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Pharmacist Support, crowned Small Charity of the Year 2023 and recognised for excellence in workplace wellbeing, is looking for a Central Support Officer to join our dynamic team.
Who Are We?
We’re the pharmacy profession’s independent charity, providing vital support to pharmacists, former pharmacists, and pharmacy students. Over the last five years, we’ve undergone transformational change and are now gearing up to deliver our next five-year strategy, driven by our wellbeing-focused vision and mission.
What’s the Role?
The Central Support Officer will be instrumental in ensuring the smooth delivery of the charity’s activities. You’ll lead on event coordination, office management, and provide essential support to our volunteer, wellbeing, and services teams. Your responsibilities will include:
- Event Coordination: Organising internal and external events, ensuring logistics, safeguarding, and health and safety policies are followed.
- Office Management: Overseeing the Manchester office, managing suppliers, liaising with the landlord, and keeping the workspace functional.
- Volunteer Engagement: Supporting and managing communications with volunteers, trustees, and ambassadors, ensuring they feel informed and valued.
- Team Support: Assisting wellbeing and services teams with bookings, project delivery, and resource development.
- Compliance & Administration: Developing and maintaining effective systems to support the charity’s operational objectives.
What We’re Looking For:
We’re seeking a proactive and organised individual with:
- At least 2 years’ experience in a similar role, ideally within a charity.
- Strong project management skills and experience developing processes.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills, with great attention to detail.
- High level of ICT proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to multitask effectively.
- A commitment to equality and diversity and alignment with our charity’s values.
Why Work for Us?
At Pharmacist Support, we take pride in fostering a flexible, inclusive, and wellbeing-focused work culture. When you join our team, you can expect:
- A supportive and collaborative environment where people matter.
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- A role that directly contributes to making a positive impact on the pharmacy profession.
- Hybrid working and flexible arrangements to suit your needs.
How to Apply:
Ready to take on this exciting challenge? To apply, please complete the application form which can be downloaded from our website. More information can be found in the Recruitment Pack:
- Application deadline: 12noon 10th February 2025.
- Interviews will take place on: 25th February 2025 at our Manchester office.
Be part of something meaningful – join us and help shape the future of our charity!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
For over two decades, Social Investment Business has provided finance and support to charities and social enterprises. We empower these organisations to do what they do best - serve the communities they operate within.
Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable
For further information on what we do, our values and our generous benefits please visit our website.
Our research has highlighted the lag faced by the community sector in its transition to net zero – no longer burning fossil fuels – compared to the domestic housing sector. To respond to this challenge SIB is launching a Heat Development Company, which will work closely with community initiatives seeking to decarbonise their heating – moving from boilers that burn gas or oil – and engage with their communities to support them through the net zero transition. This role will be integral to the success of this new initiative, working closely with our customers and wider stakeholders to make the community case for electrification and away from gas. Please see page 5 for further information.
About the Role
Reporting to the Deputy CEO this is an exciting role supporting one of the UK’s leading social investors in our pioneering work on heat decarbonisation.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about the work we do, is organised and has excellent attention to detail. Someone who is flexible with a “can do” attitude and who has a desire to get involved within a fast-paced team. If that is you and you can also bring in new ideas and are keen to get involved with the wider team projects as well as collaborate across the organisation then this could be a really exciting opportunity be a part of our values led organisation. For further information please refer to the background information available below.
Key responsibilities
1. To co-create and implement an effective community engagement strategy for the new Heat Development Company involving the three existing grantees on the programme, in particular giving consideration to the ways in which the Heat DevCo’s new investees can best work with local residents to make the case for electrification. To be the first point of contact for the pioneer grantees, and for the programme’s first set of development sites, ensuring that excellent communications are designed and implemented, and that questions and concerns are answered in a timely and informed way.
2. To manage any community consultants engaged as part of the programme, or working with project management partners.
3.To coordinate regular stakeholder engagement with key interest groups: grantees & investees and their communities, the social sector, and the decentralised energy sector. To be creative in developing these contacts, and to consider new and innovative ways of carrying out outreach and ongoing engagement reflecting the differential impact of analogue and digital methods of engagement, their reach into communities, and their replicability and cost.
4. To lead on qualitative research on decarbonisation and electrification for the Heat DevCo, in particular to support the Deputy CEO and research and data team in exploring the potential of heat as a common pool resource.
5. To work closely with the policy and communications team to ensure that stakeholder engagement reflects SIB’s policy priorities on decarbonisation and electrification, and that feedback from stakeholders is reflected in policy and communication outputs. To support the policy and communications team in its development of new policy and communication assets, and to work with the data team to incorporate the best evidence into outputs across SIB’s platforms. To work with external groups on the best approach to public information campaigns on electrification, and to ensure that SIB has a voice in wider efforts to encourage electrification in the UK.
6. To develop a calendar of useful events in heating decarbonisation and electrification, to attend relevant events or conferences and to ensure that the senior team prioritise the best set of opportunities to raise SIB’s profile and progress leads and partnerships. Through attendance to present the Heat Development Company, answering questions and reporting key feedback, ensuring that internal development work effectively reflects a wide set of views and experiences. To be an accessible and responsive contact point for SIB’s work on heat decarbonisation, taking a creative and inclusive approach to outreach and information sharing.
7. To support the coordination and project management of business development in community energy, heating and cooling, social investment fundraising and capacity building, supporting Business Development colleagues with relevant case studies, customer viewpoints and grassroots experience.
8. To provide regular and timely updates on the development of opportunities in heat decarbonisation and electrification to the senior team. These updates should both support effective information sharing across the organisation, and, in particular, reflect the grassroots and community perspective. This should enable SIB to make the best use of its resources and pursue its strategic priorities in an inclusive and accessible way.
9. To contribute to high quality bid responses for invitations to tender from funders, investors and other key client groups in heating, community energy, decarbonisation and electrification, to ensure that these are well-written and represent stakeholder and grassroots viewpoints.
10. To coordinate and contribute to a clear strategy and objectives for decarbonisation and electrification at SIB.
11. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
12. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I.
13. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy.
14. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required.
15. To work within the organisation's values, principles, and processes to achieve operational excellence.
Core competencies
- A good understanding of net zero and decarbonisation. A background or experience in working in this area is helpful but not essential.
- Excellent relationship management skills both with internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of different interest groups including communities and grassroots organisations.
- Effective time management.
- Self-motivated, with high energy and an engaging level of enthusiasm.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
- Excellent Microsoft Office Skills, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Flexible and adaptable as a team player.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Commitment to equality, diversity & inclusion
Desirable competencies
- Understanding of the social investment or grant-making market in the UK
- Understanding of community energy schemes
We believe in the power of the social economy to build a more equal society.
The Destitution Project (DP) is a dynamic and well-respected charity at the forefront of refugee and asylum seeker support in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Proud recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Voluntary Service! As DP’s Operations and Development Manager, you will provide overall leadership and management for the drop in and casework operations, staff and volunteers. This will include attending and being responsible for oversight at the Wednesday Drop-in and liaising with service providers and partner organisations.
Our Wednesday Drop-in offers a safe, welcoming space for people to meet and mix. We provide a hot meal; food parcels for asylum seekers; clothing and household goods and much more. Our Casework Service provides information and support face to face at the Drop-in and remotely through the week to first time applicants; refugees newly granted Leave to Remain and refused asylum seekers.
Our service is delivered by a passionately committed team of three staff members (part-time) and a volunteer core of thirty including 6 trustees. A few of the Team have been with the Project since its foundation as an independent charity in 2015; others have joined along the way, some having initially come to DP as service users themselves. People with lived experience are central to everything we do, not just as service users, but as staff, volunteers and trustees.
You will work closely with DP’s Trustees and the DP Coordinating Committee to ensure smooth service delivery; develop and implement DP’s long-term strategic plans and, via consultation and feedback, build resilient services and activities that meet service users’ needs and help enhance the local community. This will include building relationships in the community and representing DP at events and via external networks.
You will have experience of:
• Managing and supervising the work of teams and individuals.
• Decision-making in a wide range of situations including where risk management and safeguarding are considerations.
• Managing competing interests within the workplace.
• Understanding the circumstances and needs of refugees, asylum-seekers and vulnerable migrants.
The skills and attributes you will bring to DP:
• A creative, flexible, problem-solving approach
• Good communication (with a sense of humour)
• Able to reflect and learn from experience,
• Respectful of staff and volunteer knowledge and experience
• Commitment to working in a manner, which promotes diversity and equity ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and dignity.
The Destitution Project (DP) aims to provide a safe environment for asylum seekers and refugees where they can find friendship and practical help
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the job
In this temporary position, the Program Officer will fill a unique, multi-faceted role that offers the opportunity to leverage their program management experience to help lead a complex global coalition at the intersection of human rights and technology. This is a temporary position, maternity leave cover, with an expected end date of April 15, 2026. This position will support a global Internet freedom initiative that will support local civil society, independent media, and human rights defenders to better prevent and respond to digital repression in their own contexts, particularly in repressive contexts. The activity focuses on building long-term, local resilience among civil society through a networked approach involving global, regional, and local actors. The activity provides technical assistance on digital security, digital governance advocacy and engagement, censorship circumvention, and holistic legal, psychosocial, and physical security support.
Under the guidance of the Deputy Chief of Party and in coordination with the larger project team (including the Advisors and Chief of Party), the Program Officer will oversee the implementation of activities, ensuring strong coordination with other project objectives, and compliance with USAID and Internews policies. The Program Officer will work closely with project partners, support internal coordination efforts, and be responsible for effectively sharing the impact and successes of the program. Further, the Program Officer will support, when needed, the business development, start up and oversight of related Associate Awards and Buy-Ins.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, with other duties upon request:
Program/Project Management:
- Provide project management and program implementation oversight, strategic planning, analysis, personnel, grants, procurement and finance tasks as needed.
- Serve as primary point of contact for regional and local partners
- Assist in the development of team systems, norms and practices.
- Supervise at least one (1) full-time staff, including assigning work, approving timesheets and managing their workload (as needed).
- Cultivate and strengthen relationships with international, regional and local partner organizations and ensure that implementation is responsive to the needs of partners and beneficiaries.
- Support the MEL Specialist and the MEL Partner in developing and implementing strong MEL frameworks and activities, ensuring that all project partners understand MEL requirements.
- Support the development of Associate Award and Buy-In proposals, project start-up and ongoing coordination; ensuring (when needed) that project staff are onboarded, existing processes and approaches are shared, and regular communication occurs across all relevant teams.
Administration & Finance:
- Manage the implementation, communication and programmatic oversight of all subgrants (PASS and HQ managed) issued under Civic DEFENDERS. This includes reviewing the prospective grantee applications, program and design, budget negotiations, payments and partner reporting.
- Ensure all funder approval request packages are complete and ready to be sent by the COP/DCOP.
- Oversee all administrative aspects of the Civic DEFENDERS digital governance activities, in coordination with the COP, DCOP and Business Management team.
- In coordination with the Business Management team, ensure program implementation complies with funder requirements and Internews’ policies and procedures.
- Oversee the implementation of personal service contracts, outside service contracts and simple service contracts.
- Support COP, DCOP and Advisors in ensuring that timelines are met, deliverables and approvals tracked.
- Support hiring efforts for project staff and consultants, including ensuring effective onboarding.
Writing & Research:
- Support the writing and compiling of program reporting, including quarterly reports and annual workplans, ensuring the final product sent for DCOP/COP review is complete and timely.
- Review and respond to work products from partners, as needed.
- Support internal and external communications, including website, 2-pagers, summaries, etc.
- Represent team and Internews at events, as needed.
- In all duties, uphold Internews’ Core Values and demonstrate commitment to fostering a culture of belonging.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required
- University degree in relevant fields of study OR equivalent lived/professional experience.
- Minimum five years’ relevant prior work experience in Democracy, Human Rights and Governance programming, with a preference for previous experience in digital rights, governance or Internet freedom
- Up to five years’ experience in the thematic area.
- Strong writing skills and proven text-editing proficiency.
- Strong analytical skills; ability to define, communicate, and resolve complex problems. Strong interpersonal skills: diplomacy, tact, and the ability to negotiate.
- Strong time management and organizational skills; ability to effectively manage a dynamic workload and shifting priorities.
- Experience with project management, partnership management, and working with at-risk and marginalized populations.
- Advanced computer skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Office and Airtable (or similar project management software).
- Strong English language proficiency.
- Flexibility to work outside traditional office hours as required.
Preferred
- Note: Candidates who do not have these preferred qualifications, but are interested and willing to learn, are encouraged to apply.
- Previous experience implementing US Government (USG) funded programs, or other similar programs; USAID experience particularly preferred.
- Proficiency in languages others than English, such as Spanish, Portuguese, French, Russian, or Arabic.
- Experience using secure channels for communication.
- Knowledge of Internet freedom, including current debates, relevant actors and global trends.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met or may be encountered by an employee performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include normal color perception and close vision for use of computer terminal and reading printed and electronic materials. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to the risk of radiation from regular exposure to computer VDTs.
Expected office hours are generally Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the associate a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of their position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.
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Fundraising Manager
We’re at an exciting stage of expansion and are looking for a passionate and driven individual to lead our income generation strategy. In this pivotal role, you’ll collaborate closely with the CEO and leadership team to shape and execute a dynamic plan that ensures sustainable growth and long-term impact.
Role Description
The role holder will be a confident natural leader able to clearly set out and communicate a compelling future income generation direction for TDS. Additionally, the role holder will be a critical thinker who utilises real time data and past and future trends to make informed decisions, analyse past and current results in order to identify emerging opportunities, and embraces a continuous learning mindset that values both successes and failures.
Role tasks
• Update and oversee TDS’ fundraising strategy, plans and related targets by consulting with and securing the support of our Fundraising group.
• Work closely with the CEO to explore new fundraising initiatives and then evaluate and monitor progress vs goals.
• Support the CEO in identifying, developing and writing bids and grant applications. • Identify, develop and maintain relationships with community and corporate partners that support fundraising, pay as you earn, gifts-in-kind and volunteer engagement.
• Oversee fundraising events and activities undertaken by community and corporate partners, groups and individuals.
• Inspire the TDS fundraising staff and volunteer team, fostering a culture of ownership and accountability for income generation.
• Drive a refreshed telemarketing campaign to identify, acquire and engage corporate partners.
• Manage a team of volunteer Fundraisers who will help to deliver against actions in the fundraising plan.
• Review, refresh and guide TDS’ external communication strategy.
• Working closely with the CEO to represent Together Dementia Support across agreed public events and platforms.
• Develop and maintain supportive relationships with the Board of Trustees and lead interactions with the Fundraising and Communications groups.
• Create a positive TDS supporter experience that encourages sustained engagement through good stewardship.
• Work in a manner that always facilitates inclusion and empowerment, particularly of people with dementia and their carers.
• Provide reports for the CEO and the Board of Trustees.
•Any other role-related tasks as required by the CEO.
Please visit our website to download the recruitment pack and find out how to apply. We can only accept applications that contain a CV and covering letter explaining how you fit the job specification.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Background and purpose
Metabolic Support UK (MSUK) is the umbrella patient organisation for people living with and affected by Inherited Metabolic Disorders (IMDs). We are a UK-based organisation with an international reach. There are approximately 40,000 people in the UK living with one of around 1,500 IMDs. Globally an estimated 71, 260 people are born with these conditions each year and 1.43 million people live with IMDs worldwide.
IMDs are rare, lifelong genetic disorders that affect people in a variety of ways including lifestyle, lifespan, diet and medication needs and symptoms. Sadly, some disorders can cause irreversible complications or death.
Since our inception in 1981, we have been at the forefront of rare disease community development; as a founding member of EURORDIS, expanding newborn screening, accelerating the development of IMD treatments, and empowering our community through the Living Well Movement.We enable our inherited metabolic disorder community to live well by offering individual support, building connections, and developing evidence-based insight.
The role
MSUK is looking to recruit a dynamic, ambitious and confident Fundraising Manager to work with the Chief Executive to develop and implement our income strategy. We are seeking a passionate and experienced Fundraising Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will be a core member of the team, developing and delivering the income stream for the charity with fundraising strategies that support MSUK’s mission. The role will report to the Chief Executive and will be responsible for driving forward all aspects of fundraising, including building corporate partnerships, individual giving, major donors, trusts and foundations, legacies and community. The MSUK team is a small but agile team and we expect the successful candidate to be a self-starter with a “can do” attitude, lots of energy and an ability to work autonomously. This is an exciting opportunity to join an exciting and progressive charity and to work with a fun, committed and established team.
Please note this is a remote working position but candidates will need to live permanently in the UK be able to travel to Manchester/Midlands for regular team meetings and across the UK at short notice for community events and meetings.
Main Responsibilities:
Fundraising Management and Development
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Work with the Chief Executive to develop and implement a balanced and realistic fundraising strategy, which builds on MSUK strengths and maximises income for the charity.
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Deliver an integrated fundraising programme, which includes corporate partnerships, individual giving, major donors, trusts and foundations, legacies, community and events.
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Ensure all fundraising activity is compliant with GDPR and relevant fundraising regulation and that all data is accurate and maintained efficiently.
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To maintain and develop the donor CRM platform (currently Nutshell) including building supporter journeys to enhance donor experiences and maximise income for the charity.
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Provide up to date funding reports and fundraising forecasts for the board
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Work with the team to ensure that all opportunities to promote MSUK and develop our fundraising and supporter engagement experiences are explored and maximised.
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With the CEO, manage all aspects of finance and reporting relating to fundraising, including annual budgets, monthly reporting and re-forecasting. Provide monthly reports and updates on all fundraising activities and income streams
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Work with the communications team, internal colleagues and external stakeholders to create impactful storytelling and supporter engagement opportunities to maximise revenue streams.
This job description is intended only as a guide to the range of duties involved. The post holder will need to be flexible and adaptable in order to respond to other duties that may be required from time to time and the changes and developments within the charity appropriate to the role.
Required experience and skills
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Proven experience working in a charity with responsibility for income
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Experience developing and managing a diverse fundraising portfolio with significant expertise in at least one of charitable trusts and grants, corporate partnerships and major donors
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Experience of managing fundraising budgets and ability to make informed forecasts
about income and return on investment
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Experience of effective time management, working to tight deadlines and prioritising conflicting priorities successfully
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Experience in managing successful cross-functional relationships, internally and externally
Skills & Attributes
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Excellent written and oral communications skills with the ability to organise and present information clearly and adapt communication to a variety of audiences
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Excellent organisational abilities with good attention to detail, including the ability to manage a high-volume workload and conflicting priorities
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Confident use of IT – including Teams, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, CRM Databases
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A salesperson who can represent our charity and tell the stories of our community with confidence and clarity
Other Requirements
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Excellent team player also able to work individually and remotely, with the ability to build and maintain positive, collaborative and trusting relationships
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Belief in and commitment to MSUK mission and values
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Willingness to work flexibly, travel within the UK and internationally and to undertake some evening/weekend work
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Eligibility to work in the UK
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About Cord
Cord is an international charity working to make peace a reality where people don’t have the freedom to exercise their rights. We work to build the relationship between those in power and local communities.
We believe that people flourish when all parts of society work together. Peaceful relationships make that possible. The simple act of talking begins a journey of growth which transforms mistrust, includes the excluded and turns adversaries into allies.
Cord operates in eight countries and implements programmes in the following areas:
- Empowering Women & Girls
- Accessing Fundamental Freedoms
- Climate & the Environment
- Economic Empowerment
- Supporting Stronger Societies
We are a small, committed team who love working together to make a huge impact. If you like the sound of us, then take a look at the recruitment pack and come and join our team!
About the Role
Are you someone who is passionate about seeing positive change in our world? Can you bring knowledge and creativity in designing innovative and effective peacebuilding programmes?
We are looking for someone to support our programmes and institutional fundraising with excellent writing skills, who is passionate about addressing the root causes of and inequalities caused by conflict. You will be someone passionate about the work Cord does and who can bring technical institutional funding expertise alongside peacebuilding knowledge to our small and committed team.
In this role you will lead the development of new programmes and institutional funding bids in line with Cord’s peacebuilding approach and 5 main programme areas. You will manage proposal submissions to Cord’s key donors such as the EU, US State Department, GIZ, SDC, UN Peacebuilding Fund etc. You will be working closely with country teams to design and write proposals based on strong project designs developed in partnership with our local partners.
The role will also operate at a strategic level by managing Cord’s relationships with key donors and shaping how Cord communicates about its programmes and the added-value that Cord brings.
If you like what you read and are passionate about real and lasting change, come and join us and be part of the Cord story.
To apply please send your CV and covering letter explaining your interest in the role and how you fulfil the role requirements.
Please ensure that your address/location is stated on your CV or cover letter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Introduction and background
Founded in 2011, the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) is a UK-wide charity and network of over 130 member organisations, parents, and clinicians dedicated to ensuring all women, birthing people, babies and families impacted by perinatal mental health problems have access to high-quality, compassionate care and support.
The MMHA has recently been awarded a 5-year grant by the National Lottery Community Fund to tackle maternal mental health inequities through community action.
The Maternal Mental Health Councils project will develop, test and replicate a model of community-based decision-making, support and service provision that is led by women with lived experience. The aim is to achieve system change locally and nationally to improve the mental health of marginalised women and is the next phase of the MMHA’s programme to tackle maternal mental health inequities across the UK.
With this funding, we are pleased to be recruiting for an exciting new National Programme Manager role to lead this important work and be an integral part of creating change for families across the UK.
Main responsibilities
Project delivery
- Deliver all key elements of the MMH Council project, in four localities, covering four different populations, implementing a model of community action led by women with lived experience
- Set up, convene, and facilitate the project governance board
- Research, identify and engage with local community and service organisations, and recruit and liaise with local core partner organisations
- Seek out, develop relationships, and work with other stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, voluntary and community organisations, commissioners, local authority staff, politicians, employers, and others with a shared commitment to achieving the objectives of the project
- With local partners, to recruit lived experience chairs and co-ordinators to lead the MMHA Councils
- Link with other organisations, groups, partnerships and local systems-change initiatives – such as Integrated Care Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards, and Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnerships
- Set up a national advisory group consisting of a range of representatives from partner organisations
- Identify and share learnings from the project to support wider MMHA campaigning
- Work with evaluation partners to build impact frameworks and support outcomes measurement
- Deliver events across the UK to disseminate learning and impact systems change
Project management
- Ensure the project is managed clearly and proportionately, with key decisions and activities documented
- Monitor delivery against agreed outcomes
- Maintain project plans and other relevant documentation, including risk registers
- Write reports, for external and external use, including for MMHA trustees and the Community Fund
- Capture notes and learning from key events and activities, including the MMH Councils, project governance board, and national advisory group
- Undertake administrative tasks to support the delivery of the project.
People and relationships
- Support and enable women with lived experience to become and remain leaders of this work
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to deliver the project.
Reporting, finance and compliance
- Ensure financial agreements and robust systems are in place with partners
- Manage day-to-day budgets, ensuring the project remains within the agreed expenditure
- Ensure an effective process so that project stakeholders, including women with lived experience, are promptly reimbursed for any costs incurred
Download the job pack for a list of the skills and experience we're looking for.
How to apply
The application process is outlined in the job pack.
- Deadline: 10am, Tuesday 4th February 2025
- First interviews: online, Wednesday 12th February 2025.
The MMHA is dedicated to ensuring women and families affected by perinatal mental illness have access to high-quality, compassionate care.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Hours: Full-time
Pay: £29000 - £31,500 GBP annual gross (dependent on role & experience)
Duration: 18 months (with possible extension dependent on funding)
Location: UK-based with international deployment
Are you looking to kickstart your career in the humanitarian sector? Is your ambition to develop towards leadership roles in humanitarian work? And are you willing to work hard, learn by doing, and contribute to humanitarian work by doing everything it takes to deliver lifesaving health emergency responses?
UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.
We are excited to launch our Humanitarian Trainee Scheme, offering three distinct trainee roles in the areas of Health, Operations, or Logistics. The Humanitarian Trainee Scheme presents an unparalleled learning opportunity for early career professionals who are committed to a career in humanitarian work. It is an opportunity to catapult your career forward towards humanitarian leadership roles within Health, Operations and Logistics. The Humanitarian Trainee Scheme consists of an 18-month pathway designed to provide in-depth exposure to humanitarian health programming through a structured professional development plan where you will embed in a team and contribute actively to the daily work and priorities in the team and wider organisation both in Headquarters and in the field whilst engaging in formal and informal professional development opportunities through training, mentoring, on-the-job learning, etc.
As a trainee, you will:
- Embed in a team in UK-Med headquarters where you will contribute to our broad preparedness and activities within Health, Operations or Logistics.
- Deploy internationally to assist in delivering humanitarian health responses.
- Participate in tailored training, mentoring, and shadowing to build your skills and experience.
We are looking for three motivated individuals, each focused on one of the key areas:
- Health Trainee
- Operations Trainee
- Logistics Trainee
You will have relevant qualifications (e.g., a degree or postgraduate qualification depending on the role) and a keen interest in the humanitarian sector. Some professional and international experience is essential, along with a strong drive to develop your career in one of these critical fields.
This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience, develop your skills, and make a meaningful impact in global health emergencies.
We are proud to offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, with the opportunity to contribute to life-saving humanitarian responses.
How to apply
We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack – Humanitarian Trainees - January 2025 before applying for this role.
To apply, please submit a current CV and a supporting letter (2 pages) through our online jobs portal.
Please apply below, as soon as possible and no later than Monday 27th January 2025
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of the selection process, which includes interviews and in-person assessments to evaluate their skills and suitability for the role.
Please note: Due to the nature of this role, candidates must be deployable without the need for additional visa applications to Schengen countries. This requirement is essential for operational reasons to ensure swift and efficient deployment in humanitarian settings, enabling timely and effective responses to crises.
Applications for work in the UK can only be accepted from people with an existing right to work in the UK.
UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.
UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.