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Endometriosis UK is the leading UK charity supporting those living with endometriosis. Formed in 1981, we offer information and support to women and those assigned female at birth with endometriosis, for example through our website and information leaflets, and via our local support groups, Helpline and online forum. As well as directly supporting those with endometriosis, we work to raise awareness of endometriosis amongst healthcare professionals, the public and the media; lobby for improved treatment and management; and support research.
This will be a busy, varied and important role working closely with the Head of Campaigns and Communications to raise awareness and increase the visibility of endometriosis and Endometriosis UK, and designing and managing campaigns that really make a difference across the UK. You will be working as part of a passionate team with a strong commitment to achieving change to help those with living with endometriosis.
You’ll be creative, resourceful and be able to create and deliver campaigns that make a tangible difference to those with endometriosis. This is an exciting opportunity to help drive forward Endometriosis UK’s new strategy and boost our impact for the benefit of everyone affected by endometriosis.
We are looking for a highly organised, pro-active and confident Senior Communications and Campaigns Officer to manage our press office, running it to the highest standard. You’ll have an eye for a strong story, and will be confident in pitching stories to press and drafting press releases. You will be responsible for raising the profile of endometriosis in the media and ensuring Endometriosis UK is the go-to voice on menstrual health and endometriosis issues. You will also be a passionate and creative campaigner who has demonstrable experience of developing and delivering successful public awareness campaigns. You’ll enjoy working as part of a small but driven communications and campaigns team, who are passionate about driving change for those with endometriosis.
Job title: Senior Communications and Campaigns Officer
Reporting to: Head of Campaigns and Communications
Working hours: Full time/ 37.5 hrs a week
Location: Office based (London Bridge), there is an option to work two days week at home dependent on business need
Contract: Permanent
Annual salary: £33,000-£35,000 depending on experience (including London Weighting)
Closing date: 5pm on Monday 16th September 2024
Interview Date: Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th September, in person at our offices in London Bridge
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Reporting to: Area Manager
Location of work: Flexible. This post holder will be based at home but daily travel to schools or other establishments within your allocated local area will be required including some early morning breakfast visits. The role will require irregular travel throughout the UK with minimal overnight stays.
Contract type: 4 days / 28 hours per week term time only, although flexible hours may be considered. This role will involve early morning breakfast visits to schools or other establishments which you will need to be able to attend. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work
Contract Length: Permanent
Salary: £31,500 FTE (Pro rata to £22,050)
BACKGROUND
Magic Breakfast is a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children and young people in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn, and expert support to their schools. Over 200,000 children and young people are on roll at Primary, Secondary, ASL / Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units that the charity works with, in disadvantaged areas of Scotland and England. Providing breakfast ensures that children start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons. Magic Breakfast also undertakes research, and campaigns for long-term solutions to end hunger as a barrier to learning.
This is an exciting time at Magic Breakfast, as we have expanded our team to meet the challenge of ending morning hunger for now, and for good.
JOB PURPOSE
Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good. The Service Delivery team is responsible for ensuring the delivery of our breakfast provision. As Engagement Partner, you will work with relevant partners (schools, local authorities, parents, parent councils) to ensure that breakfast provision is optimized, encouraging reach and providing education on relevant topics.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Pipeline development and cultivation:
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To develop a relationship with the supported schools in their respective area, to enable, preserve, embed, enhance and extend stigma and barrier free breakfast pron.
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To educating and engage with the wider school community, including teachers, parents and children and young people on the importance of breakfast and implications of hunger as a barrier learning through various means including assemblies, staff meetings, online events and regional events throughout the academic year.
-
To engage with the wider community to advocate for the importance of breakfast, the work that we are doing in existing schools and to support our campaigning and advocacy strategy and plans.
-
To develop brand awareness in schools and local communities in line with our marketing strategy
-
To support the recruitment of new schools with launching new breakfast provisions, adapting to the requirements of the school and children and young people, and advising on best practise
-
To support any media requests as directed through the Policy & Engagement team
-
To capture and report on “storytelling” to enable the organisation to utilise qualitative data to support external communication
-
To explore, share and deliver on new engagement ideas across the department and organisation
-
To enable, support and feedback on new ways of working, trials and innovations
General:
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By contributing to team meetings, sharing best practise and support colleagues and team members where necessary in line with Magic Breakfast’s ways of working.
-
By helping to maintaining a positive working environment; keeping the vision of Magic Breakfast at the heart of everything we do.
-
By upholding a culture that keeps children and young people at the heart and encourages our values of openness, collaboration, bravery, compassion and a solutions-focussed approach.
-
By working collaboratively across the organisation to build good working relations.
-
By adhering to all Magic Breakfast policies and procedures.
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By ensuring everything is compliant with current legislation, policies and procedures.
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By undertaking any other duties commensurate with the role.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills and abilities
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Possess excellent communication skills, organisational skills and stakeholder management capabilities.
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High level of competency in the use of Microsoft Office packages and Salesforce or a similar CRM
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Demonstrate working knowledge and understanding of the charity and education sector along with a commercial awareness.
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Good use of judgement in terms of when to escalate and when to delegate.
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Confidence in using Microsoft Word IT packages.
Knowledge and experience
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Engagement with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external, delivering presentations, assemblies, engagement events, both in person and online.
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Experience of customer support and an understanding and experience of influencing and making the case for change.
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Experience of working against targets.
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Working remotely with multiple customers and stakeholders.
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The proven ability to communicate messages confidently, engagingly and with impact across a variety of audiences.
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Familiarity with the UK charity market and fundraising trends, techniques and best practice.
Other
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Be a collaborative team player with the confidence to effectively contribute remotely across teams and departments.
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Share a passion and commitment to Magic Breakfast’s aim of alleviating morning hunger as a barrier to learning for children in the UK.
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Embody the charities values, behaviours and ways of working.
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Demonstrate positive mindset, flexibility and openness to agile working and change.
WHAT WE OFFER
At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.
Please click below for our job pack
APPLICATION PROCESS
While Magic Breakfast welcomes applications from everyone, to better serve its communities it has identified that we would particularly benefit from: young people earlier in their careers, people who have lived experience of poverty, navigating socio-economic adversity or were eligible for free school meals, and people from a minority ethnic background.
Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr @ magicbreakfast. com
Shortlisting - 23rd -25th Sept
Interviews - 30th Sept and 2nd Oct
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.
Reporting to: Area Manager
Location of work: Flexible. This post holder will be based at home but daily travel to schools or other establishments within your allocated local area will be required including some early morning breakfast visits. The role will require irregular travel throughout the UK with minimal overnight stays.
Contract type: 4 days / 28 hours per week term time only, although part time / flexible hours may be considered. This role will involve early morning breakfast visits to schools or other establishments which you will need to be able to attend. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work
Contract Length: Permanent
Salary: £31,500 FTE (Pro rata to £22,050)
BACKGROUND
Magic Breakfast is a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children and young people in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn, and expert support to their schools. Over 200,000 children and young people are on roll at Primary, Secondary, ASL / Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units that the charity works with, in disadvantaged areas of Scotland and England. Providing breakfast ensures that children start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons. Magic Breakfast also undertakes research, and campaigns for long-term solutions to end hunger as a barrier to learning.
This is an exciting time at Magic Breakfast, as we have expanded our team to meet the challenge of ending morning hunger for now, and for good.
JOB PURPOSE
Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good. The Service Delivery team is responsible for ensuring the delivery of our breakfast provision. As Engagement Partner, you will work with relevant partners (schools, local authorities, parents, parent councils) to ensure that breakfast provision is optimized, encouraging reach and providing education on relevant topics.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Pipeline development and cultivation:
-
To develop a relationship with the supported schools in their respective area, to enable, preserve, embed, enhance and extend stigma and barrier free breakfast pron.
-
To educating and engage with the wider school community, including teachers, parents and children and young people on the importance of breakfast and implications of hunger as a barrier learning through various means including assemblies, staff meetings, online events and regional events throughout the academic year.
-
To engage with the wider community to advocate for the importance of breakfast, the work that we are doing in existing schools and to support our campaigning and advocacy strategy and plans.
-
To develop brand awareness in schools and local communities in line with our marketing strategy
-
To support the recruitment of new schools with launching new breakfast provisions, adapting to the requirements of the school and children and young people, and advising on best practise
-
To support any media requests as directed through the Policy & Engagement team
-
To capture and report on “storytelling” to enable the organisation to utilise qualitative data to support external communication
-
To explore, share and deliver on new engagement ideas across the department and organisation
-
To enable, support and feedback on new ways of working, trials and innovations
General:
-
By contributing to team meetings, sharing best practise and support colleagues and team members where necessary in line with Magic Breakfast’s ways of working.
-
By helping to maintaining a positive working environment; keeping the vision of Magic Breakfast at the heart of everything we do.
-
By upholding a culture that keeps children and young people at the heart and encourages our values of openness, collaboration, bravery, compassion and a solutions-focussed approach.
-
By working collaboratively across the organisation to build good working relations.
-
By adhering to all Magic Breakfast policies and procedures.
-
By ensuring everything is compliant with current legislation, policies and procedures.
-
By undertaking any other duties commensurate with the role.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills and abilities
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Possess excellent communication skills, organisational skills and stakeholder management capabilities.
-
High level of competency in the use of Microsoft Office packages and Salesforce or a similar CRM
-
Demonstrate working knowledge and understanding of the charity and education sector along with a commercial awareness.
-
Good use of judgement in terms of when to escalate and when to delegate.
-
Confidence in using Microsoft Word IT packages.
Knowledge and experience
-
Engagement with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external, delivering presentations, assemblies, engagement events, both in person and online.
-
Experience of customer support and an understanding and experience of influencing and making the case for change.
-
Experience of working against targets.
-
Working remotely with multiple customers and stakeholders.
-
The proven ability to communicate messages confidently, engagingly and with impact across a variety of audiences.
-
Familiarity with the UK charity market and fundraising trends, techniques and best practice.
Other
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Be a collaborative team player with the confidence to effectively contribute remotely across teams and departments.
-
Share a passion and commitment to Magic Breakfast’s aim of alleviating morning hunger as a barrier to learning for children in the UK.
-
Embody the charities values, behaviours and ways of working.
-
Demonstrate positive mindset, flexibility and openness to agile working and change.
WHAT WE OFFER
At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.
Please click below for our job pack
APPLICATION PROCESS
While Magic Breakfast welcomes applications from everyone, to better serve its communities it has identified that we would particularly benefit from: young people earlier in their careers, people who have lived experience of poverty, navigating socio-economic adversity or were eligible for free school meals, and people from a minority ethnic background.
Reporting to: Area Manager
Location of work: Remote. This post holder will be based at home with use of our London office available. The role may occasionally involve some irregular travel throughout the UK.
Contract type: Term time only. 4 days/28 hours per week, although part time/flexible hours may be considered.
Contract Length: Permanent
Salary: £31,500 FTE (£22,050 pro rata)
BACKGROUND
Magic Breakfast is a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children and young people in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn, and expert support to their schools. Over 200,000 children and young people are on roll at Primary, Secondary, ASL / Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units that the charity works with, in disadvantaged areas of Scotland and England. Providing breakfast ensures that children start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons. Magic Breakfast also undertakes research, and campaigns for long-term solutions to end hunger as a barrier to learning.
JOB PURPOSE
Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good. The Engagement Partner will be responsible for the remote engagement of schools, teachers, children and young people and the communities in their allocated area. They will support schools with the setup, rollout and continuous improvement of breakfast provision, engage with the wider school community to educate on the importance of breakfast on learning and to enable increased uptake in a barrier and stigma-free way by optimising provision and encouraging reach.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
•To develop a relationship with the supported schools to enable, preserve, embed, enhance and extend stigma and barrier free breakfast provision.
•To educate and engage with the wider school community, including teachers, parents and children and young people on the importance of breakfast and implications of hunger as a barrier learning through various online support including assemblies, staff meetings, online events and regional events throughout the academic year, all supported remotely.
•To remotely engage with the wider community to advocate for the importance of breakfast, the work that we are doing in existing schools and to support our campaigning and advocacy strategy and plans.
• To develop brand awareness in schools and local communities in line with our marketing strategy
• To support the recruitment of new schools with remotely launching new breakfast provisions, adapting to the requirements of the school and children and young people, and advising on best practise
• To remotely support any supporter visits, volunteering or any funder related requirements
• To remotely support any media requests as directed through the Policy & Engagement team
• To capture and report on “storytelling” to enable the organisation to utilise qualitative data to support external communication
• To explore, share and deliver on new engagement ideas across the department and organisation
• To enable, support and feedback on new ways of working, trials and innovations
General:
• By contributing to team meetings, sharing best practise and supporting colleagues and team members where necessary in line with Magic Breakfast’s ways of working.
• By helping to maintain a positive working environment; keeping the vision of Magic Breakfast at the heart of everything we do.
• By upholding a culture that keeps children and young people at the heart and encourages our values of openness, collaboration, bravery, compassion and a solutions-focussed approach.
• By working collaboratively across the organisation to build good working relations.
• By adhering to all Magic Breakfast policies and procedures.
• By ensuring everything is compliant with current legislation, policies and procedures.
• By undertaking any other duties commensurate with the role.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills and abilities
• Possess excellent communication skills, organisational skills and stakeholder management capabilities.
• High level of competency in the use of Microsoft Office packages and Salesforce or a similar CRM
• Good use of judgement in terms of when to escalate and when to delegate.
• Confidence in using Microsoft Word IT packages.
Knowledge and experience
• Engagement with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external, delivering presentations, assemblies, engagement events, both in person and online.
• Experience of customer support and an understanding and experience of influencing and making the case for change.
• Experience of working against targets.
• Working remotely with multiple customers and stakeholders.
• The proven ability to communicate messages confidently, engagingly and with impact across a variety of audiences
• Demonstrate working knowledge and understanding of the charity and education sector along with a commercial awareness.
Other
• Be a collaborative team player with the confidence to effectively contribute remotely across teams and departments.
• Share a passion and commitment to Magic Breakfast’s aim of alleviating morning hunger as a barrier to learning for children in the UK.
• Embody the charities values, behaviours and ways of working.
• Demonstrate positive mindset, flexibility and openness to agile working and change.
WHAT WE OFFER
At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.
Please click here for our job pack
Please click here for our website
APPLICATION PROCESS
While Magic Breakfast welcomes applications from everyone, to better serve its communities it has identified that we would particularly benefit from: young people earlier in their careers, people who have lived experience of poverty, navigating socio-economic adversity or were eligible for free school meals, and people from a minority ethnic background.
Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr @ magicbreakfast. com
Shortlisting - 23rd -25th Sept
Interviews - 1st and 3rd Oct
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.
At Grange Big Local we are like a village, within a village, the village of East Finchley in North London. GBL has a resident-led board and our project is hosted by Inclusion Barnet, who are our Local Trusted Organisation, who hold and process our grant payments and employ our staff team.
The GBL resident – led board have a three year plan in place informed by community consultation and involvement with the wider community. The plan is not just to provide funding for projects, but to build community capacity, confidence and skills in the longer term.
It is GBL’s mission to promote a thriving and caring community, where our residents can flourish, our environment can blossom, and our economy can grow. GBL is a truly unique community development project, in its final phase of creating a lasting legacy.
Please apply with CV and Cover Letter covering the JD and your reasons as to why you are suited for this role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Big C’s Head Office, Centrum, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UG but with regular work across the organisation and travel to events from time-to-time.
Contract: Permanent/Full time
Hours of Work
35 hours per week, generally Monday to Friday with evening and weekend working as required.
Salary £73,000 - £80,000 (subject to skills and experience)
This is a rare opportunity to become the leader of a well-respected and much-loved local charity. The role requires a strong leader of people, someone with a wide corporate and commercial skill set, able to develop and implement robust strategic business/financial plans whilst also remaining in touch with the needs of local people affected by cancer.
As the key public face of the charity, the Chief Executive will promote Big C’s cause externally, building strategic partnerships that address internal and external issues and truly make a difference to individuals, families and communities.
Under the leadership of the Chair, governance and frameworks established with the Board of Trustees, and working with the Executive Team, the successful candidate will establish a compelling business plan, ensuring that everyone is engaged and motivated to achieve Big C’s mission, vision and charitable aims, through fostering innovation, managing the financial health of the charity.
Sustainability is essential both for the organisation and service users. This role is multifaceted and requires the highest standards of personal and business ethics, commercial thinking and innovation to drive our charity forward. The Chief Executive will be pivotal in maximising the benefits Big C brings, whilst being mindful of the current economic challenges.
About Big C
As a regional cancer charity, Big C is here to support anyone in Norfolk and surrounding counties affected by cancer, including those with a cancer diagnosis, their family and loved ones from diagnosis and treatment through to life beyond cancer.
Big C has raised over £45 million to fund its growing services, £25 million in the past nine years alone.
The charity greatly benefits from the donations raised by its loyal community supporters, local businesses, legacies and grants from community funds and trusts. Income is also generated via 11 charity shops across the region.
Big C is proud to invest in ground-breaking projects at Norwich Research Park. Carried out by leading scientists in their field, the research is making a local, national and international difference in the fight against cancer, now and in the future.
Why choose Big C?
As an employer, Big C is passionately engaged in its commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and has been awarded Gold Accreditation in the Best Employers Eastern Region twice. We are proud to be able to offer a supportive working environment with a focus on employee wellbeing and recognition of the importance of a good work/life balance.
Our head office is ideally situated within Centrum and provides a bright, modern, welcoming and accessible working environment.
Big C's Core Values are Respect, Empathy, Support, Trust and Honesty. These provide a benchmark for behaviour across the organisation. If you share these values and have the skills and experience, we would love to hear from you.
Subject to eligibility/scheme rules, benefits include:
- 5% employer pension contribution
- 35 days holiday per annum, inclusive of bank holidays, rising to 37 days after 5 years.
- Company sick pay
- Life assurance
- Health cash plan
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Cycle to work scheme
Further information and an application pack which includes the job description is available from Big C’s website
To apply, please complete the online application. Please attach your CV, which should be no longer than three pages, along with a cover letter that highlights how your skills and experience make you a suitable candidate for this challenging role. Within this, please briefly explain why you are interested in the position of Big C’s Chief Executive.
If you have any questions about this vacancy, please contact Caroline Roberts, People Manager in confidence. Please also contact Caroline if you need assistance with alternative formats for your application.
Recruitment Process
· The application deadline is Sunday 1 September 2024
· Interviews/assessment day is scheduled for Tuesday 17 September 2024
· Interview location: Big C, Centrum, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UG
We are a local, people-first charity, committed to working collectively to provide outstanding cancer support, when and where people need it.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
Lucy Faithfull Foundation Scotland is part of a UK-wide charity that exists to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation. We’re bold, we’re pioneering, we’re growing, and we want your help.
We’re here for everyone who needs us. We protect children by working with people who pose a risk and diverting them from causing harm. We support individuals and families who have been affected by abuse. And we help professionals who work with families to create safer environments for children.
Our UK wide charity runs the confidential Stop It Now helpline and Shore, a website for teenagers.
We use data and insight, alongside decades of experience, to develop innovative strategies and interventions to make prevention a reality.
We engage with policy and decision makers to advocate for a public health approach to child sexual abuse.
We bring our specialist expertise, understanding and knowledge of what keeps children safe to the widest possible audience.
Our values help guide our actions and help ensure we achieve our purpose: we act with integrity, we are collaborative, we are innovative, we are ambitious and we have hope.
Our Edinburgh based team – formerly known as Stop It Now Scotland - covers the whole of the country. Our practitioners have extensive backgrounds in child protection and sex offender rehabilitation. We provide individual and groupwork to around 150 adults and adolescents every year who present a sexual risk of harm to children who cannot access statutory services. This includes individuals who are under investigation for online sexual offences and those who have not offended but are worried about doing so. We also work with around 100 partners, family members and members of wider networks around those individuals. We use what we learn from our work to develop and deliver resources, information and training for professionals and the public, so that they can better protect children from harm and prevent abuse before it happens.
About the role
We are recruiting a Fundraising and Partnerships Manager to join our multi-disciplinary team in Edinburgh to lead the delivery of our business development and fundraising strategies.
The role will involve supporting our ambition to increase the volume of specialist support, training and spot purchased assessments we provide for social work, charities and child facing agencies. Working with the director, you will help develop and sustain appropriate strategic partnerships and identify opportunities for development, reviewing resource implications, risk, income potential and likelihood of success.
We have a strong record in fundraising. You will also work closely with our Fundraising Manager, based in our Epsom office, leading on charitable income generation through writing bids that directly apply for funds from a range of bodies. Developing effective and impactful methods to report on the impact of our services and relationship management with funders is a key part of this role.
This exciting new role will play a big part in supporting our efforts to shift the discourse about child sexual abuse ‘upstream’ so that professionals and the public understand in practical terms what they can do to prevent sexual abuse before it happens. We believe our work can only build and grow and lead to the better protection of children from harm through developing our partnerships across a range of sectors (education, social work, leisure services, law enforcement, Scottish government, third sector, safeguarding leads in faith and belief communities, business and corporate sectors, etc), The successful candidate will need to be a good communicator who is committed to the concept of child sexual abuse as a preventable public health issue.
This is a highly rewarding role making a genuine difference to children’s lives. It involves working within a friendly, supportive and hardworking team which is committed to keeping children safe from sexual harm.
About you
Our ideal candidate will be a dynamic professional, who is proactive and outcome focused with exceptional communication and relationship skills. You must be able to evidence income generation experience, ideally with specific experience putting together multi-year bids to trusts, foundations and/or statutory bodies in a charity setting. You are likely to have experience of working at management level with statutory settings or in the third sector or relevant agency and have a record of building successful partnerships for collaborative bidding and delivery.
We are looking for someone who can develop knowledge of national and local policy and strategy within the external environment to inform business development, influence potential commissioners and where appropriate, co-design services with agencies. An understanding of tendering and public contracts will be an advantage.
Our ideal candidate will be a dynamic professional, who is proactive and outcome focused with exceptional communication and relationship skills. You must be able to evidence income generation experience, ideally with specific experience putting together multi-year bids to trusts, foundations and/or statutory bodies in a charity setting. You are likely to have experience of working at management level with statutory settings or in the third sector or relevant agency and have a record of building successful partnerships for collaborative bidding and delivery.
We are looking for someone who can develop knowledge of national and local policy and strategy within the external environment to inform business development, influence potential commissioners and where appropriate, co-design services with agencies. An understanding of tendering and public contracts will be an advantage.
How to apply
We really welcome informal conversations with prospective candidates about the role and the charity in advance of the deadline. Please feel free to contact Stuart Allardyce, Director Scotland.
Closing date is 17th September, 5:00pm. Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on 29th September. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful with your application.
Please note the successful candidate will be required to have a standard disclosure from Disclosure Scotland for this position.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role Summary
The workforce officer is essential to develop the skills within organisations to both provide accessible physical activity options to the community and create safe, welcoming, and sustainable environments.
This role will increase capacity, enhance capabilities and equip clubs and community organisations to enable them to be equitable and resilient. It is not about delivering training! It will develop pathways that change the face of our local workforce; all sections of the community should feel they are visible across the physical activity and sport sector from volunteers to session leaders to trustees and directors.
This is not a desk-based role, you will be out and about visiting clubs, organisations, and people to hear their stories and help them create change locally.
Role Outcomes
- Together Active has a robust workforce offer that keeps skills and knowledge in the communities where we are working.
- Organisations are accessible for people from a diverse range of communities, both to participate but also to work or volunteer.
- Organisations are sustainable and have the skills to develop and adapt their offer in line with community needs.
- Sports clubs and frontline community organisations have the skills and the knowledge (tools) to apply for/access funding and can run themselves effectively to develop their offer.
- In the communities where we work, no one feels intimidated to go into the club/organisation they want to be active in – clubs and organisations are welcoming and take ownership of their responsibility to be inclusive.
- There are pathways and opportunities for people with lived experience/from excluded communities to deliver/run/facilitate local opportunities within and for local communities.
- The local sport and physical activity delivery system is reflective of the people that live in that locality.
- Effective partnerships exist across sport and physical activity disciplines that share learning, experiences, resources and joint approaches.
- There are training and development pathways and opportunities for young people to work and/or volunteer in the local sport and physical activity sector
How we value you
- Generous annual leave allowance: 27.5 days upon commencement of employment plus bank holidays. This rises by an additional 1 day of leave per year after 2 years of continuous employment, up to an additional 5 days leave in total. (Pro rata for part time staff)
- Three concessionary days leave over Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part time staff)
- Death in service scheme up to the value of three times actual salary
- Wellbeing Grant - £50 voucher per year to spend on health and wellbeing
- Volunteer day to spend either as a team or individual helping out with an organisation or cause you select
- Up to 8% employer contribution to pension scheme
- Reimbursement of the cost of a standard eye test as a user of visual display equipment
- Access to Cyclescheme
- Annual CPD courses offered by Staffordshire University
- Online skills training platform - for employees to use to broaden their professional and personal development across a range of online courses.
- Access to counselling service.
- We are also currently developing a scheme with staff to ongoing costs related to staying well/being active.
We exist to design out inactivity across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Hours: This role is offered at 22 hours per week. This may require working outside normal office hours occasionally to meet the demands of the service
Location: We work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. This includes working from GP surgeries, supporting people in the community, working from our main offices in Scunthorpe, Scunthorpe General Hospital and working from home
Role Profile
You’ll act as the first point of contact for client referrals from North Lincolnshire Councils Adult Services. Clients will have already received a full assessment by the Adult Services team to identify and meet their personal care needs. Your role will complement the outcome of this assessment, enabling clients to explore and identify low level interventions in relation to their domestic and social needs.
You’ll empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way, enabling them to self-manage. You’ll use a strength-based approach focusing on what the person can do for themselves to improve their quality of life and build resilience by supporting them to identify what assets they already have or can draw upon – family, friends, neighbours, religious organisations, community programmes, cultural and ethnic organisations, or other support groups throughout North Lincolnshire. Working as part of the wider integrated team, you’ll work to divert demand away from the ‘front door’ of health and adult social care, increasing the capacity of domiciliary care teams across North Lincolnshire and enabling a holistic approach to clients' health and wellbeing.
You’ll ensure service data and local intelligence is captured and communicated to inform the review, revision and development of interventions to meet needs, strengthen community and individual resilience and help to develop and grow accessible and sustainable activities and services that address the wider determinants of health and reduce health inequalities.
You’ll also record project outcomes and develop a feedback loop ensuring the impact of community response is reflected back to system partners, facilitating understanding of the impact of low level interventions on individuals and the system as a whole.
You’ll be a part of a small, but committed team with big ambitions that works cohesively and effectively together to get things done. You'll be an important and valued member of the team and, with the support of Citizens Advice North Lincolnshire, will be responsible for ensuring people focused outcomes are met in a pressurised environment.
What we offer our staff
We provide an employee assistance scheme managed by LifeWorks. Benefits include:
- 24/7 - 365 telephone helpline
- LifeWorks online support website
- LifeWorks app
- 6 sessions of face to face counselling per issue – unlimited issues per annum
- Employee legal helpline
- Consulting services – financial, debt advice, housing, relocation, parenting, eldercare, work performance, health and wellness advice and much more
- Childcare and eldercare matching service
- Savings on everyday purchases and life events
- Access for family members and dependants – excluding counselling and legal advice
Annual leave: Annual leave is 28 days from 1st January to 31st December, plus 8 bank holidays
We are looking for a customer-focused, friendly, helpful, and well-organised administrator to support us in delivering the Social Enterprise Schools programme across the UK.
The Social Enterprise Schools programme – part of the Social Enterprise Academy – is an extra-curricular programme which inspires young people (aged 5-18) to become social entrepreneurs. We ask young people to identify a social or environmental issue they care about, before supporting them as they create a trading social enterprise over the course of a school year. Through Social Enterprise Schools, they build critical skills for life and work, connect with their communities and impact a social problem. Over the years, young people have created a range of innovative social enterprises, from tackling local unemployment through coding classes to selling books with diverse heroes in them.
You will be joining the team at an exciting time. Initially launched in Scotland in 2007 the Social Enterprise Schools programme has now worked with over 1200 schools across the UK and this figure is set to grow.
Your role will be to support the Education Teams to provide administrative, clerical and logistical support for the roll out of Social Enterprise Schools across the UK. The role is mainly internal facing – providing support to Schools Coordinators, Education Managers and Education Facilitators across a range of functions. You will also work with schools and teachers to ensure the smooth running of Workshops, and national and regional events.
Work closely with the Education Managers and School Coordinators across the UK you will provide administrative support based on the activity requirements across the UK. Tasks primarily include diary management, recording of activity, and supporting with event logistics. You will implement agreed processes and provide clerical and logistical support to ensure the achievement of annual team-based targets.
This role will be fully remote, based from anywhere in the UK. The Social Enterprise Academy has shared working space and offices in three locations (Muir of Ord, Edinburgh, London) which you will have access to, if required. It is anticipated that there will be some travel requirements within the UK for events and team days.
We are looking for someone who wants to work with vibrant, entrepreneurial and dedicated people and colleagues and with a good value-fit with our organisation.
Having the right mindset, attitude and approach is as important for us as having the right experience and skills. We appreciate that the best person might not have all the listed criteria yet so if you feel your experience, skills and attitude will help you to make a great contribution in this role and you have the right mindset, we would welcome an application from you.
Job Purpose:
To support the effective delivery and maximise the impact of the Academy’s Social Enterprise Schools programme:
· To provide exceptional administrative support to the two Education Teams to ensure high-quality delivery of Social Enterprise Schools across the UK.
Key Responsibilities:
· To be a point of contact for general enquires to the Education Teams in the UK, providing excellent customer service and signposting them to the relevant colleagues.
· Support the Education Teams with a range of tasks relating to day-to-day online and in-person programme.
· Leading on the administration of CPD sessions, pupil workshops and business mentoring sessions by managing school and facilitator diaries.
· Coordinating facilitator bookings and arrangements and ensuring they have everything they need to deliver their sessions.
· Responsible for gathering and accurately recording Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning data from pupil workshops, and business mentoring sessions, and management information for key annual projects/events on HubSpot.
· Support the Education Teams with management and recruitment of facilitators - tasks will include the maintenance of the database of Education facilitators contact details, contracts, PVG/DBS checks and biographies.
· Providing administrative support for facilitator gatherings and team days.
· Work closely with the Education Teams to support with logistics at Education Awards across the UK, and events and for key annual projects such as the Big Issue Launch Event.
For a full set of criteria and information on how to apply please download the recruitment pack from our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
£55,000 per annum
Permanent
Working from home in Scotland with local travel and, at least quarterly, meetings in London
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a senior leader within the Rights Respecting Schools Team.
With knowledge and experience of child rights education in school settings, you will play a key role in the implementation of the RRSA in Scotland and across the UK. You will lead and motivate a sub team of colleagues and use your experience and insight to contribute to the ongoing leadership and development of the team and the Programme.
The successful applicant will have:
- Excellent knowledge of the CRC, the UK education landscape and the challenges facing school leaders at this time.
- Well developed ICT and communication skills and a clear capacity to lead, support and develop colleagues.
- High levels of personal drive and motivation with a proven commitment to effective teamwork and delivering positive change for children.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 9 September 2024.
Interview date: TBC w/c 16 or 23 September 2024 via video conferencing (MS Teams).
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including generous annual leave and pension contributions, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children throughout the UK
Our application process: We a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for an enhanced criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
About the Role
The primary focus of the Grants Officer is to support schools and youth organisations to operate the Jack Petchey Achievement Award scheme effectively and to promote, grow and deliver this and other JPF grant programmes across London and Essex. Although the geographical remit of each Grants officer can change on occasion, it is anticipated that this role will be responsible for the London Boroughs across North West and South West London, plus uniform youth groups who deliver their activities cross-borough.
The Achievement Award scheme is JPF’s flagship programme, with almost 2000 schemes in over 1400 schools, colleges and youth organisations across London and Essex. Through the programme, we invest millions of pounds each year to support young people and youth work. This is an amazing chance for you to have a big impact. The Achievement Award Scheme enables schools, colleges and youth organisations to recognise, reward and celebrate young people’s achievements. At JPF we are passionate about encouraging young people to raise their aspirations, believe in themselves and make a contribution to society. Achievement Awards are designed to recognise a wide range of achievement, not just those achieving academically but those ‘doing their best’ or demonstrating leadership, resilience and determination.
The post holder will manage delivery of the scheme and associated small grants in an assigned area of London and/or Essex. They will be responsible for maintaining positive relationships with schools and youth organisations in a dedicated area of London or Essex. The role will involve significant travel to visit schools and youth organisations, as well as outreach and community engagement work to identify and support new groups to apply to join our small grants schemes. This work will also include evenings and occasional weekend work, especially to support our Achievement Award celebration events.
The successful candidate would therefore be someone who has flexibility to travel, work out-of-office hours, enjoys building local relationships and public speaking, as well as navigating a busy grants and assessment caseload (desk-based processing, telephone calls/emails, and regular use of a database). It could be a great role for someone living in North West or South West London.
JPF is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we seek to build a team that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented in our team.
The primary responsibilities of the work will be:
• To promote and strengthen the Jack Petchey Achievement Award scheme and associated programmes (Leader Award Grants, Educational Visits, Environmental Awards and Partnership Programmes) in schools and youth organisations.
• To support schools and youth organisations to administer the Jack Petchey Achievement Award scheme to a high standard and maximise the positive impact it has on young people.
• To ensure that schools and youth organisations make use of all the small programmes and partnership programmes associated with the Jack Petchey Achievement Award scheme.
• To ensure that accurate data is recorded on all JPF systems.
• To support programme growth, impact and reach by building stakeholder relationships in your assigned local area.
• To assess new applications and monitor the impact of the Achievement Award Grants we make in your assigned local area. • To work with your colleagues in the Grants Team to deliver excellent grant making and relationships with Jack Petchey Foundation beneficiaries.
About You
This is an exciting opportunity to join us as we grow our work as a Foundation. You will have an opportunity to use and develop a wide range of skills in a dynamic and supportive team that is committed to maximising our positive impact on young people.
The role demands a wide range of skills and a high degree of autonomy, reliability and flexibility. We are seeking an efficient, highly organised team member with excellent communication skills and a passion for our work. You will need to be able to manage your own workload within agreed targets and maintain a programme of planned visits, while creating new development opportunities.
You will possess an eye for detail, good administration skills and the ability to communicate confidently and present a positive external profile for the charity. This is a busy and satisfying role, with each Grants Officer leading relationships with between 350-400 organisations.
Evening and weekend work is a requirement to meet the demands of this role, which on occasion can require up to 2-3 evenings in one week, depending on the event schedule. Time off in lieu will be granted for additional hours worked.
This is a perfect time to join the Foundation —under our new Head of Grants team, we are exploring how to streamline our processes, work with AI and improve our guidance. This is your chance to make your mark within a motivated and ambitious team, and help us to reach even more young people with our funding.
Main Areas of Responsibility
1. To develop, manage and promote the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme and other JPF opportunities.
1.1. Identify schools and youth organisations not currently running the scheme and proactively promote the Achievement Award (AA) scheme to them, following up as required.
1.2 Receive, assess and process all grant applications to join the AA scheme, in accordance with JPF policies and procedures.
1.3 Attend, participate and assist with delivery of Achievement Award celebration events (usually evenings), including making a speech to congratulate the young people.
2. Quality Assurance for the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Scheme
2.1 Support schools and youth organisations on the Jack Petchey Achievement Award (AA) scheme to operate the scheme to the highest possible standard.
2.2 Implement a programme of face-to-face and digital monitoring visits to schools and youth organisations in your area on the Jack Petchey Achievement Award scheme, to ensure that JPF funding is well spent and to identify opportunities to improve delivery.
2.3 Provide timely support to organisations so they are able to run the AA scheme effectively.
2.4 Organise and deliver digital and in-person events to support schools and youth organisations to operate the Jack Petchey Achievement Award scheme effectively.
3. To administer the Jack Petchey Foundation grant making process
3.1 Ensure accurate records are kept on the Foundation’s database (Salesforce), including up-to-date contact details and records of communication with groups in receipt of or applying for grants.
3.2 Approve/authorise payment of AA grants and related programmes in accordance with JPF policies.
3.3 Ensure appropriate grant reporting by schools and youth organisations and negotiate return of funds where a grant has not been used in accordance with conditions.
3.4 Proactively manage risk, being alert to potential fraud.
3.5 Ensure that clubs and groups receive all necessary materials to operate the Achievement Award scheme effectively. 3.6 Assess and approve Leader Award Grant, Educational Visit Grant and Environmental Grant applications in accordance with JPF policy.
3.7 Provide regular reports on the work for the Head of Grants Team, Chief Executive Officer and the JPF Board as required.
4. To promote the wider work of the Jack Petchey Foundation to schools and youth groups
4.1 Identify case studies and other stories and material that can be used for JPF communications, supporting communications team colleagues to raise awareness of our opportunities and impact.
4.2 Represent JPF at digital and physical events, local networks, funders’ fairs, and community or young people’s forums to help promote JPF’s small grant programmes and other opportunities.
4.3 Support and promote JPF’s partnership programmes, for example the Jack Petchey’s Speak Out Challenge, Step into Dance, Panathlon and First Give.
4.4 Contribute to the review of any small grant programmes as requested by the Head of Grants Team.
4.5 Assist with digital and face-to-face monitoring and reporting in relation to groups that have received a JPF Project Grant or other JPF funding.
5 Other Responsibilities
5.1 Actively contribute to Grants and JPF Team meetings.
5.2 Take a lead on specific projects as agreed within the Grants Team.
5.3 Contribute to the assessment of other grant programmes as requested by the Head of Grants Team.
5.4 Provide telephone/email support and advice about JPF funding streams to existing grantees or potential applicants.
5.5 Work at all times within the policies, procedures and values of the Jack Petchey Foundation, in particular safeguarding, health and safety, and data protection policies.
These are the normal duties requires of the position. However, it is important that all staff are prepared to be flexible as they will be required from time to time to perform other duties.
The post holder will work as part of the wider team from the Jack Petchey Foundation headquarters in Canary Wharf with some home working possible within the framework of the JPF Hybrid Working Policy. You will be required to travel to attend visits, events and meetings, including at weekends and in the evenings. Some travel across London more widely may be required on occasion to support uniform youth groups in your portfolio who deliver their duties cross-borough around your assigned areas.
The Jack Petchey Foundation was set up to inspire and motivate young people and recognise them for their achievements.
Our work
Our Consultancy Team has an excellent reputation in the social sector. The projects we deliver are diverse in their size and scale, but fall into three main categories:
· Mixed methods evaluation: supporting organisations to help them understand their impact and assess where value is created. We are also experienced in more developmental approaches to evaluation, helping organisations learn and adapt in real time.
· Social research: exploring social issues affecting people and communities in greater depth.
· Learning partnerships: supporting organisations with a more structural learning approach tailored to their context and culture. This can include long-term relationships over several years, as well as shorter more strategic advice.
Alongside or track record and expertise in place-based change and in large, complex programmes of change in places, we work across many policy and practice areas. We have particular expertise around youth social action and safety, systemic approaches, and using participatory, equity-driven approaches.
Our clients
Our clients are charities, local and regional government bodies and funders. Current and recent examples include The National Lottery Community Fund, BBC Children in Need, the Health Foundation, Youth Endowment Fund, Right to Succeed, and a range of local and regional government bodies including the London Mayor's Office and several London borough councils.
What to expect
You will work on a variety of projects and tasks, working with other consultants in our team to help a range of organisations with their research and evaluation needs. Your work will be varied and will depend on the needs of our clients; an opportunity to gain a flexible skillset in research and evaluation as well as build your knowledge of the non-profit sector and public sector.
This could look like:
• Training community researchers to explore the impact of a Social Housing Association’s community development project through the voice of residents.
• Visiting organisations across the UK to understand how they shared power with children and young people through youth social action funding.
• Working with government in London to understand how services for girls and young women at risk of exploitation or violence can coordinate better.
• Working with local coalitions up and down England who are pioneering new approaches to reducing homelessness, helping them learn and develop their work.
Junior Researcher and Researcher roles
A Junior Researcher position is for candidates who can demonstrate an enthusiasm for research but may be looking for an opportunity to build their experience and training. For example, you may have studied research methods but have less applied experience, or, you may have some applied experience, but you have never studied research methods.
A Researcher position is for candidates with at least 1-2 years of professional experience, especially in a research context. We welcome candidates who have worked in any sector, as long as you can demonstrate that you have relevant experience and alignment to our mission and values.
About you
You will be someone who:
· Shares our values and demonstrates them through their work.
· Is capable of building professional relationships with colleagues and partners.
· Manages their time effectively, capable of being flexible and adaptable.
· Is proactive about your professional growth and learning.
· Is great identifying challenges and good at problem solving.
· You will have relevant skills and experience. You may have gained this experience in an academic, professional or voluntary context.
We do not expect candidates to have all the experience described below, especially those applying for a Junior Researcher role.
Examples of relevant experience includes some of the following:
· Engaging with places and communities, working with people from diverse backgrounds.
· Conducting social research, which may include conducting literature reviews, conducting interviews, taking ethnographic approaches, coding qualitative data, designing surveys, summarising and visualising quantitative data.
· Conducting programme evaluations, which may include facilitating the design of a theory of change, designing an evaluation framework, or conducting an economic analysis (e.g., value for money, social return on investment).
· Creating polished outputs through a combination of excellent research skills and strong visual design skills.
Renaisi-TSIP encourages applicants from all backgrounds, including those with a disability. As a Disability Confident Employer, Renaisi-TSIP guarantee an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria set out in the job description.
Job description
Duties and responsibilities
Conducting Research and Analysis
· Supporting with drafting research tools, evaluation frameworks and analysis plans.
· Undertaking qualitative research (for example, conducting interviews with client's staff or programme participants in different locations in the UK, conducting document reviews and facilitating focus groups).
· Undertaking quantitative research (for example, analysing survey results).
· Managing analysis processes (for example, creating coding frameworks or summarising data in Excel).
· Researchers only: Taking the lead with research coordination (for example, arranging interviews and fieldwork visits).
Supporting clients
Especially relevant to the Researcher role.
• Drafting sections of professional reports in MS Word and PowerPoint.
• Presenting findings to clients and facilitating learning workshops.
• Supporting with day-to-day client relationships, such as attending meeting clients to give project updates.
Company
• Contribute to organisational learning, for example through internal initiatives such as sustainability or equitable evaluation.
• Promoting the image of Renaisi-TSIP, which may include attending conferences, training, exhibitions and other events and preparing publicity material.
• Promote equal opportunities and cultural development.
• Carry out all duties in accordance with Renaisi-TSIP’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
Person Specification
Values and equalities
- Demonstrable commitment to the principles and practice of equal opportunities in employment
- Identify with the values and ethos of Renaisi-TSIP
Experience
- 1-2 years of relevant professional or academic experience
- Experience of analysing and synthesising complex information
- Experience of producing written work to a high standard
- Experience using Excel or a similar software package
- Experience of performing quantitative and qualitative research using a range of methods (for example, interviewing or running focus groups, handling and analysing quantitative datasets in Excel)
- Experiencing of working or volunteering in the social sector
Knowledge
- Knowledge of good research ethics
- Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods
- Understanding of safeguarding policies and protocols
- Knowledge of the social sector, or a specific part of the sector e.g., youth work, health equity
Skills
- Able to communicate ideas and principles, effectively, clearly and in a variety of formats and mediums
- Able to establish positive working relationships with people from a range of professional disciplines
- Able to complete tasks to tight deadlines
- Able to prioritise and plan work
- Able to take responsibility for managing small research and evaluation projects
- Interpersonal skills and empathy for others
- Excellent IT skills
- Good analytical skills and critical thinking
- Descriptive analysis skills, including summarising and visualising data
- Knowledge and awareness of economic evaluation methods or inferential statistics
Qualifications
None are specifically required for this role, and we would rather see evidence of skills through experience and previous outputs.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Want to put the fun into FUNdraising? Dougie Mac is not just seeking a Senior Business and Events fundraiser – we are inviting a compassionate advocate to join our hospice mission.
Some of what you’ll do:
Forge Meaningful Partnerships: Collaborate with local businesses to show them the impact they can make by supporting Dougie Mac.
Host Engaging Events: You will plan and deliver business events that inspire generosity from our supporters including our Golf Day, Businesses Club and our prestigious Dougie Mac Ball.
Nurture Relationships: Cultivate long-term relationships with corporate sponsors. Express gratitude and keep them informed about the impact of their contributions.
Qualities we value:
Excellence: Striving for excellence in everything you do, with a strong attention to detail.
Networking: Connecting with people; you’re the one who turns a casual chat into a partnership opportunity.
Strategic Thinker: You see the big picture and know how to align fundraising with our hospice mission.
Great communicator: Whether a presentation or a one 2 one, you’re confident and compelling.
In return, what you’ll get:
Meaningful impact: Your work directly impacts children, young adults, adults and the families we support.
Supportive Team: You will be part of a bigger Income Generation Team with this job being responsible for around £250k income and growing. The Business and Events team work closely together with a focus on FUN! We are a team of 5 FT staff, regular volunteers and event volunteers of around 25 people. This includes an experienced Senior Business and Events Fundraiser taking the headcount for this job to 2.
Salary: £24k - £26k pa (FTE) depending on experience/ qualifications with a clear progression plan and opportunities for study. Part time and flexible working considered.
Variety: no 2 days are ever the same, once 1 event is complete it’s onto the next in this fast-paced job.
Our vision…to be admired as a centre of excellence for palliative and end of life care.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Join a small commercial team with big ambitions for the public library sector. We are seeking a Commercial Manager to help us realise our plans to secure a menu of commercial contracts that all of our 175+ member library services can choose to benefit from, according to the skills and assets of their service, their focus and strategy and of course the needs of their communities.
Our Commercial Team
Currently we hold a single commercial contract worth around £3m per year delivered through 12 libraries. Our aim is to reach a point where we have a menu of commercial contracts that all of our 175+ member library services can choose to benefit from according to the skills and assets of their service, their focus and strategy and of course the needs of their communities.
In the current funding climate for local authorities and local government services, these contracts are not just about the income and the services they can provide, but about demonstrating nationally the power of the library sector, and how national services can be delivered locally through library services and the communities they serve.
This is a long term aim of ours – we are seeking to build the commercial team with this role and while it is initially a 12 month contract, our hope is that with the role in place we can generate the income to sustain and build on it.
Main purpose of role:
- Support the delivery of commercial projects across the library sector
- Lead the bidding process for new commercial projects
- Manage the mobilisation and setup of contracts and services
- Manage the ongoing delivery of commercial contracts and services including management reporting and contract / service optimisation to increase benefit to the libraries and sector
- Ensure appropriate agreements are in place with our network of library partners to support current and future commercial collaboration
- Ensure we have organisational documentation and accreditation in place to bid for large government contracts
- Support the development of beneficial procurement frameworks for libraries
- Support the development of commercial skills and capacity across the library sector
- Contribute to the growing commercial awareness and understanding within the organisation, its partners and its members.
Key relationships
- Works with the network of library leaders who are engaged in the delivery of our commercial contracts.
- Works with the Commercial Director, Chief Executive and Commercial Sub Committee to ensure effective delivery of commercial contracts across the sector, and managing commercial and financial risks
- Works with our commercial and contractual partners to deliver on contracted outcomes
- Works with the Advocacy and Communications Manager to support ensure
- Reputational risks are managed effectively
Please see the attached job description for a full description of the role, including person specification.
Frequent travel within the UK will be required for the role.
How to apply:
• Please upload a copy of your CV
• Please submit a covering letter, which should include relevant experience and detail how you fit the person specification set out in the job description
• We do not accept covering letters generated by AI
We operate an anonymous recruitment process, which removes identifying information from applications in order to reduce bias in the recruitment process, for this reason, please remove any identifying information from any uploaded attachments, e.g. CV
Our vision is an inclusive, modern, sustainable and high-quality public library service at the heart of every community in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.