Got passion? Got tenacity? We need someone with your skills to help us make long-term change for children living in poverty in the UK. 

Job Purpose           

Manage and lead projects with children, young people and schools ensuring children living in poverty have what they need to thrive. 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities 

Project delivery and administration

• Lead our holiday enrichment programmes for 8 – 12 year olds.
• Pioneer the development of young leaders groups in High schools. 
• Support young leaders to design and run projects in their schools. 
• Manage our annual Child Poverty Conference.

Develop relationships with school partners

• Continue to develop positive relationships with our partner schools and initiate relationships with new partners. 
• Support our CEO to provide training for schools on child poverty. 

Manage and grow our volunteer team

• Recruit, induct and manage the volunteers and paid sessional staff required to deliver your projects.
• Provide supervision for your volunteers with a particular focus on safeguarding - ensuring best practice is followed. 

Skills Needed

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and a keen ability to listen to and influence a diverse range of people.
• Able to prioritise, think creatively and deliver high quality results. 
• Able to diligently plan and oversee project delivery, delegating effectively to a volunteer team and remaining flexible. 
• Good computer processing skills including using Microsoft word, Excel spread sheets and email.

Level Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Full overview job description and person spec below. 

Victim Support is looking for a Children and Young People Homicide Service Manager based in London.

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.

We are looking for an experience manager for our new standalone service to support children and young people bereaved by homicide, as well as for those who have witnessed a murder, this service forms part of our wider MOPAC funded Children and Young People (CYP) service.

This is an exciting time to join the team, which has gone through a period of significant growth following funding from MOPAC and the Mayor's Violence Reduction Unit.

You will need to be passionate about supporting bereaved CYP and will have an excellent understanding of the impact of trauma and the criminal justice system on victims and witnesses.

One of your key roles will be to promote advocacy for our service users to ensure that they are involved in the development of the services and their needs are heard and understood. As well as working in and forging successful partnerships with a wide range of internal and external partners.

With your innovative and collaborative leaderships skills you will ensure your team is nurtured and supported to achieve high levels of performance, commitment, collaboration and trust. You will demonstrate a genuine openness to feedback and will seek to learn from others.

Some unsocial hours working may be necessary.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Closing date 2nd February 2020.

Interviews will be held on Monday 10th February 2020.

Victim Support is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We welcome applicants from all communities and as part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

Victim Support offers competitive rewards and benefits including pension and life assurance, 28 days annual leave (pro-rata), voluntary benefits and the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing world-class services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Applications should be explicit enough to provide good evidence against the shortlisting criteria, which are marked in the person specification as (s). In order to apply, please create a profile in our website (jobs section), complete and submit an online application form.

If the vacancy has not specified the essential criteria for shortlisting, please use this section to express how your experience and skills are relevant for the role. If you have the drive to make a difference within an organisation which makes a difference we look forward to hearing from you.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks will be required.

Victim Support takes pride in being a diverse organisation, enriched by the participation of all individuals and communities. Diversity matters and we value it.

Head of Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU)

• Annually: Salary range is £45,650 - £62,628 plus £3,366 Inner London Weighting

• Region: London OR Leicester 

• Location: Gilmour Close - Leicester OR Weston House - London

• Department: Professional and Community Engagement (PACE)

• Vacancy Type: Permanent

• Working Hours Per Week: 35

• Closing Date: 31 January 2020

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional candidate to lead the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU). This position will be located in either our London or Leicester base.

The Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) is a unique part of the NSPCC; funded by Sport England, Sport Wales and Sport Northern Ireland to lead and drive an initiative to protect all children in sport and physical activity from abuse. In this role, you will lead an ambitious and comprehensive programme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland working with partners to protect children from abuse throughout sport and physical activity at all levels – from grass roots to the highest performance levels. The aim is to have standards, systems and processes to safeguard children adopted and implemented across sport and physical activity.

In this role, you will need to have the knowledge and experience to take forward the strategic direction of an established service.  The CPSU is at an exciting time in its journey and the NSPCC are looking for a leader who is able to manage existing relationships with key partners and who has the vision to take the unit forward to meet the new challenges the unit and the sector face. 

The right candidate will have a sound understanding and experience of safeguarding and child protection and will understand the landscape of the sports sector.  In this role, you will be leading a team of experienced multidisciplinary safeguarding professionals across the UK as well as giving safeguarding support to major funders and key partners across the sports sector.  It is therefore important that your knowledge and experience brings with it the credibility to be able to work and take decisions at this level.

CPSU is an important part of the safeguarding in sport landscape and as such has worked hard to develop its network of key external relationships across the sports and physical activity sector.  It is important for the successful candidate to demonstrate an understanding of how working collaboratively will ensure children and young people are better protected from abuse in and through sport and physical activity. 

This is an important strategic appointment for the NSPCC to a respected service at an exciting juncture of its journey.  Apply today if you want to work with the NSPCC to make a real difference in keeping children and young people safe from abuse

Salary: £34,000 per annum

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Location: Main base at Women in Prison head office, Stockwell with travel across London.

Contract: Permanent

This is an exciting opportunity to develop and deliver a new project providing an enhanced support service to women who have experienced complex trauma and as a result are screened into the National Probation Service’s ‘Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Pathway’. The project will take a bio-psychosocial approach to the support offered and that work together with other pathway services sharing information to provide a cohesive pathway of psychologically informed services through which women can move and progress.

This position will provide strategic oversight and operational management of this pan-London project, ensuring quality standards are consistently met, staff are effectively managed, partnerships are established and maintained and budgets are appropriately managed.

We actively encourage applications from women from a variety of backgrounds, and with a range of skills and experiences. We are particularly interested to hear from Black, Asian and minority ethnic women and women who have personal experience of the criminal justice system. The role is only open to women, in accordance with the sex-based exemptions of the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1.

TO APPLY:

To apply, please download and read the Service Manager Recruitment Packincluding the Job Description and Person Specification and complete the application and equalities monitoring forms in full.

Closing date for applications: Midnight – 3rd February 2020

Interview date: Week commencing 10th February

Do you want to make a difference in the charity sector? Are you energetic with excellent fundraising/sales experience and do you have an entrepreneurial drive and spirit?  If so, this could be your perfect role!

Sparkle are currently looking to recruit a Fundraising Manager for a truly inspiring, award winning children’s charity, based at the Serennu Children’s Centre in Newport, South Wales.  This unique, beautiful, state of the art building, just off the M4, is home to an integrated day centre for children with disabilities/developmental difficulties, providing health, social care and leisure opportunities in one location. 

Serennu is the only centre of its kind in the UK and arguably within Europe and the rest of the world and it is leading the way in terms of integrated health care for children with disabilities and developmental difficulties. Serennu was built in a joint initiative between Sparkle and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) and acts as a support network for the whole family unit with a wide range of facilities and leisure activities on offer.

In the role of Fundraising Manager you will develop and lead the Sparkle fundraising and events strategy, build on established partnerships with key donors and focus on identifying and growing new fundraising partnerships and opportunities. Working alongside a dedicated marketing and communications manager, this is an exciting opportunity for the right person.

With a challenging but achievable annual initial income target of 200k per annum, the successful candidate will be creative, driven, dynamic, passionate and innovative. You will possess a high level of emotional intelligence, an entrepreneurial attitude to fundraising and impeccable integrity.

If you feel you are up for the challenge and possess the required skills for this role then apply now!

Please note this post will close on 6th February, 2020

About Sparkle

Sparkle are the main, official charity supporting the Serennu Children’s Centre and the Nevill Hall Children’s Centre. Serennu is a state-of-the-art building which provides treatment, care, information, consultations and leisure services from under one roof removing the burden on individual families & providing continuity of care. Nevill Hall is an integrated children’s centre attached to Nevill Hall hospital which provides treatment, care, information and consultations at the centre.

Sparkle’s principles are to ensure that children with a disability or developmental difficulty and their families are fully supported to participate in valued childhood experiences and have access to the same range of opportunities, experiences, services and facilities as other children.

Several hundred children visit the centres each week and Sparkle has to raise more than £600,000 every year to fund the vital services we support.

Some of the services and support offered by Sparkle include:

• providing access to family liaison support and play workers.

• activities including swimming lessons, holiday activities, multi-skills and clubs for young children, teenagers and siblings.

• access to parent support groups and young people’s forum.

• family activities including swimming, fun days and film screenings at the Serennu Children’s Centre’s very own 3D MediCinema.

Job Purpose

The role is both tactical and strategic in its intent and its purpose is to achieve an annual income target of £200k during the first 12 month period, rising to 300k for Year 2 in order to meet the ambitions of the charity.

You will be energetic with excellent fundraising/sales experience and have an entrepreneurial drive and spirit.

Key Responsibilities

The ability to opportunistically take advantage of donation possibilities and persuasively selling the charity’s cause together with an interest in, and commitment to, the cause you are raising money for

Capable of confidently and convincingly promoting Sparkle to prospective donors and having a natural ability to create an instant rapport with them, retain their interest and develop strong long-term relationships

Responsibility for developing and leading the Sparkle fundraising and events strategy setting out the goals for the year and the steps to be taken to improve the fundraising and events activity in terms of income, satisfaction and engagement

Responsibility for managing partnerships with key donor partners and developing new fundraising partnerships and opportunities with organisations and businesses (SMEs & corporates) and other fundraising target audiences including service users and the general public

Developing and implementing a robust and sustainable calendar of fundraising events

Ensuring that all fundraising and events activity is measured and investment versus yield is projected, recorded, transparent and reported

Capable of delivering funding growth year-on-year consistent with the values of Sparkle

Stimulate, encourage and support fundraising activities carried out by individuals, small, community organisations and associations on behalf of Sparkle

Appreciation of grant-making and how this effectively contributes to the overall income generation target for Sparkle

Development and management of fundraising committees, business development advisory groups, etc.

Accountability for Sparkle fundraising events, in partnership with the Marketing and Communications Manager ensuring a sufficient return on investment is generated by each event

Responsibility for project management and event support for individual, corporate and Sparkle events

Responsibility for small trust and foundation applications, circa 2k per application

Actively developing community fundraising, for example churches, masonic lodges, small businesses, supermarkets, etc.

Analysis of weekly and monthly income to include regular reporting, exception reports and evaluations on areas of responsibility

Leading on the research into, and the development and management of, key donor relationships in order to meet the charity’s priorities at any given time which includes (but not exclusively): corporate donors, media and event partners and individual donors

Working collaboratively with the Marketing and Communications Manager and support, where necessary, with the preparation of campaigns and identification and recruitment of Ambassadors

Advising the Trustees on all financial requirements in relation to the area of responsibility and be accountable for remaining within approved expenditure limits set by trustees for events and appeals, etc.

Ensuring effective diary management

Identification of opportunities to raise awareness of Sparkle including giving talks, attending local events, cheque presentations and networking events

Developing and maintaining links with existing individuals and groups, including local companies, schools, churches and community organisations

Ensuring the Sparkle bespoke donor database is effectively managed to allow for exemplary supporter care and regularly analysing and reporting on the data

Ensuring all monies/ donations received are recorded accurately and banked in a timely manner, in accordance with the Sparkle Financial Policy

Responsibility for securing and recording ‘gifts in kind’

Any other reasonable requests, as required by the Sparkle Team Lead, Children’s Centre Improvement and Development Manager and/or delegated Trustee.

Special Conditions

Working Hours

The post holder will be required to work flexibly. This post will require evening and weekend working and hence flexible working options may be considered subject to achievement of targets.

The rate of pay is a consolidated one, which includes any enhanced payments for evening and weekend working.

The post holder will be expected to volunteer their time, at least four days per annum to support the work of the charity and children’s centre.

The post holder will be required to regularly travel between children centres.

Disclosure and Barring Service

This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring check with a children barred list check.

This post is subject to an exception order under the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This stipulates that all previous convictions, including those that are ‘spent’ must be declared. Previous convictions will not necessarily preclude an individual from employment but must be declared in writing at the appropriate stage during the recruitment process.

General Responsibilities

Health & Safety

It is the responsibility of all employees to work to achieve a healthy and safe environment, and to take reasonable care of themselves and others.

Equality & Diversity

It is the responsibility of all employees to support Sparkle’s vision of promoting a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage in service delivery and employment, and to manage, support or comply through the implementation of Equality & Diversity Strategies and Policies.

This job description sets out the main duties of the post at the date when it was drawn up.  Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility entailed.  Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot of themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post.

Sparkle is committed to Safeguarding and Promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Person Specification

Essential (E) or Desirable (D)

Education/ Qualifications/Knowledge

Educated to ‘A’ level standard or equivalent level of proven experience - E

Relevant Industry Qualification - D

Experience

Minimum of 2 years experience in a fundraising/sales capacity- E
Experience of working for a charity - D
Strong track record of achieving personal income targets in the region of the income expected for this position - E
Experience of organising fundraising events - E
Experience of developing and implementing a fundraising and events strategy that substantially increases income - D

Aptitudes and Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people - E

Ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with colleagues - E

Ability to work independently and within a team to deliver the Sparkle Fundraising Strategy - E

IT skills (including Word, Powerpoint and Excel) - E

Good understanding of social media for fundraising purposes - E

Ability to track and analyse income against target and to use a database to support fundraising activity and analysis - E

Ability to motivate and enthuse supporters - E

Strong diplomatic skills to network and encourage donations - E

Commitment to achieving positive results - E

Excellent written communication skills - E

Ability to act on own initiative, manage own workload, prioritising work and meeting deadlines - E

Influencing and negotiation skills - E

Good understanding of legal requirements relating to fundraising - E

Personal Attributes

Talented, highly motivated, entrepreneurial drive and enthusiasm - E

Genuine respect for children, young people and their families - E

Commitment to Sparkle’s values and a working style that reflects these - E

Energy, creativity, resilience and patience - E

Self-starter, enthusiastic, self-motivated, committed with a personal drive to exceed targets - E

Dynamic, Passionate and results focused - E

Good understanding of, and commitment to, embrace the principles of equality in the delivery of services - E

Ability to embrace and adapt change - E

Completer finisher, energetic, task focused and with an appetite for hard work - E

Ability to work extremely flexibly to meet the needs of Sparkle - E

Outward facing with the ability to confidently persuade prospective donors to make a contribution to Sparkle - E

Honesty, integrity and credibility - E

Self-confident with decision making - E

This post will require regular travel between children centres plus the ability to travel throughout Gwent and surrounding areas - E

Understand and apply the principles of confidentiality and data protection - D

Thank you so much for getting in contact to enquire about the Quality Assurance Manager role we have available at YGAM. We are looking for a very special person to join our team.

Since YGAM was founded five years ago, we have quickly established ourselves as a leading educational charity which
builds digital resilience in young and vulnerable people by training professionals to raise awareness specifically of gaming and gambling-related harm. Last year alone, we reached just over 164,000 young people and students and collaborated with almost 1,180 educational organisations (schools, colleges, universities and charities) to deliver our programme.
In 2020 we will embark on a national gambling education programme, working alongside GamCare to ensure that every
11-19 year old in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receives at least one session of gambling awareness education during
their secondary/further education over the next four years, and ensuring that all teachers, youth workers and other
professionals working with young people have access to information about the risks of gambling, how to identify gambling related harm in young people and where help for young people can be sought.
The post holder will be responsible for leading our quality assurance processes, analysing data and producing written
reports, enabling us to make improvements whilst supporting the YGAM team with SMART action planning.
We are seeking somebody who has an outgoing and confident personality and who has experience of managing the
operational delivery of services. Being highly organised, having an absolute eye for detail and the drive and determination to make this opportunity a success are also critical qualities.
The post is part time, working three days with a starting salary of £32,000pa to £34,000pa pro rata with the potential to
rise based on performance.

To apply please email us with a copy of your CV and a supporting statement of no more than two pages,
outlining how you meet the Person Specification for the role. Only applications that provide a supporting statement will be considered. We will accept applications up until the closing date of Friday 7 February 2020 at 1700.
Successful applicants who make the shortlist will be asked to attend an interview on Friday 21 February 2020. Please ensure you are available on this day before applying. 

YGAM are proud to be recognised as an Investors in People organisation, guaranteeing you a purposeful job with plenty of training and career opportunities for the right person.
Good luck with your application and thank you so much for your interest in our work.

Education Safeguarding Manager 
Main Working Location: Denmark Road, Carshalton 
Salary Range: Band 5/6, Point 77-93 
Permanent: 37 Hours per Week  
 

If you are seeking a significant challenge and have a strong track record of safeguarding in an education environment then we want to hear from you. 

We are looking for a professional and experienced leader who is passionate about the safeguarding in education and society. An individual that enjoys a varied workload, can lead a team and develop the service, is organised, creative, flexible and has excellent people skills.  You will be tasked with the necessary reporting, performance management and line management responsibilities, and importantly you will bring energy and inspire those you lead and have the ability to build relationships across the local area. You will be able to deliver with excellence, working within a culture of empowerment, and operating in a cycle of continuous improvement 

You must be a confident and effective communicator and be comfortable working through complex issues and appropriate challenge with Head Teachers, Senior Leadership Teams and other organisations, and be experienced in working in a multi-agency environment. You will represent Education and Cognus at key partnership board meetings, building positive relationships between these groups, and take professional ownership for education safeguarding in Sutton 

This role is the key link to ensure school staff are trained and updated on local and national safeguarding policy, best practice and procedures. The postholder will work closely with multi-agency partners that include senior leaders in both primary and secondary schools, the Local Authority, multi-agency partners, other providers as well as Cognus teams to ensure robust safeguarding procedures are in place and followed.

An ability to lead training sessions with education staff is vital, together with understanding how to develop training and guidance material to the needs of this audience. 

Managing the Education Safeguarding Team, you will also ensure the team continues to develop its practice and delivery through its business plan and quality framework, and that opportunities for growth are identified and implemented.

Whilst we continue to work in line with legislation and best practice we are ambitious about developing the local area safeguarding agenda and are looking for an individual who is able to think creatively and flexibility about delivering statutory duties, while maintaining a focus on safeguarding practice and the best outcomes for the children, young people and families that we support.

You will give us great commitment and in return we offer an excellent package including: 

• regular support and supervision; 

• professional advice and support:

• an excellent group of leaders as colleagues;

• excellent CPD opportunities;

• flexible working;

• workplace pension scheme; 

• competitive salary;

• 28 days annual leave (inclusive of 3 days between Xmas & New Year);

If you are interested and would like to be considered for this role, with a CV and covering note (of no more than two sides, minimum font size 11) outlining your suitability. The deadline for receipt is midnight on 31st  January 2020. Candidates are requested to be available on Wednesday 12th February for interview (including a brief presentation).

For an informal conversation about the role please contact the existing postholder, Jenny Rowley or the Head of Quality & Customer Care, Peter Gasparelli, contact details via the Cognus website. 

All offers of employment are subject to successful completion of recruitment formalities which includes an enhanced DBS check. These checks must have been completed prior to commencement of employment. We expect our staff to have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection procedures adopted by the Company and the Local Safeguarding Children’s Partnership.  

We have several other roles we are recruiting to at different levels within Cognus. Please get in touch for an informal conversation about these and other opportunities if you or anyone else you know may be interested in working with us.  

Senior Manager - Child Safety Online

• Annually: £34,000 per annum plus £3,366 London Weighting

• Region: London

• Location: Weston House - London

• Department: Strategy Unit

• Vacancy Type: Permanent

• Working Hours Per Week: 35

The NSPCC is dedicated to the fight for every childhood and the Strategy Unit plays a vital role in developing and implementing research that will help transform society.

The internet provides amazing opportunities, but we also know it comes with risk and with children being exposed to dangerous and harmful content online. This is why the NSPCC has partnered with mobile network operator, O2 to deliver services to parents to help them keep kids safe online. This includes our award-winning products such as Net Aware, Parents vs Kids, and parent workshops in schools and communities. This role will manage the implementation and delivery of our partnership work, ensuring we deliver sector leading resources that will make every young person in the UK safer online.

Overview

Working closely with our Director of Fundraising and Communications, the post holder will lead on marketing and communications across the Charity to raise awareness and income for World Child Cancer. There is a strong emphasis on digital activity and developing social media engagement. The post-holder will also be responsible for managing communications with our celebrities and patrons.

The post holder will be an ambitious and creative self-starter who is passionate about World Child Cancer’s vision and our fundraising activities.

Strengthening our brand through the development and management of campaigns and appeals alongside content generation for ongoing core communications is of critical importance.

Key elements of the role

• Working with the Director of Fundraising and Communications, lead on all communications and marketing for the Charity
• Be ‘the keeper of the brand’, ensuring all staff adhere to the brand guidelines
• Manage and review the Charity website and, working with Programmes and Fundraising teams, keep the website updated ensuring content is current, relevant, accessible and inspiring
• Ensure accurate monitoring of our social media activity using monitoring tools such as Google Analytics to ensure we are attractive to our different stakeholder groups
• Develop and manage the Charity’s digital strategy ensuring World Child Cancer has a strong presence on all digital media channels (currently Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn).
• Work with the Programmes and Fundraising teams to develop compelling case studies about our work and supporters to encourage others to support World Child Cancer
• Lead on the Charity’s Celebrities and Patrons Programme and work with the Director of Fundraising and Communications to develop a new strategy.
• Ensure that relationships with celebrities and patrons are developed by the most appropriate members of the team and that exceptional supporter care is delivered at all times
• Involve celebrities, where appropriate in our campaign communications
• Oversee the design and production of all World Child Cancer printed materials, ensuring they are compelling to read and comply with the Charity’s brand guidelines
• Research and approach local, regional, national and international media, writing compelling press releases in order to secure regular coverage on the Charity’s work
• Be the first point of contact for all press enquiries, escalating potential issues where appropriate to the Director of Fundraising and Communications, CEO and Trustees and producing press statements/releases where needed
• Identify and brief spokespeople or be a spokesperson for the Charity
• Lead on the Charity’s internal communications, ensuring all staff and volunteers remain up to date on developments within the Charity
• Ensure all communications are logged on Raiser’s Edge
• Ensure World Child Cancer always complies with Marketing best practice and any relevant legislation

Clinical Manager  £36,000 – £40,000, 35 hours per week

We invite applications for an exciting opportunity to join a new and developing service at our office in central Birmingham.

The Clinical Manager will be a member of Respond’s Midlands team delivering therapeutic trauma informed services across the region. You will support Midlands Transforming Care Partnerships to enable people with learning disabilities, autism or both subject to long-stay hospitalisation under the Mental Health Act to return to their local community.

Line managing a therapist, you will undertake a range of clinical work including case management and provide clinical supervision, reflective practice groups, consultation and training for a wide range of clinicians, professionals and care staff externally. 

This unique opportunity may well be the next step in your career advancement with a commitment from Respond to support and develop your skills in all areas of the role, including your knowledge of trauma and its impact of people with a learning disability, autism or both.

About us: Respond is a small national charity with offices in London and Birmingham providing specialised community support for children and adults with learning disabilities, autism or both who have experienced abuse or trauma. 

The heart of our work is psychotherapy and through the many years of our development we have become experts in understanding and working with trauma. This guides the range of services we provide.

To apply: Via CharityJob with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification criteria. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date: 2nd February 2020

Interviews: Date to be confirmed.

Able Child Africa works with partner organisations in Africa to protect, educate and empower children with disabilities so they are able to fulfil their potential.

We are a small, dynamic charity, entrepreneurial in style and collaborative in process. We are values led, passionate about our partner approach and driven by the beneficiaries of our work. We are in a great position, demonstrating consistent growth over the last 5 years and have just completed a full re-brand of the organisation. We are ready to use this new look and strong messaging to grow our supporter base and increase our income.

We are looking for a passionate, dynamic and motivated individual to come and join us to lead our philanthropy and partnerships fundraising activities; cultivating corporate and major donor giving, building new partnerships and devising new creative strategies for engagement.

We understand the need for time to see a return on the investment in this position. That is why we have a fundraising plan in place for 2020/21, with a series of events planned that will allow us to deliver our fundraising targets and allow time to plan for the future.

You will come in to deliver our planned income activities for the first year, overseeing our existing fundraising events and partnerships. This will allow time to develop networks and opportunities before you go on to help build and deliver Able Child Africa’s long term fundraising strategy and transform our income portfolio.

You will bring your skills in relationship management from whatever experience you have acquired and use it to build a sustainable income stream for a values driven organisation. You might have 3-5 years’ experience of securing unrestricted income from high net worth individuals or corporate partners. Equally, you might have transferable skills and experience from other roles in other sectors. Or you may also be ready to step up from your current role and keen to show us you are ready for the challenge.

Working closely with our small team (one direct line management report), you will have the opportunity to be involved in the running of a small organisation, reporting directly to the CEO and inputting into the Resources Sub-Committee of our Board. This is a great opportunity to take on leadership responsibilities, contributing to the strategic direction of an organisation.

This is a great place to work. We work hard for what we believe in, but create an enjoyable, flexible and accessible working environment to ensure you enjoy what you do and have a good work-life balance, caring about your mental health. So if this sounds like something you are interested in, then come and join us on our journey.

Salary: £37,000 to £40,000
Pension: Matching contribution to your private pension up to 5% of gross salary
Leave: 25 days annual leave per year (plus 3 days off between Christmas and New Year)

We are advertising the role as full-time but if you are looking for something more flexible then get in touch as we are open to other arrangements.

To apply send your CV and a Cover Letter (two sides of A4) that covers the key competencies, explains your suitability for the role and why you want to work for us by midnight on Thursday 30 January, 2020.

If you would like to discuss the role further then call our office and someone will be able to answer your questions.

We look forward to hearing from you!

King's Global Health Partnerships is looking for an ambitious self-starter to lead fundraising and grant management across our partnerships in Somaliland, Sierra Leone, DR Congo and Zambia.

We are seeking to grow our funding for our important work to strengthen health systems, and in particular to diversify funding from statutory and institutional donors. You will take responsibility for supporting high quality programme development and management of grants. This includes supporting proposal development for new grants and reporting to donors on existing grants; leading the development of donor engagement strategies; identifying new funding opportunities; liaising with colleagues across the partnerships and with the KCL Fundraising team. You will also play a role in strengthening systems to ensure that grants are managed effectively, accountably and in compliance with contractual requirements.

Key responsibilities of the role include to:

• Lead on the delivery of KGHP’s funding strategy and support the development of plans to achieve funding objectives. Support colleagues in the development of country-specific funding strategies and in donor /consortium partner engagement

• Regularly monitor funding opportunities and maintain, share intelligence and develop plans relating to potential opportunities. Develop and share analysis and insights into trends, building a strong understanding of emerging funding opportunities and changes in the donor landscape.

• Lead on development of high-quality grant and commercial tender submissions to institutional donors • Provide hands-on support to the development of proposals and budgets, working in particular to support the newer partnerships – with priority to DR Congo and Zambia – and new thematic areas of work

• Strengthen KGHP approaches to the development of proposals and grant management, by developing tools and resources, and promoting cross-partnership learning

• Support the development of new partnerships with donors and consortia partners at a UK and international level. Represent King’s Global Health Partnerships externally to donors and consortia partners.

• Ensure effective coordination across the partnerships, maintaining an overview of funding, proposal submission and donor communication

• Support decision making and risk assessment relating to new funding opportunities

• Ensure compliance across KGHP’s portfolio of grants, acting as a central source of knowledge and advice and ensuring alignment between partnership operations and School/ Faculty/ university systems

• Oversee contract negotiation and ensure that due diligence requirements are met, including due diligence on, and sub-contracting of, downstream partners liaising with the School’s Senior Operations Officer (Research) and the Research and Researchers Directorate where necessary

• Oversee timelines for financial and narrative reporting across the partnerships, working with colleagues to ensure that high quality and comprehensive narrative and financial reports are submitted in a timely fashion

• Provide hands-on support to the management of the larger and more complex grants across the partnerships

• Identify programmatic synergies between the Partnerships, seeking out opportunities for collaboration and cross-Partnership funding opportunities

• Work closely with colleagues in KCL Fundraising team to develop projects which appeal to trusts and foundations, major donors and potential corporate partners.

The Lead Digital Product Owner is a key role in enabling that change and will be responsible for managing the digital transformation of St John’s websites across all business units

About the Role

St John Ambulance is transforming how we use digital solutions across the charity to support us in increasing our impact on the people and communities who need us most. We are looking for a Website Product Owner to enable this change and to manage the digital transformation of St John’s websites across all business units. This will help us transform how we work and communicate with our volunteers, and employees, our supporters and customers, our learners and all other key partners and influencers. Sitting in the Communications team, this role will work closely with the Digital Transformation team to commission and develop content; create customer delight through optimised user journeys; drive growth in sales and donations; manage the ongoing improvement of our websites features. Working closely with partners in our business units, the Product Owner will integrate a digital-first approach to deliver our objectives and to continually improve the user experience. An outstanding programme leader, they will be responsible for leading the planning and rollout and integration of our websites.

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

About You

To be successful in this role, you should bring a wealth of experience in a similar position and proven experience of content optimisation, dynamic and personalised content delivery, using analytics, SEO and UX, as well as industry best practice, to make wholesale improvements to online content. You will have knowledge of generating website content and providing editorial guidance to colleagues as well as experience managing a portfolio of business projects across people, process and technology to meet customer engagement outcomes.

About Us

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.

Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.

We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.

You will receive:

• Competitive salary & pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.

Interview Date: 17/02/2020

Application Review Date: 27/01/2020

We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.

Starting Salary: £36,929 - £38,666 p.a. (including mobility allowance and pension contribution)

Contract: 2 Year Contract, unaccompanied post

R&R every 12 weeks

Position Description

The post-holder will be responsible for building effective working relationships with peers across the International Development Group, as well as with colleagues in the Emergency Response and Advocacy Groups, and the International Programme Funding Unit. This is in order to develop and maintain horizontal links between programmes, learning, innovation, good practice, and fundraising within and between regions or areas of work. The role has also a number of cross-divisional and cross-organisational functions linked to work with CAFOD’s Education, Communities & Supporters, Fundraising, Finance and Media teams.

While the DRC portfolio will be allocated to the post holder, a degree of flexibility is expected and therefore the post-holder may be required to support other programmes and colleagues during particularly busy times or emergencies. Furthermore, his/her portfolio of countries/sub-regions may change/evolve over time to meet CAFOD’s and partners’ needs.

The post-holder will be expected to undertake international travel for approximately 3 months a year. The post will be located in Goma DRC. 

Key Responsibilities

Programme development in line with the direction set by the DRC Country Strategy

• As guided by his/her line manager and taking into consideration his/her allocated portfolio), work with programme staff and partners in the design, development (and were appropriate, implementation) of high-quality programmes and projects in line with the DRC strategy and programme frameworks;
• Contribute to the development of resource development plans, as well as to identifying new funding opportunities through donor mapping exercises;
• Support regional or joint programme funding opportunities as necessary.
• Where necessary and in discussion with his/her line manager, participate in surge requests from other International Development or Emergency Response Groups;
• Keep up-to-date with donor policy developments and trends, both within the relevant country/sub-region/sector, and more generally, and represent CAFOD in funding review groups/networks in the countries/sub-regions as appropriate.

Programme funding and partners’ fundraising capacity 

• In agreement with partners and programme staff, assess existing partner capacities and systems to manage and implement institutionally funded programmes and, jointly develop programme and project funding proposals;
• Lead, co-ordinate or support the preparation of funding applications with donors such as: ECHO, DEC, DfID, EC, UN, Comic Relief, Big Lottery Fund, etc.;
• Contribute to investing in partners’ capacities, by jointly identifying funding needs, developing plans to strengthen capacities, e.g. proposal writing, programme development, monitoring & evaluation, etc., or identifying sources of support.
• Support partners in accessing the tools and support required to secure and effectively manage institutional funding, as well as strengthening partner capacity in donor mapping and developing donor engagement strategies;
• To work with CAFOD’s Country Representative and Programme Management on designing a partners’ institutional funding capacity strengthening initiative/strategy.
• The post holder will be expected to support the creation and maintenance of an enabling environment to ensure that CAFODs safeguarding policies are followed throughout their work 

Contract Management

• Working with programme staff and partners to manage various contracts, including financial and narrative reporting, and monitoring and evaluation (including facilitating external evaluations) of institutionally funded programmes, in line with jointly agreed standards (Programme Cycle Management), donor requirements, and CAFOD’s value of Stewardship;
• Responsible for reporting to donors – including financial reporting and ultimately responsible for the quality of those reports before submission.
• Support programme staff and partners on the development of plans, accounting frameworks and work plans, etc.

Internal and external representation

• In agreement with the Country Representative and programme management develop, nurture and manage relationships with donor organisations, and create opportunities to share CAFOD’s programme experiences with donor staff;
• Communicate with other teams within CAFOD to ensure that the programme is well understood, and that information is available for fundraising and communication needs. This may involve participation in sessions/events with supporters, communities of practice, working groups, etc., as agreed with the relevant manager;
• Where appropriate, liaise with the International Programme Funding Unit to ensure coherent donor engagement strategies are developed and maintained;
• Work with partners to regularly assess the quality of the relationship, ensuring that effective communication channels are in place, and that funding-related issues are timely addressed;
• In agreement with partners, contribute to raising the profile of partners’ work with relevant donors in the region and/or globally.

Systems and compliance

• Effectively use CAFOD’s programme management information systems to ensure programme and project information and documentation is up-to-date. This will include producing management information to support decision making;
• Ensure compliance with agreements, regulations and requirements attached to our work, including liaising with IPFU donor leads on donor compliance requirements.

Notes:

1. This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification;
2. If considered useful and appropriate, specific percentages per function/areas of responsibility can be assigned by agreement between the post-holder and his/her line manager.

Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults 

CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect.  CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse.  CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount.  Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, or has responsibility for people who will do, and applicants will be subject to specific checks related to safeguarding issues.  If based in the UK, the post holder is required to present or obtain a Disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service).  If the post is based outside the UK, the post holder will be subject to a different checking process.

Person Specification 

Essential Criteria

Understanding our context

• Understanding international development:  Understanding and experience of international development and emergency work and programme management and quality standards within this context

Working together

• Communicating; Able to communicate with colleagues and partners at a distance
• Looking outwards; Understanding of effective and values-based partnership work between northern and southern organisations and communities.

Making change happen

• Managing resources: the ability to prepare and monitor budgets, contribute to assessing the appropriateness of partner financial systems, and ensure compliance with, knowledge and understanding of financial
• Achieving results; experience of developing successful funding applications for institutional donors; experience of participatory project design, and use of analytical tools.
• Managing our performance: experience of developing and implementing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of programmes.

Job-specific competencies

• Experience of working with complex emergencies or protracted crisis.
• Fluent written and spoken French is a requirement for this post
• Fluent written and spoken English is a requirement for this post 
• Understanding and first-hand experience of institutional funding work/projects, priorities, trends and donor conditions within the international development sector; ideally with first-hand experience of working with the EC;
• Experience of using programme cycle management tools effectively to deliver work within an agreed programme framework;
• Able and committed to working with and strengthen or complementing the capacity of partner organisations and colleagues;
• Finance management and budgeting understanding and experience.
• Thematic experience in one or more of CAFOD DRC key thematic areas (Livelihoods & Food security, Participatory Governance, and WASH

Desirable Criteria

• First-hand work experience with a values-based partnership approach (between northern and southern organisations and communities).
• Previous work experience in the region.
• Experience or knowledge of Cash programming

Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.

CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.