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Salary: £31,133 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Location: Blackburn Central Library, the hub covers all of Lancashire

Hours: 37.5 per week

Closing date: Sunday 1st December at 11:30pm.

Do you have experience and ability in housing and homelessness advice and advocacy? If you are looking for an exciting new career opportunity, then join Shelter as a Housing Rights Worker and you could soon be playing a vital role in standing up to the housing emergency.

About the role

You will deliver high quality housing advice and advocacy in line with the hub’s local community priorities and work with people who are experiencing homelessness and bad housing to identify issues facing local communities.  You will plan and deliver casework to individuals and communities to resolve their housing situation and engage with community groups, local organisations and individuals to understand local housing issues and raise awareness of people’s rights.

You will also work in local community settings and with community groups to deliver advice and rights awareness workshops and make sure that people with lived experience of homelessness have opportunities to share their story, give their opinions and participate in the design and delivery of Shelter services.

Offering day to day support to volunteers, providing learning, shadowing and mentoring and being a consistent role model for our values are also key aspects of the role.

About you

You are able to listen to, engage and work with individuals and communities and with all stakeholders, including people with lived experience of homelessness. You will have experience, knowledge of and/or proven ability in housing and homelessness advice and advocacy and are able to progress to specialist level knowledge, as well as the ability to carry out casework related interviews, maintain detailed case records, advise and support clients to make informed decisions.

A proven record of delivering group workshops and presentations is essential, as is a collaborative, flexible and professional approach to your work.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

About the Team

The Lancashire Hub has 25 staff and you will be a key member of the team defending the right to a safe home. Each of Shelter’s hubs has its own local priorities based on the issues our clients have. For Lancashire these are Homelessness and temporary accommodation, the private rented sector and social housing and people living in poverty.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything,

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and responses to the 'About You' points outlined in the job description of no more than 350 words each. Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate how you address the behaviour below throughout your responses:

• We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset

Any applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them

Director of Business Development and Income

Location: Flexible, work from home
Contract: 12 months – to start in January 2025
Working Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum pro rata

Key Responsibilities:

Corporate partnership strategy

- Develop and lead a strategic plan to build sustainable corporate partnerships, especially in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. Focus on achieving ambitious financial targets through various income sources, including grants, sponsorships, and direct corporate funding.

Income target achievement

- Drive initiatives to meet or exceed income goals, adapting strategies based on performance insights to maximise revenue growth. Regularly monitor income metrics and report transparently on progress, challenges, and successes.

Relationship building

- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in the corporate, pharmaceutical, healthcare, and biotech sectors. Ensure these partnerships align with our clients mission and income goals to foster mutually beneficial, long-term engagement.

Grant and proposal leadership

- Lead major funding applications and proposals, collaborating with internal teams and external bid writers to secure substantial grants and sponsorships. Ensure applications are aligned with income goals and present a compelling case for support.

Compliance and contract management

- Oversee compliance for all grant and sponsorship agreements, ensuring contractual obligations are met, funds are allocated accurately, and reporting is clear and accountable. Maintain high standards of transparency in partnership activities.

Revenue stream expansion & Engagement and Marketing

- Identify and assess new corporate revenue streams and innovative partnerships, particularly within pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, to sustainably expand income generation and support organisational growth.
- Develop a focused external engagement and marketing strategy to effectively communicate our mission, value, and impact to potential corporate partners, particularly in pharma and healthcare. Enhance brand awareness and reputation through strategic outreach.

Candidate Profile

Ideal candidates will have proven experience in income generation within corporate and pharmaceutical partnerships, a strategic approach, and a record of exceeding financial goals. They should excel at building high-level relationships, driving results, and aligning efforts with their mission to maximise impact.

Essential Skills:

- Proven background in corporate income generation and business development, ideally within healthcare or pharmaceutical sectors, with a strong record of consistently meeting or exceeding income targets.
- Thorough understanding of the charity sector and income generation, including experience in securing, managing, and monitoring grants and corporate sponsorships.
- Strong financial skills, with experience in setting, monitoring, and achieving income targets.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills, particularly with senior corporate stakeholders.

Personal Qualities:

- Entrepreneurial and proactive, with a forward-thinking approach to identifying and pursuing partnership opportunities.
- Results-oriented, with a strong commitment to achieving and exceeding income targets.
- Analytical and detail-oriented, with the ability to interpret complex information and report progress effectively to a range of audiences.

You may have experience of the following:, Senior Business Development Executive, Major fundraising, Fundraising officer, Grants Officer, Giving's fundraising Officer, Fundraising Manager, etc

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Call for Expression of Interest

Economic Empowerment Evaluation Consultancy

Anticipated timeframe: December 2024 to end of August 2025Location: Remote with in-country work in Malawi, Nairobi,  Kenya and/or Lagos, Nigeria

Sightsavers works with partners in over 30 countries across Africa and South Asia to eliminate avoidable blindness and support the empowerment of people with disabilities to learn, earn and participate equally in society.

Sightsavers’ Empowerment and Inclusion Strategic Framework explains our rights-based approach to social inclusion and our commitment to the progressive mainstreaming of disability throughout our programming. It underpins all our social inclusion work and complements our other global strategies on eye health, education, NTDs and research. The core objectives of the unrestricted portfolio include increasing access to economic empowerment pathways for people with disabilities, removing barriers in market systems, and leveraging initial seed funding to secure larger donor investments.

Purpose

The key purpose of this evaluation is to review and document the experience of implementation from the past two years to inform future strategic decision making. Sightsavers is seeking a Consultancy to conduct a comprehensive evaluation aimed at understanding the models and approaches that demonstrate effective pathways towards inclusive employment, contributing to the evidence and knowledge base of Sightsavers’ economic empowerment portfolio. The evaluation will place a particular emphasis on how the design and delivery of programmes might be enhanced for future programmatic work including a deep dive into two specific project approaches, IT academies and agriculture.

The Consultancy will be expected to evaluate the project level data and materials as well as primary data collected and consider if and how the projects have contributed towards the programme theory of change.

Scope of Work

The Consultancy will evaluate:

• If the purpose of the unrestricted portfolio has been achieved
• What models or approaches demonstrate improvement in economic inclusion of people with disabilities
• What partnership models are effective in providing leadership on inclusive employment
• What prevents or motivates the provision of a full range of products and services by financial institutions to people with disabilities. How we can use this knowledge to drive greater financial inclusion

Key Deliverables

• Inception report drafted and finalised
• Desk review document/data review and analysis
• IT academy case study
• Malawi agriculture project case study
• Discussion of desk review and case study findings at the programme workshop
• Theory of Change reviewed at the programme workshop
• Consolidated evaluation report drafted
• Consolidated evaluation report completed

Timeline

The consultancy is expected to be conducted between December 2024 to end of August 2025.

Sightsavers will welcome expressions of interest from qualified independent evaluators or consultancy companies. An individual or team with members located in the relevant countries (Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria) would be preferred. The Consultancy and team members should have the following core competencies and experience.

Consultancy’s expertise

• Depth of knowledge conducting evaluations of economic empowerment programmes
• Previous experience working in West and East African countries, particularly Malawi, Kenya and/or Nigeria
• A proven track record of working on disability inclusion
• Previous experience developing and evaluating Theories of Change
• Proficiency in qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Ability to conduct comprehensive desktop summaries and case studies
• First class production of high-quality evaluation reports
• Understanding of the labour markets, socio-economic and cultural contexts of the programme countries
• Understanding of issues related to people with disabilities
• Strong project management skills, including planning, execution, and reporting
• Flexibility to conduct required data collection in Malawi, Kenya and/or Nigeria

A consultancy with a proven track record in the above will be procured to undertake the project through an expression of interest process.

The deadline for the Consultancy to submit their bid is Thursday 5 December 2024, 23.30pm GMT UK.

Interviews are intended to be conducted the week of the 9th December 2024 onwards. The interview process will be conducted virtually using Microsoft Teams, with an interview lasting up to 1 hour. A second interview may be conducted if required.

Please note due to the high volume of applications we reserve the right to close this ad early.

Payment Terms

Payment terms will be agreed between the Consultancy and Sightsavers. The fee detailed relates to staff costs, therefore please submit daily rates alongside an overall fee.

Full details of the project, Scope of Work, Key Deliverables can be found within the ToR.

To express your interest to undertake this assignment, please read the complete ToR, and complete our Expression of Interest (EoI) which can be found via the application link.  

The EoI response should include the number of days input, as well as a proposed workplan and indicative budget, daily rate for the assignment and any other anticipated expenses.

Interested bidders are also requested to include a couple of examples of previous similar work.

Selection Criteria:

Sightsavers is committed to running a fair and transparent tender process and ensuring that all bidders are treated and assessed equally during this process.

Bidder quotation responses will be evaluated against Essential Criteria, Capability Criteria, Sustainability Criteria and Commercial Criteria.  These criteria have been especially created to help SCI determine which bidder is able to offer the best quality and most commercially competitive solution to meet our needs and deliver the most effective programming to our beneficiaries.

The Head of Alumni Engagement and Development will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategy for fostering strong relationships with Ackworth School’s Old Scholar community, supporting the long-term interests of the school as we head towards our 250th anniversary in 2029. This role is responsible for fundraising, donor relations, and legacy initiatives, as well as coordinating and delivering events and communications aimed at engaging with Old Scholars and the broader Ackworth School and Quaker community. 

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications, the Head of Alumni Engagement and Development will collaborate closely with various school departments to elevate the school’s profile and optimise income generation. The focus will be on relationship management with key high-value donors and promoting a culture of philanthropy. Additionally, the role will drive support for Ackworth School capital projects and cultivate a culture of donor care that motivates current and potential supporters.

Ackworth School, a co-educational boarding and day school, was founded in 1779 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It maintains its ethos and traditions and is still governed by the Society. The school is academically non-selective and provides an excellent range of facilities and extra-curricular opportunities, recently achieving "Excellent" in the FCI/EQI (February 2023). The Head is a member of both HMC and the Society of Heads.

Our pupils are one of Ackworth's USP's. Visitors to the school never fail to acknowledge how amazing they are and how positive the encounter is. All staff at Ackworth pay a key part in the operation of the School to make sure that it runs smoothly and so that we can focus on delivering an excellent education for our pupils. 

The successful candidate will be able to:

·Collaborate with the Director of Marketing, Admissions and Communications to create a fundraising strategy centred on capital projects and bursaries.

·Lead personal engagement fundraising, developing strategies for securing principal and major donors.

·Meet annual personal income targets, increasing both donor numbers and regular giving income.

·Monitor and report on fundraising income, events, and activities, including producing financial reports.

·Design and manage a program of events aimed at engaging Ackworth School Old Scholars and wider Ackworth School community members.

·Develop robust data sets to inform strategic goals, particularly those related to income generation and maintain detailed records of Old Scholars and donors, building comprehensive individual profiles in the contact database.

In return we offer:

·a competitive salary of between £30,000 - £35,000 per annum based on experience and qualifications.

·generous fee remission of 50% for the children of our staff.

·all food and refreshments during the working day.

·free on-site parking.

·flexible pension, health benefits and an electric car purchase scheme

·a supportive and friendly environment based on the Quaker ethos of the school.

·a beautiful working location in an ideal location within easy travelling distance of the main centres of Sheffield, Leeds, Doncaster and York.

Interested candidates are welcome to contact the school to arrange a confidential discussion. Please contact our HR Administrator, Kim Reather.

Closing Date:Friday 13th December 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Due to the School’s Christmas closure period, interviews will be held in early January 2025.

Completed school application forms should be submitted with a cover letter of no more than one page

Applicants should read carefully the Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy. Our recruitment privacy notice is also available on our website under “Working For Us”. 

Ackworth School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all applicants will undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS and Barred list check with Disclosure and Barring Service. Applicants should also be in sympathy with the School’s Quaker ethos.

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised, proactive individual who has a successful record in project, programme and operations support and who is looking to take on a new, exciting challenge that will make a real difference to the community.

This is a full and varied role – no two days will be the same! We can offer:

• The opportunity to be fully involved in meaningful work, to make a difference and see the positive impact of your work

• An experienced team who will support you to deliver on your goals, and to grow personally and professionally

• The platform to manage and deliver on your own workload

• A role that allows you to take the initiative, to innovate and to be involved with multiple stakeholders across the business 

• Fulfilling and rewarding work that contributes to society, sustainability initiatives and environmental challenges

ABOUT BAKER STREET QUARTER PARTNERSHIP

We are the Business Improvement District (BID) for the Baker Street area of Marylebone – a not-for-profit organisation making a real difference to this vibrant, diverse and dynamic part of central London.  Our innovative and compelling work is far reaching, from nurturing and connecting the community, to promoting the area’s vitality and ensuring it is resilient, safe and clean. Established 11 years ago, we have recently set out a new exciting and ambitious business plan focused on facilitating social and environmental impact, with wellbeing at its core. This is a unique opportunity to work within a team who are committed to contributing to the broader community and driving positive change. 

Our team is small but highly innovative and ambitious with a proven track record of making real improvements to the area for business and for all.  You will be joining the Partnership at an exciting time as we recently extended our area of benefit. 

We are delighted to have been recognised as a Great Places to Work certified company!

“100% of employees at Baker Street Quarter Partnership say it is a great place to work*, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company”

Job Outline:

To provide project support to a number of programmes including:

• Operations – Initiatives to ensure our area is maintained as a clean, safe, well-managed and resilient through dedicated street management, effective communications and facilitated local networks

• Sustainability - Promoting social and environmental impact and wellbeing while supporting the delivery of businesses’ sustainability and ESG objectives

• Smarter Giving - our initiative facilitating relationships between our member businesses and local charities and community groups

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Operations Support

• Research and collate area information including crime statistics, planned street works, planned events and protests, planning and licensing

• Maintain Street Team rotas onto team calendar 

• Assistance with the day-to-day oversight of the Street Team 

• Update and send weekly Security and Operations mailer 

• Update weekly Street Works 

• Manage our range of Operations communication and intelligence sharing platforms and closed WhatsApp groups

• Actively assessing the quality and look/feel of our footprint area to report to Operations Manager

• Administrative assistance with Operational contract management 

• Manage Health and Safety/Risk Assessments/RAMS for outdoor markets and events 

• Administrative assistance for Operations linked events (Security Networking, Intelligence sharing meetings etc.)

• Manage and book all member training 

• Assisting with keeping Operations section of BakerStreetQ website up to date 

Smarter Giving Support

• Support the Community Impact Manager on collection drives/Christmas appeal

• Research related to local need and Church Street Ward (our focus for Smarter Giving)

• Attend member volunteering sessions to welcome volunteers and ensure smooth running

• Assist with arrangement of member volunteering

• Organise annual Christmas raffle

• Draft weekly volunteering and skill sharing opportunity update 

• Draft articles on successful Smarter Giving initiatives

• Organise Meet the Charity events

Sustainability and Placemaking Programmes Support

• Research and administrative support related to sustainability, accessibility and Placemaking projects

• Drafting and updating communication and content

• Liaison with businesses, the Council and other stakeholders

• Initiate, promote and manage internal sustainability initiatives

• Assist with Smarter Recycling contract management

• Manage customer care calls to Smarter Recycling users (biannually)

General

• Support with the collation of performance/KPI data  for quarterly, annual and ad hoc reports

• Minute Sustainability Steering Group and Streets and Spaces Steering Group,  following up to ensure actions are completed

• Research related to local events and activities

• Staff pop-up member information stalls

• Financial administration related to Operations and Smarter Giving 

• Contract administration and support 

• Manage generic email boxes including  training@ and info@ responding in a timely fashion 

• Support and provide cover during holidays and absences for the Executive Assistant and Marketing & Events Coordinator including office and phone cover, office supplies and welcoming guests 

• Always acting as an ambassador for BakerStreetQ. 

• Back-up Fire Marshall and First Aider for the office (full training provided). 

• Opportunity to train as Mental Health First Aider

It is expected that the Project Assistant will provide cover for and stand-in as necessary for the Marketing and Events Coordinator and the Team Assistant, and has familiarity of their job functions to enable such coverage to be provided.

• To undertake such other duties commensurate with your position, and / or hours of work, as may reasonably be required

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Required skills

• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

• Exceptional personal planning and organisational skills

• Adept at independent working taking accountability for own workload and timely deliverables of work

• Excellent attention to detail

• Strong planning and time management/multi-tasking skills, with the ability to take the initiative and work independently with little supervision, yet maintaining regular communication within the team

• A flexible approach, professional outlook and positive attitude is essential 

• Ability to compile and accurately record information

• Intermediate skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint and experience of using contact databases (in particular input, retrieval of data and the ability to use database) 

• Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst caring to ensure a high standard of work quality

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment with a “can-do”, willing, collegiate approach 

• Flexibility to adapt effectively to change

• Exceptional eye for detail and data accuracy

• Ability to liaise and build a rapport via telephone, in person and in written correspondence with senior business representatives and a variety of professionals and voluntary groups 

• Flexibility to work occasional evenings and out of core hours to attend events 

Required Experience

• Previous work experience in an operational support or project support role likely to have been gained over a minimum of 12 months

• A passion/drive to contribute in a community focused, social impact role 

• An interest in the urban environment and an organisation involved in sustainability initiatives, area promotion and placemaking projects

Our Benefits:

• Private health insurance via BUPA for employee only from day one

• Pension – Employee 5% and Employer 6% 

• 25 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays and additional gifted holiday over Christmas

• Season ticket loans

• Cycle to Work scheme 

• Salary sacrifice TechScheme – limit £2000

• Wellbeing sessions

• Opportunities and Support to volunteer

TIMESCALE:

Closing date for applications 29th November 2024.

Application by cover letter and CV.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, organised, proactive individual who has a successful record in the role of a PA, EA or Team Assistant and who is looking to take on a new, exciting challenge that will make a real difference to the community.

Are you someone who can effectively engage with a range of individuals, manage multiple workstreams and work independently to meet delivery timelines? 

This is a full and varied role – no two days will be the same! We can offer:

• The opportunity to be fully involved in meaningful work, to make a difference and see the positive impact of your work

• An experienced team who will support you to deliver on your goals, and to grow personally and professionally

• The platform to manage and deliver on your own workload

• A role that allows you to take the initiative, to innovate and to be involved with multiple stakeholders across the business 

• Fulfilling and rewarding work that contributes to society, sustainability initiatives and environmental challenges

ABOUT BAKER STREET QUARTER PARTNERSHIP

We are the Business Improvement District (BID) for the Baker Street area of Marylebone – a not-for-profit organisation making a real difference to this vibrant, diverse and dynamic part of central London.  Our innovative and compelling work is far reaching, from nurturing and connecting the community, to promoting the area’s vitality and ensuring it is resilient, safe and clean. Established 11 years ago, we have recently set out a new exciting and ambitious business plan focused on facilitating social and environmental impact, with wellbeing at its core. This is a unique opportunity to work within a team who are committed to contributing to the broader community and driving positive change. 

Our team is small but highly innovative and ambitious with a proven track record of making real improvements to the area for business and for all.  You will be joining the Partnership at an exciting time as we recently extended our area of benefit. 

We are delighted to have been recognised as a Great Places to Work certified company!

“100% of employees at Baker Street Quarter Partnership say it is a great place to work*, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company”

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Executive Support

• Provide intelligent diary management and full Executive Assistant support to the CEO and two members of the Senior management team

• Project support for the Executive team including drafting presentations and papers, research, presentation of statistics, attending volunteering sessions and assisting in scheduling and task management.

• Manage all arrangements for Steering Group and Board meetings including the preparation of reports and papers proactively ensuring deadlines are met

• Implementation of assistive technology for the preparation of minutes from all governance meetings (c16 per year) and responsible for proofing and finalising minutes, ensuring actions are followed up and deadlines met

• Proactive management of outstanding tasks assigned to team to ensure projects are completed on schedule

• Managing confidential HR information including personnel information ,sickness records, training records and annual leave records

• Tracking required changes to the Staff Handbook and making updates

• Database maintenance and updates, pulling data from external sources and updating mailing and other lists

• Booking meeting venues, lunches and travel arrangements for the Senior Management team

Finance Support 

• Logging expenses on Xero and assisting with credit card reconciliations 

• Raising POs and allocating to correct codes

• Assisting with finance queries and contract administration

• Management and reconciliation of office budget

• Assisting with the preparation of quarterly Management Accounts, preparing templates and ensuring deadlines are met

Office Management

• Ensure the smooth running of the office.

• Manage office move, assisting with the search for space and liaising with suppliers as appropriate

• Ensuring the office is fully stocked including management of stationary and other supplies, including refreshments and ensuring a well presented and well-maintained office space.

• Maintaining planned preventative maintenance list for office space, managing Health & Safety and Fire Assessment reviews and proactively addressing issues

• Management of bookings for community space

• Organising team training, wellbeing and social activities 

• Provide first point of contact for general office administration including first line reception and phone cover

• Manage generic email inboxes (including info@) and member support requests - coordinating responses from the entire team in a timely fashion

• Set up the meeting rooms for external guests, welcoming guests and providing refreshments

• Ensuring contact details are up to date on organisation Crisis and Continuity Plan

• Ensuring adherence to the sustainable procurement policy for all office supplies

• Management of office contracts including areas of insurance, IT/comms and equipment.

• Organise weekly team meetings, preparing agenda and sending action points

• Be the Fire Marshall, First Aider and DSE Assessor for the office (full training provided)

• Opportunity to be trained as Mental Health First Aider

• Always acting as an ambassador for BakerStreetQ

Finance Support

• Logging expenses on Xero and assisting with credit card reconciliations 

• Raising Purchase Orders  and allocating to correct codes

• Assisting with finance queries

• Assisting with contract administration

It is expected that the Team Assistant will provide cover for and stand-in as necessary for the Marketing and Events Coordinator and the Project Assistant, and has familiarity of their job functions to enable such coverage to be provided.

To undertake such other duties commensurate with your position, and / or hours of work, as may reasonably be required

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Required skills

• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) with a strong ability to build rapport and engage effectively with a wide range of individuals

• Proactive and detail orientated 

• Self-motivated, taking accountability for own workload and timely deliverables of work

• Excellent attention to detail

• Strong planning and time management/multi-tasking skills, with the ability to take the initiative and work independently with little supervision, yet maintaining regular communication within the team

• A flexible approach, professional outlook and positive attitude is essential 

• Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst caring to ensure a high standard of work quality

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment with a “can-do”, willing, collegiate approach 

• Flexibility to adapt effectively to change

• Flexibility to work occasional evenings and out of core hours to attend events where necessary 

• Demonstration of a mature approach and manner, with a high level of integrity and someone who can be trusted with confidential information

• Problem solving

• Intermediate skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint and experience of using contact databases (in particular input, retrieval of data and the ability to use database) 

Required Experience

• Previous work experience in a PA, EA or administrative role, supporting an individual or team likely to have been gained over a minimum of 12 months

• A passion/drive to contribute in a community focused, social impact role 

• An interest in the urban environment and an organisation involved in sustainability initiatives, area promotion, placemaking projects

Our Benefits:

• Private health insurance via BUPA for employee only from day one

• Pension – Employee 5% and Employer 6% 

• 25 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays and additional gifted holiday over Christmas

• Season ticket loans

• Cycle to Work scheme 

• TechScheme – limit £2000

• Wellbeing sessions

• Opportunities and Support to volunteer

TIMESCALE:

Closing date for applications 29th November 2024.

Application by cover letter and CV.

Family Rights Group’s vision is that every child should be able to be raised safely and thrive within their family. We believe that children in the care system should have loving relationships they can turn to throughout life.

We are the leading specialist child welfare charity working to make that a reality. We’re unique in bringing together legal and social work expertise, advice giving, policy and campaigning, and direct work with young people and families.

Founded 50 years ago, our work combines commitment to human rights and social justice with expertise in child welfare law, policy and practice.

This newly created and ambitious post will give an experienced candidate the ideal opportunity to lead fundraising at the charity, building and strengthening all aspects of it. Working closely with the senior leadership team and other key roles, and combining strategic and practical responsibilities, you will develop and execute a plan to secure significant increases in funding from trusts and foundations, corporates, and individual giving.

This is a full-time or part-time role (4 days per week is preferred but other flexible options are welcome) with a start date in January 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. Please follow the link to access more details about the role including the Job Description. 

The closing date for this role is Monday, 2nd December 2024 (10am).

The Job

Tiko is a fast-growing and ambitious African non-profit linking vulnerable girls and women to sexual and reproductive health and gender-based violence support services in Sub-Saharan Africa via our innovative digital platform. A recent transformational multi-million pound grant is kick-starting us on our way to taking our fundraising and our organization to the next level. As such, we are looking for a experienced, driven New Business Development Lead with a solid track record in personally securing 6 – 7 figure grants from new donors, whether government, institutional, INGOs and/or large trusts and foundations, to join our NBD team.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven ability to:

• Conduct prospect research to identify and qualify high quality new donor leads for Tiko and proactively track and respond to large funding opportunities and RFPs, helping us continuously build and enhance our prospect pipeline
• Carry out detailed research and mappings to identify existing links with potential donors, whether through our leadership, Board, donors etc. and recommend pathways to relationship building
• Lead and manage the full proposal development process - from identification of the funding opportunity and detailed review of eligibility/suitability to assess our likelihood of success, through to creating buy-in around responsibilities and timelines, motivating and organizing internal stakeholders, guiding players through every step in the proposal process, gathering inputs from technical leads, working with finance teams on budget development, creating supplementary materials, to rolling up your sleeves and writing the proposal and supporting documents as required (Theories of Change, Risk Matrices, Log Frames etc.).
• Deliver significant funding from new donors (candidates will be expected to show evidence of winning funding of a minimum of 6 figures)
• Create high quality fundraising materials tailored to the needs of specific donor audiences e.g. concept notes, slide decks etc.
• Support the systematization and increased efficiency of fundraising at Tiko through timely updating of Salesforce, and general best practice usage of our tools and project management system (Asana).

We are open to remote work for this position and will happily accept applicants from the UK, Kenya, and South Africa, with a preference that the postholder joins their team in their local office one day a week.

About You

You have a deep passion for using your skills in leveraging funding to make the world a better, more equitable place, and an ability to balance big picture, strategic thinking and design with getting tangible activities operationalised. Specifically:

• You are an exceptional writer, with an ability to produce compelling proposals, tailored to the specific needs and interests of different donors. These might be technical, institutional bids, requiring ToCs, logframes etc, ‘Big Bet’ pitches which will rely on powerful storytelling or applications to large foundations, among others.
• Sitting within the small but growing NBD team, you are nonetheless comfortable working autonomously (with the role being majority remote), while building the connections needed across our global team to get the information you need to raise funds for Tiko.
• You are comfortable working in an organisation that is fast-paced and experiencing significant growth. You show flexibility and resilience as structures, processes and ways of working evolve.
• You are confident in managing competing priorities while meeting both internal and external deadlines and flexible enough to juggle your work where opportunities come in at the last minute.
• You are an excellent communicator, able to effectively tell our story and market our offerings in a compelling way, engaging partners, and donors, and inspiring them to support Tiko.

Experience and Eligibility Criteria

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a fundraising role(s), with a preference for experience in institutional, trust/foundation and/or Big Bet philanthropy, and evidence of personal track record in bringing in new funding.
• Experience working for an international development NGO is desirable, particularly in the space of SRH, SGBV and/or women and girls’ rights more broadly.
• Willingness to join the team in the local office ideally one day per week and for occasional international travel (1 - 2 weeks per year)

About Tiko

Tiko believes in a world where all youth have the power to choose where, when, and how they meet their sexual reproductive health needs. Our digital platform delivers scalable and verifiable sexual reproductive health services for young people in 6 main markets in Sub Saharan Africa - Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, Burkina Faso, and Zambia. We work together with local communities and use nudges like reminders, discounts, and reward points to encourage our users to access and use sexual and reproductive health services. We also support our users in becoming micro-entrepreneurs and adding value to their economies.

Tiko has offices in South Africa, Zambia,  Kenya, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Uganda, the Netherlands, UK and Portugal. Globally, our team consists of +180 enthusiastic, international colleagues. Whether you are working from our biggest office in Nairobi, the fast-growing office in South Africa, or from home, our people are young and our culture is global and dynamic. Our work environment is fast-paced, informal, and friendly. You can learn more about what being part of Tiko is like here.

The Rewards

At Tiko, we believe in being open, especially when it comes to salaries. The gross salary brackets for this position are £40,000 - £60,000/year in the UK, R710,694 - R1,066,040/year in South Africa, and Ksh4,534,542 - Ksh6,801,813/year in Kenya. We will offer you a salary in this bracket depending on your level of experience and how it relates to your future colleagues. 

In addition to your monthly salary, we offer you:

• Great secondary benefits
• A personal development budget
• Unlimited holidays, if you can make it work with your team you’re good to go
• Growth opportunities
• A product to help shape as we grow, to leave your mark on how we do things
• A vision that we trust that you will do your job without us having to invent unnecessary rules and regulations

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Tiko prioritises integrity in our workplace and respects your privacy

Tiko is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour by its employees at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct. This is why we will do reference and background screening checks on successful candidates before hiring. Tiko also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. As part of this scheme, we will request information from your previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during your employment, or incidents under investigation when you left employment. By applying for this position, you confirm you have read and understood these recruitment procedures.

We value your privacy and understand the importance of safeguarding your personal data. We invite you to review our privacy notice for the recruitment process to understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal data during the recruitment process. Click here to view the document. By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our privacy notice.

The Senior Programmes Manager: University Access will play a pivotal role in the University Access and Digital team, overseeing and managing the delivery of high-impact interventions, including UK Summer Schools, The Sutton Trust Fulbright US Programme and Teacher Champions, that support young people from underrepresented backgrounds in accessing highly selective universities. The role requires someone with a strong understanding of the barriers faced by young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, and a commitment to supporting them in reaching their potential.

With strong project management skills, key responsibilities include managing the programme partnerships, overseeing the marketing and applications process, monitoring and evaluating the impact of our programmes, continuously refining processes for improvements, and ensuring that the evolving needs of the target demographic are met. The post holder will also be expected to share best practice across the organisation and be a key contributor to the development of the Trust’s strategy for engaging schools, teachers, and students.

Main duties

Ongoing Programme Management

• Leading on the day-to-day project management and delivery of the Trust’s Higher Education access programmes with oversight and support from senior staff, including UK Summer Schools, The Sutton Trust Fulbright US Programme and Teacher Champions.
• Oversee the performance of 12 UK universities delivering the Sutton Trust’s Summer School programmes, the US-UK Fulbright Commission, Causeway Education, and other external partners. This includes:
  • Managing partner performance against contractual obligations, including reporting and invoicing.
  • Building and maintaining effective and enduring relationships, including the onboarding and training of new partners.
  • Establishing a culture of collective learning through planning and delivery of events and best practice sharing.

• Overseeing the monitoring and evaluation of university access programmes in collaboration with external evaluation partners and internal teams; collating data and producing reports, ensuring the effective dissemination of findings and using these to refine programme design.
• Ensuring effective tracking, reporting, and management of programme data for university access. This includes using Salesforce (our CRM) for tracking partner performance, participant data, and programme outcomes.
• Managing programme budgets and reporting on financial status internally.

Programme innovation/development

• Proactively developing strategies to enhance programme delivery, ensuring programmes maintain their quality and reach, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Managing the development, implementation, and evaluation of special projects designed to evolve and improve university access programmes. 
• Development and implementation of the school and teacher engagement strategy to support our programme aims and contributing to trust-wide strategy in this area, with support from senior leadership.
• Helping to develop new programmes, including contributing to the drafting of funding bids by Development colleagues.

Team Management & Organisational Duties

• Line management of the Senior Programmes Officer: Marketing and Communications and the Programmes Assistant: University Access and Digital
• Contributing to the leadership of the University Access and Digital team, working closely with the Head of University Access and Digital and other senior programme managers to ensure effective and coherent management of all access-focused programmes
• Representing the Trust at external speaking engagements, as well as contributing to fundraising and donor-related activities when required
• Other duties as necessary from time to time

Person Specification

We welcome applications from individuals who have experience in:

• Strong project and stakeholder management skills, with experience in managing partnerships, overseeing programme delivery, and financial control.
• Experience line-managing staff and motivating and supporting teams to deliver successfully
• Proven experience in designing, managing, and delivering high-quality programmes ideally with a focus on young people facing barriers to Higher Education.
• A strong understanding of the widening participation sector and the challenges faced by young people in accessing top-tier universities.
• Experience working with schools, colleges, or universities,
• Demonstrated ability to analyse data to inform decision-making and to use insights to improve programme delivery.
• Experience of working with CRM systems (e.g. Salesforce)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to effectively represent the Trust at all levels.
• Strong budget management and numerical skills.

We are also looking for an individual who:

• Is sympathetic to the aims of the Trust and its mission to address educational disadvantage;
• High attention to detail, initiative, and the ability to take responsibility for multiple tasks.
• Personable, flexible, and discreet, with the ability to thrive in a small team environment
• Is eligible to work in the UK (see here for information about right to work)

Terms of Appointment

• Contract: Full-time, Permanent
• Salary: £46,500-£49,500
• Working location: Minimum of 2 office days per week
• Office location: The Sutton Trust, 9th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP. Our home working policy gives staff the option to work from home for up to 60% of the time, with approval from their line manager.
• Hours: The standard working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday and may also be required to attend events / meetings outside of their normal working hours during weekday evenings and occasionally at weekends
• DBS check will be required

Interviews

Applications should reach us by 9am, Monday 2nd December, with first round interviews held over Zoom on Wednesday, 11th December , and second round interviews held at our London offices on Tuesday, 17th December.

Safeguarding statement

The Sutton Trust believes that a child, young person or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe. Therefore all posts undergo a safer recruitment process, including but not limited to, disclosure of criminal records where necessary and eligibility to work in the UK. We have procedures in place to promote safeguarding and a safe culture at the Trust.

Contextual recruitment

The Trust is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and that all applicants receive equal consideration for employment. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including those underrepresented at present at the Trust, to apply for this role. As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds. We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work and know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the young people we support.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled candidates throughout our recruitment process and during employment.

We also operate contextual recruitment at the Sutton Trust. Our application process gives you the option to include information about your background, such as whether you were eligible for free school meals, whether your parents went to university, or whether you attended a state school. For more examples and information on contextual recruitment, please see our website.

Trusts & Foundations Manager
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum (pro rata for part time).
Location: London EC1Y Office with Hybrid Home Working
Work pattern: 4 – 5 days per week (28 – 35 hours per week)

About MQ Mental Health Research:

MQ is the first major charity funding mental health research. By connecting scientists with supporters, together we strive to understand mental health, improve treatments and prevent mental illness.

We champion and fund world-class research to transform the lives of everyone affected by mental illness. By connecting scientists with supporters, together we strive to understand mental health, improve treatments and prevent mental illness. Having recently launched a new 5-year strategy, MQ is at a critical point in its development.

About the Role:

As the Trusts & Foundations Manager you will be responsible for generating income from grant making trusts and foundations.

You will take the lead on seeking out new prospects and nurturing existing relationships to significantly grow income. You will achieve this by researching sources of funding, devising individually tailored applications, maintaining excellent communications with existing and potential donor trusts and foundations, delivering an agreed income target as well as growing funding from these sources.

We are happy to consider people who want to work full-time (35 hours), or four days per week (28 hours).

Here's a summary of your key responsibilities:

• Proactively identify and research new and pipeline trust, lottery and statutory fundraising opportunities and progress them to application stage.
• Developing the trust and foundation pipeline to generate new income and multiyear grants
• To lead the development of new fundraising proposals for priority fundraising projects, including potential research partnership opportunities where MQ collaborates on a joint bid with another institution
• To carry out targeted and systematic research to establish new high value prospects utilising existing networks, the MQ database, search engines and referrals
• Build long-term relationships with new and prospect trust, lottery and statutory donors, including through meetings, attendance at conferences and events, regular update calls/comms and – when possible – direct face-to-face engagement.
• Report on performance against agreed budgets and targets
• Capitalise on the expertise and networks of MQ’s senior volunteers, including working closely with MQ Trustees and other Development Team colleagues to maximise existing opportunities for introductions, including the Lord Mayor’s Appeal

About You:

This role is for you if you are an experienced trusts and foundations fundraiser, with good knowledge of the sector. You'll have demonstrable experience of securing five and six figure grants to achieve annual income targets, both through stewarding existing supporters and through researching and cultivating a pipeline of new opportunities.

You will also be skilled in understanding and translating complex information and turning it in to compelling written proposals, for grants, corporate partnerships and major donors.

We do require someone who is proactive, hardworking and results-orientated.

Essential role requirements include:

• Experience of trusts and foundation fundraising and able to demonstrate continual growth in expertise and results in this area.
• Good understanding of the trusts and foundations fundraising environment and associated processes and different types of grant making bodies.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write concise and inspiring funding applications and to make presentations.
• Creative thinker, with ability to identify funding opportunities and match them with the right trusts.
• Good interpersonal, influencing and relationship-management skills, at all levels.
• Ability to work as part of a team and spot opportunities to grow and develop relationships for the good of the organisation.

You will be driven to ensure that projects are delivered to the highest possible standards and be a sophisticated communicator with the confidence to build relationships with and inspire colleagues and donors.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience of Blackbaud’s Raiser’s Edge/NXT is desirable but not essential.
• Experience of using Monday[dot]com

What We're Offering You:

In return, we offer a great working experience within a friendly team. Hybrid working (in the London office Mondays and Tuesdays, with the remaining days from home). We are located near Barbican Tube.

Plus, we offer lots of generous benefits and training opportunities.

We're a Sunday Times Top Company to work for.

Benefits

• Flexible working: As a mental health charity, staff wellbeing is of paramount importance. We operate a core hours policy (10-4) to encourage flexible working and staff are mainly home based with the requirement to come into the office two days per week. A standard full-time working week is 35 hours, plus an hour for lunch breaks.
• Holidays: Annual holiday entitlement of 28 days plus bank holidays.
• Wellbeing Allowance: MQ provides an allowance of up to £1200 per annum for each employee to spend on activities that increase their wellbeing. This is paid through payroll and is taxable.
• Cycle to work scheme: An interest-free loan is available to enable employees to purchase a bike and accessories, repaid via equal deductions from the employee’s salary over 12 months.
• Employee Assistance Programme: All employees and their families have access to a 24-hour confidential advice and support line.
• Counselling: Employees have access to a number of free face-to-face sessions, via the EAP scheme.
• Pension: MQ makes contributions of 5% and employees make contributions of 3%.
• Season Ticket Loan: An interest free season ticket loan is available, repaid via equal deductions from the employee’s salary over 12 months.
• Personal Development: We value employee development and review individual training needs through our performance management system. The Head of HR also runs internal development sessions for all staff through our training programme, MQ Academy.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: Saturday 30th November 2024
Please note, we typically start interviewing within two weeks of the job advert going live. We reserve the right to close the job before the deadline based on the volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

We believe in equality and inclusion and we welcome job applications from everyone, provided you meet the criteria for the job.

Safer recruitment is important to us and the successful applicant will be asked to provide two references. They will also be required to complete a safeguarding self-declaration and undertake a DBS check.

No agencies please.

Closing Date: 01 December 2024

Ref: 6897

We are looking for a Senior Programme Manager to join our Global Programmes Division to to oversee the quality management of programmes and related awards (grants & contracts) that are part of our Western and Central Africa programmes portfolio.

We are looking for a French speaker with strong experience in project and grant/contract management and of working with institutional donors such as FCDO, UN and multilateral agencies.

About the Team

The Programme Management Team, where the Senior Programme Manager (SPM) role sits, is part of the Programme Partnership department, which objective is to increase the quality of Save the Children's work through the design and delivery of impactful programmes and partnerships, strengthening the Movement, and empowering Country Offices (CO).

The Programme Management Team provides support to Save the Children country programmes in the quality management of programmes funded via Save the Children UK (SCUK). The team provides both a second-line quality assurance function, whilst aiming to strengthen the capacity of in-country teams in the effective management of SCUK's portfolio. The team operates as Save the Children UK's programmatic and geographic experts, providing advice and insight to the wider organisation on country contextual issues and maintaining strong relations with country and regional counterparts as well as our institutional, corporate and philanthropy donors.

About the role

The Senior Programme Manager (SPM) primary focus is to oversee the quality management of programmes and related awards (grants & contracts) that are part of a portfolio covering several COs or donors. The portfolio under the SPM's overall responsibility is a sub-set within our Western and Central Africa team.  

This role involves both direct management of programmes and related awards implemented in specific country programmes or supported by particular corporate & philanthropy donor(s); and providing direction, support and technical advice to Programme Managers (PMs) working in the same portfolio sub-set. The SPM works with wide autonomy and decision-making capacity, both within their directly management portfolio as well as the portfolio sub-set, with regards to portfolio's risks, issues, and workload management.

Being responsible for several COs or corporate & philanthropy donors, the SPM plays a key role, and works very closely with the Programme Management Lead in the effective development and implementation of regional and partnership strategies; in identifying and addressing systemic risks and issues; in improving and creating new internal processes; and in ensuring the capacity building and professional development of PMs

In this role, you will: 

Support to quality & impactful programming in Country Offices

• Develop strong a knowledge of in-country context and current issues, as well as of Save the Children's key programmatic themes and priorities, for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio. Provide input to the Programme Management Lead and influencing SCUK funding strategies for the countries or programmes under their portfolio.
• Act as the point of reference within SCUK for any matter or question regarding the countries or programmes under their responsibility. Liaise with other SCUK teams on relevant areas of concern, particularly fostering close collaboration with staff in P&P, PQI, HD, Media and Communication and PAC.
• Contribute to the growth of COs funding portfolio and facilitate this is in line with their Country Strategic Plans (CSPs), by leading and working closely with the other teams in PP Strengthen and build capacities of CO staff, in coordination with the relevant SCI  teams, particularly around quality programming and funding management and donor compliance.
• Develop a strong knowledge of donor's priorities and interests in the country(ies) under their responsibility. Develop and maintain relevant donor relationships, serving as the focal point for HQ-level donor staff, for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio.

Lead business development, award management and donor compliance assurance

• Monitor and oversight of all SCUK-supported programmes for the countries or programmes under their directly managed portfolio, including identifying related risks and managing issues.
• Grant and contract management, from point of contract negotiation and signature, to quality assurance during implementation, and working with other SCUK departments to support reporting. Ensure awards in the portfolio are compliant with donor requirements and SC quality standards
• Provide support to COs in meeting key programme deliverables, as well as other donor expectations.
• Ensure relevant quality assurance processes are completed so that programmes are running effectively and on time.
• Identify new funding opportunities, as follow-on from existing awards and/or as part of the day-to-day interaction with donors. Provide input in or lead on bid management for SCUK institutional and non-institutional proposals
• Direct representation role with counterparts in SCUK, donor organisations, partner and NGO networks in relation to awards portfolio and pipeline.

Funding portfolio sub-set oversight

• Provide oversight, support and prioritisation for the management of the portfolio sub-set under their responsibility, acting as first point of senior advice and decision-making on complex issues, involving medium to low risk, brought forward by the PMs working in the same portfolio sub-set.
• Monitor risks and issues developments within the portfolio sub-set, making sure that the Programme Management Lead and PP senior management are aware and fully briefed of issues requiring major strategic decisions.
• Approve and sign-off opportunities and documents, as per delegated authority, within the portfolio sub-set.
• Provide input to the Programme Management Lead and ROs in resource mobilisation strategies for COs and donors within the portfolio sub-set, making sure that agreed priorities are implemented by PMs, as well as other teams, working in the portfolio sub-set.
• Monitor KPIs and other data related to programme and funding management, providing analysis to relevant stakeholders.

People management

• Provide effective and timely day-to-day support and manage workload for PMs working in the portfolio sub-set under the SPM's responsibility (‘work management'), as part of matrix management with the Programme Management Lead. Contribute to setting annual objectives and priorities and provide input in annual reviews.

About you

It is important that you have:

• Extensive experience in project and grant/contract management, with knowledge of institutional donor compliance requirements
• Extensive experience working with institutional donors such as FCDO, UN and multilateral agencies (e.g. UNICEF, OCHA, World Bank), particularly on proposal development and report writing.
• Experience in Payment by Result and/or Outcome based contracts an asset.
• Significant experience of working in the international aid sector, including in overseas roles, with practical experience and understanding of related contextual and operational issues. Good working knowledge of one or more countries supported by SCUK
• Strong working knowledge of international development/humanitarian issues.
• Significant financial processes and reporting skills
• Experience of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different organisations, functions, and cultures, often remotely.
• Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, in order to organise and prioritise multiple tasks efficiently, manage reactive and proactive work, and deliver tasks to tight deadlines.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to identify and implement effective processes for achieving outcomes.
• Proven attention for detail and ability to effectively manage a high volume of data and information.
• Very strong team skills, with the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships and collaborate both within and outside the team
• Fluent in French & English (Speaking & writing) is 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. 

Do you enjoy working with people and have excellent administrative skills? Do you have experience of coordinating volunteers? Do you want to work for a charity that supports people to improve their health and well-being through gardening?

We’re looking for a Client Services Coordinator to support the running of the Thrive London Centre and the Social and Therapeutic Horticulture (STH) programmes that we provide in our gardens in Battersea Park. This role will have responsibility for recruitment and induction of volunteers who provide vital support to the running of our programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Volunteer Co Ordination

• Corporate Volunteer Day Co-ordination

• General office, financial and other Client Services functions​

Based at Thrive London in Battersea Park.

Appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check. Thrive complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from working for Thrive.

For more information, please download the Information Pack.

To apply, please email recruitment with your CV and a written statement explaining how you meet the person specification and what you will bring to Thrive.

Closing date for applications: Monday 2 December 9am. Interviews are anticipated to take place on Monday 9 December 2024.

 1. JOB PURPOSE
AKF(UK) Partnerships Managers are part of the Global Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Partnerships team tasked with identifying and cultivating new funding partnerships and strengthening existing ones to support our strategic goals. They engage with European and Asian government, foundation, and corporate donors to mobilise resources for ten multisector profit and not-for-profit agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) operating across Asia and Africa. In addition, Partnership Managers are responsible for a portfolio of select grants implementing across AKDN themes and geographies in close collaboration with field units, global teams, and our partners. 
 

2. REPORTS DIRECTLY TO - Deputy Regional Director, Europe and Asia, Partnerships
 

3. JOB TITLE: Partnerships Manager (Programme Manager)

4. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND CORE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

4.1 Securing resources

• Coordinate, facilitate, and lead the development, review, and quality assurance of expressions of interest, concept notes and full proposals for funding opportunities;
• Liaise and coordinate with internal stakeholders as well as with donors, partners, and consortia to facilitate project design, align proposal and donor requirements, gather required legal and administrative documentation, and draft sections of proposals as needed;
• Coordinate processes of contracting and negotiation, engaging relevant stakeholders, and ensuring contracts ‘get over the line’ in a timely and efficient way;
• When needed, provide direct hands-on support at field level in design of concept notes, proposals, and budgets and conduct donor or field visits to support discussions with new and existing donors/partners;
• Contribute to management systems, such as the Award Information Management System (AIMS).

4.2 Grant management

• Manage and monitor a portfolio of grants through regular interface and coordination with AKF(UK)’s partnerships team, AKF(UK)’s finance team and relevant AKF/AKDN agencies/field units, acting as a central resource for field units in donor best practice;
• Interface with donors and communicate on a regular basis about the implementation of on-going grants to ensure strong, enduring relationships;
• Ensure strong relationship cultivation throughout the grants cycle, anticipate, and plan for future funding and project extensions;
• Oversight, coordination, review, and quality assurance of donor deliverables (e.g. work plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, staffing plans, budgets, close-out plans, donor troubleshooting);
• Ensure adherence with donor requirements, rules, and regulations, and that grant deliverables are produced on time and to a high standard;
• Coordinate contractual amendments, changes, and project adaptations, engage with donors in a pro-active and diplomatic way, and flag potential changes (e.g. budget revisions, extensions, risks) in advance to ‘trouble shoot’ and ensure smooth project implementation;
• Facilitate grant monitoring efforts including routine coordination meetings, donor steering committees, donor project visits, and donor monitoring missions;
• Undertake coordination and administrative tasks related to grants and support the maintenance and update of grant management tools and tracking systems such as AIMS.

4.3 Donor engagement and positioning

• Support the partnership unit in researching, sourcing relevant information, and performing analysis of market trends on new donors, peer organisations, and funding opportunities to identify potential funding and partnering matches for AKF and AKDN priorities;
• Work with country teams, AKDN agencies, and the Global Programmes Team (GPT) to identify, build, and support strategic partnerships on aligned global and regional initiatives, innovations and themes with likeminded donors and partners;
• Develop positioning materials (e.g. presentations, capability statements, briefs, talking points), collaborating with communications teams, to enable effective donor engagement;
• Engage with new and existing donors and partners to identify solicited and unsolicited funding opportunities;
• Guide teams to make informed, effective decisions on which opportunities to pursue (including ‘Go No-Go’ requests);
• Identify, cultivate, and pre-position with partner organisations to form or join consortia focused funding bids;
• Conduct due diligence on new partners in coordination with finance and partnerships teams.

4.4 Influencing development and communicating practical lessons and results

• Support the influencing of the development sector by convening and participating at events (e.g. conferences, roundtables, policy forums) to share lessons, innovations and knowledge about our programmes that position us as ‘thought leaders’;
• Engage communications teams to identify opportunities and support the development of content (e.g. social media campaigns, videos) that promote AKF and AKDN’s work and position us as ‘partners of choice’ in the sector. Carry out any other duties as assigned by the Deputy Regional Director of Partnerships or Regional Director of Partnerships.

5. QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, BEHAVIOURS, ATTRIBUTES

5.1 Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree essential;
• Postgraduate degree in a relevant field preferrable.

5.2 Skills

• Creativity, critical thinking, and project management;
• Entrepreneurial, pro-active self-starter with maturity and emotional intelligence;
• Ability to problem-solve, work independently and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with numerous and competing deadlines;
• Ability to handle complex relationships with colleagues and external stakeholders in a professional manner;
• Excellent writing, speaking and other communications skills, with thoroughness and attention to detail;
• Ability to provide stable, consistent, reliable and courteous communication when dealing with external organisations, senior colleagues and community members;
• Strong financial literacy, including the ability to read and produce detailed budgets and business plans
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office 365 and Salesforce;
• French language skills desirable, but not essential;
• Proficiency in one of AKDN’s languages is desirable but not essential (e.g. Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Portuguese, Urdu).

5.3 Knowledge

• Strong proven understanding and knowledge of the UK/European and Asian donor landscape;
• Knowledge of and commitment to international development.

5.4 Experience

• A minimum of 2 years of experience working in international organisations or donor agencies, including field-level implementation or management, and at least 5 total years of professional experience;
• Experience in resource mobilisation and developing relationships, including direct experience with European (EU, Germany, Norway, Sweden, UK) and Asian donors;
• Experience in developing and writing donor proposals and arguments, business cases, concept papers, briefs, executive summaries, as well as coordinating multiple inputs from a variety of sources, and simultaneously managing a variety of relationships;
• Experience developing budgets and business plans;
• Proven success in managing grants in complex organisations with numerous stakeholders.

5.5 Attributes

• Committed to international development, improving the quality of life and promoting pluralism through civil society;
• Demonstrates equity, transparency and integrity with high personal and organisational ethical standards; is fair, honest and trustworthy with respect for confidentiality; inspires and builds trust and respect from others; promotes credibility and professional reputation;
• Respectful of diversity; sensitive toward others in their context, situation and challenges; pluralistic, open and understanding toward other people’s cultures, values, autonomy, and faiths; demonstrates compassion and empathy; is courteous to others with respect for their background, religion, gender and age;
• Committed to acting ethically and upholding safeguarding standards towards all staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries of the organisation.

5.6 Behaviours

• Communicates clearly and concisely, individually and across a broad scope of stakeholders and communities; expresses complex ideas and concepts in simple terms; listens to the views of others; changes communication styles to meet individual and audience needs; encourages dialogue and effective communication by others;
• Builds, maintains and deepens constructive and effective relationships with stakeholders with a specific focus on AKF’s mission; changes approach to achieve desired results if required;
• Has a service focused orientation to others, is flexible and always puts the good of others at the centre of decision making; optimises respect for others and is dedicated to AKF’s purpose and fulfilling the mission;
• Is a supportive team player, collaborates creating a culture of knowledge sharing and team learning to strengthen high business performance. Is proactive in teamwork, has the capacity for continuous learning to facilitate AKF’s mission;
• Inspires self and others to greater performance, professional standards and results; likes to get things done, seeks understanding of goals through role clarity and vision; accepts new challenges and opportunities to enable selfreliance and achievement of full potential; seeks learning, demonstrates a sound mind, and open to change; gives and receives timely balanced feedback;
• Acknowledges creativity, has the desire to expand capacity for new innovations (including technology); adapts established methods for new uses; creates individual, team and organisational learning opportunities; is focused on improving systems and processes; open to change; analyses and synthesizes and challenges conventional thinking; supports the development of communities of practice;
• Enterprising attitude that is quick to search out alternative solutions to needs or problems; demonstrable ability to foster a healthy organisational culture of teamwork and collaboration in problem solving; creates and participates in communities of practice to establish networks of problem solving and organisational learning. 

6. KEY RELATIONSHIPS
Internal Relationships

• Management team
• Staff and volunteers
• Peer partnership managers
• AKDN colleagues
• AKF field unit colleagues
• AKF Head Office colleagues

External Relationships

• Partners
• Donors
• Government bodies
• Beneficiaries
• Relevant UK communities 

Application Details:

• • Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.
• Must include CV and a supporting statement that outlines why you want the role, why you want to work for AKF(UK) and how your experiences and skills to date make you the most suitable applicant for the role.
• Application link: www.the.akdn/careers/2193194
• Closing date: 02 nd December 2024
• Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (dependent on skills and experience) + benefits

Are you an experienced Archivist looking for your next challenge?

Do you want to work for an exciting social change organisation with the mission of enabling people, places and the planet to flourish? 

We are a 270 year old charity and own a 250 year old Grade i/ii listed building housing an array of period features and art of significant note.

The Opportunity

This is a rare opening to manage the RSA’s Archive housed in RSA House just off The Strand. Our Archive spans 2 strong rooms with hundreds of unique pieces of heritage from medals to paintings to fireplaces and sculptures and photographs. We’re looking for an expert Archivist to achieve greater impact by leading the professional management and care of the RSA’s extensive Archive. We need someone with proven experience in a similar archive role, who enjoys working autonomously and has a keen interest in Arts, Manufactures and Commerce artefacts. We are ambitious to digitise our Archive to ensure we engage new and wider audiences to bring the RSA’s exciting and diverse history to life.

The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact since 1754. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and unique global network of changemakers, work collectively to enable people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony. We need you to join us to celebrate our history and help us capture our work for future generations.

This role is based from RSA House in London.

About You

What we are looking for in the successful candidate: 

• Proven experience as an Archivist.
• Archives and Records Association (ARA) recognised qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of cataloguing archive collections including digitally and managing a digitisation programme.
• Knowledge and experience of loaning processes and managing partnerships.
• Good working knowledge of the Data Protection Act and copyright issues.
• Strong IT skills and good communication skills.

To find out more about this role, please download our job description.

Apply

In order to apply, please click ‘quick apply’ on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 9am 5 December 2024. However, screening and interviews will be ongoing, so we may close the vacancy early if sufficient exceptional candidates apply.  Please get your application in as soon as possible.

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

Inclusion Statement

As a social change organisation, we believe everyone, regardless of visible or invisible difference, should be welcomed to participate in creating a better future.   

We aspire to maximum inclusion in our work and endeavour to challenge systemic inequity and all forms of discrimination.  We therefore welcome applications from everybody who is committed to our vision and values and can demonstrate the skills, competencies and experience required for the role applied for. 

Read full our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion . 

About Us

We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas are turned into world-changing actions. We’re committed to a world that is resilient, rebalanced and regenerative, where everyone can fulfil their potential.

The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for 270 years. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and unique global network of changemakers, work collectively to enable people, places and the planet to flourish. We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas in collective action to create opportunities to regenerate our world.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more! Read our full list of benefits .