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About the Role

Are you passionate about leveraging the power of storytelling to make a difference? Join Make-A-Wish UK as a PR & Social Media Officer, where you’ll play an essential role in amplifying our mission of granting life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses. Reporting to the PR Manager and working closely with the Social Media Manager, you’ll be instrumental in building our brand presence across media channels, nurturing community engagement on social platforms, and creating compelling content that resonates with audiences. Your role will involve managing day-to-day social media activities, supporting PR campaigns, creating captivating stories, and contributing to our high-impact events and partnerships.

Location & Contract: This is a full-time, 12-month fixed term role with a hybrid working model based in Reading, with travel required to our Reading hub at least twice a month and for UK events and activations.

About You

You’re a dynamic and creative communicator with a proven track record in PR and social media management, known for crafting and executing plans that enhance brand visibility and engage diverse audiences. Your proactive approach means you’re always seeking new opportunities for engagement, and you’re comfortable handling high-pressure situations, managing tight deadlines, and handling the unexpected with composure.

A natural team player, you thrive in collaborative environments, bringing a positive and solutions-focused mindset to every project. You excel in building media relationships, writing compelling press releases, and developing high-quality content that brings stories to life. Your empathy and respect make you an ideal representative for Make-A-Wish, as you interact compassionately with wish families and stakeholders alike. With flexibility and adaptability, you can pivot seamlessly between PR and social media responsibilities as needed.

Essential Criteria:

· Minimum three years of PR and/or social media experience, with expertise in content creation, media relations, and campaign management.

· Strong understanding of social media platforms, tools, and content scheduling software.

· Confident in PR outreach with a network of media contacts.

· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

· Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail.

· Ability to work collaboratively across teams and build external partnerships.

· Minimum GCSE-level education.

Desirable Criteria:

· Charity sector experience or familiarity with sensitive storytelling.

· Basic social media content editing skills.

At Make-A-Wish, we believe that agile working gives everyone an opportunity to have their own work pattern that suits their role and individual needs. We believe this is the most effective way to give our best to wish children and supporters, and as a result deliver our charitable mission in the most effective way; whilst ensuring we create a happy workplace.

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Relevant level of DBS check will be required for this role. Employment is subject to positive references and proof of the right to work in the UK.

Make-A-Wish is also committed to attracting and recruiting diverse people as it’s vital that we strive towards ensuring that our trustees, employees, ambassadors and volunteers reflect the communities we seek to serve.

Closing Date: Please submit your application via our jobs page by 24th November.

We are extremely excited to welcome you to Black Minds Matter UK, an organisation dedicated to breaking down the stigma of talking about mental health and as a result accessing therapy within the Black community.

Our vision is to see a community of Black people readily accessing Mental Health support, recovering fully from mental illness and thriving.

We envision a UK where every Black individual can access affordable and culturally appropriate therapy whenever and wherever they need it. We will work towards this vision by matching individuals to the right type of therapy and only use qualified and accredited therapists. We will also amplify the barriers effecting the community in spaces where we can be heard and understood.

Digital Fundraiser
Reporting to: Chief Executive
Salary: £32,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time (37.5hrs)
Location: Remote working with ad-hoc in-person (London-office) days as required

You will be joining the organisation at a pivotal time as we ambitiously seek to grow our reach and income over the next five years. We laid considerable foundation in our fundraising function and now we’re looking for a driven, focused and highly proficient Digital Fundraiser to join our team to deliver Black Mind Matter UK’s strategy.

We're looking for a Digital Fundraiser to join our friendly and dedicated team to help us to achieve our fundraising ambitions across multiple channels of individual giving.

• Develop and execute an effective and sustainable digital fundraising plan and budget in line with the overall BMMUK fundraising strategy, to grow income from new and existing donors and achieve annual targets
• Provide high-quality, tailored stewarding for new and existing supporters, ensuring they feel valued and understand the impact their contribution makes
• Manage Challenge Events stewardship with engaging comms
• Lead on donor insight and research, prospecting, cultivation and conversion activities to develop a pipeline of individual giving at all levels
• Create and lead on 2 x targeted campaigns and bespoke donor journeys (Christmas Appeal and £30 in 30)
• Create compelling written content for digital and print media
• Monitor campaign effectiveness using analytics and produce regular reporting on performance against targets
• Ensure donations are processed quickly and donors are thanked for their contribution
• Keep abreast of the latest fundraising practices, legislation and technology opportunities

Our benefits

• Competitive pension
• 25 days annual leave
• Flexible working (with some core hours)
• In person and remote working
• Location: Flexible, must work from our London office at least twice a month.

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

At Black Minds Matter UK, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, particularly those from Black and minority ethnic communities.

No agencies please.

VAL – Director Of Development

Are you ready to lead and inspire change in the VCSE sector across Leicester and Leicestershire? VAL is looking for a Director of Development to drive our strategic goals and make a lasting impact.

Hours: Full-Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £49,564 per annum plus Enhanced benefits

Closing date: 11/12/2024 5:00 pm.

Interview dates: Monday 23 December 2024

Organisation: Voluntary Action LeicesterShire

Voluntary Action Leicester (VAL) is a sector leading Regional charity with a 60 year track record in “Helping Change Lives for the Better”. We are immensely proud of our track record in delivering excellent services and championing local voluntary action.

Supporting some 3800 local community organisations, we also provide direct support services such as our VALUES Learning Disabilities Service, VAL Spaces -Tenancy, Meeting and Conferencing Service, champion Health and Social Care through Healthwatch Leicester and Leicestershire as well as delivering various Employability Projects and training.

As Director of Development, you will work closely with our Chief Executive and Director of Operations and Services to expand VAL’s revenue streams, nurture key partnerships, and enhance our brand and reputation as a sector leader. In addition to providing operational leadership and management of your teams, your role will focus on growing revenue through our VALUES Learning Disabilities Service, VAL Spaces – Building Tenancy, Meeting Rooms, Conferencing Sales and IT Service ensuring ongoing sustainability, growth and success of VAL. You will develop and implement a business development strategy for VAL that supports growth in direct services, aligned to our Vision and strategic plan objectives.

With at least two years’ established senior management experience in development, implementation and delivery of strategic priorities you will need to demonstrate sound understanding of the challenges that the VCSE organisations face. A strategic and analytical thinker with financial acumen you will need to show the ability to turn ideas into action.

With excellent presentation and influencing experience, your communication style will be inclusive and self-assured. You will need to demonstrate resilience, and flexibility, together with drive and determination to play a key role in our future. You will be able to talk authoritatively about inclusive involvement, barriers which lead to discrimination and exclusion and be able to implement working practices that support equity and diversity. Knowledge of the voluntary sector and/or Learning Disabilities and/or Social Care is highly desirable.

You’ll need to be highly effective in building meaningful relationships with a wide demographic of stakeholders and ideally have demonstrable experience in business development and tenders, bid writing and building corporate partnerships.

A detailed job description, person specification and application requirements for this role can be found at our website, link below.

This is a rare opportunity to work for a sector leading diverse and ambitious organisation, with a vision for growth.

Join a dynamic and committed team at VAL, where you’ll have the opportunity to influence positive change and make a real difference to the lives of people in our communities. This is your chance to make a real difference in our communities while working with a passionate and dedicated team.

ABOUT US

School of Hard Knocks (SOHK) is a charity that exists to empower and support children who are living in complex and challenging circumstances. By fostering an environment of genuine acceptance and through the use of physical activity and group and one-to-one support sessions, SOHK enables people to find meaning and purpose to life. All of SOHK's activities are underpinned by an evidence based sport for development framework called the 5Cs.

OVERVIEW

We currently have a small fundraising team that has been together since April 2023, consisting of a Partnerships Manager, a Trusts and Foundations Manager and an Events Co-ordinator. The new Interim Head of Fundraising will lead this team, including our Communications and Marketing Manager.

Our desire is not just to bring a person on board who will lead the team from behind the lines, but someone who will take full ownership of the fundraising targets and be the visible lead fundraiser of the charity.

We want someone who will effectively deliver year one of our new three-year fundraising and marketing strategy to achieve future planned growth. Key responsibilities will be:

Team Leadership

• Take ownership of the fundraising targets and ensure that they are met.
• Lead the fundraising team and be ultimately responsible for their job satisfaction, appraisals and personal development.
• Ensure continuous evaluation of all fundraising activity.
• Monitor progress of each stream of fundraising and make adjustments as needed to achieve targets.

Relationship Generation and Stewardship

• Establish and nurture strong relationships with existing and potential donors, including individuals and corporations.
• Develop and implement tailored cultivation and stewardship plans to enhance donor engagement and loyalty.
• Ensure that regular communication with donors is in place, providing updates on projects, expressing gratitude, and soliciting continued support.

Strategy

• Lead on the execution of the new three-year fundraising strategy aligned with the charity’s mission and goals.
• Identify and explore new fundraising opportunities and innovative techniques to maximize revenue generation.
• Work as part of the Senior Management Team to develop plans and budgets that support the delivery of the organisation's strategic aims.

Reporting, Monitoring & Budgeting

• Report as required on all activity and progress to the Senior Management Team, (trustees) and Board of Trustees and its Fundraising Sub-committee.
• Monitor and manage expenditure related to fundraising activities, ensuring cost-effectiveness and adherence to budgetary constraints.
• Lead on development and upkeep of pipeline processes, ensuring high quality and live information is available across the fundraising team and finance functions.

ABOUT YOU

Your Key Strengths:

• Be a highly experienced and proven fundraiser, with at least five years of UK based charity fundraising experience.
• Have exceptional interpersonal skills - comfortable speaking with senior business leaders, decision makers and High Net Worth individuals…. And comfortable making ‘the ask’!
• Maintain high levels of discretion and tact; able to maintain confidentiality.
• Be personable yet decisive and confident, capable of working with and inspiring colleagues and volunteers.
• Have exceptional organisational and critical thinking skills; able to keep abreast of all the different streams of income and prioritise projects.
• Be IT literate and comfortable with fundraising software.
• Be a genuine self-starter, proactive, collegiate, driven and committed.

TERMS OF APPOINTMENT

• This is an interim role, for 12 months from January 2025.
• The salary is £50,000 - £55,000 depending on experience.
• You will get 25 days annual leave per year plus UK National Holidays. Also, we give any normal working days between Christmas and New Year as additional holidays.
• Reasonable flexible working arrangement , but you must have the ability to work outside of core hours and travel across the UK when necessary.

Applications close at 10pm on Wednesday 11th December

Head of Fundraising

About Wicksteed Park

Wicksteed Park, in Kettering, Northamptonshire, is one of the UK's oldest leisure parks, founded in 1921 by Charles Wicksteed. Managed by the Wicksteed Charitable Trust, it offers over 25 rides, 281 acres of parkland, playgrounds, and walking trails, catering to all ages. The park also hosts events including live entertainment and workshops, with venues available for weddings and parties. Entry to the parkland is free, making it an ideal destination for families and nature lovers to enjoy year-round.

Role Outline

The Head of Fundraising will be instrumental in the instigation, implementation and completion of the Trust’s long term funding strategy. This important role leads on the Trust’s approach to individual giving, legacies, campaigns and community fundraising. The role plays an important part in raising vital unrestricted income and will act as the connection point with our loyal supporters. The role will lead and develop a fundraising team, working closely with the Community and Heritage team and volunteers.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced fundraiser with demonstrable experience at a senior level, with strong communication and relationship building skills. 

This is a full-time position on a temporary contract for an initial period of three years, with potential to become a permanent position.  Wicksteed Park operates a 40-hour working week, primarily based onsite. Consideration will be given to requests for flexible working.

Salary: £48,000 per annum

With thanks to the players, this role is initially funded under the National Lottery Heritage Fund grant: Securing a Sustainable Future for the Home of Children's Play.

Circa £53,000 per annum

Permanent

Part home/Part office (London) based

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as Online Platforms Product Owner.

The Online Platforms Product Owner leads the development of UNICEF UK’s online platforms portfolio ensuing that it aligns to the digital strategy and keeps pace with business requirements. The role does this by establishing strong and effective relationships with business stakeholders. A strong commitment to the organisation's values and inclusive practices is essential.

The ideal candidate should have substantial experience of managing the online platforms product roadmap for a similar high-profile organisation. They should be able to partner effectively with business stakeholders to deliver to business requirements as well as with agencies.

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.

Closing date: 23.59pm, 16 December 2024.

Interview date: Wednesday 8 January 2025.

In return, we offer:

· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)

· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role

· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.

· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London (change to Scotland address if appropriate) and the rest of the time from home.  We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

Our Head of Children, Young People and Families leads the work of our Children, Young People and Families (CYPF) service and the Building Young Brixton (BYB) Partnership, and is a key part of the Senior Leadership team at High Trees, helping us achieve our ambitions across the board.

Our Children, Youth and Families work serves the Tulse Hill and wider Lambeth community, operating from our dedicated youth and play site at Tulse Hill Adventure Playground, where the CYPF team are based. We deliver a multi-faceted and integrated service allowing us to provide seamless support for children and young people from 8-18, including daily after school and weekend open access adventure play sessions, community and school based mentoring programmes, a work experience and youth leadership programme, and youth social action projects. We also deeply value collaboration with other youth and community organisations, and as Head of CYPF, you will also lead and contribute to a number of
youth partnerships that we manage, including Building Young Brixton. This will require demonstrable experience of running a multifaceted service – delivering several projects and programmes simultaneously and managing a team of staff – with the strong organisational, people skills and a collaborative approach that this requires. You will be an advocate for community based youth and play services and passionate about the value and impact of play, as our core offer is centred around our after school and holiday offer at Tulse Hill Adventure Playground.

You will be based at Tulse Hill Adventure Playground, and as a strong and inspiring manager you will lead a team of youth and play practitioners to deliver a range of dynamic, exciting, and meaningful services, ensuring the children who need them most are supported to play, develop, and thrive. You will take both an ambitious, organised, yet hands on approach to your management of the service - we are a small but dynamic team and truly believe services are best when all are involved, from management to practitioners. You will bring enthusiasm and passion to ensure an exceptional service for the children and young people we work with and continue to inspire your team, and the wider Building Young Brixton team, to grow and expand our reach.

Our local community is at the centre of everything we do and as a community-based service you will also understand the value of and build on our excellent relationships with local residents, organisations and statutory services, and help champion and ensure strong coordination and leadership of our youth partnerships. In order to achieve this you will have an excellent understanding of the landscape in which charities deliver their services and the statutory and funding frameworks within which we operate.

Dementia Carers Count have an exciting remote opportuinity to deliver timely and efficient fundraising and administrative support as we work to ensure that no dementia carer ever feels isolated, invisible or alone. 

Job Title:   Fundraising & Admin Officer

Reports to:  Public Fundraising Manager 

Contract:   Permanent contract 

Hours:    35 hours/week

Salary:   £30,000 pa

Location:  Remote with some travel to London.

Job purpose  

To deliver timely and efficient fundraising and administrative support, as we work to ensure that no dementia carer ever feels isolated, invisible or alone. 

Key responsibilities   

• Be the first point of contact for supporters, campaigners and others, managing enquiries via post, online and over the phone to ensure everyone has a quality experience.

• Manage processes for fundraising donations.

• Work with teams across the organisation and with carers to produce creative and engaging thank you and stewardship materials.

• Support the fundraising team with prospect research to help identify potential new supporters.

• Draft funder reports, small trust funding applications and fundraising communications.

• Support the administration and delivery of fundraising activities and initiatives.

• Keep up to date with sector developments and best practice in fundraising.

• Support the marketing & communications manager to deliver effective internal communications.

• Support the services team to deal with carer enquiries and casework, administer online groups, and produce reports.

• Support the organisation with general administrative duties as required.

Partnership Lead

Job Purpose

The Partnership Lead will play a key role in operationalising and overseeing the support for approximately 34 school hubs across England, contributing to local school improvement. They will also take the lead in operationalising the renewal of all schools across the Challenge Partners network.

Schools within Challenge Partners subscribe annually and join forces in local hubs,  spanning England from Cornwall to County Durham. The hub works together over the course of the academic year pulling together a Hub Action Plan, which aims to tackle collectively agreed priorities using funding from Challenge Partners. Challenge Partners hubs provide the local element of our collaborative partnership. 

The Partnership Lead will build and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and hold responsibility for ensuring all hubs have everything they need to provide an excellent experience to schools. They will also support the renewal of all schools, through leading excellent Customer Care practices and operationalising the annual retention campaign, working with the Partnership Development Manager. They will work closely with the Partnership Experience Manager and the team of Partnership Coordinators to ensure excellent delivery.

Established in 2011, Challenge Partners is a well-respected nationwide network of practitioners who engage in hard-edged collaboration and mutual accountability to ensure every school community can benefit from the combined wisdom of the education system. 

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Partnership Experience Manager, the Partnership Lead will have the following key areas of responsibility and will be expected to undertake other responsibilities commensurate with the role as requested:

Partnership Delivery and Development

Individual Partnership Delivery and Development responsibilities: 

• Implement the annual cycle of hub work, including planning and implementing key partnership correspondence, activities and events.

• Support up to five hubs of their own, working closely with internal teams to ensure a high-quality experience for schools across all selected Challenge Partners activities.

• Lead the renewals campaign for all schools across the partnership, proactively escalating any renewal concerns, and monitoring and reporting renewals data.

• Oversee the monitoring of the Partnership inbox, ensuring all queries are dealt with by a member of the team promptly and effectively. 

• Manage the Partnership budget; monitoring spending and signing off invoices within agreed budgets, including hub funding. 

• Lead on ensuring an excellent experience for schools in Challenge Partners. This includes, but is not limited to, monitoring risks and mitigating/escalating as appropriate, and leading on Customer Care and Pricing Governance issues. 

• Support the Partnership Experience Manager to deliver improvements to the quality of our hubs, ensuring all schools are getting excellent value. This includes, but is not limited to the engagement of new technologies, processes and ways of working. 

• Lead on the implementation of new strategies for delivery in your areas of responsibility with Partnership Coordinator support.

Support all hub owners through matrix working to: 

• Embed excellent account management, delivering outstanding support for our partner schools, multi-academy trusts and hubs.

• Maintain highly effective stakeholder relationships with Headteachers, trust CEOs, Senior Partners and Hub Managers.

• Induct new schools and hubs, making sure that all are appropriately onboarded to Challenge Partners. 

• Implement Customer Care work, ensuring that all members of the team are able to monitor Customer Care cases and identify solutions.

• Deliver growth and renewals work, enabling schools and trusts to renew their subscription with Challenge Partners.

Data Management and Systems 

• Ensure school data is accurately recorded on Salesforce (our CRM system) and work closely with the Data and Systems Lead to improve systems and processes.

• Monitor and report renewals data to inform renewals progress, predictions and strategy.

• Implementation of annual partnership evaluation work with the support of the Partnership Experience Manager.

Event Planning, Organisation and Monitoring

• Lead on the planning, logistics and delivery of an annual National Induction event for all new and rejoining schools, working with the Partnership Experience Manager and Leadership Team to agree event design.

• Liaise with speakers, venues and suppliers to ensure high quality delivery of the National Induction.

• Coordinate the team effectively to ensure excellent event delivery.

• Work closely with the marketing team to create a social media plan to showcase the National Induction.

• Monitor event quality and delivery, including dealing with and escalating issues to ensure positive solutions are reached.

Line Management

• Provide high-quality and consistent line management for up to two Partnership Coordinators, including regular one-to-one meetings and performance reviews.

• Identify opportunities for personal and professional development for direct reports.

• Provide accountability and support to direct reports to ensure excellent delivery across all Challenge Partners’ activities and meet key organisational priorities.

Matrix Management

At Challenge Partners, we work in a matrix structure which means that individuals collaborate across different work streams and are, at times, task managed by colleagues who are not their direct line manager

• Provide consistent and high quality task management to all Partnership Coordinators supporting activities related to hubs and cultivating relationships with all hub owners.

• Provide consistent and high quality task management to all colleagues involved in school renewals. This includes upwards management of Managers and Leadership Team.

• Collaborate effectively with other line managers and teams to support Partnership Coordinators to provide excellent delivery across all Challenge Partners activities and meet key organisational priorities.

• Provide training to all Partnership Coordinators in Customer Care and hub support. 

Person Specification

Specific skills and attitudes we are looking for in an applicant are as follows:

• As one of our cadre of Leads, you will be a role model for our values at all times and a cultural lead within the team.

• Strong project management and organisational skills (a ‘completer-finisher’).

• Ability to prioritise effectively to meet competing demands and work under pressure, through excellent organisation and time management.

• Outstanding attention to detail, and pride in your work.

• Strong sense of proactivity, ensuring any issues are recognised and dealt with before they escalate.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to deal with people diplomatically and appropriately, building rapport with those at varying levels of seniority.

• Positivity, optimism and agility - we are a small organisation and all staff are expected to contribute across the organisation (and sometimes beyond their specific job role) to ensure our success and sustainability. 

• High computer literacy - confidence and competence in using Google Suite, Microsoft programmes and Salesforce (or a similar CRM system) would be an advantage

• A willingness to learn and give and receive feedback

• A passion for education, and a desire to make a difference

About Challenge Partners

Who we are: Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led education charity that enables collaboration and challenge between schools to enhance the life chances of all children, especially the most disadvantaged.

How we do it: The Challenge Partners central team works closely with school leaders and other education professionals to facilitate a variety of programmes and activities for schools in our partnership. We ensure the knowledge and skills of the best in our network are available to everyone, reducing the variability in education provision whilst improving the performance of all trusts, schools, leaders, and pupils in the partnership.

Our team: There are currently just over 25 in our growing team. We are dedicated to working hard for our schools whilst enjoying what we do and who we work with. You will be working in a friendly and dynamic group with backgrounds in education, the wider social enterprise and charity sector, and the corporate world. The majority of roles are school-facing, and team members work closely with leaders in our schools to generate and refine ideas and create maximum value for the network.

Our values

At Challenge Partners, how we go about our work is as important as the work we do. This is underpinned by our six values:

Excellence

We work hard and with urgency, striving for excellence in all that we do. We put the needs of our schools first.

Equity

We treat each other/everyone fairly, with care and respect. We value, encourage, and celebrate diversity in all its forms. We are one team.

Courageous leadership

Everyone is a leader, encouraged and empowered to take ownership and responsibility for their contribution to our mission.

Challenge

We expect the best of each other and support and challenge each other as critical friends.

Collaboration

We work purposefully together and in partnership with our schools to achieve more together than we could alone.

Innovation

We use and generate research and innovation intelligently to continually improve the work we do.

Benefits of working for Challenge Partners

• 25 days of paid holiday per year

• An employer contributed pension - matched up to 5% of your own contribution

• Private health insurance 

• London and hybrid working - we require all staff to attend our office in London or be present at an event at least two days per week, with remote working during school holidays

• A supportive and friendly team

• A chance to make a real difference to educational outcomes

• The opportunity to progress and develop skills in a young and fast-growing team

How to apply and our recruitment process

Interviews will take place on Monday 9th December and Tuesday 10th December, at our London office (Resource for London, 356 Holloway Rd, London N7 6PA)

Challenge Partners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.

The post-holder will be responsible for Dorset County Hospital Charity’s fundraising communications, promoting the work of the Charity, in particular our £2.5M capital appeal, to contribute towards meeting our fundraising goals. The successful candidate will have prior experience of working as part of a communications/fundraising team, ideally in charity or health care sectors.

Main duties of the job

Work closely with the Head of Charity and DCH Charity fundraising team to ensure effective charity fundraising communications, ensuring agreed procedures are followed accordingly.

Take a proactive role to reaching audiences to communicate effectively with the public, fundraisers, staff and stakeholders.

Ensure effective communications, marketing and promotion of capital appeal activities, working with other colleagues as required, to maximise publicity and support for the capital appeal.

Produce fundraising stories for distribution via news releases to the media.

Design fundraising, digital and promotional materials using the Charity’s visual identity, such as leaflets, website, mailings, posters and presentations.

Plan, create and deploy social media content to promote Charity appeals, fundraising campaigns and events including graphics, photos and videos.

Generate new ideas and coordinate the development of digital innovation. Contribute clear, accurate and engaging digital content.

Maintain and update the Charity’s website and internal intranet (StaffNet).

Lead Youth Worker

Oasis Hub East Southampton

 16 HOURS PER WEEK Part-time 0.4FTE (There is flexibility in hours in discussion with candidates)

10 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT (with view to extend)  

SALARY: £10,428 per annum (£26,072 for 1FTE)

 Want to enable young people to have positive lives?

Want to be part of a supportive, dynamic, fun & quality team?

Want to make your community a better place?

Want to grow in confidence and experience?

Oasis Community Hub East Southampton are recruiting for an experienced Lead Youth Worker to work alongside the youth and community hub team in East Southampton.  This positive, adaptable and talented youth worker will help us to deliver detached youth work and mentoring. Supporting the development of a team and building youth leadership opportunities.

The role will be focussed on the East Southampton community surrounding Oasis Academies Mayfield and Sholing and the Harefield Hub space. Delivering detached work, alongside other partners using our Oasis Youth van; delivering mentoring in schools and supporting and developing a youth team.

Key responsibilities will be:

· To develop and deliver a youth work programme engaging with young people across East Southampton in school and community settings. To Include:

o Detached provision

o Positive activities

o Wellbeing support

o Mentoring

· To work alongside the hub team to increase opportunities for young people to influence decision making and develop their leadership.

· To line manage sessional youth staff and support volunteers.

The successful post holder must have:

· Proven experience of leading work with young people in formal and informal settings

· Experience working with challenging behaviours and attitudes.

· Understanding of monitoring and evaluation in youth work

· Knowledge of safeguarding practices and health and safety.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team, working in a community and education setting.  As part of the package, Oasis offers:

· A pension scheme, offering 7% employer contribution.

· A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year plus 8 Bank Holidays, Pro rata.

· Policies which promote well-being and are family friendly.

Email your CV including a Supporting Statement. Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs website for further details. 

Your Supporting Statement should be a minimum of one A4 page addressing the following question:

Please expand on your CV to tell us about how your character, qualities, experience, and qualifications/training will enable you to thrive in this job.

Candidates will be interviewed on a rolling basis as we receive completed applications.

Interviews will take place in Southampton

 We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know. 

Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos.  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks. 

The successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK.  Oasis cannot assist with sponsorship or visas.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1163889

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they're likely to die from.

It's a really exciting time to join Marie Curie as we expand the capacity of the social media team and have a refreshed brand and social strategy. We have a highly ambitious and creative team ready to rise to all the opportunities and challenges Social Media in 2024 brings.

We are looking for a motivated individual with a passion for social media and a creative eye to join our team! It's an opportunity for someone at the beginning of their career to work with a highly motivated and passionate social media team at a National charity.

You will be responsible for:

- Social Media Customer Service. 

- Support Hospice Social Media managers across the UK. 

- Support National Social media team with content creation, campaign planning, influencer management and evaluation. 

- Facebook Donate: support Facebook fundraisers with excellent customer service and manage the data administration.

- Work closely with stakeholders across the organisation, at a national and regional level, to build awareness, capabilities and competencies for the delivery of a fully integrated social strategy.

Key Criteria:

- Passionate about the charity sector.

- A strong team player. 

- An advocate for all things digital, viewed though a technology lense.

- Excellent communication skills - confident in dealing with people at all levels, demonstrating professionalism and diplomacy.

- Ability to work on own initiative.

- Demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining relationships.

Application & Interview Process

As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and covering letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.

Close date for applications: 8th December 2024. We encourage early applications as we will be conducting screenings in advance of the deadline.

Salary: £25,600-£28,444 per annum pro rata

Contract:  Permanent, part time 14 hours per week

Based:  This role is predominantly home-based and can be based anywhere within the UK. You will be expected to travel to our sites across the UK occasionally. For those within commutable distance to London, you will have the option of working flexibly between home and in our modern open plan offices in Embassy Gardens (1 day per week in office).

Benefits you'll LOVE:

- Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.

- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)

- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)

- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets

- Continuous professional development opportunities.

- Industry-leading training programmes

- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes

- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits

- Access to Blue Light Card membership

- Subsidised Eye Care

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work.  We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments.  Please email any requests to [email protected]

Sessional Contract - not fixed hours, to be mutually agreed

£12.00 per hour

Location: Ashby De La Zouch

We are looking for an Shop Assistant to work alongside when required each of the Shop Manager, Assistant Manager and volunteer teams in our two Ashby Shops.

Are you self motivated with strong interpersonal skills and thrive on challenges and opportunities that come with assisting the running of a shop? Can you assist the Shop Manager in driving sales and profits and able to develop and maintain good professional relationships to work closely with staff and Volunteers ensuring that we deliver the best level of customer service?

A key part of this role will be your ability to work collaboratively within a team of staff and volunteers. To help drive income by ensuring that shop productivity is maximised through a variety of tasks. We are looking for someone who loves working with people and someone who inspires and empowers. people around them. Are you friendly, not afraid of hard work, positive in your approach and can instil an energy to those around you? Do you have a creative ability that you can bring to the role?

As part of the role you will be required:

To ensure the shop opens full trading hours in the absence of the manager/assistant manager

To ensure sufficient stock is processed to maintain shop floor densities and so the shop operates to Retail agreed standards.

To promote a happy and productive working environment amongst the volunteer team and to assist in the recruitment and training of volunteers

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Manager to be the best, then this is the place for you!

If you love the buzz and have experience of working in a fast paced retail environment, we look forward to receiving your application.

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The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work for The Children's Society are required to complete an “Employment history template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Friday 27th December 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy from Friday 13th December.

Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

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Job Description

Fuel is looking for a skilled and proactive Senior Fundraiser to join the team. The new Senior Fundraiser will join at an exciting time in the company's 20th year and will be able to make their mark engaging supporters and securing funds for our core operation and artistic programme. The right person will embody the company's core values of curiosity, trust, learning, representation, sustainability and creativity.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief or age. We actively welcome applications from those currently under-represented in the arts sector. Candidates can be based anywhere in the UK.

Your line manager will be: Executive Director

You will also have close working relationships with the Artistic Director & CEO and the Producing team.

Key roles and responsibilities are grouped into these areas:

1. Strategic Planning and Implementation
2. Fundraising (T&Fs and Statutory)
3. Individuals & Sponsors
4. General

Fuel is interested in and keen to support ongoing professional development and will work closely with the post-holder to ensure that their needs in this area are met. Fuel offers a training budget and mentoring support.

Job Requirements

Experience and Skills

Essential

• Proven experience of creating and delivering effective fundraising campaigns and achieving fundraising targets.
• Proven experience of securing significant/multi-year grants from Trusts & Foundations.
• Proven experience of stewarding and securing gifts from Individuals and Sponsors.
• Experience of Arts Council England grant funding and reporting.
• Experience of running digital fundraising campaigns.
• Experience of managing a donor database.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to draft a compelling case for support.
• Proven experience of managing evaluation and reporting processes for funders.
• Excellent relationship building skills, including the ability to work with a wide range of people from varied backgrounds.
• Attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines.
• An understanding and a passion for contemporary theatre.

Please see our full job pack for the 'Desired Experience and Skills' section.

Job Responsibilities

1. Strategic Planning and Implementation

• Together with the Executive Director and Artistic Director/CEO drive Fuel's fundraising capacity at the highest level, ensuring strong stewardship of Fuel's fundraising targets, plans and potentials;
• Work with the Executive Director and Artistic Director/ CEO to devise and implement funding strategies for supporting Fuel's core operation and ongoing programme;
• Proactively contribute to strategic planning, particularly with respect to fundraising opportunities and challenges.

2. Fundraising (T&Fs and Statutory)

• Research potential funders from all appropriate sources and sectors
• Write and compile appropriate solicitation plans, supporting materials, and draft bids, prior to presenting requests for funding (including applications, proposals and one-to-one requests)

For additional responsibilities listed in the 'T&Fs and Statutory' section and for the 'Individuals & Sponsors' and 'General' sections, please see our full job pack.