Jobs in Blackheath

At Independent Age, we believe that no older person should face financial hardship. That’s why, by 2027, our goal is to have improved the lives of one million older people.

Our impact across policy, campaigning, information and advice, grant-making and partnerships improves lives by increasing the financial well-being of older people in financial hardship, enabling greater choice and independence in wider areas of life. We want to find talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey. 

Responsibilities and Person Specification: 

This role at Independent Age is a brilliant opportunity to work on our grant funding programmes, involving support of grant management, applications, assessments, and funding administration. The postholder will foster positive connections with funded organisations, service partners and individual grant holders, contribute to the review and analysis of grant and partnership reporting and evaluations, and help communicate the impact of grants working with multiple stakeholders. You will support with creating value-adding opportunities for grantees, from organising engaging training to hosting networking events.

A strong understanding of grant making and experience in supporting partnerships, a project, or programme of work, your collaborative approach, outstanding interpersonal skills, and commitment to customer service will be important for this role. You should also have excellent administrative and organisational skills, a keen eye for detail and be experienced in data management. 

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 the Careers page on 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: 23:59 on Sunday 26th January 2025

Interview Dates:First Interviews will be held on 5th February 2025

Friends of the Earth has recently launched its new CRM system, using Microsoft Dynamics. This has been the result of a multi-year project to refresh processes and tools across the organisation, with Applications & Data team members at the heart of this change. We’re now looking for an excellent technology leader to enable the continuation of this work: to set the vision and enable its ongoing development and support, as well as to lead the newly formed multidisciplinary team on a day-to-day basis.

Working in an Agile manner, you will lead technology work across our business-critical systems and processes, promoting the effective use of supporter data to deliver our goal of being a data-driven organisation.  This includes our Dynamics CRM and integration, and our SUN finance system. You will also be a key contact point across the IT department for project management and, when required, be an escalation route for support incidents and requests in your area.

Key Skills and Attributes: 

With strong experience of working with data and internal business applications, and effective stakeholder management, you’ll be able to work with peers at all levels across the organisation to agree a technical roadmap for this work area and then focus on the detail to make it happen. This will include helping set the standard for the use of data across the organisation, using our new systems to enable this.

Your strong business analysis skills be put to great use in understanding the differing business processes and identifying areas for ongoing improvement, working with the specialists in your team. This will be accompanied by a prudent approach to assessing the value of each piece of work – whether a support request or a more substantial change - ensuring it represents cost effective ways to improve how we achieve our goals as a campaigning charity.

This is a complex environment, and your previous experience of supporting varied processes and applications will mean you’re able to prioritise effectively and ensure standardised troubleshooting approaches are used. Likewise, you’ll ensure we follow a robust and modern Software Development Lifecycle to promote changes through environments with appropriate testing and risk mitigation. If you have technical experience with the Power Platform, Logic Apps or SQL, will may come in handy when the team design and make these changes.

Your excellent understanding of Agile methodologies will mean you’ll fit right into leading within the team’s established Agile Scrum practices and support the ongoing improvement of their ways of working – and help shape how technology approaches project management.

Finally, you’ll be adept at working with others to tackle problems together: internal stakeholders will look to you for how to achieve technical change, and you’ll have excellent account management with our external partners who support our systems and will deliver some of the changes needed.

The team: 

The team are an excellent group of people, who’ve made a huge contribution to our work at Friends of the Earth and are well respected. They comprise two Application Specialists (one Finance, one Dynamics) and two Data Developers. All have significant expertise in different parts of our systems.

The team have recently been formally brought together following a restructure but have worked together closely for the past few years throughout the delivery of the CRM project. The team use Agile Scrum for their delivery work, for which you will be the Product Owner.

The team works a hybrid pattern: often remote, but sometimes together as appropriate; typically, this is in our London office but can vary. You will formally line manage all four team members.

Closing Date: Monday 10th February 2025 (23:59).

Interview Dates: 20th February 2025.

Location: Flexible across England, Wales and Northern Ireland 

Please note we only accept applications via the Friends of the Earth Application System.

We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance including a 4-day working week with no loss of pay, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture. 

Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people with long term conditions or impairments. We are committed to eroding these historic barriers, so as to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in, and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at multiple intersections of disadvantage. We are committed to the Disability Confident standard and will guarantee an interview to any candidates who declare a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Friends of the Earth staff who publicly represent Friends of the Earth (including all campaigners) are not allowed to also represent a political party. This is to ensure that there can be no confusion in the minds of the public about Friends of the Earth's party-political independence. Affected staff should also seek permission from the Senior Management Team if they wish to hold a non-public facing official role in a political party. If this is an issue, please do raise this with us as soon as possible.

Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all. 

Overview

The Skinners’ Company is recruiting an experienced Grants & Administration Officer to join their team in a part time capacity, three days per-week. The role supports the effective management and delivery of The Thomas Wall Trust and offers administrative support to the Membership and Philanthropy of the Company.

Thomas Wall Trust work includes:
- Providing secretarial duties to the Board of Trustees (producing agendas, papers, minutes)
- Managing the Trust’s programme of funding (to both charities and individuals)
- Facilitating the effective administration of the charity.

Membership & Philanthropy work includes:
- Supporting the Membership functions of The Skinners’ Company
- Administrating the Membership and History Committees (producing papers and minutes) 
- General administrative duties 

For full details, please see the attached Job Description.

We are looking for a candidate with skills including secretarial, committee support, grant making and general administration who will enjoy a varied role in a modern and dynamic membership organisation committed to education and philanthropy.

About The Skinners’ Company

The Skinners’ Company’s mission is to ensure our communities of young, old and the vulnerable have an improved quality of life. We invest in education and unlock potential, we provide sheltered housing and enable security, we give grants to those in need and create hope.

Our strength is our people, connected by a belief to shape a more equitable, sustainable and inclusive society, ensuring a legacy of impact and fellowship for future generations to build on.

The Skinners’ Company dates from the 14th Century and is one of the City of London’s Great Twelve Livery Companies, each established to represent their respective trades. The Company is no longer aligned to the fur trade and focuses its resources on charitable impact, supported by its Members.

About The Thomas Wall Trust

Thomas Wall II created his Trust in 1920 for the “encouragement and assistance of educational work and social service”. Today, the Trust continues to assist in these areas by providing grants to individuals and organisations.

 

Employee Benefits
Generous (15%) pension contribution
Health Insurance
Interest free season ticket loan
Gym subsidy
Death in service

How to apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of up to two pages outlining why you would be suitable for the role.

The closing date for applications is Friday 31 January.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 11 February, with a second stage meeting with the Company Clerk (CEO) and the Thomas Wall Trust Chair.

Reports to: Director of Programmes, with a dotted line to Head of Who’s Losing Learning Campaign

Start date: As soon as possible

Location: Hybrid with 50% office presence

Contract:  Permanent; full time

Salary: £40,000-£50,000 per annum, depending on experience (+6% employer pension contribution)

Closing date for applications: Midnight Sunday 2nd February

The Task Ahead

As The Difference moves from its early start-up phase into the delivery of our 2025-30 strategy, our programmes and sector-influencing work are expanding to reach more schools and to deepen our impact. 

As Communications and Marketing Lead, you will be a key member of the Research, Impact & Influence team. You will hold end-to-end responsibility for the communications and marketing function, from developing impactful content to executing high-profile events. You will decide where and how our existing processes could be improved, as well as developing new strategies that will underpin our work as a larger and more established charity. 

The Difference is still a small and growing charity. This means that our work is fast-paced, our roles are broad, and there is a culture of being reactive and flexible, as the needs of the organisation evolve. If this sounds exciting rather than daunting, then this could be the role and team for you!

Areas of Responsibility

The Difference is looking for a Communications and Marketing Lead to lead our this function in the following ways:

Communications

• Storytelling & content relation: Produce engaging and informative content that showcases the impact of The Difference's work and resonates with target audiences. Develop compelling narratives and case studies that demonstrate the value of our programs and services, effectively communicating our impact and expertise.

• Media Relations & brand awareness: Proactively build relationships with journalists and key influencers to secure coverage that advances our mission and drives engagement. Support The Difference team to draft and deliver engaging and high quality content in a range of styles. Cultivate The Difference's profile and influence by planning and placing articles, blog posts, social media campaigns and reports for sector-specific and national press.

Marketing

• Sales & Marketing: Drive sales for our school leadership programmes and events through targeted marketing campaigns, including social media, developing compelling collateral, managing online advertising, and exploring innovative approaches to reach potential clients and partners.
   

• Conference Management: Lead the planning, organisation, and execution of conferences and events, including our annual IncludED conference as well as smaller focus events, designed to generate direct sales and raise awareness of The Difference's work. This includes managing budgets, logistics, marketing, and delegate experience to ensure successful and impactful events.

• Events presence: Identify and map out key events where The Difference should have a presence throughout the year. Support the wider Difference team to ensure delivery and presence feeds back to sales.
   

Person Specification

Essential – We are looking for the following skills, aptitude and experience; though you may be stronger in some areas than others:
 

• Proven track record in marketing and communications, ideally within the children’s services or non-profit sector. This will include:

  • A demonstrable understanding of marketing principles and digital marketing best practices to achieve specific goals (e.g. sales targets and/or creating policy change)

  • Proficiency in social media marketing and campaigning and using digital tools to maximise impact

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to craft compelling narratives with different audiences, including the education sector and local and national government

• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate organisational goals into impactful communication and marketing plans. You can connect the dots between The Difference's mission and specific communication and marketing activities.

• Experience engaging with media outlets and creating compelling content for the press. You have a knack for storytelling and can produce high-quality content that resonates with target audiences.

• Experience in planning and executing successful events. You can manage the logistics and deliver engaging experiences for attendees.

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team. You are a collaborative team player who can build positive relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

• Passion for The Difference's mission and improving the lives of vulnerable children. You are genuinely committed to making a difference in the lives of young people facing challenges.

Desired – You are more likely to be successful in your application if you have one or more of the following additional experiences: 

• Political Acumen: Experience providing strategic and tactical political advice to senior leadership on how to create change.

• Leadership & Development: Experience in coaching and developing staff.

• Lived Experience: Insight into the school experiences of marginalised young people, including those with experience of the care system, mental ill health, special educational needs, and racism.

Why Work for The Difference?

Schooling isn’t working for the children who need it most. Every week in England 109 children – equivalent to three full classrooms – are permanently excluded. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Since the pandemic, school suspensions have risen significantly, as has persistent absenteeism. 1 in 5 children are missing more than 10% of their time in school. Children who are excluded or persistently absent are much more likely to already be experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage. They are more likely to live in poverty, have additional learning needs, suffer mental health challenges, or experience a lack of safety outside school. Certain ethnicities are also disproportionately affected, notably Gypsy Roma Traveller and black Caribbean children. 

Exclusion and high rates of absence can have a dramatic effect on life chances. These young people are more likely to drop out of education or employment, become vulnerable to long-term mental ill health, or be at risk of criminal exploitation. The Difference believes that children and young people deserve better and that the education system has to change.

Our Organisation 

The Difference is a young education charity, founded to change the story on lost learning.  By 2030, we want rates of exclusion and absence to be falling nationally and for schools to be better equipped to support all children, including those who may be vulnerable.
The Difference was born out of a year of research into school exclusions with think-tank IPPR. This research identified a lack of inclusion expertise in schools and proposed a new leadership development programme to fill this gap. In 2018, Difference founder Kiran hired the team who took this idea from concept to reality, beginning work with our first schools. In September 2024, we published a follow-up report: Who is Losing Learning? This report broadened our definition of ‘exclusions’ to include lost learning from absence, as well as suspensions and permanent exclusions.

The Difference is now a 22-strong team delivering multiple school leadership programmes, alongside a growing research and policy arm. This work is needed more than ever. Effects of COVID-19, coupled with the spiralling cost of living, have substantially increased levels of vulnerability. Schools serving excluded pupils face under-funding. The Difference has had excellent early impact but there is work ahead to capture this, share learning with schools and policy-makers, and grow our capacity to lower exclusions across England.

Our Values

• Relationships underpin success - Strong relationships and the safety they bring are the foundation of achievement - for children, for school staff, in our workplace and in our collaborations. They enable higher trust, challenging feedback, bolder work and stronger impact.
   

• We build stronger from assets  - Every child, family, school and community has strengths and successes. We avoid deficit-labels about teachers, children and families, and instead focus on building from what’s strong. 

• Systems shape opportunities - Actions always take place within systems. These can help or hinder individuals. We recognise the role of policy and structural inequalities and address them directly in our work. 
   

• Agency makes the difference - Bold leadership by individuals can create significant and lasting change. We are proactive in addressing problems and seeking out opportunities. 

How To Apply 

To apply, please complete all sections of the application form by midnight on Sunday 2nd of February.

First round interviews will be held during the week beginning Monday the 3rd of February, over video call. 

If successful in this stage, second round interviews (including a task to be completed the same day) will take place on the week beginning Monday 10th of February, at our office in Bethnal Green. 

Please indicate if you would not be available to attend an interview during this timeframe.

We are committed to building a diverse team and strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups in the charity sector such as people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, people with experience in the care system, non-graduates and first-in-family graduates. 

As part of our commitment to fairer recruitment, all applications will be assessed with names and any protected characteristics redacted.  

Please note that we are not able to provide working visas and therefore cannot hire anyone that does not have the right to work in the UK.

A rare and exciting opportunity to support the fundraising, strategic development and impact evaluation of a wide range of Charities in the UK, as part of a friendly and supportive consulting team.

Charity Fundraising Ltd provides a comprehensive range of fundraising, strategic consultancy and evaluation services to Charities and other not-for-profit organisations. Established in 2000, our services range from grant and contract bid writing and review, to developing fundraising strategies, developing M&E frameworks and undertaking project and programme evaluations. We also offer a range of strategic support, mentoring and training. We work with lots of amazing charities, both local and national, small and large, across the UK, covering themes such as: Homelessness; addiction; youth; community; disability; mental health; minoritised groups; medical conditions; heritage; environment and more.

We are seeking an exceptional fundraiser who can offer a strong track record of driving organisational growth in the voluntary sector. Multi-year experience in two or more of the following core service areas is essential:

• Achieving major grant funding from trusts, foundations, lottery distributors, public sector agencies or similar.
• Planning and developing successful fundraising strategies and action plans.
• Undertaking voluntary sector project evaluations / developing M&E frameworks.
• Planning and developing successful contract tender submissions.

The role is varied and interesting - managing a portfolio of clients and supporting them directly or strategically with their fundraising, impact evaluation and organisational development. Our consultants are all employees and we work closely together as a supportive team, sharing and developing skills and knowledge. We anticipate the appointee may not hold experience across all core areas of our services. We will enable the appointee to focus on projects that play to their strengths and experience and provide further support and training as necessary.

Based from home (must be UK resident), with ad hoc client and team meetings/socials (all travel paid), mostly within England. All IT equipment provided. Full-time or part-time (minimum 0.8 FTE - 28 hrs).

Benefits include: 24 days paid annual leave (pro rata), 4% employers pension contribution, potential cash / annual leave bonus, CPD budget and paid CPD time + lots of opportunity to learn from our experienced consultant team.

Please note that applications will only be considered where the screening questions are fully completed.

Here's what some of our team say about working for Charity Fundraising Ltd:

"I don’t think I have ever worked with such a nice bunch of people, everyone has been very welcoming, supportive and just all round lovely" 

"I really enjoy working for CF because I get to work independently with a diverse range of interesting clients, and am also part of a great, supportive team - best of all worlds!"

“Supportive and fun team; and great to learn new ideas from others fundraising skills, knowledge and expertise”

"I love being part of such a passionate, professional team and who prides itself on building close working relationships with each other and with our clients."

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Development & Advocacy Manager will be a core member of the Trees for Cities team and lead our work across London. You will be responsible for the development of our tree planting projects across the city, alongside being the charity’s voice in the capital – developing partner relationships, advocating for urban trees and raising the profile of the charity with key stakeholders.

The role will involve a large amount of interpersonal work and requires a confident, well-organised and friendly individual, who can both lead the development of projects, and act as a spokesperson for the charity and urban forestry in the city. You will be responsible for building strong relationships with partners and these will be key to success. There will be close working with a range of internal teams and colleagues at TfC, and the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks is essential.

You will work under the steer of the Senior Development Manager, engaging with local authority and other landowners across London to develop TfC’s seasonal programme of tree planting projects. You will represent TfC to partners and in key London networks, such as the London Urban Forestry Partnership, and be confident at representing the organisation. As the organisation embarks on a new strategic period from April 2025, the role will be required to incorporate an increasing amount of advocacy work to ensure key messages are communicated effectively; influencing decision makers to best support urban forestry.

ABOUT TREES FOR CITIES

Trees for Cities is an ambitious, far-reaching organisation.

Trees for Cities is the only charity that focuses on planting, protecting and promoting urban trees across the UK. We are a rapidly growing and developing organisation that suits ambitious, dedicated and passionate staff.

This role is perfect for candidates who are seeking the opportunity to make a difference, working to have a positive impact on urban communities and places that need green interventions the most. We recognise that the role spans distinct skillsets in project development and advocacy work, and encourage applicants from backgrounds which may lean more strongly into one of these two fields with a view to training in the other.

We seek a highly motivated individual, are a friendly, supportive, high-performing team and will provide support and training opportunities for personal and professional development. The organisation has an experienced Senior Leadership Team from a variety of commercial, charity and environmental backgrounds.

Trees for Cities is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. We value, and are committed to promoting, diversity within the workplace. We aim to ensure that our employees achieve their full potential and that all employment decisions, including recruitment, are taken without reference to irrelevant or discriminatory criteria. A full copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy can be provided on request.

HOW TO APPLY

Please visit our website to view the full job description. To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining why you are interested in the role and your fit with the Person Specification with the subject heading ‘Development & Advocacy Manager’.

For an informal chat about the role, please email Roderick Shaw to arrange a call (email available on our website).

The deadline to apply is 17:00 Thursday 6th Feb

If you are shortlisted for an interview, you will normally be contacted within two weeks after applying. If you do not hear from us within this period, then you should assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview.

Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role, you must therefore have a valid right to work in the UK to apply.

We reserve the right to close the application window early, subject to the quantity and calibre of applications received. If you are interested in this role, please apply as early as you can to avoid missing out.

Trees for Cities is the first UK environmental organisation to have been awarded social value certification. Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer.

Registered Charity No: 1032154.
Previous applicants need not reapply. No Agencies Please.

Job Title: Policy & Communications Assistant

Position Type: Permanent/Full time

Reports to: Senior Press and Comms Officer/Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer

Based at: School Food Matters, The Bridge, 7b Parkshot, London TW9 2RD

Working Hours: 9am-5pm (flexible)

Salary: £28,770 

Pension: School Food Matters matches pension contributions at 5% of pensionable earnings

Holiday: 31 days including bank holidays

School Food Matters is closed between Christmas and New Year

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Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

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Job Purpose

• To support the policy and communications work of School Food Matters

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Key Tasks

· Work with SFM colleagues and networks to coordinate and support campaign activity

· Attend meetings to support policy and campaign discussions and provide meeting services, including organising agendas, venues, and minutes

· Keep up-to-date with policy and media developments that could benefit or have relevance to SFM

· Identify award opportunities and write applications to gain recognition for our work

· Track the impact of SFM’s communications/campaigns, including in the press and on social media

· Assist with maintaining our database of press contacts and MPs and keep a record of interactions

· Attend programme sessions to capture photos, videos and quotes 

· Design and create communications assets such as presentations and social media content 

· Contribute to policy/campaign briefings, letters to MPs, web content, articles and blogs

· Staying up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

· Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times

· The Policy and Communications Assistant will also undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time. Therefore, being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential!

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Person specification

Essential

· Exceptional oral and written communication skills in fluent spoken and written English, for a range of audiences

· A strong attention to detail and the ability to translate complex data and policies into accessible language and engaging stories and communication materials

· Strong administrative and organisational skills, including the ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload

· Experience designing communication assets 

· Confident and competent IT skills across Office suite of programmes

· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed

· Ability to work independently with a can-do attitude

· Good time management and the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

· Energy, enthusiasm, creativity and tenacity

Desirable

· Experience of research and analysis, ideally in a policy environment 

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

· Experience of working in education

· Knowledge of issues and policy around school food, children’s health and education

· An interest in food education and children’s health

· Digital campaigning and social networking skill

As Programme Manager, you will play a key role in driving programme effectiveness to support ClientEarth’s work to use the power of law to bring about systemic change that protects the earth for – and with – its inhabitants. You will help establish consistent and effective working practices across two programme areas, Environmental Rights & Rule of Law Systems and  Financial & Economic Systems, with a primary geographic scope in Europe. The portfolio is varied and will involve overseeing programmatic initiatives focused on litigation and advocacy, as well as fostering collaboration with a wide range of partners, including NGOs, law firms, scientific, technical and industry experts and individuals.

Meet your Manager

In this role, you will be managed by Ailsa Griffith. Ailsa joined ClientEarth in 2020 and is based in London. 

Main Duties

• Programme management and implementation oversight- Maintain oversight of a mixed funding portfolio from trusts, foundations and institutional donors
• Budget management - Facilitate effective budget management (six-seven figure) across their programmatic portfolio
• Monitoring, Reporting & Learning - Work with colleagues across programmes, PMG and the Impact and Learning team, to ensure that MEL processes are well integrated into the programme and embed a culture of continuous learning; 
• Partnerships engagement - Strengthen ClientEarth’s relationships with diverse partners
• Staff Management - Support the professional development of line-report through ongoing supervision, influencing them to take positive action and to be accountable for their work and contribution to the smooth-running of the organisation

Role requirements

• Experience of programme management for large complex programmes in the NGO/not-for-profit sector, with substantial budgets (six-seven figure) and diverse stakeholders inside and outside an organisation
• Experience of applying a range of project and financial management techniques in planning, staff resource management, implementing and monitoring within a fast-moving environment
• Experience of day-to-day line management of a small team, including remotely and providing guidance and development opportunities to team members
• Experience of leading or facilitating monitoring, evaluation and learning for large and complex projects in the NGO/not-for-profit sector 

Note to candidates: We know that long lists of criteria can be daunting and that some candidates will not apply for a role unless they feel they are 100% qualified. If you feel you meet at least some of the essential criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Further Information

Have a question about this job? Please visit our Careers site for advice on applying, FAQs, and more.

Flexible working:  We are proud to be a Flexa accredited Employer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based  See our Benefits page for more.

ClientEarth values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We aim to appoint the most suitable candidate at all times and welcome applications from people from all different backgrounds. 

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK or Belgium.

ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.

Our client is a leading mental-health charity who has been supporting children, young people and families for the past 70 years. We are pleased to be assisting them in their search for a temporary Policy & Research Associate. The role is running until the 31st of March in the first instance and is full-time (35 hours per week) and is fully remote.

Key Responsibilities for this role include:

• Being the lead researcher and using specialist knowledge of research methods and family support services, designing a research approach and framework to develop learning in relation to family hubs and preventative services.
• Using a wide range of sources to identify and quality assure evidence and insight relevant to the development of Family Hubs and integrated family models.
• Reviewing relevant reports, papers and publications.
• Generating evidence with the regional and participation teams, including designing, planning and conducting both qualitative and quantitative research enquiries e.g. surveys, interviews and focus groups.
• Working with the wider EYP team to reinforce the triangulate insights generated into key themes that support the development of practical evidence-based guidance.
• Leading meetings with a variety of key stakeholders, shaping activity and outputs and participating in wider networks as appropriate.
• Analysing and interpreting relevant research and complex data.
• Writing and contributing to a variety of written resources e.g. case studies, website toolkit modules, reports, policy briefings and training content.
• Designing and delivering presentations to relevant stakeholders e.g. presenting findings & learning and training & workshops.
• Supporting the wider functions of the EYP department including bid writing, reports to funders and designing and monitoring evaluation frameworks.

To be considered for this position, you should possess:

• Previous experience in a similar role, preferably within a research setting.
• Demonstrable experience in translating evidence and research into practice.
• Knowledge of relevant Local Authority and Voluntary Community Sector practices.
• Excellent research skills, including research methods & design, data handling, gathering & analysis and presentation of findings.
• Ability to prioritise varying workloads and project requirements.
• Strong communication skills including verbal and written communication, specifically in translating policy, academic and clinical research into accessible resources.
• Proficient IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications and statistical software.

The position aims to start as soon as possible, requiring candidates to be available immediately or have a short notice period to be considered.

If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, kindly express your interest by submitting your CV in Word format.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

Are you a communications media expert able to lead a busy media team, whilst telling inspiring stories?

If so, you could be the Media Manager we are looking for!
 
About the role

As our Media Manager for Research, you’ll lead activity to promote the life-changing impact of British Heart Foundation's (BHF) work through the media.

You'll have a strong track record of developing imaginative and impactful science-focused media work and will lead a team of research communication experts to seek out stories that bring BHF funded science to life in ways that inspire support from the public and people with heart and circulatory disease. 

Working closely with BHF-funded researchers you'll use your expertise and strong news sense to identify and promote research discoveries through the media. You will also be responsible for creating compelling online content about BHF research to promote on the BHF’s own channels.

You'll play a leading part in developing and implementing the BHF’s research communications strategy in support of the charity’s objectives.

Part of the management team that leads the BHF’s busy reactive press office, you’ll ensure heart patients receive accurate information through the media.

Working arrangements

This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office. 

At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average.  The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause. 

Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.

About you

As our ideal candidate, you bring experience of managing and leading media teams, leading integrated national media campaigns with proven success in gaining quality research-focussed media coverage.

A confident research communicator, with extensive public relations experience, you can create high quality and innovative media materials, communicating complex science in a compelling way.

With previous line management experience, you'll be able to motivate and lead a strong communications team. You'll also have excellent communication skills, able to develop strong working relationships with key colleagues, journalists, and scientists.

Results driven, with the ability to work under pressure, you can spot opportunities, implement ideas and possess a good understanding of the UK media landscape, including consumer media.

About us 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Are you PR savvy enough to help inspire more people to support the nation’s biggest heart charity? Do you have experience of leading and delivering successful media campaigns?

If so, you could be the Senior Press Officer we are looking for!

About the Role

In this role, you will support the Charity’s Fundraising arm, helping to deliver media campaigns that will emotionally and creatively communicate the need for more people and organisations to donate to the BHF and help fund our lifesaving research.

You’ll play an important role by leading priority fundraising campaigns and events, writing engaging and exciting content to encourage people to donate to the BHF or sign up to one of our successful challenge events.

Working closely with the wider Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement directorate, you’ll build effective working relationships that will help maximise our opportunities and help generate income. You’ll also assist the PR team in our work with corporate partners, including big national brands, to help creatively communicate the exciting ways they help fund our research.

The role will also support the BHF’s busy press office, where you will spot opportunities, respond to daily media enquiries, and participate in our out of hour’s service on a rotational shift basis.

Working arrangements 

This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office. 
 
At BHF we believe in the power of working together. On a blended contract, you can expect to spend some time in the office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of office spaces is driven in part by your role and the work you will do with other teams.  This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause. 
 
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about the flexibility offer available at the application or interview stage.

About you 
 
Already working in a PR environment, you will be a self-starter and bring enthusiasm, drive and creativity to develop stand-out campaigns that land in the national press.

You'll have a good working knowledge of the media landscape and an understanding of what works well in press to achieve coverage. You’ll also be an exceptional communicator, able to deliver accurate and engaging communications.

With previous experience assisting in the delivery of integrated PR campaigns, you'll have excellent organisational and problem-solving skills and be confident managing a range of tasks and projects with competing deadlines. You’ll have confidence in working with people at all levels, enjoy pitching in to help your team, building relationships and have an understanding of the BHF’s cause and objectives.

You will preferably have strong experience working as a Press Officer, be passionate about the charity sector, and have experience of writing and selling press releases to national media and assisting on campaigns.

About us 

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Benefits 

To find out more about benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of this page.

Interview process

Interviews will be held via microsoft teams.

Our client is a leading mental-health charity who has been supporting children, young people and families for the past 70 years. We are pleased to be assisting them in their search for a temporary Evidence & Implementation Lead. The role is running for 3-months and is full time (35 hours per week). This role is fully remote.

Key Responsibilities for this role include:

• Leading and managing the distribution and implementation of evidence for the National Centre for Family Hubs (NCFH) programme, ensuring the production of good quality resources produced in a timely manner.
• Managing the design and implementation of the NCFH programme in local areas, identifying support needs, ensuring particular attention to equity, diversity and inclusion, and safeguarding.
• Line managing the NCFH regional implementation advisors and policy and practice advisor.
• Working with the Deputy Head to lead and manage the NCFH programme including overseeing budgets, staffing and delivery plans, problem solving and risk mitigation and reporting requirements to the Clinical Leadership Team, Executive and funders.
• Establishing and maintaining positive and strong relationships with relevant departments and stakeholders.
• Programme management of the NCFH programme, including creating and delivering work plans, identifying resources and assigning responsibilities to meet changing needs.
• Supporting the Deputy Head in organising both internal and external meetings.
• Compiling reports and guidance for both internal and external communications.

To be considered for this position, you should possess:

• Previous experience in a similar role, preferably within a charity setting.
• Knowledge of relevant Local Authority and Voluntary Community Sector practices.
• Awareness of UK policies and issues affecting the provision of health and social care services for families with young children.
• Experience with line management and engaging with colleagues.
• Ability to prioritise varying workloads and project requirements.
• Strong communication skills including verbal and written communication, specifically in translating policy, academic and clinical research into accessible resources.
• Proficient IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.

The position aims to start as soon as possible, requiring candidates to be available immediately or have a short notice period to be considered.

If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, kindly express your interest by submitting your CV in Word format.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

INTRAC is looking for a dynamic individual with a passion for civil society to join as Director of Fundraising and Partnerships.

INTRAC is unashamedly for civil society. We are a mission-driven, not-for-profit organisation, focused on the core belief that vibrant, diverse and inclusive civil societies are essential catalysts for a world where everyone can thrive. We believe that locally available civil society support is essential as part of the wider movement to ‘shift the power’ to enable those tackling inequality and injustice to be resilient and effective, to navigate changes in their context and contribute to long-term inclusive locally led change.  This is an exciting time for the organisation as we move from envisioning our strategy to implementing it.  

Our strategic framework, Locally Rooted, Globally Connected will guide INTRAC’s practice over the next five years, as we evolve to becoming a network-led organisation, influenced and informed by the priorities, insights and aspirations of our network members, and the networks we interact with.  Together we will work to shift how civil society support is conceived and delivered: to transform civil society support eco-systems, so that local and global organisations are supported to develop, engage with others, and do what they want to do, better, to deliver just, equitable and sustainable societies.  

The role of strategic funding is crucial to this transformative change.  We are looking for an individual who is committed to anti-racist and feminist leadership to join our senior leadership team and help drive this change.

You will have significant experience and a proven track record in developing and delivering fundraising strategy, particularly focused on trusts, foundations and philanthropy, taking a relationship-based approach to build partnerships with organisations that share similar values and vision.

You will work with the team to build our capability, partnership, systems and processes to steward relationships, develop grants and manage their delivery.  Working with our Communications Co-ordinator you will help to build INTRAC’s profile and position in line with our strategic vision and ambitions.  You will have active support from the CEO along with strong board commitment to help develop and deliver this role.

This is a part time role (0.6-0.8 FTE); initially offered as an eighteen month contract with the intention to extend should the role be successful.

We are a remote organisation, with staff working across the UK. As we become a global network we are looking at options as to how to expand our staff base in different geographies, as we believe this will benefit INTRAC and support our strategic direction.  However, we do not have a straightforward way to do this currently. Whilst we are open to considering applicants from all parts of the world we will not sponsor visa applications. If you are based outside the UK and are keen to consider one of our roles please email Jenny George to discuss details.

To apply for the role please share a copy of your CV and respond to the following three questions (word limit 750 words):

1. Build Partnerships: Please tell us about a time when you have built a long-term relationship and secured strategic funding from new funder.

2. Leadership: Please tell us about a time when you challenged current practice in an organisation and embedded a new way of working.

3. Communication: Please tell us about a time when communicated a complex issue, raising its profile and encouraging others to engage with it/act on it.

In answering, please provide as much evidence as you can, to explain:

· the Situation in which you acted,

· what you were Tasked to do,

· the Actions you took and

· the Results you achieved and

· what you learnt from the process.

Answering the questions in this way will help the short-listing panel recognise and understand clearly the combination of knowledge, skills and competencies that you bring to the role.

Application Deadline 3rd February 2025.

Provisional interview date: 11th February 2025.

*Please note this is a homebased role - homebased staff are welcome to work from any King's Trust office as they wish.

As The King’s Trust International enters its 10th anniversary year and aims to expand its reach, we have an exciting opportunity that will be pivotal in strengthening the finance function for the charity.

You will be working closely with our Senior Head of Finance and existing Finance Executive to provide support to the charity across all aspects of financial management.

With a particular focus on supporting the fundraising teams and income recognition, this role will work closely with fundraising colleagues to record, analyse and accurately forecast income for King’s Trust International and its newly established trading subsidiary.  You will lead on all aspects of management accounting for the trading subsidiary and support with the preparation of the financial statements.

Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills will enable you to build effective relationships with all colleagues across the organisation and your excellent planning and organisation skills will enable you to prioritise and multitask in this busy and multifaceted role.

Perks for working at The King’s Trust International:

• Great holiday package. 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus public holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave. Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave and pro rata entitlement for shared parental leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible and agile working. Where operationally possible, you can work your hours that support a work-life balance including compressed hours and hybrid-working (part office - part home based) or working from home options.
• Benefits platform. Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• A free employee assistance programme (EAP) to support your mental wellbeing.
• KTI will contribute 5% of your salary to the workplace Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year

King's Trust International is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks (or international equivalents) in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within King’s Trust International, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

In further support of a Safeguarding First approach we are signatories to the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. The Scheme facilitates the sharing of misconduct data between employers. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her/their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to equitable work practices and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed and other Ethnic candidates which are currently under-represented throughout King’s Trust International. As a disability confident employer, we will interview applicants that meet the essential criteria who have declared a disability. Please let us know if you need any adjustments at the interview stage.