Head Of Strategic Jobs in London

Term: Full time, permanent

Salary: Circa £100,000 per annum plus generous benefits, and 30 days’ annual leave.

Location: London (Victoria) – hybrid (one to three days in the office as a minimum), with some travel around England required

Closing date: Wednesday 13 November, at 12 noon

Interviews: w/c 2 December 2024

NHS Providers is the membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community, and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. We help those NHS foundation trusts and trusts to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care by enabling them to learn from each other, acting as their public voice and helping shape the system in which they operate.  

NHS Providers has all trusts in England in voluntary membership, collectively accounting for £115bn of annual expenditure and employing 1.4 million staff.  

We are looking for someone with a breadth of communications skills and strengths. Our communications directorate encompasses 18 people, and the director of communications has responsibility for two direct reports and sits on our executive management team (EMT), also helping to shape strategy and development across our 100-strong organisation. As director of communications, you will play a pivotal role in developing and strengthening our communications directorate. This will include ensuring we operate in an integrated way across our communications, policy and strategy, development and engagement and corporate services and finances directorates, enabling us to build on our success as an outstanding membership organisation.

You will provide strategic leadership for the organisation’s communications, marketing, media, digital and design functions, providing high level advice and support to the chief executive, deputy chief executive, chair and board, as well as playing a key role as part of the NHS Providers director team.

To apply, please send a CV (no more than three sides) or equivalent biographical information, a short covering letter that explains your motivation and responds directly to part one of the person specification, to NHS Providers’ HR team.

Please also complete the online interactive equal opportunities monitoring form as part of your application.

If you have any queries about the role, please email these to us and someone from the team will assist.

NHS Providers is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality, beliefs, or disability. To be successful in this role you will need to be personally committed to being anti-racist and support our broader diversity work across all protected characteristics.

Department: Finance and Corporate Services directorate

Location: hybrid working – currently a minimum of two days per week in our Aldgate, London office

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours

Contract: Full time, permanent

Salary: £78,000 – £86,000 per annum

Closing date: Tuesday 12th November at 11.59pm

Annual Leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays pro rata)

Benefits:

• enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay
• family-friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS pension
• free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to wellbeing app (healthy living tips and Bright TV )
• flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
• learning and development committed (bespoke training, LinkedIn Learning etc)
• employee health and wellbeing committed (Menopause Friendly accreditation, Disability Confident employer etc)

Background:

Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia: a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime – either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.

Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible, for as long as possible.

Purpose of the job/About the role

Following a period of successful growth, we are investing in our people, technology, and infrastructure to better meet the changing needs of those we serve. To support this transformation, we are seeking a Deputy Director of IT who will lead in delivering a reliable, secure, and innovative IT environment that enhances the charity’s operations.

In this role, you will lead technical teams, manage projects, oversee IT infrastructure, and ensure that technology aligns with the charity’s strategic goals. You will play a vital role in advancing our digital capabilities, enabling efficient operations and supporting the expansion of our mission-driven activities.

As a strategic leader, you will contribute to the overall strategy for Finance and Corporate Services, offering insights and guidance. You will oversee the development and implementation of the overarching IT strategy, working closely with the Director to ensure alignment with the Directorate Strategy. In addition, you will lead in the creation and execution of the charity’s Data Strategy, empowering Dementia UK to effectively harness data into actionable goals with clear performance metrics.

You will collaborate with internal stakeholders such as fundraising, clinical, finance and people teams to understand their IT needs and explore opportunities to enhance service delivery, fundraising, and donor engagement through technology. Your oversight of IT infrastructure will span servers, networks, cloud environments and data centers, ensuring reliable and secure operations while implementing best practices in security and data protection. You will also ensure that IT policies and procedures comply with industry standards, including GDPR, Charity Commission requirements, and data security guidelines.

To succeed in this role, you will have a degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, along with extensive experience in senior IT management, with a focus on infrastructure, security, and project management. You will possess sound knowledge of IT governance, security, and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR) and have experience with cloud platforms, network infrastructure, and database management. Exceptional communication skills will be essential, enabling you to convey complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Join us now and be part of a team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.

Our Culture

In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to achieve their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone, we aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.

By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs

When you apply for a job at Dementia UK, we will collect certain information about you to process your application and assess your suitability for the role. Further details can be found in our privacy notice.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with project management experience and a desire to serve churches in Southwark Diocese as part of an initiative enabling spiritual and numerical growth. 

Specific projects have been identified in places across the Diocese of Southwark where there is a clear opportunity for growth and funding has been obtained from the Church of England’s Strategic Development Funding (SDF) to support these projects. This role will be key in the successful implementation of our strategy in each of these places, ensuring the plans are implemented and all strategic and operational aspects of the project are co-ordinated and monitored.   An important component of the role is to identify the lessons that are being learned so that these can be replicated to good effect across the Diocese and the wider church. 

The Project Manager is responsible for day to day management of the project from initial set up through to successful delivery, working closely with the Programme Manager.  This will involve the implementation, co-ordination and tracking of the project plans for the projects that comprise this SDF funded initiative.

About you

• Relevant experience of managing projects in a complex environment is critical, as well as the ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders from different disciplines and with differing viewpoints.
   
• You should have a good awareness and understanding of techniques for planning, monitoring and measuring programmes and projects, including risk management, with a proven ability to support organisational change. 
   
• A good understanding of the structure, breadth and dynamics of the Church of England will be important, along with the desire to serve our churches and support a fruitful future.
   

Are you interested in applying? Please view the Job Information Pack for full and further details about the role, including shortlisting and interview dates.

About us

The Diocese of Southwark is one of the 42 dioceses of the Church of England, created in 1905 from part of the ancient Diocese of Rochester. The Diocese covers South London and East Surrey, is one of the largest Dioceses in the Church of England and the most diverse, and is divided into three episcopal areas: Croydon, Kingston, and Woolwich. It has the London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury and has the centre of the Church of England in the diocese, Lambeth Palace. Today the Diocese ministers to nearly three million people over an area of 317 square miles through its 293 parishes and 105 church schools, educating more 37,000 young people. The churches offer welcome, care and dignity to their parishes, supporting those in education, hospitals and prisons, and pioneering communities seeking to reach out and serve in new ways.

Equal Opportunities

The Diocese has a strong commitment to equal opportunities and will not discriminate on the grounds of race, nationality, age, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Its employees are expected to abide by the Equal Opportunities Policy which embodies these principles.

About the role

Join WorldSkills UK as a senior programme manager to lead the award-winning Centre of Excellence, where you’ll drive transformative change in workforce development and education on a national scale. We’re looking for a dedicated, results-oriented leader with a proven track record in managing and delivering impactful workforce development programmes. In this role, you will lead a team, ensuring high-quality outcomes, strengthening stakeholder partnerships, and making a measurable impact on teaching, learning and assessment across the UK.

Role purpose

The Centre of Excellence is WorldSkills UK’s flagship programme, dedicated to transforming the quality of teaching, learning, and assessment across Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). This pioneering programme drives innovation and raises standards by delivering world-class training and development opportunities for educators, ultimately enhancing outcomes for learners and ensuring the UK’s global competitiveness in skills excellence. As Senior Workforce Development Manager, you will lead the programme management of the Centre of Excellence, playing a pivotal role in advancing its mission. You’ll oversee a growing network of member institutions committed to achieving excellence by integrating international expertise and best practices from around the globe. Your leadership will ensure the Centre of Excellence influences every aspect of teaching, learning, and assessment, setting new benchmarks that elevate the quality of education across the sector.

Key tasks and responsibilities

1. Programme management:

Provide effective programme management ensuring the Centre of Excellence operates at the highest standards, with strategic oversight of all workstreams, including stakeholder engagement, resource management, and performance monitoring.

• Leading the programme’s strategic planning and execution, ensuring that all workstreams—including budget management, timelines, and resource allocation—are closely aligned with overall objectives. Proactively address challenges to maintain programme momentum and achieve milestones effectively.

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to support programme success. Facilitate effective communication and alignment across teams, partners, and member institutions, promoting active engagement and collaboration throughout all programme phases.

• Establishing and overseeing a robust framework for monitoring and evaluating programme performance, focusing on impact assessment and continuous improvement. Provide regular reports on outcomes and insights, manage risks to ensure programme goals are met, and utilise evaluation data to inform strategic adjustments that enhance programme effectiveness.

• Overseeing the marketing and communication activity to promote the programme, ensuring it is visible and well-positioned among key audiences and stakeholders. Collaborate with the marketing team to develop targeted campaigns that highlight programme achievements, generate interest, and enhance engagement within the Centre of Excellence network and wider education and skills sector.

2. Network member Management:

Lead and execute a comprehensive member engagement strategy, driving value through targeted onboarding, recognition programmes, and an evolving account management framework to foster long-term member satisfaction and retention. Oversee tracking and analysis to inform strategic improvements and identify growth opportunities that align with the Centre of Excellence’s mission to expand impact.

• Developing and implementing a member engagement strategy, ensuring that institutions gain significant value from their involvement in the Centre of Excellence to include a recognition and awards programme to reward and celebrate members’ excellent practice and engagement with the Centre of Excellence.

• Providing strategic oversight to the enrolment and validation process for new members, ensuring that new institutions meet the Centre of Excellence’s standards, and work closely with the Network Member Manager to streamline onboarding, guaranteeing a positive initial experience that sets the stage for long-term involvement.

• Overseeing the tracking and evaluation of member engagement, using data to identify trends and areas for improvement. Provide regular updates on membership retention, engagement levels, and impact to leadership, and work with the Network Member Manager to develop strategies based on these insights.

• Identifying growth opportunities and enhancements to the programme offerings that can address emerging industry needs, supporting the Centre of Excellence’s mission and expanding its reach and impact.

3. Workforce Development:

The Senior Workforce Development Manager will lead a team of High Performance Skills Coaches to design, implement, and continuously improve a world-class teacher training programme. By incorporating global insights and innovative practices, this role ensures that the programme enhances teaching quality and raises educator capacity to deliver world-class education.

• Utilising insights from international benchmarking and emerging trends from global partners to incorporate cutting-edge methodologies and world-class standards into the teacher training programme.

• Leading a team of Skills Coaches to guide the development and delivery of high impact teacher training experiences, focusing on practical and solutions focussed strategies underpinned by international best practice that improve teaching, learning, and assessment.

• Overseeing the planning and scheduling of training activities to align with the academic calendar, ensuring that sessions are well-timed and accessible to educators throughout the year. Collaborate with the Marketing and Communications teams to promote training opportunities, generate demand, and expand programme reach, actively engaging member institutions and their teaching staff.

• Establishing robust tracking and evaluation systems to monitor programme outcomes, using data to measure the effectiveness of training content and delivery. Analyse engagement and impact metrics to inform ongoing improvements, ensuring alignment with Centre of Excellence goals and maintaining the programme’s reputation for excellence.

4. General responsibilities for a Senior Manager

In addition to the key tasks and responsibilities set out above, all employees at this level are expected to:

• Manage, support and motivate allocated staff to successfully deliver activities/tasks.

• Manage resources (including staff, volunteers, suppliers, and partners) so that all project elements are delivered to acceptable standards on time, to budget and meet the required specifications and objectives.

• Contribute to a performance driven culture ensuring outcomes and activities are continuously monitored, reviewed, and evaluated against grant KPIs, resolving issues, and initiating appropriate corrective action.

• Establish a strong mechanism to measure impact, capture, report, and transfer intelligence across programmes of work.

• Produce requirement specifications in line with WorldSkills UK’s procurement strategies for all outsourced activity.

• Maintain WorldSkills UK’s established management policies for dealing with risks and issues for the Workforce Development team and the wider organisation.

• Contribute to the successful delivery of WorldSkills UK’s strategic priorities and annual business objectives.

• Promote and comply with WorldSkills UK’s Employee Handbook and the policies contained therein with particular reference to those related to Health and Safety and on equity, diversity and inclusion.

• Carry out any other duty as may be reasonably assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility. 

Person specification Key:

[E] Essential / [D] Desirable.

Qualifications and experience:

• Experience in leading and managing workforce development programme or membership management in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) [E].

• Experience working as a manager within education or business with a focus on TVET [E].

• Experience managing multi-stakeholder education and training programmes for TVET teachers and trainers [E].

• Experience in leading or managing large scale complex programmes in the publicly funded sector [E].

Knowledge and skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of current policies and reforms in further and higher technical education, apprenticeships, and T Levels [E].

• Strong programme and budget management expertise [E].

• Ability to implement change initiatives, focusing effort and commitment on making change work [E].

• Ability to absorb and evaluate complex information quickly and use this to construct and manage robust plans which deliver the required strategic objectives [E].

• Understands consequence of actions and long-term impact and / or wider implications of decision-making process [E].

• Ensuring issues, dependencies and risks are identified, assessed, mitigated; ensuring delivery is in line with organisational prioritise [E].

• Able to influence, negotiate and manage the action of others, including remote teams [E].

• Able to develop and manage highly effective relationships and coordinate a range of partners and stakeholders both internally and externally to successfully deliver objectives [E].

• Proven ability to drive member engagement and retention strategies [E].

Personal qualities and attributes:

• Very reliable and with a high level of probity [E].

• Able to work to own initiative with broad direction [E].

• Able to think creatively and solve problems [E].

• Flexible in working methods and ideas [E].

• Excellent team player and collaborative approach to work [E].

• Enthusiastic and able to motivate others [E].

Special circumstances:

• Prepared occasionally to work outside normal hours [E].

• Prepared to travel within the United Kingdom [E].

• Able to spend time away from home [E].

This role is office based (as above) but with flexible hybrid working. It is expected the postholder will attend the office at least once or twice a week.

Full time working hours are a minimum of 35 hours per week, normal working hours are 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday although we pride ourselves on having a flexible approach to our working practices and service delivery and are happy to discuss flexible working options, including part time, with suitable candidates.

25 days’ annual leave [which will increase by one additional day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 30 days] plus public and bank holidays.

Reasonable adjustments will be offered to all candidates and every stage of the recruitment process.

Variety, the Children's Charity, seeks an experienced fundraising leader, people-person, and all-around star to be our next Director of Fundraising & Communications – could it be you? Based in our head office in London, you will work with our CEO and Regional Director of Development (North West) on significantly growing our income. Backed by a fantastic brand and reputation, you will lead through a transformative period of growth as we raise funds to make a real and immediate difference in the lives of disabled and disadvantaged children and young people.

At Variety, the Children's Charity, we believe every child has a right to live their best life and reach their full potential. We fund and deliver life-changing programs that give disabled and disadvantaged children and young people across the UK a better future. 2024 is our 75th year in the UK, and we are part of a global network that has raised and donated close to £1.6 billion to positively impact the lives of children in need.

We are one of the most well-recognised and trusted charities as a result of this illustrious track record. Today, in the UK we have a team of 20 dedicated staff, which will grow over the next 12 months, who support our work and an enviable network of committed supporters and volunteers across the country.

We’re not content to rest on our laurels – we have recently completed a leadership transition that will provide the strategic and operational foundation for the charity to be more effective than ever. We plan to double our income in the next three years and grow our support for children and young people across the UK.

To do this, we need a dynamic, forward-thinking fundraiser who can engage effectively with staff, Trustees, volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries. Someone who knows how to make the most of the unparalleled showbiz and business networks our trustees bring to the organisation. Who can demonstrate a deep understanding of fundraising, a commitment to achieving ambitious financial targets, the ability to lead by being fully accessible to various stakeholders and can actively participate in key Variety events, including the Variety Club Showbusiness Awards, Variety Props Awards and the Variety Disability Sports Awards. Success in the role will make a huge difference to the lives of the children and young people we support as well as putting our new Director on the map.

The Appointment Brief for this role with full job description and person specification is available upon application. 

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.

Director at Declassified UK

Established in 2019, Declassified UK is a small, growing media organisation that has quickly become known for ground-breaking, critical journalism challenging the British establishment on UK foreign policy issues.

The UK’s traditional media is increasingly acting as part of the establishment, failing to report independently on Britain’s policies around the world. By contrast, Declassified is independent and beholden to no-one, relying on the public and trusts & foundations for our finances, and drawing on a distinguished board and group of advisers.

We are seeking to appoint a new Director to succeed our co-founder Mark Curtis who will consolidate our reputation and take the organisation to its next level.

We will continue producing high quality written and visual journalism and seek to increase our political impact and reach bigger audiences, within the budgetary and capacity constraints that we have.

This is a unique, exciting opportunity for a person who is an excellent people manager and team player, who is skilled at organisational development and who can give strong support to our expert staff and our communications, fundraising and editorial needs.

The successful candidate must have considerable experience of working in the media, campaigns and/or not for profit sectors and be dedicated to our principles and mission.

KEY WORK AREAS
Organisational oversight
● ensure all aspects of the organisation’s work - including communications, fundraising, social media and editorial - function optimally, within the budgetary and capacity constraints.
● monitor progress towards strategic goals, plans and budgets.

Organisational development and innovation
● lead the organisation’s drive to best promote its mission and principles.
● work with the head of communications to increase our outreach to new audiences and our political impact, through new digital marketing nd public fundraising approaches.

Team Management
● inspire and lead an effective, motivated remote team, with a common sense of purpose, clear goals and division of responsibility, transparency, accountability, and effective internal coordination and communication.
● promote new recruitment when finances and strategy allow.
● ensure the organisation promotes optimal working practices and personnel policies.
● conduct regular one-to-ones with staff to provide support and ensure success.

Finances
● oversee the organisation’s finances, ensuring Declassified deploys its resources optimally, maintains an adequate cash flow, expands its revenue, and ensures its financial sustainability.
● after a transition, to be agreed in discussions, the Director may assume direct responsibility for administrating our finances, including paying staff and suppliers, doing quarterly and yearly accounts, recording invoices, and liaising with our accountants. This is presently done by other staff.

Fundraising
● work with relevant staff to drive trusts & foundations and public fundraising, helping to innovate our approaches towards existing and new public audiences.
● after a transition, to be agreed in discussions, the Director may assume direct responsibility for managing existing trusts & foundations  and large personal funders, producing grant and budget reports and proposals, and seeking out new funders. This is presently done by other staff.

Communications
● work with relevant staff to maximise Declassified’s profile, for example by ensuring the optimisation of our website, newsletters and  communications with supporters and non-supporters.
● work with relevant staff to produce our annual reports.
● field email queries from the public and external organisations.

Board and Advisers
● work with the Board to ensure Declassified’s governance structure best promotes its mission and principles.
● communicate clearly to the Board, delivering regular financial and strategy updates as per regular arranged meetings.
● maximise the contributions of Declassified’s Advisers to promote the organisation's mission.

Representation
● represent Declassified in external meetings and events, acting as an ambassador for the organisation’s mission and principles.
● promote Declassified to other like-minded organisations and individuals, developing contacts or partnerships such as with campaign groups, other journalists and MPs.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
Candidates should have several years experience working in media, campaigns or not-for profit organisations or similar, in several of the following areas:

● people management, including knowledge of human resources issues
● promoting organisational development and innovation
● working as a senior journalist or other media professional
● digital marketing, communications and use of social media
● managing budgets and finances
● working on UK foreign policy issues
● media and libel law
● fundraising towards the public and trusts & foundations

PERSON QUALITIES
● collaborative working style conducive to a small organisation
● highly organised and efficient, and good at strategic planning
● dedicated to champion our critical, outspoken and independent edge in foreign policy analysis and promote our principles
● ability to sometimes work under pressure and in the limelight
● aware of the UK media landscape and politics, with expert news judgement
● excellent writing and communications skills
● an impeccable record for integrity and upholding professional ethical standards

REPORTING LINES
● the Director is accountable to the Board
● the Director will manage five staff: chief columnist, editor, head of communications, head of investigations and staff reporter

WORKING CONDITIONS
● All Declassified staff work from their home offices, with the opportunity of using a communal office in London subject to availability.
● We operate a four day working week, from Monday-Thursday.
● Salary of £65,000.
● We operate a pension scheme and flexible and generous terms and conditions for holiday allowance, compassionate leave, paternity/maternity leave etc, otherwise standard terms and conditions for work contracts, including a three months probationary period.
● The person must have the right to live and work in the UK.

APPLICATION PROCESS
To apply for this position, or to make an enquiry, please email Mark Curtis, contact details available on our website. The application should contain a subject heading of “Director application” and include: your CV; statement on why you are interested in this position; outline (in no more than 750 words) of how you match the key skills and experiences; and the names, positions and email addresses of two referees.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. All applications will be treated in strict confidence.

Deadline for application: Friday 15 November 2024

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) is the world’s largest alliance of national societies of obstetrics and gynaecology, bringing together professionals from more than 130 countries and territories. For over 65 years, FIGO has collaborated with the world’s top health, rights and donor bodies. We are in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) and consultative status with the United Nations (UN).
FIGO is dedicated to the improvement of the health and rights of women and girls and to the reduction of disparities in health care, as well as to advancing the science and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology. We pursue our mission through education, research implementation, advocacy and capacity building with our member societies.

The PMO Manager is responsible for designing and managing the framework within which projects are created, delivered and managed to support strategic decision making; as well as enabling the successful delivery of programmes and projects. They will be responsible for monitoring and supporting effective processes, governance and good practice. Sitting in Operations, they will be a centre of excellence for project management and governance across all functions ensuring consistency and continuous improvement.

Circa £48,000 per annum (pro rata)

Fixed Term – 6 months

Part home/Part office (London) based

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser for International Policy and Finance.

You will be the organisation’s lead policy expert on international development policy and development finance. As part of the role, you will develop compelling policy analysis and set the strategic direction for advocacy on these areas, as part of UNICEF UK’s wider campaign strategies. You will need to collaborate with colleagues across the Advocacy department and UNICEF UK to deliver compelling and impactful advocacy targeted towards the UK Government.

You will have excellent knowledge of international development policy and finance, research and communication skills, as well as experience developing and implementing successful advocacy and policy strategies. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.

Closing date: 9am, Thursday 7 November 2024.

Interview date: Monday 25 / Tuesday 26 November 2024 via video conferencing (MS Teams).

In return, we offer:

· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)

· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role

· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.

· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East  London and the rest of the time from home.  We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

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.

Please note the role can be:
Remote (UK only) or Hybrid (Brighton/ Sussex)  
Full time with design experience, Part time 4 days if not

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced, driven and brilliant marketer who will help create, execute and evaluate multi-channel marketing and campaign strategies and continuously assess impact and ROI.  You will be a superb campaigns manager that has a passion for excellence and delivering high quality outputs that show impact. From planning with Head of Marketing and Communications to developing and delivering alongside internal teams and external partners, you will thrive on achieving impressive results. There is a very strong focus on all aspects of digital campaigning for this role and you will be fully knowledgeable about Google ads, Google analytics, SEO, PFA, PPC, SEM, CRM, mobile, social media, website design and content creation, podcasts, blogs, vlogs and email creation. You will be at a significant advantage if you have design and WordPress experience. You will be a part of a small but dynamic and friendly marketing and fundraising team and involved in many aspects of our life-saving work including sales plans for our training courses, raising our profile, protecting our brand and reputation and supporting our fundraising activities. You will have no paid reports to you, but recruiting suitable volunteers is something we would encourage.

Please reflect that grit and resilience is required for this role given the remote working, subject matter, fast paced and flexible, multi-tasking required and the need to be highly accountable, goal and results oriented.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

· Drive engagement, increase visibility, improve our course sales and fundraising targets

· Manage our national and localised digital awareness campaigns from development stage to presenting results and assessment of impact

· Manage and optimise our website and landing pages for improved user experience and conversion rates

· Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in digital marketing

· Help develop social media engagement strategies with our social media officer

· Coordinate email marketing campaigns, including audience segmentation, content creation, and performance analysis

· Conduct audience and market research to identify new opportunities and target audiences

· Collect, manage, process and analyse data, making recommendations to inform future strategy

· Engage different audiences on different channels such as writing press releases, website pages, podcasts, blogs, socials, and press releases

· Manage and write award entries

· Design marketing collateral such as posters, leaflets, web pages

· Work closely with our Senior Fundraising Manager on increasing fundraisers, fundraising income and volunteers

· Do any duties to support the Head of Marketing and Communications and Fundraising.

To be successful in this role, you must be responsive, flexible, have pride in your attention to detail, be extremely organised, meet deadlines and be driven to exceeding your targets.  You will need to be self-motivated and work comfortably on your own as a remote worker but enjoy working in a team (online). You will enjoy working mostly operationally as well as having a strategic approach to your work.

For this role, you will need:

• Evidence of leading and implementation of successful digital campaigns
• Project management of campaigns and communicating tasks to project teams effectively and efficiently
• Proven track record of multi-media marketing
• Experience of copy writing and proofreading for different audiences on multi-channels
• To be an excellent verbal and written communicator
• To be a confident negotiator and presenter
• A genuine passion for the Grassroots Suicide Prevention’s mission and values
• To have a positive “can-do” attitude and enjoy adapting to different tasks and challenges, sometimes daily
• Ability to work independently and in a team
• Willingness to learn and grow from the support and direction from Head of Marketing and Communications and step in when asked
• Ability to make risk-averse decisions and considered judgements acting as brand and reputation ambassador
• Represent Grassroots Suicide Prevention on external groups and promote our services and expertise.

Bonus points for:

• Demonstrating resilience to working hard remotely and being self-driven and motivated
• Design skills and ability to use Canva and/ or InDesign
• Experience of project management of large campaigns
• Design and publishing of web pages
• Experience of PR
• Experience of sales, particularly of courses

Please read the full JD attached

Key Responsibilities
Reporting into the Operations Manager, the Brand Operations Officer is responsible for managing the distribution of products donated by brands to community-led projects. This role plays a key part in developing and coordinating relationships with key logistics and storage partners.

Managing the brand donation logistic process in line with the organisational objectives, resulting in the successful allocation of products to reach areas of most need.

· Respond to and coordinate all brand enquiries

· Accurately allocate, and track all brand donations, ensuring prompt logging by Projects

· Work with the brands to ensure accurate data is provided and meets The Hygiene Bank’s requirements

· Work closely with existing partners to utilise storage and logistics solutions and continue to develop these relationships

· Record KPI’s and analyse the data

· Prepare detailed quarterly reports for the Operations, Finance, Risk and Audit Committee and present the findings to them, when required

· Support the Head of Operations / Operations Manager to deliver the brand strategy including identifying new logistic providers

· Attend all Operation Team meetings and work closely with Partnership Managers to gain a clearer understanding of each Project and their requirements

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Excellent relationship management and stewardship
• Ability to accurately forecast and report
• Entrepreneurial and partnership forming mindset, supporting the Head of Operations/Operations Manager to attract new logistics and storage partners
• Polished communication and people skills to champion, and act as an ambassador for The Hygiene Bank
• Detail-driven, strategic, motivated, and have a forward-leaning approach to business.
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and prioritise a busy workload.
• Strong written communication skills
• Appropriate IT skills - experience in managing databases and proficient in using MS Excel, Powerpoint and database CRM (ideally Salesforce)
• Experience working with internal stakeholders' teams to help ensure deliverables are met
• Passion for personal and professional development, as well as a proven can-do attitude
  
  

Attributes and behaviours:

• Dynamic, passionate and demonstrably committed to improving the lives of people experiencing Hygiene Poverty
• A commitment to quality and attention to detail
• Ability to work on your own initiative
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a diverse range of people. A highly competent and collaborative team worker
• Discretion and the ability to maintain confidentiality
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to work in a growth mindset, changing and flexible organisation

This job description and person specification represents an outline of the major components of the job and is not intended to be exhaustive. 

Key Details

· Salary: £26,000 - £29,000 pro rata, part time, 3-4 days (dependent on skills and experience)

· Contract term – 6 months - 12 months

· Location: remote working/homeworking with monthly in-person team days in London.

· Holiday: 28 days (pro-rata) plus public holidays and closure between Christmas and New Year.

· Defined contribution pension scheme: 3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution.

How to Apply

·         Upload an up to date CV outlining your employment history, qualifications and contact details along with a supporting statement (no more than 1 x A4 pages) which i) demonstrates how you meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification, particularly around logistic management and ii) outlining why you are interested in working for The Hygiene Bank.

About the role: 

Reports to - Chair of Trustees 
Salary - £90,000 - £100,000 per year (pro-rata if part-time)
Contract - Permanent, 0.8FTE to 1.0FTE 
Location - London-based with some hybrid work possible. Travel within the UK as required by the role. 

Main purpose of the job:

The CEO is responsible for the growth, development and performance of the charity and for shaping and delivering an impactful and sustainable strategy in line with our mission and aims. They will be a key representative of Action Tutoring externally, including working to raise the profile of tutoring as an essential part of school education. 

Specific responsibilities relating to the role: 

Vision, Strategy and Delivery

• Working with the Board to agree the vision and mission
• Ongoing strategic development and delivery of the short term and long term strategic plans and vision
• Responsible for implementing the agreed strategy Ensuring the necessary organisation, systems and infrastructure are in place to meet the plans
• Working with the team to ensure delivery targets are met and that delivery is impactful and to a high standard

People and cultural leadership

• Overall people and cultural leadership, developing the team ensuring a positive working culture with behaviours that align closely to the charity’s values
• Ensuring operational excellence across the organisation Workforce planning so that we have the right people in the right roles to ensure successful delivery of the strategy
• Commitment to improving diversity, equity and inclusion across the organisation, drawing on best practice and leading on identifying areas for improvement

Finance and Fundraising

• Overseeing financial management of the charity
• Lead fund raising alongside Head of Philanthropy to ensure fundraising targets set by the Board are met
• Managing income and costs to secure the long term sustainability and viability of the charity

Advocacy

• Representing Action Tutoring externally to a range of stakeholders, including school leaders, policy makers, the media and funders, to raise the profile of Action Tutoring and awareness of the cause
• Contributing to government policies, helping to establish tutoring as an essential part of school education

Line Management

• Direct line management of the Senior Leadership Team and the Head of Philanthropy

Governance

• Working collaboratively with the Board to ensure the vision and mission are met and that the board is sufficiently informed to enable the Trustees to discharge their duties
• ​Ensuring robust and effective governance processes are in place and adhered to Responsible for Strategic Risk Management and reporting on this to the Board

Person specification:

• Proven track record as a CEO or Board-level senior leader, ideally in a non-profit organisation
• Experience in developing and executing strategic plans to achieve organisational vision and mission
• Strong communication and advocacy skills, with extensive experience representing organisations externally to various stakeholders (e.g. school leaders, partners policymakers, funders), and contributing to sector-wide policy discussions
• Understanding of the education sector, and the needs and drivers of stakeholders across the education space
• Commercial mindset, with proven success in fundraising to meet set targets and secure income for ongoing operations
• Experience in growing and evolving organisations to meet ambitious targets and in response to external changes, challenges and opportunities in your operating context
• Experience in an organisation with strong operational service delivery and an understanding of how to ensure quality, efficiency and impact in that context
• Ability to foster a positive working culture, aligned with Action Tutoring’s values
• Strong financial management skills, managing budgets, and ensuring long-term financial sustainability
• Knowledge of governance structures and experience in working closely with a board of trustees, including managing strategic risk
• Comfortable with data and committed to driving impact across the organisation

Personal attributes:

• Passion for addressing educational disadvantage and closing the attainment gap
• Collaborative mindset and the ability to build strong, constructive relationships with other organisations and charities, fostering collaboration and sharing of best practices
• High ethical standards and personal integrity, with a commitment to transparency and accountability in leadership
• Resilient and adaptable with the ability to thrive in an evolving and challenging external environment, and to adjust to shifts in the education landscape
• Strong commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive working environment

Please see the attached job pack for more information on Action Tutoring and our benefits. Applications are taken via GatenbySanderson only.