Research Officer Jobs in Stratford, Greater London

Job Title: Head of Grants 

Reports to: CEO

Salary: £45,000 - £47,000 pa (dependent on experience)

Location.  Remote, home-based work and occasional attendance in Edinburgh office.  
 

Contract.  This will be a full-time, 35-hours post, but we may consider part-time arrangements to start with.  Some flexibility will be required to attend events and meetings away from Edinburgh. 

Responsibilities.  Head of Grants will have the following responsibilities: 

• Provide the lead for the Grants’ Department in the VF, managing relevant staff to best effect and shaping the Grant-Making Policy to suit the VF’s objects.
• Provide high quality policy, communications and strategic advice to the CEO and Trustees. 
• Liaise with other organisations (eg Cobseo, AFCFT, OVA, other charities) to formulate policy and to enable smooth and effective operation of the VF’s Grant-Making Policy.
• Deliver the Grant-Making Policy approved by the Trustees.
• Suggest changes to the Grant-Making Policy to the Trustees when necessary, having identified impact and backed by research where possible.
• Ensure the quarterly and annual grant-making schedules are maintained, including arranging meetings and providing briefing packs for Trustees.
• Manage workloads to match staff employment contracts.
• Provide effective grant-making processes and identify improvements when necessary.
• Oversee the grant management aspects of Salesforce.
• Provide good coordination between the Grants Department and other departments in VF and with contractors.
• Promote the VF culture:  cheerful, efficient and engaging effectiveness.
• Lead and manage the grants’ communications strategy.
• Overseeing the measurement of the impact of VF grants.
• Other duties and responsibilities as appropriate to the post and requested by the CEO. 
   

Experience and Qualifications.  Candidates should possess the following experiences, qualifications and skills: 

Experience

• Proven experience and success in a relevant Third Sector grants’ management role.
• Good understanding and knowledge of the Armed Forces’ elements in the Third Sector.
• Experience of conducting due diligence into grantees.

• Understanding of business functions such as HR, finance and information security.

• Demonstrable competency in planning.

• Working knowledge of IT and comms systems, including Salesforces and MS 365.

• Excellent organisational and leadership abilities.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving.

Qualifications

· Degree or equivalent (Must)

About Us

The Veterans’ Foundation (VF) is an independent grant-making charitable foundation. It has established a substantial grants’ programme to support charities and organisations in the UK that provide charitable support to those in need among serving armed forces personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and their immediate families.  The charity has grown rapidly since inception in July 2016 and has to date (Oct 24) given away more than £25M to good causes and handed out around £1.6M to good causes each quarter for the past year. 

The VF supports a broad range of charities and organisations that deliver a wide variety of projects to members of the armed forces’ community including those that reduce homelessness, increase employment, provide welfare and medical support, increase confidence and social integration, as well as reducing dependence on alcohol and drugs.  The VF gives priority to charities and organisations who can demonstrate that they are directly involved in the provision of support to those in need, and that are well-run organisations of low to medium wealth while also recognising innovation.

Since inception, income has come mainly from the Veterans’ Lottery, however, individual and corporate donations have grown significantly, and we now have staff focusing on this too. 

The VF’s office is based in New Town in Edinburgh’s city centre.  The VF’s staff consists of 13 employees:  Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, 2 x staff in Finance, 3 x staff in Grants and 5 x staff in Fundraising.  We now seek someone to fill a new post as Head of Grants.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you keen to develop your influencing and sales skills to help Chapter One attract and unlock corporate partnerships for the benefit of struggling young readers?

40% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds leave primary school in England each year unable to read to the expected standard. Many children fall behind with reading simply because they lack the opportunity to practise: Chapter One works to ensure that every child has 1:1 reading support at the time they need it most. We have a vision of a world in which all children have the literacy skills they need to thrive.

Our unique Online Reading Volunteer programme currently supports about 3,000 children a year. It pairs disadvantaged, struggling five to eight-year old readers with reading support volunteers who come from over 140 local and national businesses. The volunteer ask is very focused: readers commit 30 minutes a week to read with a child using a bespoke digital platform for an entire academic year. The results are transformative, boosting children's reading confidence and ability.

We set ourselves ambitious targets. We want to support 3,900 children by 2025/6 and this Business Development Officer role, with responsibility for building new corporate partnerships, will be crucial to ensuring that we have sufficient volunteers to achieve this target.

We are seeking a proactive, energetic and enthusiastic individual to be an integral part of a Corporate Partnerships team which aims to maximise corporate income, acheive volunteer targets and and take Chapter One into new regions across the UK. This is an opportunity for an early career professional to learn about charity-business partnerships in a dynamic, small charity which is flexible and agile.

Please read the full job description for details of the responsibilities of the role, and our employee recruitment pack to learn more about Chapter One. This is a fully remote position, but we do need someone who is within two hours travelling distance of London, Manchester and Leeds and is able to travel to occasional meetings and events.

As a charity that values and celebrates people's diversity and champions opportunities for all young people, we are keen to receive applications from people who have experienced disadvantage and from those who are from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities who are currently underrepresented in the organisation. We believe that a diverse organisation is one that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results.

Chapter One is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. Copies of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy are available on request.

Prospectus is delighted to be working with a well known organisation who have the mission to build stronger families, ensuring children feel safe and positive futures for young people recruit for a Policy & Public Affairs Officer (Wales).

Please note, this is role is available on a permanent contract and available on a part-time basis (21.75 hours).  This role is remote with travel to the office in Cardiff, Wales for meetings. The salary for this role is £32,000-£37,000 FTE, plus Office at Home Allowance £312 per annum.

In this position, you will support the Senior Policy and Public Affairs Lead with the development and implementation of the organisation’s national influencing plan with a view to raising the profile and influence amongst policy stakeholders and decision-makers. You will conduct primary and secondary research to develop and be in support of policy priorities. You will produce reports on research findings and support with the delivery of events. You will co-ordinate influencing and campaigning activity. You will draft policy documents which include consultation responses, parliamentary debate briefings and summaries.
 
To be considered for this role you will have at least two years’ experience in a policy/research environment. You will have experience of public affairs campaigning. You will have experience of implementing public affairs plans and stakeholder mapping. You will be IT literate, with experience of using Microsoft Office and document management systems. You will have an understanding of parliamentary and legislative processes and knowledge of current social policy which relates to children and social policy.
 
You will have excellent communication skills and experience conversing with various stakeholders. You will have experience of preparing briefings, summaries and organising meetings/events/conferences. You will have strong time management skills and be able to work on your own initiative.  

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

We’re thrilled to be working with Sarcoma UK on their Senior Challenge Events Officer role. Sarcoma UK are an incredible charity that funds vital research into sarcoma treatment, and offers support to anyone affected by sarcoma cancer. The Senior Challenge Events Officer will work directly with the Director of Fundraising to support on Sarcoma UK’s fundraising strategy, by delivering and developing their portfolio of UK and international challenge events.

As part of the role, you’ll be responsible for stewarding supporters taking part in events such as the London Marathon, the New York Marathon and the Royal Parks Half Marathon. You’ll also be responsible for organising the event day experience, such as cheer stations and post-race receptions, as a further opportunity to support and engage with supporters.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Experience in managing challenge or mass participation events, in particular the London Marathon.
• Experience in engaging with and delivering stewardship journeys to supporters.
• Good attention to detail, and the ability to successfully manage multiple projects.

Salary: £35,000-£37,000
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Location: 2 Days a week in London office
Deadline: Rolling
Interviews: Rolling

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Harry on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. www.ashbyjenkinsrecruitment.co.uk/our-commitment-to-diversity/

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

ABOUT US:

Open for Business is a coalition of leading global businesses committed to advancing LGBTQ+ inclusion worldwide. Through data-driven research, we demonstrate the economic benefits of LGBTQ+ inclusion and leverage our network of partners and programs to foster positive change for LGBTQ+ communities.

Founded in 2015, Open for Business has rapidly expanded to include 38 global member organizations and four local programs in East Africa, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe, with additional programs set to launch next year. We take pride in harnessing the power and expertise of the private sector to support some of the most vulnerable members of our global community, ensuring that their advocacy is bolstered by some of the world’s largest and most influential organizations.

THE ROLE:

We are seeking a Finance and Operations Manager to lead and strengthen our financial and operational functions as we continue to grow. This role is critical in ensuring that Open for Business adheres to best practices in financial management and reporting, including compliance with the Charity SORP.

You will serve as the main point of contact for our external accountants and our Financial Advisory Committee, providing timely and accurate financial information to the CEO and Board of Trustees.

On the operations side, you will help build and execute the organizational infrastructure needed to support our expansion, which includes office management and collaborating with our HR team to create a robust induction system for new staff, as well operational management or oversight of core processes.

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about tackling LGBTQ+ inequalities on a global scale and are eager to contribute to a dynamic and fast-growing organization. This UK-based role offers a hybrid working model, with time split between our London office and remote work. Remote candidates within the UK are also welcome to apply. Part time considered. The position reports directly to the Chief Executive.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage financial and operational systems, processes, administration, and internal controls.
• Ensure effective and efficient day-to-day business and financial operations.
• Oversee bank accounts, accounts payable and receivable functions, purchasing, financial reporting, and grants administration.
• Conduct bank and transaction reconciliations and manage expenses, bills, and payments using Xero.
• Produce or oversee production of monthly payroll.
• Produce quarterly management accounts and VAT returns.
• Collaborate with external accountants for annual audit and accounts.
• Liaise with other external advisors as needed.
• Prepare project-specific budgets and lead financial reporting for grants.
• Lead the induction process for new staff and consultants.
• Project manage the implementation of new systems, including coordination with consultants to deliver small-to-medium internal projects.

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

The ideal candidate will be experienced with charity finances and may have worked in a similar role previously. You should be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Direct experience in managing a charity finance or operations function.
• Experience liaising with third party providers, including accountants.
• Proficiency in budget preparation and financial reporting.
• Experience with Xero and other accounting software.
• Experience with project management and leading internal change management
• Experience of bookkeeping and (management) accounting.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

Open for Business is an equal-opportunity employer, dedicated to addressing inequality. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of gender, race or ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or socioeconomic background. All hiring decisions are based on merit.

HOW TO APPLY:

Click on the 'Apply via website' button below to visit out Jobs page and download an application pack.

The closing date for applications is Friday 22nd November 2024.

Leo Baeck College is the pre-eminent UK institution of Jewish scholarship and learning
that is the heart and lifeblood of the intellectual and spiritual life of the Progressive
Jewish community. Leo Baeck College combines inspirational, high caliber teaching with a
commitment to developing rabbis, other professionals, and lay leaders who will build
sustainable, accessible, and thriving Progressive Jewish communities.

The primary function of this role is to manage and maximise all categories of development
inclusive of grant writing, fundraising, events and communication activities for LBC and to
support the College and Board of Governors in identifying new opportunities to engage.with stakeholders and raise additional funds. Additionally, this role is to support the Principal, COO and members of the Board of Governors in their contact with major donors and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

· Continue to build our visibility and relationships with other organisations

· Research and prepare the submission of grant and trust applications

· Develop a “Friends of Leo Baeck College” programme, an “Alumni” programme, and a “Legacy” programme

High Value Officer
Home based, remote working 
£28,000 pa plus excellent benefits
35 hours per week

The High Value Officer for our Fundraising team will focus and lead on supporting the Trusts and Major Donor teams with postal and electronic mailings; keeping the CRM up to date; supporting the Prospects Research Manager with initial research, identifying new opportunities and sources of funding; streamlining administrative systems and processes; creating purchase orders and invoices; supporting the Special Events Officer with setting up webinars.

This is a great junior role, offering opportunities in several High Value fundraising teams. You will get to use your administrative skills across a range of activities and also develop your research skills when looking at prospects and supporting the Corporate team in their due diligence work.

You will: 

1. Support the team with various CRM system processes, and ensuring records are accurately updated.

2. Support the Prospect Research Manager to identify new opportunities and sources of funding.

3. Streamline and managing electronic folders

4. Create purchase orders and invoices

5. Support the Trust and Major Donor teams with mailings (postal and electronic).

You will have good organisation and administrative skills. Having good time managements skills and being able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously will be key to making a success of this role. You will also have excellent IT skills.

We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.

Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus. We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better.

RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.

Closing date: 17 November 2024
Interviews: w/c 25 November 2024

An exciting position has arisen for a Senior Events Officer to join a renowned London based Charity supporting people with terminal illnesses

The successful post holder will be responsible for the driving of events through the development and delivery of the annual calendar for the Charity

Job Responsibilities:

• With support from the Community & Events Manager, organise and lead on the successful delivery of the annual hospice fundraising event programme
• Research, plan and implement new events to diversify the annual programme
• Proactively seek and maintain new relationships to enhance our events
• Conduct presentations and hospice tours to engage supporters and partners
• Prepare feasibility studies, budget and action plans for all events
• Undertake post event data analysis and evaluation for every event, reporting against KPIs, income breakdown, costs against budget

Person Specification:

• Understanding and enthusiasm towards charity fundraising events
• Considerable experience of event management to recruit, engage, inspire and retain supporters
• Excellent time management and organisation skills, working to deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a fluent writing style and the ability to communicate effectively in a wide range of media and audiences
• The ability to be a proactive self-starter and to use initiative to resolve problems and create solutions to improve results

Agency reference number: J84507
Location: South East London
Salary: £29,000 - £37,500 per annum
Working hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Working pattern: Flexible Hybrid/Remote

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted, so please get your applications in early to avoid missing out!

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

Post summary

This is an exciting position for an exceptional person with a strong campaigning background to work for one of the UK’s leading rights NGOs. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to devise high-impact campaigns to achieve real change, co-ordinating a multi-disciplinary high-performing team to further privacy, free expression and data protection rights. Ideally, you’ll also be a key Big Brother Watch spokesperson in the media.

You’ll have both people and project management responsibilities, leading our campaigns on key policy issues such as facial recognition, free speech online, financial privacy, digital ID and algorithmic decision making in the welfare system.

You’ll plan, execute and evaluate campaigns across all areas of our organisational strategy: surveillance and power; free expression online; and identity and financial privacy - as well as explore new organisational priorities, over time.

About you

We’re looking for highly skilled professional with a track record of delivering impactful change and, importantly, a demonstrable passion for protecting civil liberties – especially privacy and freedom of expression. Ideally, you’ll have a high level of experience of or interest in working on new and emerging technologies.

You’ll have significant experience working in a campaigns capacity, and significant experience managing people and projects in a comparable environment that relied on your expertise on civil liberties, surveillance or technology issues. You’ll be familiar with key issues in the area.

You’ll also have excellent knowledge of British politics and UK parliamentary procedures, a strong network of contacts in Westminster and significant experience campaigning for change in parliament in order to maximise our political impact.

You’ll be a brilliant communicator, able to simplify complex technology issues and convey powerful messages whether in campaign slogans or in live news interviews as a Big Brother Watch spokesperson. You’ll have an entrepreneurial approach to your work, always identifying opportunities to boost the progress of your campaigns. The ideal candidate will appreciate the importance of winning in the court of public opinion in order to win in parliament, and have the skills to do both.

You’ll be at ease working on a strictly non-partisan, cross-party basis and grounding our campaign strategies in human rights and liberal principles. You’ll also embody our principles of equality, respect and accountability.

You’ll be highly skilled in devising strategic campaign plans for the organisation to pursue within our work streams, and able to reflect and learn from each campaign. You’ll also be proactive and in building relationships with partner organisations, experts and stakeholders. We’re looking for someone who is a highly motivating manager with the diligence to uphold our reputational excellence, ensuring the highest quality output. You’ll need to be able to work under pressure with an often competing workload.

If you’re committed to Big Brother Watch’s mission, we’d like to hear from you.

Big Brother Watch

Big Brother Watch is a UK civil liberties campaign group fighting for a free future. We’re determined to reclaim our privacy and defend freedoms at this time of enormous technological change. And we fight to win.

We’re a fiercely independent, diverse, non-partisan and non-profit group of campaigners and researchers who work to roll back the surveillance state and protect rights in parliament, the media or the courts if we have to. We publish unique investigations and pursue powerful public campaigns to pursue real change. We work relentlessly to inform and empower the public to collectively reclaim privacy, defend our civil liberties and protect freedoms for the future.

We’re a small, dedicated and highly effective team of seven full-time staff and five volunteers.

Job description

Campaigns

• Develop and execute quarterly campaigns plans to manage and schedule relevant advocacy, policy and research work to further our strategic aims

• Co-ordinate a high-performing, multi-disciplinary team to pursue campaign goals

• Identify advocacy and press opportunities to further campaign aims

• Strategise/oversee development of campaign materials & engaging supporter actions

• Promote Big Brother Watch’s campaigns in the media, writing articles and giving quotes/live interviews to press and for our social media channels

• Uphold Big Brother Watch’s reputational excellence in public fora

• Work with Director to periodically set campaign priorities in our organisational strategy

• Communicate complex issues to varied audiences, whether parliament, press or public; whether through traditional means (e.g. print media) or public stunts and actions

• Build strong relationships with parliamentarians and advisors across all parties

• Identify opportunities to further our strategic aims in parliament through committees, parliamentary questions and other activities; as well as regional assemblies and on occasion local government

• Work with stakeholders and pursue collaborative campaigns/coalitions on key issues

• Develop and advance Big Brother Watch’s relationships with allies across Government, legislative bodies, international organisations & NGOs in a strictly cross-party manner

• Reflect, evaluate and implement learning from Big Brother Watch’s campaigns

Events

• Organise Big Brother Watch’s party conference fringe events annually

• Seek other opportunities to organise Big Brother Watch events at appropriate times, including report/campaign launch events, public events and stakeholder roundtables

Management

• Oversee the organisation’s execution of campaigns, ensuring appropriate delegation

• Ensure the highest level of quality of all campaigns output

• Line management responsibilities for the advocacy team (currently the Senior Advocacy Officer and Legal and Policy Officer)

• Manage staff performance and development, and ensure wellbeing

• Help foster a positive, supportive and high-performance work environment

Person specification

Essential

• Significant experience in a similar role, including project management

• Significant experience of successful people management

• Expertise and experience on UK issues relating to civil liberties and/or data rights/tech

• Excellent and persuasive communications skills

• Exceptional political judgement

• A strong understanding of the external political environment, including levers for change and knowledge of what changes the minds of decision-makers

• Proven ability to manage and build relationships with stakeholders

• Proven ability to take initiative

• Creativity and energy in managing a workload consisting of large long-term projects as well as reactive tasks, and proven ability to produce high quality work under pressure

• Able to work in non-partisan environment, and proven ability to build trust and support of MPs across all parties

• Commitment to protecting rights and liberties in the UK

Desirable

• A degree in a relevant field

• Project management experience

• Familiarity with relevant UK surveillance and data protection laws

IPS Grow is a national programme designed to support the expansion of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services in mental health and drug & alcohol teams across England. It is funded by NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID). A core element of the programme is the expert assistance provided by a team of IPS experts, known as IPS Grow Leads, to support providers to improve their fidelity to the IPS model and achieve better employment outcomes for their clients. Subject to funding award, we are recruiting to a Project Support Officer.  This role will provide essential support to enable the whole team to effectively and efficiently deliver a wide range of provision to IPS services nationally. 

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity to expand the IPS Grow team, aimed at helping health systems deliver high quality evidence-based employment practice. We are a well-established service, led by Social Finance and are funded by NHS England and DWP to support the expansion of IPS services across mental health and drug and alcohol teams.   

We are looking for a Project Support Officer to focus on supporting the IPS Grow team and programme within the Health + Work team at Social Finance. This role will include providing project and administrative support to the team to ensure we have real impact. The role will report into the Team Head for IPS Grow. 

 Responsibilities 

The key requirements of the role are:

Provide project support and coordination of IPS fidelity reviews: 

• Support the coordination of IPS fidelity reviews;  

• Support with collection and collation of data, helping generate insight and contribution to the evaluation of our work and of the services we support. This may also include data entry and contributing to standard reports;  

• Provide support of team events and workshops, both internal and with the services we support;  

• Provide ad hoc support to other aspects of the team’s project work and take on special projects, as required.  

 Provide administrative support to the programme:  

• Support the Senior team within IPS Grow, with project planning and monitoring to ensure the programme remains on track;  

• Produce documents such as monthly reports which may require collation of input from multiple parties and documents and compiling into spreadsheets or presentation slides, in collaboration with members of the Senior team;   

• Provide support for co-ordination of IPS qualification delivery and professional registration;  

• Liaise with regional leads, NHS Trusts and IPS providers and other key stakeholders as required;  

• Support the delivery of specific administrative tasks and processes including minuting and action-log management of meetings and Boards;  

• Coordinate diaries, schedule meetings and book rooms with internal and external parties, including arranging for materials and equipment to be available, as required;  

• Support IPS Grow Leads to schedule complex meetings in their regions;  

• Monitor team mailbox and act as a first line response for queries;  

• Book travel and accommodation, including group bookings (e.g., trains, hotels) for the team;  

• Manage expenses generated by travel and meeting bookings on internal systems, accurately and in a timely manner;   

• Support the team knowledge management hub and operational manual whilst ensuring a clear document version control and management process in place;  

  Provide additional administrative support as required from time to time;  

• Manage the creation of impactful presentations that communicate key messages to stakeholders. 

• Provide support to the wider IPS Grow team  

And any other responsibilities commensurate with the job title and role   

About you

You will need to show competency, potential or interest in the following areas. You are not expected to arrive with a full skillset, as you will be supported to develop in the role.   

• Shared values: We are looking for people with a passionate belief that anyone can work with the right support, and a commitment to our values.  

• Team work: You are a team player and also have the ability to work independently, are receptive to feedback and use it to continually improve. You will be able to effectively represent Social Finance.  

• Organisation and reliability: You will be highly organised. You will be able to manage multiple tasks and requests, prioritising them effectively and ensuring they are responded to in timely and accurate manner. The team will be able to rely on you to ensure that meetings are organised, papers are circulated, and third parties communicated with.  

• Proactivity: You will be proactive as well as reactive. You will look for opportunities to support the team to be more effective and better coordinated. You will think ahead, helping the team to avoid mistakes. You will generate ideas for how we can improve our ways of working, becoming more efficient and effective.  

• IT and data skills: You will be familiar with core Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and will have experience managing multiple email accounts. Ideally, you will be comfortable with spreadsheets and analysing data although you do not need to have specific expertise in this area. Experience using SharePoint, MS Teams, Zoom and Slack is desired.  

• Communication: You will communicate effectively with the team to set expectations, adjust to changing priorities, and keep them up to date with your progress.  

• Experience: You will have had prior experience in an administrative support role, ideally in a national team managing complex programmes or working in primary or secondary care.  

Job Title: Senior Fundraising Officer (Retention and Mid-level)

Location: London/Hybrid

Salary: £40,064.15 per annum

Weekly Hours: 35

Reference: YMC1054991

YMCA England & Wales is looking for a Senior Fundraising Officer to join our dynamic Public Fundraising Team. If you are you passionate about making a difference in young people's lives while driving impactful fundraising initiatives then you could be instrumental in growing income streams, developing supporter engagement, and ensuring a steady and reliable flow of donations year after year.

About Us

YMCA England & Wales supports 83 local YMCAs, advocating for vulnerable young people by providing essential building blocks for a better life—like a safe home, guidance, friendship, and employment skills. We’re committed to ensuring fairness and opportunity for all, and through our collective voice, we influence national policy and media to improve the lives of young people across the country.

Fundraising at YMCA England & Wales has three pillars:

• Fundraising for distribution through initiatives such as our RoomSponsor programme
• Fundraise to support YMCAs and fund our policy, campaign and research work, that changes the lives of young people
• Help YMCAs fundraise themselves by providing assets, propositions and advice for local YMCA fundraisers

What You’ll Do

As our Senior Fundraising Officer, you’ll take the lead on several key fundraising initiatives, including:

Developing retention strategies: Engage with regular donors to uplift their contributions through multi-channel approaches (mail, email, phone). 

Strengthening relationships: Implement donor reactivation and communication programmes to keep supporters engaged and appreciated. 

Growing mid-level giving: Identify new high-value donor prospects, improve stewardship, and test innovative ways to grow income. 

Campaign management: Lead on end-to-end campaign activities, ensuring timelines, budgets, and performance metrics are met. 

Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams, external agencies, and suppliers to ensure successful fundraising campaigns and initiatives. 

Innovation & Growth: Stay on top of market trends and explore new ways to expand our direct marketing programme.

Who We’re Looking For

We’re seeking someone who is driven, creative, and highly organized. You’ll need experience in fundraising and campaign management, with a knack for building relationships and developing strategies that optimize income and donor engagement.

This role reports to the Senior Fundraising Manager (Retention & Roomsponsor Partnership) and works closely with a vibrant team, including the Senior Officer (Roomsponsor). You’ll also have the opportunity to collaborate with YMCAs across the country and directly impact the lives of young people.

If you're ready to take on a rewarding role in a supportive, purpose-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Please apply today with cv and cover letter and help us continue to build a better future for young people across England & Wales.

Our recruitment process is anonymised and candidates' names are hidden. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates. Safer recruitment is important to us and the successful applicant will be asked to provide two references. They will also be required to complete a safeguarding self-declaration, safeguarding training and undertake a DBS check.

Executive Assistant – CEO Office

London - Fixed based or Agile (minimum 3 days office based), Permanent, Full time.

We’re Rethink Mental Illness and Mental Health UK (MHUK) - two leading mental health charities that are intrinsically linked who have been supporting people with their mental health for over 50 years.  No matter how bad things are, we help people severely affected by mental illness to improve their lives and we’re on a mission to bring about meaningful change, through our services, groups and ground-breaking campaigns. As leading charity providers of mental health support and services in the UK, people living with mental illness and those who care for them are at the heart of everything we do. We know, from our vast experience, that people severely affected by mental illness can have a good quality of life. With your support, we will make that possible.

Our Chief Executives’ Office co-ordinates the work of the two charities to ensure appropriate organisational strategies and plans are both developed and delivered to meet the objectives of Rethink Mental Illness and MHUK to ensure everyone severely affected by mental illness has a better quality of life. It also ensures that the charities meet all of their legal obligations and that they are both effective and sustainable. 

As an Executive Assistant you will provide ongoing support to the Chief Executives’ Office to ensure the smooth-running function of the office. You will be responsible for co-ordination and minuting of meetings including quarterly MHUK Board meetings and other cross directorate management meetings as required.

The role will also involve providing diary management for the Chief Executives’ Office, including organising travel and accommodation; working closely with the Head of the Private Office to ensure the CEOs have appropriate briefings for meetings, speeches, conferences and events as well as coordinating the high level and sensitive correspondence of the Private Office (including email, letters and relevant social media).

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Assistant looking to take the next step in their career.  It is a multi-faceted role working as part of a small and friendly team offering lots of opportunity to get involved in all aspects of the work of the CEO office including leading on specific projects and assisting in the organisation of special events including the charity’s AGM.

See attached job description for more details about the role.

What we are looking for:

• experience working as an Executive Assistant
• extensive experience of general administration with effective knowledge of administration practices
• experience of working as part of a team and working proactively and collaboratively with others
• strong organisational and time management skills.

You may also have experience, skills and knowledge related to:

• The charity sector
• Shorthand
• Supporting of governance and working with a Board.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.  We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation

We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

A bit about us

Do you want to create a better world for animals? At the RSPCA, we believe all animals deserve kindness and respect. We work for the benefit of every animal – as well as pets, that includes farmed animals, wildlife, and animals used in science. Choose a career with us and make a difference for every kind.

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Wildlife team, within the Policy, Prevention and Campaigns Division, as a Senior Scientific and Policy Officer - Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation.

This role is essential for the RSPCA to further safeguard sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife and achieve the RSPCA's objective of securing better legal protection for wildlife in animal welfare establishments (wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centres). 

Currently, anyone can set up a rescue/rehabilitation centre or sanctuary with no oversight. This can lead to these establishments becoming overwhelmed despite good intentions. 

This role will develop and implement an advocacy strategy to achieve statutory regulation of these facilities, to protect the welfare of wild animals. 

The post-holder will work closely with the Veterinary and Operations teams to ensure the RSPCA's rescue and rehabilitation standards are based on the latest scientific evidence.

This role will achieve measurable improvements in welfare standards and legal protections, reinforce the RSPCA's commitment to leading positive change and strengthen the Society's position as an influential leader in this field.

This role is being offered as a 24 month fixed term contract. We are open to flexible working options, such as part time hours.

The role will be offered on a hybrid working basis; working from home and from our London and or Horsham office. The expectation for this role will be 1 day per month in the office.

Candidates must be based in the UK, as the role will require visits to UK based establishments and attendance at meetings, workshops and conferences.

Are you ready to join our movement?

What a day might look like for you

You can find a full description of what the role entails on the attached role profile but in a nutshell, we will look to you to:

• Generate and maintain RSPCA policies, strategic aims, goals and objectives relating to sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife.
• Generate and manage the implementation of an impactful influencing strategy to secure improved legal protection of casualty wildlife in animal welfare establishments.
• Prepare and deliver evidence-based briefing papers, policy reports, position statements, articles, and press releases. 
• Work with RSPCA colleagues to  ensure RSPCA's wildlife rehabilitation standards are based on the latest scientific evidence and best-practice, and address key research gaps.
• Stay up-to-date on animal welfare science, legislation, ethics, and developments in the field.
• Network within the wildlife rehabilitation sector and represent the RSPCA in advocacy coalitions.

What makes a great Senior Scientific Officer- Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation?

To succeed within this role, it is essential that you have proven experience of liaising with civil servants, MPs and other members of the government. 

You must have strong communication skills and the ability to juggle conflicting priorities, along with a strong background of working within policy. 

Along with this experience, we are keen to receive applications from those with:

• A degree level qualification in a relevant biological discipline.
• Broad knowledge of wild animal welfare issues and specific knowledge and experience relating to wild animals specific to the post. 
• Strong relationship building, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Proven experience of high level influencing and setting the strategic direction for advocacy on animal welfare issues.
• The ability to build and utilise networks of contacts effectively and to work in coalition with others.

• Expertise in developing compelling policies, shaping agendas and working in coalition to achieve change.
• Experience of project coordination and organisation.
• Experience of translating policy and research into change through advocacy, and a strong track record of driving policy change with national and local governments.

• Excellent research and writing skills with the ability to effectively condense, summarise and make sense of large amounts of information quickly, pulling out salient points and spotting potential weaknesses or problems. 
• You must also be aligned to our vision and values.

This role is both rewarding and challenging and it is a very exciting time to join the RSPCA during our 200th year, so if you have the skill set we are looking for, please apply! We encourage people from all sections of our community to apply for jobs with us.

Final note from us & good luck with your application!

Interviews will take place on the 4th of December and will be held remotely.

We are really lucky that some of our roles attract a high level of interest and for this reason we review applications as they are received, unfortunately on some occasions this means roles may close earlier than advertised; so early submissions are highly recommended.We are unable to accept applications past the close date.

We want to ensure we do all we can to give you a positive candidate experience through our recruitment. Whilst we do try to give feedback where we can, sometimes due to receiving high levels of applications, this may not always be possible

We recognise that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to achieving our core mission. For this reason we actively encourage a wide diversity of applications - in particular from members of minority ethnic groups, and people with disabilities - as these candidates are currently under-represented at the RSPCA.

Should you need any support with your application or interview process please contact us. 

Our mission is to ensure animals have a good life by rescuing and caring for those in need, by advocating on behalf of all animals and by inspiring everyone to treat them with compassion and respect.

Vocations and Placements (18-30) Development Officer

Location: Hybrid (Cliff College Derbyshire or London) or Home-Based

Hybrid Working: Connexional Team staff based at Methodist Church House or Cliff College have a hybrid work pattern which is currently 2-3 days in the office.

The Vacancy

The Methodist Church is at an exciting point in the development of its ministry with young adults (18-30). We are seeking to appoint someone with enthusiasm and passion for seeing young adults connect with God and explore their calling as a follower of Christ.

This role is integral to the delivery of the Young Adult Ministry Development Plan, and will focus on the following priorities:

• The management, development and advocacy of a new Young Adult Mission Placement Scheme, which aims to provide opportunities for young adults to be employed (or volunteer) in mission-focused placements in local churches and circuits where they can explore their vocation.

• Advocating for, supporting and enabling creative and relevant young adult ministry to be started and embedded in circuits and districts by journeying with local circuits/districts, providing advice and mentoring as appropriate to pilot creative projects for young adults to engage with and grow in discipleship and vocation.

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by the Methodist Church.

This post holds a Genuine Occupational Requirement for the post holder to be a member in good standing of a church in association with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CBTI) or equivalent.

About You

Key requirements

• Degree/professional qualification in a relevant field, or substantial equivalent work experience
• Experience of working with youth/young adults and passionate about growing young adult ministries 
• Highly organised and proven ability to successfully develop and manage complex projects.
• Proven ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
• Willing to travel and to work occasional weekends and evenings.

Our Culture, Values and Benefits

Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.

We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.

The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups.  We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, we encourage you to send us your application as soon as possible.

Closing Date:  12 November 2024

Interview Date:  26 November 2024