Deputy Service Director Jobs in Central London, Greater London
Pharmacist Support, crowned Small Charity of the Year 2023 at the Association of Charitable Organisations awards, is looking for a dynamic and driven individual to become their Finance and Operations Director & Deputy Chief Executive.
Who Are We?
We’re the profession’s independent charity, providing vital support to pharmacists, former pharmacists, and pharmacy students. Over the last five years, we’ve undergone transformational changes and are now gearing up to deliver our next five-year strategy, driven by our wellbeing-focused vision and mission.
What’s the Role?
As the Finance and Operations Director & Deputy Chief Executive, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that Pharmacist Support is financially sustainable and operationally efficient. This is a hands-on role for a "doer" who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You’ll work closely with our Chief Executive, Senior Management Team, and Board of Trustees to help steer the charity toward continued success.
What We’re Looking For:
· A passionate, forward-thinking individual with finance expertise
· Someone with a problem-solving mindset with experience in a charitable/not for profit organisation who may be looking for their next step
· Strong people and stakeholder management skills with a collaborative, inclusive approach.
· A desire to work in an agile and dynamic organisation where innovation is encouraged and your contributions make a difference.
Why Work for Us?
At Pharmacist Support, we pride ourselves on having a great culture where people matter. We are committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity, and creating an inclusive environment for all. We offer flexibility, support your professional development, and foster a wellbeing-focused workplace.
How to Apply:
Ready to take on this exciting challenge? To apply, please complete the application form. CVs will not be accepted.
If you’d like to have an informal chat before submitting your application, feel free to email us, and we’ll arrange a conversation. Application deadline: 12 noon, 15th October 2024. Interviews will take place on 31st October 2024 at our Manchester office.
Make your next career move count – join us and help shape the future of our charity!
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Are you a relationship-building pro with a passion for making a global impact? Choose Love seeks a visionary Director of Partnerships & Fundraising to lead the charge in securing $5M+ annually!
You'll work closely with the Deputy CEO and CEO to develop a game-changing partnership strategy and drive connections with the corporate, entertainment, and cultural sectors.
Your mission: build diverse, culturally relevant partnerships, boost our social media presence, and help us reach new heights in the U.S. market.
As part of the Senior Leadership Team, you’ll guide campaigns, manage a motivated team, and spearhead strategic fundraising efforts while keeping Choose Love at the forefront of global philanthropy.
This role offers the chance to collaborate across industries, from music and film to gaming and sports, leading creative campaigns that drive change.
If you’re ready to leverage your skills and connections to make a difference for displaced people worldwide, this is the opportunity for you!
We are pioneering a new movement in humanitarian aid: fast, flexible, transparent and accountable.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Would you like to support Blood Cancer UK to identify, research and secure high value corporate partnerships that will help beat blood cancer? Then this role is for you.
Now is an exciting time to join the corporate partnerships team at Blood Cancer UK. We have spent the last two years building and cultivating our pipeline and have seen exciting wins as a result of this work, raising over £5million from the insurance sector.
We have seen record breaking corporate partnerships income in the last two years and we want that growth to continue – but we know there are more opportunities than we can capitalise on with our team the size that it is. The fundraising team has ambitious targets over the next 3 – 5 years, and we won’t reach them if we’re leaving potential partnerships behind.
We’re looking for an ambitious and tenacious new business fundraiser to help us bring new partnerships to the charity, and ultimately raise more money to deliver the change we want to see for people with blood cancer.
You will be an effective fundraiser; someone who can build strong relationships, communicate effectively, and is naturally entrepreneurial. If that’s you, we’d love to hear from you.
Our agile working policy allows this role to be home based or office based, with travel into London for team meetings and donor meetings.
We research, we support, we care. Because it’s time to beat leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma and all types of blood cancer.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Social Media Officer to join our team.
You'll support the team to help drive engagement and reach on social media to increase awareness of our work. You'll have a passion for storytelling, whilst utilising your written communication skills to tailor compelling messages for our different audiences, ensuring we are engaging our audiences in the most effective way.
You'll have a creative eye and knowledge about different formats that can be used to tell our story, from videos and images to graphics. You'll manage our social media channels – Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram – on a daily basis. You'll develop a wide range of digital content aimed at engaging our primary audiences of autistic children and young people and their families through online channels.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Experience in marketing or communications.
- Understanding and experience of using social media and online communication platforms in a professional capacity.
- Experience of writing and generating high quality social media content.
- Experience in delivering successful paid social media campaigns.
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Purpose of this role YMCA Thames Gateway offers support and accommodation to young people in need and children in care. The service aims to help young people develop the skills and knowledge to be able to live independently and improve their life chances. The Head of Support will be the strategic lead of the Young Futures Programme and ensure that accommodation and support services are delivered in a regulatory and contractually compliant way. The role will be the Registered Service Manager. The role will ensure that Key Performance Indicators are being met with accurate reporting to Commissioners. Service improvement plans will be developed and implemented.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Deputy CEO (Mind In Mid Herts)
About Us
Mind in Mid Herts is a local, innovative, and experienced mental health provider for people aged 16 years and over. Mind in Mid Herts supports positive mental health working across three themes: prevention, social support, and recovery. We understand everyone’s needs are different and work in a person-centred way to ensure the people of Hertfordshire’s mental health is supported and respected so that nobody has to face a mental health problem alone.
About The Role
This is a new role for Mind in Mid Herts to bring complimentary skills to our leadership team to implement our strategic vision. This role will grow our capacity to identify needs and develop new services, build upon and create new beneficial stakeholder and funder relationships, and support the development of our team. This role will also lead on our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion strategy for our inclusive workforce and community engagement.
Requirements/Person Specification
This is a leadership role that will require:
- Experience of operational management of a charity including finance and budgeting in a not-for-profit environment
- Understanding of funding models in a not-for-profit environment
- Strong commitment to the services we provide
- Compassionate leadership style
A full Position Description and Person Specification can be found in the candidate info pack.
How To Apply
Eastside People is supporting Mind in Mid Herts in the recruitment for this role. Please ensure you read the candidate information pack which contains important detail about the role before applying. Please apply by submitting your CV and cover letter. Please use the cover letter as an opportunity to add to the information you have shared in your CV, and ensure that you cover the following:
- Your familiarity with mental health challenges and support.
- Why you are interested in this position at this time.
- Your experience/knowledge in relation to the Person Specification in the recruitment pack.
We are excited to hear from you if your background is not in mental health or social care but you share a passion for the work Mind in Mid Herts does. We are committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in all we do.
We would discourage your from discounting yourself from the role if you may not meet all of the criteria. Rather, if you would like a call to discuss the role in more detail, please contact us via email to arrange this. Having a call of this kind will not influence the success or otherwise of your application.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustments so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
The closing date for applications is Monday 21st October. First interviews with Mind in Mid Herts will take place w/c 4th November, with final interview w/c 11th November.
REF-216 980
Providing prevention, recovery and support services in Hertfordshire to empower people to take control of their mental health.
Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families.
We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
The Educational Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) programme is a one-year postgraduate diploma course and is part of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Psychological Training Programmes (previously CYP IAPT). The programme trains graduate entry mental health practitioners to work in educational settings offering help for common difficulties in children and young people including anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties, primarily with a focus on CBT-informed evidence-based guided self-help interventions. The programme is a key part of the Green Paper to transform children and young people’s mental health provision.
In collaboration with University College London (UCL) as the degree awarding body, Anna Freud is recruiting a Programme Director to lead the delivery of the Educational Mental Health Practitioner programme.
The EMHP Programme Director role sits within the Education and Training Division at Anna Freud within the Workforce Programmes stream in Post-Graduate Studies.
The post-holder will deliver a high quality, academically coherent and inclusive programme curriculum in line with the evolving EMHP National Curriculum, UCL and British Psychological Society (BPS) accreditation standards.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of implementing CBT-informed interventions for low mood and anxiety as well evidence-based interventions for behavioural difficulties in educational settings; have a strong, demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and education and have experience in curriculum design, assessment and teaching in Higher Education.
The role is held within a supportive leadership team who are committed to improving the mental health of all children, young people and families.
Location
Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours at our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH).
Contract duration
Permanent
Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Thursday 3 October 2024.
Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Monday 7 October 2024. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Interviews
Interviews are planned for Monday 14 October 2024.
How to apply
Please click on the 'Apply now’ button. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
·Do you have experience of implementing a fundraising strategy in line with the ambition of an organisation?
·Do you have knowledge about fundraising in the arts sector, including best practice, trends, opportunities and challenges?
·Do you have experience of working collaboratively with colleagues across different areas of an organisations operations i.e., finance and education?
·Do you have experience of working with a CRM system to support your workflow and track progress as well as record financial data?
·Do you have previous experience of writing successful Trusts and Foundations applications?
·Do you have knowledge of GDPR, data protection and fundraising compliance?
·Do you have line management experience?
If you have some or all of the experience mentioned above - we would love to hear from you!
Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures is an award-winning, ground-breaking British dance-theatre company, famous for telling stories with a unique theatrical twist. Since 1987 New Adventures has changed the popularity of dance in Britain, creating works that have altered the public perception of what is possible when it comes to telling stories without words.
New Adventures is a charity, and its principal funder is Arts Council England. As well as producing award-winning productions which dazzle audiences across the globe, New Adventures is committed to playing a meaningful role in diversifying the dance landscape for future generations. The company’s Take Part work reaches thousands each year through transformative workshops and masterclasses to schools and communities across Britain; the company’s many strands of talent development work nurture the best emerging talent from communities across the UK, springboarding them into our company and the wider sector.
The Head of Development will support Matthew Bourne’s artistic vision by leading on the development and delivery of the New Adventures Fundraising Strategy to maximise voluntary income, particularly through Trusts and Foundations and Major Gifts. The post holder will work proactively to identify, cultivate engage and maintain excellent relationships with new and current donors and supporters as well as supporting the cultivation and stewardship of Corporate Supporters.
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Elizabeth House Community Centre has been a cornerstone of the local community for over 100 years, dedicated to serving the needs of local residents and communities. Highbury Vale Blackstock Trust is the Charity founded to save and manage Elizabeth House.
Our vision is for Elizabeth House to be the heart of a thriving local community, where everyone has the power to effect positive change. Our mission is to build a stronger, more resilient community by providing a safe space, relevant activities, and meaningful support for all.
The Community Leader will oversee the management of our community services and activities, ensuring the programmes align with local needs, our strategic goals and available funding.
Key Responsibilities
·Design and implement a comprehensive activities programme that addresses the social, educational and wellbeing f the community.
·Manage the day-to-day operations of our programme, ensuring the seamless delivery of activities and collaborating with all stakeholders to provide high-quality, holistic services.
·Ensure effective project management practices are consistently applied in your work, fostering efficiency and accountability.
·Oversee the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of all community activities, ensuring they align with funding requirements and high-quality reports are provided to funders and partners.
·Work closely with colleagues and key stakeholders to identify funding opportunities, and prepare and submit high-quality funding applications.
·Build trust and strong relationships with local residents by organising co-production, engagement and consultation opportunities that involve people with lived experience.
·Collaborate with community members to develop and support campaigns that drive change for specific resident groups and continuously improve our referral processes to provide comprehensive support.
·Work with partners, community-led groups, and representatives across various sectors and organisations to enhance support for community members.
·Develop engaging marketing materials, including leaflets, website content, and social media posts, to ensure our services are widely advertised and accessible to a diverse audience.
·Oversee all administrative aspects of project activities and coordinate volunteer and staff schedules.
Please see the full job pack attached with detailed responsibilities and person specification.
Key information
Salary: £37,000 – 39,000 per annum (pro rata £31,700 to £33,400)
Hours: 30 hours per week (over a minimum of 4 days)
Contract: Fixed term contract until 30 April 2026 (extension subject to funding)
Holidays: 25 days per year plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Report to: Executive Director
Line-manage: 1 Community Development Coordinator and 3 Community Organisers
Please submit a CV and tailored covering letter via Quick Apply.
Closing date: Sunday 13 October.
Acting as a community ‘anchor’, we build trust and bring people together so that we can connect residents to practical support and opportunities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title - Senior Research and Child Participation Officer
Contract - Permanent
Hours – 35 hours per week
Salary - £42,000 to £45,000 (depending on experience)
Location - Coram International, Coram Community Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 2QA
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
Coram International is a consultancy team based at the Coram Children’s Legal Centre in London. Our team works with UN agencies, international charities and governments around the world to promote and protect children’s rights.
Our work involves providing technical expertise to support the development of laws, policies and programmes to protect children’s rights as well as training and research covering a broad range of thematic areas. Our thematic areas of focus include: the treatment of children within criminal justice systems; violence against children and child protection; protecting the rights of children in the context of migration and asylum; child marriage; adolescents’ access to sexual and reproductive health rights; the rights of children in the context of armed conflict and terrorism; and many others. We work in countries throughout the world.
We are seeking a social researcher, with strong knowledge and expertise in child participation to contribute to all aspects of our work. The position will mainly involve taking a lead role in designing and implementing research studies, assessments, evaluations, mapping and situational analyses relating to children. We are particularly interested in the candidate having a background in participatory work with children. International travel to the range of countries in which Coram International works is an essential part of this role and will be for periods of between 1 to 3 weeks (per mission), up to a total of approximately 3 months per year.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing date: 23:59:59pm, 11th October 2024
Interview date: Weeks commencing Oct 14th and Oct 21st
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Chief Executive Officer
Our client has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Chief Executive Officer to provide leadership and direction to drive the achievement of their strategic aims.
Location: London, with hybrid working
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £100,000 – £120,000 dependant on experience
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: Excellent benefits package including 21 days per year + bank holidays + 3 days leave between Christmas and New Year, 4% employer pension contribution, Employee Assistance Programme
The Organisation
Our client are a highly respected professional membership organisation with members in 140 countries, comprised primarily of clinicians who utilize and depend on ultrasound in all aspects of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The Society includes Obstetricians and Gynecologists, trainees, medical doctors, scientists, sonographers, midwives and other health professionals who work to advance women’s health and well-being globally. Their mission is to improve women’s health through the provision, advancement and dissemination of the highest quality education, standards and research information around ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. This is achieved through education and training, programmatic initiatives and advocacy.
They offer a diverse range of products and services to its community including a highly ranked scientific journal (Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology), a world leading annual Congress, online education through its Academy, education courses and regional activities, and delivery of its Outreach program to underserved regions.
The Role
Reporting to the President and working closely with the Board of Trustees, the Chief Executive Officer will be the lead senior executive with overall responsibility for the operation of the organisation. In this pivotal role, the Chief Executive Officer will:
• Provide leadership and direction to the organisation in the development and achievement of its vision, mission and values
• Be responsible for delivering the agreed strategies and achieving the business plans of the organisation, by effectively overseeing, managing and developing the resources available to the organisation
• Lead the Senior Management and their Management teams
• Assess, develop and promote strategic partnerships with a range of stakeholders to ensure strategic outcomes
• Represent the organisation externally, both in the UK and internationally to promote the services and values
Key responsibilities include:
• Strategic leadership
• Governance
• Financial and resources management
• People management
• External relations
More detail of these key responsibilities can be found in the job description.
About You
As Chief Executive, you will be educated to degree level, have a proven track record in leading small to medium sized not for profit organisations and have substantial experience of developing organisational strategy, delivering growth, innovation and change.
Additionally, you will have experience/knowledge of:
• Working collaboratively with Boards to achieve the organisation’s mission
• The identification and management of risk
• Organisational legal responsibilities and requirements, including charity governance and international policy with respect to women’s and children’s health, charities and associated education
• Managing and leading a team of senior managers
• Relationship management, with demonstrable experience of work effectively with key stakeholders
The successful candidate will already have an interest in and commitment to women’s health, be able to work collaboratively, demonstrate emotional intelligence and build credibility. Due to the demands of the role and working with stakeholders in different time zones, the hours will be variable and there will also be both UK and international travel.
To apply:
Please submit a CV and cover letter by the closing date of 11:59pm on 20 October 2024.
Closing date for applications: 11:59pm on 20 October 2024
Interviews: will take place either 4th or 7th November 2024
You may also have experience in the following: Chief Executive, Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Executive, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.
REF-216 796
CIEH is seeking to encourage a culture of governance that promotes openness, transparency, integrity, values diversity, is compliant, accountable and responsive.
The Governance Advisor will:
- Advise CIEH's Board and Committees in line with the governance framework and statutory and regulatory requirements.
- Provide high quality, professional governance services as well as support successful AGMs and elections.
- Work across a full range of governance activities, leading on identifying and delivering opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of our governance.
- Provide support for fitness to practice cases and act as hearing co-ordinator to fitness to practice panels.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years, commencing January 2025. As such, the salary noted above does not apply, fees will be agreed as part of the Invitation To Tender (ITT) process. Further details of the ITT Governance Advisor role, including how to apply, can be found in Application resources section below.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Management Accountant to join the National Theatre Finance Team on a 6 month contract.
Purpose of the role:
The purpose of this role is to provide management accounting support for the National Theatre and to assist the Management Accountant in providing quality financial reporting to Producing and Production stakeholders. The post-holder will work closely with finance colleagues and key stakeholders providing timely and accurate information.
The successful candidate will have the following:
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The post holder must be part-qualified in a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or be qualified by experience.
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Management accounting experience within either a commercial or not for profit organisation including month end reporting, forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis is highly beneficial.
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Experience working in the Arts/Theatre or strong interest in pursuing a career in the sector.
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Excellent numeracy and Microsoft Excel skills. Must be confident in manipulating data in spreadsheets and using those to present financial analysis in a clear and concise manner.
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Management accounting experience within either a commercial or not for profit organisation including month end reporting, forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis is highly beneficial.
If that sounds like you, this may be the role for you!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The IRC:
Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global leader in providing emergency relief, rehabilitation, post conflict development, human rights protection, resettlement services and advocacy for refugees and others uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression. Over the past 17 years, the IRC has pioneered and implemented programs that prevent and respond to violence against women and children, as well as other vulnerable groups in refugee settings and in other conflict-affected contexts. IRC is one of the first humanitarian organisations to bring together specific expertise involved in violence prevention and response (VPR) in conflict affected settings to ensure collaborative and still specialized support to survivors and those at risk of violence. IRC presently implements VPR programs in over 26 countries, to support social and political environments that foster freedom from violence, discrimination, and exclusion for marginalized populations in contexts of crisis.
Background:
Building on a growing body of evidence – including IRC’s Cycles of Displacement report and other reports including The Only Way Is Up – in 2022, the IRC launched a flagship technical innovation project ‘TRANSFORM’ to develop mechanisms for humanitarian organizations to systematically embed diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) considerations in conflict and displacement response. Through this BHA-funded project, the IRC is seeking to address the systemic reluctance/capacity issues holding back the humanitarian sector in a way that models a deep involvement of diverse SOGIESC CSOs and extends diverse SOGIESC inclusion across the humanitarian architecture. The TRANSFORM project will develop and socialize new approaches to advancing conversations and furthering commitments to diverse SOGIESC inclusion in the humanitarian sector and architecture.
Job Overview / Summary:
The Inclusion Specialist will support with ensuring the successful delivery of TRANSFORM, including the implementation of all key activities and deliverables.
The Inclusion Specialist will be based within the Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU)’s Inclusion Team, which promotes more inclusive humanitarian programming at the IRC, rooted in a strong analysis of context, power, gender and how intersecting aspects of identity may result in discrimination, oppression and exclusion. The Inclusion Specialist will be based in a sub-team responsible for the delivery of TRANSFORM and may have opportunities to support with other diverse SOGIESC inclusion initiatives.
Major Responsibilities:
In collaboration with the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM, the Inclusion Specialist will play a leading role in the implementation of all aspects of TRANSFORM until the end of the project, with a focus on technical programmatic components linked to diverse SOGIESC inclusion. Responsibilities include:
Project Management and Initiative Oversight and Coordination:
· Support with the management of all programmatic activities and deliverables within TRANSFORM.
· Actively work with relevant IRC country and headquarters staff and support project partners in delivery of project activities in all three pilot locations, ensuring effective implementation and with particular oversight of activities and deliverables in Ukraine and a disaster risk reduction (DRR) context.
· Support the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM and grant management focal point to produce programmatic donor reports, communications, and participate in meetings/calls as needed to keep the donor apprised of program progress.
· Coordinate with a wide range of project stakeholders, including the project team at IRC and the project partners, but also with IRC staff from pilot country locations to ensure timely implementation of project deliverables.
Learning and Impact:
· Document evidence and learning from TRANSFORM at the global level as well as from the pilot countries, in partnership with the MEAL focal point.
· Collaborate with IRC staff and project partners on the development of all knowledge management aspects (including but not limited to case studies, resource package and training materials) of the TRANSFORM project. This will include taking a leading role in the writing of substantial parts of the resources package and training materials.
· Support with documenting and sharing learning internally to support better diverse SOGIESC inclusion in programming – linking learning to IRC frameworks and strategies, and working with colleagues from across the organization as appropriate.
· Convene – with the support of the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM – an internal learning exchange / regularized discussion space to link together counterparts across the IRC and share learning from the TRANSFORM initiative. This may include colleagues from VPRU and other Technical Units, as well as from Policy and Solutions (P&S), People and Culture (P&C), Resettlement, Asylum and Integration (RAI), Country Programs, and employee resource groups (ERGs).
Dissemination and External Representation:
· Support with the ongoing running of the project’s advisory group and ensure ongoing coordination between the advisory group and all project team members.
· Package and disseminate the growing evidence base, learning, and good practices around diverse SOGIESC inclusion on relevant internal and external platforms.
· Ensure dissemination of key project resources and learnings.
· Play a key role in IRC’s external representation for the project, including ensuring continued coordination and collaboration with external stakeholders within the relevant global humanitarian architecture, as well as representative organizations and local and national partners.
· Lead the development of communications materials linked to TRANSFORM.
Capacity Strengthening:
· Support the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM to develop capacity building resources and materials related to diverse SOGIESC inclusion.
· Support the Inclusion Team to provide capacity-strengthening opportunities to IRC staff (both within the Technical Units and in Country Programs).
Key Working Relationships
· Position reports to: VPRU’s Senior Inclusion Specialist
· Position directly supervises: N/A
· Regular internal (IRC) contact with: Fellow members of the Inclusion and Transformative Programming pillar; VPRU’s Deputy Director and Global Practice Leads, Regional Leads and Technical Advisors for Protection & Rule of Law (PRoL), Women’s Protection & Empowerment (WPE), and Child Protection; MEAL and Policy colleagues; and the VPRU Operations Team.
· Regular external contact with: Project partners, and representatives from LGBTIQ+ partner organizations.
Personal Specification:
Skills and Experience:
· Extensive experience within the humanitarian and/or development sector, related to the inclusion of people with diverse SOGIESC.
· Strong understanding of the existing external policy and practice landscape around diverse SOGIESC inclusion, including humanitarian architecture structures for representation at an Inter-Agency level.
· Experience of implementing projects in diverse humanitarian settings/contexts at both the field and global level.
· Experience coordinating multi-country and multi-stakeholder initiatives.
· Proven experience of knowledge management and development of diverse learning products.
· Excellent communication skills and experience representing an organization and building strong relationships at the local, national, and international level.
· Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
· Experience developing capacity-strengthening resources, preferably including toolkits for use in humanitarian contexts.
· Experience of writing technical documents (an enjoyment of writing is an added benefit).
· Excellent attention to detail and ability to synthesize complex information into written documents in English.
· Previous experience working in communications is an advantage.
Job Qualifications:
· Education: A relevant combination of academic qualifications and extensive experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
· Language: For this position, strong working proficiency in English is essential and additional languages are an advantage (particularly French, Spanish, or Arabic).
· Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, work under pressure, and travel to insecure environments;
· Excellent IT skills (i.e. Word, Outlook, Excel).
Working Environment
· Some international travel as needed, up to 25%.
· This position is required to have flexible work-day hours to accommodate varying time zones to complete required tasks and coordination functions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Role
This new role within the Operations Directorate will manage our existing portfolio of national skills competitions, work with the wider team and network to develop our offering to ensure we are aligned with the UK economic priorities. You will have experience of the technical and vocational education and training or apprenticeship systems, be proactive and able to engage with a range of stakeholders.
Role purpose
The purpose of this role is to manage relationships with key stakeholders to ensure the national competition programme is delivered to a high standard, ensuring a collaborative approach to its development and delivery, in partnership with education and industry
Key tasks and responsibilities:
1. Management of a portfolio of national skills competitions across a range of industry sectors:
Develop knowledge and understanding of each competition and their operational needs and requirements, through meetings (one-to-one and group), with competition organising partners (COPs), educators and industry.
• Provide technical and operational advice, guidance, and support on competition delivery to internal teams, partners, and external stakeholders in education and industry.
• Undertake mid-year and annual reviews of competition organising partners (COPs) and continually seek to develop efficient quality procedures.
• Support competition organising partners (COPs) to understand programme requirements and produce key documentation to a consistent high quality and standard, submitted to agreed timeframes
2. Management of all contracts and processes associated with WorldSkills UK’s network of competition organising partners (COP’s):
Implement the competitions organising partner (COP) quality assurance and continuous improvement model and monitoring framework, to ensure the programme runs effectively through contract compliance and that key milestones are met and risks are mitigated.
• Quality assure and sign off key competition deliverables and milestones, reporting and tracking progress on centralised monitoring systems.
• Carry out monthly catch up and bi-annual reviews of competition organising partners (COPs) and support them to continually improve programme delivery resulting in a high-quality, innovative competitions and a positive competitor experience. Page 7 of 10
• Provide development support to delivery partners to raise the standard and quality of competitions delivered within their footprint, in collaboration with the Quality and Standards team. This also includes organising sector-based cluster meetings for competition organising partners to foster greater collaboration and collect, synthesise and exchange information and best practice pertinent to their particular industry or sector.
• Ensure monitoring and reporting systems are accurate and kept up to date.
• Work with the Corporate Partnerships team to manage competitions funded through an investment model.
3. Support the development of new skills competitions:
• Review, assess and implement initiatives that create future-proof skills competitions that are sustainable, responsive to employer needs and provide greater alignment to UK economic priorities.
4. Project management:
• Take ownership of allocated projects within the Operations directorate ensuring all deviations from targets (time, money, people etc.) are identified and addressed at the earliest possible stage.
• Effectively coordinate resources (including agencies, suppliers, contractors) so that all project elements are delivered to acceptable standards on time, to budget, and meet the required specification(s)/objective(s).
5. General
In addition to the key tasks and responsibilities set out above, all employees at this level are expected to:
• Manage, support and motivate allocated staff to successfully deliver activities/tasks.
• Produce requirement specifications in line with WorldSkills UK’s procurement strategies for all outsourced activity.
• Maintain WorldSkills UK’s established management policies for dealing with risks and issues for the National Competitions team and the wider organisation.
• Contribute to the successful delivery of WorldSkills UK’s strategic priorities and annual business objectives.
• Promote and comply with WorldSkills UK’s Employee Handbook and the policies contained therein with particular reference to those related to Health and Safety and on equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Carry out any other duty as may be reasonably assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility. Any significant changes will be made in consultation with the post holder acknowledging experience, education and ability.
Person specification Key: [E] Essential / [D] Desirable.
Qualifications and experience:
• Project management or education related qualification and/or relevant experience [E].
• Experience of contract managing complex projects and programmes in the publicly funded sector [E].
• Experience of working within technical and vocational education and training and apprenticeships systems [E].
• Proven track record of multi-stakeholder and relationship management [E].
• Experience, knowledge and skills within education quality frameworks, industry standards or awarding body [E].
• Experience of delivering to challenging timelines against multiple, occasionally conflicting, priorities and delivering to time, budget and quality [E].
• Experience of managing successful teams and/or learners’ outcomes in professional and technical education [D].
Knowledge and skills:
• Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills [E].
• Skilled in managing multiple projects with a wide range of stakeholders, overseeing activities through effective prioritisation, planning and resource management [E].
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills to build strong relations with delivery partners and TVET stakeholders in the UK [E].
• Proactive, creative self-starter able to prioritise to operate in a fast-paced environment, largely unsupervised and able to deliver to deadlines [E].
• Ability to lead and manage an external network of stakeholders to include individuals, providers, and employers [E].
Personal qualities and attributes:
• Very reliable and with a high level of probity [E].
• Able to work to own initiative with broad direction [E].
• Able to think creatively and solve problems [E].
• Possess a strong work ethic and desire to achieve results [E].
• Flexible in working methods and ideas [E].
• Excellent team player and collaborative approach to work [E].
• Responsive and proactive with a can-do attitude [E].
• Enthusiastic and able to motivate others [E].
• Respect for diversity and inclusion with practical ideas for their implementation within the scope of the post [E].
Special circumstances:
• Prepared occasionally to work outside normal hours [E].
• Prepared to travel within the United Kingdom [E].
• Able to spend time away from home [E].
This role is office based (as above) but with flexible hybrid working. It is expected the postholder will attend the office at least once or twice a week.
Full time working hours are a minimum of 35 hours per week, normal working hours are 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday although we pride ourselves on having a flexible approach to our working practices and service delivery and are happy to discuss flexible working options, including part time, with suitable candidates.
25 days’ annual leave [which will increase by one additional day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 30 days] plus public and bank holidays.
Reasonable adjustments will be offered to all candidates and every stage of the recruitment process.