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Having recently secured a strategic partnership with Sport England, this role will play a pivotal role in activating the research activities that are required to inform the Leadership Skills Foundation and the wider sector to empower a more diverse range of young people with opportunities to develop essential leadership and life skills, regardless of their background.
You will be a valued manager within the ‘Programme Delivery’ team and will work with other departments across the organization to support the development of future accessible and inclusive essential leadership programmes. With a key focus being on the needs, benefits and outcomes required among underserved and/or under-represented communities and individuals.
This role will require positive and proactive internal working relationships to be created with other teams and colleagues to support organisational objectives and goals.
In addition, the role will also be required to foster relationships with external stakeholders to shape the research that you will manage through your team. This work will support the development of our programmes to engage thousands more young people and give them the essential leadership skills for them to believe, lead and succeed.
We’re looking for a confident, collaborative research manager that wants to make a positive social difference through research. This role will inform the changes that are required within the organisation’s programmes and support the sector to give access to essential leadership skills development to under-served communities through breaking down barriers.
Role duties and responsibilities
- Manage research and impact projects and activities, internally and externally, in support of our programme delivery strategic goals.
- Develop and manage research proposals and methodologies to address strategic goals.
- Manage both primary and secondary research using a range of methodologies.
- Interpret and analyse research to derive meaningful insights and provide actionable recommendations.
- Present research findings, into clear, actionable recommendations, and compelling presentations that facilitate informed decision making across all levels of the organisation.
- Identify and recommend new research and evaluation projects and approaches which address gaps in our current evidence base.
- Engage with the Leadership team and Head of Programme Delivery to understand the organisation’s research requirements and align with organisational goals.
- Manage other researchers providing guidance and support in their professional development.
- Contribute to the research project budgeting process, ensuring efficient use of resources.
- Scope and produce ‘Invitations to Tender’ for commissioned research and manage the commissioning process, ensuring that the proposed research meets required objectives.
- Manage commissioned research contracts, including monitoring progress, reviewing and editing reports.
- Foster collaborative internal relationships to drive a culture of research driven decisions throughout the organisation.
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners and funders and communicate key findings where required.
- Ensure all research activities comply with ethical standards.
- Maintain an awareness of new research developments across the sector and use this to inform planning and decision making.
People Management Responsibilities
- Delivery Programme Research Executive (0.8)
- Working with other managers whose direct reports will support the delivery of programme goals and activities
Key Relationships
Internal
- Line Manager: Head of Programme Delivery
- Direct report: Delivery Programme Research Executive
- Departments: Innovation, Marketing and Communications
- Leadership Team including - Directors of: Innovation & Standards; Engagement; Finance and Operations, and Chief Executive.
- Finance Manager
External
- Strategic partners including organisations such as Sport England.
- National and regional network and research partners.
- Key local delivery centres
Skills, experience and knowledge
Required/essential:
- Educated to degree level in a subject with substantial statistical or research content.
- Proven experience of working in a relevant research role.
- Experience of leading/managing a range of different research projects, using a range of both primary and secondary research methodologies to gather both qualitative and quantitative research.
- Experience in designing and leading high quality research proposals and tenders.
- Demonstratable experience and evidence of aligning research projects and activities with strategic goals and informing organisational decision making.
- Experience of formulating research reports and making recommendations in a range of easy to read and innovative formats.
- Proven track record of building and nurturing highly effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior colleagues and external funders or partners.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to present information confidently to a diverse range of stakeholders, including leadership team, funders and external partners.
- Excellent project management skills and experience of leading research projects on time and on budget.
- Strong organisation skills, ability to multi-task and work effectively in a busy team environment.
- Able to deliver at pace ensuring efficiency.
- Excellent listening and recording skills to effectively evidence the findings of research.
- Understanding of ethical standards and practices in research including potential issues.
- Complete and finish tasks independently and/or as part of a team.
- Show competence with IT (including Microsoft Office).
Desired:
- Line management experience
- Knowledge and understanding of the sector, including trends, challenges, and best practices
- Experience of researching on funded projects and meeting grant requirements.
Personal qualities
- A confident, collaborative manager that wants to make a positive social difference.
- Pro-active with the ability to work on own initiative collaboratively and independently.
- Effective and confident communicator.
- Adaptable to operational requirements with an openness to give and receive constructive feedback as part of a growth mindset.
- A creative, problem solver with the ability to think critically and analyse a range data.
- An ability to travel across the UK is required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Help Chapter
The Help chapter brings together our core services responsible for responding to incoming enquiries from supporters, beneficiaries, and members of the public, including managing and responding to feedback and complaints.
About the role
As a Chapter Member at the National Deaf Children's Society, you'll be in a Chapter of like-minded and skilled specialists, experts, and emerging experts. Chapters are self-organising, and every member has a vital role to play, sharing their skills, knowledge and experience and learning and developing together. Led by the Chapter Lead all Chapter Members will value and respect each other's contribution and learn and develop collaboratively.
This role will design, implement and manage systems to ensure that fundraising and marketing activity is of a high quality, complies with relevant legislation and sector codes and is consistent with National Deaf Children’s Society policies.
You will carry out a programme of detailed quality assurance activity and monitoring to identify areas where improvements can be made and provide fundraising teams with recommended actions. This work has a particular focus on the management of telemarketing and face to face recruitment.
You will prepare reports for internal teams and stakeholders and provide support and guidance to fundraising staff in relation to compliance and what is required of them.
You will network effectively with peers across the sector and engage with external regulatory and sector bodies, such as the Fundraising Regulator, the CIOF, the DMA and the ICO, to ensure that the organisation is aware of all relevant developments and our views and priorities are taken into consideration; actively participating in sector consultations, meetings and working groups as appropriate.
Occasional travel will be required to shadow and monitor compliance training and to support our fundraising agencies.
What might a day in the life look like?
- Take ownership of and manage our internal Call Monitoring process – selecting and allocating calls from our agencies and listening to the majority to recognise any potential issues or trends that may arise.
- To follow up any feedback with the agencies and ensure they are compliant with fundraising code of practice.
- Updating and monitoring the site lists on our websites to ensure our supporters know where we are.
- Attend monthly and ad-hoc compliance forums and engage with external bodies to ensure we are maintaining standards across the sector. A chance to network with peers and even offer insight into our best practise.
- Quarterly due diligence checks with our agencies, along with monitoring of job adverts and contracts to ensure compliance.
- To manage and monitor our Mystery Shopping programme – engaging with the agencies regarding feedback and follow up, and approving invoices.
- A monthly compliance tracker to be shared internally so we know our key areas of focus.
- Management of our fundraising shadowing programme, with the occasional visits to our agencies for compliance training, feedback and shadowing.
- To help the organisation to deliver excellent standards of supporter care by providing cover for the team where necessary.
- To identify compliance issues which require follow-up or investigation and to conduct or direct any internal investigation.
- To conduct periodic audits (including National Deaf Children’s Society’s fundraising suppliers) to ensure that compliance procedures are followed and that compliance systems are effective.
- To catch up with your Chapter and offer valuable insights and support.
Who are you?
· You’re passionate about working as part of a team and sharing and developing your skills, knowledge, and expertise in a collaborative environment
· You have a can-do attitude and are focused on achieving outcomes
· You’re happy to share your thoughts, skills, knowledge, and experience
· You have an open mindset and embrace new concepts and ideas
· You’re a natural collaborator
· You’re adaptable within a changeable environment
· You thrive in an agile product design and delivery environment
What will be in your toolkit?
· Strong digital skills and a sound understanding of agile values and principles
· A commitment to the organisation’s culture
· Comfortable with ambiguity
· Bravery, courage and an appetite for risk taking
· An exclusive focus on customers
· An enthusiasm for giving and receiving continual feedback
Disclosure check
This role requires a basic disclosure check. This post will be working in a position of trust and responsibility within the charity.
Our expectations
We expect all staff to:
· abide by and promote our Policy of Informed Choice, its Vision and Values, Code of Conduct and Equal Opportunities Statement.
· take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
· develop an understanding of deaf awareness and BSL skills whilst employed with the charity.
The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role: Finance Business Partner
Location: London (Hybrid working)
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Department: Finance
Contract: Full time
As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving the financial success of our social research projects. You’ll be the strategic advisor to our research leaders, ensuring every decision is backed by solid financial analysis and aligned with our commercial objectives. This is not just a finance role—it's a chance to shape the future of social research with your commercial acumen.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Financial Leadership: Partner with Research Directors to drive financial performance, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.
- Commercial Insight: Provide insightful analysis on profitability, project margins, and return on investment, turning complex data into actionable business strategies.
- Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the financial planning process, from budgeting to forecasting, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
- Performance Monitoring: Develop and implement KPIs to track project performance, driving continuous improvement and identifying growth opportunities.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the financial liaison between senior management and project teams, translating financial data into compelling narratives that inform strategic decisions.
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate financial risks, ensuring the long-term sustainability and profitability of our research projects.
- Bids & Costing: Experience working in bids and costing.
To perform any other reasonable duties that NatCen may require that are consistent with the broad nature of the job.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Commercial Savvy: You’re more than a number cruncher—you understand the commercial landscape and can navigate it with ease.
- Analytical Excellence: You have a knack for turning data into insights and insights into action.
- Stakeholder Management: You're a strong communicator, capable of influencing decision-makers at all levels.
- Experience: Proven experience in a finance business partnering role, ideally within research, consulting, or a similar industry.
- Qualification: ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified, finalist or part qualified, with a strong background in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Follow the requirements of our Operating Standards, and also to meet the requirements of all our ISO standards
- Other duties which may be required from time to time
This job description may be changed from time to time at the discretion of management
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, an excellent working environment (including a home/office hybrid working environment), you will be working for the largest independent social research organisation in the UK. We are proud of the benefits we offer our employees which include:
- 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and flexible working
- Generous company pension scheme
- Life insurance and health cash plan
- Cycle to Work scheme and season ticket loan
- Career development, professional subscriptions support and mentoring support from industry-leading experts.
About the National Centre for Social Research
At The National Centre for Social Research we believe that social research has the power to make life better. By really understanding the complexity of people’s lives and what they think about the issues that affect them, we give the public a powerful and influential role in shaping services that can make a difference to everyone. And as an independent, not-for-profit organisation we’re able to focus our time and energy on meeting our clients’ needs and delivering social research that works for society.
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Dialogue Earth is an independent non-profit dedicated to producing exceptional environmental journalism and informed conversations on urgent climate and sustainability topics. Our unique model brings local voices to global audiences and global stories of hope, action and change to local communities.
Summary of role purpose
Senior fundraising and development role at a pioneering, mid-sized climate-change journalism non-profit with a seven-figure budget. Overall responsibility for developing, securing and managing a trusts and foundations pipeline – during an important organisational inflection point -- to help grow a sustainable, financially substantial and long-term income stream for our programmes, core and new activities. Working strategically with senior leadership and staff to maximise existing income sources and identify and evaluate new sources of income, including those beyond philanthropic donations.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
· Research and recommend funding opportunities for current and planned programmes at a dynamic, climate-change charity with a strong track record, team, and culture. Manage and organise initial enquiries, funding applications, follow-ups, and learnings from feedback.
· Draft clear and compellingly written fundraising materials, including cases for support, funding proposals and concept notes.
· Manage / support relationships with funders, including timely appropriate tailored funder reports and other communications.
· Oversee the preparation of bespoke, accurate and clear grant reports, rooted in our measurement, evaluation and learning strategy, along with other fundraising materials
· Work strategically with the senior management team (SMT) to develop plans to maximise income to achieve annual fundraising targets and, together with the editorial and leadership teams, meet with funders and donors to understand their interests, priorities and present proposals.
· Chair bi-weekly meeting with the SMT to present opportunities and actions and agree on priorities and approaches to donors.
· Collaborate with colleagues, especially in the editorial and operations teams, to gather information on project needs, aims and deliverables; ensure that what is presented to funders is aligned with the delivery side of the organisation.
· Oversee the management of the grants database and ensure it is regularly checked and updated and that leads are followed up.
· Manage internal fundraising processes.
· Build and maintain positive relationships, both with internal stakeholders and funders.
· Assist in relationship and account management for non-philanthropic income streams.
· Assist in delivering events to update existing and attract new funders ensuring appropriate follow-up.
· Assist in crafting presentations to funders, working with broader team to develop film / materials.
Please see the attached Job Pack for the full job description and person specification.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Working Hours
32 hours, 9-6. We offer a four-day working week, with full time pay.
Hybrid working
We work in the office a minimum of 2 days a week. Attendance is mandatory on Tuesdays; staff can choose which other days they attend.
Pension
Defined contribution pension plan, with 5% employer contribution, 4% employee contribution and 1% tax relief contribution into an ethically conscious pension plan.
Holidays
28 days per annum, including bank holidays
Location
Shoreditch, London
Culture
Our office is in Shoreditch and is a really lovely space, with a great staff culture, a friendly and dynamic team, and an office dog, Poppy.
To apply, please submit your CV along with a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) setting out:
1. your interest in the role and
2. details of how you meet the following criteria (below) from the Person Specification
a) Considerable relevant work experience in a senior fundraising or philanthropy position in the environmental, climate and/or non-profit journalism/media sector
b) Proven experience in securing income from trusts and foundations, ideally at the six-figure level and above.
c) Excellent analytical skills
d) Compelling and engaging communicator
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
Resuscitation Council UK’s (RCUK) Communications and Engagement team delivers creative communications and authentic engagement activities that support the organisation’s vision to ensure that everyone in the UK has the skills they need to save a life and receive appropriate resuscitation.
Our audiences include health and social care professionals, members of the public, charities, professional bodies and associations, UK policymakers and campaigning groups.
We are looking for a creative self-starter with a passion for digital marketing and skilled in community management.
You need to be a motivated and enthusiastic marketer who is comfortable working on impactful campaigns which have a wide and diverse reach. You should be confident bringing healthcare-related stories to life through different digital channels. You should also take a hands-on approach to all areas of marketing and understand the nuances, advantages and shortcomings of using different platforms.
You will be responsible for delivering outputs from our social media as well as leading on our email communications. You will analyse and evaluate the results of these campaigns and use insights to drive development, with support from the Digital Media and Marketing Manager.
Led by the Digital Media and Marketing Manager, you will also produce website content, support on paid advertising and creation of branded merchandise.
Digital marketing plays a key role in our ability to raise awareness for, and build the profile of, Resuscitation Council UK, our guidelines, courses, and standards. Working with other members of the Communications and Engagement team, you will support on digital aspects of campaigns and initiatives to further public awareness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation and support for survivors.
The post holder will work closely with all members of the Communications and Engagement, Governance, Operations, Clinical and Service Development departments and build strong relationships with the wider resuscitation community. Equality, diversity and inclusion will be important principles considered in all elements of work.
Main responsibilities and duties
Website, SEO & PPC
- Write/produce, build and publish content for the RCUK website, including articles, features, statements and updates, ensuring diversity and inclusion is considered in everything we do.
- Ensure all content, imagery or files uploaded to the website are of an optimal file size and comply with accessibility guidance e.g., alt text, descriptive links.
- Support the Digital Media and Marketing Manager to deliver the SEO priorities for the organisation and increase RCUK’s reach.
- Use insight (e.g., Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Crazy Egg, surveys etc) to identify content gaps and opportunities for website improvements in line with user requirements.
Campaigns
- Support the communications and engagement team to deliver on key integrated campaigns across the year.
- Support on the delivery of marketing and communications strategies for core RCUK products: including generating sales for commercial products such as e-Lifesaver and paid events such as conferences through digital marketing and direct communications.
- Support the Media and Campaigns team with asset creation and amplify media opportunities via our digital channels
- Support the Policy and Public Affairs team with uploading policy briefings and maintaining resource repositories
- Identify hooks and opportunities to promote RCUK’s work and increase digital engagement.
Email Marketing
- Project manage the delivery of email marketing communications in line with the organisation’s aims and objectives to engage our core audience with RCUK’s work.
- Support on the delivery of our annual BAU email communications calendar.
- Evaluate the impact of RCUK emails activity, through regular analysis of emails sent, and use this insight to get a better understanding of how audiences are engaging with our email content and to continually improve email communications
- Ensure all emails are sent in line with General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR).
- Support the development of a new email strategy to support business growth (e.g. e-Lifesaver prospects through sales journey) and audience segmentation.
Social media
- Create, curate and share high quality social media content using a range of different and innovative formats.
- Monitor RCUK’s social media portfolio and identify opportunities for RCUK expansion onto other social media platforms in line with organisational objectives and where the audiences we are trying to reach are.
- Respond to comments across our social media channels and build support within our online community through engaging in conversations. Answer queries (liaising with other teams as required) and escalate any reputational issues to the Digital Media and Marketing Manager.
- Identify opportunities and content for paid campaigns.
- Work with the Digital Media and Marketing Manager to evaluate the impact of organic and paid social media activity through monthly reporting and analysis of larger initiatives and campaigns.
Other
- Champion RCUK brand and style guidelines to ensure RCUK communications are consistent across all comms channels.
- Use Canva/Adobe suite to design BAU social media graphics and toolkits for campaigns.
- Ensure our content is accessible and reflects the diverse resuscitation community and society as a whole.
- Represent and promote the organisation and its products at internal and external events that RCUK is exhibiting at.
- Manage the Communications inbox on a rota basis with the Media and Campaigns Officer & Policy and Public Affairs Officer.
- There is an occasional need for weekend/evening working and time off in lieu is granted in line with our time off in lieu policy.
- Support writing creative briefs for external design agency.
How to apply
Please email your CV, covering letter and Equality & Diversity monitoring form to us with 'Digital Media and Marketing Officer' in the subject line.
The closing date for applications is 17:00 Monday 18 November 2024.
Interviews for this role will take place Thursday 28 November 2024.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.
About St Augustine's Centre
‘The St. Augustine Centre lays a clear path of hope for each of us. It is my family. Now I can start to live again.’ (Besara, Centre Member)
‘This place is a deep well of humanity and resilience in a world that needs these things so much.’ (Miles, Volunteer)
At our vibrant community centre in Halifax, we welcome refugees and people seeking asylum. Working across Calderdale with partners, we give people the practical support they need to rebuild their lives with dignity, and we offer a wide range of activities that help them feel happier and more connected.
We are a community of 22 staff (15 full-time equivalent), 150 volunteers, and over a thousand Centre Members from 86 countries. Our ‘Centre Members’ are people seeking sanctuary in Calderdale. 33% of our staff and trustees and 50% of our volunteers have lived experience of the asylum system; their insights and experiences shape what we do.
About you
Do you have a proven track record as a compassionate and inspirational leader or manager?
Do you have the skills to define and execute strategy, secure funding from multiple sources, build diverse partnerships, and ensure organisational compliance with the law and regulatory frameworks - all whilst overseeing the delivery of front-line services and a wide range of life-enhancing activities?
Do you care deeply about the challenges facing people fleeing war and persecution? Are you passionate about leading a unique humanitarian organisation which provides crucial practical support – and a deep sense of belonging – to some of the world’s most vulnerable people?
The role - your main responsibilities
- Provide clear leadership and strategic direction for the whole organisation, in collaboration with the Board of trustees, and with a spirit of positivity and possibility.
- Oversee the effective delivery of a diverse range of services, including immigration and asylum advice and a wide range of support and activities.
- Ensure the financial sustainability of the organisation including budgeting, monitoring and keeping the organisation well-funded and resourced.
- Work collaboratively, compassionately and effectively with trustees, staff, volunteers, Centre Members to inspire and lead an inclusive and enabling culture; including managing staff and overseeing all key processes and policies.
- Model our values of sanctuary, diversity, community, collaboration and growth and deliver on our purpose to provide practical support and challenge injustice.
- Engage with our Centre Members and amplify their voices at all times.
- Manage effective partnerships with voluntary and statutory organisations, funders and donors locally, regionally and nationally.
- Ensure that the work of St Augustine’s conforms to all legal, compliance, regulatory, charitable and funding requirements.
How to apply
- For detailed application instructions, including how to complete the application form, and to review the job pack with the person specification and job description, please visit our website’s job page.
- Application deadline: 10am on Monday 18th November 2024.
- Shortlisting notification: By Thursday 21st November 2024.
- Interview dates: Wednesday 27th or Thursday 28th November 2024.
Key information
- Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours a week)
- Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire (option to work from home occasionally)
- 7 weeks holiday per annum including bank holidays
- Employer pension contributions
St Augustine’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Recruitment of all staff and volunteers is robust and informed by our safer recruitment policy and procedures. Successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS.
At our vibrant centre in Halifax, we welcome and support refugees and people seeking asylum, helping them to rebuild their lives with dignity.
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We are seeking a dynamic director of member support and development, to lead a team that supports, inspires and champions hundreds of community groups across Britain, engaging people with their local railways and delivering empowering community projects. You’ll be helping communities to come together, take action and have a voice on sustainable and inclusive transport and development.
About this role
This role couldn’t be more crucial to who we are and what we do: putting our members and their local communities at the forefront, empowering them to achieve their goals, and ensuring we and our partners are listening to and learning from their insights.
As a member of our senior leadership team, reporting to our chief executive, you will manage, lead and develop our support and development team, with nine passionate and knowledgeable staff.
Your job is to ensure the team excels and thrives in its work supporting and developing our membership to increase its impact, in line with our strategic goals and members’ locally-determined plans and ambitions. This includes nurturing togetherness, positivity and innovation, ensuring strong collaboration with our other teams, external partners and funders, and bringing new opportunities into community rail, while sharing its insights and experiences.
It’s an exciting time to be joining community rail, with the movement expanding, increasingly influential in rail and transport development, a burgeoning evidence base, and growing recognition of its relevance in tackling the climate crisis and social inequalities.
Main responsibilities:
- Manage, lead, support and develop our support and development (S&D) team, ensuring effective delivery and performance against our aims, objectives and plans, and ensuring the team’s work is well-planned, coordinated, evidenced and reported;
- Lead on the development, delivery and regular review of a strategy and annual plans, targets and budgets for the S&D team, engaging the team and our funders effectively in this process, drawing on member, partner and Board input, and aligning with our overarching strategy;
- Nurture a member-orientated, empowering, positive approach in the S&D team, in line with our values, ensuring high-quality provision of support, advice and signposting, balancing proactiveness and responsiveness, and being attentive to members’ needs and input, as well as wider contexts and opportunities;
- Help our team to show positive leadership and provide intelligent, effective support, training and development services to our members around community engagement and empowerment, social inclusion and diversity, sustainable and healthy travel and socio-economic development – including by listening to members, continually developing the team’s knowledge, skills and networks, and enabling the team to signpost, refer to and collaborate with organisations with useful expertise/services;
- Coordinating with our other teams, forge and maintain strong external partnerships, especially leading on those that help us support our members better and bring them opportunities, such as with train operators, corporate partners, third sector organisations, and at operational level with devolved/regional/combined authorities;
- Continually monitor and develop the S&D team’s performance and impact, including using member, partner and colleague feedback, supporting staff to consider and maximise effectiveness, driving innovation and efficiencies, and developing ways to assess and evidence our impact, especially as our membership continues to grow;
- Manage our activity supporting the creation and development of new or emerging community rail partnerships, station groups and community stations, and our support for those undergoing major change or challenges, ensuring this is carefully balanced with existing members’ needs;
- Ensure our members’ voices, experiences and insights can be effectively used by our other teams and external partners, in their delivery, planning and strategic influencing work, especially ensuring that case studies, stories, examples and views are fed through to our communications, policy and events activity;
- Play a key role in our liaison with and reporting to our own funders, and other major funders of our members, including ensuring effective monitoring and evaluation of our S&D work, collating good evidence of our own and our members’ impact, and maintaining a robust awareness of and ability to advocate on opportunities and risks in community rail;
- As a member of our senior leadership team, work closely with senior colleagues and across the organisation, and liaise with our Board as relevant, to co-ordinate and manage the delivery of our overarching strategy, reinforce our values, ensure the whole team is engaged with our mission and purpose, and to show external leadership across our members, partners and beyond.
Skills and competencies:
- Strong leadership and management skills, including a track record in managing, developing, drawing on and getting the best from a multi-faceted team, and working in and driving positive change in a complex, rapidly-evolving environment;
- Significant experience and demonstrable experience in community engagement and community-led projects, ideally from both professional and voluntary positions, and ideally experience in supporting and advising community initiatives;
- Experience in successfully planning, developing, delivering and evaluating programmes with positive social outcomes, including reporting to funders;
- Experience working collaboratively and forming mutually-beneficial partnerships and professional networks, ideally with experience of developing corporate partnerships and/or funder relationships;
- An understanding of how to evidence and increase social impact, particularly in relation to community development, empowerment and sustainability;
- Awareness of and a strong commitment to community empowerment, social inclusion, social justice and sustainable development, with a good grasp of the importance of public transport and sustainable travel, and community-led action, to these agendas;
- Excellent communication skills, articulate and assertive, with the ability to work constructively, diplomatically and persuasively with stakeholders at all levels and handle challenging situations;
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while dealing with competing priorities, and an evidenced ability to support a team to do so;
- IT literate and competent using Office applications, the internet and CRM/database/recording systems;
- Appropriate qualifications and professional development demonstrating knowledge and skills in line with the above, and a commitment to ongoing learning and development.
Other information
As you will be home-based and managing a dispersed team, we are flexible about your location. However, you will be expected to travel to our office in Huddersfield for in-person full-team meetings quarterly, and you will need to bring your team together at a central location with similar regularity in between. On top of this, attendance at occasional in-person events and partner meetings, and visits to members to learn more about community rail and assist the team, will be important. We therefore welcome applications from those with decent public transport links, not too far from a railway station to enable journeys to be made sustainably.
This is a full-time position, 37 hours per week. We use a flexi-time system, with the core hours 10am-3pm, and we are committed to being a flexible, supportive and understanding employer. This is a permanent position with a probationary period of six months.
Community Rail Network is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and Black, Asian and other minoritised groups, who meet with the skills and competencies for this role. We will provide reasonable adjustments for interviews as required.
Please provide your CV and a covering letter of up to two sides of A4, by 09:00, Thursday 7 November 2024, summarising why you are the ideal person for this job, your relevant experience and competencies, and why you want to work for us. Please include a daytime phone number.
First interviews are scheduled to take place online Thurs 14 November. Second interviews are scheduled to take place in-person Tues 19 November, likely in London. Candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted by phone about a week before. Due to limited resources, we are unable to provide feedback to candidates who are not shortlisted.
Championing the community rail movement | Connecting people and their railways | Creating inclusive, empowered, sustainable and healthy communities
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Are you ready to harness the power of digital to drive social impact? Zetetick Housing is on the lookout for a creative and data-driven business development officer to lead our digital growth plans. You’ll be at the forefront of growing our online presence, managing campaigns that not only raise awareness but also generate the leads that fuel our mission. In this role, you’ll design digital strategies that resonate, analyse performance to optimize results, and collaborate with the team to create content that engages and inspires. You’ll be great at building relationships too, enjoy being the spokesperson for a brand and mission. Join us in leveraging digital campaigns to make a tangible difference in the lives of vulnerable communities.
We offer a competitive salary, flexible working options, and a nurturing environment that promotes both personal and professional growth. Apply now, and help us make a real difference.
From flexible working, through health awareness and support for our staff through training, 25+ days holiday and much more we do our best to ensure everyone is able to work in a supportive, dynamic and engaging workspace, fuelled by our Bedrock values that encourage growth and development through kindness and social responsibility.
About the Job:
The Digital Growth Officer is responsible for developing and executing digital strategies that result in brand visibility, and lead generation. This role will leverage digital channels to support business development, increase tenant inquiries, and promote community partnerships and contribute to driving the growth of Zetetick.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Generation: Design and implement digital campaigns (SEO, PPC, email marketing, and social media) to generate leads for housing inquiries, partnerships, and donations.
- Analyse website traffic, engagement metrics, and conversion rates to optimize digital campaigns and increase ROI. Use insights to lead on recommendations to adjust strategy and content.
- Brand Development: Ensure that Zetetick’s digital presence reflects its mission, values, and objectives, enhancing its reputation and positioning in the community.
- Collaboration is key: Work closely with the fundraising, housing and finance teams to align digital marketing campaigns with tenant acquisition, fundraising initiatives, community engagement, and partnership initiatives.
- Oversee the creation of engaging and informative content for digital platforms (social media, blogs, newsletters, and website). Ensure all content aligns with growth and engagement goals.
- Social Media Campaigns: Develop and manage organic and paid social media strategies to build brand awareness, engage key audiences, and drive conversions.
- Lead on SEO initiatives to improve website ranking and visibility and manage Google Ads campaigns to target key demographics and drive traffic.
- Design and implement targeted email marketing campaigns for tenants, partners, donors, and other key audiences. Focus on engagement, conversion, and retention.
- Digital Partnership Support: Collaborate with the Partnerships Officer to create and promote community events, and partnership initiatives online.
- Reporting and Analytics: Provide detailed reports on campaign performance, including web traffic, social media engagement, and lead generation. Use analytics to continuously refine digital strategy.
- Preparedness to commit to ad hoc tasks across the organisation on occasion. Everyone at Zetetick is expected to conduct Homeliness visits and contribute to work at times that is not exclusive to their job description.
To provide and maintain specialised quality homes, not just housing. To empower choice and deliver dignity to all we work with.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The Forces Employment Charity is seeking a dedicated Communications Officer on a 10-month maternity leave contract to join our lively MarComms team. You will be focusing on providing both digital and traditional marketing support to the programmes that provide employment advice and guidance to UK Armed Forces veterans.
Role: You will be responsible for raising and sustaining the profile of the Forces Employment Charity’s Ex-Forces Employment programme and Veterans Support Programme, with potential and current clients, employers, and other partner organisations. The post holder will play a vital role in the marketing team and will be the first point of contact for staff from both teams.
Each comms officer has a ‘strength’ in lead of a particular area of MarComms. In this role, you will lead in-house digital content creation across the organisation. The wider team will work collaboratively with you to support production and other team members as required.
The role reports to the Marketing Manager. It is a temporary full-time position to cover a 10-month maternity leave period. It is 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday and pays £28,500 Pro Rata. The successful candidate will be working on a hybrid basis with occasional travel to the headquarters in central London (an opportunity to work with the MarComms Team in the office).
Principal Responsibilities:
· Proactively acting as the MarComms designated contact for the Ex-Forces Employment Programme and Veterans Support Programme and their communications and marketing requirements.
· Co-ordinating and producing the MarComms digital content such as vox pops for internal and external events by conducting insightful interviews, short video clips, and editing seamless productions to coordinate and produce MarComms digital content, such as vox pops, for internal and external events.
· Virtual and in-person event support.
· Supporting the Marketing Manager and coordinating the team’s contributions towards the established MarComms ‘Topic of the Month’ (TotM) framework. Align content pieces across the department, such as creating articles, social posts, newsletters, case studies, etc, to ensure the delivery of consistent messaging.
· Scheduling content on social media channels (currently X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram) using content management software. Including uploading and publishing videos onto YouTube.
· Recording, drawing and analysing insights from social media, campaign work to continually review and evaluate and adapt your output.
· Creating online and offline content, including written articles and still/motion graphics.
· Website page and post updates, working with website lead - the Head of Brand and Marketing.
· Supporting the Customer Engagement Manager with producing email newsletters and required content.
· Assisting the Head of Brand and Marketing by ensuring the correct use of the Forces Employment Charity’s brand guidelines internally and externally.
· Collaborating with external communication managers from delivery partners and stakeholders as required for joint working initiatives.
· Acting as a brand guardian for your team’s programme presentations using established brand templates, guidelines and writing style guide.
· When required, undertaking other tasks in support of the Forces Employment Charity’s wider work.
Essential Competencies:
· Experience in creating content for on- and off-line channels.
· Ability to draw and analyse insights from social media/YouTube platforms.
· Excellent written English.
· Proficiency in utilising recording equipment to capture high-quality visuals.
· Experience using editing software, e.g. Premier Pro.
· Experience using design software, e.g. Canva.
· Experience using social media scheduling software.
· Proven ability to deliver outcomes by demanding time and quality targets and to deal with conflicting priorities calmly and appropriately.
· Excellent internal and external relationship-building skills.
Desirable Competencies:
· Empathy with and a good understanding of ex-Forces personnel and the challenges they can face.
· Experience in creating paid social media campaigns.
· Experience of working within a charity.
· Experience in working with creative agencies and freelancers.
Forces Employment Charity is an equal opportunities employer and values having a diverse workforce. We actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates.
If you meet the criteria and are passionate about supporting service leavers in their transition to civilian employment, we encourage you to apply. The closing date for the position is Midnight, 3 November 2024.
Please note that this job advert may close early if a suitable candidate is found. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis as applications are received.
Head of Intelligence
Hours: Full time (40 hours per week)
Salary: £42,464 per annum
1 Year Fixed Term (with view to extend)
London-based, hybrid-style and flexible working
We are looking for an individual with an intelligence background who has a passion for preventing modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT), creating and delivering intelligence products, has human rights, ESG, and/or financial crime knowledge. Our prevention program team also regularly interacts with individuals at high risk of being trafficked and therefore robust safeguarding is essential.
Our Intelligence Team research and produce our Exploitation Analytics service – a suite of reports containing actionable insight that our clients utilise to find potential bad actors operating within their transaction monitoring systems. We also offer a Business Resilience package to help companies mitigate the risk of potential exploitation within supply chains and operations through intelligence sharing and practical guidance.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate who will build partner and client relationships, develop our current team members, and continue to innovate our offering to better prevent and disrupt human trafficking.
Responsibilities:
- Leading our work to develop strategic and tactical insights that will enable a spectrum of actors (business, banks, law enforcement) to prevent MSHT. This may include safeguarding potential victims or victims.
- Providing expertise to support our team of managers who deliver the above reporting and consulting to commercial organisations.
- Effectively pitching our products and services to secure new clients and increase our impact.
- Nurturing and developing existing commercial relationships and collaborations.
- Ability to manage and set targets, and report on progress regularly.
- Developing new offerings that increase the effectiveness and impact of our work, turning intelligence into relevant actionable insight for commercial clients.
- Supporting our internal MEL lead to document and evidence the impact of our intelligence services.
- Participating in public-facing events to promote STOP THE TRAFFIK and engage different audiences in this fight.
- Working alongside the Senior Leadership Team and Executive Team to strategically develop our organisation and drive sustainable growth.
- Direct line management and leadership of Intelligence Managers.
- Promoting collaborations across all teams in an agile manner.
Benefits:
- A friendly, supportive team
- Opportunity to work directly with global brands and experts around the world
- Encouragement and autonomy to present new ideas and lead on solutions
- The opportunity to join a cash benefit healthcare scheme for low monthly contributions, which can also cover your partner and children
- A corporate eye-care scheme
- Life insurance
- A non-contributory Grouped Personal Pension Scheme, where we pay a 7% contribution of your gross salary into your pension pot (you can choose to personally contribute if you wish)
- Life insurance
- An annual leave allowance of 27 days annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), rising to 1 day annually up to 33 days
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Season Ticket Loan Ability to switch 2 bank holidays to better suit your needs
- Employment policies, including flexible working policy which reflect the needs of our staff In-house and external training opportunities
Further details about STOP THE TRAFFIK can be found on our website.
If you have the relevant experience, are highly resourceful, adaptable, pro-active, and a critical thinker able to work in a fast-paced environment, please send a CV and brief cover letter that evidences your ability to be successful in this role.
Only applications sent via email will be considered to ensure an equitable review process. Please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs Website for furhter information.Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
We cannot sponsor applicants at this time.
Oasis supports Equal Opportunities. Registered Charity No. 1127321
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The purpose of this role is to support the Digital Communications Manager in promoting, strengthening and protecting the reputation of the Academy by delivering and evaluating short- and long-term digital campaigns across key communications channels that engage and influence new and existing audiences.
You will achieve this by creating high-quality, engaging written and visual content that is on brand and optimised for different audiences and digital channels used by the Academy including social media channels (LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube and Bluesky), email, and our website. You will work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners, including influential UK and international medical researchers as well as patients, carers and the public, to help shape our work.
You will strive for excellence to develop an understanding of the Academy’s audiences and an ability to tell impactful stories in a compelling way. You will be agile in how you work on multiple long- and short-term projects and will work well under pressure to meet short deadlines.
You will behave with integrity to build effective relationships quickly, developing trust as you collaborate widely with colleagues, digital content creators, biomedical scientists and peers from partner Academies, charities, universities and government bodies, both national and international. You will act on evidence from data insights to deliver factually sound and impactful communications that resonate with our Fellows, grant awardees, public, patients, researchers and policymakers.
We’re looking for someone with the energy and passion to actively seek diversity and inclusion across our communications activities. Someone who lives our values of kindness and resilience by modelling healthy working practices and supporting wellbeing and work-life balance for colleagues, collaborators and most importantly themselves.
Benefits
- Salary progression framework
- Hybrid and agile working
- 29 days annual leave including Christmas closure dates, plus Bank Holidays
- Pension (The Academy offers a flexible contribution structure with a minimum employer contribution of 8% up to a maximum of 13% of gross salary, with an employee contribution ranging from 3% to 8%)
- Life assurance
- Season ticket travel loan (interest free)
- Family-friendly benefits - enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to qualifying period), coaching for parents returning to work
- Subscription to Headspace and Class pass
- Staff training to support your development including EDI training
For more information and to apply, please visit our careers page.
Closing date: Midday on Monday, 4 November 2024.
Interview dates: 14, 15, 18 November 2024 (held online).
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At The Reading Agency, we have a reputation of robust and insightful research and we are looking for a Research and Evaluation Officer to join our team.
This position offers the opportunity to support the design and delivery of our research and evaluation portfolio. The ideal candidate will have research and evaluation experience, including skills in desk research, research and/or evaluation design, data collection, data analysis and report writing.
We are a UK charity with a mission to empower people of all ages to read.
Do you have proven experience of data integration and ETL tools, strong Python, SQL and ETL knowledge and a good understanding of Data Lake and Microsoft Fabric and Synapse? Then join Shelter as a Data Engineer and you could soon be playing a crucial role at the heart of our Data and Insight team.
About the role
Right now, we’re looking for a technical expert with experience of developing and maintaining ELT pipelines to move data between enterprise applications (a mix of both in-house and external and on-prem and in the cloud). Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for developing ETL processes using Fabric and Synapse linking from a variety of data sources to a wide variety of targets on-prem, cloud platforms and in Azure. We’ll also rely on you to ensure business requirements for new data feeds or changes are understood and translated into efficient and effective technical solutions. Exploring new ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of data management across Shelter will be important too, as will transforming and centralising raw data from multiple platforms into user friendly reporting data. Writing, validating and executing test plans, troubleshooting performance issues and supporting Shelter’s wider data management initiatives – all are aspects of this interesting and varied role.
Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
About the team
Our vision is for Shelter to have the high-quality data and insight required to describe the housing emergency, the impact we have fighting the crisis and the internal performance and health of the organisation. We want all of Shelter to have the skills and knowledge to use data as part of their everyday activities and make informed, transparent decisions with robust evidence, in an organisational culture that treasures its data because it recognises the value of it. This particular role sits within a Data and Insight team that’s been formed to bring together the skills and experience to achieve this vision as part of a wider Technology and Data team within our Strategic Enablement directorate.
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
Safeguarding statement
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
You will be responsible for ensuring accurate processing and recording in accounts and administrative matters, processing invoices and performing bank reconciliations. You will also work with colleagues in The King’s Foundation ensuring compliance with policies and procedures of The King’s Foundation.
This role offers the opportunity to grow and develop within The King’s Foundation. As you become more familiar with our financial processes and systems, there will be opportunities to take on greater responsibility, including involvement in more complex financial tasks and projects. You will have the chance to work closely with senior members of the finance team, gaining valuable experience and insights into the wider financial operations of the organization.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to enhance our organisation’s brand visibility, media presence, and digital outreach efforts. This role requires a proactive, open-minded individual who is adaptable to changing needs and committed to staying ahead of market trends in the digital and media landscape.