Relationship Development Manager Jobs
Summary of the role
This is an exciting new role at Just Like Us which has been created due to the significant growth of corporate partnership fundraising, which now makes up almost half of the charity’s annual income. Just Like Us is proud to have fantastic support from over 20 companies who support us in a variety of ways, including through grants, cause-related marketing and CSR initiatives. As the Corporate Partnerships Manager, you will play a crucial role in developing and maintaining funding partnerships with companies, and stakeholders to grow fundraising income and support the mission and initiatives of Just Like Us. This role involves a mix of new business development and account management, focusing on fostering collaborations that enhance our reach, influence, quality and impact of our three key programmes. Your work will be instrumental in ensuring the organisation's financial sustainability and underpin the continued expansion of our programmes. It will require you to work across a range of departments in businesses such as marketing/brand, DEI and LGBT+ networks.
About Just Like Us
Just Like Us is the LGBT+ young people’s charity. Founded in 2016, we work with primary schools, secondary schools and sixth form colleges across the UK to improve the lives of LGBT+ young people. To do that, we run three programmes:
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Ambassador Programme: We train LGBT+ 18 to 25 year olds to speak in secondary schools about growing up LGBT+ and allyship. We support our ambassadors to use their voice, develop skills and find community.
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School Diversity Week: We run the UK-wide celebration of LGBT+ equality in primary and secondary schools. We provide free educational resources to thousands of schools, making LGBT+ inclusive education accessible to all.
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Pride Groups: We help secondary schools set up and run lunchtime or after school clubs for LGBT+ pupils and their allies to meet, learn and get support.
The position
Organisation: Just Like Us
Position type: Part-time 3 days per week (with flexibility on days worked)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £36,000 pro rata (£21,600)
Location: London/Hybrid. We offer a flexible work environment with the expectation that team members work from our London office space at least once per week. You should also be able to join us in the office for occasional collaborative sessions or attend in-person meetings with partners, which may take place on different days based on project needs.
Reporting to: Head of Partnerships
Employee benefits:
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25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with Christmas office closure
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1 additional day of annual leave per year of employment, up to a maximum of 5
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Pension contributions matched up to 6%
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Flexible working enabling team members to work from home and at an office, as well as some autonomy on your hours outside of core hours 10:30-16:00
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Employee Assistance Programme, including (but not limited to) - counselling, stress, tenancy and housing, legal support and childcare
Job description
Partnership development and income generation
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Identify and develop new corporate partnerships in order to grow income and advance the goals of Just Like Us.
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Renew and grow a range of existing corporate partnerships through the creation and execution of strong stewardship plans.
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Work closely with the Head of Partnerships to support the development of high-value corporate partnerships.
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Work with LGBTQ+ employee networks to increase engagement and support.
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Drive revenue across diverse streams, including corporate foundations, LGBTQ+ networks, employee fundraising, CRM, and sponsorship initiatives.
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Increase employee fundraising from partners, creating innovative strategies and campaigns.
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Lead on sponsorship efforts and grow sponsorship income at Just Like Us through reviewing current sponsorship material, creating new packages, and approaching potential sponsors.
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Work alongside the Head of Partnerships and Director of Fundraising on new partnership set-up, including establishing legal agreements with corporate partners.
Event management and engagement
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Lead the end-to-end management of LGBT+ speaker and panel events for corporate partners.
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Partner with the Head of Partnerships to plan and deliver impactful engagement opportunities for LGBT+ employee steering groups, HR and DEI leaders, ensuring these events foster meaningful connections and drive engagement.
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Attend industry events on behalf of Just Like Us to enhance visibility and establish meaningful connections.
Collaboration and communication
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Collaborate with internal teams to create compelling proposals, events, and campaigns that engage partners and positively impact the LGBT+ community.
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Work closely across departments to ensure sponsorship benefits are delivered in line with contractual obligations
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Monitor and manage the effectiveness of the corporate partnerships portfolio, working with internal teams to provide analysis and regular reports to key stakeholders.
Reporting and administration
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Ensure up-to-date records of all partnerships and fundraising activities to ensure effective internal tracking and reporting against pipeline and targets.
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Ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations affecting the charity's development and fundraising practices, including adherence to charity law and the standards set by the Fundraising Regulator.
Skills and experience/person spec
The applicant should have:
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Proven experience in corporate fundraising, partnership management and business development with a demonstrable ability to win and grow partnerships.
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Experience of growing and developing fundraising relationships in order to drive new business and grow income.
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Proven experience of developing and managing a robust new business pipeline and a comprehensive understanding of the sales cycle from prospecting to partnering and developing the relationship
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Superb internal relationship-building skills with experience working cross-departmentally to support the development of corporate partnerships.
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A good understanding of LGBTQ+ issues and a passion for promoting inclusivity and diversity.
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present information both verbally and in writing that is clear and concise, with excellent attention to detail.
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A skilled and confident presenter who is capable of engaging with small groups of senior stakeholders and addressing large audiences at events
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Strong negotiation and project management skills.
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Knowledge of the UK charity sector and fundraising landscape.
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A good understanding of charity fundraising regulations in relation to corporate fundraising.
If you have most of the skills and experience outlined, we strongly encourage you to apply
How to apply
Interested candidates should follow our guidance in the application pack attached by emailing their CV and a cover letter outlining their relevant experience and motivation for applying. Please include "Corporate Partnerships Manager Application - [Your Full Name]" in the email subject line. Both the cover letter and CV will be used to determine candidates’ suitability for the role.
The application deadline is 23:00 on 27/11/2024
Interviews will take place 5th and 6th December.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About CoppaFeel!
CoppaFeel! are the UK’s only youth focused breast cancer awareness charity, and we’re on a mission to get every 18-24 year old checking their chest. We educate people on the signs of breast cancer and encourage them to check their chests monthly, so that if they notice something unusual they are empowered to contact their GP and advocate for themselves.
We do this because when diagnosed early, breast cancer treatments are more effective and survival rates are higher. Early detection can save lives.
Breast cancer does not need to be detected late, and as long as we are here and continue to be supported by people like you, we will do all we can to make sure this doesn’t continue to happen.
The Role
This is a newly created role to shape impact measurement and evaluation at CoppaFeel! and ensure we meet our objective of being insight & impact driven in everything we do. This role will be integral in supporting us achieve our new strategy and deliver upon our recently refreshed Theory of Change, bringing us closer to ensuring all breast cancers in young people are diagnosed early and accurately.
You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to implement our new monitoring and evaluation framework, leading on the management and development of the framework alongside general impact reporting. This role will be at the heart of establishing a data-driven culture, using both our internal and externally commissioned data to provide insights for decision making across all departments. The outputs from your work will support insight generation to shape our strategy development and future investment decisions alongside improving evaluation practices allowing us to better report on our impact.
This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will attend the London office 2 days per week. You will be required to attend the office for quarterly team meetings, department meetings and in person training, we will provide plenty of notice for when you are required to be in for these purposes.
You will report into the Head of Community & Engagement and sit within the Education team.
Duties & Responsibilities
Strategy
- You will support the generation of insights to inform our strategy development and future investment decisions.
- You will support the leadership team to use data and insights to inform departmental planning and review current progress against our strategy.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- You will lead on ensuring all departments are implementing our monitoring and evaluation framework where appropriate, with robust data collection processes set up for all areas of our awareness and education work.
- You will be responsible for ensuring that all departments are aligned with and using the monitoring & evaluation Framework to deliver upon our agreed outcomes
- You will take an objective view on how the team is performing in relation to implementing our M&E framework and delivering upon our theory of change across the organisation, providing timely progress reports to the leadership team.
- You will work closely with the leadership team to feed into target setting and reviewing.
Data collection and analysis
- You will make recommendations for streamlining and developing our data collection tools to meet our strategic and compliance requirements.
- You will oversee the implementation of any new data collection processes, supporting team members to complete them successfully
- You will be a skilled evaluation and learning professional with strong skills in quantitative data analysis.
- You will support colleagues with externally commissioning research where needed to gain more data, including translating and analysing results for internal reporting purposes as required
Reporting and communicating impact
- You will be able to prepare reports on the performance of the charity, collating data and presenting it in clear formats for a variety of internal and external audiences including: staff delivering the programmes; the charity’s Senior Leadership and Senior Management teams; Trustees; Funders.
- You will be able to translate data sets for non-technical audiences, clearly communicating important findings and encouraging learnings to be understood and implemented
Learning and development
- You will champion the use of data and insight across the organisation, working closely with all departments to encourage more effective decision making that will benefit our audience
- You will be the first point of contact for all matters relating to impact, evaluation and reporting including the commissioning of research for the whole organisation.
- You will also continue the work that has already commenced in this area to make sure that any data we collect relating to our impact is then used to inform decision-making across the organisation.
- You will encourage the use of insights and data to improve the organisation’s performance and share best practice relating to these matters.
- You will support the leadership team in shifting the culture to be focused on impact, equipping colleagues with the tools and knowledge to understand and communicate our impact effectively and consistently.
- Future Line Management: as the organisation evolves may take on line management responsibilities, overseeing team members and fostering their professional growth
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- Proven experience in analysing data and producing reports that communicate information in an engaging and clear manner
- Proven experience of implementing and managing a Monitoring and Evaluation framework
- Ability to focus both on the technical aspects of data analysis and reporting, as well as understanding the strategic thinking that your work will contribute to
- Experience of manipulating and interpreting both quantitative and qualitative data to produce reports for internal and external purposes
- The ability to build relationships with colleagues and present complex information to a non-technical audience.
- Good communication skills to work effectively with colleagues across the organisation
- Experience of collecting, quality assuring and managing data to a high degree of quality within information systems and databases as required
- Experience of working independently with strong attention to detail.
- Data Visualisation experience, ideally using packages such as Microsoft Power BI, or capability to expand data presentation skills with these or similar packages
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodologies both qualitative and quantitative, or willingness to learn proactively in post
- To lead on developing and delivering Impact training for new and existing staff
Desirable
- Valuing and including the user’s voice and experience in evaluation practices
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience of working with Beacon CRM system
- Experience of delivering Impact training
- Experience of working within a data or reporting role within the charity sector
Application information
Applications will close on the 21st November with the aim to commence interviews on W/C the 25th November.
CoppaFeel! reserves the right to close the vacancy early in the event that we receive a high number of applications before the closing date.
Main benefits, Terms & Conditions
Annual Leave: 22 days pro rata (plus public holidays).
Additional Leave: 1 day of leave on our Founder’s Cancerversary, birthday leave, plus office closure over Christmas.
Flexible working: A hybrid working arrangement, working from home up to 3 days per week (pro rata) and Core hours between 10am and 4pm.
Training: We have a budget each year for employees training and development plans.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement
At CoppaFeel!, we support a diverse range of communities and we understand that diversity within our team is central and crucial to meeting the needs of the young people we exist to serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black, and people of colour, LGBTQIA+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, from men, and from those with a lived experience of cancer because we would like to increase the representation of these groups within the charity.
We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We recognise the value in encouraging a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge at the charity.
While the successful candidate will be selected purely on merit, in the event of a tie between two candidates with equal suitability, we may select a candidate with lived experience of the issues we are seeking to address through our work.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and we commit to offering an interview for all applicants with disabilities who meet our required criteria for the role. If you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview process please get in touch.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Part funded with support from the National Lottery Community Fund
ABOUT THE ORGANISATION
Somebody goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds. Our client exists to ease the heartache experienced by those missing someone, and to help people who are away from home find their way back to safety. Their vision is for every missing child, adult and family left behind to find help, hope and a safe way to reconnect. They are a non-judgemental, highly skilled team of staff and volunteers working for everyone who needs the,. They provide free, confidential support, help and advice by phone, email, text and live chat. They coordinate a UK-wide network of people, businesses and media to join the search for the estimated 170,000 people who go missing each year. They aim to put people with lived experience at the heart of their work, amplifying their voices to achieve change. Working for them means living their values.
It’s a place where people are encouraged to ‘let fly’ so you can ‘make things happen’. They know you’re more than just a job title, and ‘be human’ is an important value to them..
IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE
This role will involve designing the 'Missing Employees' service, encompassing the scoping and structuring process, becoming the subject matter expert for the charity, and developing their menu of support to be able to offer casework support and guidance to organisations and individuals affected. This will involve working directly with adults at risk who are missing or who have experience of being missing.
You will develop guidance, policy and learning and development in this new area for the charity. You will form a new pioneering service through the building of expertise in this area and will lead in delivering support to individuals and organisations when someone goes missing, providing advice, advocacy and a confidential listening ear. You will reach out to organisations and HR leads to offer training and consultancy, so they are best prepared for missing employee experiences.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Service development
• Scope requirements for the service by working with the project steering group, identifying gaps in existing service provision and working with teams across the charity.
• Work with the Head of Service Development to design the service, including structure, design capacity, resource needs, KPIs and delivery methods.
• Develop the charity's expertise around employment law regarding missing, including policy and impact of those affected.
• Work closely through co-production with families, adults who have been missing and companies who have experienced a missing colleague, seeking feedback, sharing their experiences and developing the service and tools it needs.
• Build relationships with organisations and steward them to become financial supporters of the charity.
• Work with the Business Development Team and Corporate Fundraising team to create user journeys for companies from advice to financial support to the charity.
Service delivery
• Provide confidential consultation, advice and guidance to; employers, colleagues, adults who are returning to work after being missing and family members communicating with employers.
• Proactively contact organisations when it becomes clear they have a missing employee.
• Work with organisations, providing consultation and needs assessment, so HR professionals, line managers, and colleagues are trained and have processes in place to manage ‘Missing Employee’ incidents.
ABOUT YOU
Experience should include:
• Experience of scoping, designing and structuring a new service.
• Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders – for example steering groups, service users, and cross-organisational colleagues.
• Experience of writing and designing guidance and forming new policy documents and operational guidelines.
• Experience of project management and leading change.
Abilities, Skills and Knowledge should include
• Ability to develop and drive forward new projects and initiatives, taking the lead and/or working collaboratively with colleagues.
• Skilled in delivering effective presentations and training in person and on line;
• Project management skills.
WHY WORK FOR THEM?
Would you like to work for a welcoming, caring organisation which really makes a difference to vulnerable people throughout the UK? They are a friendly and supportive place to work.
You will find plenty of scope for personal development including: getting involved in cross-charity projects; leadership development or volunteer supervision; training; e-learning; and hearing about the latest topics from some of their amazing partners
They offer a range of enhanced family friendly benefits. They are happy to talk about flexible working in many of their roles
Please find attached a detailed job description and person specification,
How to apply
Please ensure you include your CV and a brief covering letter explaining how you would be a good fit for this role.
Closing date: 23:59 on 21 November 2024. THey reserve the right to close the vacancy early in the event of a very large number of applications, so Apply Now!
Interviews: 28 November 2024
Location: South West London (Central Office is based in Mortlake – 12 mins from Clapham Junction and 23 mins from Waterloo)
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Fixed term contract until 30th December 2025
Salary: £36,000 per annum
Benefits:28 days annual leave per annum/pro rata plus statutory holidays on appointment. Additional annual leave days awarded on length of service* • Company pension contribution • Life insurance (3 x salary) * • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including 24/7 support helpline • Interest-free Season Ticket Loans* • Additional maternity pay and leave* •Additional paternity pay* • Additional sick pay* *available after probation period passed
You may also have experience in the following: Team Leader, Services, Service Manager, Project Management, , Charities.
REF-217 813
Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Programme Design and Development Manager to join our team in London, UK.
As part of the Business Development team, the Programme Design and Development Manager will work closely with technical and programme teams at headquarters, regional and country level to design high quality and impactful programmes and develop competitive public health proposals to a range of institutional and non-institutional donors, as well as contributing to broader efforts to drive business development across the organisation.
The successful candidate will have:
- Demonstrated experience working in international development or global health
- Demonstrated experience working on business development
- Experience leading the design and writing of successful competitive grant proposals and commercial tenders
- Extensive experience in development of complex bid applications for institutional donors
- Experience developing or implementing health programmes in developing countries
- Proven experience in managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders under rigorous deadlines
- Proven relationship building skills and extensive experience working collaboratively and effectively in cross-cultural settings and with a wide variety of organisations
- Proven experience using project development tools (including logical frameworks, theory of change, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks) to analyse and express complex ideas in a concise and logical manner
- Strong project management experience
- A Masters in Public Health, Development Studies or similar fields, or equivalent practical experience demonstrating a strong focus on global health
- Right to work in the UK, Nigeria or Uganda
Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.
To apply for this position you will need to have the right to work in the UK, Nigeria or Uganda (dependent on the country you are apply for).
We are currently hybrid working in the UK and ask staff to come into the office once a week.
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, analytical and coordinated individual to join us as a Professional Networks Manager at the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), a medical charity with a focus on supporting doctors to deliver medical imaging and cancer services.
Our ambition is to continue making a significant contribution to supporting all of our Fellows and members to deliver the best care for patients, for their entire career regardless of where or how they practice. Sitting in our high performing Professional Practice & Quality Improvement team as the Professional Networks Manager you will have the opportunity to make your mark by leading and coordinating the work of the Professional Networks team, develop strategies for informing and supporting the decision to create specific networks and for enhancing networks and services. In this role you will have a real opportunity to make a positive difference to our doctors working in imaging and cancer care.
What you will do:
- Work with leading doctors across Clinical Radiology and Clinical Oncology in the planning, development and delivery of professional networks and communities of practice.
- Design and implement an approach to systematically evaluating the success of the networks that are built and maintained.
- Identify key areas of development or improvement, systematically evaluating and reporting on project and programme outcomes.
- Lead, motivate and coordinate the teams’ activities
- Liaise with teams across the College ensuring they understand and have opportunities to promote their work through college networks.
What you will need:
- Track record of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to shape and support networks or communities of practice.
- Effective interpersonal skills - skilled manager of people and able to build and sustain effective working relationships with various people
- Significant experience of leading and managing a team.
- Experience of budget setting
- Strong communication skills
- Experience of working with high profile professionals and/or an understanding of the NHS, its structures and issues being faced in medicine and the healthcare workforce is advantageous.
If you are a high performing, proactive and a skilled communicator looking for your next challenge in an organisation with a great cause, please consider applying and finding out more about the role and the RCR in our Professional Networks Manager candidate pack.
Why join us?
- Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
- Hybrid working (40% working week can be done remotely)
- Modern working environment
- Equipment provided to work from home
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Excellent pension scheme
- Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
Housing Advice and Assessment Hub Manager
Permanent
37.5 hours
Liverpool
£33,024 - £37,336
Our client
Morgan Hunt is thrilled to be working with a large homelessness charity in Liverpool to recruit a Housing Advice and Assessment Hub Manager on a permanent basis.
Our client provides support to people who are either experiencing or at risk of homelessness and / or have support needs. Our client is looking for an exceptional manage to take over responsibility for the management and delivery of their Housing Advice and Assessment Hub, providing a range of services for people experiencing homelessness, including people rough sleeping.
As an organisation, they offer help with building confidence whilst developing independent living skills and supporting people to address substance misuse or other health and wellbeing issues.
The role
- To foster an environment where meaningful connections are made with service users which maximise engagement and take up of services on offer.
- To maintain a detailed knowledge and understanding of relevant housing, welfare rights and benefits legislation and to act as a central resource providing expert advice and assistance which resolve or prevent homelessness or housing need.
- To have a working understanding of asylum and immigration legislation.
- To work with key partners to negotiate and inspire successful solutions and outcomes for service users; where appropriate, constructively challenging assessment decisions or exclusions.
- To co-ordinate and support staff to develop and deliver effective needs and risk assessments, initial crisis intervention and support.
- To work with other advice agencies to ensure a co-ordinated approach which maximizes the range of advice available to service users.
- To lead, direct and support a team of staff to deliver timely and effective solutions to homelessness.
- To ensure that staff training and development needs are identified and opportunities are provided for improving skills and understanding
- To ensure designated projects meet all contractual requirements, performance standards and target outcomes.
- To develop and maintain effective and efficient management information systems, providing comprehensive, meaningful and accurate management information analytics as required.
- To make effective use of metrics and management information to develop services which meet identified need
- To work within an agreed budget, ensuring all expenditure is appropriately recorded and reported.
- To build strong professional relationships and clear lines of communication with commissioners, colleagues and partner agencies.
The candidate
- A minimum of 2 years' experience working in a related homelessness, housing or welfare advice setting, planning, co-ordinating and delivering effective housing or welfare advice services to vulnerable people.
- Expert knowledge of housing, welfare rights and benefits legislation and experience of translating this into sound information and advice.
- Experience of negotiating successful outcomes with local authority agencies/other partner agencies
- Experience of managing a project which successfully meets all contractual/outcome targets
- Experience of leading a high performing team, effectively monitoring and managing performance at an individual and team level
- Experience of managing building premises, ensuring essential servicing, repairs and maintenance are undertaken
- Good understanding of all relevant health and safety legislation. Experience of contributing towards full premises risk assessments and ensuring safe systems of work are maintained.
- Experience of effective budget management
- Able to motivate, lead and develop teams and individuals in a positive atmosphere
- Able to delegate tasks effectively and to allocate responsibility for work within an agreed system of caseload management.
- Willing to challenge poor performance positively and constructively.
- This post is subject to a DBS check.
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Resurgo’s mission is to inspire and equip organisations to bring about ambitious and sustainable social change through our expertise in coaching, impact management and programme delivery. We’re a bold and innovative organisation with the ambition to transform society.
Are you a confident and experienced leader, with a heart for social justice and passionate about positively transforming society?
We’re looking for a new Development Coach to join us for this London-based role, with travel across the UK to support regional centres as needed.
This is an exciting opportunity to travel across the UK, working directly with 16–24-year-olds facing challenging barriers to finding work, equipping them with the confidence, mindset and skills they need to move into sustainable employment.
You’ll be working with the local church to manage the delivery of Resurgo's award-winning Spear Programme. Over the last 20 years, Spear has equipped more than 10,000 young people across the UK with the work-ready skills and mindset they need to succeed in employment, no matter the barriers they face.
We believe each young person has huge potential. If you do too, and you have the skills and heart to see their lives transformed – join us.
The important stuff
Location: Various Spear Centres across the UK
Contract: Permanent, Part-Time
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations
Salary: from £27,500
Closing date: Friday 15th November, 09.00am (We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate).
Application pack: Have a look at our application pack for more information about the role and Resurgo
Please feel free to let us know if you may require any reasonable adjustments to participate fully in our recruitment process.
In this role, you’ll be responsible for:
Delivery of Spear Programme
- As a coach you will support Spear centres in London and across the UK by preparing and coaching Spear Foundation group sessions and 1-1s, ensuring that young people are engaged, retained and work-ready by the end of this initial phase of the programme.
- Quickly building relationships with young people on the programme and managing culture and attitudes in the training room.
- Adapting the Spear coaching material according to the needs of the Trainees and managing behaviour effectively.
- You will be required to travel outside of London and potentially stay for a period of time at the centre. All business expenses will be covered during the working week.
Spear Centre Support
- You will form part of a central support team that enables Spear Centres to deliver high quality, high impact sessions to young people when one of their team is sick or the centre is short-staffed.
- You will be placed where the support is needed most, working peripatetically across centres. This could look like 2 months based in one centre or various weeks working across different centres both in London and across the UK.
Trainee recruitment
- Supporting Spear Centres to ensure that the maximum number of Spear Trainees are enrolled on each programme, through active face-to-face recruitment.
Active participation in and support for Resurgo’s team and mission
- Help build and develop Resurgo’s ethos and Christian life as a team member including leading and contributing to daily team prayer meetings as an integral part of Resurgo’s operation and for the success of its mission.
This role will suit you if:
- A practising Christian who is passionate about personally representing the Christian values of Resurgo and committed to Resurgo’s mission to transform urban communities.
- You have demonstrable experience as a coach, or a background in youth work or teaching, and are keen to develop these skills further.
- You have a heart for young people and releasing their potential, no matter what challenging circumstances they are facing.
- Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence with a sense of humour and fun
- Exercises initiative, highly self-motivated, flexible and a forward planner
- Good administrative and organisational skills, working well under pressure with the ability to prioritise workload
You can expect:
- A genuine commitment to upskilling you through impressive training opportunities
- Training, guidance and funding to complete your professional coaching accreditation
- Progression opportunities through professional development 1-1s
- A fun, supportive culture where you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work
- A worshipping community, where you can pray and worship with your colleagues
- Summer and autumn staff conference days, plus a two-night Christmas retreat
A couple of things to note:
This role requires occasional evening work, for our termly Spear Celebrations (where we celebrate our trainees as they complete the initial six weeks of the programme)
In the event of a job offer, a DBS check will be requested.
With young people, with organisations, for society.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Travalyst is a not-for-profit organisation working to identify – and help bring about – the systemic changes needed in order for sustainable travel to be taken out of the niche, and into the mainstream.
We believe tourism can, and must, play a key role in achieving a sustainable future for our world; so we’re convening the key players, and catalysing the necessary action, to change the impact of travel, for good. We are committed to being a driving force that redefines what it means to travel, helping everyone explore our world in a way that protects both people and places, and secures a positive future for destinations and local communities for generations to come.
We were founded in partnership with Booking, Expedia, Google, Skyscanner, Trip Group, Tripadvisor, and Visa. The Travalyst Coalition now includes eleven of the world’s leading companies and brands associated with travel working with us to make travel more sustainable.
Travalyst provides supportive, independent and neutral governance, empowering our Coalition of some of the biggest – and occasionally competing – travel companies and service providers to share data and accelerate change. The goal is to bring credible, consistent sustainability information to the mainstream, helping both travellers and travel companies make better, greener choices.
What does successful Donor Development look like at Travalyst?
Managing Travalyst’s corporate and individual donor base and driving revenue growth through targeted fundraising efforts.
What you’ll get to do:
This role combines soliciting new prospect donors, donor management, partnership development, and data-driven campaign execution. The ideal candidate will be skilled in relationship building, fundraising strategy, and donor engagement, with a demonstrable passion for Travalyst’s mission of promoting sustainable travel and tourism.
Donor Management (~40%)
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with a portfolio of individual donors, corporate and institutional foundations to secure philanthropic and private funding and advance Travalyst’s mission.
- Identify, solicit, and nurture new donor prospects, ensuring continuous growth of the donor base.
- Strategise with senior leadership to retain and upgrade current donors, including personalised engagement for high-value supporters.
- Support high-value donor and corporate partner meetings, preparing personalised correspondence, proposals and briefs.
Fundraising Strategy, Campaigns, and Event Management (~30%)
- Collaborate with the Partnerships and Development team to plan, execute, and manage proposal development and annual appeal processes for fundraising campaigns, including donor and partner events, direct mail, and corporate initiatives.
- Conduct prospect research for individual donors, foundations, and international government funding sources.
- Oversee the project management and execution of partnership and donor events, ensuring seamless planning, logistics coordination, and delivery to meet revenue and engagement goals.
- Track and report progress on fundraising campaigns and events, providing analysis on key performance indicators and revenue projections.
- Work with the communications team to create compelling materials for donor outreach, event promotion, presentations, and corporate engagement.
- Secure grant funding through research, proposal development, and managing the grant application process.
Donation Administration and CRM Management (~20%)
- Manage the CRM system, ensuring donor and partner data is accurate, up-to-date, and effectively utilised for engagement and reporting.
- Partner with the Operations team to ensure all donations, invoices and tracking is completed in a timely manner with follow up to donors as required.
- Oversee donor reporting, generating data insights and analytics to inform future strategies and donor retention efforts.
- Manage reconciliation processes and ensure development data and financial data are in alignment.
- Collaborate with the team on CRM system training and improvements and support data migration if necessary.
General Administration and Team Support (~10%)
- Provide administrative support to the Partnerships and Development team, including scheduling meetings, managing calendars, and preparing materials for donor presentations.
- Assist with special projects and additional fundraising and partnership tasks as needed.
How do we work?
We are bold and humble, showing a willingness to embrace challenges head-on. We try new things, take risks, make educated guesses and move quickly to deliver impact. We are rigorous yet adaptable in the face of evolving challenges and opportunities. Most of all, we work closely and collaboratively showing care for each other and the planet we share, so excellent communication and collaboration skills are a must. We all work remotely, so rely heavily on video calls and other technology. We strive for excellence, and pride ourselves by continuously learning every day.
What skills we’re looking for:
· Experience in fundraising, donor management, or business development, with proven success in partnership building and substantial (ideally 6-7 figure) revenue generation.
· Ideally, Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Nonprofit Management, Business Development, Marketing, or related field.
· Superior communication and writing skills, with the ability to edit text written by others and generate new text; experience in crafting compelling pitches and proposals.
· High proficiency in CRM systems (Salesforce) and data management (experience with donor databases preferred).
· Strong organisational skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines and use project management software (Notion) to plan and track projects and work collaboratively across teams.
· Experience with grant management, writing and corporate engagement strategies.
· Experience with financial reporting and analysis in Excel/Google Suite.
· Strong understanding of sustainability issues, trends and the philanthropy sector, with a track record of aligning donor objectives with environmental and social responsibility.
· Experience working internationally and collaborating with people in diverse cultural and political contexts preferred.
· Ability to work independently and remotely in a dynamic and fast paced team environment.
· Strong alignment with Travalyst’s mission to promote sustainable travel and tourism.
· Ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with donors, corporate partners, and foundations, ensuring long-term engagement and revenue growth.
· Ability to develop and implement effective fundraising strategies that align with organisational goals.
· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for crafting compelling proposals, presentations, and campaigns; and an ability to articulate Travalyst’s mission and impact in a way that inspires giving.
· Expertise in utilising CRM systems (Salesforce) to manage donor data, generate reports, and assess fundraising performance, deadlines and follow-ups.
· A commitment to delivering high-quality work while holding oneself accountable for achieving measurable results. Ability to set and meet high standards for performance, ensuring transparency and integrity in all fundraising activities.
· Understanding of financial principles related to fundraising, budgeting, and forecasting; and skilled in tracking fundraising metrics and using data to optimise strategies.
· Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with changing priorities.
An ‘Open to All’ employer, we warmly welcome everybody to the team. People of colour, LGBTQIA+ people, neurodiverse people, individuals with impairments, and parents are encouraged to apply. We encourage you to notify our team of your pronouns at any stage of your application. We also welcome applications from people who come from communities that are directly affected by the impacts of travel and tourism. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process as required. Please add any adjustment requests to your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Pace is a ground-breaking charity which provides world class and highly specialist education and therapy services for children and young people with neurodisabilities, alongside support for their families.
Our overarching aim is to provide an ‘education for life’ which looks ahead to a child’s true potential in terms of independent functional access to learning and society. Each child’s needs are different and this is reflected in their journey through Pace, but for each child we look to offer the greatest independence for the rest of their lives by maximising physical, communication, self-care and academic progress, giving them and their families/carers skills, strategies and a positive problem-solving outlook, ensuring they thrive beyond Pace.
Pace supports around 600 children and young people a year across the following services.
- Our independent, highly specialist, Ofsted-outstanding school, catering for children with cerebral palsy (CP) and other similar sensory motor disorders.
- Our Child & Family Therapy Service, providing advice, assessments and sessional therapy to children (aged 0-18) and support for families. Alongside CP and sensory motor disorders, our therapy service caters for children with a wider variety of needs, including autistic spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, social emotional and mental health challenges, behavioural challenges and school refusers. Our early intervention provision supports babies and toddlers (aged 0-3) known to have, or at high risk of a neurodiasbility.
- Our commissioned therapy services into local special schools, supports children and young people with specialist occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
- Free online advice and support is available via our digital hub.
In addition, we are committed to encouraging the development of best practice nationally – to promote the systemic change that will enhance the life potential of the thousands of children and young people with neurodisabilities across the UK.
As a Trusts and Foundations Manager you will be at the heart of our strategic vision. You will lead on building new and stewarding existing relationships to secure substantial funding from Trust and Foundations to support our core services, across Child and Family Therapy Services and the School. There will also be opportunities to support an upcoming capital appeal.
Position: Trusts and Foundations Manager
Reports to: Head of Income Generation
Location: Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire or Hybrid
Hours: Open to discussion about full-time (38 hrs per week), part-time, flexible working.
Salary: £40,000 FTE per annum
Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term
Annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays, increases with length of service
Pension: company pension scheme with contribution of up to 4%
What you will be working on:
- You’ll secure significant income from a portfolio of Charitable Trusts and Foundations against agreed annual targets and in line with Pace strategy.
- You’ll proactively identify, develop and support relationships with Charitable Trusts and Foundations (including with their trustees and officers) and provide exceptional ongoing stewardship.
- You’ll collaborate with Pace Trustees and Patrons, the senior leadership team and cross-functional teams, including, Pace School, Child and Family Therapy Services, fundraising and marketing, to support funding applications, data collection/monitoring and impact reporting.
- You’ll adhere to the highest standards of fundraising best practice as set out in the Institute of Fundraising’s Codes of Practice and ensure that all activities comply fully with the relevant Data Protection and any other legislation.
- You’ll manage a Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser (currently on maternity leave) and deputise for the Head of Income Generation if appropriate.
This job is for you if:
- You identify with Pace values and have a genuine passion to improve the life chances of children with neurodisabilities and their families.
- You have demonstrable experience of securing up to six figure gifts from Charitable Trusts and Foundations and meeting income targets.
- You have experience of developing and implementing strategies, action plans, budgets and funding pipelines.
- You have worked successfully with a range of internal and external partners and stakeholders to achieve objectives.
- You have the ability to understand and convey complex information and communicate this clearly and concisely.
- You have excellent IT skills, including database management (ideally RaisersEdge/Nxt or a similar fundraising database).
How to apply: Click the Quick Apply button below. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and a covering letter.
Pace is a safer recruitment employer. It means our recruitment process is designed to ensure staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children and young people. If invited to interview you will be asked to complete an application form.
Closing date: 21 Nov 2024, 17:00
Please note, we’re actively reviewing applications and interviews will be held on a rolling basis. The ad may close early if a successful candidate is found.
Every child with a neurodisability like cerebral palsy has potential, their place in the world and a full life to live. At Pace we make it happen.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Events and Partnerships Manager to join our Events and Partnerships Teams. This role will require the successful candidate to proactively lead our Events Team to review and overhaul our current events programme before implementing a varied and exciting refreshed programme which will engage new and current supporters as well as the local community and our children, young people and their families.
They will also lead our Partnerships Team to develop and maintain and grow long-term, high value and multifaceted community, group and corporate partnerships to maximise income, value and influence for The Children’s Trust.
Staff benefits include, shuttle bus, and more… Read more below
Role Requirements
- Working alongside the Head of Public Fundraising, you will strengthen and implement business planning, pipeline and budgeting processes as well as devise comprehensive audience-led stewardship plans, maintaining momentum and focus to achieve targets.
- Lead the implementation and delivery of the strategy for the Events and Partnerships teams and work with the Head of Public Fundraising and the teams to develop and review strategies to maximise income from events and partnerships
- Manage partnership pipeline including building opportunities with new businesses to increase the range, value and number of partnerships for The Children’s Trust
- Lead the Events team to review and overhaul our current events programme so that we are maximising net income and ROI as well as meeting the needs of our supporters and local community, and building connections and long-term relationships with our events supporters
- Work across the Retail, Fundraising and Communications directorate to maximise opportunities for contact mapping, cross-sell and support the activity of other teams within the directorate (including but not limited to stock donations, sponsorship of committee-led events, pro bono support, gifts in kind etc.)
- Be responsible for the implementation of the budgets and delivery of income and expenditure against the plans
- Bring the Events and Partnerships teams together to ensure that we are seizing opportunities to integrate the programmes, for instance through corporate sponsorships of events, employee volunteering or participation, donated goods for raffles and auctions, match funding and more
- Develop relationships with colleagues across the Public Fundraising Team, wider directorate and organisation to ensure that opportunities for engagement, integration and promotion of events and partnerships are maximised and publicised
Interview Date: TBC
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
Strictly no agencies, please.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, Zest; our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Why work for us?
As a new Government has stepped into power – it could not be a more exciting time join the Policy and Advocacy team. CARE International UK is embarking on a new engagement strategy to realise how the UK can make meaningful progress on tackling a key driver of global instability – gender inequality. This is an exciting opportunity for any Public Affairs specialist or campaigner keen to work across Westminster to ensure that the UK Government reclaims its role as leading advocacy for women and girls on the global stage. The role brings with it the opportunity to work with a wide range of stakeholders, from MPs and decision makers, to CARE Internationals wide-ranging programme experts, and across our network of feminist leaders from global majority countries and movements within the UK.
At CARE International UK we affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff. Our actions are consistent with our mission. We are honest and transparent in what we do and say and accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions. We work together effectively to serve the larger community. We constantly challenge ourselves to the highest levels of learning and performance to achieve greater impact.
About you
We are looking for confident self-starter, with robust experience in influencing the UK Government, who is passionate about social justice, gender equality and furthering the UK development aims. The successful candidate will have experience working with the UK Parliament and high-level decision-makers, along with a deep understanding of the machinery of government and parliamentary procedures.
Excellent project management and the ability to effectively build, manage, represent and work within networks and coalitions for lobbying and advocacy purposes is essential. We are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, with experience of designing and managing campaigns/campaign tactics for social or political change, and bringing an organisation along with them.
About the role
Reporting to the Head of Policy and Advocacy, the role will be CIUK’s go-to on all things Westminster. The role will lead on the development and implementation of CIUK’s Parliamentary Engagement Strategy and support the delivery of the team’s wider political influencing by building relationships with key Parliamentarians, gathering political intelligence and insight, advising senior staff on CIUK’s approach to Westminster and beyond.
The Public Affairs and Engagement Manager will drive forward an exciting new opportunity to embed CIUK’s programmes and evidence base on women’s voice and leadership into creative tactics to influence and engage UK decision makers. In particular, the role will be responsible for driving a new Parliamentary Engagement x New Power Strategy that seeks to connect feminists, activists and grassroots leaders with decision-makers in the UK.
The role is also responsible for supporting alignment of CIUK’s global and domestic influencing by overseeing CIUK’s strategic partnership with Centenary Action – a coalition housed by CIUK and headed up by CIUK Senior Adviser Helen Pankhurst. The role will also involve leading elements of CIUK’s strategic engagement in coalitions and INGOs including BOND, GADN and GAPS to coordinate for greatest impact.
About CARE
CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places. We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.
Safeguarding
CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse to, sexual harassment of or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. CARE International UK expects all staff to share this commitment through our Safeguarding Policy (link here) and our Code of Conduct (link here). They are responsible for ensuring they understand and work within the remit of these policies throughout their time at CARE International UK.
Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do, including recruitment. All offers of employment at CARE International UK are subject to:
- satisfactory references. CARE International UK participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (link here).In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
- appropriate criminal record checks (including a Bridger check, link here).
By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Equality and Diversity
We are committed to Equality and value Diversity.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role (see person specification). If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch by sending an email to our HR team.
We also encourage people from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds or LGBT+ to apply for roles at CARE International UK.
Please note that in compliance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all job offers at Care International UK are conditional on eligibility to work in the UK.
Closing date: 1 December 2024 at 11pm
Interview date: 9 December 2024
Role Profile
Place of work: Hybrid, time split between home working, our office and out in the community of Cornwall (includes weekly face to face meetings in Cornwall)
Role summary
This role is to effectively engage with a diverse range of VCSE organisations and stakeholders in Cornwall through meetings, workshops, consultations, surveys, events, conferences etc. To strengthen our alliance-based model of engagement by expanding existing alliances and creating new ones. To bring the voice of the sector into the new integrated care area forums and community area partnerships. To bring together the VCSE sector around pertinent issues, so they can meet the needs of their beneficiaries and achieve their organisational outcomes.
Key Duties
- Manage and develop a range of thematic and place-based alliances, bringing together VCSE organisations to collaborate on shared community themes and challenges.
- Actively engage with integrated care areas, community area partnerships, and other strategic forums to amplify the voice of the VCSE sector. Ensure this engagement translates into actionable outcomes by integrating their insights into the planning, design, and execution of community-based services. For example, facilitate focus groups or workshops that allow grassroots VCSE feedback to be directly included in policy discussions, ensuring their needs and perspectives are supported.
- Be the first point of contact for fostering collaboration between the VCSE sector and public/private stakeholders, maximizing opportunities to collaborate and achieve shared priorities.
- Build trusted relationships with VCSE organisations and statutory partners, ensuring their representation and involvement in key strategic initiatives.
- Develop and facilitate alliances and working groups, nurturing new alliances as needed to strengthen the VCSE network and support.
- Lead the recruitment and election process for alliance chairs when necessary, ensuring a democratic approach.
- Use various engagement methods; including site visits, workshops, and consultation events. To foster direct communication and build the profile of VCSE organisations.
- Support VCSE organisations in understanding and navigating relevant policies, legislation, and best practices, equipping them with evidence-based strategies for effective service delivery.
- Provide timely, practical advice and support to grassroots and established VCSE organisations, enabling them to remain adaptable, agile, and responsive to evolving community needs.
- Facilitate creative discussions, undertake research, and deliver consultation events to promote collaborative problem-solving and community co-design.
- Represent VSF and the VCSE sector at senior leadership and thematic meetings, contributing to policy development and influencing service design and commissioning.
- Identify and communicate funding opportunities, supporting the preparation of collaborative funding applications and strategic initiatives that benefit VCSE organisations.
- Build internal and external connections to facilitate knowledge sharing, best practices, and resource sharing across the VCSE sector.
- Work closely with VSF leadership and the communications team to share intelligence, report activities, and ensure that information is accessible and tailored to the target audience.
- Maintain detailed records and data on sector engagement activities, using CRM tools to support communication and reporting functions.
- Proactively engage with and support BAME, vulnerable, and at-risk communities, ensuring their active involvement in co-designing community interventions.
- Participate in and contribute to collaborative event planning and delivery, including thematic campaign weeks and sector initiatives.
- Commit to ongoing professional development to remain informed of sector trends and research relevant to thematic and place-based work.
Person Specification
- We are particularly interested in individuals working within health-related VCSE organisations or those engaged in the broader health system and welcome secondment opportunities from all sectors.
- Is educated to degree level or equivalent with excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
- Solution-focused and able to communicate effectively, demonstrating excellent listening, interpersonal skills, and emotional intelligence.
- Excellent at building and maintaining trusted relationships with a wide range of people, organisations, and grassroots communities.
- Demonstrable experience of working with the VCSE sector, building, and sustaining productive partnerships, including with seldom-heard organisations.
- Skilled in producing compelling case studies and collating qualitative and quantitative data to showcase local, thematic, and strategic developments.
- Confident public speaker, facilitator, and presenter, effective in both online and in-person group settings.
- Proven track record of working collaboratively with diverse VCSE stakeholders and partners to achieve shared objectives.
- Adept at influencing, facilitating, and engaging with stakeholders to drive positive outcomes and transformative change.
- Capable of developing and maintaining strategic relationships with public sector commissioners, directors, and VCSE leaders.
- Reflective in practice, applying lessons learned to improve and achieve desired outcomes.
- Skilled in conflict mediation and fostering consensus among stakeholders.
- Understands safeguarding, anti-oppressive practice, equality, and diversity.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and meet stakeholder expectations, even when addressing conflicting priorities.
- Strong communication skills to convey complex information to diverse audiences.
- Possesses in-depth local knowledge of Cornwall and has experience working within the VCSE sector.
- Experience advising organisations on governance and best practices is desirable.
- Experienced in grant administration, distribution, and monitoring, with an understanding of tendering and funding processes.
- Committed to supporting grassroots organisations and amplifying their voices to ensure their needs are represented in decision-making spaces.
Other Requirements
- Possess a clean driving licence.
- Be familiar with all relevant Health and Safety, operational, personnel, customer care, Data Protection, and financial procedures, ensuring that all statutory obligations are complied with, especially in relation to licensing laws and first aid.
- Complete a satisfactory DBS check. (This can be applied for on appointment)
- Any other duties as reasonably required by line management.
- Work occasional evenings and weekends to attend meetings/events
Interviews
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to meet the Engagement Team on 10th or 11th December.
Formal interviews to be held on 18th December
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Role Profile
Place of work: Hybrid, time split between home working, our office and out in the community of Cornwall (includes weekly face to face meetings in Cornwall)
Role summary
This role is to effectively engage with a diverse range of VCSE organisations and stakeholders in Cornwall through meetings, workshops, consultations, surveys, events, conferences etc. To strengthen our alliance-based model of engagement by expanding existing alliances and creating new ones.To bring the voice of the sector into the new integrated care area forums and community area partnerships. To bring together the VCSE sector around pertinent issues, so they can meet the needs of their beneficiaries and achieve their organisational outcomes.
Key Duties
- Manage and develop a range of thematic and place-based alliances, bringing together VCSE organisations to collaborate on shared community themes and challenges.
- Actively engage with integrated care areas, community area partnerships, and other strategic forums to amplify the voice of the VCSE sector. Ensure this engagement translates into actionable outcomes by integrating their insights into the planning, design, and execution of community-based services. For example, facilitate focus groups or workshops that allow grassroots VCSE feedback to be directly included in policy discussions, ensuring their needs and perspectives are supported.
- Be the first point of contact for fostering collaboration between the VCSE sector and public/private stakeholders, maximizing opportunities to collaborate and achieve shared priorities.
- Build trusted relationships with VCSE organisations and statutory partners, ensuring their representation and involvement in key strategic initiatives.
- Develop and facilitate alliances and working groups, nurturing new alliances as needed to strengthen the VCSE network and support.
- Lead the recruitment and election process for alliance chairs when necessary, ensuring a democratic approach.
- Use various engagement methods; including site visits, workshops, and consultation events. To foster direct communication and build the profile of VCSE organisations.
- Support VCSE organisations in understanding and navigating relevant policies, legislation, and best practices, equipping them with evidence-based strategies for effective service delivery.
- Provide timely, practical advice and support to grassroots and established VCSE organisations, enabling them to remain adaptable, agile, and responsive to evolving community needs.
- Facilitate creative discussions, undertake research, and deliver consultation events to promote collaborative problem-solving and community co-design.
- Represent VSF and the VCSE sector at senior leadership and thematic meetings, contributing to policy development and influencing service design and commissioning.
- Identify and communicate funding opportunities, supporting the preparation of collaborative funding applications and strategic initiatives that benefit VCSE organisations.
- Build internal and external connections to facilitate knowledge sharing, best practices, and resource sharing across the VCSE sector.
- Work closely with VSF leadership and the communications team to share intelligence, report activities, and ensure that information is accessible and tailored to the target audience.
- Maintain detailed records and data on sector engagement activities, using CRM tools to support communication and reporting functions.
- Proactively engage with and support BAME, vulnerable, and at-risk communities, ensuring their active involvement in co-designing community interventions.
- Participate in and contribute to collaborative event planning and delivery, including thematic campaign weeks and sector initiatives.
- Commit to ongoing professional development to remain informed of sector trends and research relevant to thematic and place-based work.
Person Specification
- We are particularly interested in individuals working within grassroots advocacy and support-focused VCSE organisations or those engaged in community-based systems and welcome secondment opportunities from all sectors.
- Is educated to degree level or equivalent with excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
- Solution-focused and able to communicate effectively, demonstrating excellent listening, interpersonal skills, and emotional intelligence.
- Excellent at building and maintaining trusted relationships with a wide range of people, organisations, and grassroots communities.
- Demonstrable experience of working with the VCSE sector, building, and sustaining productive partnerships, including with seldom-heard organisations.
- Skilled in producing compelling case studies and collating qualitative and quantitative data to showcase local, thematic, and strategic developments.
- Confident public speaker, facilitator, and presenter, effective in both online and in-person group settings.
- Proven track record of working collaboratively with diverse VCSE stakeholders and partners to achieve shared objectives.
- Adept at influencing, facilitating, and engaging with stakeholders to drive positive outcomes and transformative change.
- Capable of developing and maintaining strategic relationships with public sector commissioners, directors, and VCSE leaders.
- Reflective in practice, applying lessons learned to improve and achieve desired outcomes.
- Skilled in conflict mediation and fostering consensus among stakeholders.
- Understands safeguarding, anti-oppressive practice, equality, and diversity.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and meet stakeholder expectations, even when addressing conflicting priorities.
- Strong communication skills to convey complex information to diverse audiences.
- Possesses in-depth local knowledge of Cornwall and has experience working within the VCSE sector.
- Experience advising organisations on governance and best practices is desirable.
- Experienced in grant administration, distribution, and monitoring, with an understanding of tendering and funding processes.
- Committed to supporting grassroots organisations and amplifying their voices to ensure their needs are represented in decision-making spaces.
Other Requirements
- Possess a clean driving licence.
- Be familiar with all relevant Health and Safety, operational, personnel, customer care, Data Protection, and financial procedures, ensuring that all statutory obligations are complied with, especially in relation to licensing laws and first aid.
- Complete a satisfactory DBS check. (This can be applied for on appointment)
- Any other duties as reasonably required by line management.
- Work occasional evenings and weekends to attend meetings/events
Interviews
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to meet the Engagement Team on 10th or 11th December.
Formal interviews to be held on 18th December
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, founded in 1949. SOS Children’s Villages exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. Working in over 130 countries, we are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.
We are now recruiting for a new role of Advocacy and External Relations Manager reflecting our ambitions to use our voice and expertise to ensure children and young people without, or at risk of losing, parental care around the world are more visible, better supported and their rights protected.
This exciting and strategically important new role is pivotal in helping SOS Children’s Villages UK achieve our advocacy objectives as part of our new 2025-2030 strategy. A confident and proactive advocacy professional, the Advocacy and External Relations Manager will plan and carry out a broad range of activities, identifying and pursuing opportunities to further our advocacy aims.
This individual will:
- develop both internal (SOS Children’s Villages Federation) and external peer and UK government relationships
- engage in relevant spaces to ensure that the needs of children and young people without parental care are reflected, and that SOS Children's Villages’ profile and reputation is enhanced.
- devise and lead advocacy campaigns and create persuasive and engaging advocacy content and materials.
- work alongside two other new colleagues, as a key part of delivering a new knowledge ‘Hub’.
- help to develop new partnerships and relationships, and use the insights and evidence gained through the ‘Hub’ to craft advocacy recommendations, connecting with policy makers and other relevant stakeholders, to influence changes to policies and approaches around the protection of children.
We are looking for a self-motivated individual, who combines exceptional networking and relationship-building skills with strong organisational ability, and deep knowledge of the UK political landscape and advocacy tactics and approaches, ideally within an international development setting.
If you are a dynamic advocacy professional who is looking for an exciting new challenge within a friendly team, then this could be for you!
To Apply
Please read the full job description within the Candidate Pack, and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 17th November at 17.00 UK time. We reserve the right to close the application process early if a successful candidate is found.
Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Christie Charity is a vibrant, fast moving, energetic organisation with a passionate team and a fantastic reputation.We are looking for an experienced, dynamic philanthropy and partnerships manager to lead our philanthropy team. We require someone who has demonstrable experience in philanthropy fundraising or has strong transferable skills. It is essential that you have experience in managing people at a senior level to lead a team of five philanthropy fundraisers.
Everything we do is geared to supporting the renowned Christie hospital to ensure cancer patients receive the highest level of treatment and care and have access to world leading research and technology ensuring they have the best possible experience and outcomes. We provide funding over and above what the NHS is able to provide.
The Charity team is responsible for raising millions of pounds each year to ensure Christie patients receive gold standard care and treatment. This includes everything from access to world first clinical trials and receiving radiotherapy in state-of-the-art treatment centres to young adults being cared for in a bespoke age-appropriate centre and being able to offer patients anxiety reducing complementary therapy, or even creative sessions in our art room.
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