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The Women’s Recovery Service is a dedicated 22-bed accommodation designed to provide a safe, psychologically informed space for women with complex needs. Our mission is to support recovery and empower our clients by offering a nurturing environment that addresses the unique challenges faced by women experiencing multiple disadvantages.
About the role:
As the Team Manager, you will play a vital role in leading and supporting our frontline staff, ensuring the highest standards of trauma-informed, recovery-focused care for our residents. This position requires a balance of strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and sustain partnerships across diverse stakeholder groups. Working closely with the Service Manager, you’ll provide day-to-day guidance and strategic support, maintaining SHP’s standards and fulfilling contractual requirements.
In this role, you’ll deputise for the Service Manager when needed, sharing responsibility for delivering compassionate, effective support that empowers women on their journey to recovery. A high-level understanding of the issues faced by women affected with homelessness, substance misuse, and the effects of complex trauma—including violence against women and girls (VAWG)—is essential. You will engage with clients across the spectrum of recovery, from those in pre-contemplation stages to those who are committed to positive change.
This role requires a strong commitment to making a meaningful impact, combining strategic oversight with empathetic, hands-on leadership to drive effective service delivery.
About you:
- Demonstrable experience and knowledge of complex issues effecting women including DV, VAWG, Mental Health, Women’s Health and Substance Misuse.
- Experience of, or a strong awareness and understanding of staff and service management and the ability to lead, motivate and develop the skills of both staff and service users, and to motivate and manage a quality service committed to achieving excellence.
- Understanding of Housing Management and compliance, especially in relation to License Agreements, Excluded License Agreements and Assured Shorthold Tenancies.
- Strong networking skills, and proven ability to build positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including those with statutory services, in order to establish or improve services to service users.
- The ability to respond calmly to crisis and deal promptly, effectively, safely and creatively to complex and challenging situations. Experience of managing complex and difficult situations in relation to the provision of service to people presenting with a varied range of needs, including substance use, mental health, dual-diagnosis, personality disorders, physical disability and learning difficulties.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important info:
Closing Date: Sunday 1st December at midnight
Interview Date: Wednesday 11th December via Microsoft Teams
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed (by SHP) for the successful applicant.
Preventing homelessness, transforming lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Summary
As Health Systems Manager, you will play a pivotal role in transforming diabetes care and prevention across the UK. Working with extraordinary professionals in the health sector, you'll drive meaningful improvements for people with, and at risk of, diabetes. Your work will help health systems unlock their potential by supporting healthcare teams to make impactful changes. This is a unique opportunity to build on areas of strength and create conditions for lasting, positive transformation in diabetes care across the nation.
We have a friendly and inclusive working environment here at Diabetes UK and are proud of our hybrid approach which allows great flexibility in the way that we work. This means that you can balance your working time between home and the office, subject to the needs of your role.
Interview date : 12 December 2024
Package
What we can offer you:
- Generous annual leave starting at 25 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
- A Cash Healthcare Plan (giving you up to £1,600 towards a range of out of pocket health expenses like new glasses, dentist, chiropractor or osteopath appointments)
- Early finish Friday and flexible working as part of our approach to activity based working (not applicable to roles with fixed shift patterns)
- 2 Days TOIL in recognition of fixed shift patterns (pro-rata for part-time)
- Discounts on gym membership
- Employee assistance programme to give you support on any issues that come up in life
- Annual season ticket loan* (on completion of your probation period and if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
- Very active social scene including sport teams, gardening and other activities
- Generous pension provision, life assurance and income protection insurance
- Cycle to work scheme* (eligible for scheme if contract is permanent or longer than 12 months)
*Some benefits aren't available until you've passed your probation period and are dependent on the length of contract.
Main Responsibilities
In this role, you will lead the design and delivery of high-impact systems change and leadership programmes, that align with our strategic goals and support the NHS in achieving better health outcomes. You will work closely with national and regional colleagues to gather insights and shape our support offerings to meet the diverse needs of diabetes systems. As a strategic collaborator, you will build relationships with healthcare professionals, develop partnerships, and leverage insights to guide decision-making and program evaluation. Your leadership will empower teams to improve diabetes care, scaling the reach and impact of our work.
Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a dynamic, collaborative individual with a deep understanding of healthcare systems and a passion for improving diabetes care. You bring robust facilitation and coaching skills, enabling others to drive change within complex systems. You're adept at building partnerships and are committed to fostering diverse, inclusive environments where everyone's voice is valued. You are solution-oriented, have a track record of achieving strategic goals, and possess excellent evaluation skills to measure the success of our initiatives. Your commitment to ongoing professional development and team growth is essential to advancing our mission.
The Email & Messaging Channel Manager will play a crucial role in driving supporter engagement, fundraising, and brand awareness through effective email and SMS communication strategies. They will be responsible for ensuring ARUK's email channel delivers a consistent, personalised, and user-centric experience, maximising supporter engagement and conversions.
Main duties and responsibilities of the role:
Strategic Leadership:
· Email Strategy Development: Collaborate with the Senior Digital Channel Manager to develop and implement a comprehensive email strategy aligned with ARUK's fundraising, brand, communication, and advocacy goals.
· Platform Management: Own and manage the Dotdigital account (email and SMS), ensuring optimal performance, deliverability, and compliance.
· Cross-Platform Collaboration: Lead decision-making on email components for all platforms used at ARUK (Dotdigital, Funraisin, Outlook, etc.), ensuring a consistent and user-centric experience.
· Audience-Centric Approach: Champion a customer and supporter-centric approach to email communications, prioritising personalisation, segmentation, and relevance.
· Decision-Making Authority: Serve as the final decision-maker for all email channel-related matters, including marketing campaigns, automated journeys, transactional emails, and SMS initiatives.
Tactical Execution:
· Campaign & Calendar Management: Own the email calendar, plan, execute, and analyse email campaigns, including the monthly newsletter, welcome journeys, and A/B tests. Manage and delegate this work to the Digital Campaigns Officer(s) and Digital Campaigns Executive where appropriate.
· Automation: Develop and implement automated email workflows to nurture leads, welcome new supporters and customers, re-engage lapsed donors, and drive conversions.
· Data Collaboration: Work closely with the data team to segment audiences, personalise content, and ensure seamless data integration between Salesforce and Dotdigital.
· Integration Management: Manage the technical integration between Salesforce and Dotdigital, ensuring data accuracy and maximising automation capabilities.
· Reporting & Analysis: Provide detailed and accurate reporting on email performance, using data to drive optimisation and inform future strategies.
· User Journey Optimisation: Collaborate with the web unit to create seamless user journeys between the website and email communications.
Other Important Areas:
· SMS Channel Management: Manage and grow ARUK's SMS channel, leveraging its potential for timely and targeted communication. Also responsible for new 'SMS' adjacent channel strategies (e.g. Whatsapp).
· Continuous Improvement: Explore opportunities to upgrade Dotdigital to enable more reactive marketing based on web traffic.
· Knowledge Sharing: Share insights and best practices across ARUK, upskilling staff on effective email communication.
· Supporter Focus: Continuously monitor and analyse supporter data to understand preferences, identify churn risks, and optimise the email experience for higher engagement and growth.
· Using data and analytics to inform all aspects of email strategy, from segmentation and personalisation to campaign optimisation and automation.
· Collaboration: Particularly with the web team and data team, to ensure a seamless user experience and effective data utilisation.
· Strategic Focus: While tactical execution is important, strategic leadership in collaboration with the Senior Digital Channel Manager is essential, ensuring the email channel aligns with ARUK's broader goals and contributes to its mission.
What we are looking for:
· Proven experience in email marketing, with a track record of developing and executing successful email campaigns.
· Strong understanding of email marketing best practices, including deliverability, segmentation, and personalisation.
· Experience in managing and optimising email marketing platforms, preferably Dotdigital.
· Expertise in data analysis and reporting, with the ability to derive actionable insights from campaign data.
· Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
· Strategic thinker with the ability to develop and implement effective email marketing strategies
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
· Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
· Proactive and results-oriented
· Passionate about using email marketing to make a positive impact
Additional Information:
Ways of working: As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £45,000 per annum, plus benefits.
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 24th November 2024, with interviews likely to be held week commencing the 2nd December 2024. We would encourage you to submit your application at the earliest opportunity, as on occasion we may have to bring forward the interview date and/or the closing date based on the needs of the business. Although a possibility, this will only happen in exceptional circumstances. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. While we strive to anonymise your CV where possible, there are certain sections, such as the application question, that cannot be fully anonymised. We kindly ask that you remove any personal information, including your name, when answering the application question. The hiring panel will not have access to your personal details, such as your name and address, until you are invited for an interview. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure.
In 2022, we were incredibly proud to be awarded a 3-star accreditation by Best Companies which recognises ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement and were also listed in the prestigious Best Companies lists:
• 48th in the 100 Best Large Companies to Work For in the UK.
• 19th in the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.
• 3rd in the 50 Best Companies to Work For in the Charity Sector.
In addition, we were also shortlisted for a special award recognising the work undertaken on reducing our environmental impact.
In 2021, we were awarded the HR Management award by The Charity Times for our Wellbeing initiatives throughout the pandemic.
In 2020, we demonstrated our commitment to changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace and signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge.
ARUK really does look after its people, where you will be able to add value and make a difference.
To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
In this role, you’ll be at the heart of our mission, building partnerships that inspire community involvement, organizing impactful events, and recruiting dedicated volunteers. We’re looking for someone who’s not only organized but also skilled at nurturing connections. Whether you’re a teacher, event organizer, or volunteer manager, your ability to juggle multiple projects and engage with a range of stakeholders will be invaluable.
The Corporate Partnerships and Volunteer Manager is responsible for managing/maintaining our relationships with our longstanding corporate partners, and for recruiting and engaging their volunteers for our school programmes.
A key element of the role is identifying and presenting volunteer opportunities to prospective corporate partners, fostering new relationships, and expanding the organisation’s volunteer network. The Corporate Partnerships and Volunteer Manager will actively seek to diversify our corporate partnerships by engaging companies across wider industry sectors.
In addition to recruitment, the Corporate Partnerships and Volunteer Manager oversees all volunteer logistics, including maintaining volunteer records and distributing relevant briefing materials to ensure volunteers are well-prepared for their roles.
About You
The following skills may have been gained from a variety of previous roles. You may have managed volunteers or being an account/relationship manager for corporate clients. You may have been a teacher, managing classroom dynamics and education systems. You may have experience coordinating events or conferences where you were responsible for looking after delegates from booking to post event. Or you may come from a training provider or similar where you coordinated a calendar of events and interfaced with organisations and individuals.
Essential:
· Excellent relationship management of stakeholders.
· Confidence in public speaking and presenting opportunities to diverse audience and conducting one-to-one meetings and calls.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with stakeholders.
· Solutions-focused, with a forward-thinking approach to problem-solving and planning.
· Commercially minded, with a focus on identifying opportunities to upsell and create new revenue-generating volunteer programmes.
· Proficient in IT, with experience using Microsoft Office and platforms such as CRMs.
· Written and oral communication should be of a high standard
· Deeply committed to advancing social mobility and creating empowering opportunities for young people.
Desirable
· Experience working within a charity or in a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) department.
· Experience of collecting and analysing impact data
· Knowledge of the youth employment agenda and the labour market opportunities for young people
· Knowledge and experience of the Tower Hamlets area
· Experience of volunteering
This role will require an enhanced DBS check. We operate a safer recruitment policy and we will check on multiple references before employment starts.
By providing our local young people with essential skills and experiences of the working world, we ensure that they can reach their best future.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Working as part of the External Relations department, you’ll be responsible for leading and driving our digital communications and marketing efforts, taking our engagement with key audiences to new heights.
Nurtureuk trains teachers to identify and address children's unmet social, emotional and mental health needs, ensuring pupils are ready and able to learn. Nurture practice was developed more than 50 years ago and is a way of relating to children that helps build their social skills, confidence and self esteem. Our work helps schools improve behaviour and attendance and reduce exclusions, and most importantly it improves children and young people's wellbeing.
We're on a mission to make nurture the norm in schools and we have ambitious plans to raise our profile and showcase the transformative effect nurture practice is having across the UK.
We're looking for a digital engagement manager with a strategic understanding of digital communications and extensive experience of using a range of marketing tools and channels. They will be brimming with ideas for original content that amplifies our messages and helps demonstrate the impact of nurture.
Please download the job description for full details.
We require all staff to work a minimum of 2 days per week on average, working in-person, in line with our hybrid working framework. However, we are also open to discuss condensed working, or be managed in line with a flexible working request for this role. The person will also be expected to take part in an out-of-hours rota with the broader external affairs team.
The Health Foundation is an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK.
Health is never far from the headlines. We are looking for an experienced media manager to help us continue to secure high-profile media coverage. This includes having a focus on proactively contacting journalists to pitch stories, managing media bids, and working closely with colleagues focusing on key policy issues to ensure press activity supports wider communications plans and helps deliver impact.
To be successful in the role of Media Manager, you will have:
- significant experience working within an influential press office, including a record of proactively securing top-tier coverage (essential)
- excellent written and verbal communication skills - capable of writing high-quality press releases, comments, briefings, and other written materials (essential)
- the ability to build strong relationships with senior internal and external colleagues in a short period of time (essential)
- lead projects with other communications disciplines, especially public affairs (highly desirable), and project manage launches of key reports.
- experience of working on issues relating to in health inequalities, public health, and/or social affairs (highly desirable)
This is a fantastic opportunity for a communications professional with a passion for working with the media and improving health . Read the job description to find out more.
We are also committed to making reasonable adjustments for candidates who have accessibility requirements.
To find out more about the role and what we are looking for, please read the job description.
To apply for this role please submit your CV and answer the following application questions:
- What is your availability to start a new role, and can you commit to a six-month contract?
- Provide an example of a successful media campaign you led – and what were the key elements that made it successful? It can be related to public health, health inequalities and working-age health but not essential.
- Explain how you have effectively juggled proactive and reactive media requests in your previous roles.
Candidates should have the right to work in the UK at the time of appointment, as we do not provide visa sponsorship.Click here for further guidance.
Application deadline: 22nd November 2024, 23:59
Interview date:w/c 2nd December 2024
As part of the interview process, an applicant will be asked to draft a press release and create a brief plan for launching a recent Health Foundation report. The applicant will need to share these documents with us prior to the interview.
During the interview, the applicant will have 3-5 minutes to discuss their press release and launch plan for the report. We will provide the applicant with the questions that will be asked during the interview in advance.
Our commitment to you
Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and that might be you.
We're committed to building an inclusive workplace that values diversity, which is why we encourage you to apply for our job even if you don't meet every requirement. We value professional and lived expertise and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We particularly encourage those from underrepresented and underserved groups in this field, such as people of colour, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, disabled people and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds to apply.
We encourage you to speak with us about your neuro-diversities, disabilities, long term medical conditions, chronic illness, mental health, wider health conditions and/or caring responsibilities etc. so we can work together on adjustments to make the recruitment process and work more accessible and enjoyable for you. We offer flexible working as well as a range of excellent benefits.
We're dedicated to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their skills in a comfortable environment.
So, come apply to join our team and let's work towards building a diverse and authentic workplace together.
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) is the UK’s leading dementia research charity dedicated to diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure. Backed by our passionate scientists and supporters, we’re challenging the way people think about dementia, bringing together the people and organisations who can speed up progress, and investing in research to strive for a cure.
We’re looking for someone with strong communication skills who is excited by the opportunity to engage with dementia researchers and raise the profile of our research programmes, funding opportunities and events within the research community. This role sits within the Research Directorate, an ambitious, supportive and friendly team, working closely with the Science Communications team and across the wider organisation, to ensure that we are communicating how we are transforming the lives of people affected by all forms of dementia.
Main duties and responsibilities of the role:
Research engagement strategy
· Develop and implement a comprehensive research communications and engagement strategy to build our relationship and position with the UK dementia research community.
· Lead cross-functional projects to build our reach and engagement, developing communication plans to engage our research partners to increase our reach to research focussed audiences.
· Oversee the project management of the strategy, including setting objectives, monitoring progress, and evaluating outcomes.
· Identify key opportunities to enhance the visibility and impact of our research through strategic partnerships and digital platforms.
· Track and analyse the effectiveness of communications strategies, using metrics to inform continuous improvement.
· With the Senior Research Manager, identify new opportunities to engage with and support our funded researchers.
Researcher-facing communications
· Manage and deliver the production of high-quality communication and engagement material to our research audiences to engage the wider research community and disseminate information about our funding opportunities, conference and other key programmes such as ECR and research culture pieces.
· Lead on the redevelopment of the researcher-facing website structure, pages and content, to ensure that information about ARUK, funding opportunities, and our strategic programmes are communicated in an engaging way to the dementia research community
· Work with the Senior Science Communications Officer to ensure all researcher-facing materials meet comms best-practice and wider comms plans are developed and supported for launch
· Support the Senior Science Communications officer to deliver research-related public-facing web pages and trade press
Conference and key research programmes
· Lead on the cross-organisational researcher-facing communications activities for the ARUK Conference, supporting the Senior Science Communications Officer to develop and deliver a media and PR plan.
· Support the Senior Research Manager to develop an engaging scientific programme for the conference, using insights and knowledge from the dementia community
· Support the cross-organisational Conference steering group to deliver and communicate development plans and related events.
What we are looking for:
· A degree in relevant biomedical science or equivalent experience
· Experience of working in a research environment and an excellent understanding of the experiences and needs of researchers.
· Strong communication skills with the ability communicate effectively and influence a wide range of stakeholders
· Strong project management skills, with experience managing multiple priorities, overseeing budgets and identifying risks
· A team player who can collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders internally and externally to deliver
· Commitment to ARUK’s vision, mission and values
· Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
· Excellent eye for detail with a focus on continuous improvement
· Willingness to embrace and drive change to maximise impact
· Excellent time management skills and ability to prioritise competing demands
· Ability to work independently
· Willingness to travel, including occasional overnight travel
Additional Information:
Ways of working: As part of our Agile ways of working you will be required to work approximately 2 days a week from the office, which is subject to the requirements of the role and the business needs. Flexibility on where you work can be split between working from home and our office.
Roles that are classed as part of the Agile ways of working are not able to claim any costs for Mileage/Travel on Public Transport, Accommodation and/or Meals. This includes when attending the office for various meetings/events.
Our Office: Our office is at 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AD.
Salary: Circa £43,000 per annum, plus benefits.
Please download the Vacancy Pack on our website for more information.
The closing date for applications is the 1st December 2024, with interviews likely to be held on the 10th & 11th December 2024. Please indicate in your covering letter if you are unable to attend an interview on a certain date.
We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented. Any offer of employment is however subject to you having the right to work in the UK.
As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer and ensuring fairness and consistency in our selection process, we will handle your CV and application with the utmost confidentiality. While we strive to anonymise your CV where possible, there are certain sections, such as the application question, that cannot be fully anonymised. We kindly ask that you remove any personal information, including your name, when answering the application question. The hiring panel will not have access to your personal details, such as your name and address, until you are invited for an interview. Should you require any adjustments at either the application or interview stage, please contact us via our website.
How to apply: Please create an online account using our Online Recruitment Platform which can be accessed through our Job Vacancies page. You will be able to attach your CV to your application and track the status of your application.
About Alzheimer’s Research UK: Alzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. Our mission is to accelerate progress towards a cure. Today 1 in 2 people will be impacted by dementia, either through caring for a loved one, developing it themselves or tragically both. But there is hope.
There has never been a more important and exciting time in dementia research. With promising new drugs in clinical trials that slow the progression of the diseases that cause it, and revolutionary new ways to diagnose them on the horizon, we are now at a tipping point. Working with the smartest minds globally and across the UK, with industry and academia, Alzheimer’s Research UK is uniquely placed to invest in the very best research identifying barriers to a cure and knocking them down so that there are more and better treatments for everyone with dementia. For the first time in history, we can see a future where people with dementia can get a swift and accurate diagnosis, and effective treatments that could slow or even stop their disease. We stand for everyone affected by dementia. We stand for a cure.
In 2022, we were incredibly proud to be awarded a 3-star accreditation by Best Companies which recognises ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement and were also listed in the prestigious Best Companies lists:
• 48th in the 100 Best Large Companies to Work For in the UK.
• 19th in the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the East of England.
• 3rd in the 50 Best Companies to Work For in the Charity Sector.
In addition, we were also shortlisted for a special award recognising the work undertaken on reducing our environmental impact.
In 2021, we were awarded the HR Management award by The Charity Times for our Wellbeing initiatives throughout the pandemic.
In 2020, we demonstrated our commitment to changing the way we think and act about mental health in the workplace and signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge.
ARUK really does look after its people, where you will be able to add value and make a difference.
To view further details about working for us and the benefits we offer, please visit Alzheimer’s Research UK
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Our client is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to improving insights into global conflict and instability. By gathering and sharing data on trends in violence and unrest, they provide valuable resources for understanding complex issues impacting communities worldwide.
Their work informs research, journalism, and policy at the global level, serving as a trusted source for those shaping initiatives in peacebuilding and crisis management.
As a newly created position, the Fundraising Manager will report to the Head of Grants & Development and oversee a Fundraising Coordinator and Senior Database Officer. The role will be instrumental in implementing the organisation’s strategic plan to expand reach and impact and increase income by $10M over 3 years.
As Fundraising Manager, your initial focus will be developing existing and new relationships with institutional funders, working closely with the Head of Grants & Development. Developing relationships with foundations will be another priority area, with potential to leverage existing relationships that have arisen from tech-level engagement with foundations. In the longer term, plans include pursuing corporate sponsorships and developing income from individual donors (HNWIs).
As Fundraising Manager, you will:
- Implement the fundraising strategy in collaboration with the Head of Grants & Development and the Executive team
- Identify, build, and manage relationships with current and prospective donors across public sector funders, foundations, international organisations, corporate sponsors and individual donors
- Support the development of new projects/proposals in partnership with the Global Programs team, consulting with the Chiefs and Department Heads to ensure proposals align with their capacities
- Collaborate with the public sector licensing team to grow reach to public sector clients (corporates)
- Line manage and support a Fundraising Coordinator and Senior Database Officer
Ideal skills and experience:
- An entrepreneurial and resourceful fundraiser with experience of developing proposals and budgets and securing significant grants from institutional and international foundation sources
- Working with individual donors (HNWIs) and/or corporate sponsors would be advantageous, but not essential
- Evidence of excellent relationship management skills, with both current and prospective donors
- Ability to handle the complexity of managing multiple fundraising efforts globally
- Line management experience
Benefits include:
- 28 days annual leave including bank holidays, with a c.2-week office closure at the end of the year for the winter hiatus. Typically, this would be 2 weeks with varying start and end dates of the office closure. For example, this year the closure dates start on the evening of Friday 20th Dec with a return to work on Monday 6th January, providing 7 days when employees are offline in addition to bank holidays.
- Flexible hours – As a global organisation, there is not a requirement for employees to adhere to specific hours or timezones. Employees are encouraged to choose their own working hours, provided they overlap for a few hours with their team members, especially their supervisor and peers.
- A c.£110 monthly Communication Stipend to pay for internet services and cell phone services (added to salary payment, at a $150 equivalent in local currency)
- A one-off c.£380 Ergonomic Stipend ($500USD paid in local currency) for home office items
Expert recruitment for fundraisers and charities.
Be there when it matters
Sue Ryder has an exciting career opportunity within our Marketing, Communications and Digital services directorate for a driven and impactful Social Media Manager. The successful applicant will oversee and develop the strategic management and growth of Sue Ryder’s busy social media pages.
About the role:
This is an exciting time to join Sue Ryder and take the lead in shaping our social media offering. You will drive paid activity across Meta and other channels as needed, overseeing ad accounts to support key income-generating initiatives, including fundraising and retail, as well as supporting our volunteering opportunities. Additionally, you'll play a pivotal role in increasing our brand awareness and promotion of our online bereavement support services.
With at least two years of line management experience in a similar role, you will be the expert on our organic and paid activity with a strong understanding of analysing and acting upon digital metrics. Leading a proactive team, you will help to showcase our support, drive engagement and amplify our messaging.
You will be the champion for our platforms and manage our reputation online with the support of our Senior Digital Manager and Head of Digital. You’ll also have excellent interpersonal skills and have the ability to prioritise workloads for yourself and your team.
About you:
• Demonstratable experience of managing and moderating a busy portfolio of social media accounts
• A confident communicator with the ability to share knowledge and influence across levels, securing buy-in from across the organisation
• Experience of planning, implementing and optimising paid social media campaigns across a range of objectives and budgets, prioritising for relevant channels where necessary
• Excellent knowledge of social media monitoring, scheduling and listening tools (ideally Sprout Social)
• A keen eye for detail and design alongside excellent copywriting and proofreading skills
• Excellent understanding of social media strategy, delivering new and innovative ways to increase engagement
• Confident in planning, sourcing and editing creative content across a range of formats (image, video and graphics)
• Intermediate level skills in Canva, Photoshop and Premier Pro (or other image and video editing software)
• Experience of utilising social media analytics to provide reporting and analysis
• Proven line management skills with at least two years of experience, along with the ability to influence colleagues across other directorates
• A can-do approach, with a positive attitude and willingness to support others across the organisation
Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.
Benefits
• Company pension scheme
• 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals
• Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop
• Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGTBQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.
Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process
If you want more than just a job, we want you.
Join the team and be there when it matters.
We reserve the right to close or extend the closing date according to our recruitment requirements.
For full information on this role, including the key responsibilities and person specification, please view the attached job pack.
Applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 1st December 2024
The Organisation
ImpactEd Group supports education and purpose-driven organisations to maximise their potential. We do this by helping our partners to be consistently impactful and operationally sustainable.
This role will lead our Evaluation Practice. ImpactEd Evaluation works with schools and organisations, analysing the impact of programmes and interventions to help them do more of what works and less of what doesn’t. The practice works with over 1,500 schools and 80 education and youth organisations, serving more than a quarter of million pupils.
The Opportunity
We are excited to advertise this opportunity to join ImpactEd Group as the Managing Director of ImpactEd Evaluation. This Board-level role will empower you to drive change at scale across the education sector, supporting our partners to make better decisions on behalf of children.
The Managing Director of our Evaluation practice will guide a team of dedicated professionals, leading research and evaluation projects spanning the education and youth sector, helping our partners to understand what’s working and do less of what isn’t. This role is pivotal to our five-year Group strategy and will involve setting the strategic direction of the practice, building on our reputation, and advancing our ambitious vision for growth and innovation.
This position is ideal for someone who combines a strategic mindset with hands-on leadership, adept at moving between high-level planning and practical oversight. We seek a leader with entrepreneurial spirit, a background in education or research, and experience in driving organisational growth and partnerships.
Why Us?
As well the organisations we work with, we have a commitment to our people and developing the next generation of leaders within the social enterprise, education and evaluation sectors.
We support hybrid working, have an extensive professional development programme including individual budget and CPD leave, and operate transparent governance including through forms of employee ownership. We offer all employees access to a healthcare plan and wellbeing advice, including free therapist support.
As a growing organisation we are committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a positive experience of work and maintain an annual EDI action plan, supported by a Board sponsor.
For the full specification of skills that we hope that the successful applicant will bring, as well as what we offer as an employer, please see the job pack.
First round interviews are scheduled for the 5th and 6th December, with a whole day assessment centre and opportunity to meet the team on the 16th December.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking to recruit an organised, proactive and enthusiastic Company Manager to play a pivotal role at the heart of Creative Recovery, Barnsley’s leading arts and mental health charity.
Creative Recovery uses the arts and creativity to support mental health and recovery, boost well-being, build community and bring about social change.
The Company Manager is an exciting new position, which will provide essential organisational and administrative management within our organisation: ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day activity, particularly programme and building management, employing efficient systems and processes.The Company Manager will be at the heart of the dynamic growth of our work with communities and partners across Barnsley over the next three years and beyond.
As a new role, coming on board during a time of growth, the Company Manager role offers a unique opportunity for a driven, resourceful and collaborative arts administrator to have a real impact on the organisation and our work.
The role also offers the possibility of additional hours (freelance work, depending on skillset): we are a dynamic and growing organisation and aim for staff to grow with us.
We welcome applications from people from outside the field of Arts and Mental Health who may be looking for a new challenge. Please ensure you can evidence as many of the essential criteria as possible in your cover letter, considering transferable skills and personal experiences that may be relevant.
About the role
Reporting to Arts Development Director
Term Part-time (21 hours per week), 3-year fixed term contract (with potential for renewal, subject to funding)
Salary £16,800 (£30,000 FTE) (with the potential for extra paid hours, subject to skillset and need)
The usual hours of work will be within the envelope 9am-5pm Monday to Friday with occasional evening and weekend work. The specific days/times to be worked will be agreed by negotiation with the successful candidate.
Location Prospect House, Prospect Street, Barnsley, S70 2NR. This will be the primary location of work, with regular travel to venues across Barnsley routinely required along with further travel to conferences etc.
Application deadline 06.00 PM UK time, Thursday 28 November 2024
Start date December 2024 / January 2025
What we offer
- 18.5 days paid holiday
- Contributory workplace pension scheme
- Ongoing training, alongside regular appraisals and opportunities for development
- A welcoming community of arts and mental health practitioners
Accessibility is important to us. Should there be a more accessible format in which you would prefer to send an application, please do get in touch!
To Apply:
Download our recruitment pack for details of the key responsibilities and person specification. Please click on the 'How to apply' button to access this.
Creative Recovery is a grassroots charity, based in Barnsley since 2010, that uses creativity to support mental health and recovery, boost well-being.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Why work for us?
As a new Government has stepped into power – it could not be a more exciting time join the Policy and Advocacy team. CARE International UK is embarking on a new engagement strategy to realise how the UK can make meaningful progress on tackling a key driver of global instability – gender inequality. This is an exciting opportunity for any Public Affairs specialist or campaigner keen to work across Westminster to ensure that the UK Government reclaims its role as leading advocacy for women and girls on the global stage. The role brings with it the opportunity to work with a wide range of stakeholders, from MPs and decision makers, to CARE Internationals wide-ranging programme experts, and across our network of feminist leaders from global majority countries and movements within the UK.
At CARE International UK we affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff. Our actions are consistent with our mission. We are honest and transparent in what we do and say and accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions. We work together effectively to serve the larger community. We constantly challenge ourselves to the highest levels of learning and performance to achieve greater impact.
About you
We are looking for confident self-starter, with robust experience in influencing the UK Government, who is passionate about social justice, gender equality and furthering the UK development aims. The successful candidate will have experience working with the UK Parliament and high-level decision-makers, along with a deep understanding of the machinery of government and parliamentary procedures.
Excellent project management and the ability to effectively build, manage, represent and work within networks and coalitions for lobbying and advocacy purposes is essential. We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, with experience of designing and managing campaigns/campaign tactics for social or political change, and bringing an organisation along with them.
About the role
Reporting to the Head of Policy and Advocacy, the role will be CIUK’s go-to on all things Westminster. The role will lead on the development and implementation of CIUK’s Parliamentary Engagement Strategy and support the delivery of the team’s wider political influencing by building relationships with key Parliamentarians, gathering political intelligence and insight, advising senior staff on CIUK’s approach to Westminster and beyond.
The Public Affairs and Engagement Manager will drive forward an exciting new opportunity to embed CIUK’s programmes and evidence base on women’s voice and leadership into creative tactics to influence and engage UK decision makers. In particular, the role will be responsible for driving a new Parliamentary Engagement x New Power Strategy that seeks to connect feminists, activists and grassroots leaders with decision-makers in the UK.
The role is also responsible for supporting alignment of CIUK’s global and domestic influencing by overseeing CIUK’s strategic partnership with Centenary Action – a coalition housed by CIUK and headed up by CIUK Senior Adviser Helen Pankhurst. The role will also involve leading elements of CIUK’s strategic engagement in coalitions and INGOs including BOND, GADN and GAPS to coordinate for greatest impact.
About CARE
CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places. We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.
Safeguarding
CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse to, sexual harassment of or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. CARE International UK expects all staff to share this commitment through our Safeguarding Policy (link here) and our Code of Conduct (link here). They are responsible for ensuring they understand and work within the remit of these policies throughout their time at CARE International UK.
Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do, including recruitment. All offers of employment at CARE International UK are subject to:
- satisfactory references. CARE International UK participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (link here).In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
- appropriate criminal record checks (including a Bridger check, link here).
By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Equality and Diversity
We are committed to Equality and value Diversity.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role (see person specification). If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch by sending an email to our HR team.
We also encourage people from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds or LGBT+ to apply for roles at CARE International UK.
Please note that in compliance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all job offers at Care International UK are conditional on eligibility to work in the UK.
Closing date: 1 December 2024 at 11pm
Interview date: 9 December 2024
Individual Giving Manager
£44,310 - £47,712 pa
City of London E1 8QS and we are a hybrid working organisation
This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.
Purpose of Role
The Individual Giving Manager will play a critical role in advancing our organisation's mission through leading the planning and delivery of our year round Individual Giving (IG) portfolio. Responsible for the strategic development, implementation and delivery of the IG portfolio, this role will grow the volume and value of our individual giving audience, through a management of a diverse portfolio of products and propositions including, but not limited to, cash, regular giving, legacy, and mid value.
This role will drive innovation and continuous improvement across our IG programme, identifying opportunities for growth, refining our relational fundraising approach and ensuring that we understand and are responsive to the needs of our audiences, evolving with the ever-changing external environment. We’re rapidly growing both our campaign and 365 activity so this is the perfect opportunity for the right candidate to make their mark, capitalising on the unique USP of Comic Relief as a disruptor brand offering joyful giving experiences.
Join us at the heart of Comic Relief's mission to leverage the power of popular culture to enable people help others and create a just world, free from poverty.
Key responsibilities:
Plan and deliver strategically aligned Individual Giving acquisition and retention activity, focussed for the relevant target audiences by:
Leading the development of the IG strategy and plans, proactively identifying growth opportunities and mitigating against risk to prioritise activities, setting clear and realistic objectives, KPIs and budgets based on capacity, expertise, insight and team aspirations to deliver a balanced IG portfolio including:
Championing and taking a data insight led approach to IG activity, critically analysing data and use insight to inform strategy and campaign optimisations
Proactively seeking insight and learnings for the IG audience, using this to inform strategic and operational activity development, and sharing with wider colleagues as relevant.
End-to-end project management of IG appeals, activations and campaigns, from initial planning and stakeholder engagement through to implementation, reporting and analysis.
Collaborating with internal teams to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget, comply with all relevant best practice and are delivered to the highest standard including:
o Working with digital fundraising experts (e.g. in paid media, email) and delivery experts (e.g. in content production or third parties) to implement agreed plans and ensure they effectively deliver alongside other fundraising priorities and agendas for Comic Relief.
o Working with colleagues to identify suitable stories and content to be used to for the delivery of assets across IG campaign and 365 activity.
Building relationships with and managing external partners (including media agencies, fulfilment, print & production houses etc) to ensure timely, effective and efficient campaign delivery.
Playing an active part in the wider success of our fundraising and engagement strategy by:
· Contributing to the development of team wide annual plans and budgets, using learning and insight to make recommendations that facilitate income growth.
Proactively participating in, and as required, leading aspects of wider team planning activities.
Keeping abreast of the fundraising marketplace and wider legislative and regulatory landscape to identify opportunities to enhance Comic Relief’s fundraising campaigns and ensure compliance of our IG programme.
Playing an active role in the Fundraising Team, working collaboratively to enable inclusivity and diversity in order to drive high performance and an action-oriented culture.
Delivering ad-hoc projects as required.
People Management – this role does not currently have line management responsibility but this could change in the future as we grow and develop the portfolio.
Person specification
Essential criteria
Extensive experience of managing online and offline direct marketing campaigns across acquisition, retention and stewardship, maximising lifetime value.
Proven experience of managing at least two of the following products: regular giving, cash, legacy.
Proven use of data to inform decisions and deliver growth and evolution of individual giving fundraising campaigns.
Excellent project management experience including proven use of project management methodology and tools.
Strategic expertise:
o Experience in annual planning and year-round budget management, including ability to set detailed budgets and KPIs, provided detailed reforecast and proactively manage campaign budgets.
o Experience and capable of briefing and analysing complex data and insight information; to produce clear briefs and effective marketing plans.
o Experience of marketing planning and tracking, including media planning KPIs and metrics across online and offline channels.
o Experience of creating campaign alignment and channel alignment to optimise campaigns with a focus on income generation.
Effective relationship builder with strong stakeholder management and communication skills, and the ability to adapt to different styles and ways of working, including:
o Experience of working collaboratively with a range of team members.
o Experience of managing external parties such as creative and media agencies.
Communication:
o Excellent oral, written communication, attention to detail, and presentation skills with the ability to inspire and influence stakeholders.
o Strong interpersonal skills.
Knowledge and experience in developing and rolling out activity specific activations as part of a wider integrated campaign, actively opportunity spotting and fostering collaboration and adapting in response to wider factors.
A self-starter with proven ability to work independently, managing own work plan to deliver against set goals and objectives.
Experience of New Product Development (NPD), taking new products to minimum viable product (MVP).
Ability to understand risks, issues and dependencies within a project / campaign and to use this information to inform decision making in a timely and accurate way.
Understanding of and experience of using a CRM system and related analysis or marketing tools.
Able to demonstrate willingness to learn and develop in a fluid, high impact environment.
Desirable criteria
Line management experience
Experience of fundraising for both international and national charity causes
Accredited fundraising or marketing qualification
Experience of working with SalesForce CRM and Marketing Cloud would be an advantage
Perks and benefits:
· Flexible working hours
· Work from home option
· Life Insurance
· Wellness programs
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
· Paid emergency leave
· Sabbatical Opportunities
· Professional development
· Mentoring/coaching
· Paid volunteer days
· Payroll giving
· Salary sacrifice
· Team social events
· Extracurricular clubs
· Cycle to work scheme
· Free fruit
To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.
Closing: 11:55pm, 24th Nov 2024 GMT
Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Why work at Comic Relief
There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,
There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.
Disability Confident Employer
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV and application questions.
About CoppaFeel!
CoppaFeel! are the UK’s only youth focused breast cancer awareness charity, and we’re on a mission to get every 18-24 year old checking their chest. We educate people on the signs of breast cancer and encourage them to check their chests monthly, so that if they notice something unusual they are empowered to contact their GP and advocate for themselves.
We do this because when diagnosed early, breast cancer treatments are more effective and survival rates are higher. Early detection can save lives.
Breast cancer does not need to be detected late, and as long as we are here and continue to be supported by people like you, we will do all we can to make sure this doesn’t continue to happen.
The Role
CoppaFeel! is looking for a Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager to lead the organisation’s influencing activity, including the development and delivery of an overarching influencing strategy. This is an exciting time to join the team as we refresh and relaunch our policy and public affairs focus.
The Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager will play a pivotal role in positioning CoppaFeel! as a key voice in influencing policies to improve breast cancer education, awareness, diagnosis, and treatment for young people. Through this work, they will help us achieve our mission: ensuring that all breast cancers in young people are diagnosed early and accurately.
The postholder will ensure that CoppaFeel!'s policy and public affairs activities are data- and insight-driven, centring the voices and experiences of young people, those who have had a breast cancer diagnosis, and healthcare professionals. A key focus of this work will be to highlight the health inequities and unique challenges faced by young people—particularly those from underserved groups—and ensure these are reflected in policy development.
The Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager will be based within the Education team and will collaborate closely across the organisation to achieve these objectives.
This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will attend the London office 2 days per week. You will be required to attend the office for quarterly team meetings, department meetings and in person training, we will provide plenty of notice for when you are required to be in for these purposes.
Duties & Responsibilities
Policy
- Lead on the development, implementation and evaluation of CoppaFeel!’s influencing strategy aligning it with our EDI commitments
- Research, develop and update evidence-based policy positions on key breast cancer issues which impact people between 18-35, and seek to influence policy development on these positions.
- Produce high quality, evidence- based policy outputs, including briefings, responses to consultations and policy publications
- Liaise with key influencers, including civil servants, policymakers, other charities and healthcare professionals, in order to influence policy
- Ensure key internal and external stakeholders are updated on policy developments and provide support for senior staff as required
- Support policy input into media responses and act as a media spokesperson on policy related issues
- Represent CoppaFeel! on relevant working groups
- Draft articles and updates about key policy activities for CoppaFeel!’s audiences
Public Affairs
- Develop and deliver impactful public affairs elements of CoppaFeel’s influencing strategy working with the Head of Policy and Engagement
- Research and identify opportunities to engage Parliamentarians in health and education related issues and develop and maintain relationships with key politicians
- Organise and lead CoppaFeel!’s public affairs events, including parliamentary receptions and roundtables and party conference activities
- Lead on the monitoring of legislation and parliamentary activity relevant to CoppaFeel!
- Suggest PQs and prepare briefings for Parliamentarians
- Represent CoppaFeel! at parliamentary events and relevant public affairs working groups
Campaigns
- Lead on the development of campaigning activities that relate to the influencing strategy and resulting policy and public affairs work.
- Utilise campaign tools to deliver influencing objectives
- Work closely with relevant departments and key stakeholders, such as young people and/or the breast cancer community to deliver co-created campaigns that meet goals successfully
- Future Line Management: as the organisation evolves may take on line management responsibilities, overseeing team members and fostering their professional growth
These duties provide a framework for the role and should not be regarded as a definitive list. Other reasonable duties may be required consistent with the grade of the role.
Skills, experience and qualifications
Essential
- A minimum of four years’ experience in a policy or public affairs related environment, delivering impact and notable change
- Experience of undertaking research and analysing complex data to support policy development
- Experience of managing projects, including producing plans and working across teams to lead their implementation
- Experience of producing evidence-based policy and public affairs related materials, including briefings and reports
- Knowledge of UK political processes and the policy environment
- Strong working knowledge of parliamentary procedure
- Ability to think strategically, with strong analytical judgement and decision-making skills
- Ability to analyse and summarise policy information and assess relevance
- Ability to use own initiative and work independently
- Excellent organisational skills
- A team worker, able to work well with a wider variety of people
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines
Desirable
- An undergraduate degree, preferably with a political, public policy or another relevant component
- Experience of health and/or education policy
- Experience of working in Parliament or with MPs
- Experience of working in, or with, the charity sector and/or campaigning to influence public policy
Application information
Applications will close on the 21st November with the aim to commence interviews on W/C the 25th November.
CoppaFeel! reserves the right to close the vacancy early in the event that we receive a high number of applications before the closing date.
Main benefits, Terms & Conditions
Annual Leave: 22 days pro rata (plus public holidays).
Additional Leave: 1 day of leave on our Founder’s Cancerversary, birthday leave, plus office closure over Christmas.
Flexible working: A hybrid working arrangement, working from home up to 3 days per week (pro rata) and Core hours between 10am and 4pm.
Training: We have a budget each year for employees training and development plans.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement
At CoppaFeel!, we support a diverse range of communities and we understand that diversity within our team is central and crucial to meeting the needs of the young people we exist to serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black, and people of colour, LGBTQIA+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, from men, and from those with a lived experience of cancer because we would like to increase the representation of these groups within the charity.
We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity's needs with the 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 recognise the value in encouraging a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge at the charity.
While the successful candidate will be selected purely on merit, in the event of a tie between two candidates with equal suitability, we may select a candidate with lived experience of the issues we are seeking to address through our work.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and we commit to offering an interview for all applicants with disabilities who meet our required criteria for the role. If you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview process please get in touch.
About you
Are you an experienced and adept programme / project manager who is passionate aboutstrengthening entrepreneurs and leaders to drive inclusive economic and social change? Do you have experience of working in sectors and markets relevant to our mission and geographical focus, and a flair for working in partnership with others? Are you a self-starter who works with initiative and takes ownership? Do you have a keen interest in learning and development, and producing meaningful insights on effectiveness and outcomes?
About The Human Edge
The Human Edge is a specialist mentoring and coaching organisation. We’ve developed our expertise, approaches and partnerships over 16 years, and we use our learning and experience as a foundation to design and implement integrated leadership development and learning programmes and initiatives for entrepreneurs, managers and leaders.
We believe that building thriving businesses and social impact organisations which drive lasting positive change takes confident leadership, skills, and connections. Through our work we equip people, teams, organisations and networks/ecosystems with the tools, approaches, and skills to overcome challenges, build stronger relationships and strengthen their leadership to steer their organisations forward and achieve greater results, faster.
We partner and collaborate globally with local and international governments, foundations, international NGOs and corporates. We work in multiple languages, across contexts, cultures, and sectors. The Human Edge is a values-based organisation with a diverse and committed international team who bring a focus on quality, connections, innovation and learning to their work.
About the role
Reporting to Head of Programmes
Term Full-time (37.5 hours per week), 2-year fixed term contract (with potential for renewal, subject to funding)
Location Homebased in the UK, with ability to travel to team workshops/ meetings in the South/ Southwest on an approximately quarterly basis; and to travel internationally approximately 1-2 weeks per quarter
Application deadline 09.00 UK time, Friday 22 November 2024
Start date January 2025
Role Overview
You will manage projects/ programmes delivered through a range of modalities (in person, online, blended) across countries and regions, and in collaboration with partners and other service providers. You will also lead on and/ or contribute to cross-cutting initiatives which develop our organisational capacity as we grow. Reporting to the Head of Programmes, you will work closely with other project managers as well as colleagues in business development, communications, and facilitation design and delivery. You will find colleagues keen to work with you in the context and spirit of our values. Some international travel (up to 1-2 weeks per quarter) is generally envisaged for project managers, subject to business needs.
Download our recruitment pack for details of the key responsibilities and person specification. Please click on the 'How to apply' button to access this.
What we offer
- 38 days of annual leave (inclusive of public holidays)
- Contributory workplace pension scheme
- Private health insurance
- Contribution to expenses related to homeworking (in line with company policy)
- Agile remote working
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.