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The Kensington + Chelsea Foundation is an independent local charity which was founded in 2008 and is now in an exciting phase of growth.  Our vision is of a borough where every resident has the opportunity to live a happy, healthy, fulfilled life.  We identify and support impactful local projects which improve the lives and life chances of our most vulnerable and disadvantaged residents.

We are committed to understanding local needs and empowering our charity partners to respond effectively. With a focus on participatory grant-making, we believe in involving local residents in funding decisions to ensure that our resources are directed where they are needed most.

As the Community Engagement & Grants Manager, you will play a vital role in our mission by managing grants specifically focused on Children and Young People. You will work collaboratively with your counterpart in overseeing our Skills & Employment and Community Spirit Funds. Your expertise will help foster and maintain strong relationships with local voluntary organisations, ensuring our grants align with community needs and priorities.

Job title: Place Coordinator – Energised Communities

Working hours: Full time  - 37 hours per week (part time considered, minimum 4 days)

Salary: £26,000 per annum pro-rata

Location: Home-based, within commutable distance of project areas.

Closing date: 25 November 2024

Severn Wye is looking for a talented individual to empower people and communities living in rural areas to act on climate change

Energised Communities will support communities that don’t traditionally engage with climate issues, bringing them together for action-oriented discussions about energy and its impact on climate change. Communities will identify local challenges, establish what people care about and explore solutions. The project will provide inspiration for what’s possible and give communities the tools to make it happen. We will support communities in the long term, recognising that building the ideas, skills and confidence to see projects through takes time. The project will help communities take more control over their energy futures, creating opportunities for green skills, local employment and community regeneration.

The ideal candidate will be well-organised, enjoy producing excellent work and love working independently in a team environment. Whether you are known for your people skills, problem solving, or attention to detail – you may well be the person Severn Wye is looking for.

This is five-year programme funded by The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) working in 10 disadvantaged rural communities in Wales and England. You will be providing support and inspiration for community-led action that focuses on reducing energy use and generating clean energy: the aim is to reduce carbon emissions, increase community resilience and improve long-term sustainability. 

In return for your skills and hard work we offer a competitive salary, appropriate training and a company pension scheme. If you’re looking to strengthen your career, broaden your experience and contribute to a sustainable future while doing so, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for someone with:

· An ability to engage diverse groups of stakeholders, represent ideas and to communicate proposals persuasively and creatively to communities, practitioners and managers alike.

· Proven expertise and experience of stimulating and enabling community action through coproduction with a number of community, social enterprise and/or other third sector groups.

· Knowledge, being enthusiastic about and committed to collective action on climate change.

· Strong facilitation skills to support; group development with reflection and persistence and project delivery with an ability to deliver results in challenging circumstances.

· Ability to multi-task and manage own workload efficiently with minimum supervision, within a team.

· Driving licence and access to own car.

Where you’ll be working:

You’ll be working in one of the three areas below. In your application, please specify which you would want to work in.

· Ceiriog Valley, Wrexham and Llangollen, Denbighshire 

· Cwm Llinau, Powys and Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd

· Herefordshire and Gloucestershire

Travel to regular face to face meetings and events including evenings and weekends within these communities is essential.

Desirable skills and experience include

– A strong background in community development, sustainable development, or rural regeneration with up-to-date knowledge and understanding of any of the following: climate change, climate action, social inequality issues and wider and deeper sustainable development issues in rural Wales/England

– Excellent interpersonal skills and people management skills, capable of clearly communicating agreed direction, priorities and objectives

– Ability to solve problems in a collaborative and creative way using the resources of diverse groups of people and agencies 

– Experience of formalising and constituting new organisations

– Experience in preparing funding applications and a track record of securing project funding

– Good knowledge of, and an ability to form, effective working relationships across the public, private and third sectors

– Written and spoken Welsh language skills (where necessary) 

– Good verbal, written and presentation skills, including the ability to write high quality reports 

Severn Wye Energy Agency is a charity working in Wales and England with a vision to live in a stable climate with energy for all. 

We achieve this by working with people to overcome fuel poverty and act on climate change by putting energy at the heart of everything we do. 

We work with residents and households to help them use energy more efficiently and lead healthier, more affordable lives. We work with businesses to reduce their carbon footprint.

We work with communities to help them meet the challenges of the future, take control of their energy use and implement ideas that reduce fuel poverty and energy use.

We work in research and development to pilot innovative renewable technologies.

We work with local authorities, government departments and policymakers to promote environmental sustainability through renewable energy and low carbon development. 

Students’ Union UCL is an organisation that exists to make more happen. We are the representative body for University College London’s (UCL) students, one of the most diverse student communities in the world. We are one of the largest student-led organisations in the UK and a charity with over 48,000 members. We provide opportunities for 300 staff and have an annual turnover of more than £12m.

It's an exciting time our growing organisation as the delivery partner for UCL’s new Student Life Strategy. In 2023 we received a multi-million-pound investment to enhance student life at UCL. The financial backing from our parent university is recognition of the transformative effect that extra and co-curricular experiences have on students at UCL – helping them develop skills, build networks, reduce loneliness and isolation, grow in confidence, and enjoy their time here.  

We are looking for a Marketing Coordinator to coordinate the marketing activity of the Students’ Union throughout the year, taking the lead on campaigns and projects such as Varsity, the Leadership Race, Sustainability Conference, International Festival and End of Year Awards, working with 10+ departments across the Union. The Marketing Coordinator will also support, train, and advise these departments and Sabbatical Officers on the development and delivery of effective marketing plans helping the Union to achieve its objectives

This is a full time and fixed term contract role until 31 July 2025. This role is also a hybrid working role, where 40% of the role will be on campus based.

Have you got a skilled approach to the planning and implementation of innovative marketing campaigns, promotions and offers to continuously refresh and develop the customer experience? Have you experience in providing recommendations based on data analysis and market research? If the answer is yes, then we want to hear from you. 

Our ideal candidate will work with departments, teams, and managers to develop innovative marketing campaigns aimed at increasing engagement and use of our services. The right candidate will utilize the Marketing Planning Process where possible, and be a cheerleader for the process, setting clear aims and KPIs when developing marketing plans with teams. The successful role holder will also respond to enquiries from customers where appropriate, ensuring the Union is represented in line with the brand guidelines.

In this multifaceted role, you'll be responsible for both content creation and supporting unpaid Carers to become digitally connected. You will manage and create engaging content for our social media platforms and website as well as maintain the charity’s website, ensuring it stays updated, accessible, and reflective of our mission. 

You will conduct digital assessments for Carers to determine their needs—whether they require devices, internet access, or digital skills training and provide 1:1 support to help Carers navigate the digital world with confidence. 

Additionally, you will lead group training sessions on topics such as basic digital skills, using online services, and staying safe online. 

A new role as Senior Marketing Manager within the community and events team at an innovative, well-known research and support Charity. Joining for an initial 12 month FTC, the role will be pivotal to the success of the fundraising team’s growth, you will be the expert voice of marketing across community and events.

This role supports a vibrant team spread across four offices and will work with other marketers in the organisation as well as in house teams such as digital and brand. With a team of two including a manager and an officer, this role will support the teams’ delivery of the (well-known) existing marketing portfolio, including community fundraising activity and a range of third-party events.

You:

An experienced marketeer, you’ll be an expert in promoting fundraising products with a keen eye for detail and creative flair. Your knowledge of dynamic and ambitious six-figure marketing campaigns will enable you to lead the team to success across a variety of projects. You’ll understand the need to approach campaigns on a national and regional level to ensure they speak and engage relevant audiences.

You’ll have experience of working with external digital and OOH marketing agencies to deliver effective and engaging campaigns, and you’ll feel confident in ensuring the charity’s best interests are always at the heart of their work. You’ll also be confident in generating owned and earnt media to support holistic campaign activity.

· 3 days WFH, 2 days in the office

· Based in either London, Cardiff, Sheffield or Glasgow

· Salary £43,000 -£50,000, plus an attractive benefits package

· 12 month FTC, 35 hour week.

Please get in touch for more details. Firm deadline 9am Thursday 14th November.

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.

Communications Project Manager

Contract:  6 Months Fixed Term Contract, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £48,314 - £50,729 with excellent benefits

Location: London, UK
Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.

About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in Communications and Project Manager to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as Communications Project Manager to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. 

About the Team:
This role sits in the Communications department, which is part of WaterAid’s Communications and Fundraising Directorate. The Communications department is critical in building the brand and profile of WaterAid in support of delivering the Global Strategy, with a specific focus on the growth of our fundraising, advocacy, and campaigning goals. 

The department is a collective of 5 distinct teams: Brand & Strategic Comms, Creative Content, Digital & Content Experience, Media & Talent and Communications Planning. Within each discipline is a highly skilled and diverse team of industry leading specialists and experts, who come together to drive a strategic approach to communications to deliver on the organisations mission. 

About the Role:
AThe Communications Project Manager is responsible for leading the project management and the delivery to 2 discreet pieces of work at WaterAid UK. The first, a major global marketing campaign, and the second, a piece of sector leading research. 

The role will work across teams and departments to coordinate, steward, and facilitate the success of the projects through active stakeholder and task management, project transparency and supporting collaboration. They will ensure alignment with the set strategic goals of each project, drive key milestones and co-ordinate cross functional delivery teams.

This role is for an experienced project manager who is skilled in navigating complex environments, is a highly skilled communicator, and holds an understanding of communications as a marketing discipline.

You’ll also: 
Facilitating Decision Making and Delivery Progress

• Chair and coordinate delivery groups and be accountable for delivery of the project on time, on budget and to a high standard of work.
• Ensure key milestones are completed to appropriate timelines.
• Responsible for the delivery of key drivers of progress such as briefs into specialist teams including analytics, market insight, creative content.
• Support the delivery teams to make decisions and commit to actions. Resolve project challenges quickly by analysing issues, surfacing progress options, and implementing solutions to keep the project moving forward.
• Support representatives within delivery teams to take ownership of their remits and actions – helping unblock challenges, holding them accountable to actions and managing up to steering teams.

Managing Stakeholders

• Work across teams and departments to understand stakeholder needs and support and influence stakeholders to understand each other’s needs.
• Make sure stakeholders are kept up to date and brought into conversations as appropriate for their remit.

Ensure Project Retrospective

• Track project outcomes against defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and objectives.
• Schedule and host project evaluation meeting.
• Write up final project evaluation, including evaluation of project management processes and learning for future.

Project Documentation and Administration 

• Define and deliver key documentation of the project including decision making accountabilities, transparent timelines and milestones, assigned responsibilities, communications plans, defined outcomes etc.
• Track and raise dependencies with the delivery team – ensure progress is happening in a logical and feasible order.
• Develop (through collaboration within the delivery groups) project KPIs to meet set Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) or defines outcomes.

Budget Control

• Manage and track project budget, control expenditure and optimise resource allocation.

About You:

• Experience in leading complex projects with large numbers of senior stakeholders.
• Experience in establishing lines of delivery process where complex interdependencies exist.
• Flexible and responsive. Able to adapt to changing environments and priorities as situations develop. Able to support delivery teams to navigate these environments while maintaining progress and quality of output.
• Extremely organised and attention to detail, with a meticulous focus on project details to ensure quality and accuracy in all deliverables.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage, influence and update multiple teams, both in the UK and overseas, and key stakeholders effectively.
• Time Management: Ability to manage and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines and keep projects on schedule
• Risk Management: Proficiency in identifying, analysing, and mitigating project risks.
• Negotiation. Able to manage negotiation between multiple stakeholders, ensuring all are heard while still progressing action and maintaining positive working relationships
• Experience in managing budgets for complex projects.

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Project Management qualifications.
• Experience working in the delivery or strategy of a communications or marketing function.
• Experience working at or with INGOs, including cross-border working.
• Proven experience in using project management technology or ability to quickly pick up such tools.

Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 13th November 2024. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date

How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click ‘Apply’. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format. 

Pre-employment screening: In order to apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.

Our Benefits:

• 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
• Season Ticket Loan
• Free annual eye tests
• Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
• Sabbaticals
• Volunteer Day

Our Commitment

Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have.  We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.  

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.

Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.

This role will support the development and implementation of research and communications initiatives on safeguarding in higher education in Africa as well as contribute to the development of Keeping Children Safe globally.

Location: Africa – remote

Salary /Grade: £30,000 per annum

Duration: 18 months with possibility of extension if funding allows.

Background

Keeping Children Safe sets International Child Safeguarding Standards to help organisations protect children from abuse in organisations across the world.

We are completely independent and guided by the best interests of the child principle in all that we do. We work with people who have been subjected to child abuse, researchers, practitioners, policymakers and leaders to defend children’s right to be safe in all organisations, no matter how big or powerful.

This newly created role will support the development and implementation of research and communications initiatives on safeguarding in higher education in Africa, as well as contribute to the development of Keeping Children Safe globally. The overall goal of this programme is that all children, young people, and youths and adults at risk – especially refugees, youths with disabilities and persons vulnerable to discrimination because of their gender – who encounter Higher Education Institutions are safe from harm.

Find out more at www.keepingchildrensafe.global

Main Duties:

Key Responsibilities will include:

· Supporting the development and implementation of research and communications initiatives on safeguarding in higher education in Africa.

· Supporting the development and implementation of events, tools, resources, educational materials and publications based on research.

· Undertaking any other reasonable duty and tasks that may from time-to-time be requested by the line manager consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility.

Person Specification

Essential

Strong academic research, communication and presentation skills with experience of research projects related to safeguarding, including issues related to refugees, youths with disabilities and persons vulnerable to discrimination because of their gender.

· Experience and understanding of issues related to safeguarding in higher education in Francophone Africa.

· Professional level French and English.

· Skilled at identifying and mitigating risks.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presentations, report writing and conducting evaluations.

· Evidence of Continued Professional Development relevant to the role purpose and level.

· Able and willing to travel.

Personal qualities:

· A proven commitment to safeguarding and human rights.

· A commitment to the vision, aims and approach of the organisation.

· A commitment to non-discrimination, respect and dignity for all.

· A team player, able to manage their own workload as well as, work with and support others and deliver to agreed standards and targets.

· An entrepreneurial, positive, solution-focused approach to work.

· Integrity with appropriate ethics and behaviours

Desirable

· Fluency in Spanish or Portuguese.

· Graphic design and video editing skills.

The Appointment

• The appointment will be full time

• The leave allowance is 25 working days per annum

• In view of the nature of the work involved, any offer of appointment will be conditional upon receipt of satisfactory references

            and Disclosure and Barring Service/Police checks.

Applications

To apply for this post and to be considered for an interview please apply with your CV and a covering letter addressing each point in the person specification to Helen Carter.

Interviews will take place on a rolling basis. The position is open until filled.

Safeguarding statement

Keeping Children Safe has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm, exploitation or abuse of anyone including our staff and stakeholders. Safeguarding forms an intrinsic part of everything that we do. Recruitment to any jobs within KCS will include criminal record checks and the receipt of satisfactory references. Compliance with all our Child Safeguarding Policies and Procedures is mandatory.

Keeping Children Safe values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination we welcome and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and will select employees based upon their individual merits and abilities, irrespective of a person’s gender, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities, marital status, race, nationality, ethnic background, religion or belief, age or disability.

Would you like to help keep some of the world's most vulnerable children safe from exploitation and abuse? If so, consider joining Keeping Children Safe as our Africa Programme Safeguarding Adviser.

Keeping Children Safe sets International Child Safeguarding Standards to help organisations protect children from abuse in organisations across the world.

We are completely independent and guided by the best interests of the child principle in all that we do. We work with people who have been subjected to child abuse, researchers, practitioners, policymakers and leaders to defend children’s right to be safe in all organisations, no matter how big or powerful.

This newly created role in our Standards and Learning team will lead on the development and implementation of a new safeguarding programme in higher education institutions in Francophone Africa as well as contribute to the development of Keeping Children Safe globally. The overall goal of this programme is that all children, young people, and youths and adults at risk – especially refugees, youths with disabilities and persons vulnerable to discrimination because of their gender – who encounter Higher Education Institutions are safe from harm.

To apply for this post and to be considered for an interview please apply with your CV and a covering letter addressing each point in the person specification to Helen Carter.  Interviews will take place on a rolling basis. The position is open until filled.

In view of the nature of the work involved, any offer of appointment will be conditional upon satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service or police and background checks.

KCS values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will select employees on their individual merits and abilities, irrespective of a person’s gender, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities, marital status, race, nationality, ethnic background, religion or belief, age or disability. KCS has a zero-tolerance policy to any form of harassment and abuse.

Would you like to help keep some of the world's most vulnerable children safe from exploitation and abuse? If so, consider joining Keeping Children Safe as our Africa Programme Manager

Keeping Children Safe set International Child Safeguarding Standards to help organisations protect children from abuse in organisations across the world.

We are completely independent and guided by the best interests of the child principle in all that we do. We work with people who have been subjected to child abuse, researchers, practitioners, policymakers and leaders to defend children’s right to be safe in all organisations, no matter how big or powerful.

This newly created role in our Standards and Learning team will lead on the development and implementation of a new safeguarding programme in higher education institutions in Francophone Africa as well as contribute to the development of Keeping Children Safe globally. The overall goal of this programme is that all children, young people, and youths and adults at risk – especially refugees, youths with disabilities and persons vulnerable to discrimination because of their gender – who encounter Higher Education Institutions are safe from harm.

To apply for this post and to be considered for an interview please apply with your CV and a covering letter addressing each point in the person specification to Helen Carter.  Interviews will take place on a rolling basis. The position is open until filled.

In view of the nature of the work involved, any offer of appointment will be conditional upon satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service or police and background checks.

KCS values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and will select employees on their individual merits and abilities, irrespective of a person’s gender, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities, marital status, race, nationality, ethnic background, religion or belief, age or disability. KCS has a zero-tolerance policy to any form of harassment and abuse.

The BHF Talent & Organisational Development team have ambitious goals to continue to grow an increasingly innovative, flexible, and agile culture to support our People Experience and the delivery of the BHFs strategy to 2030 and are recruiting an Organisational Change Specialist for a 12-month fixed term contract.

We are looking for someone with organisational change experience who can help us design and deliver effective culture change programmes that support our strategic objectives and adopt new ways of working. You will work with a variety of stakeholders across the organisation to understand their needs, challenges and aspirations.

You’ll have responsibility for the end-to-end change life cycle with a focus on the people side of change – delivering cultural and behavioural change, organisational design and development projects.

You will apply your knowledge and experience of change models and organisational design principles to develop and implement tailored solutions to address resistance and enable sustainable change. You will also use your project management skills to plan, monitor and evaluate the progress and impact of the change initiatives.

Working with internal stakeholders, you’ll deliver change management, organisation design and governance, cultural change and solutions that enable them to achieve their goals and better deliver their strategic objectives.

Working arrangements

Please note, this is a fixed term contract covering an internal secondment until Nov 2025.

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

We are looking for someone highly organised with previous organisational change experience. You’ll have strong interpersonal skills, able to build effective working relationships. IT proficient, you’ll be able to create engaging presentations and be confident presenting to stakeholders across the business.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Knowledge of change models and experience of supporting culture change programmes that adopt new ways of working
• Project management experience
• The ability to work across all levels of the organisation, building rapport and trust with diverse groups of people
• A proactive and positive can do approach
• Good facilitation and influencing skills
• Strong analytical skills and be solutions focused
• Expert communication skills

About us

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.

Reporting to: Head of Marcomms & Digital 

Place of work: Remote, but some travel to Central London

About Media Trust   

At Media Trust, we believe it’s by giving everyone a voice that we’ll get to a more equal society. That’s why we work with charities to strengthen their storytelling, campaigning, press engagement and social media. We do this through media, communications and digital skills training delivered with our media and creative industry partners and by matching charities looking for content creation and other media-related support with media industry volunteers looking to give back. At the same time, our programmes for under-represented talent are giving young and diverse talent the creative media skills, access and mentoring to break into the media.  For more information about Media Trust’s work, see our 2023 Impact Report.  

We are looking to hire a Digital Manager to join our small but highly effective team. As the Digital Manager, you will play a vital role in driving and managing the delivery of our digital transformation strategy, working with key internal and external stakeholders to enhance our digital tools like our Volunteer Matching Platform, and achieving better engagement with the people we support.

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated digital manager with relevant experience to join a purpose-led charity that is ambitious about using digital tools and technology to achieve greater social impact. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Digital Strategy: Contribute to the development of our digital strategy to enhance user engagement, improve platform performance and support our overall goals  

• Stakeholder Coordination: Work closely with internal teams (e.g., Marketing, Programmes, Volunteering, Partnerships) to understand their digital needs and translate them into actionable digital strategies. Communicate effectively with external partners, agencies, and stakeholders to ensure smooth project delivery 

• Support Management of Programme Data: Support data-driven programme design, delivery and measurement of impact across programmes and services through digital solutions, data collection and analysis 

• Analytics and Impact Measurement: Configure analytics tools (e.g., GA4, Salesforce Analytics) to track the performance of digital marketing channels and provide actionable insights to the Marcomms team for campaign optimisation and stakeholder reporting 

• CRM Management: Oversee the day-to-day management of our Salesforce CRM system, ensuring data integrity and optimisation for fundraising, communications and stakeholder engagement 

• Website Management: Manage the Media Trust website (built on WordPress), ensuring it is updated, functional, accessible, optimised for performance, SEO and user experience 

• Agency Management: Coordinate with external website and CRM agencies, ensuring timely delivery of projects, troubleshooting and alignment with our organisational objectives 

• Line Management: Manage the Digital Coordinator, providing guidance, support and performance management to ensure effective delivery of our digital priorities 

Key Skills and Experience: 

• Proven experience with CRM systems (ideally Salesforce), including customising workflows, reports and integrations 

• Hands-on experience managing websites (ideally WordPress), including familiarity with plugins, SEO best practices and web analytics 

• Demonstrable experience of working with external agencies to manage website and CRM development 

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; able to work effectively with internal teams and external partners 

• Strong project management skills; able to juggle multiple priorities and deliver projects on time and within tight budgets 

• A good understanding of how digital infrastructure can support the monitoring and evaluation of programmes through data collection and analysis 

• Experience of interrogating data to generate actionable insights and drive decision making 

Desirable: 

• Knowledge of digital marketing techniques, including email marketing, social media, and Google Analytics 

• Line management experience, with the ability to motivate and develop others 

• Ideally, experience in the charity or non-profit sector 

Working at Media Trust   

Media Trust is an ambitious charity, full of passionate people. We are a small and dynamic team that works collaboratively and supports each other to achieve our vision of a more representative media and equal society where everyone has a voice. We are looking for motivated, agile, and value-driven people to join our team.  In return we offer:  

• Remote working with a monthly co-working allowance  

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)  

• Flexible First employer  

• Opportunity to work flexible hours  

• Pension contributions  

• 2 volunteer days each year   

• Opportunity to attend up to two Media Trust Open Courses each year at no cost to you  

Flexible working at Media Trust   

Media Trust values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen). One of the ways we do this is by actively encouraging staff to work in ways that best suit their needs and our flexible working policy outlines many of the options available, such as part-time and term-time working, job sharing, home working and working compressed hours. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility and equipment or other support you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.   

Media Trust values diversity and is an equal opportunities employer.  

Registered Charity no. 1042733   

An amazing 12 month FTC role at a Children’s Charity, as Communications Officer who deliver and support the creation of fundraising materials, for both print and digital use. You may be a marketer, communications or content expert, excited to learn more about support-facing communications and fundraising. You will join a sector leading team. This role can be based either in the London office, hybrid, or remotely.

Key responsibilities:

- Produce inspiring content for supporters over a range of channels

- To deliver and support on the creation of bespoke fundraising proposals and impact reports, gathering content from across the organisation, writing compelling copy and creating sleek layouts.

- To continue to develop, design and grow the digital communications offered by the High Value Communications team for supporters.

- To project manage the production of more complex materials involving internal and external stakeholders.

Your Experience:

- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills to understand, interpret and present information in a clear and persuasive way for a range of audiences.

- Ability to collect information and data from various sources, analyse findings and present them clearly and accurately in a way that meets desired outcomes.

- Ability to negotiate with individuals and build and maintain effective working relationships.

- Design: Desirable but not essential, some experience of working with Adobe packages (InDesign, Photoshop, Spark) and Canva.

This is an opportunity to make a difference to children's lives, and join a rewarding working environment, being part of a friendly and nurturing team, and offering stimulating and challenging work with plenty of development opportunities.

The charity offer a variety of rewards and benefits including; generous annual leave, employee benefits and assistance programme, pension and life assurance schemes. The charity want to ensure roles are accessible and inclusive of everyone, which is why they offer a high degree of flexibility around ways of working. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of what they do.

- 12 month FTC

- Location- Flexible. You can work either in the London office (Shoreditch), hybrid or remotely.

- London Salary- £31,703- £34,851

- Home based Salary- £28,837- £31,985

- Salary breakdown- £28,337 - £31,485 base (An additional allowance of £3,366 will apply to applicants working from London, or £500 if home based). They have a minimum of one working day in the London office to claim London weighting allowance. 

Firm closing date Thursday 14^th November 9am, please apply now to avoid disappointment.

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.

Shannon Trust Facilitator / Library Assistant HMP Ashfield
  
Do you want to join an organisation committed to improving literacy and numeracy skills amongst people in prison?
 
Shannon Trust provides peer-led literacy and numeracy programmes in a number of prisons across the country.  We now have the opportunity to work with Serco ESW to provide a service at HMP Ashfield. Working closely with the prison and their staff, people in prison, Shannon Trust volunteers and mentors, this post will lead the delivery and development of our literacy and numeracy programme at HMP Ashfield, maximising opportunities for people in prison to learn whilst also providing daily assistance in the running of the library. 
 
Ideally you will have some experience of prison settings underpinned by the ability to build relationships and personal qualities that include resilience, determination and a problem-solving approach. 
 
This role will be prison-based. Employee benefits include a company contribution to pension scheme of up to 5%, 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, life insurance, paid volunteering days, discounts via Reward Gateway and an Employee Assistance Programme.  The biggest benefit though is our culture – our people really want to work for the organisation.
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We welcome job applications from people with lived experience of the criminal justice system and do not routinely ask for details of any criminal convictions. These roles do require prison security clearance, so we will need to ask for details of any relevant criminal convictions before an offer of employment is finalised.
 
?Interviews are planned for the week commencing 25th November and will take place onsite at HMP Ashfield. 

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Pace is a ground-breaking charity which provides world class and highly specialist education and therapy services for children and young people with neurodisabilities, alongside support for their families.

Our overarching aim is to provide an ‘education for life’ which looks ahead to a child’s true potential in terms of independent functional access to learning and society.  Each child’s needs are different and this is reflected in their journey through Pace, but for each child we look to offer the greatest independence for the rest of their lives by maximising physical, communication, self-care and academic progress, giving them and their families/carers skills, strategies and a positive problem-solving outlook, ensuring they thrive beyond Pace.

Pace supports around 600 children and young people a year across the following services.

• Our independent, highly specialist, Ofsted-outstanding school, catering for children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other similar sensory motor disorders.
• Our Child & Family Therapy Service, providing advice, assessments and sessional therapy to children (aged 0-18) and support for families. Alongside CP and sensory motor disorders, our therapy service caters for children with a wider variety of needs, including autistic spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, social emotional and mental health challenges, behavioural challenges and school refusers. Our early intervention provision supports babies and toddlers (aged 0-3) known to have, or at high risk of a neurodiasbility.
• Our commissioned therapy services into local special schools, supports children and young people with specialist occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
• Free online advice and support is available via our digital hub.

In addition, we are committed to encouraging the development of best practice nationally – to promote the systemic change that will enhance the life potential of the thousands of children and young people with neurodisabilities across the UK.

As a Trusts and Foundations Manager you will be at the heart of our strategic vision. You will lead on building new and stewarding existing relationships to secure substantial funding from Trust and Foundations to support our core services, across Child and Family Therapy Services and the School. There will also be opportunities to support an upcoming capital appeal.

Position: Trusts and Foundations Manager

Reports to: Head of Income Generation

Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire or Hybrid

Hours: Open to discussion about full-time (38 hrs per week), part-time, flexible working.

Salary: £40,000 FTE per annum

Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term

Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays, increases with length of service

Pension: company pension scheme with contribution of up to 4%

What you will be working on:

• You’ll secure significant income from a portfolio of Charitable Trusts and Foundations against agreed annual targets and in line with Pace strategy.
• You’ll proactively identify, develop and support relationships with Charitable Trusts and Foundations (including with their trustees and officers) and provide exceptional ongoing stewardship.
• You’ll collaborate with Pace Trustees and Patrons, the senior leadership team and cross-functional teams, including, Pace School, Child and Family Therapy Services, fundraising and marketing, to support funding applications, data collection/monitoring and impact reporting.
• You’ll adhere to the highest standards of fundraising best practice as set out in the Institute of Fundraising’s Codes of Practice and ensure that all activities comply fully with the relevant Data Protection and any other legislation.
• You’ll manage a Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser (currently on maternity leave) and deputise for the Head of Income Generation if appropriate.

This job is for you if:

• You identify with Pace values and have a genuine passion to improve the life chances of children with neurodisabilities and their families.
• You have demonstrable experience of securing up to six figure gifts from Charitable Trusts and Foundations and meeting income targets.
• You have experience of developing and implementing strategies, action plans, budgets and funding pipelines.
• You have worked successfully with a range of internal and external partners and stakeholders to achieve objectives.
• You have the ability to understand and convey complex information and communicate this clearly and concisely.
• You have excellent IT skills, including database management (ideally RaisersEdge/Nxt or a similar fundraising database).

How to apply: Click the Quick Apply button below. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and a covering letter.

Pace is a safer recruitment employer. It means our recruitment process is designed to ensure staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children and young people. If invited to interview you will be asked to complete an application form.

Closing date: 21 Nov 2024, 17:00

Please note, we’re actively reviewing applications and interviews will be held on a rolling basis. The ad may close early if a successful candidate is found.