Programme Officer Jobs in Haringey, Greater London
The Prince’s Trust in London is currently going through an exciting period of development. We have ambitions to grow our offer to young people across the themes of Personal Development, Education, Employment and Enterprise. To help us on this journey, we are looking for a passionate and driven individual to join our Management Team, to lead and motivate our team of Youth Development Leads.
As part of the Management Team, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of our foundation programmes. Working collaboratively to develop and implement our delivery plan and ensure we meet targets. As a Delivery Manager, you must lead the effective delivery by your team, ensuring that every young person engaged progresses with an appropriate pathway of learning and development and one to one support. You will be a role model for your team, demonstrating best practice in how we work with young people in a safe way to ensure we deliver maximum value for young people and partners.
As one of our Delivery Managers, you need to have:
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Effective data analysis skills
- A track record of operational management
The Delivery Manager role is multi-faceted, and we are looking for an individual with a broad skill set. We work with young people from every background, so we’re passionate about building a diverse workforce that represents the young people we support. We, therefore, welcome applications from everyone who meets the essential criteria for the role.
We believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is the regulator of most newspapers, magazines and digital news sites in the UK. Through our work, we hold the press to account, protect the public when they need us and encourage high standards in the press, whatever the format, channel, or subject of the coverage. In joining IPSO, you will become part of a small professional, vibrant and fast paced organisation and contribute to building our reputation as a trusted and independent champion of high-quality press and online news.
About the Role
We are recruiting a Standards Officer to join our small and friendly Standards team.
The role of the Standards function is to monitor newspaper, magazine and digital publishers’ compliance with the Editors’ Code of Practice and to take action to address concerns about editorial standards, including by undertaking investigations into serious standards failures as necessary. It’s a busy team that coordinates closely with others at IPSO and outside the organisation, engaging with members of the public, journalists, and experts on a wide variety of subjects. Some recent issues that the standards team has worked on are reporting of sexual offences, suicide, major incidents, and domestic abuse.
As the Standards Officer, you will carry out a range of tasks, including analysing information drawn from complaints received by IPSO, supporting the annual statements process and engaging with a range of representative groups who have concerns about press reporting. You will work closely with the Head of Standards and other colleagues across IPSO.
About You
This is a role for someone who is interested in news and journalism, has excellent communication and analytical skills, and enjoys working with others to achieve a shared purpose. Candidates who demonstrate relevant experience will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their skills through a written exercise prior to short-listing for interview. This means that we can measure candidates’ relevant skills directly and make a fairer decision on which applications to take forward.
At IPSO we believe strongly in personal development. All new starters receive a full induction to ensure that they are ready to succeed in role. We are always looking for people who bring a different perspective and welcome applications from those with skills gained in another context that can be transferred to our work. Although no previous experience is required, a background in regulation or compliance may be an advantage.
There is a competitive starting salary of £33-£34K (subject to experience). In addition, we offer a comprehensive benefits package. This includes hybrid working (typically Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the office for most roles), 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, a contributory pension scheme, life insurance, an employee assistance programme, private GP service and up to £60 per month towards gym membership or other healthcare/welfare benefit.
At IPSO, we want to create a culture which recognises, values, and respects that people are different. We believe that representing the diversity of the society in which we work is fundamental to our goals of protecting people and promoting freedom of expression.
We are committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know that diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment, and we strongly encourage applications from a wide range of people regardless age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender (identity, expression or reassignment), marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief and socio-economic background.
IPSO will reimburse reasonable travel costs for attending interviews. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please include that information with your application. In-person interviews are preferred but IPSO conducts interviews by video call where needed and candidates choosing this option will not be disadvantaged. The job description for the position can be found on our website.
Candidates are required to attach an Equal Opportunities Monitoring form, which can be found at on our website. Please note that although this form is required for applications to be considered, candidates are free to opt out of any questions.
To apply, please read the full job description and forward your CV with a cover letter outlining why you are interested in the role and how you are suitable, along with the diversity monitoring form by 5.30pm on Tuesday 1st October.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Wandsworth Oasis seeks a suitably experienced senior leader to become their next CEO to lead the organisation in its next phase of development and the continued delivery of its mission to achieve positive impact for people living with HIV or AIDS.
About Wandsworth Oasis:
The roots of today's charity grew from one shop, on Battersea Park Road, opened in 1992. The shop's objective was to raise funds to support the Wandsworth Oasis AIDS Care Centre. As we grew, our trading charity was formally set up and from there other shops were opened. For over 20 years now, we have been supporting a number of London-based charities that align with our mission of supporting people living with HIV, raising awareness for prevention of HIV infection and challenging stigma.
About the role:
Salary: c£60,000 pa fte (c£48,000 pa actual salary)
Hours: 30 hours per week/0.8fte
Location: Tooting, London SW17. Hybrid working by agreement.
Benefits: 33 days annual (including 8 bank holidays) pro-rata; 6% employer pension contribution
Contract: Permanent (6 month probationary period)
We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements and job-share candidates
The CEO will be reporting to the Co-Chairs and directly line managing the Head of Income Generation and the Finance Manager. The post holder will have responsibility for the management and statutory compliance of the organisation which is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee. The CEO is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the organisation as delegated by the Board, including the management of people and resources and operation of the shops. The CEO fulfils a critical support role to the Board in relation to governance requirements and will be expected to facilitate the development of strategic plans, ensure the sustainable and strategic management of the organisation in collaboration with the Board and, when appropriate, obtain external professional advice.
Responsibilities will include:
Mission and Strategy:
- With the Board and staff, shape the organisation's strategic and operational plans and lead their successful implementation.
- Optimise income streams and reserves to guarantee the charity's sustainability and development.
- Manage Wandsworth Oasis's grants programme to organisations and individuals, from application stage through to reporting from grantee organisations to ensure they achieve measurable impact.
Leadership and Governance
- Promote and role-model a positive and professional and compassionate workplace culture
- Work with the Co-Chairs to develop the Board and good governance practice and upholding regulatory requirements.
- Oversight of volunteer strategy and ongoing management of volunteers
Influencing and External relations
- Champion prevention of HIV, removal of stigma associated with HIV and the need for high quality support for people living with HIV.
- Maintain Wandsworth Oasis's external profile and influence with grantee organisations and applicants, other organisations in the HIV space, local stakeholders and networks where the charity operates.
How to Apply:
Charity People Ltd is acting as a recruitment agency advisor to Wandsworth Oasis on this appointment. Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV to and request a candidate pack from Senior Appointments at Charity People.
Closing Date:
Applications must be submitted by Monday 7th October
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so we can help make the application process work for you.
Charity People actively promote equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the 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 with which we work.
Thank you for taking an interest in our Data and Insight Coordinator role.
This role will be central to ensuring our data-driven approach aligns with our goals. You'll work closely with the Head of Evidence and Impact and colleagues across the organisation to:
- strengthen our data infrastructure,
- optimise programme evaluation,
- inform our fundraising and communications efforts, and
- advocate for policy changes that benefit young people.
We're seeking a passionate and collaborative data professional who is excited about using data to drive positive change. We are a small department and this role will help bolster capacity as we embark on an exciting period of growth with our new 2024-2027 strategy cycle.
This role is perfect for someone looking to take a step up in data management, training & information sharing.
Khulisa’s new strategy is focused on evolving our delivery approach for lasting impact. This involved making significant changes to our programme delivery and operating model. This shift towards prioritising long-term outcomes and an evolved delivery approach requires an expert Data and Insight Coordinator who can play a central role in data management and analysis, systems development, MEAL (Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning), and storytelling.
Whilst this role requires proven experience of quantitative skills, we are open to candidates with limited or no experience in qualitative research. This is a varied role and there will be opportunities for fieldwork e.g. conducting interviews, facilitating and moderating focus groups, etc. We can provide training and support to help you develop the necessary qualitative skills.
The ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about data and eager to contribute to our ongoing efforts to improve our data-driven approach. If you enjoy making data fun and easy to understand, are comfortable working with stakeholders from non analytical backgrounds, and get a kick out of improving processes then get in touch.
If you're creative, solution-oriented, and enjoy working with diverse teams, we encourage you to apply. There has never been a more exciting time to join!
Please download the full application pack before applying. You can find further details on Khulisa's website too.
To apply, please share a covering letter addressing the abilities and skills within the person specifications, and a copy of your CV (no more than 2 pages) by 9pm, Sunday 20 October 2024 with us.
Any applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Background
Chance to Shine is an independent children’s charity. We change young people’s lives through cricket giving them the opportunity to play, learn and develop through the sport. We keep them physically active, teach them vital skills like teamwork, communication and leadership. And above all, they have fun.
Since 2005 our Chance to Shine Schools programme has helped reverse the decline of cricket in state schools with millions of boys and girls in over 13,000 state schools playing and learning through cricket. Chance to Shine Street supports young people in under-served communities to access and benefit from cricket in a free, inclusive, fun and fast-paced tape ball environment.
Purpose of the Role
A key part of Chance to Shine’s Communications department, this role will have help to drive awareness of the charity – communicating our mission, vision and messages to key audiences.
Principal Responsibilities
The Communications Officer will support include the following areas:
- To offer support on a range of diverse projects and events to increase the profile and awareness of Chance to Shine
- To help with the planning, execution and analysis of communications and marketing campaigns throughout the year
- To help manage the Chance to Shine brand internally and externally – including both written and visual brand guidelines
- Supporting the Director of Communications and Digital and the Fundraising team with the activation of corporate and funding partners
- Assisting with media liaison and monitoring including but not limited to:
Ø Managing the media contacts database
Ø Monitoring and organising media coverage
Ø Pitching stories to local print, online and broadcast media
Ø Managing relationships with designated media outlets
- To lead the charity’s application process for internal and external awards
- To help develop the Chance to Shine ambassador scheme; maintaining relationships and organising visits
- Supporting the Director of Communications and Digital in the production of key publications and documentation
- Support public affairs activities, including drafting letters, preparing lobbying documents, sharing information, and raising awareness of the charity
- To drive content and media activations with key partners such as the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Chance to Shine delivery network
- To help carry out any other tasks as required
Key relationships
The job holder will liaise with:
· Chief Executive and the CTS senior management team
· The Chance to Shine delivery network
· National and regional media
· MPs and government
· Ambassadors and player agents
· Agencies and contractors
· Operations, Fundraising, Finance & Resources and Impact & Evaluation teams
Skills, knowledge & personal competencies
The job holder should be able to demonstrate the following:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent IT skills: knowledge and experience of using MS Office Excel, Word and Outlook
- Able to plan and prioritise and work under pressure
- Able to work on own initiative-confident/self-starter/finisher
- An effective and enthusiastic team player
- Willingness to learn with a can do attitude
Experience & qualifications
Essential:
· Track record of working across multiple projects, campaigns or media activations simultaneously
· Experience with developing and executing marketing calendars
· Experience of pitching stories to local and national media outlets
· Familiarity with media monitoring tools
· Familiarity with campaign analysis tools
· Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
Desirable:
- Experience in managing relationships with ambassadors or high-profile individuals
· Knowledge of Westminster and Parliament processes
· Experience in using graphic design tools
· Full and clean UK driver’s license
Benefits
· 25 days annual leave pro rata (with additional non-contractual time at Christmas when the office is closed)
· 8% non-contributory employer pension
· Private medical healthcare
· Employee health cash-back plan
· Long-term sickness insurance
· Life assurance - four times your annual basic salary
· Season ticket loan scheme
· Flexible working
· Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
· Generous sick pay
· Volunteering 2 days per year
· OpenBlend - an innovative coaching and performance management tool
· WeCare - 24/7 UK-based online GP, mental health counselling, a get fit programme, legal and financial guidance
· Cycle 2 Work Scheme
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 56,000 young people each year. We currently have 44 IntoUniversity centres across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision
further over the coming years.
We are looking to appoint a Fundraising Officer to join our highly successful fundraising team. This is a fantastic opportunity to begin your career in both fundraising and in the third sector. The role will provide vital support across our Fundraising Team, ensuring you develop the key skills required to become a successful fundraising professional in the years ahead.
The charity is in a period of rapid growth and will see our annual fundraising requirement increase from £12.5m to over.
£16m per year, over the next three years. To achieve this we are adding capacity to the team to ensure we maximise the
opportunities available within the university, corporate and philanthropic community. We have a remarkable track record in
securing major gifts from a diverse range of funding partners and this role will be key to ensuring we achieve our fundraising targets.
The role at a glance
Contract
Full-time, permanent
Start date
As soon as possible
Working hours
09:00 to 17:30, Monday to Friday. However, we operate core working hours in Head Office so you can choose to start early and finish early (e.g. 8:00 to 16.30), or start later and finish later (e.g. 9.30 to 18:00).
We are a delivery organisation providing frontline educational services for young people. Our Head Office team is based on the site of our North Kensington centre in West London. We are an organisation with team members at different stages of their career, including many in their first roles: we are committed to nurturing talent and providing a developmental culture for all. Our Head Office team works in-person 4 days per week with 1 day from home.
Salary
£30,000 (including £2,600 London contribution)
Location
IntoUniversity Head Office, 95 Sirdar Road, London W11 4EQ
Annual leave
33 days (inc bank & public holidays) + 3 closure days (two in December and one in July) + additional length of service entitlement (one day per year of service, up to 5 days)
Staff benefits
- Employer pension contributions of 6% (and up to 8% after two years)
- Year round ‘early finish’ Fridays at 4.30pm
- Summer working hours (finish at 1pm on Fridays for six weeks in the summer), pro-rated for staff joining after January in the same year
- Employee Assistance Programme including access to wellbeing and legal support
- Life Assurance scheme with AIG including SmartHealth service with access to 24/7 online GP appointments
- Interest-free new starter loans of up to £1,000
- Cycle to Work Scheme and Travelcard Loan Scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay and sick pay allowances
- Staff in FOCUS – rewards, competitions and prizes across the year
What to expect in a fundraising role?
The Fundraising Officer role is a fast-paced and rewarding role where no two weeks will look the same.
A typical day will have different meetings, priorities and team projects. Corporate and University partnerships often involve supporting several different areas of a business or university with varying content, ideas and stewardship, including hosting supporters at our learning centres. Each fundraising area meets regularly to discuss challenges, new ideas and improvements, and the broader fundraising team meets monthly to reflect on progress to date and plan for the rest of the year ahead.
This role will also involve working with colleagues at our centres across the UK to organise workshops that are hosted and/or supported by our corporate and university partners, getting to know our different teams and helping thousands of young people to access vital learning and skillset opportunities each year.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for an experienced Social Media Officer to support our team campaigning to stop the development of new oil and gas fields and for a rapid and fast phase out of oil & gas in the UK through a just transition.
About us
Uplift is a campaigning and research organisation which supports efforts to create a rapid and fair transition away from oil and gas production in the UK. We have coordinated and implemented major successful campaigns and developed cutting-edge campaign, communications and research tactics. We have grown rapidly as an organisation over the last three years and are now looking for a Social Media Officer.
The Role
Core responsibilities will include:
- Maintaining and implementing content plan for social media channels (primarily Instagram, X, Tiktok and Facebook) including drafting copy, creating content and ensure consistent posting for all channels with the guidance of Digital campaigner/Digital Campaign Lead and campaign team
- Producing a range of daily digital content for Uplift’s social media channels - from simple social-first graphic design, to lo-fi effective social video content
- Working in collaboration with other creatives - ie graphic designers, video producers, creators and influencers - for additional campaign assets
- Creating reactive content and messaging to respond to current events, helping Uplift maximise opportunities for engagement and growth using the news cycle
- Community management across the various campaign channels
- Developing social media toolkits and coordinating with partners around big mobilisations
- Analysing the performance of social media outputs and their contribution towards the wider campaign, and making recommendations on how to improve
- Managing the distribution of key pieces of social media content to relevant stakeholders to increase online amplification (partners, groups and pages)
- Supporting the campaign team on other digital tasks as required: ie maintaining campaign websites, digital action tools, online databases and email inbox
Our ideal candidate:
Our ideal candidate will be a person who can bring positive energy and can-do spirit to the team, supporting the campaign’s digital strategy, driving all elements forward to deadline, and who can work well with the campaign team and working group leads to keep coalition organisations engaged in key digital mobilisation and campaign moments.
Required skills/attributes:
- High attention to detail
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Capable of working independently and in collaboration with others to ideate and execute content
- Embraces constructive feedback
- Excellent written and spoken English and ability to write sharp concise copy for social media
- Experience in identifying social media trends and news moments to join online discussion and cut through online
- Familiar with social media monitoring and analysis and communicating key findings to stakeholders
- A track record of delivering high quality, proactive and reactive digital content across multiple platforms
- Ability to produce simple but effective static and video social-first creative
- A keen interest in, and up to date knowledge of, new digital communications trends and platform developments
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities
- A strong commitment to Uplift’s mission and core values of equity and climate justice
Desirable skills/attributes
- Experience (voluntary or paid) working on high-profile/ambitious campaigns
- An understanding of the debate surrounding the energy transition, and how it plays out in contemporary politics and current affairs
- Experience working with external freelancers and agencies
- Experience using Canva and the Adobe Creative Suite (or other similar creative software)
Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the core of Uplift’s values and therefore we strongly encourage applications from candidates whose backgrounds or accessibility/support needs mean they have been traditionally under-represented in the climate and environment sector. If you are unsure if you meet the requirements or feel you will be disadvantaged by the process then please email us so we can see how we might provide support.
Unfortunately, we can only consider candidates who are already eligible to work in the UK.
- Location: Remote (within UK)
- Benefits: 3% employer pension contribution, Employee Assistance Programme, consideration of flexible working requirements and work/workplace adjustments where required
- Starting date: ASAP
- Closing date: Sunday 20 October 2024 - 11pm
- Proposed interviews: w/c 28 October 2024
Please submit a CV (max 2 pages) and cover letter (no longer than 1 page). Please note that we can only accept applications with both a CV and a cover letter. Please use the cover letter to say why you want to work for Uplift and how you could use your experience to meet the responsibilities of the role. Should you have any specific questions you wish to discuss about your application then send us an email. Successful applicants will be asked to complete a short exercise. Following the completion of the exercise, a smaller group of applicants will be invited for one round of interviews.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location(UK): Office Hybrid* - London or Chesterfield
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £31,918 per annum (London), £29,016 per annum (rest of UK)
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Some travel may be required
Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with research experience to work within a team of experts in research strategy development, research delivery and research policy, to communicate the outputs of our research funding to diverse stakeholders across the charity.
About the role
You will work within a dynamic and friendly team to help support our Research Programme Managers to develop and manage the Versus Arthritis research portfolio. This will include collating and monitoring data from diverse sources to help provide oversight of our funded research. You will also work closely with other colleagues to translate our research outputs into a format that is clear and impactful to help teams across the charity achieve their strategic objectives.
You will work across a diverse range of projects and will liaise with a wide range of teams from across the charity to help us to tell the story of our research investment.
About you
If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:
- A degree or equivalent level of experience in scientific, medical or research related domains via the charity, commercial, health, higher education or publishing sectors.
- Comfortable in working with research related metrics and data, with some experience of understanding and preparing medical/scientific information for non-specialist audiences.
- High quality verbal and written communication skills including being able to communicate complex information and requirements to a wide range of audiences and stakeholders.
- A flexible and collaborative approach; able to work closely and adaptively with immediate team and collaboratively across the organisation.
- Good information technology skills, including effective database/PubMed/internet search techniques and significant experience of using Microsoft Office packages.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects, with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines independently, including rapid turnaround requests.
*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.
Application deadline and shortlisting
- We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales.
Interview
First Interviews expected on Monday 14 October 2024 on Microsoft Teams.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee you will be offered an interview if you disclose a disability and demonstrate sufficient evidence within your application that you meet the essential criteria for this role. We will also make any reasonable adjustments you may require for your interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
I am thrilled to be working with The Anne Frank Trust who are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Philanthropy Officer to join their team and help advance their mission of empowering young people to challenge all forms of discrimination.
Philanthropy Officer
Salary: £30,500 FTE per year (including London weighting)
Location: Hybrid / London office (located in Kentish Town)
Permanent
Full-time: (37.5 hours per week), with occasional evening/ weekend activities.
Hybrid working: 2 days in the office per week
Some travel required
Do you have a burning passion for making a positive impact in the world? Do you believe in the transformative power of education in combating prejudice and discrimination?
About the Charity
At the Anne Frank Trust, they are singularly focused on educating young people to develop positive attitudes towards their diverse peers. By sharing the inspiring story of Anne Frank, they motivate young people to become peer educators and champions for equality, impacting over 100,000 pupils annually.
The Anne Frank Trust was founded by members of the Jewish community and comprises a diverse team that extends its reach to all communities, aiming to challenge prejudice in every form. Their programs have yielded remarkably successful outcomes, with 87.6% of participants reporting more positive attitudes towards at least one other group of people different from themselves.
The Role
In this role, no day is the same. You will be involved in various exciting projects and campaigns to mark upcoming milestones. As the Research and Philanthropy Officer, your responsibilities will include managing a portfolio of funders, developing high-quality funding proposals, reports, and thank-you communications. Collaboration with the Philanthropy Manager and the wider team to achieve fundraising goals will also be vital.
What We're Looking For
We are seeking individuals with proven success in writing grant applications and conducting desk-based research, along with exceptional writing, research, and organisational skills. Self-motivation, enthusiasm, and a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion are essential, as well as a passion for fundraising and the work of the Anne Frank Trust.
As part of our EDI commitment, we do need all candidates to be comfortable with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism with all its examples.
Please refer to the Holocaust Remembrance resource and the working definition of anti-semitism and ensure you read this before proceeding to apply.
The application process is CV and Supporting Statement. In the first instance, please send your updated CV to Katharine at Charity People for more information or contact Katharine for an informal confidential chat about the role and to hear more about the next steps. As this role has been live before we are operating on a rolling basis so do get in touch asap as the role may close early.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the 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.
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This role is perfect for someone progressing their corporate fundraising career, but not yet ready to specialise in account management or new business. A priority will be to ensure that we really support and value our existing partners, but you will also have the opportunity to research and develop new opportunities with the Head of New Business. Valuing the importance of the day-to-day routine of administration, data entry etc will also be central to this role and an important responsibility.
To support existing corporate partners, creating opportunities to grow and develop their engagement and support. To support the Head of new Business in the development of new partnership opportunities. This role is about shaping and growing corporate fundraising income and so priorities may change and there could be juggling of priorities, so it’s important that this is an environment that you have experienced before and can thrive in. You will have an innate desire to listen, to learn and to grow in this role.
You’ll be successful in this role if you have a creative and purposeful mindset, with a desire to make the most of opportunities while also being able to ruthlessly prioritise. Valuing and developing relationships will be second nature to you, and written and verbal communication will also be strengths that you apply to the highest standards. Experience in researching and developing potential new partnership prospects, activities and campaigns are also important as well as the ability to work both collaboratively and independently on your own initiative.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the position
The GMS Support Manager will be responsible for leading on the day-to-day operations of the Freedom Fund’s new Salesforce Grant Management System. The project to develop the new GMS is currently in progress, with user training expected to take place in January 2025 and the Go Live planned for February 2025. The transition to the new system will be a significant change in the organisation’s way of working; currently the Freedom Fund’s grant management process is manual and spread over multiple different platforms.
Initially, the focus of the role will be on supporting the Freedom Fund staff as they transition to using the new system, including assisting with user training and working with the implementation partner Hyphen8 to identify and resolve any issues that arise. Following Go Live, the GMS Support Manager will be responsible for leading on administration and maintenance of the system, requiring a good technical knowledge of how Salesforce works. The role will be responsible for user training and support, leading on staff consultation for future system developments and prioritising requests. The successful candidate will also act as the main point of contact between the Freedom Fund and implementation partner Hyphen8 for both ongoing support and future development phases.
Responsibilities
• Support the roll-out of the Freedom Fund’s new Grant Management System, including supporting Hyphen8 with user training and troubleshooting any issues that arise during the transition.
• Lead the day-to-day operations of the Salesforce system; including system performance, change control and user support
• Support the day-to-day administrative functions and configuration including user management, permissions, sharing rules, objects, fields, page layouts, record types, custom settings, reports and dashboards
• Be proactive in system maintenance including keeping up with Salesforce releases, features and best practices
• Be the key point of contact between Freedom Fund and Hyphen8
• Understand the Freedom Fund’s needs and work with Hyphen8 (as appropriate) and staff to meet changes
• Decide how best to direct the core support hours provided by Hyphen8 during version upgrades in order to achieve the best results
• Understand and own the Freedom Fund’s Salesforce architecture including the data model, integrations (including with the finance system), reporting and analytics
• Maintain data quality by monitoring data and addressing the procedural issues which lead to loss of quality
• Promote the use of Salesforce across the Freedom Fund, optimising the return on investment in this capability
• Interpret and prioritise requests for GMS development and support
• Work with colleagues across the Freedom Fund to understand business needs, finding a suitable mixture of support, challenge and direction to enable colleagues to get the most from the GMS
• Deliver end user support and training to help colleagues use the system effectively
• Ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations and internal policies
• Train Freedom Fund IT Officer on core functionality of the new GMS
Qualifications and experience
Essential
• Entitled to work in London without work permit sponsorship is essential
• Experience of leading the day-to-day operations of a Salesforce system; including expertise in system performance, change control and user support
• Good knowledge of Salesforce features and functionality
• Good working knowledge of GMS/CRM principles
• Experienced in requirements gathering, analysis, solution design, and documentation
• Strong business analyst with ability to think critically and strategically when gathering and validating requirements
Desirable
• Experienced project manager
• Salesforce Advanced Administrator certification
Personal attributes
Essential
• Highly organised, with a meticulous and thorough approach to work
• Ability to see projects through from start to finish, managing time and tasks effectively with a varied workload
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
Compensation
• £51,075 to £52,419 per annum for full-time (£34,050 to £34,946 per annum actual)
• 10% non-contributory pension scheme.
• 25 days holiday pro rata, plus public holidays.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Title: Development Officer, UK (Maternity Cover)
Department:Development
Reports to:Senior Manager, Donor Engagement UK
Matrix Management: N/A
Supervises: N/A
Hours:20 hours per week, flexible
Location: Homeworking in UK
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 pro rata
Duration of Contract: Fixed Term - Maternity cover contract (9 months)
Position Summary
The African Wildlife Foundation is Africa’s largest and oldest international conservation organisation with its HQ in Nairobi Kenya. African Wildlife Foundation’s goal is to create a movement across the continent that ensures expanding economic opportunity coexists with thriving wildlife and healthy ecosystems.
AWF is seeking a confident and highly organised Development Officer to join our ambitious External Affairs team on a part-time basis for 9 month maternity contract, beginning end September. The team is committed to cultivating a diverse pipeline of donors – individuals, corporations and foundations - and stewarding current donors whose contributions support AWF’s mission to ensure that wildlife and wild lands endure in modern Africa.This role is central to delivering AWF’s fundraising goals in the UK.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Donor Engagement UK, the Development Officer’s role is to provide back-end support to the UK fundraisers supporting the moves management process and smooth running of the virtual office, ensuring compliance with UK laws. The position will manage all elements of the virtual office, administration and reporting and support the team in managing portfolios of donors and prospects targeting mid-level and high net worth individuals, corporates and foundations.
Key Responsibilities
Administration
- Manages virtual offices and membership programme payment processing in collaboration with our data services team based in the US.
- Manages post where it relates to membership mailings. Manages orders for stationery and AWF materials needed to support mailings, events, and donor management (internal and external contracts).
- Support UK Director and Senior Manager, Donor Engagement in organising donor meetings.
- Manage travel and logistics for visiting AWF staff to the UK.
Portfolio growth and stewardship
- Works closely with the global research team to develop prospect lists for UK donors/partners – ensuring AWF is using the best possible tools for research and prospecting in the UK mindful of GDPR.
- Support fulfilment of UK donor stewardship plans to ensure all donors have appropriate and considerate communications from AWF working with AWF’s Communications team, Digital Officer and Director of Annual Giving.
Donor Information Management
- Oversees RE records for UK donors and prospects, making sure mailing lists are correct and can easily be drawn down for communications, maintaining accurate records of all donor interactions, individuals’ programmatic interests, trends in giving, and type of support to solicit.
- Works with Data Services and the UK team to review portfolios and make sure amendments are made on Raiser Edge ( RE).
Content Development and Communications
- Manages regular mailings to target audiences, as well as invitations to organisational wide donor engagement activities.
- Sends donor acknowledgements by email and phone calls (for smaller gifts).
Requirements and Skills
- Knowledge of the UK fundraising market, UK data protection guidelines and best practice and experience of working within these guidelines.
- Demonstrable knowledge of all Microsoft office packages, mail merges and mailchimp software.
- Experience with Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge software.
- Persuasive written communication skills in both creative and technical formats.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to relate to people from a variety of cultural and national backgrounds.
- Demonstratable experience working remotely and independently. Global team working experience preferred or working across time zones.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills
- Bachelor’s degree
- Demonstrated knowledge of conservation in the African context preferred
Harris Hill are delighted to be working with a medical research charity to recruit a Senior Individual Giving Officer. The Senior Individual Giving Officer will deliver and support the Individual Giving programme, which includes direct marketing fundraising campaigns and communications, through multiple channels.
You will work on creating Individual Giving appeals, writing compelling communications which will inspire and drive income. The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a charity environment, and be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
This charity are investing in technology to ensure they are able to use a data driven impactful approach to their donors, and are keen for someone to employ a test and learn approach to develop their successful programme further, meaning excellent development opportunities for the right candidate.
Key responsibilities will include;
- Managing direct marketing campaigns in a charity environment.
- Leading projects from start to finish.
- Creating compelling and professional communications for a variety of audiences and channels.
- Analysing campaign results and using insight to optimise future campaigns.
- Collaborative working with multiple internal and external partners to deliver campaigns.
This is a full time, hybrid working position, requiring 1 team working day per week in the North London office.
This position is available now so will be interviewing candidates on a rolling basis, so please don’t delay your application. Please apply below now with your CV and a consultant will be in touch to discuss your application further.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Hours: Part-time three days per week
Salary: £36,400 - £37,580 FTE (Pro Rata - 3 days per week)
Location: Hybrid - Whitechapel, London (1 day per week in office)
Closing Date: Monday 9AM on 30th of September 2024
The role
With the growth in demand from businesses to join the B Corp movement, we have created this role to assist the Finance team with a range of activities as we move to a new accounting system that meets the needs and demands of our growing organisation. We outsource the day to day bookeeping work but the Sales Ledger invoicing will remain in house.
We are looking for a team member who has ideas and thoughts on how to improve the way we work and can input into the development of Finance Policy and Procedures.
Tasks and responsibilities will include:
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Checking the finance email inbox and other forms of communication, dealing with queries, actioning and/or forwarding as appropriate and capturing all relevant information
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Working with Finance Officer and other team members to ensure completeness of member data such as invoicing address, contact details, pricing and credit terms in relevant databases (Salesforce and Xledger)
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Liaising with the outsourced service and internal staff members to ensure supplier queries are resolved and payments are made in a timely manner
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Working with the Head of Finance to prepare year end information for the external audit
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Working with the current Finance Officer to maintain a centralised record of all relevant communications.
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Assist Debit Card holders with administrative tasks linked to card usage
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Working with Finance staff to document and implement financial processes and procedures
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Assist with continuous improvement of systems, controls and working practices in finance and other areas of the organisation
Skills and Experience
Essential (used in short-listing)
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Previous experience in a Finance Officer or similar role
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Great attention to detail, with the ability to grasp information quickly
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Sales Ledger experience
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Wider bookkeeping, year end and external audit experience
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Good spreadsheet and systems skills
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Excellent organisational skills, proactive and use initiative to create improvements and find solutions
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Excellent customer service skills
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Comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic growing organisation
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Organised with the ability to plan work to meet deadline
Eligible to work in the UK (we will not be able to provide visa sponsorship)
Desirable
- Experience of Salesforce or other CRM
- Experience of Xero or Xledger accounting system
- Purchase Ledger experience
- AAT qualification
- Credit Control experience
What we give you
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Purpose driven work enabling B Lab UK’s mission of redefining the role of business as a force for good
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Hybrid and flexible working, we have a high trust environment and are advocates for right place working
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Hybrid working (min 1/2 days per week in office)
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Flexible working hours (based around core working hours)
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Opportunity to work 4 days a week
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25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time staff)
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1 additional annual leave day (pro-rata for part-time staff) for each complete annual year of service, up to a maximum of 30 days
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Our office is closed between Christmas and New Year, no need to take extra holiday!
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Private Medical and Dental cover
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£200 per annum tax free Annual Wellbeing allowance and Employee Assistance Programme
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2 paid volunteer days per year
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Enhanced Parental Leave and family friendly policies, including carers leave
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Learning and Development opportunities
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Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance
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Cycle to Work Scheme
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Income Protection policy
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Working in a flexible office workspace
B Lab is the non-profit network transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job title: Director of Fundraising & Communications (High Value Specialist)
Salary: £70,000 (neg)
Location: Hybrid - Central London (2 days, Tuesday and Thursday in office)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (flexible working hours available)
Role summary
Bowel Research UK, the UK’s leading bowel cancer and bowel disease research funder, is seeking a Director of Fundraising & Communications, a new role for our charity. This is a great career development opportunity for a high-value fundraising specialist looking to broaden and deepen their skills and experience in leading Bowel Research UK’s fundraising and communications activity. If you are looking for a new challenge or, if you are considering stepping up into your first Director role, this could be just the opportunity you are looking for.
About Bowel Research UK
Every year over 16,000 people die from bowel cancer in the UK and over a million suffer from bowel disease. By researching cutting edge treatments, funding truly ground-breaking ‘proof of concept’ research, and getting behind some of the most promising young researchers destined to achieve breakthroughs, Bowel Research UK is saving and transforming literally millions of people’s lives around the world.
What we are looking for
This is a role for a rising leader who has a genuine passion for BRUK’s vision and the energy and determination to drive forward our mission. Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in high value, especially major donor, fundraising who can excite and motivate individuals to support Bowel Research UK’s mission. Working closely with a highly talented group of Trustees, staff and expert volunteers, we need someone with the ability to build and mobilise the resources and relationships required to have a major impact on our vital research funding.
As this is a small charity, along with the ability to lead the organisation’s fundraising and communications, you must be willing to roll up your sleeves to get stuck into the work too.
Why come and work for Bowel Research UK?
- This is a great career development opportunity for a high-value fundraising specialist to broaden and deepen their skills and experience in leading Bowel Research UK’s fundraising and communications activity.
- An opportunity to play a key part of leading the creation and implementation of a new organisational strategy that will inform this role’s development of new fundraising and communications strategies.
- We have an ambitious Board of Trustees who are ready to invest in fundraising and communications development to increase the charity’s research impact.
- We have a new Chief Executive with more than 25 years of fundraising and general charity management experience who is keen to work alongside this post in leading organisation-wide step change and innovation.
- You will be part of a friendly, collaborative and passionate team working towards an important and valuable shared goals.
Recruitment timeline:
Deadline for applications is 9am, Wednesday 9th October 2024.
First, virtual interviews w/c 14th October 2024
Second, in person interviews w/c 21st October 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.