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Are you looking for a role where you can work flexibly and choose from of a variety of working hours that suit your needs? 

About the role:

Whether you are looking to work, days, evenings, nights or weekends only; we may have something perfect for you.  We are looking to increase our current pool of Locum Bank Workers, in order to meet the needs of our services and our future development plans. 

We can offer you experience in the following areas:

• Accommodation services for Adults and Young Persons
• Floating Support services
• Refugee Resettlement
• Ex-offenders
• Mental Health Services
• Women's Specialist Services

We have opportunities available, to work in our accommodation services across a variety of London boroughs.  Shifts are available across all London boroughs, or if you prefer a particular London borough, we can offer shifts that are more localised.

As a Locum Bank worker, you will provide effective day to day shift cover that supports the aims of our Projects and encourages the full participation of our clients. The shifts could be in our Accommodation services, Floating Support services, Refugee resettlement services or in our ex-offenders pathway. You will also take part in all aspects of the daily running of the Projects, including working with our clients in line with their agreed support plans.

You will also be comfortable working within a strengths and recovery framework (training provided) and ensuring that all aspects of your work, are delivered to the highest standards, and are fully compliant with organisational values and contractual requirements. 

In return we will provide you with an online and project specific Locum induction and core e-learning (Fire Safety, Safeguarding Adults & Children, Data Protection, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) to equip you with the tools to successfully carry out your work practice.

Early shifts: 8am - 3:30pm/4pm and /or Late shifts: 3:30pm - 10:30pm and /or Night shifts 9.30pm/10:00pm- 7.30/8am- available.

Pay range: £13.15 - £14.49 per hour. All Locum shifts are paid at base £13.15 per hour rate unless a higher rate with additional case working responsibilities is agreed with project manager.

About you:

• An understanding of working with vulnerable people and the ability to assist them with a range of practical and social tasks.
• Ability to deliver a quality customer focused service and adapt your approach to the needs of clients and the service.
• Sound I.T and numerical skills 
• A flexible, resilient and thoughtful approach to your work - being able to respond positively to challenges, be reflective, self-motivating and creative.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

This is an opportunity that you can develop in a way that fits for you: either use your skills to work flexible additional hours outside of other personal or work commitments or work more regular hours as a way into a permanent role. Either way, the minimum we expect is reliability in working when you agree to and to work in line with our values and strengths and recovery framework.

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

Single Homeless Project is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed and are IIP Silver accredited.

Important info:

Closing date: Sunday 27th October at Midnight

Interview date: Week commencing 11th November via Microsoft Teams

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. 

Remote based, part-time role - an exciting opportunity - at a busy, dynamic and growing cancer charity – as part of ABC UK's Patient Support Programme.

Part-time flexible (likely minimum 18.5 Hrs p/w), salary £27,000 pro-rata, 20 days annual leave pro-rata, 3-month probationary period.

Bladder cancer is not a rare cancer – but it does have a low profile, lack of awareness, low research investment and desperately needs new treatments. Over 22,000 people are diagnosed each year in the UK – there is a high level of recurrence. There is a lack of information and support for patients.  With your help, Action Bladder Cancer UK can radically improve this. 

The role

ABC UK is an established charity, with exciting new projects. We have an active network of volunteers, a full time Chief Executive and core staff and a range of project staff.  You will report to Chief Executive ABC UK and will work closely with our ABC UK Patient Support team, ABC UK trustees and patient volunteers.

The role supports ABC UK’s core Patient Support Programme.  We provide information and support for those with bladder cancer, a direct patient support service, help establish and sustain support groups for bladder cancer patients, provide patient information about bladder cancer to patients and major centres of bladder cancer treatment, and run bladder cancer information events (both online and face to face).  We also work to increase our networks with health professionals, to help them support their patients.  We run the ABC UK Education Programme for health professionals and you will be involved in planning and delivering nurse education events.  We want to build our networks both regionally and nationally and to be responsive to the need for information, awareness and support for those with bladder cancer, and the health professionals treating them. We now want to add to the team to increase our impact even further.

You will work remotely, however very much working as part of the Patient Support team, and working closely with other colleagues and volunteers, with regular catch-up meetings (online) and occasional face to face team meetings.  You will also be required to travel as necessary for meetings and patient or health professional events and to help create and sustain our networks with health professionals and cancer support services.  You will be based in the North of England and within easy travelling distance of centres such as Sheffield, Leeds, Hull and further North and adjacent counties.  We may consider candidates outside of these regions, if they have directly appropriate experience and skills.

 Who we are looking for…

You will be in contact with a range of different people including volunteers, patients, health professionals and other organisations.  The successful candidate will:

• be friendly and approachable, able to work flexibly, with resilience and efficiency and to be professional at all times and be able to work to our very high standards;
• be empathetic and understanding of the needs of cancer patients and how best to deliver this in practical terms;
• ideally have some health service or charity experience - not essential but preferable;
• be required to understand the structure of the NHS;
• have experience of working from home – a self-starter and organised – you will be a worker and willing to get stuck in and show results;
• be able to work remotely with line manager, other team colleagues, volunteers, patients and ABC UK administration office;
• be able to attend meetings as required and also travel as necessary for engagement with hospitals/patient support groups, events etc;
• be good at building networks and maintaining useful relationships;
• promote the work of ABC UK and work to raise awareness of bladder cancer;
• be confident at presenting and talking to groups of people – whether general public, patients or health professionals;

have experience and understanding of working for a small organisation.

A varied role, you will have the opportunity to work to develop and shape your role as part of our team.There is potential for the role to grow, or hours worked to increase over time.

Skills

You will need to:

• be able to communicate effectively with health professionals, other charity professionals and bladder cancer patients both face to face and via phone or email;
• have good organisational skills and be disciplined about working from home (it is likely you will already have experience of remote working);
• be comfortable communicating and carrying out a lot of your work by phone and email and online platforms (eg Zoom), you will have excellent verbal and written skills;
• be an excellent team member – we all work closely together as well as on own work;
• have good computer skills: Outlook, Word, basic Excel, maintaining a database, Zoom etc;
• have experience of organising and attending events (preferably for patients or within a health environment); be happy to speak at events. Have experience of online events;
• be able to work with and organise volunteers;
• be able to travel for meetings and events as required (occasionally out of office hours);
• possess a clean driving licence and have easy access to a car (mileage will be paid).

Key Responsibilities

 Networking

• Contact point for Hospitals/Urology Depts/Cancer Centres. Making pro-active contact and arranging supply of bladder cancer patient information and building relationships on a regional basis;
• Building contacts with specialist urology/cancer nurses, making them aware of ABC UK and our resources;
• Maintaining up-to-date contact database: including major urology departments, cancer centres, regional cancer networks etc;
• Regional contacts (working with volunteer patient advisors) – including regional cancer networks/charities etc – to build local networks;
• Co-ordinating periodic mailings of ABC UK patient information materials to hospitals/urology services (mailing handled by central admin).

Events

• ABC UK runs both face to face and online events.  Organising and attending ABC UK patient and health professional events, working as part of a team with other ABC UK Patient Support Officers and volunteers;
• Occasional attendance at/involvement with regional cancer events, health professional and/or patient or well-being events (including taking the ABC UK stand to such events);
• You will also be required to present at events on occasion – both online and face to face;
• Organising, development of (with colleagues) and participation in ABC UK online patient events and face to face events, and ABC UK health professional events both online and face to face.

Patient Support Groups

ABC UK works to help set up and maintain support groups for bladder cancer patients – these groups are self-running, often linked to a major hospital. 

• Help maintain database of Groups: contact details, details of meeting etc – including information for updating ABC UK website and ABC UK social media;
• Acting as ABC UK contact point for bladder cancer patient support groups, including making presentations;
• Pro-actively maintaining regular contact with PSG’s – re supply of ABC UK materials, updating info, ascertaining needs re other materials or support required and developing best practice case studies;
• Working with health professionals wanting to set up new groups, periodically attending group meetings and meeting volunteers.

Patient Materials

Working with ABC UK Executive, ABC UK Patient Support team and patient volunteers on the development of patient information materials both on-line and in print.

Communications

• News Updates: contributing as part of a team on regular news updates for health professionals, support groups and patients;
• Social media: working as part of a team on increasing ABC UK social media presence.

This job description defines the main areas of work, although as we are a small organisation and are also developing new activities, you may be asked to help with other areas of ABC UK's work from time to time.

Join Us as a Major Gifts Manager at The Kensington + Chelsea Foundation

Are you a passionate and experienced major gifts fundraiser ready to make a tangible difference? The Kensington + Chelsea Foundation is seeking a dynamic Major Gifts Manager to help us drive our mission forward.

About Us:

Founded in 2008, The Kensington + Chelsea Foundation is a vibrant, independent charity on a transformative journey. While our borough is often seen as affluent, it faces significant challenges: one-third of local children qualify for Free School Meals, life expectancy disparities span nearly two decades between wards, and in-work poverty has surged by 46% since 2020. Our vision is of a borough where every resident enjoys a happy, healthy, and fulfilled life. We support impactful local projects that enhance the lives and opportunities of our most vulnerable and disadvantaged residents.

The Role:

As our Major Gifts Manager, you will play a pivotal role in our small, dedicated team. Your mission will be to cultivate and manage relationships with high-net-worth individuals, significantly boosting our annual income and helping us expand our reach and impact. This is a full-time role, but we are open to discussing flexible working options to accommodate the right candidate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute strategies to secure major gifts from high-net-worth individuals.
• Build and nurture strong, long-term relationships with donors.
• Work closely with our senior leadership team to align fundraising efforts with organisational goals.
• Create compelling proposals and reports that resonate with potential and current major donors.
• Represent the Foundation at events and meetings to enhance our profile and build connections.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience in major gifts fundraising, with a track record of success in securing substantial donations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and inspire high-net-worth individuals.
• Strategic thinking and a proactive approach to identifying and seizing fundraising opportunities.
• A passion for our mission and a deep commitment to making a positive impact in our community.

How to Apply:

If you’re excited about this opportunity and believe you have the expertise to drive our major gifts program, we’d love to hear from you. Please download the full role profile from the supporting documents below, then upload your CV and a cover letter detailing why you’re the perfect fit for this role and what you bring to the table.

Apply today and help us make a lasting difference in our community!

SharePoint Migration Support Engineer

Recruitment Agency Ref: 151463

We are working with a small, community-focused non-profit organisation in the Midlands to recruit for a SharePoint Migration Support Engineer on a 3-month day rate contract.

The organisation is currently accessing their network via Citrix, and they are embarking on an exciting migration to a cloud environment, using SharePoint. This post will be assisting the IT Engineer in migrating servers on-prem to cloud, as well as enrolling staff and laptops into the Azure and M365 environment.

Rate: £180 per day inside IR35 (umbrella)
Location: Birmingham
Duration: 3 months

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Supporting the IT Engineer with the SharePoint migration
• Following documentation and processes in place and adhering to SLAs
• Enrolling users to Azure and M365 environments
• Dealing with any troubleshooting issues or queries
• Arranging laptop and equipment handover with users

The successful candidate will have:

• Good experience with M365 technologies, ideally SharePoint
• Ideally supported migration projects, including but not limited to transferring data and setting up users
• Strong customer service skills

To apply or for more information, please get in touch with Kirsty Mah on 020 7019 8856 or email [email protected]

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

About the team

We have big goals over the next few years.

We're going to be fighting for mental health in a way we never have before.

Together we'll be working to make sure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets the support and respect they deserve.

Team information

Will you join us?

It's an exciting time to join Mind's Physical Activity team as Physical Activity Lead. We believe sport and physical activity can build resilience, support and enable mental health recovery, and tackle mental health stigma. We have a track record of delivering impactful programmes with Sport England, the English Football League (EFL), ASICS and many other partners.

As Physical Activity Lead, you will lead on the implementation of our physical activity programmes focusing on marginalised communities. This work explores how physical activity can support the mental health of people from racialised communities and people facing poverty.

You will manage our existing partnerships with Sporting Equals, Muslim Sports Foundation and England Boxing. Your will also identify and build new partnerships, particularly with organisations who support people from the African and Caribbean Community.

Throughout the role, you will engage people from marginalised communities to inform and influence our work. This will include working with our Lived Experience Advisors who shape our marginalised communities' work.

This post is funded by Sport England and the National Lottery as part of our system partnership.

Interviews are likely to take place virtually on Thursday 14 November 2024.

Key duties and responsibilities

The post holder will:

-Lead the implementation of our physical activity programmes focusing on marginalised communities. This includes reviewing and activating the recommendations from our Audience scoping work around people from racialised communities and people facing poverty.

-Account manage our portfolio of equity partnerships with organisations who support, engage and work with marginalised communities. Ensuring a positive working relationship is developed across both organisations, brokering wider relationships with colleagues in Mind and through our networks, and ensuring partners become sector leaders.

-Identify opportunities and partnerships to support the mental health of marginalised communities, particularly from African and Caribbean communities, through physical activity.

-Provide consultancy support to organisations working with marginalised communities through our Embedding mental health in sport and physical activity: our jigsaw approach subject to capacity and strategic fit. The scope may include, but is not limited to auditing mental health provision, supporting strategy or policy development, providing content for resources or delivering workshops.

-Engage with people from marginalised communities including people from racialised communities and people fighting poverty, to ensure lived experience engagement within our physical activity programme delivery and wider policy work. This includes working with our Lived Experience Advisors to shape our work.

-Lead on the promotion of Mind's Sector Support Universal Offer through developing a promotional plan and coordinating the team's attendance at events and communications to promote resources, working closely with the Physical Activity Coordinator.

Mind's equity statement

Mind is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please refer to the Job Description while completing your application as candidates will be shortlisted based on how closely they match the criteria in the personal specification.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced and committed Head of Finance to oversee all financial aspects of ProVeg International as a growing network of organisations, and to manage international financial relations between all national ProVeg entities, including driving the organisation’s financial strategy and planning. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing and assessing the organisation’s finances, cash flow and balance sheet, forecasts, total and project budgets, and finance operations. You will streamline, implement and optimise systems and procedures to ensure the compliance, donor reporting and related fundraising and other needs of the organisation are fully met. You are a reliable professional with broad knowledge of accounting, financial management and annual reporting, and ideally charity-specific principles. You are a strategic thinker and effective leader who can make the best decisions in line with our organisation’s vision, mission and values. 

Job Details

Reports to: Global CEO

Department: INT Operations

Responsible for: Finance Manager

Location: Working from home (ideally UK, NL, PL, CZ or ZA)

Hours: 28-40 h per week

Salary: depending on experience and location, around £56-65k if based in the UK for 1 FTE

Responsibilities

• Financial Strategy, Planning and Analysis: Develop and maintain financial models, cash flow and forecasts to support strategic business planning and decision-making.
   
• Budget Management: Oversee and lead on the annual international budgeting and planning process (involving all ProVeg entities and departments). Administer and review all international financial plans and budgets; maintain all program budgets.
   
• Financial Reporting: Prepare and present monthly (P&L and balance sheets) management reports, quarterly variance reports, annual financial reports, donor-specific or grant reports, and other income generation reports to the Global CEO, and Senior Leadership Team.
   
• Audit and Compliance: Coordinate and manage financial audits, ensuring compliance with accounting principles and regulatory requirements. 
   
• Financial Risk & Compliance Management: Seek out methods and practices to minimise financial risk, leverage financial opportunities, and ensure financial compliance with charity laws and other guidelines. Remain up-to-date on best practices in non-profit finance, and relevant laws regarding non-profit operation. 
   
• Finance Operations and governance: Oversee and improve internal financial policies and procedures such as implementation of central finance software, donations and grants tracking, ensuring value for money by applying internal auditing principles, and advising/supporting country directors and finance managers as well as organisations joining the ProVeg global network.

Qualifications

• Relevant accounting qualification preferred, though candidates qualified by experience will be considered. Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field desirable; graduate degree or CPA preferred.

• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in a similar role, ideally in the non-profit sector. Experience of implementing and maintaining strong financial controls.

• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills, with a track record of strategic financial planning and analysis.

• Proficiency in financial modelling, forecasting, budgeting, and finance operations.

• Excellent data skills, including Google Workspace, with advanced proficiency in Google Sheets and QuickBooks, Xero, or other accounting software. Desirable: experience of implementing new accounting software.

• Calm and professional attitude, high level of integrity, accuracy, and a strong sense for due diligence.

• Experience consolidating multiple entities, ideally including different currencies.

• Collaborative attitude, solution-focused, and supportive of international colleagues (particularly Country Directors & Country Finance Managers, International Department Heads and International Operations team).

• Excellent communication skills in English; additional language skills, such as German, preferred.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced non-profit work environment.

• Commitment to ProVeg’s mission and values.

Benefits of working with us

• A strong organisational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
• Provision of a work laptop.
• Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.
• Career-development support.
• Mindfulness programme - free Headspace account.
• We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
• And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!

Our Application Procedure

The upcoming steps include:
1.    Online Cognitive Aptitude Test and a Personality test
2.    First interview with People and Culture
3.    Online trial task
4.    Senior Management interview
5.    Final decision

At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Trust Fundraiser to join our team.

You'll sit within our Philanthropy team, working on charitable trusts and foundations who generally give up to £30,000, working with a portfolio of approximately 75 active trusts and foundations. You'll research, identify and drive forward new income opportunities, maintaining relationship with existing donors and ensure our supporters have an excellent experience.

You'll deliver high quality, written application and reports to trusts and foundations, in line with funder deadlines, keeping in touch with donors and prospects via phone, virtually and face to face. You'll match potential donors with projects, collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure a cohesive approach.

This is an exciting time to join a high-performing and experienced team, with the Philanthropy team consistently bringing in over half of our voluntary income.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Ability to manage a task or project from conception to completion and meet deadlines.
• Ability to engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to think creatively and innovatively to generate income in line with the organisational strategy.

In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

The Stories and Impact Communications Officer will gather the stories of people we have supported, generate ethical and compelling content to be shared internally and externally, to help build QSA’s public profile, and provide communications support to our wider team.

We would like ethical storytelling to be at the heart of sharing the incredible work we do at QSA. It is about shining a spotlight on the people and communities we serve, while being mindful, respectful, and genuine in how we portray their stories. Our intention is to bring stories forward with empathy, authenticity, and a commitment to giving a voice to those who can go unheard or are marginalised. It is about working alongside people to help make them comfortable, confident and in control of disclosing their experiences through our communications.

Done well, this will cover the 5Ps of good storytelling – putting people at the heart, making it place based, building a library of evocative and sensitive pictures, choosing the right and distinct online platforms to share these stories and engaging emotionally and making that personal connection with our audiences, stopping them in their tracks and inspiring them to act.

QSA makes a difference in a variety of ways and our intention is to generate content to showcase:

• The support we provide to people on low incomes across our services, Made of Money, Down to Earth, This Way Up, Cook Up, Turn A Corner, Plaistow South Big Local and Pimlico Million.
• The support we provide to staff and volunteers from other organisations who are part of the two large networks we run, Money Guiders England Network and 4in10.
• The support we provide with the online tools and resources on our website.
• The readership and reach of reports published by QSA staff.
• The changes that can happen around policy or practice as a result of our work.

This role will involve building relationships with a broad range of people, with a very strong focus on the people we work with, and doing this in a creative and sensitive way, getting to the heart of the story, and developing emotionally engaging content.

These stories will contribute hugely to our fundraising, creating a pipeline of content for us to demonstrate our work, and contributing to our financial sustainability. Our work has campaigning strands and areas where we seek to influence both policy and practice, and these stories will provide rich evidence of the realities of struggling on a low income.

As a solid team player and a lynchpin at the heart of QSA’s communications work, you will be open to providing communications support in other ways too when required e.g. supporting service staff to create materials for workshops/promote their services, either directly or by liaising with contractors.

The role will also require the marketing of our services and growing the reach of our messages, mainly via our website and social media platforms, but also through published materials.  So, this role will suit someone who is a natural and skilled communicator, and who relishes variety and building relationships.

How to apply

Please see our website for full job description and person specification. The deadline for applications is at 9 am on October 15th. Please send us the following:

• Your CV, highlighting the areas of your experience most relevant to this role.
• Your supporting statement. We encourage you to look at the person specification in this pack and clearly demonstrate how you fit what we’re looking for within your supporting statement.
• We invite you to complete our online equity and diversity monitoring form (on our website).

Interviews are on Tuesday 29 October at our office in Bethnal Green – we can arrange an online interview if necessary. Due to our capacity, we will only be able to contact shortlisted candidates. We will send you the questions the day before the interview, and on the day of the interview we will also invite you to complete a short test, to further assess your fit to our person specification. 

About Quaker Social Action

QSA was founded by Quakers in 1867, troubled by the social injustices of the time and keen to tackle them. This sense of taking practical action has stayed with us over our 150-year history and our organisational values are aligned with the Quaker value around equality. We are proud of our Quaker heritage and our place within the Quaker community. There is nothing religious about our work, our services, jobs and volunteering roles are open to all.

Our services are incredibly varied. We currently have nine different projects running, addressing a wide range of needs in a variety of ways, in person, over the phone, online. Services include crisis support for those unable to afford funerals; courses that enable people to manage their money more confidently; practical support for people experiencing homelessness such as a mobile library and a community kitchen space; wellbeing interventions; and a range of community development initiatives.

Are you the dynamic and driven Project Manager we seek to support our school improvement team at Haringey Education Partnership?  This role will be pivotal in ensuring effective management of teams, systems management and record keeping, stakeholder engagement and relationships across various educational projects aimed at enhancing school performance and pedagogical outcomes.

This is a new role in our organisation with the potential to be shaped and developed. The successful candidate will be supported to be ambitious and innovative. 

Responsibilities:

• Support the management of a large consultancy team and their work in schools
• Manage administrative tasks including documentation, scheduling, and reporting for school improvement initiatives.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of educational innovation, policies, regulations, and political landscape affecting schools and the education sector
• Be proficient in using tools such as Canva, Microsoft Office suite, and basic website management platforms to create and disseminate educational high-quality resources and communications in line with HEP brand guidelines
• Develop and nurture strong stakeholder relationships with schools, educators, local authorities, and other partners
• Collaborate closely with a diverse team to achieve project goals and objectives
• Work independently and efficiently under pressure, ensuring deadlines are met and quality standards are upheld
• Demonstrate a strong moral purpose and understanding of the mission and values of Haringey Education Partnership.

Qualifications and skills:

• Educated to at least degree level
• Excellent organisational skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of engaging stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficiency in Canva, Microsoft Office, and basic website management tools
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ambitious, resilient, proactive, and a dedicated team player committed to continuous improvement in education

Application Process: Interested candidates should submit a cover letter detailing their suitability for the role along with a current CV. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

About Haringey Education Partnership: Haringey Education Partnership, based in Crouch End, Haringey, is a leading education partnership committed to improving outcomes for children and young people, fostering innovation and excellence in leadership, teaching and learning across our member schools. We believe in collaborative approaches to school improvement and are dedicated to supporting educational leaders in achieving the best possible outcomes for all students.

HEP is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.  As part of our safer recruitment checks an online search many be carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Stockton & District Advice & Information Service

are looking to recruit a

Chief Executive

This is an exciting opportunity to provide leadership and operational management to a leading welfare advice charity in Stockton-on-Tees.

Significant skills and experience in organisational management, funding and partnership building are essential.

Full time post - 37 hrs per week

Salary - Circa £50,000

For an information pack about the position, contact Gina Shepherdson 

Closing date for applications - Thursday 31st October 2024 at 5.00pm

Role Summary

ProVeg International is a global organisation made up of 12 national non-profit teams, each of which responsible for local fundraising, supported by an international fundraising team focused on major opportunities, international, and core funding.

The role of the Grant Writing Manager is to provide excellent and compelling fundraising content of all kinds, whether internal cases for support, proposals, applications or reports in order to support the goal of at least doubling our global income from around 15 to 30 million dollars in the next three years.

You will be an expert in grant writing, and have a keen eye for detail and basic financial acumen related to project funding bids. You will manage a pipeline of global trusts and foundation applications, while providing support to proposals of other kinds driven by the wider fundraising team. Ideally you would be experienced in drafting compelling narratives for complex charitable causes, ideally in climate, environment or food systems transformation.

Job Details

Reports to: Head of Philanthropy

Department: INT Fundraising

Direct reports: None

Location: Working from home (ideally UK, NL, PL, CZ or US)

Hours: 28-36 h per week

Salary: Depending on experience and location, e.g. in the UK between £35,000-£38,000 (based on 1FTE)

Responsibilities

International income generation

• Together with the International Fundraising Manager and Philanthropy Director, contribute to and implement a 3-year international grants strategy, and develop annual and quarterly objectives and key results (OKRs).

• Research and prepare proposals for potential major donors, trusts and foundations, and where relevant, corporate opportunities, and coordinate international and joint bids.

• Develop a pipeline of existing and potential trusts and foundations.

• Identify and develop processes and systems to support the growth of grants income.

• Identify suitable projects within the organisation’s plan in order to build cases for support and satisfy donor wish lists.

• Develop pitch packages and stories for different audiences, in particular donors motivated by reasons other than animal protection.

Country-specific and infrastructure support 

• Contribute to the international fundraising calls, support ProVeg country directors and national fundraising teams with grant applications.

• Identify and develop processes and systems to support the growth of trust and foundation income. 

• Help build the global grant-related infrastructure, including but not limited to:

  • Guidelines/policies

  • Compliance

  • Strengthening CRM use and internal coordination

  • SOPs

  • Project impact evaluation with the Monitoring Evaluation & Learning team

  • Finance tracking with the Finance Manager

• Any other administrative or comparable support that may be required

Qualifications

Required:

• 5+ years of experience of grant writing at a not-for-profit, preferably an international NGO.

• A track record of identifying and securing significant, and/or multi-year, five-figure+ funds from trusts, foundations and/or corporates, ideally also having obtained unrestricted (‘core’/operational) funding.

• Expertise in the development of grant application strategies and proposals (including strategic prioritisation of projects and opportunities).

• Experience with different grant-making bodies and requirements.

• Ability to turn numbers, outcomes and goals into a compelling story.

• Evidence of successful proposal writing, from start to finish, as well as experience with writing concise reports.

• Excellent project-management and organisational skills, including documentation of work, with the ability to lead and work collaboratively.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including confident demeanour and experience in engaging with a diverse range of people. 

• Passion for and commitment to ProVeg's mission.

Preferred: 

• Knowledge and understanding of the global plant-based food sector.

• Knowledge and understanding of effective altruism.

• Formal membership of a professional fundraising body.

• Adherence to a plant-based diet. 

Benefits of working with us

• A strong organisational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.

• Provision of a work laptop.

• Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.

• Career-development support.

• Mindfulness programme - free Headspace account.

• We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.

• And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!

When?

Application deadline: Open until filled

Start date: As soon as possible

Further information

Our Application Procedure

Your application should include a cover letter addressing your motivation and how you meet the person specification criteria and a CV. Please submit your application in English using our online form, and tell us how you found this job ad. Thank you! 

The recruitment process includes: 
1.    Online Cognitivite Aptitude & Personality test + Online interview with People and Culture
2.    Online trial task
3.    Senior Management interview
4.    Final decision

The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity, founded by Fiona and Tim Spargo-Mabbs in 2014 in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Dan having taken ecstasy. The charity aims to support young people to make safe choices and reduce harm, through increasing their understanding of the effects and risks of drugs and alcohol, and improving their life skills & resilience. We work with young people, parents, teachers and professionals, in schools, colleges and communities across the UK. 

You’ll be responsible for arranging and confirming bookings for Theatre in Education play performances within schools, coordinating DSMF events and working with the existing Bookings Administrator to support our ever-growing delivery of drug education workshops withing schools. A key aspect of your work will be developing effective professional relationships with the theatre companies commissioned to deliver the performances, and with the schools we work with. 

N.B. We won't accept just a CV so please fill in the application form attached. 

Do you want to help Parkinson’s UK understand its audiences better, grow its income and  provide better information and services to people with Parkinson’s? Come and join us as an Associate Data Analyst to uncover data needs and help the charity make more data informed decisions and make our work ‘Fit for the Future’.

About the role

As part of our Analytics and Insight team, you’ll work on a variety of projects to help the charity understand our audiences better, grow our income, and provide better information and services to people with Parkinson’s. 

We’ll support you with training to develop your skills in data analysis and data visualisation, including SQL. Working with the team, you’ll take a key role in delivering the UK Parkinson’s Audit 2025 - a national review of the Parkinson’s support provided by the NHS - and also work on improvement projects related to the Audit.

This role is a fixed term contract for 18 months

What you’ll do 

• Work closely with other data analysts and data scientists on briefs from across the organisation

• Develop your skills in data analysis and data visualisation, completing training and gaining on-the-job experience of languages & tools including SQL, Snowflake and Tableau

• Lead the data analysis and reporting of the UK Parkinson’s Audit 2025, ensuring clinicians and participating services are provided with all required data

• Access, investigate and extract data as needed using Snowflake and SQL

• Manipulate data (format, add, remove and edit data and tables)

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrates strong knowledge and/or experience in a numerate subject - e.g. Maths, Statistics, Economics, Sciences etc.

• Strong spreadsheet skills (Excel, Google Sheets), e.g. VLOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH functions and pivot tables

• Experience of writing code or programming is desirable

• Ability to organise your work and prioritise between different tasks

• Commitment to deliver accurate work with good attention to detail

This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!

Please apply by sending us your CV, together with a detailed supporting statement which will fully demonstrate how you meet all the criteria of the role, as stated in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.

This role is hybrid and your in person working depends on your team agreement, requirements of the role and led by activity based principles. The in person/office attendance expectation for this role will be a minimum on average 1 days per month with flexibility, and further details of the Analytics and Insight team agreement will be made available at the interview stage. For more information about our ways of working, you can read our Working at Parkinson's UK page on our website.

We are operating rolling recruitment for this vacancy and reviewing applications as they are received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interviews for this role will take place W/C 21 October 2024. 

Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and highly organised national Quality Manager to join our expanding team. This is a new role that will lead on the quality assurance of IPS Grow delivery, responsible for implementing a robust quality management system and measuring our work against agreed standards. This includes quality assuring resources for the IPS Grow team and the IPS community, streamlining internal processes, and ensuring consistency of IPS Grow delivery across regions.

This is a national role that will work closely with the Head of Delivery and wider IPS Grow senior team, with a mix of remote and in person working from our London office.

The Team

IPS Grow is a national programme designed to support the expanison of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services in mental health, primary care, and drug and alcohol teams across England. The programme is led by Social Finance in partnership with the Centre for Mental Health. It is funded by NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

Responsibilities

1. Oversee internal and external quality across IPS Grow delivery

• Implement policies and processes that align fidelity reviews with international best practice.

• Oversee the IPS Grow Quality Mark, ensuring accurate and consistent application.  

• Establish systems for monitoring delivery against KPIs and contract requirements.  

• Maximise our focus on race equity across internal operations and external delivery.

• Identify and implement quality improvements based on internal and external stakeholder feedback.

• Work with the Workforce Manager to quality assure training materials for the IPS workforce.

2. Facilitate learning and development of IPS Grow delivery staff

• Drive high-quality recruitment and onboarding processes.

• Collaborate with Regional Managers to implement competency frameworks, performance plans, and a training programme that supports professional development.

• Embed staff development and reflective practice across team processes such as team meetings and staff 1:1s.

• Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of L&D initiatives and make necessary improvements.

 3. Streamline knowledge management

• Implement a robust system for version control and documentation procedures.

• Ensure a comprehensive range of high-quality resources is available for IPS services.

• Embed a race equity lens across new and existing resources.

• Work with key stakeholders to coproduce resources and ensure content is accessible and reflective of the communities IPS services work with.

• Work with senior colleagues to develop and maintain an internal knowledge management hub for delivery staff, ensuring all resources are up to date and relevant.

 4. Communication and collaboration:

• Work closely with the Head of Delivery, Regional Managers and other senior leadership staff to share best practices and coordinate efforts across regions.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with local and national stakeholders; attend and contribute to stakeholder meetings, sharing insights and updates on quality development initiatives.

• Contribute to internal and external communications, including newsletters, reports, and presentations.

• Support the implementation of data collection and analysis processes to ensure high-quality standards and drive continuous improvement across IPS Grow services.

• Collaborate with the Data Manager to ensure data accuracy and integrity, leveraging insights to enhance service delivery and operational efficiency.

• Continuously refine practice and skill by engaging with IPS experts and other stakeholders in the UK and internationally to bring the best and most up-to-date understanding of “what works” to programme delivery.

• Influence the strategy by working with the senior team to shape our strategy and roadmap for future projects.

About you

Skills and competencies

• Data driven: Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make informed decisions.

• Problem-solving: Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to problem-solving.

• Relationship management: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Organisational skills: Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and requests, create project plans, and meet deadlines.

• Leadership: Delivery of performance expectations and supporting the team to translate research into effective on the ground practice.

• Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to adapt to changing project needs and work effectively in a dynamic environment and changing system with multiple stakeholders.

Experience

• Proven track record in managing quality systems and compliance within a complex organisation

• Experience in developing and delivering training programs related to quality assurance and compliance

• Experience delivering against project plans, timelines and deliverables that are results focused

• Experience of implementing quality improvement in an IPS or employability context would be advantageous though is not essential

Working at Social Finance

The fixed salary for this position is £56,500 per annum. Working for a mission driven organisation is more than just what we pay though, it’s about our culture, our approach and what else we offer.

About Social Finance

We are an ambitious not for profit organisation that partners with governments, service providers, the voluntary sector and the financial community. Together, we find better ways of tackling social problems in the UK and globally.

Since we started in 2007, Social Finance has helped to pioneer a series of programmes to improve outcomes for individuals with complex needs. Our innovations, including the social impact bond model, have mobilised more than £500 million globally. We have sister organisations in the US, Israel, the Netherlands and India and a network of partners across the world.

What we do

Our unique method combines financial analysis, data science, service design, and social issues research.

We focus this expertise on understanding the needs of service users and working with communities to create new responses to challenging social problems.

We develop models, products and services that are pragmatic and have the scope to drive systemic change to improve people’s lives. In the UK, we focus on issues such as homelessness, domestic abuse, mental health, learning difficulties, loneliness and vulnerable children on the edge of the care system. We also look to improve equity for marginalised communities in social services. Internationally, we design outcomes-based models for issues such as maternal and neonatal health, education and employment. 

Our Values

Everyone at Social Finance believes that change for communities is possible. To help us achieve it, we have three core values that guide everything we do. We are curious, empathetic and pioneering.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We actively encourage applications from under-represented and minoritised groups, including those with lived experience of the social issues we are working to address. We are an equal opportunities employer and support a range of flexible working options.

How to apply

Social Finance are using Applied, a platform developed by the Behavioural Insights Team, to record your application. Applied is focused on using behavioural and data science to improve hiring decisions and minimise unconscious bias in the recruitment process. You will be asked to respond to four situational based questions which will allow you to express your ability.

Your answer to each question will be viewed in isolation. Please therefore ensure there is enough detail in that single response, without any references to your other responses

Closing date for applications: Monday 28th October 2024 at 9am

• 30-minute Zoom interviews will take place on Wednesday 6th November

• Face to face interviews will take place Thursday 21st November at our Social Finance office in London.

• Should you require any reasonable adjustments to allow you to attend, please highlight this when you are invited.