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Culham St Gabriel’s Trust is an endowed charitable foundation whose vision is for a broad-based, critically reflective religion and worldviews education contributing to a well-informed, respectful and open society. The Trust is committed to providing religion and worldviews teachers and other educationalists with the support, connections, challenges and professional development they need.
We are looking for a creative, passionate and dynamic professional to lead our communications strategy and social media engagement across multiple platforms. You will join a small, but recently expanded, friendly staff team. Our values lie at the heart of everything we do. We are a remote working organisation, meeting regularly online for team meetings, and in-person about once a month. Occasional travel to other in-person meetings on Trust business will be required as part of this role.
It is necessary that you have a right to work in the UK.
We encourage you to have an informal conversation about this role before you decide whether to apply.
Reports to: Digital Manager
Key Benefits: 10% employer pension contribution, Salary Sacrifice Scheme offered, employer supported volunteering
Holiday Entitlement: 25 days per annum, bank holidays and four discretionary days
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Marine Officer (Wales)
Salary: up to £28,907
Location: Home based (Wales and UK), some UK travel will be required
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term Contract until March 2026
Closing date for applications: 8th September 2024
First interview: 24th September 2024
Second interview: 4th October 2024
About Us
Our client is the central charity which supports the federation of 46 independent Trusts working for nature’s recovery across the UK, Alderney and the Isle of Man. The Trusts’ vision is of a thriving natural world, with abundant wildlife and healthy natural habitats playing a valued role in addressing the climate and ecological emergencies, and everyone inspired to take action for nature’s recovery.
Collectively, The Trusts have more than 900,000 members, employ 3,500 staff, look after over 2,300 nature reserves, operate 123 visitor and education centres and own 29 working farms. The role of the trust is to ensure a strong voice for wildlife at a UK level and to provide strategic leadership, support and development for The Trusts. They provide shared expertise in areas such as climate change, digital fundraising, nature-based solutions, policy and safeguarding. They facilitate UK-wide communities of practice to share learning and replicate successful approaches so that together they are more than the sum of their parts. They support the individual Trusts to be a strong force for nature in their local areas and to work together to achieve even greater impact as a collective.
The Trusts are on a mission to bring about a people-powered nature and climate recovery by empowering people to take meaningful action for nature, and to create an inclusive society where nature matters to everyone, everywhere. They are ambitious in their desire not just to slow, but to reverse the declines in nature.
If you are a passionate marine conservationist looking for a role that will deliver significant benefits for wildlife and nature across Wales with one of the UK’s best-loved nature charities, then they have an exciting opportunity for you.
They are the largest non-governmental organisation working on marine in the UK, and are looking for a supportive, enthusiastic and knowledgeable colleague to join their team. Despite Blue Planet and more recently the Wild Isles series, we still have a job to do, to raise the profile of the sea and all that lives within it.
Our client know that our marine wildlife is under increasing pressure and we need to do more to conserve it for future generations – are you the person to help us do that? WThey are looking for an individual to join the Trusts delivering positive changes in marine conservation policy in Wales.
About You
You will be organised and motivated, able to take the initiative and lead the effective delivery of marine conservation policy in Wales. You will have an understanding of issues facing marine wildlife. You will likely have experience of advocacy work and ideally an understanding of Welsh environmental legislation. You are used to keeping accurate records and can present clearly and professionally. You are likely to have a keen interest in and understanding of UK marine conservation.
The Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst they are passionate in promoting their aims, they are not judgemental and are inclusive. They particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
Our client take our Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please refer to the documents section to read the commitment statement
As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.
Our client are committed to increasing diversity of its staff through its Levelling the field recruitment pledge and will offer an interview to any ethnic minority applicants that meets all the essential criteria for the post.
Please be aware they may not accept applications if they have reason to believe they have been wholly produced using generative AI tools.
This role may be subject to a DBS check
Celebrity and Lifestyle Media Lead
Reporting to: Brand Marketing Manager
Location of work: Home based. One office day per month. The role may involve some irregular travel throughout England and Scotland. Expenses will be paid in line with our Travel and Expenses policy.
Contract type: Ideally full-time, 35 hours per week, although part time / flexible hours may be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work
Contract Length: 12 months FTC (with a view to become permanent)
Salary: £37,500
JOB PURPOSE
The Brand and Marketing team’s purpose is to significantly increase awareness, engagement and reputation of Magic Breakfast’s supporting wider teams to achieve their objectives.
As part of the Brand and Marketing team, the Celebrity & Lifestyle Media Lead manages all aspects of the delivery Magic Breakfast’s celebrity engagement as well as working with the News & Media Lead on the charity’s media strategies.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Be responsible for leading new artist (celebrity) acquisition for Magic Breakfast including approaching and pitching for opportunities alongside other internal teams
- Work alongside the News & Media Lead to develop and implement media strategy and activity plans
- Lead on the writing of press materials, including but not limited to press releases, press packs, internal quotes etc
- Implement Magic Breakfast’s Celebrity (Artists) strategy and plan, proactively identify impactful opportunities to support other teams and campaigns
WHAT WE OFFER
At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.
Please see our job pack and website for more information
APPLICATION PROCESS
While Magic Breakfast welcomes applications from everyone, to better serve its communities it has identified that we would particularly benefit from: young people earlier in their careers, people who have lived experience of poverty, navigating socio-economic adversity or were eligible for free school meals, and people from a minority ethnic background.
Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr @magicbreakfast. com
close date - 8th September 2024
Shortlisting - 9th - 11th September 2024
Interviews 1st round - 18th and 19th September 2024
Interviews 2nd round - 25th September 2024
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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Our system keeps your personal information hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
As a member of the Process and Administration Team (PAT) at Libraries Connected, you will play a crucial role in ensuring efficient and cohesive administrative support for the organisation. Your primary responsibilities will include supporting new initiatives such as a potential leadership development programme, the development of online learning modules, the creation of a Futures Lab and Data Observatory, and managing tender bids for new commercial contracts. Additionally, you will have broader responsibilities across the organisation, including finance processing, development and maintenance of organisational systems, and the opportunity to engage in a variety of activities beyond your primary role.
Projects and Commercial Administrator will help deliver our portfolio of projects and programmes, the role will specifically include:
- Supporting the development and delivery of our workforce development strategy including:
- Our EDI strategy for our organisation and library sector
- A peer mentoring scheme for heads of library service
- A leadership development programme
- Development of our online learning modules
- Supporting the development of our new Futures Lab and Data Observatory
- Support new Commercial Contracts from bid stage through mobilisation and into delivery
Libraries Connected has established a Process and Administration Team (PAT) whose role is to ensure that the Libraries Connected staff receive efficient and cohesive administrative support, and that resilience is built into the administrative processes in terms of knowledge sharing, process documentation and consistency. As a member of the Process and Administration team, this role will also have broader responsibilities across the organisation including supporting finance processing, development and maintenance of organisational systems, and the opportunities to work across a range of activities alongside the primary role.
Main purpose:
- Main activities for the role will include working with the Project and Commercial Managers to:
- Schedule and organise meetings and events, including venue booking, catering, delegate lists as required
- To provide technical support for online webinars and meetings
- Provide secretarial support including managing and circulating meetings papers and taking minutes and updating action logs
- Support management of project budgets and associated finance systems including raising invoices and reconciliation
- To support project and contract reporting including collation of relevant data.
- To efficiently manage and organise documentation and relevant data to provide clear audit trails and support reporting and evaluation of events, awards, and training
- Manage travel and accommodation bookings
- Answer queries from members and project partners
- Conduct research into library sector activity, or how to improve our systems and processes, and write options papers
- To work within the PAT function to manage cross organisational administration, including:
- Managing the shared mailboxes
- Finance transaction processing
- Organising team meetings
- Collaborating to developing systems and processes as required
Key relationships
- Reports to the Project Manager and works with them to provide high-quality project management.
- Works with the Commercial Manager and the wider Commercial Team to help secure and deliver contracts and services
- Works directly with library teams to support the setup and delivery of the contracts
- Works with the finance team and Process and Administration Team (PAT) to ensure financial processes are followed and provide support as needed
- Works with PAT to support organisational processes
- Supports the Libraries Connected Leadership Team
Please see the attached job description for a full description of the role, including person specification.
Travel within the UK will be required.
How to apply:
• Please upload a copy of your CV
• Please submit a covering letter, which should include relevant experience and detail how you fit the person specification set out in the job description
• We do not accept covering letters generated by AI
We operate an anonymous recruitment process, which removes identifying information from applications in order to reduce bias in the recruitment process, for this reason, please remove any identifying information from any uploaded attachments, e.g. CV
Interviews are planned for 8th October 2024.
Our vision is an inclusive, modern, sustainable and high-quality public library service at the heart of every community in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £31,500 - £35,000 (35 hours FTE) depending on experience
Hours: Full Time (35 hrs per week)
Place of work: Remote/Hybrid/Flexible with a requirement to attend our offices in Hatfield, Herts, approximately twice a month and for 4 x All staff days per year.
Join Our Team!
As we seek to scale and take our owned mass participation events to the next level, we are excited to be inviting applications for a new Events Fundraising Officer to join our growing Community & Events fundraising team.
Do you have experience and a passion for developing unique and engaging events, designed to provide a platform for people to raise vital funds and awareness for a cause that is close to their hearts? Do you enjoy finding new and unique ways to attract participants, reaching those hard-to-reach people through creativity and innovation? Are you committed to providing the best possible supporter experience for people taking part in the events you have lovingly curated and created?
Then we want to hear from you!
You would be joining a passionate, bold, talented team, harnessing your skills of designing and delivering exceptional, engaging events (whether virtually or in-person).
About you:
We’re looking for an experienced events fundraiser, with a flair for project management and the end-to-end development and delivery of events.
You’ll be a confident communicator with strong marketing experience and focused on exceptional supporter experience whilst being accomplished at building great relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
Combined with excellent organisation and time management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities whilst keeping to deadlines, you’ll bring your knowledge, creativity and new ideas to help continue to shape the future of our Mass Participation challenge events team.
You will be adept at using data and insight to identify potential areas of growth and be a proactive self-starter, responsible for the complete event cycle of the events you manage and be comfortable analysing performance and making recommendations for change where necessary.
Benefits of working for Crohn’s & Colitis UK
If you are successful, you will be joining a dynamic organisation with an amazing culture. We offer competitive benefits that include:
- 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing one day per year up to 30 days
- Pension scheme
- Flexible working options
- Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Wellbeing programme
- Interest free loan for season tickets
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking and secure bike locks
- Training and development financial support and/or study leave
- Performance review and development scheme
How to apply:
Closing date: 9.00am Monday 9th September
To apply for this position, please attach your up-to-date CV and supporting statement giving evidence and examples of how you meet the criteria of the person specification and what you feel you would bring to this role.
Please note: no applications will move forward within the recruiting process without a supporting statement.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to the applicant residing in the UK and a valid right to work in the UK being provided.
We will not be accepting any contact from Recruitment Agencies or Media Sales
We break taboos, drive pioneering research, bring people together & campaign to improve lives. We are leading the fight against Crohn's & Colitis
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: UK, France or East Africa preferred. Remote applicants considered.
Package: Pay is dependent on location. The UK salary of £53,000 - £55,000 plus pension contribution will be converted using ICSC scales. All locations receive 28 days annual leave + public holidays, counselling support and annual wellbeing days.
VIDERE
Videre is an award-winning, UK-registered NGO that exposes human rights abuses and holds perpetrators to account. We work directly with communities in stressed environments, equipping networks of activists and community leaders with the technology and training necessary to safely capture visual documentation of political violence, human rights violations, and other systemic abuses. Our aim is to ensure that the concerns and knowledge of affected communities drive advocacy, policy, and legal action.
POSITION SUMMARY
This is a critical role in the organisation, reporting to the Senior Director - Innovation. The role is responsible for the implementation, oversight and continued improvement of the organisation’s security risk management framework and processes.
The Security Manager will support both our own project teams as well as the work we do with partners which includes training and accompaniment on human rights documentation and the security risk management necessary to do this work safely. We also oversee a project providing ad-hoc advice directly to non-violent social movement activists which this role will manage.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure Videre’s Security Risk Management framework is up to date, efficient and effective.
- Conduct regular Security Risk Assessments (jointly with relevant Managers and Teams) for areas of programme operations, partner locations and other areas of risk.
- Develop and maintain Safety and Security Management Plans and SOPs for projects, and ensure relevant staff are familiar with its contents.
- Develop scenario planning for security and safety risk management.
- Provide proactive safety security management advice, guidance and support.
- As needed, lead the crisis management response when security incidents occur.
- Develop security risk management training resources and deliver them to staff and partners.
- Provide day-to-day Safety and Security Management, and assurance, including: situation monitoring, information sharing and reporting, implementing mitigation measures, reporting, and evaluation.
- Foster a ‘security culture’ within Videre.
- Manage Videre’s contribution to various consortiums.
PERSONAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
Essential
- Professional writing and speaking in either English or French, with at least effective operational efficiency in the other language (B2 or above).
- You will have a proven track record of providing security and protection advice and training to human rights defenders, activists, and local civil society organisations.
- You will have a deep knowledge of security risk management, security in unstable environments, duty of care, protection strategies, shrinking civic space, and state and non-state opponents.
- You will be familiar with the holistic model of security.
- Excellent project management skills, with the ability to plan, organize, and prioritize tasks effectively to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality results.
- An understanding of human rights and a strong belief in their indivisibility and interdependence.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and building relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
- Flexibility and adaptability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with the ability to respond to changing priorities and requirements.
- Commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of work.
- Strong technology / IT skills and understanding of digital security/secure communications.
Preferred
- You may have a proven track record of in one or more of:
- Working as part of large, complex, multi-donor consortiums.
- Living and working in violent environments or closed civic spaces.
- Delivering training in-person and remotely to a diverse range of learners.
- Experience with human rights research, investigations or legal cases
- Experience with filming or documentary making.
- You may have excellent written and spoken additional languages (other than French and English).
APPLICATION PROCESS & TIMELINE
- Please apply via Breezy: submit your CV (maximum two pages) and a cover letter (maximum 400 words) describing your suitability for this position.
- Applications will close on 8 September.
- Initial interviews will be conducted remotely. Second round interviews may be conducted in-person depending on applicants’ location. Requesting an online interview will not be detrimental to your application.
- We intend to complete the recruitment process by 4 October.
We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in the human rights sector and we are committed to doing what we can to correct this. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the communities that we serve. Therefore, we are particularly keen to receive applications from people who identify with minority and/or underrepresented groups (whether on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status). We also value diversity in terms of personal and professional experience; believing that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create stronger and more creative working environments.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
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Please note that the salary displayed is the actual salary, the pro-rata salary range is: £38,954- £43,055 pro rata
The British Dietetic Association is a professional body and trade union and is the leading organisation of nutrition professionals in the UK; representing the nutrition and dietetic workforce across all sectors.
The BDA is seeking a national policy and campaigns officer with responsibility for Scotland. The post holder will work within the Trade Union and Public Affairs Directorate of the BDA to research and develop policy projects to support the delivery of the BDA strategic plan. They will also take a leading role in the planning and co-ordination of the BDA priority campaigns. The successful candidate will have excellent campaign and project management skills along with experience of policy development in a trade union or membership organisation and a political environment.
An understanding of the UK health environment, particularly the allied health professions would be beneficial along with knowledge of the workings of the devolved government in Scotland.
The BDA is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. The BDA intends to do this by maintaining and rigorously implementing an Equal Opportunities Policy and Code of Practice. We particularly encourage black and minority ethnic people, people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ people to apply as they are currently under-represented in our workforce.
Benefits offered
- Pension Scheme (employer 12% contribution)
- Flexible Working Policy
- THRIVE Accreditation Staff Well being Group
- Parental Leave arrangements
- Cash Back’ Healthcare and Healthcare Scheme
- All positions subject to 6 months probationary period, statutory sick pay during this period
- Sickness Benefits – after successful probationary period
- Trade Union Recognition- GMB
- 30 days Holidays per annum (1 to be taken last working day before Christmas and 3 to be taken between Christmas and New Year, this is for full time, will be pro-rata’d for part time employee)
- Staff Development opportunities
Key Areas of Responsibility
The post holder will deliver on the following key responsibilities:
- Policy Development including Work with relevant committees and BDA staff in the development of key policy documents and position statements with particular responsibility for allocated country coard(s).
- Campaign Co-ordination such as Co-ordinating allocated BDA campaigns in conjunction with working groups and the monitor of the landscape with regards allocated campaigns and advise when relevant issues are trending or becoming topical.
- Represent the BDA with internal and external stakeholders including BDA Specialist Groups, AHP policy officer and working groups/networks and other alliances.
- Be a valuable member of the Trade Union and Policy and Public Affairs business areas, contributing to the evolution of the policy function and contributing to their wider work and objectives
Person Specification
Knowledge
- Degree educated
- Campaign/project management
- Policy development
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Public policy making process
Experience
- Working in a membership organisation
- Working in a political environment
- Experience of working with or within the Dietetic of Allied Health Professional would be advantageous.
Please note: candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Please send your CV and a covering letter and we will send you an EDI Form which must be completed for your application to be considered.
To discuss the role, please look for the BDA Trade Union page where you will find the contact information for all of the team.
Please send your CV and a covering letter and we will send you an EDI Form which must be completed for your application to be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Strategic Lead
Do you have experience of leadership, governance, relationship building, influencing and work planning?
Do you want to work for an organisation that strives to be a great place to work, where everyone is high performing and where together you can achieve impact that makes a real difference in the prevention and recovery from domestic abuse for vulnerable children and families?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Strategic Lead to join the team in this remote working role offering full or part-time hours.
Position: Strategic Lead (REACH)
Location: Office-based or Remote (meetings in London approximately once a month)
Hours: Full or part-time hours available
Salary: £70,000-£80,000 or £300 - 350 day rate
Contract: Fixed term contract, 6 months – ideally October 2024 to March 2025
Closing Date: Monday 16th September 12pm
Interview Date: Interviews will be held online via MS teams, on Friday 27th September 2024
The Role
In May 2024, the organisation launched REACH (Researching Effective Approaches for Children): A plan to find out what works to prevent domestic abuse and support child victims.
You will develop a detailed plan to operationalise the REACH Plan, including the structure, governance, funding, partnerships and activities that will lead to finding what works in prevention and recovery from domestic abuse. You will also build key relationships in the sector, in survivor networks, in academia and among research funders and in national government to ensure acceptability and secure support for the plan and its objectives
Working closely with the leadership team, you will progress the existing plan to the point of being ready to launch a successful programme of work in April 2025.
About you
You will have:
· A degree-level education or equivalent experience
· Operational experience: experience of organisational development and leadership
· An excellent understanding of the domestic abuse sector, including practice, policy and research
· A strong understanding of evidence (including experimental evidence), evidence based policy, and the role that evidence plays in service improvement
The Organisation
The organisation strives to be a great place to work, where everyone is high performing and where together it can achieve impact that makes a real difference for vulnerable children and families. Focussing on using and championing high quality evidence, working directly with government and local leaders to provide practical solutions and encourage change.
Benefits include:
· 30 days annual leave, plus one day Birthday Leave
· Dependent Leave of up to five days (of which three are paid) in a 12-month period
· Enhanced parental leave and pay
· Paid compassionate leave
· Paid sick leave
· Hybrid and flexible working
· Life cover
· Employee assistance programme
· 24/7 access to a GP
· Cycle-to-work scheme
· Free eye tests and contributions towards glasses
· Perks through PerkBox
· Pension scheme for new starters: 6% contribution by Foundations and 3% employee contribution.
The organisation values and celebrates diversity and is committed to providing an inclusive environment for all employees. People are at the heart of everything the charity does and it’s vital that the workforce reflects the diversity of the stakeholders and the wider society in the UK. We are actively seeking candidates from diverse backgrounds and communities.
The role offers an excellent salary, learning and development opportunities and a great office location situated in the heart of St James’. The team work in a hybrid and flexible way, as the leadership team recognise the importance of a good work-life balance.
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PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.