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We are seeking an enthusiastic Volunteer Manager to join our small, collaborative team. You will be a proactive, organised individual with experience of working with volunteers and a talent for building strong relationships. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on variety and is committed to enhancing the experience and contributions of volunteers. 

As Volunteer Manager, you will oversee all aspects of volunteer management, including recruitment, training, development of new volunteer projects, and ongoing support. You will be willing to develop and deliver training programmes yourself where needed and identify and support volunteers to take on roles such as trainers and facilitators. A key focus will be ensuring volunteers are well-prepared and integrated into ADCH activities. 

As part of a small team, you will need to be hands-on and flexible, taking on a variety of tasks and supporting organisational events and projects. With occasional travel and overnight stays required, this role suits someone adaptable, resourceful, and ready to make a meaningful impact. 

If you are an innovative and driven individual ready to embrace this challenging and rewarding role, we’d love to hear from you! 

This is a 12-month fixed-term position, with the potential for extension subject to securing further funding.

Closing Date: Monday, 13th January 2025, 5pm. 

Interviews: Tuesday 21 January 2025 at Birmingham Dogs Home, Solihull.  

If you do not hear from us within 5 days of the closing date, please assume you were unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we reserve the right to close this post early, should we receive a high volume of applications. 

Further details about the role, including key responsibilities and criteria, can be found in the job description within our recruitment pack. Please ensure you review the pack carefully before beginning your application. 

This role is made possible thanks to support from Pets Foundation 

Our Office & Facilities Manager will combine hospitality with facilities management to create a place experience that increases collaboration, boosts productivity and creates deeper connection with colleagues and guests alike.   In this role, you’ll create a warm, welcoming and inspiring environment which brings our vision to life and enables our mission and strategy. As our primary point of contact for all things related to our office, you’ll help bring our values and culture to life within the physical space, empowering colleagues to work effectively and welcoming guests into a setting that deepens their relationship with us.

This is a role for someone who takes pride in creating and maintaining a place where people feel inspired, supported, and valued—a person who sees our office as a key asset in our ministry and is passionate about making it the best it can be.

As a result of our Christian ethos, this post is covered by an Occupational Requirement (OR) under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010. The successful applicant will be expected to be a practising Christian and to clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practices contained in our Ethos Statement, by:

· Active membership of local church congregation.

An understanding of the faith aspects of the work of Christian charities, including the preparedness to pray with colleagues, where appropriate.

Our Human Resources Manager is a senior role working closely with the Head of Finance and Internal Operations, the Chief Executive and the Human Resources Strategic Projects Lead in the delivery of a professional, progressive and proactive Human Resources function, working in line with our values. You will have the opportunity to shape our approach to this important function, will work with brilliant and friendly colleagues and will go home every day knowing you have made a difference.

You will support the senior leadership team, managers and staff throughout the organisation to deal with HR related matters in whatever form they take. You will manage a busy caseload, advising on performance, absence and sickness management, recruitment and retention in line with employment law, our policies and good HR practice, as well as ensuring good HR administration throughout the employment life-cycle. You will provide informal advice, coaching and mentoring to managers on all aspects of employee relations, through a variety of 1-1 meetings, informal training sessions/workshops and briefings. You’ll meet regularly with managers to develop a thorough understanding of their needs, and help them to identify and resolve emergent issues before they become more serious. You will also be responsible for more strategic matters such as development of employment policies, procedures and practices, our learning and development offer and management of our payroll.

We are looking for an experienced HR generalist with good knowledge of employment law and HR good-practice and some knowledge of payroll. As part of a small team, we need someone with experience to deal with the multiple facets of HR and someone who is a “doer”. You will be able to work flexibly, independently and ​​have a willingness to take on new challenges and lead in your area of expertise. We are looking for ​​an individual with strong organisational and administration skills, who can comfortably balance operational day-to-day tasks alongside the provision of insight and expertise into long term projects and initiatives. Empathy and an understanding of the importance of process are important characteristics.

Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life. We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life.

Our Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. Through our grants programme, we support hundreds of local organisations working with older people across the UK. 

We use the knowledge and insight gained from our support services and partnerships to highlight the issues experienced by older people in poverty and campaign for change.

We would love to find individuals from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.

Responsibilities and Person Specification:

This role is strategic, creative and fast paced. The successful applicant will lead the public affairs team at Independent Age to develop influencing strategies targeting decision makers across national and local government, Parliament and Whitehall to ensure we secure policy change for older people facing financial hardship. You’ll need to be a strategic thinker, with an in-depth understanding and experience of different parliamentary levers, the ability to build strong external relationships and exceptional organisation skills. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to raise the issues that are faced by people in later life experiencing financial hardship up the political agenda, and further establish Independent Age’s profile as a key stakeholder in this space. 

For full details on the role and requirements, please review the job description and person specification.  If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. 

This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9 day fortnight.

What it’s like to work at Independent Age:

We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.

We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.

We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working. 

You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age by visiting our website.

Application Process:

To apply, please visit our website to submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).

To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do not omit dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name. 

Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. A Basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.

Closing Date: 5th January 2025 11:59pm

Interview Dates: Remote interviews on 13th and 14th January 2025

We're looking for a Community Fundraising Manager - it's a great opportunity to develop a plan and deliver a diverse portfolio of fundraising activities to engage people with our work and contribute to our income.

You will manage a team to help develop innovative fundraising products, grow our supporter base and provide exceptional supporter stewardship.

Income generation  

• Responsible for supporting the development of a 3-year community fundraising income strategy to grow income from a modest base of £125k per year to circa £275k per year.
• Implement the operational plan for community fundraising income. 
• Plan, develop and deliver new community fundraising products, campaigns and events that will resonate with stakeholders including members, donors and volunteers to fundraise. 
• Work collaboratively with Comms, Marketing & Digital teams to develop and drive forward promotion of community fundraising to reach existing and new audiences, including developing content for social channels, e-comms, webpages and fundraising packs.
• Establish a network of community fundraisers, building relationships with community fundraising ‘champions’, and providing excellent supporter care and timely communication. 
• Evaluate community fundraising projects regularly and make changes when necessary. 

Leadership, management and collaboration 

• Lead the community fundraising programme in line with Marine Conservation Society values and organisational culture.
• Contribute to fundraising cross-team planning and strategy development. 
• Line management of 2 part-time Community Fundraising support roles with responsibility for operational delivery of their fundraising plans and performance management including, 1-2-1 meetings, appraisals, day-day performance management against KPI’s, motivation and objective setting. 
• Build collaborative relationships with peers across the charity. 

Governance & reporting 

• Manage the overall budget for community fundraising, including monitoring of income and expenditure against budget. 
• Setting, measuring, and reporting against agreed KPIs  
• Ensure the Community Fundraising team are accurately recording the receipt of donations and gifts received from supporters. 
• Ensure accurate financial and CRM supporter records are maintained and accessible. 
• Ensure all relationships comply with relevant charity law, GDPR requirements and the charity’s Ethical Fundraising Policy.
• Work with our Data Manager, Head of Marketing, and the Fundraising team to ensure the CRM database holds key, relevant profile information on supporters.
• Attend department and organisational meetings reporting on team related matters as required and cascading organisational priorities as appropriate.

Knowledge and experience (what you’ll know)

Essential

• A track record in community fundraising or similar, with the ability to demonstrate success in meeting financial targets and income growth. 
• Can demonstrate your experience of supporting the development of 3-5 year strategic plans 
• Experience of developing and leading on annual operating plans in line with strategic goals.  
• Can show your line management experience, including knowledge of successfully developing and motivating a team. 
• Can successfully set and manage multi-year budgets. 
• Good knowledge of and experience of working with CRM databases including the collection and storage of data in line with GDPR. 
• Sound knowledge of current fundraising trends and knowledge of fundraising policies, procedures and legalities. 

Desirable

• Experience of establishing and growing new community fundraising products. 
• Project management experience, able to plan and deliver within set timescales.

Skills & abilities (how you’ll do it)

Essential

• Able to take responsibility for delivering against objectives and monitor and evaluate operational and financial plans. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills including relationship building, influencing and negotiating with a wide diverse audience  
• Able to work as a leader and motivate others.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including attention to detail.  
• Strong planning skills and the ability to manage a varied and busy workload while meeting tight deadlines. 
• Self-motivated and able to demonstrate creativity, initiative and work proactively 
• Ability and confidence to represent the organisation with potential and existing donors. 

Desirable

• Strong IT skills, including MS 365 tools (Teams, SharePoint, One Drive etc.) Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.  

Personal Qualities (what you’ll bring)

A personal style in line with our values and our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion: 

We are brave                                        We have integrity  

We are a community                          We are credible  

We are positive                                     We are solutions focused  

•  An innovative and creative thinker who is quick to generate solutions and ideas.  
• Comfortable with change, with a flexible and adaptable approach to work, with good prioritization skills. 
• Approaches problems with a creative and enabling mindset to seek solutions. 
• Responds positively to challenges – managing your personal responses when things get busy
• Comfortable and capable when working independently and on own initiative.  
• Motivated and focused in both the home working and busier working environments.  
• A good team player who builds open and supportive relationships. 
• A positive, optimistic, and ambitious vision for the future of Community Fundraising. 
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues across different functions and levels.  
• Proactive and results-driven mindset, with a focus on achieving measurable outcomes. 

About This Job

Join Cadet Digital Service as our Quality Assurance Engineer and play a pivotal role in ensuring the UK’s Cadet Forces MIS and associated web apps are maintained to an exceptional standard. We are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer to join our Agile Delivery team. If you are passionate about ensuring the highest quality implementation and delivery of web applications and have a proven track record in both manual and automated testing, we’d love to hear from you!

Essential Skills

· Proven experience in manual testing of web applications.

· Solid understanding of SDLC, Agile, and SCRUM methodologies.

· Good general education with evidence of continuing personal and professional development

· Experience with test management and bug tracking tools. (e.g. Azure DevOps or JIRA).

· Strong ability to analyse testing outcomes, identify root causes of issues, and work collaboratively to find effective solutions.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey testing results, issues, and recommendations

Willingness to learn new tools, adapt to changing technologies, and continuously improve testing methods.

Our charity

ACCT UK is a national youth charity dedicated to improving the life chances of young people. The Combined Cadet Force Association (CCFA) is a charity dedicated to the promotion of the ideals and activities of the Combined Cadet Force in schools. Together we want to ensure that every young person has the opportunity to learn new skills, build confidence and be inspired through their cadet experience.

We want to develop the youth leadership and training abilities of adult volunteers whilst also helping young people to access cadet activities through fundraising, grant-making, developing new resources and direct support.

We strongly believe that everyone benefits when you help young people to develop their character and values through activities that stretch and mature them. We also know that when young people engage with others at a range of levels in their communities it builds confidence and improves empathy for other’s lives.

Who we are

You will enjoy being part of our small team who work very happily together. By joining ACCT UK you will help us to reach more young people and make a greater difference and we look forward to working with you. We actively promote and encourage you to explore ideas that improve all aspects of the charity’s work in pursuit of its charitable aims.

What we can offer you

In addition to your salary, we offer all staff:

· Flexible working arrangements (you agree a working pattern with your line manager).

· The ability to work both from home and from our Aldershot office.

· Personal Accident Insurance, including loss of earnings cover and death benefit.

· 15 days of sick pay in any 12-month period (after 12 months employment - pro-rata for part time staff).

· A contributory pension scheme (you contribute at least 5% and we will contribute 10%).

· Good leave allowances (which are offered pro-rata for part time staff):

o 20 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.

o Additional privilege leave, on set days each year, such as between Christmas and New Year.

o An additional five days of volunteering leave.

· Support for qualifications and personal development.

· Employee Assistance Programme.

· Season ticket loan.

· Railcard (if you are eligible)

· A caring and supportive team environment.

How to apply

Please send a covering letter that details how you meet the requirements of the job description along with a CV by 23:59 hrs on Sunday 5th January 2025.

Interviews will be held (virtually) during the week commencing Monday 13th January 2025.

Please note that as a charity dedicated to improving the lives of young people, we require staff to make a declaration about any relevant convictions, undergo both a Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check (one of the requirements being that applicants must have been resident in the UK for 3 years). In addition, we will follow up references.

Please note, due to the nature of the service, it is an occupational requirement that the post holder is female and the post is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in terms of Schedule 9, Part 1, and Paragraph 1 of the Act. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a dedicated and experienced Service Manager to step into the role of Domestic Abuse Refuge Manager and lead our service in West London. This is a 9-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave from February 2025. You will work with a passionate and committed team focused on delivering essential support and safe accommodation to women and children at risk of domestic abuse. In this role, you will guide the ongoing development of the service and the team, ensuring the highest standards of care and best practices are maintained throughout this crucial period.

Penrose Women's Refuge provides support and accommodation to women and children at risk of domestic abuse. The Children and Family Worker will work in partnership with the mums and support mentor to ensure holistic and trauma informed support for children living in the service. This includes developing a range of age appropriate activities, support with accessing schooling and education and supporting the mums during a challenging time. As a team, you will work to develop a structure and a safe space for women and children to heal and thrive. Due the the nature of the service the post code has been removed however, service is based in West London.  

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. 9:00AM - 17:00PM, Onsite this is a service based role. You will also be required to take part in our rota for out of hours on call duty.  

Salary: £37,000 

WHY YOU WILL LOVE THIS ROLE 

This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of women and children at risk of domestic abuse. You will be leading a dedicated and passionate team in a supportive environment, where your expertise and commitment to best practices will directly contribute to creating a safe and nurturing space for families to heal and thrive.

What are we looking for?

• Due to the nature of the service, it is an occupational requirement that the post holder is female and the post is therefore exempt from the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 in terms of Schedule 9, Part 1, and Paragraph 1 of the Act
• Understanding and/or experience of working with people who have been affected by domestic abuse
• Experience of working with and engaging with diverse groups of people from varying backgrounds
• IT Proficiency, including Microsoft Office, and the ability to navigate and learn new case management systems and other types of organisational software
• Ability to promote the service and provide outreach-based provision, with an ability to liaise and work effectively in partnership with stakeholders 

What we offer

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with the length of service
• Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
• Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Annual Staff Awards

Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position. 

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

ABOUT US

Social Interest Group (SIG) believes good care and support improve lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.

Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change

Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.

Additional information on our company policies including Gender Pay, Equality and Diversity, Company Benefits and our Candidate Privacy Policy can be found on our website. 

We are an inclusive employer, committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all our employees. We have a team of ambassadors who are staff volunteers and actively support us in fortifying our organisational value of Inclusivity. SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience ; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity. As an organisation, we’re proud to mention that our staff Ambassadors career aspirations generally benefit from embracing this unique opportunity to develop their respective skill sets in spaces that exist outside of their daily roles.

Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We are an inclusive employer and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details above. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship, please ensure you have full right to work in the UK prior to applying to our positions.

Reporting to: Infrastructure and Support Manager

Location: Kings Cross, London WC1X – Minimum 3 days per week in the office, with 2 days at home

Contract and hours: 1 Year fixed term contract – 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

About Us 

Help Musicians and sister charity Music Minds Matter are powered by a love of music, which is why they empower and support those who create it and make it happen.

For over 100 years, Help Musicians has been working hard to make a meaningful difference to the lives of musicians across the UK. In a precarious profession often filled with ups and downs, opportunities are hard-won whilst challenges come along all too easily, with unsteady income and physical and mental health concerns common issues. Help Musicians offers a broad range of help to support music creators in times of crisis and opportunity - ensuring musicians across the UK can achieve their creative potential and sustain a career in music. 

Sister charity, Music Minds Matter, puts mental wellbeing centre stage in music. It works proactively to help prevent mental health crises, providing everybody who works in music with the early support, knowledge and tools they need, at exactly the time they need them. 

Love Music; Help Musicians

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our IT Team as Infrastructure Engineer.

As a vital member of our team, you will develop, support, and maintain our technology infrastructure. We have a number of important technical projects planned for 2025, of which you will play a key part in their successful implementation.

It will be a varied role, and you’ll spend your time building and configuring systems, managing updates and security, ensuring data security through regular backups, creating documentation for best practices, and providing technical support to resolve system issues.

You can make a real difference to our charities, by applying your skills and adding value to our IT team and to the charities by ensuring our infrastructure and systems operate at optimal efficiency.

For further information on the role, please click through to view our JD & Person Spec below.

About you

To make a real impact in this role, you’ll combine your technical proficiency and skills, with effective communication and a focus on providing exceptional customer service to colleagues across our charities. With strong problem-solving skills, you’ll also be able to juggle a range of priorities and move forward multiple projects in line with our plans.

Some of the essential experience and technical skills include:

· Microsoft Windows Server (2016+), including Active Directory, group policy, DHCP, and DNS.

· Familiarity with mobile device management using Microsoft InTune and Microsoft 365 administration.

· Understanding of networking technologies like firewalls, switches, VLANs, and wireless networking

· Experience with Microsoft Azure, particularly virtual machine configuration and deployment.

· Knowledge of backup principles, ideally with Microsoft Azure Recovery Services, and standard support processes such as ticketing, SLAs, and asset management.

Our work has a direct impact on the lives of thousands of people every year. If you are passionate about creating a world where musicians can thrive, then this could be the place for you.

How do I apply?

For full details of the role and how to apply please click Apply and visit our website. You will need to download our application forms and submit these to us by the deadline below.

Deadline for applications: Monday 6 January 2025 at 9am

First stage long-list interview calls: Thursday 9 January 2025 (30 mins online via Teams)

Second stage interview date: Week commencing 13 January (in-person at our Kings Cross office)

Any offer of employment will be subject to providing evidence of a clear Basic DBS check.

Our commitment to EDI

We are a charity that welcomes and positively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences and will select the best person for the job based on merit, regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, or socio-economic background. 

We are proactively focussed on inclusion to ensure our team at Help Musicians and Music Minds Matter is representative of the diversity of musicians that we support. To find out more about our current Equity, Diversity and Inclusion work, visit our dedicated webpage.

All enquiries and applications should be made to our HR team via the recruitment email on our website.

Prospectus is delighted to partner with a prominent health charity in the search for their new Finance System Implementation Manager, a key leadership role responsible for delivering an end-to-end system implementation project. This position, offered on a 12-month fixed-term contract, provides flexibility with hybrid working arrangements. The successful candidate will be required to work from the office at least two days per week, with additional attendance for key meetings and events as necessary.

The Finance System Implementation Manager will oversee the implementation of Sun, Proactis, and EPM systems while managing the migration from the existing platform, Business Central. Working closely with the Head of Financial Accounts and collaborating with the finance team and other stakeholders, the post holder will ensure the new system meets the charity’s financial and operational requirements. This is a highly collaborative role that demands a strategic approach to align the implementation with the organisation’s long-term goals.

A significant aspect of the role involves partnering with the Financial Analyst to configure and tailor the new systems to meet ongoing organisational needs. The post holder will ensure that all specifications during the design phase are comprehensive and aligned with business objectives, with processes mapped effectively to support key functions. Moreover, they will work closely with the implementation partner to design and execute a robust data migration and mapping process from Business Central to Sun, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of all migrated data.

We are seeking an accomplished financial professional with a proven track record of successfully leading similar ERP implementations, particularly Sun Systems or comparable platforms. The ideal candidate will possess excellent project management skills, with the ability to guide a project through all phases of the lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery, effective budget management, resource allocation, and risk mitigation. Strong communication skills are essential, enabling the post holder to maintain clear and consistent engagement with stakeholders throughout the process.

Proficiency in Sun Systems, Microsoft Dynamics Business Central, or equivalent platforms is required, as is a thorough understanding of financial accounting standards. Familiarity with the requirements of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) would be an advantage, though not essential. Additionally, candidates with experience in implementing or improving internal controls and system processes will be particularly well-suited to this role. While a recognised project management qualification, such as PRINCE2, would be beneficial, it is not a mandatory requirement.

At Prospectus, we are dedicated to supporting candidates throughout their application journey. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and are happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure the recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.

If this opportunity aligns with your skills and experience, we invite you to submit your CV in the first instance. Candidates whose profiles closely match the requirements will receive the full job description and be invited for a detailed discussion about the role

AKF(UK) Senior Partnerships Managers are part of the Global Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Partnerships team tasked with identifying and cultivating new funding partnerships and strengthening existing ones to support our strategic goals. They engage with European, Asian and North American government and foundation donors to mobilise resources for ten multi-sector profit and not-for-profit agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) operating across Asia and Africa. In addition, Senior Partnership Managers are responsible for reporting and donor relations on a portfolio of select grants implementing across AKDN themes and geographies in close collaboration with field units, global teams, and our partners. This role will also include line management responsibilities. 

Resource Mobilisation

• Support the Partnerships team to broker and cultivate new relationships and strengthen existing ones with institutional (bilateral and multilateral) and foundations donors

• Lead the development and review of concept notes and proposals (solicited and unsolicited), including logical frameworks and budgets, in close coordination with the Global Programme Team (GPT) and country teams.

• Develop and contribute to positioning pieces and communication materials (e.g. presentations, narrative overviews) to enable regular and effective engagement with donors

• When needed, provide direct hands-on support at country level in design of concept notes, proposals, and budgets and conduct donor or field visits to support discussions with new and existing donors/partners.

• Coordinate processes of contracting and negotiation, engaging relevant stakeholders, and ensuring contracts ‘get over the line’ in a timely and efficient way.

• Contribute to management systems, such as the Award Information Management System (AIMS).

Donor engagement and positioning

• Research, source relevant information, and perform analysis of market trends on new donors, peer organisations, and funding opportunities to identify potential funding and partnering matches for AKF and AKDN priorities.

• Develop positioning materials (e.g. presentations, capability statements, briefs, talking points), collaborating with communications teams to enable effective donor engagement.

• Engage with new and existing donors and partners to identify solicited and unsolicited funding opportunities.

• Guide teams to make informed, effective decisions on which opportunities to pursue (including ‘Go No-Go’ requests).

• Identify, cultivate, and pre-position with partner organisations to form or join consortia focused funding bids.

• Conduct due diligence on new partners in coordination with finance and partnerships teams.

Grants management

• Manage grants through regular coordination with relevant AKDN agencies/country units and the finance department to ensure projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. Proactively support the resolution of challenges as they arise.

• Support the preparation, review and feedback process on donor reports to ensure reports comply with donor requirements and are produced on time and to a high standard.

• Be an interface with donors and communicate on a regular basis about the implementation of on-going grants to maintain a solid relationship and to address queries or challenges effectively. 

Networking and building public awareness

• Participate and actively engage in relevant networking events/conferences to build awareness of AKF/AKDN with the UK and European public more broadly.

• Interface with the Communications team to identify opportunities and support the planning of events either directly targeting or planned jointly with AKF’s institutional donors (e.g., FCDO, EC).

Leadership and People Management

• Play a leadership role in the unit by setting the example of consistently high standards

• Work with the Partnerships Officers to effectively manage grants and to develop and improve quality of concept notes and proposals

• Filter the team and unit's documents ensuring improvements in standards of writing, presentation, content and context.

Carry out any other duties as assigned by the Deputy Directors or Regional Director for Europe & Asia.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field highly preferable

Skills

• Strong level of fluency in French is highly desirable

• Creativity, critical thinking and project management

• Entrepreneurial, pro-active self-starter with maturity and emotional intelligence

• Ability to problem-solve, work independently and multi-task in a fast-paced environment with numerous and competing deadlines

• Ability to handle complex relationships with colleagues, governance and external stakeholders in a professional manner

• Excellent writing, speaking and other communications skills, with thoroughness and attention to detail

• Ability to provide stable, consistent, reliable and courteous communication when dealing with external organisations and all colleagues (especially country units)

• Strong IT skills, including Office and Excel

Knowledge

• Strong proven understanding and knowledge of the European/Asian donor landscape to support programmes internationally

• Knowledge and commitment to international development and improving knowledge of these issues a distinct advantage

Experience

• At least a total of 6 years of professional experience with a minimum of 4 years working in international organisations (preferably, mid to large NGOs), including field-level implementation or management.

• Experience line managing or mentoring staff is highly desirable

• Experience in resource mobilisation and developing relationships, including direct experience with European (EU/EC, Germany, Switzerland, UK) or Asian donors. Experience with North American (USAID, GAC) donors highly desirable

• Experience in developing and writing complex proposals and arguments, business plans/cases, concept papers, briefs, executive summaries, as well as coordinating multiple inputs from a variety of sources, and simultaneously managing a variety of relationships

• Proven experience of managing relationships in complex organisations with numerous stakeholders

• Proven success in managing grants in complex organisations with numerous stakeholder

FURTHER DETAILS

• The role will involve travel to countries where we operate programmes, and where the candidate is supporting grants management.

• As well as a rewarding role with a global international development organisation, you’ll get access to a wide range of enhanced benefits including but not limited to flexible hybrid working, enhanced leave entitlement and access to several health and wellbeing programmes and benefits.

Application Details:

• Must include CV and a supporting statement that outlines why you want the role, why you want to work for AKF(UK) and how your experiences and skills to date make you the most suitable applicant for the role.

• Must have the right to work in the UK

Role Title: Temporary Operations Manager (Maternity Cover)
Salary: £41,463.70 FTE per year (pro-rata to 4 days per week)
Contract length: 12 months (fixed term) March 2025 to March 2026
Location: Hoxton, London UK

Deadline for applications: Sunday 19th January 2025
Shortlisting / Interviews: second half of January 2025
Start Date: March 2025

Counterpoints Arts is a leading national organisation working at the intersection of arts, migration and social change. For 12 years, Counterpoints Arts has been at the vanguard of cultural commissioning and practice, supporting and producing the arts by and about migrants and refugees, ensuring that their contributions are recognized and welcomed within British arts, history and culture.

The range of Counterpoints Arts’ work has grown considerably since it was founded in 2012 and we are now seeking someone to lead on Operations Management whilst our current Operations Manager is on maternity leave. This role is key to ensuring the smooth running of our charity’s operations, including overseeing day-to-day administrative, financial, and HR functions. The successful candidate will be highly organised, proactive, and have a strong background in charity operations or a similar role within the nonprofit sector. We are particularly interested in recruiting someone whose values align with the charity's mission and overall team culture.

Counterpoints Arts aims to attract and retain talented people from all backgrounds to its team. We particularly welcome applications from those who have been historically excluded from the cultural sector, including people with lived experience of displacement, people of colour and other ethnic global majoraties, people who identify as LGBTQ+, disabled people and people from a working class background.

Other details:

• Good employee benefits, including flexible working, access to an EAP programme, individual wellbeing budget, 28 days leave including bank holidays (pro-rata) and a dedicated training budget

Responsibilities:

Overall, the role involves ensuring smooth daily operations and charity compliance, managing office administration, supporting team productivity and wellbeing, and liaising with external stakeholders and suppliers.

Finance and Fundraising:

• Ensure financial compliance and oversee bookkeeping, invoicing, and grant payments.

• Support budgeting, financial reporting, and planning with the Director.

• Monitor charity management accounts, project income, and expenditure.

• Manage year-end accounts, filing with the Charity Commission, and Company House.

• Write funding applications and reports, maintain funder relationships, and ensure grant reporting deadlines are met.

• Ensure provisional figures are submitted to various funders and entities

• Write narrative report to go alongside financial report for year end accounts

Board and Senior Management Team:

• Support the Director in preparing Board papers

• Support SMT meetings and assist the Board with reminders and actions

• Update the Risk Register every 6 months according to updates agreed at Board meetings

​HR and Policy:

• Lead on HR activities, annual leave, TOIL, pensions, and contract administration.

• Oversee payroll, recruitment, staff wellbeing, and compliance with employment law.

• Manage temporary staff and freelancers, and update HR policies as needed.

• Lead on the annual team training programme and supporting team with individual

  training ambitions

• Support all staff with wellbeing needs and help address issues with individual wellbeing.

• Organise team training, away days, and foster a positive team culture.

• Ensure staff adherence to policies (e.g., annual leave, sickness, TOIL) and promote

  inclusive work practices.

• Support with Risk Assessments and Safeguarding assessments and help respond to safeguarding concerns or incidents

• Support with Activity Planning

• Support with any placements/internships

• Organise annual DBS checks for all staff

IT:

• Manage all IT systems used by the team of staff and freelancers, including Slack and Google Workspace.

• Oversee CA website management including updates and resolving issues as needed with the web developers

• Communicate any server or IT issues promptly with the team

• Encourage best practice for cyber security to all team members and work with staff to resolve any cyber security issues that arise Compliance and Governance:

• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance, including Charity Law, Data Protection, Health & Safety and Employment Law, and support implementation of relevant policy with the Board and Senior Management Team.

Office Management:

• Manage office logistics, filing, GDPR compliance, and health and safety.

• Ensure safeguarding protocols are in place, reporting issues to the landlord/Building Manager as needed

• Manage insurance renewal and any issues with insurance throughout the year, including

  additional insurance premiums / cover and any claims

Required Experience:

• Proven experience in an operations or administrative management role within a charity, arts, or non-profit organisation.

• Strong financial literacy and experience managing budgets.

• Excellent attention to detail: Highly organised with a focus on accuracy, best practice and compliance.

• Knowledge of HR processes, including recruitment, payroll, and fostering positive work culture

• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential staff and organisational information

• Excellent organisational and project/task management skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Highly literate in IT: experienced with Word, Excel, Google Workspace, Slack, and other organisational software.

• Proactive and adaptable: able to take initiative, prioritise tasks, and adapt quickly to changing circumstances.

• Collaborative with excellent interpersonal skills, capable of working with a range of colleagues, stakeholders, suppliers and partners across the sector.

• Passionate about organisational planning and supporting teams to operate at their best.

Desirable Experience includes:

• Lived experience of displacement

• An interest in/passion for arts and migration

Values and Beliefs underpinning our work

Our work is organised around a set of core values and beliefs that guide our work and inform our decisions.

Our working culture, created through the interactions of our staff, volunteers, trustees, artists, partners and wider network, is based around the principles of mutual respect, collaboration, trust, care, generosity, transparency, accountability and deep commitment to our work.

We are dedicated to ensuring fairness and equity for all staff, regardless of their position, gender, age, race, religion, or background.

How To Apply

Please note that applicants must have a current legal right to work in the UK (this job does not qualify for the UK Skilled Worker Visa).

Please send the following documents to us by email with ‘Operations Manager (maternity cover)’ as the subject, by Sunday 19th January 2025:

• An up-to-date, comprehensive CV

• Covering letter (max one page) outlining how you meet the role and person specification criteria

• A completed Equality Diversity Form. Please download, complete and attach to your application form.

  We encourage applicants to apply even if you don’t feel like you meet every criteria, and please contact us if you have any questions or would like to arrange an informal chat about the role.

  We will review all applications and hold interviews in the second half of January 2025 with the successful candidate starting in March 2025.

CLPE is based in our beautiful Grade 2 listed building in Southwark. Our Centre houses an amazing collection of 25,000 children’s books as well as being a training and event centre for teachers, publishers and everyone else who works with children’s literature and cares about children’s literacy. We have a friendly, talented and committed team working both from the Centre and remotely. The post holder would be required to work at our Centre at least one day per week but may work remotely for the remainder of their hours.

We are currently undergoing a restructure of the team. This is a new role, reporting to the Finance & Operations Director, and line managing our Finance Administrator. Estimated at 22.5 hours per week with flexible allocation Monday-Friday, and can be offered as year-round or term-time only. On application, please detail your availability and preferences for working patterns, and year-round or term-time only.

Key responsibilities: 

• Ensure accurate and timely financial and management accounting reports are produced each month, that include full-year accounting forecasts and 18 month cashflow forecasts 

• Devise and maintain financial systems, procedures and internal controls for current and new work streams including online developments, grants and funded projects ensuring compliance with administration and financial regulations in relation to charity, trust and company law and regulations and funder requirements.

• Oversee procurement processes in line with the Manual of Authorities, including management of supplier contracts, working with the Centre Manager. This includes, but is not limited to, all contracts relating to the provision of services such as human resources, cleaning and maintenance, IT and reprographics, health and safety. Make timely payments to suppliers and staff using online banking.

The person we are looking for will have: 

• a formal accountancy qualification

• amazing organisational skills and the ability to work and manage others under pressure 

• excellent attention to detail and a commitment to evolving systems and processes that make everything more efficient 

• the ability to liaise and communicate effectively with a wide range of people within and outside of the organisation 

• a willingness to engage, negotiate and hold suppliers accountable for quality service provision 

A generous holiday allowance is provided - 30 days a year for a full time role plus Bank Holidays and closure between Christmas and New Year. 

If you are interested in being part of our team and taking on this key role, we’d love to hear from you. We are scheduling interviews as applications are received. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now with your CV and a statement detailing how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role.

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We know job satisfaction, flexibility, work/life balance, and a great team are incredibly important.

So, at Barnet Mencap, in addition to offering 32 days of annual leave per year (including Bank Holidays), we have a TOIL system to allow flexible working. There will need to be face-to-face work as part of the job, but there will also be opportunities to work from home and/or have different working patterns as agreed by your manager. Any travel expenses can be claimed, at the agreed rate, for journeys that are necessary in the course of your work; and claims for additional expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with our expenses policy. We also have auto-enrolment into a pension scheme with employer contributions in place, and all staff qualify for schemes like the Blue Light Card.

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The successful candidate will have:

· good interpersonal skills working as part of the administrative team 

· high attention to detail and a high standard of literacy

· excellent organizational skills working in a timely manner

· be confident and flexible, acting as the public voice of Barnet Mencap

To apply, please either complete an application form or send a CV with a statement explaining how you meet each of the criteria on the person specification. The advert is also available on our website. Completed applications can either be sent through CharityJobs or emailed to our general address (available on our website).

Barnet Mencap is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and the safeguarding of children and adults at risk.

The successful candidate will be required to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service form in line with Section 115 of The Police Act 1997

Are you an experienced Angular developer who would like to join with other Christians in Tearfund's work with local churches around the world tackling poverty?

This role within a team of 14 developers will allow you to use your strong technical experience and interest in researching new technologies to serve people living in poverty in over 50 countries around the world. 

The responsibilities of this role include developing and maintaining existing systems and also providing specialist development skills for across the Application Development Team: researching new technologies, recommending and implementing solutions and taking responsibility for other technical areas which are used across the team. This is a hands-on technical role with a strong focus on research, collaboration and knowledge sharing, rather than line management.  This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate technologist to play a key role in guiding and delivering Tearfund's development strategy. 

Poverty is not God's plan. You are. We believe that we all play a part in ending extreme poverty and using our God-given skills to make a difference.

Do your skills, experience and passion match the above? Then we'd love to hear from you!

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds (in our UK workforce) as these groups are currently under-represented at Tearfund.

This role is eligible for hybrid working, mostly home based with 2 days/month in Tearfund's office in Teddington, SW London (or more if desired).

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.