Assistant Director Of Programmes Jobs

Working for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity offers you a challenging and rewarding career, as well as the chance to really improve the lives of those living with cancer.

In the role of Individual Giving Assistant – Supporter Retention & Development at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, you will play a key role in supporting the Individual Giving team. Your work will focus on retaining and developing relationships with supporters, ensuring they have the best possible experience with the charity. This includes managing supporter queries, processing donations, and providing sensitive and empathetic communication, particularly with those donating in memory of loved ones.

You will also help execute fundraising campaigns, contributing to the planning, proofreading of materials, and adhering to timelines and budgets.

Additionally, you’ll provide administrative support to the team, maintaining accurate records and occasionally covering reception duties, to ensure smooth day-to-day operations. This role is crucial in helping the charity achieve its ambitious fundraising goals while making a meaningful impact on the lives of cancer patients.

Salary Range: £24,700 per annum

Start Date: As soon as possible

Duration of Contract: Permanent

Location: Fauna & Flora, Cambridge.

Current policy offers partial remote working with the UK

Founded in 1903, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is the world’s longest established international conservation organisation. Our vision is to create a sustainable future for the planet where biodiversity is conserved by the people living closest to it. We aim to do this through the conservation of threatened species and ecosystems worldwide, choosing solutions that are sustainable, based on sound science and take account of human needs. We have become a trusted entity in the world of conservation. Today FFI is active in over 40 countries.

This is a truly exciting time to be joining Fauna & Flora’s Fundraising Team. Over the past three years we have established a fundraising programme that is going from strength to strength. More people than ever are choosing to support our work, and as a result our donor base is rapidly growing.

The focus on nurturing relationships with these donors and providing an excellent experience is a strategic priority. We are seeking an individual with excellent supporter care skills who can help us to build excellent relationships with our supporters and has a real affinity with the work that we do. Your role will involve responding to supporter requests, questions and queries from a range of communication channels, including email and phone, helping to deliver a first-class supporter experience. This frontline role is contributing to the development of the fundraising team to reach unrestricted income targets.

You will report directly to the Director of Supporter Marketing, and work closely with the Database team on a range of activities.

You will have excellent customer service skills and previous experience in a similar role. You will be well organised with meticulous attention to detail and excellent communication skills. In return, the role offers the opportunity to work within a friendly and lively team that is part of a ground-breaking and entrepreneurial organisation at the forefront of global conservation. In addition, we offer a generous pension contribution, attractive annual leave allowance and life insurance.

Our offices are located in The David Attenborough Building in central Cambridge, just a few minutes’ walk from glorious historic buildings and museums, the picturesque River Cam, the central market and shopping centre, and a host of cafés and restaurants

This role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker Visa.

The closing date for applications is 6 October 2024. Interviews are likely to take place during the week commencing 10 October 2024.

We are urgently seeking an Administrative Assistant to join our God Loves You Tour team. The role is full time, but part time will also be considered, and will be based from our London Hub office, in East London.

This is a fixed term position with an immediate start, to end 31 July 2025. The successful candidate will have previous administrative experience, excellent attention to detail with the ability to work to tight deadlines. Key duties will include:

• Providing day to day administrative support in the office for the GLYT London

• Compiling weekly feedback report for Bus Route Director of Engagement

• Maintaining and updating information and records using Microsoft Office suite

• Organising travel arrangements for staff, including booking accommodation, transfers, car hire, and other travel logistics as needed

• Organising couriers and assist in co-ordinating marketing materials

• Handling administrative duties relating to the Christian Life & Witness Course training (CLWC)

• Monitor CLWC registrations and class attendance

• Ensuring that all administrative processes are in place for CLWC and that they are followed, including post event administrative tasks

• Responding to general enquiries relating to the London Tour Bus Program including phone calls and email enquiries

• Interfacing with the HUB office Staff to process information and prepare data for the database, based on requirements needed for the London Tour

This role requires a basic Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check to be completed.

In accordance with the Equality Act of 2010 and due to both the nature and context of the role there is an ‘occupational requirement’ for the post holder to be an evangelical Christian. The job holder should be committed to the purpose of BGEA and be able to demonstrate enthusiasm for the Christian purposes of the organisation and be able to live out, hold to, support and contribute to its Christian ethos.

About GDI Hub

Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub accelerates ideas into impact for a more just world - for disabled people, and all people.

We are a world leading delivery and practice centre, an Academic Research Centre at UCL (University College London) and the first WHO Global Collaborating Centre on Assistive Technology (AT). As an Academic Research Centre and a Community Interest Company, our diverse portfolio and unique set up enables rapid translation of research into practice. GDI Hub is also home to the UK aid funded AT2030 programme which tests ‘what works’ to improve access to life-changing Assistive Technology (AT) for all.

Launched in 2016 as a legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, our office and research lab continue to be based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, at UCL’s East London campus. We work in 40+ countries, with a reach of more than 34 million people since 2016, GDI Hub develops homegrown technologies alongside new knowledge and research. In collaboration with global partners we deliver accelerators and market shaping initiatives - building ecosystems with a focus on low-and middle-income countries.

Role Purpose

GDI Hub are looking for a Research Assistant to support the team across its portfolio of projects with a diversity of clients, partners and stakeholders.

The Research Assistant role sits within GDI Hub’s Community Interest Company’s Research and Delivery Team, led by Mikaela Patrick, Head of Research and Delivery.

For a portfolio of clients (for example, Asian Development Bank, World Bank & IFC, Carbon Trust and Dubai Expo City), and projects under the UK Aid funded AT2030 programme cluster ‘Integrate - Strengthen the systems which make inclusion a reality’ (for example, Local production Systems of AT, Designing Inclusive Dignity Kits for Dissemination in Humanitarian Crises and Climate Resilient Cities), GDI Hub’s Research and Delivery Team:

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative, primary and secondary research
• Report academic research and grey literature publications with recommendations, blogs and insights reports
• Provide strategic and operational consultancy and technical assistance
• Design and deliver training and workshops, host and present speaker sessions
• Organise knowledge dissemination for high impact
• Track impact and reach of research and delivery

GDI Hub’s Research and Delivery Team have a range of thematic expertise, including inclusive design, accessibility, inclusive infrastructure, inclusive climate resilience and responses, disability and gender, financial inclusion and inclusive private sector practice.

The majority of GDI Hub Research and Delivery Team’s work has a focus in Low or Middle-Income Countries (LMIC).

GDI Hub’s Research and Delivery Team and work is growing fast, and this role has been created to strengthen the team and its delivery across its portfolio of work.

Experience and Qualifications

The successful candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Experience working or academic study in relevant fields (including working closely and collaboratively with disabled people and disabled people’s organisations is desirable), such as international disability inclusion, assistive and accessible technology, accessibility and inclusive design, disability innovation and global health; with willingness to grow expertise across these areas.
• Ideally have some experience (approx. 2-5 years) working on research projects and/or practice-focused research in a related field. This could be as part of further study, research or in a work capacity. Real work experience is desirable.
• A post graduate qualification or equivalent work experience, focused on an area relevant to disability inclusion, accessibility and / or assistive technology.
• Experience and confidence to independently conduct qualitative research and analysis, and literature reviews.
• Experienced in quantitative research and analysis with proficiency in designing and running quantitative data collection via surveys and analysing results to inform statistically representative and robust results. Confidence to independently conduct descriptive and correlational analysis using for e.g., ExCel, Python, R or SPSS.
• Independence in producing clear and insightful infographics and data visualisations.
• Excellent written communication skills, with ability to take on writing of reports using clear and compelling narrative; experience authoring lucid and informative insights and reporting.
• Excellent ability to communicate, work in a small dynamic team, and collaborate with individuals with diverse technical backgrounds and with external stakeholders.
• Confidence in client relationship management for organisation of meetings, email engagements and clients and stakeholder presentations.
• Flexibility and dynamism, to take on a range of tasks supporting multiple projects across the Research and Delivery Portfolio.
• Aptitude for independent and timely delivery management whilst work closely with other members of the GDI Hub team.
• Ability to effectively manage own commitments to the benefit of the team
• Positive and proactive attitude, with a genuine passion for this work

The Youth Endowment Fund  

Head of Evaluation (Targeted Projects)

Reports to: Assistant Director of Impact, Programmes and Partnerships

Salary: £64,500 

Contract: 12 month – Fixed term 

Location: Central London/Hybrid* 

Application closing: 9:00am Monday 14th October 2024 

We’re here to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to put this knowledge into practice.  

Absolutely central to this is designing, commissioning and managing complex and rigorous impact evaluations with experts in the field. The new government has an ambition to halve knife crime within a decade, and we’re anticipating opportunities to work with them to build evidence on new approaches to tackling violence involving children. Your role will focus on creating and making the best of those opportunities. You will: 

• Serve as a senior member of the team. YEF is buzzing with activity and in order to prevent any bottlenecks, we need to expand our senior capacity. 

• Run and manage closed calls for complex evaluations commissioned under Targeted Projects. For each of the programmes we work with, we find and appoint independent evaluators. 

• Expertly manage relationships with key stakeholders. Aside from evaluators, we work closely with other grantees and partners. 

• Represent YEF at governance meetings and other external engagements. We’re passionate about our mission, proud of the work we’re doing to get there, and we’re keen to share this with stakeholders.  

• Provide support and counsel to our team of Senior Evaluation Managers and Evaluation Managers. This team closely manages over 35 efficacy trials, over 20 pilot studies and even more in the earlier stages of evaluation. 

• Tightly manage and quality assure evaluations commissioned under Targeted Projects. YEF has set processes to maintain high standards and rigour. This role will ensure all evaluations adhere to these. 

When applying for this role, please ensure that your cover letter can answer, within a maximum of 1000 words, the following questions: 

1. Please share why YEF’s mission is motivating you to apply for this role. 

1. Give clear examples where your experience directly relates to the “About You” section in the JD. 

We aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we intend to serve at all levels of our organisation and encourage applicants from Black, Asian or other minority ethnic backgrounds.  

Antenatal Results and Choices is a unique national charity providing specialised information and support to parents throughout antenatal testing. As the only national charity helping parents and healthcare professionals through antenatal screening and its consequences, we offer a vital service throughout the UK.

There are still so many more parents and professionals who could benefit from our work, and this is a great opportunity for a personal assistant to join the charity and support our Director and the extended team to deliver our excellent services.

We are a small committed team of specialists looking for someone who shares our vision and values and who is passionate about making a meaningful difference to parents facing very challenging and sensitive situations.

If the opportunity excites you and you believe that you have the skills and experience to add value to our work, we would be delighted to receive your application.

30 hours per week, Monday to Thursday

About the job role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Education Centre Assistant in our Training, Education and Development team at St Joseph’s Hospice.

We are looking for someone who has experience in administration and working in a customer service-focused busy environment.

The Training, Education and Development (TED) Team has been established to promote and deliver high-quality evidenced-based education to external stakeholders and internally to Hospice staff, which will help transform the care of people in the communities we serve and beyond. The TED Education Centre staff provide essential support to the rest of the TED Team and are integral to the smooth running and day-to-day operation of the Education Centre and TED service. They work as a team to cover core duties at all times and essential role specific duties during planned and unplanned absences. The team is co-ordinated on a day-to-day basis by the Centre Manager.

About you

You will need:

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of using Microsoft Office
• Experience of working as part of a team and making day-to-day unsupervised decisions
• Experience of working in a customer services environment.

Where you’ll work

St Joseph's Hospice was founded in 1905 by the Religious Sisters of Charity and as such it has a rich, Catholic heritage which informs our work today: to support and welcome those in need, from all different cultures, religions and backgrounds.

We provide high-quality specialist palliative care for patients with cancer and other life-threatening conditions across East and North London. We have a large team of clinical staff who work across community, in-patient and out-patient services delivering individualised, responsive and holistic support to patients and their families/carers.

Why work for us?

• 27 days holiday plus public holidays, increasing up to 33 days with service
• Subsidised café and early access to retail sale events
• Season ticket/Welfare loans
• Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme or an excellent salary-exchange pension scheme.
• Santander cycles discount and cycle to work scheme
• Health Cash Plan and access to the EAP services

Join St Joseph’s team and find out more!

We are an equal opportunities and a disability confident employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

For further information, please contact John Ames, Head of Training, Education and Development.

For more details and to apply, click the apply button to be redirected to our website.

Closing date: 8 October 2024

Interview date: TBC

Job Title: Energy Programme Manager
Company: Gorta T/A Self Help Africa
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Contract type: International/National 2-year fixed term contract, full time
Reports to: DCD Programmes

Organisation overview:

In late 2021 Self Help Africa (SHA) and United Purpose (UP) merged, with our Global Office in Dublin, Ireland and a UP office in Cardiff, Wales. In early 2023 we launched a new five-year organisational strategy, which defines our shared mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community-led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.

Our three values are:

• Impact: We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change
• Innovation: We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever-changing world
• Community: We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationship

We require a team ready to live up to our values to encourage initiative and valuing of partnerships, thus requiring a Country Director who can model our values, and be able to build on the strengths of our teams.

We are in the process of transitioning country registrations from United Purpose to Self Help Africa in The Gambia and Senegal and these two countries form an integral part of the West Africa programme along with Burkina Faso and Nigeria. Self Help Africa is now registered in The Gambia.

Job Purpose:

The Energy Programme Manager will provide strategic and technical leadership in the delivery and development of the SHA Energy programme in Malawi. They will be expected to oversee the implementation of SHA’s existing portfolio of Energy projects in Malawi, provide technical input to the team and sector in Malawi, continue to develop programme approaches based on evolving best practice and the changing landscape, and mobilise resources for continued growth of the programme. 

The position will report to the Malawi Deputy Country Director- Programmes and there will be regular meetings between the Energy Programme Manager, other Programme Managers and Management Team in Malawi and technical advisors from SHA’s Global Office. The role will also involve capacity building of national staff in Malawi to take increased ownership of the programme and enable its continued growth. The Energy Programme Manager will leverage their technical and contextualised knowledge to provide expert advice and advocacy to Malawi’s energy sector (particularly in the areas of cleaner cooking, carbon finance and off-grid electrification) and maintain the programme’s close and productive relationships with its donors and stakeholders to expand the reach, sustainability and impact of our work.

Key Responsibilities:

1.Programme Management and Oversight

1.1 Quality Assurance

• Ensure the programme portfolio is delivered in line with good practice and quality benchmarks in line with sector-based standard operating standards and GESI tools etc
• Ensure an adaptive management approach is taken
• Work with the Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Working Group through National MEAL Manager to ensure that we are documenting learning and integrating it into programme design and delivery.
• Ensure MEAL data collected is in line with national MEAL framework through participatory M&E approaches and integrating feedback from staff, partners and project participants.
• Liaise with relevant organisation technical advisors and incorporate learning and global expertise in the programme cycle
• Ensure value for money and efficiency across the programme cycle
• Conduct field visits to monitor project progress.

1.2 Compliance & Risk

•  Oversee the development and timely submission of high-quality donor technical and financial reports, in collaboration with projects and operations colleagues
• Ensure that processes are in place to allow for systematic and inclusive feedback to communities and stakeholders on all programme reports and evaluations undertaken
• Working with Project Managers to ensure all projects develop annual, quarterly and monthly plans and that these are actioned and reported against
• Deliver a consolidated risk assessment for the programme portfolio every month and ensure mitigation measures are actioned and followed
• Ensure that internal audit is adequately budgeted across the portfolio
• Ensure that internal audit findings and recommendations are followed up on and actioned as per agreed timelines
• Ensure that every project in the portfolio has a grant opening and closing meeting and that these are filed
• Ensure that every project has monthly review process
• Ensure adequate oversight on all financial transactions and project activities to reduce the risk of non-compliance with policies and risk of fraud
• Ensure annual procurement planning and that all project procurement is cost effective in line with donor and organisational policy
• Ensure that project implementation is complying to donor driven policy and direction, such as the DSA policy, and engaging in communication and advocacy through the MT where donor direction is not in line with the Malawi 2063 or the organisation’s vision and mission.

1.3 Finance

• Oversee internal monthly financial reports and project budgets and cashflow forecasts
• Ensure full project spend without disallowance
• Authorise all project related expenditure in line with SHAs Delegation of Authority framework
• Support and oversee project related procurements.

1.4 Safeguarding

• Ensure that all projects have an active trained safeguarding focal point who can effectively disseminate the reporting channels and policy
• Ensure that all project have a safeguarding plan and report against this during monthly meetings
• Ensure that reporting channels are promoted and visible across all projects in the portfolio
• Ensure that all colleagues within your portfolio have undergone safeguarding training and signed the global code of conduct
• Ensure all staff, partners and stakeholders sign, comply and promote the SHA Safeguarding policy and code of conduct.

1.5 People Management

• Manage teams of staff across all projects in your portfolio and provide line management to Project Managers
• Incubate and enhance skills development of staff across the programme, encouraging learning and development, identifying opportunities for professional development and upward mobility within the organisation
• Ensure all staff members in your portfolio have completed an induction, have passed probation and that annual PDRs are conducted
• Ensure the portfolio has the right team in place in line with the strategy and the values of the organisation
• Ensure that the portfolio can retain and attract skilled and experienced gender balanced teams
• Ensure that you are promoting wellbeing across your team and that staff are encouraged to take their leave entitlements and access training and wellbeing opportunities provided by the organisation
• Cultivate a culture of accountability, adherence to group policies, and prioritization of staff welfare and security.

2.Strategy and Programme Development

• Ensure we are working in line with the locally-led development approach
• Provide technical support to programme implementation for Malawi Energy programme staff to deliver consistently high quality, innovative programmes in both the energy and carbon finance sectors.
• Working within the Malawi Country strategy, and working with other Programme Managers, towards the delivery of our Strategic Objectives and ensuring integration across our work
• Feed into the development of new Country Programme policies and position papers
• Keep up to date with global good practice, technology, approaches and emerging trends, as well as innovative ideas, translating them to the Malawi context
• Capture learning and adapt programming accordingly to maximise impact for communities
• Feed into and promote our Community-Led programming policy work. Maintain long term local and international donor relations to ensure continuation and growth of existing funding
• Keep abreast of new funding opportunities and oversee the development of high-quality proposals for existing and new funders based on organisational learning. Diversify funding sources and secure funding for existing and new areas of focus in line with the CP strategy including carbon finance and impact investment.
• Foster establishment and growth in SHA’s sustainable energy social enterprise
• Where requested by other Country Programs, to provide remote technical advice to assist in the delivery of their projects.

3. Partnership, Representation and Advocacy

• Act as a thought leader in the energy sector in Malawi providing technical support and strategic direction to a wide range of stakeholders across private and public sectors, and civil society.
• Support the National Cookstove Steering Committee (NCSC) as a key member of the coordination group for which SHA is the secretariat. This includes leading the organisation of the annual Cleaner Cooking Conference and quarterly coordination group meetings.
• Maintain, strengthen and build networks and alliances at national level with government, academia, donors and local organisations
• Maintain, strengthen and build partnerships with companies and entrepreneurs to augment the programme’s reach and sustainability of impacts through market-based approaches.
• Ensure active engagement of the programme at district level with all relevant government structures
• Act as the primary focal point for all donors that fund the programme portfolio
• Liaise with Government of Malawi counterparts (national and district) and ensure we are visible and working in line with Government needs and priorities
• Represent SHA at workshops and conferences, ensuring our organisation and work is visible
• Maintain and expand our partnerships across Government, academia, private sector, NGOs and wider civil society, working in coordination with our Partnerships Manager
• Proactively engage in relevant fora and working groups to achieve systemic change within the sector
• Ensure all programme learning is shared internally and externally.

Knowledge, Experience and Other Requirements:

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree level qualification in energy, development, environment or other relevant discipline (post-graduate preferred)
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on green energy access

Essential

• Demonstrated strategic judgement, planning, co-ordination and prioritisation skills
  Demonstrated project and programme design and proven ability to secure funding from a variety of donors including international development agencies, impact investors and the private sector
• Demonstrated project/programme management skills including managing a portfolio of simultaneous projects, monitoring and compliance, budget management, and line managing a team of employees
• Demonstrated communication, partnership building and advocacy skills with a wide range of stakeholders including from private and public sector, and civil society
• Demonstrated understanding of energy in the Global South including improved cooking and off-grid electricity (solar mini-grid and productive uses of energy in particular)
• Experience of developing and monitoring carbon finance projects, particularly improved cooking
• A strong understanding and appreciation of safeguarding principles
• Self-starter, capable of innovatively developing the programme
• Attention to details and flexible approach to work
• Demonstrated cross cultural communication skills and ability to build institutional capacity and provide mentorship to staff

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience in programme strategy design
• Ability to pilot innovations and scale-up effective programming initiatives, through an entrepreneurial mindset
• Experience living in Malawi and/or Sub-Saharan Africa and working in the energy sector

How to apply:

To apply for this role, please upload your completed application form (available to download from our website), CV and cover letter via the careers page on our website.

Only applications submitted via our website will be considered for this role.

Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa’s Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

Specific roles may require Police/DBS/Garda vetting.

Self Help Africa strives to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We are seeking a creative, dynamic and experienced fundraising professional to lead and expand our fundraising efforts. The Director of Fundraising is a key role and will be responsible for oversight and implementation of our fundraising strategy. This role requires an experienced senior leader with an established track record of growing existing revenue streams, diversifying income, and leading and empowering high-performing teams.

Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT) is led by our CEO who is supported by a Senior Leadership Team comprising this role alongside the Director of Research, Information & Support, and Director of Finance & Resources. An Operational Management Group is comprised of function managers reporting to SLT, and responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation.

Company: Art Explora ​

Job title: Community Programme Manager​​

Terms of Employment​​

Contract type: Full time ​

Working hours: Standard office hours are 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday, with an hour for lunch. Work outside these hours is required on occasions. ​

Salary range: £35,000-£38,000​

Holiday: 25 days annual leave and bank holidays, with additional non-contractual office closure dates at Christmas. ​

Pension: Generous workplace pension scheme ​

Location: This post is London-based. We have a hybrid working model for senior members of staff with a minimum 3 days per week at our office is at Somerset House. All staff have access to Somerset House Residents benefits. Reporting to: Jemima Montagu, Art Explora UK Director ​

Travel: Regular travel to projects and events required, primarily within London​

Safeguarding: In line with Art Explora’s Safeguarding Policy, all staff are required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which Art Explora will carry out upon appointment.​

Non-UK nationals will require current and valid permission to work in the UK. No agencies please.​

Summary of position​​

Art Explora is looking for an experienced Community Programme Manager with a passion for arts engagement and cultural outreach to manage and build our innovative Community Programme for Art Explora in the UK. ​​

The Community Programme Manager will lead on and develop Art Explora’s key community programme streams – Arts at Home, Theatre at Home, Music at Home, Mini Art Explorers and Art Explorers at..., and manage Art Explora UK’s growing volunteer community. The Community Programme Manager will explore ways to expand the content for this programme though new partnerships with museums, galleries and other cultural institutions, as well as expand the programme into more care homes and other care settings, such as hospitals, across the UK.  ​

The Community Programme Manager will manage Art Explora’s growing pool of 140+ volunteers. They will ensure that Art Explora has a comprehensive and supportive volunteer offer. They will review our current volunteer recruitment processes and policies, safeguarding and training procedures, and ensure we meet the highest standards for working with volunteers. ​​

The volunteer community is key to Art Explora’s strategy for scaling up arts engagement in the UK. Through the generous support of volunteers, we can bring our arts programmes to more people and spread the benefits of engaging with arts and culture more widely. We are committed to delivering a volunteer programme that is inclusive, supportive and rewarding. ​

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Current Community Programmes: ​

• Arts at Home: volunteers bring conversations about art to 7 older adult care homes across London on a fortnightly basis. ​

• Theatre at Home: in collaboration with volunteer collective OW! Theatre Lab, brings theatre to older adult care homes across London.

• Music at Home: in collaboration with music charities, brings a variety of music to older adult care homes across London. ​

• Mini Art Explorers: volunteers deliver creative activities for early years children in local authority libraries and family hubs monthly. ​

• Art Explorers at...: volunteers take care home residents to galleries, theatre and museums across London. Partners include Sadler’s Wells, The Hayward Gallery and the Whitechapel Gallery. ​​

About the role​

The Community Programme Manager will bring their own experience and knowledge of outstanding community programming to build on and expand the current programme. The Community Programme Manager will manage partnerships with key stakeholders and develop new relationships with a variety of partners, from cultural institutions to new care settings. ​​​

The Community Programme Manager is a pivotal position within the small, dedicated and growing Art Explora team in the UK. The Community Programme Manager will be supported by a Community Programme Assistant and the volunteer community. We are looking for a candidate with management experience.  ​​

To achieve this, the chosen candidate will not only have a passion for arts outreach and engagement, but will also have a proven track record in project management, managing volunteers, excellent organisation and communications skills, and be experienced in building relationships at all levels – with community organisations such as care homes, volunteers, local authorities, content and delivery partners, senior stakeholders, collaborators and supporters. ​

Key Responsibilities​​

Volunteer Management​

• Manage Art Explora UK’s volunteer community including training and social events. ​

• Manage all volunteer administration including volunteer handbook, project coordination and DBS checks. ​

• Manage the volunteer journey, from expression of interest to attending programme sessions. ​

• Ensure the volunteer programme meets the highest standards of good practice. ​

• Manage the volunteer database and management software​​

Community Programme ​

• Lead and develop current Community Programme streams ​

• Develop strategy for expanding and developing the Community Programme across the UK​

• Conduct research, evaluation and consultation, as needed ​

• Partnership and key stakeholder relationship management​

• Manage the Community Programme budget and ensure the programme is delivered on time, within budget and meets targets​​

Art Explora General ​

• Train and line manage the Community Programme Assistant, work placements and interns​

• Regular coordination and consultation with UK team ​

• Reporting at weekly team meetings and to Trustees, as required​

• Financial and written reports for Trustees​

• Budget planning ​

• Managing evaluation procedures and reports​​

Person Specification​​

Essential skills and experience ​

• At least 5 years’ experience delivering arts and cultural outreach programmes, for example within an education and engagement team for an arts organisation, or working directly with community organisations or within the care sector​

• Proven experience of volunteer management including recruitment, training, logistics and personnel management​

• A good knowledge of arts engagement practice in the UK and leading organisations in this field ​

• A proven track record of budget management and event coordination​

• Some experience of fundraising from public sector, trusts and foundations​

• A confident communicator (oral and writing), with an enthusiasm for building creative partnerships and capable of working with a wide range of senior stakeholders and partners ​

• A good knowledge of cultural policies and current cultural engagement landscape​

• Experience of implementing EDI policies and good practice, with passion for driving EDI related change in the arts and cultural sector

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The ideal candidate will demonstrate that they are:​

• A team spirited, highly organised, proactive, and reliable individual, capable of managing stressful situations, complex logistics, and multiple partnerships​

• Able to respond to challenges with diplomatic, flexible, persuasive and positive solutions​

• Interested in arts and culture, with a passion for engaging new audiences ​

• Able to bring existing contacts and relationships within the community arts and engagement sector

To Apply​

Please complete the relevant online application form.

Deadline: 9am Monday 30 September, 2024.​​

In-person interviews will take place w/c 7 October 2024 in London. ​​

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds. We strive to promote an inclusive environment, which celebrates and promotes diversity.​​​

About Art Explora ​​

Sharing arts and culture with everyone​

Art Explora aims to share arts and culture with everyone – locally, nationally and internationally – inspiring new encounters between arts and audiences. We work in partnership with artists, cultural organisations and communities, exploring all art forms, and creating unforgettable cultural experiences. Our imaginative, contemporary approach encourages new forms of access, participation and engagement with arts and culture, pushing boundaries with digital technology and mobile programming. ​​

Art Explora UK was founded in 2021 and is registered charity no. 1202489. Art Explora has offices in France and the UK. ​​

Let’s unlock the power of arts, together!​​

Maudsley Charity funds and promotes ideas, collaborations and teams that give people most affected by mental ill-health the best chance to recover and fulfil their potential. We work with NHS, academia and community organisations. 

An exciting support role has become available in Maudsley Charity’s Grant Programmes team.

Are you looking for a new challenge, a place you’ll be valued, and a team you can make an impact on to achieve common goals? Can you communicate effectively and work with a senior team and senior external stakeholders?

We’re looking for a Team Support Officer and PA to provide PA support to our Director of Programmes and provide administrative support to the Programmes team’s delivery of work. The ideal candidate will share our values, have excellent attention to detail, a strong sense of initiative and an approachable manner.

Maudsley Charity – Team Support Officer and PA

Location: Denmark Hill, London (and home working)  

Salary: £33,000 per annum, plus excellent benefits 

Contract: Permanent        

Our small, ambitious team works in a collaborative and supportive way. A big focus of the role is prioritisation and planning, so you’ll support the Director of Programmes, Head of Impact & Effectiveness and wider team to prioritise, forward plan, manage diaries and prepare for meetings. This is a great role for someone wanting to develop their administrative experience and exposure to board and executive level working. You will have responsibility for supporting a Trustee level grant making committee. You’ll get exposure to the strategic overview of the Charity and insight into managing teams, grant-making and charity operations. You’ll quickly see the impact you can make within the team to improve our effectiveness and ways of working; and what we’re working to achieve as a charity. 

Maudsley Charity works primarily with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, as well as a range of voluntary and community organisations to fund ideas, big and small, that drive service improvement and support people who experience mental illness. 

The Charity operates primarily within the four boroughs served by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark), but the work we fund has the potential for wider impact at both national and international levels, through the sharing of the outcomes with the wider mental health community. The Charity is committed to ongoing development and learning about how to make an impact. Find out more about our change model that underpins our way of working.

We are based in our vibrant offices in the Ortus Centre, Denmark Hill; a great place to work and hold events. We offer a friendly working culture, with the following benefits for our staff (just to name a few):

• Hybrid working, 2-3 days spent with the team at Ortus/onsite each week and 2-3 days at home/offsite.
• 25 days annual leave, with a further one day after 3 years’ service and a further one day after 5 years’ service. Plus, additional non-working office closure days over the Christmas period.
• Pension scheme with up to 6% employer contribution, subject to a minimum 3% employee contribution.

Maudsley Charity is an equal opportunities employer and makes no discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex. We are committed to offering interviews to candidates who meet the role requirements and have lived experience of mental illness. 

Speak to Harris Hill about joining our ‘Ask Us Anything’ webinar to really “ask us anything” about the role and understand our values.

How to apply

Maudsley Charity removes bias from the recruitment process to ensure fairness. This is done by initially asking interested applicants to answer four competency-based questions – these will be anonymously scored by the panel. You’ll still need a CV to have productive conversations with the Harris Hill Consultant, but CVs will only be reviewed by the Charity if you are invited to interview.

Ask Us Anything webinar: Friday 27th September 12-1pm

Closing date for applications: Friday 4th October 5pm

Recruitment exercise (carried out online): Thursday 17th or Friday 18th October (c.40 minutes)

Interview (face-to-face in Ortus): Friday 25th October (c.45 minutes)

If you would like to receive further information and discuss this role, please contact Emma Stone at Harris Hill via the apply button.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Are you used to providing exceptional administrative support to Directors and Heads of Service, ensuring seamless operations? Do you have experience in managing diaries and inboxes, organising meetings, taking minutes and producing documents? Are you proactive and highly organised?

TPP are recruiting a Director Assistant and Business Support on behalf of our client, a charity dedicated to empowering girls and young women nationwide.

Work setting: Hybrid

Salary: Between £33,543 and £38,805 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)

Location: London

Benefits:

• 25 day's holidays plus bank holidays, increasing 1 days per year to a maximum of 30 days.
• Up to 5 days paid volunteering days per year.
• Enhanced maternity leave.
• Pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.
• Life assurance of up to 4x the annual salary.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Healthcare cash plan and much more!

The Role:

As a Director Assistant and Business Support, you will be instrumental in managing the Director's schedule, communications, and various projects, ensuring that tasks are completed smoothly and efficiently. Your role will involve collaborating across the organisation, liaising with external contacts, and ensuring the Director's activities are well-coordinated and supported.

Main responsibilities:

• Provide a proactive and efficient Admin and PA service to the Director, acting as the first point of contact.
• Manage the Director's diary, email inbox, and communications, drafting agendas, briefing notes, and correspondence.
• Coordinate and provide administrative support for meetings, including logistical arrangements and minute-taking.
• Support the Directorate leadership team by triaging tasks and managing action logs.
• Liaise with external contacts on behalf of the Director and negotiate as necessary.
• Oversee financial administration, including processing invoices and expenses.
• Collaborate with the Leadership support team.

Essential requirements:

• Strong time management skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build positive relationships.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong communication skills.
• Strong numeracy skills and the ability to handle financial processes.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and the ability to work both autonomously and within a team.
• Experience in managing diaries, inboxes, and supporting senior leaders.
• The ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.

If this sounds like the role for you, then we would love to hear back. We are reviewing CVs as and when we are receiving them so, if you are keen to apply, then please do so today!

TPP are always keen to speak with candidates looking to work in the sector so if this role isn't quite right for you, please do check out our website and pop your CV over to us!

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

About the Role

This role will play an active part in driving forward our exciting fundraising campaigns, events and community relationships.  This involves a wide-range of tasks which will vary day by day, from helping at on-site events to the distribution of marketing materials, and from taking minutes to building good relationships with local supporters (including schools and universities, local groups and businesses, community champions and participants in challenge events).

We’re looking for someone who has a passion for great event experiences and customer service, is proactive and organised, adaptable, collaborative and solutions focussed. 

The ideal candidate will enjoy:

• Making a difference – each campaign, event and relationship provides significant funds and awareness that will help provide homes, jobs, food and support to help people break the cycle of homelessness.
• Making it happen – getting stuck in, using problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude while maintaining the highest professional standard with good attention to detail.
• Building positive relationships, working with colleagues and supporters to maximise engagement.

This position will suit someone interested in a career in events or fundraising.  The role will report into the Corporate Partnerships and Community Development Manager, working closely day-to-day with the Events specialist, Senior Executive for fundraising and challenges, and the wider Fundraising and Marcomms team.

About Social Bite

Our vision is a society where no one should have to be homeless.

We are a charity and social business providing homes, jobs, food, and support to empower people to transform their own lives.  We challenge the status quo by pioneering solutions that create lasting change.

We began as a small sandwich shop in Edinburgh in 2012, offering jobs and free food to people affected by homelessness. We’re now expanding our projects across the UK, on a collaborative mission – a movement to end homelessness.

We help people break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment programmes (Jobs First) and housing solutions (Social Bite Villages) and give out over 165,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks.

We build lasting relationships, because we believe that through positive connections people can transform their lives. We use food, homes, and jobs as tools of engagement that can enable everyone to reach their potential.  Our national and global campaigns have shifted the cultural dial on homelessness and our work has been championed by George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sir Chris Hoy and the Princess of Wales.  A number of our team have been homeless themselves. 

Thank you for your interest in this role!  We’d love you to apply.

The Vacancy

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is a faith-based humanitarian relief and development organisation working to save and transform the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.  Established in 1984, with an active presence in over 45 countries, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters. 

IRW is recruiting for the position of ‘Director of People & Culture' to join its dynamic People and Culture Division based in its offices in Birmingham, UK. The organisation is operating to hybrid working model.

The purpose of the role is to:

•Deliver a focused HR service to provide strategic direction and leadership to support the organisation-wide HR planning and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure that the overall organisational objectives are achieved. 

•Strengthen IRW’s relations with the wider community to consolidate and develop the visibility and image of the organisation. 

•Facilitate professional and systematic communication and cooperation between the different parts of the IRW family to ensure maximum impact of the organisation’s work. 

•Lead on the development, implementation and regular review of the divisional strategy, policies & procedures, processes, work plans and systems to achieve the agreed divisional objectives. 

•Lead, manage and develop staff in order to ensure that the divisional is capable of fully achieving its agreed targets, and to provide HR specialist and strategic advice to partners as and when required.

The successful candidate must have or be:

•CIPD membership at Chartered or Fellow level or equivalent experience

•Sound understanding of UK employment law is essential

•Sound understanding and proven experience of HR processes, including but not limited to, change management, organisational development, ER case work, resourcing, compensation and benefits, policy development

•Proven experience of HR business partnering and substantial skills and experience of HR management at a senior level within in a large organisation

•A good understanding, commitment and sympathy with Islamic Relief’s Values, principles and mission

•Proven ability and experience in people and activity management as well as delegating roles and authority in a way in which enables teams to reach their targets/objectives

•Proven experience of developing and implementing strategies and work plans which help to deliver the wider organisational objectives

•Ability to guide staff development towards achieving key performance indicators

•Demonstrable experience in consultative team approaches to decision-making and innovation which motivates and drives teams forward

•Proven ability and experience in analysing data which enables sound conclusions and recommendations to be drawn to work in a way which always considers long-term goals whilst maintaining an overview of its immediate situation

•Track record of working in partnership with senior leadership teams, based on a coaching approach

• Up-to-date knowledge of current employment legislation, awareness of forthcoming employment legislation

•High level of competence in all aspects of managing employee relations

•Sound financial and time management which enables strategic goals to be achieved within budgetary constraints

•Ability and motivation to travel within UK and internationally if required

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.

If you are talented, reliable, service-minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit our website.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references
• This post is classed as Social Media Profile Level One (Senior Ambassador) under IRW’s Personal Social Media Policy. The postholder must disclose their social media accounts and must represent IRW in an acceptable way online, in accordance with the policy.

Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer