Fixed term contract for 6 months

London (This position can be based outside the UK provided it is in a country with an SC office from which you would be able to work)

The job of a Save the Children's UK Business Development Advisor is busy and rewarding

• Do you have a successful track record of growing trading income and selling products and services globally, ideally for a social impact organisation?
• Do you have excellent partnership/account management skills with experience of also developing partnerships from scratch?
• Are you a positive people person with high levels of personal resilience and motivation?
• Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn't just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?

If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!

About Us

The Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA) is a global learning initiative. Our mission is to enable people to prepare for and to respond to crises – acting quickly and effectively together to strengthen resilience and save lives. Our products and services are enabling humanitarian actors around the world to have the tools and resources to be more effective, agile, and holistic in their approach to saving lives and safeguarding livelihoods.

We are part of Save the Children UK (SCUK). Together we fight for children every single day so that they can make their mark on the world and build a better future.

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Purpose

The role of Business Development Advisor sits within the HLA. The HLA combines digital learning platforms, creative learning content and the design, development and delivery of quality accredited capacity strengthening and learning in an exciting and innovative offer unmatched anywhere across the humanitarian sector.

The majority of HLA learners come from crisis affected countries and to date almost 400,000 people worldwide have been reached through our Kaya Platform - a unique and unrivalled digital learning platform, that upskills and empowers the next generation of humanitarian workers and volunteers.

In addition to the free learning opportunities it offers to individuals, Kaya sells a range of solutions to help organisations curate, create and share their own high-quality learning.  Kaya also produces its own content (for example safeguarding) as well partnering with 65 contributors to offer 500+ courses in multiple languages on the platform.

Reporting directly to the Head of Creative Partnerships and Business Development the Business Development Advisor will be responsible for building and supporting commercial partnerships for the HLA-E (trading arm), selling learning products and services from HLA's innovative learning offering to organisations in the humanitarian and development sectors.

The key focus will be to increase trading income, enhance the partners experience and support in the development of new innovative income streams.

You will work on the customer journey for all new and existing HLA trading arm partners. This involves converting enquiries, upscaling existing partners, assisting existing partners and building a portfolio of new partners for Kaya and Hpass products.

Working collaboratively with colleagues from across the HLA team you will identify, develop and nurture current and new client relationships and partnerships to support the successful growth and sustainability of HLA's work.

This role is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join a new, busy team of five and play a key role in the Business Development, sales and partnerships activity for the trading arm of the HLA. 

As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. The role holder will visibly lead our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect

Main Accountabilities

The Business Development Advisor's key duties are to:

Business Development

• Support on the proposal development process for reactive and proactive opportunities, working closely with counterparts across the HLA
• Sell HLA's innovative learning products and services to organisations in the humanitarian and development sectors
• Support HLA's business development prospecting and pipeline activity. Ensure the right mix of funding and funders to meet our income targets, funding gaps and programmatic objectives
• Support existing activities to improve the overall functioning of the Business Development function in collaboration with other teams, including: pipeline, pipeline meetings, go-no-go and opportunity meeting processes

External Relationship Management 

• Provide account support of existing HLA-E partners and upscaling their support where possible
• Support a portfolio of relationships with existing and/or new partners and donors, with oversight of the wider relationships held at a regional level and across other parts of the team and SCUK.

Internal Relationship Management

• Develop and build strong relationships and collaborative ways of working with key departments across SCUK, the wider movement and sector including but not limited to Fundraising New Business team, Partnerships and Philanthropy team, and key strategic partners within the movement.
• Support colleagues from across the wider team to identify, build and manage relationships with partners.
• Contribute to supporting strong ways of working across the new team, as well as taking individual responsibility for building an inclusive and supportive team culture.

Monitoring & Reporting

• Support in developing key performance metrics (income, profitability, pipeline value, cost per acquisition, conversion rate, return on investment)
• To support the ongoing management and monitoring of contracts throughout the project/contract cycle
• Ensuring the awards and trading management information systems are up to date and that awards and trading contracts are donor compliant and audit ready.

Person Profile

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of growing trading income or selling products and services
• Experience of developing commercial partnerships and budgets
• Experience of partnership and account management with a range of partners within any sector
• Strong communication skills with experience of presenting information to varied audiences, including formal presentations, chairing meetings and pitching ideas
• Experience of prospecting and managing pipeline activities with skills in data-led decision making
• Strong financial acumen with experience of managing performance metrics (cost per acquisition, ROI, conversion rates) to increase the profitability of products and services
• Demonstrable interest or experience in NGO's, humanitarian, social impact or similar organisation

Abilities

• Ability to prioritise and reprioritise as new opportunities and challenges arise
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
• Ability to create order in a complex situation, and support colleagues to do the same

Aptitude

• Solutions focused: an innovator and natural problem solver, but willing to ask for support when required
• A positive people person with high levels of personal resilience and motivation
• A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
• A commitment to Save the Children UK's aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity

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

Women and Girls Network (WGN) is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Black Women’s Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (Black Women’s ISVA) to join our West London Rape Crisis Service’s ISVA team. The Black Women’s ISVA will provide high quality, specialist support to women in West London who have experienced any form of sexual violence and are engaging (or considering engaging) with the criminal justice system.

This pilot post will help us develop dedicated Black Women’s ISVA support to effectively identify and challenge the intersectional disadvantage black women and girls face in the criminal justice system and which supports them on their journey of surviving and thriving after experiencing sexual violence. The remit of the role is likely to adapt in response to survivors support needs and service demands presented during the pilot project.

The ISVA service provides a trauma-informed, intersectional, woman-centred, rights and strengths based advocacy that supports women and girls on their unique journey of healing. The service is also passionate about campaigning and being a part of institutional change and reform of the criminal justice process for survivors of sexual violence. 

The ideal post holder will be experienced in providing advocacy support to clients from diverse communities in frontline or community based roles. If you have a strong understanding of the theory of intersectionality and how this impacts on black women’s and girls experiences, including their routes to accessing justice and are passionate about supporting survivors of sexual violence and abuse, then we would like to hear from you.

This role will initially be on a remote working basis, changing to office based (in Hammersmith and Fulham a primarily involving travel across West London) when circumstances allow and as required by WGN’s services.

We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Minority and Ethnic communities.

We provide clinical supervision, access to an on-going CPD programme and the opportunity to work in a leading multi-cultural feminist organisation. WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme.

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 28th and Friday 29th October 2021.

Applicants who have not received a response to their application within 2 weeks of the closing date should assume their application has not been successful on this occasion.

This post is subject to satisfactory references and DBS check.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. The above post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1

Thank you for considering a Youth Intervention Practitioner role with Redthread. We are a team of compassionate, collaborative and courageous professionals, committed to empowering young people to change their lives.

As a Youth Intervention Practitioner working on our Youth Violence Intervention Programme across Nottinghamshire, primarily based in the A&E department at the Queens Medical Centre, you will support young people who are experiencing trauma or tragedy and their families. You’ll be part of a team that is fully embedded in the hospital and that is highly valued by clinicians and community partners alike.

To do this well you need to be a people person; passionate about supporting young people, and excited at the prospect of working in a fast-paced and exceptionally busy environment. You’ll need a proven ability to work with high risk, vulnerable young people and an understanding of the impact intense, short term work can have.

You must be a strong communicator: as comfortable building a relationship with a young person as you are liaising with our clinical colleagues. You’ll be keen to keep learning, seizing training opportunities at Redthread and continuously reflecting upon and improving your practice.

During the Covid-19 outbreak, our teams are still working from the hospitals as we are classed as essential workers. You will need to do shifts at the hospital, as well as working some days from home, depending on the needs of the team and the service.

In return, the successful candidate will receive a competitive salary, a supportive and flexible working environment, excellent staff training and development package and access to a range of employee benefits including; access to enhanced employee assistance programme services, employer pension scheme contribution, enhanced annual leave and family leave entitlements and more.

In the job pack, you will find a job description with a person specification including details of the terms and conditions of the post. Please read through the person specification carefully as we will be shortlisting applications using these criteria.

If this sounds like it could be the role for you, please download the full Job Description and Person Specification from our website. 

Application deadline: 9 am, Thursday 7th October 2021.

We are currently recruiting for a number of positions across London and the Midlands, check out our website for more information. 

Please Note: If we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert before the closing date. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

What do our Youth Intervention team do?

Redthread empowers young people to thrive as they navigate the challenging transition to adulthood by integrating trauma-informed youth work into the health sector. Whether a young person has been the victim of a stabbing, is seeking support for anxiety, has suffered a sexual assault, or wants to find a new home beyond the reach of a gang, we support them to overcome the challenges they face through our dynamic youth work programmes.

Every year thousands of young people find themselves in hospital A&E departments as the victim of serious youth violence. Redthread’s Youth Violence Intervention Programme embeds youth workers in hospitals to intervene with these young people. The teams meet the young patients as soon as they can: in the A&E waiting room, on the ward, or even in the resuscitation bay. We believe that this moment of intense crisis, when the young person is nursing a serious injury in the daunting environment of a busy hospital, often alone, can be a catalyst for pursuing positive change – a ‘teachable moment’.

Our teams build rapport with the young people, mentor and advise them, and support them to make long-term positive plans to break away from cycles of violence and offending. Problems include exclusion from education, employment or training, a lack of stability in housing, mental health concerns, unstable relationships and reprimands due to criminal activity. Redthread capitalise on our partnerships to ensure long-term work and change is possible for each young person. The teams make well-judged referrals on their behalf and accompany them to initial meetings to ensure transition is smooth. This work disrupts the cycle that can too easily lead to devastated communities and an exhausted healthcare and justice system.

We have teams in three of London’s four Major Trauma Centres and commission a service in the fourth. In 2018 we launched services in Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, in Queen Elizabeth and Heartlands Hospitals in Birmingham, and in Homerton Hospital in Hackney. We expanded our service to UCLH in early 2020, and have launched in Croydon University Hospital, University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital,

Our Youth Intervention team are resilient, able to work calmly in a challenging environment with young people experiencing trauma, injury or exploitation. They have a good level of self-awareness, the ability to reflect on how the work is impacting them, and a willingness to engage in regular clinical supervision that helps them develop their practice and emotional literacy.

Education Worker North West England

Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) is the UK’s leading anti-racism educational charity. The aim of the organisation is to combat racism through delivering anti-racism education.

We are seeking to recruit a part-time (14-21 hours) Education Worker to work throughout the North West of England.

NJC Pay Scale 5: Points 12 – 17: £22,183 - £24,491 (pro-rata) 6% pension

The post primarily involves delivering anti-racism education programmes to young people in schools, but also to adults in their workplaces or through their trade unions.

We are still delivering much of our adult education work virtually but we are delivering more and more of our schools work in person  (in line with government and local advice, and with covid risk assessments in place), therefore we travel is an essential part of the role.

Other aspects of the role include developing educational resources and creating bespoke workshops, some elements of admin work such as completing booking forms and handling enquiries,  and supporting educational events of the wider team.

The North West is a new region for Show Racism the Red Card and this is a very exciting opportunity to be part of a vibrant, growing team. We are currently working from home but are hopeful to establish an office base, likely in Greater Manchester in the coming months.

We strongly welcome applicants with lived experience of prejudice and from marginalised communities, we celebrate the diversity of our team.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate:

• Experience of delivering educational activities – whether to young people or to adults
• The ability to engage diverse groups of participants.
• Commitment to anti-racism and other forms of inequality
• Ability to develop new educational ideas and activities.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Excellent IT skills
• A full driving licence and access to car

Please download the application packs and return by email.

Applications close: Thursday 14th October 11:59pm

Interviews TBC (likely w/b 25th October)

If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful.

Show Racism the Red Card aims to be an equal opportunities employer, and as such, welcomes applications from all under-represented groups.

We need someone who is resilient, reliable, enthusiastic and persisitent. We are seeking a new Mental Health support worker to offer 1:1 and group work support to young people living in temporary accommodation, struggling with their mental health. The aim is to ensure the young people do not experience repeat homelessness and achieve some well being. You will deal with prevention, deescalation, coping startegies and crises and everything in between. We need you to assist the young people to navigate the statutory health services and external agencies that will help them long term.

As part of the Chances team you will support a caseload of young people, work towards targets and empower young people to achieve their potential. 

Mental Health issues is the sinlge largets area of support throughout Backup so this is a well needed and rewarding role. 

Southend East Community Academy Trust (SECAT) are seeking to appoint an HR Officer to join the central team.

You will be reporting to the Senior HR Officer as an integral member of the Multi Academy Trust’s (MAT) Central team, the HR Officer is responsible for providing HR support to all members of the Central team and academies across all seven sites within the MAT.

As part of the central HR team you will advise line managers and other employees on employment law and the MAT’s own employment policies and procedures. As well as support with promoting best practice and ensuring compliance with HR processes and procedures for 500 staff members.

SECAT is a Multi Academy Trust, which consists of one large secondary school, three primary schools, and an infant and a junior school all within 1.6 miles of each other. We have a mixture of long-standing and newer Headteachers within our SECAT community who all work well together to deliver the outcomes we have come to expect and to work with our colleagues in the Local Authority and other schools in Southend.

A copy of the SECAT Recruitment and Selection Policy and Privacy Notice for Job Applicants can be found in the policies section of the SECAT website.

What we offer

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• 22 days holiday increasing to 27 after 5 years of service
• Enhanced Maternity Leave
• Continuous Development Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme

SECAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and visitors to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance, and satisfactory references.

We are an equal opportunities employer, we do not discriminate against any job applicant because of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability.

We are seeking a full-time Finance Manager who will have day to day responsibility for the organisation’s finances, supervise 3 members of staff, and will report to the Head of Finance and Operations, and work closely with other colleagues.

Finance Manager
Ref: FM
Location: Camden, London
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per year
Hours: Permanent, Full-time, 35 hours per week

Role Summary

This is a varied and dynamic role and the post holder will help set and manage budgets, maintain accurate financial records, prepare financial reports, provide support during the annual auditing process, and ensure all financial and compliance requirements are met.

With a relevant accounting background, qualified or part qualified studying towards an accounting qualification (ACCA/CIMA) or similar and/or qualified by experience, you will have an excellent understanding and experience of financial planning, demonstrable experience and ability using computerised accounting software/databases, bookkeeping and Excel to an advanced level.

You will be well organised with a high level of attention to detail, be able to communicate effectively with financial and non-financial staff, and have the ability to both organise and prioritise your own workload, and work flexibly and pro-actively.

About us:
Variety, the Children’s Charity

In the UK there are more than 1.3 million disabled children and young people and nearly four million children living in poverty. Variety, the Children’s Charity, exists to improve their lives.

Variety is a grant-giving charity that provides practical, tangible, direct help that makes an immediate difference to children and young people, as well as their parents and families. We do this through funding wheelchairs, specialist equipment, adapted accessible transport in the form of our Sunshine Coaches and memorable experiences through our Variety Great Days Out programme. We aim to help children have fewer bad days and more great days by facilitating their independence, freedom, dignity and greater self-esteem, so helping them to make the most of their childhood. Our focus is on supporting children aged 18 and under.

Variety in the UK is part of a global organisation, currently active in 17 different countries. Since setting up its UK division in 1949, the charity has raised close to £300 million, and supported countless children affected by disability and disadvantage.

Please note applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and chosen candidates interviewed as appropriate, so you are encouraged to apply immediately.
We therefore reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than advertised if sufficient applications are received, and we are successful in recruiting from early applications.

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Variety, the Children's Charity, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

No agencies please.

Due to the continuing expansion of the Living Well team in Salford, START are looking for 2 full time Recovery Workers to join our organisation as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Are you passionate about helping people? Are you a team player who is motivated to deliver a high quality, person centred service? Do you have experience working in mental health? If so this role could be what you are looking for.

Salary: £24,480
Hours: Full-time 35 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract: Fixed term until March 2024
Employers Pension Contribution: 5%
Holiday Entitlement: 28 days plus statutory holidays

Living Well is based on a proven model which has now been adapted and is being piloted in Salford and provides a new approach to supporting people with mental health issues. You will be a part of a programme which brings together people from statutory and VCSE settings, including peers with lived experience and is designed to help people to think differently about mental health support.

This is an exciting role which will play an important part in supporting people who are seeking help. As a Recovery Worker you will listen with empathy, understanding and compassion and create space for clients to feel truly heard.

The ideal candidate will be a great listener with a flexible approach and a flare for planning and prioritising a busy workload, whilst being adaptable and resilient.

Key Aspects of the Role:-

• Providing face to face and telephone support to individuals.
• Listening sensitively and recognising people’s strengths and potential.
• Excellent record keeping and confidence when using computer systems and databases so experience here would be essential.
• Empowering people to take control of their own wellbeing.

Closing date for receiving completed applications will be Wednesday 29th September 2021 at 5pm.

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Please read the person specification and job description for details and relate to the person specification in your application.

No agencies please.

Head of Fundraising
Camden, London
£55,000 pro rata (£44,000 per annum)
Part-time, 28 hours per week, however, willing to consider full time (35 hours per week) for the right candidate.
12-month contract with possible extension into substantive

In the UK there are more than 1.3 million children and young people living with a disability and nearly four million children living in poverty.  We exist to improve the lives of these children and since 1949 Variety in the UK has raised more than £270m in pursuit of this objective. 

Variety provides practical, tangible help that makes an immediate difference, which includes grants for specialist equipment as well as accessible transport used by schools and other non-profit organisations across the UK. Our Great Days Out are legendary.

As with many organisations we are re-calibrating to adjust to the changes that have been brought by the Coronavirus pandemic, which has only increased the demand for what we do.

Variety, the Children’s Charity, seeks an enthusiastic individual, particularly with extensive experience in all areas of charity fundraising to lead our Fundraising Department.

The impact of the Covid pandemic on our event income has highlighted the importance of growing even further our other income streams, and our trustees have approved new investment in fundraising to strengthen the team and its performance.

We aim to double non - event fundraising income over the coming five years, create a sustainable fundraising programme for the long-term and bring about a culture change that sees non - event fundraising income take an equally important role alongside our event fundraising income. The Head of Fundraising is a pivotal appointment for Variety in achieving that ambition.

The Head of Fundraising will join our leadership team and be responsible for delivering a transformation in our fundraising activity, performance, and positioning.

This is a hands-on role and the Head of Fundraising will lead by example, undertaking as well as directing the fundraising, and managing relationships with a pool of major donors and other key stakeholders. This will also include leadership and management of the fundraising team and its programmes (corporates, trusts and foundations, legacies, community, individual giving, virtual and online fundraising, Patrons, London special fundraising events) and growth, and development and implementation of a fundraising strategy, and financial management.

The initial contract is for 12 months but there is every hope and expectation that this will be extended, and that the role converted to become permanent. You will have our full support in making this a reality.

Closing date: Monday 11th October 2021 at 5pm.

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Unfortunately, we are unable to reply to everyone who applies, so only applicants shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Please note applications will be considered on a rolling basis and where appropriate interviewed, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we can appoint before the advertised closing date.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Equal opportunities

Variety is committed to equality and diversity. To help us assess the reach of our recruitment practices, we would be grateful if you would complete our attached equal opportunity monitoring form.

The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential.

Variety, the Children's Charity, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

No agencies please.