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We are Career Ready 

We are a UK-wide social mobility charity that believes that every young person deserves the opportunity to enjoy a rewarding future.

We were founded in 2002 by leading business figures with a mission: to boost social mobility by empowering young people and giving their talents a platform to flourish. Since then, we’ve grown across the UK to support young people in areas of need.

Our programme gives young people the key skills, confidence, and experiences they need to kickstart their futures. In partnership with our network we deliver a targeted programme providing young people aged 15-18 with a paid internship and mentor, workplace visits, and skills masterclasses.

We supported 2,000 young people through our 2022-24 programme, with 2,200 volunteers supporting them. We worked with 370 employers to provide summer internships in 2023 and have 242 school and college partners.  

Head of Fundraising

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Career Ready as our Head of Fundraising, leading on developing and delivering our strategy to create sustainable growth across diverse income streams.

In this new role, you will be a key member of the Senior Management Team and will provide inspirational leadership to the Fundraising team, enabling them to deliver against our objectives to cultivate impactful corporate partnerships and high value funding opportunities.

To succeed and thrive in this role, you'll have significant fundraising and income generation experience and will be a skillfull networker.

For full details of the role and person specification, please refer to the candidate pack.

Application Process

Please submit your CV and supporting statement through the Charity Jobs portal. Closing date for applications is 5pm on 10 January 2025.

First stage interviews will be held on 20 and 21 January 2025.

At Career Ready, we strive to create an inclusive workplace.  If you require any support or reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us. 

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of the young people we work with.  The appointee will be required to undertake a DBS check for this role. 

Strategic Lead - International Nature and Climate 

Salary: up to £50,000  

Location: Home-based, or based at the main office in Newark, Nottinghamshire (Tues-Thurs)  

Full time: 35 hours per week (Mon-Fri)  

Permanent  

Closing date for applications: 19th January 2025  

First interview: 30th January 2025  

Second interview: 3rd February 2025 

About Us  

The Wildlife Trusts are a federated movement of 46 charities, supported by a central charity, the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. Together we have over 900,000 members, 32,500 volunteers and 3,400 staff across the UK. We are at an exciting moment in our 110- year history, with the implementation of an ambitious new strategy, setting out a vision of nature in recovery, with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes creating wilder landscapes where people and nature thrive. 

Wildlife Trusts have restored and care for some of the most special places for wildlife in the UK. Collectively we manage more than 2,600 nature reserves, operate 123 visitor and education centres and own 29 working farms. We undertake research, we stand up for wildlife and wild places under threat, and we help people access nature. 

The next few years will be critical in determining what kind of world we all live in. We need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if we are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. We recognise that this will require big, bold changes in the way The Wildlife Trusts work, not least in how we use and create data and evidence to ensure that we act with the biggest impact possible for nature and people. 

About You  

We are seeking an expert on international nature and climate policy and practice, including on global treaties and negotiations, to lead our growing international work programme at The Wildlife Trusts. 

We are looking for an experienced and knowledgeable strategic lead to oversee our international work programme across The Wildlife Trusts. Reporting to the Director of Climate Change and Evidence, the postholder will lead on developing our linkages to international treaties and programmes on nature and climate, including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Convention on Biological Diversity and IUCN. The postholder will help to link our work at local and national level through to the global context. They will provide dedicated support to the Chief Executive, Deputy CEO and Senior Leadership Team in providing advice, giving strategic direction and managing our relevant work programmes, as well as developing our comms work on international climate and nature. 

The Wildlife Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst we are passionate in promoting our aims, we are not judgmental and are inclusive. We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within our sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. 

The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level.  

RSWT take safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please read our commitment statement on our website.  

As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustments to make our recruitment process more accessible.  

Please do not use artificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete the application form. We may not accept applications that have been completed utilising AI tools. If you would usually use tools such as these to assist you in filling in a form, please contact us to discuss this further and understand other options. 

Join Our Team as a People Systems Support Executive!

Be a key player in supporting our mission to help young people thrive! Partner with our People Systems Manager to ensure our systems run smoothly and efficiently. You'll handle system configurations, troubleshoot issues, and improve processes, allowing our delivery teams to focus on what matters most. From maintaining system documentation and building insightful reports to supporting SAP release cycles and performing data reconciliations, your role is essential to keeping our People & Learning Agenda on track.

If you're passionate about systems, problem-solving, and making an impact, apply now and shape the future of people systems with us!

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity and perspective. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBTQIA+ Network). 

The Prince's Trust 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 in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

We are committed to equality and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders.

Your new company
We offer a variety of expert services to healthcare organisations and other entities across the UK and beyond. Our services encompass case management advice, assessments, and specialised interventions such as remediation support, workplace mediation, and team reviews. Additionally, we provide education programs and other expert services tailored to meet the needs of our clients.
Your new role
The Education Support Administrator will provide administrative and logistics support to the Education Team and members of the Adviser team in their role as educational facilitators.
The role will include activities such as:

• Supporting delivery of digital training, including setting up of break out rooms, on the day event support, provision of training for trainers in related software, assisting with new product design for online materials.
• In the case of face to face training tasks might include, but are not limited to liaising with, clients, booking venues/meeting rooms, external suppliers, making accommodation bookings, ordering refreshments, assisting in the production and maintenance of educational materials and presentation slides, providing on the day virtual event support via MS Teams including the management of break out rooms, basic data entry, checking various corporate stakeholder contact databases for accuracy; inputting and/or downloading data (usually evaluation feedback and workshop registrations); ordering relevant stationery, printing and collating educational materials, couriering materials to relevant venues, setting up and down training rooms.
• The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of the annual work plan of the Education Team.
• The post holder will be managed by the Education Manager and will report to the Education Support Co-ordinator.

What you'll need to succeed

• Provide effective customer service through a timely, confident response to internal and external customer needs and queries via telephone, face to face work and email.
• Provide technical support for training delivery via MS Teams and other platforms to enable delivery of training.
• Carry out delegated administrative tasks designed to support training delivery including but not confined to, ordering of supplies, liaising with and setting up of venues, liaison with SME's and other identified internal and external stakeholders, printing, collating and photocopying and aspects of technical support.
• Commit to accurate recording of data using agreed systems

What you need to do now
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If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Scope of the role

• Job title: Executive Officer - Dietary Health / Nutrition
• Organisation: Non-ministerial Government Department
• Contract type: Temporary
• Employment type: Full-time
• Duration: Until 31st March 2025
• Working hours: 37
• IR35 status: Inside
• Rate: £19.03-20.69 Premium PAYE
• Location: Remote (must be UK based)
• Working environment: Hybrid work available in Belfast, London or York
  
  Short summary of the role requirements:

• Participating in internal and external meetings, providing secretariat when required.
• Managing data, including existing databases, to produce reports and implement proposals.
• Responding to queries, both from internal stakeholders and members of the public.
  
  

What you'll need to succeed

• Skills required: being able to examine complex information and obtain further information to make accurate decisions.
• Express ideas effectively, both orally and in writing, and with sensitivity and respect for others.
• Experience or qualifications in nutrition and dietary health.
  
  

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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Is animal advocacy central to your moral compass?  Do you want to make a real difference in the world of farmed animals?

We are searching for an experienced fundraiser who will be able to support an incredibly impact driven organisation in meeting their organisational goals.  Responsible for major giving and grants portfolios, you will identify and steward financial support from individuals and granting bodies.  

We are looking to speak with candidates who have demonstrable experience within the philanthropy sector. Writing competent and effective communications and gaining commitment from individuals and grant makers, you will be a key to increasing the revenue into the organisation. 

This is a UK-based, remote working opportunity and part time hours can be considered. Due to the nature of the organisation, it is expected that you will follow a vegan belief system, or be on the journey to veganism.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and we are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon. 

An exciting new position has arisen for a Finance Administrator to join the team at International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network, an international not-for-profit maritime organisation working to improve the lives of seafarers and their families with services, resources, strategies and advocacy. We are looking for candidate/s with suitable accounting or bookkeeping qualifications, experience of using accounting software and CRM systems such as Quickbooks, Xero, Salesforce, or GlueUp.  This role requires excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Key responsibilities and responsibilities of the role include:

• Maintain the purchase and sales ledgers
• Respond to supplier and client’s queries
• Process supplier and sales invoices, staff claims and expenses
• Set up bank payments
• Bank reconciliation and journals
• Reconciliation of membership income with accounting software and CRM database
• Basic administrative tasks, such as keeping sickness and absence records, minute taking and filing.

The role can be full time (35 hours p/w) or shared (2 x 17.5 hours p/w). We are a fully remote working organisation with an optional one day a month in London SE1 or other central location.

£26,000-£29,000 per year (pro- rated for part time), plus home working allowance and life assurance.

We are thrilled to be working in partnership with Spurgeons, who believe in creating brighter futures for children, young people, and families. Every service they offer supports those in need, empowering them to thrive.

As the Fundraising Manager Grants and Tenders at Spurgeons, you will play a vital role in driving the growth of Spurgeons voluntary income, with a target of reaching £5,000,000, and expanding the reach of their Family Hub services across the UK. 

This role is not just about numbers—it's about transforming lives. You'll lead a dynamic team of fundraisers, crafting compelling grant applications and proposals that resonate with Spurgeons mission. Your strategic thinking and proven track record in developing and managing grants will be crucial as you work alongside passionate colleagues to secure the funds that fuel our work.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent experience in writing strong, emotive, persuasive copy for bids and proposals
• Experience of researching prospects and developing a pipeline
• Experience in developing mutually beneficial partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Strong knowledge of best-practice fundraising techniques and commercial/business awareness
• Proactive and target driven. Comfortable being in a high performing, target driven environment. 

By month 3, you’ll have completed a detailed review and understanding of Spurgeons fundraising strategy. By month 6, you’ll have showed progress in increasing income through implemented strategies. By month 12, you’ll be able to demonstrate significant improvement in grant income and significant progress in Spurgeons’ grant and commissioned services strategies. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join a Partnership and Development team that isn’t just goal-driven, but fueled by creativity, passion, and a love for bold ideas to drive positive change! You’ll be part of a team that celebrates successes and believes in fostering a positive and supportive environment where everyone feels valued and inspired to do their best work. 

For more information, please contact Nick Thomas, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 19th January 2025

Please note applications are being reviewed and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. 

When a suitable candidate is found the role will close so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

A note from Charisma

Don’t feel like you meet all of the requirements?  We’d still love to chat, we’re a people first recruitment partner.  We specialise in charity recruitment with over 22 years’ experience working as a consultancy who support inspiring professionals find the perfect roles in transformational organisations

At EMDR Association UK we are constantly striving to support EMDR therapists by improving the practice and understanding of EMDR therapy. Our mission is to alleviate suffering and promote personal growth in those who have experienced trauma and other adverse life events by providing skilful, compassionate and effective EMDR therapy. We do this by advancing the theory and practice of EMDR, and through our commitment to ensuring the highest standards of treatment, research, continuing professional development and ethical practice.

We are seeking two enthusiastic, organised and digitally savvy people to join our Administration team, for 20-30 hours per week (each role). We are looking for people with skills in administration, event coordination (digital and in person) and membership support.

You will have an excellent approach to customer service and have demonstrable experience of being a great team player, with the ability to collaborate with and support other team members across a broad remit. Strong organisational skills are a must and we would love to hear from candidates who have experience of successfully managing varied workloads while maintaining great professional relationships.

You will have extensive experience in the planning and delivery of events, both online and in person, including using Zoom and Teams for the delivery of professional webinars. You should be able to get to grips with new systems (including bespoke ones) quickly and be creative and confident in identifying and suggesting new ways of working with those systems.

You will be self-motivated, flexible, and trustworthy. You will be able to thrive in a remote work environment and should be committed to fostering strong professional relationships built on collaboration, curiosity and mutual respect.

Role Description

• Administer EMDR events and consultants training, ensuring smooth execution and participant satisfaction

• Organise and be the administrative point-person for CPD events and workshops, both online and in-person where necessary 

• Administration of the CPD points application process 

• Coordinate with regional and special interest groups to organise and promote events 

• Provide administrative support for membership-related tasks 

• Develop an understanding of the accreditation process and support the Accreditation Admin Assistant where needed 

• Collaborate with colleagues across the Association to ensure efficient operations 

• Occasionally attend committee and board meetings. An ability to take meeting minutes would be valued but is not essential. 

• Flexibility to work some evenings and weekends for event management 

• Knowledge and experience of using Zoom and Office 365 suite is essential 

For more information on how to apply, see the attached job description or click 'Apply' and download the job descrption from our website.

Job purpose:

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone enthusiastic about driving change to join the Huntington’s Disease Association, proactively working to advocate for and improve care for people with this rare neurological condition. 
 

As Policy and Public Affairs Officer, you will work closely with our Head of Public Affairs to influence decision makers in the NHS, and UK and Welsh governments. You will be joining the charity at an exciting time as we develop a new influencing strategy. You will help shape this work, while having opportunity to work with external stakeholders, including health professionals, civil servants and other charities, all whilst developing your skillset and policy and public affairs experience. We have had success over the past year in parliament in highlighting the issues faced by people living with Huntington’s disease, and we are now focused on building this work to help drive policy change.
 

This is a remote role, working from home mostly, but will require travel to London and other locations across England and Wales (which the charity will cover expenses for).

This is an essential role in a small, national organisation supporting people affected by Huntington's disease.

Learn more about the role in the job pack included.

Benefits:

* 25 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata for part-time staff)

* A pension scheme with 3% employer contribution

* Medicash scheme

* Tax-free working from home allowance

* Flexible working approach

* Supportive and positive working environment

* Fantastic learning and development opportunities

Applications:

Applications submitted without a CV and cover letter will not be considered.

Closing date for applications is Tuesday 7th January 2025, 9 am.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.

The Degrees Initiative is a UK-based NGO that builds the capacity of developing countries to evaluate solar radiation modification (SRM), a controversial proposal for reducing some impacts of climate change by reflecting sunlight away from the Earth. Degrees is neutral on whether SRM should ever be used, but we believe that developing countries should be empowered to conduct their own research and to play a central role in SRM discussions. The initiative has been working in different forms for over a decade and our work receives worldwide coverage and widespread acclaim. 

Degrees’ programmatic work builds capacity through research grants, workshops, and community-building—all across the Global South. The initiative has been steadily growing since becoming a charity, and we plan on continuing to expand. Over the next few years, Degrees will offer grants to research teams in new countries and disciplines, support the scientists as they develop into regional leaders, and keep building a global community of experts.

The Staff Scientist position offers a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to move into or advance in the nonprofit sector while helping scale-up the organisation’s work. They will get to work with some the world’s leading SRM experts both inside and outside of Degrees and play a central role in building an initiative that is changing the field of SRM. 

Job purpose 

The Degrees Modelling Fund was launched in 2018 and has grown into the largest SRM research programme in the world. It supports almost 150 scientists across the Global South as they model how SRM could affect the climate in their regions, and they are becoming influential leaders in the SRM conversation. 

This is a good start, but our plans are much more ambitious. We now want to support the Southern teams to move to the next level in their development. National projects will evolve into regional research programmes—in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, for instance. These regional programmes will inform policy processes by writing reports and policy briefs. Centralised downscaling and bias correction will reduce the barriers to SRM research across the Global South, allowing more countries to do their own SRM research and increasing existing teams’ output.

Degrees’ new Staff Scientist will be central to this. As an expert in climate impacts modelling, they will help the teams develop regional research projects. They will support Southern scientists to get access to the data that they need, will advise Degrees on how we can best support Southern SRM research, and develop new work streams as needed. In all of this, the Staff Scientist will work closely with the 26 modelling teams that Degrees supports across the Global South, plus our range of partners and volunteer research collaborators. In this, their work will be central to the next stage of Degrees’ development, helping to ensure that developing countries have the evidence and expertise to evaluate SRM and to play a central role in research and discussions. 

About the position  

The position will appeal to someone with a strong academic track record who is looking to use their skills and training outside of academia—for an organisation that is looking to use research to change the world, rather than just for research’s sake. Because the right candidate may not wish to leave academia entirely, the position may be less than full time, which would be negotiated (but not less than 60% time at Degrees). 

Specific responsibilities include: 

• Plan and implement the new lines of work, above, and to develop new ones in cooperation with other staff members, Degrees-funded researchers, and volunteers; 

• Organise and facilitate regionalisation workshops approximately each quarter; 

• Manage and deepen relationships with regional SRM experts; 

• Work with a future science writer to deliver the annual scientific reports;  

• Learn the goals and needs of scientists in each region and, to the extent possible, facilitate their provision; 

• Directly support our funded scientists, as appropriate; 

• Help deliver the Degrees Global Forum on SRM, taking place 12-16 May in Cape Town; 

• In consultation with the CEO and Programmes Director, set annual plans (including budgets), objectives and key results; . 

• Support our policy engagement, communications, and reporting activities. 

Location: Home based
Salary: £34,000
Hours: 35 hours
Department: Community delivery
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent

Do you want to join an organisation committed to addressing low literacy nd low numeracy amongst people across the UK?

Shannon Trust, building on many years of successful work within the criminal justice system, has been testing its programmes, training, and partnership work with the wider population. As a result, we are now investing in our Community Learning Network. Digital development plays a key role in our future plans, particularly with our Turning Pages and Count Me In digital learning tools.

We are looking to expand our Community Learning Network team and are recruiting for a Digital Product Owner.

Ideally, you will have solid experience and technical knowledge of digital product ownership. Reporting to our Community Learning Network Manager, you will oversee the development and maintenance of our suite of digital tools and be responsible for liaising with our external technology partners on a day-to-day basis, while collaborating with internal colleagues as needed.

This role will be home based. Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme. The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.

We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions.

Interviews are for Friday 17th January 2025.

Benefits: Standard Shannon Trust: Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.

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The Organising and Local Mobilisation (OLM) Manager is responsible for managing ongoing support to food banks as they organise and campaign for change. This varied, proactive, and fast-paced role will involve working closely with grant funded Local Organisers as part of the Trussell Trust’s Organising Programme, frequently visiting food banks and delivering online and in person training.

You will hold responsibility for providing direct support as food banks develop effective campaign strategies – covering local and Trussell Trust priorities – and ensuring they have the capacity, skills, and resources to deliver them. You will also work closely with other departments at the Trussell Trust and external partners to support food banks outside of the Organising Programme to influence locally and play a leading role in mobilising them to campaign for change.

Role responsibilities

· Network area-wide delivery of the Organising Programme

Lead and manage the delivery of OLM’s Organising Programme in your network area, recruiting food banks to join, providing in-person and online training and ongoing relational support to Local Organisers to ensure campaign strategies are developed and delivered.  Organise and lead area-wide training, clusters, or events for food bank staff and volunteers to promote co-operation and sharing of good practice around local influencing.

· Training, Learning and programme development

Play a key role in the design and delivery of a programme of training and other learning for food banks covering organising, mobilising, and influencing. Contributing to impact and process evaluations and assisting food banks involved to explore future sources of funding, as required.

· Supporting food banks to influence locally

Empower food banks to develop their local influencing work, triaging influencing issues and managing input from other relevant Trussell experts to provide ongoing support that enables the food banks to progress their influencing work.

· Mobilising food banks in the Trussell Trust’s campaigns

Support the development and promotion of national Trussell policy campaigns, working with other teams and external partners to engage the food banks you support in taking action – including how they might take ownership of campaigns locally and help shape those priorities.

· Internal stakeholder engagement

Project manage OLM’s involvement in assigned cross-organisational projects – e.g. a policy campaign or strategic project, ensuring the OLM tam are consulted, negotiating with other teams and making decisions accordingly.  As part of an area-based matrix team you’ll work closely with other food bank facing staff to ensure a joined-up approach to food bank support, effective communication, as well as sharing learning and best practice.

· External stakeholder engagement

Build and maintain strong relationships with food bank leaders, staff, volunteers, and trustees, as well as establishing effective partnerships with a range of stakeholders such as local authorities, community organisations, and churches.

Person Specification

Technical skills and minimum knowledge:

· Experience of delivering organising work and / or campaigning for change at a grassroots, local and / or national level.

· Excellent knowledge and understanding of the political landscape of your assigned area.

· A confident communicator with the ability to successfully influence and negotiate with a wide range of stakeholders, including food bank staff and volunteers, local authorities, community organisations, and churches.

· Knowledge and experience of a wide range of campaigning tactics, campaign planning and developing theories of change.

· Ability to develop and deliver training for organisers, trustees, staff and volunteers from food banks, including event management.

Behaviours and competencies:

· Demonstrate a commitment to the values of Trussell.

· Role models inclusive behaviour and values, including demonstrating empathy for people from disadvantaged, marginalised or socially-excluded backgrounds.

· Able to build effective relationships with people from diverse backgrounds and with differing life experience, including in contexts where Christian faith plays a major role part, and in which people of all faiths and none collaborate to make a difference together.

· Effective project management ensuring alignment with the Trussell vision and strategy and collaborative working to maximise integration and effectiveness of activities.

· Is tenacious, proactive, creative and propositional, and makes things happen.

· Able to solve complex problems; with a self-motivated and solutions-focused outlook.

Key Stakeholders

· Food banks, including local organisers, project managers, volunteers, and people they support

· The wider OLM team

· Network Area Teams, who support food banks in their day-to-day work, including Network Leads, Area Managers, Network Church Engagement Managers, Network Volunteer Engagement Managers, and Pathfinder Leads

· Grants team

· Participation team

· Policy, Research and Impact directorate

· Strategic Communications department

· Audience Insight and Engagement department

Important Information

• We allow flexible working, including the option for compressed hours. We can accept applications to work 4 days/week if preferred.

• The role will require some travel throughout the East Midlands region, and occasional travel to London. All travel expenses are covered. We strongly encourage applications from people based in the East Midlands, although this is not an essential requirement of the role.

• If you have questions about the role, please contact us. Please note that the office is shut from 20th December – 6th January.

• Interviews are scheduled to take between 13 – 15th January.

About the Citizens UK and Living Wage Foundation

The Living Wage Foundation (LWF) was launched in 2011 to tackle in-work poverty. We encourage and celebrate employers that pay the real Living Wage- calculated according to the cost of living - through an accreditation programme. We have additional schemes which address other aspects of in-work poverty, such as insecure contracts and pensions. We also run local and national campaigns to promote the Living Wage in different sectors and regions. There is more information on our website: What do we do?

The Living Wage Foundation is one of several projects run by charity Citizens UK - the home of community organising. Citizens UK train and coordinate civil society leaders to work on the issues that matter to them.

Our culture is driven by our six organisational values: Solidarity, Kindness, Courage, Integrity, Inclusion, and Relational. You can read more here.

Please note, at the Living Wage Foundation, we take a deliberately broad-based approach and accredit all organisations who pay the real Living Wage to their directly and indirectly employed staff and are committed to tackling in work poverty.  As a team we work across a range of industries and sectors to achieve this mission. We seek pragmatic coalitions in order to progress specific campaigns, and partnership around a particular issue such as Living Wage, does not imply an endorsement of broader purpose and policies.

Summary of Role

We are looking for highly motivated and organised individual to deliver our accreditation scheme. The role will work with our network of employers, and support new organisations through the accreditation process.

Responsibilities may change over time, but at present your day-to-day activities will include:

• Growing the Living Wage movement in the East Midlands. You will have remote support from a Senior Manager.

• Provide administrative support to a Programme Manager in an additional region (currently East London).

• Support one of our additional projects or schemes (such as our Recognised Service Providers, Living Hours, Living Pensions, Global Living Wage or Living Wage Funders)

• Additional responsibilities, such as: Working closely with colleagues across the Living Wage Foundation and Citizens UK, develop resources, facilitate meetings, coordinate events, represent LWF externally, contribute to our strategy, develop our policy, and prioritise your training and personal development.  

 Main Responsibilities

Living Wage Accreditation

• Support potential Living Wage Employers through the accreditation process, from dealing with initial enquiries to checking and processing their accreditation.

• Deliver a high-quality experience to accredited employers in your region and build strong relationships. Encourage employers to be advocates and engage with our additional schemes and campaigns.

• With help from the wider team, develop plans and build strategic relationships to grow the number of accreditations in your region.

• Review and monitor Living Wage policy issues and communicate these through internal and external facing guidance.

Project Support

• Provide support to projects which grow Living Wage accreditations and improve the quality of service offered.

• Engage with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders to further project goals

• Support the growth and development of new and existing Living Wage schemes such as Recognised Service Providers, Living Wage Funders, Living Wage Places, Living Hours, Global Living Wage.

 Administration

• Respond to telephone and web-based enquiries by providing advice and guidance to employers and supporters.

• Provide administrative support for all aspects of the accreditation journey.

• Manage and keep information up to date on our administrative systems, including the Salesforce database of employers.

• Support the maintenance of our systems to ensure efficient processes

• Develop reports to enable effective monitoring and evaluation of our impact and progress against plans.

• Coordinate and administrate steering, advisory or leadership groups as required, including coordinating agendas, sending out timely papers, taking minutes and following up on actions.

Events and Communications

• Plan and organise events to celebrate and grow our network of Living Wage Employers, including playing an active role in the delivery of Living Wage Week and assisting other members of the team with event logistics.

• Represent and speak on behalf of the Living Wage Foundation at internal and external meetings and events.

• Develop or feed into employer resources including marketing materials, blogs, reports, templates and guides.

General

• Work with Citizens UK Community Organisers, members and leaders to promote civic engagement with and ownership of the Living Wage campaign.

• Responsibility for delivering agreed areas of the Living Wage Foundation’s work plan and leading on agenda items to report into team meetings.

• Feed into the Living Wage Foundation strategy and objective development.

• Work collaboratively with colleagues to share learnings and experience and ensure that we are meeting the expectations of our network and stakeholders.

  Personal Specification

(D) Desirable, (E) Essential

EXPERIENCE:

• A minimum of 2 years proven, comprehensive experience in an administrative role (E)

• Experience of managing and updating Salesforce or similar databases (D)

• Experience of delivering a range of high quality communications materials, including websites, reports, newsletters (D)

KEY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Excellent time management skills with the ability to juggle a wide range of competing demands (E)

• Understanding of database and systems management (E)

• Ability to take in and interpret information and present in a succinct manner (E)

• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written, combined with the ability to liaise with senior stakeholders (E)

• Ability to act on own initiative to introduce and develop new systems as appropriate (E)

• Strong attention to detail  (E)

• Strong IT skills to include MS Office and database software (E)

• Understanding of the policy and campaign landscape in the UK (D)

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• A proactive approach to all areas of work with a ‘can do’ attitude and a flexible approach to work demands (E)

• A strong commitment to the Living Wage campaign and principles of Citizens UK (E)

 About the Application Process

The Living Wage Foundation is committed to being an inclusive employer. We would love to see applications from LGBTQIA+ people, people from racialised communities, people living with disabilities and people of faith. We want our employees to be themselves and thrive doing so, and we have employee networks to support staff. Even if you don’t quite meet all the required criteria still consider applying, as we invest in our employees and support them to develop the skills and knowledge required to deliver their role.  It’s important that our team represents the communities we serve, therefore we are particularly interested to hear from candidates who have experience of low pay.

At Citizens UK, we use Applied, an applicant-tracking recruitment system. Applied aims to overcome unconscious bias in recruiting. The responses are anonymised and reviewed by the panel. The Applied platform also asks some demographic questions before you start your application. Citizens UK cannot see individual demographic responses, only summary statistics to monitor our candidate pool for balance. Applied aims to give an equal chance to be hired irrespective of background. Candidates can opt out of answering the demographic questions.  

We welcome applicants from different backgrounds and will do our best to meet reasonable adjustments and access needs for disabilities during and after the recruitment process.  

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as Citizens UK is unable to sponsor visa applications. Our community organisers work in the community and their employment is subject to satisfactory standard/enhanced DBS checks.  

For questions and reasonable adjustments regarding your application including information in a different format, or our recruitment process, please contact us.

Got any more questions?    

If you would like further information on the role, the organisation, or our commitment to addressing under-representation and the development and progression of all colleagues, we would be happy to answer any questions, please contact us (Please note that the office is shut between 19th December – 6th January).