About Tree Aid: 

Tree Aid is an international development organisation working with people in the drylands of Africa to tackle poverty and the effects of the climate crisis by growing trees, improving people’s incomes, and restoring and protecting land. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Individual Giving - Retention Fundraising Officer at Tree Aid.

This is a fantastic opportunity to support transformational change for some of the world’s most vulnerable people who are living on the frontline of the climate crisis. Tree Aid works in partnership with communities in the drylands of Africa, using forestry and natural resource management to relieve poverty and protect the environment. We are values led, unique in what we do and are growing fast.

Here are a few words about working at Tree Aid the role from our team:

"Tree Aid is an organisation that makes you feel passionate about coming to work. Every staff member is focused on delivering huge impact, working closely together and being transparent, ethical and data driven every step of the way.”

After almost 8 years at Tree Aid, our Fundraising Officer is moving on. This is what he had to say about the role:

“In my role as Fundraising Officer for Retention I have been involved in some great campaigns. Over the years i have worked with the Fundraising Manager to develop Appeal Communications and Update Magasines. One of the highlights has been attending meetings with our Programmes team, where they share news on the projects Tree Aid runs. I’ve really enjoyed working with Tree Aid and would recommend it to anyone who is passionate about fundraising."

The role will focus on engaging with existing donors to increase individual giving income from donors who have supported Tree Aid for 6 months or more.  

You will develop a range of regular communications that will steward and cultivate our existing donors. You will work with the Fundraising Manager to plan and deliver the retention element of the Individual Giving programme.

You will maximise on donor retention opportunities to ensure long-term programme growth. You will have 1-2 years developing effective supporter journeys that have successfully grown donor income. You will be passionate about fundraising,

You will be data driven and able to demonstrate a solid understanding of CRM databases, and how they can be used to enhance the supporter experience. You will have knowledge of trends in individual giving and digital fundraising. 

Finally, you should be an excellent communicator, with a proactive and creative approach to working, used to juggling priorities and passionate about delivering the best supporter experience possible. You will lead by example to provide sector-leading supporter care.

Knowledge & Experience:  

• 1-2 years' experience of direct marketing and fundraising across all channels. (Inc. phone, email, online, print)  

• Experience of project managing fundraising campaigns to agreed targets, deadlines & budgets

• Experience of production and/or fulfilment of communications materials  

• Experience of using fundraising CRMs (Raisers Edge NXT preferred)  

• Experience of undertaking research and reporting findings  

• Knowledge of administering legacies 

  Skills:   

• Excellent planning and project management skills; experienced in prioritising workload.

• Excellent written communications skills and high standard of English; good editing and copy writing skills, able to communicate in an engaging and persuasive style. 
• High level of attention to detail. 

• Understanding of good digital customer journeys and stewardship journeys.  

• High level of numeracy and analytical skills with ability to analyse data and produce reports.  

• Good IT ability, including good typing skills and the use of Microsoft Office (including Excel and Word). 

• Good supporter/customer care skills and good telephone manner. 

  Personal Qualities:  

• A passion for international development and to issues affecting rural smallholder farmers in dryland Africa  
• Proactive and confident to make recommendations to improve future activity. 
• Open and willing to learn  
• Flexible and responsive 

We’re really proud of the impact we’ve already had on behalf of people affected by blood cancer, and our fundraising strategy seeks to grow our income to help us achieving our mission of beating blood cancer within a generation. The Regional Relationships Team plays a pivotal role in this income growth and the Lead Regional Relationships Manager will be responsible for significantly growing income across their region. 
 

You will be responsible for maintaining relationships with our current network of regional fundraising volunteers as well growing our volunteer and community group network alongside the line management of a Regional Relationship Manager who will be responsible for their own region.

This is a homebased role and you will be expected to travel across your region, therefore you must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle insured for business use.

Grassroots Movements Programme Manager

Are you someone with experience of being involved with social movements and work within the grant-making field? Are you excited at the prospect of being able to co-design a new funding stream to support social movements?

We’re looking for a dynamic individual to co-lead our new funding programme for social movements aimed at resourcing movements that are situated on the frontlines of social and environmental injustice, and who are striving for transformative change.

You will need to have a good understanding of both these worlds, experience of participatory processes, exceptional communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships with a range of groups and audiences

The movements fund has emerged within JRCT through a careful process of learning, listening and consultation. The fund is rooted in a movement led decision-making process and will be allocating £1 million over 3 grant rounds in 2022-23. This fund is more important than ever in the context of deep structural inequalities and injustices within our society.

For more information and to apply:

• Download the application pack 
• Send your CV and cover letter by 29th May
• Interviews will take place on the 17th June in London

We welcome all applicants and are keen to enhance our team to reflect the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve.  We would like to encourage applications from disabled people, those from LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and those experiencing other forms of marginalisation, as they are underrepresented at this level.

Please apply via our website.

Brain Tumour Support has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Corporate Partnerships Fundraiser to join a successful and supportive fundraising team, at an exciting time ahead of our 20th Anniversary celebrations in 2023.

Are you passionate about making a difference in a challenging field?
Are you keen to ensure the longevity and retention of existing corporate partnerships?
Can you identify, secure and maximise new corporate partnerships to increase income?
Come and use your skills to make a difference to those affected by a brain tumour diagnosis.

You will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. You will be a self-starter able to use your own initiative, and have the ability to problem solve and prioritise, with good planning and organisational skills. You will be confident in networking and presenting on the charity’s behalf whilst always working in line with the charity’s values, goals and beliefs.

This role is a great opportunity for a Corporate Fundraiser with minimum 2- 3 years of experience, to manage a business pipeline, seek out new partnerships and play a pivotal role in expanding the reach of our corporate partnerships across the country.

In return we offer a competitive salary, company pension, caring and supportive working environment, hybrid working offering a mix of office and home based working, enhanced sick pay, 25 days annual leave, laptop, phone and business mileage expenses. We are a family friendly charity and working hours of 21-28 can be approached flexibly upon agreement.

If you feel you have a background which you can use to make a difference to our fantastic charity, why not apply, or feel free to call or email us and talk through what might make it work for both you and the charity. We would love to engage with you.

Closing Date:  Monday 30th May at 10am (Should sufficient applications be received we may close earlier, so please don’t delay in applying)
Interviews:  To be confirmed, likely to be Wednesday 1st June

To apply for this post please email your CV along with a covering letter outlining your relevant skills, experience and why you wish to apply for the role.

Every day in the UK, 13 babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth.

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity and exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.

We are looking to recruit an outstanding and people-focused candidate to lead our Bereavement Support Services Team. This is a high-profile role which is responsible for ensuring that all those approaching Sands for support receive an excellent service that meets their individual needs, that the quality of support provided remains consistently high and all team members are appropriately managed and supported. The role provides an opportunity to make real change by driving the organisational and team strategies to make the support that Sands provides accessible to bereaved families from all backgrounds within the community, as well as groups at higher risk of experiencing stillbirth and neonatal death.

With demonstrable experience of delivering and managing bereavement support services at a strategic level, you will possess an excellent understanding of grief theory and bereavement support and be qualified accordingly.  Additionally, you will have experience of working with, and providing services to diverse communities and have a good understanding of their specific needs.

As this role will require you to lead a highly-motivated and diverse team who are all home-based,  you will have excellent people management skills and be able to support your team accordingly.

You will have outstanding verbal and written communication skills and be able to develop high quality services which remain responsive to the changing needs of external stakeholders. With excellent relationship building skills, you will demonstrate a high level of empathy in all aspects of your work.

A high level of project management skills is essential, as is the ability to produce complex statistical reports and analyse data and trends. A thorough understanding of safeguarding in the context of baby loss and a commitment to ensuring excellent practice is also required.

About The Role
Excellent opportunity for a Maintenance Surveyor, known internally as Asset Manager, to manage the Repairs and Maintenance service to our stock in the South West ensuring day to day repairs, planned works are identified, specified, procured and managed to a high standard of completion.
At saha we are dedicated to providing comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement for people who have been homeless.
The Asset Manager will need to deliver an efficient and effective contract management service and will:

- Manage, monitor and control contractors against performance targets
- Prepare specifications, estimates and tender documentations for repairs and maintenance works
- Procure contractors, furnishings and equipment
- Identify future works and priorities
- Contribute to the management and delivery of Saha’s planned and cyclical maintenance programme

About The Candidate
You will instinctively work in a manner that aligns fully with saha’s delivery values and behaviours, demonstrating energy and passion, along with a positive, can do attitude in your daily contribution as an Asset Manager to transforming lives.
You will be a confident communicator, able to consult and influence a range of stakeholders
We need you to:

- Be experienced in diagnosing, specifying, procuring and managing maintenance works
- Have successfully managed contracts and programmes of work
- Be a great budget manager with strong financial awareness
-  Be commercially minded with good business acumen
- Be able to travel to various premises in the north east
- Be willing to work outside normal hours

About The Company
At saha we transform lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of our society, mainly people experiencing homelessness.
We are a Registered Social Landlord and across the UK we are one of the leading providers of supported housing, providing a wide range of supported accommodation options for vulnerable people including, young homeless people, care leavers, adult homeless, people with complex needs, young parents (and their children), survivors of domestic abuse, ex-offenders and those suffering from drug and alcohol problems and poor mental health.
Our teams work with people to build on their strengths, creating person centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery, and enable positive

Your purpose

To encourage schools to join Voice 21’s membership programme for schools - Voice 21 Oracy Schools - by responding to new enquiries, generating and following up leads, supporting our outreach efforts and ensuring all information about prospects is stored correctly on our database.

Your responsibilities

Responding to enquiries

• Respond to emails from schools about joining our Voice 21 Oracy Schools membership

• Meet with teachers and senior leaders (usually virtually) to discuss the membership, encouraging them to become Voice 21 Oracy Schools and answering any questions they have

• Create proposal documents for groups of schools interesting in becoming Voice 21 Oracy Schools

• Support schools through the sign-up process and ensure both they and we receive the correct information needed for them to begin their memberships

Lead generation

• Identify potential new business leads from social media, events and marketing campaigns, and add these to Salesforce, our customer relationship management system

• Generate new business leads from the networks or contacts of current member schools, including working with colleagues internally to do so

• Analyse the sources of leads to better inform future marketing strategies

Pipeline management

• Manage the business development pipeline of prospects on Salesforce, ensuring all data is entered correctly and updated as needed

• Run reports identifying prospects to follow-up with and do so in a timely and supportive manner

Event planning and delivery

• Plan and deliver regular webinars about the Voice 21 Oracy Schools membership

• Spot opportunities for Voice 21 and our member schools to showcase our work at events across the education sector

Your progression

Within 1 month, you’ll have:

• A firm understanding of the active ingredients of a high-quality oracy education and how we support schools to implement these through our membership model

• Understood our business development systems, processes and the key language we use in talking about our Voice 21 Oracy Schools membership

• Built strong working relationships within the Engagement team, and developed a sound understanding of organisational context and our priorities within this

• Started to respond to enquiries from schools about working with us

Within 3 months, you’ll have: 

• Conducted calls with schools that are interested in working with us

• Taken charge of the administration of our pipeline of schools interested in working with us, ensuring all data is entered correctly on Salesforce and able to report numbers accurately

• Produced a bank of template emails for responding to different types of enquiry

• Met the whole Voice 21 team at our organisation-wide away days

• Experienced Voice 21’s professional development in action

Within 6 months, you’ll have: 

• Helped to design and deliver  a range of Voice 21 events to raise awareness of oracy and encourage schools to work with us

• Generated new leads from schools, local authorities or Multi-Academy Trusts that Voice 21 could work with

From 6 months onwards, we expect for you to be:

• Regularly conducting calls, responding to emails and delivering webinars to schools about becoming Voice 21 Oracy Schools

• Ensuring the constant generation of new leads from a variety of channels, including social media and events

This job is for you if you…

• Are a collaborator with great communication skills (written and verbal) and are comfortable talking with wide range external stakeholders, showing excellent customer service skills

• Have experience working in education or excellent knowledge of the education sector

• Are highly organised - you enjoy making a plan and seeing it through. You might have previous experience organising events, programmes or in an administrative role, and have excellent attention-to-detail

• Have previous experience in working to hit targets, especially in a sales and marketing context

• Have strong IT skills and are competent using MS Office (essential), ideally with some experience with a database or Customer Relationship Management system like Salesforce

• Are proactive in identifying problems with systems and processes and implementing solutions

• Are a self-starter who takes on new opportunities and challenges with positivity and enthusiasm

• Are passionate about Voice 21’s mission and helping us to transform outcomes for students in our target population

Who you’ll work with: 

• Our School Recruitment and Partnerships Lead, to meet our business development targets, including a 30% increase in the number of schools we’re working with each year 

• The Marketing and Communications team, to help generate leads from our events, social media and other platforms, and to ensure our marketing materials are tailored to the enquiries we’re receiving

• You’ll report to the Head of Engagement, part of a team dedicated to growing Voice 21’s reach to achieve our goal of working with 1900 schools by 2025.

Where you’ll work: Remote, with regular travel to our London Office and elsewhere and occasional overnight stays required.

Contract: Permanent, subject to successful probation review at 3 months.

Terms: We would welcome applications on a full-time or 4-day per week basis.

Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us. And it’s why our Technology team work so hard to deliver effective management and development of its IT infrastructure to leverage maximum value out of its information systems for the benefit of children and enable staff to work effectively. Join us as an Application Support Engineer and make a contribution that really makes a difference.

The Technology Division works strategically and operationally with other divisions to ensure that we are able to support the business. The Applications support team, in ensuring the availability and reliability of our applications, is critical to achieving this objective.

This is a very exciting time to be joining our team as we expand and focus on taking the next step in the technological evolution of the NSPCC systems whilst also maintaining BAU activities to a high level.

As Application Support Engineer will be a senior member of a small, busy, and dynamic team working within a supportive environment. We have an extremely diverse set of applications, so you will need to have a broad range of knowledge across many disciplines and be driven to provide excellent service to our customers, as this is a very hands-on role.

We are looking for an Application Support Engineer who has a can-do attitude, a desire to learn new skills, and is a team player; bringing fresh ideas, perspectives and solutions.

If you have a broad range of technical expertise with a strong background in support and business process and have excellent communication and relationship management skills; this role is for you.

Join us and you’ll become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You’ll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that’ll bring the best out in you. And you’ll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.

Please note, we are recruiting for this vacancy on a rolling basis, which means we will review and interview suitable candidates during the advertising stage, so we'd encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Data Analysis Manager
Scope
£46,266 +pay rise after 6 months
Mostly remote with occasional travel to London

Charity People is exceited to be working exclusively with Scope, the UK's major disability charity, to help find a new superstar for their fantastic team! You will be a key player in the chatrity, responsible for the design of customer data collection, analysis and reporting, working closely with the Strategy and Impact Manager to identify outcomes linking with the Everyday Equality strategy.

You will be a confident Data Analyst with Strong Power BI skills, understanding of VBA Excel and ideally some line management experience. You'll be a team player with a desire to help others.

Knowledge and experience
* Demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining data analysis systems, processes and tools
* Experience of using data visualisation
* Experience of managing and analysing large, complex datasets
* Experience of working with services colleagues to drive forward improvements in service delivery
* Knowledge and application of statistical techniques (e.g. testing, regression, correlation)
* Knowledge of relational databases
* Good working knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics and Sharepoint
* Line management experience

Skills and competencies
* Advanced understanding of Power BI
* Advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel, including VBA
* Advanced ability to translate and analyse complex data
* Ability to present findings from data analysis in a simple, accessible way

If you are a fantastic data analyst, you'll enjoy being part of a supportive team making a huge difference to the lives of disabled people.

To apply please send your CV in the first instance to Lucy Honeyman at Charity People to [email protected]

Please do not delay - CVs are being reviewed on a rolling basis.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities with which we work.

Are you an experienced Resourcing Advisor living in the South of England? Are you able to start a 9-month FTC at short notice?

I am working with a famous national health and welfare on an important Resourcing Advisor (home based) role paying £32-£35k pro rata. The charity was founded over fifty years ago and also supports projects around the world.

The Resourcing Advisor will cover the charity's largest region (South of England), from early June 2022 for approximately 9-months. The job is mainly home based but you will be required to travel across the South of England to the different services, so being able to drive would be advantageous.

This important role will lead on the recruitment activity across the Services located in the South of England which is mainly residential care homes for people with disabilities. You will work closely with the Recruitment Administrator who will support with the administration of the recruitment activity in the region.

The key duties include:

• Advertising job adverts for the Services Managers.
• CV searching, sourcing, screening candidates.
• Presenting candidates for a variety of roles, but mainly Support Workers/Healthcare Assistants.

It is a very exciting time to join the charity as they recently launched their new Recruitment Campaign focussed on promoting social care roles to people who may not have considered that opportunity previously.

Along with being home based and a pro rata salary of £32-35k per annum you will receive some excellent benefits. These include 25 days holiday per year (pro rata), plus bank holidays, a generous pension where the charity contributes 11% to your 5%, a cash healthcare plan and much more.

If you would like to learn more about this brilliant position, please get in touch at [email protected]

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

About the Role

Here at the CIOB, we are looking for a Sales Executive to maximise B2B income through the sale of sponsorship for events, campaigns, CIOB Academy and other collaborative activities.

As Sales Executive, you’ll be responsible for identifying leads, progressing negotiations and securing signed contracts to close the deal, which will then be handed to the relevant person to deliver on the sponsorship commitments. 

You will work collaboratively with internal stakeholders including the events, academy, comms & marketing teams, to develop sponsorship propositions that appeal to your customers and you will proactively seek opportunities for generating leads and opportunities through networking, marketing and outreach.

About You

This role would suit a confident, energetic self-starter and someone who has a proven track record of negotiating and closing a B2B sale. Comfortable working in a telephone and face to face B2B sales environment, you’ll have a professional demeanour and experience of identifying prospects and leads.

Experience of sponsorship sales is desirable, as is experience of working within a membership organisation or charity.

Why Work For Us?

We can offer you not only the opportunity to make a real difference with the work you do, but the chance to do that in a really friendly, flexible and welcoming working environment, where we’ll show you that we’re committed to your personal wellbeing and to your development within your role.

We’ll offer you a fantastic range of benefits – from access to a great pension scheme through to a variety of health and wellbeing schemes; and we’ll make sure that you’re constantly learning throughout your time with us. We hold a Silver Investors in People Award – which we really hope will show you our commitment to you as an employer.

Last but not least, we’ll offer you a fantastic range of benefits which we are really pleased to list below:

• Generous Holiday - Your work/life balance is important and time away from work to rest and recharge is vital to your wellbeing and general happiness. We are pleased to offer when you start 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, which will then increase with service years all the way up to 29 days holiday! We also tend to close over the Christmas period so you could look to see an extra 3-4 days off each year as well, which is on top of your basic holiday as mentioned above.
• Birthday Day Off - No need to use your base holiday to book your birthday off, we are pleased to add one extra day for you to take on/near your birthday.
• Length of service anniversary day off - We want to celebrate length of service at the CIOB, so we offer a day off in the year you achieve each subsequent five-year length of service anniversary (for example 15, 20 or 25 years)
• Pension Contribution and Pension Advice - Alongside your health and wellbeing, we believe strongly that it’s important for all of us to plan for the future, so we are really proud to make a contribution on your behalf via our pension scheme. In addition, we also work with and pay for professional pension advisors to help offer you advice on your pension.
• Employee Assistance Programme - Sometimes we need help and don’t know where to look for it. The service gives you confidential telephone helplines available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Private Medical Insurance - In addition to all that the NHS can offer, our comprehensive medical insurance cover offers access to private medical treatment and facilities; often leading to a quicker diagnosis and treatment.
• Health Cash Plan - This scheme allows you to claim cashback for everyday healthcare needs such as dental check-ups, eye tests, physio treatment and much more (annual limits apply). This scheme also offers other retail and leisure discounts.
• Life Assurance - We offer a multiple of your basic annual salary, as per your contract.
• Learning and Development - We’ll make sure you are constantly learning and developing with us, whether it be a qualification/training course or simply learning from others at team CIOB- your development is important and we invest a lot of time and money into this.

Marketing Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Home Worker - England and Wales
Salary: £23,384 - £24,328 - actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) + London allowance of £3,600 if applicable
Working Hours: 35 per week

Closing Date: 15 June 2022
Interview Date: TBC (via Zoom/Teams)

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

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

About Alzheimer\'s Society

We are Alzheimer’s Society, the UK’s leading dementia charity. We are a vital source of support and a powerful force for change for everyone affected by dementia. We provide help and hope.

Dementia can devastate lives, but we won’t stop until we improve everyone’s experience. By 2025, 1 million people will be living with the condition in the UK, and many millions more carers, partners, families and friends are affected.

We provide help - we support people affected by all types of dementia through some of the hardest and most frightening times. Whoever you are, whatever you’re going through, you can turn to us for practical advice, emotional support, and guidance to the best next step.

We provide hope - we are, and we empower people affected by dementia to be, a leading force for change - using cutting edge research and influencing?to push for breakthroughs that’ll change the lives of people affected by dementia, now and in the future.?

Together, we will make sure people living with dementia and their carers live more fulfilled and less fearful lives, free from stigma and inequality.

About the role

Alzheimer’s Society’s central Marketing team is responsible for brand marketing campaigns, and impactfully promoting our priority products or services we offer to external audiences – stimulating, facilitating and fulfilling demand for what we do.

The Marketing Assistant plays a vital role in supporting the busy Marketing team to deliver campaigns that grow our brand, raise awareness of our support services and promote our influential partnerships. As well as offering marketing expertise to central office teams and our network of local services.

The role will support the production of print and digital marketing communications and the running of marketing campaigns, oversee and ensure the smooth running of processes within the Marketing team, and support the promotion, guardianship and application of Alzheimer’s Society’s brand.

About you

We are looking for a passionate and proactive Marketing Assistant to join the team during a very exciting time for Alzheimer’s Society. Someone who is looking to put their passion for Marketing into practise and grow their skills through supporting the delivery of influential mass marketing campaigns that aim to improve the lives of everyone affected by dementia.

Ideally, we are looking for someone who has:

- Experience of producing marketing communications *
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organisational and prioritising skills
- Excellent copywriting and proof-reading skills
- Keen attention to detail
- Demonstrable creative thought *
- A good understanding of the role of marketing within a charity
- Excellent interpersonal and team-working skills
- Enthusiasm and willingness to learn
- Solutions focussed

All of the requirements above are essential, unless marked with a * when they are desirable.

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.

You may have experience of the following: Marketing Assistant, Marketing Executive, Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Administrator, Marketing Officer, Performing Arts, Arts and Culture, Events, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit etc.

Ref: 133 020

Interested in housing and the need for a retrofit revolution?

Action on Empty Homes is looking for a part-time Project Support Officer to work for a minimum of 10 months on a project to investigate the feasibility of retrofitting long-term empty homes to help meet the climate challenge in three local authority areas. If the project is successful, then a further three-year initiative may follow.

We are looking for someone with good communication and office skills, who can work with community groups and professional bodies and organise meetings and events. Some knowledge and/or experience of housing policy is essential, as will interest in, or experience of, climate action and retrofit policy, as we will be off to a flying start.

Prospectus are delighted to be working with our client, a leading London university, to help them recruit for a temporary Public Affairs Manager to support the development of a key research programme. This post is looking to start as soon as possible and to run until the end of September, in the first instance. Remote working is available.

As their Public Affairs Manager, you will build and maintain key relationships with policy and parliamentary contacts and utilise these networks to raise visibility and awareness of the programme's research which aims to use longitudinal population studies to develop approaches to health, social, economic and environmental challenges facing the country. You will draft briefing notes and presentations for key stakeholders as well as support with events and the development of communication channels.

To be successful in this position, you will have experience of working in UK parliament, government or in a public affairs role and be used to engaging with contacts within these sectors. You will also be aware of the policy landscape relevant to biomedical and social sciences. Crucially, you will have excellent communication skills and the ability to learn quickly and manage many competing deadlines.

If you are interested in finding out more information about this new opportunity, please register your interest below and submit your CV, in Word format, by clicking 'apply now' below.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.