

· Organizational Leadership: Create a positive and inclusive culture that aligns with POW UK's values. Develop policies, systems, and processes to support our team's growth and effectiveness.

· Strategic Vision: Leverage POW UK's strengths to drive impactful initiatives. Lead the development and execution of our multi-year plan (2025-2029).

· Movement Building: Inspire and rally the outdoor community to influence climate policy. Engage with sports governing bodies, athletes, scientists, and environmental advocates to amplify our mission.

· Fundraising and Audience Expansion: Develop strategies to grow our donor base and build relationships with environmental organizations and sports communities.

· Public Speaking and Marketing: Represent POW UK at events and in the media. Use compelling storytelling to persuade and inspire action.

· Technical Acumen: Dive deep into climate policy and advocacy. Commit to continuous learning and embrace uncomfortable conversations to advance our thought leadership.

· Passion for the Outdoors: Lead by example with your love for extreme winter sports and the outdoor life. Understand the power of this passion to drive change.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor's degree desired; Master's (e.g., MBA) preferred

· 10+ years of executive leadership experience in for-profit or non-profit organizations

· Proven track record of setting ambitious strategies, building teams, and achieving success

· Experience developing HR policies that promote diversity, inclusivity, equity, and learning

· Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

· Positive attitude and passion for climate action and the outdoors

· Understanding of competitive outdoor sports, and the broader outdoor sports community and industry experience preferred

· Belief in POW UK's mission and theory of change

· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment

· Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills

· Ability to handle high-conflict situations with empathy

Why Join Us? As the CEO of POW UK, you will have the chance to lead a passionate team and community dedicated to protecting the environment. You will work with like-minded

individuals who share your love for extreme winter sports and your commitment to combating climate change. Together, we can make a lasting impact on the areas we care about most.

Further details available on our website (type Protect Our Winters UK in search engine). In case of further questions about the role, don't hesitate to reach out to the team.

Important - Due to volume of applications already received for this role, we expect we will be closing applications early. If you are interested in this role, we recommend applying as soon as possible. We will not be able to consider applications after the vacancy closes.

If you're excited about improving services and shaping projects in the social research sector, we want to hear from you! Join us as a Projects Officer in a flexible, remote role.

About Us

The Social Research Association (SRA) is an educational charity and membership  organisation for social researchers, dedicated to advancing excellence in social research across the UK.

We are entering a very exciting period of increased member engagement by expanding our member benefits, researcher community offerings which include mentoring, and the launch of a new digital community platform. To support these initiatives, we are looking for a Projects Officer to help implement new processes and improve engagement with our services.

About the Role

This role focuses on rolling out and embedding new business processes, and ensuring staff and our members (of which there are approximately 1,500) can engage with our developing services. It is not a technical role but involves hands-on working with digital tools to improve how we deliver work and to enhance our members’ experience of us.

The main responsibility will be working on the SRA's digital community project, but the successful candidate will also contribute to an important review of our member benefits packages and a project focussed on group membership recruitment and retention, among other emerging workstreams. This is a new role for us – so we're excited to explore and shape it together.

Key Responsibilities

This is a diverse role that role involves planning and delivering projects to enhance member services, working with teams and suppliers to implement new processes, developing guidance and training materials to support staff and members, analysing data to improve services, and maintaining clear communication and documentation for stakeholders. Additionally, you'll help promote new initiatives through marketing materials and identify efficiencies to improve workflows. 

You can read more detail about the role responsibilties in the downloadable job description.

What We’re Looking For

We know that great candidates don’t always meet 100% of the criteria. If you’re excited about this role, and keen to go on this exciting phase of our development with us, we encourage you to apply. 

The ideal candidate will have experience managing or contributing to projects, supporting digital platforms, creating training materials, and communicating effectively with stakeholders, while also being able to manage workloads independently and develop business processes. Experience in a membership organisation or digital project work is a desireable nice-to-have but not essential..

You can read more detail about what we're looking for in the downloadable job description.

What We Offer

• 28 days of annual leave (pro rata) + bank holidays
• Fully remote working (with occasional travel for meetings, not anticipated to exceed 10 per year)
• Even though we're fully remote, we offer a few days of face-to-face induction to help you connect with the team and organisation right from the start.
• Employer pension contributions
• Personal and professional development including payment for one subscription to a relevant membership/professional body
• Free eye test

Our culture

It is important part of our mission to represent the profession in all its diversity. To do that, we are committed to developing a talented workforce that represents that diversity.  We are an inclusive and welcoming organisation and committed to ensuring our culture and ways of working enable all of our people to thrive at work, and not negatively impact on their private lives.

Interview Process & Accessibility

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process that gives all candidates the best possible opportunity to show their value.

• We will provide interview questions 2-3 days in advance to help candidates prepare.
• We will reach out to you in advance of the interview to check if there are any needs or requests that will make the process work better for you. We’ll strive to meet any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
• Interviews will be held online, but we can arrange an in-person interview if preferred. In-person interviews would need to be held in London.
• We anticipate one interview and it’s likely this will be a mix of questions and a task.

Financial & Administration Officer

Part-time home-based role with flexible working hours

The Douglas Bomford Trust is a small grant-making charity supporting those who work in and study the broad field of agricultural engineering. 

The administration of the Trust is undertaken by a Technical Secretary (TS) and a Financial Administration Officer (FAO), the Technical Secretary being responsible for dealing with applications and ongoing awards, and associated activities.

The current Financial Administration Officer wishes to stand down at the AGM to be held in November 2025, having worked with the Trust since 2007. It is hoped that the successful candidate will attend the April Trust General Management Meeting (scheduled for 9th April 2025), then liaise with the current FAO to gradually assume responsibilities over the summer months ready for November AGM. Experience in or familiarity with the agricultural or education sector would be useful for this role.

The primary duties of the role are:

· the maintenance of the Trust records, both financial and general,

· paying of grants etc

· working with the TS to plan and hold trustee meetings, including taking minutes

· updating the Trust website

· maintaining records for Charities Commission and Companies House

The role is undertaken on a self-employed basis, with hours worked charged quarterly; the proposed hourly rate being £30/hour. The hours are variable but generally average at 140-150 hours pa. Trustees’ meetings are held twice yearly usually in April and November, with the workload being heavier in preparation for and after these two meetings. (Latterly, one of these meetings is held virtually and one at an institution in receipt of a grant for a PhD student etc.) Other ad hoc meetings with investment managers, trustees may be attended (often virtually).

Liaison with TS is by phone/Zoom etc.

The registered office of the Trust is currently at Cranfield, within the offices of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers; archives are stored at this location. However, the role does not require regular access to these, and a potential candidate is not required to be local to this site.

How to apply

Please submit CV (including contact details for 2 references) and covering letter by Monday 31st March 2025.

CEO

We’re looking for a new Chief Executive Officer to lead our vital work, bringing their expertise in data and technology and their passion for nature to drive the NBN Trust forwards.

Position: CEO

Salary: £65,575 – £68,854 depending on experience. 

Location: Fully remote, working from home, with some travel. 

Contract: Permanent. 

Hours: 35 hours per week.  Flexibility regarding working pattern. 

Closing date: 9am, Friday 11 April 2025 

Interviews: 1st round, week commencing w/c 28 April. 2nd round, week commencing 5 May. 

The NBN Trust is a nature charity with a difference. Our mission is making data work for nature. The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries on Earth and, if we’re to stand any hope of fixing it, we’re going to need data. Lots of data. “What gets measured gets done”, as the saying goes. We need to understand what we’ve lost and what remains. We need to set targets for nature’s recovery. And we need to measure success as nature turns the corner and starts to make a comeback.

That’s where the NBN Trust comes in. We support the entire UK conservation movement by providing public access to the wildlife data that’s needed to make good decisions for nature. We’re a conservation charity, tech charity and people charity rolled into one – a unique combination!

You’ll be responsible for: 

· Driving the delivery of our strategy and vision of making data work for nature.

· Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with our partners, funders and stakeholders.

· Overseeing the day-to-day management of the NBN Trust, ensuring financial sustainability, staff performance and wellbeing, and good governance.

We’re looking for someone with a data or digital background, with a track record of overseeing the delivery a high-quality user experience through digital products and commercialising data or digital services. Passion for nature conservation is essential, as well as a desire to engage with the many natural history specialists who contribute data to the NBN Atlas. We’re looking for an ambitious individual with an agile, entrepreneurial mind-set, who can drive income generation and growth.

The ideal candidate understands what an excellent data platform looks like and how to continually evolve this to keep up with trends and developments. Attention to detail and ability to horizon-scan is key in overseeing the Trust’s projects and key work streams and ensuring good governance. The NBN Trust is a small team, with a big responsibility, undergoing a period of change, and your role will be to steer the staff through this change and deliver the NBN Trust’s strategy.

We’re a 100% remote-working charity, so you’ll need to be comfortable and effective working from home. The whole team meets up four times a year for in-person team meetings (in London and other locations around the UK).  The post holder may be required to work occasional weekends and evenings. 

Applicants must reside in the UK and be eligible to work in the UK. 

We’re an equal opportunities and Living Wage employer. We welcome all applicants, and we’re striving to create an inclusive and diverse team. If you’re interested in joining us, please read the Job Pack – and get in touch if there’s anything you’d like to ask.   

When applying, if possible, please also complete and return the EDI Recruitment Questionnaire.  This is not mandatory but will ensure we can gather information across a range of questions such as ethnicity, religion, working background, etc. to monitor the diversity of applicants.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Location: We operate a hybrid model of work i.e. a combination of in-person and remote, with flexible days in the office depending on business need and your preferences. We would typically expect in-office attendance an average of one day per week. 

When in the office you will be based in our Birmingham, Cardiff or Glasgow office. This where you will usually attend in-person events, training sessions etc. though some travel, to other offices and other locations, will occasionally be expected. 

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: We are looking for the right candidate and while we envisage this being a full-time role (37.5 hours per week) we are very open to flexible working arrangements such as part-time, compressed hours and/or flexitime.

Occasional/frequent evening or weekend work may be required, for which time off in lieu (TOIL) will be given. More details can be found in the Staff Handbook.

Ideal start date: 28th April or as otherwise agreed with candidate. 

The Opportunity

The postholder will be responsible for supporting the delivery of our Aspiring Professionals Programme for our young people and for our volunteers and employer partners. Approximately 80% of this role will be allocated to providing administrative support for the mentoring (volunteering) provision with occasional in person support on events required.

1. Project Delivery Support
• Support the delivery of key projects including mentoring recruitment, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)/Protecting Vulnerable Group (PVG) checks, mentor matching, and mentor-related event provision.

• Support the delivery of key services delivered to participants and employer partners.   

• Utilise tools and technologies to conduct your work effectively and efficiently such as Excel, our mentoring platform and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.

• Deliver on allocated student/mentoring (online/in-person) events, formally presenting content to a high standard and in line with Social Mobility Foundation messaging. 

• Contribute to team meetings, sharing ideas and collaborating to solve problems creatively. 

2. Monitoring and Evaluation 
• Follow established procedures to monitor the progress of your work area, using accurate data to inform decisions
 
• Reflect on your work areas at key points in time, offering suggestions for efficiencies and process improvement 

• Contribute to evaluation for key work areas 

3. Stakeholder Management  
• Handle and follow-up enquiries (from predominantly students and mentors) promptly and professionally

4. Activity Delivery 
• Support the delivery of the mentoring provision by undertaking a range of general administrative tasks 

• Support with the coordination, organisation, logistics and delivery of mentoring events; internships and in-person residential programmes for students 

• Liaise with external stakeholders and third parties to arrange events, secure venues and speakers  

• Stay on-site for day and overnight visits, when needed  

Need to know:

• IT skills  
• Basic Microsoft Office Suite 
• Presentation skills  
• A basic understanding of the barriers young people face in accessing university and careers  

Able to:
• Carry out administrative tasks such as gathering data, preparing reports, database management and clerical work to meet the charity's needs
• Maintain records and produce clear written and oral reports
• Stay on-site for day and overnight visits, when needed 
 

Benefits

Annual leave
33/34 days (England & Wales and Scotland respectively - includes bank and public holidays).

Other benefits
Cycle to Work Scheme; Employer pension contributions of 5% of qualifying earnings; Employee Assistance Programme available to staff and their family; Flexible work options such as hybrid working, flexitime, part-time; Regular staff team building and business planning “away days”.
 

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply by submitting the following information to our application portal Pinpoint by 23:59 BST on Monday 31st March.
 

1.  Why would you like to work at the Social Mobility Foundation?
2. What makes you a suitable candidate for this role?

Please note that generic applications and CV’s will not be considered. 

Interviews: First round interviews will take place between the 10th and 15th April with slots throughout the working day.

Are you a proactive and analytical thinker with a passion for making a real impact? Join us as a Senior Business Analyst and play a vital role in transforming the lives of young people.

In this dynamic role, you’ll lead business analysis across multiple technology projects, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality outcomes. You'll work closely with stakeholders to gather and analyse requirements, drive business case development, and identify process improvements that enhance efficiency. Collaborating with change and transformation teams, you’ll help shape and prioritise strategic roadmaps, turning business needs into impactful solutions.

You’ll also contribute to our Business Analysis Community of Practice and work with data teams to leverage insights that support decision-making. Your expertise will help evaluate risks, dependencies, and business impacts while ensuring quality assurance across major deliverables.

If you're ready to use your skills to drive real change, apply now and help shape a brighter future for young people!

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. Our focus is on open data, aligned metrics and strong regulation, to help powerful organisations stop nature-related impacts and realise opportunities for positive action. 

 We do this through an interlinked portfolio of programmes: 

1. Our Supply Chain Transparency Programme delivers a step change in the transparency of the trade and financing of high-risk commodity supply chains – like soy, palm oil and cattle (see Trase).
2. Our Corporate Performance Programme works to improve the quality and uptake of sustainability and social metrics for the global companies most impacting forests and nature (Forest 500, ForestIQ).
3. Our Nature-related Finance Programme creates the tools and frameworks to help Financial Institutions, corporates and governments to shift global financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes and toward nature-positive outcomes (see ENCORE and TNFD).

Our tools and platforms are used by Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, national and regional governments, and some of the world’s most effective campaigning organisations.

GC is supported by governments including the UK, Norway, Germany and Switzerland; by major trusts and foundations including the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation,  Quadrature and the Waterloo Foundations; and by a growing group of individual major donors and family offices. We have deep partnerships with the UNEP Finance Initiative, Stockholm Environment Institute, UNDP, WWF and ZSL among others. 

We work globally, but have focal regions in Latin America, Indonesia, Europe and China. Our team of around 45 people is mostly based out of our Oxford office, but we have team members also based across forest regions and major markets worldwide.

Purpose

Global Canopy (GC) is looking for an experienced Earth Observation Specialist who can step in and work with the team to deliver an ‘Earth Observation for Nature Finance’ pilot. The pilot project aims to explore and strengthen the role of open access earth observation (EO) data towards leveraging financial mechanisms for nature finance. The pilot will focus on agricultural portfolios, with scope to include forestry portfolios to conduct analysis leveraging ESA Sentinel data on a use case to be defined by a financial service institution project partner. The exact use case will be specified over the coming months and can both be to conduct an analysis leveraging satellite data to assess land use change linked to financed companies and their supply chains or to assess sustainable practices of financed companies in the forestry sector.

Today, few corporations disclose geolocation-specific supplier lists for key high-risk commodities including soft commodities and timber. If and when they do disclose, the data is often at jurisdiction or municipality-level, lacking asset-level detail. As a result, land conversion is difficult to link to corporate supply chains. If the final use case will be to analyse land conversion in financed agricultural supply chains then the EO expert will use Sentinel data to conduct an analysis which enables identification of land conversion events alongside potential underlying drivers, allowing FIs to engage with financed companies and support disclosure. This approach aims to improve FI understanding of land conversion dynamics, enhancing engagement with investees towards more sustainable land management practices. If the use case instead will focus on the forestry sector, then the EO expert will conduct analysis using Sentinel data to identify what types of insights on sustainable forest management practices can be generated from Sentinel data sets and conduct that analysis. The results will be shared and discussed with the financial service institution and the EO expert will need to conduct and lead the technical presentation.

The consultant will be responsible for researching geolocation specific datasets, available open source and in proprietary databases. If the final use case will be for agriculture then the consultant will leverage the supply shed approach, utilising datasets such as the TRASE database and the Universal Mill List to determine supply shed sizes. This will serve as a starting point to address current challenges. If the final use case will be on sustainable forestry then the EO expert will leverage geolocation data from  the financial service institution to overlay with satellite data to conduct the technical analysis.

What work do we want a consultant to do?

Global Canopy is seeking a supply chain EO expert for two to three days a week over the course of 14 months to conduct technical hands-on data analysis work for the specific final use case to be selected. The EO expert will work collaboratively as part of a small team, predominantly collaborating with the project coordinator and the piloting bank to deliver this pilot. The EO expert will be responsible for undertaking the technical data analysis applying Sentinel data to the use case. The successful candidate will research relevant datasets to be tested and support the financial institution to utilise the supply shed approach, if the final use case will be in the agricultural sector, and other relevant approaches if the final use case is for the forestry sector. 

The EO expert must have previous experience dealing with earth observation data.

Applicants should be able to complete the work remotely between May 2025 until the end of June 2026, with the work being completed during 8-6pm UK time (hours are flexible within this period). 

Key Responsibilities

1. Pilot design 

The EO expert, in collaboration with the FI, will be responsible for designing the pilot, identifying the methodology to be used for the purpose of the analysis. 

2. Research, analysis and measurement of supply sheds 

The EO expert will research geolocation specific datasets available open source and in proprietary databases. The EO Expert will conduct the technical analysis using Sentinel EO data to answer the key questions of the use case for either financed agricultural or forestry supply chains. This analysis will link the company data sets with the EO data sets to generate key insights and results to answer the use case questions. The EO expert will write a technical specification report of the analysis as a key output including specification of any data quality issues to be aware of in the use of the results. 

3. Drafting and publication of final output

The final is a paper describing the results of the EO analysis to answer the key use case questions. It will be packaged as a use case for publication detailing the pilot journey, methodology used, technical analysis output, the findings and challenges encountered during the course of the pilot project. This output will be developed to be used as a replicable example by other organisations to illustrate a financial institution’s nature journey. 

Note: The above-mentioned tasks are intended as a guide and may be modified following discussion with the selected consultant. 

Lines of communication 

The consultant will be part of Global Canopy’s Nature-related Finance programme team, working closely with the pilot project coordinator within the Nature-related Finance team, Nature-related Finance Director sitting within the consortium leadership team, as well as external piloting partners and other consortium members.

Location 

The Consultancy is able to be completed on a remote basis but location is required to be within 3hrs of CET.

Timeline 

May 2025 to the end of June 2026. 

Outputs: 

A technical analysis leveraging Sentinel data to answer the questions specified by the use case in either financed agricultural or forestry supply chains. The key questions will be on the nature-related impacts of financed supply chains, either negative or positive impacts for nature. The deliverables include a technical EO analysis answering the use case questions, the technical specifications of methodology and description of algorithms use, description of data leveraged for the analysis. This information will be used by the EO expert to collaboratively draft a use case with the team. 

Requirements

As a successful applicant you will have a strong background in spatial data and analyses, linking agricultural production systems and environmental and social impacts, preferably with a focus on tropical ecosystems and supply chains. You will be motivated by making data and research accessible to a diverse range of audiences, including the private sector, governments and civil society, and ideally have practical experience in how to drive uptake and use of data products by different users. 

Global Canopy is looking for an individual consultant with the skills and experience as detailed below. 

Essential

1. Deep knowledge of earth observation (EO) datasets and tools. Track record in design of algorithms to analyse satellite data to generate desired insights.
2. Strong writing skills with a track record of successfully delivering projects from start to finish. 
3. A strong drive to contribute to Global Canopy’s mission, a passion for sustainability and the role that the finance sector can play to drive change. 

Desirable

1. Comprehensive understanding of ESG metrics, nature-related data, tools, assessment approaches, disclosure initiatives and frameworks, sustainable finance and its mechanisms.
2. Experience engaging with the financial sector, specifically engaging financial institutions in the assessment of their nature-related issues, as well as engaging and developing good working relationships with multiple stakeholders.

Other information

Whilst our office is based in Oxford, we strongly welcome interest from candidates based in other parts of the UK, and internationally.

How to apply

To apply for the position, please use the apply button or visit our website and submit your application by 9am GMT 31st March 2025, including: 

• A cover letter – outlining your interest in our work, and how your expertise, experience and working style maps to our focal areas and requirements
• An up-to-date CV
• Your day rate in GBP 

We welcome early applications, and expressions of interest will be considered as they are received. 

By submitting your application, you consent to us holding your data in line with our policies. GC is under no obligation to engage anyone as a result of this search. Individual contracts will be negotiated as we initiate the work.

About Kinship

We are Kinship. The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. We’re here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to. 

Together, let’s commit to change for kinship families.

About the role

We’re seeking an exceptional and experienced project manager to deliver a pivotal role within our ground-breaking national Kinship Training and Support Service, funded by the Department for Education.

This is our largest contract, and this role is key to enabling our organisational activity. The service offers over 300 online and in-person training events and workshops per year, tailored to meet the specific needs of kinship carers. We need to ensure at least 4,600 kinship carers attend.

You’ll be accountable for successful project delivery, working with executive project sponsors (Chief Operating Officer and Services and Digital Director) and workstream leads (Associate Directors and Heads of departments) to deliver KPI’s to deadlines, escalating and managing risks early.

The type of person we're looking for

You’ll have extensive experience in successful delivery of complex projects that include multiple workstreams and a range of internal and external stakeholders, with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Through your experience of planning, monitoring and controlling project delivery, you’ll quickly set up the necessary systems and processes for success.

You’ll bring strong leadership and communication skills to designing and implementing integrated plans, agreeing deliverables and ensuring accountability. You will need to own this programme of work, and you will need to move at pace.  You’ll interpret needs effectively, ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities and build project management capability. You’ll have a solutions-focused approach and naturally motivate and inspire others to get things done.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work closely with project sponsors, steering group and core team to be accountable for delivery of the programme project KPIs.
• Use a flexible and collaborative approach to set up, deliver and mobilise projects ensuring delivery of vision, aims and objectives.
• Ensure full project documentation, robust project initiation and effective project management and processes ensuring key activity is on track.
• Quickly build detailed project and workstream plans on our project management tool (Asana), ensuring clear roles and responsibilities and supporting colleagues to use the tool effectively.
• Manage multi-department core team including consultants and agencies ensuring they are motivated and working well.
• Set up and implement processes and procedures for successful delivery.
• Support and work with all the workstream leads and deliver integrated plans across the service, focusing teams on what is most important for delivery to meet targets.
• Effectively manage internal and external project communications.
• Establish project documentation across initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closure

Essential knowledge, abilities, skills and experience include:

Project Management qualification or commensurate experience.

• Extensive project management experience in planning, documenting and managing complex project set-up and execution and monitoring performance through the project lifecycle.
• Significant working experience of successful project delivery through effective management of risks, costs, time and milestones.
• Ability to influence others, communicate effectively and build collaborative and productive relationships, internally and externally.
• Proven ability to interpret and transmit the needs of the technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to solve issues quickly, efficiently and creatively.
• Self-starter who can take the initiative and shape project
• Impressive time management and organisational skills.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.

Kinship are an equal opportunities employer. We warmly welcome applications from appropriately qualified people from all sections of the community and aim to promote diversity. 

What we’ll offer you 

Kinship offers 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time) as well as a generous pension scheme. This fixed-term role is open to flexible working (school hours would be considered). We have an excellent wellbeing offer including the Employee Assistance Programme and clinical supervision. We will invest in your professional development with training and career development opportunities.

Kinship is committed to championing equality, diversity and inclusion.  We believe our work is greatly enhanced by the varied backgrounds, experiences and views represented within our teams.  We aim to create inclusive teams, celebrate differences and encourage everyone to join us and be their true self at work. We therefore encourage applications from anyone who fits our values, whatever their religion or belief, sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality or disability and are actively seeking candidates that can bring real innovation and commitment to us. 

This is a fantastic time to join a supportive and well-established team within an organisation with rapid growth ambitions. This role will be what you make it and we’re looking for someone to seize this opportunity!

How to apply

Please apply via Charity Job with your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages. Please include your notice period and earliest availability to start in your cover letter.

• Application opens: Friday 14 March  
• Application deadline: Monday 31 March, 10 AM. 
• First interview: Online - starting from Thursday 24 March 
• Second interview: In person - starting from Monday 31 March

Some tips for your application: 

• Make sure you’ve read the job description and the essential requirements – make sure your answer reflects those points in the requirements very clearly.

• Really tell us why you want to work for Kinship. We’re interested in working with people who share our values. You can read about our values above. 

• Keep your response clear – use bullet points and short paragraphs if that helps. It will help the recruitment team to focus on your answer.

• Don’t go over 2 pages on your covering letter.

• Please do not use AI tools like ChatGPT to produce your answers. We use software to check and your application will be rejected if you do.

We will shortlist for this role on a rolling basis, so encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

Kinship reserves the right to close a recruitment campaign earlier than the advertised where we have received sufficient applications.  

About the opportunity:

The Tutor Communications Officer will work closely with the Communications and Media Manager to support all aspects of stakeholder communications and engagement at Action Tutoring. The role will require you to develop engaging and motivational content when communicating with our volunteer tutor network, schools and other stakeholders.

The Tutor Communications Officer will develop their data management and analytical skills, when evaluating the impact of communications and maintaining subscriber data. They will also develop detailed knowledge of our e-communications software (Campaign Monitor) to create precise and engaging email campaigns with accurate segmentation of recipients. 

Comprehensive induction and training will be provided. Action Tutoring is committed to providing development opportunities for its staff and, as a growing charity, there are plenty of opportunities to take on new areas of responsibility. 

Key responsibilities of the role: 

• Work with Communications and Engagement teams to create impactful communications that recruit new tutors, re-engage lapsed volunteers, and convert former tutors into long-term charity supporters.
• Maintain and analyse data across our e-communications platforms (ValueText, Campaign Monitor) and our volunteer database (Salesforce) to optimize audience targeting and engagement, while ensuring GDPR compliance and data cleanliness.
• Respond to tutors’ enquiries and feedback complaints as part of managing the communications’ team inbox, whilst supporting the wider team to do the same.
• Work with the Communications and Media Manager and other communications officer to produce interesting and relevant pupil and tutor case studies throughout the year. Collaborate with our Programme Team and your MarComms colleagues to source appropriate case studies from our partner schools and volunteer network.
   

Key information: 

Reports to: Communications and Media Manager 

Salary: £25,235 per annum plus London Weighting of £2,271 per annum (if applicable) 

Contract and hours: Permanent, full-time. We offer flexible hours with 9.30-4 as core hours. A
full working week is 37.5 hours.

Closing date: Sunday 23rd March 2025

Interviews: Tuesday 1st April 2025

Start date: As soon as possible 

Place of work: This role is remote, with occasional travel to London. The candidate can be based anywhere in the UK. Our London office address is: x+why Fivefields, 8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, London, SW1W 0DH
 

Application process:

Please submit a completed application form via our website.

In the form you will be asked to reflect on the statements below:

1. Please provide examples of when you have shown evidence of being a creative and effective communicator, able to adapt to different audiences and platforms to achieve an outcome.

2. Please provide examples of when you have shown the ability to 'spin different plates' simultaneously while working to high standards.

3. What experience do you have with data management and analysis? Please provide specific examples of how you've used data to improve communication strategies

Applications that fail to meet these criteria will automatically be discounted. We want you to have every opportunity to shine and to show us your talents—please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you. 

Please note, we do not accept CVs and cover letters. We only accept applications with the application form. 

£54,285 - £60,585 (National) + £5,000 Accountancy Allowance with qualification

The Government Property Agency is the largest property holder in government, with more than £2.1 billion in property assets and over 55% of the government’s office estate. We are transforming the way the Civil Service works by creating great places to work, leading the largest commercial office programme in the UK, working towards halving carbon emissions from government offices, and achieving greater value for taxpayers.  We are looking for innovative, solutions-focused people to join our team.

Representing the best covenant in the UK – His Majesty’s Government – we are leading ground-breaking programmes such as the Government Hubs Programme, Whitehall Campus Programme and Net Zero Programme, as well as delivering modern and cost-effective real estate service solutions. 

Innovation and progress are at the heart of our behaviours.  We foster a culture of lifelong learning, where curiosity and self-improvement are encouraged, and we’re dedicated to becoming a leading, inclusive employer both in the external market and throughout the Civil Service. Our strong emphasis on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is not just about driving inclusion across our organisation, it is also about ensuring our services meet the needs of government departments and the civil servants who use our spaces. 

Join our dynamic and diverse team that leads with purpose, improving sustainability, nurturing social value, driving inclusivity and flexibility, and kickstarting economic growth.  We are driven by purpose, and you can be part of it too: where you make a meaningful impact; where you influence; where your voice really matters; where you help to shape our future direction.

The responsibilities include:

• Ownership of the GPA’s technical IFRS16 accounting calculations, performing accurate and technically correct IFRS16 calculations for all relevant lease events, undertaking verifications, validations and checks
• Monthly reporting of IFRS16 financial performance, risks and opportunities
• Produce key information to support annual budgets and monthly forecasts for IFRS16. This will form part of SR bidding and Estimates, submissions to Cabinet Office & HMT. Respond to queries arising
• Support systems improvements behind IFRS16 accounting including accounting ledgers for IFRS16 transactions. Working with GPA’s outsourced Property Partner and supporting the development of accounting systems to ensure that IFRS16 accounting is accurate
• As required, supporting the production of GPA business cases/investment appraisals and ensuring that IFRS16 calculations are accurate
• Business partnering across GPA Directorates to ensure that IFRS16 impacts are understood and incorporated into all decision making
• Providing IFRS16 advice to finance and non-finance stakeholders across GPA. Supporting IFRS16 training across GPA Finance. Working towards becoming a subject matter expert on the application and reporting of IFRS16.

Key Skills & Experience 

• A technically strong, confident qualified accountant
• It would be preferable to have experience of IFRS16 technical accounting, particularly in its application to property leases (as both landlord and tenant) - if no prior experience, then the candidate must have a technical aptitude and be prepared to work towards become an expert on IFRS16
• A commercially astute finance professional, capable of translating technical accounting requirements into language that will inform, advise, influence and inspire confidence in financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• A self-starter, comfortable with change and with the drive-to-drive continuous improvement
• Strong leadership skills to lead a team of mixed experience in a challenging and complex environment
• Good communication, networking and negotiation skills, capable of building relationships with both finance and non-finance professionals
• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment, planning, collaborating and delivering through others
• Down to earth, proactive and pragmatic

For more information, please apply using the link, or contact Emma Fuller at our retained search agent, Robertson Bell.

The GPA is committed to representing the communities we serve by making Diversity, Equality and Inclusion part of everything we do. To ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining a diverse mix of talent, we are particularly inviting applications from candidates who are disabled, ethnically or gender diverse, and people who identify as being part of the LGBTQ+ community. 

Our partner is seeking an Interim Director of Finance to offer a 12 month maternity cover. Your appointment will come at an interesting time, and your leadership will support their expansion plans and new projects, whilst leading on business as usual activities.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and implementation of the organisation’s scale and income-generation strategy. This includes developing flexible cost models, developing budgets for pilot projects and new projects, and identifying alternate funding opportunities.
• Lead in the development of the organisational wide budget, and budgets for donor/funder proposals.
• Provide oversight on the organisation’s systems, controls, procedures and policies; ensuring these are robust and strengthening them as required.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the finance function, and the production of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports for the management team, donors and the board.  
• Lead on full grants cycle management from developing budgets for proposals, grants management and compliance, and reporting. This also includes supporting country offices and implementing partners in strengthening their processes and controls, and grants requirements.
• Lead in the preparation of statutory accounts for the UK and overseas entities; and lead in the organisational and project audits.
• Ensure that the UK and overseas offices remain compliant with tax, legal and regulatory compliance.
• Attend trustee and board meetings .

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with at least 5 years post qualification experience. Finance leader, with a strong all-round technical background in developing and strengthening controls, financial accounting, management accounting & reporting, forecasting/modelling and offering financial advisory support to the senior leadership team and board of trustees.
• Experience in managing a complex multi-currency, muti-year, multi-country grants portfolio and in fund accounting for charities.
• Experience of leading the finance function of a charity working internationally.
• Advanced MSExcel skills, including a high proficiency in financial modelling.
• Wiling to be hands on, working effectively with staff based in overseas and offering guidance and mentoring as required.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) catering to a range of finance and non-finance audiences.
• Willing to travel to the overseas offices; there will be at least 2 trips a year.

This is a 12 month fixed-term contract that offers remote working from anywhere in the UK. Please note, that the successful candidate will need to be based in the UK and work from the UK for the duration of the contract, and therefore would need the right to work in the UK.

Graduate BI Developer
City: Birmingham, B15 1LZ
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Hours Full Time, 35 hours per week
Term: Permanent

Are you passionate about data, analytics, and problem-solving? Do you want to develop your skills in Business Intelligence (BI) development whilst working for an organisation with a real social purpose and impact? If so, we're looking for a Graduate Business Intelligence Developer to join our Group Planning & Performance team.

As a Graduate BI Developer, you'll support the design, development, and maintenance of Business Intelligence solutions, transforming raw data into meaningful insights relating to our homes, tenants and operational performance. Working closely with experienced colleagues, you'll develop data models, pipelines, reports, and dashboards within our Azure data platform using Power BI.

Responsibilities will include, but aren't limited to:

• Assisting in gathering requirements, developing data models, and creating reports and dashboards.
• Participating in development sprints, user acceptance testing (UAT), and stakeholder communication.
• Ensuring compliance with coding standards, version control, and data governance policies.
• Keeping up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and BI best practices.
• Seeking mentorship and continuous learning opportunities to enhance technical and professional skills.

What We're Looking For?

We're searching for a curious, analytical, and self-motivated individual with:

• A BSc or MSc in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• Foundational SQL knowledge and familiarity with at least one programming language (e.g., Python, R, Java, or C).
• A basic understanding of database concepts, ETL/ELT, and data modelling.
• Exposure to data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and an interest in data storytelling.
• Awareness of cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) and data protection regulations (including UK GDPR).

An understanding of our operations, how data might inform our decision making and a genuine interest in working for Midland Heart, evidenced in their cover letter. 

Who are Midland Heart? We're one team working together for our tenants; a large and ambitious housing organisation providing more people an affordable place to call home. We welcome people from every walk of life, at every stage of their career. We expect a lot from our people but in return you can be assured of a great place to work, where you will be well rewarded and where great people are able to succeed. Whether you want to build your career with us, or use your experience to move on, we're here to develop your potential.

Closing Date: 23 March 2025

Please be advised that we reserve the right to close applications prior to the stated closing date, depending on the volume of application that we receive. 

Interested?
Applying is easy - simply click the apply button. You will be directed to our candidate portal. There you can upload a CV and Covering Letter, which show us that you have what it takes to make a success of the role.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you would like to discuss any adjustments you might need in order to be successful in this role.

No agencies please.

Important - Due to volume of applications already received for this role, we expect we will be closing applications early. If you are interested in this role, we recommend applying as soon as possible. We will not be able to consider applications after the vacancy closes.

The Social Research Association (SRA) is an educational charity and membership  organisation for social researchers, dedicated to advancing excellence in social research across the UK.

We are entering a very exciting period of increased member engagement by expanding our member benefits, researcher community offerings which include mentoring, and the launch of a new digital community platform. To support these initiatives, we are looking for a Projects Officer to help implement new processes and improve engagement with our services.

The Administrative Assistant will provide essential support across multiple projects, including our new digital community platform, regional events, and board operations. This role is about keeping things organised, supporting smooth communication, and helping our members and partners engage with our services.

You should be comfortable using digital tools like Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Content Management Systems (CMS) or online platforms as part of your work. You don’t need to be an expert, but you should be confident in navigating systems, keeping records updated, and helping others with basic queries. Above all, you should be eager to learn and ask questions. We are keen you get as much out of the next 18 months as we will. This is a new role for us – so we're excited to explore and shape it together.

Key Responsibilities

As Administrative Assistant you will support the organisation by maintaining the digital community platform, assisting members with access, and ensuring content is well-organised and engaging. You will help plan and coordinate regional events, facilitate member engagement, and support outreach efforts. Additionally, you'll provide support to the CEO, maintain project documentation, assist with communications, and handle data entry. The role also includes coordinating board meetings, preparing and distributing papers, taking minutes, and providing administrative support to the Board Chair.

You can read more detail about the job responsibilities in the downloadable job description.

Who We’re Looking For

We know that great candidates don’t always meet 100% of the criteria. If you’re excited about this role, and keen to go on this exciting phase of our development, we encourage you to apply. The ideal candidate will have administrative experience, managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines while supporting projects and coordinating tasks. They should be comfortable using digital tools like CRM or CMS platforms, handling scheduling and documentation, and communicating professionally across various channels. While not required, experience in a membership organisation, charity, or event coordination, as well as familiarity with data management, would be a desireable nice-to-have.

You can read more detail about what we're looking for in the downloadable job description.

What We Offer

• 28 days of annual leave (pro rata) + bank holidays
• Fully remote working (with occasional travel for meetings, not anticipated to exceed 10 per year)
• Even though we're fully remote, we offer a few days of face-to-face induction to help you connect with the team and organisation right from the start.
• Employer pension contributions
• Personal and professional development including payment for one subscription to a relevant membership/professional body
• Free eye test

Our culture

It is important part of our mission to represent the profession in all its diversity. To do that, we are committed to developing a talented workforce that represents that diversity.  We are an inclusive and welcoming organisation and committed to ensuring our culture and ways of working enable all of our people to thrive at work, and not negatively impact on their private lives.

Interview Process & Accessibility

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process that gives all candidates the best possible opportunity to show their value.

• We will provide interview questions 2-3 days in advance to help candidates prepare.
• We will reach out to you in advance of the interview to check if there are any needs or requests that will make the process work better for you. We’ll strive to meet any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
• Interviews will be held online, but we can arrange an in-person interview if preferred. In-person interviews would need to be held in London.
• We anticipate one interview and it’s likely this will be a mix of questions and a task

About us:

The UK Cyber Security Council works to bring together stakeholders to build and drive engagement in the cyber security profession, through developing standards and ethical practice, demystifying career routes into the profession and promoting the profession.

In collaboration with multiple UK Government departments and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) we develop, promote and oversee nationally recognised standards for cyber security, in support of the UK Government’s National Cyber Strategy to make the UK the safest place to live and work online.

The UK Cyber Security Council also offers organisational membership, which is open to all organisations that share an interest in promoting, supporting, and developing the cyber security profession.

About the role:

The Quality and Performance Manager will be responsible for cultivating a culture of excellence, emphasising high performance, quality, and compliance to exceed targets across the external licensed bodies. In this role, you will utilise your skills in stakeholder management, influence and coaching to enhance performance within the licensing area.

Your primary focus will involve collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure the seamless and efficient delivery of the professional registration process, tailored to meet the specific requirements of our users and participants. You will drive continuous improvement and promote best practices. A pivotal aspect of this position involves identifying performance challenges and effectively motivating and managing organisations and their teams to find solutions and elevate performance levels.

The ideal candidate will excel in building relationships and communication, maintaining productive cross-contractual and interdepartmental relationships with key stakeholders across different organisational levels to optimise performance.

Collaborating closely with external partners and the internal professionalisation and wider Council team, you will enhance and streamline performance by identifying, developing, and assisting in the implementation of innovative and impactful solutions. This role is centred around achieving results, requiring exceptional management and decision-making skills that can be applied to the intricate operations of complex licensed contracts.

To support these responsibilities, the role holder should possess knowledge and experience in reporting, analytics, data management, budgeting and enabling comprehensive and robust performance optimisation. Through ongoing performance analysis, you will provide guidance to licensed bodies to address and mitigate performance, quality, and compliance concerns while identifying key areas for improvement, ultimately establishing a proactive approach to managing performance related risks.

The role holder will need to work closely with the Head of Professionalisation to ensure updates, best practice and areas for improvement are communicated effectively and in an impactful way both internally and externally. It is expected that you will attend a range of external and internal events and initiatives to help raise the profile of and work of the Council, support pipeline growth and grow demand. 

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Quality

· Develop, implement, and manage quality practices that meet the requirements of the license, as well as requirements set by Government (NCSC and DSIT) to ensure that processes and procedures are compliant. 

· Manage and improve the quality framework that delivers an excellent standard of assessment, ensuring that the outcomes are exceeded and improving applicants’ experience. 

· Take a lead role in developing the Councils approach to understanding and measuring quality and outcomes through the whole professional registration process being administered by licensed bodies. Highlight areas of improvement, identify solutions and put plans in place,

· Develop a community where good practice can be shared. 

· Be responsible for ensuring all relevant individuals are added to the professional register in a timely manner and communicated to appropriately by all parties

· To manage the day-to-day relationship with external partners and stakeholders, deal with any queries in a timely manner. 

· Research, build and embed a feedback system to contribute to continuous improvement

· Work with the Director of Finance and Operations to ensure that payment structures are in place and undertake monthly reconciliation

· Ensure a robust moderation processes and plans are in place, work with the Technical Advisory Panel members and chairs to ensure members are aware of moderation support needs, complete them within agreed timescales and provide timely feedback to licensed bodies.

Performance

· Responsible for the performance management of contracts, ensuring internal and external reporting requirements are adhered to, KPI’s are set, managed and continuously reviewed and reported to LT.

· Oversee all renewal and extensions for client contracts, which will include financial and system performance based KPI’s, including the need to be accountable for the accuracy of financial tracking, cost control, overhead management, and invoicing. 

· Managing audit requirements in relation to the contracts, including preparing documentation, coordination, addressing findings and maintaining records.

· Working with various internal and external partners to identify and define solutions for complex issues, working with the appropriate stakeholders to design and implement positive outcomes.

· Work with the marketing and comms lead to ensure that Marketing and comms plans meet the requirements of the license, and that the Council strategy is aligned to support. 

· Work with the events and membership co-ordinator to highlight opportunities for collaboration with stakeholders and partners that will support Council strategic objectives. 

General Responsibilities

· Lead on workstream as guided by Head of Professionalisation and in collaboration with Professionalisation team members

· Manage key risks and follow escalation process when necessary

· Ensure there is cohesive and aligned work with colleagues within the organisation

· Maintain open and effective communication with internal and external colleagues

· Prepare status reports as required for the Head of Professionalisation

· Comply with data protection legislation and act responsibly on matters of data disclosure both internally and to third parties

· Represent the Council in stakeholder meetings and external events

· Represent the Council in a professional manner and to act at all times in a manner which will not damage its reputation.

· Work from a positive, growth mindset to solve issues and problems that may arise and to adhere to the organisation values

· Carry out such tasks as the COO/Head of Professionalisation may from time to time deem necessary for the effective and efficient functioning of the Council

Person Specification:

Essential:

Experience

• Experience with self-assessment process and Quality Improvement plans
• Experience of creating cultures that embody positive change, continuous improvement and equality
• Experience of managing a supply chain including setting and achieving KPIs and contract conformance
• Management experience and understanding of contractual and performance management with the ability to deliver results
• Experience of successfully delivering an outcome-based contract
• Experience of driving performance, identifying areas of concern and implementing projects for performance improvement

Skills, knowledge and qualifications

• Clear understanding of the purpose of professional registration and associated processes
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to negotiate and influence a wide range of stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Ability to analyse a range of data from a range of sources to develop insights and support decisions
• Ability to respond quickly in a fast-moving environment, and make key decisions aligned to business goal

Personal Attributes & Approach

• Commitment to a registrant-centred approach
• Confident, positive and hard-working team player – happy to go above and beyond
• Ability to work flexibly within changing priorities and a capacity to be adaptable as required to deliver completed tasks to set deadlines
• Excellent IT and digital skills including Microsoft 365
• Ability to work on own initiative, as well as in consultation and negotiation with senior managers and other stakeholders as required
• Commitment, determination and resiliency

Desirable:

· Relevant QCF Assessor Qualification – e.g. D32/D33/A1/CAVA/TAQA Assessor

· Relevant Internal Verifier/Internal Quality Assurer qualification – e.g. D34/V1

· Previous audit experience

· Demonstrated success in producing efficiencies/increased outcomes against target

· Significant operational management experience

Next Steps

Deadline for application: Friday 28th March 5pm

Interviews: w/c 7th April or w/c 21st April

Start date: As soon as possible