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The Organisation

The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.

We are now seeking a Volunteer Officer to join our Programmes, Volunteering and Conservation Team on a full-time basis, working 36 hours per week, including minimum of 1 weekend per month.

The Benefits

• Salary of £32,666 - £35,644 per annum, depending on experience
• 26 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
• Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
• Hybrid/agile working options
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
• Learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offices in a beautiful location

The Role

As a Volunteer Officer, your main focus will be to manage volunteers to carry out important habitat management tasks at regular conservation group sessions and develop one-off flexible and weekend volunteering opportunities. You will also support on delivering our corporate ‘Park days’ sessions, as well as also working on the Hedgehog project in Regent’s Park. This role is varied and will see the successful applicant working primarily in the Regents Park and Greenwich Park, but with work across all of the parks when support is required. 

This role involves a lot of in park time, working with and supporting volunteers on the ground in physical conservation work. On average the Volunteer officer will spend 3-4 days each week in the parks delivering sessions.  The ideal applicant will be friendly, open, enjoy spending time outdoors and have experience working with and managing volunteers, in a hands-on conservation or park setting. 

You will champion volunteering best practice, inclusivity and diversity across the organisation, develop volunteer resources and ensure the appropriate support and training is in place for volunteers, partners and the staff who manage volunteers. 

Additionally, you will: 

• Work with the Volunteer and Programmes Manager to plan, develop, deliver and evaluate other volunteer projects and programmes 
• Write volunteer role descriptions, work plans, policies and robust risk assessments 
• Ensure appropriate and accurate data on volunteers and associated activities are recorded 
• Be aware of and always follow guidelines safeguarding of children and adults at risk.

About You 

To join us as a Volunteer Officer, you will need: 

• Proven experience of working with, managing, and training volunteers, especially conservation volunteers. With a strong knowledge of safe use and maintenance of all hand tools. 
• In depth knowledge and practical skills in conservation, park, or nature reserve management 
• Awareness of equality and diversity, health and safety and safeguarding 
• Excellent people skills including team working, negotiating, problem solving and the ability to be calm and decisive in challenging situations
• Commitment to The Royal Parks’ values of being responsible, excellent, inclusive, open and respectful, and a commitment to supporting diverse and inclusive teams 
• A flexible approach to work including significant evening and weekend working.
• A valid and current clean UK driving licence is desirable.

Excellent operational use of Microsoft Office, CRM systems and other IT solutions to support the planning, delivery and evaluation of the volunteer programme would also be advantageous. 

A First Aid Certificate would also be favourable. 

Other organisations may call this role Conservation and Volunteering Officer, Project officer, Volunteer Services Co-ordinator, Volunteer Co-ordinator, or Volunteer Development Co-ordinator. 

We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed and use Recite-me accessibility software. At the top of the application page, there is an “Accessibility Tools” button which you can use to complete the application form in a way that works for you. If you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.

The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Please click here to find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. 

So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Volunteer Officer please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.

Islington Centre is seeking a committed and motivated English Language Coordinator. Do you want to help refugees and asylum seekers in London?  Have you got English language teaching and coordinating experience in working to support refugees or vulnerable people?  If so, this exciting opportunity could be for you. Islington Centre for Refugees has been helping to integrate refugees since 1997.  We engage with our clients each day and are currently working in-person and online. We operate online every day and in-person from the Centre’s premises in Islington on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We create a community, teach English, provide a support service and a therapeutic and creative space with arts activities and sports that help people who have suffered trauma.  You will be working directly to deliver and teach a range of English Language Classes and Sessions and ensure that our English Teaching Session Leads are delivering quality sessions. The role requires someone who is resilient, professional, self motivated with a strong work ethic and determination, creative, attention to detail, the ability to make decisions and strong empathy for the clients we work with. The role requires working both at the Centre and from home. If you’d like to apply, please download the Application Form and Job Description/Person Specification and email us your completed Application Form.

Please note we CANNOT accept applications without a completed Application Form.

Closing date: 8th September 2024

Interviews: Shortlisted candidates will be called to interview.

Freedom from Torture is the Winner of the Overall Award for Excellence and the top prize for Campaigns and Advocacy at the 2023 Charity Awards.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Fundraising Officer!

Would you like to join our award-winning organisation?

About the role

As our new Digital Fundraising Officer, the work you do will have real impact, impact that helps people in genuine need, impact that changes how policy is developed, impact that changes how people think and impact that builds movements.

In this role you'll be encouraged to push boundaries and have the space to be creative. You'll develop and execute strategies that are forward thinking, that provoke conversation, that drive engagement and donations. You'll shift digital fundraising at Freedom from Torture forward.

You'll be part of a small talented team of 6 who are kick-starting a digital engagement transformation journey, shaping the way Freedom from Torture harnesses and utilises digital. As our new Digital Fundraising Officer, you'll play a key part in this journey, ensuring the organisation looks forward, and not rest on its laurels.
Apply now and help us make a real impact.

About you

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In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30-day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution (minimum 1% employee contribution).

Freedom from Torture is committed to showing the salary for all advertised roles and not negotiating salaries for roles, in light of evidence that this contributes to structural inequality.

Our policy is that all appointments will be at the start of the salary range but successful candidates will have the opportunity to move up the scale over time. The progression up the salary range is reviewed on an annual basis and subject to affordability. For this role, the salary range is £31,843 - £36,937 per annum.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please visit our website.

Please note a CV and a cover letter addressing the job description and person specification of the role are mandatory to be considered for the position.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory standard/enhanced DBS/PVG disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies please.

Head of Financial Accounting and Systems Improvements

Location: Homebased/hybrid, within commutable distance of Central Office, London.
Contract Type: Permanent/ Full time
Salary: £65,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5
Benefits: Generous Holiday allowance Season Ticket loan Cycle to work scheme Charity worker discounts Enhanced maternity package Wellness, inclusion, and diversity groups EAP scheme Life assurance.

Are you ready to take your finance career to the next level? Do you thrive on driving change and ensuring financial excellence in an organisation? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

About the Role:

As the Head of Financial Accounting and Systems Improvements, you will play a pivotal role in revolutionising how our finance department operates. You will ensure that all key financial documents are created in a timely way, providing the organisation with strong and robust financial procedures and information. Your leadership will empower the finance team and the wider organisation to embrace new systems and innovative ways of working.

Key responsibilities include:

Sage Intacct Champion: Lead and support the rollout of Sage Intacct across the organisation, fostering a culture of "self-serve" budgeting and empowering budget holders.

Process Improvement: Continuously review and enhance finance processes for efficiency, documenting the department's methods through a comprehensive Statement of Operating Practice.

Dashboard Implementation: Introduce and manage the use of dashboards, providing real-time insights across the organisation.

Team Leadership: You'll manage and mentor the Finance Officer and Finance Assistant, ensuring their professional development aligns with the department’s Key Performance Indicators. Your leadership will set the standard for excellence and growth.

Collaboration: You'll work closely with key stakeholders, including the Head of Commercial Accounting, Strategic Business Partnering, and the Director of Finance & ICT, to ensure budget holders have timely, accurate financial information. Your goal? Deliver a 5-star service to the organization!

Why Join Us?

This is more than just a finance role—it's an opportunity to be at the forefront of financial transformation. If you're a dynamic leader with a passion for process improvement and systems innovation, we want to hear from you!

What Pact Offer:

Pact offers a wide range of employee benefits including free confidential advice and counselling service, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, eye care vouchers, generous annual leave plus more. You will have the chance to attend internal training events to further develop yourself as an effective support worker and undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

How to apply:

If you feel you meet the requirements of this post, please complete an application form by clicking the 'apply now' button.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Other information:

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).

This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Disclosure and Barring Service check.

If you have lived overseas for over 12 months (in the past 10 years while aged 18 or over), you will need to supply a certificate of good conduct from the Police Force of the country of residence.

Pact (the Prison Advice & Care Trust) is a pioneering national charity that provides caring and life changing services to men and women in prison, to people with convictions on release and in the community, and to their children and families.

Pact’s vision is of a society in which justice is understood as a process of restoration and healing, in which prisons are used sparingly and as places of learning and rehabilitation, and in which the innate dignity and worth of every human being is valued. We work for the common good of Society, taking a public health-based approach. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, child and family welfare, mental health, wellbeing provision and health & social care.

Our volunteers and staff can be found in courts, prisons, probation services, and in communities across England & Wales. We are a diverse, inclusive, modern, and collaborative charity. We build effective partnerships and sustainable solutions based on our well-established understanding of the systems in which we work, and on our historic values and ethos developed through our 120+ years of service delivery.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome requests for job adverts and descriptions in accessible formats (for e.g. larger text) for candidates with disabilities, including those with neurodiversity.

You may have experience in the following: of Financial Accounting, Financial Systems Improvement Manager, Head of Finance Systems, Financial Operations Director, Director of Accounting and Systems, Chief Accounting Officer, Financial Systems Optimization Lead, Financial Process Improvement Manager, Director of Financial Reporting and Systems, and Head of Accounting Transformation.

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Charity People is excited to be working with the brilliant SolarAid in the recruitment for a Supporter Engagement Officer.

Job Title: Supporter Engagement Officer

Location: Remote working with travel to the London Office once a month

Contract: Permanent and full time

Salary: £27,300 to £31,500 per annum depending on experience

About the organisation

SolarAid is at a pivotal moment with a new strategy starting to show some game changing results. The strategy is aimed at reaching those who will benefit the most from solar energy yet are currently being left behind. Unless something changes by the end of the decade over ½ billion people in sub-saharan Africa will still have no access to energy. Our mission, with your help, is to change that.

Even though SolarAid are a charity we believe in business based solutions to poverty using solar technology, as this is more sustainable and spreads faster than handouts - so we run a social enterprise in Africa called SunnyMoney.

Our Fundraising programme is also at an exciting stage - with a diverse range of funding sources spread across corporates, trusts & foundations, institutions, high net worths and individuals. We aim to knit these sources together to reinforce each other, such as a funder providing a match for donations or individual advocating in their workplace. We've a small but passionate team who strive to work closely across the different funding areas.

About the role

SolarAid are looking for an individual with experience of fundraising who can proactively engage, build relationships and provide high levels of stewardship to a variety of supporters, alongside increasing awareness of our work.

You will play a vital role in driving all supporter activities, such as direct mail Supporter appeals, our regular giving programme and supporting community groups and individuals with their fundraising.

Your focus will be to support all activities across Individual Giving, assisting in identifying, developing and supporting fundraising opportunities to maximise activity and income, alongside helping to create and maintain meaningful supporter journeys that strengthen the relationship between supporters and SolarAid.

You will be hands-on with assisting the Supporter Engagement Manager in leading on all direct marketing campaigns, ensuring that the process is managed effectively from start to finish. You will also be responsible for carrying out presentations and talks when requested so that our supporters remain engaged.

Responsibilities:

• To support all activities across the Supporter Engagement area, assisting to identify, develop and support fundraising opportunities to maximise activity and income.

Supporter Engagement

• Support on developing and coordinating fundraising across multiple streams, including individual giving (regular giving and supporter appeals), community fundraising and legacies.
• Building and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Play a key role in achieving agreed income targets and helping to increase year-on-year.
• Play a key role in managing direct mailing campaigns when appropriate.
• Lead a number of innovative and impactful fundraising and supporter engagement projects on behalf of SolarAid.
• Focus on story-telling and equipping supporters, of all kinds, with the tools they need to spread the message to their networks.

Supporter Development

• When required, deliver talks to supporters, including schools and community groups.
• Provide outstanding stewardship of our supporters, developing a supporter journey that grows their connection to SolarAid, increasing engagement and giving.
• Through every interaction with supporters, aim to inspire and motivate people to support the work of SolarAid so that they can advocate on our behalf.
• Proactively identify and implement new ways of improving supporter engagement.
• Produce accurate and timely reports on activity and performance as required, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Work with all teams to coordinate and ensure consistent messaging and communications to encourage long-term relationships with our existing supporters.

About You

This is a great opportunity for an able and enthusiastic Supporter Engagement Officer, looking to progress to the next chapter in their career. You will have the following skills and experiences;

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively.
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively around processes, supporter communications and fundraising products.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to write own correspondence and draft effective copy.
• Able to present to audiences clearly and passionately.
• Experience of working in a fundraising team of a charity, particularly working in individual giving and/or community fundraising.
• Experience of using a CRM database (ideally Salesforce) to support relationship management alongside reporting and analysis of data to provide insights.
• Experience of managing, motivating and developing relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proven ability to engage, inspire and enthuse a range of supporters to raise funds and nurture relationships

Application Process

To kickstart the application process, please contact Seema Choudhury at today with your CV or profile.

The closing date for this role is Wednesday 4^th September with the view to interview week commencing 9^th September.

Charity People are committed to providing equal opportunities and welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds. If you require any assistance or adjustments during the application process, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Ivy Rock Partners is excited to be working with a leading educational institution dedicated to excellence in research, teaching, and the overall student experience. They are looking for a skilled and motivated Project Finance Officer to join their Finance team on a 12 month FTC, reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting and enhancing their financial processes during a critical period of improvement.

Role Overview:
As a Project Finance Officer, you will work closely with the Assistant Director of Finance to review, document, and improve the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury functions. You will also contribute to the preparation and implementation of a comprehensive fixed asset strategy for the University. Your work will be essential in ensuring the effective management and optimisation of the University's financial processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Document and record existing financial processes, identifying areas for improvement.
• Assist in project management activities related to the improvement of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Treasury functions.
• Support the preparation and implementation of the University’s fixed asset strategy.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues across the Finance Directorate and other University departments.
• Respond to queries from suppliers, customers, students, and university staff regarding transactions and account balances.
• Administer the Government Procurement Card scheme, ensuring accurate authorization and timely posting of expenditures.
• Set up and maintain supplier and customer accounts, and manage the accurate allocation of payments received.
• Raise sales invoices and issue customer statements as required.
• Collaborate with the systems accounts team to identify and implement process improvements.
• Organise and manage review meetings, documenting actions, and tracking project progress.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Part CCAB qualified is desired
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to document processes clearly and concisely.
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships across teams.
• Proficient in Word and Excel, with the ability to handle data and documentation efficiently.
• Experience in finance-related roles, with a focus on service delivery and process improvement.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Experience with Unit 4 and Agresso is desired.

Benefits:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Generous 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and concessionary days) pro-rata
• Family friendly policies, including adoption, maternity and paternity pay and leave
• On site café and restaurant
• Free membership to the newly built Fitness and Wellbeing Centre located on site (gym, badminton, climbing wall, Zumba, yoga and Pilates classes included)
• Cycle to work scheme

Please get in touch with Megan Hunter for more information on this role.

This new role will be central to the operation of the Artistic Director’s office, balancing a large amount of detailed administration with high-level relationship management, planning and discretionary decision-making. The job focuses particularly on managing the Artistic Director’s schedule and capacity; managing extensive internal and external communications and correspondence; and supporting delivery of the Artistic Director’s agenda through the artistic team and wider organization. 

The role will manage a high volume of confidential correspondence, detailed planning information, artistic and stakeholder relationships and internal workflows. This will require exceptional organisational and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to act with independent initiative, sensitivity and discretion including under pressure and during busy times. While the focus of the role is managerial and administrative, it is also a key strategic role with an opportunity for someone to underpin the smooth delivery of all our work, ensuring our strategy and mission remain on track. 

The successful candidate will have: 

• Detailed experience in a previous administrative and/or organisational role in a busy departmental or office environment.

• Understanding of the theatre and/or wider arts sector, including insight and sensitivity into challenges and relationship management artists and key stakeholders.

• The ability to deal sensitively and discreetly when handling confidential information, including with a wide range of people and stakeholders.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with an excellent eye for detail and the ability to pitch communications at the right level in different contexts. 

Further details of the role can be found in the job pack, attached. Should you apply, and as part of our continuous review of the Court’s recruitment approach, we would like to hear from you on where you saw this role advertised.

About Media Defence

Media Defence is a charity that helps media to defend their rights. We support independent media, journalists and citizen journalists who are under legal threat by making sure that lawyers are available to defend them. We engage in strategic litigation to improve the regulatory environment for media freedom, make grants to organisations in various countries to run media defence programmes, and build the capacity of the lawyers and organisations we work with on issues of media law.

About the Role

As Events Coordinator and Team Assistant, you will support the CEO, as well as the Operations, the Development and Capacity Building teams across all their events, traveling and administrative needs. Your main job responsibilities will be centred on organising and managing the admin that supports our work. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth running of in person activities and administrative functions, working closely across the organisation.

You will be an enthusiastic team player as a lot of your tasks will involve and require input from other team members, from scheduling meetings to assisting in planning all our international travel, in compliance with current donor requirements.

Main Responsibilities

Events planning and coordination

• Coordinate logistical aspects of in person programme activities, including venue arrangements, participant travel, accommodation, and catering. These activities may include meetings for lawyers, regional and international convenings for Media Defence's network of partners, and fellowships
• Implement the logistical planning of events, including visas, flights, ground transportation, itineraries, and other travel-related arrangements, ensuring that all donor requirements are satisfied, such as the Fly America Act where applicable
• Assist Media Defence staff with visa applications, travel arrangements, itineraries, and accommodation needs, providing support to ensure a positive experience. This may include Board meetings, conference participation for Media Defence's Legal Team and CEO travel coordination

Contractual and Financial Coordination

• Support the Finance and Operations Director to ensure that event logistics align with donor requirements and Media Defence policy requirements, with a particular focus on financial compliance and the accurate implementation of travel, finance, and procurement policies
• Coordinate with external vendors, service providers, and contractors to manage contracts, payments, and other financial transactions related to event logistics
• Maintain accurate and precise record-keeping for all event-related activities, ensuring documentation meets organisational and donor requirements
• Maintain a filing system of all travel related and relevant documents that meets Media Defence's policies and donor requirements

Team Support

• Manage diaries and organise team meetings
• Take notes at meetings, prepare the minutes and distribute to relevant participants
• Provide support through administrative and communication activities, including checking that invoices from suppliers are accurate and handle any queries
• Oversee effective and smooth running of the Media Defence office, making sure staff are supported and resourced
• Monitor office supplies and stationery and make purchases when required
• Oversee maintenance of the fixed asset register and safeguard assets
• Participate in the delivery of ad hoc projects and tasks, as required

Other

• Identify and carry out any other duties which fall within the scope, spirit and purpose of the post as requested
• Maintain and observe an appropriate level of confidentiality at all times

Person Specification

Essential

• Excellent written and spoken English, good editorial skills and the ability to communicate with diverse communities and varied audiences
• Detail-oriented
• Competent IT user including Microsoft Office Packages, internet and email
• High level of personal integrity and commitment to the values of the organisation
• Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively to tight deadlines
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Ability to manage a varied workload and demands from different teams
• Flexible and dependable, able to take the initiative
• Ability to work on own initiative without daily supervision
• Flexibility to reprioritise effectively and respond to requests for information at short notice
• Have a positive approach to daily tasks and have a solution focussed working method
• Proven experience of working with, and relating to, a diverse range of people and a pleasant, diplomatic manner and disposition in interacting with colleagues at all levels, as well as with Media Defence partners
• Right to work in the UK

Desirable

• Experience with databases/CRM systems
• Previous experience of working in a support/administrative support role would be an advantage
• Knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic

Benefits

• Pension: Contributory pension scheme (employer matched contribution up to max. 8%
• Annual leave: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Week off between Christmas and New Year’s
• Third Friday of each month off
• Opportunity to carry over five days into the following annual leave year
• Days’ start/finish time is flexible
• Friendly and supportive team culture
• On joining Media Defence, all employees are automatically able to access professional support through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Health Assured Limited and through a digital health app
• We offer an enhanced maternity and paternity leave package
• We provide a range of training and development tools to support our employees to improve or develop skills and knowledge for the benefit of both the individual and the organisation

Equality and diversity are fundamental to our mission. We are committed to the recruitment and retention of individuals from diverse backgrounds and who reflect the diverse communities in which we operate.

Closing Date: 18th September 2024

Interviews will take place online between 25th to 27th September 2024

Strong digital campaign activation skills for this Partnership activation role.

This is a 3 day pw role.

THE COMPANY
One of the UK's largest organisations devoted to Animal & Pet Welfare
THE ROLE
Partnership Activation Manager

YOU
Accountabilities and deliverables:
* Developing and executing clearly defined marketing and activation plans that develop brand
equity while delivering commercial success.
* Delivering a long term, high value and mutually beneficial partnership strategies.
* Focusing on optimisation of existing corporate partners.
* Collaborating and liaising across the organisation and plays a significant role in customer relationship development.
* Responsible for the activation of partners and sponsors, including co-branded campaigns, delivering synergies and unlocking mutual benefit to increase revenue.
* Developing creative assets and copy to fill a paid media plan.

You must have native-level English Skills and the right to work in the UK.

If you can tick ALL the boxes, then please apply online NOW!

NB: You must be eligible to work in the UK

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The Science Council is looking for two people to help it raise the profile and prestige of science-based apprenticeships and increase the status of scientific technicians through professional registration.

The Science Council has delivered the groundbreaking Technical Pathways project since 2020 and has recently secured continued funding from the Gatsby Foundation to the end of 2026. A key objective of the project is to make it easier for apprentices to achieve professional registration and raise the profile of science apprenticeships.

Summary of role and key benefits

Two positions are available, each of 0.4 FTE (2 days/week equivalent). The working pattern will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidates. Flexible working and secondments will be considered.

- Fixed-term contract until 31 December 2026.
- Salary £47,000 pro rata (i.e. £18,800 for 2 days/week).
- 5% employer pension contribution.
- 25 days annual leave and public holidays pro rata (i.e. paid leave of 70 + 22.4 hours per annum) plus Science Council closure days between Christmas and New Year in addition to pro rata leave.
- Hybrid working pattern; mainly home-based, minimum of 1 Thursday per month in Science Council shared office locations in central London, with some travel and/or additional visits required for stakeholder meetings and events.
- Travel costs outside central London will be reimbursed in accordance with the Science Council Travel Expenses Policy.

Your role

You will contribute to an increase in the uptake of science-based apprenticeships across the UK by linking apprenticeships to professional body membership and professional registration. You will work closely and effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including scientific professional bodies, apprenticeship training providers, endpoint assessment organisations and science-based employers.

You will spend much of your time meeting people (in person and online). You will need to establish and develop a broad range of relationships, often with senior leaders and decision makers. You will be a credible, diplomatic and engaging external contact for the Technical Pathways project and the Science Council. In all facets of your role, your commitment to equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) will be exemplary.

Please see the job description for more details of the roles’ responsibilities and deliverables.

Who we’re looking for

Most of all, we’re interested in hearing from people with a commitment to technical education and the access it provides to the scientific professions, particularly for people from under-represented groups. You should have direct experience of supporting apprenticeships, either in a training provider, endpoint assessment organisation, science-based employer or a professional body. You should understand the mechanisms and requirements of apprenticeships. This will give you the credibility to form effective relationships with the groups you’ll be working with.

You should also have a reasonably good understanding of the wider landscape of technical education, including recent policy trends, and of scientific professional bodies and professional registration.

We’re looking for experienced candidates who can work with a significant degree of autonomy. While you’ll get plenty of support from the Science Council team, you’ll need to take the initiative in both addressing unforeseen challenges and setting day-to-day tasks to achieve your goals.

Please see the job description for more details of the person specification for these roles.

How to apply

Please submit both a succinct CV (maximum 3 pages) and a personal statement (maximum 2 pages) that explains how you meet the essential criteria from the table above that are labelled as being assessed at the application stage. Apply via our portal by 9th September at 12pm.

Please see full JD for information on the full recruitment process and key dates.

Please note, applicants are required to have the right to work in the UK, and documentary evidence will be requested at the interview stage

Contact us

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusivity and we aim to have a team which reflects the diverse society of the UK. We encourage applications from all sections of the community. If you have any questions, or requests for adjustments at any stage of the selection process, please ask and we’ll do our best to address them.

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About the Role

As Principal Consultant in the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) portfolio, you will be critical in expanding and enhancing the portfolio’s work. This will include developing bids for evaluations and other contracts, leading the delivery of evaluation contracts and growing the network and reputation of SDDirect. The Principal Consultant will be expected to apply feminist values and gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) technical expertise to the design and delivery of complex and multi-country evaluations.  Please read on to learn more about the company, team and role, and the kind of applicants we are looking for.

Summary of role

Reports to: Head of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Portfolio

Direct reports: Up to 3 reportees.

Location: UK-based candidates must be eligible to work in the UK upon appointment. SDDirect's Head Office is located in Old Street, London. We operate a hybrid working model with flexibility on the frequency of office visits, which can be discussed further during the recruitment process.

Candidates based outside the UK may also be considered for this role and are encouraged to contact our HR team to discuss their circumstances. Email address can be found in the Job description attached below.

Appointment term: Full-time and Part-time hours will be considered. A minimum of 4 days is required. This is a permanent contract.

Remuneration Package: This role is Band E, with a salary range of £55,000 - £85,000. Salary upon appointment will be commensurate with experience and in line with team members in equivalent roles.  

You can find further information about our benefits on our website. Please note: For candidates based outside of the UK, the total remuneration package will need to be adjusted according to the benefits and tax regulations of their country of residence.

SDDirect does not provide a relocation package.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Principal Consultant in the MEL Portfolio, you will focus on providing technical and thought leadership in feminist evaluation. You will lead complex, multi-country and mixed-methods evaluations, which will focus on GEDSI as it relates to one of our SDDirect portfolios. You may also be involved in designing and delivering research across our other portfolios. In addition to delivery, you will also be involved in winning new work, leading evaluation, research or MEL bid development and raising SDDirect’s external profile and reputation.

Technical Design, Delivery & Leadership

· Design and deliver a range of mixed-methods evaluations, often in shifting and unpredictable contexts, including impact, formative, summative or process evaluations with a GEDSI focus. This will include the design of the approach, data collection tools and methodologies (surveys, interviews, focus group discussions, workshops, etc.) and analysis of the data collected.

· Support the development of SDDirect’s body of knowledge and practice on feminist evaluation, staying up to date with current thinking on models, methods, good practice and relevant debates.

· Provide leadership to SDDirect contracts as relevant, including project management responsibilities, client liaison, and support to and technical leadership of consultancy teams.

· To use negotiation and diplomacy skills and to confidently manage challenging conversations.

· To ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, to high-quality standards, and in keeping with SDDirect’s ethics and ethos.

· To provide support to SDDirect’s other portfolios (Equal Education, Safeguarding, Green Economies and Infrastructure, Governance and Inclusive Societies, Gender-Based Violence), as appropriate on MEL or in research design and delivery.

· To provide technical support to other members of the MEL portfolio to support their growth and development. This would include providing actionable and constructive quality assurance and feedback to other team members.   

Raising SDDirect’s Profile

· To establish and maintain close relationships and effective networks with our clients, partners and consultants, drawing on their own professional networks. 

· To represent SDDirect at meetings, conferences and on social media and ensure that SDDirect’s work on GEDSI and evaluation is disseminated and profiled externally in a clear and accessible way, especially with key fora in the MEL sector.

· To provide internal thought leadership and professional development activities on MEL, raising the capacity of other staff on MEL.

Business Development

To contribute to the growth of SDDirect’s portfolio of work in this technical area, through:

· Identifying areas of growth and new business opportunities through close and direct contact with clients, potential clients, partners, potential partners, in-house staff and external consultants.

· Supporting the Business Development Team in identifying relevant opportunities to expand the portfolio and pipeline.

· Act as technical lead on MEL bids, bringing a rigorous understanding of evaluation design and GEDSI relevant analytical frameworks for relevant bids and proposals to clients.

· Engaging with and influencing emerging opportunities and delivery concepts and ensuring SDDirect’s MEL offering is responsive to market requirements and aligns with SDDirect’s equitable partnership principles. 

Purpose of the role:

As our CEO Office administrator you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Executive Committee and helping them lead ZSL effectively.  You will help create an operation where efficiency, organisation and enthusiasm come together. You will work closely with the Executive Committee, the Executive Assistant to the CEO and the wider admin support staff to form part of a small, happy and mutually supportive team.  You will be an integral part of supporting the conservation charity from the very heart of the organisation.

Key responsibilities:  

• Master of multitasking: Juggling various responsibilities with finesse, you’ll handle a spectrum of tasks including supporting the management of the Directors diaries, coordinating internal and external meetings and handling the administration of our Governance team.
• Guardian of productivity: You’ll be one of the go-to people for streamlining processes to make the CEO’s office more efficient and enjoyable.
• Ambassador of Hospitality: Your welcoming demeanour will make every visitor to the CEO’s office feel like an honoured guest, whether it’s a donor, supporter or team member, your hospitality will create a warm and inviting atmosphere.
• Event maestro: Your event planning skills will leave our stakeholders feeling well looked after and excited to be holding their meeting, workshop or away day at our zoos.
• Technology guru: You will need to embrace your tech savvy side as you navigate various office systems and tools. You will be responsible for managing email and letter correspondence, maintaining databases and the financial administration within the CEO’s office and the wider Executive Committee Team.
• Problem solver extraordinaire: Your knack for finding creative solutions will ensure any hurdles are transformed into opportunities.

About You:

Desirable but not essential

• Previous Admin support experience
• Personal Assistant experience
• Proven experience managing complex competing diaries at an executive level
• Interest in conservation in connection to our organisational goals and values
• Demonstrate an appetite and ability to learn and develop in the role
• Experience in events management 

This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks, including the candidate's right to work in the UK.

We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the value of having a team of employees with diverse skills, experiences, and heritage. We are committed to ensuring our teams can bring their authentic selves to work without fear of discrimination. ZSL has active equality networks for our staff with lived experience and those who provide active allyship in Race and Culture, Team Pride, Disability Network, and Menopause Network, complemented by our strategic EDI Steering Group. 

About Us:

We’re ZSL, an international conservation charity. Through our unrivalled animal experts in our two zoos (London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo), the work of our pioneering scientists, our dedicated conservationists, our purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wild animals going extinct. Our vision is a world where wildlife thrives and we’re working every day to achieve this. From investigating the health threats facing animals, to helping people and wildlife live alongside each other, we are committed to bringing wildlife back from the brink of extinction.  

What do we offer?  

At ZSL, we are proud of our approach to employee benefits. Our benefits include: 

• Our vision and purpose - you’ll work alongside colleagues who are passionate about science-led conservation, knowing that you will help us to inspire, inform and empower people to stop wildlife going extinct 
• Pension scheme - we offer a generous pension scheme with up to 12% contributory pension 
• Flexible working – talk to us about your flexible working requirements and we will do everything we can to make sure you work in a way that suits you  
• Holidays – 25 days annual leave allowance, plus UK bank holidays  
• Wellbeing – access to a blended programme of wellbeing initiatives, including confidential access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme  
• Life assurance – eligible employees will be enrolled in ZSL’s life assurance scheme from their first day 
• Complimentary tickets – annual allocation of Whipsnade Zoo and London Zoo tickets, with a 30% discount in online and retail shops  
• Cycle2Work - our cycle to work scheme enables you to lease a bicycle  
• Season ticket loan - we offer an interest free loan for eligibly London-based employees to buy a season ticket for travel between home and work  
• Family friendly policies – we offer enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption packages  

NB: We reserve the right to close our advertisement early or extend the advertising date until a suitable candidate has been found. We may host interviews while this role is open for advertisement 

Hours: Part Time, 18 – 21 hours per week.

Hours to be worked between Monday – Thursday 9 – 5, days flexible

Some evening or weekend working may occasionally be needed.

Contract: Permanent

Responsible to:  CEO 

Responsible for: None 

Salary & benefits: £26 – 31,000 FTE , 5% pension contribution, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Blue Light card and Age UK discount scheme.

Location: Hybrid – White House Community Centre, other Age UK Richmond locations, other community locations and wider locations as needed for the role. Home working available in line with Hybrid Working Policy. 

Support and develop volunteering working in a local charity supporting older people

Age UK Richmond upon Thames is a local independent charity supporting older people across the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. We provide a wide range of useful and well utilised services designed to improve wellbeing and enhance independence – including information & advice; a wide range of social & wellbeing centres and sessions; support after hospital discharge; digital skills development; Dementia Friendly Richmond and home services such as handyperson, housekeeping and gardening. Partnership is a core part of our work – we work in close collaboration with other voluntary sector partners and wider organisations to maximise our impact and reach. Our friendly and committed team of 45 staff and 100+ volunteers support around 4,000 local older people each year. 

We currently have an excellent opportunity for a Volunteer Coordinator to join our team. Volunteers are an essential part of our organisation, and we could not deliver our services without them. This important role within the organisation will include advertising & promoting volunteer vacancies; ensuring the organisation provide excellent support to our volunteers and developing volunteering within the organisation.

We are looking for an individual with excellent administration, IT and communication skills with a real will to work with older people and volunteers. Experience of working with volunteers and developing volunteering would be highly desirable.

A proactive, flexible and positive approach is also essential.

Click apply to be taken to our website for full details. The closing dates for applications is 10 a.m. on Monday 9th September 2024  by CV and covering letter or application form.

Corporate Partnerships New Business Manager

Save Lives. Drive Change. Make an Impact.
Are you ready to transform the future of healthcare? As our Corporate Partnerships New Business Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in saving lives every single day by securing high-value corporate partnerships that support our life-saving mission.

Why This Role?

• Salary: £40,000 per annum (inclusive of London weighting)
• Location: Hybrid working pattern between London office and your home.
• Contract: Permanent, full-time, 35 hours per week.
• Benefits: Enjoy 27 days of annual leave, enhanced pension and more. Flexible start/finish times support your work-life balance.

About the Role: As the Corporate Partnerships New Business Manager, you will have the autonomy to manage and grow your own pipeline, securing strategic partnerships that align with our ambitious goals. Despite working in a small team, you will have support from a prospect researcher and a case for support manager, which is a brilliant resource to have.

What You'll Do:

• Build & Secure Partnerships: Develop five and six-figure corporate partnerships that deliver significant financial and strategic value. You will work on a mixture of partnerships with a focus on commercial and strategic.
• Drive New Business: Research, engage, and secure partnerships, through warm connections, that contribute to our income and strategic goals.
• Collaborate Internally: Work with internal teams to craft compelling proposals, pitches, and materials that resonate with potential partners.
• Support the Team: Provide insights and support across the Corporate Partnerships team, ensuring all opportunities are maximised.

Is This You?

• Target Driven: You are proactive and thrive in a target-driven environment.
• Fundraising new business experience: You have experience in securing corporate fundraising partnerships of 5 figures +.
• Relationship Builder: You excel at building and nurturing relationships with senior stakeholders, leading to successful outcomes.

If you're inspired and have the skills we're looking for, we'd love for you to join our life-saving team. Apply today to become our Corporate Partnerships New Business Manager.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.