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Prospectus are excited to be working exclusively with Action Syria to help them recruit for their first Head of Development. Action Syria (formerly Hands Up Foundation) is a small and innovative charity that funds health and education programmes in Syria and neighbouring countries. Hands Up Foundation was founded in 2012 and has raised millions for humanitarian aid in Syria and surrounding countries. To mark their commitment to helping Syrian people affected by conflict, displacement, and natural disaster, they changed their name from Hands Up Foundation to Action Syria in 2024.
This role is offered on a flexible permanent contract basis paying a salary between £40,000 to £50,000 per annum with flexible hybrid working arrangements at their Office in Shoreditch.
This newly created role will be part of the senior leadership team and lead the fundraising function at Action Syria. The post holder will work with the CEO and team to deliver their ambitious fundraising goals over the next three years with an aim to increase annual income to £1 million. They will also aim to expand and diversify their supporter base with emphasis on attracting new audiences and networks; gaining more multi-year grants from Trusts, Foundations and major donors; building regular giving; joint fundraising partnerships (e.g. commercial partnerships); and building on current relationships with peer organizations which have a particular interest in Syria.
They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience of developing fundraising strategies, networking, and delivering to large income targets. They are looking for a candidate with a demonstrable track record of securing six figure funds from multiple sources and confident of working at a senior level externally. The ideal candidate will have an Interest in the Middle East and Action Syria’s cause.
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Senior Development Officer (Fundraising)
JOB DESCRIPTION
Role:The Senior Development Officer plays an integral role within the Development Team at Forces Employment Charity (FEC). You will work with the Head of Development to produce high quality, bespoke proposals, and reports to demonstrate impact and outcomes to help drive the delivery of FEC across the UK. You will also work within the team to research and identify new fundraising opportunities from trusts, foundations and companies and convert these into long term business relationships.
This position provides a full-time, permanent contract with hybrid working hours, consisting of a 35-hour week. The role allows for hybrid work, including remote work from home, with one day per week at our head office in London.
Principle Responsibilities:
- To work closely with the Head of Development to research and identify new opportunities.
- Develop, prepare, and submit high quality funding applications, acting as bid writing SME.
- Peer Review support to mentor other team members.
- Work with Head of Development to increase the accuracy of our Salesforce data, resulting in data dashboards suitable to the reporting needs of our funders.
- Collaborate with Development and Senior F&R Officer to implement a team strategy and support a lean process of reporting.
- Work with Senior Finance & Reporting Officer to report impact to our funders in line in the funding requirements.
- To work closely with Head of Development to develop and implement our fundraising strategy.
- Represent the organisation at research based events, developing our understanding and enhancing our delivery.
- Identify new opportunities and working with the team to covert these to applications and funding.
- Lead on individual Giving Strategy, working with Head of Development and Development Officer to expand opportunities.
- Any other relevant duties at the discretion of management.
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
Essential Competencies
- Good attention to detail and proven track record of preparing written proposals.
- A highly motivated, supportive, and collaborative team worker.
- Engaging personality with excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Proactive and professional approach to work, with the ability to work independently and manage a varied workload and prioritise effectively.
- Highly effective communication skills.
- Strong ability to plan and manage multiple priorities effectively.
Desirable Competencies
- Degree educated.
- Experience in supporting and managing research grant applications.
- Excellent IT skills preferably including experience of working with a CRM database (Salesforce) -Training opportunities will be available as part of your role.
Forces Employment Charity is an equal opportunities employer, and values having a diverse workforce. We actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates.
If you meet the criteria and are passionate about supporting service leavers in their transition to civilian employment, we encourage you to apply.
We're looking for someone to lead and develop our research team of staff and freelance research associates and be part of our Senior Leadership Team. We work with charities, foundations and public agencies to strengthen UK communities through action research. We champion the role and contribution of the voluntary sector, listen and learn with charities to understand what helps or hinders them and influence changes in practice within foundations and public agencies.
You'll have an interest in our work – helping individuals and organisations in the voluntary sector to achieve change; and a strong understanding and experience of using qualitative research methodology, ideally including experience of action research, facilitation and evaluation design alongside an understanding of quantitative methods. You’ll have experience of leading, managing and contributing to all stages of the research process (including writing in an accessible and engaging manner for different audiences); be confident in leading a portfolio of varied projects; have experience of line management and working in a senior leadership team; and be comfortable working in a small organisation with wide-ranging responsibilities.
Main responsibilities include:
- Overseeing and shaping the research project portfolio to ensure quality delivery and alignment with IVAR’s strategic priorities.
- Leading, supervising and guiding the research team, including supporting Project Managers to deliver high quality research; monthly research team meetings; and continuous professional development of research staff.
- Being a member of project delivery teams.
- Monitoring project budgets and progress against income targets.
- Ensuring IVAR meets its responsibilities in terms of research ethics and safeguarding and that our research practice is equitable and inclusive.
- Maintaining and developing a network that supports a healthy project pipeline of new work, including relationships with delivery partners who can complement and enhance IVAR’s offer.
- Leading project design and proposals for commissioned work.
- Leading the identification, assessment and response to tender opportunities.
- Being part of the Senior Leadership Team, which includes ensuring an integrated approach to research and communications and the quality of all written outputs; participating in IVAR meetings and events (including quarterly Board meetings); planning and delivering monthly team days; contributing to the development of internal systems/processes; developing organisational culture; developing and promoting IVAR’s public profile and influence.
If you are motivated by this mix of work – we would love to hear from you.
Having a team that reflects the diversity of the communities that we serve is really important to us – so we would like to encourage people from a range of backgrounds and experiences to apply. Please view the Application Pack for further information.
We facilitate collaboration & learning with charities, foundations & public agencies to deliver useful insights that make a difference to communities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Organisation: Right To Play International
Department/Division: Headquarters
Work Arrangement: A combination of in-office and remote-working in accordance with Right To Play’s work arrangement and the operational needs of the department (around 2 days per week in our London office in Kennington).
Authorised to work in: UK (Eligible to work legally without requiring work visa sponsorship)
Target Hiring Salary: GBP 32,961 per annum
Reports to: Vice President, Partnerships
Contract Duration: Permanent / Full-time
Application Closing Date: 29 May 2024 23:59 BST
ABOUT US:
Right To Play is a global organisation that protects, educates and empowers children to rise above adversity through the power of play. We help millions of children each year to stay in school and out of work, to prevent life-threatening diseases and to stay safe from exploitation and abuse. We are the leading global development organization that uses play to transform the lives of children and youth impacted by poverty, war, disease and inequality.
Established in 2000, Right To Play reaches children through experiential programming in 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America. These programs are supported by our headquarters in Toronto, Canada; London, UK and seven national offices across Europe and North America.
With a shared passion for our mission, our Culture Code guides how we act and interact based on five core pillars:
- Accept Everyone – Be intentional about inclusion
- Make Things Happen – Seek opportunities to lead and innovate
- Display Courage – Act with integrity
- Demonstrate Care – Look after yourself and one another
- Be Playful – Have fun at work
Please visit our website to learn more about who we are, what we do, and find out about the five pillars of our Culture Code.
ROLE SUMMARY:
Reporting to the Vice President, Partnerships based in the UK, you will work closely with the teams in our dual headquarters (Toronto, Canada and London, UK), as well as programme and fundraising teams across Africa, Asia, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. You will be responsible for coordinating a variety of functions that support Right To Play’s (RTP’s) global business development and grant management strategy, supporting proposal development for new funding opportunities and grant management for existing donor partnerships. The role will also include internal support for different fundraising offices globally, to ensure joined up approaches are undertaken to secure and manage grant funding across RTP.
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WHAT YOU’LL DO:
#1. Funding Identification (15% of Time)
- Lead global prospecting for new business development by tracking funding opportunities, and researching suitable new funding opportunities from governments, private organizations, and foundations in line with RTP’s theory of change and organizational priorities.
- Research and understand the current funding strategies of institutional donors and philanthropic giving organisations to support strategic decision-making on new business development. This will include a focus on regional, country, and sectoral funding trends relevant to RTP’s geographic and thematic areas.
- Monitor funding opportunities and ‘calls’, ensuring that the relevant departments globally within RTP are informed in a timely manner with tailored information.
- Act as the global focal point for the internal application approval process by ensuring documentation for go/no go and proposal processes are compliant with procedures and stored in appropriate online portals.
#2. Proposal Development and Grant Management Support (30% of Time)
- Work in conjunction with relevant departments across RTP (including Global Programs, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, and Communications departments), to lead the development of different thematic and programme funding materials that will support new donor acquisition and strong donor stewardship.
- Support programme funding personnel across the organisation in the development of specific materials to assist in new business development and equip fundraisers to seek relevant funding opportunities.
- Support the development of proposals in response to specific funding opportunities as required by the Global Partnerships team and occasionally the Country Office teams, in some cases this will be leading on certain proposals.
- Support programme funding personnel across the organisation in the development of project narrative and financial reports, to ensure high standards of reporting and donor stewardship are maintained. In some cases, this will be leading on certain reports.
- Provide additional ad-hoc support to fundraising activities, personnel and offices across the organisation globally as required across the programme funding cycle to ensure strong proposal development and grant management practices are maintained.
- Participate in, and represent, RTP in external meetings and networks as required.
#3. Data Management, System Compliance and Coordination (40% of Time)
- Track funding applications, pipelines and reports across all fundraising departments globally, using RTP’s Client Relationship Management (CRM) platform and other tracking tools as required.
- Work closely with fundraising offices across the organisation to ensure timely and accurate use of RTP’s CRM platform so accurate fundraising data is maintained in the system.
- Support quarterly reporting and analysis of global funding progress, funding pipelines, funding priorities, tracking against targets/objectives, and disseminate the information globally to all relevant staff.
- Support the preparation of materials (including presentations) on organisational funding performance for the senior Executive Management Teams.
- Manage internal information databases and Microsoft SharePoint sites ensuring documents related to proposals, donor reports, fundraising materials etc. are stored according to agreed protocols and disseminated across the fundraising and program delivery offices.
- Work closely with the Global Fundraising Operations Manager and Global Business Analyst to ensure the platform remains an accurate and effective database of donor information and responding to ad-hoc tasks as necessary.
- Lead on the preparation and coordination of various monthly procedures as required.
#4. Global Partnerships Team Support (10% of Time)
- Contribute to strategic discussions within the team to support planning and priorities.
- Support the planning and implementation of internal meetings and/or conferences.
- Keep up to date with the major issues pertaining to children, child rights and development, as well as the donor environment and developments within RTP.
- Additional tasks as requested by the members of the Global Partnerships Team.
- Undertake general office administrative tasks as needed.
#5. Performs other duties as assigned (5% of Time)
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WHAT YOU’LL BRING (ESSENTIAL):
EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATION:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent in international development, political science, international relations, or related discipline; or equivalent work experience
EXPERIENCE:
- 2 years’ practical experience in managing multiple and varied projects
- 2 years’ experience in supporting proposal development and donor reporting
- Fundraising experience for not-for-profits including developing applications, securing funding from a variety of sources, and a track record of identifying and researching donors
- Demonstrated experience in building strong trust-based relationships with widely diverse
COMPETENCIES/PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
- Excellent attention to detail
- Flexibility and the ability to switch ‘hats’ between varied projects seamlessly
- Demonstrates a high level of interpersonal and cross-cultural skills including the ability to build collaborative relationships internally and externally with sensitivity to cultural, ethnic, social and political issues
- Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure, working with a wide range of stakeholders and with people from various backgrounds and cultures
- Highly organized and able to manage timelines involving multiple inputs under tight deadlines.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- Outstanding project management skills
- Strong technical ability to track, manage, and enter data using Microsoft Excel and CRM systems.
- Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a workload comprised of varying and changing tasks and responsibilities
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral), interpersonal, public relations and report writing skills
- Good analysis, problem solving and project management skills
SECTOR SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of donor management, grant management and compliance monitoring
- Knowledge of program design and budgeting processes, including development of logical frameworks and performance monitoring plans
- Knowledge of a variety of government and foundation funding mechanisms
- Knowledge of international development, education and humanitarian programming and policy
LANGUAGES:
- Fluency in spoken and written English
BONUS IF YOU’LL BRING (NOT ESSENTIAL):
- Master’s degree in a related field
- Certification in project management
- Experience working in a range of cultural contexts and developing countries
- Experience working for a donor
- Fluency in spoken and written French
WHAT YOU’LL GET:
The opportunity to collaborate with an innovative, fun team who are passionate about working with children and youth. You will gain experience working for a globally recognised organisation with a healthy culture premised on our Culture Code (accept everyone, make things happen, display courage, demonstrate care and be playful). You will be immersed in an environment where learning and development is encouraged and valued, and “play” is appreciated as a core avenue to building community.
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Flexible work arrangements (e.g. work from home and flex hours)
- 25 days annual leave
- 5 personal learning and development (L&D) days per year
- Annual learning week
- Annual staff recognition awards
- Opportunity to connect with employees across our offices (e.g. Facebook Workplace)
- Opportunity to engage in global projects and initiatives
- Wellness programs
- Playful activities and events
HOW TO APPLY:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply with your resume and cover letter in English via the application link.
Application Link: https://righttoplay.hiringplatform.ca/177836-officer-global-partnerships/763698-application-form/en
While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Shortlisting of applications will begin immediately and interviews may be held before the closing date.
Right To Play provides equal employment opportunities to employees regardless of their gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. As such, we encourage groups who have been historically disadvantaged with respect to employment to apply for positions at Right To Play. We offer a family-friendly environment that allows for flexible work arrangements in order to support staff diversity and ensure a healthy work-life balance.
We value and promote a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Should you require any accessibility related accommodations or specific adjustments to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process, and thereafter, please reach out to the People & Culture team by email. All information provided will be treated as confidential and used only to provide an accessible candidate experience.
We are a child-centered organization. Our recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of children in our programs. The successful candidate will be required to provide a satisfactory Vulnerable Sector Screening or equivalent criminal check as a condition of employment.
To learn more about who we are and what we do, please visit our website.
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ActionSpace, the sector-leading charity working with learning disabled artists across London is seeking an exceptional individual to join the team as Pastoral Care Co-ordinator.
The Pastoral Care Co-ordinator ensures all artists and project participants are able to maximise the benefits of participating in ActionSpace activities and supports them in realising their personal potential by ensuring accessibility and co-ordinating support needs.
The ideal candidate will have at least five years experience of working with learning disabled adults, particularly those with high support needs, and experience of developing and implementing access and behaviour support plans. They will have a comprehensive working knowledge of the needs and rights of learning disabled people, the relevant statutory authorities, legislation and public policy around accessibility and social care, be committed toworking in an anti-discriminatory way, with a positive view of learning disabled people. They will enjoy working as part of a team but also be able to work independently, managing their own workload.
This is an exciting time to be joining ActionSpace as we embark on ambitious period of growth and development. You will be working as part of a unique creative team and for a small but highly respected, impactful and influential charity that achieves a lot and punches well-above above its weight.
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Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity. We have 40 years of experience working with migrant communities in London. Our immigration advice service offers support to more than 2,000 people each year. Praxis provides a safe space and support through immigration advice and support to access services such as housing and health. We run peer support groups that build social networks and confidence. Together with people with lived experience, Praxis campaigns for a compassionate and humane immigration system where no one is discriminated against based on their immigration status, race, or class.
To support our continued growth, we are looking for a Fundraising Support Officer to join our growing Fundraising team to help increase income generation. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as we look to build a future of excellent frontline services and influential lived experience led campaigning.
You will play an integral role in the fundraising team in an ambitious organisation with exciting opportunities for fundraisers to contribute to growth and development.
We are looking for the below skills and experience:
· Working understanding of fundraising processes in charities, including grant funding, budgets and donations.
· Experience working with online payment/donation platforms, extracting and manipulating data.
· Experience of working with Salesforce and Google analytics, or keen willingness to learn.
· Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
· Strong IT skills, including SharePoint and advanced Excel.
See the Person Specification and Job Description for more detail.
Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes
· A 35-hour working week including flexible working hours (pro rata for part time posts)
· A hybrid work model
· 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays)
· Option to buy up to 3 days annual leave each year.
· 1-day additional birthday leave
· A defined contribution pension scheme
· Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you 24/7.
· A season ticket loan to help you spread the cost of your commute.
We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration, and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status.
Please see our website to find out more about our work.
For further details, please contact Gjori Langeland Head of Fundraising and Communications.
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the person specification. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted.
If you would like to speak to someone about any adjustments or have any questions, please contact us and we will be in touch with you to make the necessary arrangements.
We are taking a dynamic approach in recruiting for this role, applications for this role will be processed on a rolling basis.
To apply, send us your CV and cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the person specification. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted.
If you would like to speak to someone about any adjustments or have any questions, please contact us and we will be in touch with you to make the necessary arrangements.
We are taking a dynamic approach in recruiting for this role, applications for this role will be processed on a rolling basis.
When politicians treat migrants with cruelty, we refuse to accept it. We give legal support, demand change, and never give in. Join us.
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Position: Programme Coordinator: Empowering fishing communities in the Global South
Based: EJF offices in Brussels, Bath or London (with international travel)
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary range: £40,000 - £50,000 (dependent upon experience and location)
Reporting to: Global CEO and COO
About EJF
EJF protects the natural world and defends our fundamental human right to a secure environment. We are headquartered in the UK and have teams in 16 countries across four continents. Our filmmakers, researchers, campaigners, and grassroots advocates bring about systemic protection for the natural world and defend the fundamental human right to a secure environment. Our campaigns are rooted in field investigations, partnerships, and grassroots communities that inform and guide our global strategies to protect people and our shared planet.
CONSERVING OUR GLOBAL OCEAN. We campaign for legal, sustainable, and fair fisheries, end marine plastic pollution, and stop deep-sea mining. Our investigations expose illegal fishing fleets and ‘seafood slavery’ and drive protections for marine biodiversity and the communities that depend on the ocean.
PROTECTING OUR CLIMATE. We defend Nature’s carbon stores – ocean, wetlands and forests - and we work to secure greater protection for climate refugees.
EMPOWERING ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS. We provide training, support, and equipment that enables community activism and investigative environmental journalism to succeed in the Global South.
The Role
Coordinating and building capacity for coastal communities to protect their marine environment.
This is a rare opportunity to join our dynamic, impactful international team, which is working to protect our global ocean and the people and biodiversity dependent upon it. The Coordinator will lead an innovative multi-year programme supported by the EU to train, equip, and empower small-scale fishing communities. The programme will help to protect fish stocks and marine biodiversity from illegal, unsustainable fishing in 15 countries across the Global South.
The programme will include the rollout of a ‘Global Toolkit’ that gives fishing communities innovative, practical equipment, training, and support to help end illegal fishing. Capacity building will include using EJF’s DASE app, which enables fishers to document and report illegal fishing. This app will be accompanied by insightful practical guidance to strengthen local governance and advocacy to protect inshore waters relied upon by coastal communities.
Supported by two regional coordinators and drawing on EJF’s decades of experience in activist training and field programmes in West Africa and Asia, the role will oversee the Toolkit’s introduction to at least 15 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific.
The programme seeks someone who is a superb, experienced coordinator and manager, able to give remote support and guidance to multiple local teams overseas and track and monitor the programme’s implementation and the Toolkit’s effectiveness against agreed KPIs. The role will involve some travel to kickstart projects, assess and evaluate implementation over time and propose adjustments and further iterations of the Toolkit according to feedback and shared learning. We seek a proactive, creative and determined problem solver who will capitalise on new opportunities and ensure we exceed expectations.
Building strong, trusted and proactive relationships at the grassroots level and facilitating partnerships and information-sharing with national and community-based civil society groups in each country will be essential. The role requires a natural diplomat, able to lead discussions with government officials at the local and national level. The Coordinator will lead the grant, reporting to the EU as the funder and other major stakeholders, including national governments.
As the global lead, the Coordinator will be a superb, confident and inspiring communicator, in writing and person, able to give visibility to the programme's beneficiaries and partners and its impacts. The role will work closely with EJF’s film and comms teams, devising outputs including events at grassroots and national levels that will be effective and influential at reaching their target audiences, sharing success stories and inspiring additional uptake and support.
Essential Requirements
- You have a personal and professional commitment to EJF's Mission and Values, a strong sense of ethics, and a determination to achieve an impact on the natural world and associated human rights.
- You have extensive (at least 5 years) professional experience in international advocacy or development, ideally across various geographies, contexts, and cultures.
- You have superb attention to detail, factual accuracy, intellectual rigour, and excellent communication skills.
- You are an inspirational leader with a calm, methodical, and proactive approach to project and staff management in diverse locations, cultures, and settings. You have demonstrable experience managing staff to success.
- You are a superb diplomat who can develop trusted relationships and engage with potential partners and stakeholders worldwide.
- You have strong organisational skills and can deliver agreed outcomes on time and within budget to the highest professional standards, delivering impact and cost-efficiencies. You can also prioritise and manage multiple competing country projects and other needs.
- You are comfortable taking and giving direction and feedback within an international, multicultural team while working independently and taking initiative and ownership of your workload.
- You are creative and solutions-oriented, can make swift judgement calls in challenging situations, and keep overseas teams motivated, effective, impactful, safe and secure.
- You understand how important written communications, films, and photos are in delivering the programme and sharing success stories and impacts with multiple audiences.
- You can travel internationally, occasionally at short notice and potentially for extended periods.
Desirable
- Further languages (including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai or Bahasa Indonesian)
- Experience living and working in challenging environments
- Documentary/journalistic experience
Benefits (additional benefits may be applicable according to location)
- Generous annual leave allowance increasing every year.
- Hybrid working (60:40 split of office:home).
- Flexible working arrangements considered.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Potential for unique opportunities and dynamic career development.
- An opportunity to work within a supportive and committed professional team that delivers high impact, protecting our natural world.
Applications
Please send your CV and cover letter explaining why you are the right person for this role to the email provided.
Closing date: 5pm, Friday 14th June
Applications are reviewed as soon as they are received, and we recommend that you apply well before the deadline. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No other communications, agencies or phone calls, please.
Please indicate your location and the right-to-work eligibility in your Cover letter.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective countries.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Salary: £18 per hr (Self-employed )
Contract and term: 12-month contract, with the possibility of extension
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Flexible hybrid working with one/two days a week in our offices in Tower Hamlets or Southwark
Start date: May-June 2024
Benefits of working with Kineara:
· Flexible, hybrid working and locations
· 10 Wellbeing Days, plus bank holidays
Kineara is looking for someone who can grow our fundraising potential and engage key stakeholders across the sector, while delivering engaging communications and outreach campaigns that demonstrate our social value and grow our support base. They will play a key role in helping Kineara develop our newly formed charitable arm, alongside our community interest company, to generate income through engaging fundraising campaigns, impact-driven communications and relationship-building with existing and potential funders.
You will work closely with the Project Managers to identify how support services can reduce barriers to secure housing, work and school; prevent evictions and homelessness; and improve health and wellbeing of people facing challenges. You’ll use this understanding to motivate new stakeholders to invest in our work - whether charitable trusts, corporate foundations or individuals.
You will feel real ownership over your work and need to be self-starting, flexible and hungry to grow with an already impactful charity with a strong social mission and vision. You will be keen to understand how our work makes a difference to people and use our impact to demonstrate our social value. This role crosscuts a range of key charitable specialisms, so you may have experience working in communications and be keen to widen your skillset; you may have a background in impact evaluation; or you may have worked in fundraising or development for a non-profit. We are keen to invite candidates with a range of experience from a variety of non-profit roles and are especially interested to meet candidates who have been part of – or are ready to be part of - the strategic growth of a charitable organisation.
Why us, now? Kineara is going through exciting changes this year: as a newly registered charity, we are opening up to new avenues of finance, engagement and growth. Our most recent projects have put us at the forefront of innovative ways of delivering support to private renters, working in partnership with housing services, private landlords, solicitors and health services to envision secure housing for all. We are also a team with lived experience and are a culturally diverse, spirited and mission-focused group that takes care of each other.
Why you? You are motivated by seeing vulnerable and marginalised people thriving and you have the drive to grow the reach of our organisation so that more people in need can access our support. You have a wide skillset and open attitude, ready to learn what you don’t already know and confident to lead on your projects but understand the value of listening, collaboration and working to joint and shared ambitions.
Job Description
Communications:
- Develop, contribute to and implement impact-driven and strategic communications campaigns that build Kineara’s fundraising capacity and raise awareness of the issues
- Develop brand identity for Kineara’s new charitable arm, ensuring it is consistent across all activities in the organisation, while maintaining Kineara’s overall ‘look and feel’ to ensure coherence in branding, colours, messaging, style and approach.
- Oversee the creation, development, distribution of compelling, impact-driven story-telling about Kineara’s work and beneficiaries using interviews, blogs, case studies, etc.
- Use a range of platforms to distribute print and electronic content including, but not limited to, newsletters, brochures, leaflets, posters reports, e-newsletters, and Kineara’s website
- Work closely with IT and business managers to ensure smooth running of internal communications
- Impact:
- Work closely with Operations Manager and practitioners to embed outcomes, create frameworks for monitoring and evaluate Kineara’s projects; and produce yearly evaluations and Impact Report of Kineara’s services
- Use learning from impact analysis to share with team and deliver impact-driven communications and to share our social value to funders and other stakeholders.
Business:
- Perform market research and analysing the Kineara audience and its needs
- Working with management to create and plan public relations strategies and campaigns to enhance brand image and voice
- Writing publicity content such as press releases, newsletters, speeches, website copy, leaflets etc
- Contribute to Kineara evaluation and reporting on projects and proposals
- Contribute to Kineara grant funding application
- Coordinate promotional events and attending conferences, press launches and exhibitions
- Monitoring and responding to feedback from the media and the public about the organisation on traditional and digital channels
- Recording media coverage and measuring impact of publicity campaigns on audience engagement
- Developing and disseminating publicity materials that increase visibility among stakeholders
- Ensuring that digital marketing content aligns with the company’s brand identity and message
Person Specification:
- Attributes
- With a strong alignment with Kineara’s values, you will be:
- An outstanding communicator who can engage, inspire and support colleagues, donors, trustees, volunteers and other stakeholders.
- Confident in promoting thought leadership to share our knowledge to develop external alliances and discuss topical issues online
- Passionate about addressing poverty and inequality, and commitment to equality and diversity
- A self-starter and a team player, with a flair for building relationships.
- Creative, enjoy innovative thinking and using your initiative.
- Adept at big picture thinking and project management, but also be able to engage with the detail to ensure projects are successfully completed.
- Comfortable with and skilled at change management and relish the strengths and challenges of a small and dynamic team in an evolving organisation.
- Analytical and reflective, but with excellent time management and ability to work under pressure.
Experience and Skills:
- We’d like to see a strong track record that is relevant to each of the key components of the role, although we recognise that you may have stronger experience in one or more areas. You will be able to demonstrate that you could deliver in:
- Planning, executing, achieving targets to grow income streams, including donor prospect research, developing new donor relationships, and grant writing.
- Working on effective online or offline fundraising campaigns that influence a range of stakeholders, with a reflective, creative and innovative approach.
- Using impact and outcomes to engage and promote services to funders, partners and other stakeholders.
- Developing brands and brand awareness in line with organisational objectives
- Creating communications plans in support of strategic objectives, and executing these to a high standard, reflecting and improving these to achieve greater impact.
- Familiarity with social media channels such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook and solid experience of content creation and website management
- Creating and executing community, outreach and fundraising events.
- Strong IT skills and familiarity with CRM databases, MS Office, Word Press.
- Ability to put together and manage project budgets.
- Creating, developing and adapting outcomes tools such as survey, questionnaires, and focus groups
- Planning, creating and executing evaluations of projects, including creating surveys, events, questionnaires and feedback tools
- Managing communications/fundraising officers and external consultants
How to applyTo apply for the role, please send an up-to-date CV and a cover letter (up to two pages), describing how you meet the person specification. Please provide concrete examples and experience where possible, however we are open to hearing how you might develop or demonstrate these abilities or attributes if you have not yet had many years of experience in the field. You can also include:
- Why you wish to apply for this role
- Your relevant experience, knowledge and skills, based on the person specification above.
- What other qualities you have that you could bring to the role
- When you are available to begin work
Rethink Mental Illness is seeking a part-time Head of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, to deliver strong collaborative operational leadership to the evolving VCFSE alliance programme in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.
Background
In 2019 NHS England set out a bold and radical redesign of community mental health services through the publication of the community mental health framework for adults and older adults. In response, Rethink Mental Illness published Communities that Care: a blueprint for supporting people severely affected by mental illness in their communities.
We believe that to really transform previously broken and fragmented systems of mental health support, communities and organisations must come together in the spirit of collaboration.
This cannot be delivered by any one organisation on their own. Supporting local systems to work more effectively together through partnerships and alliances is a key component of our five-year strategy.
The work of our Strategic Partnerships & Alliances Division is critical in achieving this objective. The division includes the local teams providing alliance leadership, participation, delivery and infrastructure support. We bring together expertise from across the charity - on co-production, community engagement, alliance building, infrastructure and corporate resources.
This specialist support interfaces with place-based partnership and alliance teams who are working with local VCFSE groups, charities, community organisations, citizens, NHS and social care, in places around England to transform community mental health services and build communities that care around people affected by mental illness.
Tower Hamlets VCFSE Alliance - the journey so far…..
For the past three years the development of a mental health VCFSE alliance in Tower Hamlets has been enabled by a grant Rethink Mental Illness received from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
This grant enabled Rethink to focus on supporting alliance development in four places in England, including Tower Hamlets. The Alliance has now secured funding from East London NHS Foundation Trust to further develop the alliance structure and infrastructure, to enable the alliance to thrive and to move into the next phase of development and delivery, with a focus on:
- Further alliance building
- Partnership working
- Co-production
- Community leadership
- Sustainable funding
- Addressing inequalities
- Workforce sustainability
About the role:
As Head of Strategic Partnerships and Alliances you will work with leaders across the partner organisations of the Tower Hamlets Mental Health Alliance to enable the realisation of the Alliance’s objectives across all these areas.
You will provide a facilitation and coordination function to the alliance, including elements of quality assurance & compliance, commissioner interface and relationships, reporting and due diligence. You will maintain and develop purposeful and managed partner relationships across all existing Alliance members and nurture growth and inclusion of other VCSE organisations across Tower Hamlets.
You will work with the following people and teams:
· Tower Hamlets Partnership Board
· Tower Hamlets VCSE Mental Health Alliance
· NHS Northeast London ICB
· East London NHS Foundation Trust
· Tower Hamlets Council
· Alliance co-production lead (employed by alliance partner organisation)
· Rethink Head of coproduction
· Experts by Experience
· Rethink Strategic Partnerships and Alliances division
· Rethink Place Based Delivery division
· Rethink central alliance support team
· Other associated Rethink departments as required
For full details about the role, please refer to the Job Description in the documents section below.
About you:
You will have a strong experience and background in contract management, project mobilisation across complex workstreams and compliance. With proven experience in managing and maintaining strong working partner relationships in a complex and nuanced VCFSE environment is essential, including:
- Understanding of the ambitions of the NHS community mental health frameworw
- Knowledge and understanding of Tower Hamlets Mental Health sector and VCFSE sector
- A commitment to listen and to build relationships across difference
- A strong understanding and commitment to anti-racism and exploring anti-racism practice
- Ability to lead and manage teams
- Ability to oversee and manage complex budgets across multiple organisations
- Ability to deal with stressful situations in a calm manner
- Strong systems and process-based approach to drive quality assurance and performance measures
- An eye for detail and an ability to interpret and present business intelligence/data at an elevated level, in a wide variety of reporting formats
- Understanding and experience of working with people who use mental health services and delivering strong coproduced communications work.
- Working knowledge of coproduction and coproduction practice
Working arrangements:
This is a part-time role for 23 hours per week (worked between 09:00 and 17:00 Monday to Friday). The post holder will work flexibly as required by the needs of the alliance projects.
The base salary is £45,284 (pro rata) – actual salary for 23 hours is £29,758.06 per annum.
For post holders living or based in Greater London, £3,000 (pro rata) per annum London Allowance applies. Actual amount for 23 hours per week is £1,971.43 per annum.
The role is home-based with access to our Head office hub in Vauxhall for the purpose of internal meetings, collaboration, or occasional hot desking.
The post holder will frequently attend meetings within the borough of Tower Hamlets.
Selection process and timescales
Closing date for applications is Midday on 10 June 2024 (We reserve the right to close earlier, if sufficient suitable responses are received)
Competency based interviews will be held on 17 and 18 June 2024. These will be held via video call on Microsoft Teams.
The selection process will include delivering a short presentation. For those invited to interview, a presentation brief will be provided in advance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Director of Programmes will contribute to The Africa Centre’s emerging strategic priorities, overseeing and delivering programmes and related project activity. They will engage and connect with diverse audiences and communities through creative programming, delivering innovative, enriching, dynamic and enjoyable events and experiences that entre people of African descent and reach the widest demographic. They will play a leading role in delivering our learning and inclusion work, developing audiences, existing and new, and oversee all The Africa Centre programme activity across the UK, on the African continent and in the wider African Diaspora.
As part of the Senior Leadership team, they will play an important part in driving the vision, mission, and values of The Africa Centre as a world-leading organisation at the forefront of debate, dialogue, and social purpose around our five core pillars of arts & culture, education, community development, entrepreneurship & innovation and thought leadership. Through innovative programme development, they will ensure that the urgent issues faced by people of African descent are reflected and addressed in The Africa Centre’s activity profile. They will ensure that The Africa Centre is a place of fun, connection, education and information, relevant to all people with an interest in Africa and African people.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership
- Oversee, convene and deliver TAC programmes, developing live and digital content in line with our strategic priorities.
- Fulfil the leadership role of contributing to the development of The Africa Centre’s emerging strategy.
- Lead and convene programme development and content delivery, ensuring commercial, artistic, operational and audience development objectives are met for both live and digital events.
- Draw on audience segmentation, communications and brand strategies to strategically align programme to audience and our income generation objectives.
- Work collegiately with the Senior Leadership Team to develop and deliver The Africa Centre’s Audience Development Strategy linked to the programme and strategic objectives.
- Identify opportunities to apply for funding and contribute to income generation activities related to programming and engagement.
- Lead on developing and delivering high quality experiences for artists and experts across all our activities, ensuring they are supported and nurtured.
- Establish a strategy for identifying, supporting, and nurturing new creative talent.
- Lead on safeguarding, equalities, diversity, inclusion and access across the organisation’s programming.
Programme Leadership
- Deliver world class content to reflect African excellence drawing on the best creative minds and experts across multiple genres – from contemporary arts to literature and fiction; science and history; geo-politics and climate change; equalities and democracy and more.
- Deliver original content that has variety, breadth, and depth, identifying the most appropriate structure for building relationships with partners, commissioning new work, contracting artists, identifying thought leadership opportunities and utilising a wide range of formats – live and digital - to implement ideas.
- Draw on the expertise within the team, their networks and creative content, convening an holistic programme in line with TAC’s strategic priorities, income generation priorities and brand.
- Develop and implement TAC’s Elimu Education Programme, fostering relevant relationships with educational institutes from primary to tertiary levels across the UK and beyond, and co-creating programmes of activity.
- Oversee the development, implementation, monitoring and reporting of any contracted work that delivers programmes of activities in the UK and abroad,
- Lead on developing, nurturing and administering relationships with strategic partners including the TAC Global Network of Affiliate Organisations.
- Oversee the work of the Young Africa Centre.
Engagement
- Maintain existing and develop new audiences, identifying programme strands that respond to and anticipate the needs and interests of diverse communities, introducing new ideas, innovative content and inclusive talent pathways.
- Seek out, develop, and sustain networks, stakeholders and partnerships at local, regional and global levels, and explore new ways for the charity to grow and develop at the cutting edge of global ideas
- Identify opportunities to develop The Africa Centre events across the UK and digitally, to reach wider audiences and deepen brand recognition across the year.
- Identify project funding to develop audiences, increase diversity and meet equalities objectives.
- Oversee learning and engagement programmes in the UK.
- Deliver and build upon current UK funded projects and contribute to developing funding bids.
- Oversee the management of TAC’s marketing and communications functions, including our public relations, website and social media accounts, ensuring that they are updated, relevant and archived appropriately.
Impact
- Lead on development and delivery of the organisation’s strategic Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact framework and associated plans and systems
- Develop and delivering TAC’s social purpose agenda, ensuring alignment with our strategic objectives.
- Oversee the development and management of TAC’s archives, be it digital, documental or physical, ensuring that they are catalogued, accessible and available for utilisation as a key resource.
Operational
- Line manage the programme, education and engagement team(s), recruiting, as necessary, skilled persons to deliver TAC programmes.
- Manage the delivery of contracts and partnership collaborative efforts, ensuring that contracting is delivered to the highest standards at all times to protect the reputation and financial standing of the charity and to meet contractor’s expectations.
- Identify potential funders relevant to area and contribute to writing business plans demonstrating a seamless relationship between content, programmes, events, audiences, and the core business activities
- Support the work of the Director of Development Team in developing and delivering the fundraising strategy and the Director of Finance & Operations on delivering TAC financial plans
Governance & Compliance
- Write reports for the board as and when required by the CEO in a timely and appropriate manner
- Work with the Director of Finance & Ops to ensure the financial health and sustainability of the charity in delegated budget area(s), adhere to TAC Financial Regulations and Procurement Policy.
- Ensure that all artist contracting is undertaken within TAC procurements and contracting policies observing all other required policies and statutory guidelines e.g., Equalities, Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Intellectual Property, GDPR, Finance and Procurements etc.
- Maintain accurate records on The Africa Centre’s document management system and databases.
- Respond to general enquiries by email or telephone, manage own workload and maintain an online diary, using agreed TAC systems.
- To promote and comply with current legislation including The Africa Centre policies on Equality and Diversity and Health & Safety, Safeguarding, in the delivery of services and the
- Uphold the TAC brand and reputation
Leadership
- Be a vital, collegiate member of the TAC Senior leadership team,
- Develop and nurture relationships with the TAC Board, managing relevant committees and reporting to the Board and sub-committees as required.
- Represent the organisation at appropriate internal and external events and meetings, locally, regionally and globally.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
- A clearly-evidenced long-standing passion for Africa and people of African Descent
- 3 - 5 years working at a senior level in a similar role
- Excellent Programme Management experience with excellent budget management skills
- Excellent communication and networking skills, adept at effectively engaging people across a range of settings – from school children to Prime Ministers and Presidents;
- Educated to degree level of equivalent (relevant subject area)
- Team player, able to work cross disciplinary with artists, experts, academics, key stakeholders, and audiences in a programming function working with diverse audiences
- Specialist knowledge of audience development gained through 3 years’ experience
- Agile approach to work, recognising the limitations and challenges of running a small charitable organisation and willingness to work flexibly to get things done, apply effort and integrity at all times. Regular weekend and evening work will be required.
- Experience of working with an operations team to deliver events (production, tech requirements, artist management)
- Experience of delivering to funder obligations (Trusts and Foundations/Public and Private Funding) • Excellent network in publishing; cultural and creative sector; or other relevant sectors
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs, et al.
Desirable
- Understanding and experience of digital content production
- Masters level qualification or equivalent
- Awareness of how to use emerging technologies including AI to develop impactful programming and engagement.
- Experience of working within a grant management organisation.
- Experience of positive action activity to deliver inclusive Programmes (equalities, diversity, inclusion, and access)
Work Arrangements
Location: The Africa Centre office, London. Occasional remote working is encouraged. The post-holder will be required to be on location in London for relevant activities. Some international travel will be required.
Type of contract: Permanent
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Works with: Senior Leadership Team of Director of Development, Director of Finance & Ops and CEO
Responsible for: Programme Managers (x 2 - 3), freelance workers, volunteers
Hours of work: Full time. 35 hours per week. The post holder will be expected to be flexible and there will be requirements to work such days and hours that may vary in accordance with business requirements, including regular evenings and weekends and occasional holiday periods.
Holidays: 25 days per year, plus Christmas shutdown (3 days) and public holidays
Accessibility and Inclusivity
We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, age or religion or belief. Disabled applicants are invited to contact us in confidence at any point during the recruitment process to discuss steps that could be taken to overcome operational difficulties presented by the job, or if any adjustments or support are required regarding the recruitment process.
To apply please forward a CV and send in your CV and a covering letter of no more than 2 pages or a video presentation of no more than 2 minutes in length
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Housing Solicitor
Closing date for applications 23:59 hours on 9th June 2024
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum (depending on experience)
To apply visit our website
- Be a qualified as a Solicitor or Barrister (England & Wales)
- Have a current practising certificate and at least 2 years’ post qualification experience in housing law
- Be qualified as a Housing Legal Aid Supervisor or able to meet the Supervisor Standard within a period acceptable to the Legal Aid Agency and Cambridge House
Please go to our website and download a recruitment pack for full instructions of how to apply
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Crisis Navigator
Closing date for applications 23:59 hours on 9th June 2024
Salary: Up to £37,300 per annum (depending on experience)
To apply visit our wesbite for application instructions
The successful candidate must:
- Be a qualified as a Solicitor (England & Wales)
- Have at least 3 years’ experience and expert knowledge of specialist welfare benefits casework
- Be able to:
- support complex cases requiring representation at Appeals Court or Tribunals
- develop and deliver outreach activities to increase the reach of the service
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.