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This Telephone Team Coach - Supporter Care role is the perfect opportunity to build on your proven ability to get the best from individuals, teams and databases in providing inspirational customer/supporter service.
Greenpeace is an international network of non profit campaigning organisations operating in over 55 countries. Our independence and global reach enable us to stand for positive change through action in order to defend nature and promote peace. We investigate and expose global environmental problems, confront those in positions of power and present alternative solutions.
A key part of your role will be coaching our small team of in-house callers to make outgoing calls that build, retain and strengthen relationships with our supporters: welcoming, thanking and encouraging them to leave a gift in their Will for lasting impact.
You’ll also handle inbound supporter care across a variety of channels – including phone, email and social media – responding to questions and producing engaging personalised replies, as well as writing inspirational copy to answer regularly asked campaign questions.
Location: Islington, London. Our hybrid working model enables us to enjoy the benefits of both office based and remote working. We ask that staff work from the office in Islington 40% of their time, with 20% required as a minimum. Reasonable adjustments as well as specific office based needs will be considered for those with long term health conditions and disabilities.
What we're looking for:
- Experience of coaching and motivating a team to achieve fundraising or supporter experience targets and managing individual performance, holding team members accountable for hitting their goals.
- Experience in a customer or supporter service environment, with the ability to answer large volumes of public enquiries across all communication channels.
- Experience using databases (CRMs) to run regular reports on calling campaigns and individual performance, with the ability to disseminate key insights and data to relevant stakeholders.
- Excellent written communication, with the ability to write engaging responses to enquiries, judging the appropriate tone and content to be used.
- Emotional resilience to recover quickly from setbacks, keep positive and maintain perspective while navigating negative, challenging or emotive interactions.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and organise your own work, follow agreed work-plans and meet deadlines.
- Genuine interest and enthusiasm for environmental issues and the work of Greenpeace, with a passion for sharing this with our supporters.
We give you:
You’ll be encouraged to develop both personally and professionally, taking advantage of the wide range of learning and development opportunities available to our staff. We offer great benefits such as a generous pension scheme, subsidised lunches, free yoga and a wealth of well-being resources, just to name a few. Take a look at our Work for Greenpeace pages to find out more about what it’s like to work for us and why you should apply.
We are happy to consider flexible working requests as part of the recruitment process.
Our commitment to diversity: Greenpeace UK is committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background. We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in environmental and campaigning organisations and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from people of colour; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGBTQIA; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class now or in the past.
To Apply
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Greenpeace UK is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age or any other category protected by law
CLOSING DATE: 9.00 am 30th October
INTERVIEWS: 5th and 6th November
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Are you a creative and innovative Graphic Designer with a passion to visual storytelling? We’re looking for someone to drive forwards our brand identity through relevant, accessible and engaging design.
Our visual identity is vital for our brand and marketing delivery. It’s the anchoring point for students to engage with us and find out more about our story and the services, opportunities and activities we provide to help them Love Exeter. The Graphic Designer will lead the way for design standards, and play a key role in developing our visual brand to deliver our marketing campaigns and ambitions.
We think this role could be a great fit for someone who is looking to build their experience and portfolio, or an experienced candidate looking to expand their skills and try a new challenge on variety of projects. You will have the flexibility to work from home for part of the week, as well as the opportunity to work with our diverse teams on the beautiful Exeter University campuses.
The Role
Role: Graphic Designer
Hours: 35-hours per week (to be worked flexibly)
Salary: £24,987.96
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Monday 4 November 10:00
Who are we?
Exeter Students’ Guild is the University of Exeter’s students’ union, led by students for students. We’re an independent charity, offering a wide range of opportunities, services and support to help students get the most out of their unique journeys at university. This includes everything from social activities to making sure things are going well on their academic course. We have over 300 student groups and all of our work is led by, and in the best interest of, our members.
The Guild is a truly rewarding place to work. Our talented and passionate staff make a real difference to the lives of students every single day, working together to achieve the Guild’s purpose: to shape an excellent student experience for all students at Exeter by empowering them to take their place in the world and make a positive difference. We are looking for people who recognise that the Guild is student-led and share a genuine passion for student engagement and empowerment. If you share a commitment to our values and want to be part of a radically inclusive organisation with a seriously exciting future ahead, we can’t wait to hear from you.
What will you bring?
· You’ll have some experience in producing high quality, relevant and engaging designs to communicate marketing campaigns to a diverse audience.
· You’ll be able to work collaboratively with others to co-create creative and innovative solutions.
· You know how to engage audiences through authentic and impactful design and visual storytelling.
We offer lots of great benefits including enhanced family pay, a huge 27 days’ annual leave plus public holidays, sustainable travel incentives, access to exclusive discounts and perks and a free confidential advice service. We’re committed to helping you achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life through a real commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We also provide access to great development opportunities, including a personal development budget for you to spend on sharpening your skills in whatever wat you choose. We’ll also help you to gain valuable experience, ensuring that you have opportunities to grow your career both here at the Guild and beyond.
Inclusion is central to the Guild. We approach our work collaboratively, empower our people and celebrate our uniqueness. If you’re driven to empower others and achieve great things, you’ll fit right in. Our people are proud of who they are and value each other’s differences, and we are committed to creating a diverse community that is radically inclusive of race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience.
Dates for your Diary
· Closing Date: Monday 4 November 10:00
· Shortlisting: Tuesday 5 November
· Interviews: Friday 15 November
We look forward to hearing from you.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
Helping students to Love Exeter.
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Do you have skills in community engagement, providing advice, support and training? Could you motivate and support local communities to engage with their local railways and sustainable travel?
We’re looking for a community rail support officer to support our network of community rail partnerships (CRPs) and station adoption groups in the Midlands and East of England.
About us
Community Rail Network is a not-for-profit organisation, working across Britain, supporting a growing ‘community rail’ movement, which helps communities get the most from their railways, promotes sustainable and inclusive travel, coordinates volunteering and place-making, and brings people together.
Community rail is made up of 75 community-based partnership organisations, and around 1,200 station friends volunteer groups and other community-led initiatives around Britain. Their activities range from creative projects for young people, to advising train operators on service improvements, to building travel confidence with families and disabled people, to biodiversity projects at stations, to promoting greener travel and tourism by rail.
Our enthusiastic staff team of 22 people works mainly from home in different locations, but we come together regularly in person and online. We work collaboratively to advise our members, provide training, events and resources, run campaigns, and champion community rail and its insights via decision-makers and the media. We believe in developing our team and supporting everyone to reach their potential while having a good work-life balance.
About this role
The purpose of this role is to provide support and advice to community rail partnerships and groups on delivering maximum benefit within and with their communities, working collaboratively with the railways and wider partners. The role will support our members across an area covering the West Midlands, Central England and East Anglia, so it is desirable for you to be based in this area.
You’ll be comfortable engaging and advising local groups and communities to extend existing and set up new initiatives, and to reach wider audiences with an evidence-led, place-based approach. As well as supporting local groups, you’ll work closely with the rail industry, and wider third and public sector partners to ensure collaboration and shared success.
Main responsibilities
1. Provide direct support and advice to CRPs and their officers, and other community rail groups in the region. This includes responding to queries and requests, passing on specialist queries to other members of the team, and providing proactive support through an annual planning and accreditation process and as set out in our plans.
2. Support the development of skills, confidence and effectiveness across the network of CRPs and station groups, helping them to increase their positive social, environmental and economic impact, including through referral to our training, events and resources.
3. Support the development of emerging community rail partnerships, station friend groups and community-led stations and railway-related projects in the region.
4. Helping our members to work effectively with rail, transport, local government and community partners, supporting effective relationship building and showing positive leadership and insights on community rail within the region.
5. Work with our regions support manager on delivery and monitoring of our grant schemes, and support CRPs and groups in the region to apply, deliver successfully and report back on funded work.
6. Gather and share examples, feedback and insights from our members across the region, to facilitate best practice sharing and confidence across community rail and to feed into our communications, resources, events and public affairs work.
7. As a member of the Community Rail Network team, participate and contribute to our wider work as relevant, such as Community Rail Week, our annual conference and Awards.
Skills, competencies and experience
1. Skills in supporting community engagement projects; an understanding of and confidence in using community engagement, local communications, project planning and evaluation techniques
2. Interpersonal skills and the ability to work confidently with stakeholders at all levels and facilitate positive discussion; articulate and assertive
3. Excellent writing and presentational skills
4. Awareness of sustainable transport and social inclusion, and an appreciation of the importance of rail, sustainable travel and mobility to communities
5. A demonstrable ability to manage time effectively and juggle a range of activities in an organised and professional manner.
6. Proactive, positive and self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and inspire and enthuse others, and overcome hurdles to achieve results.
7. IT literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, the internet and social media
This is a permanent position and includes a probationary period of three months from the date of appointment. Successful applicants will need to provide proof that they have the right to work in the UK and provide two references.
Other information
The community rail support officer reports to our regions support manager within the Support and Development team. This is a new position, expanding our small team.
The role is 3.5-4 days per week (25.9 to 29.6 hours) with a degree of flexibility and out-of-hours working (evenings and weekends). It is home-based, but with regular travel (including occasional overnight stays) across your region and occasionally beyond for member meetings and events and to take part in our wider national activity. Applicants will need local access to a train station to enable rail-based travel for work as needed, including good links across the Midlands and East of England.
We are committed to being a flexible, supportive, inclusive and understanding employer.
Non Charity Employer
21 - 50
Championing the community rail movement | Connecting people and their railways | Creating inclusive, empowered, sustainable and healthy communities
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Job Title - Service Administrator
Contract – Permanent, Full-time
Hours - 35 hours per week
Salary – £23,933 per annum
Location – London, WC1 (Hybrid Working)
About Coram Voice
Coram Voice is part of the Coram Group of charities. We are a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and young people. We get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them and work to improve the lives of children in care, care leavers and others who depend upon the help of the state.
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people. We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic administrator to join the children’s rights charity Coram Voice. This is an exciting opportunity for a well-organised and professional individual to join our vibrant office in London to support our services and work with children and young people in and leaving care. You will be a great communicator who is systematic; comfortable with people at all levels of seniority and adept at talking to children and young people.
The post holder will be responsible for providing responsive and effective administrative support to our independent service by arranging secure accommodation reviews and by providing administrative support for A National Voice (ANV). The role also includes supporting the Administration Manager to ensure the smooth running of Coram Voice Head Office.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing date: 13th November 2024 at 12:00 pm
Interview dates: 19th November 2024 & 21st November 2024
Coram Voice is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applicants from Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds as well as people with lived experience of the care system to join our teams. Whilst we have a diverse team we recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and families we help.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
Registered Charity
51 - 100
We are a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. The Talent Foundry (TTF), a UK education charity, bridges this gap and improves social mobility for young people in underserved schools.
Educational inequalities are vast, and the widening disadvantage gap is diminishing social mobility progress. Working with partners, including Barclays LifeSkills, Dell Technologies, Network Rail and the NHS we deliver industry-focused, skills workshops to enhance opportunities for young people (aged 9-18+).
Each year we impact 60,000 young people thanks to industry partnerships and their volunteers’ engagement across lightbulb moments in schools, through to intensive connections with employers.
The Programme Coordinator role
Due to the exciting expansion of our programmes we are seeking a new team member on a fixed term basis o support our next year of growth and delivery.
In this role you will provide crucial customer service and administration to support the delivery of our inspiring employability and skills-focused workshops in schools.
What you will be doing
- Coordination of multiple projects and events
- Using systems and administrative processes to manage workshop delivery
- Enhance our feedback and customer service to all our stakeholders, including schools and volunteers
The skills and experience you will bring
- Managing multiple and often conflicting priorities
- Use of IT, data and systems to operate efficient programmes (MS office, inc. Excel)
- Working in a fast paced environment
- Strong accuracy and attention to detail
- Understanding the importance of deadlines and achieving targets
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Planning, coordination and organisation
- Time management
- Customer service delivery focussed with a desire to achieve targets and objectives
- Technology (inc. MS office, including excel and spreadsheets) and seeking ways to maximise IT in administration
- Problem-solving and using initiative
To read the full job information pack please download the attachment. Please read this before completing your application as it contains some helpful advice of what we are looking for. For safer recruitment purposes - please ensure your CV includes the month and date of your previous employment and includes information about any employment gaps.
Job details
- £26,000 salary (pro-rata for part time)
- Full or part time opportunity (min 3 or 4 days a week)
- Hybrid working
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays
- Training budget
And if you join our team, you can expect to receive feedback like this from our former students:
"I just wanted to say a big thank you for your help. Without networking with you I would not have been so prepared for it. If it wasn't for Powering Potential all those years ago I would not have developed into the person I am today. So for that, I thank you."
Hybrid working
This is a hybrid role. You will be working from home and join Team Together Days in a co-working space in London 2-3 individual days each month. These days are considered commuting days. You do not need to live in London to apply for this role, but you will need to consider what you feel is a reasonable commuting distance for the team days in London.
A cover letter is optional instead of completing the application questions. While we encourage the use of innovative technology in our work, we want to hear your voice and personality in your application. AI is a tool, not a shortcut. This doesn’t mean asking AI to do the work for you, or copying and pasting answers, as this would limit the way you can showcase your personal experiences and strengths.
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. The Talent Foundry, a UK education charity, bridges this gap and improves social mobility for young people.
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Inclusion North exists to make inclusion a reality for all people with a learning disability, autistic people and their families. We are looking for an experienced leader who can rise to the challenge of taking Inclusion North forward into the next exciting phase of our development.
This is an excellent time to join Inclusion North. The organisation is strong and well-established with a solid reputation and a busy portfolio of work. But we also have the capacity to grow and develop, taking the excellent work we have created to a wider audience and seeking new opportunities to have an even greater impact.
We pride ourselves on being an excellent employer that takes the development and wellbeing of its people seriously, so the successful candidate can look forward to a robust induction, ongoing support and supervision and a range of development opportunities.
As a values-led organisation, it is not just what we do that matters but how we do it. Inclusion North is founded on an equal partnership between people with lived experience of learning disability and autism and their families, and people who bring their professional experience of making inclusion a reality. We are looking for a leader who embodies these values to join our dedicated team.
If you feel excited by the challenge of leading Inclusion North into the future and you have the values, skills and experience that we are looking for we look forward to receiving your application.
Hours, contract period and location
Full time, 37.5 hours per week (candidates can request flexible working). Permanent contract.
Home-based. The role requires some travel across the North East, North Cumbria, Yorkshire, Humber and Derbyshire.
Salary: £57,000 - £65,000 depending on experience
Closing date for applications: 9.30am Monday 28th October 2024
We are a Disability Confident Employer.
Informal online information sessions - Monday 7th October 6.30pm and Tuesday 8th October 12.30pm
First Stage interviews online - week beginning 11th November
Second Stage interviews – candidates will be required to attend a full day face to face in York 21st November
Informal online information sessions - Monday 7th October 6.30pm and Tuesday 8th October 12.30pm
First Stage interviews online - week beginning 11th November
Second Stage interviews – candidates will be required to attend a full day face to face in York 21st November
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Trees for Cities is an independent, national charity that works with communities to plant and care for urban trees, helping to create greener and healthier cities across the UK and internationally for the last 30 years.
We are in a pivotal decade for environmental action, and our current strategy, The Turn of Trees (2022-25), is focused on engaging communities in climate action through the simple yet powerful act of tree planting. Looking ahead, our new strategy launching in 2025 will build on this momentum to create a social movement for tree equity - ensuring that all communities regardless of socioeconomic status, race, or geographic location have access to the benefits that trees provide, including cleaner air, cooler temperatures, improved mental health, and enhanced biodiversity.
The Role
We are seeking a dynamic and visionary Head of Marketing & Digital Engagement to lead our efforts in inspiring, engaging, and empowering communities, volunteers, and supporters across the UK. This is a critical new role, focused on implementing and operationalising our new strategy, enhancing our reach, and building the foundations for our future growth. The role offers the opportunity to lead the development of Trees for Cities’ first national digital engagement strategy, ensuring we build strong connections with communities and supporters through creative campaigns and digital platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and delivery of our first national digital engagement strategy, driving public awareness and support for urban trees.
- Inspire and mobilise communities and supporters through innovative campaigns that highlight the benefits of tree planting and urban greening.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to ensure the successful implementation of our organisational strategy, enhancing our digital presence to extend our reach.
- Oversee a talented marketing and engagement team, providing leadership, direction, and fresh ideas to foster growth and deepen our connections.
- Act as a senior voice in the organisation, influencing decision-making and shaping the future direction of Trees for Cities.
About You
We are looking for an experienced marketing leader with a passion for the environment and community engagement. You will have a proven track record of developing and implementing successful digital engagement strategies, and experience leading creative campaigns that inspire action – this could be within a charity or a wider commercial setting. You will be an excellent communicator, capable of influencing at a senior level, and able to bring fresh perspectives to the organisation.
Why Join Us?
At Trees for Cities, we pride ourselves on our warm, inclusive, and vibrant work culture. Our team is deeply motivated by the cause, and we are committed to supporting each other as we work towards a greener, healthier future. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation making a tangible difference in urban environments and communities across the UK.
If you are passionate about mobilising social action and inspiring change, and have the skills and experience to lead our marketing and digital engagement efforts, we’d love to hear from you.
To learn more about the role and organisation, including how to have an informal conversation about the opportunity and apply, please download the full appointment brief.
Closing date: 17 November 2024
Panel Interview Dates: 2 December and then 9 December 2024
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We have been working with the local community, providing support to some of Surrey’s most vulnerable young people and their families for the past 3 years.Our vision is to develop happy, thriving and resilient young adults who can contribute positively to society.
We are looking for a Youth Work Coordinator and a supporting part time worker to deliver high-quality youth work at our youth centre
Job Title: Youth Work Coordinator
Hours: 37 hours a week to be worked flexibly, some evenings essential and some weekends.
Length of Contract: 2 years (longer if funding becomes available)
Location 130 Upper Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 0JH
Rate of pay: £24 to £28k per annum
Responsible to: Community & Youth Centre Manager
Main purpose of Job
Running sessions; building relationships; delivery of youth services. They will work closely with the other Youth Workers to ensure a great supportive programme and efficient use of all resources.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Planning and Development
• Plan, resource and deliver sessions to ensure continued support is given by HC&YC to young people; Putting young people first, ensuring we offer the right help at the right time
• Ensure that young people are involved in the planning, delivery and evaluation of youth work
Delivery
• Deliver high quality youth work
• Work within HC&YC equal opportunities, health & safety and safeguarding policies
• Identify emerging needs and plan services to meet those needs
Quality and standards
• Ensure evaluations and case notes are all up to date and completed on time
• Keep accurate records and provide data and information as required
Communications and relationships
• Develop and maintain relationships, particularly with existing and new delivery partners and commissioners
Person specification - Key skills
Experience
• Experience of delivering and leading high-quality youth work sessions is essential
• Experience of monitoring and evaluating youth work
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance in relation to working with young people
• Current child protection training or a willingness to work towards
• Experience of working with young people aged 11 to 18
• Ability to develop appropriate, supportive, positive relationships with young people
• Able to evidence a commitment to empowering young people
• Able to promote themselves and their work; being a positive role model within the community at all times, in line with the values of The Hale Community and Youth Centre
• Able to recognise current issues for young people and the barriers they may face that leave them vulnerable
• To be pro-active when participating in new projects
• Ability to deal professionally with the pressures young people and communities bring
• Willingness to adapt to the changing needs of the community and young people
• Have confidence to work with other agencies that support young people
• Committed to working to organisational Policies and Procedures in particular about the safeguarding of young people and working within our equality and diversity policy
• Able to attend meetings and training sessions when required
• Ability to use ICT, for record keeping and communication, within the team
Qualifications
• A degree in Youth Work or a Level 2 or 3 qualification in Youth Work
DBS - This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure.
Please apply as soon as possible with a full CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages evidencing your skills and abilities to undertake this role. Interviews will be held on Monday 21st of October.
In return, we offer the chance to join a dynamic organisation, with opportunities for personal and professional development. We also offer the following:
· 28 days annual leave per year, plus Bank Holidays
· Pension Scheme
· Excellent Training Opportunities
· Flexible Working Options Available
Full or Part Time:
Full Time and part time position available
There will be a probation period of a minimum of 6 months
Salary:
£24 to £28k p.a. (pro rata)
Contact Details:
If you are interested in finding out more please get in touch.
Please send a full CV and covering letter detailing your suitability for this role. Thank you.
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The Football Foundation are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell in their search for a permanent Head of Finance. The Football Foundation are the Premier League, The FA and the Governments charity that helps communities improve their local football facilities through football grants.
The Head of Finance will lead the finance team, ensuring robust financial management and sustainability to support our charitable objectives. With responsibility for a team of five you will lead and provide statutory, financial and management accounting, including all financial planning and analysis, for the Football Foundation (Foundation) and the Premier League Stadium Fund.
The role:
- Develop and implement financial strategies that support the organisation’s visions e.g. treasury management, developing long term cashflow strategies to maximise returns to the organisation.
- Lead and work with the SMT, Management Group, PMO Lead, and Data & Insight team to create and maintain financial and cost models to support the development and finalisation of strategic plans, budgets, and forecasts, focusing on the relationship between services, resources, and productivity.
- Work with the CFO in preparing and presenting the consolidated budget and plan to the SMT and ARG Committee.
- Develop high level models to support strategic and operational decision making, e.g. assessment of financial sustainability of grant applications and monthly reporting to funders in line with contractual obligations.
- Continue the development and transitioning of the finance team from a mainly transactional team to a team providing forwarding looking information. Enhance collaborative decision making through improved business partnering and transparent reporting.
- Ensure all legal entities comply with relevant legislation and prepare statutory accounts, corporation tax, VAT, Charity Commission, and other statutory financial returns as appropriate.
- Lead and manage the finance team, motivating and developing them so that that they are clearly focused, competent, and work effectively and efficiently.
The organisation:
Since we kicked things off in 2000, we’ve been privileged to make a truly transformative difference to grassroots sport across the country. As a result of our funding partners investment, every day we see the incredible impact of the game on physical fitness, mental wellbeing, bringing communities together and the local economy. With the investment from our funding partners the Premier League, The FA and the Government, we are making a big impact. We're helping to transform communities and the lives of individuals through delivering outstanding grassroots sport facilities.
Essential criteria:
- Professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with significant post-qualified financial and operational management experience.
- Proven experience at a senior level in a finance role with responsibility across the entire finance function, including hands on experience in delivering business partnering.
- Knowledge of the legislative, tax and regulatory framework of companies, ideally in the not-for-profit sector.
- Leading an end-to-end external audit process.
- Developing/improving and implementing financial procedures and controls.
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and interpret complex issues at Board level, and to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organisation including experience of working with non-executives.
- Can demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to delivering organisational change and improvement.
- Strong leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and develop team members.
The position will be based at The Football Foundation’s head office at Wembley Stadium and requires on average 2 visits per week to the office, dependent on business need. The closing date for applications is 29th October with first stage interviews taking place on the 7th November.
Applications will be under constant review before the closing date, so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent, Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!
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Employment & HR Paralegal
We are delighted to share this new and exciting opportunity for an Employment & HR Paralegal to join a dynamic organisation.
Position: Employment & HR Paralegal
Location: Holyoake House, Manchester/Hybrid
Salary: £33,570 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Midnight, Tuesday 19th November 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 2nd December 2024, in Manchester
Benefits: Flexible working options, pension scheme, discounted travel to work schemes, employee wellbeing assistance programme including free eye tests, personal and professional growth and development, including coaching and trade union.
We reserve the right to close the role early should a suitable candidate be found before this date. Applicants are required to submit a current CV and cover letter.
About the role:
- With guidance from Senior Employment Lawyer, you will provide support to the HR Advice Team in managing ACAS and Tribunal cases. This includes but is not limited to:
- Managing ACAS early conciliation processes, including securing knowledge of the matter under conciliation, understanding potential claimant expectations, and coordinating with members to provide informed advice on merits and liability, leading to constructive settlement of claims.
- Engaging with ACAS over settlements and drafting COT3 settlement documentation.
- Reviewing new Tribunal claims, identifying legal issues and the necessary steps for an effective defence.
- Liaising with members to gather and verify documentary and verbal evidence, ensuring accurate and comprehensive responses to Tribunal claims.
- Drafting formal responses to Tribunal claims, preparing case management documents for Tribunal preliminary hearings, including agenda forms and draft lists of issues.
- Assisting with advocacy at Tribunal preliminary hearings and preparing document bundles in compliance with case management orders.
- Taking comprehensive witness statements, ensuring they cover all relevant issues and securing timely approval from witnesses for exchange in accordance with Tribunal orders.
- Rigorously monitoring and meeting all Tribunal time limits and orders, and coordinating with witnesses, members, and HR Advice Team members to confirm their availability for hearings.
- Support the team with paid consultancy work, such as conducting investigations into misconduct, interviewing witnesses, collating evidence, and drafting reports.
- Collaborate with the HR Manager to prepare and disseminate HR and employment law updates to members, ensuring they are informed of new developments.
- Coordinate with our third-party provider the delivery of Health and Safety services to members, including managing updates, arranging seminars and working with the marketing team to promote services.
- Administer various HR-related forums (CEA Directors, HR Operations, Reward, Wellbeing, DEI, Talent, Health and Safety), including scheduling, agenda setting, maintaining member lists, and fostering member engagement.
- Manage the onboarding process for new HR and H&S package subscribers and administer consultancy business terms of engagement.
- Maintain user licenses for Brightmine and WTW reward databases, manage case records on Salesforce and organise the Shared Drive to provide a centralised source of documentation.
About you:
To be successful in this role, you will be enthusiastic about the organisation and its mission, and you will have experience of working at a place-based level, such as within local government, local infrastructure or the community/VCSE sector.
- Educational background in Human Resources, Law, or a related field
- Experience with case management and administrative support in a legal or HR environment.
- Strong understanding of employment law, tribunal procedures and HR practices.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proficiency in drafting legal and HR documents.
- Good organisational and administrative skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to build positive relationships with members and colleagues.
About the organisation:
As the voice of the UK’s co-operative movement, we empower and support co-operative enterprises with specialised knowledge and expertise, to grow the co-operative economy and create a fairer society. From football clubs and farms to convenience stores and pubs, there are more than 7,000 co-operatives in the UK, each owned and controlled by their members and based on shared principles and values. By promoting shared wealth through member ownership, we are committed to enabling anyone in the UK to form, or join, thriving and sustainable co-ops.
As an organisation we are led by our unwavering values of solidarity, self-responsibility, equity, and honesty, therefore if you share these core values, we would be delighted to receive your application.
Other roles you may have experience in could include HR Paralegal, Paralegal Lawyer, Lending Paralegal, Assistant Paralegal, Junior Paralegal, Senior Paralegal, Interim Paralegal, Charity Paralegal, Solicitor, Company Paralegal, Legal.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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The charity is 9 years old, and initially started its work in Blackpool, the community facing the highest multiple deprivation in the country, before starting to scale. After slow and steady growth in our early years, a combination of our reputation, growing evidence, and the increased demand for place based change has seen our rate of growth rising in recent years. We are taking a “quality first” approach to scaling our delivery work, as we cannot let down any of our communities through scaling beyond our capability.
In order to support the increasing level of demand for our work, over the next five years, the fundraising team will embark on an ambitious growth strategy – as we look to grow our income £8 million this year to £20 million by 2029, increasing the breadth, depth and number of communities that we serve.
The successful candidate will play an integral role in designing, developing and leading the delivery of our fundraising strategy to ensure that children and young people have the best start in life. They will be responsible for a broad range of income streams with a particular focus on growth across high net worth individuals, individual giving, corporate and digital whilst continuing to effectively maintain and build upon our strong funder base in trusts, foundations, philanthropy and statutory support. They will also directly oversee the wider fundraising team which currently includes the fundraising manager and fundraising officer roles.
Key Responsibilities
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Overseeing the successful design, development and implementation of Right to Succeed’s 5 year fundraising strategy.
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Leading, inspiring, developing and managing the charity’s fundraising team, taking overall responsibility for achieving fundraising targets for the organisation.
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Ensuring a collaborative and integrated approach to fundraising across the organisation through working collaboratively with the finance and programmes team to ensure maximum efficiency across our prospecting, budgeting, monitoring, tracking and reporting processes
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Ensuring that fundraising activities comply with legal and regulatory standards, including donor privacy, tax regulations, and the Fundraising Regulator’s code of practice
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Building positive, sustainable relationships both internal and externally, effectively managing all key stakeholders and funders.
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Representing Right to Succeed externally, including organising and attending funder events and regularly engaging with local and regional commissioners and funders.
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Providing key fundraising insight to the Senior Executive team and when required trustee board as part of the wider leadership group, shaping organisational strategy and decision-making.
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Identifying opportunities and potential challenges, working collaboratively across functions to maximise impact and mitigate risk.
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Working in partnership with the communications team to align cross-departmental priorities ensuring that increasing organizational profile leads to greater levels of funder interest in supporting our work
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Working collaboratively with the Finance Director to ensure clear alignment of budget management processes and being proactive in managing and communicating change and risk
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Developing an in-depth knowledge understanding of our work and the communities we serve to enable the production of high-quality fundraising materials, proposals and reports
Fundraising
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Overseeing a diverse portfolio of income streams, with a clear strategy and plan for growth and sustainability
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Working alongside the Senior Executive and wider leadership team to set, monitor and deliver annual income and expenditure targets.
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Support the Senior Executive team in cultivating new relationships and stewardship of HNWI whilst continuing to build upon our existing funder base, ensuring that all supporters receive a first-class experience.
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Proactively planning for meetings with funders, prospects and networking events to develop new opportunities.
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Working collaboratively with the comms and and programmes teams to increase awareness of RtS and our programmes, developing professional and engaging fundraising materials including fundraising applications, proposals, appeals, pitches and reports.
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Identifying new fundraising trends and developments and make recommendations to the Senior Executive team around resource prioritization.
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Ensuring the fundraising database and pipeline is fully kept up to date, implementing and embedding a clear framework for decision making regarding fundraising opportunities across the organisation.
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Working collectively with the Chief Programmes Officer and Programme Directors to identify, develop and grow local funding opportunities within their respective communities
Budgeting, reporting and compliance
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Managing the team budget, providing regular reports as required to the Senior Executive, Finance, Development Committee and Board of Trustees.
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Setting, delivering and monitoring the fundraising business plan, ensuring all objectives and KPIs are met and risks are managed as appropriate.
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Ensuring all fundraising activity complies with legal and regulatory standards.
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Supporting the finance team in compiling information for the annual audit process
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Working with the finance and programme teams to ensure alignment across organisational, funder and programme budgets
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Maximising the effectiveness of our organisational CRM (Hubspot) to provide high-quality analysis, insight, reporting and strategic decision making
Leadership and management
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Developing a collaborative, high-performance culture that is ambitious, passionate and proactive in its strategic and operational practice.
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Providing effective line management to direct reports, setting and monitoring individual performance objectives and motivating the team to be innovative and professional in its thinking and delivery.
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Ensuring all fundraising staff receive clear and consistent direction and feedback to enable them to perform to the best of their ability.
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Having an open attitude to constructive peer feedback around improving policies and processes as we continue to learn and grow as an organisation
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Being an inspiring ambassador for RtS, networking widely, and ensuring it is reflected in the strategies, outputs and behaviors of the fundraising team.
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Contributing to the strategic direction of the charity, joining the senior executive team meetings once the fundraising function is working effectively.
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Leading by example in terms of your work ethic, your commitment to the delivery of results and demonstrating the values of the organisation in all that you do.
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Investing in the professional development of your team, ensuring that they are growing in their roles and as members of the Right to Succeed staff team.
Travel
This role will require travel to Right to Succeed’s offices in Liverpool and Manchester as well as to funder meetings across the UK. It is essential that the post-holder has access to a car or excellent transport systems.
Person Specification
Experience required (essential)
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Strong track record of meeting and exceeding fundraising targets in a senior fundraising role.
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Leading the development and implementation of a successful fundraising strategy generating significant organisational income.
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Track record of working across different forms of fundraising including trusts & foundations, high net worth individuals, individual giving, corporate and statutory/public sector.
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Track record of leading, managing and inspiring high performing fundraising teams.
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Proficient in research, strategic planning, budgeting and monitoring.
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Fostering successful relationships and partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders.
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Bringing together influential funders and policy makers to increase awareness and support of key issues.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to facilitate senior stakeholder meetings, speak engagingly to a wide range of audiences and to represent RtS externally.
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Understanding of the issues facing the children, young people and communities that we serve.
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Collaborative working style and excellent relationship building skills.
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Working with Senior Executive teams and trustee boards.
Experience required (desirable)
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Experience in working with city regions, local authorities, government departments and their commissioning processes.
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Leading local or national fundraising campaigns.
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Knowledge of utilising CRM systems (we use Hubspot) for fundraising.
Skills & Personal Qualities (essential)
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Commitment to the aims and ethos of Right to Succeed and a desire to bring about positive change in relation to societal inequity.
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Business management and Financial management skills.
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Strong leadership skills and the ability to enthuse, motivate and develop a team and partnerships that deliver results.
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Ability to think strategically and to communicate a compelling strategic vision.
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Excellent all round communication skills and relationship management abilities.
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Professional and resourceful, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
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Ability to model and instill the Right to Succeed values as outlined below.
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Strong organisational and people management skills.
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Ability to work in a small, but highly ambitious, growing organisation
Qualifications and Knowledge (essential)
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Awareness of local areas, key challenges and understanding of current contexts
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Collective impact and place-based change
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In-depth knowledge of education improvement and community development
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How to Apply
To apply for this position, please submit a CV and a supporting statement including your motivation for applying and how you meet the criteria for the role by end of day on Friday 8th November.
Please note we will be interviewing candidates as applications are received and may close the vacancy earlier if a suitable candidate is identified. Candidates are advised to apply as early as possible.
Unfortunately, we can’t consider any candidates who do not submit a supporting statement.
Your supporting statement must not exceed two pages and should cover your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills and experience meet the criteria outlined in the Person Specification. This is also your opportunity to evidence the written communication skills that will be necessary for the role.
Timetable
Applications invited by Friday 8th November
Interviews:
Stage one will be held on Zoom on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th November
Stage two will be held on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th November
Start date: December 2024/January 2025
These dates may be subject to change.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for someone on a 2 year fixed term contract to support CCT, as we engage in a programme of significant digital change, with our core information management systems under active review and development. The complaint processing of personal data is fundamental to delivering our business objectives and will be a crucial deliverable for our Digital Transformation Programme.
The Compliance officer will be instrumental in ensuring CCT complies with best practice in relation to the storage and use of people’s personal information, ensuring compliance with the relevant GDPR regulations and will also be responsible for ensuring that the CCT’s policies and procedures are compliant with the relevant Government Functional Standards as well as following good practice in relation to its governance policies and procedures.
The post holder will work with every team, at all levels across CCT, to help embed a risk-based approach to data protection and decision-making, championing both the intent of data protection law and effective operational outcomes; adopting best recommended practice where there is ambiguity about minimal compliance requirements.
If you would like to apply for this role, please visit our recruitment portal to begin your application. You will be asked to submit a CV and a short supporting statement (max 2 sides A4) outlining why you’d like to apply and how you fulfil the person specification for this post, so you’ll need to refer to the job description.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 8am on Friday 8th November 2024.
The interviews will take place in Northampton on 18th November 2024. Please note that the interview date and location have been specifically chosen according to the availability of the panel.
We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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St Stephen’s Twickenham is a vibrant, evangelical, charismatic resource church with over 600 people attending every week, roughly 200 of whom are under 18.
Our vision is to Love God, Grow Disciples and Transform Communities. Sundays are central to how we do this, as we gather across four services (one online) to worship together and learn from His Word. We are passionate about worshipping God and equipping each other to be whole life disciples. We love enabling people to explore faith through Alpha as well as our ever-expanding Youth, Children’s and Families ministries and we want to see change in society through church planting and various social transformation ministries.
We are presently undertaking a new strategy process and are excited where God will lead us over the next few years, in all aspects of church life but particularly in terms of our work with Kids and Youth.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Programme Coordinator
BRIGHT FUTURES UK:
Bright Futures UK is the first and only charity to support young people experiencing long term illness, back into education. Working with young people from the ages of 5-24 who have both long-term physical, chronic and mental health illnesses. We work to create different educational and social programmes of support, including Tutoring, Befriending and Career Mentoring programmes. We work with some of the biggest hospital trusts not only in London but in the UK, including UCLH, Great Ormond Street.
THE JOB:
Join us as a Programme Coordinator and become an integral part of our mission to transform the lives of young people suffering from illness in education. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to develop your skills in the charity sector while contributing to various essential areas of our programme delivery, such as program administration, programme development, assistance with fundraising, partnerships and growth and volunteer coordination. You'll receive support and guidance as you grow in these responsibilities. We're seeking a dedicated individual who embodies organisation, proactivity, and a compassionate demeanor. Your role will be instrumental in helping Bright Futures UK develop and expand into a nationwide charity. The programmes coordinator is a newly created role in the team, and will work closely with the whole programmes team to provide effective programme administrative support. This is therefore, an exciting opportunity for someone looking to get involved in all areas of an emerging and fast-growing charity.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ability to swiftly assess and manage referrals which are sent to Bright Futures UK, ensuring no one falls through the cracks and every individual gets the support they need.
- Managing matching administration between young people and volunteers to set them up in their programmes.
- Managing introductions between young people and their volunteers, helping to break the ice and be a friendly face for both parties.
- Support ongoing relationships between volunteers and young people by maintaining frequent communication and gathering feedback ensuring that each program runs productively and positively.
- Assisting where needed on development projects and being creative with resource expansion.
- Helping to support the Workshop Manager where needed in the creation and development of in hospital workshops.
- Monitor and support the creation of new volunteer adverts as needed.
- Assisting and attending events, where you'll have the chance to share our mission first-hand and inspire others to join our cause
WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with volunteers, young people, and other stakeholders.
- Confident public speaking and networking skills
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (desirable but not absolutely not compulsory)
- Capable of working both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Empathy, patience, and a genuine passion for supporting young people facing significant challenges.
- Ability to handle sensitive information respectfully
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Canva, experience with volunteer management software and recruitment sites (desirable).
- Commitment to 2x in-person office days a week; currently on Monday and Tuesday (with some flexibility)
WHAT YOULL LOVE ABOUT US
- We’re a fast-growing charity with a small, close-knit team of people who are passionate about our cause.
- Because we’re a small but fast-growing charity, your influence and potential to make change is huge. We’d love to hear your ideas - in your field or outside it - for improvement, culture, and values of the organisation.
- The difference we make to the lives of the people we work with is huge - and you’ll be able to be a part of this first-hand
We look forward to hearing from you!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you ready to take on a leadership role in a charity that’s making a real difference? Southampton City Mission is offering an exciting opportunity for a proactive and strategic Head of Operations with hands-on experience in a multi-disciplinary operational role to build on the strong foundations already laid.
Responsible for HR, Communications, Fundraising & Finance, IT, Premises Management and Governance you’ll regularly report to the Board of Trustees and line manage the administration team. We are looking for an individual with excellent communication and organisational skills who will work alongside the CEO, playing a pivotal role helping to shape the charity’s future strategy. We’re open to discussion with the successful candidate around hours being worked flexibly.
If you’re a natural implementer and you’re passionate about working for a faith-based charity that’s growing and evolving, this is the perfect role for you. Your input will help drive change in both the charity and the city we serve!
Please read the full job description and person specification for further information.
SCM is committed to keeping children and adults at risk safe and to equal opportunities. A DBS check will be required for this role and applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the right to work in the UK. There is an occupational requirement for this role to be filled by a Christian.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.