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The purpose of the role is to plan and deliver strategically the fundraising required for the ongoing success of NCO, enabling this important national music organisation to develop and deliver its mission.
Main Responsibilities
Strategy and Planning
Working with the Chief Executive and Development and Communications Committee to set and lead on the development of NCO’s development strategy, setting fundraising targets in line with strategic objectives.
Oversee all fundraising activity and report to the Chief Executive, NCO Board and Finance Committee on progress towards income targets.
As a member of the Senior Management Team, represent the Development function to ensure full account is taken of development potential whilst contributing towards the leadership and strategic direction of NCO.
Individual Giving
Lead on re-establishing NCO’s Individual Giving programme, drawing on the potential pipeline of current stakeholders (eg parents and alumni) and delegating to/working with the Development Team in its successful delivery.
Lead on new mid/major donor giving and relationships including legacies, personally managing a portfolio of prospects and donors.
Support the Development team to lead in the delivery of NCO’s annual giving programmes, ie Friends and Patrons.
Lead on individual campaigns, working collaboratively with the Development team to maximise opportunities to engage with new supporters through events and matched funding initiatives (eg The Big Give).
Work with the Chief Executive and other senior staff to ensure the continued engagement and support of the NCO Board.
Trusts and Foundations
Lead on fundraising from Trusts & Foundations and other grant giving bodies (excluding statutory funding).
Research and cultivate existing and new funders, working with the Chief Executive, Board and the Development Team to initiate new partnerships and maintaining systems to ensure that those partnerships are successfully managed and sustained.
Prepare compelling major grant applications to secure new funding with sound attention to detail, and work with colleagues by leading and advising on other vital grant applications undertaken by members of the Development team, sharing best practice in fundraising to develop the organisation’s skills.
As part of the Development team, provide appropriate and timely monitoring information to trusts and foundations, as required by their conditions of support including, where appropriate, organising events and visits.
Corporate Fundraising
Lead the Development team on stewarding existing and cultivating new corporate sponsors and ensuring benefits and recognition are delivered across NCO’s marketing channels.
Statutory Funding
Support the Chief Executive and wider team to ensure that NCO fulfils its quarterly and annual reporting requirements to Arts Council England and the Department for Education and in the creation of new funding applications including as part of the next ACE Investment Review.
(NB: The day to day management and reporting requirements of NCO’s NPO and DfE grants will be managed by a newly appointed Business Administrator and overseen by the Chief Executive).
Organisation and Management
Line manage NCO’s Development Manager through individual objective setting and performance management, regular 1:1 meetings and identification of training needs.
Empower the Development team by ensuring they have regular opportunities to develop their skills and experience across different areas of fundraising and through training whilst supporting them wholeheartedly in their professional development.
Inspire and lead the Development team, and set an example, on the application, implementation and adherence to all NCO policies and procedures.
Support the Development team to lead on the development of NCO’s CRM System (Beacon) in specific relation to its fundraising functions, in line with the Data Protection Act.
Maximise the potential of Gift Aid from all donations, supporting the Development team to ensure all donations and payments received are appropriately logged, accompanied by appropriate paperwork and in line with annual audit requirements and submitted in a timely manner.
Produce Development reports for quarterly Board and Finance Committee meetings, attending online and in person as required.
Undertake research and maintain a high level of knowledge about trusts, foundations, individuals, and statutory funding to inform planning.
Represent NCO at conferences undertaking public and media presentations, attending conferences and events and lobbying forums as appropriate
Homebased – UK
Closing Date: 8 September 2024
Ref 6810
Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a creative, dynamic and experienced fundraising professional with a proven track record in managing donor or supporter relationships to join us as our Fundraising and Engagement Manager.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About you
As our Fundraising and Engagement Manager, you will have the opportunity to maximise individual and corporate financial contribution through effective, supporter-led acquisition, and account management.
In this role, you will:
• Drive growth in our key income streams of regional corporates and ‘in aid of' fundraising individuals through new business and account management and pipeline management.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously whilst providing the highest level of stewardship to all supporters.
• Contribute to the growth and development of the regional pipeline of partnership opportunities for our key income streams.
• Contribute to departmental income reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Ensure that the pipeline of prospects and partners is kept up to date across all income streams.
To be successful, it is important that you have:
• Experience in a fundraising, supporter care or admin role or experience within a sales environment.
• Strong relationship management and organisational skills.
• Creative, and can generate new and innovative ways to support partners and fundraisers, with a strong desire to succeed and a specific interest in stewarding fundraisers to maximise their fundraising whilst building strong relationships with the aim to convert individuals into long term supporters.
• Experience of managing multiple priorities simultaneously while still providing the highest level of stewardship to all supporters.
• Extensive experience of building successful internal and external relationships.
• Experience of financial budgeting and reporting and familiarity with a CRM ideally.
• The ability to keep clear and accurate records, producing reports and analysis and presenting them in an effective way to stakeholders.
What we offer you:
• Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
• To have the best (and happiest) employees we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health, and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
The willingness and ability to travel across the UK a times and occasional work outside core hours is also essential.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
About the role
- Reporting to: Communications and Engagement Manager
- Contract: Full-time
- Hours per week: 35 hours, usually between 9:30 – 5:30. One hour for lunch.
- Annual leave: 25 days holiday, plus statutory bank holidays
We’re looking to recruit a Senior Communications and Engagement Officer to join the friendly CharityComms team to help us plan, organise and deliver communications and engagement outputs that support the needs of members, and drive organisational development.
A core part of the job will be overseeing the CharityComms’ social media work, by managing our channels, creating content, and delivering on our social media strategy to engage people and increase our brand profile.
Other key tasks include content creation and commissioning projects for our website, and having a supporting role in other general communications, engagement and marketing activity and administration as needed. This is a great opportunity for a strategic thinker with a passion for creative, impactful communications, who is ready to demonstrate their initiative.
Location
Remote, with the option of occasional working in our central London office, and as needed for in-person events (full travel costs will be covered for any in-person events).
About CharityComms
CharityComms is a thriving membership network of communications professionals working in UK charities. Our amazing community is made up of more than 750 charities, adding up to almost 12,000 people.
We work with our members and the wider communications community to raise the standard of charity communications, to enable them to deliver their world-changing missions more effectively. From our range of services and events to our best practice guides, reports, support for professional development and web and social media content, we represent, support, inspire, connect and inform our members and the wider charity communications community.
We are a small, friendly team of 13, working closely together to achieve big things for our members and the sector. In 2021 we won Team of the Year and have recently been shortlisted for Best Professional Body or Learned Society at the Memcom awards.
Purpose of the role
You will be working with the Communications and Engagement team to promote CharityComms and what we offer, through the creation and development of effective and engaging content, and community and stakeholder engagement.
Communications and content are at the heart of this role, and we’re looking for someone with demonstratable experience in strategic, content-based projects, including commissioning and editing content from external stakeholders, social media management and content creation, and community management.
Social media management and community engagement
You will own the social media management of our channels, maximising their performance and supporting stakeholder engagement with our work. You will:
- Deliver and adapt a creative and engaging social content strategy with the Communications and Engagement Manager that meets our wider business aims and objectives.
- Craft key organisational messaging into engaging social media content and posts to generate conversations.
- Be responsible for creating, scheduling and managing social content using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and our management tool, Sprout Social.
- Responsible for maintaining upkeep of social analytics reporting, as directed by the Communications and Engagement Manager, to ensure activity supports wider marketing, communications and engagement strategies.
- Continuously improve our social media presence and brand profile, including recommending and piloting new approaches to content and channel development to increase community engagement and meet targets.
- Manage and monitor forum and social media groups and act as facilitator of conversations where needed, working closely with relevant colleagues and stakeholders.
- Grow and deliver ways to increase engagement with new and existing audiences, including regular engagement activity on member’s posts (sharing, liking) and ensuring our member network is up to date within these channels.
Content commissioning and creation
Working proactively and collaboratively with the Communications and Engagement Manager to deliver our content plans. You will:
- Deliver and adapt our communications and engagement strategy to meet our objectives.
- Play an active role in content creation and marketing activity – including designing, producing and editing creative content i.e. graphics, photography, videos.
- Develop, coordinate and update long-form pieces for our website, i.e. best practice guides and templates.
- Have remit to commission content projects – using own initiative to develop initial pitches relevant to charity communicators and oversee the commissioning process.
- Work with external providers where necessary to develop resources and creative materials where required.
- Stay up to date with current communications, marketing and content trends, to advise the wider CharityComms team on best practice regarding content and campaigns, including accessibility.
Website and email comms
Working collaboratively with teams where needed or taking key roles to:
- Edit, upload, and publish content on the CharityComms website as directed.
- Work with the Communications and Engagement Manager to continuously deliver on website strategy activities.
- Work alongside the Communications and Engagement Manager to deliver eNews campaigns. This could include commissioning, writing, research, proof-reading, scheduling, maintaining lists and reporting on performance as needed.
- Actively provide feedback to the Communications and Engagement Manager and Head of Membership and Insight on planned activities and make recommendations for improvements.
Other activities
- Ability and confidence to deputise for the Communications and Engagement Manager where necessary.
- Analyse data for reporting and make recommendations.
- Work across the organisation to support communications and marketing activity to ensure consistent messaging, tone and content.
- Provide communications support across key organisational projects, and on any other activity, as reasonably requested, that will generate social and/or financial return on investment for CharityComms.
- Support the admin of the comms inbox, responding appropriately to requests or flagging for colleagues.
- Keep up to date with sector news, events and activities.
- Attend CharityComms and sector events, where appropriate, either in-person or online.
Person specification
Experience
- Experience of working in a professional membership organisation - desirable.
- Experience of digital content management; especially working with a CMS - desirable.
- Experience of running social media accounts and engaging communities through them - essential.
- A good knowledge of current communications and engagement techniques and practice - essential.
- Experience of both writing and editing for the web - essential.
- Experience of video and photo editing - essential.
- Experience of commissioning content - essential.
- Experience of social analytics reporting - essential.
Personal attributes
- Highly motivated and goal orientated - essential.
- Empathy with the goals and vision of CharityComms - essential.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills and ability to represent CharityComms externally - essential.
- Strategically minded with a practical hands-on approach - essential.
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills - essential.
- Ability to work alone and with others and work under pressure - essential.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and creativity - essential.
- A good level of IT literacy, including the use of data bases (preferably Salesforce) and AV systems - essential.
- Commitment to self-directed learning and networking across sectors and share new ways of working with colleagues - essential.
- Maintain an externally facing focus - essential.
- Support CharityComms proactive, results orientated and collaborative culture - essential.
Interviews
Interviews will be held online via Zoom. Our friendly interview panel will be made up of staff members from the Comms and Engagement team.
These are some of the types of questions we will be asking during the interview:
- What interests you about working at CharityComms?
- Tell us about a time when you had to prioritise multiple tasks or deadlines.
- What is your previous experience of working remotely – particularly with communicating and making sure you are working most effectively with your teammates?
Shortlisted candidates will be sent the list of interview questions in advance of the interview.
Diversity and Inclusion
At CharityComms, we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, internally and in the wider charity sector, where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We value lived and learned experiences of social issues, justice and change.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and we will do our best to support you to upskill because we want to recruit, retain and develop the best talent available.
Additional info
All staff are currently working remotely from home, but there is the option to go into the office (located near London Bridge), to work and meet other members of the team as necessary.
Benefits include:
- Yearly personal development budget.
- Generous pension contributions.
- Opportunity to attend CharityComms events.
- Reciprocal membership and training opportunities with many other sector organisations.
- Flexible working is offered where possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract: Permanent, part-time (0.6), based in the office in Forest Gate/with some hybrid working options
Salary: £39,000 FTE (depending upon experience)
Line Managing: Communities Manager, Counselling Coordinator, Admin and Finance Officer, Creche Coordinator
What They Do
This organisation is a small charity that provides holistic support to vulnerable women in Newham, particularly in the context of mental health, and by extension – their families. In practice, these are almost all migrant families headed by a lone mother. Around 80-90% of those they work with are homeless, have experienced trauma, and have No Recourse to Public Funds.
Most new clients are seeking help with destitution and navigating hostile/dysfunctional systems of statutory support. As well as advocacy casework, they provide free counselling, parenting and life skills support, a Baby Bank, and skills development to help women support their families. A new cleaning social enterprise aims to diversify income and provide decent, flexible work.
More than the sum of the services it offers, the organisation provides a community where women support each other and know they can get help.
About the Role
The Operations Manager will oversee the operational delivery of the charitable objectives, including line management of senior project delivery staff. This role will support staff to ensure the smooth daily operations of front-line services.
You’ll be working within a diverse team of dedicated women in a compassionate environment. They appreciate the value of flexible working and welcome discussion about this in relation to the role.
As the Operations Manager, you will:
Line manages senior staff within the charity, providing regular one-to-one supervision, supporting staff to meet their objectives, working on all HR-related policies and procedures, and supporting staff to develop their potential.
Ensure the charity fulfils all legal, statutory, and regulatory duties around HR and governance.
Act as Lead Safeguarding Officer for the charity, including ensuring up-to-date DBS processes, organising staff, volunteer and Trustee safeguarding training, updating the Safeguarding Policy, and maintaining accurate records of safeguarding incidents.
Communicate regularly with the Finance Manager to support sound budgeting, management accounting, and other financial processes.
Monitor and report on key indicators of the organisation’s impact on funders and other stakeholders.
This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
How to Apply
If you wish to apply for this position, please use their online application portal to submit the following by Wednesday 11th September 5pm:
An up-to-date CV setting out any jobs, responsibilities, and achievements.
A covering letter (no more than 1000 words) demonstrating your suitability for the role in reference to the job description and person specification.
Please note that the covering letter is an important part of the application, and they will not accept CVs without one.
REF-216 300
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Do you want to work with a leading advocacy charity organisation supporting those in need?
Do you have experience of working or volunteering in welfare, support or health and social care and are looking for a new challenge?
Are you keen to make a difference to people who want to be heard?
Then come and join us here at VoiceAbility.
We are looking for a new Advocate to join our team in Doncaster. We are seeking applicants who have transferable skills, a willingness to learn and a desire to help those in need of support.
About us
VoiceAbility is an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services. We deliver a wide range of service contracts funded by local authorities, health trusts and other voluntary and private sector organisations.
We’ve been supporting people to have their say in decisions about their health, care, and wellbeing for over 40 years. We make sure people are heard when it matters most. For more information on what Advocacy is and the services offered then please visit our website.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advocate to join our team covering Doncaster. Your role will require you to travel to locations such as clients’ homes, hospitals, care homes and within community settings across the area to meet with clients and professionals. You will be home based for administration; therefore, access to your own transportation and a suitable home internet connection is essential.
About you
Desirably you will have some experience of working in advocacy, or providing welfare, supporting, or caring for Adults or young people who have support needs, ideally for those with a variety of communication needs, mental ill health, physical health issues, or barriers to accessing education and support.
You should have worked or volunteered in health, social care, welfare, support services, education or young person’s services, or advice and guidance.
How will you make a difference?
You will be responsible for ensuring the individual’s wishes, feelings, beliefs, needs, and values are met to create positive outcomes for the people you support.
You will support people to speak up for themselves and grow in confidence, equip them to understand and exercise their rights and options, and will assist them in the decision-making process relating to their care, treatment, and support.
You will work resourcefully and collaboratively with the individuals you support. You’ll be creative in your approach to empower our clients by ensuring you meaningfully explain people’s options and rights to them. You’ll support individuals to fully participate in decisions affecting them and will make sure they have their voices heard.
Professional Development?
You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your professional abilities and you will make a real difference every day. Advocates are expected to be willing to gain, or to already hold, the Level 3 Award in Independent Advocacy Practice with disciplines suitable for the role they work in.
Benefits:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- 5% employer pension & 3% employee contribution
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Separate Life Assurance Cover
- Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays etc
- Discounted Gym Membership; Employee Assistance programme
- Supportive working environment fostering a good work/life balance
- Support with continuous professional development
Equality and Diversity
VoiceAbility believes in fostering an inclusive workplace which welcomes, values and celebrates the diversity of its staff and partners, treats all on a basis of equality and encourages all to meet their maximum potential.
VoiceAbility are a Disability Confident employer, any applicant that identifies themselves as having a disability and can demonstrate that they meet all the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. If you need to apply in a different way, please contact HR for further options.
How to apply
To apply for this role please sign up for a recruitment account on our website.
Important Dates:
Closing date for applications: Midnight on 1st September, however, VoiceAbility reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy before this date.
Don’t forget to read the person specification so you can tell us about yourself and how your skills, abilities and experiences match the criteria outlined in the person specification.
Hint: you can use work, personal and/or voluntary experiences, and examples to tell us why you should be our next Advocate.
We look forward to hearing from you.
NB: If you don't already hold the Independent Advocacy Practice qualification, and you are successful in your application, it is a requirement that you complete the core element within 12 months of commencing the training. VoiceAbility will fund this training.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role description
Title: Interim General Manager
Contract: 24 hours per week (3 days). 6 month temporary contract (extended leave cover)
Location: Remote and at the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
Salary: £50,470.00 full-time pa; pro rata
Our General Manager is going on an extended leave, so we are looking for someone who can lead the team, continue our fundraising efforts and generally hold the fort for six months.
Some of the key milestones of the period the new General Manager will be responsible for include: supporting the team in hosting a fundraising event, meeting key grant writing deadlines, supporting Finance Lead in producing the end of year accounts and all on-going financial reporting, renewing corporate sponsorship agreements with current partners.
We are interested in hearing from individuals who could cover all areas of the role including fundraising (3 days / week); as well as those who could take on the General Manager role but might not have fundraising experience (2 days / week) and fundraisers (specifically with experience in writing grants) who might prefer a part time assignment such as this (1 day / week).
We are open to recruiting one person or two depending on candidates’ experiences and preferences.
Please refer to the summary below to clearly see the breakdown of tasks, days and salary.
Option 1:
Role: General Manager and Fundraiser (covering all responsibilities)
Key responsibilities:
- Finance and Risk
- HR and Team Management
- Business Development
- Board of Trustees Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Legal and Governance
- External Communications and Leadership
Contract: 3 days per week (6 months)
Pro rata salary: £30,282
Option 2: Two separate roles splitting general management and fundraising responsibilities
Role: General Manager
Key responsibilites:
- Finance and Risk
- HR and Team Management
- Business Development
- Board of Trustees Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Legal and Governance
- External Communications and Leadership
Contract: 2 days per week (6 months)
Pro rata salary: £20,188
Role: Fundraiser
Contract: 1 day per week
Pro rata salary: £10,094
Reports to: Chair of Board of Trustees
Key contacts: Chair of Board of Trustees, Senior Management Team, Finance Lead
Direct reports: Centre Manager, Communications and Marketing Manager, Finance Lead, Research Lead
Closing date: Sunday 8 September 2024 at 9pm
Interviews will take place the week commencing Monday 16 September 2024.
The successful candidate will start on Tuesday 5 November 2024
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About the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
The London LGBTQ+ Community Centre is an award-winning charity launched by a team of volunteers in 2017. In December 2021 we opened our first physical space in London’s bankside.
Our mission is to provide London with a sober, intersectional, intergenerational, community centre and café where all LGBTQ+ people feel welcome and supported, can build connections, and flourish. Our vision is for a more connected, belonging and thriving LGBTQ+ community in London.
The Centre is visited by over 1,100 people each month. In 2023, we hosted 600 events joined by over 9,000 participants. And the Centre was visited by over 14,000 visitors.
Overall purpose of the role
As the most senior team member, the General Manager:
- Leads the team with four direct reports and other four indirect
- Ensures the team works productively, develops professionally and there is a person-centred, supportive and communicative atmosphere
- Evaluates and improves operations and financial performance
- Leads our fundraising efforts and overall income generating activities
- Co-designs strategy and sets goals for growth
- Provides solutions to issues
Benefits
Despite being a young, small organisation, we are working hard to create a workplace where everyone feels supported to perform at their best. Therefore we currently offer the following benefits:
- Holiday allowance of 25 days, increasing yearly after two years of service
- Employer pension contribution of 3%
- Access to an employee helpline to help you deal with personal or professional concerns
- A holistic wellbeing package
- DBS funded by employer
- Ongoing training opportunities to support with career development, including annual learning and development opportunities shaped to your needs
- Flexible working
- Being part of a small organisation where you can really see your impact
- Working alongside a range of other LGBT+ organisations
Key responsibilities and duties
- Fundraising
- Lead fundraising team
- Lead all fundraising efforts (grants, individual giving and corporate partnerships) and supervise strategy
- Work closely with Events and Outreach Lead to design programmes to apply for funding
- Write funding bids for public grants and trusts
- Manage successful grants, monitoring and reporting
- Lead corporate sponsorships strategy
- Manage relationships with current corporate donors to secure ongoing funding and develop new relationships
- Finance and Risk
- Lead strategic financial plans
- Responsible for the financial health of the Centre including developing, overseeing and monitoring an effective programme of income generation
- Help to ensure a sustainable income from individual, corporate, legacy and trust donations
- Supervise accounting and reporting working with Finance Lead
- Establish and monitor key indicators of the organisation’s impact and financial health
- Risk management: maintain awareness of risks and changes in the external environment that affect the organisation
- HR and Team Management
- Team management and leadership
- Ensure the organisation’s staff and volunteers are focused on achieving its mission and aims
- HR systems and processes development
- Operate within the annual budget and ensure management and HR policies are up-to-date
- Recruit and work with the senior management team
- Business Development
- Design and deliver the organisations’ business plan
- Design and supervision of organisational strategy
- Supervise the maintenance and creation of all operational policies required
- Supervise of all Centre activities
- Operational systems and processes
- Scan the external environment for changes that may affect the charity, to advise the trustees proactively and to take necessary action
- Board of Trustees Management
- Secretary role at meetings: set up meetings, minutes and other administrative tasks
- Build an effective working relationship with the Chair of the board; meeting monthly to review organisational progress
- Supply regular reports to the Board and attend trustee and sub-committee meetings
- Stakeholder Management
- Build relationships with local authorities and the media in order to advance the organisation’s aims
- Lead partnerships with other LGBTQ+ organisations; London and beyond
- Lead outreach to non-LGBTQ+ organisations
- Set up mechanisms for listening to the views of current and future beneficiaries on the performance of the Centre, as well as on areas for future development
- Legal and Governance
- Ensure the organisation fulfils its legal, statutory and regulatory responsibilities
- External Communications and Leadership
- Represent the organisation at external events and publicity opportunities
Person specification
Short listing criteria: E = essential D = desirable
Professional experience
- Excellent leadership, people management experience and delegation skills - E
- Knowledge of business processes and functions (finance, HR, procurement, operations etc.) as well as the principles of business administrationEFinancial analytics and numeracy skills - E
- 3+ years of experience in fundraising, grant writing or grants management for an organisation of similar size or bigger - D
- Demonstrated analytical and persuasive writing skills experience as well as superior editing skills, including ability to convey complex information in a clear manner to a diverse audience - E
- Ability to communicate effectively- E
- Patience and attention to detail - E
- Experience in planning and budgeting- E
Personal qualities
- Excellent interpersonal skills - E
- Someone who can work self sufficiently and in a team environment - E
- Leads by example – striving for high quality work and ensuring other people meet this standard - E
- An engaging, passionate, energetic human- E
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills- E
- Commitment to equality, civil rights, and LGBTQ+ rights - E
- Knowledge of the charity sector in general and the LGBTQ+ community in particular- D
- Experience working with communities in general and the LGBTQ+ in particular - D
Ready to apply?
Please send us your CV and cover letter of no more than two sides of A4 before 9pm on Sunday 8 September 2024.
Please add the following information to the subject line: General Manager Application
We particularly welcome applications from trans, non-binary and POC candidates. We are a disability positive employer and we welcome the opportunity to provide reasonable adjustments as defined by the Equality Act 2010 during the interview process and upon appointment. Please inform us if you feel you meet this criteria.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Please note, due to the nature of the service, it is an occupational requirement that the post holder is female and the post is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in terms of Schedule 9, Part 1, and Paragraph 1 of the Act.
ABOUT THE ROLE
SIG Equinox – Brighton Women’s Service is a dedicated, female-only residential project offering varying levels of support—low, medium, and high—to women who have experienced homelessness, substance use, involvement with the criminal justice system, mental health challenges, and domestic abuse. Our mission is to provide a safe, supportive environment where women can recover and rebuild their lives, empowering them to achieve long-term stability and well-being.
We are currently seeking a Deputy Service Manager for our Women's Service. We are looking for someone who is truly committed to the rights of women. This role offers the opportunity to support and manage our team, driving high-quality, trauma-informed care for our residents. The service provides a much-needed safe space and support for women to feel empowered in their healing journey and to feel secure in their independence, strength, and skills.
The successful candidate will help lead the service, which spans over 2 buildings, and will develop their team, consisting of support mentors and family workers. We are seeking a passionate, driven, and motivated individual to lead this service in a trauma-informed and inclusive way.
Shift/Working pattern: 22.5 hours a week - In service Monday 8 - 4pm, Tuesday 8 - 4pm, Thursday 8 - 4pm
ABOUT YOU
We are an organisation which embraces differences and encourage our staff to bring their professional but authentic selves to work! We're looking for someone who is driven to provide high quality, effective, and person centred support to staff, colleagues, residents and participants, someone who thrives working in a team but can also work independently using their own initiative! You need to be confident in leading a motivating a team, being able to be proactive and adaptable and maintain a high morale within the service. We look for compassionate, supportive and empowering leaders who are comfortable working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment! If this sounds like you, take a look at our full JDPS and apply now!
What we are looking for:
- Please note, due to the nature of the service, it is an occupational requirement that the post holder is female and the post is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in terms of Schedule 9, Part 1, and Paragraph 1 of the Act.
- Understanding and/or experience of working with people of complex backgrounds, ex-offenders, mental health, substance misuse, challenging behaviours
- Experience of working with and engaging with diverse groups of people from varying backgrounds
- IT Proficiency, including Microsoft Office, and the ability to navigate and learn new case management systems and other types of organisational software.
- Ability to promote the service and provide outreach-based provision, with an ability to liaise and work effectively in partnership with stakeholders
- Understanding of Housing Management, including voids and evictions
What we would like, but not essential:
- Previous experience in people management and development
- Understanding, knowledge, and/or practical application of key legislation – Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Social Care, and Housing, and Health, Safety and Environment
OVERVIEW OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Line Management and Leadership
- Provide high quality support, leadership and line management to staff, offer guidance, support, and advice to the team and support them to perform to the best of their abilities.
- Proactively embed a culture of learning, development, reflection, and evaluation in a psychologically informed environment.
Service Delivery
- Support the Service Manager with the overall day-to-day operational delivery of your service, working directly with your team, colleagues, residents and participants, as well as other stakeholders.
- Support the Service Manager to ensure service responsibilities and requirements are carried out effectively.
- Support the team and service to meet and exceed Key Performance Indicators, and work in line with professional codes of conduct.
- Empower residents and participants to make decisions to take control over their lives, by creating an enabling environment.
- Be part of the operational on-call Rota for providing out-of-hours support across the operations directorate.
Risk Management
- Follow relevant risk assessment and management procedures, share relevant information with others as necessary.
- Alongside the Service Manager, champion, and act as a point of reference for safeguarding concerns within the service(s). Ensure all staff attend relevant safeguarding and training and use knowledge to coach and advise the team.
Property and Housing Management
- Ensure the accommodation in which residents live is clean and maintained to a high standard
- Ensure a provision of high quality housing management service is provided to residents.
Financial Management
- Support the Service Manager in managing the service budget and review monthly management accounts: Set budgets and ensure resources are maximised.
- Promote effective cost control mechanisms and other financial activities.
- Maintain financial management within the service.
Other
- Some of what else is included: Contract management and Internal auditing, admin, and general other duties as required.
Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position. Please refer to the JDPS attached for more information.
Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.
Benefits, including Non-Contractual Perks
- 25 days annual leave, increasing with the length of service
- Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
- Medicash includes discount gym memberships, routine optometry care, dental treatments, and physiotherapy treatments
- Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
- Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing.
- Life Assurance Scheme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Annual Staff Awards
- Be part of a person-centred organisation!
If you have the passion, creativity, and tenacity to make a real difference in people's lives, challenge stigma and make our communities safer, we would love to hear from you!
ABOUT US
We are an inclusive employer, committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all our employees. We have a team of ambassadors who are staff volunteers and actively support us in fortifying our organisational value of Inclusivity.
SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience ; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity .
As an organisation, we’re proud to mention that our staff Ambassadors career aspirations generally benefit from embracing this unique opportunity to develop their respective skill sets in spaces that exist outside of their daily roles.
Social Interest Group (SIG) believes good care and support improve lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change
Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.
Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our website.
Hackney Playbus
Hackney Playbus believes that all children under five living in East London should have the opportunity to grow, thrive, and reach their potential. Our mission is to provide play, learning, and support to socially excluded families in East London, to encourage children’s early years development, and to strengthen families and communities.
WE DO THIS BY:
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Making play and learning opportunities accessible to children aged 0-4 years old - we bring play out into the community!
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Providing a welcoming and relaxed setting where families can come together in their local community
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Supporting parents and carers to feel confident in their knowledge and skills as a parent or carer
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Connecting families to support services
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Dedicating time and resources to outreach and community engagement
All our services are delivered in a way that is inclusive, friendly and welcoming. All services are free to attend.
Early Years Community Worker
We are looking for an Early Years Community Worker to join our caring, creative and resourceful Hackney Playbus early years team, with additional responsibility for coordinating the staff team schedule and ensuring that appropriate resources are in place to deliver our programme.
Together we run stay and play sessions from a bright and beautiful double-decker bus that has been converted into a mobile early years community play space. Our sessions take place both inside and outside the Playbus in different locations across Hackney, providing a rich play and learning environment for children aged 0-4yrs old and a welcoming space for their parents and carers. We listen to the needs of parents and carers and help families to access support services where needed.
As well as our Playbus sessions, we bring our informal, welcoming approach to baby groups that we run in community settings.
Our Team and Our Approach
We value the positive impact of difference within our organisation and want our team to reflect the diverse cultures, ethnicities, languages and experiences of the families who participate in our activities. We particularly encourage applications from people from Global Majority backgrounds, those who speak a language spoken by local communities in Hackney, and those with lived experience of bringing up children in challenging circumstances.
We work collaboratively at Hackney Playbus, recognising that every team member has valuable life experiences, skills and interests to contribute to the project. We learn from one another and value each other’s insights and opinions. We work collectively as far as possible to share decision-making as well as the workload, supporting each other to develop and grow within our roles.
Main duties and responsibilities:
Staff scheduling
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Coordinating the staff team schedule to ensure all sessions are appropriately staffed, taking into account booked annual leave
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Arranging cover for absent staff, both planned and at short notice
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Covering sessions for other members of the team to enable all team members time to take part in outreach activities, training, planning, project development, admin and meetings
Play Provision
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To assist in the planning and delivery of play opportunities in a safe and stimulating environment, in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum
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To acquire resources as necessary within the budget available to maintain an enabling environment for children’s learning and development, ensuring that all equipment is safe, appropriate, well maintained and stored
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Promote the use of low cost, free or recycled materials to ensure that activities demonstrated can be replicated in the home environment and on a low budget
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To create stimulating play spaces to support children’s learning and development, including lifting play equipment on and off the Playbus as required, and/or setting up equipment in community hall settings
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To supervise and support children in their play during sessions both on and off the Playbus, or in group settings at community venues
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To assist with the cleaning and tidying of the Playbus, venues, and of Hackney Playbus resources
Working with Parents and Carers
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To provide a warm, welcoming and nurturing space for parents and carers, whether on the Playbus, in group venues, or in other community settings
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To model ways of playing and interacting with children, including promoting play-at-home ideas
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To encourage parents and carers to share their experiences with each other and to value their own knowledge and experience as a parent or carer
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To develop positive relationships with parents and carers and support them in their knowledge and understanding of their child’s learning and development
Signposting and Referrals
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To become familiar with support services available both locally and nationally for families, including Hackney Children and Family Hub provision
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To listen to parents and carers’ concerns and signpost or refer them to relevant support services
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To observe children and identify where additional support from external services may be required
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To promote programmes and opportunities that benefit families in line with Hackney Playbus aims and objectives
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To ensure leaflets and information displays are up-to-date and accessible on the Playbus and in other venues where we work
Outreach
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From time to time to participate in outreach activities such as door-knocking, leafleting and pop-up play events
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To actively support inclusion by identifying any barriers that families face in accessing our services and working to overcome these barriers together with the Hackney Playbus team
Monitoring and Evaluation
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To complete registration forms, attendance records and sessional report forms. These may be in paper form or digital.
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To carry out and write up observations related to the charitable aims of Hackney Playbus
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To be aware of the aims and outcomes of specific projects when writing session reports
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To be willing to assist the Co-Directors in reporting on outcomes
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To assist in gathering feedback from parents, carers and children
General
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To support Hackney Playbus’s commitment to safeguarding children in all aspects of the organisation’s work
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To be friendly and welcoming to all families and to work hard to make every Hackney Playbus experience a positive one for both child and adult
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To promote and deliver a fair and quality service which is sensitive and responsive to all families using Hackney Playbus services
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To attend and participate in team meetings and supervision
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To be willing to attend training and to take an interest in your own learning and development
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To undertake other tasks to support our projects, as agreed with the team
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To abide by Health and Safety, Child Protection and other legal requirements associated with providing play on and off the Hackney Playbus and in community settings
Hackney Playbus believes that all children under five living in Hackney should share the same opportunities to grow, thrive, and reach their potential
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Cardinal Hume Centre works to prevent and tackle youth and family homelessness.
Job title: Immigration Advisor
Reports to: Immigration Service Manager
Salary: £38,750 or £42,192 (with IAAS Supervising Senior Caseworker accreditation) plus benefits
Contract: permanent, full time (35 hours) or part time (21-28 hours)
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the world? Do you want to leverage your skills to combat homelessness for children and young people? Then we have the perfect opportunity for you.
We are looking to recruit an Immigration Advisor to provide tailor-made advice to individual clients and to engage them in the process of making informed choices about their future direction. This is an exciting role in our Immigration Team that will work closely with the team to ensure that the centre is able to provide confidential OISC Level 2 and 3 advice and representation, whilst providing support and training to colleagues working at Level 1. The role is pivotal in providing highly skilled legal advice and representation to vulnerable clients across London at no cost to the individual. This is particularly important at a time where free or low-cost advice is becoming harder to find.
If you have the IAAS senior caseworker accreditation, you will be the key advisor with regards to Legal Aid work, including prioritising Legal Aid cases and ensuring that Legal Aid is used whenever appropriate throughout the team.
To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter. You must account for any gaps in your employment history. In your cover letter please outline how you meet the requirements of the role and why you would like to work for us.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The Centre requires staff and volunteers to complete a criminal records self-declaration and undertake a DBS check.
Benefits
· 26 days’ annual leave (pro rata for part time staff), rising to 28 days (pro rata for part time staff) after two years’ service
· Pension: the Centre provides a stakeholder pension scheme and will match employee contributions up to a maximum of 6%.
· Life assurance cover(after probation passed)
· Season ticket loan
· Training and development opportunities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting time to join Stewardship.
With increasing capabilities and a transformative strategy in place, the Philanthropy Fund team is looking for a Relationship Manager to join them.
This is a varied role which would suit someone with grant-making and Relationship Management experience, and a passion for encouraging generosity. Working within a supportive team, your role will include building relationships with new and existing clients, facilitating the creation of complex giving strategies and spotting new areas of opportunity for impact. You will enjoy working in a team and have experience in being able to communicate excellently with a variety of stakeholders and decision makers.
As a result of our Christian ethos, this post is covered by an Occupational Requirement (OR) under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010. The successful applicant will be expected to be a practising Christian and to clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practices contained in our Ethos Statement, by:
Active membership of local church congregation.
An understanding of the faith aspects of the work of Christian charities, including the preparedness to pray with colleagues, where appropriate.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
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This role represents an unparalleled opportunity to use your strategic and operational expertise within an impactful and driven organisation committed to stopping violent conflict and creating more peaceful societies.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) is responsible for ensuring that Conciliation Resources’ finances, governance and operational support services across its six offices are compliant and meet the needs of the organisation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Biochemical Society are seeking a Marketing and Communications Officer to support the work of the Marketing and Communications team across the organization to support member and community engagement.
In this role, the postholder will provide support with the full range of activities across the organization, building outreach and engagement with audiences and driving brand awareness and impact across the sector.
The postholder should possess outstanding copywriting skills, an excellent eye for design, and should demonstrate a good understanding of branding and visual identity and support with marketing activities across the membership and community remit, including regular mailing campaigns and social media activity. Along with this, collaborate with other societies and other organisations to promote the Society's objectives.
Suitable candidates will have a background in marketing and experience with effiecient competency using CRM and tracking systems, and have excellent organization and communication skills.
Although advertised as remote, there are options available for working within an office in London up to a few days per week, should that be preferred.
For more information, please visit our website.
Closing date: 4th September 2024
Interview Dates: 10th-12th September 2024
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please note that this role is home-based and as such interviews will be virtual.
Please send a CV and covering letter. It is important that you DO NOT include your Personal Information i.e. name and contact details in your CV or Cover Letter.
This is because the Society is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies to support staff from different backgrounds.
The Society takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.
Please note that due to limited resources it is not possible for the Society to acknowledge receipt of applications. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
“We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United Kingdom. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.”
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Rape Crisis England & Wales is the feminist charity working to end sexual violence and abuse across
England and Wales, and is responsible for leading on the 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line, a
telephone and webchat support service covering England and Wales. This role is focussed on supporting
the smooth running of the 24/7 Support Line and ensuring we are delivering the best possible service for
survivors of sexual violence.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting time for Tender, with both the demand for and reach of our work expanding significantly in recent years. Having set up our Adult Services department in 2019, we have seen both the breadth and depth of our work with adults expand significantly. Following a recent organisational restructure and the development of a three-year strategy which we are implementing in 2023 – 2026, we are anticipating further growth in our adult training work.
We are therefore looking to expand our Adult Services team, with a Projects Coordinator to support the Head of Adult Services and Service Delivery Lead (Adult Services) to coordinate the delivery of a range of adult training projects to a varied group of beneficiaries. You will play a key role in ensuring that the projects are planned and delivered smoothly, communicating regularly with settings and the facilitators delivering the training, and ensuring projects are properly recorded, monitored, and evaluated. You will be part of a direct team of five in Adult Services, and a wider team of dedicated, supportive people with a shared commitment to preventing domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Role Purpose
The main purposes of the Projects Coordinator role are:
- Coordinating the administration of all aspects of the Tender’s training programmes for adults across the organisation
- Supporting the Head of Adult Services and Service Delivery Lead (Adult Services) to manage relationships with Tender’s internal and external stakeholders, including colleagues, workshop leaders, teachers/carers, delivery partners and other service professionals
- Monitoring and evaluating the impact of Tender’s training sessions
Main Responsibilities and Duties
Project delivery
- Developing and coordinating the delivery of training projects for adults across all settings, including digital projects, to ensure successful delivery of projects
- Coordinating development days and developing resources and content with the Head of Adult Services, in order to grow and tailor the content for sessions with adults
- Collaborating with the Children and Young People’s (CYP) Services department to coordinate the delivery of training projects for adults in CYP settings
- Monitoring the progress of projects to ensure projects are delivered to plan and on time
- Coordinating the evaluation of projects delivered to adults to ensure learnings from projects are assessed and shared
- Working with the Tender team to ensure effective and efficient use of time and resource during delivery
- Working with the Communications Coordinator to create publicity for projects in a range of formats, including website content, newsletters, information sheets and social media posts
Relationships
- Supporting the Head of Adult Services and Service Delivery Lead (Adult Services) to manage relationships with settings to facilitate the delivery and success of adult training projects
- Supporting the Head of Adult Services and Service Delivery Lead (Adult Services) to manage relationships with other stakeholders involved in the delivery of projects, including workshop leaders, youth leaders, partner organisations, and professional specialists, to ensure stakeholders remain engaged in and committed to the projects’ success
- Working with colleagues to manage information flows and communication to ensure knowledge of and learnings from projects are known and understood across Tender
Administration
- Completing all mandatory training, and proactively seek opportunities for ongoing professional development
- Logging, tracking and updating project management documentation (including project booking, securing contracts, carrying out risk assessments) to facilitate transparency of decision-making and accuracy of reporting
- Following monitoring and evaluation procedures to ensure the results of projects are recorded accurately and in a timely manner using specified systems, including Salesforce and SharePoint
- Participating in training and other learning activities to develop relevant professional skills and knowledge
- Undertaking any other reasonable duties commensurate with the grade and competencies required of the post requested by the line management
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Accelerating Reform Fund is a new initiative which aims to transform social care services, making them more responsive to the needs of the community. It is a national programme, with 42 regions allocated to have their own projects. Greater Manchester is one of the ARF regions.
The ARF has a particular focus on unpaid carers and will see hands-on support provided to delivery partners from the Social Care Institute for Excellence. Crucially, the ARF aims to boost short-term breaks for carers and improve hospital discharge processes. This work is made possible by Department for Health and Social Care grants.
As an organisation, Gaddum has supported and collaborated with unpaid carers for many years, so we’re excited to bring our experience to the table.
Gaddum’s goal is to ensure the safest, most effective, and highest quality execution of the ARF’s initiatives. By enhancing existing collaborations with sector experts across all ten GM Local Authority Social Care Systems, health localities (ICB), NHS providers, and other stakeholders, we aim to create a seamless and integrated approach to the transformation and delivery of care.
To read more about the ARF, including it’s evaluation, you can find out here:
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ARF Resource for Adult Social Care Systems
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Social Care Institute for Health and Excellence information about evaluation
Job Summary
The Senior Project Manager will play a pivotal role as the key contact point for Gaddum’s infrastructure support of the GM system. They will work closely alongside our passionate and skilled Greater Manchester colleagues in this transformative journey, taking ownership for the achievement of key project milestones, and will ultimately ensure that the system has the oversight and awareness of risks in order to plan for successful deployment.
Job Purpose
The Senior Project Manager (SPM) will provide expert oversight and support across the ARF projects, ensuring seamless collaboration and effective delivery. The SPM will, as per their job title, project manage the infrastructure element of the entire GM programme.
They will coordinate efforts across various sectors, manage stakeholder engagement, and be responsible for the integrated approach to risk management, data governance, and financial oversight. The role is accountable to Gaddum’s CEO, and will report to them. It is central to ensuring the successful execution of the ARF's vision and objectives.
Ultimately, the SPM’s goal is to support the system to achieve a consensus on what success looks like for the ARF in GM, and then work alongside the system to enable it to achieve it.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
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Project Management Expertise: Working to agreed methodologies, provide expert oversight, ensuring all ARF projects are coordinated and integrated effectively across different sectors, with a clear definition of success.
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Stakeholder Identification and Engagement: Lead stakeholder mapping and engagement, involving adult social care, hospitals, respite providers, carers, and other system partners, adding capacity to pre-existing stakeholder mapping.
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Collaboration: Facilitate regular meetings, workshops, and forums to coproduce strategies and solutions, ensuring robust involvement of lived experience in the programme.
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Coproduction: Utilising pre-established coproduction and engagement programmes, ensure lived experience leadership principles are made available, and integrated, into the GM ARF consortium.
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Oversight of Delivery: Monitor and manage project delivery, maintaining alignment with national evaluation frameworks, and leading on the coproduction approach.
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Evaluation: Ensure the GM system reaches the ideal level of engagement to ensure regional and national evaluation programmes can properly assess the impact of the ARF across GM. This will include working alongside the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) on a Theory of Change for the GM system, and working alongside the National Evaluation Panel.
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Data Systems Integration: Lead the development and integration of data systems, ensuring real-time understanding of needs and outcomes across GM. Facilitate data exchange, ensuring alignment with national standards and compliance with data governance policies. Act as main point of contact for a “Centralised Data Hub”, paying close attention to barriers and/or compliance requirements, such as interoperability and Information Governance.
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Budget Management: Support Manchester City Council’s finance team to develop detailed budget plans and forecasts, reporting on the project budget, ensuring funds are allocated efficiently and effectively across all project components.
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Internal partnerships:
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Working closely with Gaddum’s Head of Finance and the lead authority to ensure financial tracking, budget management, and reporting are aligned with project objectives.
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Ensure seamless partnerships between the ARF system and Gaddum’s commissioned services, working closely with the Head of Operations.
Other key tasks & responsibilities of the role
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Line Management: Supervise the Project Administrator, ensuring they provide effective secretariat responsibilities for the consortium.
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Risk Management: Keep stakeholders well-informed about risks, strategies, and progress. With the consortium, co-design and manage risk register elements, providing rapid escalation of issues to the CEO and consortium, developing solutions where necessary.
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Troubleshooting: Take all reasonable steps to enable system partners to identify barriers and develop solutions.
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Continuous Improvement: Establish and maintain ongoing feedback loops, making necessary adjustments to the project’s approach based on stakeholder input and real-world outcomes.
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Coordination of reporting: Work closely with SCIE and GM ARF stakeholders to ensure data integration and reporting, aligning regional data with national datasets and performance metrics.
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Contracting and Compliance: Ensure adherence to contracting and compliance requirements, maintaining robust monitoring and reporting systems
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Systems Change Facilitation: Lead on systems change initiatives, ensuring that all project components are aligned with the strategic goals and objectives of the ARF programme.
Other Duties and Responsibilities
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The post holder will be required to undertake other tasks as reasonably directed by the Programme Management and Senior Management Team, which will usually be commensurate with the skills and experience of the post-holder.
The details contained in this job description, particularly the principal accountabilities, reflect the content of the job on the date the job description was prepared. It should be remembered, however, that it is inevitable that over time, the nature of individual jobs will change; existing duties may be lost, and other duties may be gained without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Consequently, this job description may be revised from time to time.
All staff are expected to work within all Gaddum policies and procedures. This role is subject to Basic DBS Check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.