Chief Executive Jobs in Central London, Greater London
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Director of Marketing and Fundraising to join our senior leadership team and spearhead our income generation and brand visibility.
This is your chance to be at the core of NZF’s mission, steering our income-generation strategy – across both digital and non-digital channels – and ensuring strong brand visibility that drives people to collaborate with us in building the UK’s first truly national Zakat System. Your leadership will be instrumental to NZF’s ability to help needy Muslims in the UK and give the wider Muslim community a deeper understanding of the duty and opportunity in supporting local needs in the UK.
We’re looking for someone who :
If you’re ready to lead with purpose and make a real difference, we encourage you to apply for the Director of Marketing and Fundraising role. Let’s work together to build a stronger, more resilient community through the power of Zakat.
- Leads with Vision: You stay ahead of the curve in devising marketing and fundraising strategies, always assessing the market for opportunities, and improvising solutions that capitalise on these opportunities.
- Masters the Details: You get into the details to analyse data, make plans, assess results, and report on findings.
- Creates Plans: You are a seasoned executor, planning carefully the steps required to achieve our objectives in income generation and brand communication.
- Communicates with Clarity: You are an effective communicator, able to translate our vision into captivating and effective forms of communication.
- Collaborates Effectively: You work well with stakeholders across the organisation, ensuring that marketing and fundraising strategies are aligned and capitalise on organisational activities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about driving business growth and building strong client relationships? Are you looking for a role where you can support a global corporate engagement and sales strategy?
We are working with The Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM), a UK based membership body with a global footprint. They help individuals and organisations feel safe, supported and empowered to identify and manage risks.
They are now looking for a Corporate Engagement Manager. This is is a brilliant opportunity to work closely with the Chief Executive and Operation teams to expand revenue streams and deliver tailored solutions to corporate clients. It is a fantastic opportunity for someone with experience in sales or business development, ideally within a membership organisation or not for profit.
Some of the benefits include
- Hybrid working (1 day per week in the office).
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 day every day per year up to 30 days.
As Corporate Engagement Manager you will
- Research market trends to support B2B strategy.
- Develop sales proposals and value propositions.
- Build and manage a pipeline of corporate prospects.
- Support key client accounts and ensure high renewal rates.
- Represent IIRSM at industry events and engage with potential clients.
To be successful in the role you will
- Have strong relationship-building and communication skills.
- Proven sales experience, preferably in membership or a not for profit.
- Collaborative approach, working with internal teams to drive client satisfaction.
- Experience using social media for awareness and lead generation.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
This is an exciting time to join PLUS, as we welcomed a new CEO and Chair earlier this year. Our board is committed to building on our strong foundations to ensure PLUS is fit for the future. With a high-quality leadership team, excellent staff levels, and a positive culture, there are already new initiatives underway. We’re eager to bring fresh thinking and new perspectives into our board as we
continue to grow.
we are keen to hear from potential trustees who can work collaboratively to support and scrutinize the executive leadership team and provide strategic direction within a consensus - based decision - making structure. We're looking to appoint up to three new trustees, with a particular focus on those who bring experience and knowledge in the following areas:
- Social Care/ CQC Regulation
- Property/Housing Management
- Finance (Charity/Social Care experience preferred)
- Lived Experience of Supporting family members with learning disabilities
- Welcome expertise in Data/Cyber Security or People/HR
No prior board experience? No problem! We have several experienced trustees in place and welcome new perspectives. We're also keen to ensure our board reflects the diverse community we serve, and we particularly encourage applications from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Above all, the most important quality is a commitment to supporting people with learning disabilities and the values of PLUS. If you believe you can make a strong contribution to our organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
The board will meet quarterly through 2025, on Monday evenings from 6pm - 8pm. The meetings are hybrid with trustees joining virtually or in our Lewisham offices. Trustees should expect, on avarage one additional meeting per quarter on their "lead" area. This may be with another trustee and/or executive management, and will be arranged ad hoc at mutual convenience. Our Supportive induction programme will also include a visit to our front-line services.
If this opportunity interests you, please submit your CV along with a brief cover letter outlining suitability for the role to [email protected]. Should you wish to have an informal conversation about the role, feel free to reach our board chair, Gail Emerson, with some suggested times for a discussion.
An exciting opportunity for a proactive communications professional to join our team.
We're looking for an ideas person, able work quickly and without assistance to source London, higher education and research content, and to deliver this to a wide range of audiences across different media, as well as to further develop our current campaigns, website reach and social media channels.
We're looking for someone who is happy networking, to help us discover further opportunities for us to get our work out there. Experience in dealing with media and members' communications teams is essential. Ultimately, the Head of Communications is there to ensure that London Higher is engaging with its key stakeholders regularly, positively and consistently.
About London Higher
We are the membership organisation for universities and higher education institutions across the capital. As the largest representative body of its kind in England, London Higher represents the full diversity of the capital’s higher vibrant education sector, from small, specialist conservatoires and research institutes to large, multi-faculty universities.
We have three divisions: London Higher, London AccessHE and London Healthcare & Medicine. Each division has its own membership.
London’s universities and higher education colleges are powerful engines of economic growth, collectively educating over 507,000 students, employing over 223,000 people across all sectors of the UK economy and generating over £27bn in economic impact.
At London Higher, we are the place where London’s higher education institutions come together to unleash the collective power of London’s higher education sector for the benefit of our capital and country.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About Us
At Share Community, we work with disabled people in South West London who need extra help and support to realise their dreams and aspirations. We are a registered charity and centre for training and wellbeing, providing a range of programmes and activities for adults with learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities, mental health and other support needs.
We aim to help people live happier, healthier and more independent lives and make their own choices, focusing on what they can do, not what holds them back. We believe that everyone has something to offer their community, whether it be in employment or as active members of our society.
We are now looking for a Fundraising Manager to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis, working 35 hours per week. Some flexibility around days and hours worked can be considered.
The Benefits
- Salary of £35,514 per annum
- Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution
- 25 days’ annual leave per year, increasing by one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their families
- Free and full access to Headspace (a mindfulness and meditation app)
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Remote working options
This is an incredible opportunity for an enthusiastic and talented fundraising and individual giving professional to join our ambitious organisation.
Working with a passionate team, you’ll be making a vital contribution to improving the lives of adults with disabilities, supporting their journey towards greater independence and happiness.
What’s more, our Investors in People Gold and Investors in Volunteering accreditations demonstrate our dedication to our people and you’ll be joining a welcoming working environment, surrounded by people who support you, challenge you and inspire you.
So, if you’re ready to drive meaningful change and become a pivotal part of our mission to create a world where everyone is valued and included, then apply today.
The Role
As our Fundraising Manager, you will take on a key role, creating the income we need to undertake our vital work supporting disabled people.
We are looking to further develop and diversify our income streams beyond Trusts and foundation and focus on increasing donations from individuals with an interest in our cause.
Growing our individual supporter base, you will recruit new supporters and build on the excellent foundations laid by our outgoing Community Fundraiser to raise our profile amongst our neighbours.
You will provide outstanding relationship management and donor care to supporters, ensuring they are recognised and thanked for their contribution. Additionally, you will develop and deliver fundraising operational plans, helping to create fundraising materials that encourage and support fundraising potential.
About You
To be considered as our Fundraising Manager, you will need:
- Experience increasing fundraising income from individuals and achieving income targets
- Experience of the effective stewardship of charity donors
- Project planning and management experience
- Experience managing and hitting budgets
- Knowledge of fundraising good practice
- An excellent understanding of donor stewardship and relationship management
Please note, this role will be offered to the successful candidate subject to two satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of the right to work in the UK.
We actively encourage applications from people from minoritised ethnic communities and with lived experience of a learning disability and/or autism. This is because we believe our staff should reflect the diversity of our student body wherever possible in order to provide the best possible service.
How to apply
Please send us your CV and a cover letter. In your letter, please tell us:
- What attributes would an effective and successful Individual Giving Fundraiser have at a charity like Share?
- What would be your top three priorities for growing individual giving at Share?
- Who would be your key allies within Share to grow our individual fundraising?
If you would like to have a chat about the role or visit us prior to applying, please contact a member of the HR team.
We focus on ability and believe people work best when they feel valued, safe and happy. We do all that we can to make sure that Share is friendly and welcoming to everyone. All CVs and applications are sanitised to ensure unbiased recruitment, and if you make it to the interview stage, some questions will be sent in advance. All disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria will be offered an interview.
This job is subject to two satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check and providing evidence of the right to work in the UK. If you are disabled and would like to discuss other ways of submitting your application, please contact us.
We look forward to receiving your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Head of Health and Wellbeing will provide visionary leadership & management for BVSC’s community partnership and health & wellbeing programmes, including Social Prescribing. The role will require a proactive, visionary leader who can support the development & growth of team members and have a proactive focus on enhancing service outcomes for residents of all ages. The role will also cover elements of Leadership and Strategy, Partnerships, Social Prescribing Leadership, Financial Management, Monitoring & Evaluation and Safeguarding and Compliance. We are looking for a Head of Health & Wellbeing to lead our initiatives in these areas, support effective and dedicated team members, ensure wellbeing & safety of staff and further develop & embed our services. Your leadership will support our commitment to embedding voluntary sector services, supporting key staff who make a profound difference to the lives of residents. You will be committed to reducing health inequalities and transforming systems of support to be family centred, more holistic and personalised to resident needs.
If you’d like to apply, please submit your CV and supporting statement by 23:59 on Sunday 27th October.
Your supporting statement should address the points raised in the Job Description and Personal Specification. No less than two pages, no more than eight pages.
If you have not heard from us by the 1st of November, please assume that you have not been shortlisted. Applicants who have been shortlisted will be invited to interview on Wednesday 6th November & Thursday 7th November.
BVSC exists to promote voluntary and community action as a means of improving the quality of life for people in Bexley.
A well-known and beloved healthcare charity, undertaking vital healthcare research, as well as providing treatment and support for their beneficiaries, is currently seeking a permanent Finance Business Partner to join their team. Working in a wider team of finance business partners, this is an important role within the charity, supporting key directorates across corporate services (including People, IT, as well as the CEO directorate).
As Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for producing management accounts and leading on developing long-term professional relationships with a range of budget-holders. A key summary of duties is as below:
- Acting as finance lead for directorates across corporate services and being the main point of contact for a range of budget-holders up to and including Director level.
- Deliver accurate and timely management accounts, ensuring the provision of additional commentary and analysis to help inform of financial progress
- Lead financial planning processes for your directorates, including providing key guidance on upcoming projects.
- Work within the wider finance business partnering team to identify areas for improvement on month end, report generation and use of PowerBI.
What’s in it for you?
· Hybrid and flexible working policies – 1 day per week in the central London office and the remainder up to you.
· Flexible working hours are available (please enquire for further details)
· 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
· Gym membership discounts and healthcare plans to claim back certain expenses
About You
· You will be part-qualified, finalist or fully qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent)
· You will have core experience of management reporting and the ability to liaise with a range of budget-holders to talk them through the numbers
· Ability to work self-sufficiently, analysing and assessing problems and proactively coming up with solutions.
· We encourage applicants from all sectors, though an interest in working for a charity is a must.
For more information about this role, please contact Holly Arrowsmith at Ivy Rock Partners.
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Job title: Meetings and Events Manager
Reports to: Senior Manager, Team and Operations
Hours of work: Full time, office based
Salary: £35,000 to £43,000 according to experience
Location: High Holborn, London
Job type: Permanent
Job summary
The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) is a Society of over 1,700 members from 100 countries, who work in, or are interested in tropical medicine and global health.
RSTMH organises and participates in events as a crucial way of showcasing, discussing, and debating key areas of tropical medicine and global health research and practice. Our range of events are wide. We deliver conferences and webinars, social events, research meetings for early career professionals, and high-profile debates and discussions. They happen across the UK and around the world, both online and in person. Our events add to the impact of our work in tropical medicine and global health, but also raise funds to allow us to continue our work as a charity.
The Meetings and Events Manager would lead on the delivery of the RSTMH meeting and events strategy. The role requires a self-starter who is excited by the prospect of working on such a broad range of meetings and events. The candidate needs to have excellent communication and relationship building skills, and to be organised, flexible with a great attention to detail. They should be comfortable liaising with venues for meetings space, developing budgets for events, managing logistical aspects of the events programme and setting up new events online and in person.
Main responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for the meetings and events programme meeting its financial and other goals and KPIs under the existing strategy
- Overall responsibility for the delivery of the events with a focus on expanding global reach, supporting careers, and improving the financial position
- Manage events from conception to completion - delivering events to the highest standard to meet their objectives of success – quality and cost effectiveness
- Attend the Meetings and Events Committee, optimising meetings including helping set the agendas, leading discussions, writing minutes, liaising with the Chair
- Assist to identify, appoint, and manage Scientific Chairs, Committees, and Sub Committees to secure event speakers, secure attendees and sponsors.
- Overall management of the income being delivered from ticket sales, sponsorship and other income streams linked to meetings and events, with support from line manager and CEO
- Responsible for the income and expenditure budgets and monthly reforecasts for our meetings and events, and ensuring accurate financial record keeping
- Support and train colleagues to run meetings and events online.
- Work with the team to develop all event materials – physical and digital
- Work with CEO and Senior Manager to identify sponsors, develop proposals and negotiate income
- Produce comprehensive event briefings for speakers, team, and Board
- Support and attend events, sometimes out of office hours, in and out of the UK
- Evaluate and report on the success of each event and consider areas of improvement
- Ensure up to date event information is publicised on the website and on other RSTMH channels
- Work with the team at RSTMH to develop and implement a marketing plan for events
- Manage all event enquiries, from external and internal stakeholders
- Liaise with and manage relationships with event stakeholders internally and externally, including suppliers, members, committees, Board, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors
- Work with the Membership Manager to maximise the engagement of event attendees in RSTMH’s work, and conversion of events attendees to be members
- Develop processes to ensure we capture all data from events, through our CRM
- Ensure efficient processes exist for ticket sales, paying expenses and invoices and all other aspects of RSTMH meetings and events.
Person specification
- Passion for RSTMH and our work
- Professional and articulate
- Degree level education or relevant proven work experience
- At least 3 years proven track record of managing and delivering in person and online events including selecting and negotiating agreements with suppliers, drawing up cost and income budgets, delivering events and monitoring and evaluating their success
- Strong experience of working with a CRM system
- Experience of running online events, with knowledge of variety of platforms
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Evidence of working with events committees and managing suppliers to deliver events
- Strong budget management experience including forecasting, and planning
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach and mind-set
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Brilliant time management and task prioritisation skills
- Evidence of working with team, and Board members
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Can do attitude to take ownership of events
- Relationship building skills, being able to inspire others and bring them with you
- Passion for RSTMH and its work
- Reliable team player – able to identify areas of interaction with other activities of our work, and able to work with team to increase success
- Willingness to work unsocial hours as required, and to undertake travel outside of London and the UK, with reasonable notice
Please submit your application form by 11:59pm Thu, October 31 2024
We encourage you to apply as early as possible as we will be reviewing and interviewing candidates as they submit, and so may close recruitment before the deadline.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
No agencies please.
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An exciting position has arisen for a Head of Finance to join a small not for profit Think Tank to lead their finance function. You will be managing a small team and be responsible for producing the management and financial accounts.
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Work closely with the CEO and to develop and implement a robust financial strategy
- Lead on providing relevant finance operational support to the Charity in financial accounts, controls, statutory requirements, treasury, payroll, and financial systems
- Ensure that all relevant controls are in place and in accordance with the Charity SORP
- Lead the preparation of the statutory financial statements and the annual report
- Lead the organisational budgeting, forecasting and reporting process providing the right framework and tools to the organisation and consolidating budgets
- Ensure the planning and budgeting process is efficient for project budget holders
- Produce the monthly management accounts and provide commentary
- Drive the development of existing and new finance systems to deliver efficiency, effectiveness gains and to respond to new requirements in the organisation
- Work with management to deliver regular, accurate and reliable flows of financial information as required
- Manage a small finance team
Ideal candidate profile:
- Qualified Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA)
- Experience of producing annual accounts
- Experience of preparing management accounts
- Experience of managing a finance team in a small Charity
- Advanced Excel skills including V-Lookups, Pivot Tables
Agency reference number: J84424
Location : Central London
Duration: 4-6 month contact with chance to extend
Working days: 4 days per week (28 hours pw)
Working pattern: Remote working – Occasional Office Travel to London
Day rate:£200 - £250 per day
We are proud to be partnering with an education focused charity that work with social entrepreneurs, organisations and philanthropists that share their vision to ensure young from lower socio-economic backgrounds are given opportunities in education and beyond, helping them reach their true potential
As the Foundation prepares to recruit its third cohort of Scholars, we need an organised and proactive individual to take on the administrative work needed to support their growth. You will work closely with the Head of Strategy and Operations on a day-to-day basis to ensure the Foundation’s operational functions run smoothly. This role will initially be offered on a temp basis for a minimum of 3 months with potential to become permanent. You will be required to work in their London office on Tuesdays and Thursdays with 3 days working from home.
Your role will include minuting meetings, diary management, booking travel and accommodation for the team, applicants and Scholars, and overseeing expenses claims for applicants and Scholars. Your role will include supporting assessment centres across the UK. You will work collaboratively with the wider team in support of their recruitment campaigns, assessment centres and events, and play a key role in their work to ensure family income is not a barrier to postgraduate study.
Key Responsibilities:
• Book online and in-person meetings for the CEO and Head of Strategy and Operations as necessary, including communicating with external stakeholders
• Book travel and accommodation for the team, Board members and other stakeholders as necessary
• Schedule Advisory Board meetings
• Schedule Student Advisory Board meetings
• Minute meetings ranging from quarterly Advisory Board to weekly Team meetings, and provide high quality notes and actions log to support smooth running of the organisation Expenses management
• Take on the administration of applicant and Scholar expenses in collaboration with Programme Officer and Purposeful Ventures’ finance team
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a call to brief you on the role. We are looking forward to connecting with you.
Cosmic supports the children’s and neonatal intensive care units at St Mary’s and Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals in London. The charity funds vital medical equipment, provides family support services, and enables staff training and education. Cosmic also contributes to groundbreaking research to improve care for critically ill children and babies. Through these efforts, the charity helps deliver exceptional care and emotional support to families during challenging times.
At Cosmic the Service Delivery Manager role will be pivotal in enhancing collaboration between Cosmic and NHS units across two hospital sites. This newly created role focuses on managing critical service delivery projects and campaigns.
Key responsibilities include building relationships within the PICU (Paediatric Intensive Care Unit) and NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), promoting Cosmic’s mission, and managing health campaigns and projects. The postholder will also implement data metrics to assess service impact and report findings to stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills, experience in stakeholder engagement, and a knack for data analysis. This role offers the opportunity to work with a small but very supportive and motivated team at a crucial and exciting time of growth.
Do you want to help build a world where everyone feels part of a community?
Do you drive reliable delivery and ongoing improvement of programmes?
Are you a strong and highly motivated team leader?
If you answered yes to all of the above, this could be the role for you! We’re looking for an experienced part-time programme manager to develop the delivery of key projects: our community & children’s offer; intergenerational initiatives; events and communications; and corporate partnerships
What we do
Time & Talents is a lively, busy community centre in the heart of Rotherhithe, SE16. Set in a leafy heritage building, and ‘T&T2’, our second venue in Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, we offer something for everyone. With a history of 137 years of supporting people of all ages in Rotherhithe and Bermondsey, we bring people together for mutual support, fun and friendship, with a wide range of services and activities for older people and other adults, along with volunteering and children and families’ projects. Since resuming services post-Covid, we have realized the needs and wants of the community have shifted from our previous offer. We have a strong Community Development programme to connect with and rebuild our offer, including some big changes to pre-Covid ways of working. Building on a strong track record, we intend to continue working with the community to deliver activities and events that meet local needs while also providing opportunities for fun and friendship. Our community offer includes activities connecting children to nature and tackling food insecurity; accessible community fitness and wellbeing activities; and intergenerational activities and events. We are re-developing our offer whilst staying focused on our aims: ensuring that everyone feels part of a community and that no one is isolated or lonely. We are looking for a fresh pair of eyes to help us evolve this work.
The role
In this role, you’ll be responsible for:
• Strategic development and oversight of community programmes for children, adults and across multiple generations
• Leadership and line management of team; oversight of sessional facilitators and contractors used by team
• Setting programme budget and service targets; monitoring and evaluation to ensure delivery against these
• Playing a key part in building, broadening and developing new funding for these programmes and maintaining relationships with current funders
• Lead role in planning and execution of community events
• Development of corporate partnerships and CSR relationships
• Responsibility for general outward communications, including social media
• Contributing to the wider organisation as a member of the Senior Management Team
• Acting as Deputy Safeguarding Lead
About you
You have a track record of developing and delivering excellent community programmes in the third sector. You’re a seasoned team leader with experience of change management. You have an outwardlooking approach and are passionate about building programmes with community buy-in. You’re flexible, accountable, take responsibility, are highly organised and skilled in multitasking and balancing priorities. You have experience of fundraising and maybe other types of income generation. You have strong relationship building skills – internally and externally - and build trust and credibility easily. You are passionate about the power of community to connect and support people.
About us
We are an energetic, experienced, and passionate team of 17 mostly part-time workers with a strong sense of shared purpose and a lively sense of humour. You’ll have the chance to make a big contribution to a strong and innovative organisation which has doubled its reach and impact in recent years. This role is four days per week, with flexibility for regular evening and occasional weekend working. Time & Talents is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity, and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person that they are. We actively encourage applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
If you would like an informal chat about the job, please email recruitment @ timeandtalents. org. uk with your phone number and a suitable time for us to call. The closing date is 09:00 Wednesday 23 October 2024.
All applications to be submitted online through CharityJob. Send a CV and a cover letter of
no more than two sides of A4, explaining why you want the job and how your experience relates to the
job description and person specification.
IMPORTANT: We’ll use cover letters to assess applications alongside CVs. Please ensure you take the
time to include a well-written cover letter as detailed above. We won’t assess applications without
one.
INTERVIEWS: First round interviews will take place week commencing 4th November.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job Title: Volunteer Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator
Reporting to: Volunteer Admissions Lead
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: £26k FTE
Base: Hybrid, home and London office
Benefits:
- Enhanced policies including 25 days annual leave per year, plus public holidays;
- Company electronic devices;
- Remote and flexible working;
- Company Health Insurance;
- Excellent opportunities for training and career progression.
Please click apply to visit our careers portal and see our candidate pack for this role.
About Mental Health Innovations (MHI)
Founded in November 2017 following the success of The Royal Foundation’s ‘Heads Together’ campaign, it launched its first product, Shout, in 2019. Shout is a free, confidential, 24/7 text message service for anybody to text when they may be struggling with anxiety, loneliness or depression through to self harm or suicidal thoughts.
Job Purpose:
To support the recruitment and admission of new volunteers, promoting volunteering opportunities and completing background checks.
Key Responsibilities
- Ask for and check references for new volunteers
- Coordinate and attend volunteer recruitment events, such as Universities; organise volunteers and staff to support
- Follow up with prospective volunteers to encourage them to apply
- Work with the Communications team to promote volunteering opportunities online
- Coordinate and run regular information sessions for prospective volunteers to explain the volunteering opportunities
- Initiate contact with volunteers and trainees to process DBS/PVG/police vetting checks as required
- Check the status of volunteers who are part of the relevant Update Service
- Proactively monitor and follow up on the progress of checks to keep on top of weekly targets
- Coordinate video calls to verify ID documents, checking documents with utmost attention to detail
- Handle queries on checks, and troubleshoot cases such as missing documentation or anything outside the accepted DBS/PVG/police vetting procedure
- Liaise with our selected external provider for any queries
- Escalate disclosures to a panel for review, if required
- Accurately update outcome information for each volunteer
- Ensure the confidentiality of volunteer information is maintained and securely discard volunteer documentation once checks are complete
- Utilise tools such as Jira, Salesforce and effectively
- Provide regular progress reports to the Volunteer Admissions Lead and Head of Volunteers
- Undertake other ad-hoc tasks commensurate with the role as necessary
Essential Criteria
- High levels of patience, and willingness to carry out repetitive tasks
- Good all round computer skills
- Highly organised and meticulous attention to detail
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion
- Troubleshooting skills and a logical approach to problem-solving
- Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, to a wide range of audiences
- Experience of recruiting, supporting and working with volunteers
- Flexible approach to work, with a willingness to work occasional evenings
- A team player
Desirable Criteria
- Ability to manage own time effectively, prioritising work demands and meet deadlines with minimum supervision
- Be creative and an innovative thinker
- Working knowledge of one or more of these tools/products:
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- Salesforce
- JIRA
- G-suite
- Knowledge of GDPR (main concepts and principles)
We will be interviewing on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the job advert early if we receive a high number of applicants.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting opportunity to support and develop the work of the Christian Funders’ Forum (CFF). We are looking for an experienced coordinator with excellent relationship skills to continue to support and grow the membership of the CFF to enable the group to deliver on its mission to live and share Christ’s love through supporting each other and serving the Christian charitable sector.
The ideal candidate will possess administrative, digital, and social media expertise alongside the interpersonal skills needed to champion a positive, engaging membership culture to foster learning, sharing and collaboration.
You’ll be responsible for communication with members from both the Chairs and Executive CFF groups to coordinate meetings, ad-hoc training, and networking events. You will keep the intranet hub content rich and the website up to date to nurture the membership community.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Remote, with regular meetings in London, UK
Hours: 2.5 days per week
Sustainability First is a leading UK think tank and charity that acts as a critical friend to businesses, regulators, governments, and civil society, to create more sustainable energy and water sectors in the UK. We work tirelessly to advocate for policies that support environmental and consumer protection and to engage the public through accessible and impactful communication. We believe that it is possible to create a thriving economy that respects environmental limits and enables social equity.
Role overview:
We are seeking a dynamic and committed Advocacy and Communications Officer to join our team. This new role is integral to amplifying our voice with decision-makers, including business leaders, senior officials in central government and regulatory bodies, and amongst politicians. You will help to shape public policy and drive our communications strategy.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in advocacy, excellent communication skills, and a shared commitment to our values. This is an excellent opportunity to develop a core role in our charity, as well as make a tangible impact on the environment and social equity in the UK. We will also be rolling out a refreshed brand and updated website – you will have the opportunity to help us make the most of our new branding.
What we offer:
- A supportive and inclusive working environment
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- The chance to make a tangible impact on environmental and public policy, and public awareness
- Flexible working hours including remote working
- 25 days' annual leave, pro-rata.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the ‘apply’ button.
Closing date: Sunday 3rd November 2024.
Sustainability First is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.