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Programme Manager, Sustainable Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have a fantastic opportunity for two Programme Managers to join our small new team focussed on green and sustainable chemistry. The positions are for a fixed-term period of three years.

You will be joining the RSC at an exciting time as we develop our next organisational strategy. You will help shape how we build on and connect across recent work in areas like Sustainable Labs, Digital Futures, Future Workforce & Educational Pathways, Chemicals Waste & Pollution and the 25th anniversary celebration of our journal Green Chemistry.

Reporting initially to our Head of Science & Sustainability Strategy Lead, your programmes will enable us to explore and prioritise opportunities to maximise our immediate and long-term impacts in everything from sustainability conferences and communities to tools, professional development and beyond.

In this role, you will:

• Scope and prioritise RSC Sustainable Chemistry programmes e.g. convening, conferencing, developing tools, resources, standards & metrics, training and professional development, new communities.
• Work in partnership with colleagues to identify, evaluate & prioritise opportunities and impacts e.g. collaborating with Publishing, Membership, Science & Communities, Professional Development, Communications, Marketing, Data Science & Insights, Product Management and Business Development.
• Build partnerships in the UK and internationally with organisations that share our commitment to driving and supporting sustainability in science e.g. research funders, sister societies, sustainability-focussed for- and not-for-profits, universities, chemistry-using businesses, and their suppliers.
• Develop effective relationships with our member and journal communities to align with their passion and expertise in achieving green & sustainable chemistry goals.
• Develop and deliver Sustainable Chemistry projects and programmes
• Track and report impacts, and contribute to a culture of continual improvement and innovation

At the RSC we embrace flexibility and offer hybrid working, which means our teams come together when they need to collaborate. Although this role is contractually based at our Cambridge office, you will be able to work from home within the UK, with the expectation that you will attend the office a minimum of average two days per week initially, with some travel for meetings and events. If you need flexible working arrangements, please outline this in your application.

What we are looking for:

• PhD or equivalent in chemistry or a broadly related science and engineering area, or equivalent experience working in science labs or on science-related projects, publishing, funding or community engagement.
• Passion for science and for sustainability with some specific sustainability-related experience, ideally in a science R&D context.
• Ability to leverage quantitative and qualitative data to make informed product & programme decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Initiative to seek knowledge and input when that will deliver the best results.
• Can-do, flexible attitude with a focus on solutions and progress, including listening to others and taking the initiative in ambiguous and changing situations.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Open-ness to learning about technical areas of science and sustainability as well as about new approaches or fields from expert colleagues and collaborators.
• Experience working on and managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to balance and prioritise across multiple projects, tasks and deadlines.
• Experience of facilitation or organisation of networks, meetings and workshops.
• Experience writing reports, proposals or business documents.

If you are interested in this role, please apply before the end of the closing date. When applying, you will need to provide an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement (no more than 500 words) indicating how your skills/ expertise match the competencies outlined in the Job Description.

About the RSC

We are a not-for-profit organisation with a thriving community including over 60,000 members, an international publisher of high-quality chemical science knowledge and the professional body for chemists in the UK, with a reputation as an influential champion for the chemical sciences.

Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.

At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.

As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.

No agencies, please. All recruitment enquiries from third-party recruiters will not be considered.

Apply for this job online

Location: Cambridge
Salary: £47,472 - £52,746 per annum plus benefits
Contract Type: Temporary
Hours: Full-Time or Part-Time

Closing Date: 04/08/2024

You may also have experience in the following: Programme Leader, Programme Director, Programme Coordinator, Head of Entrepreneur Development Programme, Programme Delivery Manager, Chemistry, Science, etc.

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Are you looking for a new role as Philanthropy Lead? Are you passionate about securing new philanthropic income? Do you want to raise money to prevent male suicide? Charity People are delighted to be partnering with James' Place to recruit their new Philanthropy Lead to focus on driving forward the philanthropy program across the UK.

Job Title: James' Place Philanthropy Lead
Salary: c. £60k per annum depending on experience
Location: Hybrid - requirement to have one of our centres as a base, with regular travel to London and other centres and locations within the UK.
Benefits: - Generous pension scheme, family-friendly policies, costs of supervision, death in service insurance scheme.
Line management: None
Reports to: Head of Fundraising and Communications

About the Charity

James' Place is dedicated to preventing male suicide. Since 2018, they have opened centres in Liverpool, London, and Newcastle, supporting over 2,300 men and delivering over 7,500 life-saving intervention sessions. This is an exciting time to join as they are now expanding their model to reach more men in suicidal crisis and aim to have five centres open across England by 2026.

About the role

As the Philanthropy Lead, you will play a pivotal role in securing critical philanthropic income to support the expansion of the life-saving centres across the UK. Your work will directly contribute to saving the lives of men in suicidal crisis by building new centres and ensuring sustainability in the fundraising efforts for the long term.

You will manage a portfolio of supporters, appeal board members, and prospects to an exceptional standard, securing repeat support. You will be confident at building new relationships, generating and following leads from across the James' Place network to raise vital funds. You will embed new appeal board members and support the chair to develop the board to deliver the organisation's ambitions and income targets.

About you

You will have demonstrable experience of raising six- and seven-figure gifts from philanthropists, companies, and foundations. You will have significant experience of actively building new business pipelines to raise big gifts in a charity or higher education setting. You will be an effective team member and prioritize workload brilliantly. You will engage with James' Place values of focus, bravery, compassion, hope, respect, and professionalism.

If you are passionate about making a real difference and have the skills and experience required, we would love to hear from you. Contact Katharine Charity People with your CV to book in a meeting.

Closing date for applications is Midday on Monday 29 July. 1st round interview will be August 1st.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity 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 do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Lead the development and successful rollout of South Kent Mind’s Fundraising and Engagement strategy, annual plans, generation income and key project work which aim to deliver significant net income growth and increase awareness by maximising local support.

This is a new post within the charity created in response to emerging demands and the implementation of South Kent Mind’s Strategy.  We are seeking to appoint an experienced individual to deliver grant bid writing and also to take the lead on the development and implementation of fundraising initiatives to maximise and increase income. The successful post-holder will join and be an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team

Managing a full-time Marketing and Fundraising Officer this post will support South Kent Mind’s trust and grant fundraising activity as an essential income stream for the charity, including managing and monitoring the bidding process to maximise the success rate of applications.  The postholder will also monitor and undertake all reporting on funding to others both within and outside the organisation

The full job description is available on our website.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we receive sufficient applications for the role.  Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Senior Finance Officer

Job Title:  Senior Finance Officer
Location:  Hybrid (with some travel required)
Job Type:  Fixed term until 31/03/2025 (subject to extension/becoming permanent)
Salary range per annum:  Band 4 (starting Mid–Mid2 (£34,772 - £36,262))
Closing date:  05/08/2024 9am (we reserve the right to close the role earlier)
Potential interview date:  w/c 05/08/2024

The opportunity

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated candidate to join our Operations team, under our growing Finance team at Standing Together.   If you are someone who shares our passion to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable groups then we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for a new Senior Finance Officer, who will support STADA’s Executive and Senior Leadership Teams, to bolster and develop our Finance function across the organisation; as the charity heads to meet the demands of its growth.

The Senior Finance Officer will work with the Head of Finance (and relevant internal and external stakeholders) to review existing systems, contracts and funding (income) arrangements; as well as explore and develop efficiency enhancing opportunities and contribute to building effective finance management processes and systems across STADA. They will support the delivery of several functions including: setting and monitoring of budgets, reporting of activity and funding across multiple funding streams, contribute to positive stakeholder engagement, oversee day to day financial activity and provide advice/guidance to inform development and delivery of our strategy and business plan. 

There is potential for line management within this role as it evolves. 

To fulfil this role, we are looking for someone who is passionate about ending domestic abuse. It is preferable if they have experience in providing line management support and supervision. They will have great organisational, analytical and adaptive communication skills. With a positive and inclusive style of working, they will be confident and able to work across a variety of teams (and other stakeholders) and  be agile to work on and demonstrate a solution focussed approach. For a full list of the personal specification, please see the job description attached.

About us

Standing Together was founded 25 years ago with the ambition to eradicate domestic abuse by transforming the way organisations and individuals think about, prevent, and respond to it. 

We are a national charity bringing communities together to end domestic abuse. Standing Together pioneered the Coordinated Community Response (CCR) approach in the UK, a multi-agency partnership model for keeping survivors safe and holding abusers to account. The Housing Team at STADA, focuses on responding to the housing and homelessness needs of victims/survivors of domestic abuse, through influencing national and local policy and practice, across all relevant agencies, but with a particular focus on the role of the housing and homelessness sector as a part of a Coordinated Community Response to domestic abuse. 

Benefits:

• 25 annual leave days Holiday plus all English bank holidays
• 1 day's leave for religious / cultural observation
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
• Flexible working opportunities
• Training and development opportunities

Applicants must have the existing Right to Work in the UK and undergo a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check (paid for by Standing Together), in-line with Charity Commission guidance.

Here at STADA, we do not discriminate in employment based on race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, national origin, marital status, medical history, parental status or genetic information. STADA is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

We aim to have a workforce which is truly representative of all sections of society and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.  We welcome and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences.

For more information

If you have any questions, or think you may be interested in this role, please contact us via email. 

Please also look at the job description and personal specification, which you can download from this page (on the righthand corner).

Interviews

Interviews will take place w/c 05/08/2024. We will email you if you’ve been successfully shortlisted to arrange an interview time.

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