Regional Relationship Manager Jobs
If you love involving your colleagues and local communities in feel-good fundraising and enjoy seeing your endeavours translate into transformations in patient care and colleague wellbeing, then this is the job for you!
LSCft Charitable Fund is the charity linked to the Trust which covers donations for patients, service users, carers and colleague’s wellbeing.
The post is an important link between the Trust and the local community, facilitating fundraising across corporate and public initiatives, stakeholder and corporate giving and launch our corporate and sponsorship opportunities to local businesses as part of our fundraising plan.
Due to our expansive geography, many of our colleagues who work here are also residents, families of service users and patients, carers for their loved ones and may be service users themselves. Their wellbeing is essential. Raising funds for the Charity will include looking after and enhancing their wellbeing.
You will require experience of fundraising, bid writing and charity law and display considerable energy and enthusiasm to inspire colleagues, patients, service users, families, visitors and the local community to choose LSCft as their preferred charity in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
You will also work with local businesses, colleagues and volunteer networks to develop fundraising initiatives, activities and events. You will ensure that fundraising ideas and high profile events are in place to generate funds to desired targets in the first year of launch.
The ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, extensive fundraising experience and proven ability to create plans, strategies and income across different platforms. You will be a keen people person, be good at motivating, influencing and encouraging charity activities and be confident in your approach and able to work with minimal supervision, taking ownership in this role as our expert in the field of fundraising.
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We have ambitious growth plans for community fundraising and regional partnerships at British Heart Foundation (BHF), and we are recruiting a Fundraising Manager to support our work in Cumbria & Lancashire . We offer sector-leading benefits including private healthcare, excellent pension, and 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
BHF’s vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory disease, conditions that will impact more than half of us in our lifetime. It’s more important than ever that we build on our fundraising expertise to raise vital funds to save more lives.
We're looking for a talented person to join our team from the private, public or third sector, who can demonstrate:
- Knowledge and experience of building relationships with a variety of diverse audiences to achieve financial targets.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to motivate and inspire supporters.
- The ability to effectively manage multiple and competing priorities to meet deadlines.
- Excellent organisational skills with firm understanding of KPIs, targets, budgeting, and risk mitigation plans.
- Curious and data driven to provide insight and analysis to identify and nurture opportunities.
- Creative thinker with exceptional problem-solving skills.
About the role
Across your geographic area of Cumbria & Lancashire , you'll:
- Identify, develop, and steward supporter relationships with businesses, fundraising groups, and high value prospects.
- Understand supporter motivations, identifying opportunities across the Charity that inspire and engage, enabling them to achieve their fundraising goals and reach their potential.
- Identify and steward corporate prospects using a pipeline process resulting in applying for and converting opportunities.
- Be proactive within your area to identify opportunities for fundraising and raise awareness of the Charity.
- Manage supporters effectively using our CRM system (OneCRM) to provide excellent stewardship.
- Meet agreed financial targets, provide monthly financial progress reports, and put mitigation plans in place for any shortfall.
- Promote BHF’s activities and campaigns to raise awareness and drive income.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced growing team, in an organisation that supports the nations hearts from their first heartbeat to their last.
Working arrangements
This is a field-based role covering Cumbria & Lancashire. You'll need to live in Cumbria & Lancashire or be able to relocate to this region.
Regular travel within the area, and occasionally to other parts of the UK.
You must have a full UK driving licence at the time of application with access to your own vehicle.
There will be a requirement for flexible out of hours working to support occasional evening and weekend activity. You will be compensated for this with time off in lieu.
What we can offer you
- Our generous staff benefits include:
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental health cover
- Contribution towards gym membership
- Pension with employer contribution up to 10%
- Life assurance
We have been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for our Live Well. Work Well. Programme. Heart health is central to our mission, and that starts with you. We provide a programme.
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
Role outline and purpose
Ensuring the delivery of The Trussell Trust’s vision to end the need for food banks in the UK by developing an in-depth understanding of Trussell Trust food banks in their area and using coaching and assist to build and hold productive relationships to:
· Develop and execute a strategic plan for reducing the need for food banks’ services locally.
· Work alongside local partners to increase public will for long-term solutions to end the need for food banks.
· Develop and manage strategic relationships with key stakeholders to assist evidenced-based policy change at a local level and feed into activity to drive policy and practice at UK wide and national levels.
Responsibilities
· Assisting trustees, staff and volunteers within food banks to develop their plans to end the need for their services locally through the strategic key areas of operations, volunteering, data, participation, church engagement, governance and stability, financial inclusion, stakeholder engagement, local influencing, referral pathways and signposting.
· Assist food banks to operate in a safe, legal and dignified manner (through calls, visits, training, meeting facilitation and our risk management and self-assessment processes) and assist the facilitation of good practice within the network and wider organisation (through cluster meetings, regional forums, road shows, webinars, peer support and internal meetings).
· Contribute to the development and promotion of support available to food banks through the Trussell Trust (including use of the digital hub, toolkits, partnerships and expert advice) and assist food banks with grant application processes, as required.
· Develop and manage positive relationships with relevant external stakeholders, including local councils and anti-poverty networks, to ensure the Trussell Trust vision is understood and able to influence local decisions, whilst supporting and empowering food banks to foster these relationships locally.
· Work with food banks to ensure that local churches (including church leaders) are connected to and have an understanding of the importance of ending the need for food banks in local communities.
· Support the development, and lead on aspects of delivery, of projects with food banks and external partners that contribute to ending the need for food banks.
· Ensure the voice of our network is heard throughout the organisation through reporting, information sharing and participation in additional working groups and projects.
Technical skills and minimum knowledge:
· Competent and efficient use of IT, particularly the main Microsoft Office programmes. Previous experience of Salesforce or similar CRM system is desirable.
· Experience of working innovatively and creatively.
· Experience of complex problem solving and responding to crisis situations.
· Strong organisational skills and experience of managing competing priorities within challenging timescales.
· An appreciation and understanding of the significance of Christian faith within our food bank network, and the ability to build effective relationships in contexts where Christian faith plays a major part, and in which people of all faiths and none collaborate to make a difference together. Food banks in our network are typically governed by or run in partnership with local churches from across a wide range of denominations and traditions.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Regional Appeal Manager to join an inspiring social welfare charity to coordinate local supporters, partners, and volunteers, building relationships to maximise fundraising potential.
Covering Central London, your main role is to achieve income, expenditure, and contribution targets, ensuring the success of the appeal. Relationship management plays a crucial role, where youll oversee a portfolio of regional corporate partnerships.
The ideal candidate will possess commercial knowledge, financial management skills, and experience in supporter relationship management.
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This is a hybrid role.
The Charity
A long standing national charity, dedicated to providing life long support from advice services to rehabilitation. They have a staff of c1,500 people securing over 150m last year.
You would be joining a highly respected organisation, known for its supportive and inclusive working culture, offering fantastic benefits including 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme -employer contribution up to max of 10% and an employee assistance programme as well as much more!
The Role
With support from your Manager, produce an income and expenditure budget for your area.
Provide accurate and timely monthly commentary to your manager.
Identity, plan and monitor progress of key activity (in the regional fundraising plan) to deliver the income and expenditure
Manage the activity of a range of local supporters and partner
Manage an agreed number of relationships across your area, ensuring that your supporters have the tools, resources, and support necessary.
Develop and support a portfolio of regional corporate partnerships.
The Candidate
Experience of fundraising, sales and/or customer service environment.
Experience of creating and managing great supporter relationships with volunteers to deliver agreed objectives and income targets
Take ownership of planning income/expenditure budget and responsible for supplying monthly commentary to manager..
IMPORTANT NOTE
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
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The role
You will be responsible for the day to day running of the local office, managing referrals calls from people who are bereaved, assisting them to access appropriate support, supporting volunteers with service delivery and ensuring effective recording and management of relevant information systems and processes.
This post is based in the Foyle Office with responsibility for managing meeting spaces across the Western Trust area for service delivery. Ability to travel independently across NI is a requirement for this role.
Criminal Record Checks
All staff are required to complete a Criminal Record check. Staff working directly with clients will be required to complete an enhanced check. We comply with the relevant codes of practice and they can be viewed online:
· Applicants in Northern Ireland: AccessNI Code of Practice
Previous convictions will not prevent full consideration of your application to work with Cruse. Our Recruitment of Ex-offenders' Policy & Handling Criminal Record Check Data Policy are available on request by email.
We comply with all relevant data protection legislation and process your data fairly.
Your application must consist of a CV, monitoring form and covering letter, which outlines your suitability for the role with reference to the Job Description and Person Specification and should be no longer than two pages.
The closing date for applications is Monday 5th August 2024, with interviews taking place week commencing 19th August 2024.
Please be advised that if you do not hear from us by Thursday 15th August unfortunately on this occasion you have not been shortlisted.
Cruse welcomes and encourages applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a Regional Appeal Manager to join an inspiring social welfare charity to coordinate local supporters, partners, and volunteers, building relationships to maximise fundraising potential.
Covering the South East your main role is to achieve income, expenditure, and contribution targets, ensuring the success of the appeal. Relationship management plays a crucial role, where youll oversee a portfolio of regional corporate partnerships.
A distinctive aspect of this role lies in the unique Poppy Appeal activity. You will be responsible for recruiting and inducting new Poppy Appeal Organisers, ensuring they have the tools and resources for success.
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This is a hybrid role.
The Charity
A long standing national charity, dedicated to providing life long support from advice services to rehabilitation. They have a staff of c1,500 people securing over 150m last year.
You would be joining a highly respected organisation, known for its supportive and inclusive working culture, offering fantastic benefits including 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme -employer contribution up to max of 10% and an employee assistance programme as well as much more!
The Role
Manage an agreed number of relationships across your area, ensuring that your supporters have the tools, resources, and support necessary to maximise their fundraising activity.
Develop and support a portfolio of regional corporate partnerships.
Recruit and induct new Poppy Appeal Organisers (PAO).
The Candidate:
Experience of fundraising, sales and/or customer service environment.
Experience of creating and managing great supporter relationships with volunteers to deliver agreed objectives and income targets
Take ownership of planning income/expenditure budget and responsible for supplying monthly commentary to manager..
IMPORTANT NOTE
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.
Location (UK): North West England
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Frequently across the region and occasionally to attend meetings/events across UK
Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.
Our Services and Influencing Directorate is a supportive team, passionate about providing high-quality services to people with arthritis, helping people to take greater control of their condition and to make positive, informed choices to live well with arthritis.
We are looking to develop our services in the North West of England to be able to offer services to people living with arthritis and chronic pain.
About the role
The service offers peer-led self-management and physical activity courses both within communities and online. Courses are designed to support people to develop the confidence, knowledge, and skills to live well with their condition.
You will help us to develop and pilot services for young people transitioning from our Young People and families service to adult services.
You will help us to ensure our services reach diverse communities in the North West, by co-producing resources and testing ways of working.
You will co-ordinate all aspects of the Versus Arthritis service, including recruiting volunteers, course promotion and building relationships in the community. You will be responsible for supporting volunteers to deliver services, as well as monitoring and evaluation so that we can effectively demonstrate the impact the service is making.
About you
If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you.
To be successful in the role, you will be committed to the Versus Arthritis values and behaviours as well as having:
- Experience of delivering services within the voluntary sector.
- Experience of supporting volunteers.
- Experience of building and maintaining relationships with local organisations and stakeholders, to develop effective partnerships.
- Experience of service monitoring, evaluation and delivering reports to meet targets.
- Strong communication skills – both written and verbal, and experience of presenting in front of groups of people.
- Strong administrative and IT skills – including Microsoft Excel and Outlook.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise work effectively.
You must be based, and hold the right to work, in the UK to apply for this position.
Application deadline and shortlisting
- We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales.
Interview
Interview dates to be confirmed.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee you will be offered an interview if you disclose a disability and demonstrate sufficient evidence within your application that you meet the essential criteria for this role. We will also make any reasonable adjustments you may require for your interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fixed term contract, full or part-time (4 days per week)
4-month secondments are welcomed and encouraged
London/hybrid working (minimum 1 day per week from the office)
This is a key role, developing and shaping an innovative portfolio of career development programmes helping the next generation of researchers reach their full potential. You will be primarily responsible for managing the Academy’s Cross-sector programme, bringing together researchers and innovators across life sciences sectors at regional cross-sector hubs to promote innovation. In addition, you will lead the team delivering our scientific conference for clinical academics and manage INSPIRE, our programme to encourage medical, dental and veterinary undergraduate students to undertake research.
In this role, you will lead on developing and maintaining our partnerships with external organisations we fund to deliver the cross-sector events around the UK, building relationships with key people and working with them to ensure work is delivered to a high quality and evaluated to demonstrate we are achieving our aims. You will identify and implement innovations to improve our events and other activities, manage relationships with funders who support these programmes and contribute to funding proposals. You will also engage with the wider grants, programmes and policy teams work, connecting in relevant researchers and sharing your expertise in career development support. In addition, all Academy staff are encouraged to take part in cross-team projects, for example in promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in our activities and to contribute to initiatives such as staff learning sessions and networking opportunities.
This role is offered as a secondment or fixed term contract of 4 months from 1 December 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Benefits
- Salary progression framework
- Hybrid and agile working
- 29 days’ annual leave including Christmas closure dates, plus bank holidays.
- Pension (the Academy contributes 7.5% of gross salary to a pension scheme, with an employee contribution of 3%).
- Life assurance
- Season ticket travel loan (interest free)
- Family friendly benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave, coaching for parents returning to work)
- Subscription to Headspace and Class pass
- Staff training to support your development including EDI training
For full details about the role and how to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 5.00pm on Monday, 29 July 2024.
Interviews will likely be held online w/c 5 August 2024.
Regional Business Development Manager (Institutional Funding), Southern Africa
Location: Based in Pretoria or any of the cities where WaterAid has presence in the region
Deadline: 11 August 2024
Salary: Competitive with excellent benefits
It's hard to believe that today 844 million people do not have clean water and 2.3 billion do not have a decent toilet - around 1 in 3 of the world's population. Every two minutes a child under five dies from diarrheal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation.
Join WaterAid as our Regional Business Development Manager to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good. On top of that you'll be joining a 2020 Great Place to Work® award-winning organisation
The Regional Business Development Manager is a central part of the Southern Africa Regional team and will play a key role in helping to expand WaterAid's funding portfolio as well as building regional intelligence, positioning WaterAid's work in our key thematic areas (such as health and climate), and proposal development. The role will partner with country teams in the region, fundraising specialists, and technical experts across WaterAid as well as externally with donors and partners to develop a multi-year pipeline of opportunities and implementing a strategy for business development. The postholder will be a strategic thinker, who is able to challenge and mentor country funding teams to appraise opportunities critically and to produce consistent, compelling proposals and funding strategies; and to deliver on targets. This will focus on ensuring WaterAid is well positioned within key donor and consortium partner networks in the region as a "go to" partner for long term sustainable WASH programming.
Key accountabilities among others include:
Strategy
- Support country programmes in developing fundraising, donor and consortium partner strategies from a deep understanding of how to position WA's programmes within the current donor marketplace.
- Contribute to overall new business strategy in collaboration with country teams, Senior Program Development Manager and Regional Director, assessing regional performance against Key Performance Indicators and annual revenue targets.
Pipeline development and management:
- Be responsible for growing and monitoring the pipeline of relevant funding opportunities to WA country programmes, coordinating with fundraising members to communicating donor intelligence, ensuring a balanced portfolio of funding types and ambition.
- Provide strategic support to the sign on of larger funding opportunities, ensuring that WA country teams are supported to negotiate favourable positions within consortia and are able to effectively assess and mitigate for delivery risk.
- Support the improvement of cost recovery in restricted funding contracts through supporting country teams to communicate and negotiate with donors and holding CPs to account for cost recovery KPIS.
Funding skills and capabilities development:
- Monitor the fundraising skills, capabilities and investment levels within country teams, and support the development of both funding focused roles and the capability of country SMTs to engage with donors and develop funding propositions
- Play a leading role in co-creating and embedding business processes, systems, and policies for restricted funding
- Build confidence in pursuing different funding modalities, including commercial contracts through accompanying country teams in the development of complex and novel bidding approaches (with the support of global teams and consultants)
Leadership and Line management
- Responsible for working with a high-performing team of country Heads of Funding and Donor Relationship Leads across the globe. The RBDM will contribute to strategic and operational planning processes; define and deliver an agreed set of team performance targets; and providing guidance, coaching and support in helping peers achieve optimum performance.
- The RBDM will contribute towards establishing the core new business processes of the team and will lead on and ensure effective linkages with other key stakeholders
- Identify specialist training needs in the region and source relevant expertise from Programme Funding and Partnerships team (PFP) and other external avenues to address the capacity needs in the region.
To be successful, you will need the following:
- Master's Degree level qualification in international development, economics or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- Approximately 10 years of experience in planning, securing and managing funds from institutional donors such as USAID, EC, UK Government, International Financial Institutions such as the WB, AfDB, local and international corporates, trust and foundations such as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation etc.
- Substantial experience and knowledge of the institutional funding space and a deep understanding of bilateral and multilateral donors' routes to market
- Solid experience building partnerships to facilitate opportunities in consortium contracting and negotiating the position of WA in those consortia
- Demonstrable track record of developing and delivering on strategies for restricted income growth.
- Strategic networker with the ability to identify and transform opportunities into tangible results
- Ability to work in a flexible and agile way to identify opportunities and address challenges
- Ability to take complex information and simplify for audiences
How to Apply:
Click on Apply via website to download the job description.
If you are interested in the position and have the right skills and attributes, send your application consisting of a letter of interest and a CV before 11H00PM on 11 August 2024, to the email address specified in the job description using RBDM-SA as the subject of the email.
We're looking for people who share a commitment to our vision. We're looking for people with an appreciation and respect for different people and ideas, and the energy and expertise to help tackle the most important challenges. In return, you can expect to get inspiration from the change you help make happen, a sense of belonging and the feeling of being part of a global community. You will also experience stimulation and fulfilment, the chance to grow, and space to be yourself at your best. This is our pledge to you.
WaterAid is committed to ensuring that wherever we work in the world there is no tolerance for the abuse of power, privilege or trust. WaterAid reinforces a culture of zero tolerance towards any form of inappropriate behaviour, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of any kind. The safeguarding of our beneficiaries, staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf, is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff and volunteers are required to share in this commitment through our Global Code of Conduct. We will conduct the most appropriate preemployment references and checks to ensure high standards are maintained.
WaterAid is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We particularly encourage applications from women who are underrepresented at this level in the organisation.
Only candidates shortlisted for interviewing will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date for applications.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Location: Home/South Wales-based with frequent travel to projects in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea
Contract: Absence cover fixed term for 6 months, or to the return of the substantive postholder
Working effectively with volunteers is an important part of our Project Support Officer roles. You will support the Area Manager and Regional Manager with volunteer recruitment, volunteer administration and volunteer retention, and giving our volunteers a fantastic experience. You will also be involved in guest outreach, and giving extra support to our Wales projects as and when required, to aid development and growth within the region.
Each of our Projects is run by volunteer Project Leaders and supported by Regional Managers through recruitment and training of volunteers. You will support the Regional Managers so that they can manage more projects. This support could range from developing relationships with our food suppliers, researching local organisations to support with guest outreach, and recruiting new volunteer Project Leaders for the Area.
You will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be able to talk confidently to external people about our Projects.You will also be a good organizer, with the ability to manage multiple tasks within multiple Projects. You will have a passion for food and cooking, and be committed to our objectives and ethics.
This role will require some attendance at our Community Meals projects, which would include some evening and weekend work. A full driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this exciting role. You’ll need to live within easy reach of our Wales projects in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea.
Benefits: We offer 26.5 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time), and additional holiday for length of service. Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.
How to apply: Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.
Deadline for your application: 11.59pm on Wednesday 7th August.
Interview process: Shortlisted candidates will need to complete a 30 minute task prior to being invited to interview.
Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.
Safeguarding: Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – FoodCycle is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare / wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk. This role will therefore require a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.
Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Role: 2 year Fixed Term Contract
We are seeking a dynamic individual to provide inspirational regional team leadership for designated Regional and Area Associations and their volunteers. In this role, you will drive the delivery of outstanding member benefits, sports, and leisure events at a local level using local insight. You will lead your Region through a period of change and the role is expected to evolve with the exciting reform work we are currently undertaking across the organisation. With this in mind, the current responsibilities listed may change as the reform work progresses.
About Us: We are a not-for-profit membership organisation with over 124,000 members. Our vision is to inspire our members to explore new ways to be active and healthy. Our four organisation values are Passionate, Progressive, Supportive, and Social.
Closing date: Midday - Wednesday 31st July 2024
We are a not-for-profit, membership, organisation for over 124,000 colleagues from the civil service and public sector.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Want to play your part in transforming society?
You're in the right place.
Many of our Spear trainees have faced significant barriers to finding work, including family breakdown, growing up in care, disability or mental health difficulties, having been involved in crime, or really struggling at school. We believe that being out of work can lead to isolation and proliferate these challenges, meaningful work is key in helping young people find a sense of purpose and community. We're proud that the coaching and community that the Spear Programme provides makes such a difference that 75% of those who take part find work, and are still in work a year later.
We are looking for coaches to work as part of Spear centres that are run in partnership with churches around the country, delivering the Spear Programme to 16-24 year olds, equipping and empowering them to overcome the barriers they face and turn their lives around.
Not only will you be part of bringing about powerful change in people's lives, but throughout this paid, dynamic, one-year opportunity, you'll be supported and challenged. We'll invest in you, developing expert coaching and leadership skills to set you on a great career path.
Download our Graduate Prospectus for more information.
What will you do?
- Coach 16-24 year olds, bringing about powerful change in their lives
- Build great relationships with relevant professionals
- Form part of an intentional church community
What will you gain?
- Christian Leadership Skills
- Social Impact Experience
- Excellent coaching capability
- Management skills and career progression
Working requirements, salary & benefits
- Salary between £22,000 and £24,000 dependant on location and experience, plus pension scheme
- Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm. 28 days annual leave (including Christmas gift days)
- One year fixed term contract; we aim to support all Graduate coaches to progress to other roles with us after this initial year, with development towards management level within 3 years.
- Occasional evening working required (for events such as termly Spear Celebration evenings)
- For most centres there is a requirement to become part of the partner church congregation, and you will be expected to participate in church team events as well as wider Resurgo team events, including weekly staff prayer meetings and annual staff conferences in summer and winter (one residential)
- A DBS check will be requested in the event of a job offer
We have various Spear Centre locations which are listed below. We have variable start dates so please indicate when you are looking to start.
London
- Bethnal Green
- Camden
- Clapham Junction
- Hammersmith
- Islington
- Kennington
- North Kensington
Regional
- Brighton
- Bournemouth
Other Centres with part time roles
We also partner with churches in the following cities - these centres handle their own applications, and the roles are slightly different, being part time and mostly permanent, at a slightly more senior level. If you are interested in these, please contact our recruitment team for more information.
- Ipswich
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Programme Manager (Disability Focus, North and Midlands)
As this is a regional role, it will be home-based with travel required across region and to London, where Lord's Taverners HQ is based.
The Lord’s Taverners exist to positively impact the lives of young people facing the challenges of inequality. We work to provide inclusive and impactful cricket programmes, empowering young people with disabilities and from disadvantaged communities to develop the knowledge, skills, capabilities and confidence required to overcome the challenges of inequality, raise their aspirations and reach their potential.
Lord's Taverners are an evolving and transforming Charity with a heritage of 75 years, with an ambition to impact the lives of more young people than ever before.
This role will support the management of safe, effective, efficient and impactful delivery and growth of programmes empowering of young people through cricket.
We are a hugely friendly organisation which supports employees to be their best. Therefore, in return we offer:
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
- Five additional holiday days between Christmas and New Year
- Two volunteering days
- Pension contribution of 6%
- Group income protection (long-term incapacity pay)
- Eye tests
- Employee Assistance Programme (Health Assured)
- Birthday day off
- Season ticket loan
- Flexible working
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave pay
- Life assurance (death in service)
- Wellbeing plan
The closing date for applications is Sunday 4th August 2024.
Note: We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Partnership Manager - Wales
Location: The role will be based out of the BookTrust Offices in Cardiff. BookTrust works in a hybrid and flexible way with an expectation of a minimum of 8 face to face collaboration days per month which could be at the Cardiff office, visiting partners across Wales and on occasions UK wide travel. There will therefore be reasonable travel needed to fulfil the role, with occasional overnight stays.
Contract: Full-time, open to discussing flexible and part-time options
Salary: £36,000.00
BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school. Working with every local authority in England, Northern Ireland and Wales and supported by a range of funders including the Arts Council England, Northern Ireland and Wales Governments, we reach over 3 million families a year via partners in schools, children’s centres, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.
We’re looking for a positive and enthusiastic individual with a demonstrable ability to build strong and successful delivery and strategic relationships with a range of external stakeholders, including primary and secondary schools, local authorities, education sector organisations as well as other civil society organisations. The role will also involve ensuring the successful delivery of a set of BookTrust’s programmes and activities so strong organisational skills, experience of collaborating with different internal functional teams and being thorough and meticulous will be necessary attributes.
The Partnerships Manager will also contribute to the development of new activities and programmes and lead on the programme training and national and regional events for Wales so experience of devising and implementing new programmes and training would be advantageous.
To apply please send a copy of your CV to our website along with a covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. Your covering letter should not be longer than two sides.
Closing date: 31st July at 11:59pm.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; therefore, early applications are encouraged.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity
We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team to discuss your requirements further.
BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.
Our client, an ambitious and professional leading body is seeking a strategic Project Manager to join their learning and skills department temporarily. Join them in their mission to encourage the potential of physics for the benefit of all by step in and leading strategic projects that address the urgent skills gap in physics-powered sectors and contribute to pioneering advancements in the physics community!
This role involves growing and widening expertise, influencing networks, and forging impactful partnerships. You'll collaborate with internal teams across England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and engage with external stakeholders at senior levels to drive positive change.
If you're passionate about creating a diverse and skilled physics community, help shape the future of physics and apply today! Immediate start!
Role: Project Manager (Learning and Skills)
Organisation type: Professional Body/Charitable Organisation
Salary/day rate: £260 - £400 day rate (depending on number of days)
Working arrangements: Part time - 2/3 days per week (flexible, can spread days over week)
Location: Predominantly remote working, occasional visits to London-based office
Employment type: Temporary basis - immediate start!
Context of the role:
- Support the organisation's future long-term strategy to make physics accessible to all by addressing skills shortages.
- Work within the Skills team to meet current and future needs in physics-powered sectors.
- Provide project leadership cover for the Skills team leader, driving strategic projects.
- Collaborative and build strong working relationships with internal teams across the UK and Ireland and external stakeholders at senior levels.
- Lead the delivery of a major project focusing on skills challenges in semiconductors, quantum technologies, and photonics.
- Champion initiatives that promote reskilling, upskilling, and inclusivity in the workforce.
- Influence networks and build consensus to encourage partnerships for impactful outcomes.
- Enhance internal expertise and influence in the physics community to drive meaningful change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaboratively scope and manage projects that contribute to achieving our skills objectives.
- Align and support skills-focused work across organisation's departments in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland, ensuring consistency and synergies.
- Allocate funds and manage budgets for projects and activities.
- Identify and build relationships with key partners to enhance project impact.
- Work effectively within the organisation's matrixed team, shaping priorities and developing integrated plans across related programs.
- Lead and oversee core skills projects, managing delivery risks, milestones, and impacts.
- Support coordination of skills-related activities across national and regional teams in England.
- Manage major national activities and relationships with skills stakeholders and partners.
The successful candidate:
- Strategic thinker with the ability to identify opportunities in a complex stakeholder and policy environment.
- Decision-making and project activities based on solid evidence.
- Inspiring leader and excellent project manager, able to promote cooperation and achieve collective goals.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication, influencing, and cooperative skills.
- Skilled at building relationships and connecting with various stakeholders.
- Ability to start quickly with a strong understanding of the skills landscape and how to drive impactful change.
Knowledge or understanding of physics-powered sectors is a plus but not essential and/or knowledge or experience in the membership/charity/education sector or organisation of a similar nature.
How to Apply:
To apply for the Project Manager role, please reply and upload your CV quoting reference 81357SOH and we can provide more information to you.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.