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Salary: £36,500 FTE (£21,900 pro rata)
Location: Working from home (UK) with occasional attendance at events or meetings across the UK including attending meetings in London.
Closing Date: 1 December 2024
Hours: Part-Time (21 hours per week. Requirement to work outside of regular office hours occasionally, as required, with time off in lieu. We are happy to talk flexible working)
Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 months)
Reports to: Director of Operations
The Organisation
The Chartered Institute of Fundraising is the membership organisation for professional fundraisers in the UK.
Our values underpin all areas of our work and guide us in all we do:
- Passionate: taking pride in what we do and driven by success.
- Professional: championing and achieving high standards governed by professional integrity.
- Enabling: helping others and empowered to take ownership, find solutions, make decisions and collaborate.
- Enterprising: open to new solutions and committed to delivering where we already excel.
- Respectful: honest and fair, treating everyone with consideration and respect.
The Benefits
- Annual leave starting at 25 days per year, plus 9 Bank Holidays. We also close between Christmas and New Year which is additional time off
- Up to 7.5% employer contributions to our stakeholder pension scheme (after probation ends)
- Enhanced sick pay from day one
- Great work/life balance through flexible and remote-first working
- Support for your health and well-being with an Employee Assistance Programme
- Two days of paid leave annually to volunteer for a registered charity
About the role
The CIOF offers a diverse range of short courses, conferences, webinars, and leadership programmes for fundraisers at all stages of their careers, and we will continue to expand our offer in line with sector needs over time.
Extensive research and input from academics and practitioners has ensured that our suite of professional qualifications are well respected across the sector. We offer the highest quality of teaching from experts in the field and have over 1,800 graduates.
The Qualifications Manager plays a crucial role in ensuring that our qualifications will give fundraisers professional recognition, increased insight, and improved job prospects.
Job Purpose
- Supporting the Director of Operations and working alongside the Professional Development Manager, you will have responsibility for the management of all the Chartered Institute’s existing qualifications.
- You will be responsible for the academic integrity of qualification-related learning products, including responsibility for the assessment and external verification processes.
- You will also be responsible for project managing the rewrite of our Level 4 Certificate and Level 5 Diploma qualifications through a team of experienced tutors.
- You will scope the opportunity to deliver a Level 3 and Level 6 qualification for future release, offering modular options for students.
- In addition, you will contribute to our journey to achieving awarding status from Ofqual and work with the Executive Director of Change on the final stage of our chartered status, achieving the power to award Individual chartered status for fundraisers.
Key Accountabilities
- Provide support to potential, current, and future students including advising on suitable courses and qualifications, assessment, and options for their career path.
- Maintain excellent relationships with the Chief Examiner, External Examiner, and qualification tutors in relation to assignments or examinations.
- Attend the annual Exam Board (and qualification faculty training days) supporting the administration as appropriate.
- Be the key point of contact with external partners for the delivery of apprenticeships including Registered Training Providers, the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), Ofqual, and the Institute for Apprenticeships.
- Lead on the co-ordination of other continuing professional development activities ensuring alignment with Individual Membership grades.
- Coordinate the assessment and examination processes for all CIOF qualifications.
- Management of all qualification procedures including scheduling, moderation, internal verification, submissions, record keeping, tutor allocation, resubmissions, extensions, appeals, and withdrawals.
- Work with the Professional Development Manager to review the content of our qualifications, online learning, and short courses, ensuring that course materials and all documentation are updated as appropriate.
- In collaboration with the Membership Services Manager and Professional Development Manager, actively seek ways to improve, develop and maintain processes to ensure smooth and efficient procedures relating to professional development activities including but not exclusively to Short Courses, Qualifications, and other learning programmes, e.g. Future Leaders Programme.
- Provide day-to-day support and advice to students and the faculty.
- Provide consistent and effective communications regarding professional development products to key stakeholders.
- Development, management, and monitoring of the Professional Development budget.
- Support the working relationship with the CIOF Learning and Development Committee, and the European Fundraising Association.
- Cross-departmental interaction to ensure qualifications are promoted effectively across multiple channels, ensuring the Membership Services Hub are fully engaged with our products, including cross-promoting our CPD policy and the competence framework to members.
- Liaising with third-party technology suppliers to troubleshoot issues where necessary.
- Co-ordinate effective evaluation, monitoring, and reporting of all courses across the academy; including but not exclusively, to CIOF Qualifications.
- Work with the wider team to ensure approved tutors, trainers, and regional trainers are delivering content of the highest quality.
- Utilise feedback across all CIOF learning products and services to support continuous quality improvements.
- Ensure accurate input of relevant data (notes, actions, agreed plans with members and customers) into the CRM.
- Any other tasks as requested by the Director of Operations
Person Specification
Experience & Skills
- Experience in developing and managing qualifications in an education establishment.
- Experience in working with subject matter experts to maintain and develop learning content.
- Experience in faculty/speaker acquisition and dealing with senior-level people.
- Experience in topic development, research, and copywriting.
- Experience in designing competency frameworks and aligning them with professional development activities.
- Experience working in a customer-facing environment.
- Experience or demonstrable knowledge of the charity sector and/or fundraising, and/or professional associations.
- Experience in using communication systems (email, phone etc.).
- Experience in managing budgets and tracking income and expenditure.
- Experience in using MS Office applications and making the most of our CRM, including analysing reports to drive understanding of learner experience.
- Experience in using Learning Management Systems.
- A confident self-starter with strong organisational and planning skills.
- Strong communication and people skills.
- Effective written skills.
Attributes
- Flexibility and a desire to work in a cooperative, collaborative way with other individuals and teams within the organisation.
- Eye for detail and accuracy.
- Ability to prioritise workload, meet deadlines, and work on own initiative.
- Able to work under pressure with the ability to find solutions.
- Diplomatic, energetic and unflappable.
- Excellent customer service skills on the phone, in person, and writing.
- An understanding of and commitment to the values of the voluntary sector.
- Willingness to support and engage in ensuring the CIOF is a safe and inclusive place to work.
Reflecting Our Values
Honesty, transparency, and accountability: we will be straightforward and clear about the decisions we make and their impact, explaining our rationale and objectives, and seeking feedback and views from you.
Putting our members first: our work and priorities will be guided through consultation and engagement with our members to embed it in their needs and priorities and ensure it has their interests and values at heart.
Fair, and inclusive: we will proactively engage you to ensure our work supports all staff and is delivered in an inclusive way for all.
Respectful: of your views and listen to what you tell us. Not everyone has the same priorities, but all are deserving of respect and consideration.
Proud and ambitious of you, your work, and the difference you make.
If you would like to discuss access requirements or have any questions about the role, please contact us directly.
The Chartered Institute is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. We particularly welcome applications from those who are significantly underrepresented in our sector, such as disabled people and individuals from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Position: Head of Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Type: Full-time (35 hours a week), Permanent
Location: Office based in London with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: £63,654 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band and Job Family: Band 4
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
As Head of EEDI you will play a pivotal role in leading our commitment to promote equity and equality and shape a diverse and inclusive environment for staff, volunteers and the MS communities. You will ensure that Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is embedded in all we do and our EEDI principles are understood and role modelled throughout the organisation.
Working with our Board, Executive Group and everyone across the organisation, you will bring meaningful change to the way we operate, the services we provide and how we engage with the MS Communities.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on 29 November 2024
Interested?
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Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- In the event of miscarriage or still birth
- To support fertility treatments
- For antenatal appointments for both parents
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
To fund world-leading research, share the latest information and campaign for everyone's rights. Together we are a community. Together we can stop MS
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Want to work at the intersection of business and society? Motivated to create programmes that create business value and social value, hand in hand? Interested in learning from experts in all sorts of societal issues?
We’re recruiting a Social Impact Project Manager for our small team who will do all of this, and more. Working in a small, purpose-led business, our new recruit will find the right non-profits to partner with businesses, project manage the programmes we devise and get stuck into lots of other elements of making a small team a successful one.
The role would be well-suited to people from charities who are looking to move into the CSR / sustainability / ESG space and work more closely with a range of businesses, or your experience might instead have been gained in a corporate or intermediary organisation. You will love the idea of working in a small, purpose-led business and bring loads of initiative and creativity to our small team!
About Three Hands
We a small organisation that works with businesses, charities and social enterprises to deliver projects, programmes and partnerships. Having a positive social and/or environmental impact in society is a core aim of everything that we do. We do this by helping big businesses to play a more responsible and sustainable role in society. Our clients include NatWest Group, Pfizer, British Gas, Balfour Beatty and Royal London.
A full description of the role is in the attached job description, so please refer to this for further details. Note this is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days a week in our London office.
To apply, send us your CV and completed application form by 9am on Monday 9th December.
Non Charity Employer
6 - 10
Our purpose at Three Hands is to create business value and social value, hand in hand.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Today, 12 children and young people will be diagnosed with cancer. We’ll stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
- Salary: £32,316 (London); £30,753 (outside of London)
- Hours: 35 per week
- Role type: Permanent
- Location: Hybrid - frequent in-person presence in London
- Closing date: 1st December 2024
- Interview date: Expected to be between 9th - 16th December
Change lives in a life-changing career
When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world can feel like it’s falling apart. Independence is taken and confidence is stolen. Stability no longer exists. The future suddenly feels uncertain.
The impact of cancer on young lives is more than medical. That’s why we exist. Our specialist social workers help children and young people with cancer and their families navigate the emotional and practical impact of cancer. We remove barriers, solve problems and prioritise wellbeing. And we stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
We challenge the systems and policies that surround children and young people, we highlight gaps and campaign for change. Because we know what a better future could look like. And we know what we need to do to make that future a reality. We need to push harder, reach further and work smarter. And we need the right people on our team to help us get there. People like you.
About the role
We’re looking for a motivated, communicative, and knowledgeable Public Affairs Officer to join our Policy and Influencing Team, to help us achieve the positive change children and young people with cancer across the UK, and their families, need in the health system. This means amplifying the voices of young cancer patients and delivering evidence-based campaigns that make change happen.
The Public Affairs Officer is responsible for supporting the Policy and Influencing Team with public affairs expertise to deliver the key components of our influencing work in England and UK-Wide (Westminster). You will help us influence the system for children and young people with cancer and their families, so we can change experiences of having cancer and ensure children and young people’s voices are heard.
This role is subject to a criminal record check. In the event of a successful application a basic criminal record check will be completed.
This role is a hybrid role, with frequent in-person presence in London required. As a London-based role requiring frequent travel within London, the advertised salary is reflective of our London pay scale.
What will I be doing?
No two days are the same at Young Lives vs Cancer. So, summarising your ‘day to day’ isn’t easy.
- monitoring the UK policy and influencing landscape, finding opportunities for our influencing work
- developing briefings and materials to deliver our influencing work
- building and maintaining excellent working relationships with elected representatives, officials, external partners and your colleagues too
- delivering our public affairs work in Westminster
- supporting our exciting campaigning activities
- monitoring and tracking the impact of our engagement and influencing work
What do I need?
The key skills we’re looking for in this role are:
- Have experience working in a policy or public affairs environment
- Have experience or knowledge of policy, public affairs and/or political processes and how to use them in your work
- Have effective influencing and relationship building skills
- Are comfortable and confident working in a diverse and changing external environment
- Are solutions-focused, have attention to detail, and able to analyse complex information
- Are an excellent communicator, and not afraid to get involved and engage with a variety of stakeholders and in a variety of activities and settings
What will I gain?
For people to reach their full potential, they need the right environment. As a member of Team Young Lives, you’ll be made to feel supported, valued and appreciated. Here’s how we do it:
- Flexible working: we’re open to working hours outside of 9 - 5 and we can talk through your flexibility requirements at interview stage
- Wellbeing days: four days a year to do what works for you – from catching up on training to going for a walk
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Great family/caring leave entitlements
- Enhanced pension
- Access to our employee savings scheme
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their sex, ethnicity, class, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. We don’t just accept difference, we value it, celebrate it, nurture it and we thrive because of it.
We’re on a journey to be reflective of the diverse children, young people and families we support. We know we aren’t there yet, and we’re passionately committed to taking actions and making changes to be a truly diverse, inclusive and equitable organisation. This includes taking anti-oppressive action and removing barriers in our recruitment practices. We particularly welcome applications from members of minoritised communities. Our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging strategy will tell you more.
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. CVs can be uploaded, but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to fully complete the work history sections of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
Accessibility
We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always aim to be as accommodating as possible. Please let us know in your application form of any adjustments or access requirements we could make to help you with the application process and interview.
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Grade DL, Salary £45,581.89 per annum
Location: Euston, London (Hybrid working – minimum 2 days per week in the office)
Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 02 December 2024
Interview date: Thursday 12 December or Friday 13 December 2024
The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 54,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medicine and provides a majority of population’s contact with the health service.
We are looking for a senior policy professional to join our policy team, which is part of our Policy, Research and Campaigns department. If successful, you will help to make the case for resources in primary care to meet the health needs of our population, develop policy solutions to improve general practice, and influence decision making at senior levels of government. You will contribute to efforts in overcoming some of the biggest problems faced by the NHS in its history, including engaging with the plans being set out by the new Government. You will work closely with our public affairs and campaigns team and our press team, as well as a range of others across the organisation, to ensure that the voice of general practice is heard at the most senior levels.
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic policy professional who can hit the ground running and help drive forwards our influence in key areas within a fast-paced policy landscape. The successful individual will be responsible for a range of policy areas affecting general practice.
If you are a driven professional looking for a dynamic role where you will quickly be able to have an impact, we would like to hear from you. You should:
- have demonstrable experience working in policy.
- be confident in taking a lead on policy development and able to quickly become an expert in complex policy areas of general practice.
- have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with an eye for detail and an ability to explain complex problems to different audiences.
- be a strong self-starter who is confident in taking initiative.
- be confident in using evidence to help make a case for change.
Please download the Candidate Pack to view the full job description.
The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions and great working environment.
To apply, please apply directly via the RCGP website vacancies page and provide both your CV and covering letter/statement.
The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
~ Building a sustainable future for general practice ~
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- Location: Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside
- Salary: £26,335
- Hours: 35 hours (part-time can be negotiated)
- Contract type: 12 months initially, then dependant on continuation funding
- Annual Leave: 28 days plus Bank Holidays (part time pro-rata)
- Office hours: 9am – 5pm Mon-Fri
- Pension: 7% (If you pay at least 1% salary contribution into the stakeholder scheme we will top this up to the required 8%)
This role offers the unique opportunity to make a tangible difference in the lives of individuals facing challenges, providing them with the guidance, support, and tools they need to navigate complex issues.
We are looking for an experienced adviser to join our existing team of passionate and dedicated advisers, caseworkers and financial capability workers to help people in Sefton with the problems they face.
The adviser will work in Bootle, providing general advice Sefton residents with mental health issues working in partnership with the Community Mental Health Teams and Mental Health Navigators in Sefton CVS.
Welfare benefits and universal credit are the dominant areas of advice needed, and the adviser will work closely with welfare rights, housing and money advice teams in Citizens Advice Sefton.
Empowering clients to understand and manage their situation is key, as is working with partner agencies and organisations to broaden access to our services and ensure holistic support. Your involvement will also extend to advocating for change based on client experiences and actively participating in the evolution of our services to meet emerging needs. Through your efforts, you will not only assist individuals in immediate need but also contribute to broader systemic improvements, enhancing our advice services for the future.
What we offer to our staff
- A contribution of 7% of your salary into a Stakeholder Pension
- Consideration for Hybrid working options
- Professional and advice sector recognised training
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Free VDU eye care test
- Employee Assistance Programme
Please note: Closing date for applications: Sunday 24th November 2024 at 11.59pm
In-person or online interviews to be held on: Thursday 28th November 2024.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Empowering individuals in Sefton with free, confidential advice and support to resolve problems and improve their lives and communities
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We are recruiting for Supporter Care Manager to join our Fundraising team; the scope on this job involves….
Job Title: Supporter Care Manager
Location: Homeworking (with a requirement to work from our head office in Vauxhaul, London on some occasions)
Salary: £42,444 per annum
Contract type: Full-time. Permanent
Hours: 37.5
We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.
This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Supporter Care Manager, with responsibility for the strategic development, management, and delivery of the Supporter Care function across the Fundraising, Comms and Policy Directorate.
Closing date: 9am on 5 December 2024
Interview date: 11 December 2024
Benefits
Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.
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Future Men is at a pivotal moment in the organisation’s history, seeking to expand operations and support more boys, young men, men, their families, and their communities. We are looking for an Operations Director to lead the company's operational functions, ensuring that operational processes are aligned with the organisation's overall goals. This role requires a dynamic leader who can contribute to the company's strategic growth and work closely with senior management to foster a positive work environment and ensure operational efficiency.
At Future Men, through our practice-led services, we work with boys and men from childhood through to Fatherhood, to help them become healthy, dynamic, future men. From structured school programmes, to individual one-to-one sessions and outreach work, we provide the vital support and advocacy that changes boys and young men’s lives for the better. We focus our work with boys and men who face structural discrimination and disadvantage, including discrimjination relating to race, income, and community.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
A better future for every boy, every man, and everyone.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Do you have experience in policy and regulation?
Are you passionate about driving change for the 7.6 million people living in the UK with a heart and circulatory disease?
If so, you may be the Senior Policy Officer we're looking for!
About the role
We're looking for a Senior Policy Officer for Charity Regulation and Special Projects to drive policy development on issues such as fundraising, volunteering and charity retail.
In this role you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of charity regulation and policy for British Heart Foundation (BHF) and will coordinate our responses to legislative changes, support our influencing work, and drive policy development on key strategic projects.
Collaborating with internal and external colleagues, as well as sector bodies, you'll coordinate our response to key policy developments to help BHF maximise the impact of its volunteers, generous public support and our large network of shops and stores.
You'll also help shape our policy calls on other areas of importance to BHF, including Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest, and will work with the wider policy and public affairs team to engage decision-makers on our priorities.
Working arrangements
Whilst this role is a full-time (35 hours per week, Monday to Friday) opportunity, we're also open to candidates wishing to work part-time. The minimum part-time commitment is 21 hours per week (3 days per week: preferably Monday, Tuesday, and a third day of your choice).
This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office.
At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
About you
A policy expert, you'll have previous experience in charity regulation, regulatory or health policy. You’ll have an active interest in Health and influencing Health Policy, able to drive forward a positive agenda of change for everyone affected by heart and circulatory disease.
Able to grasp technical topics quickly, you'll be able to draw on expertise from multiple sources to turn evidence into compelling and engaging stories that can persuade and inform.
You'll have previous experience in policy development and desk research, able to work productively across different teams and be a strong collaborator, identifying opportunities and partners within and outside the sector to drive change and achieve our objectives.
To excel in this role, you'll have:
- Outstanding communication skills
- An ability to write clear, logical briefings and consultation responses
- Excellent analysis and research skills
- Proactive and organised approach, with excellent time management skills to meet multiple deadlines efficiently.
- Effective people and influencing skills, able to build and develop relationships quickly at all levels
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
About us
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By funding research across six decades, we’ve helped keep millions of hearts beating and millions of families together. We’re investing in ground-breaking research that will get us closer than ever to a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
Interview process
Interviews are planned the 4th and 5th December 2024 and will be held via MS Teams.
Registered Charity
More than 1000
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
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We are seeking a dedicated and experienced HR professional to join our team. As an People Advisor, you will play a crucial role in supporting the hospice's HR function, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and regulations, and fostering a positive work environment for our employees.
Reporting to the Head of People, you will be delivering all aspects of operational HR, and managing and overseeing an employee relations caseload supporting employees and managers in our Clinical teams (In Patient Unit, Community Nurses, Day Services, Emotional & Psychological Support, Hospice at Home, Medical Team).
The successful candidate will have:
- Strong working knowledge of employment legislation and ability to interpret and apply employment law in practice, applying a pragmatic approach
- Proven experience of reviewing, designing and applying HR policies and procedures
- Experience of advising managers on employee relations cases including disciplinaries, grievances, capability and sickness absence issues up to and including dismissal
- Experience of handling recruitment campaigns
- Relationship building and influencing skills with the ability to work with a variety of stakeholders
- Strong organisational skills an ability to prioritise
- Ability to confidently and appropriately communicate in writing and verbally
- Proven experience working as an HR Advisor or similar role, preferably in the healthcare or not for profit sector.
- CIPD qualification or working towards accreditation is desirable
Key responsibilities:
- Provide HR support and guidance to managers and employees on a wide range of HR matters, including employee relations, performance management, and HR policies and procedures.
- Assist in the recruitment and selection process, from job posting to candidate onboarding, ensuring a smooth and efficient process while adhering to equal opportunities and diversity principles.
- Manage employee relations issues effectively, including conducting investigations, disciplinary meetings, and grievance procedures in line with hospice policies and legal requirements.
- Support the development and implementation of HR initiatives and programs aimed at enhancing employee engagement, retention, and well-being.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date HR records and systems, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with data protection regulations.
- Contribute to the development and review of HR policies, procedures, and practices to ensure alignment with best practices and legal requirements.
- Provide training and support to managers and employees on HR-related topics, including performance management, diversity and inclusion, and HR processes.
- Keep abreast of changes in employment legislation and HR best practices, providing advice and recommendations to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
What we can offer you:
- Salary up to £37,000 per annum (FTE), dependant on experience
- Working hours - 37.5 per week
- Office location: Brentry, Bristol (BS10), with hybrid working (up to 50% of working time)
- 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Supportive and inclusive work environment
- Employee Discounts and benefits .
- The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the healthcare sector.
If you are passionate about HR and want to contribute to a local charity, making a difference in the lives of patients and their families when it matters most, we would love to hear from you.
We will be screening and offering interviews as we receive applications and therefore strongly encourage applications as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Our values are Excellence, Compassion, Respect, Passion, Collaboration
Strictly no agencies please
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Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us. And it motivates our Strategy, Policy and Evidence team to maintain our position as an influential, informed and forceful voice at every level. Join us as a Policy and Public Affairs Assistant (Wales), and lead progress that means more.
The postholder supports the work of the team in delivering real change and reform in the best interests of children. They will be based in the Policy Team in Wales and will be responsible for parliamentary monitoring, research and policy analysis, managing engagements with external audiences and organising events, using their skills and passion for keeping children safe to strengthen the NSPCC's impact on public policy.
We're looking for someone with a clear commitment to the NSPCC's vision to working together to stop child abuse and neglect, and excellent administrative and IT skills to support with managing engagements with external audiences and organising events. Our new colleague will also have strong skills in researching, analysing and summarising key information. Finally, we're looking for someone who works well across different teams and can support a range of policy projects in one or more of our workstreams (on child protection and children's social care; early years and health; child sexual abuse; child safety online; young victims and witnesses).
Join us and you'll become part of a team that cares about the work they do and the people they work with. You'll discover opportunities to grow, along with challenges and a shared purpose that'll bring the best out in you. And you'll get to find your own way to make a difference that means more, and that impacts millions of young lives.
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We are Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking.
We want to create a nation where walking is the natural choice for everyday, local journeys; free from congested roads and pollution, reducing the risk of preventable illnesses and social isolation. We want to achieve a better walking environment and to inspire people of all generations to enjoy the benefits the simple act of walking brings.
Join us and together we will create a walking nation.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our Policy and Communications team as Local Engagement Assistant. You will assist the development of campaigning activity and our local volunteer groups, with a focus on working with marginalised groups across the UK to achieve change.
It’s an exciting time for Living Streets, as we are growing our local group campaign network and listening to the voices of communities calling for change. The Assistant will ensure that local groups have the right materials and support to campaign in their area for better streets. They will also help monitor the impact of our local campaigns work.
We welcome people with lived experience of feeling marginalised as well as those who recognise it is everyone’s responsibility to be involved in this work.
This is an exciting role, in a dynamic, motivated and friendly team, and you will have an opportunity to make a real difference in an ambitious campaigning organisation.
Closing date: 02 December 2024 (12pm)
Interviews: W/C 09 December 2024
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We are looking for a Research Lead who will have a central role in this 4-year funded project that seeks to reduce structural violence and stigma against unhoused people who use drugs, a group facing substantial barriers to stable housing due to current policies. Many in this community endure cycles of homelessness and are often excluded from housing and support services due to drug use, eviction risks, or fines related to harm reduction efforts. Despite government acknowledgment of the intersection between drug dependency and homelessness, the focus has largely been on treatment, with little attention given to stable housing needs.
The project objectives will be 3 phased:
- Documenting lived experiences of unhoused people who use drugs through community-led research initiatives.
- Developing best practices with input from impacted communities to promote inclusive, supportive housing strategies.
- Advocating for policy change that challenges stigma, reduces evictions, and lowers overdose risks.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Consultant to join our team. In return, you will receive a competitive salary depending on experience.
NGA is an independent, not-for-profit national membership organisation for state school governors, trustees and governance professionals in England. Our work aims to improve the educational standards and wellbeing of young people by increasing the effectiveness of governing boards and promoting high standards. As expert leaders in school and academy governance, we provide information, advice, guidance, professional development and e-learning.
About the role:
NGA is recruiting consultants
NGA owes much of its professional development service success to the professional expertise and dedication of our team of governance consultants.
Due to increased demand for our quality assured consultancy and training services we are growing our team.
We are looking for governance consultants committed to helping others to improve governance who have experience of multi-academy trust governance and are also able to confidently deliver training, both face-to-face and virtually. In particular, we need consultants who are based in the following regions:
- South East (Specifically: Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent and Medway)
- South West (Specifically: Cornwall, Devon and Somerset)
- North East plus East Riding, Kinston upon Hull, York and North Yorkshire
Benefits of working for NGA:
- Competitive rates of pay
- Being part of a vibrant and supportive team
- Quality assured deliverables
- Expert administrative support
- Access to NGA’s guidance, advice and e-learning service: Learning Link
- Termly KIT meetings
Key responsibilities of our Consultant:
To prepare, deliver and feedback services on behalf of NGA. This may include:
- Governance consultancy
- Facilitation and mentoring on NGA Leading Governance development programmes
- Training – both f2f and vf2f; general and bespoke
- Fulfilling a governance expert retainer role
- Coaching and mentoring
- Speaking and workshop delivery at conferences
To promote NGA. This will include:
- Promoting NGA services
- Supporting NGA’s policy positions
Other aspects of the role include:
- Acting as a sounding board for any NGA messages on policy and practice
- Consultation as to service innovations
- Commenting on new NGA materials
- Attending meetings on behalf of NGA
- Courseware design and review
- Quality assurance of courses, courseware and delivery
- Evaluation and feedback
What we’re looking for in our ideal Consultant:
- A serving trustee, governor or governance professional/lead or have recently served as a trustee, governor or governance professional/lead, or can satisfy the Head of Consultancy and/or the Head of Training Development that s/he has the experience and skills to carry out the role
- Willing to promote key NGA policy and practice messages, guidance and look to extend NGA’s sphere of influence
- Familiar with the most up to date and relevant Ofsted and DfE guidance
- Willing to adhere to the course materials and guidance provided by NGA
- Prepared to actively promote NGA and its services
- Prepared to refer all opportunities for governance training, and consultancy work to NGA
If you feel that you are the right candidate for the role as our Consultant or would like to find out more information about the role, then please click ‘apply’ now.We’d love to hear from you.
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A fantastic opportunity as Director of Advocacy and Influence. This innovative role will play a pivotal part in bringing the non-profits’ five new strategic goals to life through targeted advocacy work; made possible through strong campaigning, influential communications activity and effective partnership building with key stakeholders.
As they embark on the next phase of their evolution, they are looking for a strategic influencer and advocacy expert and a senior leader with a background in campaigns and/or communications who can play a hands-on role in turning strategy into action via strong project management, delivery and organisational skills. The role reports directly to the CEO and manages a team of 4.
The organisation:
We are a non-profit organisation with a strong commitment to our vision: a future in which humanity co-exists in harmony with nature, recognises and respects ecological boundaries, and prospers on a healthy planet. One in which future generations of children grow up in a regenerating, wildlife-rich world, sustained by resilient, thriving ecosystems.
We foreground human rights, women’s empowerment and global justice. We are informed by experts with input from our Expert Advisory Group, our Patrons and other key stakeholders and partners.
Your experience (essential):
- Senior leadership of an integrated advocacy/campaigns and communications strategy and team working alongside other senior experts and advising the CEO and the Board
- Experience in leading, motivating and developing a high performing team
- Experience of designing and delivering effective and successful advocacy strategies that had impact and have delivered change in policy and/or practice in the UK or internationally
- Experience of networking and lobbying, advocacy communications to generate public mobilisation in an international development or environmental context
- Good knowledge of UK politics and international affairs
- How digital channels can transform organisational delivery and stakeholder engagement
- A talented communicator who can pull different strategic levers to attract a variety of audiences and stakeholders from grassroots communities to international politicians.
If you are passionate about making a tangible difference in the world and shaping the future of our planet, we invite you to consider joining the team. Together, we can drive positive action towards a sustainable future.
- Location- Home-based/ remote in the UK, with travel to the London office as required (approx twice a month).
- Salary- £60,000- £65,000
- Permanent role, full-time hours, open to flexible working styles.
Please get in touch for more details. Firm deadline 9am Friday 29th November.
Interviews: 1st stage online 5th December, 2nd stage in person Tuesday 17th December.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
