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Engagement Officer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the South West and Channel Islands engagement team to support the charity’s exciting work in Guernsey. 

This is a part-time role offering remote working.

Position: S11234 Engagement Officer

Location: Home-based, Guernsey, as part of the South West & Channel Islands locality team. However, extensive national travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work related meetings)

Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week 

Salary: £20,938 per annum (FTE circa £34,800 per annum)

Contract: This is a fixed-term contract until 31 March 2027.

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 16 February 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview Date: 24 February 2025

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

Reporting to the Engagement Lead for the South West and Channel Islands, the Engagement Officer will work with colleagues across the locality to deliver against engagement activity.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the involvement of people affected by stroke to prioritise our work and improve the experience of people affected by stroke.

• Development of the Stroke Group Network in Guernsey.

• Working with health care professionals, including clinicians, managers and leads.

• Managing volunteers.

• Build stroke communities to enable stroke survivors and their carers to rebuild their lives after stroke.

About You

You will bring experience and understanding of the meaningful involvement of lived experience, working to address health inequities, using a data driven approach to prioritisation and focus of work.

You will be:

• Data driven.

• Able to prioritise activity and focus to increase impact and reach.

• Willing to travel.

• Experimental and willing to learn.

• Dependable.

• A team player.

This role requires travel across Guernsey as well as some overseas visits to the UK. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role. 

To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of Guernsey and have the right to work in Guernsey.

When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further 

information on the role. 

Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. 

If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement, and in the main body of your email when applying for the role.

Finding strength through support

The organisation is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. Providing tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.

They are here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life. 

It’s only thanks to the generosity of supporters and donors that they can provide vital support.

The Association is driven by an ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means they’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by an approach to solving inequity in stroke, the team are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across the charity.

The charity are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Association and are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how the organisation work.

A Disability Confident employer, the organisation is making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. The charity has a variety of staff network groups and are committed to continuously improving diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.

You may also have experience in areas such as Engagement, Community Engagement, Impact and Engagement, Engagement Officer, Community Engagement Officer, Impact and Engagement Officer, Health Engagement, Community Health Engagement. 

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

This Engagement Lead role will sit within our Capacity Building and Standards (CB&S) function. The CB&S function aims to build the capacity of organisations and institutions to embed the processes, skills, structures and cultures needed for effective public engagement in decision making. This includes work in the public, private and third sectors. 

You will be a proven project leader looking to make your next move and develop your leadership and profile in this interesting and important area of public participation and deliberation. You will enjoy supporting others to develop and embed public participation in decision making, drawing on your own significant experience, for example in delivering deliberative and participatory programmes or designing and running training . You will need to be able to advocate well for the benefits of public engagement in decision making.

You will have an appetite to learn, with strong budget and project management skills. You will have the ability to build and maintain good relationships with a wide variety of people, including senior actors and decision makers in institutions, project partners, internal staff and people in our wider networks. You will be a strategic thinker, and you will be able to develop new areas of work, ideas and fundable projects that will help the CB&S function to deliver its strategic aims. 

The first major project that will play a significant part of your role will be the School for Everyday Democracy - a major project funded by the National Lottery UK Fund. The programme builds the power of people from all walks of life to come together to deliver common good in their communities, and across the country. We want to give participants the power, confidence, connections, skills and opportunities required to affect the things that matter most to them through participation, deliberation, community organising and collective care. You will be the programme and pedagogical lead - directing the strategy of the project, developing and delivering training content, managing governance, budgets and risk, and managing the wider programme team. 

Community Based/Home Working – Devon/Cornwall

Permanent, Full Time

Circa £30,000 plus competitive benefits

Do you want to make a difference?

The RAF Benevolent Fund is the leading welfare charity for the RAF. Every year we make a real difference to over 40,000 people who benefit from our services. Working at the Fund is more than sitting at your desk ad in this role you will have the opportunity to be part of our RAF Family.  Alongside helping our beneficiaries, we also get to hang out with Spitfires and Typhoons, take part in a Dambusters bike ride, attend events like Royal Ascot, the Chelsea Flower Show, and the Bomber Command Memorial Service. Every day you will make a difference and play your part in changing the lives of others and helping people in the RAF Family get through the toughest of times.

It doesn’t matter how long someone served or when. If they were part of the RAF, they and their family are part of our RAF Family. We will always be here to support them when they need it most.

Join the RAF Family and play your part in making a difference.

Do you want to play a part in what we do?

People are at the heart of what we do. Together we:

· Help reduce social isolation and loneliness among veterans. 

· We support ill or injured men and women to have a safe place to call home, a home that meets their specific needs.

· We fund youth services on stations to provide clubs and activities for the children of serving personnel who move every few years.

· We provide grants to help with the cost of living. But this is just a few of the ways we help.

We are seeking an individual to undertake the dual role of promoting the profile of the RAF Benevolent Funds welfare offer, whilst also carrying out welfare casework. Post holders will be expected to undertake holistic assessment of need both remotely (over the telephone and online) and when required in person across their region. You will be expected to work with individuals who may have complex and sometimes challenging welfare needs, assisting them by identifying appropriate support from within both the RAF Benevolent Fund and the wider statutory and military charity sector, ensuring that support is made available to meet their need through the case working process.

The successful candidate will have experience of working in a social welfare role supporting individuals and will have strong people and relationship-building skills, as well as empathy with or understanding of issues affecting the Armed Forces community.

This is a community-based position working from home (ideally based in Exeter/Plymouth) but covering the Devon/Cornwall region. The candidate must have their own vehicle for use of traveling around the region. Occasional travel to London will be required. The successful candidate for this role will need to be DBS checked and prove they have the right to work in the UK.

To apply, please click on this link and send your CV, together with a cover letter detailing why you believe you are suitable for this role, providing examples of how you meet the job profile when you apply through our recruitment portal.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 18th February 2025, 5.00pm.  

A copy of the Fund’s Candidate Privacy Notice can be found on our website. As an equal opportunities employer, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. The Fund takes safeguarding seriously, and appropriate background checks will be completed. You can find out more about our commitment to safeguarding on our website. This role requires an Enhanced DBS check. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Fund.

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is a Registered Charity (No. 1081009).

The role of our Events Coordinator is to drive forward Yorkshire Air Ambulance’s fundraising efforts through the coordination, delivery and review of our portfolio of income generating events throughout the year, and providing events expertise and support to colleagues across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:
Coordinate, plan and deliver a portfolio of events:
Concurrently project manage all aspects of specific events (charity-owned, third-party and challenge events), ensuring all tasks are assigned and completed as per each event’s project plan.
Produce event budgets and ensure events are run within budgeted expenditure and achieving budgeted income, negotiating with suppliers for the most cost-effective prices where appropriate.
To evaluate event performance against agreed objectives and ensure these insights and learnings inform future decision making and planning.
Propose new test events for the charity to diversify its portfolio, researching and building the business cases.
Maximise events income and develop new relationships with potential partners:
Monitor and manage the Events Fundraising budget for your responsible events and forecast as necessary, accounting for variances and taking a proactive approach where required.
Produce event evaluation reports at the end of each event to capture learnings and to support with planning for the next event.
Ensure future opportunities for the charity are followed-up post-event and are recorded as a soft-benefit in any event evaluation reports.
Ensure accurate recordkeeping of supporters, projects and events, using the Fundraising database.
Deliver high quality, donor-centric supporter care and stewardship, ensuring a quality experience for supporters at all events that reflect the values and identity of the YAA, and builds long-term relationships with our supporters.

Create and implement a marketing, communications and advertising plan:
Work alongside the marketing team to devise a multi-channel marketing plan for events and feed into the Fundraising team’s general marketing and communications planner.
Liaise with the Marketing and Communications department and external agencies to produce marketing material to support the promotion of events and post-event PR.
Update online event listings and ensure the YAA website event page is up-to-date.

Develop excellent relationships and represent YAA at the highest levels:
Maintain excellent, professional relationships with both new and existing supporters and suppliers.
Work with colleagues and volunteers across to raise the profile of and recruit event participants and attendees, and to pass on leads to relevant teams.
Keep abreast of new developments and trends in the fundraising events arena.

Team management:
Work closely with fundraising, marketing, admin and finance colleagues.
Recruit, co-ordinate, engage and motivate volunteers to support planning and delivery of events.

Budgetary responsibility:
Recommend an annual Events Fundraising budget for inclusion in YAA’s annual budget, with detailed income/expenditure breakdown, phasing, target ROI, rationale and key performance indicators.
To manage and monitor the budget events fundraising, ensuring income targets are met, costs are in line with the agreed budget.
Submit monthly written performance reports to the Directors of Fundraising.

Personal development:
Attend mandatory training, as directed by your line manager, to ensure underpinning knowledge, skills and competencies are developed and attained, to carry out your job effectively.
Continuously update and develop your expertise and knowledge of charity’s activities.
Share knowledge and skills with other members of the Fundraising Directorate.
Stay abreast of industry best practice, insights and emerging trends and taking proactive steps to quickly and effectively utilise and share findings to benefit the charity.
Develop relationships with peers in other organisations to keep abreast of new developments in the charity and events sectors and to share best practice.

General:
To act as an ambassador for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance by undertaking public speaking engagements when required to do so.
To attend Marketing/Fundraising and Regional meetings as required.
To ensure all systems and processes are followed in accordance with operating procedures.
Ensure accurate records are kept, using the CRM and appropriate MS Office programmes.
To observe Health and Safety requirements at all times and comply with the Charity’s policies and procedures including the requirements of GDPR.
To carry out other duties as required by the Director of Fundraising.
To undertake projects as required and be an active member of certain focus groups.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills Required:

Essential:
Experience in event coordination, preferably in the charity sector, and be able to demonstrate a strong track record in fundraising and achieving financial targets.
Experience of project management and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Excellent attention to detail.
Well-developed interpersonal skills, particularly around negotiation, persuasion, motivational and collaborative attributes.
Full UK driving licence with access to own car.
A willingness to travel and work unsocial hours both in the evenings and at weekends.
Computer literacy (Microsoft Office Outlook/Word/Excel/PowerPoint).
Have suitable home based accommodation to provide an office space.

Desirable:
Experience of delegate/supporter management.
The ability to build professional relationships, tell the charities story in order to engage supporters and remain upbeat and positive when in challenging situations.
Proven experience and current understanding of the events fundraising market.
Experience of using a CRM or database.
Residing in the Yorkshire area.
Experience of working from home.
Experience of working to an income/expenditure target.

To apply for this position via our website:
Provide a CV and covering letter stating how your experience, knowledge, abilities and skills match the job requirements along with why you are applying.
Complete the optional Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.

Please visit our website for further information and for the full job pack. 

Background:

We’re a charity working tirelessly to build a world where no animal suffers for science. We’ve been around for 50 years, contributing significantly to eliminating the use of animals in a range of areas including cosmetics testing. We know that real, lasting change takes time and although it might take another 50 years to achieve our mission – every day, week, month, and year brings us closer to our goal.

About the role:

We’re looking for a thoughtful and proactive individual to join our small but passionate team to help support our vision of a world where no animal suffers for science. You could help us move forward by supporting our individual giving fundraising activities including managing our new London Marathon places for 2026-2029.

This role will work closely with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, Digital Engagement Manager, and wider Team to support on fundraising activities in particular our regular giving programme, Facebook fundraising and our new London Marathon bond places.

The role will work to embed regular giving, challenge, and community fundraising, as well as communicate with our donors via our twice-yearly mailing. You’ll also be establishing our challenge fundraising starting with the recruitment and support of London Marathon runners. There’s an opportunity to support on Corporate, Trust, Legacy, and Major Giving fundraising if of interest to the successful candidate and their development goals.

We currently have a modest base of current donors who collectively donate around £15,000 annually across several channels including online, social media, and cheques. We were also successful in the recent London Marathon bond application and have guaranteed places for the coming 4 years.

We’re a small, dynamic team and all staff members are required to take on some core administrative tasks needed to keep our flat structure organisation running. We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and experience levels with an interest in fundraising for a better future, for animals and humans.

Before you apply:

Please thoroughly read the job description for full details of the role and what we are looking for in an Individual Giving Executive. When answering the questions on the application form, please give as much detail as possible and refer to the person specification for the role.

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• Do you love designing and delivering targeted process reviews?

• Are you passionate about continuous improvement and releasing people to flourish in their roles?

• Would you like to use your skills to make a global impact?

BMS World Mission is looking for a temporary Business Process Analyst to join our small, fast-paced Operations team in providing the organisation with excellent cross organisational services. In this role, you will support the Director of Finance & Operations and Executive Director Team in providing end-to-end support in remodelling and restructuring particular processes and systems within the organisation.

About you: The successful candidate will be a flexible team player with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will have proven experience as a Business Analyst, preferably within the charity sector.

About us: BMS World Mission is a Christian mission organisation founded in 1792, today we are working in around 30 countries over four continents. We are passionate about making Jesus known across the world and transforming the lives of those we serve.

Why this role matters: This role is a strategic appointment, enabling the charity to steward its resources in the best way.

If you are a hard-working and collaborative individual who wants to use your skills to make a global impact, we would love to hear from you.

Assistant Director - Communications and Voice

Are you a purpose-driven, senior communicator with leadership experience and a proven track record in policy/external affairs and high-profile media relations?

Can you expertly link strategic communications to business needs and integrate comms with marketing, digital, brand and design?

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Director to lead a newly-integrated Communications and Voice department.

It’s a new role, establishing and leading a talented, multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced environment.

We’re looking for someone who can build strong relationships, influence decision-makers, and turn strategy into compelling messaging and other content. So, if that’s you – and you’re based within two hours of central London – we’d love to hear from you.

Position:  5963 Assistant Director - Communications & Voice

Location: Home based within 2hrs travel of central London

Hours: Full time 37.5, Monday - Friday 9-5

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £66,961.19 per annum

Closing Date: 23rd February. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if enough suitable applications are received. 

Interviews: Thursday 13 and Friday 14 March

The Role

This role can be homebased or hybrid, dependent on proximity to an office. You will need to be based within two hours travel time of central London in order to regularly engage with Parliamentary and other key stakeholders face to face.

As Assistant Director - Communications and Voice, you will be:

• Establishing a newly-integrated team, bringing together colleagues from across the communications and marketing mix

• Leading the team to ensure the charity is a recognised, trusted and nationally prominent voice for victims, and influences required policy reform nationally and locally.

About You

You will need:

• Experience in a senior communications or external affairs role including team leadership, building relationships with Parliamentarians and civil servants, and securing high-profile media coverage

• A proven ability to plan and deliver strategic communications that align with business strategy and result in compelling campaigns and content

• Excellent judgment; a strong track record in reputation and brand management and the ability to integrate external and internal communications with marketing, digital and design

• To be a highly motivated, inspiring leader of people, and a skilled communicator with first-rate writing, editing, and presentation skills.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details once you apply. 

In Return…

Benefits include:

• Flexible and hybrid working options

• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays

• £2,800 London weighting (if applicable)

• An extra day off for your birthday

• Pension with 5% employer contribution

• Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity and paternity payments

• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment and leisure discounts

• Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary deducted finance

• Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support

• Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career development and progression.

About the Organisation

This independent charity provides a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. Working towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System, everyone at the charity is driven by the Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. 

As part of the commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. The charity is also a Disability Confident Employer and provides a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of the selection process, the team will be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

You may have experience in areas such as Communications, External Affairs, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Assistant Director of Communications, Assistant Director of External Affairs, Assistant Director of Marketing, Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications, Communications Manager, External Affairs Manager, Marketing Manager, Marketing and Communications Manager. 

Please note this role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of our client.           

5Rights is looking for a Youth Engagement expert to support our global network of Youth Ambassadors and ensure the voices of children and young people underpin digital policy. This is a strategic position with significant responsibility and room for growth in a highly dynamic organisation at the cutting edge of international policy debates.​

​About 5Rights​
Working with and for children and young people, 5Rights Foundation exists to ensure a digital world that will serve them today and for future generations. ​
We are a small and dynamic team of senior professionals and experts delivering change in the digital world. We have shifted the narrative and the global agenda through provocative comms campaigns (e.g. Twisted Toys), pioneering research (e.g. Pathways) and award-winning tools (e.g. Child Online Safety Toolkit). We continue to drive real-life change thanks to an outstanding track-record of delivering legislation (e.g. Californian Age Appropriate Design Code), policy and regulatory frameworks (e.g. UNCRC General comment No. 25), and industry standards (e.g. IEEE 2089).​

Role Purpose​​
Key Responsibilities​​

Voice, influence and engagement:​​​

• ​Recruit, coordinate, train and support young people to be part of 5Rights’ Youth Ambassadors Programme, including from groups facing barriers to participation, ensuring a safe and secure environment for all
• Plan and prepare materials, and coordinate delivery of the youth engagement programme from A-Z, with support from other team members as appropriate 
• ​Be the main point of contact for the Youth Ambassadors, as well as for key stakeholders and partners 
• Manage and develop partnerships with youth organisations
• Facilitate Youth Council and agenda-setting
• Facilitate research and consultations in coordination with the Research team
• Compile Youth Voices and support development of outreach, advocacy and communications material
• ​Manage the Youth Voice podcast
• Facilitate youth participation in policy activities and events
• ​Coordinate youth initiative actions​
• Identify opportunities for youth engagement, influence and voice​​

Project development, management and delivery:​

• ​Ensure robust consent, privacy and safeguarding practices are in place
• Design and implement well-being practices for our youth activities
• Where directed, manage and deliver existing projects
• Meet the agreed delivery targets and outcomes for each of your projects
• Gather relevant information for the monitoring and evaluation of projects using a range of tool
• ​Undertake the administrative tasks needed to coordinate 5Rights’ Youth Ambassadors’ activities
• ​Keep accurate records of all sessions and activities undertaken by young people
• Provide regular reports and updates on your work to internal and external audiences
• ​Conduct reporting and evaluation to identify learnings and improve the Youth Engagement Programme​
• dentify and support fundraising for Youth Engagement activities​​

Person specification​

• ​You are excited about making a digital world that young people deserve: you understand that the digital world offers opportunities for young people and want to ensure it is made safer;​​​​​​You are a self-starter and a team player: you are equally confident in taking the initiative, supporting the team, and asking for help.
• You are highly professional: you know the importance of having a structured approach in the planning and delivery of activities and you keep detailed records;
• You are skilled in building relationships: your interpersonal, communication and leadership skills (including humility and self-confidence) build consensus within groups and lasting positive relationships;
• You are a doer: you are proactive, you constantly seek the strategic line between activity and impact, and you enjoy getting stuck into the delivery of impactful work;​
• Your drive is matched by your exceptional organisational skills: You have strong prioritisation and organisation skills to manage various processes and pieces of work in parallel;
• ​You are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion: you believe and act in a way that celebrates and encourages a range of experiences, views and values;​​

ESSENTIAL skills and attributes ​

• ​At least 2 years of prior experience in a similar role
• Demonstrable organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrable data collection and analysis skills to help evaluate project outcomes and inform decision-making.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and inspire young audiences.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with diverse groups, including youth, stakeholders, and team members; with an awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences, ensuring inclusive practices in youth engagement activities.
• A creative mindset with the ability to contribute innovative ideas for youth engagement initiatives and podcast content.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and demonstrate flexibility in a dynamic work environment
• A strong commitment to youth advocacy and empowerment
• ​Proficiency in spoken and written English; additional languages are an advantage.​
• Lots of energy and enthusiasm to make real world change!​

DESIRABLE skills and attributes ​

• ​A degree in social sciences, youth work, communication, or a related field.​
• Knowledge of children's rights and the challenges they face in the digital environment. ​

Practical details:
​We are offering an initial six-month, remote contract based in Belgium or the UK, with the possibility of full-time employment following a satisfactory review. The salary is based on a gross annual salary of £25,000 in the UK, or €35,000 (including benefits) in Belgium. Candidates should be prepared to work 38 hours a week, with flexibility to accommodate different time zones. You will receive 25 days annual leave, plus one additional day per year worked. Work equipment including a laptop will be provided.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a written task that will take 1-2 hours, prior to interviews. First-round interviews will be held over Teams.​ 5Rights values diversity, and we strongly encourage and welcome people from ethnic minorities and other groups that are under-represented in civil society organisations to apply for this role. ​

Our partner, seeks an empathetic finance leader to lead the finance function, to offer strategic advisory support to the senior leadership during a period of change and support to the finance team to navigate the transition. This includes reviewing their processes and systems, and recommending improvements in these in light of the changes, advise on what the finance team looks like and how it is staffed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global finance function. This includes leading on developing and overseeing a strong compliance framework; risk management; budgeting and forecasting; and reporting.
• Work with the senior leadership team, advising them on the financial implications of the change process, resourcing requirements and structure of the finance team, and overseeing organisational progress towards the financial strategies.
• Develop a globally integrated finance team, coaching them and supporting them through the change process.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant, senior finance leader with experience leading and supporting senior leadership through change within an international charity, with multiple entities and a global finance function, and empathetically managing change amongst the team.
• Excellent leadership skills, with demonstrable experience of coaching and developing a team, and able to communicate effectively.

This is a 9 month fixed-term contract; there is an opportunity for the contract to be extended, or the candidate to be considered for a permanent position in the new senior leadership structure. This role is only open to candidates with the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsoring. This is a mainly remote role (working from the UK), with some time required in-person for meetings.

Balmer Dawson Executive Search is delighted to partner with Mellon Educate in their search for an experienced Grant Writer to join their successful organisation. 

Mellon Educate is an Irish-based African development charity founded by Niall Mellon in 2002. From the enormous collective effort of their volunteers, in conjunction with the South African government, they have built houses for 250,000 homeless people in South Africa’s townships.

In 2013, the charity redoubled its commitments to those less fortunate in Africa, pledging a 10-year education development programme to provide better education to more than 100,000 African children. 

Mellon Educate wishes to recruit a Grant Writer on a part-time OR full-time basis with specific experience and a proven track record of success in educational grant applications in Sub-Saharan Africa from medium and large sized international funders, sovereign donors, corporate and philanthropic foundations and institutional donors.

Role Purpose:

This is a brand-new position that has been created to increase Mellon Educate’s capacity to secure grants on a global scale. The Grant Writer will be responsible for identifying suitable funding opportunities and coordinating, preparing and writing funding applications.

The successful candidate will work with colleagues to develop and implement Mellon Educate’s strategic approach to funding against agreed key performance indicators. This role requires an enthusiastic self-starter, with good knowledge of educational grant-writing, exceptional persuasive writing and organisational skills and a good knowledge of the South African education system.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for identifying, preparing, producing and submitting grant applications and funding proposals. 
• Writing and editing high quality and compelling content for competitive proposal processes and other fundraising materials as required.
• Researching, exploring and identifying new grant and funding opportunities which support Mellon Educate’s current strategic objectives. 
• Gathering, analysing and synthesizing proposal inputs and co-ordinating and reviewing content from all contributors. 
• Building and maintaining a database and schedule of grant opportunities and grant application materials. 
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships across the organisation to ensure that grant management is fully embedded. 
• Building strong strategic partnerships with funding organisations and donors. 
• Working with colleagues to support all of Mellon Educate’s fundraising work, including trusts, foundations, major gift, legacy giving, and capturing stories of change to demonstrate impact to funders. 

Essential Skills and Core Competencies : 

• Proven track record of success in educational grant writing in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Demonstrated education related expertise
• Knowledge of the South-African education system (a distinct advantage)
• Keen understanding of the challenges faced by countries in the developing world
• Experience securing grants from Sovereign funders
• Evidence of success in securing medium and large-scale educational programme funding in the developing world
• Exceptional writing, editing and literacy skills. 
• Ability to write clearly and concisely, producing compelling narratives. 
• Excellent attention to detail. 
• Proven organisational skills.
• Strong capacity to use ICT to improve efficiency and information-sharing across the team. 
• Capacity to work under pressure to tight deadlines. 
• Capacity to prioritise effectively and manage time well. 
• Strong communicator and team player. 
• Enthusiastic and disciplined self-starter, with a target driven approach. 
• Strong financial literacy with competency to plan, manage and track grant expenditure. 
• Skilled relationship and network builder. 
• Flexibility, creativity and a positive work attitude. 
• Track record of producing high-quality grant applications, documentation and presentations. 

Remuneration:

• Salary will be in the region of €50,000 + DOE (depending on experience) on a full-time basis or pro-rata on a part-time basis

Application process:

To apply, please submit your CV and Cover Letter (maximum one page) in MS Word format  (outlining how your motivation, experience and skills fit this role profile) for the attention of  BOTH Gilly Balmer and Zena Dawson at Quick Apply button provided.

Closing Date:

The closing date for applications is Monday 24th February by 5pm (GMT)

RNID Near You Co-ordinators x 3 South and West Wales
Remote working, Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Bridgend, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire or Ceredigion
£19,968 pa pro rata plus excellent benefits (FTE £24,960 pa)
28 hours per week
3 Year Fixed-term contract

As one of the three Co-ordinators for our RNID Near You community service in South and West Wales, you will focus and lead on developing and delivering the community service across your designated area through drop-in sessions offering:

· practical hearing aid support
· information on hearing loss and tinnitus
· hearing checks

You will be responsible for co-ordinating up to 15 drop-in sessions and be able to recruit, train and manage a team of up to 25 volunteers to deliver the service. You will have responsibility for the set up and running of these sessions and have good local knowledge of the chosen area to seek new opportunities for delivery of the RNID Near-You services.

We are looking to appoint a motivated person with a keen interest in supporting people with their hearing loss. While you will be home based, there will be regular travel to all venues where we will provide drop-in sessions in community settings.

You want to make a difference in people’s lives and love to interact with various audiences, including volunteers, health & care professionals and service users. You have experience managing events, your own workload and are able to work evenings/ weekends if required. You are able to physically assist clients with hearing aids sensitively, giving clear guidance and taking into account individual wishes and health needs.

You are ready to work for a home-working organisation and have good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Excel, Word.

This project is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.

We are RNID. Together we’ll make life more inclusive for deaf people and those with hearing loss or tinnitus. 

Our charity has been through a complete transformation, while building on the best of our past. We’ve returned to our former, much-loved name, become wholly remote working, and established a new strategy, focused on reaching the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. 

We are creating a radically different culture which is externally focused, curious, evidence-based, deliberate, agile, and future orientated. Our values are at the heart of what we do.

We strive to be and continue to connected to our communities, insightful and confident in what we do and who we are, curious in everything we do and passionate about our purpose.

This role is important to us and this is where you come in. 

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.

Closing date: 2 March 2025
Interviews: 10 and 11 March 2025.

Cydlynydd RNID Gerllaw Chi – De a Gorllewin Cymru

· Lleoliad: O bell yn, neu gerllaw; Caerdydd, Bro Morgannwg, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tudful, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, Sir Gaerfyrddin, Sir Benfro neu Ceredigion

· Cyflog: £19,968 (£24,960 y flwyddyn, cyfwerth ag amser llawn)

· Oriau: 28 yr wythnos

· Math o gontract: 3 blynedd

· Dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau: 3 Mawrth 2025

· Dyddiadau Cyfweliadau: 12 a 11 Mawrth 2025

Fel un o’r tri Chydlynydd ar gyfer ein gwasanaeth cymunedol RNID Gerllaw Chi yn Ne a Gorllewin Cymru, byddwch yn canolbwyntio ac yn arwain ar ddatblygu a darparu’r gwasanaeth cymunedol ar draws eich ardal ddynodedig trwy sesiynau galw heibio sy’n cynnig:

· cymorth ymarferol gyda chymhorthion clyw
· gwybodaeth am golled clyw a thinitws
· archwiliadau clyw

Byddwch yn gyfrifol am gydlynu hyd at  15 o sesiynau galw heibio ac yn gallu recriwtio, hyfforddi, a rheoli tîm o hyd at 25 o wirfoddolwyr i ddarparu’r gwasanaeth.  Byddwch yn gyfrifol am drefnu a chynnal y sesiynau hyn, a bydd gennych wybodaeth leol dda am yr ardal a ddewiswyd i geisio cyfleoedd newydd i ddarparu gwasanaethau RNID Gerllaw Chi.

Rydym am benodi person llawn cymhelliant sydd â diddordeb mawr mewn cynorthwyo pobl â nam ar eu clyw.  Tra byddwch yn gweithio gartref yn bennaf, bydd gofyn i chi deithio’n rheolaidd i bob lleoliad lle byddwn yn darparu sesiynau galw heibio mewn lleoliadau cymunedol. 

Rydych chi eisiau gwneud gwahaniaeth ym mywydau pobl ac wrth eich bodd yn rhyngweithio â chynulleidfaoedd amrywiol, gan gynnwys gwirfoddolwyr, gweithwyr iechyd a gofal proffesiynol, a defnyddwyr gwasanaethau.  Mae gennych brofiad o reoli digwyddiadau, eich llwyth gwaith eich hun, a gallwch weithio gyda’r nos / ar benwythnosau, os oes angen.  Rydych yn gallu cynorthwyo cleientiaid â chymhorthion clyw mewn modd sensitif, gan roi arweiniad clir ac ystyriaeth i ddymuniadau ac anghenion iechyd yr unigolyn. 

Rydych yn barod i weithio i sefydliad sy’n gweithio gartref ac mae gennych sgiliau TG da, yn enwedig gyda rhaglenni Microsoft Office, gan gynnwys Outlook, Excel, a Word.
 

Pwy ydym ni

RNID ydym ni.  Gyda’n gilydd byddwn yn gwneud bywyd yn fwy cynhwysol i bobl fyddar a’r rhai sydd â cholled clyw neu dinitws.

Mae ein helusen wedi trawsnewid yn llwyr, wrth adeiladu ar y gorau o’n gorffennol.  Rydym wedi dychwelyd at ein hen enw poblogaidd, wedi dechrau gweithio o bell yn gyfan gwbl, ac wedi sefydlu strategaeth newydd, sy’n canolbwyntio ar gyrraedd y 18 miliwn o bobl yn y DU sy’n fyddar, sydd â cholled clyw neu dinitws.

Rydym yn creu diwylliant cwbl wahanol sy’n canolbwyntio’n allanol, yn chwilfrydig, yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, yn fwriadol, yn ystwyth ac yn canolbwyntio ar y dyfodol.  Mae ein gwerthoedd wrth wraidd yr hyn a wnawn.

Rydym yn ymdrechu i fod, ac yn parhau i fod yn gysylltiedig â’n cymunedau, yn graff, ac yn hyderus yn yr hyn a wnawn a phwy ydym ni, yn chwilfrydig ym mhopeth a wnawn, ac yn angerddol am ein pwrpas.

Mae’r rôl hon yn bwysig i ni, a dyma ble rydych chi’n dod i mewn...

Beth allwn ni ei gynnig i chi

 · Digidol yn Gyntaf, gweithio o bell yn gyfan gwbl, gyda chynadleddau wyneb yn wyneb i’r staff i gyd trwy gydol y flwyddyn
· Gweithio o bell yn gyfan gwbl, heb unrhyw oriau craidd
· £26 o lwfans gweithio o bell bob mis
· 28 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol, ynghyd â’r gwyliau banc i gyd
· Yn ogystal â 2 ddiwrnod lles i roi mwy o hyblygrwydd
· Hawl i fudd-dal salwch o’r diwrnod cyntaf
· Cynllun pensiwn gyda chyfraniad cyflogwr o 4%
· Yswiriant Bywyd – 2 x cyflog
· Rhaglen Cymorth i Weithwyr ac ap lles sy’n darparu sesiynau cwnsela
· Buddion ychwanegol ar gyfer mamolaeth, tadolaeth a mabwysiadu
· Mynediad at blatfform tocynnau digwyddiadau

Ein hymrwymiad i amrywiaeth

Rydym wedi ymrwymo i gynorthwyo ein staff, gan gynnwys gwneud addasiadau rhesymol.  Os oes arnoch angen cymorth i ymgeisio, neu i gyflawni gofynion y rôl hon, rhowch wybod i ni fel y gallwn drafod yr opsiynau gyda chi.

Hyderus o ran Anabledd 

Mae Hyderus o ran Anabledd yn gynllun gan y Llywodraeth, sydd wedi’i gynllunio i annog cyflogwyr i recriwtio a chadw pobl anabl a phobl â chyflyrau iechyd.  Mae wedi disodli’r cynllun blaenorol Dau Dic: Cadarn o Blaid Pobl Anabl, y gallech fod wedi clywed amdano.

Mae RNID yn falch o fod yn aelod o Hyderus o ran Anabledd ac, fel Arweinydd Hyderus o ran Anabledd, rydym yn cydnabod gwerth pobl anabl i  RNID.  Rydym yn cynnig cyfweliad i unrhyw ymgeisydd sy’n dweud wrthym fod ganddo / ganddi anabledd, ac sy’n bodloni’r meini prawf sylfaenol ar gyfer y rôl.

Ariennir y prosiect hwn gan Gronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol.

Closing date: 2 March 2025
Interviews: 10 and 11 March 2025.

Support Coordinator

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke. We are looking for an innovative, passionate and professional individual with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills to join the Stroke Recovery Service, in this home based role. 

Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.

Position: S11232 Stroke Support Coordinator

Location: Home-based, Surrey. However, extensive travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work related meetings)

Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week (flexible working and job share applications welcomed)

Salary: Circa £16,043 per annum (FTE circa £26,700 per annum)

Contract: Services are contracted, we there is currently funding for this contract until 31 August 2025

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 16 February 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview Date: 20 February 2025

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

The service aims to identify and address the needs of stroke survivors and carers across the stroke pathway, by providing a range of innovative support solutions, supporting them to meet their desired outcomes. A key part of the role will be to support service users and the delivery of the service.

Reporting to the Stroke Service Delivery Coach, the Stroke Support Coordinator will:

• Support new stroke survivors and their carers from hospital discharge into the community.

• Provide personalised information, advice and support. 

• Support clients to make informed lifestyle changes which will help them to prevent further strokes.

• Be accountable for volunteers, so experience of recruiting, training and managing volunteers would be an advantage. 

• You will have excellent IT skills and demonstrate a flexible approach to your role. 

About You

The post holder will have experience/background in:

• A caring profession ideally with experience of supporting people with disabilities. 

• Setting up and running virtual groups.

This role requires extensive travel across a large geographical locality to visit people at home and in community settings.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role 

The use of a car with business use cover and the ability to drive is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role.

To fulfil the role you must be resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further 

information on the role. 

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.

If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement, and in the main body of your email when applying for the role.

Finding strength through support

The organisation is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. Providing tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.

They are here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life. 

It’s only thanks to the generosity of supporters and donors that they can provide vital support.

The Association is driven by an ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means they’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by an approach to solving inequity in stroke, the team are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across the charity.

The charity are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Association and are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how the organisation work.

A Disability Confident employer, the organisation is making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. The charity has a variety of staff network groups and are committed to continuously improving diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.

You may also have experience in areas such as Care Coordinator, Stroke Support, Stroke, Care, Care Worker, Support Worker, Carer, Care Team Leader, Support Team Leader, Volunteering Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Support Group, Support and Advice, Social Care, Carer Support, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Social Care and Support Officer, Rehabilitation Coordinator, Volunteering Manager, Care and Support Officer, Social Care Worker, Health, Health Care, Support Worker, Care Worker, Social Care Support Worker, Residential Support Worker, Relief Support Worker, Support Worker Disabilities, Day Centre Support Worker, Rehabilitation Support Worker, Night Support Worker, Stroke Support Worker, Disability, Disability Support, Stroke. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

CoMoUK is the national charity for the public benefit of shared transport such as car clubs and bike and e-scooter share schemes. We work collaboratively with the national, regional, transport and local authorities as well as the private sector to further these social, economic and environmental benefits. We do this via stakeholder engagement, research, consultancy and policy work as well as projects in the field.

The Consultancy and Research Officer post will work in depth on our consultancy reports, research projects and new policy and guidance documents. This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking for a role with variety and scope to develop skills within in a fast moving, low carbon sector. 

The location of the role is homebased in the UK. CoMoUK staff are all homebased in various locations across the UK

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However, you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here. 

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

We’re seeking a well-organised coordinator to join our growing support services team and help us reach more people living with secondary (metastatic) breast cancer. You will coordinate the successful delivery of face to face and online services providing information and emotional support in the UK.

You’ll work as part of a team based across the UK and arrange delivery of services in the East of England, playing a key role in increasing our reach and uptake. 

You’ll liaise with venues, expert speakers and support our team of dedicated qualified sessional therapists, as well as providing technical support for the running of monthly online services. And you’ll build productive relationships with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to promote our services and increase their reach and uptake.

About you

We’re looking for someone with experience of developing and delivering information and support services, preferably in a health or charity environment. You’ll understand the challenges for people living with illness or complex health or social needs and be keen to use your excellent organisation and time management skills to juggle a busy workload.

You’ll enjoy working collaboratively and managing relationships with a range of stakeholders. A great team player, you’ll be flexible and able to travel and work outside normal office hours, including regular overnight stays. Above all, you’ll relish the opportunity to deliver our ambition to provide support for anyone living with secondary breast cancer who needs us, by making our services more widely available and accessible.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package. 

Home working

This role is primarily home based with travel expected across the east of England and occasional travel to London and/or other parts of the UK.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role.

Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact Breast Cancer Now recruitment. 

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date

Monday 17 February 2025 at 09:00am

Interview date

Week commencing 24 February 2025