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At Ambitious about Autism, we're currently looking for a Trust Fundraiser to join our team.
You'll sit within our Philanthropy team, working on charitable trusts and foundations who generally give up to £30,000, working with a portfolio of approximately 75 active trusts and foundations. You'll research, identify and drive forward new income opportunities, maintaining relationship with existing donors and ensure our supporters have an excellent experience.
You'll deliver high quality, written application and reports to trusts and foundations, in line with funder deadlines, keeping in touch with donors and prospects via phone, virtually and face to face. You'll match potential donors with projects, collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure a cohesive approach.
This is an exciting time to join a high-performing and experienced team, with the Philanthropy team consistently bringing in over half of our voluntary income.
We are looking for someone who has:
- Ability to manage a task or project from conception to completion and meet deadlines.
- Ability to engage and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to think creatively and innovatively to generate income in line with the organisational strategy.
In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD), flexible, hybrid working and more!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Working for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity offers you a challenging and rewarding career, as well as the chance to really improve the lives of those living with cancer.
In the role of Individual Giving Assistant – Supporter Retention & Development at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, you will play a key role in supporting the Individual Giving team. Your work will focus on retaining and developing relationships with supporters, ensuring they have the best possible experience with the charity. This includes managing supporter queries, processing donations, and providing sensitive and empathetic communication, particularly with those donating in memory of loved ones.
You will also help execute fundraising campaigns, contributing to the planning, proofreading of materials, and adhering to timelines and budgets.
Additionally, you’ll provide administrative support to the team, maintaining accurate records and occasionally covering reception duties, to ensure smooth day-to-day operations. This role is crucial in helping the charity achieve its ambitious fundraising goals while making a meaningful impact on the lives of cancer patients.
Please send your CV and a cover letter highlighting how you meet the skills and experience in the job description.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Maudsley Charity funds and promotes ideas, collaborations and teams that give people most affected by mental ill-health the best chance to recover and fulfil their potential. We work with NHS, academia and community organisations.
An exciting support role has become available in Maudsley Charity’s Grant Programmes team.
Are you looking for a new challenge, a place you’ll be valued, and a team you can make an impact on to achieve common goals? Can you communicate effectively and work with a senior team and senior external stakeholders?
We’re looking for a Team Support Officer and PA to provide PA support to our Director of Programmes and provide administrative support to the Programmes team’s delivery of work. The ideal candidate will share our values, have excellent attention to detail, a strong sense of initiative and an approachable manner.
Maudsley Charity – Team Support Officer and PA
Location: Denmark Hill, London (and home working)
Salary: £33,000 per annum, plus excellent benefits
Contract: Permanent
Our small, ambitious team works in a collaborative and supportive way. A big focus of the role is prioritisation and planning, so you’ll support the Director of Programmes, Head of Impact & Effectiveness and wider team to prioritise, forward plan, manage diaries and prepare for meetings. This is a great role for someone wanting to develop their administrative experience and exposure to board and executive level working. You will have responsibility for supporting a Trustee level grant making committee. You’ll get exposure to the strategic overview of the Charity and insight into managing teams, grant-making and charity operations. You’ll quickly see the impact you can make within the team to improve our effectiveness and ways of working; and what we’re working to achieve as a charity.
Maudsley Charity works primarily with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, as well as a range of voluntary and community organisations to fund ideas, big and small, that drive service improvement and support people who experience mental illness.
The Charity operates primarily within the four boroughs served by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark), but the work we fund has the potential for wider impact at both national and international levels, through the sharing of the outcomes with the wider mental health community. The Charity is committed to ongoing development and learning about how to make an impact. Find out more about our change model that underpins our way of working.
We are based in our vibrant offices in the Ortus Centre, Denmark Hill; a great place to work and hold events. We offer a friendly working culture, with the following benefits for our staff (just to name a few):
- Hybrid working, 2-3 days spent with the team at Ortus/onsite each week and 2-3 days at home/offsite.
- 25 days annual leave, with a further one day after 3 years’ service and a further one day after 5 years’ service. Plus, additional non-working office closure days over the Christmas period.
- Pension scheme with up to 6% employer contribution, subject to a minimum 3% employee contribution.
Maudsley Charity is an equal opportunities employer and makes no discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex. We are committed to offering interviews to candidates who meet the role requirements and have lived experience of mental illness.
Speak to Harris Hill about joining our ‘Ask Us Anything’ webinar to really “ask us anything” about the role and understand our values.
How to apply
Maudsley Charity removes bias from the recruitment process to ensure fairness. This is done by initially asking interested applicants to answer four competency-based questions – these will be anonymously scored by the panel. You’ll still need a CV to have productive conversations with the Harris Hill Consultant, but CVs will only be reviewed by the Charity if you are invited to interview.
Ask Us Anything webinar: Friday 27th September 12-1pm
Closing date for applications: Friday 4th October 5pm
Recruitment exercise (carried out online): Thursday 17th or Friday 18th October (c.40 minutes)
Interview (face-to-face in Ortus): Friday 25th October (c.45 minutes)
If you would like to receive further information and discuss this role, please contact Emma Stone at Harris Hill via the apply button.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Position: Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager, Northern Ireland
Type: Full time (35 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Office based in Belfast, Northern Ireland with flexibility to work remotely
Salary: Starting from £35,020 per annum plus excellent benefits
Salary Band: Band 2*, Profession/Technical
*you’ll start at our entry point salary of £35,020 per annum, increasing to £37,209 after 6 months service and satisfactory performance and to £39,398 after a further 6 months.
About us
We make sure people living with MS are at the centre of everything we do. And it’s this commitment that unites us across the UK.
Our strategy is based on what people affected by MS have told us is important to them. It gives us a clear and determined focus.
Our work is based on the hopes and aspirations of our MS community. Together we campaign at all levels, fund ground-breaking research and provide award winning support and information.
Our people are our greatest asset and the key to our success. We offer a vibrant, progressive working environment where you'll be able to make a difference.
About this job
We’re recruiting for a Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Manager to join our team in Northern Ireland.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual with experience in shaping policy and the ability to communicate the position of the MS Society in Northern Ireland and to develop its profile to a wide range of audiences.
You’ll also act as a spokesperson for the MS Society in Northern Ireland and play an important role in developing our strategic approach to supporting people affected by MS. Helping us to ensure that our priorities align with the needs and aspirations of the MS community.
We’re looking for the successful candidate to be able to demonstrate that they understand the challenges that people with MS face. You’ll be mobilising the MS Community in Northern Ireland to make a powerful case for continued improvement in the treatment, care and support of people living with MS.
You’ll be enthusiastic and passionate about the work we do, forge strong partnerships with key stakeholders and represent the MS Society at key meetings and events in Northern Ireland.
This is a fantastic role for someone who understands the political and policy environment in Northern Ireland, enjoys taking a strategic and operational lead and enjoys leading powerful campaigns.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 on 14th October 2024
Interested?
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Equal Opportunities
We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and or from ethnic minority backgrounds.
We’d be grateful if you downloaded and completed the equality and diversity monitoring form and submit it with your application.
Disability Confident Employer
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to promoting equality and diversity.
You can ask for reasonable adjustments as part of both our recruitment and new starter on-boarding processes.
If you need any help or adjustments to apply for this role, please contact us. You can also ask for the application materials to be sent to you in a different format. Such as for them to be sent to you by email or in a larger word format.
More about our employee benefits:
We have a wide range of employee benefits including (but not limited to):
Encouraging work life balance
- 38 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), pro-rata for part-time
- More annual leave entitlement, based on length of employment
- Smart working options (with the opportunity to work remotely and find a smart working pattern that suits both you and us)
- Flexible working options
Caring for you and your family
- Generous sick pay entitlement
- More sick pay entitlement, based on length of employment
- Opportunity to buy and sell annual leave in each calendar year
- Free access to a GP virtually 24 hours a day/7 days a week allowing you unlimited advice, reassurance and where appropriate diagnosis
- Enhanced leave for new parents
- Free access to a confidential 24 hours a day/7 days a week helpline service for both you and your family with a specialist range of support and information
- Special leave options (such as up to 5 days paid leave for domestic or personal emergencies a year)
- 10 days paid disability leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- 10 days paid carers’ leave a year, pro-rata for part-time
- Cycle to work scheme
- Death in service scheme
- New family-friendly benefits, including paid leave:
- In the event of miscarriage or still birth
- To support fertility treatments
- For antenatal appointments for both parents
Thinking about your finances
- Enhanced salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Discounted season ticket loan and interest-free emergency loans
- Give as you earn to support other charities of your choice before tax
- New employee portal including lifestyle savings vouchers and personal wellbeing
Enriching your life at work
- Personalised development plans with a wide range of training courses and opportunities to source additional training options with your line manager
- Yearly internal apprenticeship opportunities
- New, modern offices that embrace working together both in-person and remotely
- Various opportunities to influence how we internally operate (including surveys, and focus and committee groups)
- Active and supportive internal employee networking groups for collaboration and peer support
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering for MS Society activities during normal working hours (such as fundraising events, or campaigning in the local community)
- 2 days paid leave a year for volunteering with other charities during normal
Safeguarding
We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone who uses our services and we come into contact with.
This is regardless of Gender, Race, Disability, Sexual orientation, Religion or belief, Pregnancy, Gender reassignment.
We recognise our particular responsibility to make sure vulnerable adults and children are protected.
We have measures in place to protect everyone we come into contact with from abuse and maltreatment of all kinds.
Your right to work in the UK
You must have the right to work in the UK to work in paid employment with us. You’ll need to share documents showing you’re eligible to work in the UK if we offer you employment.
You can find the UK visas and permits granting you the right to work in the UK on the UK Government website. We currently don’t have a Sponsor Licence agreement with the Home Office and aren’t able to support you with your visa applications.
No agencies please.
To fund world-leading research, share the latest information and campaign for everyone's rights. Together we are a community. Together we can stop MS
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Advance Specialist Prison & Probation Advocate
Salary: £27,000-£29,000 pro rata
Location: HMP Bronzefield
Hours: 21 Hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term – until 31st March 2025 with a possibility of an extension to March 2026
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
The Advance Specialist Prison & Probation Advocate will support women within the prison setting, provide pre-release support, focused on Accommodation, Finance, debt & benefits, Family & significant others and Social inclusion including ‘through the gate’ support.
This exciting new role will be based in HMP Bronzefield and will support in developing referral pathways for women and work in partnership with different departments and services within the prison as well as those in the community. You will co-design an action plan with women accessing support, enabling you to support them to address their accommodation, finance, debt and benefits and health needs and any risks in relation to the interventions identified, as they prepare for release. The role will involve a combination of casework-based approach with delivery of programmes and courses, along with a signposting and advice service for the women in custody.
You will have demonstrable experience and understanding of working with women in a challenging multi-agency environment, ideally working with prisoners and/or their families.
You will build strong relationships with the Pre Release teams to ensure clients are able to maintain or access suitable accommodation, finance, benefits and debt, family and social inclusion support including negotiating terms on behalf of the women. Ensure that interventions are responsive to and meet the needs of women from diverse and minoritised backgrounds. This, together with referrals to wider partner organisations in the community, will ensure additional support needs are addressed post-release and continuity of support exists.
A car may be desirable for this role, though not essential
About You:
To be successful as the Advance Specialist Prison & Probation Advocate you will need the below experience and skills:
Knowledge and experience of the criminal justice system obtained through academic study, experience of working in the criminal justice system (or closely associated social system).
The ability and experience as a caseworker delivering gender specific and trauma responsive interventions which support resettlement and rehabilitation of female adults in the criminal justice system whether in the community or in prisons.
You will possess excellent organisational skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work in a prison environment whilst remaining calm.
Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of managing a caseload including maintaining and updating records, remaining focused on action plan goals, and keeping to deadlines
You will have the ability to complete trauma informed, support and action plans in collaboration with the woman; to support in addressing their multiple and individual needs and enable them to engage with services, which will result in timely and prescribed outcomes being achieved.
How to apply:
Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.
Closing Date for Applications: 13th October 2024
Interviews are taking place on: 21st & 23rd October 2024
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!)
Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
Pension scheme
Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Employee eye-care scheme
Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
Organisation wide away days
Thorough induction and training
Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe. We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Role
The Assistant Reserves Officer is one of our team managing and developing the Trust’s nature reserves for people and wildlife. Your work place includes internationally recognised wetlands and woodlands along with nationally important meadows, chalk grasslands and heathland across Hertfordshire and Middlesex.
You will need to have strong experience in practical habitat management, including the use of power tools and machinery, such as chainsaws, brush cutters and BCS mowers. You will have experience of working within a dynamic team and leading volunteers. You will need to have a keen interest in wildlife and preferably a knowledge of the habitats in our area.
No two days are the same as an ARO at HMWT; you will get the opportunity to utilise and develop your practical habitat management skills across our nature reserves including tree felling, coppicing, scrub clearance, hay cutting and pond/ditch management. You will also undertake the maintenance of site infrastructure; assist with the management of livestock; and perform surveying and monitoring of habitat/species, tree safety and infrastructure. These tasks will be delivered working closely with members of the nature reserves team; our volunteer wardens and our practical conservation volunteers.
Willingness to travel throughout our work area and flexibility to work occasional irregular hours is required for this post.
Before applying please read our full recruitment pack. Please ensure you are able to commute daily to our offices in St. Albans and any of the Trust’s sites within a reasonable timeframe. If you are thinking of relocating to this area please research these options prior to submitting an application.
As an employer we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff.
Full details can be found on our recruitment pack.
About the Trust
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is a local conservation charity working to protect wildlife and help people connect with nature. With a team of volunteers we care for wild places so that nature has a place to thrive. We help people experience the wildlife on their doorsteps and to take steps to protect it.
We believe that wildlife should have space to thrive alongside our everyday lives and that everyone benefits from having access to nature.
Our head office is based in the attractive setting of Verulamium Park on the outskirts of St Albans.
Our staff team is enthusiastic, friendly and committed to wildlife conservation and exemplifies our values of professionalism, valuing contributions by others and continuing to improve.
How do we support you?
The Trust strives to be a positive employer supporting our staff through flexible and hybrid working, and training and development. We recognise the importance of our staff team and looking after their health and wellbeing. Our values and expected behaviours reflect the culture which the Trust seeks to maintain to ensure productive, efficient, effective and pleasant workplaces and roles.
In support of this, we offer an excellent benefits package, ranging from office perks, generous leave entitlements and financial benefits.
Please refer to our website for full benefit details.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Information & Advice Helpline Officer (Maternity Cover)
Hours: 17.5 hours (Tuesday 9.30 - 4.00, Thursday and Friday 9.30 – 4.30)
(Some flexibility with hours/days may be possible)
Contract: Maternity Cover - Fixed Term to May 2025 (possible extension subject to funding)
Location: This role operates from our office in Thornton Heath
Salary: £8542.58 pro-rata from FTE of £25,627.74
Background to the Role
Do you have helpline or call centre experience? Are you good at communicating on the telephone? Do you enjoy helping people to find information and solutions to challenges? Are you approachable and a good communicator? We need you to join our high volume, friendly helpline team of staff and volunteers, answering calls and providing information and support to older people in Croydon.
Our helpline is a first point of contact for many older people and their families and carers as they tackle a variety of issues around finance, social engagement, housing and council tax, travel concessions such as Blue Badge and Taxi card. You will play a crucial role in answering our busy Information & Advice Helpline phone: listening carefully and sympathetically to callers, finding solutions to their queries or issues and. The role is varied and very rewarding, and no two days are the same.
Main Duties (but not limited to)
- Providing information and signposting to callers to our Helpline and to people enquiring by email
- Entering new client referrals on our database and recording each new enquiry on our systems
- Supporting and supervising volunteers within the I&A Team
- This list is not exhaustive.
Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to)
- Offering a friendly and professional first point of contact for people phoning or emailing Age UK Croydon’s I&A Service
- Listening carefully to what clients say and ensuring the response to every enquiry is centered around them.
- Finding out clients’ needs, by asking them open questions about their circumstances, and opening up opportunities to offer them holistic support.
- This list is not exhaustive.
CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: 12pm, Friday 18th October 2024
Interview: Thursday, 24th October 2024
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Our mission is to reach, involve, support and connect people so they can age well in Croydon.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
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!
Introduction
Nightingale Hammerson cares for over 250 residents, tailoring our approaches within our residential, nursing, dementia, respite, and palliative care teams. We are enormously proud of our homes, with our South London home, Nightingale House, rated 'Outstanding' and our North London home, Hammerson House, rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), in its first year of opening.
As our Community Engagement Executive at Nightingale Hammerson, you'll be at the heart of our efforts to connect with and support the Jewish community. Your role will involve spearheading community initiatives, organising impactful events, and managing key administrative tasks.
What will your typical day involve?
You will collaborate with Jewish communities and synagogues, orchestrating and overseeing community events, and managing related clerical tasks. You will also be responsible for liaising with external agencies and assisting in the production of departmental reports.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include contributing to educational and research projects, delivering exceptional customer service, and enhancing departmental systems and processes. Upholding Nightingale Hammerson’s values, maintaining professionalism, and ensuring confidentiality are crucial aspects of your role.
In addition, you will manage telephone and email inquiries, foster positive relationships with colleagues and visitors, and occasionally work evenings and weekends to support events.
Who are we looking for?
We are seeking someone with A-Levels or equivalent qualifications and a genuine interest in improving older people’s lives. You should have excellent, caring communication skills and a good understanding of Jewish culture. Strong literacy and numeracy skills are required for creating written materials and handling data. Proficiency in office procedures and IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and video calls) is essential. Experience with database management is a plus, and you should be able to work flexibly and independently.
Experience in healthcare or education settings is also desired. Prior experience in a similar role, along with project management skills, is advantageous, especially in supporting service developments from initial stages to full implementation.
What is in it for you?
- Car parking on site (Nightingale House)
- Transport from East Finchley Tube Station (Hammerson House)
- Access to the Apples and Honey Nightingale preschool and daycare on-site (Nightingale House)
- A friendly, supportive, team working environment
- Highly competitive rates of pay
- Training & development opportunities
- Flexible working patterns
- 25 days including bank holiday annual leave, increasing over time
- Subsidised staff restaurant (Nightingale and Hammerson House)
- Refer a friend bonus scheme (T&C applied)
- Cycle to work scheme
For more information on our benefits, please click here.
Hours
Full-time 37.5 hours a week
Salary
£27,000 - £29,000 (FTE) per annum
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If you meet the above requirements, we’d love to hear from you!
It’s also very important to us that as well as meeting the job description, you can bring a wealth of experience and qualities that make you ideal for working with the elderly on a daily basis.
Values
Embrace and embody our core values of Compassion, Respect, Excellence, Dignity, Integrity, and Teamwork.
Agencies
No Agencies, please.
Safeguarding
Our positions are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosures, which will be completed upon successful application. All applications will be handled individually, following our policy and organisational requirements.
Sponsorship
This role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and therefore is ineligible for sponsorship under the UK's Points-Based Immigration System.
Please do not apply if you require sponsorship.
Diversity
We champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and residents we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
Everything we do is with a ‘Residents first’ approach.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
John Lyon’s Charity is delighted to be recruiting for a Grants Manager to join its dynamic Grants Team. This is an exciting time to join the Charity as it embarks on a new chapter of our strategic objectives in grant giving. The Grants Manager will be responsible for their own portfolio of grants as well as supporting the Grants Directorate with the development and execution of the Charity’s strategic objectives to maximise the benefit of the Charity’s funding.
The Grants Manager will be responsible for end-to-end grant-making; assessing applications, making recommendations and monitoring of a portfolio of grants. The grants will be broad in range from smaller, single year grants under the School Holiday Activity Fund to multi-year, large grants within the Open Grants Programme. The role holder will work closely with other members of the Grants Team, including the Directors, to support learning, develop special initiatives and contribute to the creation of policy and processes. The role will suit someone with previous grant-making experience who is seeking to develop their expertise in place-based grant-making and/or the CYP sector. Given the nature of the existing portfolio, experience of working with cultural organisations and education settings would be a particular benefit.
We strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups which reflect the diversity of the Charity’s Beneficial Area and the young people we seek to support. This includes Black, Asian, Mixed Race & other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities.
Salary: £37-39k DOE + generous pension contribution.
Location: Flexible working is available after successful completion of probation period. This role involves frequent visits to applicants and grantees and evening events, on occasion.
Deadline: 12noon Tuesday 1st October
First Round Interviews: Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th October
Second Round Interview: Wednesday 16th October
Cover Letter no longer than 2 pages
Education is at the heart of John Lyon’s Charity because it enables us to have the greatest possible impact on Children and Young People in our Benef
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Public Affairs Officer
Salary: Up to £34,125
Location: Home based, with occasional travel around the UK
Full time: 35 hours per week
Permanent Contract
Closing date for applications: 6th October 2024
First interview: 15th October 2024
Second interview: 21st October 2024
About Our Client
Our host organization are a federated movement of 46 charities, supported by a central charity, the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts. Together they have 870,000 members, 38,000 volunteers and 3,400 staff across the UK. They are at an exciting moment in their 110-year history, with the development of an ambitious new strategy, setting out a vision of nature in recovery, with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes creating wilder landscapes where people and nature thrive.
Collectively, The Wildlife Trusts have more than 900,000 members, employ 3,500 staff, look after over 2,300 nature reserves, operate 123 visitor and education centres and own 29 working farms. They undertake research, they stand up for wildlife and wild places under threat, and they help people access nature.
The next few years will be critical in determining what kind of world we will all live in. We need to reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale as a matter of urgency if we are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. This will require big, bold changes in the way we think and operate, and the development of a strong, collaborative culture. It will require key stakeholders and the public to take action for nature’s recovery.
About You
If you are interested in policy and public affairs and are looking to help drive positive change across Whitehall; and would like to work for one of the UK’s best-loved nature charities, then our client have an exciting opportunity for you. They are looking for a supportive, enthusiastic and knowledgeable colleague to be based in their policy and public affairs team to ensure that nature’s recovery and climate action is kept at the heart of the political conversation.
The post will support the Head of Public Affairs in helping the Trust movement develop relationships with key influencers in Westminster. You will work with policy, campaigning, and communications colleagues to build support for The Trusts’ advocacy priorities and will also have the chance to work with other charities and NGOs, as we develop dynamic and exciting campaigns to address the twin crises of our age – climate change and loss of the natural world.
You will have an understanding of the legislative process and parliamentary procedures and will have the ability to communicate detailed policies in a compelling and persuasive way. Experience of and a proven track record of working with politicians and civil servants is advantageous, as is experience of supporting successful advocacy campaigns and fronting policies and programmes.
The Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst they are passionate in promoting their aims, they are not judgemental and are inclusive. They particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
Our client take their Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please read their commitment statement available in the documents section.
They are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level.
As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.
Our client are committed to increasing the diversity of its staff through its Levelling the Field recruitment pledge and will put any ethnic minority applicants that meet all the essential criteria for the post through to the next stage of recruitment.
Please do not use artificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete the application form. Our client may not accept applications that have been completed utilising AI tools. If you would usually use tools such as these to assist you in filling in a form, please contact us to discuss this further and understand other options.
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as our client reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that they can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, they are unable to consider further applications.
Job description and person specification
Resolve Poverty is seeking a Network Development Coordinator to establish a cross-sectoral community of Lancashire (by which we mean Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool) based stakeholder organisations. Working with this community, the Network Development Coordinator will identify opportunities to strengthen anti-poverty activities across the region that align with Resolve Poverty’s strategic priorities to:
- Maximise the financial resources available to households
- Implement effective strategic responses to poverty
- Equip stakeholders with the knowledge they need to tackle poverty.
This exciting new role, funded by the National Lottery, will enable you to harness the work of Resolve Poverty so that we can have impact. You will join a dedicated and growing team working to maximise the impact of local responses to poverty in order to resolve poverty nationally.
Title: Network Development Coordinator (Lancashire)
Location: Combination of homeworking and office based. There is an expectation that you will work one day a week from our offices in central Manchester and that you will travel extensively across Lancashire in order to deliver this role.
Hours: 5 days per week (35 hours). Shorter working hours will be considered for the right candidate.
Contract: 36 months.
Probationary period: 4 months.
Purpose: To establish a cross-sectoral community of Lancashire based stakeholder organisations that strengthens local and regional responses to poverty.
Salary range: £31,500 to £35,000 pro rata, depending on experience.
Paid annual leave entitlement: 25 days pro-rata. An additional leave day is provided for each full calendar year worked up to a maximum of 29 days.
Line management responsibilities: None.
Managed by: Initially by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Job description
We are seeking capacity to build a Lancashire (by which we mean the area covered by Lancashire County Council and Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool councils) network of professionals and volunteers actively engaged in resolving poverty that:
- Creates a space for good practice sharing.
- Shares evidence, research and policy developments through communication channels, training and events. This will:
- Improve the ability of the public sector to implement effective responses to poverty.
- Enable the VCSE sector to access the knowledge it needs to improve and better target responses to poverty.
- Utilises network insights and knowledge to identify strategic, policy and practical gaps in anti-poverty responses.
Delivering this role effectively will involve:
- Establishing a network of Lancashire based professionals and volunteers signing up to receive communications.
- Engaging in key forums and on a one to one basis with key stakeholders, including local authorities, the Combined Authority and VCSE sector infrastructure bodies.
- Hosting meetings, forums and events to create space for anti-poverty knowledge development and activities
- Delivering against funding KPIs, including network reach and engagement targets.
- Working closely with Resolve Poverty colleagues, including our Business Development Executive and Communications and Media Officer.
Person specification
- Experience of working in a relevant VCSE sector networking role or with transferable skills developed in other roles.
- An understanding of the Lancashire context, including knowledge of the region’s political and VCSE sector landscape.
- A passion for collaborative working and networking, with the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholder.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with people from a range of backgrounds and working in a range of different roles.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- An ability to work to targets and to report on KPIs.
- Ability to plan and meet a demanding and varied work schedule.
- Excellent team player who is proactive and demonstrates initiative.
- Computer literate in Excel, Word and Outlook.
- An ability to understand policy issues relating to poverty.
- A passion and commitment for social justice and ending poverty in the UK.
Desirable
- Experience of poverty in your personal or professional life.
Resolve Poverty is a not-for-profit organisation that delivers locally and regionally focused anti-poverty activities across the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Corporate and Public Engagement Administrator (0.5 FTE)
Aldgate, London
£16,321 pa plus excellent benefits (£32,642 FTE)
Part-time (17.5 hours per week)
The Corporate & Public Engagement team in the Communications Directorate promotes corporate interest in the College and engages future medics and scientists in careers in pathology, particularly through our awareness activities, including National Pathology Week.
The main purpose of this role is to provide administrative support to the Corporate & Public Engagement Manager. This would involve booking meetings, drafting correspondence and tracking our budget. You will help to organise events and be responsible for collecting, collating, analysing and presenting feedback from them so we can introduce improvements. You will update our website, and post content on our social media channels to engage our audiences.
The College is a professional membership organisation dedicated to the advancement of the science and practice of pathology. There are currently approximately 12,000 members, all of whom are pathologists based in hospitals, universities and laboratories in the UK and overseas. The College’s main tasks are to set and maintain training standards for doctors and scientists, to advice on the appointment of consultant pathologists, to ensure the membership is kept up to date with current practice through the continuing professional development scheme, and to promote the latest developments in pathology by holding scientific meetings.
The College’s mission is to promote excellence in the practice of pathology and to be responsible for maintaining standards through training, assessments, examinations and professional development.
We offer attractive staff benefits including 25 days annual leave (pro rata) rising with length of service, an employee discount scheme, and season tickets, as well as a cycle to work scheme. The College values diversity, welcoming applications from all members of society. We offer a mix of remote (home) and office working, with hybrid working arrangements in place.
The closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 7 October 2024.
We may close this vacancy early if we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible
Interviews currently scheduled to happen w/c 15 October 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ROTA are seeking an experienced Service Development Manager, to join its team. Help us end systemic racism in Britain!
This role spearheads the development and execution of a strategic plan to dismantle systemic racism within the housing systems, ultimately leading to greater housing equity for Black and Global Majority (BGM) communities.
The position will encompass a multifaceted approach, focusing on Policy & Advocacy, Community Collaboration & Empowerment, and Service Delivery Innovation.
The aim of ROTA’s housing project, funded by the Oak Foundation, is to examine the racial inequities that continue to plague the housing sector. Using a community-based peer research approach, we will put the lived experiences of Black and Global Majority communities who have been affected by insecure housing at the heart of this research, amplifying their voices through dedicated campaigning and advocacy.
We ultimately hope that the findings from this research can be used to formulate meaningful policy and influence practice to help end discriminatory practices in the housing sector.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to join an organisation that makes a profound and immediate difference to patients' hospital experiences? Would you like to be part of a team that funds ground-breaking research with the potential to change people's lives? Do you thrive on leveraging data to drive impactful fundraising strategies, solving complex data challenges and optimising supporter communications? If so, this might be the ideal opportunity for you.
Harris Hill is partnering with the Royal Free Charity, an ambitious hospital charity with a vision that everyone served by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has access to world-leading healthcare, delivered by a thriving workforce, and driven by medical research that has a global impact.
Their dynamic fundraising team generated £4.5 million through donations in 2023/2024, and they are now preparing for an ambitious multi-million-pound campaign in support of a ground-breaking cancer centre on the site of the Royal Free Hospital. They are seeking a proactive, experienced, and hands-on individual to join the team as a Senior Data Selection & Insights Officer on a permanent basis.
Key details:
Role: Senior Data Selection & Insights Officer
Location: Hybrid working with regular attendance to the central office (NW3)
Salary: circa £33,000 per annum plus benefits
Contract: Full time, permanent (with flexible working requests considered)
Amongst other criteria, the successful candidate will have:
* Demonstrable experience of using Raiser's Edge (RE7/RE NXT) or similar fundraising Customer Relationship Manager (CRM).
* Experience using Microsoft PowerBI for data visualisation and analysis.
* Data analysis skills with an understanding of a range of statistical techniques.
* Experience of producing large complex multi-channel marketing selections for a fundraising department.
* Strong IT skills, proficient in using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel as well as CRM systems.
If you would like to receive a full job description for this role with details on how to apply, please contact Faye Marshall at Harris Hill via the apply button.
Closing date for applications: 5pm Friday 4th October
Date of First Interview: W/C 7th October
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Are you an experienced Legacy and In Memory Marketing fundraiser who would love to use your skills to help us Beat Macular Disease?
Macular disease is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK, with around 300 people diagnosed every day. The Macular Society is the only charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world class research, and the best advice and support.
To support people affected by macular disease now, the Macular Society provides a range of support, information and services. Our research programme is focused on finding new treatments and a cure to beat macular disease forever.
We are undergoing significant changes, with a transformational new strategy to multiply our income, ultimately funding research that will find a cure.
What we’re looking for
An experienced Legacy and In Memory fundraising or marketing professional with a proven track record of developing and implementing campaigns aimed at creating legacy awareness, securing legacy pledges and increasing in memory donations for the Macular Society.
You’ll be familiar with and comfortable analysing data and insights that inform decision making and approaches towards legacy and in memory marketing, ensuring these activities are well targeted and effective, using a range of channels.
Once secured, you’ll also be passionate about providing the best possible supporter care and experience, bringing people closer to the cause and encouraging ongoing support.
Leading a team of two experienced Legacy and In Memory Fundraising Officers, you’ll support this talent by providing opportunities for learning and development and will embed a positive culture of high support and challenge.
What we provide in return
We have a great working culture at Macular Society, and offer flexible working options, 26 days annual leave, rising to 27 after one years’ service, the ability to buy or sell annual leave, supportive family policies, and 6% pension contribution.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.
We offer a flexible approach to working in this role which can either be part-time (minimum of 30 hours per week) or full-time, and can either be office or home-based, or a mix of the two. The only thing we do ask is that you visit the Andover office in Hampshire on a monthly basis, as we feel it’s important that the team all come together regularly in person.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.