Campaign Manager Jobs

Location: Remote (UK based) / Bristol / London

Salary: £29,450 per year (plus Inner London Weighting of £3,483.94, if eligible)

Length of contract:  Permanent

Hours per week: 37

Closing date: We reserve the right to adapt the advert at any time per organisational circumstances and to close this vacancy early for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interviews: Interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis

Who are Women’s Aid?

Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of over 170 organisations which provide just under 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For almost 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse.

Purpose of the Community Fundraising Officer role: 

As Community Fundraising Officer, the successful candidate will play an integral role in nurturing relationships with existing and prospective supporters, as well as overseeing a portfolio of community fundraising events and activities  in order to increase donations. Attending fundraising events and networking will be a key part of the role, paired with a thorough understanding of Women’s Aid work, business plans and strategic priorities.

 Key duties and responsibilities of the Community Fundraising Officer:

• To be responsible for a rolling calendar of events and activities. Providing fundraisers with tailored stewardship, resources, ideas and recognition for their event to maximise income and cultivate them to become a long-term supporter of Women’s Aid.
• To assist with the development and production of a range of fundraising stewardship materials including posters, our fundraising newsletter and annual thank you to donors.
• To work closely with key internal stakeholders both to understand and be able to package up their work into clear compelling asks for all stewardship documents.
• To ensure appropriate means of monitoring and evaluation of fundraising events and activities are established to feed into the fundraising team’s KPIs.
• To use the fundraising database to produce reports and analyse success rates, to feed into the fundraising strategy.
• To take responsibility for purchasing places for events through raising Purchase Orders and invoices where appropriate.
• To develop and manage relationships with fundraisers, encouraging the to become long term supporters of Women’s Aid.

What we are looking for in our Community Fundraising Officer:

• Knowledge of feminism, domestic abuse and the role of Women’s Aid
• Understanding of social media channels and their audiences
• Experience of using a CRM
• Fundraising background with proven experience of having met/exceeded targets
• Excellent computer and written skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail
• Experience of building and maintaining strong relationships 

Benefits of joining us as our Community Fundraising Officer include:

• Generous Annual Leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• Valuable Pension Benefits: a generous 7% employer contribution.
• Flexible Working: remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies
• Wellness and Support: including a cycle to work scheme, free optician check-ups, annual flu vaccines, access to a 24-hour employee assistance counselling helpline, a ‘Headspace’ app for mindfulness, and ‘Reflective Practice’ sessions.
• Making a Genuine Difference: in a rewarding role where your work will directly result in helping Women’s Aid to be able to provide lifesaving services for women and children across England.

How to apply? 

• Please submit your CV and a Cover Letter. Your Cover Letter should be no more than 2 pages long and should include a summary of your reasons for applying for the position. You should also include details of how your skills, behaviours and experience meet those necessary for the role, as listed in the Job Description and Person Specification.
• Please ensure that you also complete the EDI form and send all completed paperwork to the recruitment email address. (Please clearly mark your name and the role title in the subject line of your email).

NB:

• Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010
• If you have been shortlisted for interview, you will be informed by email. Regrettably, we are normally unable to acknowledge unsuccessful applicants.
• All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.
• Women’s Aid is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. Applications are particularly welcome from Black and minoritised women.
• Please read our Single Sex Statement on our website
• Please note that applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged, on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success, please apply ASAP.

“Providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice”

Citizens Advice Southwark has a track record of delivering high-quality services from its offices in Peckham and Walworth and outreach locations across Southwark and South East London. We sort out problems together, for good, by providing free, independent, confidential and impartial advice across all areas of social welfare law, and through using the experience of our clients to bring about positive change through research and campaigns. 

Generalist Advice Worker/Advice Session Supervisor or Trainee position

Post funded by Southwark Council

This post is advertised as an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advice Session Supervisor to consolidate their skills and experience or as a development opportunity for an advisor to train to become an Advice Session Supervisor within six months of starting in post. If applying as a trainee the starting salary will be on NJC Scale 6 - £33,194 for the first six months whilst undertaking the training.

The post holder will be required to work across all of our offices and outreaches in Southwark according to operational needs.

The role includes:

• Providing advice to the public and undertaking casework on social welfare law issues
• Supervising advice and gateway assessment sessions
• Supporting and supervising staff and volunteers

To be successful you will need:

• Recent experience of giving advice to the public. This should include having undertaken advice casework.
• Experience of undertaking the role of Advice Session Supervisor or to demonstrate the ability to undertake this role with training provided within 6 months of starting
• To understand, empathise with and be committed to the Service’s aims, principles and equal opportunities policies

Closing date: 9.00 am Monday 30th September 2024

Interviews: Wednesday 2nd October 2024  

For further information and an application pack please click the apply button

We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, an employer matched pension contribution up to 10% salary, and training and development opportunities to continue your professional development.

Citizens Advice Southwark is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.

Inclusion and Youth Support Assistant 

Department: Support and Inclusion 

Reports to: Inclusion Manager 

Location: Home based (some national travel, with offices in London and Lingfield) 

Hours of Work: Part-time (30hrs) 

Salary: £21,121 to £22,080 (FTE £26,050 to £27,232)

All year round, permanent

Young Epilepsy and St. Piers is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and promotes the welfare of all learners.

As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, online searches will form part of this process. 

An Enhanced Disclosure with relevant Barring Service checks and full referencing will be required before employment can commence.

Please provide a CV and supporting statement aligned to the person specification.

The successful applicant will be required to attend 1-day mandatory training in Lingfield, Surrey.

About the Role  

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Inclusion and Youth Support Assistant to join our team. You’ll be a key first point of contact for young people with epilepsy, their families and a variety of professionals – working with them to provide the training, resources, support and information needed to ensure all children and young people with epilepsy feel informed, confident and fully included in education, sport and society.

At Young Epilepsy young people are at the heart of everything we do, and the purpose of this role is to ensure that children and young people with epilepsy access and shape the support that we provide. This will include liaising with families and young people, schools and other professionals, all with a friendly, sensitive and professional manner. You will be supporting the development and delivery of our online and face-to-face workshops and will help build a network of professionals engaging with our services.

The need for our services is great, so this role will be an exciting chance to support our ambitious strategy. If you are highly organised, a confident communicator and are driven to support young people, we want to hear from you! 

What we need from you 

• Energetic, passionate, and proactive about young people, participation and inclusion in all areas of learning and play. 

• Comfortable communicating with a range of people, on the phone, email or in person, to be a first point of contact with the charity.

• Dynamic and flexible, able to build strong relationships with a wide range of people including young people and professionals.

• Awareness of, or curiosity about, the youth landscape and what is impacting young people today, and able to put this through the lens of living epilepsy.

• Excellent communication, organisational and time-management skills. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other relevant software. 

• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and young people and working with DSLs. 

• Eagerness to learn about epilepsy or coming with knowledge and experience of the condition. 

Relevant experience working with young people is desirable but not essential if you have wider relevant experience and skills. 

Your Benefits

• Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities 
• Generous annual leave 
• Occupational pension scheme 
• On-site accommodation available 
• Subsidised dining room 
• Gym membership options (on and off-site) 
• Your Rewards, giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits 
• Free parking on campus 
• Access to a working farm and horticultural area 

We are accessible by bus, by train via the East Grinstead branch of the Oxted Line and by car.

About us 

Young Epilepsy is the children and young people’s epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children and young people with epilepsy are enabled to thrive and fulfil their potential. A society in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised. 

We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more. 

Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health and research, we have developed and published our 2020-2025 strategy.

This focuses our work around 3 key offers: health and research, voice and support and St Piers special education. Within these key offers we aim to: 

• Coordinate research that improves diagnosis and treatments, and deliver cutting-edge health services 

• Campaign for children’s rights, supporting them in school and college and providing innovation tools, information, and practical help for living day-to-day life 

• Provide an innovative and creative environment for children and young people with epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties.

For further details of these and other vacancies, please visit our website.

 ***No agencies please ***

Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed. 

Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales)

The Evidence and Impact Officer will play a key role in improving Become’s approach to monitoring and evaluation, strengthening our research and evidence base, and ensuring that our policy influencing and service development is underpinned by robust evidence. This role will be part of the Policy, Campaigns and Communications department, but will work closely with colleagues in the Services department and across the organisation to deliver impact. We are looking for someone who is motivated, analytical, is passionate about improving the lives of care-experienced young people, and has a good understanding of research methods and data analysis.

Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, is here to make a difference to individual lives right now, and the care system as a whole for future generations. We believe that young people who’ve experienced care should have the same chances as everyone else to live happy, fulfilled lives. We put young people at the heart of everything we do – helping them to be powerful agents of positive change in their own lives, in the care system and in society.

Your application and answers will be anonymously reviewed to ensure fairness and help remove bias from the application process. You’ll need to send us your CV, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review.  Please do not include any additional wording or messages on the application. 

As an organisation serving children in care and care leavers, we are keen to receive applications from people with experience of care. We actively seek to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from those from racially marginalised communities and people with disabilities.  We also ask all applicants to fill in an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form so we can better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and will not be connected to your application.   

If you would like an informal chat before applying, please contact Matt Blow, Policy and Public Affairs Manager to arrange a convenient time. 

Please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application. 

Interview details:  

Interviews will have two parts: 

• A session with young people; 

• A panel interview with Become staff. 

These interviews may be held virtually, using a video calling app (Zoom or Microsoft Teams) or face-to-face in person at our location in Central London. If access to technology/WiFiis difficult for you, please contact us so we can assist in making suitable arrangements. 

Become also wants to ensure fairness in all of our interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance. 

Interviews will take place: 

• Young people’s panel: 20th September 

• Staff panel: 26th September 

Please note:   

Before continuing with your application, you must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid, we do not offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates based outside of the UK.  

About us

Practical Action is a change making organisation that works in unconventional ways. We put ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We do things differently, so answers that start small can grow big – bringing people together in bold collaborations, using innovation and knowledge to build futures free from poverty and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

About the role

This position sits within our highly successful Strategic Business Development team, whose role is to support our teams across the world to identify, engage and win funding from some of the largest and most high-profile donors.

Working with colleagues from across the organisation, your focus will be on leading and winning medium-sized opportunities, from existing and new donors. Who these donors are is dependent on the skills and experience you can bring to the role.

Alongside this, you will play a critical role in supporting bid teams working on larger or more complex opportunities.

We are embarking on a new and ambitious strategy and the role offers an amazing opportunity for an ambitious business development professional to help deliver that growth. 

About you

You have a solid track record in business development and are comfortable identifying, leading and winning funding opportunities.  This could be from institutional donors, international trusts & foundations, climate finance, innovation funding, USAID or carbon finance.

You will be a pro-active, self-starter, who is confident at building relationships with a wide range of people; you have great project management skills; and it goes without saying you're an exceptional communicator.

You need to be self-confident, highly organised and a confident problem solver.  And whilst you will need to be passionate for the cause, you also need to be a calm head when things get busy.

The role occasionally requires very intense periods of working – either where you are based or in the country where the bid is being developed. The ability to flex a working schedule and to travel occasionally is a requirement of this role.

Accountabilities

• Deliver exceptional relationship management for a portfolio of existing projects and donors, where the donor relationship is UK-led.
• Research, identify, engage and lead on winning medium-sized opportunities, from existing and new donors.
• Provide support to bid teams working on larger, strategic proposals.
• Support and promote the use of Practical Action's Business Development Processes
• Work with colleagues globally to ensure we maximize opportunities to engage with donors, for example at conferences, events or meetings.
• Represent Practical Action at events.
• Keep abreast of priorities in country offices to ensure they have the business development support they need
• Maintain accurate records within Practical Action's database

PERSON PROFILE

Person Specification

• Business development experience, in an international organisation
• Experience of one or more of the following: institutional donors, international trusts & foundations, climate finance, innovation funding, USAID or carbon finance.
• Good project management skills, with experience of coordinating bid teams and proposal development.
• Excellent understanding of the international development funding environment and key trends.
• Experience of representing your organisation externally at events or donor meetings.
• Excellent writing, analytical, and numeracy skills and the ability to synthesize and communicate complex information.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and to set priorities.
• Proven track record of making sound decisions, based on evidence, opportunities and risks.
• Commitment to development principles and Practical Action’s vision, mission and ambition.  

Skills, Abilities and Competencies:

• Able to work with a high degree of flexibility and autonomy
• Ability to work as part of a team, to apply initiative and common sense and prioritise work accordingly
• Focused on getting the job done, including anticipating blockages and challenges and finding solutions to overcome them
• Ability to work well under pressure and to deadlines
• An excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Enthusiastic and results driven
• A willingness to travel
• Fluent written and spoken English

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, and working with values-driven and highly engaged colleagues are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

Our open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby and near to Rugby train station.

In addition, we offer the following benefits:

• Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
• Hybrid/flexible working options
• 27 days’ holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays
• Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes a minimum of 5%
• Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave.
• Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
• Bike to Work scheme.

Additional information

Practical Action believes that having a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture based on respect will enable us to be an effective organisation. We seek to create an inclusive workplace in which people are accepted as individuals, regardless of their differences and where they feel their contribution is valued.  Practical Action is an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applications from under-represented groups.

We stay committed to cultivating an inclusive and diverse working environment and believe that people from different backgrounds or cultures give us different perspectives, and the more perspectives we have, the more successful we will be. By building a culture where everyone feels heard, respected, and valued we give everyone working with us the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.

The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.

Closing date for applications: Monday 16th September 2024.  Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.

 Interviews: It is anticipated that interviews will take place in the week commencing 23rd September 2024 

(If you do not hear from us within five weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.)

HOW TO APPLY

If you want to work for a charity with significant people ambitions, then we would like to hear from you. For more information please visit our careers page. To apply please submit a copy of your CV (maximum of 3 sides A4) and send us a supporting statement.

Venn Group is partnering with a public service broadcasting organisation to recruit for an Internal Communications Coordinator on a 3 months interim contract. The role involves collaborating with the team to communicate business changes, develop key messages and communication plans, manage logistics for internal events and broadcasts, and advise on the most effective communication channels.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Create, edit, and refine communications, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and relevance to the audience
• Assist in conveying changes and supporting change management programs
• Develop innovative campaigns and ideas to effectively engage staff
• Oversee the production and logistics of live events, both online and in-person, including broadcasts, briefings, and roadshows
• Work closely with business stakeholders on announcements and project communications
• Manage digital communication channels by creating and publishing content for intranets and office screens
• Analyse audience responses and advise on the best communication strategies and channels
• Lead the planning process for events and maintain the communications calendar
• Ensure communication materials and messages are consistent with broader organisational values and goals

Ideal candidate profile:

• Available to start immediately or at short notice
• Prior experience in commercial or media sectors
• Strong system skills including Microsoft Powerpoint
• Ability to convey complex messages clearly and effectively, both in writing and verbally, ensuring alignment with organisational goals
• Ability to foster positive relationships with the team and stakeholders
• Ability to exercise good judgment and maintain confidentiality with sensitive information

Agency reference number: J83226

Location: London

Duration: 3 months initial contract, with possibility to extend

Rate: £225-250 per day, paid via an Umbrella company

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Working pattern: Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

Start: ASAP

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

As part of our continuing commitment to environmental sustainability and improving the quality of life for beneficiaries through environmental initiatives, we are currently seeking an Environmental Programme Officer based in Birmingham.

Position: Environmental Programme Officer

Reports to: Director of Programmes and Partnerships

Status: Hours of Work: Full-time (40 hours per week)

Terms of Employment: Permanent (subject to 6-month probationary period)

Salary: £24k-£30k dependent on experience

Location: Office-based, Birmingham

Deadline for Applications: 30th September 2024

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place on an ongoing basis until the vacancy is filled. The vacancy, therefore, may close sooner than the deadline date.

 Islamic Help is a UK-based international relief and development organisation that has developed rapidly since being established in 2003. Our programmes aim to help and empower disadvantaged communities in the UK and abroad; some of the key areas we work in are emergency response, WASH, education, livelihood and environment conservation.

What We Offer

Islamic Help acknowledges that our employees are our most valuable resource. Therefore, we provide a variety of benefits aimed at promoting their professional growth, as well as supporting their mental and physical well-being, and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

• Holiday entitlement of 30 days per financial year (for full-time employees; includes bank holidays entitlement – due to the nature of the role, you may be required to work on bank holidays)
• Personal learning and development opportunities.
• Automatic enrolment into our workplace Pension Plan (option to opt out).
• Employee Assistance Programme for support with health & wellbeing, financial matters, and any other assistance.
• Free office car park for staff.
• Prayer facilities in the Mosque located below our office (Brothers and Sisters).

The Role

Key Responsibilities

• To support the charity in the development of a climate action strategy
• Develop and oversee Islamic Help’s climate change advocacy campaigns and projects.
• Liaise with relevant UN Agencies, attending forums, submitting reports and ensuring Islamic Help is represented on relevant wider coordination platforms.
• Work in consultation with the Director of International Programmes & Partnerships and various sustainability experts, to assist with the development of the Children’s Eco Village programme in Tanzania including site management, child-focused programmes, budgeting and fundraising.
• To identify individual programmes and priorities for children in the Eco Village for their development as well as environmental projects for the general development of the Children’s Eco Village
• To develop fundraising strategies in consultation with the team for the Children’s Eco Village as well as the projects within it
• Assist Islamic Help’s offices worldwide with materials and resources including sustainable practices as well as progress reports on ongoing projects and feedback on completed projects.
• Develop a climate action volunteering programme to get more people involved in Islamic Help’s environmental projects as well as campaigning and advocacy.
• To identify funding opportunities, locally, nationally and internationally that will contribute to the development of Islamic Help’s climate strategy including corporate and institutional markets.
• To develop Islamic Help’s environmental policy and lead on implementation of green and sustainable initiatives for the HQ and international offices
• To identify partnership opportunities, locally, nationally and internationally, for joint climate campaigns, with a view to build and broaden Islamic Help’s capacity e.g. skills, expertise, etc. 
• To represent Islamic Help at climate events and conferences.
• Perform any other duties assigned by your line manager that are appropriate to your role within the organisation.

Attributes 

Essential

• A degree in an either international development-related studies (must have environmental-focused module) or environmental sciences.
• A passion and unwavering commitment to climate and environmental issues.
• Be effective in a fast-paced working environment.
• To undertake all tasks and duties in an effective, efficient, transparent and wholly accountable manner.
• Have the ability to travel to various locations across the world to manage the progress of environmental programmes and to represent Islamic Help on various platforms including UN conferences and global environmental events.
• To undertake any reasonable responsibilities as required by the line manager.
• To promote and adhere to all IH policies and codes of conduct.
• Experience of working on Programme Quality, HR, Safeguarding and Risk.
• Excellent oral and written English.
• Must have driving licence.
•  

Desirable

• Experience of working within INGOs and Partner/Field Office Management.
• Experience of working in-country within the countries that IH operate within.
• Knowledge of any of the following languages is an advantage: French, Arabic and Urdu.

How to Apply

To apply, please email your CV and covering letter detailing how you meet the requirements for

the post to our HR department.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

You must have proof that you have the right to work in the UK.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, faith or disability.

Deadline for applications: 30th September 2024.

NOTE: Interviews will be on an ongoing basis and the vacancy may close before the deadline date.

Purposeful planning. Cutting-edge strategies. A brighter future for all. 

Senior Marketing Executive (Brand and integrated campaigns)

£30,000 - £35,000 plus

Reports to: Marketing Manager

Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Contract: 6 month fixed-term contract or Secondment Opportunity

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week (compressed hours will be considered)

Location: Stratford, London Office-based with high flexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: We are reviewing applications as they come in and therefore will be interviewing on an ongoing basis, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment

Recruitment process: Competency based interview via Microsoft Teams

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. In 2024 we embarked on our new 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. We know it is not inevitable. We know together we can end it. 

Are you passionate about orchestrating seamless IT infrastructure projects that drive real impact? Do you excel in creating collaborative environments where teams thrive? Join us as a Senior Project Delivery Officer and sink your teeth into the delivery of brilliant technology services. 

About the role 

As our Senior Project Delivery Officer, you'll lead the end-to-end delivery of crucial IT infrastructure change and improvement projects, enabling multidisciplinary teams to onboard new technology and processes efficiently. 

Acting as the bridge between technology teams, subject matter experts, and end users, you'll ensure our IT solutions meet requirements and deliver maximum value to Crisis. Collaborating closely with the IT Infrastructure Manager, you'll ensure effective risk management, governance, and change management support delivery objectives. 

Your role is pivotal in ensuring consistent and accurate scoping of projects, from the technology provision for our flagship Crisis at Christmas event to the rollout of Microsoft Intune as an endpoint management solution.

Skills, knowledge, and experience vital to succeeding in this role:  

As the ideal candidate, you possess excellent delivery management skills, with a knack for detailed planning and inclusive, agile execution. Your adeptness at utilising digital tools fosters productivity and collaboration, ensuring projects progress smoothly in the modern digital workplace. With exceptional stakeholder management and facilitation skills, you effortlessly influence at all levels, driving projects towards successful outcomes. Your commitment to change management methodologies and best practices, coupled with your exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, make you an invaluable asset in our mission to end homelessness. 

Please see the full Job Pack linked below, for a full list of requirements for this role. We realise that long lists of criteria can be daunting, and you may not want to apply for a role unless you feel 100% qualified. However, if you feel you have relevant examples to answer the screening questions, we encourage you to apply.

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities, and backgrounds.  

Working at Crisis  

Our values, Bold, Impactful, Collaborative and Equitable, are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to end homelessness.

Our staff, members and volunteers are vital to getting the right government policies in place, providing breakthrough services, and building a supportive community. We’ll lead by example to nurture a positive and ambitious workplace guided by ending homelessness.

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:  

• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy.  

• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%  

• 28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) which increases with service to 31 days and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave.

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay. 

• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm  

• Two-days (pro rata) wellbeing days 

• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)  

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.  

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.

How do I apply? 

Please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below. Our shortlisting process is anonymised as part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We do not ask for CVs, instead we ask you complete the work history section and answer the screening questions for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively. At least two members of staff score all applications.

Closing date: Sunday 15 September 2024 at 23:55

Interview date: Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September 2024

Accessibility  

We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.  

 
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094  

Salary: £42,750 per annum pro rata

Hours: 37 hours per week
Location:  Full-time home-working role, to be based in London/Essex with ability to commute several times a month to East London for meetings with the CEO, and a willingness to travel several times a quarter to central London/Bristol for Board of Trustee meetings.

Length of contract: Permanent

Who are Women’s Aid?

Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of over 170 organisations which provide just under 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For almost 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse.

Purpose of the Executive Assistant to the CEO role: 

As Executive Assistant to the CEO, the successful candidate will play an integral role in supporting the CEO with the practicalities of achieving Women’s Aid strategic and operational objectives by providing high level confidential administrative, secretarial and diary management, and by delivering high quality, proactive, organisational governance and planning support to our Board of Trustees and subcommittees.The post holder with have line management responsibility of two executive assistants.

 Key duties and responsibilities of the Executive Assistant to the CEO:

• Provide a professional, comprehensive and high-quality executive support to the CEO.
• Play an effective and appropriate role as the primary point of contact for the CEO’s office.
• Support the CEO to manage appointments with her direct reports (x11) and track workstreams and necessary follow-up.
• Provide project administration support and management of discreet pieces of work relating to the executive office, in line with organisational policies.
• To support the CEO and trustees in all aspects of constitutional administration including, but not limited to, arranging and overseeing the Board of Trustees recruitment, induction, appraisal and training; organisation of AGM; Memorandum of Association; Governance Framework; and registration information with Companies House and The Charity Commission, and other associated bodies. 
• Carry out management, supervision, appraisal and development of direct reports as required.

What we are looking for in our Executive Assistant to the CEO:

• Experience of providing a confidential service and operating with discretion at all times and in a fast paced and agile environment
• Ability to effectively digest and summarise complex information, in order to communicate key priorities.
• Excellent time management and organisation skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and to work to deadlines.
• Extensive experience providing executive assistance, secretarial or administrative support to individuals or a team, with experience of a Senior PA role at Board or Trust level.

Benefits of joining us as our Executive Assistant to the CEO include:

• Generous Annual Leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
• Valuable Pension Benefits: a generous 7% employer contribution.
• Flexible Working: remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies
• Wellness and Support: including a cycle to work scheme, free optician check-ups, annual flu vaccines, access to a 24-hour employee assistance counselling helpline, a ‘Headspace’ app for mindfulness, and ‘Reflective Practice’ sessions.
• Making a Genuine Difference: in a rewarding role where your work will directly result in helping Women’s Aid to be able to provide lifesaving services for women and children across England.

How to apply? 

• Please submit your CV and a Cover Letter. Your Cover Letter should be no more than 2 pages long and should include a summary of your reasons for applying for the position. You should also include details of how your skills, behaviours and experience meet those necessary for the role, as listed in the Job Description and Person Specification.   
• Please ensure that you also complete the EDI form and send all completed paperwork to the recruitment email addredss. (Please clearly mark your name and the role title in the subject line of your email). 

NB:

• Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010
• If you have been shortlisted for interview, you will be informed by email. Regrettably, we are normally unable to acknowledge unsuccessful applicants.   
• All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.
• Women’s Aid is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. Applications are particularly welcome from Black and minoritised women.   
• Please read our Single Sex Statement on our website.
• Please note that applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged, on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success, please apply ASAP.

Hours: 35 hours per week, part-time will be considered minimum 21 hours.

As the leading specialist mental health charity for women who have experienced domestic abuse, Woman’s Trust is on a mission to help women and their children to overcome the devastating mental health impact of Domestic Abuse. This is a pivotal time to join our Communications team.

As the Public Affairs/Policy Officer, you work with the CEO, Senior Communications Manager and Research and Data Team along with internal and external stakeholders to help design, manage and deliver a cutting-edge policy agenda and stakeholder outreach programme.

Woman's Trust

The charity was originally established by a group of survivors and Counsellors to meet the gap in specialist mental health services, designed by and for women, to ensure that women affected by DA can live a life free from further harm and abuse.

This is a pivotal time to join the Woman’s Trust Communication’s team, as we want to proactively generate more awareness of our work, capitalising on our unique position in the women’s and mental health sectors by ensuring that the public and key stakeholders understand the impact of our work; that we can generate more support and funding for what we do, helping more women as a result; and that we can influence public policy to ensure even more survivors of domestic abuse have access to specialist mental health support.

If you are looking to make a real impact in your Communications career, then we would like to hear from you, so please do get in touch. 

To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages outlining your experience, skills and knowledge, relevant to this post and showing us, through examples, why we should choose you.

Please also provide us with the details of two referees. We require their name, contact information, and relationship to you. Referees will not be contacted until an offer of employment is made.

Interviews will be held on a rolling basis.

Closing date for applications: Monday, 16th September 2024.

Please note, that this post is open to female applicants only, the Equality Act 100 pursuant to Schedule, 9 Part 1 applies. Thank you again for your interest in our work.

Role Title:  Senior Women's Rights Advocacy Advisor

Salary:  Band D-£46,537

Location: London

Tenure:  Permanent

ActionAid UK is a member of the ActionAid Federation, an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty.    As part of the ActionAid Federation, we work with women and girls, our partners, and dedicated staff in 43 countries to end violence and fight poverty so that all women, everywhere, can create the future they want.   

Are you a keen advocate of women and girls’ rights in emergencies? 

Could you work in close collaboration across teams, to develop advocacy strategies and identify key targets for ActionAid’s women’s rights programmes? 

Do you have proven experience of developing and implementing successful influencing strategies?

Then we'd love to hear from you! 

AAUK are are seeking a Senior Women's Rights Advocacy Advisor with a passionate about championing women’s rights on a global stage.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of women and girls worldwide by advocating for change where it matters most. As our Senior Advocacy Adviser, you will be at the forefront of shaping our advocacy strategies to promote women’s rights and influence key decision-makers. You will play a pivotal role in driving ActionAid’s voice and campaigns to ensure that women’s economic rights, safety, equality, and freedom from violence are prioritised in humanitarian contexts. 

Working closely with teams across ActionAid UK, you will help develop and implement innovative advocacy plans, build strategic relationships with influential leaders, and ensure our messaging is powerful and coherent. In this role, you will also lead efforts to advance ActionAid’s thematic priorities, focusing on humanitarian responses and combating violence against women and girls. You will work with a network of passionate professionals and partners, including feminist movements and women’s & girls rights organisations, to amplify our impact and champion the rights of women and girls globally. 

Some of the Key areas of activity or skills required will be;

• External relationship building with influencers
• Strategic Development and implementation
• Positioning development
• Women’s rights network building

We are looking for someone with a deep commitment to women’s rights and proven experience in advocacy and policy influence. Your understanding of humanitarian response policy, alongside your ability to develop strategic relationships and navigate complex political environments, will be critical in this role. If you have excellent writing and communication skills, a knack for creative campaigning, and  a dedication to ActionAid's vision and values, we want to hear from you! Join us in this  position and be a part of a dedicated team committed to making a difference. Take your passion for advocacy and women's rights to the next level with ActionAid UK. Apply today and help us create a world where women and girls are valued, respected, and empowered. 

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate will be asked to participate in criminal records checks at the point of offer. 

Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging: 

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging are key to our organisational culture.  We are on a journey to become not only an anti-racist organisation but one that proudly celebrates the diversity of all applicants and employees.  We look forward to you bringing your full self to work, proudly sharing your unique perspective and helping us to shape our combined future. We especially welcome applications from those from underrepresented/marginalised communities. 

AAUK is a disability Confident Committed organisation and as such any candidate that declares a disability will be shortlisted for interview if they meet the essential criteria for the role. 

Referencing and Safeguarding: 

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include safeguarding, criminal records and terrorism finance checks. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. 

ActionAid UK is committed to preventing any form of sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse (including child abuse and adult at-risk abuse) and responding robustly when these harms take place. We expect all ActionAid UK Staff and ActionAid UK Representatives to share this commitment. We will not tolerate our Staff or other representatives carrying out any form of sexual harassment, exploitation or abuse towards anyone we come into contact with through our work. 

Working practices: 

ActionAid is committed to supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.   

ActionAid UK has a hybrid working policy for many of our roles.  The requirement will vary from team to team and the responsibilities of individual roles.  As a minimum, all colleagues are expected to attend the office 12 days per year, plus additional time for induction, training, and “Company Connection days.”  Some roles may require in-office attendance on all days and if so, these will clearly be marked as in-office roles.   

Please note that ActionAid UK does not offer fully remote working options.  We encourage you to discuss hybrid working expectations at interview. 

Recruitment Processes: 

Please note that ActionAid UK may review, shortlist and interview candidates prior to the closing date so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.   

If we receive a very high response, we may close the vacancy early and will not accept further submissions.  

As Head of Advocacy, you will lead the development and delivery of Medical Justice’s advocacy programme, drawing on our evidence of the harm caused by immigration detention, to secure lasting change through combinations of research, policy, parliamentary, and media work, as well as contribute to strategic litigation.

Reporting directly to the Director, you will lead our experienced team advocacy team, help develop our strategic objectives and shape our emerging Senior Management Team.

We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience –

Support from Experts by Experience Employment Network 

Medical Justice is a member of the initiative so candidates with lived experience for our jobs can receive its support with reviewing covering letters, CVs, and interview preparation, as well as give encouraging and constructive feedback to applicants during and after the application process, subject to its volunteers’ availability.

If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for an independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network. Please follow the link in the application pack to request support and they will confirm if they can match you with a mentor to support your application.

- see the Application Pack for more details.

Main duties and responsibilities

1. Develop the advocacy team’s expertise in all of the ways our evidence can be used to effect change, including policy work both with the Home Office and NHS England who commission healthcare in immigration detention, parliamentary work, media work, and to contribute to strategic litigation, and how and when they interrelate.
2. Understand and keep updated on what is happening with immigration detention policy, including matters that influence it, such as the literature on health issues of detainees, key legal judgements, inquests, reports by official monitors and parliamentary committees, responses to parliamentary questions, parliamentary debates, research produced by other organisations, and information that you glean from FOI requests.
3. Keep abreast of the wider political context that may influence immigration and detention policy.
4. Represent Medical Justice at external meetings and events.
   - Participate in Home Office, NHS England and monitoring bodies’ stakeholder forums.
   - Participate in formal and informal ad-hoc NGO groupings.
5. Work both reactively and pro-actively, identify opportunities for securing change and prioritise work according to its strategic importance as well as ‘return on investment’.
6. Work with the Director and the Head of Casework to ensure ;
7. Further develop Medical Justice’s Strategy and ensure that strategic objectives across the organisation are impactful, current and coherent.
   - Developments that affect detention policy are shared within Medical Justice.
   - Issues experienced in our casework are documented and used in our advocacy work.
   - Our material is robust so that we maintain credibility as an organisation which is vital for our advocacy work as well as for the use of our medico-legal reports in clients’ individual legal cases.
   - Develop the monitoring and evaluation framework for our advocacy work.
8. Facilitate the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience of detention Medical Justice advocacy work, including in its design and development.
9. Line-manage the Parliamentary & Research Analyst and the Researcher, including providing support in terms of personal development/training and well-being. There will also be line-managing responsibilities for some periods of an individual on the Casework Trainee programme for people with lived experience, once it is introduced.

Research / line-management of the Researcher

1. Consulting colleagues, other NGOs and lawyers to identify research projects that draw on medical evidence from our casework that would have the most impact, including carrying out research for strategic litigation and supporting such litigation.
2. Collaborate with other organisations as appropriate.
3. Lead the team in conducting research and provide periodic feedback of policy implications regarding the emerging findings to others within the organisation for consideration.
4. Lead the team in the producing analysis of research and audits of our MLRs, writing up into required formats, including research reports, text for inclusion in policy work, submissions, witness statements, briefing papers for parliamentarians, and media articles. 
5. Together with colleagues, offer suitable material for peer review publication and contribute where appropriate to research carried out by medical professional bodies and others.
6. Contribute to the further development of the Medical Justice datasystem and its functionality.

Policy work

1. Carry out policy work with the Home Office, NHS England and their contractors – this may include responding to consultations, and challenging issues proactively.
2. Build relationships with the Home Office, NHS England, and monitoring bodies – make sure Medical Justice is included in all relevant consultations and alert others if they have been missed out.
3. Collaborate as much as is sensible with other organisations to get the best outcomes for people in detention.

Parliamentary work / line-management of the Parliamentary & Research Analyst

1. Oversee our work as the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Immigration Detention, raising awareness of immigration detention amongst parliamentarians and priming them to take action. Work to ensure the APPG brings together parliamentarians with experts, NGOs, lawyers and people with lived experience to amplify our collective impact.
2. Oversee the briefing of parliamentarians for challenging unjust policies, asking parliamentary questions, holding parliamentary debates, opposing parliamentary approval of harmful policy amendments, and assisting parliamentarians in tabling amendments to relevant Bills.
3. Oversee submissions parliamentary committees to inquires they hold as well as the briefing of committee members and clerks.

 Galvanise Medical professional organisations

1. Work with Royal Colleges, the British Medical Association and others to galvanise their communities, encouraging helpful evidence from them, and organising events with them.

Media

1. Work both with the Director and on your own to create mainstream and social media opportunities to promote the work of Medical Justice and the needed content.

General

• Provide reports for staff and/or trustees as requested.
• Respect and comply in full with Medical Justice patients’ confidentiality requirements and contribute to developing our own policy in this area.
• To work flexibly as a member of a team and the organisation and undertake other reasonable duties and responsibilities at the request of the Director.
• To assist the smooth running of the organisation, working with other Medical Justice staff and the trustees to meet overall objectives, including strategic and operational planning, participation in periodic appraisals, and contribute to organisational development. Also, attending and assisting with relevant events as appropriate.
• To promote Medical Justice policies including our equal opportunities and anti-discrimination policies.
• To be self servicing, to pro-actively share relevant information and expertise within the organisation, and to keep all records, statistics and qualitative information in accordance with Medical Justice policy and practice.

For more information about Medical Justice, this role, the Person Specification, Guidance notes for completing the application form, and the application form, please download the application pack

Permanent post - Full time (37 hours per week) or part time job share arrangement

Based in Reading with hybrid flexible working arrangements available (within Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm). Occasional evening and weekend working is required. 

Salary range: £28,722 - £35,103 per annum (Pro-rata rate for part time hours)

This role within our Business Development team will work closely with our Fundraising and Business Development Manager, and others across PACT, to achieve the fundraising targets associated with our business plan, objectives and values.  You will play a significant role in generating income, building a robust pipeline of new and potential funding. You will compose and submit compelling funding proposals and applications that showcase the amazing work that PACT does for the families, children and vulnerable women we support.

We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful trusts and foundations fundraising, securing donations at a five and six figure level. An excellent communicator, confident in building effective working relationships with others and willing to share their knowledge, practice and approach collaboratively. You will hold exceptional research skills and keep proactively up to date with the external fundraising environment, identifying trends and creating innovative responses to maximise our fundraising opportunities.

If this is you and you want to make a real difference and join our inspirational team, please visit our website for more information, how to apply and the full job description. The post is open on a full time or part time job share basis.  

Closing date: 9am, Monday 09 September 2024

Interviews: Tuesday 17 September 2024

Early applications are encouraged as we may close this vacancy on an earlier basis if you are the right candidate for us. We look forward to hearing from you!

What we do

We are a well-established charity based in the Thames Valley with an office in Reading and second office in London. Our beneficiaries make up the wider PACT family and are supported through several community projects for children and adults facing multiple disadvantages including domestic abuse, homelessness, debt and victims or perpetrators of crime. Our current community projects include the Alana House women’s community programme and Bounce Back 4 Kids, a therapeutic domestic abuse recovery programme for families.

PACT is also a leading independent adoption charity in the UK, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support. Our most recent Ofsted inspection rated our adoption service as “Outstanding”.

Our commitments

PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds.  We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities.  We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed.

PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s Safer Recruitment pre-appointment enquiries.  These include the provision of documentation of the right to work in the UK, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) standard check, overseas police check where applicable and references covering a minimum 5 year period.  All opportunities are based in the UK.