Development Manager Jobs in Greater London
Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life. We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life. Our Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. Through our grants programme, we support hundreds of local organisations working with older people across the UK.
We use the knowledge and insight gained from our support services and partnerships to highlight the issues experienced by older people in poverty and campaign for change. We would love to find individuals from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.
Responsibilities and Person Specification:
The Team Administrator supports our in-house Studio team with the administration and delivery of our content through the design, print and digital processes.
You will have excellent administrative, communication and organisational skills. You will have the ability to work under pressure to prioritise, deliver, manage, and coordinate several projects and activities simultaneously to tight timescales. You should also understand design and production best practice, processes and techniques across both online and offline formats.
For full details on the role and requirements, please review the job description and person specification. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight.
What it’s like to work at Independent Age:
We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.
We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.
We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.
You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age by visiting our website.
Application Process:
To apply, please visit our website to submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).
To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do not omit dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer.
Closing Date: 23:59, Sunday 06 October
Interview Dates: Initial interviews will be held on 16 October, in person at Independent Age, 18 Avonmore Road, W14 8RR
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
IKWRO –Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) is an award-winning charity founded (as the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation) in 2002. IKWRO is a registered charity which provides advice and support to Middle Eastern, North African and Afghan women and girls living in the UK, who have experienced, or are at risk of all forms of “honour” based abuse, including; forced marriage, child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), or domestic abuse.
We work with women and girls of all ages, including lesbian women, bisexual women and trans women. We offer services in Kurdish, Farsi, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Turkish and English. IKWRO offers free advice, advocacy and counselling services and operates a refuge which provides safe accommodation and specialist support to single women at risk of “honour” based abuse, forced marriage and domestic abuse.
IKWRO also provides training for women and girls to help them understand their rights in the UK. In partnership with other organisations, we assist survivors of abuse with accessing English language classes and education, training and employment opportunities. As well as supporting women and girls directly, we offer advice and training for professionals from the statutory and voluntary sectors, to better understand the needs of the women and girls we represent, the types of abuse they experience and to provide best practice prevention and support services.
We campaign to increase awareness and improve laws and policies to tackle all forms of “honour” based abuse and harmful practices including; forced marriage, child marriage, marital captivity, female genital mutilation, virginity testing and hymenoplasty, discrimination by sharia courts and to push for better laws and policies toprotect women’s and girl’s rights.
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At The Lullaby Trust our vision is clear: a world where no baby dies suddenly or unexpectedly, and every grieving family gets the support they need. We exist to keep babies safe and support bereaved families.
We give families a safer start to life and create a supportive space for anyone whose baby or infant has died suddenly or unexpectedly. We empower families and health professionals with trusted advice on keeping babies safe, backed by research, and provide grieving families with bereavement support, side-by-side.
Since 1991 we have reduced the rate of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome by 82% and saved the lives of over 32,000 babies. But our work is not over, as three babies still die suddenly and unexpectedly a week.
As the Supporter Engagement Officer, you’ll create opportunities for our amazing supporters to connect with and drive our work through various means of individual giving. You'll create engaging communucations, ensuring that our donors feel valued and understand the impact they're having on babies and their families, and you'll develop key appeals and individual giving activity to drive growth in these income streams.
You will:
- Manage the development of individual giving income streams, including legacy giving, regular giving, one-off gifts, in memory giving and new products
- Co-ordinate key engagement activity, such as the annual supporter Thankathon and Impact Report
- Oversee administration and stewardship of individual giving income
- Manage the promotion, sale and distribution of Lullaby Trust merchandise
This role can be offered as a hybrid role (with approximately one day per week in our London office) or fully remote, with occasional visits to the office for meetings or staff days as necessary; the two salary ranges above reflect this. The 21 hours could be worked across 3-5 days per week.
It is a key time to be joining The Lullaby Trust as we develop our new brand positioning, new website and creative direction, to help us reach more families and supporters than ever. We are a friendly, flexible employer and want to create a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.
If this excites you, we would love to hear from you. For more information on the role and how to apply, please download our job pack
For every baby. For every family. Forever. Together, we can keep babies safe.
Please do not use AI software to generate your application answers; it is usually obvious when this has been done as the answers generated tend to then be exactly the same as other candidates. We'd love to see what you can uniquely bring to the role.
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!
BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school.
Working with every local authority and across every region in the country, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 3 million families a year via partners in schools, children’s centres, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.
As our Interim HR Advisor, you will play a key role at BookTrust in taking forward our ambitions. With your experience and skills, you will be able support and develop the organisation as we continue to go through significant change to deliver our strategy.
You will have the experience and skills to ensure that our HR processes are managed to a high standard, and you can work with the organisation in delivering highly effective HR support. This will involve working with the HR Lead, our Team Leaders and Senior Managers from recruitment, onboarding, payroll. This includes the maintenance of the HR Information System, supporting core processes and the provision of frontline HR assistance to colleagues on HR issues, where appropriate.
You will also have experience and will be skilled in building strong internal relationships. You will be comfortable taking a deeply collaborative approach and be keen to work alongside expert colleagues in BookTrust to deliver our strategy.
To apply please, send a copy of your CV and covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. Your covering letter should not be longer than two sides.
PLEASE NOTE: Applying as soon as possible is advised, as the vacancy may close early, due to the number of applicants.
Want to join us? Find out more about who we are at by visiting our website.
We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team (contact details can be found on our website).
BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.
Hours Per Week: 37.5
South East London Mind are working in partnership with South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) to deliver a Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT) for Lewisham.
The integrated team provide support to people with long-term mental health problems within a primary care setting, helping people develop their independence, self-management skills and achieve their recovery goals.
We are looking for a full time Mental Health Advisor to work alongside SLaM colleagues to deliver this service. As part of an effective Information Advice and Guidance team you will have the caseload management experience and skills to deliver focused, person-centred, individual support and IAG (Information and Guidance) on a wide range of social issues including housing, benefits, employment, socialising, liaising appropriately with specialists and professionals.
Successful applicants will be expected to undergo an Enhanced level Disclosure and Barring Service check
Closing date: Thursday 3 October
Likely interview date: Week beginning 14 October
About Us
SEL Mind supports people with mental health problems and dementia in the boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark. We are proud of our diverse workforce and know that our organisation is made stronger by the variety of backgrounds, experience, and ideas within it. We promote a culture of inclusion and representation, and are working hard to build a workforce that even better reflects the communities we support.
SEL Mind is somewhere that you can be your authentic self without fear of discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, neurodivergence, gender, age, lived experience of mental health problems or anything else that’s part of who you are.
Read more about staff benefits and why staff love working here on our website.
We work to be there when it matters for people living with mental health problems and dementia in Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark
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!
A small and friendly local charity is looking for someone who is organised with excellent communication skills who is keen to learn, develop and/or share their fundraising skills. This role would suit someone who is looking for a career change or has recently graudated and would like to become an excellent charity fundraiser or an experienced fundraiser who is keen to develop their skills and expertise to inform an imaginative fundraising strategy.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
General Statement of Duties
The St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital has a loyal donor base, and we are now able to grow the major donor portfolio significantly to build our long-term sustainable income. The Grants & Partnerships Officer will lead on delivering a best-practice grant-giving programme as part of a wider major donor programme.
Alongside the Executive Head of the UK Office, the Grants & Partnerships Officer will develop new major donors prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies as part of a wider fundraising strategy.
This is a key role within a small and dedicated team. The successful candidate will have a professional, ambitious, solutions-based approach with a track record of fundraising success. They will be ready for and excited by the challenge of building up a major donor programme.
Main Responsibilities
To deliver a successful grant-giving programme and devise and deliver new prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies to meet agreed targets, including:
· Establishing and managing strong relationships with past, current and prospective grant-giving organisations, delivering the highest possible levels of care and attention.
· Understanding all prospective and current donor profiles, and their motivations and communication styles. Formulating personalised cultivation and stewardship plans.
· Set up and maintain regular communications with all grant-giving donors and prospects, tailoring this as required to strengthen their relationship with us.
· Support and facilitate the Trustees and Senior Leadership Team in developing relationships with grant-giving bodies and prospects, and in how to manage these relationships to facilitate donations.
· Use creativity and adaptive thinking to develop a new and exciting programme of cultivation and stewardship events, visits, and activities to engage prospects and donors in our work and to support these key relationships. Work with internal teams and senior volunteers to deliver events and activities to the highest standard.
· Developing and refining the internal systems needed to run a smooth and efficient grant-giving programme such as data management, internal communications, and reporting.
· Know and understand the longer-term financial strategy of the organisation and work with the Finance Director and Executive Head of UK Office to ensure the appropriate identification of funding needs.
· Work with the Executive Head of UK Office and other colleagues as required to develop compelling cases for support and funding packages that channel funds to where the need is greatest and that ensure our financial security.
· Work with the Executive Head of UK Office to manage the grant-getting budget to ensure the successful and cost-effective delivery of annual activities and understand and follow finance related procedures such as income forecasting, reporting and Gift Aid.
· Support and deputise for the Fundraising Officer (Community Fundraising), as required, to establish and manage strong relationships with past, current, and prospective community donors and partners, delivering the highest possible levels of care and attention.
· Provide project support as required to the Fundraising Officer (Community Fundraising) to ensure the successful implementation of community engagement and fundraising programmes.
Person Specification
Essential:
· Educated to degree level or equivalent career experience.
· Minimum of 3-years’ fundraising experience with a demonstrable track record of developing stakeholder and donor relationships with a responsibility for securing a minimum of six-figure gifts from grant-making bodies.
· Experience of working with high-value Trusts & Foundations.
· An exceptional and eloquent communicator, both written and verbal communications skills, and a natural relationship builder, you will have solid experience of presenting, negotiating, networking, and influencing.
· Experience of working to and commitment to achieving financial targets.
· Understanding of the principles and best practice of fundraising including Data Protection, ideally within humanitarian and/or international organisations.
·A self-starter with initiative, confidence, exacting standards, drive, and flexibility.
· Highly proficient with Microsoft Office systems.
· Ability to work outside of contracted hours, as required.
· Ability to travel overseas, as required, and represent SJEHG at events and functions.
Desirable:
· Experience of raising funds within the humanitarian and/or international organisations.
· Experience of working with a CRM system to export and manipulate complex data sets, segment audiences effectively and develop a CRM strategy for donor engagement and reporting. Ideally, Raiser’s Edge.
· Demonstrable experience of working on strategies and innovation behind the areas of fundraising you have worked in.
· Experience of effectively engaging and supporting board members in donor cultivation and solicitation efforts.
· Experience of planning and executing fundraising PR campaigns
· Experience of managing senior volunteers.
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!
Are you passionate about volunteers and looking for your next role? Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity is recruiting for a Senior Executive – Volunteering and Operations to play a pivotal role in transforming the Charity Hub at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
This role is based at the Charity Hub at Great Ormond Street Hospital for 5 days per week. There is no remote/hybrid working available for this role.
You will be an employee of the Charity.
Salary
The salary for this position is £35,051 and is a 6 month fixed term contract.
Key Responsibilities
As the Senior Executive – Volunteering and Operations, you will take on a varied role at the Charity Hub, including:
- Transforming the Charity Hub at the hospital into a vibrant and welcoming space.
- Overseeing the recruitment, onboarding, training and daily management of Volunteers and Charity staff.
- Ensuring that the Hub serves as a dynamic space, offering essential information for all and providing engaging activities for patients and families, so they can learn more about GOSH Charity.
This is the ideal role for someone who wants a role with impact and to make their mark on the Charity Hub.
Some of the key goals this role is working towards include:
- Expanding the Hub’s opening hours.
- Integrating the Hub into the hospital environment.
- Developing a comprehensive activity calendar.
- Building relationships with key hospital stakeholders.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
We are seeking a friendly, approachable individual with strong organisational skills and attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have:
- Previous experience in volunteer management.
- Excellent relationship building and effective communication skills.
- Proven ability to multi-task, work in a busy hospital environment, and think quickly to problem-solve.
- High emotional intelligence and resilience.
- Strong administrative skills.
- Happy to do moving and manual handling as part of the role.
- Proactive and organised with attention to detail.
Please refer to the full job description below for more information.
How to apply
Please click on the apply button in the top right hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.
Closing Date: 8th October 2024
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- A flexible approach to working arrangements.
- Access to our enhanced pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.
About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 750 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help fund ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for seriously ill children starts with you.
Along with being awarded the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023’, we were delighted to be recently awarded the 'Charity Times Fundraising Team of the Year 2023.'
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
A more diverse workforce will enable us to deliver even more impact and we particularly encourage applications from communities which are under-represented in the charity. This includes people from ethnically diverse backgrounds, disabled people or those with long-term conditions, LGBTQ+ communities, and those from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Further information on our EDI strategy can be found on our site.
As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact us.
Applications will be reviewed on an on-going basis and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found. Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.
We are Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. We stop at nothing to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer.
About the job:
Earlier this year, we built a brand-new events function, and we’re looking for the final member to join this small but perfectly formed team of professionals (team consists of a Senior Events and Sponsorship Coordinator, and two Events and Sponsorship Coordinators).
If you have some events and/or sponsorship experience and are looking to develop your career in a friendly yet fast-paced environment, then this is the role for you. It’s a great time to join the team – we’re about to open bookings for two brand new conferences taking place in March next year and have many more events in the pipeline.
As well as working on our own events, you’ll support our presence at a packed calendar of sector events. There’s a lot to do, and that’s what keeps the job interesting - one day you may be on a site visit for a new event we’re planning, and the next you’ll be booking travel and accommodation for our senior leadership team to allow them to represent the ETF at an external conference.
The events function sits within a larger marketing team, so there are lots of people to meet and learn from. You’ll be busy, but you’ll also be able to develop your skills in a supportive environment where we encourage new ideas, celebrate our successes, and share our expertise and experience with each other. All of this as well as a range of benefits – think generous annual leave (plus extra at Christmas), hybrid working, access to a comprehensive staff wellbeing programme, volunteering leave and more.
(This role requires at least one day a week in the office in Victoria, London, and overnight stays as necessary to attend events.)
Your profile
To assist in coordinating and project managing a varied portfolio of events, including an annual member conference, internal staff events, roundtables, and a range of face-to-face and online events as well as overseeing the ETF’s presence at sector trade shows and conferences.
To work with the events manager to proactively seek impactful speaking and sponsorship opportunities to help build the profile and raise awareness of our work within the FE and Skills sector.
To track the events budget, including regular reporting and tracking on spend.
To produce corporate display materials and collateral for events, giving consideration to sustainability, and working closely with the marketing team to ensure brand guidelines are upheld.
To contribute to the quality review process for contract-specific events.
The successful candidate will have:
- Excellent organisational skills; able to demonstrate capability in multiple task management, prioritise workload and evidence of success in delivering outcomes to agreed timescales and tight deadlines.
- Strong IT Skills, Microsoft Office packages (word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook)
- Solution orientated – problem solver, flexible, adaptable & resilient
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and work effectively across teams and with a variety of people both interview and external to the organisation.
- Experience of project managing activities or events from inception to delivery
- Good attention to detail with the ability to monitor, review and support tasks.
If you would like to receive a full job description for this role, please click here.
If you are an exceptional candidate who would like to make an impact and enjoy working in a vibrant and cooperative environment, we will welcome your application.
Applicants should apply by submitting a CV and cover letter (2 pages maximum), outlining how you fulfil the requirements of the person specification.
Information
- Starting Salary: £30,850 per annum to start, with service and performance related progression
- Contract type: Permanent
- Location: London, Victoria/Hybrid (the role requires at least one day in the office in Victoria)
- Deadline for applications: Midday 4th October 2024 (ETF reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised date).
Benefits
• Generous holiday entitlement (30 days, excluding Bank Holidays)
• Pension Scheme (Employer = 6% / Employee = 2%)
• Life Assurance (4 x basic salary upon death)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff Training & Development
• Work-life balance policies / Flexible Working / TOIL
• Volunteering leave - 5 days in total – 3 days paid, 2 days unpaid
• Generous sick pay
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NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate. NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £124bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.5 million people.
This role supports the delivery of NHS Providers’ public affairs strategy in the interests of NHS trusts and foundation trusts, including parliamentary, government and stakeholder relations.
We are looking to recruit someone who is passionate about parliament, public affairs and policy to join our team to support the delivery of our ambitious public affairs and stakeholder management programme.
The postholder will support our parliamentary, government and stakeholder engagement, with the aim of ensuring that the voice of our members is heard across Westminster and Whitehall and that our influence as the voice of the NHS frontline is strengthened with key decision makers. This includes helping to ensure that trusts and NHS Providers colleagues are well-briefed on key parliamentary and government developments and providing administrative support to the public affairs team.
We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, or belief. We particularly encourage applications from those from underrepresented communities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Age UK are recruiting for a Director of Network Engagement & Support.
In this new, impactful role, you will be responsible for mobilising and subsequently continuously improving a new network engagement and support function. The aim of the function is to significantly enhance the understanding the of needs, views and priorities of local Age UKs and the way in which the national organisation connects with, engages, and supports them.
Working collaboratively with local Age UKs and national teams, the Director of Network Engagement & Support will be responsible for developing and implementing a network engagement and support strategy. This includes driving forward changes that may include the type of support provided, the way in which it is delivered and how it is monitored and measured to ensure our approach is responsive, sustainable and supports the strategic objectives and operational needs of the network.
This will require collaborative working across a range of teams to ensure a coherent and coordinated approach. This role and team will engage directly with local Age UK leadership, be the owner of the organisational overview of the network and network interactions, ensuring risks and issues are appropriately managed and that there is an effective and transparent flow of information across the organisation and network including into formal governance mechanisms.
The Director of Network Engagement & Support will ensure the effective delivery and operation of several formal and informal network engagement activities, for example Chief Officer induction. Whilst taking responsibility for providing team strategic direction and management to achieve objectives, the role holder is also expected to be a visible and constructive participant within both the wider Age UK senior management team and the senior team of the Network division.
Please see role description for full responsibilities.
This is a hybrid opportunity, linked with our central London office. Travel to other Network locations is required and may involve overnight stays.
Must haves:
- Experience of designing, leading and building high performing teams including bringing teams together to achieve change.
- Experience of developing, implementing and continuously improving a support or relationship function setting standards for delivery i.e. KPIs/ SLAs including using technology effectively.
- Demonstrable experience of building productive stakeholder relationships at executive level, with an ability to influence and negotiate and overcome barriers particularly in relation to delivering strategic objectives.
- Proven track record as a strategic thinker, ability to recognise and navigate the overall operating context of an organisation, and think critically about evidence, business requirements and user needs.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders in a complex environment.
- Good influencing, negotiation and persuasion skills with senior managers and stakeholders to enable the delivery of positive solutions.
- Excellent organisational and planning skills with the ability to prioritise workloads, maintain systems, manage competing demands and work calmly and confidently under pressure.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with a flair for adapting tone and message for different audiences.
- Proven ability to analyse complex information and make decisions/formulate recommendations quickly, communicating information clearly and accessibly.
- Proven experience of improving outcomes for stakeholders through collaboration and coordination along with an ability to use own initiative to take action.
Great to haves:
- Knowledge of the role of statutory, voluntary and private sectors in relation to service provision for older people.
- Knowledge of services for older people, with a particular focus on those provided by local Age UKs.
- Well-developed understanding of the environment affecting statutory, private and voluntary sector organisations
What we offer in return
- Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
- Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
- Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
- Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
- Blue Light Card Scheme
- You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.
Additional Information
All CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role at Age UK. Please note that our system is unable to anonymise cover letters, and we would therefore ask that to support the work we are doing on making our recruitment selection process fairer and more unbiased, that you remove any personal information from your cover letter/supporting statement, including your name before uploading this. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us once you are invited for an interview.
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please note that on occasion, due to high numbers of applications, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.
A leading cultural, social change organisation is looking for a Fellowship Growth and Partnerships Officer on a permanent basis.
Location: London. Hybrid working (3 days office-based)
Salary: £30,000 – £32,000
As Fellowship Growth and Partnerships Officer you will be responsible for delivering the growth and development of the organisations network of over 31,000 Fellows in line with the overarching operational strategy. This involves promoting Fellowship internally and externally through events, presentations, responding to enquiries effectively, generating leads, and delivering digital recruitment campaigns.
Key responsibilities include:
- Achieving individual and team recruitment targets by recruiting on a rolling basis suitable individuals for Fellowship.
- Leading on specific recruitment sources to bring in new Fellows, particularly through internal and external events, other engagement opportunities, and digital recruitment campaigns.
- Acting as a point of contact for prospective Fellows, being able to outline in a compelling and confident manner the value of the organisation’s Fellowship to different audiences (including by emails, phone calls, face to face or virtual meetings).
- Managing and delivering webinars and events for those interested in hearing more about the Fellowship, to convince them to join.
- Using the CRM system (Salesforce) and reporting software (Power-Bi) to track and monitor Fellowship recruitment, drawing on data to measure success of different approaches and make decisions about priorities.
- Working across multiple platforms (Salesforce, Eventbrite, Pardot, SharePoint) to coordinate Fellows and team administration, including keeping records up to date, running reports and ensuring a positive Fellowship.
The successful candidate will have experience in persuading others to take an action through one-to-one conversations and public speaking, whether in sales, marketing, campaigns or another capacity and will be comfortable working to targets, particularly relating to growth or income. Excellent networking skills and the ability to engage new people effectively at events is crucial, as is the ability to think creatively and be able to spot and take advantage of opportunities. Finally, you must have strong data inputting skills and confidence with a broad range of IT systems/the ability to quickly pick up new systems and technology.
If you’re an entrepreneurial self-starter who can work productively in a group setting and are looking for an opportunity to put your strong persuasive and excellent interpersonal skills, then please do get in touch!
Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted with further information.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
PCS is moving towards the establishment of an organising culture across the union. Our approach going forward is about building union power. We are building our teams of Industrial Officers to work in and develop expertise in all aspects of the role including bargaining, organising, campaigning, equality and learning.
Salary and Location
- Band 4, London Spine points 27-23
- Starting Salary: £49,299 p.a. rising to £56,079 p.a. in annual increments
- PCS Clapham
Successful candidates for the Industrial Officer will be able to demonstrate:
- Encouraging participation and recruitment of new members, particularly of under-represented groups
- Industrial relations, negotiations, advocacy and representation
- Understanding of the political processes in the UK and the role and work of trade unions
- Basic knowledge of employment rights, equality legislation discrimination law and working practices
- Methods and techniques for bargaining, campaigning and organising in a digital age
The main duties of the Industrial Officer role include:
- Identifying and maximising the potential for union growth
- Influencing success by developing and promoting the union’s bargaining, campaigning, equality and organising agenda
- Encouraging membership participation and support in allocated areas of responsibility
The ability to organise own work, identify and set priorities as well as communicate effectively using written and oral channels, including reports and presentations, with a variety of audiences are all essential requirements for a successful Industrial Officer.
Closing date: at 12 midday on Tuesday 8 October 2024
Interviews will be held by Zoom: Thursday 31 October and Friday 1 November 2024
About PCS
PCS is the Public and Commercial Services Union, representing many thousands of members working in the civil service and related areas.
Employer Benefits
You will have access to a generous package of staff benefits including
- flexible working (including hybrid working)
- childcare and family support
- generous maternity/paternity leave
- 32 days leave and Christmas closure
- pension scheme
- employee assistance programme
Learning and Development
The union offers a wide range of learning and development opportunities. We will work with you to support your continued professional development.
PCS Recruiting Process
We use CVMinder to manage all recruitment activities. It helps us to maintain our commitment to equality and diversity by ensuring that we are fair and compliant with our recruiting practices.
Applications must be received by the closing date and time specified.
Candidates invited for interview are required to make themselves available on the date/s specified. Interview dates cannot be changed to accommodate candidates who are unavailable to attend on the specified date.
- CVs will not be accepted. Please see the job description/person specification and follow the application process.
- PCS is working towards equal opportunities and is positive about disabled people.
- All posts can be considered on a full-time, part-time or job share basis.
Please view our guidance for applicants.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
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!
War Child believes that children’s lives should not be torn apart by war. It is the only specialist charity for children affected by conflict, with four main areas of work: protecting children, educating children, supporting communities and campaigning.
The charity are renowned for their creative, innovative and entrepreneurial approach, with strong connections to the gaming, music and creative industries. In 2021, the charity supported over 140,000 children and adults – making it one of their strongest years ever.
It’s an exciting time to join War Child as they have recently launched their new Alliance initiative. The War Child Alliance brings together the five War Child fundraising members (in the Netherlands, UK, Germany and Sweden, plus Children in Conflict in the US), with 14 programme members, based in and around conflict-affected areas across the world and coordinated by a new international body: the War Child Alliance Foundation. Through the Alliance they are integrating programme activities under one umbrella – allowing War Child to combine strengths and pool resources – all with the aim to multiply impact for conflict-affected children.
As part of the Trusts and Institutional funding team of four you’ll work alongside the Head of Trusts and Institutional, Trusts Manager, Trusts Executive and be line managed by the new Trusts and Institutional Funding Lead. Your key objective is to provide operational, administrative, and analytical support to the team to grow income and enable War Child to deliver quality programmes, by ensuring compliance with quality and donor requirements, contributing to effective risk management, providing support for the different donor accounts and ensuring processes and systems are in place, implemented and efficient. The role requires proactive collaboration with cross-functional teams, excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and strong communication skills.
As Trusts and Institutional Funding Executive, you will:
- Develop donor profiles by conducting research on potential donors, including their funding focus, giving history, and connections to War Child
- Plan and prepare meetings with donors by collaborating with senior colleagues and stakeholders to determine strategic objectives and key messages
- Monitor and share potential funding opportunities with the relevant Donor Account Managers within the Trusts and Institutional Funding team
- Support the implementation of internal grant management processes
Ideal skills and experience:
- Experience of fundraising for an international development organisation
- An excellent verbal communicator, confident in dealing with people at all levels, externally and internally, with the ability to influence and negotiate
- Interested and knowledgeable in current developments and trends in the international aid sector
- Committed to War Child’s mission, vision and values
Benefits include:
- Flexible working – for most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, an element of working from home, compressed hours
- Annual leave – 28 days per year (full-time) rising to 33 days with service, plus UK bank holidays
- Pension – all eligible employees automatically enrolled into a Group Personal Pension Plan with a 5% employer contribution, with minimum employee contribution on a salary sacrifice basis
- Family leave – enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave, and family friendly policies
- Healthcare cash plan and a range of wellbeing initiatives, including free, confidential one-to-one wellbeing consultations with trained counsellors
We are driven by a single goal – ensuring a safe future for every child affected by war.
Actively Interviewing
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!
CASPA is a passionate local charity that encourages autistic pride, self-advocacy, life skills and safe, inclusive community connections. We aim to build a society in which autistic people feel understood and empowered to be their full self and live their best life.
We are recruiting for an experienced Communications and Fundraising Assistant to support the Communications and Fundraising Manager with planning and delivering CASPA’s digital and community (events and individual) fundraising campaigns.
The successful candidate will support individual fundraisers to ensure they have the resources required to raise funds for CASPA and generally assist with CASPA’s communications function and brand development.
The ideal candidate is a creative self-starter with an eye for detail and design who will be able to communicate our mission and purpose through our brand and social media presence and effectively engage our members, funders and other stakeholders.
We are looking for a proactive, highly organised team member who communicates professionally and positively with a wide range of stakeholders and takes pride in the quality and impact of their work.
We are keen to attract candidates with lived experience of neurodivergence and who are keen to contribute and bring their best selves to our diverse team.
Ability to travel in and around the Bromley area is essential to the role.
We are a person-centred organisation that recognises the commitment and passion our staff team bring to work and their dedication to delivering impactful services and support to our members. We show our appreciation by looking after our team's wellbeing and supporting them to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We offer staff benefits such as enhanced annual leave, an Employee Assistance Programme, wellbeing resources, contractual sick pay, learning and development opportunities, and more.
If you are keen to join us at CASPA and believe you have what it takes to take on this role, please read through the Job Description carefully to learn more about what is required in the role and person specification.
Please apply with your CV and a one page Supporting Statement (cover letter) highlighting your motivation for the role, your motivation for working for the organisation, as well as your key skills/experience in relation to the Person Specification in the Job Description. (Please note that generic cover letters will not be accepted).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.