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Are you a passionate and committed individual, with proven experience of working in a similar digital role?  You will develop audience-centric user journeys and help audience reach and challenge our thinking making the most of the knowledge drawn from our work with communities facing climate hazards. 

Knowledge of the international development, or climate resilience, sector desirable.

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 role would provide strategic technical expertise to Practical Action’s Climate Resilience team to ensure it has the necessary regular and consistent expert advice and insights to deliver a valued and high-performing website for the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance.

This knowledge-sharing website is key to Practical Action’s role as the Knowledge and Communications lead for the Alliance and is built in WordPress with a DSpace resource repository.

The Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance is a collaboration between humanitarian, NGO, research and private sector partners, working to build resilience to climate hazards in rural and urban contexts.

Accountabilities

• To build and maintain our Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager implementations
• To align website journeys with other online and offline activities
• To provide first line support for technical issues on the Alliance website
• To support delivery of engaging content work alongside colleagues
• To stay up to date with external trends and developments in website and digital knowledge sharing tools and techniques.

Skills and Abilities

• Google Analytics 4 (very strong) and drawing actionable insights from data
• Working experience of WordPress or other content management system
• Understanding of Dspace as a resource repository
• Good writing skills
• Ability to work well with people across different languages, cultures, and levels of digital understanding.
• Proactive problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated experience of project management
• Basic image & video editing
• Good understanding of Search Engine Optimisation principles.

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.

You must have the pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK. 

This is a hybrid role, and you must be able to travel to our Rugby office, as you would be expected to attend on certain key dates and for specific meetings.

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

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.

Closing date for applications:Friday 21st February 2025. 

Interviews: It is anticipated that interviews will take place on Thursday 27th February 2025.

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 and a supporting statement that includes the answers to the following questions:  

1. Why are you interested in this role?
2. What are the top three reasons you would be suitable for this role

Please note that applications for this role will close on Monday 24 February 2025 at 9am

A little bit about the role 

The role will sit in the Chief Social Worker’s directorate alongside our admissions and support, curriculum and delivery teams. These teams achieve our mission through assessing participants eligibility and  suitability, ensuring they are registered with our university partner in a timely way and by designing and delivering world class social work  education and training. ​

The EDI Lead is responsible for developing and implementing strategies, programmes, and initiatives that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organisation. This role involves collaborating across teams and functions to ensure that EDI principles are integrated into all aspects of the work. They are responsible for fostering a culture of inclusion, holding people to account through knowledge and skills and create a brave space for challenging conversations.​

We are seeking a passionate and strategic leader with a deep commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. You will have a proven track record of driving impactful EDI initiatives across the charity, private, or public sectors, with the ability to influence and inspire others through your actions and behaviours. With strong emotional intelligence, you will understand the specific challenges faced by minoritised groups and be confident in holding challenging conversations to drive meaningful change.

The successful candidate will be a confident and influential leader who champions equity, diversity, and inclusion. Skilled in fostering accountability and inclusion, you will create a brave space for meaningful conversations while holding a clear line on EDI expectations.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Being a lead facilitator for reflexive spaces for colleagues running community spaces
• Providing outreach support for minoritised participants as needed
• Contributing to the review and design of our programmes in relation to EDI content
• Reviewing and consultation on all aspects of recruitment and admissions processes to ensure fairness and reduction in bias
• To be the lead anti discrimination advocate (ADAs) and facilitate regular group meetings to check in with the other ADAs

Please see job pack for full list of role responsibilities

A little bit about you 

This role will suit an experienced EDI leader who is passionate about driving meaningful change and embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion across an organisation. The hiring panel will be looking for candidates who demonstrate a deep commitment to inclusive leadership, the ability to hold others to account on EDI expectations, and a strong track record of influencing change through collaboration. You will bring expertise in EDI frameworks and policies, along with the confidence to engage in challenging conversations and represent the organisation’s position externally.

We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own. 

If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you. 

Important information

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.

Please let us know how we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you by emailing the People team (please see the job pack for contact details).

We recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) such as ‘ChatGPT’ etc can be useful for applicants e.g. to shorten an initial draft, so we do not attempt to have an absolute ban on AI in applications. However we would caution applicants not to rely too much on AI in drafting answers to application questions. We want to hear your authentic voice arising out of your experience, and we will be looking for answers that use examples and experiences that are specific to you. You are more likely to be able to produce that kind of content yourself than an AI will.

We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!

You will need to have current right-to-work in the UK prior to application and for at least the first six months (for permanent positions) or for the full duration of the contract (for fixed-term positions). Visa sponsorship is not guaranteed.

Job Title: People Data and Reward Manager

Location: London/Hybrid with a requirement to occasionally work from our head office in Vauxhall, London
Salary: £56,000 per annum (Inclusive of £3,000 London Weighting, which may not be applicable depending on your home location and any agreed permanent homeworking arrangement)
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as the People Data and Reward Manager. 

Refuge is the largest domestic abuse organisation in the UK. On any given day our services support thousands of women and their children, helping them to overcome the physical, emotional, financial and logistical impacts of abuse and rebuild their lives.
 
Do you have payroll management experience, including working with a payroll bureau? Have you worked with and developed HR systems including building reports? Do you have experience of supporting reward strategies? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join our People & Culture team, managing the People Data and Reward function. 
To be successful in this role, you will have proven experience of running a payroll function, including pensions and employee benefits. You will have experience in pay modelling and advising on pay policy and processes. You will also have a key eye for detail, analysing data and creating reports. 

You will be rewarded not only through a competitive pay and reward package, but through the ability to grow and develop alongside hundreds of inspiring colleagues at all levels across Refuge dedicated to the important work that we do.

Closing Date: 09:00am 10 February 2025

Interview Date: 17 February 2025 (Remotely, between 10:00am and 6:00pm)

Resurgo’s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We’re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

Are you organised, a great communicator and problem-solver and passionate about supporting young people who face barriers to achieve sustainable employment?Then this role is for you.

We’re looking for a new Employment Partnerships Executive to join us for this London-based role. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to help us deliver our high-impact employment outcomes and support even more young people into work or further education. 

The important stuff 

Location: Hammersmith, London

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: from £28,000

Closing date: Friday 21st February, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate)

Interviews: Interviews to commence from Thursday 27th February

Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process. Contact us for any enquiries regarding accessibility.

Resurgo has been named one of the UK’s Best Places to Work by The Sunday Times.  

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

Equipping and Supporting Spear Centres

• Spend time in Spear Centres to build a presence and trust with the Spear coaches, in order to provide better employment support for trainees.
• Provide additional support to Spear Centres outside of London as they develop their own employer network and local employment events.
• Serving as a liaison between Resurgo, the employer and Spear Centres in collecting and sharing job descriptions, trainee CVs, interview feedback and handover documents for successful hires.

 

Account Management and Administration

• Conduct due diligence checks on potential employers.
• Sustain links with corporates, employers and charities in order to generate employment opportunities for young people.
• Research and compile the weekly employment email with current vacancies and opportunities (which includes all new Spear Streamlined Centres) and contribute ‘Job of the Week’ to the weekly Spear Bulletin.
• Manage bespoke recruitment processes and logistics.
• Monthly reporting for national employer partners.
• Attend select online and in-person youth employment events on behalf of Resurgo and the Spear Programme.
• Support the wider Corporate and Employer Partnerships team in administrative tasks.

Support the Coordination of Employer Events

• Help to deliver central (London-based) Hire Me events with mass employment opportunities.
• Equip Spear Centres to run their own local employment activities/events, including effective review processes after the events.
• Track success of central and local events and the impact on education, employment and training (EET) statistics.
• Work with the Employer Partnerships Manager to develop and coordinate employer-related events, such as Coffee and Connect, or organise site visits for employers to a Spear training room or an insight session with a Spear coach.

Spear Alumni Network Coordinator

• Develop and run an alumni network/platform for Spear completers, keeping them updated with further job opportunities and creating a continued sense of community. 
• Work with the Resurgo Church Partnerships team to build a pipeline into the Spear Ambassadors group, giving Spear completers a voice in the continuous development of the Spear Programme and encouraging Spear completers to invite those they know to join Spear.
• With the Comms team, identify opportunities for Spear completers to become Brand Ambassadors who promote our work, ensuring success stories are celebrated and feeding into funding applications and reports.

Active participation in and support for Resurgo’s team and mission

• Help build and develop Resurgo’s ethos and Christian life as a team member including leading and contributing to daily team prayer meetings as an integral part of Resurgo’s operation and for the success of its mission.

This role will suit you if you are:

• A practising Christian who is passionate about personally representing the Christian values of Resurgo and committed to Resurgo’s mission to transform urban communities.
• Passionate about supporting young people who face barriers to achieve sustainable employment.
• An excellent communicator with strong relational skills and the ability to develop a rapport with and positively influence a range of audiences.
• Attention to detail, with the ability to complete administrative tasks to a high standard.
• Self-motivated forward planner who exercises initiative, with the ability to prioritise workload, including working well under pressure.
• Good IT skills, with a working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint (Salesforce desired, but training will be provided, if needed).

Desirable

• Experience in coaching and training delivery, and a desire to grow in this.
• Knowledge of the current employability landscape / experience in HR or recruitment processes.

You can expect:

• A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities.
• Excellent staff development and training opportunities, including our 5-day Coaching for Leadership (valued at £3,000).
• A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work.
• A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues.
• 28 days annual leave (including Christmas Gift Days) plus bank holidays.
• Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat.
• Excellent Health Insurance Benefits.

A couple of things to note:

This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)

Resurgo’s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We’re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.

 

Are you a gifted writer with the ability to flex your style for a variety of audiences? Do you also have excellent project management skills? If so, you could step into your next career move as a Senior Communications Manager at Resurgo. 

We are looking for someone to be at heart of our communications work. Working across our busy charity with a variety of internal and external stakeholders you will project manage the roll out of a rebrand, project manage production of collateral, proactively work on press and PR, and lead on our thought leadership work – drafting articles, blogs and emails for our varied audiences. With the ability to work to deadlines, under pressure and with a high attention to detail and excellent people skills, you will join a supportive team working to support Resurgo’s vision to transform the lives of young people across the UK.

The important stuff 

Location: Hammersmith, London

Contract: Full-time, Fixed-Term (Open to part-time, 4 days a week)

Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations

Salary: from £43,000

Closing date: Friday 21st February, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate).

Interviews: Interviews to commence from Thursday 27th February

Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process. Contact us for any enquiries regarding accessibility.

Resurgo has been named one of the UK’s Best Places to Work by The Sunday Times. 

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

Project Management 

• Project manage the creation of content, from website to printed collateral, by working with internal and external designers and suppliers, and across the Resurgo team. 
• Work with the Digital Marketing Manager to project manage a website refresh, ensuring timelines and budgets are kept to. 
• Work with the Head of Media & Communications and external production companies on film projects, ensuring smooth running of production schedules, transport, locations etc. 

Thought Leadership & Copywriting 

• Raise brand awareness with external audiences through creating and distributing compelling thought leadership content.
• Produce varied written pieces, including internal and external newsletters; supporter-facing mailings; blogs; thought leadership pieces; news pieces and case studies. 
• Copywrite key publications, such as Resurgo’s impact report, supporter updates and other collateral, working with internal stakeholders. 
• Create a pipeline of new ideas for thought leadership across our varied audiences, in order to raise brand awareness and build our reputation as an expert in the field of youth employment. 
• Support other teams with writing tasks and manage proof-reading as required. 

Brand 

• Organise photo shoots with external photographers to build a new image bank to reflect the refreshed brand, including sourcing venues, liaising with young people, ensuring that correct permissions are recorded.
• Project manage the roll out of a rebrand which is happening in 2025. Project manage roll out of new brand assets, updated collateral for our Spear centres and central office. 

Internal communications 

• Collaborate with the People & Culture team, Senior Leadership Team and others to produce internal comms that are consistent, engaging and effective in communicating our goals and updates. Create an internal comms plan that reflects the future of a national organisation with staff in regional hubs. 

Press

• Support the Head of Media & Communications to implement the media engagement plan, including drafting press releases, building our media list and writing briefings for colleagues for media opportunities. Scope out new channels including podcasts that align with our organisational goals. 
• Report on press engagement and make suggestions for increasing brand awareness through traditional and non-traditional media. 

Person Specification 

• Excellent copywriting skills and understanding of tone of voice: solid spelling, grammar and clarity; ability to flex tone for relevant audience and channel. 

• Experience writing for a variety of audiences, preferably including donors or corporate partners. 

• Excellent track record in producing written materials for varied audiences. 

• Extremely organised and efficient; calm under pressure; able to juggle competing deadlines and priorities, splitting time across multiple projects. 

• Excellent people skills, able to relate well to colleagues of all seniority levels, freelancers and external agencies. 

• Solid project management skills, ability to hold various moving parts.

• Able to receive feedback on projects with humility, and confidence to give feedback and share ideas and expertise. 

• Good grasp of marketing trends. 

The Peterborough Cultural Alliance (PCA), hosted by Nene Park Trust, is committed to fostering a dynamic, inclusive and innovative cultural scene across our city and we are seeking a highly motivated, skilled, talented and dynamic person to join our team as a Senior Creative Cultures Leader.

The key focus of this senior role is about building networks, data analysis of cultural engagement, inclusive cultural expressions/experiences as well as driving the build of our identity. You will work closely with networks, groups and institutions, where creative communities spend time, to deliver our cultural strategy, in keeping with the city’s needs. 

This full time role will encompass a variety of tasks including but not limited to the following:

• Managing and delivering multiple programmes of work that include working with community leadership, DEI experts, artists and other specialist networks in Peterborough.
• Analysing data sets to drive cultural programming for stakeholders and communities as well as measuring PCA's impact.
• Organising and leading local and national events, meeting and workshops and providing a leadership voice in these forums.

In addition, the ideal candidate will naturally demonstrate the following characteristics:

• Strong communication skills and a commitment to build  positive, professional relationships with stakeholders and communities
• A compassionate approach to our wide range of communities in Peterborough, deepening understanding and trust.
• Proactive and solutions focussed to support our many partners.

This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours a week, based at our Head Office in Ferry Meadows, Peterborough, PE2 5UU.

Please visit the Nene Park Trust vacancies webpage for more information on this role. The closing date for applications is 09:00 on Monday 17th February.

Colours of Redbridge is a vibrant programme of community-led arts and culture in Redbridge, East London. It is part of the pioneering Creative People and Places (CPP) programme from Arts Council England, empowering local people to decide what culture happens in their area. We are reaching new audiences through high-quality work and making a real difference to people’s lives through our projects which include South Asian truck art, a cultural food festival and a disability-led street carnival.

Job requirements:

• To fulfil this exciting new role in the senior leadership team of Colours of Redbridge, helping to shape the overall strategy and direction of the programme.
• To lead on the financial management of the programme, setting up relevant budgets, spending trackers and financial reporting systems.
• To refine and implement an ambitious fundraising strategy of grants, trusts, donations and commercial opportunities.
• To set up project management systems to ensure that individual elements of the programme are delivered on time and on budget.

Essential requirements:

• Experience of setting up budgeting and financial reporting systems for programmes of £200k+ per year.
• Proven experience of raising significant additional income for community projects through either grants, trusts or commercial funding opportunities.
• Knowledge and experience of running procurement processes to select high-quality suppliers and contractors at best value.
• Excellent project or programme management skills, using appropriate methods to track progress and improve efficiency.

In return, we can offer the successful candidate a company pension scheme, annual performance rewards, generous annual leave, employee assistance programme and GP referral scheme. In addition, we offer our staff free gym, swim and spa membership at all Vision sites; Corporate Health Cash Plan.

Director of People and Culture, L'Arche in the UK

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reports to: National Leader / CEO
Direct reports: HR Advisor, Head of Learning and Development, Soulful Internship Programme Leader
Salary: £72,800 (plus London weighting where appropriate)
Location: Hybrid, with 2-3 days a week in our London office. Please contact us if you would like to explore being based in another another L’Arche location (with 3-4 days a month in the London office). Regular travel to L’Arche Communities UK-wide, and to national meetings.
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, full time
Contract: Temporary. This is a maternity cover post available until May 2026 (or until the current postholder returns, or resigns and is replaced, if earlier).

If you are a relational leader with HR and change experience, could you give us a year of your energy and expertise, to deliver and develop our vision?

Main purpose of the role:

Lead people vision, strategy, systems, and services that make L’Arche a great place to work, belong, and grow in Community - so that we live out our mission and values.

Key responsibilities:

- Lead L'Arche to be a life-giving place for people to work, belong and grow.
- Recruitment, retention, remuneration, wellbeing and belonging.
- Learning and development.
- HR Structures, strategy, and services.

Key criteria for success:

During the year of maternity cover as Director, you will work with people across L'Arche to:

- Get to know the people, mission, ethos, and daily realities of L'Arche.
- Oversee ongoing performance and flourishing of the national HR and L&D teams, lead HR leads in the Communities, and provide HR advice to leadership.
- Lead our ongoing programme to refresh terms and conditions, consulting and communicating proactively and transparently.
- Lead a campaign to achieve consistent, confident, and values-led line management across L'Arche.
- Develop stronger national HR and L&D structures and resources, and people functions in the Communities.
- Lead national recruitment initiatives, especially expanding the "soulful intern" programme.
- Contribute to wider initiatives, including on financial management, EDI, volunteering and attendance management. 

Essential criteria:

- Significant management experience of HR systems and decision-making, and employee learning and development.
- Either: CIPD Level 7 / equivalent qualification, OR substantial experience of people and systems leadership.
- Understanding of employment law and of current best practice in people and culture, HR, and learning and development.
- Experience of leading change.
- Experience of planning and managing budgets and analysing financial risks and opportunities.

ABOUT L'ARCHE 

L'Arche is a worldwide movement of people with and without learning disabilities building community together. We aim to be a beacon for our society - of what social care can be, what life with learning disabilities can be, and what a human society can be.

L'Arche in the UK is a registered charity and a regulated provider of care and support. Our 11 Communities in England, Scotland and Wales offer a varied mix of adult supported living, registered care, and day services. 

Our UK annual turnover is about £20m. Well over a thousand people across the UK belong to a L'Arche Community, including about 300 people with learning disabilities and more than 700 employees and volunteers. 

If you join our friendly and supportive organisation, you will be well supported and gain access to a variety of additional benefits that come with working with us:

- Joining shared meals since cooking and having a meal together is what we are all about.
- Achieve professional qualifications while benefiting from exceptional training and development opportunities
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption/Surrogacy, and Paternity Pay (depending on length of service, details available on request)
- Interest free loans and salary advances available
- Free eye tests and a contribution towards the cost of glasses if you need them for work.
- Free DBS / PVG checks
- Free SSSC registration
- Free Blue Light Card
- Professional membership fees paid if they are directly relevant to your role
- Free Employee Assistance Programme available to everyone
- Up to 5 days paid compassionate leave
- Up to 6 days paid (pro rata) for time off for emergency dependents leave
- Carer and Childminder costs available in some circumstances to facilitate attendance at residential meetings
- Specialist bereavement counselling for employees and their family members
- Access to the Bike to Work scheme

A full role description and person specification can be found in the recruitment pack.

The closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 16 February 2025. 
The first round of interviews will be online, between 25 February and 4 March.

To apply, please answer the questions on our online application form.

Please also read our privacy notice for job applicants.

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SUMMARY

This maternity cover role will be responsible for the Lab's internal workings - people, culture, ways of working and operations. As an Executive level role, it will share overall responsibility for the Lab’s impact with the other members of the Exec (CEO, COO, Director of Programmes and Campaigns).

The role will be specifically responsible for:

• the people function, including team days, our annual retreat, and internal communications, as well as Human Resource management and our staff handbook),
• programme support, including stewardship of our Monitoring, Evaluation, learning and Planning system),
• coordinating the team’s fundraising work, and
• managing other areas of our operations, such as IT and infrastructure, including our new CRM system.
• The post-holder will be responsible for line managing the Operations Manager.

The post-holder will work closely with the COO, who will be leading on finance and governance. Together, they will be responsible for drafting the plan for the Lab’s Operations function in 2026.

This post is a 13 month fixed term contract, running from mid-May 2025 to mid-June 2026.

LOCATION

The team work remotely for the majority of the time, but as this role is responsible for people and culture ideally you will be able to attend monthly ‘team together days’ in London (travel paid if outside of London area) as well as an annual two-night retreat elsewhere in the UK in November. However, we don’t want this to be a barrier to applicants, so you can let us know at the interview stage if this would not be possible or will cause you challenges.

RESPONSIBILITIES

People: Ensure we recruit, retain, support and nourish a strong staff team and maintain a culture that reflects our values of ambition, collaboration and empowerment.

• Lead implementation of the Lab’s people and human resources strategy (together with the COO), in line with our core values, to maximise the team’s contribution to our mission (including team structure and roles, recruitment, onboarding and retention, staff handbook, and professional development).
• Develop and hold our team culture (together with the COO), aligned to the Lab’s core values, and ensure that the organisation maintains an effective, efficient and human working environment. Help ensure that we live our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, in general as well as in areas that fall under your remit.
• Lead internal communications, ensuring that the team are informed about and involved in new developments as appropriate, including planning and coordinating team away days through the year.
• Support effective management of staff: Line manage the Operations Manager. Support Heads of Programme and others to develop and manage staff and freelancers, ensuring that we treat all our people fairly and responsibly.

Operations: Oversee effective systems and support colleagues who manage those systems.

• Oversee and support the Operations Manager to ensure that our core processes run smoothly; we have the infrastructure to support our growth, including office space and IT, and supplies; and that they are able to effectively support the programme team with reports, events and other projects.
• Oversee the Lab’s fundraising process, including identifying and researching potential new funders, maintaining our overview of our fundraising pipeline, funder timelines, monthly priorities, and record keeping. Support the Lab team to manage funding proposals and coordinate the development of funding proposal budgets, working closely with programme leads. Ensure funding reporting requirements are met, including supporting programme leads to draft programme reports, and the Finance Manager to prepare financial reports.
• Coordinate and oversee the Lab’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Planning system ensuring the team have what they need to complete the various elements, meet deadlines, and get the most out of the process. [RSS1] 
• Ensure high standards of information management across the organisation, enabling staff to share and access resources, insights and know-how. This includes maintaining high standards of data protection and privacy that embody the Lab’s commitment to responsible use of data, and maintaining the Lab’s new CRM system. 

Executive Team support: you will be a collaborative and engaged member of a strong executive team.

• Lead and manage organisational development projects to ensure that the Lab has effective, appropriate operational policies and processes, and that staff understand and implement these policies and processes.
• Be a collaborative, engaged and supportive colleague and be willing to take on or change responsibilities to help the organisation operate effectively, including offering general support to the other members of the Exec as needed.

YOUR PROFILE

Ideally you will have the following key skills and experience, but we know that all candidates will vary and we are looking for the best fit, not the perfect unicorn.

We hope you will:

Be a caring, collaborative and effective people manager, team player, and organisational culture builder committed to creating an ambitious, collaborative and empowering culture.

• You will love supporting others to succeed, helping them to learn and grow, and develop their resilience and self-care, but also to support and care for people when work or life are difficult.
• You will have experience and a passion for ensuring recruitment, induction, personal development and other processes and culture work to attract, recruit, retain and support high quality, committed staff.

Be a well organised project and function manager with a strong understanding of systems and operations, supporting the team, board and CEO to keep on top of organisational systems such as monitoring, evaluation, learning and planning (MEL-P) and fundraising, as well as day-to-day coordination of various other processes

Have a strong commitment to the vision, aims and values of the Lab.

• A desire to work in a collaborative, empowering and ambitious organisation, and develop the Lab’s culture with care, sensitivity energy and good humour, taking pride in enabling others to succeed.
• Demonstrable dedication to equity, diversity, inclusion and justice and an understanding of intersectionality.

See the full job pack (including interview dates and information) and apply via the link.

Colours of Redbridge is a vibrant programme of community-led arts and culture in Redbridge, East London. It is part of the pioneering Creative People and Places (CPP) programme from Arts Council England, empowering local people to decide what culture happens in their area. We are reaching new audiences through high-quality work and making a real difference to people’s lives through our projects which include South Asian truck art, a cultural food festival and a disability-led street carnival.

Job requirements:

• To provide all logistical and operational support in developing and executing three large-scale public arts commissions in 2025, with a view to support further projects.
• Oversee the development of each project, creating feasibility studies, budgets, project plans and risk registers, working alongside a team of Community Producers in line with their ambitions and expectations.
• Lead on the Health and Safety for the events, including the licencing process, Event Management Plans and Risk Assessments, representing the organisation at Safety Advisory Groups and acting as the Responsible Person on the day of events.
• Liaise with venues, artists and suppliers to realise projects, writing contracts and procuring services.

Essential requirements:

• Extensive experience of producing or managing free events in the public realm (ideally within an arts context) with audiences of over 1,000 people.
• Experience of applying for premises licences and Temporary Event Notices for large-scale outdoor events.
• Experiences of producing Event Management Plans and attending Safety Advisory Group meetings
• An ability to work alongside community groups as participants and decision makers.

In return, we can offer the successful candidate a company pension scheme, annual performance rewards, generous annual leave, employee assistance programme and GP referral scheme. In addition, we offer our staff free gym, swim and spa membership at all Vision sites; Corporate Health Cash Plan (which provides free access to essential health care and valuable health and wellbeing services); employee recognition scheme; cycle to work and electric leasing car scheme.

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The important stuff 

Location: Bethnal Green, office-based

Salary: £27,500

Permanent, Full-time

Application deadline: We interview on a rolling basis and may close the role early if we find the right candidate

Application pack: Have a look at our Lead Coach Application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo

Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process.

We are now recruiting for a Lead Coach in Bethnal Green  - an outstanding opportunity to work as part of a local church to deliver the Spear Programme.

You’ll be working with the local church to manage the delivery of Resurgo's award-winning Spear Programme. Over the last 20 years, Spear has supported more than 10,000 young people across the UK with the work-ready skills and mindset they need to succeed in employment, no matter the challenges they face. But we don’t want to stop there.

We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed – join us.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for:

The Lead Coach is primarily responsible for overseeing the training room and group sessions with young people. You will help shape the training environment and will confidently adapt and deliver materials and sessions to work within the group’s development towards work readiness.

Delivery of Spear Programme - Group and 1:1 coaching [60%]

• Preparing and coaching Spear Foundation sessions and 1-1s, ensuring that young people are engaged, retained and work-ready by the end of this initial phase of the programme
• Building relationships with young people on the programme and managing culture, and attitudes in the training room
• Adapting the Spear coaching material according to the needs of the Trainees and managing behaviour effectively
• Handling safeguarding
• Taking a lead on rating the work readiness of the trainees and making sure data is inputted and used correctly on salesforce
• Tracking trainee progress on the dashboards
• Liaising with volunteers for key programme engagement events such as mock interviews and external panels. Leading on briefings and communications with these volunteers

Delivery of Spear Career [20%]

• Delivering weekly Spear Career sessions (including running workshops with past Trainees), maintaining records and reporting on statistics, and creatively developing ongoing relationships with Spear Trainees

Training the Graduate Coach [10%]

• Contributing towards the training and developing of the Graduate Coach by modelling excellent coaching and giving regular feedback

Trainee recruitment [10%]

• Developing relationships with Job Centres and local referral agencies to ensure that the maximum number of Spear Trainees are enrolled on each programme. This involves liaising with referral agencies, active face-to-face recruitment and monitoring recruitment statistics

Continuous professional development

• Continually engaging in professional development, including being part of Resurgo’s wider coaching programmes and possibly supporting on leading internal training such as Grad Coach Training

Active participation in and support for church team and mission

• As the Spear programme is run in partnership with a local church partner, you will establish a strong personal connection with the church to develop the engagement and backing of church members and help build a strong network of supporters for the Spear programme. As part of this you may be asked to speak at church/events and contribute to prayer meetings as per Resurgo’s Christian ethos and the mission of the church

This role will suit you if:

• You are an active Christian, passionate about your work being a lived expression of your faith
• You have a heart for young people and releasing their potential, no matter what challenging circumstances they are facing
• You have demonstrable experience as a coach, or a background in youth work or teaching, and are keen to develop these skills further.
• You are confident in giving feedback and having crucial conversations
• Able to lead others effectively
• You are great at building relationships, with solid communication skills
• You are steady under pressure, and able to juggle competing priorities
• You are looking for a varied, hands-on role, where you won't be tied to a desk
• Emotional resilience and good self-leadership in this area. You have a sense of humour and want to have fun at work
• Strong administrative skills, competent and accurate and efficient in typing and work methods

You’ll be employed by St Peter’s Church, who partner closely with Resurgo to deliver the Spear Programme in Bethnal Green

You can expect:

• A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities:
  • Support and funding to complete your professional coaching accreditation
  • Progression opportunities through professional development 1-1s, and a dedicated Church Partnerships team
  • Equipping you to have autonomy in your role, through a culture of ‘high challenge, high support’
• A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work
• A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues
• Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat

A couple of things to note:

• This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)
• In the event of a job offer, a DBS check will be requested

Resurgo is a charity with a mission to transform society, of which the Spear Programme is just one part. We use our expertise in coaching and impact management to equip other organisations to cultivate change. Find out more about our work here.

Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. If you want to use your skills, knowledge, and experience to help fight for human rights, you could be our new Head of Organisational Development and Inclusion (Head of OD&I).

About the role

Our aim is to be an inclusive, progressive employer where we really do think and act with a people first approach. The People & Culture team are at the forefront of leading that approach. The Head of OD&I is accountable for embedding our behaviours into leadership & management development, performance management and other activities. A key part of the role is to continue the development and embedding of our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism plan.

The role will be driving the formulation of our inclusion approach beyond 2025. It will be integral to the delivery of the People & Culture strategy bringing expertise in organisational development and inclusion and the associated learning strategies and programs.

In partnership with the Director of People & Culture, you will develop and implement the overall People & Culture approach, our IDEA approach, and plans, policies and procedures that align with the organisation's overall strategy and goals.

Responsible for leading and managing initiatives that enhance the effectiveness and performance of AIUK’s colleagues, you will oversee the development and implementation of activities that deliver positive organisational change, employee development, equity and fairness and overall workplace productivity.

You will also be responsible for the management and leadership of the IDEA plan, strategic framework and embedding IDEA principles into our way of working across all areas of AIUK. Ensuring everyone has the knowledge and skills to be inclusive and equitable.

This role has an impact on Human Rights by ensuring that AIUK is well equipped to deliver its goals, is well led, inclusive and our people have access to the development they need to flourish.

More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.

The role may be for you if you:

• Have strong leadership and management skills in delivering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Are experienced in embedding equality, diversity and inclusion best practice into ways of working and organisational culture.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills for building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders.
• Are a strategic thinker and problem-solver and skilled at addressing organisational challenges and driving positive change, designing and implementing tailored development programs.
• Are experienced in using change management principles and organisational psychology for supporting and embedding cultural behaviours.

Our Commitment to you

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.

New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time) and 3 wellbeing days. 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares.
 

Apply for this role

This vacancy advert may be taken down from job boards earlier than the stated deadline if a high standard of applications is received (if you have started an application in our portal, you will still have opportunity to complete it by the original deadline).

We welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applications from people from an ethnic minority background, and people with a disability to help us achieve a balanced representation in our workforce, especially at senior grades.

To reduce bias in our shortlisting process, AIUK operates an anonymised application process. If for any reason you prefer to apply in a different format, or require adjustments in the process, please get in touch. To support all candidates to perform their best at interview, we send questions 24 hours in advance. We are a disability confident organisation.

Visit our wbsite for application guidance and information on benefits, recruitment inclusion and hybrid working.

Exciting opportunity for an EDI specialist to join our expanding organisation and support us in the development and delivery of our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) objectives to ensure that we improve equity of access to treatment for people who use our services, improve our practice and quality and continue to develop a diverse and inclusive organisation.
 

This is a remote role, you will predominantly be working from home. There will be the requirement to travel to services across England and Scotland, as well as face to face events. There is the possibility for part time hours and flexible working requests.

Phoenix Futures and The Role

The Phoenix Futures Group has more than 50 years’ experience of developing and delivering pioneering substance misuse services. We believe in being the best and that is why we constantly strive to learn and innovate, to challenge ourselves, to adapt and to work together with others who can bring valuable expertise.

• You will help us identify EDI issues and explore and implement solutions to complex challenges.
• The role covers operational issues including making sure that our treatment is accessible to all, the role also covers people and culture issues making sure that our organisation is diverse and inclusive, you will also consider our policy and practice ensuring quality of delivery.
• You will act as an expert advisor to people across the organisation making sure that EDI principles are embedded across all areas of our organisational delivery. You will provide advice and guidance for staff, volunteers, people who use our services and other stakeholders.
• You will be responsible for developing and writing our strategic EDI plans. Researching, delivering and monitoring action plans in collaboration with the senior management team and our specialist working groups.

About you

Reporting directly to the Director of Strategic Initiatives You will:

• Be a self-starter who can also work collaboratively within a multi-functional team and across Directorates;
• Have an understanding of the benefits of creating equity of access to health care and the importance of meeting the needs of under represented groups.
• Have experience of developing and delivering EDI strategies and processes
• Be able to understand data and communicate insight in understandable ways
• Present to small and large groups, remotely and face to face
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, influence and inspire at all levels

A detailed job description (role profile) is available for download. 

Your Rewards 

• Salary of £43,500 plus potential yearly performance related pay of 8.5%
• Committed to providing a Real Living Wage for you, through accreditation with the Living Wage Foundation 
• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing each year to a maximum of 30 days) 
• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance 
• Support through occupational sick pay, eye-care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities 
• Continuous training and career development via PXL our dedicated learning management system  
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access 
• A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better. 
• We’ll ensure you get all the support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team.

The Interview

Interviews will be held during early March in London. Full details will be provided to shortlisted candidates.

The Guildford Institute is looking to recruit a full-time Programme Manager as maternity cover to manage and administer our eclectic course programme, alongside our room hire offering.

What is The Guildford Institute and What Do We Offer?

The Guildford Institute is an educational, community charity based in Guildford town centre. On offer is a wide-ranging programme of events, room hire facilities, a vegetarian restaurant and a library complete with a historic archive. The Institute has operated from its Grade II listed premises for over 130 years.

Some of the key benefits of working at the Institute include:

• The post-holder will work within a small, friendly team environment
• Varied job role that provides opportunities for development and plenty of scope for original ideas and input
• Ability to interact with a vast number of local community members
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Central Guildford location
• Training & professional development opportunities provided

Key Responsibilities of the Post-holder  

The Programme Manager will be passionate about the Institute’s aims of providing cultural and social opportunities for the local community.

The points below identify some of the post-holder’s core areas of responsibility:

• Management and facilitation of the Institute’s courses. The post-holder will take responsibility for all aspects of planning and delivery of the main focus of the Institute’s adult education programme – the courses. This entails seeing courses through from concept, liaising with tutors, gathering and editing copy for publicity purposes, down to practical elements on the day of delivery. The post-holder will work to ensure the continuation of current courses, whilst also having the opportunity to add new courses to the programme in line with the organisation’s aims.
• Management of the Institute’s room hire function and events diary. Holding responsibility for the Institute’s room hire bookings, the Programme Manager helps to bring in vital additional income for the organisation. In managing the Institute’s events diary, the post-holder has a hand in organising every activity that takes place within the building, as well as maintaining the important balance between the courses on offer and room hire options available to local businesses and community organisations.
• The post-holder also carries line management responsibility for our small team of stewarding and caretaking staff.

What We Seek in You

• A passion for and commitment to the aims and the work of the Institute and an enthusiasm to build on recent developments to the Institute’s programme
• An ability to plan, prioritise and organise in order to meet competing deadlines
• A keen attention to detail
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills in order to build up positive relationships with tutors, room hirers and regular clients
• A flexible, adaptable approach is essential

Full Person Specification details can be found within the Job Description.

The Guildford Institute welcomes applications from individuals from all sectors and backgrounds.

Key Information & Application Method

This is a maternity cover position, which is expected to last approximately 12 months. It is hoped that the successful candidate would be available to start in April. This position is a full-time, office-based role.

Please view the Job Description for full details of the position.

Salary: £30,000 - £31,000 per year.  

To apply, please send us a copy of your CV together with a short (1-page) covering letter highlighting why you'd like to work for our charity plus how your skills and experience relate to this role.