Project Manager Jobs in East Midlands

Philanthropy Manager 

Job Description and Person Specification 

Reporting to: Head of Philanthropy in the Fundraising Team 

Location of Work: Home based. The post holder will be expected to travel to meet donors, travel to away days and team meetings in London. The role may involve some irregular travel throughout England and Scotland. Expenses will be paid in line with our Travel and Expenses policy. 

Contract Type: Ideally full-time, 35 hours per week, although part time / flexible hours may be considered. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work  

Contract Length: Permanent

Salary: £37,500 

BACKGROUND 

Magic Breakfast is a registered charity that exists to make sure no child or young person is too hungry to learn. We provide nutritious breakfasts and expert support to primary, secondary, ASN/SEND schools and pupil referral units in disadvantaged areas of England and Scotland. Providing a daily school breakfast ensures that every child and young person feels included, equal and set up for success. Magic Breakfast works to be part of the solution to end child morning hunger for good through our campaigning, research and advocacy work with politicians and decision-makers. 

This is an exciting time to join Magic Breakfast if you wish to make a difference to the lives of children. We are expanding our team to meet the challenge of ending child morning hunger, both for now and for good. 

JOB PURPOSE 

Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good the Philanthropy team’s role is to develop and deliver the charity's high net worth individual giving programme in line with Magic Breakfast’s strategic priorities to enable our organisational growth against our mission. 

We are seeking to grow income through further cultivation and stewardship of our potential and existing donors. Our High Value Giving teams are forecast to collectively raise £5.1m in 2021/22, up from £4.6m two years ago in 2019/20. The team includes partnerships with charitable trusts and foundations, corporate organisations, and high-net-worth individuals. 

Reporting into the Head of Philanthropy, this role will have a particular focus on ensuring that Magic Breakfast is offering the highest quality of donor care from start to finish, and building and developing our prospect pipeline.

We’re looking for a proactive person with excellent relationship building, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship skills as we seek to build our prospect pool, enhance or supporter journey and achieve our ambitious fundraising targets.

The Philanthropy Manager will have the opportunity to be innovative and creative, to create and test impactful donor journeys and engagement opportunities so Magic Breakfast’s supporters feel valued and can understand the transformational difference they are making to hungry children and their learning in the UK. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  

Income generation and donor stewardship and prospect development 

• Manage your own portfolio of donors, providing excellent stewardship and strategies to uplift and secure multi year donations 

• Work with Corporate, Trusts and Individual Giving teams to identify potential major donors and high value regular givers within Magic Breakfast’s donor portfolio and implement plans to develop these relationships; 

• Work with the Head of Philanthropy and Prospect Researcher to build a Philanthropy prospect pipeline 

• Write accurate, inspiring and compelling fundraising propositions and reports for potential and existing major donors 

• Review and make recommendations for improvement of our existing donor journey, building a calendar of engaging content and touchpoints throughout the year. 

• Lead on devising, developing and organising bespoke events for donors and prospects 

• Complete timely event reviews to improve and inform future decision making and planning.

• Work in partnership with the wider fundraising teams to provide excellent supporter care to all event attendees and stakeholders. 

• Support the Head of Philanthropy to build relationships with senior volunteers to garner their support with hosting and supporting events to connect us to, and unlock, their networks. 

• Use our CRM database (Salesforce) to log KPIs, project and reconcile finances and manage supporter relationships 

• Use KPIs to adapt strategies and drive activity 

• Be responsible for ensuring an up-to-date bank of engaging content and materials for existing partners, including but not limited to, commissioning video content, compiling reports and building case studies. 

• Scan the external environment for trends, insights, ideas and best practice that could benefit the High Value Giving teams and Magic Breakfast’s work, making recommendations for improvements and leading on opportunities as they arise.

Internal 

• Work with wider Fundraising team to help create and deliver cross departmental  events, and identify referral opportunities (to Trusts and Corporates) 

• Develop strong relationships with Service Delivery and Policy and Engagement colleagues, involving them in meetings with donors where appropriate to strengthen those relationships and engage them further 

• Work with Service Delivery to identify, plan and co-ordinate school visits for donors and prospects 

Financial processes, reporting and due diligence: 

• Ensure all donations are thanked and recorded in a timely way, and logged accurately on salesforce 

• Support Head of Philanthropy in accurately forecasting philanthropy income for each financial year, and ensure forecast income is updated monthly. 

• Contribute 

•  to the philanthropy budget and goal with wider awareness of org and F&D goals 

• Work with Prospect Researcher to ensure all due diligence checks on donors are completed, and that they meet our criteria in our ethical fundraising policy, flagging any risks upwards for resolution. 

General 

• Contribute to team meetings, sharing best practice and supporting team members where necessary 

• Help to maintain a positive working environment; keeping the vision of Magic Breakfast at the heart of everything we do 

• Uphold a culture that keeps children and young people at the heart and encourages openness, collaboration, bravery, compassion and a solutions-focussed approach 

• Work collaboratively across the organisation more widely to build good working relations across the organisation and provide ad-hoc support to other teams and members of staff 

• Adhere to all Magic Breakfast policies and procedures 

• Ensure that all activity is compliant with current legislation, GDPR and child safeguarding requirements (training provided) 

• Participate in occasional work-related events at external venues and perform support related activities, as required. Be willing to undertake occasional work outside of regular office hours and UK travel 

• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the role 

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Knowledge and Experience 

• Experience planning and managing meaningful donor cultivation and stewardship events to achieve strategic objectives 

• Experience delivering Gala or large special events with proven financial results 

• Experience of managing income and expenditure budgets 

• Experience of working with external event operations crews and contractors

• Experience of management of event and volunteer staff 

• Experience of upward management and working with senior volunteers / Trustees 

• Knowledge of high value fundraising techniques covering corporates, trusts and major donors, including a clear understanding of the needs of the supporter journey 

• Experience of using a fundraising database (ideally Salesforce) 

• Up to date knowledge on Code of Practice and Data Protection Act and commitment to keeping up to date 

Skills and Abilities  

• Highly organised with attention to detail, and an ability to work autonomously and be a confident decision maker in a fast-paced environment

• Effective and thoughtful verbal and written communication skills 

• Experience of managing a varied workload and balancing conflicting priorities to meet deadlines 

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal sensitively and diplomatically to collaborate with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external 

• Ease with using IT packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, and presenting in a format that meets the needs of colleagues

• Ability to keep accurate and up to date records, sharing information as and when appropriate 

• Ability to adapt existing processes to meet the needs of the organisation

• Skilful management of risk and opportunities with ability to escalate appropriately 

• An understanding of Health and Safety regulations and other regulations as they apply to events 

Other  

• Passion and commitment to Magic Breakfast’s aim of alleviating morning hunger as a barrier to learning for children in the UK. 

• Share Magic Breakfast’s commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion within the workplace. 

• Willing to travel within the UK occasionally for meetings and other events (Covid permitting). 

• Experience of working for a charity, especially in the area of children and young people, desirable but not essential.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.

Please click below for our job pack

APPLICATION PROCCESS

Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr @magicbreakfast .com

Shortlisting - 30th September – 2nd October

Interview 1 - 8th and 9th October

Interview 2 - 15th and 16th October

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Digital Project Manager

Rate: £200 - £225 per day 
Length: Initial 3-Month Contract
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Fully Remote

A brand new contract requirement has arisen for a Digital Project Manager to join an award winning national charity based fully remote. You will take the lead on multiple Digital projects to aid in pushing the organistaion forward!

As the Digital Project Manager, you will be supporting on the development of multiple ongoing projects. On top of this, you will have the opportunity to develop the digital function and the way digital is used within the charity!

Any understanding of the not-for-profit world would be a great addition.

Skills required for the Digital Project Manager are:

• Previous Digital Project Management experience
• Understanding of Agile methodologies
• Some experience of the charity or Not-for-Profit world (ideal but not required)
• Excellent communication skills

Rate: £200 - £225 per day 
Length: Initial 3-Month Contract
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Fully Remote
 

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity.
Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

Project Management Office Specialist

Location:  Hybrid/Remote
Contract:  Fixed Term Contract, Full time
Salary:  £55,000 - £60,000

Join Us in Supporting the Police Community: Project Management Office Specialist at Police Care UK

Are you a seasoned project management professional with a passion for driving change and innovation? Do you have the strategic mindset, organizational skills, and collaborative approach to provide governance and oversight for a portfolio of complex projects? If so, we want to hear from you!

About Police Care UK: Police Care UK is a leading charity dedicated to supporting the police community across the UK. We provide ground-breaking research, innovative solutions, and evidence-based action to help serving and veteran officers, staff, and their families cope with the impact of policing. Following a period of transformation, we are entering a new era of growth and development, and we are looking for dedicated individuals to join our team and contribute to our mission.

The Role: As the Project Management Office Specialist, you will play a crucial role in implementing project standards across the organization, ensuring consistency and quality. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will manage a portfolio of projects, providing governance and oversight to achieve our charity's objectives. Collaborating closely with staff, you will facilitate communication, monitor resources and budgets, and deliver regular reports to senior management.

 
Key Responsibilities:

• Implement project standards and best practices to drive consistency and quality
• Develop and manage a portfolio of projects, aligning them with the charity's strategic goals
• Provide governance and oversight for all project activities, ensuring effective communication and collaboration
• Manage resources, timelines, and budgets to achieve project goals
• Deliver regular reports to senior management on project status, risks, and outcomes
• Gain a thorough understanding of interdependencies between projects and their impact on the charity
• Develop and own the charity's dashboard and reporting tools
• Conduct regular reviews and audits to assess adherence to standards and identify areas for improvement
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and implement best practices across the organization
   

Who We're Looking For:

We are seeking an experienced Project Management Office Specialist who has:

• Proven experience in PMO leadership, with a track record of setting up and managing PMOs
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
• Proficiency in project management software and methodologies, such as agile, waterfall, PMBOK, PRINCE2, or ISO 21500
• A strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate future challenges and opportunities
• Experience in the management of a portfolio of projects across a business function
• Proficiency in project management, resource planning, and risk management
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent, and a relevant project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2)
   

What We Offer: At Police Care UK, we believe in investing in our people. When you join our team, you'll benefit from a supportive and inclusive work environment, opportunities for professional growth and development, and the chance to impact the lives of those who protect our communities.

How to Apply:If you're ready to join a forward-thinking charity that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and a detailed cover letter explaining why you're the right fit for this role. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, so please apply as soon as you are able.

Police Care UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

Closing date 24-09-2024

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We are seeking a dynamic individual with workforce development experience to lead on our workforce development strategy and associated projects. In this role, you will support our network of public library leaders and contribute to the Futures Hub, a new initiative aimed at generating evidence to help public libraries meet the challenges of the coming decade.

Main Activities:

• To manage the development of a workforce leadership and skills strategy working alongside key partners
• To deliver key aspects of the strategy including apprenticeship network; peer mentorship network; managing our online learning modules and ensuring our equality, diversity and inclusion strategy is integrated throughout the workforce development programme
• This post will also support the Futures Hub-a new programme that will generate evidence and insight that library services can use to meet the challenges of the coming decade

The scope of the role will specifically include:

• Development of  the sector skills strategy in collaboration with key partners 
• Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion policies across our workforce development strategy 
• Management of a peer mentor scheme 
• Researching and shaping library leadership pathways and considering the implications of this for the sector skills strategy
• Development of our bursary scheme, including attracting sponsorship income 
• Scoping a new leadership programme and identifying costs and potential funders 
• Manage the online network for providers of apprenticeships 
• Manage our online learning modules including updates to content and scoping move to a new platform
• Support the President in scoping the work of the Futures Hub identifying partners, developing. Its programme of work, alignment with the data observatory work and supporting the meetings and research
• Supporting other workforce development activities as required

Your role responsibilities

• Manage project delivery against their plans and targets 
• Manage the expert contractors 
• Manage project budgets 
• Report to our project funders, the project board and Libraries Connected Board 
• Contribute to the organisational development of the projects and programme team
• Support additional projects and services as they develop

Please see the attached job description for a full description of the role, including person specification. 

Travel within the UK will be required.

Are you ready for your next challenge? Ufi VocTech Trust has a vibrant working environment, and we welcome diversity of thought and perspective to help create exciting and innovative projects, venture investments and partnerships.

Everything we do is focused on our goal of developing digital tools and solutions which help more adults develop the skills they need for work.

It’s an exciting time to join Ufi as we continue to increase the development and take up of great quality, engaging and inclusive digital tech for adult learners.

We're looking for an experienced Project and Partnerships Officer to ensure we fulfil our mission to catalyse change in adult learning for work. Working closely with the Head of Grant Programmes you will become the engine of our grant funding activity.

You will help deliver Ufi’s grant funding and partnership activity. With colleagues and external partners, you will co-ordinate grant calls, administer the VocTech Ignite programme and manage an exciting portfolio of grant funded projects. You will be working with colleagues across Ufi to support the development, administration, and delivery of partnership activity.

This is a responsible, fast-paced role. We are looking for someone who thrives on variety and will become a rock-solid member of the Grants Team. Creativity and enthusiasm supported by practical delivery skills are essential.

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
• Project management skills
• Strong communication skills

Please see the full Recruitment Pack on our website for further details on the skills and experience we are looking for.

We are looking for a brilliant community writers programme manager to grow the number of Multi Academy Trust (MAT) and school leaders writing short articles about their work inside our online community of 18,000+ school leaders and teachers. 

Your role will be to design the community writers programme, invite MAT and school leaders to write about their work on our platform and support them to write their very best stuff so they can achieve their writing and career goals.

Why?

So MAT and schools can learn what’s working (and what isn’t) from each other and deliver the best education possible to their students.

About We Are In Beta.

We Are In Beta is an online community of 18,800+ school leaders and teachers which helps them share and learn how they get the best outcomes for their students.

We believe most of the solutions to schools’ problems are in schools already. Or at least, in the minds of the brilliant people who work in them.

Our job is to find them and share them widely, so nobody has to figure it out on their own.

Imagine a day when you can find someone - or something  - that can help solve any problem you’re facing, whenever you need it.

A day when every student has leaders and teachers who are equipped with the most successful strategies and networks to improve their education.

Join us to help us build that future for our schools.

We - schools - Are In Beta - always learning.
 

What do we do?

To work towards that future:

1. We research great practice so our members can discover it and be inspired by it.

2. We produce and share practical content with great schools through events, webinars, podcasts and resources - so they can learn from others’ successes (and the failures too).

3. We build communities of practice so colleagues can meet and grow together

Some stats we’re really proud of:

In just 4 years we’ve grown the online community to over 18,800 school leaders and teachers.

• 3,400 - MATs and schools we are connected to

• 2500+ resources have been shared by our members - if each one on average takes two hours produce - in reality it's probably more - that’s more than… 

• 3.1 years' worth of others’ work each and every one of our members can access just by being a part of the community

• 3,710 policies and resources from successful schools and MATs we have curated, analysed and shared.

• £1,500 - the amount we save a school each time they access the research they ask us to do for them.

• 870,000 hours - the number of hours it would have taken members to discover the insights we've shared with them had they done the research on their own in silos.

• £25 million - the amount it would have cost schools had they funded those research hours themselves 

• 1.5 million - the number of miles our members would have had to have travelled to meet our expert presenters in case study schools had our community not existed online.

• 8,500 people came to the National INSET Day in Dec 2020 when the government left schools with almost no time at all to plan an end of term INSET. 

We are just getting started. Join us to write the next chapter.

What's the role?

Your job will be to design and deliver the community writers programme with the aim of maximising the number of MAT and school based writers who share their work on our platform so that members can learn how they achieve their results. 

• Designing and delivering the community writer programme

  • Designing the partnership offer between writers and our community

  • Producing materials that communicate what the programme is about: its aims, benefits and how it works

  • Define editorial guidelines which help us achieve our mission in line with our values

• Building the ultimate edu-blogging database

  • Design, build and maintain a list of serving MAT and school leaders who write online and their blogs

  • Add to the database by reading and sharing the blogs you find via social media

  • Grow the database through reader nominations and writer submissions

  • Post about the database on social media

• Developing relationships with MAT and school-based writers

  • Reach out to MAT and school-based writers to learn more about their work

  • Invite them to join the community and the programme

  • Work with them to evolve the programme

• Supporting MAT and school-based writers to write their best stuff and achieve their career aspirations

  • Understand why they write and help them to do it even better

  • Offer supportive accountability, feedback and resources you have created to help them generate as much engagement as possible

  • Promote their work to the widest audience possible so they can make the biggest impact possible 

• Managing content schedules

  • Planning which topics writers can and should be writing about and when

• Evaluating the impact of the programme

  • Define the measures of success

  • Evaluate the performance of the programme against them

  • Improving how it operates

Who are you?

• You love education and/or teaching with a particular interest in MAT leadership
• You love researching and finding great practice in schools
• You are always learning (and professionally nosey)
• You believe the answers to most of education's problems are in schools already
• You value diversity in all respects
• You enjoy developing relationships from scratch often by email or social media
• You're happiest when you are helping others achieve their goals while bringing people together
• You have a spreadsheet for pretty much everything and like design systems and processes
• You relish using new technologies
• Yuo have a keen eye for good writing

What experience and track record do you have?

It’s not essential you tick every box. But the more boxes you can tick the better. We can help you gain and learn from the experiences you haven’t had yet.

• Education and/or school leadership and teaching: Knowing how the MAT and school system works is a must. Knowing who does what role in MATs will help bring the right writers into the right conversations at the right time. Knowing and understanding the kinds of problems and types of conversations school leaders and teachers is also essential for this role

• Edu blog and press reading: Reading education blogs and press is something you love and do in your spare time to fuel your curiosity and keep you learning and meeting new people.

• Programme/partnership/volunteer management: Understanding what one side of a partnership needs and designing what the other side will deliver for mutual benefit is something you are good at. Tracking the impact is also important.

• Project management: Planning, tracking and delivering on project objectives across several workflows on time, every time is what gets you going. Managing multiple audiences who are likely to be at different stages of their engagement cycle.

• (Copy)writing: Writing is something you do and/or have dabbled with. Designing and writing posts and emails that convert - whether they be writer invitations, promotional posts or writer support materials. You have a keen eye for good writing and articulating why it’s good.

• Editorial / journalism experience: Having a keen eye and nose for a story. Setting expectations for delivery of writing, communicating those expectations and helping either to work within them and improve their game

• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - Having an understanding of SEO, key word research and on page SEO will help.

• Creating support materials: Designing and producing material that lays out expectations and provides frameworks to help others deliver and improve is something you excel at.

• Social media use/management: Using social media platforms to find and learn from MAT and school leaders, who tweet, post and write about their work and careers is something you are experienced in.

What are the benefits?

• Exposure to the most inspirational and impactful MAT Education Leaders in the country 
• Opportunity to work within an early-stage, mission-driven organisation and shape its direction
• Flexible working culture/flexible working hours
• Pro rata £29,000-£34,000 dependent on experience. Initial temporary 12 month contract.
• Project-based and/or part-time contract based on performance milestones for the right candidate available - this role is approximately 1-2 days a week with scope for it to grow from there based on success
• Free membership to all of our premium spaces across the community worth up to £1,197+VAT

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or disability status.

Location:

• We are a fully remote team.
• We check in daily online.
• We meet monthly face-to-face in London. 

Can this role be shared on a part-time basis?

We’re open to the role being shared by more than one person if we can find the right mix of people and their availability to work part-time and openness to share it.

Project Scope and Time Commitment?

We plan to evolve this role in 3 phases.

• Phase 1 - focus on building a community of Directors of Education and School Improvement Leaders writing inside the community (1 day a week for 3-6 months)
• Phase 2 - widen the focus on building a community of secondary school leaders writing inside the community (additional 1 day a week from 3-6 months following the start of phase 1)
• Phase 3 - expand the role to make it a nearly full-time role managing multiple communities of writers who focus on different aspects of education.

The more successful each phase is, the greater the scope to expand the role is. We'd love to grow it with you.

Timeline:

• Applications open: 28th August 2024

• Deadline for applications: midnight Sunday 15th September

• Invitations to interview and complete assessment task: weeks beginning 2nd September; 9th September and 16th September.

• First round interviews: Week beginning 16th September

• Second round interviews: Week beginning 23rd September

• Notification of decision /appointment: week beginning 30th September or 7th October

• Start date: as soon as possible.

We expect this to be a popular role.

We will be inviting people to interview on a rolling basis.

We advise submitting an application early.

How do you apply?

  To apply for the role please

1. register your interest via our website no later than midday on Thursday 5th September AND/OR
2. complete the application form by the deadline above

 For the application form you’ll need:

1. CV - max 2 sides

2. Covering letter - outlining

   1. why you want to apply

   2. how your values, knowledge, skills and experience make you the best person for the role.

   3. a PS section at the bottom with confirmation of where you saw the job role; confirmation of your current salary and notice period; whether you have the right to work in the UK and a valid criminal check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); any links to any portfolios/bodies of work you have completed in the past to demonstrate what you are capable of (this could be reports, writing, performance figures, social media campaigns, articles, videos); and indication of whether your availability will be limited during the recruitment period.

3. Contact details of references

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role prior to application, please contact the Founder  @niallalcock on X/Twitter or DM Niall Alcock on LinkedIn

We're looking for a values led, (education) content minded and systematic project manager to join us a Conference Producer at We Are In Beta.

The goal is to grow our in person events offering for our community of MAT Directors of Education and School Improvement Leaders, which has already supported 85 MATs serving 90,000+ students.

Your role will be to produce face to face conferences that provide them honest, open and trusting spaces to share how they really achieve their results in practice.

Why?

So MATs can learn what’s working (and what isn’t), so they can deliver the best education possible to their students.

What's the role?

Your job will be to produce in person conferences, with a difference, for MAT Directors of Education and School Improvement Leaders.

Events where practitioners don’t just share what’s worked but also what hasn’t - openly and transparently.

The aim is curate powerful and practical warts and all stories, which attendees can ask questions about and dig deep into each other's work.

• What we avoid
  • Glossy key notes delivered by non serving MAT leaders 
  • Only sharing successes
  • Surface level panels that don’t explore how leaders do what they do
  • Lots of passive sitting and listening in big audiences
  • Not developing deep and lasting relationships between attendees
  • Where the events are geared towards promoting products and services more than the amazing leaders and their practice 
• What we deliver
  • Dedicated to giving serving MAT Directors of Education - from diverse backgrounds - the platform to share the work they are doing in the MATs right now
  • Sharing openly, honestly and transparently the challenges as well as the wins
  • Small group discussions about very specific topics where attendees can go deep
  • Workshop formats allowing speakers and attendees to learn from each other via intimate conversations
  • Where we do everything we can to help attendees get to know each other, stay in touch and work together long term.
  • Events where sponsors provide thought leadership not sales pitches

 On the speaker/content side, you’ll:

• research what’s important to MAT Directors of Education

• find serving MAT leaders who have expertise in those areas

• invite and book them to be speakers and

• support them to be their best on the day.

On the attendee/learner side, you’ll:

• communicate the offering

• design sign up and onboarding processes

• promote the event across our social media and email channels and

• ensure delegates have everything they need to get the best out of the event.

On both sides you’ll:

• promote the event far and wide

• lead the follow up and evaluation of the events.

 How you’ll be driving our mission forward

• Researching topics that matter to Directors of Education right now

  • Emailing/messaging them to ask what they’ve had success with and need help with

  • Creating a database of strengths and needs across the community

  • Reading education press, policy and practitioner led blogs.

  • Engaging with conversations on social media

• Finding, inviting and booking speakers

  • Using national datasets to find MATs and MAT Education Leaders who are succeeding against the odds

  • Digging into MAT practice and MAT leaders’ blogs/posts to build a list of possible speakers

  • Crafting emails that invite MAT Leaders you may have never met to speak at the conference

  • Following up and leading MAT Leaders through the speaker onboarding journey

• Supporting speakers to be their best

  • Designing editorial guidelines and communicating them with speakers

  • Supporting them to find a focus for their sessions and feeding back on the content

  • Gathering pre-event information such as speaker details, access need, session titles/objectives and resources etc

  • Automating workflows and emails using Zapier and Airtable

  • Sharing all pre-event information they need in good time

• Designing attendee sign up and welcoming processes

  • Designing and building pre-event registration processes and forms

  • Gathering pre-event information from attendees eg attendee details, access/dietary needs and 

  • Automating workflows and emails using Zapier and Airtable

  • Sharing all pre-event information so they can get the most out of the conferences

• Promoting the event across our channels

  • Working with a designer to commission graphics

  • Writing social media posts on LinkedIn and Twitter

  • Working with the Director of Educations at the MATs hosting the events to write sharable, top of funnel social media posts that inspire, entertain and inform Directors of Education

  • Designing, writing building email workflows and drip campaigns in our CRM (HubSpot)

• Ensuring delegates have everything they need to get the most out of the conferences

  • Tracking and auditing that all delegates have shared required pre-event information

  • Writing succinct emails which are delivered at the right time in a way that respects their workload and capacity

• Evaluating the success of the conferences.

  • Designing and building post event evaluation forms

  • Seek, gather and analyse customer feedback and user data to ensure member success.

  • Tracking and auditing evaluation completion

  • Following up with both speakers and delegates to maximise

Who are you?

• A values driven educationalist
• Technophilic project manager who has a spreadsheet for everything
• Curious and empathic relationship builder
• Entrepreneurial, innovative and flexible
• Analytical but also a content-minded story finder and teller
• Feedback embracing learner in the pursuit of mastery of your craft:

What experience and skills do you have?

It’s not essential you tick every box below. But the more boxes you can tick the better. We can help you gain and learn from the experiences you haven’t had yet.

• Education and/or school leadership/teaching: Knowing how the MAT and school system works is a must. Knowing who does what role in MATs will help bring the right people in the right conversations and the right time. Knowing and understanding the kinds of problems and types of conversations MAT leaders and teachers is also helpful for this role

• Conference production: researching topics, inviting and booking speakers, crafting promotional materials, shouting loudly and proudly about the events and filling up spaces is key.

• Project management: Planning, tracking and delivering on project objectives across several workflows on time, every time. Managing multiple audiences who are likely to be at different stages of their engagement cycle.

• Digital marketing integration and automation: integrating and automating digital marketing platforms like eg MailChmip, Hubspot, Airtable and Zapier etc. Automating drip campaigns and email workflows.

• Copywriting (and digital marketing and email workflow design): designing and writing posts and emails that convert - whether than be speaker invitations, promotional posts or conference onboarding emails.

• Customer Relationship Management: designing, building and automating CRMs including sales pipeline design and management eg HubSpot and Airtable.

What are the benefits?

• Exposure to the most inspirational and impactful MAT Education Leaders in the country 
• Opportunity to work within an early-stage, mission-driven organisation and shape its direction
• Flexible working culture/flexible working hours
• Pro rata £29,000-£34,000 dependent on experience
• Project-based and/or part-time contract based on performance milestones for the right candidate available - this role is approximately 3 days a week for 28 weeks a year in 2 x 14 week blocks: October-February and March-June to deliver 2 conferences.
• Free annual membership to all of our premium spaces across the community worth up to £1,197+VAT.
• Dramatically grow your network of MAT leaders
   

Project Scope and Time Commitment?

The aim of this role is to produce two conferences:

1. Trust Education Leaders Conference North (Feb/Mar) in Manchester
2. Trust Education Leaders Conference South (June/July) in Luton/Milton Keynes

Each conference takes about 14 weeks to plan and deliver working 2-3 days a week.

If you aren't available for these dates, please still register you interest as we have plans for more conferences coming up and we'd love to work with you on them.

Timeline:

• Applications open: 28th August 2024

• Deadline for applications: midnight Sunday 15th September

• Invitations to complete assessment task: weeks beginning 9th September and 16th September

• First round interviews: weeks beginning 16th and 23rd September

• Second round interviews: weeks beginning 23rd and 30th September

• Notification of decision /appointment : week beginning 7th October.

• Start date: mid October

We expect this to be a popular role.

We will be inviting people to interview on a rolling basis.

We advise submitting an application early.

How do you apply?

  To apply for the role please

1. register your interest via our wesite no later than midday on Thursday 5th September AND/OR
2. complete the application form we'll send you by the deadline above

 For the application form you’ll need:

1. CV - max 2 sides

2. Covering letter - outlining

   1. why you want to apply

   2. how your values, knowledge, skills and experience make you the best person for the role.

   3. a PS section at the bottom with confirmation of where you saw the job role; confirmation of your current salary and notice period; whether you have the right to work in the UK and a valid criminal check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); any links to any portfolios/bodies of work you have completed in the past to demonstrate what you are capable of (this could be reports, writing, performance figures, social media campaigns, articles, videos); and indication of whether your availability will be limited during the recruitment period.

3. Contact details of references

For an informal and confidential discussion about the role prior to application, please contact the Founder  @niallalcock on X/Twitter or DM Niall Alcock on LinkedIn

Are you ready to lead and develop this pioneering new project in partnership with the Office of Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (OSPCC). Do you thrive on building trust and engagement with young people, school communities and families?

As the Breck Foundation's new Project Coordinator (Pan Sussex), with the support of the CEO, you will lead the initial project set up, the recruitment of schools and young people, followed by all training and coordination of the delivery.

The post holder will need to be based in Sussex, required to work from home permanently but willing and able to easily travel regularly to various locations across East and West Sussex, occasionally farther as necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role, to deliver aspects of the programme and to engage with other stakeholders and colleagues.

Breck Foundation 

Breck Foundation is a unique and dynamic organisation that makes a real difference. The charity was founded in 2014 in memory of Breck Bednar, a 14-year-old boy who was groomed and murdered by someone he met online. We inform, educate and campaign to help young people and the wider UK public reclaim the internet from those who seek to harm others through it. Our educational programmes reach thousands of students, parents and safeguarding professionals each year.

The Project

Over the last few years, the Breck Foundation worked closely with Volunteer Police Cadet Units in Surrey and Tower Hamlets to train cadets as ‘Breck Ambassadors’, equipping them with the training needed to talk in schools to their peers about staying safe online and the key signs of grooming.

We are proud to take this successful project further having secured funding with the Office of Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner (OSPCC) to recruit and train up to 30 ‘Youth Ambassadors’ (for online safety) in schools across Sussex. The Youth Ambassadors will learn how to tell Breck’s story and empower young people with the tools they need to stay safe online. Working closely with schools to enable the students to become Online Safety Ambassadors for their school community, advocate for their peers and to be a voice of expertise and counsel. You will work with schools and community groups to generate impact through Breck’s story (on online grooming) and other important topics related to children’s online safety.

This flagship project for the OSPCC will launch in April 2025 (Coordinator starts in January 2025) and run for at least 12 months, with potential funding up to three years. We hope it will set a precedent for others to follow our lead and develop similar programmes for young people across the UK.

To Apply:

Please attach your CV and personal statement, providing clear examples of how you meet the essential requirements of the job description - his is the section you will be scored. 

Closing date: Monday 7th October at 5:30pm

Interview date: From Tuesday 15th October 

Location: UK, France or East Africa preferred. Remote applicants considered.

Package: Pay is dependent on location.  The UK salary of £53,000 - £55,000 plus pension contribution will be converted using ICSC scales. All locations receive 28 days annual leave + public holidays, counselling support and annual wellbeing days.

VIDERE

Videre is an award-winning, UK-registered NGO that exposes human rights abuses and holds perpetrators to account. We work directly with communities in stressed environments, equipping networks of activists and community leaders with the technology and training necessary to safely capture visual documentation of political violence, human rights violations, and other systemic abuses. Our aim is to ensure that the concerns and knowledge of affected communities drive advocacy, policy, and legal action.

POSITION SUMMARY

This is a critical role in the organisation, reporting to the Senior Director - Innovation. The role is responsible for the implementation, oversight and continued improvement of the organisation’s security risk management framework and processes.

The Security Manager will support both our own project teams as well as the work we do with partners which includes training and accompaniment on human rights documentation and the security risk management necessary to do this work safely. We also oversee a project providing ad-hoc advice directly to non-violent social movement activists which this role will manage.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure Videre’s Security Risk Management framework is up to date, efficient and effective.
• Conduct regular Security Risk Assessments (jointly with relevant Managers and Teams) for areas of programme operations, partner locations and other areas of risk.
• Develop and maintain Safety and Security Management Plans and SOPs for projects, and ensure relevant staff are familiar with its contents.
• Develop scenario planning for security and safety risk management.
• Provide proactive safety security management advice, guidance and support.
• As needed, lead the crisis management response when security incidents occur.
• Develop security risk management training resources and deliver them to staff and partners.
• Provide day-to-day Safety and Security Management, and assurance, including: situation monitoring, information sharing and reporting, implementing mitigation measures, reporting, and evaluation.
• Foster a ‘security culture’ within Videre.
• Manage Videre’s contribution to various consortiums.

PERSONAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Essential

• Professional writing and speaking in either English or French, with at least effective operational efficiency in the other language (B2 or above).
• You will have a proven track record of providing security and protection advice and training to human rights defenders, activists, and local civil society organisations.
• You will have a deep knowledge of security risk management, security in unstable environments, duty of care, protection strategies, shrinking civic space, and state and non-state opponents.
• You will be familiar with the holistic model of security.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to plan, organize, and prioritize tasks effectively to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality results.
• An understanding of human rights and a strong belief in their indivisibility and interdependence.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and building relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Flexibility and adaptability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with the ability to respond to changing priorities and requirements.
• Commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of work.
• Strong technology / IT skills and understanding of digital security/secure communications.

Preferred

• You may have a proven track record of in one or more of:
• Working as part of large, complex, multi-donor consortiums.
• Living and working in violent environments or closed civic spaces.
• Delivering training in-person and remotely to a diverse range of learners.
• Experience with human rights research, investigations or legal cases
• Experience with filming or documentary making.
• You may have excellent written and spoken additional languages (other than French and English).
   

APPLICATION PROCESS & TIMELINE

• Please apply via Breezy: submit your CV (maximum two pages) and a cover letter (maximum 400 words) describing your suitability for this position.
• Applications will close on 8 September.
• Initial interviews will be conducted remotely. Second round interviews may be conducted in-person depending on applicants’ location. Requesting an online interview will not be detrimental to your application.
• We intend to complete the recruitment process by 4 October.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in the human rights sector and we are committed to doing what we can to correct this. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the communities that we serve. Therefore, we are particularly keen to receive applications from people who identify with minority and/or underrepresented groups (whether on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status). We also value diversity in terms of personal and professional experience; believing that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create stronger and more creative working environments.

As a member of the Process and Administration Team (PAT)  at Libraries Connected, you will play a crucial role in ensuring efficient and cohesive administrative support for the organisation. Your primary responsibilities will include supporting new initiatives such as a potential leadership development programme, the development of online learning modules, the creation of a Futures Lab and Data Observatory, and managing tender bids for new commercial contracts. Additionally, you will have broader responsibilities across the organisation, including finance processing, development and maintenance of organisational systems, and the opportunity to engage in a variety of activities beyond your primary role.

Projects and Commercial Administrator will help deliver our portfolio of projects and programmes, the role will specifically include:

• Supporting the development and delivery of our workforce development strategy including:
  • Our EDI strategy for our organisation and library sector
  • A peer mentoring scheme for heads of library service
  • A leadership development programme
  • Development of our online learning modules
• Supporting the development of our new Futures Lab and Data Observatory
• Support new Commercial Contracts from bid stage through mobilisation and into delivery

Libraries Connected has established a Process and Administration Team (PAT) whose role is to ensure that the Libraries Connected staff receive efficient and cohesive administrative support, and that resilience is built into the administrative processes in terms of knowledge sharing, process documentation and consistency. As a member of the Process and Administration team, this role will also have broader responsibilities across the organisation including supporting finance processing, development and maintenance of organisational systems, and the opportunities to work across a range of activities alongside the primary role. 

Main purpose:

• Main activities for the role will include working with the Project and Commercial Managers to:
  • Schedule and organise meetings and events, including venue booking, catering, delegate lists as required
  • To provide technical support for online webinars and meetings
  • Provide secretarial support including managing and circulating meetings papers and taking minutes and updating action logs
  • Support management of project budgets and associated finance systems including raising invoices and reconciliation
  • To support project and contract reporting including collation of relevant data.
  • To efficiently manage and organise documentation and relevant data to provide clear audit trails and support reporting and evaluation of events, awards, and training
  • Manage travel and accommodation bookings
  • Answer queries from members and project partners
  • Conduct research into library sector activity, or how to improve our systems and processes, and write options papers
• To work within the PAT function to manage cross organisational administration, including:
  • Managing the shared mailboxes
  • Finance transaction processing 
  • Organising team meetings 
  • Collaborating to developing systems and processes as required

Key relationships

• Reports to the Project Manager and works with them to provide high-quality project management.
• Works with the Commercial Manager and the wider Commercial Team to help secure and deliver contracts and services
• Works directly with library teams to support the setup and delivery of the contracts
• Works with the finance team and Process and Administration Team (PAT) to ensure financial processes are followed and provide support as needed
• Works with PAT to support organisational processes
• Supports the Libraries Connected Leadership Team

Please see the attached job description for a full description of the role, including person specification. 

Travel within the UK will be required.

Nottinghamshire Hospice delivers end-of-life care to people across the county. Our Hospice in your Home service is community based, and cares for patients and their families within their own home. Wherever possible, we enable people to die at home. Alongside our Wellbeing and Bereavement Services, we cared for 2,500 people across Nottinghamshire last year.

This role…

Working to a new Fundraising strategy with ambitious plans for growth, the Public Fundraising Manager will help us reach the next level in our income generation.

The role will combine direct responsibility for the retention and growth of our Individual Giving income streams (regular giving, lottery, appeals) with leadership and support of our other public facing income streams (community, legacy and in memory giving).

As the most experienced fundraiser in the team, the role will work closely with the Head of Fundraising to deliver on the Fundraising strategy, managing the team in an empowering way to motivate and inspire the team to drive income.

What are we looking for?

You will have proven experience of:

- Successfully delivering an individual giving income stream

- Campaign project management and working in collaboration with other stakeholders

- Collating and analysing data to drive decision making

- Gaining trust and building rapport with individuals quickly

- Effective storytelling to inspire supporters into action

- Delivering stewardship journeys that retain supporters to drive long term connection

What we offer

In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package which includes 5 weeks Holiday plus Bank Holidays, Annual Leave Buy/Sell Scheme, Pension Scheme, Medical Cover, Employee Assistance Programme and Retail Discount Scheme.

Why you’ll love working here

Nottinghamshire Hospice is a great place to work! As a charity we’re creative and inspiring in our approach to our services and how we work together.

Our values are embedded into the Hospice:

Compassion – Being inclusive; being kind and having empathy; empowering others; having integrity and being patient.

Trust – Being authentic; unified; loyal; accountable; trustworthy; responsible; reliable and professional.

 Ambition- The growth of the Hospice; being courageous; getting the right outcomes and results; improvement of our services; being the best version of ourselves for the benefit of each other and our service users.

If you think this sounds like you then please have a read of the full job description. If you would like to discuss the role before applying, then we welcome these informal chats. Please email Claire Herrick, Head of Fundraising to set something up.

 The must haves:

The successful applicant will be subject to a standard DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. You must also have a full UK driving licence and access to a car (including business insurance). Nottinghamshire Hospice is a non-smoking organisation.

Registered Charity no: 509759

Department: Business Development Team
Location: remote – home working
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: 12-month fixed term contract
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 per annum
Closing date: Sunday 15th September at 11.59pm
Expected interview date: Wednesday 25th September
Annual Leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)

Benefits:

• enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay
• family friendly policies
• 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS Pension
• free health cashback plan (Medicash) employee cover plus up to four dependent children)
• 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
• free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
• access to wellbeing app (healthy living tips and Bright TV )
• flexible working options; including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours and more*
• learning and development committed (bespoke training, LinkedIn Learning etc.)
• employee health and wellbeing committed (menopause friendly, disability confident employer etc.)

Background

Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia; a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime – either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.

Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible for as long as possible.

Purpose of the job/About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Business Development Team at Dementia UK, where you’ll play a vital role in managing and expanding Admiral Nursing Services across health and social care settings throughout the UK.

As the Regional Account Manager, you will oversee a portfolio of both new and established Admiral Nurse services across various settings. Working closely with teams across Dementia UK, you will help implement, monitor, and quality-assure all services in line with our business processes. You will also collaborate with the Regional Development Leads and Area Business Development Manager, contributing to timely updates and reports on progress against action plans, the development of new services, and any services at risk, particularly within designated areas and restricted funding regions.

In addition, you will represent Dementia UK with key commissioners and stakeholders, influencing local dementia strategies and initiatives. Your efforts will ensure that Admiral Nursing remains a central part of local service design, supporting the overall delivery of Dementia UK’s strategy.

To succeed in this role, you will bring substantial experience in partnership development, account management, and project management. You will have a strong background in developing business cases, strategy development, and implementation, along with a focus on continuous quality improvement and innovation. Experience in the health and social care sector is essential, along with a solid understanding of government policies related to older people’s mental health, carers, and dementia.

Join us now and be part of a team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.

Our Culture

In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to achieve their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.

Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone, we aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate differences and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.

*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs

ARMA (UK) is the professional association for research management in the UK. We represent research leaders, managers and administrators, offering professional development and opportunities to build networks, knowledge and skills.

We are looking for a Conference and Major Event Manager to lead on the delivery of our successful annual conference and other major events.

The role includes, but is not limited to, project management, budgeting and financial management, marketing and promotion, sponsorship and exhibition sales/ coordination, venue selection and contracting, supplier management, speaker liaison, abstract management and delegate administration.

This role will work closely with our Head of Membership Engagement, the Chair of Conference and Conference Working Group to deliver an excellent programme and outstanding delegate experience. The role holder is also responsible for managing the relationship with our appointed Professional Conference Organiser (PCO).

Are you passionate about helping people to do great things? Do you get a kick out of 
someone else’s joy as they reach their fundraising target? Are you an excellent 
communicator online and on the phone?

We are looking for our first permanent Community Fundraiser to develop our fundraising 
ambitions and work with our community. This is a varied and interesting role which will 
give you the opportunity to see your impact first-hand as you’ll be interacting daily with 
people whose lives are affected by PANS or PANDAS.

Our small community means that our fundraisers tend to be PANS and PANDAS patients 
and their friends and families. We are passionate about creating opportunities for our community to 
support us in ways that create joy in their own lives. 

Our fundraising should help tackle the isolation and other difficulties that are faced by 
those living with a complex and misunderstood condition. You will also provide logistical 
and project management support on fundraising events. 

PLEASE NOTE:  Please provide a CV and a covering letter. We would prefer to receive your application in your own words, without the use of Chat GPT.