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The IT Manager will lead and maintain the continuous development of the current ICT infrastructure; integrating and managing software systems, databases, and productivity/collaboration tools. They will also be responsible for ensuring the adequacy of the National Offices IT infrastructure and development of that infrastructure with the National Office users.

The IT Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the ICT budget is complied with and maintained and will be responsible for resolving any under/overspends within the ICT budget.

If you would like to apply for this role, please visit our website to begin your application. You will be asked to submit a CV and a short supporting statement (max 2 sides A4) outlining why you’d like to apply and how you fulfil the person specification for this post, so you’ll need to refer to the job description.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 8am on 4th November 2024

The interviews will take place in 12th November 2024, location TBC. Please note that the interview date and location have been specifically chosen according to the availability of the panel.

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.

If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us.

We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.

Job Title

Business Support Manager (Maternity Cover)

Job Reports To

 Assistant Director of Operations

Business Unit/ Department

 Administrative/Operations

Dimensions of Role

Full time – 35 hours per week (Office based with the option of working from home on Fridays)/ Fixed Term 12-month maternity cover

Working Relationships

· With the Executive & Administrative team

· With the Chair and Board of Trustees

· With those we support, within the Rank network

Purpose Statement

The postholder will be a key member of the central administration team of the Rank Foundation. 

Key Accountabilities

Secretariat support to governance committees:

- Drafting agendas, production and dissemination of papers for Committees and Board meetings to trustees

- Attendance to governance meetings, minute taking, and following up on actions

- Organising RFL annual governance schedule of meetings

- Liaising and acting as point of contact for trustees

- Arranging meetings for Execs and Trustees

- Drafting and issuing comms as needed by the Chair, Trustees and Execs

- Maintaining governance records and register of trustees’ interests up-to date

- Assisting with audit queries as and when required

- Managing the periodic review of Committees’ Terms of References

- Planning induction programme of new trustees

- Undertaking regular reviews of policies, staff handbook, trustee hanbook and ensuring currency and developing new ones as required

- Supporting with implementation of  EDI strategy and the Foundation’s vision

- Occasional out of office hours meeting attendance as/ when required

HR

- Facilitating recruitment activities including posting and monitoring job ads, shortlisting of candidates, recommending list for interview and liaising with candidates

- Onboarding of resources: references, right to work checks, drafting of contracts and offer letters, planning of induction programme, sourcing of IT kit/required equipment, arranging IT induction

- Offboarding of resources: ensuring resources are removed access to SharePoint, emails and laptop wiped. Monitoring of dormant inboxes.

- Management and administration of Breathe (HR Platform)

This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of tasks but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Knowledge Qualifications & Experience

· Previous experience in an executive support role and working with Board of Trustees

· Previous experience of minute taking

· Previous experience of HR support

· Proficiency in Microsoft packages (essential)

· Understanding of the charitable and philanthropic sector (desirable)

Skills/ Abilities

· A positive team member

· Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail

· Willingness to help colleagues, ‘can-do’ approach

· Adaptable, flexible, and willing to learn/develop skills

· Ability to manage multiple tasks, work to deadlines and prioritise effectively

· Excellent communication skills by phone and email, experience of engaging with stakeholders at all levels

· Ability to organise events and ensuring arrangements are communicated to all stakeholders

· Ability to handle sensitive information and discretion

Confidentiality

· Paramount that the postholder works in a highly confidential way

About Impetus

Impetus transforms the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life.

We find, fund and build the most promising charities working with these young people, providing core funding and working shoulder-to-shoulder with their leaders over the long term to help them become stronger organisations.

At Impetus we focus on the critical factors that influence the education and employment outcomes for disadvantaged young people in the UK, working with charities that have the potential for impact at scale, helping their leaders to deliver lifechanging, benchmark-beating, sustained outcomes.

We provide these charities with the funding and the tools to grow and deliver on their promises to the young people they serve. We also seek to influence government and the wider sector to back effective support for young people and invest with other like-minded organisations to tackle the most difficult and under-supported challenges. We are resolutely focused on outcomes and impact, driven by quality evidence.

Impetus is a registered charity and our charity number is 1152262.

About the Investment Team

The Investment Team is responsible for selecting charity partners, managing our charity investments and supporting our charity partners to improve and scale their impact.

The Investment Team also leads the Impetus Leadership Academy, a leadership development programme to support talent from ethnic minority backgrounds in the UK youth sector to progress into senior leadership roles.

The team is made up of 18 people, including former teachers, charity chief executives, charity impact leads, management consultants, social investment portfolio managers and impact consultants.

The team is led by a Portfolio Director who sits on the Senior Management Team. The Portfolio Director has 5 direct reports: a Deputy Portfolio Director, three Sector Leads (who lead our work in School engagement, School attainment and Employment Sectors) and an Impact Lead. Sector Leads line manage 6 Investment Directors. Investment Directors line manage Investment Managers (currently 5). Investment Directors and Investment Managers tend to primarily focus on a sector but might have mixed portfolios, depending on need, experience and interest.

The Investment Team has a good track record of role progression. All four Leads and a number of our Investment Directors were promoted from within the team.

The team is passionate, rigorous, determined, creative and warm. We come from a range of backgrounds and bring a broad mix of perspectives.  We care deeply for our colleagues, our charity partners and the young people we serve.

Job description – Investment Director

The Investment Director (ID) is a key member of the Investment Team, playing a leading role in identifying, assessing, and supporting portfolio partner charities and other non-profit organisations to deepen their impact and scale their outcomes. This role works closely with other Investment Directors and Investment Managers to deliver external facing support to portfolio partners as well as internal projects to support the development of the investment model and portfolio strategy.

Investment Directors use strategic thinking, analytical rigour, and senior relationship skills to support a portfolio of amazing organisations that, together, will help shift the life chances and outcomes of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in the UK.

Key responsibilities

Finding high potential charities and non-profit partners for our portfolio

• Identifying potential charitable organisations for investment.
• Leading in-depth due diligence process to assess and build partnership foundations with potential partners – covering leadership and governance, and their impact, scale, and partnership potential.
• Modelling from first contact of origination, our approach to engaged and trust-based investment management support.
• Developing and championing high quality investment propositions to our Investment Committee.

Managing partnerships with portfolio partners

• Managing relationships with partner Chairs and CEOs 
• Agreeing Service Funding Agreements, including appropriate annual investment milestones to allow for a clear assessment of re-investment potential at end of phase 
• Regularly monitoring and assessing partner progress / risks against milestones and making recommendations for progression or exit
• Escalating key risks on performance, leadership and safeguarding
• Conducting annual partnership review with Sector Leads and partner CEOs
• Working with Impetus Finance colleagues to ensure timely distribution of grant payments, in line with Service Funding Agreements.

Supporting portfolio partners

• Providing direct support to CEOs and senior colleagues on key strategic topics, using a mix of at least monthly one-to-one meetings and group facilitation to:
  • clarify theory of change
  • define long term ambition
  • develop growth strategy
  • achieve a step change in the delivery and performance management of outcomes
  • strengthen leadership (individual and collective) and governance capabilities
  • develop path to scale
  • build financial resilience
• Scoping and project managing pro bono capacity-building projects (in addition to providing direct management support). Ensure projects are delivered to a high standard and contribute to charity progression
• Identifying engagement opportunities for our donors and supporters with charity partners that are aligned with the charity’s activities and do not distract or undermine their core work
• Collaborating with Impetus philanthropy team to develop new funding streams (additional to direct Impetus grant funding) that support our partners’ ability to deliver impact at scale
• Effectively leveraging the support of investment managers to advance the objectives developed for each charity partner that is managed by an Investment Director
• Identifying engagement opportunities for our donors and supporters with charity partners that are aligned with the charity’s activities and do not distract or undermine their core work
• Collaborating with Impetus Philanthropy team to develop new funding streams (additional to direct Impetus grant funding) that support our partners’ ability to deliver impact at scale
• Effectively leveraging the support of investment managers to advance the objectives developed for each charity partner that is managed by an Investment Director. 

Support to Impetus

• Developing expertise about “what works” in the sector through cultivation and use of expert input and engagement as well as investigation into key research and evaluative literature
• Working closely with team colleagues to use learnings from our work and domain expertise to inform our strategy, our model and delivery over time
• Leading on and contributing to internal topics, such as team strategy development, digital transformation, or equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Contribute towards Impetus’ public affairs and philanthropy objectives through input into case studies, research and policy campaigns, donor reports and fundraising events
• Sharing the learning from our work across the team, across the organisation and externally working within Impetus strategy, policies and procedures
• Engaging in Impetus pro bono, communications, and advocacy events, and engage charity partners appropriately in these events
• Where appropriate, line-managing and supporting Investment Managers on the team to grow and develop, and achieve their project, role and team objectives.

Person specification

The successful candidate will need to show evidence that they meet many of the following skills, capabilities and experience.

Essential

• A commitment to Impetus’ mission
• Senior level responsibility and a strong track record of building trust-based relationships with senior stakeholders, advising them on key strategic decisions, and challenging them in a respectful and collaborative manner
• A talent for strategic thinking around complex issues
• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills
• Understanding of impact measurement and evaluation fundamentals
• Tenacity and initiative
• Ability to flex personal style to needs of charity and leadership
• Growth mind-set to seek out and act on feedback
• Proven ability to work independently, and to exercise good judgment
• Strong planning and time management skills
• Interest in partnering closely with charities that are doing what it takes to get better
• A commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

If you don't tick all these boxes, but still feel that you fit the profile, please apply anyway.

Desirable

• Experience in the non-profit (charity or social enterprise) sector, through work, as a pro-bono volunteer or Trustee capacity 
• Experience in consulting, investment management, senior charity management, or other in-depth grant making and advisory work
• Knowledge and expertise in UK education or youth employability sectors
• Board experience in private, public or third sector
• Understanding of or experience with commissioning impact evaluations.

How to apply

• Complete the online form (including the equal opportunities monitoring form)
• Upload a comprehensive CV and supporting statement

The supporting statement should be no more than two sides of A4 and should address the criteria in the person specification.

You should also include the contact details of two referees, one of whom must be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be approached with your express permission.

As part of our commitment to flexible working we will consider a range of options for the successful applicant. All options can be discussed at interview stage.

The deadline for applications is 11.59pm Sunday 10 November 2024.

Interviews

First round interviews and an assessment task will take place on 18 and 19 November 2024.

Second round interviews will take place on 27 November 2024.

You will also be required to provide proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more open, creative and gets better results.

We want our team at Impetus to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our team to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop.

We want to reach a diverse pool of candidates. We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need in order to be successful.

Impetus is an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation or marital status. We value diversity and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Personal Data

Your personal data will be shared for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes our HR team, interviewers (who may include other partners in the project and independent advisors), relevant team managers and our IT service provider if access to the data is necessary for performance of their roles. We do not share your data with other third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Senior Finance and Operations Manager to join our small but dynamic team at a critical stage of our work. With a refreshed strategy, expanded team and extended life we are looking for someone to manage the day-to-day delivery of an effective and efficient finance and operations function and provide vital support to the Director of Finance and Operations and Business Support Officer.

The successful candidate will become an integral part of the Access team, working in a collaborative and supportive environment with opportunities for growth and development. 

Key Responsibilities:

· Day to day management of the finance and operations functions

· Financial reporting

· Treasury management

· Line management and development of the Business Support Officer

· HR and IT support to colleagues

· Governance support to trustees

If this opportunity aligns with your career goals, please review our job pack, which includes the job description and person specification. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with the requirements before applying. If you feel this is this the right role for you, do not hesitate to apply, we would love to hear from you.

We are committed to being an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all. We believe in the value of a diverse workforce and encourage applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Selection for roles is based solely on individual merit, talent, skills, and potential.

As a charity, we are dedicated to reflecting the communities and individuals we aim to support. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who share lived experiences or come from backgrounds that align with those we serve. Diversity strengthens our ability to make a meaningful impact, and we encourage all who feel passionate about our mission to apply.

First round of interviews (via Zoom) will be held on Thursday, 7th November 2024.

Second round of interviews (in person) will be held on Tuesday, 12th November 2024.

Ambitious College is seeking to appoint a Learning Support Coordinator. Our college is growing and we are looking for a dynamic and confident Learning Support Coordinator to join our dedicated team based in Isleworth. You will work alongside a transdisciplinary team to support our learners to achieve outstanding outcomes.

Ambitious College is an award-winning, Ofsted rated ‘Good' specialist further education provision for autistic young people aged 16-25. We believe that every young person attending Ambitious College deserves a fulfilling, happy, and rewarding life. Our ambitious educational approach focuses on the individual at all times, supporting our learners' wellbeing and independence. We aim to ensure that when they leave our setting, they have the opportunity to access employment, further education, or training, and to live as part of the communities of their choice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Management: Lead and manage a team of Learning and Behaviour Specialists, ensuring they deliver exceptional support to our learners.
• Quality Service Delivery: Ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centred programmes that cater to the unique needs of each learner.
• Care and Support: Maintain excellent levels of care and support, adhering to agreed practices and protocols.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.
• The chance to make a significant impact on the lives of autistic young people.

If you are passionate about making a difference and have the skills and experience to excel in this role, we would love to hear from you!

Join Ambitious College and be a part of a team that is committed to providing an outstanding educational experience for autistic young people. Apply today and help us empower our learners to achieve their fullest potential.

Closing Date: 3rd November 2024

Start Date: January 2025 or sooner

Interview date: 12th/13th November 2024

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

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

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

Background

The Karen Hilltribes Trust (KHT) is a UK registered Charity that has worked in Northern Thailand for the past three decades. Our mission is to partner with Karen communities to improve their health, livelihoods, and access to education. By taking an integrated approach to the complex socio-economic issues at hand, we aim to achieve sustainable change by empowering Karen communities to improve their own lives.

Since 1986, KHT has transformed the health and well-being of over 50,000 people through the provision of clean drinking water, improved sanitation facilities and hygiene education; secured agriculture as a sustainable livelihood for more than 17,000 farmers through the construction of flood-resistant irrigation systems; and increased accessed to education for 17,000 children and young people through school meals, transport and accommodation, and higher education scholarships.

Main Purpose of The Position

The Fundraising Manager will work closely with the Thai-Karen team and Director of KHT to secure funding to support the successful operation of the charity and implement projects in KHT’s three key programme areas: Community Health; Sustainable Livelihoods; and Access to Education. The role will be primarily desk based but with opportunities to travel to the field. The successful candidate will be directly responsible for:

• Developing and implementing KHT’s fundraising strategy;

• Applying for grants from foundations, corporations, and individuals;

• Implement Prospect Research on existing and new potential donors (major gifts, corporates, trusts and foundations, individual donors) and creating solicitation plans, informing the Director on updates and activities implementation;

• Implementing KHT’s volunteer strategy, ensuring it provides funding to KHT’s projects;

• Ensuring our donors are engaged with high quality materials.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The Fundraising Manager will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Develop and maintain a fundraising strategy with the Director, paying particular attention to increasing unrestricted funding opportunities.

2. Help develop and implement a CSR strategy to better engage corporations.

3. Manage grant applications for our projects to existing and new funders, who may be foundations, corporations, or individual donors.

4. Implement Prospect Research on existing and new potential donors (major gifts, corporates, trusts and foundations, individual donors) and creating solicitation plans, informing the Director on updates and activities implementation;

5. Check and constantly update Donorfy database, in coordination with KHT Director and KHT Finance Administrator;

6. Recruit volunteers to join our projects in Thailand, organically and potentially through partnerships.

7. Keep relationship with KHT Board of Trustees, in order to keep them informed on any useful material and initiatives they may help KHT with.

8. Implement community fundraising activities and organise talks and fundraising events, with the support and help of KHT Trustees and volunteers.  

9. Ensure that the organisation communicates regularly with its supporters, creating bespoke messages to increase engagement and donations and supporting social media content.

10. Ensure that the organisation complies with fundraising regulations set by the Charity Commission, Fundraising Regulator, and other relevant bodies.

11. Visit our team in Northern Thailand on an occasional basis (likely once a year) to better understand our work on the ground and support fundraising initiatives.

12. To perform other such duties as may be required by the Director, which are consistent with the responsibilities of the post.

Person Specification

You’ll likely have:

• Several years of experience in a relevant role fundraising for registered charities.

• Demonstrable success in securing funding through grant applications and by engaging donors.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce high-level written communications in English and adapt writing style for an array of different audiences.

• Knowledge of Charity Commission/Fundraising Regulator regulations pertaining to fundraising.

• High level of computer literacy and a proficiency in Microsoft Office.

• Confidence to present the work of the charity to donors and supporters.

• Capable of working within different cultures and with teams from different economic and cultural backgrounds, where English might not be the first language.

• Well organised, able to prioritise effectively to meet deadlines.

• Have a proactive, flexible, and patient attitude.

• Right to work in the UK.

Other skills that would be useful:

• Experience of using Donorfy.

• Experience working with analytics and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) to drive website performance.

• Experience working with social media analytics to drive social media engagement.

• Experience of working in international development or for a small UK charity.

Benefits

• £27,000 FTE for 40 hours a week.

• Opportunity to travel to Thailand.

• Flexible and remote working whilst in the UK.

• 5% employer contribution to pension after probationary period.

• 25 days per year FTE paid holidays, plus bank holidays in England and Wales

*Please note KHT is willing to consider a Part-Time Position for the right candidate, and can be flexible with working days. 

Closing Date: 3 November 2024

Ref 6874

Internally your job title will be Mid Value Manager.

Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a collaborative and influential individual with strong experience in supporter engagement to join us as our Mid Value Manager, where you will play a crucial role in developing and managing our mid-value programme.
 
This is a unique opportunity to shape a new role, creating strategies to deepen engagement and drive long-term support for our mission to improve children's lives worldwide.
 
Please note that this role offers the opportunity for hybrid working and will require the successful application to work from our London, Farringdon office 1 day a week.
 
About Us
 
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.  When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave.  We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
 
About the role 
 
As Mid Value Manager, you will take ownership of our mid-value programme, working closely with teams across Fundraising & Marketing to engage, retain, and grow relationships with supporters at the mid-value level.
 
You will have the opportunity to deliver exceptional supporter experiences that inspire increased engagement, loyalty, and financial support.
 
In this role, you will:

• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to attract, retain, and engage mid-value supporters, using data and insights to build long-term relationships.
• Plan and execute activities to meet ambitious mid-value income and loyalty targets.
• Collaborate with the Loyalty and Philanthropy teams to build effective supporter journeys, moving supporters between value levels based on opportunity.
• Analyse the effectiveness of activities, using a test-and-learn approach to continuously improve engagement.
• Manage the creation of mid-value supporter content and creative assets, ensuring alignment across all touchpoints.
• Oversee mid-value income and expenditure budgets, supporting planning, reporting, and reforecasting.
• Ensure all communications are compliant with relevant legislation and best practice.

About you
 
To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Experience of attracting, retaining, and engaging supporters, ideally at the mid-value level. 
• Proven experience in delivering activities across areas such as email, telemarketing, events mail, and/or 1-2-1 stewardship.
• Project management skills, with experience delivering complex projects on time and within budget.
• Experience developing creative assets to drive supporter engagement and action. Ability to analyse complex data, translating insights into strategic decisions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to inspire commitment from others.
• A collaborative and flexible approach, thriving in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission, and values.

What we offer you:

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.

• We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.

• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.

Closing date: 3rd November 2024

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
 
Ways of Working: 

Please note that the majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, however this role will require the post holder to be based in our London, Farringdon office 1 day a week.  This will be discussed and agreed with your Line Manager and team.

Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: 

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce, and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think. 

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here. 

Join an amazing charity that makes a difference for the 110,000 adults and children in the UK with a muscle-wasting condition. This is a role where you can really make a difference.

This is a standalone role and so it is very hands on with responsibility for all transactional tasks, including recruitment, payroll, pensions, training etc. You’ll also work particularly closely with senior managers to attract, retain and develop a diverse and talented team. You’ll promote a culture of learning and collaboration across the organisation, ensuring that Muscular Dystrophy UK complies with all relevant employment legislation and best practice.

We welcome applications from candidates working at Manager level, who want to step up to their first Head role. We are looking for candidates that are comfortable to work on an operational as well as strategic level.

Please download the job description to see full role responsibilities.

About us:

Muscular Dystrophy UK is the charity bringing individuals, families and professionals together to fight muscle-wasting conditions. We bring together more than 60 rare and very rare progressive muscle-weakening and wasting conditions, affecting around 110,000 children and adults in the UK. 

Benefits:

We appreciate the range of skills and experience our staff have to offer. In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we commit to actively developing and supporting you. We also offer a range of benefits including pension, life assurance, cycle scheme, health cash plan, financial wellbeing and an employee assistance programme.

Location: We operate a hybrid model (home and office, London SE1). 

NB Interviews likely to be held on 14 or 15 November.

*Unfortunately, due to resource capacity, we will only contact candidates that are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date please note your application has been unsuccessful.

Join our clients team to oversee and enhance the entire membership lifecycle. This role is pivotal in managing membership applications, renewals, and accreditation processes, coordinating closely with voluntary assessors and committees through their CRM and software systems.

In this role, you'll lead the registration and accreditation team, ensuring efficient membership renewals, managing enquiries, and coordinating lifecycle communications. Responsibilities include overseeing member applications, maintaining registrant integrity, supporting assessment panels, and handling CPD audits. Additionally, you'll manage CRM processes related to memberships, address system issues, support financial workflows and provide insightful reports to the Board. As a team leader, you'll also line manage, develop and guide one team member, ensuring they are well-trained and that all processes run smoothly and efficiently.

Experience Required:

• Strong background in membership operations
• Proven experience coordinating customer service functions
• Familiarity with registration and professional recognition processes
• Experience in managing one or more direct reports
• Experience with CPD audits and course accreditation administration

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

A little bit about the role 

This role will be closing at 9am on Monday 18 November.

The Head of Delivery is responsible for all aspects of programme organisation and delivery. They are a vital and senior position expected to bring exceptional social work knowledge and expertise to the implementation and further development of Approach Social Work and wider work of the charity. They are required to work collaboratively with all teams on the programme, including curriculum, admissions and support, recruitment, partnerships and programme management.

We are seeking someone who is passionate about driving standards in social work through excellent practice, leadership and innovation, who can manage a geographically dispersed team and work effectively and closely with the Head of Delivery (North) and Head of Curriculum to ensure  a consistent one-team approach to programme delivery. 

The successful candidate will be a highly effective leader and manager of people with an ability to operationalise a large programme and develop strategic plans that support retention and quality. You will have a clear vision for outstanding social work practice and education with a commitment to systemic practice and other practice models.

Please note that you must be a qualified social worker, registered with Social Work England and possess a Masters’ degree in Social Work (or related subject) to apply.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Setting a cohort culture with high expectations, strong support and commitment to the mission amongst participants. 
• Responsible for ensuring programme quality in relation to teaching, learning and the placement experience. 
• Being part of the wider leadership group that steers and embeds organisational culture and strategy
• Reporting and presenting on key performance metrics (KPM’s) to the Department for Education (DfE) and other stakeholders

A little bit about you 

We’re looking for an experienced social worker and leader, who has a deep understanding of children and families’ social work within the local authority context. This is a senior leader role at Frontline, so in addition to the experience needed, a commitment to and passion for better social work and a leadership approach that is anti racist, rooted in equity, diversity and inclusion is paramount.

We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own. 

If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you. 

Important information

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.

We recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) such as ‘ChatGPT’ etc can be useful for applicants e.g. to shorten an initial draft, so we do not attempt to have an absolute ban on AI in applications. However we would caution applicants not to rely too much on AI in drafting answers to application questions. We want to hear your authentic voice arising out of your experience, and we will be looking for answers that use examples and experiences that are specific to you. You are more likely to be able to produce that kind of content yourself than an AI will.

We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!

You will need to have current right-to-work in the UK prior to application and for at least the first six months (for permanent positions) or for the full duration of the contract (for fixed-term positions). Visa sponsorship is not guaranteed.

Veterans Outreach Support (VOS) is an award-winning charity that offers welfare, wellbeing and mental health support and services to veterans of the UK Armed Forces and Merchant Navy in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. They provide a Drop-In model of support, a welfare advice service, a range of peer-supported wellbeing activities and social groups, and access to psychology, psychiatry, and therapy services.

VOS has secured additional funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to continue the work of the Thrive Together programme (formerly VPPP) in the South East, which is designed to bring together a network of veterans’ support agencies that will take an informed approach across the South East region to ensure that there are connected pathways, which work well for veterans; that there are safe places for veterans to go, which connect into these pathways; and that volunteers and staff who support veterans have access to training and work closely with other organisations within veterans’ mental health pathways.

The Families and Carers Project Manager will work with the Thrive Together Portfolio Manager, Partners, and members of the VOS core team to explore the challenges of reaching out to families and carers of veterans, many of whom may be unaware that they are entitled to support and to make recommendations as to how this might be improved.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience in identifying, planning, executing, and evaluating pilot projects, research groups, focus groups, community workshops, including managing project timelines and budgets.
• Experience of preparing reports and recommendations based on evaluation and feedback, including developing metrics to assess the effectiveness of services and collecting feedback for continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with engaging diverse communities, assessing and understanding their needs, and building relationships.
• Ability to lead discussions and encourage participation from group members.

We are seeking an organised and effective communicator, with strong active listening skills. You will be able to work with a range of people, with a cultural awareness and sensitivity to the differences that may affect collaboration. You will be analytical with the capacity to understand information and draw actionable insights from the discussions, empathetic in approach and able to identify the specific needs and preferences of families and carers.

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

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

Location: Homebased / hybrid / within easy commute of Portsmouth and the South East. Some attendance at VOS headquarters will be required (Royal Maritime Club and Hotel, Portsmouth). Regional travel will be required, which will be funded by the Thrive Together programme.

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Closing date: 24th November 2024.Applications are being reviewed by Charisma on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

Interviews with VOS will take place Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th November.

Veterans Outreach Support (VOS) is an award-winning charity that offers welfare, wellbeing and mental health support and services to veterans of the UK Armed Forces and Merchant Navy in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. They provide a Drop-In model of support, a welfare advice service, a range of peer-supported wellbeing activities and social groups, and access to psychology, psychiatry, and therapy services.

VOS has secured additional funding from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to continue the work of the Thrive Together programme (formerly VPPP) in the South East, which is designed to bring together a network of veterans’ support agencies that will take an informed approach across the South East region to ensure that there are connected pathways, which work well for veterans; that there are safe places for veterans to go, which connect into these pathways; and that volunteers and staff who support veterans have access to training and work closely with other organisations within veterans’ mental health pathways.

The Network and Partnership Development Manager will work with the Thrive Together Portfolio Manager and manage the Thrive Together regional ‘cluster’ Partners in defined geographical regions to identify and build a meaningful network of organisations delivering support to veterans, their families and carers. The Network and Partnership Development Manager will act as deputy Thrive Together Portfolio Manager as and when required.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of building and maintaining positive relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, partners, local groups and networks, with the ability to lead and motivate participation.
• Experience in planning, executing and overseeing events and joint projects from inception, including managing timelines and budgets, evaluating activity, and measuring outcomes and impact.
• Experience of maintaining accurate records and database of contacts.

We are seeking an individual with excellent project management and project planning ability and working knowledge of how partnerships fit into broader organisational goals and strategies, with strong emphasis on building and maintaining positive relationships with diverse stakeholders.

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

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

Location: Homebased / hybrid / within easy commute of Portsmouth and the South East. Some attendance at VOS headquarters will be required (Royal Maritime Club and Hotel, Portsmouth). Regional travel will be required, which will be funded by the Thrive Together programme.

Hours: 4 days a week in year 1 (30 hours a week) / 3 days a week in year 2 (22.5 hours a week)

Closing date: 24th November 2024. Applications are being reviewed by Charisma on a rolling basis, so please apply without delay to avoid disappointment.

Interviews with VOS will take place Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th November.

Overview

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and the ability to capture, transport and store or utilise carbon dioxide will be crucial to ensure a sustainable, competitive and equitable transition to a climate neutral Europe.

The CCSA is the trade association accelerating the commercial deployment Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (or CCUS) through advocacy and collaboration.  Our ambition is to see CCUS developed and deployed at the pace and scale necessary to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and deliver sustainable growth across regions and nations. We represent a wide variety of organisations with an interest in the development and deployment of CCUS across many applications to decarbonise heavy industries, power, and hydrogen production, and remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.

The CCSA operates as a not-for-profit company, overseen by a board of elected members. We have 20 staff across our London & Brussels office. We turnover around £3m. Our income comes from membership fees from our 125 members and sponsorship at our conferences.

The CCSA has grown by 100% over the past few years, as we have grown in profile and impact supporting the developing industry across Europe. For maximum impact we have focused on delivery, however, we are now looking at enhancing some of our internal systems including our finances. We have a UK registered company and a Belgium registered company, external accounts and bank accounts for each but with no dedicated internal finance resource. We do have some support from an outsourced finance manager via our landlord, we anticipate this would continue, at least initially. In terms of accounting packages, we use Xero in the UK and Yuki in the Belgium office.

The role
We are a dynamic organisation looking for our first part-time finance manager. We have put some structures and processes in place using a finance consultant, but we are looking for somebody that will enjoy improving finance processes and helping make things easier for our teams in both offices. The role will be a stand-alone finance role without any admin support, so we are looking for a self-starter who works independently and is both strategic and operational and won’t mind invoicing/chasing debt.

The role will be managed by the Head of Membership, but will work closely with the CEO and other members of the senior leadership team.

Responsibilities

Finance management

• Preparation of accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including reconciliation across both UK and BE offices accounting systems and comparing the forecast out-turn for the year against budget
• Assisting with the preparation of the finance update for the quarterly board meeting working with our two external accounting firms
• Cash monitoring and reporting
• Working with senior managers to produce an annual budget
• Supporting the CEO with documents/reporting for the quarterly Board and Finance and Risk Committee meetings.
• Develop and enhance the CCSA’s finance processes and systems, especially using tech solutions
• When required liaise with the external auditors, ensuring that timescales are communicated and agreed, and the auditors’ requirements are met to ensure timely completion of their work

Finance operations

• Preparation and sending of sales invoices (c200 a year) and chasing aged debt
• Oversight of bill payments and expenses
• Process and post month-end journals
• Running the monthly UK and maybe BE payroll including liaising with payroll providers
• Ensuring payroll taxes, VAT and other taxes are filed and settled on time.
• Act as a point of contact with accountants, banks, service providers, and suppliers
• Provide finance support to the wider staff team
• Other ad hoc finance/operations duties as required

About you

The CCSA is very fast paced and has a ‘start up’ feel, so we are looking for somebody that is:

• Pragmatic and hands-on
• Able to work quickly and flexibly
• Strategic and eager to drive improvements and efficiencies
• Trustworthy with high integrity
• Is able to communicate about financials issues especially to lay staff
• A self-starter who works proactively and independently
• Organised and able to plan work
• Eligible to work in the UK

In terms of experience we are looking somebody that is:

• A qualified accountant CA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Has strong management accounting and bookkeeping experience
• Experienced in working in a similar role, ideally within a small company environment
• Ideally experienced with Xero or and other systems
• IT literate with strong Excel skills
• Ideally has experience of working across countries and awareness of consolidating across different currencies.
• Maybe interested in sustainability, CCUS, working for a not-for-profit or membership body

Location/hours

This is a part-time role of 2.5 days a week (18.75 hours) and we are flexible as to how these are spread over the week. We operate a flexible, hybrid policy in both offices and for this role the successful candidate could spend 1 day a week in our comfortable London office near beautiful St James Park, SE1, or a remote role based in the UK, with quarterly trips to the London office. There may also be the occasional requirement to travel to our Brussels office a couple of times a year, to deal with any in-person finance compliance/banking issues. We are keen to accommodate the right candidate and open to discussion.

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Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is the UK charity for patient safety and justice. Our purpose is to support people who have experienced avoidable medical harm, improve patient safety across the healthcare system, and influence policies to ensure accountability and quality care for all.

The Policy and Campaigns Manager will play a crucial role in advancing the strategic objectives of AvMA by developing and implementing effective policy initiatives and campaigns to improve patient safety and access to justice for those affected by avoidable medical harm.