Resourcing Partner Jobs in Farringdon, Greater London
Job Overview
- The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women is mid-way through delivering its Ready for Business 2023 - 2026 strategy. We are seeking to dramatically accelerate growth to achieve our target of reaching one million women entrepreneurs by the end of 2030.
- The Finance Director’s role is critical to the strategic and operational financial management of the charity. They will be part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), along with the CEO, COO, Director of External Engagement and Director of Programmes and Impact.
- The Board and CEO are looking for an experienced and qualified finance professional, with the ability to lead and shape the Foundation’s approach to financial planning and financial management, lead a financial improvement programme, and ensure the Foundation’s on-going financial sustainability.
Job Purpose
- To lead strategic and operational financial planning with responsibility for achieving and executing financial objectives, budgeting, investment opportunities and oversight of annual budget processes, including the annual audit.
- To provide strategic financial insight and be an effective business partner to guide organisational and departmental decision-making.
- To drive excellence and efficiency across Finance, strengthening and embedding the right financial systems and processes, integrated with other processes where relevant to enable the organisation to scale.
- To ensure robust financial control frameworks are embedded within the Organisation and to achieve financial compliance with all requirements from Companies House, Charity Commission, HMRC etc.
Key Responsibilities
The Finance Director will lead all finance processes and will have the following responsibilities:
- Working in partnership with the CEO and other members of the SLT to ensure robust and strategic financial management, effective and efficient controls, transaction processing and financial management reporting.
- Provide strategic financial insight and data to inform decision making and financial growth and sustainability of the organisation.
- Provide an excellent finance business partner service to the organisation, to shape and improve financial capability and capacity, improving visibility and rigour around forecasting income and expenditure.
- Lead and be accountable for reporting to the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee (FARC).
- Lead on the preparation of statutory accounts, audit and tax requirements of the Foundation including returns to HMRC, Companies House and the Charity Commission.
- Co-ordinate the development and deployment of the annual budget, using zero-based budgeting techniques where relevant; and working with the COO to ensure alignment with yearly Operational Plans.
- Serve as an internal leader of the organisation: provide staff with a strong day-to-day leadership presence, and model a culture of performance, openness and accountability.
Strategic and Operational Financial Planning
- Lead on financial planning, budgeting, cash flow, investment priorities and policy matters and keep the Board, CEO and SLT informed of all critical issues.
- Lead the development and production of financial management reports for the Board, SLT, budget holders and donors.
- Working closely with the CEO, COO and SLT, manage and mitigate financial risks in line with the Foundation’s risk register and strategic risk assessment.
- Lead on production of the annual statutory accounts, audit and filing of financial statements.
- Lead on treasury management including foreign exchange and cashflow, and maintain banking, payroll, and bookkeeping services.
- Ensure effective relationship management with auditors, and all other financial suppliers, representing the organisation externally, e.g. in banking negotiations.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute the annual budget and re-forecasting process; working with the COO to align planning and budgeting.
- Provide oversight of funders’ commitments, funding gaps and funding ratios to drive effective decision making.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of the Foundation’s strategic goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the organisation.
Financial Insight, Business Partnering & Financial Process Improvements
- Provide strategic financial insight to drive financial performance and effective decision making (e.g. overall financial ratios, programme costing models, RoI, Value for Money etc).
- Consider commercial opportunities to support the diversification of income streams and financial growth.
- Working as an effective business partner with key departments, support and build staff capability and capacity in financial management.
- Ensure the day-to-day financial operations of the organisation run efficiently and smoothly.
- Assess, streamline and improve financial processes including but not limited to invoicing and payments, supplier, partner management, cost recovery, expenses management, purchasing and/or procurement processes and the introduction of an internal audit function.
- Lead on system and technology requirements for financial systems in line with the overall technology roadmap.
Financial Control and Compliance
- Upgrade and implement an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures.
- Serve as the management liaison to the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee (FARC); effectively communicate and present critical financial matters at Trustee and committee meetings.
- Advise on organisational legal issues; oversee legal contracting and partner due diligence, ensure due diligence on money flows, overseeing compliance with contract and donor reporting. Lead on the implementation and review of the Foundation’s reserves policy.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria: Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Qualified Accountant with executive level experience within (or with a good understanding of) the charity sector including experience of international payments.
Ability to cover all aspects of the organisation’s strategic and operational financial management needs.
Commercially astute with a good understanding of income generation and investment opportunities.
Ability to provide strategic financial data and insights for decision-making.
Experience working in a Board-facing role highlighting key issues and risks for a Board audience.
Excellent financial technical skills combined with knowledge of financial software including Quickbooks.
Good understanding of, and ability to advise fundraising and externally funded programme portfolio(s).
Proven ability to develop organisational level budgets and plans and the systems to monitor and manage progress against them.
Good business partnering skills; ability to understand Fundraising and Programme departmental needs and build staff’s financial capacity and capability.
Experience of driving improvements in financial processes.
Commitment to excellence with an exceptional work ethic and creating a high performance and accountable organisation.
Ability to negotiate and influence at strategic level with excellent people skills to build strong relationships internally and externally.
Experience of risk management and mitigation, and a good working knowledge of the regulatory environment for UK-registered charities working internationally.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience working with statutory and institutional donors and knowledge of donor reporting, compliance, and contract management issues.
- Strong commitment to the Foundation’s vision, mission, values, and goals with a passion for women’s economic empowerment.
- All applicants should already have the right to work in the UK. The Foundation does not offer sponsorship at this time..
- Deadline to apply is 5pm Thur 14th November
- First round of interviews: w/c 18th November
- Second round of interviews: 25th November
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, more than 11,000 professionals working on the frontline received our training. Over 87,000adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 109,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last seven years, more than 5,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, making almost 17,000 adult and child victims of their abuse safer.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
The Role
Our influencing work is changing the UK conversation about domestic abuse, with both national
and locally based elected representatives and the officials and colleagues who work alongside them.
As our Policy and Public Affairs Manager, you’ll lead impactful policy initiatives that align with our mission to end domestic abuse and to ensure support for the whole family, preventing harm, reducing risk and supporting recovery. Working closely with our Head of Public Affairs and Policy, you’ll develop strategies which will amplify our voice and the voice of survivors, and deepen our policy engagement, particularly in relation to multi-agency work, health and family justice.
You will be joining the organisation at a pivotal moment as the new Government makes an explicit commitment to halve VAWG in ten years, including planning a new strategy and a number of new Bills to support this mission This provides an unmissable policy development and influencing opportunity to ensure that SafeLives’ priorities for improving the response to domestic abuse are taken forward by Government.
This is an ideal role for a dynamic and experienced policy manager with a commitment to social change and the prevention of domestic abuse.
You will be based in our London office and/or remote working, with regular meetings in London and occasional travel to other locations around the UK, including our Bristol office.
Benefits
- 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
- Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee assistance programme
- Clinical supervision
- Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Enhanced sick pay
- Professional development fund
- Individual learning budget
- Restorative practice training
- Time off in lieu
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 2nd December 2024.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.
No agencies, please.
As the Senior MEL Officer in the MEL team, you will support the Head of Impact & Learning and the MEL Manager, as well as the Programmes & Impact department and wider team, to measure and analyse the quality and impact of our programming. You’ll use your strong organisation skills, experience in data collection and analysis, and ability to identify key trends and impact in our work. You will also work with colleagues across the organisation to ensure that our impact and expertise in working with women entrepreneurs is measured and communicated accurately and effectively to our Board of Trustees and external stakeholders.
Department purpose
This role sits within the Programmes & Impact department, which is responsible for the development and delivery of our programmes and services, ensuring they are delivered to a high quality, remain responsive to women entrepreneurs’ needs and have demonstrable impact. The department is divided into three teams: Entrepreneurship, which is responsible for delivery of services such as HerVenture and the four ‘Road to’ programmes, Mentoring, which is responsible for development and delivery of the Mentoring Women in Business programme, and MEL, which is responsible for quality impact measurement, analysis and research.
Key responsibilities
Main obligations
- Support the development and implementation of MEL systems and tools across Mentoring and Entrepreneurship projects, providing the Foundation with the necessary information to understand our impact and inform programme improvements.
- Support in collection and analysis of organisational KPIs and provide overall operational support for the MEL team.
Specific responsibilities
- Programme Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
- Ensure up-to-date programme monitoring and evaluation materials (surveys, data collection tools and theoretical frameworks) are in place for existing programmes as well as those that are in development.
- In collaboration with colleagues in the Mentoring and Entrepreneurship teams, execute the annual calendar of programme and partner surveys, including uploading and testing the surveys.
- Develop analysis plans aligned to key research questions, programme goals and logical frameworks.
- Collect, clean and analyse quantitative and qualitative programme data aligned to programme goals, logical frameworks, organisational KPIs, and general summaries of findings.
- Collaborate with colleagues on the Mentoring and Entrepreneurship teams to support dissemination of programme findings and cross-site trends internally and externally.
Research and Evaluation
- Provide administrative, logistical and analytical support for programme evaluation and in-country data collection.
- Conduct desk research to support programme implementation and/or provide background and context for research and evaluation findings.
- Collect, clean and analyse data for Foundation-led or commissioned research and evaluations.
- Support development of tools and protocols for qualitative data collection, and conduct remote and in-country fieldwork, as needed.
- Project management and administration
- Attend and document monthly MEL meetings with colleagues in the Entrepreneurship and Mentoring teams.
- Support drafting internal and external reports to donors and in-country partners sharing programme outcomes and recommendations.
- Provide administrative support to the MEL team to organise and archive programme data, and anonymise PII in accordance with GDPR, under the direction of the MEL Manager.
- Maintain MEL data storage systems, including an organised library of accessible data collection tools and a database of vetted survey questions.
- aintain workplans for projects and workstreams (e.g. survey or reporting cycles).
- Provide cross-departmental support and advisory for using data
- Maintain and enhance the resources available on the MEL workspace and act as first responder to assigned data requests from other departments.
- Update slides, one-pagers and other resources describing programme reach and impact for use by the Partnerships team and others.
Other responsibilities
- Administrative support for the MEL team as needed, e.g., calendars, travel, agendas, record management.
- Ad hoc support to Chief Operating Officer in data collection and analysis, organisational and board reporting and dashboards.
- Work to protect and enhance the reputation of the Foundation, seeking opportunities to expand and promote awareness of the Foundation’s work.
- Ensure all people are treated with respect, compassion, justice and trust in the course of their work, thereby promoting the Foundation’s core values.
- Be familiar with and adhere to the Foundation’s policies and procedures.
- Other responsibilities may be added in line with experience and programme requirements.
Person specification
- All applicants should already have the right to work in the UK. The Foundation does not offer sponsorship at this time.
- Essential criteria
- Two or more years of experience working in MEL, ideally related to international development.
- Experience with MEL tools and approaches for qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, including survey design and implementation, semi-structured interviews, focus groups and outcome harvesting.
- Good skills in MS Excel, PowerPoint and SurveyMonkey (or other survey tools such as Kobo Toolbox or Google Forms).
- Data collection, storage, analysis, and visualisation skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to juggle competing priorities while maintaining a meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to develop a clear narrative from data, pitched at an appropriate level for the target audience, and to develop evidence-based recommendations.
- Motivated to expand MEL knowledge and skills, proactively identifying skill gaps and seeking opportunities for training, coaching and development.
- Ability to solicit and integrate feedback into work products and incorporate learning into future work.
- Ability to excel in a collaborative environment, working within and across teams.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of data collection challenges in low and middle income countries.
- Understanding of GDPR legislation and its application to MEL.
- Project or programme management experience.
- Basic understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics and one or more statistical packages such as SPSS, SAS, Strata or R.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Teams (or other project management/collaborative software) and Google open source suite of programmes, including Forms.
- Experience living and/or working in a low or middle income country.
- Understanding of key issues in women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, and of gender and development.
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally.
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
35 hours per week
£44,570.94 per annum (London based) / £41,705.76 per annum (outside of London)
Benefits
We offer many enhanced benefits including:
-28 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays
-Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%
-Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers
-Cycle to work scheme
Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.
Location - London office but with lots of flexibility
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our CEO office domain and within the Strategic Projects team. Reporting to the Executive Director, Finance and Strategy this role is responsible for overseeing the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the executive office. Supporting the Executive Director, Finance and Strategy, and the executive team, this role will coordinate, operationalise and enable the execution of the growth plan (strategy) and strategic objectives. Requiring strategic thinking with strong organisational and leadership skills leading the strategic projects team this role will ensure cross collaboration in the delivery and optimal management of TCS' resources to achieve delivery of the growth plan and goal.
Key skills and competencies for this role will involve the following;
-Operations Management
-Executive Support
-Business Administration Degree or MBA desirable
-Managing Projects and Initiatives at the Executive Level
-Strategic Partnering & Influence
-Excellent Communication Skills
-Commercial/Business Acumen
-Stakeholder Relationship Management
-Data Analysis and Interpretation
INFO ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
Every child should be able to grow up safe, happy, and hopeful. It is a scandal that today millions of children in this country live in poverty, struggle with mental health issues, are groomed into exploitation, and are abused. The Children's Society has a bold and audacious vision for a society built for all children: one where every child can grow up filled with hope for the future.
To reach our goal, we need a brilliant, committed, energetic team that's backed up by a movement of thousands of people who choose to stand with us and support us with their time, their money, and their voice.
If you share this vision and are excited to do the best work of your life for this incredible organisation, you'll fit in well at The Children's Society. We'd love to hear from you. We're so proud of all that TeamTCS is achieving but we are impatient. Children can't wait any longer for change.
Come and join us!
The closing date for applications is at midnight on Monday 25th November 2024.
Interviews will be held week commencing 2nd December 2024.
New Horizon Youth Centre (NHYC) runs London's only youth-specific emergency accommodation project in partnership with Depaul UK. The London Youth Hub, based in Islington, provides emergency accommodation and support to help young people facing rough sleeping to transition into safe, long-term housing and achieve independence. As an Assessment and Resettlement Worker for the Youth Hub you will be joining our new Rough Sleeping Team and be responsible for delivering high-quality move on and advice services to young people staying at the Hub. This includes conducting needs assessments, providing guidance on housing, welfare benefits, tenancy rights, and employment, and connecting young people to relevant resources and support services. The role involves managing a case list of clients with diverse and often complex needs and collaborating with both internal teams and external partners to ensure successful client move on options within the 56 days emergency stay.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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The JustMoney Movement is looking for a Communications & Events Coordinator (0.8 FTE) to help build our profile and reach, engaging diverse audiences from across the UK churches in learning, action and campaigning for a greener, fairer financial system and wider economy. You will be an outstanding communicator with the skills, passion and experience to engage new audiences in action for a more just use of money, and to bring existing audiences on a journey towards deeper engagement. You will be highly organised with a track record of delivering impactful events, resources and digital assets, ideally within a church or Christian organisation. This role is based mostly from home with 1 day a week in central London and some travel within the UK. This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the UK.
Role Requirements
- Lead on the implementation of JustMoney Movement’s communications strategy, raising the profile of the organisation and our work, growing the scale, depth and diversity of engagement from across the UK churches, and ensuring the organisation remains on message both in content and visually.
- Oversee and develop our communications, including producing clear, consistent and credible copy, across media channels (including website, social media and email newsletters), to a variety of audiences, ensuring greater engagement and meaningful supporter journeys.
- Responsible for managing the delivery, administration and evaluation of JustMoney events including our annual conference, occasional online webinars and trainings, and overseeing our participation in external festivals and events such as Greenbelt.
- Project manage the production of resources and campaigns including our annual Tax Justice and Good Money Sunday packs and regular campaign actions, involving strong collaborations with external partners where possible, to create engaging content and reach new audiences.
- Have oversight of the JustMoney website, taking responsibility for its maintenance and development, ensuring that it is kept up to date with relevant, engaging content and is user-friendly to a wide range of audiences.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the media, acting as a primary press contact and proactively drive press coverage locally and nationally around key moments and campaigns.
- Use analytics tools to measure performance across communications, social media platforms and our website, contributing to regular monitoring and assessment so as to drive learning and improvement.
- Contribute to our financial sustainability through integrating donations asks into our individual and church engagement strategies and assisting with communications to potential donors including grant-making trusts.
- Provide administrative support to the movement including using a range of digital tools to facilitate engagement and deal with enquiries.
- Provide support to internal events including Board meetings and Team away days, including regular prayer meetings and our annual team retreat.
- This post is covered by an Occupational Requirement (OR) under the Equality Act 2010 in that the successful applicant will be expected to be a practising Christian and will clearly demonstrate a personal commitment to the mission, principles, values and practises of the organisation.
To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter setting out how you meet the person specification (found in the recruitment pack) by 9am on Monday 18 November. Interviews via Zoom are provisionally set for Tuesday 26 November.
We aim to be the go-to organisation for Christians and churches who want to connect faith, money and justice to seek a fairer, greener world.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job title: Senior Programme Coordinator
Term: Full time, two-year fixed contract with the option to extend
Salary: £36,920 + generous benefits
Location: Office located in Victoria, London. We encourage flexible working and have a hybrid working policy in place with expectations of one to three days in the office per week.
Closing date: 12 noon, 25 November 2024
Interviews: 3 and 4 December
Working as part of our development and engagement directorate, this is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to further develop their project and event management skills within a busy and high performing team.
Our Digital Boards programme provides leadership development support to NHS Boards through bespoke board development sessions, peer learning events and written outputs. This role will involve working with the programme team and project partners to deliver a high volume of outputs every year.
To apply, please send a CV and cover letter setting out why you are interested in the role and how you meet the person specification to NHS Providers HR team.
Please also complete the online interactive equal opportunities monitoring form as part of your application.
Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. NHS Providers is not able to offer visa sponsorship
NHS Providers is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender identity, race, age, sexuality, beliefs, or disability. To be successful in this role you will need to be personally committed to being anti-racist and support our broader diversity work across all protected characteristics.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Main Purpose: To support the Café and Kitchen Manager in day to day running of the CareTrade’s Café Traineeship Programme at the Southwark Resource Centre, SE17 providing hands on work-based training to autistic jobseekers interested in catering and hospitality careers
This post is based on a full-time salary of £28,000 per annum. Holiday is based on annual leave of 5 weeks plus bank holidays
Reporting to: Café and Kitchen Manager
Line Management responsibility: Café Assistant and between 3 and 4 Trainee Café Assistants (at any one time)
Working with: Southwark Resource Centre Management, Café and Kitchen Manager, Larcom Kitchen Chef, CareTrade Head of Education, TAP Project Coordinator, Administrator and CEO, Café Assistant, Trainee Café Assistants
Place of work: Southwark Resource Centre, Hithard Court, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2 QB and CareTrade’s Office, Larcom House, 9 Larcom Street, SE17 1RT
Core Responsibilities:
1. Supervising CareTrade Café throughout the school year (including half terms)
2. To work with the Café and Kitchen Manager to write and prepare training materials for the Trainee Café Assistants
3. Oversee the training of the Trainee Café Assistants (young people with autism) during work placement
4. Monitor the progress of Trainees and write end of placement reports
5. Line Manage the Café Assistant and the Trainee Café Assistants and report to Café and Kitchen Manager
6. To work closely with the Southwark Resource Manager and CareTrade to develop marketing materials and promotions for the Café and Community involvement
7. Responsible for opening and locking up the café and cashing up
8. Prepare coffee and food including: baking cakes, making sandwiches, salads, cooking hot meals.
9. Restock/refill items as necessary and list items that need ordering from suppliers.
10. Check stock in fridge for out of date products and dispose of as necessary.
11. Customer service including taking orders, serving customers and cash handling.
12. Maintain coffee machine including set up, cleaning and refilling with beans.
13. Ensure daily cash up form is filled in and money is in safe.
14. Ensure café is ready for customers on opening.
15. Create a welcoming and professional environment.
16. To help raise awareness of autism amongst customers.
17. To keep the café clean and ensure a high standard of hygiene.
18. To ensure food safety guidelines and laws are adhered to.
19. To ensure a Healthy and Safe working environment for self, staff, trainees and customers.
General Responsibilities:
1. To attend all staff meetings and participate in staff development as required.
2. Promote a positive image of autism, the Project, Southwark Resource Centre, Project partners and CareTrade.
3. Co-operate with all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre staff in maintaining good relationships with outside agencies and the general public in order to promote the charity and win increased support for its work
4. Co-operate with all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre staff in maintaining harmonious inter-personal relationships. Ensure that your conduct within and outside of your work place does not conflict with professional expectations.
5. Ensure an awareness and observation of Fire and Health and Safety Regulations at the work place.
6. Ensure the respect, dignity and rights to privacy of both students and staff as far as possible.
7. Work within all CareTrade and Southwark Resource Centre policies and procedures, in particular Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality and Data Protection.
8. Carry out any duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job and the title of the post, as required by your Line Manager.
The job description reflects the present requirements of the post. You will be expected to carry out other activities that are within the scope of the role.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people who use our services and as such expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff must provide a current, adequate and relevant DBS Certificate or be willing for CareTrade to process a new enhanced DBS application. All staff must have a satisfactory enhanced DBS check prior to starting.
Confidentiality: All staff are required to maintain confidentiality for all areas of the CareTrade Charitable Trust, partner organisations, its staff, and its work. The nature of the work entrusts people with confidential information about clients/service users, their families and staff within CareTrade and partner organisations. Any breach of this confidentiality will constitute gross misconduct.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and adults who use our services and as such expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff must provide a current, adequate and relevant DBS Certificate or be willing for CareTrade to process a new enhanced DBS application. All staff must have a satisfactory enhanced DBS check (formerly CRB check) prior to starting.
Applications are sought from all suitably qualified sections of the community.
Job Types: Full-time
Pay: £28,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 24/11/2024
Supporting autistic and neurodiverse adults into employment
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description
We are seeking an IT Strategy and Transformation Lead to spearhead CARE International UK’s IT strategy and oversee transformative projects that modernise and optimise our technology infrastructure. This role is a 24 months fixed term contract (subject to extension). You will work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement a forward-looking IT strategy that supports our mission and long-term goals. You will lead initiatives such as cloud migration, system integration, and enhanced data security, ensuring our systems operate efficiently and securely. The successful candidate will possess a strategic vision, a solid understanding of IT risk management, and the ability to lead complex IT projects aligned with CARE’s global operations.
Why work for us?
At CARE International UK we affirm the dignity, potential and contribution of participants, donors, partners and staff. Our actions are consistent with our mission. We are honest and transparent in what we do and say and accept responsibility for our collective and individual actions. We work together effectively to serve the larger community. We constantly challenge ourselves to the highest levels of learning and performance to achieve greater impact.
About you
You are an accomplished IT leader with extensive experience in IT strategy and transformation, ideally within the not-for-profit sector. With a degree in Information Technology or a related field, and certifications in project management (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP) or cloud computing (e.g., Microsoft Azure), you bring the expertise needed to drive organisational efficiency and growth. Your project management skills, particularly in areas such as Azure migration and SharePoint implementation, are well-established, and you have a proven track record in integrating CRM, finance, and HR systems. Your leadership abilities, communication skills, and expertise in data protection and cybersecurity set you apart.
If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact through technology, we’d love to hear from you. Bring your expertise to CARE, where your skills can help drive positive change on a global scale.
About CARE
CARE International is one of the world’s leading humanitarian and development charities. We fight poverty and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable places.We save lives in disasters and conflicts. We stand with women, girls and their communities to achieve lasting change for a better future.
Safeguarding
CARE International UK has a zero-tolerance approach to any abuse to, sexual harassment of or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners. CARE International UK expects all staff to share this commitment through our Safeguarding Policy and our Code of Conduct. They are responsible for ensuring they understand and work within the remit of these policies throughout their time at CARE International UK.
Safeguarding our beneficiaries is our top priority in everything we do, including recruitment. All offers of employment at CARE International UK are subject to:
- satisfactory references. CARE International UK participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.
- appropriate criminal record checks (including a Bridger check).
By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Equality and Diversity
We are committed to Equality and value Diversity.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and particularly welcome applications from disabled people. We guarantee interviews to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role. If you require the candidate brief or need to submit your application in an alternative format, because of a disability, please do get in touch by sending an email to the HR Team.
We also encourage people from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds or LGBT+ to apply for roles at CARE International UK.
Please note that in compliance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, all job offers at Care International UK are conditional on eligibility to work in the UK
Closing date: 30 November 2024 at 11pm
Interview date: Week commencing 7 December 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our Education Team to support us in delivering high quality educational programmes. Assist with administration, customer service and events management as well as workshop delivery in schools. If you have an eye for detail, are highly self-motivated and well organised, and interested to learn and build new skills in a friendly team within a supportive culture, then we would love to hear from you. We are recuriting 2 coordinators to support the Domestic and or the International programmes.
The Education Department manages and develops the ESU’s portfolio of education programmes. This portfolio encompasses teaching programmes, domestic and international competitions, short- and long-term interventions in schools and external educational organisations, continual professional development opportunities for teachers, awards and scholarships. All of which are focused on giving young people the speaking & listening skills and the cross-cultural understanding they need to thrive.
The main purpose of the role is to carry out and assist in the administration and day to day running of the ESU’s educational programmes, communicating with internal and external stakeholders, and managing delivery staff to ensure collective goals and objectives are reached.
Responsibilities and Expectations
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Support with the smooth running and delivery of ESU Education’s domestic & international programmes as needed.
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Be the first respondent to incoming calls and emails from educators, ESU partners and the general public, providing timely and professional responses to all enquiries.
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Manage ESU spreadsheets and data across various Excel and our CRM system to ensure clean and accurate data collection and collation.
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As needed, support with the development and improvement of education resources
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Liaise with the ESU’s Accounts Department regarding invoicing, delivery staff pay and expenses.
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Maintain accurate records of all bookings, delivery staff status, schools, public feedback and other relevant information.
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To support the delivery of workshops in schools, undertaking training to ensure delivery and teaching matches ESU standards.
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Where appropriate source venues, confirm catering arrangements and other operational requirements regarding Education events.
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Assist the department in ad-hoc admin work as needed such as printing
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Participate in call-rounds as part of the department’s sales and onboarding efforts
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Co-ordinate the collection of process evaluation & impact data.
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To work or travel over occasional evenings and weekends as directed by line manager, with time off in lieu.
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On occasion, support young people during workshops, residential programmes and competition events to ensure these key beneficiaries are supported throughout their engagement with the ESU.
Skills and Experience
Essential:
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Strong knowledge of the UK educational system.
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An understanding of the nature and importance of the ESU’s charitable work within educational contexts and a strong commitment to increasing the impact of the organisation’s work.
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Experience in an administrative role would be a significant advantage.
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Excellent word processing and data management skills and capability in Microsoft Office.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Good interpersonal skills.
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Good time management and organisational skills.
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A can-do attitude with the ability to work well under pressure.
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A team player who is also able to work independently whilst maintaining a high standard of work.
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Graduate calibre or equivalent relevant professional experience.
Desirable:
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Experience in working in event management.
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A degree or postgraduate qualification in education (BA or PGCE).
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Teaching or workshop facilitation experience.
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Experience working with children and young people in any capacity.
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Experience delivering high quality customer service.
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Experience using Salesforce or other CRM.
Benefits
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Generous Company Pension.
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28 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holiday (pro-rata).
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Hybrid/Flexible Working options to support work life balance.
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Employee Assistance Programme.
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Access to Virtual GP Services 24/7.
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Group Life Assurance.
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Learning and development opportunities.
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Regular Staff Social Events.
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20% Discount at the neighbouring Chesterfield Hotel.
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Cycle to work scheme
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is a part-time position offering flexible hours (21 hours per week) to attract the best candidate. Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to our dedicated team. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Deliver our Strategic plan: Collaborate with the Board and staff to implement our compelling strategic vision for the project, ensuring alignment with our vision, mission and operational objectives.
- Financial Sustainability: Spearhead fundraising initiatives, secure diverse funding streams, and manage budgets effectively to ensure the charity’s long-term financial health. This will include a strong focus on grants, bid writing and cultivating relationships with funding partners.
- Operational Excellence: Oversee the effective delivery of all programmes and projects, ensuring high-quality standards and compliance with relevant statutory requirements, policies and procedures.
- Team Leadership: Foster a positive and supportive work environment that empowers staff, promotes professional development, and encourages creativity and innovation.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including local authorities, community partners, parents, families, funders, and the public, effectively communicating the charity’s impact.
About You:
The ideal candidate will possess a unique blend of leadership skills, experience, and a genuine commitment to our mission. Essential criteria include:
- Proven Leadership: Minimum 2 years of experience in a senior leadership role, ideally within the charity sector, demonstrating successful organisational management, strategic planning, board and team leadership.
- Financial Acumen: Extensive experience in financial planning, budgeting, bid writing and securing funding for charitable organisations, with a proven track record in results and diversifying income streams.
- Collaborative Approach: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, inspire teams, and work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- Passion for Impact: A deep understanding of the challenges facing vulnerable young people and families, coupled with a genuine desire to make a tangible difference in their lives.
Relevant Qualification: A degree-level qualification (or equivalent) in a business/management related subject or a relevant professional qualification
To engage vulnerable and isolated young people and their families helping them build their confidence, identify new skills and build resilience
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Having recently secured a strategic partnership with Sport England, this role will play a pivotal role in activating the research activities that are required to inform the Leadership Skills Foundation and the wider sector to empower a more diverse range of young people with opportunities to develop essential leadership and life skills, regardless of their background.
You will be a valued manager within the ‘Programme Delivery’ team and will work with other departments across the organization to support the development of future accessible and inclusive essential leadership programmes. With a key focus being on the needs, benefits and outcomes required among underserved and/or under-represented communities and individuals.
This role will require positive and proactive internal working relationships to be created with other teams and colleagues to support organisational objectives and goals.
In addition, the role will also be required to foster relationships with external stakeholders to shape the research that you will manage through your team. This work will support the development of our programmes to engage thousands more young people and give them the essential leadership skills for them to believe, lead and succeed.
We’re looking for a confident, collaborative research manager that wants to make a positive social difference through research. This role will inform the changes that are required within the organisation’s programmes and support the sector to give access to essential leadership skills development to under-served communities through breaking down barriers.
Role duties and responsibilities
- Manage research and impact projects and activities, internally and externally, in support of our programme delivery strategic goals.
- Develop and manage research proposals and methodologies to address strategic goals.
- Manage both primary and secondary research using a range of methodologies.
- Interpret and analyse research to derive meaningful insights and provide actionable recommendations.
- Present research findings, into clear, actionable recommendations, and compelling presentations that facilitate informed decision making across all levels of the organisation.
- Identify and recommend new research and evaluation projects and approaches which address gaps in our current evidence base.
- Engage with the Leadership team and Head of Programme Delivery to understand the organisation’s research requirements and align with organisational goals.
- Manage other researchers providing guidance and support in their professional development.
- Contribute to the research project budgeting process, ensuring efficient use of resources.
- Scope and produce ‘Invitations to Tender’ for commissioned research and manage the commissioning process, ensuring that the proposed research meets required objectives.
- Manage commissioned research contracts, including monitoring progress, reviewing and editing reports.
- Foster collaborative internal relationships to drive a culture of research driven decisions throughout the organisation.
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners and funders and communicate key findings where required.
- Ensure all research activities comply with ethical standards.
- Maintain an awareness of new research developments across the sector and use this to inform planning and decision making.
People Management Responsibilities
- Delivery Programme Research Executive (0.8)
- Working with other managers whose direct reports will support the delivery of programme goals and activities
Key Relationships
Internal
- Line Manager: Head of Programme Delivery
- Direct report: Delivery Programme Research Executive
- Departments: Innovation, Marketing and Communications
- Leadership Team including - Directors of: Innovation & Standards; Engagement; Finance and Operations, and Chief Executive.
- Finance Manager
External
- Strategic partners including organisations such as Sport England.
- National and regional network and research partners.
- Key local delivery centres
Skills, experience and knowledge
Required/essential:
- Educated to degree level in a subject with substantial statistical or research content.
- Proven experience of working in a relevant research role.
- Experience of leading/managing a range of different research projects, using a range of both primary and secondary research methodologies to gather both qualitative and quantitative research.
- Experience in designing and leading high quality research proposals and tenders.
- Demonstratable experience and evidence of aligning research projects and activities with strategic goals and informing organisational decision making.
- Experience of formulating research reports and making recommendations in a range of easy to read and innovative formats.
- Proven track record of building and nurturing highly effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior colleagues and external funders or partners.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to present information confidently to a diverse range of stakeholders, including leadership team, funders and external partners.
- Excellent project management skills and experience of leading research projects on time and on budget.
- Strong organisation skills, ability to multi-task and work effectively in a busy team environment.
- Able to deliver at pace ensuring efficiency.
- Excellent listening and recording skills to effectively evidence the findings of research.
- Understanding of ethical standards and practices in research including potential issues.
- Complete and finish tasks independently and/or as part of a team.
- Show competence with IT (including Microsoft Office).
Desired:
- Line management experience
- Knowledge and understanding of the sector, including trends, challenges, and best practices
- Experience of researching on funded projects and meeting grant requirements.
Personal qualities
- A confident, collaborative manager that wants to make a positive social difference.
- Pro-active with the ability to work on own initiative collaboratively and independently.
- Effective and confident communicator.
- Adaptable to operational requirements with an openness to give and receive constructive feedback as part of a growth mindset.
- A creative, problem solver with the ability to think critically and analyse a range data.
- An ability to travel across the UK is required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Purposeful Ventures aims to create a fairer society where all young people thrive. We are the UK’s leading charity for researching, incubating, launching and scaling initiatives and funds that tackle issues across education and society, from cradle to career, creating wide-spread system change and providing young people opportunities in education and beyond.
The HR and Team Coordinator will help ensure that Purposeful Ventures runs smoothly and efficiently.
You’ll work most closely with the Head of People, helping her to keep all of our HR administration in good shape and making sure that current and prospective staff are informed of and supported through HR matters across the employee lifecycle. You will also work closely with the COO and wider operations team to support the overall smooth running of Purposeful Ventures, from making sure we have a pleasant and productive physical office space to helping to maintain our digital files and CRM, to minuting meetings and supporting with finance administration.
This role would suit someone keen to develop their functional expertise in HR and gain exposure to the breadth of operational functions.
The HR and Team Coordinator will be organised and will have fantastic attention to detail, a strong can-do attitude and a willingness to proactively contribute to the team in multiple different ways. You’ll enjoy working flexibly and collaboratively and forming strong relationships within Purposeful Ventures and beyond.
Responsibilities and duties
Provide effective and efficient HR administration throughout the employee lifecycle for both Purposeful Ventures and its incubated ventures and funds, including:
- being the first point of contact for the HR mailbox;
- managing employee onboarding and offboarding processes;
- coordinating all HR admin processes;
- upkeep of the HR Information System, CharlieHR; and
- administration of all recruitment procedures from job application to appointment, using Team Tailor.
Contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the Purposeful Ventures Team, by providing team coordination and administrative support, including:
- being the first point of contact for general enquiries;
- managing the team calendar;
- supporting the external IT services contractor;
- providing research and administrative support to the COO;
- ensuring the efficient management of CRM information, team and project documents and templates; and
- minuting incubated ventures’ project board meetings as needed.
Ensure that the Purposeful Ventures team has a pleasant and productive working environment by:
- supporting the operations team to make the Purposeful Ventures office a pleasant, productive, inspiring environment for staff and contractors to work and collaborate;
- keeping the Purposeful Ventures office well stocked with agreed supplies;
- managing the day-to-day coordination of the office and office visitors; and
- monitoring office IT equipment, ensuring items are working well and repaired swiftly and that staff have access to the facilities they need.
Contribute to the smooth running of our finance processes, providing support to finance staff including mailbox monitoring and expenses submissions.
Key requirements
This role will suit someone who enjoys administration and making things work well for staff and clients, and delivering efficient customer service both internally and externally.
We are particularly interested in candidates with prior experience of HR administration.
The successful candidate will have:
- A commitment to and interest in Purposeful Ventures’ mission
- Experience in HR administration and office coordination
- Experience of handling and managing confidential data
- Excellent administration skills, detail orientated and systematic with the ability to multi-task and prioritise work to meet deadlines
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to adapt communication styles to the situation and audience
- Excellent numeracy skills
- Demonstrable commitment to and experience of implementing and improving systems and processes
- Experience using a CRM
- Experience working in a fast-paced working environment and/or a growing organisation
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
British Heart Foundation (BHF) has an amazing opportunity for a Volunteer Development Manager to join our Volunteering team. This is a home-based role with some travel across the UK, offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere while making a significant impact. The extent of your travel will be dependent on your home location.
Are you passionate about making a difference and play a pivotal role in enhancing and sustaining our corporate volunteering programme?
This role could be for you!
About the role
As an integral part of the Volunteering Team, this role focuses on enhancing and sustaining a proactive corporate volunteering programme at the BHF. Success will hinge on close collaboration with colleagues in Retail and our Marketing Fundraising and Engagement directorate (MFE).
Beyond corporate volunteering, you will support other directorates in involving volunteers and seek opportunities to increase volunteer participation across the BHF. As a senior team member, you will provide expert advice, support change governance, and ensure effective work prioritisation, working with internal teams and external partners to advance the BHF’s mission through volunteering.
Key responsibilities include:
- Enhancing and sustaining a proactive corporate volunteering programme at the BHF
- Collaborating closely with colleagues in Retail and MFE for successful programme delivery
- Supporting other directorates in involving volunteers and increasing participation
- Providing expert advice and supporting change governance as a senior team member
- Ensuring effective prioritisation of work and collaboration with internal teams and external partners
- Advancing the BHF’s mission through strategic volunteering initiatives
Working Arrangements
This is a 12 month fixed-term contract, working until the 30th November 2025.
This is a home-based role with some travel into BHF offices and across the UK.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
About you
We are looking for an experienced individual to enhance our volunteering programmes, with strong skills in stakeholder engagement, volunteer management systems, and project implementation.
To be successful in this role you'll have:
- A proven track record with large-scale volunteer management in fast-paced environments
- Skills in engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels
- Good general knowledge of the third sector and the role of volunteers
- An understanding of the complexities and opportunities within Retail Volunteering
- Experience of developing and managing corporate volunteering programmes
- Familiarity with digital onboarding systems and stewardship platforms
- Experience working across multi-site organisations with remote workers
About us
Since we were founded in 1961, the number of deaths in the UK form coronary heart disease each year had more than halved. But we still have so much to do. We fund research into all forms of heart disease, discovering molecules in the lab, harnessing the power of big data, funding impactful clinical trials to improve the presentation, detection, and treatment of these diseases.
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
What can we offer you?
Our Career Academy provides you with support, inspiration, and opportunities to help you unlock your full potential.
Our generous staff benefits include:
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance
• Dental health cover
• Contribution towards gym membership
• Pension with employer contribution up to 10%
• Life assurance
We have been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for our Live Well. Work Well. Programme. Heart health is central to our mission, and that starts with you. We provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support you to live a healthy and happy life, at home and at work.
Interview process
Please note 1st stage interviews will be held over Microsoft Teams, week commencing 18th November.
How to apply
It’s quick and easy to apply for a role at BHF. Just click through to our careers site to apply. All you’ll need is an up to date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role’s criteria.
As part of our commitment to be an inclusive employer and ensure fairness and consistency in selecting the best candidate for this role, the BHF will use anonymous CV software as part of the application journey.
Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
Senior Advocacy Officer
We are looking for an experienced Senior Advocacy Officer to join the team in this hybrid-working role.
Position: Senior Advocacy Officer
Location: London/hybrid
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week) with flexible working available
Salary: £35,800 per annum
Duration: Permanent
Close Date: Sunday 24th November 23:30
The Role
The Senior Advocacy Officer is responsible for supporting the targeted national and international advocacy efforts of selected partners in countries including Afghanistan, DR Congo, Mali and Sudan, as well as to support the general advocacy conducted by the charity.
Key areas of responsibility include:
• Support to partner-led advocacy efforts
• Networking and external collaboration
• Cross-organisational coordination
• Representation
• Organisational Learning
• Identify synergies with existing national and international advocacy efforts led by civil society organisations in those contexts and/or in the Global North and make decisions on which ones to pursue (with guidance from the UK Policy & Advocacy Manager).
• When possible, organise advocacy visits with local partners to the UK.
• Under the direction of the UK Policy and Advocacy Manager, interpret complex information and situations to support policy briefs and submissions to the UK government and parliament to promote the organisation or partners’ key messages and influence policy processes.
About You
We are looking for a Senior Advocacy Offer with excellent representational, interpersonal and team working skills, who is able to communicate with a wide range of people. With excellent writing and verbal communication skills, you will be highly organised and able to work to tight deadlines and prioritise tasks independently.
You will also be fluent in written and spoken English and proficiency in French is a must and as such will be tested at interview.’
We are looking for someone who can think creatively and take decisions that impact colleagues and external stakeholders, but is also calm and positive under pressure.
You will have experience in a similar role, including:
• Supporting local partners in their advocacy efforts
• Engaging directly with policymakers, governments or institutions to advance an organisation’s mission, influence policy change, and building relationships of trust.
• Engaging directly with local civil society in the Global South and representing their policy or advocacy priorities authentically
• Achieving shared policy or advocacy outcomes through networks.
You will also be fluent in written and spoken English and working proficiency in French (French will be tested at interview).
If you have a passion for the organisations mission, a focus on supporting locally led peacebuilding efforts and a strong commitment to anti-racism and decolonisation, then apply today!
In Return
The charity strongly advocate its DEI policy and a commitment to maintaining an inclusive workplace culture; and take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent, so welcome a conversation about any DEI concerns you may have. People from all backgrounds are welcomed. What’s important isn’t your level of education or the opportunities you’ve had, it’s about you and how you seize the opportunities ahead of you.
As part of being a Disability Confident Committed employer, we welcome people with disabilities or health challenges to apply.
The Organisation
Join an international charity dedicated to stopping violence around the world by empowering local peacebuilders to resolve conflict and build lasting peace for their communities.
The organisation is happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
Please note this post is only open to those with the right to work in the UK. The organisation does not have a sponsorship license and therefore if you do not have the right to work in the UK, will not progress your application further.
You may also have experience in areas such as Advocacy, Advocacy Officer, Advocacy Lead, Advocacy Executive, Senior Advocacy Officer, Community Engagement, Community Officer, Engagement, Advocay and Engagement, Community Engagement.
Please note this role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of our client.