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Data Orchard is looking for:
·at least one associate who can work with us to deliver training courses such as Key data skills for everyone and Data for nonprofit leaders.
·at least one associate who can support our work to deliver Data Maturity Assessments within organisations, including hosting engaging, online workshops with staff to kick-off organisation-wide Assessments.
·at least one associate who can support our consultancy work developing data strategies for nonprofit organisations
·At least one associate with expertise in impact and evaluation (including developing theories of change)
Specific responsibilities/duties
●work as part of the Data Orchard team on specific projects
●where appropriate lead on specific projects representing Data Orchard to clients
●liaise with clients, provide advice and insight, design and facilitate events and deliver training
See the role description for more detail.
What you'll get out of it
●Sense of fulfilment in supporting nonprofit organisations to use data effectively to achieve their goals.
●Working as part of a team of contracted staff and associates for a social enterprise with a track record of success.
●Making a difference to the nonprofit sector in the UK and beyond
We enable organisations working for social and environmental benefit to get better with data.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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After nine successful years of growth, underpinned by a strong mission, clear artistic vision, and successful fundraising, the Chineke! Foundation is looking for an efficient and dynamic Concert Coordinator to manage the orchestra’s library, and support in the planning and delivery of our ambitious diary.
The Concert Coordinator will be part of the projects team working closely with the Senior Projects Manager (SPM) and reporting directly to the Concert and Tour Manager (CTM). You will be involved in the planning and execution of all Chineke! Orchestra and Chineke! Chamber Ensemble projects, including supporting the management team on site at rehearsals and concerts, and to ensure the smooth operation of the orchestra’s library.
This role would suit someone who would be interested in furthering their experience within orchestral management and is looking for a role that will challenge them, working closely within a small team.
Job description
Reporting to the CTM and in coordination with the SPM, you will work together to ensure the smooth-running of all rehearsal and performance activities and be responsible for the management of the orchestra’s library. Responsibilities include:
· Sourcing/hiring, preparation, and distribution of music (e.g. preparing physical and digital music for each concert, including inputting bowings). You will also be responsible for developing and maintaining our digital library catalogue.
· Collating all project details, and putting together project schedules, tour itineraries, stage plans, and keeping track of responses from musicians being booked for projects.
· Assisting with booking rehearsal venues/recording studios and ensuring the orchestra’s needs are communicated to venues in the form of a tech rider.
· Overseeing the co-ordination of instrument hire and arranging for their delivery and return e.g. percussion, harpsichord, celeste etc.
· Assisting the CTM with arranging travel and accommodation when required, supporting foreign players, conductors, and soloists with any international travel requirements and organising official documentation (e.g. carnets, visas, work permits).
· Organising paperwork (recording consent forms etc) for UK recordings.
· Being present at all rehearsals, concerts, and events (both within the UK and on foreign tours) to support with set up, pack down, and other general tasks. Deputising at rehearsals/concerts when the SPM/CTM are not present.
· Attending regular management meetings as required. Preparing and circulating agendas, taking minutes, and following up with action points for the team.
· Gathering data for the transition to using OPAS management software.
· Other reasonable tasks as required.
How to apply
If you have any queries, or wish to apply for the post, please send your CV and covering letter to Ellie Argente, Concert and Tour Manager.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This Grade 6 rated post will support the systems which ensure that Alumni & Development deliver successful fundraising by providing efficient and accurate prospect research support to the fundraising team. Daily tasks will include identifying, researching and rating high net worth individuals and organisations, identifying event speakers, guests and award nominees. The post-holder will also have responsibility for prospect pool management and supporting the research needs of the fundraisers, and wider University for writing prospect profiles, event briefings and due diligence reports, while keeping the database up to date.
With strong investigative and research skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills, you will be a self-motivated, flexible, team player with a methodical approach to work tasks, excellent data entry, accuracy, time management and communication skills. Knowledge of the fundraising environment and The Raiser’s Edge would be an advantage.
Permanent, part time position - 18.5 hours per week
Flexible hybrid working, with at least one day per week working from our Reading office
Role requires some travel across London and the southeast
Starting salary in the FTE range £28,722 – £35,103 pa
(pro-rated salary £14,361 - £17,552 pa)
Join us and help transform lives through the power of partnerships!
Do you have a genuine desire to make a real difference in the lives of women, children and families?
Are you excited by the impact that partnerships can make and have the drive to make this happen?
About us
Parents And Children Together (PACT) is an innovative and forward-thinking charity committed to creating positive and lasting change for women, children and families. We support hundreds of women, children and families every year through inspirational, award-winning community projects for children and adults facing multiple disadvantages including domestic abuse, homelessness, debt and victims or perpetrators of crime and families healing from domestic abuse.
We are also a leading independent adoption charity in the UK, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support. Our adoption service is rated as “Outstanding” by Ofsted.
The role
We are looking for a passionate and ambitious Corporate Partnerships Executive to join our dedicated fundraising team. You will play an essential and valued role in generating income, networks and relationships by increasing the profile of PACT to be a partner of choice for companies looking to enhance their CSR and ESG strategies. You will develop, implement and maintain transformational partnerships which are crucial for us to be able to support even more people.
As the Corporate Partnerships Executive, you will collaborate closely with the Fundraising and Business Development Manager and immediate colleagues in the fundraising team as well as colleagues from other teams across the charity.
What we’re looking for
We are looking for someone who is passionate about our work and can advocate for our cause. Ideally you should have proven success in securing five and six figure sums through partnerships fundraising, preferably within the charity sector.
You should be a great relationship builder, with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, confident in engaging with a range of stakeholders. With a curious and proactive mindset, you should be able to identify and seize new opportunities for growth and impact.
What you can expect from us
PACT is an amazing, caring and supportive place to work. You will be alongside colleagues who have a genuine desire to help others and are passionate about their work.
We offer a range of benefits including group life assurance, generous holiday entitlement, 2 x celebration days each year and many and varied opportunities for learning and development. Most importantly, you will have the chance to contribute to meaningful and life-changing work.
How to Apply
If this is you and you would like to join our dedicated team, please visit our website for more information, including details on how to apply , the job description and our full benefits package. You will also find contact details for an informal chat about the role.
Closing date: noon on Friday 23 August 2024
Interview date: w/c 02 September, likely to be Friday 06 September 2024
PACT is a supportive and respectful place where people are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of women, children and families from many different backgrounds. We continuously look to progress the ways in which we create families and bring people together and encourage applications from people across all communities. We are committed to ensuring that our people and our services reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and applications from people from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed.
PACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Anyone joining our team is subject to PACT’s Safer Recruitment pre-appointment enquiries. These include the provision of documentation of the right to work in the UK, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check, overseas police check where applicable and references covering a minimum 5-year period. All opportunities are based in the UK.
an adoption charity and family support provider helping hundreds of families every year through outstanding adoption and adoption support services
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
CCLG is the UK and Ireland’s professional membership association for all health professionals working in paediatric oncology or teenage and young adult oncology. We are also a leading charity and expert voice for children and young people with cancer. One of our key charitable objectives is funding and supporting research.
It is an exciting time to join CCLG as we begin developing our strategy for the next five years. We will also be launching a new research strategy later this year, which focuses on our dual role as both a funder of research and a key strategic player in this field, setting the broader research direction for the children and young people’s cancer sector through projects like our Children’s Cancer Priority Setting Partnership and our research strategy groups, which set the direction for clinical research in the UK.
This new role will be responsible for the implementation and delivery of key objectives in our new research strategy, including supporting our research strategy groups, early career researcher network, and key research events.
We're looking for someone with admin or project coordination experience, preferably in a medical research charity, University, research organisation or similar. Knowledge of charity medical research funding, and how it works, is desirable but not essential. This would be an ideal role for someone looking to develop their career in the charity sector, particularly in health or medical research.
Our work
Each week in the UK and Ireland, more than 30 children are diagnosed with cancer. Our network of dedicated professional members work together in treatment, care and research to help shape a future where all children with cancer survive and live happy, healthy and independent lives.
We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.
We are a registered charity and fundraise for our important activities through campaigns, donations and family involvement.
Main purpose of the job
This role will be responsible for providing a range of support, including administrative support, and coordinating activities across our research programme. You’ll provide support to a range of activities including our Research Strategy Groups, research networks, lived experience engagement in research, and our research funding processes. This is a flexible and varied role, and you’ll be a key member of a small team making a big impact.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 8 September 2024.
Hours: full-time (37.5 hours per week) or 0.8FTE (4 days per week). Other flexible working arrangements may be considered.
Location: Either hybrid (40% of time in our central Leicester office, the remainder remote working) or completely remote with travel to our Leicester office as required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We're searching for a dynamic communicator to join our growing Foundation team, to revitalize and develop our communication networks, connecting with our UK colleagues and partners—a vibrant community of around 8,000 members. Our goal is to increase engagement and aid in the expansion of the Openwork Foundation, with the ambition to exceed our target annual income of £1 million.
This is an 18 month fixed term hybrid role, based 2 days a week in our Swindon office, however travel to events will be required.
What we offer:
- Salary - up to £35,000
- Bonus scheme - on target bonus - 7.5%
- Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
- Critical illness cover
- Income protection
- Death in service
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
- A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.
What you'll be doing:
- Support the Head of Foundation to develop a Foundation communications and engagement strategy.
- Create a range of new communications channels and platforms to reach more of our UK wide colleague and partnership population to promote awareness and increase engagement and participation. Including social media, website, intranet, newsletters and presentations.
- Refine and enhance our charitable Foundation message and narrative, including working with the charities we support, to tell the story of how donations create the impact we have in changing lives.
- Set up a range of engagement campaigns to leverage increased levels of volunteering, fundraising, regular giving and ad-hoc giving.
- Refine and enhance our charitable Foundation content and collateral including video, images, infographics, reports, presentations and copy.
- Support our volunteer and ambassador networks to grow, providing them with platforms, content and collateral to get their messages out, increasing engagement and participation.
- Create a communications calendar to clearly illustrate planned activities.
- Develop a recognition approach to thank those who support our Foundation.
- Support our charitable Foundation to be a core part of business culture and shared values.
- Support the wider charitable Foundation team.
What we're looking for:
- Experience of passionately delivering successful communications across varied stakeholder groups.
- Imagination to develop a range of collateral and clear messages.
- Experience in planning and developing creative communications campaigns to inspire all audiences.
- Experience in developing communications platforms and using them to grow reach into varied stakeholder populations.
- Experience in building and maintaining successful relationships with internal and external stakeholders including securing pro-bono support.
- Proven ability to balance competing priorities and manage multiple projects and the same time.
- Experience of developing or co-ordinating video content.
- Up to date knowledge of social media platforms and how to make best use of them.
- Strong and positive PR knowledge to write compelling pieces to share.
- Knowledge of inclusion and accessibility within communications.
- Highly organised - Project management experience and or training.
- Exceptional communication, influencing and persuasion skills.
- Knowledge of the charity or financial services sectors.
- Excellent interpersonal skills – a collaborator and team player who works well with others, reaching challenging goals often under very tight deadlines.
- Effective project management: organisational skills together with project and time management skills are essential.
- A commercial focus to all activities.
- Understanding of how to develop opportunities to maximise reach and make the most of current and emerging media and communication trends.
Why us?
We're a dynamic, fast-paced and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential.
We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.
On top of offering a modern workplace with bags of development opportunities, we also offer a highly attractive benefits package to reward you for your hard work. This includes a competitive base salary, an industry-leading annual bonus, enhanced pension, critical illness cover, income protection and a range of other flexible benefits.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About OCD Action:
OCD Action is the UK’s leading charity for everyone affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. We exist because it takes 7-8 years on average for people affected by OCD to get the treatment that they need. OCD is debilitating and isolating, but it is treatable.
At OCD Action we have a vision of a time when OCD is well understood, and everyone gets the treatment and support they need when they need it. With the OCD community, we are fighting for this. Until that day arrives, we are working to ensure everyone affected by OCD has access to the high-quality support, information, and guidance they need.
A vital part of achieving our vision is ensuring we are building community and raising awareness of both the reality of living with OCD and the fact that it is a highly treatable condition.
About this role:
This new, fixed-term maternity cover role is an exciting opportunity to be a primary point of contact for OCD Actions’ members, supporters and donors, ensuring communications are effectively managed and responded to via email and phone. To support the effective operations of OCD Actions services, through the provision of administration support. To be responsible for maintaining our key databases and systems and financial/fundraising records. To support with office and facilities management.
As a Senior Administrator, you would work across the organisation supporting communication, finances & fundraising and services.
We are looking for a committed, empathetic and flexible team member. You will need to be organised, a strong planner and have great attention to detail. If this sounds like you, we would love to meet you and talk about this role.
Working at OCD Action:
It is important that working with us works for you. This is why we have an attractive benefits package, including flexible working and hybrid working.
We believe that diversity drives improvement and creativity. This fosters the environment needed to ensure we can do and be the best we can for the OCD community. We actively employ, and pro-actively seek to employ people with lived experience of intersectional disadvantage.
If you are passionate about being part of a movement for change for those impacted by OCD, we encourage you to apply. Please complete and return the application form by the 23rd August 2024 at 10:00 am.
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Join us as a HR BP and play a pivotal role in driving success, enhancing colleague experiences, and shaping the future of our organisation.
What is a HR Business Partner?
As a HR Business Partner, you will serve as a partner to the organisation's leadership and provide comprehensive HR support to drive business objectives, enhance our colleague experience and continually evolve our organisational effectiveness. You will collaborate with various stakeholders within your specific locations responsibilities, including our senior leadership, centre management, to develop and implement HR strategies, policies, and programs aligned with the company's goals and values.
A large part of the role will be based around managing employee relations with your key stakeholders. You will be expected to provide a first-class Employee Relations service to line managers and colleagues that embodies our company values and minimises impact to the day to day running of the company whilst being compliant with UK legislation and company policy.
As the HR Business Partner, you will contribute to the effectiveness of HR service delivery and will be an active participant and role model within the HR Team and wider organisation.
The HR function is responsible for ensuring the appropriate, sustainable, organisational structure is in place for MSI Reproductive Choices UK to achieve its mission, goals and objectives. As custodians of the values and culture of the organisation, the HR team are responsible for the employment policies, procedures, practices and systems that govern the full colleague life cycle.
About You
You will be CIPD (ideally level 7 qualified) or have relevant HR experience. Reporting to the UK HR Manager, you will be working within the HR department, working closely with other members of the HR team and Operational teams within the regions.
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:
- HR Experience & Employment Law: Strong background in HR with knowledge and application of employment law.
- Employee Relations: Experience with managing and ability to demonstrate handling a number of ER matters consecutively including absence management, disciplinary actions, grievances, performance issues, and organisational changes.
- Communication & IT Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication; proficient in IT and HR systems.
- Self-Management & Discretion: Ability to plan, prioritise, make decisions independently, and handle confidential matters with discretion.
What can we offer you:
A comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial wellbeing, health, work-life balance, and career growth:
- Financial Reward: Competitive salary with opportunities for progression, up to 5% employer pension contribution, and thousands of perks through Blue Light card.
- Health and Wellness: Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Doctor Line for over-the-phone GP consultations, and dedicated Mental Health First Aiders.
- Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a flexible schedule, a Birthday Bonus day off, and competitive family-friendly benefits.
- Career Development: Paid training, opportunities for accredited apprenticeship programs, and potential for career progression.
Location: London Support Office – Conway Street (Hybrid)
Contract type: Permanent, 35 hours
Salary: £42,213.23 - £51,078.01 (dependant on experience and location)
We have been providing NHS-funded and private abortion and vasectomy care through our network of local clinics across England for over 40 years.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
For over 35 years, School-Home Support has been working with children, families and schools to break the cycle of poor school attendance, low educational attainment, anti social behaviour, crime, low paid or no job, generation after generation. School-Home Support gets children and young people back into school, ready to learn. Whatever it takes.
Purpose of role
To work with families, parents, carers and the school to enable children and young people to have full access to educational opportunities and overcome the barriers to learning. This may include working with the wider family and community.
Work Context
Based at Haberdashers' Abraham Darby the SHS Practitioner will work from a child centred approach and primarily be concerned with developing and maintaining good working relationships with parents/carers, children and young people, teachers, head teachers and various educational support staff and other agencies. The workload is varied and is negotiated with the schools prior to the appointment of the SHS Practitioner.
Level of contact with children and young people
The responsibilities of the post require the post-holder to have substantial, unsupervised and daily contact with children, young people and their families and is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. SHS will organise and pay for this certificate.
Internal contacts
Colleagues of School-Home Support (UK) to share tasks, information and good practice, colleagues throughout the organisation who may be in a position to assist with, or require help from the SHS Practitioner in the fulfilment of the role. This includes colleagues in both schools and Central Office. This is not a definitive list.
External contacts
This includes: head teachers, teachers, SENCOs, parents, carers and families, students, youth workers, other SHSPs/PSAs and learning mentors, health workers, voluntary sector organisations, researchers, other professionals in related fields of work. This is not a definitive list.
Other Organisations
Professional contacts include: social services, schools, voluntary organisations, youth and community workers and groups, religious and cultural groups, benefits agencies, general practitioners etc. This is not a definitive list.
Safeguarding
School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. We are committed to ensuring our safeguarding procedures reflect statutory responsibilities, government guidance and comply with best practice. Our policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances and we therefore take all necessary steps to protect them.
Main responsibilities and tasks
Work with families
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Work with parents/carers in a school context, supporting them and building their engagement with their child’s learning.
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To design and/or facilitate a flexible range of programmes of intervention to support parents/carers of children identified as vulnerable.
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To undertake outreach work which may include home visits, to offer a flexible support service in accordance with the SHS lone worker policy, in order to improve parental engagement with the school and with the child’s learning.
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To act as advocate, mediator and negotiator in confrontational situations, maintaining communication with young people, parents/carers, schools and other agencies. This will include initiating and participating in meetings to discuss and develop ways of resolving problems.
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To provide targeted support on a one to one basis or for small groups with parents/carers, children and young people through either self-referral or school staff referral.
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To advise and inform parents/carers about relevant local services and where appropriate to make referrals to other agencies.
Liaison with other agencies
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To ensure effective communication between the school, parents/carers and external agencies and to understand the school’s culture and ethos.
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To provide informal opportunities for all parents/carers to access specialist support in the school and local community to increase their capacity to independently support the child’s learning.
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To act in accordance with SHS and the school’s child protection procedures and ensure the job holder keeps up to date with relevant training in this area.
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To attend and contribute to child protection conferences, reviews, core group meetings, pastoral support plan meetings and school reviews as appropriate, which may support the Early Help Assessment (EHA).
Monitoring and evaluation
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To keep accurate electronic daily records and all documentation pertaining to meetings/contact with children and young people and their families.
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To maintain receipts and documentation of any expenditure in order to facilitate the monitoring of the budget.
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Produce a written annual report before the end of each summer term with case studies.
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To take ownership and fully participate in termly work plan reviews and the annual appraisal to determine priorities both for the school and for SHS.
Additional requirements depending on the needs of the school
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Where appropriate to provide transition support between secondary school and feeder primary schools and between infant school and junior school. This will also include mid-term admissions.
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To plan, prepare and run high quality, outcome focused informal and formal parenting groups, workshops and courses, in line with the project objectives and local authority Parenting Strategy.
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To support parents/carers of children and young people identified as at risk of exclusion or having been excluded.
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To monitor and track the attendance and punctuality of children and young people and work with families and School attendance staff to gain improvements though identifying and tackling underlying issues.
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To provide targeted work with children and young people who have persistent absence.
Other Organisational Responsibilities
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To attend out of hours meetings, for example parent evenings and school events.
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To regularly attend local area meetings and conferences and other meetings or working groups for exchange of information and “best practice”.
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To take ownership and develop a learning plan and review this with the SHS line manager to ensure reflection and development of own practice.
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To ensure that good practice and equal opportunity principles are complied with and promoted in accordance with SHS values and Diversity/Equal Opportunities Policy.
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To conform to health and safety legal requirements as laid down by the school and SHS.
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To ensure that a high level of confidentiality is maintained in all aspects of working with children, young people and their families.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Lewisham Local connects the community to give, share and work together to create happier and healthier communities. We are growing and want to engage local people to give their time, money and skills to make a difference in Lewisham.
You will be supporting the Lewisham Giving Development Manager and Food Programme Manager to administer Lewisham Local’s small grants programmes. Coordinating the development of Participatory Grant Making to support Lewisham Local’s small grants programmes by engaging local residents and groups with lived experience, developing training and supporting residents in the grant assessment process.
Main Responsibilities
● Oversee communication with grant applicants including: receiving and acknowledging grant applications, undertaking due diligence for applicants, logging grant applications throughout the process on CRM, liaising with Lewisham Local’s Finance Manager to organise payments. Coordinating the collection of monitoring and evaluation material
● Build strong and effective local relationships encouraging organisations and individuals across different sectors to get more involved in the community and explore ways to give and make a positive social difference
● Proactively engage with local charities, community groups and local residents in Lewisham, particularly those representing marginalised communities ensuring they are well-connected and engaged with Lewisham Local’s grants programmes, and Giving projects including: the Lewisham Local Card, Community Toilets, Lewisham Refill, Lewisham Community Lottery, Lewisham (skills) Exchange, Volunteering
● Community engagement and event attendance to promote local giving opportunities and projects and identify local needs and priorities- writing reports where necessary- to inform and influence fundraising campaigns and grant programmes to address these needs
● Promote the Card take up to local charitable groups and volunteers. Visiting groups to supporting individuals who need assistance to sign up to the card
For futher information please refer to the full job description and person sepcification attached below.
Closing date: Sunday 25th August 2024
Interview date: Wednesday 4th September 2024
About the recruitment:
We are committed to our staff team reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve and strongly welcome applications from minority communities.
Shortlisted candidates who outline their skills and experience in the 2-page covering letter that matches the essential criteria will be interviewed. Two references from the previous and current employer will be taken up for the successful candidate, and where necessary employers may be contacted to gather further information.
We are committed to the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children, where appropriate may require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Financial Controller
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Salary: Circa £40k pro rata. DBS checks are required.
Job Type: Part Time, Permanent. 22.5 hours per week (Office days 2, 1 day choice of homebased or office)
About us: Playskill is an award-winning specialist early intervention charity supporting pre-school children with physical disabilities and delays, and their families, in Hertfordshire. We are the only charity providing this type of support, free of charge, in the county.
Since 2006, our highly qualified and experienced team has supported over 440 physically disabled children and their families to access specialist therapy, advice and support, with the end goal of supporting the children to reach personal development milestones and to achieve better life outcomes.
About the role:
Skills and Experience Required:
· Previous experience as a Financial Controller in a similar role
· Experience in preparing monthly management accounts and year-end accounts for
audit
· Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
· Excellent organisational skills, able to prioritise and manage work to deadlines.
· A team player, proactive in supporting and communicating with finance and non-
finance colleagues
· Part-qualified from a recognised accountancy body
· Experience with Xero
· Experience in overseeing payroll processes
What we can offer you:
The role is for 3 days per week, we will require you to be office based (Hemel Hempstead) on a Tuesday and Wednesday with the third day worked flexibly/remotely. You will be part of a supportive Senior Management Team helping to drive growth as we plan for the next 5 years of our development.
Benefits:
· Wellbeing support
· Supportive colleagues
· Pension
Diversity statement:
Playskill is an equal opportunities employer and has a high number of team with caring responsibilities and is keen to encourage applicants from a diverse number of backgrounds.
Safeguarding statement:
Playskill is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Playskill has a full safeguarding policy and expects all staff to undergo safeguarding training.
Deadline for applications: 9am, Monday 26th August 2024.
Interview date: TBC
Interview location: Hemel Hempstead
Reg Charity no 1198233 (formerly 1122745). Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.in
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Role
The Head of Communications and Marketing maternity cover will oversee delivery of our communications and marketing strategy, designed to respond to the organisational Business Plan 2024 to 2027. It’s an exciting position, as we expand our strategy and team, with scope to further build our public profile across a variety of key audiences and, ultimately, enhance the sustainability of our work.
The role has oversight of all communications functions at Youth Music including content, marketing, digital, campaigns, PR and insights. Working across all teams in the 30-person organisation, the Head of Communications and Marketing role will be about ensuring that everything fits together both operationally and strategically.
The successful candidate will oversee the team in embedding our brand new website (due to launch Autumn 2024), and exploring ways of developing our content strategy. They will also lead on several campaigns – from raising awareness of the funding crisis, to the annual Youth Music Awards event.
The role reports to the Chief Operating Officer. It sits in the Core team, working strategically across the organisation as a member of the Executive Group (formed of Directors and Heads) and Planning Group (formed of Senior Executives and Managers). It includes line management of the Digital Marketing Manager, Internal Communications Lead and Insights Manager, as well as several external suppliers and agencies.
About You
You’ll be an ambitious, proactive, strategic and creative communicator with excellent project and people management skills.
You’ll have previous experience of leading a communications function working across multiple teams and agencies, with a track record delivering results.
Bold and passionate about our cause, you’ll be inspired by the idea of empowering young people to tell the stories of how they are transforming their lives through music. A highly skilled communicator and storyteller, you’ll combine a keen eye for detail with an ability to see the bigger picture. Able to plan, execute and operate at pace, you’ll have a strong understanding of brand building, and the role of communications as part of this.
You’re engaged with the external environment, current affairs and social media platforms. You’re able to proactively spot and exploit relevant communications opportunities and have experience in maximising the potential of digital marketing for a brand. You’ll recognise the potential to be unlocked across Youth Music’s various channels and can work strategically across the organisation to achieve this.
You’ll thrive under pressure and can work flexibly to juggle multiple and competing priorities. You’re a strong team worker able to collaborate and drive your team, external agencies, freelancers, and senior stakeholders to achieve great outcomes.
Key Responsibilties
Strategy and Planning
- Building the brand and reputation of Youth Music as the UK’s leading young people’s music charity.
- Delivering an ambitious and high-impact communications strategy and overseeing its implementation and communication across the organisation.
- Playing an active role in the Executive Group, informing strategic decision making.
- Collaborating with Youth Music’s trustees, keeping the group informed on communications activity, and equipped with key messaging. Also engaging relevant individuals where appropriate for their expertise.
- Overseeing implementation of Youth Music’s new digital marketing strategy.
- Working alongside the PR agency and CEO to ensure continued growth in media presence.
- Ensuring consistency in key messages, audiences, visual identity, house style, tone, and appropriate language.
- Advising and supporting Youth Music colleagues, funded partners and young creatives on communications strategy.
- Ensuring that Youth Music meets and reports on all communications targets (including requirements from major funders National Lottery via Arts Council England, People’s Postcode Lottery and partners).
Insights and advocacy
- Embedding insights and evidence into our communications outputs to create compelling campaigns, support fundraising, and demonstrate our impact.
- Leveraging Youth Music’s evidence of ‘what works’ to influence policy and create thought-leadership opportunities.
- Leveraging our advocates and ambassadors to amplify our insights, impact and storytelling.
Copywriting and Editing
- Editing, copywriting and sign-off (as required) of key documents and text.
Media and PR
- Leading on the relationship with external PR agency, ensuring they’re delivering on proposed plans and KPIs.
- Co-ordinating with colleagues to source appropriate projects, case studies and spokespeople for media opportunities.
- Identifying potential PR risks and supporting Senior Leadership Team/Executive Group on crisis management.
- Acting as a public advocate and spokesperson as required.
Management and Communication
- Managing the communications team.
- Overseeing relationships with external communications suppliers, supporting managers with day-to-day responsibility for agency management.
- Ensuring internal colleagues are aware of external trends and issues affecting Youth Music’s work.
- Co-ordinating communications needs from across the organisation.
- Leading the communications team in monitoring, evaluating and improving performance of all communications activities, and sharing successes/learnings internally.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant Youth Music policies, including data protection, safeguarding, and equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Keeping up-to-date with best practice in communications and digital innovation.
Person Specification
Essential Experience
- Minimum 2 years management experience leading a communications team.
- Informing strategic decision making at Trustee and Executive level.
- Managing colleagues at management level.
- Building and strengthening the brand and reputation of a leading organisation.
- Experience across content, marketing, digital, campaigns, PR.
- Effective agency management.
- Applying strong interpersonal and communication skills to manage relationships with senior colleagues, agencies, direct reports and colleagues across the organisation.
- Excellent project management to deliver and implement strategies, campaigns and initiatives.
- Strong attention to detail, including ability to adapt copy for different audiences and ensure adherence to brand guidelines.
Desirable Experience
- Experience in a charity, agency, youth or music organisation.
- Crisis management.
- Knowledge of best practice in communications and digital innovation.
- External environment and current affairs knowledge and networks.
- Understanding of the music education and/or music industries landscape.
- Passion for music and interest in its benefits for individuals and society.
- Working with insights data.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Internal comms (50%)
· Support colleagues from across the organisation to develop communications plans for initiatives and change projects.
· Author or edit stories and content to inspire, motivate and inform our colleagues
· Design and distribute email communications to segments of our staff community
· Maintain and post news and events on our Sharepoint-based intranet
· Support with communications planning and delivery for internal events, webinars and meetings.
· Working with the Internal Comms Lead to continually improve and optimise our internal comms channels, including developing our SharePoint intranet.
· Plan, shoot and edit short promotional films.
· Use Adobe Creative Suite, Canva or the Microsoft suite to design materials for cascade by managers to their teams.
Marketing (30%)
· Develop engaging and persuasive written and visual content, including case studies, success stories and testimonials that effectively communicate the value and impact of United Response’s work
· Create engaging and optimised content for our social media channels, applying your understanding of our audience to drive engagement and action
· Support the Marketing and Communications Manager with management of the website, including writing and editing web copy and publishing articles, while embedding SEO principles throughout.
· Optimise case study leads into creative responses written, audio or visual to distribute on our channels
· Support the planning and delivery of communications at external events.
Policy and campaigns (20%)
· Spot and create social media responses to breaking announcements under the guidance of the Press Manager
· Support the delivery of our policy and campaigning strategy with comms and engagement activity.
· Support team administration, including working on a rota basis to manage inboxes
· Support the management of consents and the safe storage of case studies and photography.
· With the wider team explore opportunities to embed a storytelling culture throughout the organisation.
· Develop excellent working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, our agencies and other partners
· Join forums and departmental meetings to advise on communication methods and co-developing communication plans.
· Keep up to date with communications and marketing practice and innovation
· Champion diversity, equality and inclusion and uphold United Response’s values
· Travel to services and occasionally work outside office hours
· Ensure dignity and respect for the people we support in every aspect of your work
· Maintain confidentiality at all times
· Adhere to relevant legal and statutory requirements and our organisational policies
· Carry out any other duties as reasonably required.
Person Specification
· Excellent written communication skills and ability to copywrite creatively, sensitively and with attention to detail.
· Experience working in a professional communications or marketing role
· Good understanding of marketing principles and ability to apply these in practice.
· High standard of verbal communication and ability to relate to people from different walks of life.
· Excellent team working skills.
· Experience of working to deadlines and prioritising demands on your attention.
· Degree standard or professional qualification in marketing or related field.
· Commitment to equal opportunities and diversity.
· Design skills using Adobe software.
· Experience filming and editing video to a professional standard.
· Using content management systems to publish website content, or email distribution tools such as Mailchimp.
· Knowledge of using paid and organic social media professionally.
· Experience in recruitment marketing, campaigning, accessible communications or working for a charity.
· If you have lived experience of disability, or relating to people with learning disabilities or autism, we’d particularly welcome your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (TRADING)
Salary: £33,000 - £36,000 per annum
Reports to: Internal Communications & PR Manager (Trading)
Department: Policy, Information and Communication
Location: Stratford, London w/ high-flex (1 - 2 days per week in the office). We are open to further discussions regarding flexibility for the successful candidates.
Employment type: Permanent
Working hours: 35 hours per week
Closing date: Sunday 25 August 2024, 23:55
Interview dates: 12 / 13 September 2024
Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as an Internal Communications Officer (Trading). We need you to deliver internal communications that informs, motivates and inspires our 2,000 colleagues and 11,000 volunteers within Trading, to bring about a world where people can live longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.
Further to this, you'll manage weekly communications channels and lead on bespoke communications projects from end-to-end, evaluating success and managing multiple stakeholder priorities.
What will I be doing?
Delivering regular, impactful internal communications to Trading including intranet content and e-newsletters
Developing and executing multi-channel, audience-led communications plans to support Trading and CRUK's objectives, coordinating stakeholder sign-off as needed
Project managing and prioritising communications requests in shared inboxes, working with stakeholders from across the charity to deliver communications in a timely manner
Responding to and proactively actioning stakeholder enquiries on behalf of the Trading Internal Comms team
Working closely with other internal communications colleagues to tailor and repurpose org-wide messages for Trading staff
Supporting urgent internal communications responses to crises, pulling together key messages at pace
Reviewing the impact of communications and making suggestions for tweaks and improvements based on analytics, presenting back regular insights
Delivering operational and administrative communications tasks to a high standard.
What skills are you looking for?
Good written and verbal communication skills
Experience of tailoring messages to different audience needs
Relevant experience of planning and executing multi-channel communications plans
Good organisational skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities to meet regular deadlines
Good interpersonal skills and experience of building relationships with internal stakeholders
Attention to detail and an eye for proofreading
Proficient in Microsoft Office and using a content management system to publish content - experience using SharePoint for content creation would be a significant advantage
Able to manage and prioritise multiple enquiries.
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. You will be required to fill out an online application form, including your work history and application questions. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview.
Knowledge Management and Learning Senior Advisor Contract type: Permanent, Full time Location: WaterAid is a global and equal opportunities employer. For practical and legal reasons, the successful candidate must be based in and legally able to work in any of the following country programmes: Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, and Zambia For the UK Location: we offer hybrid working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face-to-face, in a WaterAid office. For UK-based staff, WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base. Salary & Benefits: Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience. See further details below:
Want to use your skills in knowledge management and programme learning to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere? We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference. Join WaterAid as Knowledge Management and Learning Senior Advisor to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. About the Team: The Knowledge Management and Learning Senior Advisor is an integral role within the Knowledge Management & Learning (KM&L) team, situated within the Programme Support and Knowledge Team (PSK) of the WaterAid UK International Programmes Department (IPD). IPD operates in 17 African and Asian countries. PSK is a diverse and motivated group of 20+ technical specialists and advisors, passionate about bringing sustainable WASH to the world's poorest and most marginalised people. PSK leads and supports organisation-wide programme learning and knowledge management, collating and disseminating programme knowledge and facilitating knowledge exchange. The team provides technical advisory expertise and fosters and supports internal and external programme and technical partnerships and networks. The team also leads on developing normative programme documents and standards and advise and support the delivery of a programme capacity enhancement strategy. PSK collaborates with many functions across the organisation including policy, advocacy, campaigns, fundraising, communications, as well as with WaterAid partners and collaborators. |
About the Role:
The Knowledge Management and Learning Senior Advisor drives the design and implementation of WaterAid's organisational programme learning and knowledge management strategy. The senior advisor leads the development of knowledge management tools, contribute to organisational processes for collating and disseminating program knowledge, and the evolution of knowledge exchange mechanisms. Additionally, lead the development of the internal programme and policy knowledge library, ensuring comprehensive access and collaborating on strategic knowledge communications. The Senior advisor reports into the Knowledge Management and Learning Senior Manager and their key accountabilities will be:
Co-lead Programme Learning and knowledge management (approximately 50% of time)
- Co-lead the design and implementation of an organisational programme learning and knowledge management strategy (in alignment with the organisational research agenda led by GPAC and supported by PMER processes).
- Lead the development and implementation of knowledge management and learning strategies and tools to capture, organise, and disseminate programme learning within the organisation and externally
- Co-lead the development of organisational mechanisms for knowledge exchange and evolution of our approaches.
- Support and advise PSK team members to effectively document, use and share programme learning and design dissemination strategy and plans to promote thematic learning to the target audience(s).
Develop and promote effective Information Management (approximately 20%)
- Co-Lead the development of the internal programme and policy knowledge library, ensuring that it is comprehensive and easily accessible to relevant stakeholders.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external for strategic and knowledge communications, shaping and populating internal and external facing knowledge systems and building linkages for the same.
- Support internal and external communications teams for strategic and knowledge communications, shaping and populating external facing knowledge systems.
Lead the development of programme guidance and standards (approximately 10%)
- Lead the process and methods to develop and maintain WaterAid's normative frameworks, standards and guidance materials for both internal and external audiences, coordinating with PSK's and GPAC's technical and policy leads. Lead an efficient yet collaborative approach that ensured these are developed built on the extensive knowledge and experience that exists across all levels of the federation.
- Support the dissemination of core normative programmatic documents and standards (frameworks, standards, guidelines, toolkits) through various platforms.
Support Programme Capacity Development (approximately 5% of time)
- Contribute to the development of the capacity strengthening strategy and ensure joined-up articulation of learning, knowledge management and capacity strengthening.
- Work with Capacity Strengthening Senior Advisor, to facilitate organisational mechanisms for knowledge exchange, learning and capacity-strengthening.
Support fundraising, external engagement, and communications (approximately 5% of time)
- Contribute to the organisation's business development efforts by supporting donor engagement, intelligence gathering, and preparation of funding proposals.
- Provide technical input to specific strategic initiatives and programme design particularly on aspects of knowledge management and programme learning.
Contribute to team processes (approximately 10% of time)
- Provide support to any other relevant processes within the remit of Knowledge Management & Learning team as required as an active member of a small team.
- Support PSK annual planning, budgeting, and reporting processes
About You:
- Proven experience in leading the design and implementation of organisational programme learning and knowledge management strategies.
- Strong knowledge management background with a track record of developing effective strategies and tools to capture, organize, and disseminate program learning.
- Experience in evolving knowledge exchange mechanisms and creating organizational mechanisms for knowledge evolution.
- Extensive experience in determining and implementing learning and knowledge sharing activities using empowering approaches.
- Ability to research, synthesise information, analyse its relevance and communicate it in accessible formats.
- Experience of designing, developing, and facilitating in-person and virtual meetings and workshops.
- Experience of developing and maintaining comprehensive and accessible knowledge libraries.
- Strong IT literacy skills, including designing and maintaining SharePoint or similar information management platforms; and using Microsoft 365 and other web based tools and platforms.
- Experience working in low and middle-income countries.
- Ability to communicate clearly and influence colleagues and peers; ability to work effectively across diverse groups and cultures.
- A self-starter, able to work independently and drive tasks forward to completion, escalating issues where appropriate.
- Working style that reflects WaterAid's values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.
Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:
- Working knowledge of one or more of WaterAid's working languages (French, Portuguese and Spanish).
- Experience with information and nurturing of virtual communities of practices and networks.
- Experience in planning, monitoring and evaluating programmes of work.
- Experience in conducting and/or managing research.
- Sound knowledge of WASH and related development issues such as sustainability, rights and equality.
Closing date: Applications will close one minute before midnight (UK time) on 10th September 2024. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.
How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting the following 3 items into one document in either Word Document or PDF format:
- Item 1: Your Cover Letter with expected salary
- Item 2: Your CV
- Item 3: Short answers to the following three questions on a separate page. Please limit your answers to no more than 200 words.
- Q1. What are your top 3 skills or areas of experience that align with the requirements of the role?
- Q2. When developing an organisation-wide Knowledge Management Strategy, what key aspects do you prioritise?
- Q3. How do you ensure effective knowledge sharing and retention within an organisation?
Please indicate your location and the right to work eligibility in your Cover letter.
Closing Date: Applications will close one minute before midnight (UK time) on 10th September 2024. Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to the advertised closing date.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective countries. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.