Programme Officer Jobs
At Independent Age, we believe that no older person should face financial hardship. That’s why, by 2027, our goal is to have improved the lives of one million older people.
Our impact across policy, campaigning, information and advice, grant-making and partnerships improves lives by increasing the financial well-being of older people in financial hardship, enabling greater choice and independence in wider areas of life. We want to find talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.
Responsibilities and Person Specification:
This role at Independent Age is a brilliant opportunity to work on our grant funding programmes, involving support of grant management, applications, assessments, and funding administration. The postholder will foster positive connections with funded organisations, service partners and individual grant holders, contribute to the review and analysis of grant and partnership reporting and evaluations, and help communicate the impact of grants working with multiple stakeholders. You will support with creating value-adding opportunities for grantees, from organising engaging training to hosting networking events.
A strong understanding of grant making and experience in supporting partnerships, a project, or programme of work, your collaborative approach, outstanding interpersonal skills, and commitment to customer service will be important for this role. You should also have excellent administrative and organisational skills, a keen eye for detail and be experienced in data management.
For full details on the role and requirements, please review the job description and person specification. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9 day fortnight.
What it’s like to work at Independent Age:
We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.
We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.
We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.
You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age by visiting the Careers page on our website.
Application Process:
To apply, please visit our website to submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).
To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do not omit dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. A Basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.
Closing Date: 23:59 on Monday 18th November 2024
Interview Dates:
- First Interviews will be held online on Thursday 28th November 2024
- Second Interviews will be held in person on Thursday 5th December 2024 at Independent Age, 19 Avonmore Road, W14 8RR.
Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
12 Months’ Maternity Cover
Desired start date: 6 January 2025
Reporting to the Public Engagement Manager, the Public Engagement Officer will work as part of a team to deliver our mission of meaningfully involving patients and the public across Academy activities and in the way we work.
You will collaborate with colleagues across the Academy, our Fellows and our grant awardees to help deliver projects that ensure the Academy connects with patients, carers and members of the public in new and accessible ways. You will organise and evaluate programmes that feed public views into our policy advice and grants and careers programmes. Our current priorities include supporting more diverse communities to take part in conversations about health and research and developing new workstreams on health inequalities and climate change.
You will do this all by building strong relationships with public and patient groups and connecting with individuals to understand and provide the support they need to be involved in our work.
What you will be doing:
- Support the delivery of events, workshops and training to feed public, patient and carer views into our policy, career development and grants programmes.
- Research and scope topics, formats, speakers, audiences and participants for public engagement and involvement activities.
- Assist with data collection, analysis and reporting for programme and event evaluations.
- Develop resources and deliver processes that support participants in Academy engagement and involvement activities - particularly administration for patient payments and arranging individual access and support packages.
- Make connections with people, organisations and communities to broaden participation in Academy public engagement and involvement activities.
- Connect with colleagues across the organisation to encourage and support their participation in engagement and involvement activities and knowledge of best practice.
- Identify and connect with non-traditional or underserved audiences for engagement projects and ensure public engagement activities promote diversity and inclusivity.
You are:
- Passionate about involving patients and the public in decisions and actions to improve people’s health and exploring ways of recognising the expertise and experience of different people.
- Willing to put people at the centre of everything you do, understanding and responding with compassion and empathy to the needs of individuals.
- Energetic and passionate about championing diversity and inclusion across Academy engagement activities.
- Someone who enjoys working closely with others as part of a small team and getting stuck into a variety of projects
- Organised and thrive on finding ways to make things run better, while also keeping day-to-day operations running.
Skills and abilities:
- Knowledge of public and patient engagement activities gained through education, employment or as a lived experience, patient or carer representative.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to form good working relationships with people from diverse backgrounds.
- Good listener able to use compassion and empathy to understand people’s needs.
- Good IT and administration skills with experience of applying them to support projects and events.
- Ability to write in concise and accessible language and produce resources that can be easily understood by others.
Note: Your skills and experience might come from an interest in science and health gained through study, volunteering, or a previous job. Alternatively, you may come from a lived experience perspective, having participated in involvement or advocacy work as a patient or carer, and looking to build that experience into your career.
Benefits
- Salary progression framework.
- Hybrid and agile working.
- 29 days annual leave including Christmas closure dates, plus bank holidays.
- Pension (the Academy offers a flexible contribution structure with a minimum employer contribution of 8% up to a maximum of 13% of gross salary, with an employee contribution ranging from 3% to 8%).
- Life assurance.
- Season ticket travel loan (interest free).
- Family friendly benefits - enhanced maternity and paternity leave (subject to qualifying period), coaching for parents returning to work).
- Subscription to Headspace and Class pass.
- Staff training to support your development including EDI training.
For more information and to apply, please visit our website.
Closing date: 9.00am on Monday, 18 November 2024.
Interview dates: 26 and 28 November 2024 (held online).
We're looking for someone who’s interested in the possibilities of technology to help us help more adults gain the skills they need for work. Our mission is to catalyse change in the way adult learning for work, via grant-giving, investment and partnerships.
Working closely with the Head of Innovation and Assessment and our grant and venture teams, you will help ensure that Ufi is informed about and is applying new technologies to deliver Ufi’s grant funding and partnership activities.
With colleagues and external partners, you will help co-ordinate grant calls, administer the VocTech Ignite programme and become a source of internal expertise on the potential of new technologies. You will be working with colleagues across Ufi to support the early stages of the grant and support pipeline, including assessment and the VocTech Ignite programme. This will require engagement with the Ufi pool of expert support and the Ufi assessors, ensuring that the right match of skills can support each grant cohort. In addition, you will be bringing your enthusiasm for technology, particularly the technology that supports learning and skills, to the wider team and helping to strengthen the in-team expertise.
This is a responsible, fast-paced role. Creativity and enthusiasm supported by practical delivery skills are essential.
Don’t worry if you don’t have all the knowledge and skills listed here. We'd love to hear from you if you have some of the following:
- Experience working in a senior administration role
- Confident working in an agile environment and adapting to change
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Knowledge of the potential and application of new technologies including AI
- Project management skills
- Strong communication skills
- Enthusiasm for Ufi’s mission
Download the full recruitment pack for the full Job Description.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. Our multiple award-winning Income Generation department raises around 60% of the Charity’s total income, allowing us to continue to grow to make sure we can be here for every cat and dog, now and in the future.
We are looking for someone to join our team as our Senior Legacy & In Memory Stewardship Officer to manage our Legacy and In Memory Retention and Stewardship programme – delivering bespoke and personal, multi-discipline stewardship and excellent supporter care to Legacy enquirers, Legacy pledgers and In Memory Donors, to build lasting relationships with these audiences and maximise income.
To be successful in this role, you will have proven ability to plan, implement and evaluate direct marketing campaigns with substantial understanding of retention and stewardship journeys, as well as excellent interpersonal skills and a track record of building, maintaining and managing successful individual relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
At Battersea, we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse workforce and inclusive culture in all aspects of our organisation. We aim to ensure that this pledge, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together.
By hearing from and valuing different experiences, perspectives, and contributions, we know we can provide the best expert care for every dog and cat who needs us. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from diverse ethnic communities and people with disabilities, who we know are currently underrepresented in our workforce.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Closing date: 14th November 2024
Interview date(s): 26th & 28th November 2024 (1st round, video); 3rd December 2024 (2nd round, in person)
To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Hybrid working - Any UK Trust office
Interviews: 18/11
For more information or to apply, please click 'apply now' to be directed to our careers site.
We’re looking for an experienced Change Programme Manager to join our Programme Development team on a maternity cover basis. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative team who are responsible for the delivery of key changes to our programmes. The team develop market-leading programmes that combine face-to-face and digital learning to support young people.
In this role you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the Programme Development roadmap, ensuring that projects are effectively initiated, scoped and delivered successfully; on time, on budget and to requirements. You will work closely with colleagues across The Trust to successfully deliver these projects throughout the delivery life cycle from inception to launch, including proactively managing risks and issues and ensuring control of project timelines, budgets and deliverables.
This role is perfect for you if you have excellent communication skills, enjoy defining solutions to resolve challenges and are great at bringing people together and leading a team.
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We're now The King's Trust. And we're still working for young people.
We've changed our name from The Prince's Trust to The King’s Trust. Rest assured, the support we offer young people remains the same. This change marks an exciting new chapter for us, and we hope you'll continue supporting us to transform young lives.
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What happens next?
Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The King's Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date.
Why do we need Change Programme Managers?
Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with three in four young people on our programmes moving into a positive outcome in work, education or training. The young people we help face a range of challenges, such as unemployment, mental health issues or some who have been in trouble with the law. We believe all young people should have the chance to succeed, and that young people are the key to a positive and prosperous future for all of us. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Change Programme Managers!
Perks for working at The Trust!
- Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year
- Flexible working! Where operationally possible, our roles require a combination of office days and working from home (please speak to the hiring manager about this particular role)
- You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The King's Trust Awards, active events etc.
- In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role
- Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas.
- Personal development opportunities through our Networks – KT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
- Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave.
- Interest-free season ticket loans
- The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme
- Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
Equal Opportunities
Here at The King's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives.
We are looking for people that can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
We’re a Stonewall Top 100 Employer and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by KT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), KT GEN (Gender Equality Network), KT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network).
Safeguarding
The King's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.
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Req ID: 3243
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.
Join us and help champion South Bank, protecting and enhancing this unique area through creativity and collaboration, making real improvements to the area for all.
Location: South Bank, London - with flexible / hybrid working
About us
South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) is a membership association of leading organisations in the South Bank and Waterloo area, dedicated to enhancing the experience for employees, residents, and visitors. We are a not-for-profit company founded by businesses to regenerate and transform South Bank. As champions of our area, we protect and enhance it through creativity, collaboration, and effective delivery. We work on behalf of all stakeholders, setting the agenda, facilitating cooperation, and delivering programs that drive improvement and change.
South Bank is dynamic and undergoing significant change with high-profile developments. For over 30 years, SBEG has been central to these changes and remains committed to addressing the area’s future needs.
About the role
We seek a Programme and Project Officer, a new role that will work across our diverse portfolio, including our innovative Net Zero programme, South Bank Business Improvement District (BID), and projects for Jubilee Gardens Trust.
This role involves coordinating and delivering projects aligned with our relevant strategies and objectives, working on specific programmes, and supporting key initiatives. You will collaborate closely with partners involved in our Net Zero Steering Group and also Jubilee Gardens Trust. You will be involved in numerous partnership focused meetings, preparing project reports, and ensuring communication and follow-up with internal and external colleagues.
Stakeholder engagement is key, requiring liaison with various organisations - including SBEG members - managing task groups, and establishing partnership contracts. You’ll also identify resources, scope funding opportunities, manage finances and procurement, and be involved in marketing and communication efforts to keep stakeholders informed.
Who we are looking for
We seek someone with experience in overseeing and managing projects and being involved in relevant programmes relating to the management of urban areas, and / or net zero, sustainability and the climate challenge. Candidates will have experience of contract management, including negotiation and tender processes, and at least three years in multi-agency or partnership settings. A proven track record in project management and experience with local authorities, the private sector, and community organisations is essential.
You should have strong written and verbal communication skills, especially for external audiences, and advocacy abilities suited to complex stakeholder environments. You need to be action-oriented, capable of managing a varied workload, and skilled in attention to detail. Experience in working with and engaging with diverse organisations and presenting business cases is crucial.
We value fairness, inclusivity, and diversity, reflecting the rich mix of South Bank’s communities. If you share our passion, values, and ambition to improve South Bank for all, we welcome your application.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 18th November 2024
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The ideal candidate for the Chief Officer position will have a passion for creativity and community engagement, along with strong leadership, bid writing and strategic planning skills. This role involves overseeing all aspects of the Centre’s operations, including program development, fundraising, and community outreach.
This role can influence the delivery of the mental health agenda across Greater Manchester and requires the jobholder to be a positive leader and role model for the CLC’s members, employees, and volunteers.
The Chief Officer will also work on behalf of the Charity to develop and deliver the Vision and Mission through the delivery of the strategic plan, ensuring the CLC’s ongoing sustainability, growth, and success in todays challenging economic environment
Key Responsibilities:
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Develop and provide strategic leadership and direction to the Creative Living Centre.
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Develop and implement programs that align with our mission and goals.
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Oversee budgets, expenditure and management accounts ensuring that income and expenditure is within planned targets. Accountable to the Board of Trustees for the overall financial health of the CLC, including ensuring that new funding opportunities are pursued.
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Oversee fundraising efforts and build relationships with donors and sponsors.
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Manage the Centre’s budget and ensure financial sustainability, asset management and risk appraisal.
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Foster a positive and inclusive community environment.
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Represent the Centre at public events and in the media.
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Collaborate with staff, volunteers, and community partners.
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Ensure all staff are effectively line managed and performance managed
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Take overall responsibility for achieving, monitoring, and reporting on performance against targets in all areas of the CLC’s activities.
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Report to the Trustee Board regularly on progress against key strategic objectives, providing information and answering for the CLC’s performance.
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Ensure that the Board operates within statutory and corporate approved frameworks, requirements and guidelines.
Who are we looking for?
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Proven experience in a leadership role developing business plans, preferably in a non-profit or community organization ideally a mental health charity.
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Strong leadership style with line management, team building experience.
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Robust knowledge of Charity Governance, Policies, and statutory requirements
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Strong understanding of creative and cultural sectors.
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
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Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic plans.
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Experience in fundraising and financial management.
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Passion for creativity and community engagement.
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Experience of working closely with Boards of Trustees, advising, and guiding robust decision making
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Financial management including forecasting, budget setting and monitoring income and expenditure.
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Risk strategy and management.
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Knowledge of Mental Health Strategies both at local, Greater Manchester and National levels highly desirable.
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Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise multiple activities/workstreams.
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Excellent IT skills with ability to prepare reports in Word, spreadsheets in Excel and Power Point
What you can expect in return
The role is part-time, 26.5 hours per week. The successful candidate can work the hours in a variable pattern which can suit both parties, subject to agreement with the CLC’s board of trustees. The successful candidate will be required to spend time at the CLC each week.
Equal Opportunity Employer: The Creative Living Centre is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Please note, this role is subject to the receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and references. Applicants must also be eligible to work in the UK.
Please send a CV and covering letter explaining your motivation for applying for the role and the skills and experience you can bring to it based on the attached file of job description and person specification. The closing date for applications is 11th November 2024 but may close earlier if a high number of applications received. Interviews will take place on the 15th November 2024 and will include a presentation
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Us
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats, and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London, including Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, and more.
We also manage other important public spaces such as Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens, making these iconic green spaces some of the most visited attractions in the UK, with 77 million visits annually.
We are now looking for a Public Programmes Coordinator to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 36 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £32,666 - £34,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Hybrid/agile working options
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic educator with experience coordinating and delivering nature and heritage activities to join our team.
You’ll have the chance to develop and deliver a wide range of programmes, inspiring visitors to engage with the wildlife and heritage of our beautiful parks.
Working as part of an inclusive and supportive organisation, you’ll be able to grow your skills and make a real difference to the way people connect with nature.
So, if you are passionate about engaging families and adults with outdoor learning and want to work in one of the UK's most iconic green spaces, apply today!
The Role
As a Public Programmes Coordinator, you will plan and co-ordinate inspiring outdoor learning experiences for families and adults across the Royal Parks.
Developing resources and delivering activities, you will work closely with volunteers and partners to engage visitors and foster a greater understanding of nature, heritage, and wellbeing.
You will help diversify our audiences and extend a warm welcome to those facing barriers to visiting.
Additionally, you will:
- Co-ordinate and deliver family activity days, walking tours, and workshops
- Supervise Walking tour volunteers and freelance staff to ensure the successful running of activities
- Create and update learning resources to maintain fresh and relevant programme content
- Ensure safeguarding policies are upheld during activities
- Track participant feedback and update monitoring and evaluation records
About You
To be considered as a Public Programmes Coordinator, you will need:
- Experience delivering nature, heritage, or wellbeing activities
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks
- Experience of adapting outdoor sessions according to weather conditions, the needs of each group and other unforeseen circumstances
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to deliver engaging sessions
We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed and use Recite-me accessibility software. At the top of the application page, there is an “Accessibility Tools” button which you can use to complete the application form in a way that works for you. If you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.
Other organisations may call this role Learning Officer, Public Engagement Officer, or Outdoor Learning Officer.
The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
So, if you are interested in this unique opportunity as a Public Programmes Learning Officer, please apply via the button shown. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Our prior Program Manager has moved up to the role of Chief Programs Officer on our executive team. As such, we are looking for a deeply impact-motivated Program Manager to run our flagship Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program. In this role, you will train, advise, and pair exceptional potential founders through a twice-annual, two-month training program. This culminates in supporting the founders through a seed fundraising round and the launch of new charities delivering exceptionally cost-effective programs at scale across global development.
Our program has incubated more than 40 new charities over the past five years, with many receiving recognition from charity evaluators such as GiveWell and Animal Charity Evaluators as field-leading organisations.
IMPORTANT: This is a summarised version of the job advert for CharityJob's purposes. Clicking 'Apply' will take you to the complete and detailed version on our website, where you'll also be able to apply.
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program is a twice-a-year intensive training program enabling cohorts of 8-16 exceptionally talented international entrepreneurs and nonprofit professionals to launch outstandingly cost-effective, evidence-based new nonprofits in the space of two months.
The program chiefly consists of a twice-annual sequence.
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Preparing the upcoming cohort and running the initial book club where participants deep dive into our handbook and the recommended idea reports
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The two-month program itself, which includes a 2+ week in-person section and consists of training and coaching participants to select co-founders and ideas
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Post-program support to the new founders, providing ongoing guidance and facilitating connections with our networks of mentors and alumni.
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Evaluation and improvement work for the program itself, and the post-program support and evaluation plus improvements period. In between, the team
The Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program team chiefly consists of ~two FTE preparing and running the program and interacting regularly with the recruitment team (for finding and selecting the ideal program candidates), the research team (for selecting and adapting the ideal charity ideas for the program participants), and the operations team (for supporting the incubated projects immediately upon launch through the program). This role reports to Samantha, our Chief Programs Officer, and works closely together with Steve, the second Program Manager who focuses mostly on participant training and coaching.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
The exact %s of these will depend on what will be most impactful and the interests and skill areas of the successful candidate, but will likely look something like this:
Direct Program Management - 40%
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During the preparation phase:
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Clearly and proactively managing timelines and communications with internal staff, external partners, and program participants
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Improving systems such that running the program becomes more efficient and effective round over round
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During the program phase for 8 weeks twice a year (February to March and August to September):
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Facilitating training sessions - discussions, presentations, workshops - with participantsbased on best practices
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Providing key feedback on participant project work on short timelines, including on materials such as cost-effectiveness analyses, geographic assessments, theories of change, budgets, pilot plans etc.
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Mentoring participants directly in 1:1 calls and chats
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Guiding participants through two intense in-person weeks in our London office, including in their co-founder and charity idea testing and decisions
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Towards the end and immediately following the program:
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Helping participants develop our raw researched top nonprofit ideas into organisations ready to implement a first pilot within mere months of graduating
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Advising participants on key decisions regarding their charity and providing encouragement and support to get their project proposals across the finish line in time for the seed network funding circle to award seed grants
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Connecting graduates with suitable mentors from our network and identifying, engaging, and onboarding new mentors
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Alumni/Community Management & Development - 40%
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Identifying, championing, and, where suitable, delegating post-program support initiatives that would improve charity outcomes (e.g., speed, likelihood, and size of impact)
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Creating opportunities for connection, collaboration, and cross-learning of our growing alumni and extended community
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Managing a growing extended community of mentors, advisors, and service providers that could support our charities at different stages of their development (e.g., seed, pilot, scale-up, external evaluation)
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Managing shared digital knowledge and communication bases like our resource hub and 300+ member slack community
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Evaluating opportunities and focusing on the most impactful ones
Program Improvement / M&E - 20%
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Carrying out and improving our internal program monitoring & evaluation:
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Collecting and assessing feedback from participants and alumni
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Prioritising areas for improvement
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Brainstorming and deciding on solutions
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Implementing or delegating improvements
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Identifying priority gaps in program curriculum and structure based on M&E, proactive research, and later charity outcomes
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Designing or adapting existing content, including applied projects, workshops, or written material, to support program goals
FUTURE GROWTH TRAJECTORIES
This is a senior role within AIM, but future growth and expertise development trajectories for excelling hires could look like:
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Focusing on charity strategy development and advising: a hire with more experience and expertise in launching, piloting, and scaling could play a more active hand in revamping our content and mentoring charities on their strategies from the outset; i.e. advising closely on plans, giving more feedback on early project plans, mentoring directly post-program, etc.
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Leaning into building out a thriving alumni ecosystem: optimising our post-program coordination, expanding our partnership work, spending more work on post-program content and community, coordinating our networks of alumni and mentors, creating digital/in-person events, and other strategies to help our charities and their staff reach & expand their potential
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Becoming an expert in M&E: playing a heavier role in the impact assessment & optimisation of Charity Entrepreneurship as the key impact arm of AIM. This would involve more collaboration with our research and recruitment teams to improve our systems and feedback loops, and/or our M&E specialist working to create early internal evaluations of our charities and later external evaluations
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(At some point) going through our Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program themselves as a participant, bringing all the built skills and expertise to bear in their own nonprofit
ABOUT YOU
The role is most suitable for a mid-level professional (3-5+ years of experience) with a background in running programs or nonprofit organisations. An ideal candidate may bring experience in launching and implementing new or early-stage programs or in conducting earlier stage intervention research or monitoring & evaluation work, particularly in LMIC contexts. The applied experience will be invaluable in training, pairing, and advising the next generations of incubatees who are aiming to launch some of the most impactful nonprofits in the world.
We expect excellent candidates will meet many (but not all) of the criteria below. We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all of the listed characteristics. In the past, we've offered positions to applicants who demonstrated strong overall potential, providing training to address skill gaps. We prioritise high general ability, a strong work ethic, and alignment with our values, methods, and approach to maximising global impact over specific prior work experience or backgrounds. We sketch a picture of potential ideal candidates to give a more concrete sense of what particularly strong candidates might look like, not to discourage interested readers from applying.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
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Personality traits:
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Conscientious and organised
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Has a bias toward action
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High emotional intelligence
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Calm under pressure when others around them may feel stressed out (i.e. program participants making important decisions)
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High standards and a constant desire to improve
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Excited to ruthlessly focus on only the most effective tasks
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Highly collaborative, low personal ego
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Keen to give and receive feedback
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Quick and self-driven learner
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Excited to advise and learn across a range of cause areas and interventions (global health & development, animal welfare, policy…)
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Competencies / abilities:
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Highly organised and autonomous, able to run projects with many moving and constantly changing parts from start to finish and call in external input or support where needed
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Generalist, with a good balance of “people” and “project” skills
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Can sensitively deliver critical feedback and nudge participants into more impactful directions while leaving them feeling optimistic and motivated
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High cultural sensitivity (our participants are from all over the world) and ability to flexibly communicate with a wide range of stakeholders (e.g., potential candidates, mentors, funders)
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Able to analyse and synthesise information from a range of quantitative and qualitative sources (e.g., putting together ideal co-founder pairings on the basis of numerical information from surveys and program project performance ratings plus qualitative information from 1 on 1s)
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Experience / technical skills:
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Interest in and knowledge about the charity sector and a sense of key factors that make organisations successful
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Deeply results-focused and impact-minded
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Some prior experience with interventions and sectors from our key cause areas of global health & development, animal welfare, and policy, or occasional exploratory cause areas (e.g., biosecurity and meta charities)
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Has some basic familiarity with a range of sources of (especially empirical, quantitative) evidence and can (learn to) both teach and advise on them
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Desirable Skills and Experience Include:
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Experience delivering programs in nonprofit or government settings, ideally in LMICs
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Experience in founding or working at early-stage organisations
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Foundational (empirical, nonprofit) research literacy
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Basic quantitative and spreadsheet skills
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Knowledge of Global Health & Development and/or Animal Welfare and/or the EA space and an existing network in one or more of these
WHAT WE OFFER
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A job with a large, tangible impact on the world - your work will attract and select the founders of new field-leading charities and for-profit companies, as well as high-impact researchers and AIM staff
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High levels of intellectual challenge, autonomy, variety, and learning on the job
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An informal, fun, warm, and supportive work environment with high talent density. Our office in East London houses about 50% of our staff, dozens of charity founders and staff, and hosts a range of co-working opportunities and social events for the wider impactful entrepreneurship London community
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Become a part of our international network of ambitious, driven entrepreneurs and highly talented philanthropic professionals
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A true start-up culture, including low bureaucracy, a quick and collaborative work spirit, and high levels of talent density
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Significant opportunities to attend events and conferences to represent AIM, including international travel
BENEFITS
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A flexible working schedule, 30 paid days off per year, and unlimited sick leave
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UK visa sponsorship, if needed, as well as support with moving costs if relocating to London
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An annual costs-covered retreat to bring our whole team together to celebrate our achievements
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A workspace in our vibrant central London office, which is a hub for our program alumni and high-impact organisations/professionals
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Parental, dependents, and compassionate leave schemes
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A range of other benefits, including a payroll giving scheme, staff tenure donation scheme, contributions towards professional development and IT costs, and a workplace pension
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We are open to discussing specific personalised perks or benefits that may enhance your work experience
APPLICATION PROCESS
Our application processes aim to be highly predictive, time-effective, and informative for you. Our process consists only of stages that our best evidence suggests are predictive of success on the job (such as test tasks) rather than more common but less predictive stages (such as cover letters). We only invite candidates to the next stage if we think they have a good chance of passing it, and take care to choose tasks and interview questions that will also give you a good sense of the role and our culture.
Applicants will be asked to complete the following stages:
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Submitting our general application form (30 minutes to 1 hour),
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A general test task (2-3 hours) with the top 10 to 30 candidates,
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An initial interview (15 minutes) with the top 10-20 candidates,
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A test task simulating the work you would do in your role (2-3 hours) with the top 5-15 candidates,
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A final, more in-depth interview (~60 minutes) with the final 2-5 candidates.
We will also conduct a reference check before making an offer. Each stage typically takes 1-2 weeks from the end of the application deadline, and we hope to make an offer within ~8 weeks of the application deadline. Ideally, the candidate will begin onboarding as soon as possible after an offer is made. We strongly prefer candidates to join the team by January 2025, but we would consider a different date for an ideal candidate.
We help you find and transition to a high-impact career with comprehensive support, removing barriers and accelerating your journey to maximize good.
Key Responsibilities
To work closely with the Evidence & Advocacy Manager (EAM) to develop and implement a series of impactful evidence and research projects that support our advocacy messaging, as well as internal and external learning for inclusive programmes and advisory work. These projects will build on established workstreams alongside developing new ones to maintain and extend CBM UK’s evidence base.
Disability Evidence, Policy Research and Learning
With EAM support the ongoing CBM UK Research and Evidence workstream, through:
1. Translating evidence from our programming countries and projects to produce and contribute to a range of resources to influence FCDO and other stakeholders. Tasks to include managing and maintaining established outputs, such as the CBM UK Project Evidence Briefs and Disability Voices paper series, generating new thematic papers, as well as policy and position papers to enhance effective advocacy submissions, briefing notes, blogs and other messaging on key disability rights issues.
2. Working collaboratively within CBM UK and across CBM Global to help develop and to deliver new policy research, drawing on mixed methods and data sources including national and international databases, using qualitative approaches including participatory or citizen generated data, and new empirical work.
3. Supporting Programme staff to improve impact and learning practice in CBM UK funded projects, provide technical support for the implementation of programme related research and data collection, including MEAL.
4. Providing technical research support into the development of proposals for new grant funded projects, and, where successful, support the management of subsequent research projects.
5. Keeping abreast of new research and publications on key themes and priority concerns within the CBM UK Advocacy and Influencing Strategy, taking into consideration sector trends and developments, and ensure this is disseminated to relevant staff within the CBM UK Team.
6. Keeping watch on UK policy environment and conducting research and analysis to support CBM UK advocacy messaging on disability and human rights.
Dissemination and Communications
1. Maintaining and developing internal knowledge management systems for research and information on disability inclusion and rights, and related areas, to be used by Advocacy, Programmes and Fundraising & Communications teams.
2. Ensuring communication plans are developed with CBM UK and Global Federation colleagues for CBM UK evidence outputs.
3. Maintaining the Advocacy and Influencing pages of the CBM UK website ensuring rights-based communication and focus to support CBM UK and Global campaigns.
4. Liaison with Fundraising & Communications colleagues to amplify media stories, case studies and compelling evidence from country programming for advocacy purposes.
5. Participation in and building good relationships with UK-based disability and development networks, including relevant research networks and membership of the BOND Disability and Development Group.
6. Supporting the professional publication and printing of CBM UK outputs, for dissemination at advocacy engagements and public events.
Other
1. Work with other CBM UK teams to maximise cross fertilisation opportunities and integrated working.
2. Help develop a culture of enthusiasm and success, reflecting the ambitions of CBM. Play an active role across CBM, promoting positive working and innovation. Ensure that the values of CBM UK are understood by external partners and always reflected in communications.
3. Identify opportunities to initiate and contribute to new initiatives and events, both within CBM UK and externally.
4. Provide briefings and analysis for the CEO and other Leadership Team members where appropriate.
5. Carry out any other duties as required by the Evidence & Advocacy Manager, Director of Advocacy, and CEO.
Please download the recruitment pack for full details.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We are seeking a highly motivated and self-driven individual to join our Fundraising Team as the Community and Events Fundraiser. You will lead, plan, cost and deliver an exciting and varied community fundraising programme to grow income and a strong return on investment. You will need to work closely with the Director of Fundraising to shape the plans and resources required for the future.
The post holder will require a good knowledge of fundraising and considerable energy and enthusiasm that will inspire patients, visitors, hospital staff and the local community to choose Southampton Hospitals Charity as their preferred charity.
Main Responsibilities
Hospital engagement and Community Relationships
- To create and increase awareness of fundraising for Southampton Hospitals Charity across all University Hospital Southampton sites working closely with the Marketing and Communications team
- To foster effective and productive relationships with key stakeholders including consultants, doctors, nurses, care group managers etc
- To ensure visibility of fundraising materials including poster sites and leaflet holders in the hospitals, community etc and ensure they are kept up to date and relevant
- To create a Fundraising Hub out of Unit 2 by driving supporters and stakeholders to the office to build a real sense of community spirit and a hive of fundraising activity
- To be proactive in seeking out new fundraising opportunities, relationships, and networks.
- To develop, support the delivery of and evaluate a strategic supporter journey and stewardship journey across the community fundraising programme focused on generating net return and supporter retention.
- To lead on researching and developing trust and charity networks to acquire new supporters in the communities served by the Trust based on audience insight and analysis
- To build and maintain relationships with supporters through face to face, telephone, email, and written correspondence with the aim of securing financial and “in kind” support.
- To have an insight led approach to our activities, regularly analysing data and gathering supporter feedback.
- To Develop a comprehensive pipeline of fundraising opportunities such as adopted charity of the year for regional shows and events, mayors and golf captains.
- To be the first point of contact for groups and individuals organising community activities to raise money for SHC, motivating and encouraging them to raise as much money as possible
- To proactively research and identify influential individuals in schools and community groups to build and develop relationships and gather support for key campaigns
- To appropriately support all community fundraising activities- Thank and report on how money is spent and provide high levels of supporter relationship management which will result in long term support.
- To liaise and manage relationships with external suppliers such as 3rd party event organisers, event companies and venues.
Other
- To be responsible for the input and maintenance of the fundraising database and ensure records are kept up to date in a timely, accurate and consistent manner
- Be aware of income and expenditure budgets working to ensure all activity achieves a return on investment of 3:1
- To be aware of the changing external environment to pick up on opportunities and keep abreast of current trends, circumstances or topical issues that will enhance the event or the charity.
- To keep up to date with guidance and best practice from the Fundraising Regulator and Chartered Institute of Fundraising
Person Specification:
Knowledge and experience
- Experience of increasing income through successful community, events, corporate or volunteer fundraising programmes or equivalent transferable experience from another sector
- Experience of successful project management including planning and delivering projects within budgets and on time to meet departmental, team and personal objectives and KPIs
- A proven track record of delivering an excellent customer/supporter stewardship experience
- Experience of managing multiple projects and budgets
- Demonstrable experience in using data insight and analysis to inform decision making
- Excellent IT skills including using Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point as well as experience of administering and maintaining dedicated supporter CMS databases
- Knowledge of a Fundraising Database and knowledge of fundraising regulations e.g. GDPR
Skills, abilities, and behaviours
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with the ability to motivate and influence people
- Ability to build personal, meaningful relationships with colleagues, customers, supporters and donors
- Ability to adapt quickly and be solutions focussed
- Ability to prioritise and manage a demanding workload and work on several priorities at once: ability and willingness to adapt to changing workloads and priorities
- Ability to work as part of team and to use own initiative
- Knowledge and experience of using a CRM database (We use Beacon)
- Excellent communication skills with an ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations and engage with a wide range of audiences
- Good written skills with the ability to communicate with different stakeholders
- Self-driven and results orientated with a positive outlook and clear focus on supporters.
- Willingness to work hard and attend, where necessary commitments outside normal office hours.
- A Full UK driving license and access to a car.
We are a leading healthcare charity dedicated to enhancing patient care and experience at University Hospital Southampton
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Help Chapter
The Help chapter brings together our core services responsible for responding to incoming enquiries from supporters, beneficiaries, and members of the public, including managing and responding to feedback and complaints.
About the role
As a Chapter Member at the National Deaf Children's Society, you'll be in a Chapter of like-minded and skilled specialists, experts, and emerging experts. Chapters are self-organising, and every member has a vital role to play, sharing their skills, knowledge and experience and learning and developing together. Led by the Chapter Lead all Chapter Members will value and respect each other's contribution and learn and develop collaboratively.
This role will design, implement and manage systems to ensure that fundraising and marketing activity is of a high quality, complies with relevant legislation and sector codes and is consistent with National Deaf Children’s Society policies.
You will carry out a programme of detailed quality assurance activity and monitoring to identify areas where improvements can be made and provide fundraising teams with recommended actions. This work has a particular focus on the management of telemarketing and face to face recruitment.
You will prepare reports for internal teams and stakeholders and provide support and guidance to fundraising staff in relation to compliance and what is required of them.
You will network effectively with peers across the sector and engage with external regulatory and sector bodies, such as the Fundraising Regulator, the CIOF, the DMA and the ICO, to ensure that the organisation is aware of all relevant developments and our views and priorities are taken into consideration; actively participating in sector consultations, meetings and working groups as appropriate.
Occasional travel will be required to shadow and monitor compliance training and to support our fundraising agencies.
What might a day in the life look like?
- Take ownership of and manage our internal Call Monitoring process – selecting and allocating calls from our agencies and listening to the majority to recognise any potential issues or trends that may arise.
- To follow up any feedback with the agencies and ensure they are compliant with fundraising code of practice.
- Updating and monitoring the site lists on our websites to ensure our supporters know where we are.
- Attend monthly and ad-hoc compliance forums and engage with external bodies to ensure we are maintaining standards across the sector. A chance to network with peers and even offer insight into our best practise.
- Quarterly due diligence checks with our agencies, along with monitoring of job adverts and contracts to ensure compliance.
- To manage and monitor our Mystery Shopping programme – engaging with the agencies regarding feedback and follow up, and approving invoices.
- A monthly compliance tracker to be shared internally so we know our key areas of focus.
- Management of our fundraising shadowing programme, with the occasional visits to our agencies for compliance training, feedback and shadowing.
- To help the organisation to deliver excellent standards of supporter care by providing cover for the team where necessary.
- To identify compliance issues which require follow-up or investigation and to conduct or direct any internal investigation.
- To conduct periodic audits (including National Deaf Children’s Society’s fundraising suppliers) to ensure that compliance procedures are followed and that compliance systems are effective.
- To catch up with your Chapter and offer valuable insights and support.
Who are you?
· You’re passionate about working as part of a team and sharing and developing your skills, knowledge, and expertise in a collaborative environment
· You have a can-do attitude and are focused on achieving outcomes
· You’re happy to share your thoughts, skills, knowledge, and experience
· You have an open mindset and embrace new concepts and ideas
· You’re a natural collaborator
· You’re adaptable within a changeable environment
· You thrive in an agile product design and delivery environment
What will be in your toolkit?
· Strong digital skills and a sound understanding of agile values and principles
· A commitment to the organisation’s culture
· Comfortable with ambiguity
· Bravery, courage and an appetite for risk taking
· An exclusive focus on customers
· An enthusiasm for giving and receiving continual feedback
Disclosure check
This role requires a basic disclosure check. This post will be working in a position of trust and responsibility within the charity.
Our expectations
We expect all staff to:
· abide by and promote our Policy of Informed Choice, its Vision and Values, Code of Conduct and Equal Opportunities Statement.
· take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
· develop an understanding of deaf awareness and BSL skills whilst employed with the charity.
The National Deaf Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and expects staff and volunteers to share that commitment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We believe in a world where no child ever has to live on the streets.
Looking for a rewarding role where you can make a difference? Do you have the drive to create positive change in children’s lives and inspire others to do the same? If the answer is yes, then read on to hear about this exciting opportunity.
We’re Railway Children, an international charity working to create long-lasting change for street-connected children and young people in the UK, India and Tanzania. Founded in 1996, we’ve dedicated over a quarter of a century to developing outstanding practice and services for vulnerable children and their families. As we embark on our new strategy to 2027, we have ambitious plans to ensure no child is left behind, wherever we work.
We are looking for a Regional Manager (based in the Glasgow area) to come and join our UK Programme Team.
As part of a dynamic team delivering the Safeguarding on Transport (ST) project, you will be responsible for developing our community engagement work across Yorkshire as well as supporting our wider UK programme. The role will require you to engage the public and work closely with British Transport Police, station staff and employees as well as local services in the area. You will support our innovative Safeguarding Action Groups that catalyse communities working in and around stations to combine efforts and resources to keep people safe.
Your engaging manner, strong people skills and experience managing stakeholder relationships will ensure that you are able to help create a safer rail network that is actively seeking to look out for and protect vulnerable young people.
This Glasgow based role will combine a blend of working from home with being out meeting members of the community across Glasgow and the Northwest of England - especially in and around some of the busiest stations.
What we offer
As well as helping some of the world’s most vulnerable children and young people, we offer some great perks:
·Time out. You’ll start with 25 days holiday per year to recharge the batteries. After three years, this will increase by an extra day per year until you reach a relaxing 30 days leave.
·Pension. We offer a pension contribution of 6% of annual salary.
·Birthday leave and ‘Railway Children Day’. You’ll get two additional days of annual leave in your birthday month and around Christmas time.
·A culture we’re proud of. Driven by our CEO, family values are at the heart of our culture and make Railway Children an incredible place to work.
·Flexible working environment and home working. It’s one of the reasons why our staff retention is so impressive!
HOW TO APPLY...
A full person specification can be found in the job pack on our website.
Please note that Railway Children will only accept applications made using this application form and will not accept CVs, academic certificates or covering letters.
Closing date: 9am Monday 4th November.
Candidates will be assessed on application and may be contacted before the closing date.
At Railway Children, we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of all those who come into contact with us in our work. We follow a range of procedures to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children and vulnerable people are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of background and reference checks including criminal records check.
Due to the number of applications often received, only those to be invited for interview will be informed of the outcome of their application. Applicants who have not heard within two weeks of the closing date should assume they have been unsuccessful.
THANK YOU
WE STAND FOR CHILDREN, THEIR CHILDHOODS AND THEIR FUTURES!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About StreetVet
StreetVet is a fast-growing national charity, committed to providing free vet care to the pets of those experiencing homelessness and to keeping pets and owners together to maintain their unbreakable bond. StreetVet relies on its team of over 400 vet and nurse volunteers in 23 locations around the UK to provide free veterinary treatment, funded by grants, corporate and private donors and partners. Since inception in 2016 the charity has treated nearly 3,000 pets and has won numerous awards including the Vet Trust Award for the Most Trusted Veterinary Charity, Purina Better with Pets Prize and Homeless Link Excellence Award for Excellent Support.
Title: Head of Volunteering
Duration: Permanent, full-time Reporting to: CEO
Responsible For: All StreetVet volunteers
Works With/Key Contacts: Colleagues across the organisation, volunteers, potential volunteers
Location: Home - remote working with regular travel to outreach locations and, as necessary, recruitment events
Contracted hours: 37.5-hour work week (flexible working available)
Holiday: 25 days per year plus national holidays
Salary: £35,000 - £43,000 depending on experience
Main Purpose of the Role
The Head of Volunteering will manage, develop and grow StreetVet’s Volunteer programme. They will have overall responsibility to recruit, onboard, induct, train, support, communicate with, develop and recognise volunteers as well as ensure good governance and compliance. The Head of Volunteering will act as an ambassador for volunteering across all StreetVet locations and externally. The Head of Volunteering will monitor and evaluate the impact of StreetVet’s volunteering programme and will identify and assess opportunities to develop the programme further.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and implement the StreetVet Volunteering Strategy
• Lead and manage the day-to-day operation of the volunteer programme across all locations and work with the clinical team to ensure appropriate and robust processes are in place to provide suitable and high-quality care for the animals StreetVet work with.
• Develop and grow the volunteer programme to continually improve the volunteering experience at StreetVet.
• Review and refine all volunteer processes, policies and documentation to improve standards and ensure compliance.
• Oversee the recruitment and retention of volunteers, including the review and maintenance of all volunteer-related data, ensuring that it is compliant with data protection and GDPR principles.
• Oversee the development and provision of effective induction and learning and development activities appropriate for volunteer roles, working with key contacts across the charity and liaising with existing volunteers as required.
• Work to ensure all volunteers are aware of and adhere to StreetVet’s policies on safeguarding and working with vulnerable individuals.
• Develop effective methods of communicating with volunteers about their volunteering and the activities of the wider charity and provide opportunities for volunteers to communicate with each other.
• Oversee the development and provision of volunteer reward and recognition activities.
• Deal appropriately with escalated issues around volunteering, using tact, diplomacy and mitigating reputational and other risks that might be involved. This may include working in conjunction with management on issues that involve staff, as well as sensitively managing and, on occasion, terminating volunteer agreements when deemed appropriate.
• Establish and develop relationships with key stakeholders across the charity to ensure a consistent and best practice approach to volunteering across our locations and central volunteer team.
• Provide advice and guidance to staff that work with volunteers to ensure they receive appropriate support and development.
• Ensure effective use of the volunteer database and other tools to record, produce and analyse metrics on volunteer involvement, recruitment, retention and other relevant KPIs.
• Produce outcome and impact reports for both internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Keep up to date with current developments in the volunteering sector, including undertaking benchmarking and accreditation e.g. Investing in Volunteers standard. Maintain and develop good relationships with similar organisations in the sector and represent StreetVet at external conferences/meetings as relevant.
• Manage budgets and resources related to the volunteer programme.
The above job description is intended to be an outline of the duties and responsibilities for this role. This is not an exhaustive list, and it is likely to change over time. You may be expected to undertake other duties that are commensurate with this role and grade.
Please see full job description for essential experience required.
StreetVet is a national charity, committed to providing free vet care to the pets of people experiencing homelessness & to keep pets & owners together
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) is a registered charity working with schools, colleges and communities across the country to raise awareness about the Holocaust and its relevance today.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Education and Production Officer to join our team based in Central London. After several years of research and development, we have recently launched Testimony 360, a brand-new digital programme for UK secondary schools that uses interactive survivor testimony and virtual reality to innovatively teach about the Holocaust. Through the programme, students can have a personal and conversational experience with a recording of a Holocaust survivor before seeing some of the sites they experienced for themselves using virtual reality headsets, all without leaving their classroom.
The successful candidate will serve as a member of the Trust’s Testimony 360 Team, responsible for the digital post-production and testing of interactive recorded testimony to ensure its fluency and usability in the classroom. We are looking for an individual with confident IT skills and the ability to quickly learn how to use new technologies and programmes. As an expert in Holocaust education, you will also contribute to the successful delivery of our Testimony 360 programme through weekly in-person school visits during term time or as required.
Responsibilities
Post-Production, interactive survivor testimony
· Lead on the development (post-production) of interactive testimony, including clipping, annotation, data/metadata input, and Alpha/Beta testing. Throughout testing, leading the training process which ensures the system’s accuracy.
· Maintain regular contact with our partner organisation, the USC Shoah Foundation, including progress updates, shared learning, required training.
· Support colleagues undertaking training and/or working on supportive post-production.
· Logging activity and decisions regarding the post-production editing process, as discussed with members of the Testimony 360 team and/or USC Shoah Foundation.
· Organise and deliver Alpha and Beta testing stages, working directly with students both online and in-person to deliver test sessions and action necessary follow up (to ensure learning from test sessions is fed back).
Delivery
· Contribute to delivery of Testimony 360 through regular, in-person school delivery as part of the wider team, ensuring that the programme is delivered through a robust pedagogical approach. Expected to deliver Testimony 360 one every two weeks throughout term time.
· Plan and deliver Beta testing sessions as part of the development of the interactive testimonies, sharing knowledge and expertise with other Education Officers supporting in this delivery.
· The successful applicant may also be expected to deliver educational sessions to students, teachers and our young Ambassadors outside the Testimony 360 programme and throughout the year. In-person sessions will take place in the UK and sometimes abroad.
General
· We expect all members of the Education team to share their learnings and expertise both internally and externally. This role will require discussions about our learnings from Testimony 360 with the wider Education team, and we encourage consideration for how these learnings might feed into our wider educational offer.
· As an educational charity, we must ensure that education about the Holocaust is the core of all work. To this end, members of the Education Team are responsible for supporting the wider teams as they develop, plan and deliver on broader public engagement, fundraising, and awareness-raising initiatives.
· You will also be required to carry out any other reasonable request by the Director of Programmes, Chief Executive, or Senior Management Team.
Read our job description for full details.
Please Note:
All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK at time of application.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. Therefore, all applicants will undergo strict vetting procedures and safeguarding checks before appointment and relevant pre-employment checks (this includes but is not limited to: DBS checks, qualification checks, reference checks and identity checks). This role involves regulated activity relevant to children, therefore It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.