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Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a new challenge?

We’re recruiting a Senior HR Advisor for a 12-month fixed-term contract, following an internal promotion within our team.

As a Senior HR Advisor, you’ll be the escalation point from our People Operations team and will apply your specialist employee relations knowledge and expertise to provide professional and pragmatic employee relations advice on a range of employee relations (ER) issues, policies and processes.

You’ll pro-actively engage with managers to offer best practice advice on a range of ER case work, spotting and assessing the risks and advising managers on how to mitigate or find resolutions to those risks which are in the best interest for British Heart Foundation (BHF). 

You’ll take ownership of your own case work from beginning to end and responsibility for the advisory solutions ensuring best practice timescales are adhered to. You will also ensure any risks or concerns are flagged. 

Working arrangements

This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London Office. Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract.

At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause. 

Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.

About you

With a CIPD Level 5 minimum qualification, or equivalent, you'll have extensive HR knowledge and understanding around best practice. You'll also have an up-to-date ER and Employment law knowledge, and understand ACAS code of Practise and be knowledgeable on the Equality Act.

You’ll have substantial experience managing complex casework, including dismissals and discrimination. 

You are able to weigh up complex evidence and reach sound conclusions that are fair and reasonable while protecting the business. You have the proven experience of navigating legal complexities and negotiating successful resolutions swiftly. 

Ideally, you will have ER specialist experience confidently managing a high volume of cases in a large organisation. Additionally, experience of tribunal case preparation, restructuring, redundancy, and TUPE would be highly advantageous. 

A highly effective team player, you’ll have excellent communication skills and be able to build trust and rapport quickly. With strong time management skills, you’ll be resilient and work well under pressure to multiple and conflicting deadlines. 

We’re looking for someone with a passion for all things employee relations who will be an ambassador for the People Relations team. Willing to challenge and influence managers, you’ll encourage them to be the decision makers as well as positively challenge the status quo on process, policy and procedure. 

About us

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Benefits

Our benefits include:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance, dental health cover, and money towards gym membership.
• Pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%.
• Full pay for 12 weeks for family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
• Life assurance.
• Extra paid leave of up to 10 days to support colleagues who may need more time off work to look after themselves or others close to them.

We're CIPD-recognised for our Live Well. Work Well programme, and we're on a mission to make heart health a priority, starting with you. From home to the office, we're here to inspire and guide your journey to a healthier, happier life.

To find out more about the benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of our advert page.

Interview process

First stage interviews will be a short one-way video interview, successful candidates will then be invited to attend an interview via MS Teams. 

Active Communities Network are launching a new project, The ACN Way, which will be delivered across the UK. This project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for five years starting October 1st 2024. The project will build a network of 500 groups aiming to be better connected, unified and more vocal with the overall aim of being actively involved in decision making and are better understood by policy makers and commissioners.

The Project Manager role is a new post that has been created to ensure the wider UK team and collective of grassroots community groups are serviced and have a dedicated point of contact. The role can be based in either our London or Belfast office with an expectation to travel to other locations throughout the UK. The role will co-ordinate the day to day needs of the team, working with them on an events and networking schedule from concept to execution and work with the CEOs to build a new platform for information exchange, learning and supporting grassroots groups in the network.

The post will also support the CEOs with their engagement, communications and lobbying external bodies such as MPs, Civil Service staff, regional and local commissioners/decision makers. The Project Manager will play an instrumental role in building the network of grassroots groups which will work to close the gap between policymakers and these groups that are working daily at grassroots level with the goal of tackling inequality.

DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop and maintain partnerships with the grassroots community groups within each area. Ensuring these groups are supported by the organisation and are connected with their point of contact.
• Co-ordinate the day-to-day roles of the regional staff and support them to develop and implement networking and events schedules. Work alongside regional staff to support the grassroots organisations within the network.
• Oversee all programme data ensuring the collection of programme data is taking place and analyse the data to identify areas of impact and improvement within the programme. Ensuring that the project is delivering against its contracted outcomes.
• Support regional leads to work with grassroot community partners and to build their capabilities, skills and confidence within the role.
• Work alongside the CEOs to build and develop a platform for exchanging information and for learning. Identify funding opportunities that will allow further growth and contribute to the sustainability of the project.
• Work with Regional Leads, CEOs and grassroot partners to evaluate the operations of the project and to identify process improvements that can support the project to be as effective as possible.

Active Communities Network are launching a new project, The ACN Way, which will be delivered across the UK. This project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for five years starting October 1st 2024. The project will build a network of 500 groups that are better connected, unified and more vocal with the aim of being actively involved in decision making and are better understood by policy makers and commissioners.

The Regional Network Lead is a new post which will work with an array of Voluntary and Community Sector groups operating in North of England. The post will offer specialist mentoring to organisational leaders and capacity building services to improve the skills, confidence and positioning of an array of youth and community groups who lack a voice as well as supporting connections to others and broader systems.

The project aims to amplify these unheard groups who deliver such vital services. As part of a UK wide team, the post will contribute to working with strategic bodies, elected representatives and funders to create transformative system changes based on our locality and person-centred based approach.  The post holder is expected to provide their specialist support to 20 groups per annum in their region, developing organisational development action plans and leadership development.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with grassroots groups who join the network to ensure they are supported.
• Work alongside each grassroots group to develop tailored organisational development actions plans and leadership development. Working closely with the leadership of the group by providing specialist mentoring to identify areas where organisations can be supported with training and development.
• Organise network events within the region with the aim of expanding the network and connecting groups
• Manage multiple stakeholder relationships within the region with the ability to adapt to meet the needs of the stakeholder.
• Work with the wider UK team and organisational partners to ensure groups are provided with the best support suitable to them.
• Continuously working with local stakeholders to understand changes within the local landscape which might impact on network groups to allow support to be adapted as and when required.

Active Communities Network are launching a new project, The ACN Way, which will be delivered across the UK. This project is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for five years starting October 1st 2024. The project will build a network of 500 groups that are better connected, unified and more vocal with the aim of being actively involved in decision making and are better understood by policy makers and commissioners.

The Regional Network Lead is a new post which will work with an array of Voluntary and Community Sector groups operating in North of England. The post will offer specialist mentoring to organisational leaders and capacity building services to improve the skills, confidence and positioning of an array of youth and community groups who lack a voice as well as supporting connections to others and broader systems.

The project aims to amplify these unheard groups who deliver such vital services. As part of a UK wide team, the post will contribute to working with strategic bodies, elected representatives and funders to create transformative system changes based on our locality and person-centred based approach.  The post holder is expected to provide their specialist support to 20 groups per annum in their region, developing organisational development action plans and leadership development.

Duties and Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with grassroots groups who join the network to ensure they are supported.
• Work alongside each grassroots group to develop tailored organisational development actions plans and leadership development. Working closely with the leadership of the group by providing specialist mentoring to identify areas where organisations can be supported with training and development.
• Organise network events within the region with the aim of expanding the network and connecting groups
• Manage multiple stakeholder relationships within the region with the ability to adapt to meet the needs of the stakeholder.
• Work with the wider UK team and organisational partners to ensure groups are provided with the best support suitable to them.
• Continuously working with local stakeholders to understand changes within the local landscape which might impact on network groups to allow support to be adapted as and when required.

We are recruiting for an Eastern European Deputy Service Manager to join our team in Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: EE Deputy Service Manager

Location: Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge
Salary: £37,635 per annum
Contract type: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: 37.5

We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Deputy Service Manager to support women and children who are impacted by domestic violence. In this role you will provide line management and support to staff who work with and help women and their children who are experiencing violence and men who experience violence in their relationships. This will include providing supervision on complex casework issues such as child protection, overseeing operational emergencies and ensuring high standards of casework.

This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on call rota. 

Closing date: 9am on 9 September 2024

Interview date: 13 September 2024

Benefits

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

The Person:

You are an ambitious, adaptable Development Professional with a passion to support the UK’s first and only Queer Museum. You have excellent people skills, a keen eye for detail and love to exceed expectations. You want a role that offers growth and stretch. You are able to identify and implement innovative fundraising strategies. You manage donor information carefully and cultivate warm strategic relationships through personalised communication and impactful events. Your infectious enthusiasm and desire to learn and grow in a dynamic environment make you a perfect fit.

The Role:

Queer Britain is the UK’s first and only LGBTQ+ museum, and it’s for all. Our warm and collegiate team opened the museum in our beautiful space in Kings Cross two years ago. Since then, we are proud to have won the Museum Association's Best Small Museum of the Year award and welcomed around 100,000 guests through the doors. We are preparing for our next exciting growth phase. As Development Manager, you will be key to growing from these early successes.

You will support the Director, Trustees and wider team’s fundraising efforts across all fundraising disciplines, including major donors, members and corporate partnerships, helping raise revenue for core funding, special projects and, as we work to acquire our next home, a capital campaign. 

You will conduct thorough research to identify prospective high-value donors, manage associated administrative tasks, and maintain detailed records. You will nurture relationships with existing patrons and sponsors, ensuring effective stewardship and strategic communications and you will help identify new ones, bringing your brilliant networking skills, charm and credibility to sell our vision and mission. 

You will coordinate across the charity to ensure fundraising activities support the museum’s goals, crafting compelling proposals and organising donor engagement and stewardship events.

This is an exciting opportunity to help Good Company realise it’s vision of creating a poverty-free future for our community through the development and delivery of an effective fundraising strategy.

Main responsibilities

· Development and implementation of a fundraising strategy including a portfolio aimed at generating in the region of £500,000 per annum, building on existing fundraising activities and developing new fundraising initiatives.

· Use the portfolio indicators to enable us to make informed projections regarding future income.

· Be proactive in identifying, engaging and building good relationships with prospective corporate donors, successfully securing them as funding partners. Deepen our engagement and grow our relationship with existing corporate donors.

· Work with the team to develop our church and faith partnerships to ensure these are increased, ongoing and become regular supporters.

· Explore and implement ways of promoting Good Company and its projects to successfully attract individual donors, some of which will be in the high value supporters' field alongside provide regular communications to current funders and run one off campaigns.

· Explore and increase our income from grant giving trusts and foundations. At times working in fundraising partnerships with support of external consultants and colleagues across the wider Trussell Trust network

· Implement a CRM system to oversee the above aspects.

· Share best practice and learning from other charities across the Trussell network.

· Support our partnership work with other Trussell based foodbanks in Surrey to address poverty.

Through this new organisational role, you will proactively create and grow fundraising income opportunities with individuals, community groups, the faith sector and grant giving trusts and foundations. You'll be at the heart of our local community, bringing our cause to life and building lasting donor relationships.

Through your fundraising expertise, you will have a proven track record of building relationships with individuals, community groups, trusts and foundations and other donors to achieve and exceed annual income targets. You’ll have the capacity to create and craft compelling proposals and appeals that successfully engage and attract donations from new and existing supporters.

• Are you a Disabled Person committed to change?
• Do you believe Disabled people can bring about change themselves?

The Bristol Disability Equality Forum (BDEF) is a well-respected community organisation run by and for Disabled people. We have operated in Bristol and the surrounding area for over twenty years. We have a proven track record in reflecting and representing the views of Disabled people to policy-makers and decision-takers, and enabling and empowering Disabled people to build their communities and represent themselves. We are wholly managed and staffed by Disabled people.

BDEF is emerging from a period of transition following the departure of our long-term Director in 2023. We have a new Board of experienced and enthusiastic trustees who are committed to guiding the organisation through its change to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, and to securing funding for its long-term stability.

We have two vacancies for Disabled people to be part of shaping and leading this well-established organisation on to a new and exciting future. 

You must be a Disabled person with a strong commitment to, and understanding of, disability as an equalities and political issue. You will need to have experience of managing and leading, overseeing budgets and making funding applications. You will need to have excellent communication skills and be confident in representing disability equality issues in a wide range of settings (statutory Boards, Committees etc.)

Milton Keynes Community Foundation (MK Community Foundation) is a leading grant-making charity distributing funding where it's needed most in Milton Keynes.  They play a key role as an enabler for the exciting and developing voluntary, community and cultural sector, providing millions of pounds annually in vital grants and property solutions to support healthy and inclusive communities across the city.

Milton Keynes is a growing city and by 2050 the population will grow from 270,000 to 500,000. MK Community Foundation are proud to be part of this vibrant, progressive, and entrepreneurial city with its richly diverse community. Like most cities however, it also has areas of deprivation and social challenge. By guiding businesses, philanthropists, and charities to the right giving and grantmaking, they’re on a mission for a fairer community.

MK Community Foundation are part of a global philanthropic movement of independent community foundations operating globally, of which there are 47 in the UK. Per capita, MK Community Foundation is one of the largest community foundations in the country, with endowed funds of circa £20m and a property portfolio worth circa £33m. Collectively, community foundations are the 4th largest funder in the UK and distribute over £100m annually to their local communities.

With support from Philanthropy Directors and wider team of 8 staff, this role will be managing the full life cycle of philanthropy, by raising funds from high-net-worth individuals, families and corporate supporters alongside assessing and making grant award recommendations and monitoring impact. You will be joining a diverse, highly collaborative team and culture that recognizes success comes from the whole team working together - driving their values of ‘Funding Fairness’. The vacancy has come about following internal promotion.

We are looking for a dynamic, personable professional with the ability to build long term relationships with philanthropists, donors, and grant beneficiaries alongside a passion for EDI and community development. Prior experience of fundraising either as a generalist, or in philanthropy/Major Gifts/HNWI or corporate fundraising is required, however with comprehensive support and training provided, this role will also be a fantastic opportunity for fundraisers who are looking to broaden their skills and experience into grant making. A passion for their mission and creating fairer communities is essential.

For further information about the role and organisation, please upload the full appointment brief below. To formally apply, please upload your CV and a 1-2 page cover letter on why you are interested and have the skills and experience via the link in the appointment brief.

Applications will be reviewed and actioned on a rolling basis, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Closing Date:                                                     15 September 2024

People Beyond Profit Conversations: Rolling

MKCF Interviews:                                              25 & 26 September 2024

An excellent opportunity to join the established fundraising team at The Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity. Fundraising experience is an advantage but not essential for this post -a can do attitude with buckets of enthusiasm is ! This post is an 'all rounder' fundraising position within the team. 

Main duties / overview: 

• To spearhead building strong, positive relationships, generating leads and converting these into fundraising activity.
• Lead by example and galvanise the fundraising team to follow suit.
• Create a solid pipeline of support from a variety of sources, including (but not limited to) families who use the hospital, businesses, community groups and organisations, hospital staff, schools etc.
• Provide top class supporter care, excellent stewardship and solid process management.
• Use your established sales/customer facing/fundraising skills and expertise to support fellow team members to meet overall team income goals; you will comfortably cross-sell and up-sell products and engagement opportunities to supporters and maximise every opportunity.
• Generate and encourage ‘supporter led’ fundraising activity.
• Supported by your line manager, you will deploy your skills, strengths and energy where they are needed most.
• You will build, utilise and motivate a strong volunteer team to help deliver the fundraising goals. 

Interviews are in person on Friday 13th (Offsite - Gyle, Edinburgh) 

Are you looking for a role where you can use your creativity to make a meaningful difference to young people in the UK? The DofE’s brand new Public Fundraising team are responsible for Individual Giving, Legacy Marketing and Mass Participation Fundraising, and the Public Fundraising Officer will be key to ensuring its success.

By creating compelling campaigns, offering exciting event opportunities, and delivering personalised stewardship, this role will help to inspire new people to support the DofE and build even stronger relationships with our existing supporters, ensuring more young people than ever before have access to the life-changing benefits of a DofE Award. If you are passionate about making a difference and thrive in a creative environment, we would love to hear from you!

What will the position involve?

This pivotal new role is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and creative person to make their mark on an emerging fundraising programme through:

• Creating compelling and inspiring communications to engage and retain supporters.
• Leading on the day-to-day administration of Public Fundraising Team tasks such as adding new donors to welcome journeys, adding event participant data to external race consoles, and ensuring our database is up to date with any communications or activity.
• Helping to create and refine supporter journeys, making every interaction with our charity meaningful for supporters.
• Leading on the production of our monthly donor e-newsletter, ensuring it motivates and excites our audiences.

Skills required/ What you are looking for?  

We are looking for a candidate who will relish the opportunity to support our small but ambitious team in developing sustainable new income streams from the ground up. We’re looking for someone who:

• Can write clear and engaging copy that effectively inspires and motivates supporters.
• Is enthusiastic and has a strong desire to develop within fundraising and to gain experience in several different fundraising disciplines.
• Brings a fresh perspective and enjoys brainstorming new ways to grow our Public Fundraising programme.
• Has experience in running successful marketing or fundraising campaigns (desirable).

How to apply:

If you feel excited by this role and believe you have the necessary skills and experience to become a valued team member, please go to our website and apply.

The deadline for applying for this role is:  9th of September 2024 at Midnight.

First round Interviews will be on: 18th of September 2024 via Teams.

Second round interviews will be on: 23rd of September 2024 in person at our London office.

If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us.

The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.   All successful applicants will be required to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references, checks covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.

The geographical allowance payable on top of the pay rate, based on a staff member having a home or office-based postcode within 30 miles (as the crow flies) from Charing Cross, WC2N 5HS. The allowance is 7% capped at £4,000 (pro rata) per annum.

Intervention Coach – Young Adults

Full Title - Young Adult Intervention Coach - Targeted Intervention Casework and Street Work.
Location: Tower Hamlets 
Contract: Permanent, subject to funding
Hours: 35 hours per week
Starting Salary: £33,500 (Top Salary Band for this role: £35,000)

Do you have the values, personal qualities and experience to support high risk young people who are hard to engage and those involved in harm and affected by exploitation and violence?

Do you have the tenacity, resilience, determination and consistency to identify, disrupt, challenge, and support young people to move out of harm and prevent further involvement in harmful activities. Are you committed to social justice, equity and inclusion? 

Do you want to be part of a growing and developing Charity that is ambitious for the young communities that they serve? If yes, then you could be joining our clients innovative, specialist Intervention Team.

Benefits Summary:   

·Working in a values-led, award-winning charity with local, national, and international connections.
·25 annual leave days plus bank holidays per year, increasing in year 2.
·A fair and benchmarked salary with consistent salary reviews and structured career progression pathway with opportunities for senior roles.
·A Pension Scheme contribution of up to 8%. 
·A supportive working culture with Employee Assistance Scheme available 24/7.
·Comprehensive, ongoing training and professional development across fields of targeted intervention, harm reduction, youth development.
·Access to leading organisations and individuals in relevant fields.
·An annual budget of £200 for external professional development training.
·Excellent professional supervision with monthly and quarterly reflective practice sessions.

Who they are:

Our clients is an award-winning, value-led, outcome-driven charity, working to reduce harm and positively transform the lives of the most vulnerable and at-risk young people in Tower Hamlets, East London.

The role:
 
As a Young Adult Intervention Coach (YIC), you will be responsible for the assessment and implementation of tailored intervention coaching plans for each at risk young person on your caseload. You will work to achieve progression outcomes for each young person that includes reducing mental, physical, and emotional harm and supporting each young person transition to positive, thriving lifestyle both on a one-to-one basis, and in partnership with other individuals and agencies involved in the lives of each young person.

Your purpose is to identify, disrupt, challenge, and support young people to move out of harm and prevent further involvement in harmful activities. This will involve targeted street work, specialised one to one harm reduction and life skills coaching. 

Alongside this you will work with intervention frontline colleagues in tertiary intervention such as knife and gun crime crisis situations as well as working with partner agencies.

Who they are looking for:
 
You will have robust frontline experience of working with young people, including experience in engaging, assessing, and delivering interventions designed to support young people to build personal resilience and move away from harm and violence. You will also possess sound risk assessment skills and safeguarding knowledge.  A key component of the job role is case management and knowledge of good practice models, which will underpin their practice, is essential. 

To apply: Please submit an up-to-date CV and covering letter.

Closing date for applications:  11.59pm, 24th September 2024.

Interviews:To be held within 2 weeks of the closing date. If selected an initial online short informal interview (approx. 20 mins) and following this, if shortlisted, an in-person formal interview (approx. 40 minutes) at our offices in Aldgate. 

They are committed to diversity in all that it does and strongly encourages applications from every part of the communities they serve. All appointments are made on meritThey would like to encourage applications from people both with and without criminal convictions, however the job offer has to be subject to vetting. Due to the nature of the work, you are applying for you are required to disclose any criminal convictions that you have.

DBS Requirement: Enhanced DBS

No agencies please.

You may have experience of: youth case work, youth worker, youth crisis management, caseworker, social work, social services, street pastoring, youth centre worker, youth support services etc. 

REF-216 370

Salary: £34,085.47 per annum (plus £5,023.71 London Weighting Allowance if applicable)

Location: Remote, office based or flexible working

Contract: Permanent

Hours:   37.5 per week

Closing date: Wednesday the 11th of September at 11:30pm

Are you an enthusiastic and innovative fundraiser looking to work at one of the UK’s leading charities on homelessness and housing? If you are and have a passion to help the housing emergency join Shelter as a Senior Direct Marketing Manager – Digital Acquisition where you can put your digital fundraising expertise and curious thinking to use in our Individual Giving team and strive to make a difference.

About the role

This Senior Direct Marketing Executive position is within our acquisition team which is a fast-paced, dynamic, supportive team who bring in new donors across the Individual Giving portfolio. You’ll work alongside the Senior Direct Marketing Manager (Digital Acquisition) to lead on the following things:

• Digital fundraising campaigns and projects
• Managing relationships with agencies
• Managing budgets
• Maximising income opportunities
• Staying ahead of sector trends and insight
• Monitoring the achievement of financial and non-financial targets

Your key areas will be developing and leading on delivering our multi-million-pound campaign at winter and across Shelter’s individual supporter channels, propositions and product. Your work will help to drive us closer to ending the housing emergency.

About you

You’ll bring digital expertise, an audience understanding and your creative flair to develop standout digital campaigns. With a constant curiosity for industry leading creative campaigns, you will inspire the team and share your knowledge and skills. You will build strong relationships with colleagues, agencies and suppliers. You must also be skilled at project managing multiple campaigns while maintaining a high level of drive and commitment.

You’ll have a key eye for detail and will be comfortable interpreting and analysing data to make decisions and be confident to take risks, run tests and ultimately push our fundraising to the next level.

This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team, for someone who is looking to excel in digital fundraising and marketing strategy and to deliver ambitious plans.

We are looking for candidates who have the following skills and knowledge listed below to apply for the role.

• Essential digital expertise: You have experience working in a fundraising and / or a marketing environment with a technical grasp of digital marketing and developing digital supporter / customer journeys and engagement, working across key digital platforms like Meta Business Suite, other social media platforms, Google Ads and Google Analytics.
• Direct marketing knowledge: You will have a solid understanding of best practice in marketing communications. You will have experience in drawing up digital marketing plans. You will be familiar with delivering marketing results in a customer focused environment such as fundraising and be able to manage and analyse marketing campaigns, as well as being able to digest complex data and extract key insights to inform strategies and campaigns and are able to comminate these effectively with the wider team.
• Effective communicator: An expert in communicating digitally, you are audience led and supporter / customer centric and will be dedicated to providing the best experience to Shelter supporters to reach acquisition and financial targets. You will have experience and be able to demonstrate your copywriting skills. You are a storyteller.
• Results-driven: You are an ideas person and are results-driven with a keen interest in the fundraising market. You are excited by the prospect of working in an innovative team to improve Shelter’s fundraising offerings.
• Prioritise diversity and inclusion: You will be excited to role model challenging internal and external stakeholders to encourage a more open and inclusive mindset and embed inclusion in product work.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team

Our Individual Giving team sits within our successful, growing Income Generation directorate and consists of three programmes - Supporter Acquisition, Direct Dialogue and Supporter Retention and Development. Together, we deliver a diverse programme of work with ambitious income targets that support our organisational strategy, across cash, regular giving and lottery products. We’ve grown quite a bit over the past few years and benefitted from both investment and opportunity for innovation. That’s resulted in us generating over £20m of unrestricted income every year. We’re also welcoming and supportive, firmly believe in developing our people and can offer you every opportunity to progress.

How to apply

Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement. Please provide specific examples of how you meet the criteria in the 'About you' section of this advert approximately 1 page in length, following the STAR format, and ensure you demonstrate how you address the following behaviours listed below throughout your responses:

• We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset
• We create change and align behind our strategy

Any applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them. 

Age UK Hertfordshire is looking for a HR Manager to lead the HR department in line with HR and Organisational priorities, so that we are in a position to recruit, develop, motivate, performance manage, reward and retain the skills required to lead, manage and deliver our strategic goals

HR Manager
Location: Hybrid between home-based and Hertford office (occasional travel to other sites will be required)
Salary: £37,500 - £40,000 FTE per annum
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week.  Part time hours considered
Benefits: Holiday entitlement, 25 days per annum plus UK Public Holidays, rising with length of service

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our HR Team.

As HR Manager, you will work with the Senior Management Team and Heads of Departments to ensure all HR activity throughout AUKH is carried out effectively and in line with statutory and internal policy requirements.

About You

If you would like to join usthen we would love to hear from you.

Do you have:

• Relevant HR experience of operational HR managing employee relations, recruitment, training and  development, as well as an up-to-date knowledge of HR best practice and employment legislation
• Good communication skills, with the ability to converse sensitively and empathetically
• CIPD Level 5
• Excellent organisational skills

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button and submit your CV together with a supporting statement telling us how you meet the person specification

We offer 

Training and development

Contributory pension scheme

Health care plan after an initial qualifying period.

For further information please take a look at Age UK Hertfordshire's website.