Jobs
Following a merger between St Barnabas Hospices (incorporating St Barnabas House and Chestnut Tree House) and Martlets, we’ve undertaken a strategic restructure of the Fund-raising and Communications teams and are recruiting to a number of new roles. These roles work across all three hospices and will play a fundamental part as we build and develop our new team.
You’ll use your news sense to pick out opportunities from our activities across all three hospices, and match these to our audiences. You’ll have compassion, attention to detail, and the patience to work with many teams to bring these stories to life.
You’ll be confident working with journalists both locally and nationally. You’ll understand the media landscape but be curious about how our audiences can be reached digitally and in community spaces too. You’ll also understand SEO and how to adapt your media stories so we can use them for all our channels.
Reporting to the Communications Manager (Brand, Content & PR) you’ll have our Content Managers side-by-side with you too as we find homes for all our amazing stories. We’ll work together to make sure we are strategic and purposeful, tracking success and collaborating across teams to make the most of our content.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Welfare Benefits Advisor – Adults
Salary: £27k to £30k negotiable & dependent on experience
Training can be provided in key areas of the role for those with essential experience. (see person specification)
Hours: 37.5 hours a week
Place of work: Centre for Independent Living, Mo Mowlam House, Clem Atlee Court, SW6 7BF
Contract period: Permanent
Accountable to: Welfare Benefits Team Leader
The Organisation
Action on Disability (AoD), founded in 1979, is one of London’s leading Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations. As we believe in the social model of disability, our values and principles embrace inclusive and accessible ways of working both internally and in all our activities, seek the participation and contribution of our members, and encourage and respect diversity.
The organisation is a medium sized charity with a Board of Trustees (at least 75% is disabled trustees), 25 staff and a strong ad hoc staff and volunteer base including many with direct experience of disability - all of whom are passionate about removing the barriers that disabled people face.
AoD provides five key services. These are: Youth, Employment, Welfare Benefits and Independent Living.
AoD’s Welfare Benefits Service
The Welfare Benefits Service provides free independent advice and assistance to all disabled residents and their carers who live and work in Hammersmith and Fulham borough. The service is for all ages, including parents and carers of disabled children.
We provide free advice and assistance, up to and including Tribunal level, on all Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) benefits, Tax Credits, and some local authority benefits.
Welfare Benefits Advisor will
- Provide high quality Welfare Benefits advice and casework and, as appropriate, representation at the 1st Tier Tribunals for disabled individuals of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
- Write Mandatory Reconsideration requests and in a limited number of cases, write appeal submissions.
- Undertake direct welfare advice and casework.
- Maintain appropriate records of work undertaken using an appropriate electronic Welfare Benefits Recording and Information System via AoD’s Charity Log, and through the use of Excel
- Gather information to monitor and evaluate the service.
- Assist with funding applications / tender bids by providing basic factual information to Fund Raising Manager/CEO/Managers to enable them to apply for funding and also enable them to write funding/tender applications.
- Contribute to Welfare Benefits related publicity material, social media, reports for the Board of Trustees and other stakeholders and other documents as required.
- This post requires travel to different locations, e.g. for home visits.
For all work:
- Work in a person-centred way
- Produce agreed regular monitoring and progress reports
- Comply with AoD’s agreed policies and procedures.
- Participate in the wider development of the service and contribute to service improvement as required.
- Be computer literate and administratively self-supporting.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as identified by the line manager.
Closing Date: 10am Monday 23rd Sept
Interviews: Scheduled for Wednesday 02nd Oct.
Please note we do not accept CVs and only review applications sent via email or post, not via social media.
Finally, Action on Disability positively welcomes applications from Disabled people.
Please identify any specific requirements you may have, or wish to bring, to ensure full access at your interview if you are shortlisted.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Action on Disability prides itself on being an accessible and equal opportunity employer.
No agencies please.
Permanent / Full Time
Hours: 37 per week (Monday - Friday with a willingness to work evenings & weekends to meet the needs of the business)
Salary: £36,000 per annum
Location: Hot Desks across Birmingham Museum Sites / Hybrid
This role will oversee the delivery of the core functions of the team, which include two administrators who focus on recruitment and payroll administration. The post-holder will report directly into the Director of Transformation, and support and lead the delivery of People initiatives; they will oversee employee relations, and provide advice and support to managers across our organisation, and co-ordinate workforce development.
To succeed in this role you will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- An understanding of the Trust’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Experience of working in a relevant People & Culture role
- Experience of managing others, facilitating the delivery of work
- The ability to prioritise and to plan appropriately
- Managing relationships at all levels pro-actively and reactively
This is an exciting time to join us, as we seek to move confidently forward with a clear strategy and the culture that supports it, which this role is key to the delivery of.
We are an inclusive employer and recruit on the basis of ability, we are keen to hear from any applicants who feel suitably experienced.
Any offer of employment will be subject to pre-employment checks being carried out.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Nature Based Solutions Manager - London and Slough
Location: London, SW13 / Hybrid
Salary: £34,405.00 (plus a London weighting allowance of £3,714 depending on base location)
Vacancy Type: Fixed Term until 31st March 2027
Hours: 37.5 hours per week working 5 days in 7
Function: Project Management
About The Role
As our Nature Based Solutions Manager, you will be at the forefront of the co-creation of NBS that change peoples' lives and the places they live in two projects - Project Sponge in Slough and Community Bluescapes in Richmond, London. Alongside the other team members, you will demonstrate the power of urban wetlands and other blue infrastructure to help communities to adapt to climate change and build better, safer, more natural places to live.
Your key role will be to co-design and deliver with the local community NBS interventions that build resilience to flooding, provide space for wetland wildlife and improve health and well-being of citizens. You'll manage the tendering process and contractors; ensure high quality and innovative interventions are created and effectively communicate messages about climate change and nature-based solutions to citizens, partners and stakeholders.
This is an exciting, innovative approach to climate change adaptation at street and neighbourhood level. It places local residents at the heart of decision-making, design and delivery of interventions that help keep them safe from floods, droughts, heat stress and create more natural places too.
This role is suitable for hybrid working with the expectation that the successful candidate will spend up to half the working week on site with options for working from home or in office accommodation as appropriate.
About You
You'll need a professional qualification in NBS/SuDS/NFM design and installation or similar or equivalent experience from previous roles.
We are looking for someone who is well-organised; a creative thinker, a team player, an effective communicator at ease with co-design principles and practice and someone who can be an ambassador for NBS, WWT and our partners.
About Us
We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.
Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.
Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?
Why you’ll love working at WWT
- Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
- Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
- 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
- Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
- Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
- Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
- Cycle to work scheme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
- Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from Care first
Closing Date: 05/09/2024
Interested?
If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.
WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.
No agencies please.
Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust exists to help young singers from any background to contribute to a cathedral tradition that has endured for more than a thousand years and to train in a world-class musical environment.
We want to give the opportunity for choral training and an excellent education to more people from a wider range of backgrounds throughout the UK.
The Trust provides bursaries to talented children to train in a world-class musical environment and to enjoy a unique all-round education at Wells Cathedral School, be they day pupils or boarders.
The Trust has a rewarding opportunity for an experienced Clerk to join us on a two-year fixed-term contract. As Clerk, you will manage the efficient administration of the Trust, maintain effective governance of the Trustee Board and be responsible for the day-to-day running of the office and line management of the administrator.
Hours: 25 hours per week (flexible) with occasional evening and weekend attendance required at Trustee meetings and supporter events.
Salary: Band E, Point 29 to Point 33 (£33,526 – £37,883) FTE, pro rata (from September 2024). Actual gross salary based on a full academic year: £22,350 – £25,255 (from September 2024).
Place of work: Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust offices (within Wells Cathedral School).
For further details, please download an application pack from our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: Noon on Friday 6 September 2024
Interview date: Tuesday 17 September 2024
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date, and Wells Cathedral School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made. Applicants are therefore encouraged to apply early.
Wells Cathedral School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and obtaining an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services certificate. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of the School’s due diligence.
All positions within the School are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those which would normally be considered “spent” except those received for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules.
Wells Cathedral School has flourished since 909.
Charity No. 310212.
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!
We’re looking for someone who wants to make a real and lasting difference to people’s lives. With experience in bookkeeping and financial administration, you will love numbers (and spreadsheets), have great attention to detail and be an excellent communicator. Working closely with the Director, you will be responsible for the administration of the Charity’s finances, leading on tasks including:
- Weekly - invoice processing, payments, petty cash, bank deposits and reconciliation etc
- Monthly - compiling monthly payroll, creating management accounts/financial reports, supporting Project Managers with financial analysis, and reporting to Director/Trustees
- Annual – preparing budgets, submitting financial returns, reporting at the Annual General Meeting, and working with the accountancy firm to complete the financial audit.
- Ad hoc –financial support for Farm Events, developing budgets and other enquiries.
As a member of the Farm’s Operational Management team, you will support the organisation with financial insights and guidance to help us develop the charity, remain sustainable and achieve our mission.
Hours of work: 21-28 hours per week largely undertaken between 9 - 5pm, Monday to Friday
Place of work: This role is based at St Werburghs City Farm in Bristol, however, hybrid working can be discussed.
Annual leave: 25 days holiday per year, plus public holidays, pro rata
Probationary period: The appointment will be subject to a probationary period of 3 months.
References: All appointments will be confirmed only upon receipt of satisfactory references.
Application Deadline: 9am Friday 20th September
If you have any questions or would like an informal chat about the role, please contact us.
This role is open to job share applications, e.g. we are open to splitting the bookkeeping and management functions if we can identify the right candidates. Please contact us for an informal discussion if this is of interest.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Head of Domestic Abuse Services
Location: South-West England (with travel across the region)
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: 40k per annum
About Us
We are a forward-thinking charity dedicated to delivering high-quality support services across the South-West. We partner with various stakeholders to make a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Joint Head of Services to co-manage our operational services alongside our existing Head of Services. You will ensure our services are effective, compliant, and aligned with our strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Operational Management: Oversee service delivery, manage Service Managers, and ensure all services have updated policies and processes.
- Strategic Development: Support the senior management team in launching new services, and contribute to tender and bid writing.
- Safeguarding & Compliance: Act as a Designated Safeguarding Lead and maintain external accreditations.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain relationships with partner agencies, commissioners, and funders.
- Team Leadership: Provide line management, oversee project plans, and ensure staff receive appropriate training.
Who We're Looking For
We seek a proactive leader with significant experience in service management, safeguarding, and compliance within the charity or public sector. Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills are essential.
Essential Requirements
- Proven experience in a similar role.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Experience in policy and procedure development.
- Willingness to travel across the South-West.
Please note being able to drive and having access to a car is vital for this role due to the travel element.
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.
Prospectus is delighted to be working with Life Charity to recruit a new Community and Events Fundraising Manager. In this role, you will lead a central part of the overall fundraising strategy by overseeing the community and events income streams.
Your work will increase the impact of the charity and benefit those needing support in pregnancy, pregnancy loss or in the early years of a baby.
For this role, you can be based remotely in the UK with occasional travel to Leamington Spa. This role is offered on a permanent basis at 35 hours per week (part-time options available), paying a salary of £38,000 per annum.
Reporting to the Director of Income Generation and leading the small Community and Events team, the post holder will create new relationships within the community, manage current support and re-engage lapsed donors. The Community and Events Manager will also involve building a portfolio of events designed to engage new and current supporters. Another key responsibility will be to create and develop fundraising tools that seek to engage and maximise fundraising in the community.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has a comprehensive understanding of community and events fundraising, and a passion for creating new strategies and tools for fundraising. If you are interested in supporting Life’s vision of creating a world where no one faces pregnancy or pregnancy loss alone, then this could be your next step.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds and we are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply. Please contact Femke Vorstman at Prospectus for support with your application.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a call and/or meeting to brief you on the role. You’ll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, we are unable to sponsor visa applications for this role.
Early applications are strongly encouraged as interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis and this role may be filled before the advertised closing date.
About us
Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don't have to be Christian to work here - we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we're open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for most of our roles too.
Learn about our vision, mission and values
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to make your mark and drive forward a developing income stream with great potential.
The role will help to build, shape and deliver our In Memory Giving programme over the 12 months of this maternity cover role. Through engaging communications and campaigns the role will grow both income and the pipeline of new donors. The role will help to innovate and improve existing systems to support its delivery, and also provide excellent supporter care and stewardship.
The role is within the Legacy and In Memory team, and will work in close collaboration with Legacy Marketing colleagues.
About you
You will have experience in fundraising and/or marketing, and have a broad range of skills to successfully deliver on the potential of this role. We are looking for someone to develop engaging campaigns and communications that drives income and long-term relationships, and who has the communication and influencing skills to liaise across internal teams and stakeholders and external agencies/suppliers.
As well as having a head for CRM systems, planning and problem solving, you will have the interpersonal skills needed to communicate sensitively with supporters, including the bereaved.
In our friendly and supportive team you'll be able to apply and develop your experience in a wide-ranging and rewarding role.
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.
We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.
We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths and none (with the exception of Director positions where there is a genuine occupational requirement to be a practicing Christian - Exempted under the Equality Act 2010).
All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balan
If you’re looking for a Corporate Partnerships Officer role where you can flex your business development skills and develop into an amazing fundraiser, we have just the role for you. We’re thrilled to be working with a national health and campaigning charity as they seek a driven Corporate Partnerships Officer to join their team.
As Corporate Partnerships Officer, you will play a key role in delivering a corporate partnerships programme, managing relationships with new and existing partners, arranging talks, employee fundraising and various other employment opportunities. This is a key role in delivering the Corporate Partnerships programme, with you being a main point of contact for members.
To succeed as the Corporate Partnerships Officer, you will need:
- Experience working in a corporate fundraising or relationship based sales environment
- Excellent customer service or supporter care skills with ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders of varying levels
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Deadline: Reviewing on rolling basis
Salary: £31,000 - £33,500
Contract: Permanent – Full time
Location: London, Hybrid 1-2 days per week in office
If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Jake on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected]
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.
We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.
Were looking for an enthusiastic, highly organised individual with excellent communication, campaign management and analytical skills to work for an International Animal welfare charity.
Youll play an integral role, managing key acquisition channels including DRTV and inserts, to support ambitious supporter growth as part of our 5-year strategy.
Some experience working on DRTV is required and you must be confident working with data to monitor and share results.
A significant part of the role is managing all aspects of the DRTV programme, from working closely with agencies to propose annual testing plans, to developing and delivering all tests across creative, media, SMS, telemarketing and website landing pages.
London/Hybrid
Closing date 13th September 2024 (this role may closed early depending on the response)
The Role
Work closely with media, telemarketing and SMS agencies, digital in house experts, to propose annual testing plans across all elements
Manage all elements in line with budget and maintain invoice tracking
Develop new DRTV creatives and test adapts as required
Plan and manage campaigns from start to finish, on time and to budget.
Follow audience and data-led approach to campaign management, using research on competitors and insights to inform campaigns
The Candidate
Experience working in a fundraising or marketing role, with some experience managing DRTV and print channels, either on client or agency side
Good understanding of individual giving fundraising KPIs, including in relation to DRTV, print, telemarketing, email and landing pages
Experience of proactively creating new processes to improve efficiencies of own areas managed
Good analytical skills, able to organise, analyse and interpret complex data into sharable reports, with attention to detail and accuracy and using insight to inform plans
IMPORTANT NOTE
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual with legal experience to join us as a Paralegal and provide the support we need to help us deliver an effective local service. This is an exciting opportunity, and you will play a key part in standing up to the housing emergency.
About the Role
You will assist our solicitors to maintain an active litigation caseload under Legal Aid to enable homeless people, as well as those with housing and related problems, to enforce their rights. Your role will include carrying out casework as directed by the Solicitors, taking instructions and witness statements, drafting letters, making applications and providing court representation. You will also ensure time recording and income targets are met.
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 you
You will need a sound understanding of housing and homelessness law and the housing issues people in Norfolk are facing. You have excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing and can adapt your communication style to your audience as well as being familiar with case management systems to record your work. If you have knowledge of Legal Aid this would be an advantage but is not essential. You enjoy collaborating as part of a team, respond quickly and positively to change and are not afraid to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas when appropriate.
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.
About the Team
Our Legal team is based around England and is made up of over 100 people, delivering housing advice and litigation services for our clients. We work closely with other teams in Shelter Services, taking referrals from them including certified litigation work, controlled work and as part of the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service.
The role is based in our Norfolk Hub, where we have provided housing advice for over 25 years, with offices in Norwich and Kings Lynn and Court Desks in Norwich, Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth County Courts. We work within communities to understand and respond to the housing issues they have and work in partnership to deliver our priorities: supporting people with additional needs, combatting discrimination and disrepair in the private rented sector and fair access to and delivery of social housing throughout Norfolk.
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day 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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Hybrid, Old Street, London
Salary: £35,119 per annum
Hours: 34.5 hours per week
Department: Supporter Engagement and Operations
Job Type: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Plan International UK is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.
We bring people together to protect children’s rights and keep girls safe, in school and in control of their bodies – even when disaster strikes. And we won’t stop until we are all equal.
An amazing job opportunity has become available within our Supporter Income Team for someone with experience of processing financial transactions with accuracy, speed and efficiency.
You will play a critical role in running our Direct Debit claims, processing donation forms as well as Gift Aid administrations. We are looking for an individual who has in depth knowledge of the Gift Aid scheme and BACS regulations, along with an inquisitive mind that thrives on problem solving.
As there will be frequent engagement with colleagues across the organisation, you should have the ability to communicate confidently via various methods.
If you are passionate about supporter data processing, if you pay excellent attention to detail and have that desire for continuous improvement, then this job is for you.
If you excel working in a highly collaborative environment, possess great team-working skills and have a genuine passion for our values, Feminist Leadership Principles and vision, we would love to hear from you!
For further detail of this role, please see the job profile.
The deadline for applications is 23:59 on 8 September 2024
Interviews will take place on 19 and 20 September 2024
We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults in our work. We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us. Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks and for this role this will include a Basic Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences
Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
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Harris Hill are delighted to be partnering with a renowned children's disability charity in their search for a High Value Relationship Executive.
As High Value Relationship Executive, you will win new business, develop relationships, and provide first class stewardship and account management across a mixed high-value portfolio of grant-makers, funders and donors to support income generation growth. You will develop compelling cases for support and assist the testing of new approaches, including working with the service delivery and support teams to ensure detailed knowledge of the organisation's activities, outcomes and impact to translate into compelling asks. You will also proactively and creatively identify high value opportunities and manage them from start to finish, working with colleagues across the charity.
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- Proven ability of achieving high level income targets, including a significant number of 5-figure asks and repeat funding from a range of donors and funders
- Experience of writing compelling and effective proposals for funding
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to build warm, genuine and trusting relationships internally and externally and confident and capable of managing donor relationships
If this role sounds of interest to you and you want to have a chat and review the full job description, please do contact Dominic at Harris Hill on [email protected] or call him on 020 7820 7332.
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000
Permanent, Full-time
Location: London with hybrid working
Deadline - Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, so please send your CV to Dominic ASAP.
Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists operates an equal opportunity policy and commits to treating all of our candidates and jobseekers fairly. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Job Title: Senior Project Officer
Directorate: Strategy and Knowledge
Team: Development and Implementation Team (Specifically Talk Relationships)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Home/Remote or based in any NSPCC office.
Date Written/ Amended: July 24
Context and Background
The NSPCC’s purpose is to prevent child abuse and neglect of children across the UK and Channel Islands. We have been fighting for childhood for the last 130 years and our organisational strategy for 2021-2031 is enabling the NSPCC to achieve greater change for children and inspiring others to join us in the fight for childhood.
Our services help children who’ve been abused, protect children at risk and find the best ways to prevent child abuse from ever happening. We work directly with children and families through our national and regional hubs across the UK and Channel Islands. We also give support to thousands of adults and young people in need through the NSPCC Helpline and Childline. We work with schools up and down the country through our Speak Out Stay Safe programme, helping children to keep themselves safe. And our projects such as Together for Childhood help children who’ve experienced abuse, support parents, and work to transform the way communities come together to prevent child cruelty.
Our local services support children and families throughout the UK and Channel Islands. We provide therapeutic services to help children move on from abuse, as well as supporting parents and families in caring for their children. We help professionals make the best decisions for children and young people, and support communities to help prevent abuse from happening in the first place
Job purpose
Responsible for supporting the development and delivery of the NSPCC’s sex and relationships education service ‘Talk Relationships’, in line with our strategy, to time and in budget.
Key relationships - Internal
· Reports to Associate Head of Development for Child Sexual Abuse (this will change to the Project Development Manager for Talk Relationships in 2025)
· Colleagues in Development and Implementation Team
· Colleagues in other teams and directorates, including Participation, Policy and Public Affairs, Childline, Communications, Direct Services – in particular the schools service, Local Campaigns, and Income Generation.
Key relationships - External
· Other third sector organisations working in child protection, safeguarding, participation and online safety.
· Schools and education organisations. Professional bodies including education, social care and law enforcement.
Main duties and responsibilities
Project delivery
· Provide day to day support to the Project Development Manager to ensure the project plan is kept up to date, all workstreams have leads and tasks are on track
· Undertake tasks on workstreams as needed, this could include creation of content, contribution to service design and leading time limited projects
· Coordinate and attend internal and external meetings with a range of stakeholders, undertake tasks as appropriate to support the project
· Be able to work to tight deadlines and on multiple workstreams at the same time
Governance
· Support the creation of regular project reports and project board papers
· Ensure that project paperwork is up to date and that actions are undertaken
Quality
· Support the piloting and testing of services and approaches along with colleagues from research and evidence team
· Provide support to colleagues from the schools service and external partners in piloting but also in rolling out the Talk Relationships programme
· Support the RASCI quality assurance process
Relationships
· Manage a range of internal and external relationships with colleagues in other directorates and subject matter experts
· Manage activities with internal and external stakeholders such as holding events, briefings, focus groups and training
Responsibilities for all Staff within the Strategy and Knowledge Directorate
· Commitment to the NSPCC’s vision and purpose
· Commitment to high standards of service delivery and customer care
· Carry out the responsibilities of the post in a manner consistent with promoting equalities and diversity, and which demonstrates respect for children’s rights
· Maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures
· Willingness to work flexibly in approach to work and/or work time requirements
· Commit to personal development around working requirements which will include attending training courses
· Commit to apply NSPCC’s values and behaviours to all aspects of work
• A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
Person specification
1. Knowledge relevant to NSPCC strategic objectives, specifically the education sector, relationships and sex education
2. Experience of leading or significant contribution to the development of services, approaches or interventions
3. Evidence of use of project management skills and approaches
4. Confidence in engaging a range of professionals and stakeholders in a range of contexts
5. Demonstrate a strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection principles and able to work to existing policies and procedures.
6. Highly organised individual, able to plan, monitor and implement projects/initiatives to agreed deadlines often with conflicting priorities.
7. Proven ability to work with autonomy and able to think logically and clearly to solve problems when they arise, working under pressure where required, whilst still retaining strong attention to detail.
8. Strong interpersonal skills, with experience of working collaboratively within a busy team which has to deliver their work to clear time and quality standards.
9. Able to demonstrate the use of integrity and judgment to manage confidential information.
This role is homebased/flexible but does require some travel within the UK..
Safer Recruitment
As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.
Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.
The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.
Our principles:
• Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation.
• Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.
• We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us.
• Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.
• As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate.
• All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.