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The Directoe of Fundraising and Communiations will play a pivotal role in the delivery of the Foundation’s 2023 – 2026 Ready for Business organisational strategy and our ambition to reach one million women entrepreneurs by 2030, significantly scaling income generation and building the Foundation’s profile. The postholder will be a member of the Foundation’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT), along with the CEO, COO, Director of Programmes and Impact, and Finance Director.
We are seeking an individual who will excel at bringing creative and ambitious growth plans to life and has strong leadership and communications skills. The Director of Fundraising and Communications will have significant multi-income stream experience and will lead the development of a new income generation strategy to drive fundraising activities across philanthropic donors, corporates, family offices, foundations and institutional funding, maximising ROI and creating a sustainable organisation. You will continue to build the profile of the Foundation with key audiences, managing the Foundation’s brand and reputation and positioning the organisation as global experts in women’s entrepreneurship.
Benefits
- A fantastic package of 28 days of annual leave (which excludes bank holidaysbut includes three days to be taken during the festive break).
- An organisation that values you. As a smaller organisation, we value everyone’sindividual perspective and voice and all team members are able to contribute to our strategic planning.
- Professional development, with career growth built into each staff member’sannual plan and a wide range of skills-building and learning opportunities provided.
Our values
- Women entrepreneurs at our heart: Without women entrepreneurs we wouldn’t exist, so it is vital we put their experiences, perspectives and passions at the heart of what we do and how we do it.
- Feminist first: We proudly follow feminist leadership principles, building an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.
- Great to work with: We care. We are experts. We always seek to deliver high-quality work and results. We are positive and professional, and always operate with integrity.
- Dynamic and entrepreneurial: The essence of entrepreneurship is creativity and innovation. We harness this spirit of courage, embracing opportunities and making bold moves to achieve our mission.
- Powered by knowledge: We seek data to understand and share. We nurture a culture of enquiry and positive challenge. We look outward and encourage dialogue and exchange
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
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Pharmacist Support, crowned Small Charity of the Year 2023 at the Association of Charitable Organisations awards, is looking for a dynamic and driven individual to become their Finance and Operations Director & Deputy Chief Executive.
Who Are We?
We’re the profession’s independent charity, providing vital support to pharmacists, former pharmacists, and pharmacy students. Over the last five years, we’ve undergone transformational changes and are now gearing up to deliver our next five-year strategy, driven by our wellbeing-focused vision and mission.
What’s the Role?
As the Finance and Operations Director & Deputy Chief Executive, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring that Pharmacist Support is financially sustainable and operationally efficient. This is a hands-on role for a "doer" who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You’ll work closely with our Chief Executive, Senior Management Team, and Board of Trustees to help steer the charity toward continued success.
What We’re Looking For:
· A passionate, forward-thinking individual with finance expertise
· Someone with a problem-solving mindset with experience in a charitable/not for profit organisation who may be looking for their next step
· Strong people and stakeholder management skills with a collaborative, inclusive approach.
· A desire to work in an agile and dynamic organisation where innovation is encouraged and your contributions make a difference.
Why Work for Us?
At Pharmacist Support, we pride ourselves on having a great culture where people matter. We are committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity, and creating an inclusive environment for all. We offer flexibility, support your professional development, and foster a wellbeing-focused workplace.
How to Apply:
Ready to take on this exciting challenge? To apply, please complete the application form. CVs will not be accepted.
If you’d like to have an informal chat before submitting your application, feel free to email us, and we’ll arrange a conversation. Application deadline: 12 noon, 15th October 2024. Interviews will take place on 31st October 2024 at our Manchester office.
Make your next career move count – join us and help shape the future of our charity!
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We are seeking a passionate and experienced Fundraising Manager to join our small and dynamic team during an exciting period of growth for the organisation. This newly created role will be crucial role in developing and implementing fundraising strategies to support our mission and ensure the financial sustainability of the Charity. It will include identifying new funding opportunities as well as producing several initiatives including building our regular donors, corporate partnerships and legacy campaigns.
We are looking for someone ambitious and creative with a positive attitude, happy to roll their sleeves up and get involved to enable us to achieve our goals.
This senior role will be part of our communications and fundraising team reporting to the Marketing Director and managing one member of staff initially.
This position offers an exciting opportunity for someone who is driven, innovative, and committed to making a positive impact across Neuroendocrine Cancer UK (NCUK).
To support and inform patients and families from diagnosis, enabling access to the best care and treatment.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
£51,500 per annum
Fixed term (until end 2025)
Part home/Part office (London) based
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Senior Project Manager (Equity Diversity and Inclusion).
The Senior Project Manager (EDI) will work cross-organisationally to manage the many workstreams which span UNICEF UK’s new EDI Strategy and programme of work, ensuring intended benefits are delivered as agreed. This will include our already underway anti-racism programme.
We are looking for someone who is experienced in successfully managing complex and large scale cultural and behavioural change programmes in a complex environment. To be successful in this role, you will have: knowledge and practical experience in project, programme and change management methodologies, as well as a thorough understanding of emergent change; strong communication skills; ability to lead collaborative change, and role model anti-racist behaviours.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 8am, Monday 7 October 2024.
Interview date: Friday 18 October and Monday 21 October 2024.
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
Senior Content Production Officer
This is an exciting opportunity to join Depaul as the Senior Content Production Officer.
Position: Senior Content Production Officer
Location: London or Manchester/Hybrid
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours
Salary: £37,717 (Manchester) / £38,217 (London) plus Pension and other benefits
Closing Date: Sunday 13th October 2024
About the Role
As the Senior Communications Officer (content) in the Public Engagement Team, you will be passionate about the rights of young people in the UK. Using your creativity and experience in delivering public-facing communications content and fundraising content you will be instrumental in increasing Depaul UK’s income, profile and influence. Your ability to meaningfully engage and involve young people, staff and volunteers will ensure that their voices are heard and amplified through Depaul UK’s communications and fundraising activity.
You will lead the delivery of communications and fundraising content that increases brand awareness and engages our target audiences to support Depaul UK as donors or in other ways support the organisation. We will expect you to ensure that your content and brand awareness raising activity is consistent with Depaul’s values.
Working closely with internal colleagues as well as external designers, filmmakers, photographers and other agencies, you will actively engage with young people in our services and in the communities we work in to capture their experiences, amplify their voices and develop content and material for our communications and fundraising activity.
Key responsibilities include:
● Take a lead role in the delivery of Depaul UK’s creative content production that strengthens our profile and allows us to raise more funds for our work
● Coordinate the Content creation of the whole Fundraising and Engagement team and draw up a Content Creation Strategy in conjunction with colleagues, ensuring you are closely linked to both the needs of Public Engagement, Philanthropy and Partnerships and the wider organisation.
● Work with internal stakeholders to develop and deliver content briefs
● Interview clients and craft compelling written stories to support our messages and campaigns across print and digital platforms.
● Produce video and photography content to support our messages and campaigns across print and digital platforms.
● Work closely with external design agencies and freelancers to support the production of key organisational print and digital materials ensuring high quality production that meet brand guidelines
● Be an advocate for the brand and work with the Head of Communications to ensure brand guidelines are adhered to across all content.
About You
You will need to have the following skills and experience:
● Experience in interviewing case studies and creating compelling written and visual stories for a variety of audiences.
● Knowledge of video production and video editing software Premiere Pro
● Experience in using brand guidelines to create content
● Experience working with and managing external partners and freelance photographers, filmmakers and designers
● Experience working with socially excluded or vulnerable people
● Experience in analysing complex information and then summarising and presenting it in easy-to-understand content
● Experience in delivering a wide range of high-quality content
● Excellent project management skills, with an ability to prioritise competing demands and deliver to deadlines
● Willingness to work variable hours including evenings and weekends as needed.
In return for working here, you will receive:
· A comprehensive training package tailored to your needs and role
· Flexible working model for suitable roles.
· 26 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years of service.
· Family-friendly leave policies including - maternity, adoption and parental leave and Carers leave.
· Auto-enrolment to pension scheme employer from day 1 with employer contribution up to 7% and increasing with service
· Employee Assistance Programme and access to the app – 24/7 GP appointments, prescription service, health checks and nutrition advice.
· Discount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more.
· Cash benefit plan for you and your partner (living with you) and children under 18 including covering Dental, Optical, Hospital Stays, Scans and More
· Death in service (4x Base salary)
· Legal Advice line
About the Organisation
Depaul UK delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. We specialize in the provision of services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those we work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities we work within. Our organisation reaches from Newcastle to London, Greater Manchester and the South Coast.
You may have experience in areas such as: Content Writer, Digital, Digital Content, Digital Media Content, Digital Writer, Digital Content Writer, Digital Media Content Writer, Copywriter, Copy Writer, Content Copy Writer, Content Editor and Production Editor
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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Programmes Manager
If you want to change lives, call us - we want to hear from you!
Become part of a dynamic charity, with a great mix of people committed to making a real difference for young people through a range of fun and challenging programmes and initiatives.
Action4Youth changes lives and creates better chances for young people by creating opportunities to discover their personal strengths and potential.
We work with young people from all backgrounds and all abilities to make a real difference to their futures.
We are a respected and dynamic charity based in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes but reaching young people across the wider south east region.
This is an opportunity for someone with a can do attitude and a strong desire to make things happen.
You will join a supportive, driven, committed team whose desire to achieve is matched by an intention to enjoy work on a day to day basis. You will be based in Aylesbury. You should expect to enjoy being part of a collaborative, loud and energetic organisation.
Our Mission; To support all young people’s growth towards fulfilling and responsible adult lives, Action4Youth develops physical, mental, spiritual, moral and cultural abilities which act as:
· A Springboard towards realising dreams
· A Safety Net for those at risk
· A Voice of influence from the young and for the young
In order to benefit as many young people as possible while maintaining Action4Youth’s financial stability, we partner with those (government, schools, youth clubs, businesses, trusts and foundations and others) who share our mission.
What we do; Action4Youth delivers various youth programmes including; the National Citizen Service (NCS), Grow Your Ambition, The Inspiration Programme (TIP), The Breakout Programme, The Junction and an established mentoring programme.
Action4Youth takes the strategic lead for the voluntary organisations supporting children and young people aged 5 – 25 years across its area. It has around 75 organisations in membership and offers a range of essential support and services.
Our outdoor education centre, Caldecotte Xperience in Milton Keynes, creates opportunities for young people to have amazing, challenging, fun and sometimes transformational experiences. They learn what they can do rather than what they can’t, building their confidence and self-belief.
Action4Youth is the operating authority for Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire for Open Awards Groups for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
REPORTING TO: Programmes Director
HOURS: 37 hours per week – the role requires some evening and weekend work
LEAVE: 28 days holiday per annum plus bank/public holidays
CONTRACT: Full time, permanent
SALARY:Approx £37, 376- £44, 903
PENSION: Up to 5% matched contributions
TRAVEL: Travel around Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and surrounding counties will be necessary.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
Primary Function
Support the Programmes Director with design, planning, delivery and reporting of current and future Action4Youth Programmes and initiatives. The Programmes Manager will line manage specific programme teams, will have responsibility for working within a set budget and will be a key link with partner organisations ensuring best practice and efficient programme delivery. They will be responsible for monitoring contractual KPI’s and take the lead on reporting and impact measurement of specific programmes.
The Programmes Manager will need to provide cover for all their direct reports, as well having some of their own programme delivery. They will need to be confident with large groups of young people and be able to work flexibly. We are looking for an experienced line manager with good knowledge of HR processes and experience managing multiple different work streams. This a senior role suited to an experienced and insightful manager who will contribute to the strategic growth of Action4Youth.
Action4Youth currently operates a number of programmes/ services. The Programmes Manager will lead on the following; The Junction Youth Centre, The Inspiration Programme and Training/ Membership and Mentoring. You will also be required to assist with delivery and the on call rota for the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme during peak times. Other programmes may be added in future as Action4Youth develops new initiatives based on the needs of the young people we work with. This role will focus on each or any of these as required within Action4Youth’s overall senior team.
The Programmes Manager will directly line manage the Programmes Leader, The Junction Centre Manager and The Inspiration Programme Manager.
Programme Specific duties and responsibilities:
The Junction Youth Centre
The Junction is a multi service youth centre based in High Wycombe town centre, it is open 7 days a week from 4-9pm. The Junction is for young people aged 12-18 years (up to 25 with SEND) and is funded entirely from Grants and Trusts. The service offers a variety of sessions ranging from a general youth space, health and wellbeing, cooking and 1:1 mentoring.
The Programmes Manager will be expected to work at The Junction one day a week from 2- 9pm and will work with the Centre Manager to ensure the smooth running of the service. You will oversee contractual KPI’s and lead on reporting. This role will include being part of an on-call rota during evening and weekends.
The Inspiration programme
The Inspiration programme is an Action4Youth initiative that aims to broaden horizons and raise aspirations of young people. The programme takes place in schools across Bucks, Milton Keynes and surrounding counties and follows five pillars; Police and Criminal Justice, Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Culture, Community and the Environment and Working Life.
The Programmes Manager will oversee the successful delivery of The Inspiration Programme and support the Inspiration Programme Manager to plan, timetable and deliver high quality programmes. They will be responsible for quality control and will personally deliver at least one TIP programme across the academic year. They will need to work closely with the Development Team on growth of the programme and broaden our reach into more schools and geographical areas.
Training/ Membership and Mentoring
Action4Youth is an umbrella organisation for voluntary youth clubs and groups across Bucks and Milton Keynes. The Programmes Leader provides training, both internally and externally, and line manages the Aylesbury Vale and Milton Keynes Mentor. You will support the Programmes Leader to lead our membership and training programme, achieving set KPI’s, and ensure the smooth delivery of our mentoring programme.
NCS
NCS is the government’s flagship youth development programme, funded through the NCS Trust. NCS offers 16 and 17 year-olds from different backgrounds the chance to take part in a range of challenging activities away from, and in, their communities.
The Programmes Manager will assist their counterpart in delivery of the NCS programme at peak times; specifically working on seasonal staffing, training and wave management. You will be part of an out of hours on call rota and be required to be on site on programme start and finish days. When on call you will be required to provide programme guidance and support on safeguarding and incidents.
Key Tasks and Deliverables
- Work closely with the Programmes Director, Programmes Manager and your direct reports to ensure the successful and effective implementation of the above programmes
- Assist with out of hours on call duties for NCS residentials and The Junction Youth Centre- this will include incident management and safeguarding support
- Provide day to day management of the assigned projects ensuring effective programme delivery
- Plan projects, monitor overall progress, manage risks, opportunities and resolve issues as required to keep projects on track to agreed baselines and objectives.
- Provide direct line management to staff of the assigned programmes
- Demonstrate strong analytical skills and provide workable solutions to challenges/ barriers that may affect delivery
- Deliver programmes within set budgets and report planned and actuals to the Programmes Director/ funders.
- Report progress of projects at regular intervals to the Programmes Director.
- Ensure that reviews/meetings are appropriately conducted in line with the governance framework by chairing reviews and presenting progress reports to the Senior Management Team and external partners.
- Regularly review against agreed standards to ensure that project requirements are being met.
- Ensure you are well informed of contractual requirements and be able to adapt to changes in delivery requirements quickly and effectively.
- In this senior role you will have strategic responsibility for managing areas of activity involving the young people that we work with. You will have significant responsibility for Safeguarding and the safety of young people as they interact with the organisation.
- Raising the profile of Action4Youth, young people, the value of youth work and promote non-formal learning.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support events and meetings when required.
- Effectively monitor, report and evaluate all aspects of work.
- Support the continued development of quality standards as specified by Action4Youth.
- To have regard for the vision of Action4Youth and to display a commitment to equal opportunities and to the protection and safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- Report any behaviour, conversations or comments which are inappropriate within a setting for children and young people.
Other Duties
To carry out any other Action4Youth duties as required by the Programmes Director, SMT or CEO including:
- Attending meetings as required
- Fulfilling any other reasonable duties requested by the Programmes Director, SMT or CEO
- Providing written reports for Action4Youth meetings when required.
- Administering own workload which includes meeting targets and deadlines in line with the Action4Youth Performance Management System.
- Attending relevant CPD training events in line with Performance Management appraisal.
- Undertaking responsibility, as part of the team, for all Health and Safety work related matters.
- Working within the guidelines of Action4Youth policies and procedures.
Person Specification – Programmes Manager
Essential
Experience/ Knowledge:
Strong youth engagement and facilitation experience.
Previous work experience in the youth, education or community sector.
Experience of planning, monitoring and evaluating work with young people.
A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
Technical Job Related Skills:
Excellent communication skills, including being able to positively engage with young people and parent/ guardians from a variety of different backgrounds.
Ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload.
Confident user of IT, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Social Media and CRM systems (Salesforce).
A flexible approach to work including willingness to take on tasks outside the normal remit and to work irregular hours.
Experienced line manager with good knowledge of HR processes.
Personal Job Related Skills:
Integrity and discretion when dealing with sensitive information.
Committed to young people’s personal and social development and to providing opportunities which enable them to reach their full potential.
A positive, enthusiastic and ‘can do’ approach to work.
Committed to your own learning and development
Confidence to present to and coordinate large/small, formal/informal meetings.
Ability to share information and work collaboratively with other agencies and stakeholders.
Prioritise and manage large workloads.
Work with and report to the Programmes Director.
Proven track record of effective line management.
Ability to work alone using own initiative.
A team player who is enthusiastic, friendly, approachable, flexible and a good problem solver.
Strong interpersonal skills, tact, sensitivity and diplomacy.
Understand the ethos, values and culture of Action4Youth.
Demonstrate an awareness of equal opportunities.
Education and Training:
Be committed to personal development and further training, as appropriate to the development of the role and Action4Youth.
Desirable
Experience working with young people in a residential setting
An understanding of the charitable/voluntary sector
Practical experience of designing and delivering presentations to a varied audience
Previous experience of using a CRM system (Salesforce) and the ability to run reports as required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £48,000 - £53,000 per annum
Position Type: Full Time, Permanent (35 hours per week)
Location: Hybrid - London and Dorset Offices (There is scope for this role to be based in either the London or Dorset area, but please note that 1 day per week on average will be in the Dorset office)
Application Deadline: Midday 11th October 2024
Benefits:
• Flexible working arrangements
• 22 days’ leave with an additional day of leave per year (up to a maximum of 25 days) PLUS Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave
• Social events and team days
About Just a Drop
Just a Drop works at a grassroots level with our country partners to support communities around the world with access to sustainable safe water solutions, sanitation facilities and knowledge of safe hygiene practices.
About the role
The Head of Programmes leads the design, implementation, and evaluation of all Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) projects within Just a Drop. This senior leadership role requires a visionary leader with strategic thinking, programme management expertise, and a deep commitment to improving WASH services in underserved communities. The ideal candidate will ensure that all programs are aligned with the organisation's mission, are sustainable, and have measurable impacts. The role is supported by a team of 3 staff and 11 volunteers with significant experience: hydrogeologists, engineers and WASH experts who give technical advice, and help with monitoring and partnership building.
Person specification:
Experience:
• Proven experience in a senior leadership role.
• Proven track record in designing, implementing, and evaluating complex WASH programmes in developing countries.
• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams across different locations.
Skills and Competencies:
• Strong leadership and management skills with the ability to inspire and guide a diverse team.
• Excellent understanding of WASH sector challenges, trends, and best practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in MEL systems.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proficiency in project management tools and software.
• Fluency in English.
Attitude:
• Passionate and enthusiastic about improving people’s access to WASH
• Positive and solution-focussed
• Willingness to travel as needed to project sites, including remote areas – up to 2 international visits of approximately one week each per year
• Ability to work under pressure and handle multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Commitment to the organisational values – learning, sustainability, collaborative, inspiring, personal.
How To Apply:
Please see the full Job Description attached to this role.
Please click ‘Apply Now’ and continue to submit your CV and accompanying covering letter.
Your covering letter should be no more than 2 sides of A4 explaining your motivation for applying and how you fulfil the role specification.
We will be conducting the first round of interviews during the w/c 21st October 2024 and second round interviews will take place on the w/c 28th October 2024.
In line with the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to offering reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures.
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Just a Drop brings sustainable safe water, sanitation and hygiene projects to communities, transforming lives.
This is a new role, working in a dynamic charity built on the aim of improving life for local people. We are a small, passionate team driving programmes to meet our community’s needs in North Kensington.
You will be responsible for overseeing Dalgarno Trust’s Programmes, and line managing our Community Champions Manager, Health Works Manager, Foodbank, Volunteer and Room Bookings Manager and Youth Programme Manager.
Purpose of the job:
- To maintain effective oversight of the delivery of a range of projects and programmes being managed by designated managers.
- To ensure performance management expectations are being met by each project and programme and reported to appropriate funders, including internal and external stakeholders.
- To provide leadership and direction to project and programme managers and work with other senior members of staff to achieve organisational goals.
Duties and responsibilities:
Service delivery management
- To keep abreast of key performance indicators expected to be measured and evidenced for each of the projects and programmes and keep under constant review the need for adjustments in processes to be able to achieve expected performance.
- To use Salesforce for monitoring and evaluating project outputs, outcomes, and impact for reporting to funders, including internal and external stakeholders.
- To support managers in understanding what information is required in terms of monitoring information expected by funders and the Board of Trustees.
- To develop and maintain a performance dashboard on all projects and programmes.
- To communicate performance information of projects and programmes (e.g. dashboard) regularly across the organisation and to internal and external stakeholders as directed by the CEO.
Human resources management
- To provide effective line management to designated staff, ensuring all necessary information about their time management, supervision records, leave arrangements, and other HR records (e.g. sickness) are up to date and available for management decisions and service delivery needs.
- To ensure performance targets, monthly one-to-one meetings, reviews, professional development plans are in place and in practice for each direct report.
- To work with other senior managers on creating management reports on workforce performance and development.
- To work with other senior managers and CEO to ensure organisational performance and service delivery information is helping achieve business development and growth.
- To provide leadership through coaching or other means to direct reports where this helps, is needed or achieves benefits for the individual and organisation.
- To promote and implement a culture that encourages proactivity among staff (e.g. learning from any potential failure and celebrating success).
Compliance and assurance
- To take responsibility for the Quality Assurance Mark ISO 9001 and aligning the actions from the Management System with wider organisational activity.
- To take part in the annual audit of actions for ISO 9001 and ensure any new actions are logged and communicated across the organisation as appropriate.
- To ensure all strands of responsibility under each programme is compliant and meeting legal and policy expectations (e.g. health and safety, safeguarding, data protection etc.).
- To ensure that controls on procuring goods and services for the organisation are always in place securing value for money. Strategic leadership and support
- To identify local and strategic issues pertinent to local communities and voluntary organisations.
- To influence/negotiate policies and ideas, projects and programmes of benefit to local communities.
- To effectively represent and where relevant and directed, form partnerships with organisations and / or external bodies, to develop growth opportunities.
- To contribute to maximising the income of the organisation by working with Head of Development and identifying opportunities and implementing necessary actions.
Other duties
- To support a culture of continuous improvement by suggesting, testing, and implementing ideas that help achieve this. To undertake any such other duties that are aligned with the nature of the job to meet the needs of the Dalgarno Trust and as instructed by the CEO.
- To adhere to the organisations equal opportunities policy, health and safety policy and all other Dalgarno Trust policie
A safe and happy Community Centre for the people of North Kensington, London
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About the Brent Centre for Young People (BCYP)
The Brent Centre for Young People is the leading mental health charity for young people in Northwest London, helping over 700 young people a year with a wide range of issues. We offer specialised treatment in the areas of depression, suicide prevention, tackling self-harm, eating disorders, exam anxiety and more. Our approach is rooted in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. We aim to reach significantly more young people in the years ahead, drawing on our heritage that combines specialist treatment in-house and outreach into communities. The Brent Centre is also an important Research Centre on Adolescent Breakdown and Adolescent Psychotherapy.
Fundraising at BCYP
BCYP has historically been very successful in raising funds from non-statutory sources, particularly trusts and foundations, and is grateful to hold a number of established relationships with grant- makers. We work hard to ensure that we submit excellent, data-driven applications and evaluations. Until now, applications have largely been submitted by our Fundraising Manager- Trusts & Foundations, with occasional support from a freelance bid-writer. We now want to recruit a new member of the team, to help us to grow our income stream in this area and help us to steward these key relationships.
In this exciting newly created role, you will be responsible for helping to grow our income from grant- makers to design and promote funding opportunities, and to steward relationships with supporters through the giving cycle. We are looking for a fundraiser with at least three to four years of experience in identifying prospects and grant-writing, and who has experienced success in securing funds. Vitally, we want to recruit an individual who is as committed to Brent’s vision, and who will work with us to help us be there for young people in the coming years.
The Local Storytelling Exchange is seeking a highly motivated individual to work closely with the Executive Director to drive forward the scale and pace of impact at the Exchange.
This person will be a creative individual with an entrepreneurial mindset. Excited about joining a start-up, they will be strategic and analytical, with a strong understanding of where storytelling can make the biggest public and political impact. A background in strategic communications and / or climate policy is desirable, but a strong track record in project management and ideas development is key. They will enjoy testing new ideas, evaluating success and developing new partnerships and opportunities. A self-starter, they will be a quick learner, able to take initiative and lead the effective delivery of programmes.
A clear grasp of the power of stories will be crucial to the success of this role.
These skills can have been acquired anywhere, but a commitment to environmental action is a must. What's most important is a genuine interest in the mission of the Exchange, the power of stories to catalyse progress on climate change, and a passion for addressing climate change in an inclusive, strategic way.
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The Local Storytelling Exchange is uses storytelling and community engagement to shape a collective narrative of support for a fair green transition. Storytellers work in different regions/geographies to tell stories about individuals, groups and businesses who are finding more sustainable ways to live and work showing 'this is what the transition looks like'.
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Location: Home-based (with regular travel to Bristol and Bath)
Salary: Circa £35,000 FTE pro-rata
Contract: Fixed term to September 2026 (with potential to extend)
Hours: 25-30 hours per week (flexible working available)
About Your Park Bristol & Bath
Your Park Bristol & Bath is a young and dynamic charity aiming to ensure that everyone can access parks and their transformational health and wellbeing benefits. Access to green space is a social justice issue and we aim to reduce inequalities by understanding and engaging under-served communities to make parks more accessible, inclusive and welcoming spaces. As a growing organisation, we are seeking a motivated Head of Programmes to join our senior leadership team and lead the delivery of our programmes.
The Role
As the Head of Programmes, you will play a pivotal role in delivering our 2023-2026 strategy. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will manage a team of five project leads and oversee a diverse range of programmes centred around health, nature, and access. You will ensure the smooth and efficient delivery of all projects, while also supporting the development of new partnerships and funding opportunities.
This is a new position with significant potential to shape the role and make a meaningful impact on the communities of Bristol and Bath. You will lead the introduction of new systems and processes, improve reporting mechanisms, and ensure our projects deliver outstanding results.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage programme delivery, ensuring all projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards.
- Line manage a team of five project leads, fostering a supportive and inclusive culture.
- Develop new processes for project management, information handling, and impact reporting.
- Work closely with stakeholders, including local authorities and funders, acting as the face of the charity in key meetings.
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, including GDPR and safeguarding.
- Lead on environmental impact reporting and develop our baseline methodology.
- Ensure lived experience guides our work and is embedded in our decision making.
- Represent Your Park at strategic meetings, building strong partnerships and securing future opportunities.
Who We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who is passionate about access to parks, nature and community. You will have proven experience in managing programmes and teams, ideally in the fields of health, nature, or access. You should be a natural problem-solver with an entrepreneurial flair and will have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
We are particularly keen to hear from applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds, Disabled people, carers, or individuals from low-income households. Men are also encouraged to apply to help balance our predominantly female workforce.
Helping everyone access parks and their transformational wellbeing benefits.
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BPAS are an independent healthcare charity which, for more than 55 years, has been advocating and caring for women and couples who decide to end a pregnancy. We are the leading specialist of abortion advice and treatment in the UK, supporting over 100,000 women a year in over 50 healthcare clinics nationwide.
Over the last 12 months we have gone through significant organisational change and are putting in place a new leadership structure, supported by a Senior Operational Team. This role is a key member of the Executive Leadership Team.
BPAS vision is for a society in which women are trusted to make their own reproductive choices with access to the information and services needed to exercise those choices. The Chief Clinical Officer is an integral part of the Leadership Team, sharing the collective responsibility, as a member of the C-Suite, for the key issues facing BPAS.
This role has responsibility for clinical services encompassing nursing, midwifery, medical and surgical services across BPAS. You will be a values driven leader who can inspire staff and trustees, as well as wider stakeholders, fostering a culture driven by our collective purpose.
To find out more, please click the apply button below which will direct you to our website where you can download a candidate briefing pack and details on how to apply.
All applications should be sent to the Recruitment Team and must quote reference CCO and include the below:
- A Curriculum Vitae (CV) with education and professional qualifications and full employment history. Please include daytime and evening telephone contact numbers and e-mail addresses.
- A supporting statement that should outline your motivation for applying, what you believe you can bring to the role, and how your skills and experience align with the role description and candidate profile.
- Responses to the applications questions within the candidate pack.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job title: Senior Data and Innovation Manager
Location: Hybrid work with 40% from Breaking Barriers’ offices in London, Manchester or Birmingham
Salary: £43,500-£47,500 (London) or £42,000-£45,500 (Manchester and Birmingham)
Hours: full-time (37.5 hours per week), part-time considered (minimum 30 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Overall purpose
Reporting to the Director of Finance and Operations initially, the role holder will have technical leadership and overall responsibility for managing the Data and Innovation team. This team helps Breaking Barriers maximise the value of its data, by conducting analysis and managing the CRM (Salesforce) and related software.
The team works across all areas of the organisation to improve processes, unlock efficiencies through automation and generate insights from data. They ensure that data is utilised to inform any innovations or refinements to our services.
The successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial manager with a high level of data literacy. We are looking for someone strategic, highly organised and a strong people and team manager. They will be confident at communicating data in a variety of ways to a large range of audiences, identifying key take-aways and the broader implications of the findings on our clients and programming. They will also be able to train others in key data analysis and communication skills.
Breaking Barriers is a fast-growing organisation, the ideal candidate will embrace the challenge of growing the team and Breaking Barriers’ data presence externally.
To view the full job description and person specification, as well as details on our accessible recruitment process, please view the attached recruitment pack.
Other considerations
- As part of our safeguarding commitment to our clients, we carry out preemployment checks to ensure that successful applicants are suitable to work with adults at risk. These include obtaining references and verifying a candidate’s identity and right to work in the UK.
- Some travel between our different areas of operation (including London, Birmingham and Manchester) will be required. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required. Time off in lieu would be provided in this case.
- We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
How to apply
If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you. To apply, please submit a CV and statement (up to approximately 500 words/1 A4 page) outlining:
- Which location you are applying for
- Why you are interested in the role
- What skills you would bring to be successful in this role
- Any experience you would like to highlight
- Any reasonable adjustments you require for the interview process
- Disclosure of disabilities if you wish to do so (as a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role)
Please note that applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is 11:30pm on Thursday 24th October. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
We belong to the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative, which advocates and supports organisations to employ more people from a refugee background. With this in mind, we particularly welcome applicants with experience of seeking asylum and/or a refugee background.
If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for an independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network. Please reach out to HR Manager Dani Meier for further details (we are unable to include email addresses in this advert, but you can find contact details on the final page of the attached recruitment pack).
Breaking Barriers exists so that every refugee can access meaningful employment and build a new life.
PLEASE NOTE THIS ROLE IS HOME BASED BUT REQUIRES THE POST HOLDER TO ATTEND REGULAR MEETINGS AND EVENTS IN PERSON, IN LONDON.
The role will involve developing and nurturing relationships with those who own, manage, design or have an interest in green infrastructure by proactively facilitating our networks and supporter activities to engender more effective and collaborative working, knowledge sharing, and connection.
This is a great role for someone who is excited by working with senior stakeholders across London who play an active role in maintaining and enhancing London’s green spaces.
The successful candidate will be a confident ambassador for the charity, and capable of building long term partnerships. The post holder will need to use their initiative, creativity and proven partnership building skills to enable the charity to expand and maximise the impact of its existing networks, support internal and external development, and plan and coordinate supporter-focused activities.
As part of a small charity, the successful candidate will need to be a team player, ready and willing to respond and adapt to opportunities and challenges, working closely with the rest of the Parks for London team and trustees.
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver and enhance our network and engagement programme to support green space owners and managers
- Support and coordinate the administration and delivery of a range of virtual and in-person network meetings and events
- Identify and develop relationships with potential new supporters
- Support the identification, and engagement of new audiences who could benefit from our work
- Identify and develop relationships with potential collaborators with whom we can work in partnership with, to maximise our capacity and expand our reach
- Support the sustainability of the charity by driving and maximising existing income streams as well as identifying and delivering new opportunities for income generation
- Represent Parks for London at events and wider engagement opportunities, and promote the interests of the charity, our services, and our supporters
- Keep abreast of local, regional, national and international funding opportunities to identify opportunities for both the charity and those in our networks
- Contribute to the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of Parks for London and our services
- Play an active role in strategic reviews, business planning, and contribute to the wider thinking and planning of the charity
- Carry out other duties and activities as agreed with the Executive Director
Applicants should be based in or near London to attend regular meetings and events commensurate with the role.
We thank all applicants for applying and their interest in the role. Those shortlisted for an interview will be contacted by the week closing 11th October, if you do not hear from us by then please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
Details about how to apply can be found on our website, please use the link provided.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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War Child believes that children’s lives should not be torn apart by war. It is the only specialist charity for children affected by conflict, with four main areas of work: protecting children, educating children, supporting communities and campaigning.
The charity are renowned for their creative, innovative and entrepreneurial approach, with strong connections to the gaming, music and creative industries. In 2021, the charity supported over 140,000 children and adults – making it one of their strongest years ever.
It’s an exciting time to join War Child as they have recently launched their new Alliance initiative. The War Child Alliance brings together the five War Child fundraising members (in the Netherlands, UK, Germany and Sweden, plus Children in Conflict in the US), with 14 programme members, based in and around conflict-affected areas across the world and coordinated by a new international body: the War Child Alliance Foundation. Through the Alliance they are integrating programme activities under one umbrella – allowing War Child to combine strengths and pool resources – all with the aim to multiply impact for conflict-affected children.
As part of the Trusts and Institutional funding team of four you’ll work alongside the Head of Trusts and Institutional, Trusts Manager, Trusts Executive and be line managed by the new Trusts and Institutional Funding Lead. Your key objective is to provide operational, administrative, and analytical support to the team to grow income and enable War Child to deliver quality programmes, by ensuring compliance with quality and donor requirements, contributing to effective risk management, providing support for the different donor accounts and ensuring processes and systems are in place, implemented and efficient. The role requires proactive collaboration with cross-functional teams, excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and strong communication skills.
As Trusts and Institutional Funding Executive, you will:
- Develop donor profiles by conducting research on potential donors, including their funding focus, giving history, and connections to War Child
- Plan and prepare meetings with donors by collaborating with senior colleagues and stakeholders to determine strategic objectives and key messages
- Monitor and share potential funding opportunities with the relevant Donor Account Managers within the Trusts and Institutional Funding team
- Support the implementation of internal grant management processes
Ideal skills and experience:
- Experience of fundraising for an international development organisation
- An excellent verbal communicator, confident in dealing with people at all levels, externally and internally, with the ability to influence and negotiate
- Interested and knowledgeable in current developments and trends in the international aid sector
- Committed to War Child’s mission, vision and values
Benefits include:
- Flexible working – for most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, an element of working from home, compressed hours
- Annual leave – 28 days per year (full-time) rising to 33 days with service, plus UK bank holidays
- Pension – all eligible employees automatically enrolled into a Group Personal Pension Plan with a 5% employer contribution, with minimum employee contribution on a salary sacrifice basis
- Family leave – enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave, and family friendly policies
- Healthcare cash plan and a range of wellbeing initiatives, including free, confidential one-to-one wellbeing consultations with trained counsellors
We are driven by a single goal – ensuring a safe future for every child affected by war.