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About Chapter One
Chapter One is a growing charity dedicated to ensuring every child has access to one-to-one reading support at the time they need it most.
Our innovative Online Reading Volunteers Programme aims to support 3,300 children facing disadvantage during the 2024-25 academic year, pairing five to eight-year-old children with reading support volunteers from over 140 local and national businesses. Our unique approach requires volunteers to commit just 30 minutes a week for an entire academic year, using our bespoke digital platform. The results are transformative, significantly boosting children's reading confidence and ability. Our ambitious five year plan targets growth of 20% year on year.
For more information about our programmes please visit our website. Please also take some time to visit our social media channels and watch our videos.
About the role
With ambitious targets to support thousands more children by 2029, Chapter One is seeking a passionate, energetic Fundraising Officer to be an integral part of our Fundraising team. Reporting to our Trusts & Foundations Manager, you’ll generate income from a range of existing and new trusts and foundations, along with individual fundraising activities to contribute towards the 2024-25 fundraising target of £278,000, rising to £348,000 in 2025-26 in which you’ll have an individual target.
This new role is ideal for an early career professional who can write creative, compelling bids and build impactful relationships to make your mark in a fast-growing charity which is flexible and agile. You’ll be a proactive, determined self-starter and have high standards for yourself and others. You’ll develop and manage a funding pipeline by investing in thorough research and relationship cultivation, and you will thrive in working with funders, partners and supporters on a day -to-day basis.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver the fundraising plan
● Work collaboratively with the Trusts & Foundations Manager to grow Chapter One’s fundraising portfolio and meet agreed income targets from trusts and foundations.
● Maintain a portfolio of existing trusts and foundations, ensuring an excellent cultivation and stewardship journey in order to build relationships and maximise income.
● Proactively identify and research new prospective trust funders, finding creative ways to engage with them to secure support.
● Create compelling and tailored fundraising applications and reports, ensuring there is a strong emotional case for support and accuracy, to inspire prospects and supporters across trusts and foundations.
● Contribute to the highest levels of donor care for supporters, including creative stewardship, adhering to all grant conditions and responding in a timely manner to all enquiries from supporters and prospects.
● Research, interpret and present data about literacy and impact that makes a compelling case for Chapter One’s programmes.
● Contribute to internal planning and budget setting for restricted and unrestricted activities, setting out clear plans and a pipeline for income generation from trusts and foundations.
● Work with the Trusts & Foundations Manager, Corporate Partnerships team and Communications team to support the development of strategies and campaigns to grow individual giving from existing volunteers and supporters.
● Undertake administrative duties to support the delivery of individual fundraising initiatives including matched-giving campaigns and Payroll Giving.
● Work closely with the Trusts & Foundations Manager, Business Development Manager, Corporate Partnerships team and Communications team to ensure a cohesive approach and maximise all fundraising opportunities.
General
● Oversee and maintain specific fundraising administrative processes, including
recording of activity on the Salesforce CRM and internal databases.
● Maintain up-to-date knowledge of fundraising regulations, networks, and developments across the sector.
● Adherence to Chapter One’s Donation Acceptance Policy.
● Contribute to forecasting and regular reporting, producing verbal and written reports for senior management as required.
We are looking for some of the following attributes, though you might be more experienced in some areas than others:
● A commitment to Chapter One’s mission and values.
● Experience of fundraising, ideally from trusts and foundations.
● A demonstrable track record of successfully generating income and achieving targets.
● An ability to create compelling and successful fundraising applications and proposals.
● Excellent written communication skills, with an understanding of how to tailor communications for different audiences/contexts.
● Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and manage relationships with a range of stakeholders, both internally and externally.
● Evidence of effective prospect research, growing and managing a pipeline, planning for your portfolio and increasing income.
● Good financial acumen and proven ability to present complex financial information accurately.
● Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
● Ability to effectively work under pressure and manage conflicting priorities.
You’ll be more successful in the role if you have:
● Experience of individual giving or employee fundraising.
● Experience of working in a charity that has a strong corporate volunteering offer.
● Experience using the Salesforce CRM Non-profit Success Pack.
Chapter One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value and celebrate diversity in backgrounds and experience and are deliberate about the kind of teams we are building. Literacy is a universal concern, and we need people from all backgrounds to maximise our innovation, creativity and impact. We especially welcome applications from persons who have experienced disadvantage and/or from those who are of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation.
Chapter One is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.
Please submit a CV (max. 2 A4 sides) and covering letter. Your covering letter (max. 1 side of A4) should:
1) Detail your relevant experience with reference to the job description, including clear examples.
2) Tell us the story of a successful fundraising relationship that you have been involved in, how much you raised and what you did to make it succeed.
3) Tell us about how our organisational mission is in line with your values.
Applications that fail to meet these criteria will automatically be discounted. We want you to have every opportunity to show us your talents - please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the assessment process works for you.
First Round Interview: 7th Feb
Second Round Interview: 12th Feb
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About the Role
JPF aims to amplify the voices of young people across London and Essex, and we are committed to harnessing their ideas, knowledge and life experiences to influence the way we work as a grant-maker.
As a charitable organisation, founded to support young people, it is essential that young people are part of our work and decision-making; from Board level through to our programme delivery. We aim to provide young people with the resources and opportunities to empower them to do great things, and this role is central to enabling us to do this.
The Youth Voice and Engagement Intern role is a new post that will help us grow our youth voice and youth engagement work within the Foundation in line with our new strategic priorities. This role sits in the Executive Team, and will work closely with the Executive Assistant, as well as colleagues within our Communications and Operations teams. There will be regular opportunities to work collaboratively on projects with other departments and stakeholders.
This is a twelve-month paid internship to begin during March 2025. The successful candidate must be able to take up the post by Monday 25th March 2025, preferably earlier.
About the Internship
You will be part of the Jack Petchey Internship Programme along with 20 other interns, all of whom are employed by a range of youth organisations in London and Essex. Alongside your main work duties there will be a number of development opportunities. These include a residential conference to launch the internship programme; four professional development workshops throughout the year; and a celebration event at the end of the programme.
In addition to your paid salary, you will receive a training bursary of £1,000. This bursary can be used for approved training. We will also match you with an external mentor who will support you with your professional development throughout the year.
Training days and events take place in person in London. As well as carrying out the main duties of the job (as outlined in this booklet) the successful candidate will be required to take part in all training opportunities offered as part of this programme.
About You
If you are passionate advocate for young people, a strong communicator and an organised individual looking for a varied role in a fast-paced organisation, we want to hear from you! We are actively seeking someone who believes in the power and value of young people’s voices to influence change, and will prioritise this above your prior work experience or qualifications. If this sounds like you, please do consider applying for this role.
About Your Responsibilities
The Youth Voice and Engagement Intern will be responsible for supporting our three major youth engagement programmes, as well as a number of other youth voice initiatives across the Foundation.
1 Youth Consultation Panel
The Youth Consultation Panel (YCP) was formed in 2019, and currently consists of twelve young people, all of whom have directly benefited from one or more of our programmes. This group of passionate young people meet once a month to share their opinions and inform the work of our Senior Management Team and Board of Trustees. The postholder will:
• Be responsible for the general administration of the YCP, through preparing agendas and minutes for monthly meetings and quarterly in-person days, fielding general enquiries from YCP members, processing travel expenses, coordinating event attendance and tracking the group’s volunteering hours.
• Support the YCP to develop into a ‘shadow board’, which will include facilitating their participation in partnership grant making and management, as well as their link to our Board of Trustees.
• Identify opportunities for the YCP to support with ad hoc pieces of work across the organisation, and administrate these projects as required.
• Assist with the recruitment and induction processes for new YCP members and JPF’s Youth Trustee.
• Support the Communications team to design and disseminate an annual YCP survey.
2 Jack Petchey Achiever Network
The Achiever Network (AN) is a 12-month personal development programme that we run for up to 35 young people each year. Participants are invited to apply for a year-long training course, which includes a weekend residential, training days and mentoring. The postholder will:
• Assist the Operations Officer with the general administration of the AN programme, including preparation for training days and attendance at these if required.
• Coordinate AN volunteers for both internal and external events, including circulating parental permission forms and briefing sheets etc.
• Oversee the administration of 50/50 grants (an opportunity for AN graduates to invest in a meaningful cause), by supporting young people with their applications, collating details for Board approval and preparing the corresponding grant offer letters.
• Assist with end-of-programme preparations such as the AN graduation ceremony and yearbook.
• Help to design and implement the recruitment process for young participants on the next Achiever Network cohort.
• Support with the evaluation of the Achiever Network programme.
3 Alumni Network
The Alumni Network is a community for those who’ve graduated from our Achiever Network or Internship Programme. It is a way for graduates to remain connected to the Foundation, and for them to give back to other young people as they take their next steps. Launched in September 2024, the network is in its early stages of development. The postholder will:
• Be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the JPF Alumni Network, including: coordinating 2 annual networking events, training opportunities and peer-to-peer mentoring for the cohorts, draft and send letters about opportunities.
• Support the growth of the JPF Alumni Network by identifying and recruiting new members.
• Moderate the JPF Alumni Network online portal, by ensuring that the webpages and resources are up to date and creating new content as required.
• Coordinate and provide written copy for the JPF Alumni Network newsletter, and source case studies, articles and opportunities via our partner organisations.
• Oversee the JPF Alumni Network database on Salesforce, including handling sign-ups, contact details, permissions and any necessary data cleansing.
• Act as the main point of contact for enquiries, communications and requests from all JPF Alumni. Alumni Network Other Responsibilities The postholder will have the opportunity to work on a number of other youth voice initiatives across each of the teams at JPF:
4 Other Responsibilites
• Support the Communications team with the following:
Designing our next youth survey and disseminating it to schools and youth organisations.
Amplifying youth voice by facilitating meetings between young people and key external decision-makers (MPs, mayors, councillors etc.).
Developing an engagement strategy for JPF’s network of patrons, ambassadors and influencers.
Engaging young people through our creative competitions (cartoon competitions etc.).
Monitoring and sharing relevant sector news and developments with the JPF team that affect young people.
• Help the Grants team with research to identify youth organisations, community groups and charities based in London and Essex who support young people that are currently underrepresented in our Achievement Awards programme.
• Assist the Partnerships team in conducting their 6-month post-internship survey, and researching and contacting former participants in the Jack Petchey Internship Programme.
• Work with the Events team to increase the number of young performers at our Achievement Award events.
• Support the Operations team with all activities involving young people on-site at Dockmaster’s House (or elsewhere), supporting with health & safety briefings and risk assessments as required. As the post sits within the Executive team, general administrative support to the Executive Assistant and Chief Executive Officer may also be required.
These are the normal duties which the charity requires from the position. However, it is necessary for all staff to be flexible and all employees will be required from time to time to perform other duties as may be required by JPF.
The postholder will work at all times within the policies, procedures and values of JPF, in particular Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Data Protection and Publicity Consent policies.
The Jack Petchey Foundation was set up to inspire and motivate young people and recognise them for their achievements.
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Job Description and Person Specification
Job title: Volunteer & Employability Team Coordinator
Reporting to: Volunteering Development Manager
Location: Hybrid, London or Sheffield with regular UK travel
Contract type: Permanent
Hours per week: Full Time 35 hours
Salary: £24,893-£26,203 (London) or £23,620-£24,329 (National)
Our Vision: A UK where “No good food goes to waste”.
We are UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to approximately 8,500 frontline charities and community groups. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people. There has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness. For more information visit our website.
FareShare is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities and as a Disability Confident Employer, we provide reasonable adjustments.
We aim to recruit from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our commitment to redistributing surplus food, come and join us!
The role
We require a proactive and detail-oriented coordinator to join our team. In this key role, you will be responsible for coordinating our corporate volunteering program, provide support to the wider volunteering & Employability team, and ensuring the smooth running of various initiatives. You will be the first point of contact for volunteer inquiries and will deliver outstanding customer service, ensuring that both individual and group volunteers are engaged and supported effectively.
This role requires impeccable organisational skills, strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and strong prioritisation and time management.
Main area of responsibility
Partner Volunteering Programme Coordination:
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the corporate volunteering program, ensuring effective scheduling, attendance, communication, and follow-up.
- Work closely with corporate partners and delivery partners to organise volunteer events and initiatives.
- Support the development of new volunteering partnerships and opportunities.
- Actively seek opportunities to improve volunteer experience and program efficiency.
Communication
- Facilitate clear communication with volunteers, partners and the wider team to ensure clear expectations.
- Provide ongoing support to volunteers, ensuring they have the necessary information to feel informed, valued and engaged.
First Point of Contact
- Be the primary point of contact for individual and group volunteer inquiries, providing timely, accurate and helpful responses.
- Deliver exceptional customer service by addressing all concerns to ensure a positive experience for all participants.
Record Keeping & Administrative support
- Tracking and documenting volunteer activities including scheduling and feedback, to ensure all volunteer contributions are accurately logged, up-to-date and accessible.
- Implement and improve systems to enhance processes and reporting.
- Provide administrative support to the wider volunteering team, including planning events, scheduling meetings, managing and updating documentation.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Impeccable organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, work to deadlines and prioritise effectively.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in all aspects of work.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a focus on customer service.
- Building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders and external organisations keeping multiple stakeholders informed.
- Proficiency with office software (Microsoft Office Suite or equivalent), administration experience and basic database management.
- Ability to self-motivate and work within a team.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience in a similar role in a non for profit or similar sector.
- Experience with CRM or volunteer management software.
Competencies and behaviours
- Commitment to delivering excellent customer service
- Able to work collaboratively with different stakeholders, both internally and externally.
- Comfortable with change and able to manage competing priorities.
- An understanding of and commitment to FareShare’s mission.
- A commitment to Equal Opportunities.
- Flexibility and collaborative style of working across FareShare and with all our stakeholders.
Why Join Us
- Make a direct impact on the community through volunteering initiatives.
- Be part of a supportive, dynamic, and growing team.
- Develop your skills in volunteer coordination and program management
Benefits
- Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
- 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- Employers pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
- Season ticket loan
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London, SE5 – hybrid working, minimum of 40% working each month at our London headquarters
As a Trust Fundraising Assistant, you will play an integral part in supporting the Trust Fundraising Unit and work alongside the wider Philanthropy Team (Major Donors and Corporate Partnerships). You will be supporting the Trust Fundraising Unit by processing income, researching new funding opportunities and managing a portfolio of smaller funders that support The Salvation Army's programme of work.
Across the United Kingdom and Ireland, The Salvation Army is delivering a diverse range of services and activities to support some of the most vulnerable people in our communities. This includes working with people experiencing homelessness and fighting addiction, supporting victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, and providing debt and employment advice. If you have a passion for ensuring people receive the help they need, at the time in their lives when they need it the most, this could be the job for you.
Key Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for ensuring that trust fundraising income is processed accurately and that funders are thanked appropriately and in a timely manner. You will provide administrative support across the team and work collaboratively with other internal teams and departments to ensure the smooth and effective running of the trust fundraising team. You will also be responsible for researching funding opportunities and securing income from a portfolio of donors, contributing towards the team's annual income target.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience of providing successful administrative support within a busy and complex work environment
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey information to donors and colleagues in a clear, effective and professional manner
- The ability to plan, organise and prioritise a varied workload with minimal supervision both individually and as part of a team
- Strong and accurate numerical skills with the ability to process financial data
- Demonstrable research skills with the ability to identify prospective new funders and gather demographical data to support grant applications
- Proven strong experience of using Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint), Outlook, Teams and databases to perform your work duties
- The ability and willingness to work within, be empathic with and promote the Christian ethos and values of The Salvation Army’s Mission
Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time); a contributory pension scheme; season ticket loan; an employee assistance programme
Closing date: 31st January 2025. We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
Our mission is based on our faith in Jesus Christ who wants everyone to experience life in all its fullness.
Executive Assistant
Age UK Camden is recruiting a skilled and experienced Executive Assistant to support the Chief Executive in the areas of Governance and Quality.
Age UK Camden is a local, independent and innovative charity which has provided services to older people in Camden for more than 50 years through diverse and inclusive services. These services are highly valued by the residents of Camden and the voluntary and statutory sectors.
The successful candidate will:
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Have a key role in the development and delivery of quality, compliance and corporate support services including strategy and business planning.
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Be responsible for evidencing that Age UK Camden activities are of the highest possible quality and that they are compliant with national and local specifications, standards and good practice guidelines
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Be responsible for Board support and other corporate services support.
(See Job description for full duties)
Salary: SCP 20 to SCP 23 (Dependent on skills and experience) £33,533.68 to £35,377.47 pa 35 hours FTE
Hours: 35 hours per week Contract Type: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 27th January 2025 – 9am Interview dates: TBC
As part of the application process please submit an application form demonstrating how you meet the shortlisting criteria in the Person Specification. Please also complete and return the criminal convictions declaration form.
Age UK Camden is an Equal Opportunities and London Living Wage Employer. Registered Charity No. 293446
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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CRM Assistant
Would you like to work in a dynamic forward-looking organisation as the CRM Assistant, where you can help to advance, promote, and maintain high standards of practice of psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling for the benefit of all?
Position: CRM Assistant
Location: Hybrid/London (in the office at least once per month on average)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full and part time hours considered
Salary: £31,824 per annum (FTE) (pro rata for part time hours)
Closing Date: Monday 20th January 2025
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.
About the Role
We are seeking a CRM Assistant with a passion for mental health service provision in the UK to join our dynamic and thriving team. In this role, you will help maintain the accredited register, a key regulatory tool, supporting the public interest and advancing the charitable objectives. This is a particularly exciting time to join as we have just launched our three-year strategy. You will be pivotal in supporting the ongoing maintenance and development of the Salesforce CRM, members’ area and associated systems and processes.
Key responsibilities include:
• Act as a contact for the Salesforce database and related systems to ensure all users are fully supported. In liaison with the CRM administrator escalate faults and data protection concerns appropriately and in a timely fashion and take appropriate mitigating actions.
• Provide direct day-to-day support for Fonteva’s Salesforce database including, but not limited to, managing user licences, setup, profiles, customisation of objects, fields, record types, page layouts and validation.
• Support the CRM administrator log and investigate issues and faults, and troubleshoot fixes and solutions, collaborating with teams and external vendors, so optimum performance and compliance can be maintained.
• Regularly audit and monitor the quality of data within the CRM and carry out daily and monthly database housekeeping tasks including regular de-duplication, data cleansing, and disposal.
• Undertake monthly reconciliations to match Salesforce records with financial transactions.
• Work with the CRM administrator and external vendors to test and deploy patches, upgrades etc.
• Support the CRM administrator, and working closely with colleagues and subject matter experts, identify, develop, improve and deploy processes and CRM features in line with business need.
• Undertake basic membership administrative duties, especially during the busy renewals period (August – October)
About You
This is a role for an individual who has a keen eye for detail, is methodical and enjoys applying analytical and problem-solving skills. Join us as we seek to address the growing demand for greater choices of high-quality mental health service provision. You’ll work alongside colleagues from diverse backgrounds and collaborate with team members across the organisation. There’ll be scope for professional development and growth whilst working closely within a small team. In short, it is an opportunity to make a real difference.
You will need to have the following skills and experience:
• Working knowledge or experience of supporting, administering or managing CRM databases, preferably Salesforce.
• Understanding of user experience, user journeys and business processes.
• Experience in building and analysing reports and dashboards.
• Troubleshooting and investigative skills, including good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience in data management, cleansing and monitoring data.
• Excellent team player with the ability to provide guidance and support to colleagues.
• Strong organisational skills and a meticulous eye for detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to produce accurate documents such as training guides.
• Self-driven with a positive attitude and a strong customer focus.
• Organised and methodical, with an aptitude for logic.
About the Organisation
The employer is the leading professional body for psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Alongside professional support for members, they are the leading research, innovation, educational and regulatory body working to advance psychotherapies, and emotional and mental wellness for the benefit of all. They represent training organisations and over 8,000 individual therapists - working privately or in the NHS or voluntary sector - offering a wide variety of psychotherapeutic approaches or modalities.
You may have experience in areas such as: CRM Assistant, CRM Lead, Customer Relationship Management Assistant, CRM Officer, CRM Executive, Customer Relationship Management Executive, Customer Relationship Management Officer, Admin Assistant, Administrator, Administrative Assistant, IT Assistant, IT Lead, Membership Officer, Membership Lead
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
PA
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work for an organisation that makes a difference? An organisation that nurtures its staff, encourages development, and rewards staff for their hard work. If the answer is yes, we have an incredible opportunity for you!
We are seeking a highly efficient and detail orientated administrator to join our dynamic organisation and support the work of the Archdeacon of Oxford.
You do not need to be a practising Christian or have a faith to work with us - around 50% of staff are not practising Christians but are comfortable with the Christian ethos. However, all staff do have a desire to make a difference.
Position: Personal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Oxford
Location: Oxford/hybrid
Hours: Part-time, 28 hours (split over 4 or 5 days – exact pattern to be agreed with Archdeacon)
Salary: £22,631.75 per annum (FTE £29,906.51)
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 28 January 2025 at midnight
Interview Date: Friday 07 February 2025 at Langford Locks, Kidlington OX5 1GF
The Role
In this vital role you will be working closely with the Archdeacon and Associate Archdeacon of Oxford facilitating the smooth running of the Oxford Archdeaconry office. You responsibilities will include providing a confidential PA, secretarial and administrative support to both, through effective diary management, managing correspondence, supporting meetings, handling email and enquiries, taking minutes and facilitating events.
Working with the clergy and churchwardens in the Oxford Archdeaconry, you will keep records of those in post and be responsible for updating the diocesan and national databases. You will organise a range of events including an annual Visitation service at the cathedral for the swearing in of churchwardens and will clerk several meetings and liaising closely with the Area Deans of Oxford and Cowley.
The successful postholder is expected to manage the Archdeaconry office with a considerable degree of autonomy and independence, ensuring that all functions are tracked and completed on time. As well as having excellent administrative and diary management skills, you must be able to offer proactive research, anticipation of issues and influence for positive outcomes.
About You
You will bring strong administrative experience, ideally with previous experience in a PA role, and a proven track record of accuracy and exceptional attention to detail. Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills alongside proficient IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams) and contact database management experience, will be crucial for success in this role and in enabling you to flourish within this small team.
Your excellent organisational skills and flexible approach to work will enable you to work proactively and plan and prioritise tasks effectively to meet deadlines and perform under pressure.
This role offers professional growth and the chance to contribute to a dynamic team. Hybrid working is available alongside designated office days within Church House Oxford. You will pay attention to detail and have the ability to meet deadlines while prioritising tasks and handling sensitive and confidential information.
Benefits and rewards include:
• 25 days holiday per annum, pro rata, rising each year by one day to a maximum of 30 days
• In addition to the statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege days
• Hybrid working
• Free parking and subsidised on-site café
• Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5% which includes death in service benefit (5% Employee Salary Sacrifice Contribution)
• Electric car and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
• Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies and a generous sick pay provision
• Access to low-interest financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union including loans
• An attractive modern working environment
The Organisation
The Diocese is the administrative area of the Church, broadly speaking, covers the three counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire. There are 815 churches in the Diocese – more than any other diocese in the Church of England. So, in many ways the best description is that it is the family of the 55,000 or so regular worshippers in these churches.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. If you do not hear from us, your application has not been successful.
We want our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all to be reflected in the composition of our staff. We are particularly keen to receive applications from candidates from communities currently underrepresented in the diocese.
You may also have experience in areas such as PA, Personal Assistant, Director PA, Pa to the CEO, Senior PA, Lead PA, Executive Assistant, EA, Administrator, Senior Administrator, Office Administrator.
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The Old Fire Station is a centre for creativity in Oxford housing two organisations: the homelessness charity Crisis and the Old Fire Station (OFS). We share our building. We are looking for a dynamic Creative Communities Coordinator who will support people to participate in and shape our arts work,focusing on individuals who are facing tough times because of disadvantage. You will build connections and deepen relationships with people and partners across the city.
This post will be part time, 29.5 hours per week. The hours can be worked over a flexible pattern. Permanent role, subject to a 6-month probationary period. Benefits include:
Annual leave entitlement of 33 days (pro rata), including bank holidays (Some days need to be taken at specified times during the year)
Additional annual leave awarded for long service
Free tickets to selected shows
Staff discount in the café
A pension is offered to all employees
Flexibility and hybrid working available
What would make the ideal candidate:
Emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills and an ability to build connections
A collaborative approach to working with others
Ability to work in partnership with a range of external organisations
Experience of working with and supporting people with a range of support and access needs
Excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal and written)
An eye for detail Excellent administration, including proficiency with database and office systems – Word, Excel, Outlook
The ability to work under pressure, multitask, use initiative and work to strict deadlines
Ability to handle personal and emotional challenges in relation to vulnerable people, resilience, handling conflict, drawing lines between personal and professional
Experience leading and project managing creative projects
Passion for and experience within the arts and an understanding of their inherent value in society
A willingness to undertake appropriate training
Experience of (or ability to learn) budget management
Please see our website for more information about the job where you can also download a job pack and application
The Old Fire Station is a centre for creativity in Oxford housing two organisations: the homelessness charity Crisis and Arts at the Old Fire Station
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Support Services Manager
As the Foodbanks Support Services Manager you will be delivering the foodbanks advice services, managing the relationships with partner organisations referring to the Foodbank and managing and developing the the Foodbank’s school & family support activities.
Key Responsibilities
- You will be responsible for the orientation of new organisations who will be referring to the Foodbank and the delivery of high-quality training on the referral process to all partners as needed.
- Through regular engagement with those organisations, you will forge strong relationships to ensure they provide an advice-first approach, maximising the level of help local people get before being referred to the Foodbank.
- You will develop, monitor and co-manage a team of volunteer signposters who provide support to the Foodbank’s clients
- You will manage the Foodbank’s Family Engagement Lead, working in and with local schools
- Working closely with the Cirencester Foodbank’s Citizens Advice team and their Citizens Advice manager, you will ensure Foodbank clients are prioritised in obtaining further advice, monitoring the advisors’ caseloads and ensuring regular reporting
- Ensure that Foodbank clients are consulted and feedback gathered to make our services efficient, helpful, relevant, and respectful. Additionally, collect stories from clients to help illustrate the charities impact, issues that lead people into food poverty and enable further advocacy.
- Maintain the Foodbank’s client database with details of support provided
- Produce reports to agreed deadlines
Key Skills and Personal Attributes:
- With excellent written and verbal communication and relationship management skills, you will inspire and motivate existing and prospective partner organisations to share the Foodbanks vision to end the need for Foodbanks.
- You will have strong IT skills which will enable you to take advantage of the Foodbanks database, project and team management systems
- You will have experience of setting, managing and reporting against Key Performance Indicators
- You will be tenacious and able to embrace, innovate and shape the role and the Foodbank’s support service.
- You will be able to demonstrate empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially-excluded backgrounds
- You will be organised, proactive, and a self-starter who is able to self-motivate.
- Previous experience in support and advice provision (i.e. Citizens Advice, Social Prescribing, Social Work, etc.) would be beneficial
We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry, so we provide food and advice to ensure people do not have to.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £31,824 per annum, with pay progression up to £36,435 per annum within two years employment dependant on performance, plus excellent benefits
Location: Central London with flexible working
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contractual status: Permanent
Do you have advanced administrative and customer service skills? Are you keen to develop your ability to support projects and analyse reports? If so, our AI Coordinator role maybe the opportunity for you.
The RCR is looking for an experienced, resourceful and enthusiastic project coordinator to help us as we enter the new world of AI in radiology. You will be fascinated by the possibilities of AI and excited to join an early-stage dynamic team. With a background coordinating and taking on project work, together with demonstrating experience in carrying out advanced administrative tasks for the team, you’ll enjoy working proactively under your own steam but recognise when to consult with others.
If successful, you will take on allocated project work and accurately record and maintain team decisions, agreements, the status of existing team workstreams and communicate this effectively with colleagues. You will demonstrate precision with numerical and non-numerical data handling in context, build constructive relationships, find and collate information and create reports. In addition to this, you will demonstrate the ability to read, understand and summarise complicated materials.
To be successful, you will have experience in coordinating meetings, from Teams meetings to workshops and in person activities. Although not essential, experience in clinical services, technology applied to healthcare and associated terminology would be helpful. If you don’t have experience in this area, the capacity to rapidly absorb and understand new knowledge on complicated subjects will help you to excel in the role.
The successful candidate will be proactive and high performing, supporting the RCR’s evolving programme of work, doing their part to contribute to our meaningful mission of improving imaging and cancer care for all.
What you will do:
- Desk based research to support AI projects with the ability to gain an understanding of domain terminology in a fast-paced environment.
- Maintain records of key stakeholders and outside bodies for the College's AI work, ensuring that the team and relevant representatives of the College are able to build strong working relationships to help progress our work.
- Take on project work as allocated and take forward with flexibility agreed ideas, initiatives and processes.
- Prioritise competing demands to deliver on agreed workplans and achieve the organisation’s goals in a timely manner, whilst maintaining attention to detail.
- Apply advanced administrative and customer facing skills to support the AI team including arranging meetings, cultivating relationships with key stakeholders, maintaining team shared documentation and coordinating AI related stakeholder events.
What you will need:
- Highly experienced and advanced administrative, project and team supporting skills.
- Project coordinating/managing skills.
- Ability to quickly gain understanding of domain terminology in a fast-paced environment
- A demonstrable interest in AI or technology.
- Service focused with the ability to work collaboratively and build and sustain effective working relationships with a diverse range of colleagues, partners and stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to take clear, concise and accurate meeting minutes on complex subjects.
Our ambition is to ensure that the RCR leads the AI work in our specialities and your skills and ability to keep up to date with and coordinate work in this interesting area could be what helps us achieve our goal. We have ambitious targets; do you have the ambition to help get us there? Please find out more about the role, the RCR and our goals and instructions on how to apply in the AI Coordinator candidate pack.
This vacancy closes Sunday 23:59 19 January 2025. Shortlist interviews will take place on 24 January 2025 and selection interviews are scheduled for 30 January 2025.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
“Bridewell gave me a purpose. It provided meaning in my life. It made me feel valued and useful.”
As part of a small team you’ll play a key role running the office day to day to support all aspects of Bridewell Gardens’ operations. You’ll work with volunteers to give administrative support to the team, speak with people who are referred to the service and with professionals who make referrals.
You’ll work closely with the Recovery Service Manager and Director to consider future developments of the service and to ensure best practice in service delivery.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and implement systems so that administrative activities are efficient and effective
- Keep project monitoring and evaluation data up to date
- Speak with referrers and people accessing the service to support new referrals and to answer enquiries
- Support the day to day management of the team’s calendar to allow for smooth running of the service
- Work with freelance suppliers to maintain accounts, to process payments, supplier invoices, expenses and record income
- Oversee day to day office administration procurement, servicing of equipment, ordering supplies, booking training
- Keep policies and procedures up to date with input from the team
- Support Director and Recovery Service Manager in identifying and developing new services and partnerships for service delivery
- Oversee and manage office volunteers to support administrative activities
On an average day you will:
- Respond to referral enquiries, book in appointments, share new referral details with the team, update monitoring and evaluation reports
- Work with volunteers to provide administrative support to the team as required
- Speak with the Recovery Service Manager to manage the diary of activities
About You
- You share Bridewell’s values, working with hope for the future
- You understand working in a small team, supporting with whatever is needed to keep the charity running smoothly, communicating openly with others
- You enjoy problem solving and finding solutions, you work well on your own as well as with others, you are flexible and happy to respond to change
- You’ll understand the community Bridewell supports, demonstrate empathy and knowledge of the challenges faced by people affected by serious mental health problems
This is a part-time position, 21 hours per week. There is flexibility in the location and how the hours of this role are worked. The role works very closely with the Recovery Service Team and Director and regular face to face working is required. The role will involve occasional travel locally and occasional weekend work for events.
We welcome applications from all candidates with relevant skills. If you are excited about this opportunity and want to find out more about the role, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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!
As the Helping Rhino Fundraising Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of the charity’s fundraising goals through multiple income streams. There will be a focus on stewarding and growing the charity’s major donor database (both individual and corporate), delivery of successful engagement and fundraising events and producing creative online appeals. The role will also require the successful candidate to drive income from legacies and guide the Charity and Fundraising Administrator to deliver our community fundraising and every day giving targets.
The role will be supported by the CEO and the Charity and Fundraising Administrator.
This is a fantastic opportunity that would suit an individual with a proven track record of achieving ambitions fundraising targets and someone who will play a key role in the growth of Helping Rhinos over the next 5 years. We are looking for someone currently working in a similar role or someone who has experience of multi-stream fundraising and is ready to step up to deliver an initial target of £600k in year one, with ambitious targets rising incrementally year on year.
The role will also include the opportunity to visit some of the Helping Rhinos Project Partners in Africa.
Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time. Helping Rhinos politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
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!
Contract length: Permanent
Location: North West London
Hours per week: 35, hybrid working with minimum two days in the office
Salary: £32-35k depending on experience
Closing date for applications: Sunday 26th January 2025 at midnight, interested applicants are encouraged to apply early.
Interview dates: We will be conducting Teams interviews w/c 27th January, followed by an in person interviews w/c 3rd February.
Are you a digital fundraising expert passionate about making a real difference for animals in need? We are looking for a Senior Digital Fundraising Officer to join us at Mayhew.
We’re a passionate, committed and diverse team of c80 staff and c150 volunteers. We offer expert veterinary care, rescue and rehoming services, programmes in the community and guidance and support to improve the lives of dogs and cats in need.
Based in London with hybrid working opportunities, this role offers an exciting chance to combine creativity, strategy, and data-driven insights to support Mayhew’s vital work for dogs, cats, and communities in the UK, Afghanistan and Georgia.
This is a key role in the Fundraising Team at Mayhew helping to generate significant income from our digital audiences, ensuring they’re engaged with Mayhew and committed to supporting our aims to deliver greater impact for animals.
This role involves managing a range of fundraising campaigns across multiple digital channels– including social media, email and PPC, ensuring that campaign deadlines and income targets are met, and all activity is evaluated to drive future improvements.
The successful candidate will take a leading role in growing our supporter base through engaging digital acquisition activity, as well as maximising income through the cultivation of audiences already warm to Mayhew.
Our new Senior Digital Fundraising Officer must be experienced in planning and delivering fundraising campaigns across a range of online channels, with strong project management skills and experience in both acquisition and retention of donors, keeping them engaged via compelling fundraising communications. You will have an excellent understanding of digital fundraising, and hands-on experience of working with Facebook, PPC, email and web platforms.
You will be a strong multi-tasker, with the ability to hit deadlines. You will combine creativity with a solid foundation of technical and analytical skills and have proven experience in developing and delivering digital fundraising content.
Generally, you will be:
- Leading and delivering digital fundraising campaigns across paid social media, email, and PPC channels, including creative development, audience segmentation, testing and evaluation.
- Developing and implementing audience-focused acquisition and retention strategies to grow Mayhew’s supporter base and maximise income.
- Consistently produce, edit, and proofread engaging fundraising copy for digital campaigns and online content, ensuring accuracy and alignment with our objectives.
- Building engaging landing pages and ensuring our donation platform is functional, optimised, and user-friendly.
- Collaborating with internal teams and external agencies to improve donor journeys and online engagement.
- Consistently track digital expenditure and manage the digital fundraising budget to ensure cost-effective results.
- Tracking, reporting and analysing campaign performance to identify insights and improvements for future activities.
To be successful in this role, you will:
- Have a proven track record of delivering successful digital and multi-channel fundraising campaigns, including paid advertising on Meta, PPC, and email marketing.
- Have a solid understanding of digital fundraising tools, audience segmentation, and donor journey optimisation.
- Have strong analytical skills, creative campaign development, and exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.
- Be organised: able to multitask and prioritise workload, including organising and planning daily and weekly activities to meet deadlines.
- Be a team player with a proactive attitude and a passion for animal welfare.
Why Join Mayhew?
You’ll be part of an ambitious organisation with plans to grow income and broaden our impact for dogs, cats, and communities. We work collaboratively and flexibly, always supporting one another to take opportunities and to manage competing priorities so we can achieve our objectives.
If you’re ready to make a real difference and thrive in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today to join Mayhew and help us create a better future for dogs, cats, and the people who love them.
Hybrid - London WC1H (We operate hybrid, flexible working practices with 20% of your time per month being office based)
Join the ACU as Programme Officer and use your experience of programme delivery to help us build a better world through international collaboration in higher education.
The ACU offers a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the higher education sector. We are one of the largest, most diverse international university networks, bringing together over 500 universities in 50 countries. Championing the power of higher education to improve lives, we support our members – and our people – in contributing to sustainable development across the Commonwealth and beyond.
The role
As the Programme Officer, you will support the administration of the Ocean Country Partnership Programme (OCCP) Scholarships and the associated OCPP online training programme, as well as the Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) and ACU-funded Grants and Fellowships.
Who are we looking for?
You will need:
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build, maintain and strengthen relationships within an international context.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrable experience of working with administrative processes and procedures including processing basic finance documentation, with the potential to present information to a wide variety of audiences.
• High level of proven competence in the use of Microsoft Office Suite as well as evidence of database skills and an aptitude for learning to use a variety of software packages such as to maintain databases, and/or portfolio management.
• High level of proven competence in the use of Microsoft Office Suite as well as evidence of database skills and an aptitude for learning to use a variety of software packages such as to maintain databases, and/or portfolio management.
• Strong attention to detail to process complex paperwork and situations.
• High level of motivation and flexibility with proven ability of balancing competing priorities under pressure to deliver to deadlines on time.
• Experience managing online events, meetings, and/or training workshops through a range of virtual meeting platforms.
What to expect:
We see equity, diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our mission and we value the many different perspectives that people from all backgrounds bring to our collective performance (you can find out more about our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and safeguarding on our website by clicking here).
We believe in investing in all our people and creating cultures in which everyone can thrive.
We offer a fantastic package of benefits including:
• 27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays (pro rata - part time employees) and 4 Christmas closure days
• Generous pension scheme – 5% employee contribution, 10% employer contribution
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Significant investment into your personal and professional development
• Regular social activities
• Health and wellbeing programmes
• Give as you earn charitable donations scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Interest-free travel season ticket loan.
How to apply
To apply, click the apply button and visit our recruitment portal.
Closing Date: 20 January 2025
Interview Date: Interviews will take place from 20 January 2025.
If we receive sufficient applications before the closing date, interviews may take place earlier, so you are encouraged to apply early.
Interviews will take place virtually.
Are you experienced in the use of PowerBI or other data visualisation tools for developing reports and dashboards and used to manipulating data using complex formulas or programming? Then join Shelter as a Business Intelligence Analyst and you could soon be playing an important role at the heart of our Data Management & Insight team.
About the role
To provide management information and insight across Shelter, through the design and development of datasets, reports and systems using Microsoft Power BI and other tools.
To develop business intelligence reports and dashboards based on Shelters performance framework supporting an empowered self-service environment for colleagues.
About you
To succeed, you’ll need proven experience of analysing, interpreting and presenting datasets using PowerBI and working with CRMs and other systems. You’ll also need excellent Excel skills and familiarity with database structures such as SQL. Comfortable working with colleagues at all levels across an organisation, you enjoy nothing more than collating, analysing and disseminating business intelligence or helping others develop intelligence from reports and dashboards. What’s more, you’re keen to get involved in a variety of projects as part of a strategic programme aimed at improving the way we work.
Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
About the team
Part of our Strategy Enablement Directorate, the Data & Insight Team delivers high quality data and database management, administrative services and business insight to the department and other teams across Shelter. Custodians of supporter data for its full life cycle, running through everything we do is a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of data quality and embedding a culture of standards, both in terms of compliance and best practice across the department. We work closely with the wider team including our Head of Data and Insight, Data Architects, Data Engineers and Insight Analysts to help Shelter achieve its organisational strategy in helping the fight to end homelessness.
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
Safeguarding statement
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.