Director Of Development Jobs

This is a new role with enormous scope to influence the digital development for one of the UK’s leading animal welfare charities.

The individual giving team is responsible for driving sustainable growth through donor engagement, stewardship and acquisition. We are seeking a Fundraising Digital Marketing Lead to drive the development and implementation of our digital fundraising strategy. You will oversee campaigns across multiple digital platforms, engaging with new and existing supporters to drive donor acquisition, retention, and growth. As a key person within the fundraising team, you will collaborate closely with communications and people across the charity to help us meet our ambitious fundraising goals through online channels. This role requires a creative thinker, a data-driven approach, and a commitment to making a positive impact.

We are looking for an experienced and strategic individual to spearhead our online fundraising efforts. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in digital marketing within the nonprofit sector, successfully utilising online platforms to drive fundraising growth. They will demonstrate expertise in building and engaging communities around a charity’s mission, effectively translating this engagement into ethical fundraising success.

The successful candidate will join a busy, friendly, and capable team working to maximise the charity’s fundraising performance.

Role: Finance Business Partner
Location: London (Hybrid working)
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Department: Finance
Contract: Full time

As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving the financial success of our social research projects. You’ll be the strategic advisor to our research leaders, ensuring every decision is backed by solid financial analysis and aligned with our commercial objectives. This is not just a finance role—it's a chance to shape the future of social research with your commercial acumen.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership: Partner with Research Directors to drive financial performance, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Commercial Insight: Provide insightful analysis on profitability, project margins, and return on investment, turning complex data into actionable business strategies.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the financial planning process, from budgeting to forecasting, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
• Performance Monitoring: Develop and implement KPIs to track project performance, driving continuous improvement and identifying growth opportunities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the financial liaison between senior management and project teams, translating financial data into compelling narratives that inform strategic decisions.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate financial risks, ensuring the long-term sustainability and profitability of our research projects.
• Bids & Costing: Experience working in bids and costing.

To perform any other reasonable duties that NatCen may require that are consistent with the broad nature of the job. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Commercial Savvy: You’re more than a number cruncher—you understand the commercial landscape and can navigate it with ease.
• Analytical Excellence: You have a knack for turning data into insights and insights into action.
• Stakeholder Management: You're a strong communicator, capable of influencing decision-makers at all levels.
• Experience: Proven experience in a finance business partnering role, ideally within research, consulting, or a similar industry.
• Qualification: ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified, finalist or part qualified, with a strong background in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Follow the requirements of our Operating Standards, and also to meet the requirements of all our ISO standards
• Other duties which may be required from time to time

This job description may be changed from time to time at the discretion of management 

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, an excellent working environment (including a home/office hybrid working environment), you will be working for the largest independent social research organisation in the UK. We are proud of the benefits we offer our employees which include:

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and flexible working
• Generous company pension scheme
• Life insurance and health cash plan
• Cycle to Work scheme and season ticket loan
• Career development, professional subscriptions support and mentoring support from industry-leading experts.

About the National Centre for Social Research

At The National Centre for Social Research we believe that social research has the power to make life better. By really understanding the complexity of people’s lives and what they think about the issues that affect them, we give the public a powerful and influential role in shaping services that can make a difference to everyone. And as an independent, not-for-profit organisation we’re able to focus our time and energy on meeting our clients’ needs and delivering social research that works for society.

Our Gambling Outreach And Living Support service GOALS is our community-based support service that provides bespoke and holistic 1:1 and group support to individuals and affected other impacted by gambling harms.

Our aim is to deliver an impactful GOALS service across London which builds effective networks of support for people before, during and after treatment.

A main aspect of the role will be to support and work closely with individuals presenting with lived experience of gambling harm issues and/or people affected by this issue. The GOALS Supporter will understand gambling related harm and dependency issues and be able to ensure safe working environments and take a robust lead on safeguarding and harm minimisation procedures and policy.

The post holder will work with the Head of Support Services and GOALS Coordinator to support the development and maintenance of the systems and structure of the service, ensuring that governance and polices are implemented, safeguarding and safe working practices are systematic and develop a clear understanding of how the service integrates with the national gambling treatment service.

Other support activities will be developed, such as group support and weekly meet ups.

The post holder will develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, deliver presentations and other promotions within community, education and health centres to help grow and develop the service.

Adherence to health & safety, equal opportunities and diversity policies is expected at all times.

Qualifications or Relevant Experience

•Two years minimum experience in similar role 

•Professional qualification in health, social care/community at level 3 or working in health/social care/addiction 

Essential Skills & Knowledge

•Knowledge and understanding of recovery

•Knowledge of safeguarding children and adults

•Knowledge and commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discrimination

•Ability to work responsively and flexibly in a range of settings

•Ability to represent the service and present to other organisations

•Ability to maintain clear and consistent boundaries

•Ability to provide a safe space when working with a client to address their needs holistically

•Communicate clearly in writing, face to face, online and on the telephone

•Ability to work positively in a team

•Ability to work independently, prioritise, plan and manage own workload

•Ability to utilise supervision constructively

•Knowledge of gambling and related issues

•Ability to keep up to date with trends in support services and changes in the sector

Desirable Skills

•Experience of liaison with voluntary and statutory organisations

•Experience of engaging with people from a diverse range of backgrounds

•Desired but not required, lived experience of gambling harms either directly, as an affected other or working with individuals who have experienced gambling harm.

Context and Background

The NSPCC's mission is to end cruelty to children in the UK. To carry out its charitable work

and achieve its strategic objectives, the NSPCC must communicate efficiently and effectively

with the maximum possible impact, relevance, and emotional resonance. Communications

need to engage all key audiences including supporters, professionals, service users,

volunteers, and the public across a variety of offline and online channels (paid, owned, and

earned).

The NSPCC’s Brand and Content team create compelling, relevant content for our

audiences. Informed by channel and creative expertise, the team are focussed on delivering

practical advice and support to keep children safe.

The Creative team sit within Brand and Content, providing a range of services, advice and

creative expertise for the wider organisation related to campaigns, services, social media,

copywriting, web content, and organic social.

The Creative Team’s focus is to:

• lead the development of the organisation’s brand and content strategy and creative

execution.

• tell a clear and inspiring story of what we do and the impact we have

as a charity

• develop, deliver, and optimise content for our audiences across all channels – paid,

earned and owned.

Reporting to the Creative Director and supporting the rest of the Creative team,

stakeholders and commissioners, you will ensure our video content is relevant, engaging

and tailored to audience and channel.Job purpose

This role will deliver video content across a variety of briefs, advising and working closely

with teams across the organisation. The postholder will work alongside other creatives

(copy, production, design, organic social, web content) to ensure best-practice video

creative, working to budget and schedule, suitable to channel.

This will involve deploying a combination of hands-on creative skills (shoot / edit / simple

motion graphics) and commissioning external video production.

Key relationships - Internal

• Reports to the Creative Director, Brand and Content (Creative).

• Works closely with the Creative Director, Film and Photography Producer, Creative team,

Organic social and Web content

• Works collaboratively with all teams across the organisation who are responsible for

developing video propositions and content, to ensure creative excellence.

Key relationships - External

• This role briefs and collaborates with external agencies, freelancers, and contributors.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Creating or commissioning video/animation/gifs/motion graphics in response to a variety

of briefs.

• An understanding of the difference audiences, content and platforms for both the NSPCC

and Childline and ability to work across both

• Collaborating with Brand and Content team and other stakeholders to develop effective

and engaging video content

• Interpreting briefs and requests applying creativity to meet audience and channels

objectives

• Understanding established and emerging social trends

• Supporting and developing skills, process and workflows

• Sharing knowledge with peers, stakeholders and commissioners about what makes video

content effective and engaging.

Responsibilities for all staff in the Communications directorate

A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people

• To actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy,

discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to NSPCC’s communications activities.• To maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the

NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.

• To take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with NSPCC work to end cruelty to

children, including securing updates on project and service developments and general

NSPCC news.

Person specification

• Experience in hands-on creation of video assets, especially for social channels

• Comfortable using the Adobe CC suite (some combination of Premiere, After Effects,

Adobe Express, Photoshop, Illustrator) or similar.

• Practical photography and shooting (DSLR / phone / similar) skills preferable.

• Experience working with and commissioning external video production.

• Experience working with budgets and scheduling.

• Ability to translate objectives and audience insight from a brief into strong video content.

• Consistently delivers to high standards with a strong attention to detail whether

responding to reactively or within planned timeframes.

Safer Recruitment

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes

safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.

Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough

process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates

to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and

responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant

safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.

Our principles:

• Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills,

experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process

should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation.• Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal

and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum

requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.

• We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to

enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their

time with us.

• Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably

qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.

• As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the

organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and

appropriate.

• All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the

GDPR legislation.

Reporting to the Director of Operations and working closely with the National Leadership Team representative for national events, you will manage the events team to deliver excellent service and event support for all New Wine events. This exciting role involves overseeing all aspects of event production, from content development to logistics and delegate management. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the strategic vision and goals of the events are realised, delivering an outstanding experience for global audiences. 

The Events Team exists to support New Wine delegates, volunteers, and staff with the initial planning, coordination, and delivery of all New Wine events held throughout the year. This includes two annual national events, the New Wine Festival and the New Wine Leadership Conference, as well as a number of smaller events such as the Reset Women’s Conference, Worship Nights, and Network Days. 

Areas of Responsibility:

Event Team Leadership: 

• Line manage, train, and develop the events team, which consists of 5 individuals (one vacant), 3 of whom are direct reports. 

• Motivate the team, communicating effectively and building relationships internally and externally with key stakeholders and partners. 

• Set appropriate goals and key performance indicators (KPIs), managing them effectively to drive activity and performance. 

• Join the core team in regular meetings, updating and chairing event specific discussions.  

• Coordinating with other departments to rethink processes and strategy. 
   

Event Planning: 

• Manage and oversee the New Wine events calendar to ensure that events are planned in a coordinated manner.

• Liaise with specific event leadership teams to determine the vision, goals, and requirements for each New Wine event. 

• Set up and chair event planning meetings for national events, monitoring that planning is on schedule and within budget. 

• Support Event Managers in the planning and delivery of smaller events. 

• Manage external consultants and professionals who support with delivery of events including Production Project Manager and Technical Production Manager. 
   

Event Delivery: 

• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and standards. 

• Oversee the production, delegate and team experience on-site at any New Wine event. This includes managing the Production Project manager, front desk service team and back-office functions such as ticketing, accommodation, village allocation, telephone and email response, and volunteer team leader oversight and engagement.

Why join our team?

One team: We care about you and invest in our team with training opportunities, quarterly reviews, and flexible working. We are keen for you to flourish here at New Wine, so if you see something you’d like to learn or a skill you’d like to develop, let your manager know! 

Workspace: We have moved our office to Work.Life, with our main base being the Liverpool Street branch.  Within the building, there are fantastic spaces for meeting, networking and coworking, as well as free coffee and events, breakfasts and well-being activities for us as members. 

Healthcare: We are pleased to have recently launched Vitality Healthcare for team members who work more than 15 hours a week.

Events: Joining New Wine has exciting opportunities as we head to our two main events, the New Wine Leadership Conference and the New Wine Summer Festival.  Depending on your job role, there may be other opportunities to head to site, but you will be invited, and arrangements will be made in advance.  Specifically, at our two main events, we will look after you so you can do your job to the best of your ability.  We also make sure TOIL is accrued so that you can rest to the best of your ability too! 

Prayer Days: Your physical, mental, and spiritual health are incredibly important to us.  While onsite at our events and throughout the year, we make sure to honour Prayer Days. 

Pension: After completing three months and passing your probation, you will be automatically enrolled in the New Wine pension scheme. As part of the scheme, we will contribute 10% of your salary. This scheme does not require any contributions from you. However, if you would like to make additional contributions, you can arrange this with the Finance Manager. 

Find out more about individual specification and working patterns by downloading the job description.

Summary

Reports to: Director, Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI

Department: Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI

Salary range: £40,000 - £45,000 based on skills and experience

Location: Hybrid (Home/London office)

Contract: Full time

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About

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The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is the world’s oldest, and the UK’s leading independent think tank engaged in cutting edge research in defence and security. Its mission is to inform, influence and enhance public debate on a safer and more stable world. RUSI is a research-led institute, producing independent, practical and innovative analysis to address today’s complex challenges.

The Centre for Finance & Security (CFS) at RUSI is a leading authority on the intersection of finance and security. Its research aims to advance the integrity of the financial system by equipping the international community with the knowledge tools and ideas to understand, identify and disrupt the threats of illicit finance. 

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Main purpose of the post

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CFS places great importance on the professionalism of its operations.The ideal person for this role will therefore be a skilled administrator who will partner with different members of the team to ensure the smooth and effective running of our team.This will include working with the Director to ensure robust team operations, managing events, and producing our social media and podcast outputs to support our mission to maximise the impact of CFS’ research and other activities.

The team has grown significantly in recent years and thus – at the time of our ten-year anniversary – an experienced programme manager is now required.

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Key tasks

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Reporting to the CFS Director, the Programme Manager will have the following responsibilities:

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• Team administration
  • Oversee general administration (note the team has a dedicated finance manager) and support the operational efficiency of the team.
  • Coordinate improved use by the team of the RUSI Client Relationship Management (CRM) system.
     
• Event production
  • Working with RUSI’s central events team to support the delivery of events related to the ten-year anniversary of CFS, including the flagship conference in February 2025.
  • Support the delivery of roundtables and events (for example research-related workshops, offers to host leading figures from the finance and security world that are visiting London, or business development events).Tasks would include developing curated participation, identifying speakers and preparing and managing invitations.
  • Manage CFS stakeholder social events including our Christmas party and other functions.
     
• CFS Team external communications
  • Work with the team to continuously build and improve CFS communication strategy and our share of voice (SOV).
  • Manage social media channels and CFS content on the RUSI website.
  • Lead production of the CFS Suspicious Transaction Report podcast series.
  • Manage and produce CFS team monthly newsletter and media impact report.
  • ​Follow the news agenda to identify opportunities to promote CFS content.

• Track and log CFS team impact
  • Monitor media mentions and produce monthly report.
  • Gather examples of impact (e.g. Parliamentary appearances and hosting high-level guests) to feed into our stakeholder reporting.
  • Work with team members to identify opportunities to create impact with their activities and outputs

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The above list of duties is not exhaustive. The post holder will be required to undertake such duties that may reasonably be expected within the scope, grade and nature of the role.

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Person specification

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Essential skills and experience

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• Demonstrated experience of leading effective administration and programme management of a think-tank or similar programme with 15 staff members and annual budget of £2mm.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and copywriting skills.
• Experience in project/ programme management ideally gained in research setting.
• Excellent IT Skills (MS Office + Database + Web Based App) 
• Excellent organisation skills 
• Experience of event planning and management, including proven experience in organising large scale events 
• Experience of social media management.
• Proactive thinker with the ability to work independently, as well as in a team. The role requires close coordination within our team and more broadly with partners across RUSI.

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Desirable skills

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• Experience with leading CRM systems.
• Experience with social media management and analytic tool – preferably Sprout
• Some knowledge of grants and bids management 
• Project management qualification/ certification gained from an accredited body

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Our expectations

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We expect all staff to abide by and promote our RUSI’s Vision and Values 

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Benefits  

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• 25 days annual leave (rising with service)
• Additional days off during Christmas - RUSI Christmas closure days
• Generous pension contributions at 6% employer contribution,
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Season ticket loan
• Free access to RUSI's world leading programme of events and conferences, research materials and library
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders
• *Enhanced sick pay
• *Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

  *Depending on length of service

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Application Process  

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To apply, please click on the apply button and follow the instructions. You will be asked to include:  

• Your CV;
• Cover letter of no more than one page.

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Closing date: 23:59 UK on 8th November 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the closing date brought forward if needed. Early application is encouraged.

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Equal Opportunity and Values​

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At RUSI you will be appreciated and valued. Our stakeholders, transactions, and projects are international and diverse, so we work hard to create inclusive teams that support our efforts and each other. We are committed in promoting equality and diversity in our workforce and make it as diverse as the communities we serve. Our recruitment data helps us monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment practices in order that we can continue to improve on creating a more diverse workforce.

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This is an excellent opportunity for a highly-organised individual with excellent attention to detail, to play an important role supporting the aims of the organisation. This post is a key role within Community Arts North West, working closely with CAN’s Executive Director, to ensure the smooth running of many aspects of the company’s business.

This includes responsibility for:

• Company Reporting: To lead on company reporting to CAN’s core funders.
• Database management: To manage CAN’s monitoring database and email marketing database, and implement their use.
• Governance: To support the administration of CAN’s Governance responsibilities (Board of Trustees and Board meetings).
• Office management: To manage the CAN Office.
• Company administration: To manage and implement CAN’s administration systems and responsibilities.
• Operational support: To support the operational running of the company.

Foundation and Trust Administrator - Part-time (3 days working broadly office hours)

Location - Home based with occasional travel including to London, Birmingham and Stratford Upon Avon

The Rigby Foundation is the charity of the Rigby Family and their wholly owned family business, the Rigby Group PLC.  In 2023, the Trustees appointed an Executive Director, the Foundation’s first member of staff, to support them in setting their future strategy. The Foundation is now a place-based funder, with donations focussed on the West Midlands. 

Support is prioritised for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds aged between eleven years and twenty-five years, and on evidence-based charity programs that enable young people to succeed in education and have the chance of securing meaningful employment.

The Sir Peter Rigby Charitable Trust is Sir Peter’s newly established personal charity.  The strategy for the Trust is in development, with current support focussed on partnerships with two leading UK universities. 

The Executive Director oversees both The Rigby Foundation and The Sir Peter Rigby Charitable Trust, and is now looking to create a small dynamic team to include a Partnerships Manager and Administrator.  The Team will work closely together to ensure that Rigby Foundation funded programs enable the best possible outcomes for young people in the West Midlands, and that The Sir Peter Rigby Charitable Trust facilitates Sir Peter’s giving strategy once this is confirmed.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with the Rigby Foundation to recruit an Administrator to join this small and growing team.

The role:

This important role will be responsible for supporting administrative systems across both charities, working closely with the Executive Director on the following activities:
 

• Ensuring all requisite policies and procedures are in place for both charities
• Preparing Board papers and facilitating Trustee meetings
• Assisting with annual statutory reporting and audit processes
• Working with the ED to produce annual budgets
• Administering and processing all donation payments
• Responding to all internal and external requests for information
• Supporting staff matched fundraising
• Supporting Rigby Group staff involvement in Foundation and Trust activities
• Offering broader administrative support to the Executive Director.

The role requires substantial experience of governance, Trustee support, financial admin, managing diaries, meetings and travel as well as offering broader admin support wherever needed.

The person:

The successful candidate will have substantial experience of providing broad administrative support to an organisation ideally in the charity, grant-making or education sector. Helpful, organised and resourceful, this person will be able to juggle multiple tasks, to prioritise effectively and to plan ahead to meet deadlines.  A great communicator, this person will also be a real team player, proficient in all MS Office packages including Excel and Powerpoint with solid experience of having worked as a PA or similar type of role.

More broadly, this person will be enthusiastic and committed to the valuable work of  both charities.

Liberty is seeking an Infrastructure Manager to undertake a number of interesting short-term projects for a fixed term of 12 months to improve the efficiency of its operations.  The Infrastructure Manager will work closely with the Head of HR & Operations, Finance and Operations Director and external contacts to critically review several support systems and databases and recommend improved infrastructure at Liberty.

The successful candidate must have experience of having specified, sourced and implemented new database solutions in other organisations and a familiarity with a variety of monitoring, learning and evaluation frameworks, concepts, practices and procedures. An excellent project manager with experience of delivering projects to budget and on time and the ability to work with multiple stakeholders, motivating them through change, the successful candidate will be energised by delivering concurrent projects at pace.

Liberty fully embraces flexible working and is committed to employee development. We aim to encourage people from all backgrounds to work with us and are particularly interested in hearing from people from minority backgrounds and all socio-economic sections of society. Liberty supports hybrid working, with a minimum of two days per week in the Westminster office.

The deadline for applications is 5PM Monday 4 November 2024.

Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.

Please be aware that we do not accept CVs for this role. All applicants must complete the application form to apply.

First round interviews will be held on Thursday 21 November 2024

Second round interview will be held on Tuesday 26 November 2024

Apply via the job board on our website.

Who are we and what do we do?

We're the UK's leading ovarian cancer research charity, working on early detection, prevention and treatments so that no woman dies of ovarian cancer.

Ovarian Cancer Action is a community of changemakers with one purpose: to give ovarian cancer the focus it needs to increase 10-year survival rates. And we know research is the solution.

We live and breathe this lifesaving, world-leading research. We fund more ovarian cancer research than any other UK gynaecological cancer charity. It’s how we’ve driven some of the biggest breakthroughs of the last 19 years.

We're also the only charity at the heart of the global ovarian cancer research community and have been for four decades.

By connecting the world's leading scientists together, we’re creating a powerful hub of experience, expertise and insight. So, we confidently fund research that takes us a step closer to our goal: that by 2032 half of women will live more than 10 years after diagnosis.

The role

You’ll be key to delivering our corporate partnerships income strategy, identifying and driving vital new business as well retaining longer term support from priority sectors. As Corporate Partnerships Manager you will be responsible for driving income growth and leveraging Ovarian Cancer Action’s increasing levels of brand awareness and creating compelling, mutually beneficial partnerships. To achieve this, you’ll need to find innovative ways to engage businesses and identify opportunities to maximise income from the relevant sectors.

We are looking for someone who…

Has fantastic experience of securing, developing and growing partnerships. As well as a creative, insight led and good business acumen approach to developing mutually beneficial partnerships, in line with organisational priorities.

· Is looking to be an integral part of the fundraising management team, delivering robust plans, insight and spearheading relevant cross team project work. 

· Is looking for an exciting opportunity to shape, lead and grow a relatively new income focus area for Ovarian Cancer Action.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised Programmes & Fundraising Assistant to join our small, dynamic team - to support our mission of making a positive impact for primary school children in rural sub-Saharan Africa. In this versatile role, you will work closely with the Executive Director to manage key tasks, oversee project activities in Africa, assist with organising major fundraising events, such as our annual golf day and gala ball, and develop and maintain strong donor relations to secure funding. You will assist with researching and submitting funding proposals, managing project budgets and overseeing social media updates. Training and guidance in all aspects of the role will be given and there is huge scope for career progression.

If you are a proactive problem-solver with excellent communication skills, a passion for International Development, and willing to take on a variety of responsibilities, we encourage you to apply. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a flexible environment and is committed to the success of charitable projects.

Essential Criteria:

• Computer literate, with exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A flexible, "can-do" attitude, ready to engage in all aspects of running the charity.
• A passion for diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities.
• Full driving license and access to a vehicle (our current office is not accessible by public transport, although we are planning to relocate to a more accessible office soon).  Occasional WFH will be permitted, subject to agreement with the Executive Director.
• Must be a UK resident.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of project management and/or fundraising.
• Previous administrative work experience.

Remuneration:  Starting salary dependant on experience (£23-25k).

Closing Date: 8th November 2024

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so we encourage you to apply soon. Please note, we may close applications early if a suitable candidate is found. African Revival is an equal opportunities employer.

People living with Parkinson's value the services and opportunities Parkinson’s UK provides, delivered by committed and skilled colleagues, volunteers and partner organisations. Following an investment of 1.5 million we have the opportunity to build on the quality and reach of our community services. 

About the role

As members of the Community Directorate we aim to reach out to and support people with Parkinson’s, their families, friends and carers.  We enable the voice of people affected by Parkinson’s to be heard to improve services, inform our priorities and improve decision making locally. 

Through community development we work in close collaboration with our Parkinson’s community to bring change on the issues that matter most to people affected by Parkinson’s.

You’ll provide high quality business support to the Northern Ireland Director and team. 

What you’ll do:

• Provide administrative support to the Director of Northern Ireland
• Provide first point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders
• Organise online and in-person, internal and external meetings and other events, including booking venues and refreshments, assisting with the production of materials, fulfilling mailings and taking bookings as required
• Work across the team in Northern Ireland to ensure our records are up to date on all the current activities we and others support and that these are recorded on the local activity database
• Keep up to date with the directorate’s activities in order to provide clear, accurate information

What you’ll bring:

• Experience of team administration or supporting a senior executive
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and negotiate when required at all levels internally and externally. 
• Ability to work co-productively with people living with Parkinson’s
• Excellent administration skills, including note-taking, presentation preparation and a positive, assertive and resilient approach to prioritising and juggling varying pressures and conflicting priorities 
• Experience in coordinating multiple projects simultaneously that meet the business requirements

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.

We are operating rolling recruitment for this vacancy and reviewing applications as they are received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The successful candidate will be required to: 

• live in the area specified (Northern Ireland) and be able to travel freely and flexibly around these areas and occasionally further afield without reliance on public transport
• provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb 
• have a confidential space in which to work

Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

LOCATION - Remote with travel required across the UK

Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding new role in 2024? Apply for the Impact and Evaluation Senior Officer role at homelessness charity Emmaus UK.

About Emmaus

Emmaus is a secular organisation supporting homeless and socially excluded people by providing a home for as it is needed, meaningful work in a social enterprise and a sense of belonging and community. There are currently 30 Emmaus communities in the UK stretching from Glasgow to Dover and Norfolk to South Wales, collectively supporting more than 850 people. There are also 3 Emmaus groups working towards the development of services in their areas. We understand that a home is more than just a roof over your head; it’s somewhere to belong, where you feel part of a community, and that’s what Emmaus offers.

About the role

We are seeking an Impact and Evaluation Senior Officer, working with the Impact and Evaluation Manager, Director of Partnerships and Federation Development and with federation members.The role will be central to the delivery of strategic commitment to work together to record, study, continuously improve and broadcast our collective impact.

It’s an exciting time for the Emmaus Federation as we roll out a new In-Form (salesforce) CRM system and interlinked Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Framework.

The role will play a crucial part in implementing, gathering feedback and developing new systems and tools to be utilised by Emmaus communities.

The role will be varied in nature, one day might involve conducting interviews with people experiencing homelessness, then next providing support to a member of staff to improve a communities MEL practice, the following day might involve analysing a data set and writing a briefing paper.

Who are we looking for?

The Impact and Evaluation Senior Officer will play a key role in supporting the Emmaus federation to understand and demonstrates the impact of our work. 

The ideal candidate will have strong theoretical and practical evaluation skills coupled with the people skills to make this work accessible to a range of stakeholders.

They will need to be comfortable working as part of a remote team and able to travel to Emmaus communities across the UK to work with staff and companions.

What we offer

· £34,199 pro rata (based on a standard working week of 37.5 hours)

· Working hours: Can be delivered flexibly, Monday – Friday

· Contract: Permanent

· Pension: Stakeholder pension with employer contribution

· Annual leave: 25 days + Bank Holidays + 3 concessionary days leave

· Training & development: Individually tailored induction. Ongoing training and development

· Volunteering: 2 days allowance each year

· Employee assistance: 24/7 employee assistance scheme is available

· Flexible working: Options available, subject to the requirements of the role

· Life assurance: Death in service lump sum of 3 x salary

To apply

To apply for the role, please complete our application form and equal opportunities monitoring form and email us by 12pm on Wednesday 06 November 2024.

Please ensure you download the job pack and refer to the job description and person specification when completing your application form.

Those shortlisted will be invited to an interview conducted via Microsoft Teams on Monday 18 November.

If you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the role, please email us.

Equal Opportunities

Emmaus UK provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We are dedicated to an inclusive culture, and we strive to create a workplace where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristic, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together. We welcome applications from all individuals irrespective of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, marital status or parental responsibilities.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for our roles, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed so that shortlisting is based solely upon the suitability of the candidate’s experience.

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For the full Job Description and person spec, please refer to the attachment below.