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Join Our Team as a Fundraising Coordinator
Location:
Leatherhead, Surrey
Salary:
£25,500 per annum (pro-rata) plus benefits
Hours:
37.5 Hours (full time) or 30 hours (part time) per week
Contract:
Full time or Part-time, Permanent
Driving Requirement:
A valid full UK manual driving license is essential.
Essential Criteria
To be considered for this position, you will demonstrate exposure to two of the following areas of expertise:
- Fundraising Supporter Care
- Working within a fundraising team
- General charity administration
- Legacy administration
- Community fundraising events and activities
- Good written and verbal communication
- Ability to build strong and effective relationships
About You
Are you someone who truly enjoys delivering excellent customer service and building strong, loyal relationships with charity supporters?
We are seeking an experienced fundraising coordinator who can deliver timely and efficient support to the fundraising, engagement and volunteering teams. You will demonstrate an eye for detail, a positive and friendly manner, as well as innovative ways to ensure an exceptional supporter experience.
What will you be doing?
As a Fundraising Coordinator, you'll be the charity’s expert in supporter care, managing donor enquiries and processing of financial gifts (whether online, over the phone or by post). You’ll oversee a varied and interesting workload from supporting the department with general administration duties and carrying out legacy administration, to supporting with fundraising events/activities and writing engaging thank you letters.
About Us
Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK. This year we are celebrating our 225th anniversary, having pioneered specialist support across multiple generations since 1799!
We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, who may also have sight loss. Our support ranges from providing person-centred support across our many supported-living and residential care provisions. Furthermore, we provide specialist eye-care services to children and adults alike and assists people to find paid employment for the very first time.
SeeAbility provides the resources and expertise that make this possible, we support people to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible.
Safer Recruitment
SeeAbility is committed to safe and fair recruitment practices, safeguarding and protecting those who we support. It is a condition of employment that perspective employees will be subject to the following:
- A criminal background check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (where appropriate).
- Documentary evidence to confirm your identity, current address, and the right to work in the UK.
- Health Declaration to ensure that you are medically suitable for the role you have been offered.
- References will be obtained to ensure satisfactory evidence of conduct in current or previous employment concerned with the provision of services relating to (a) health or social care, or (b) children or vulnerable adults.
These checks will be carried out and completed prior offering a date to start employment at SeeAbility’ s expense.
Diversity
We actively seek to attract and retain talent from diverse backgrounds, recognising that a wide range of perspectives strengthen our teams. In exceptional circumstances, the role is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.
SeeAbility encourages applications from individuals of all identities, including those from underrepresented groups and those with a disability. We believe a diverse workforce drives innovation, creativity, and success. Everyone’s unique experiences and views are appreciated their opinion valued.
Why work for us?
At SeeAbility, we value your growth and well-being just as much as the support you provide, we can offer you:
- Comprehensive Training: Start with an extensive induction and continue developing your skills with face-to-face training, e-learning, and ongoing support.
- Career Progression: We support your ambitions, offering opportunities to achieve professional qualifications (Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5).
- Recognition & Rewards: From excellence awards to long service recognition, your hard work won’t go unnoticed.
- Work-Life Balance: Enjoy up to 36 days of holiday with long service, flexible working options, and time off for life events.
- Financial Benefits: Discounts, cashback, pension schemes, and more, to help your money go further.
- Wellbeing Support: Access to a 24/7 employee assistance program, life assurance and sick pay.
Our mission is to champion and deliver ambitious support and preventative services alongside people with learning disabilities, autism and sight loss,
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sightsavers implements projects in over 30 countries in Africa and South Asia working to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote the rights of people with disabilities.
Title: Program Officer NTDs
Location: Benin
Contract: 12-month fixed term contract
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply
About the role
The Program Officer will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful implementation of NTD projects in Benin. This position is responsible for managing projects within budget and on schedule, collaborating closely with partners to meet agreed timelines and project documentation requirements. Your expertise will help drive impactful change and support the elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases in the region.
Principle Accountabilities
- Assist staff seconded to government to manage effective implementation of planned activities, including adherence to timelines and coordinating review and feedback from technical teams.
- Monitor programme activities against project goals and donor commitments, identify operational bottlenecks or weaknesses, and work collaboratively with country-based and global teams to achieve exceptional results on aggressive timelines.
- Provide direct support to surveillance and analytics work streams, including the formulation and conducting of high-quality epidemiological analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of current interventions, understand disease patterns, and inform strategic planning related to neglected tropical diseases.
- Monitor, evaluate, and improve the performance of NTD intervention processes and platforms, and contribute to the formulation of surveillance guidelines, SOPs, and training materials.
- Support the development and integration of data collection tools and dashboards.
- Support the integration of data use and analysis in routine programmatic activities at all levels of the health system.
- Support the design and routine implementation of monitoring and evaluation of Sightsavers and governmental programmes.
- Organise, clean, and integrate datasets from different sources to aid programme monitoring and evaluation and larger analyses.
- Formulate and deliver national and sub-national level training technical materials.
- Promote the routine use of epidemiological, entomological, and programmatic data and analysis to inform country strategy planning and programme implementation.
- Review and contribute to surveillance and analytics components of annual country work plans to ensure they meet strategic goals.
- Synthesise and disseminate findings through high-quality presentations, reports, and scientific publications.
- Represent Sightsavers at external technical meetings with international and local academic and technical partners.
- Manage relationships with subcontractors, ensuring compliance with organisational policies and work with technical teams to ensure the delivery of timely and high-quality work.
- Support the national programme in reviewing their operational budget and fund requests and contribute to joint monitoring with the finance team at the partner level.
This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.
About you
The Programme Officer will be a highly skilled professional with a strong background in planning, monitoring, and coordination. They will assist staff seconded to government to manage the effective implementation of planned activities, ensuring adherence to timelines and coordinating review and feedback from technical teams.
Job Requirements:
Essential:
- Master’s Degree in a relevant field or a bachelor’s degree with exceptional experience. If you do not have these qualifications, relevant experience will be considered.
- Demonstrable work experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership.
- Exceptional written and oral communication and presentation skills, including effective communication of results through data visualisation to audiences of varying technical backgrounds.
- Knowledge of PC neglected tropical diseases, disease elimination, digital health, and/or other major global infectious disease problems.
- Experience in strategy development, planning, and project implementation.
- Experience in capacity building.
- Experience working and communicating with government officials and multilateral organisations.
- Demonstrated analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
- High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work independently in unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges.
- Experience in research project management.
Desirable:
- Proficiency in written and verbal communication in French and professional skill in English.
Please ensure that all applications are completed in English to facilitate the review process.
Closing date: 4 November 2024
Next Steps
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
Due to project deadlines, we are keen to fill this role as quickly as possible so applications will be considered as soon as they are received.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for a team player to join our Faculty, Planning and Events team as Faculty Planning Manager on a 12-month FTC basis, to cover a period of maternity leave.
You'll be responsible for leading a team of stakeholders through the process of scheduling and allocating faculty to events across our suite of programmes. Playing a key part in maintaining standards, you'll ensure facilitation and coaching needs across Ambition’s programme suite are met to a high standard and are cost-effective.
Who are Ambition Institute?
A great teacher changes the future every day. Especially for children who have had a tough start in life, a teacher can be the critical factor in their success.
At Ambition Institute we help schools tackling educational disadvantage to keep getting better and help their teachers and school leaders to become more expert over time.
That’s how we’ll make sure every child gets a great education and the best possible start in life.
- We train teachers and leaders at all levels to get better at the things that make the biggest difference: what you teach, how you teach it, and how you create the conditions for schools to thrive.
- We share what works. Everyone can benefit from evidence of how great teaching and leadership can improve schools and change lives, so we connect people to the latest research and best practice.
- We champion every teacher and school leader’s potential to develop, as the driving force for sustainable school improvement.
We would like you to:
- Implement systems and processes within the team, department, division and organisation to understand the events required and to forecast facilitation and coaching capacity across events
- Lead the recruitment, selection, contracting, quality assurance and ongoing training processes for internal and external facilitators and coaches, working closely with Learning Design and the Director of Programmes
- Ensure comprehensive records are kept on shared systems accessible to other teams to aid planning and reporting, maintaining a robust and accurate database of Internal and External stakeholders on our platform, Salesforce, including relevant qualifications and experience.
- Support the Associate Director with decision making, compiling evidence driven by data and experience, to feed into wider organisational discussions related to the delivery of our programmes.
Working in a hybrid way, you’ll be attached to either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to the Faculty Planning and Events Associate Director. In line with our current ways of working, you’ll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a month, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
To succeed in this role you'll demonstrate excellent organisation, programme and project management skills. You'll be an excellent communicator and have proven experience of building and maintaining relationships with different audiences of varying seniority.
We are looking for someone who is a real team player and able to lead teams working in a matrix team structure. Whilst an understanding of facilitator best practice and experience of timetabling a high volume of events, all with different requirements is desirable, these are not essential criteria for applying for the role and relevant training will be provided.
What’s in it for you….?
- Competitive annual salary
- Professional development for all staff
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down’ at the end of December/beginning of January
- Employer pension contribution of 11%
- Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work
- Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
- Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring
- Enhanced maternity pay after a year’s service
- Shared parental leave package
- Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line
- Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London
- Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working
- Interest free season ticket / bike loans
We don’t expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our organisation:
You should apply for this role if:
- You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality
- You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do
- You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants
- You always have a great attitude so we “can do” for all our colleagues, partners and participants
- You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better
- You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective
- You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact
You'll love working at Ambition if…
- You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.
- You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation
- You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you
- You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time
- Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.
How to apply…
Applications will be considered for all office locations.
All applications must be received by the closing date 23:59 on 28 October 2024. Interviews are expected to take place on 31st October and 1 November 2024.Please note when you click apply, you'll be taken to the Birmingham posting of the role. You can still apply via this posting as it won't determine your location if successful.
Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.
As an employer, we have a responsibility to prevent illegal working in the UK by ensuring that our employees have the right to work in the UK. Therefore, as part of the recruitment process to verify your eligibility you will be required to produce relevant documentation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
KEY INFORMATION
Location: Manchester, Bristol, Newcastle, Nottingham, or London
Hours: 37.5 hours (we are happy to consider part time with 0.6 FTE as a minimum)
Start date: November 2024 (we are happy to work with you and your notice period)
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £30,900 - £34,250 per annum if based in London. £28,325 - £31,675 per annum if based in Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle or Bristol, plus a £312 yearly tax-free work from home allowance.
Application deadline: 27th October 2024
ABOUT UPREACH
Do you think that your socio-economic background should determine your career prospects?
upReach’s vision is of a society in which everybody has an equal opportunity to realise their full career potential. Our work is important because right now a student from disadvantaged background who gains a first-class degree from a top university is less likely to secure an elite job than a more privileged student with a 2.2.
We are an award-winning charity employer working to address this issue in partnership with employers and universities. We help undergraduates from lower socioeconomic backgrounds achieve their career potential by providing an intensive programme of support that addresses socio-economic barriers to graduate employment.
To find out more about how we support our students, visit our website and read our Annual Report, and Impact Report.
ROLE SUMMARY
upReach has grown quickly over the last 5 years, and our successful Income Generation brings with it a number of administrative elements, which are currently spread across numerous team members. We are investing in this new position in order to centralise those diverse admin responsibilities, with the Income and Finance Liaison Senior Officer taking full ownership of the associated processes and deliverables, and helping to establish "best practice" to support the Charity in our next growth phase.
The Income and Finance Liaison Senior Officer will contribute to the growth of upReach by working across the Income Generation and Finance teams contributing to a wide range of income and finance related activities. You will support the teams to meet income targets and deliver the 2024-27 strategic plan.
OUR VALUES
upReach upholds the following values:
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Perseverance
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Integrity
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Advocacy
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Aspiration
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Proactivity
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Director of Income Generation and External Engagement you will work closely with the Director of Finance, CEO, Finance and Programmes teams, and colleagues across the income generating and external engagement team; supporting them to meet financial targets, provide excellent stewardship and to implement key administrative and financial processes.
The core responsibilities include:
Income generation and External Engagement
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Ownership of a range of administrative tasks, including stewarding of donors and partners and support of the Development Board.
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Promptly addressing incoming queries from supporters and partners, including email, telephone and post; assist the team by managing;
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Departmental email inboxes
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Prioritising requests and responding where appropriate
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Oversee the management of contracts with partners and funders; generate, issue and follow up in a timely fashion.
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Support the timely production of monthly management reports.
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Play a key role in the complaints procedures for the department and conduct full investigations where needed.
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Work with the team to ensure all relevant data is created and maintained regularly and accurately on the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database.
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Keep on top of developments, changes in trends and patterns, new techniques and legislation.
Finance
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Act as the key liaison point between the income generation and finance team.
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Work with Finance to identify and find solutions to bottlenecks in the purchase order, invoicing and payment process.
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Ensure that money coming into the charity can be identified and coded accurately on the CRM database and finance systems.
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Create and maintain accurate records in the finance system, including billing values, timings and dates.
Team Working
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Work with colleagues across the department and organisation.
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Lead and support rotatees (Team members on the Graduate scheme) and volunteers as required.
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Ensure upReach promotes a high performance culture and professional integrity.
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Support the implementation of business improvement and people development initiatives.
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Commit to the annual appraisal process, including deadlines and develop stretching, SMART OKRs (objectives and key results) to meet our strategic goals.
Other
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Occasional out of office work may be required in order that the organisation is able to deliver on its commitments to its stakeholders
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Some UK travel will be required from time to time
Please note that it is not possible for the job description to cover the exhaustive list of responsibilities of your role due to the varied nature of the role. The job description aims to provide an overview of your remit.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
The ideal candidate should display these skills:
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Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise and deliver to tight deadlines across different departments
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Strong administrative and numeracy skills
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Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
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Problem solving and solution focussed
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A wonderful team player with a positive and enthusiastic approach
This position would be suited to individuals who are committed to upReach’s mission. We are looking for someone who is passionate about social mobility and believes that background should not be a barrier to graduate employment.
To be successful in this role, it is anticipated that you will have experience of working in a fast paced environment, and are able to demonstrate a high level administrative and numeracy skills;
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Strong relationship building and customer service experience with internal and external stakeholders.
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Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
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Ability to maintain accuracy and work independently to find solutions to problems.
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Supporting the preparation of annual budget reviews and KPI (Key Performance Indicators)/OKR reports (full training will be provided as required)
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Ability to work cooperatively with and through people to reach goals.
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High-level of computer literacy, specifically Google Suite
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Working on a variety of projects at the same time and delivering to deadlines.
TEAM CULTURE & BENEFITS:
By joining the upReach team, you will be joining a team who are committed to supporting you in your career journey and fostering an inclusive culture.
We offer:
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Flexible and hybrid working.
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Statutory Holiday Entitlement of 25 days and bank holidays. This increases to 2 additional days after 2.5 years and then to 3 additional days after 5 years of working with us.
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Birthday leave.
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Enhanced Parental Leave beyond statutory requirements for all team members.
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3% Pension Contribution, this increases to 5% after 5 years of working with us.
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Cycle-to-work scheme.
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Monthly socials.
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Dedication to Staff Wellbeing through our Employee Assistance Programme
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Personal Development Budget, activated after 6 months in the role.
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The opportunity to participate in our fantastic staff networks:
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Disability and Inclusion Network
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Ethnic Minorities Network
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Green Network
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LGBTQ+ Network
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Mindfulness Network
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Parents and Carers Network
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Socio-economic Background Network
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READY TO APPLY?
We are committed to making our recruitment process inclusive. All applications will be blind screened, and our job packs are available in Braille, large text or another format upon request. We can provide reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment application process and on the job, and we'll always endeavour to be as accommodating as possible.
Applications close at 11:59pm on 27th October 2024.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
upReach is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, disability, social background or any other protected class. We support workplace diversity and believe it creates dynamic and effective organisations. We are working hard to increase diversity in our team and would particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates.
Sightsavers is looking for a Carbon Data Analyst to play a leading role in the carbon data activities of the organisation
Salary: £28,518 - £33,550
Location: UK remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex when required
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working
The Carbon Data Analyst will provide high quality carbon data and carbon reporting and is specifically responsible for ensuring Sightsavers is meeting regulatory and non-regulatory carbon data reporting requirements. The postholder will have opportunities to make improvements to processes and systems, and provide data and information to support the organisation's informed decision-making regarding carbon emissions.
We are looking for a Carbon Data Analyst to play a leading role in the carbon data activities of the organisation. Key duties will include:
- Carbon reporting and monitoring
- Carbon data collection and analysis
- Management of the Environmental Management System (EMS)
- Carbon footprint data collection and recommendations around carbon emissions reduction
- Supporting the development of the carbon management transition plan
- Knowledge sharing and ad-hoc projects
Please see the job description for full details
This is an ideal opportunity to use your expertise to provide high quality carbon data and carbon reporting. You will have opportunities to make improvements to processes and systems, and you will provide data and information to support the organisation's informed decision-making regarding carbon emissions. You'll need to have good data analysis skills with the ability to ask questions and look for anomalies.
To succeed in this role you will also need:
- A good understanding of calculation techniques and environmental and carbon accounting and reporting standards
- Strong climate change knowledge
- Experience of improving carbon data capture processes/systems
- Membership of IEMA is desirable
- Knowledge of The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting. Standard is desirable
- Experience of managing an EMS is desirable
- Experience of monitoring and target setting
- Willingness and desire to acquire knowledge and understanding of the practices across the countries in which we operate
- The ability to plan and work effectively as part of a team
- Awareness of the overseas development context gained preferably through working in the sector or overseas development would be useful
- The ability to communicate with people from other countries and cultures
- Strong analytical skills, preferably using Power Query
- Experience with Power BI would be an advantage
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people
Please see the job description for full details
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW)
We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in late November/ early December and the evaluation process will include a role-typical task to be completed by shortlisted candidates.
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) administered by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Do you have the skills to support and mentor men in their recovery? We are looking for someone with a heart for addiction recovery work to join the friendly staff team at Yeldall Manor, a Christian drug and alcohol treatment centre for men, near Reading. We are a healing community with a holistic approach, supporting men with addiction problems to heal, transform and thrive.
The role of Recovery Support Keyworker involves one-to-one and group support with our residents; encouraging and supporting them in all practical aspects of their recovery including objectives and goals, leave and visit planning, behaviour and health, housing and employment matters. You will be a committed Christian, with excellent inter-personal and the ability to implement firm but caring boundaries, plus good administrative abilities, able to complete care planning and risk assessments. The rewards of being part of men turning their lives around is immense!
If you would like to join our committed and friendly team, and have the skills necessary to support men in their recovery, then we would like to hear from you. Please see our JD attached for more information.
This is a full-time, permanent role for 40 hours per week, including occasional evenings and weekends (part-time work could be considered for the right candidate).
Yeldall Manor is a Christian organisation, and this role has an occupational requirement that the successful candidate be a committed and practising Christian (in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010). If you are in recovery, a minimum of two years’ demonstrable clean time is required. This position is also subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
Please use your covering letter to explain your suitability for the role as outlined in the job description.
Please use your covering letter to demonstrate how you suit the role as outlined in the attached job description
Yeldall wants all those affected by addiction to heal, transform and thrive.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Nystagmus Network is seeking a Development Coordinator to help build on our core services and develop new ones to meet the growing and changing needs of the nystagmus community and to support income generation to ensure those services can continue to be funded. You will need to be passionate about what we do, have the drive and enthusiasm to succeed and also be sensitive to the need to involve volunteers and stakeholders in service development and delivery.
You will plan to reach out to ever wider groups of potential beneficiaries and supporters through your communications, networking and business development skills, in collaboration with the Executive Information and Development Manager and Trustees and take the initiative on approaches to new partners. You will have a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion in the way we reach out to people in every aspect of our work.
Applications will not be considered if there is no accompanying cover letter.
Our mission is to champion the cause of the nystagmus community we support.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Hey there, come join our team and help us build a better world.
This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for someone looking to play a leading role in a small but influential national charity building a positive legacy for the late Jo Cox MP. We are looking for someone with experience of working on community building initiatives, who is skilled in engaging and working collaboratively with diverse communities, with a flexible and empathetic approach, and a genuine commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. Through this role you will play a key part in continuing Jo Cox’s legacy over the years to come.
ABOUT THE JO COX FOUNDATION’S WORK IN WEST YORKSHIRE
We want less lonely, better connected communities across the UK, where everyone feels that they belong. Jo Cox’s career took her around the world, yet her sense of belonging and her identity were always firmly rooted in Yorkshire. She knew that developing social connections with people like us, and with those who are different, helps to build individual and collective wellbeing, trust, resilience and cohesion.
The Jo Cox Foundation has its roots in West Yorkshire and our work here brings people together, increasing people’s social support networks and feelings of belonging. This enables us to improve lives locally, while also building our knowledge, credibility and evidence to share with communities and platforms across the UK.
“I am Batley and Spen born and bred, and I could not be prouder of that. I am proud that I was made in Yorkshire and I am proud of the things we make in Yorkshire. Britain should be proud of that, too.”
Jo Cox, Maiden Speech 2015
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Yorkshire Programme Manager has responsibility for the development and delivery of our community programmes in West Yorkshire, with a particular focus on Batley, Dewsbury and Heckmondwike.
At present, this is focussed on leading our Bridging & Belonging project, which aims to co-produce a vision for the future of Batley, Dewsbury and Heckmondwike. We expect that the insight that we produce from this project will determine the direction of our community programmes in West Yorkshire over the coming years.
Working with the project’s Community Group, you’ll support them to deliver a series of community events that capture the issues, needs and skills of the community and identify the action that the community wants to see.
As the project draws to a conclusion, you’ll play a key role in planning our future work in West Yorkshire, in conjunction with the Head of Community Programmes, and will provide information and support for grant applications for this future work.
ABOUT THE BRIDGING & BELONGING PROJECT
We know from our work in West Yorkshire that community members want to connect with each other, influence change, and use their ideas and skills to benefit the community. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, this project aims to facilitate this through a series of community events and activities in Batley, Dewsbury and Heckmondwike. These events will explore the themes of community, place and belonging, and will help us create a shared vision for the future of the area.
This project has already been established, so you’ll start with an in-depth project plan in place and a small but engaged Community Group made up of people from across Batley, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike and surrounding areas. With them we have started planning for the first three community events. You’ll also get support in running this project from a Project Officer and our Head of Community Programmes.
Through your leadership of this project over the next 12 months, we will:
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Grow the Community Group to around 15 people
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Support the group to plan and deliver a series of community events across Batley, Dewsbury and Heckmondwike. These events will be for anyone with a connection to the area to connect, listen, and share stories on the themes of community, place and belonging.
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Support the group by organising and facilitating regular meetings, identifying any skills needs they have, and sourcing / providing training where relevant.
ABOUT YOU
We’re looking for someone who is motivated and positive about making change happen in the area. You need to be happy to work as part of a remote team, but also have the confidence and ability to work independently and on your own initiative.
You’ll have a deep understanding of, and experience of engaging with, communities in West Yorkshire, particularly Batley, Dewsbury and Heckmondwike. You’ll have excellent interpersonal skills, and experience of facilitating group meetings and workshops in creative and engaging ways. This project has already started, so you’ll also need an ability to digest information and build relationships quickly.
You’ll have strong project management skills, and ideally experience planning and delivering events. Experience working with Steering Groups and reporting to funders will also be helpful.
Lastly, you will have strongly held personal values which align with The Jo Cox Foundation’s vision and Jo’s ‘more in common’ ethos. These will be reflected in your respect for others and the desire to make a truly positive contribution through your work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
In her time in parliament Jo Cox MP established a commission on loneliness with Seema Kennedy MP. After her murder this became known as the Jo Cox Loneliness Commission, and was pivotal in bringing about and influencing the UK government’s first loneliness strategy.
Seven years on from the publication of the Jo Cox Loneliness Commission’s report, we have received funding from The Astra Foundation to establish a new Loneliness Policy Group for the voluntary sector to ensure a joined up approach and collaboration on this issue.
As Public Affairs and Policy Manager (Loneliness) at the Jo Cox Foundation you'll establish this group and lead it, working with trusted partners to generate policy recommendations and engaging policy makers, elected representatives, and other decision makers to advocate for their implementation.
As you would expect the Jo Cox Foundation has historically strong relationships with politicians across parties. This is especially true of our work on loneliness, where we continue to have unrivalled access to Ministers and Civil Servants.
This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to develop this area of work at the Foundation and drive policy change for the loneliness sector. Through this, you’ll continue the positive legacy already established for Jo in the field of loneliness and support our vision of a less lonely, better connected society in the UK.
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The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award (the Award) is a Non-Formal Education and Learning framework encouraging young people to find their purpose, place and passion in the world.
In more than 120 countries and territories, our globally recognised accreditation is available to all 14 to 24-year-olds, of all backgrounds, locations, cultures and abilities.
Through the programme, each young person becomes part of something special while developing their own interests, universal skills and life aspirations.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation is the international charity that drives and encourages the Award’s growth, access and impact across the globe. Working in partnership with organisations and governing bodies, we oversee the licensing of Award operators – including schools, youth groups, employers and custodial institutions.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer will support the Senior Operations Manager and the Bid Manager to help develop and implement monitoring and reporting processes across the Foundation’s grant-giving activities.
To be successful in the role, you must have excellent knowledge of results-based monitoring and reporting, including experience in sampling techniques and the use of computer software in support of monitoring, reporting and statistical analysis; demonstrate strong organisational and administrative skills, and ideally have experience working with colleagues from different cultural backgrounds. This role will also work closely with colleagues from the Operations, Communications and Development teams to ensure accurate information is delivered to key stakeholders.
Our long term ambition is that every eligible young person aged 14 – 24 will have the opportunity to participate in the Award.
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We are currently looking for a Bid Manager (Corporate, Trusts and Foundations) to join us at The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award (the Award) is a Non-Formal Education and Learning framework encouraging young people to find their purpose, place and passion in the world.
In more than 120 countries and territories, our globally recognised accreditation is available to all 14 to 24-year-olds, of all backgrounds, locations, cultures and abilities.
Through the programme, each young person becomes part of something special while developing their own interests, universal skills and life aspirations.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Foundation is the international charity that drives and encourages the Award’s growth, access and impact across the globe. Working in partnership with organisations and governing bodies, we oversee the licensing of Award operators – including schools, youth groups, employers and custodial institutions.
The Foundation relies on a combination of operational and voluntary income to fund its work, and we are looking to grow the contribution of Corporate and institutional funders to the current income mix, alongside a strong philanthropic base.
We are therefore seeking an experienced and dynamic Bid Manager (Corporate, Trusts and Foundations) to join our Development team and play a pivotal role in securing funding through successful corporate, trust, and foundation applications. The Bid Manager (Corporate, Trusts and Foundations) will be responsible for researching, writing, and submitting high-quality, compelling funding proposals that bring to life the critical role the Foundation plays in ensuring that all young people have access to the Award, wherever they are or whatever their circumstances.
Our long term ambition is that every eligible young person aged 14 – 24 will have the opportunity to participate in the Award.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.