Senior Project Manager Jobs
A little bit about the role
This advert will close at 9am, 7 August 2024
We seek a dynamic leader with excellent interpersonal skills to join our team as Head of Partnerships and Placements on a 12 month fixed-term contract basis. The ideal candidate must excel in building and sustaining partnerships, managing strategic projects, and leading a team to achieve significant results.
You will be allocating 500 placements for Approach Social Work participants and recruiting leaders for and sell other Frontline programmes or services. This is directly linked to achieving Frontline’s organisational objective of having 4,000 impactful Fellows by 2025, who will create social change for children without a safe or stable home.
Some key responsibilities include:
- Meet sales targets
- Provide a great experience for partners
- Systems, project management and compliance
- Support wider organisational objectives
- Excellent team leadership and people management
A little bit about you
The ideal candidate will be an experienced account management and sales professional, skilled in setting and achieving demanding sales targets. We are looking for someone with a strong track record in managing complex projects, leveraging external stakeholder relationships, and and balancing different needs. With excellent people management skills, you will balance support and challenge, and be adept at using data and CRM systems to manage relationships and generate insights.
We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own.
If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you.
We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities. Please let us know how we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you.
We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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GiveOut is an award-winning international community foundation, with the mission to grow giving to support the global struggle for LGBTQI human rights. We advocate for more funding to benefit LGBTQI causes globally, fundraise to foster more giving by the LGBTQI community and our allies, and pool donations to provide grants and other support to LGBTQI organisations worldwide, to build a world where LGBTQI people everywhere can live their lives freely and fully.
Across the world, courageous activists are doing vital work to protect and improve the lives of LGBTQI people. But they lack resources and funding is fragile, especially in the Global South and East. Our global community and allies want to provide support, but it is not always easy to do so. GiveOut’s purpose is to help address this urgent need by providing a platform for our supporters to give in one place to fund LGBTQI rights activism worldwide. We pool the donations we receive to provide flexible grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world, ensuring they have more of the resources they need to defend our communities, tackle inequality and campaign for lasting change.
An entry-level role, the Philanthropy Coordinator will be a key member of GiveOut's small team, with responsibilities in three main areas: helping with internal programme coordination, supporting colleagues on key donor relationships and fundraising, and taking the lead on community fundraising. They will be highly organised with a strong work ethic, enjoy organising events, and up for the challenge of raising lower level gifts from our community and allies. They will have the opportunity to develop organisational, project management and fundraising skills, learn about LGBTQI rights activism around the world, and see the impact of their work through the incredible LGBTQI organisations supported through GiveOut.
Main responsibilities:
Internal programme coordination
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Manage calendars, schedule internal meetings, help bring together agendas, book meeting rooms, and take minutes where required
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Help maintain internal documents using Google Workspace
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Work with colleagues on shared processes, including finance and reporting
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Contribute to a dynamic, fun and effective organisation
Supporting donor relationships
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Triage donor requests, responding where appropriate
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Schedule external meetings and calls
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Create and send invoices
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Ensure we have necessary information to claim Gift Aid on eligible donations
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Maintain database to ensure accurate donor information in GiveOut’s CRM (Donorfy)
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Support on fundraising events and briefings, creating event plans, and managing invitation process
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Support travel, logistics and manage itineraries for international guests
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Support on reporting to donors on the impact of their giving, building donation reports from database, liaising with internal teams, and using templates to build reports
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Assist in donor research and prospecting
Community fundraising
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Lead on engaging lower value individual donors
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Organise fundraising challenges
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Offer guidance, materials, and support to individuals and groups organising their own fundraising activities
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Track regular monthly giving and contact donors to discuss any missed payments and re-establish regular giving
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Support the Donor Journey (automated stewardship journey for new individual donors, providing regular donor emails)
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Ensure accurate tracking and processing of community donations, including managing online fundraising platforms
What success look like:
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A well run philanthropy programme, with the systems and processes in place to support effective fundraising
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Strong donor relationships, with colleagues supported effectively to maintain and strengthen relationships with key and high-value donors
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Accurate and up-to-date donor database, with all donor information and donations accurately tracked and acknowledged
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A growing community of grassroots supporters and lower-value individual donors, through community fundraising initiatives
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A dynamic, fun and effective organisation that is respected and valued by supporters
Required attributes, skills and experience:
Must-have:
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Connection to GiveOut’s vision, mission and values, with a commitment to the LGBTQI community
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High ethical standards and integrity
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Team player, with strong interpersonal skills
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Strong communication skills, written and verbal, confident in engaging with colleagues and external stakeholders
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Strong organisational skills, with ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
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Excellent attention to detail and time management
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Good working knowledge of using office software (documents, spreadsheets, presentations) and online calendar tools
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Highly motivated, with a strong work ethic
Desirable:
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Experience in organising and coordinating events
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Fundraising or relationship management experience
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Good working knowledge of Google Workspace tools
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CRM experience (Donorfy-specific training will be provided)
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Experience using MailChimp, MailMerge or other email marketing tool
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Working knowledge of GDPR
We pool the donations we receive to provide grants to LGBTQI organisations around the world, ensuring that they have more of the resources they need.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are seeking an experienced, passionate and creative Director of Strategic Communications. As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will help provide collective leadership, advice and challenge to UKCF, and take responsibility for leading the delivery of our internal and external communication functions. You will be setting our communication direction, guiding the implementation of activity, ensuring measurable outcomes are achieved and telling the community foundation story effectively.
About UK Community Foundations
UK Community Foundations (UKCF) is the membership body for 47 accredited community foundations which cover every postcode of the UK, and three international members in Ireland, Jersey and Bermuda.
Community foundations are local champions, bringing local bodies together to understand inequalities and find solutions. They use these local insights to inspire place-based philanthropy, transforming private wealth into community resources for both now and the long term.
Last year, the UKCF network collectively invested over £170 million into local groups and organisations that are tackling the biggest issues facing communities.
At UKCF:
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We put inclusivity at the forefront of all we do
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Valuing diversity of thought and experience
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Ensuring all voices are heard
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Challenging and dismantling barriers wherever we find them
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We put relationships first
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Everything we achieve will be done with and through others
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Demonstrating integrity, openness, honesty and care in all we do
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Empowering networks that support places to thrive
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We are ambitious for members and the communities they support
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Valuing future generations
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Focusing on underlying causes not symptoms
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Constantly challenging our knowledge and practice
About the role
This is a new role that follows a decision to focus our new organisational strategy for 2024-2027 on growing our external influence and that of our network of 47 community foundations across the UK.
You will demonstrate generous leadership qualities and the ability to forge strong relationships and external partnerships, as we can have a far greater impact working with and through others. You will also encourage and facilitate collaborative and integrated work with colleagues within UKCF and across the community foundation network.
Job specification
External strategic communications
Purpose: To enhance UKCF's communications, brand and external influence in order to engage and inspire key audiences, thereby supporting the effectiveness of our business development, grant programmes and strategic delivery.
Key responsibilities:
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Set out the strategic communications direction. You will play a crucial role in delivering our priorities of raising the profile of community foundations, promoting philanthropy and advocating on behalf of UK communities.
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Understand the most effective ways to influence within the context we work and resources available – being flexible and responsive to a rapidly changing environment and understanding the changing needs of our partners.
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Develop and oversee a cohesive and integrated strategic communications strategy and framework.
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Elevate and enhance our brand, ensuring clear, consistent and impactful messaging that resonates with our diverse audiences and drives our organisational priorities.
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Work closely with the interim Co-CEOs and Senior Management Team to develop and deliver the organisation’s external affairs strategy to extend our influence, public profile and achieve our policy and public affairs objectives.
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Collaborate with colleagues to ensure the insights and learning from our members and our national grant programmes inform and drive our external communications outputs.
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Work with our network to support and coordinate external messaging and communications that will amplify the broader network.
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Work with MarComms leads across the UKCF member network to ensure the delivery of consistent, strategic coverage in earned media for community foundations and the impact of their work.
Internal strategic communications
Key responsibilities:
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Line management of the Communications and Marketing Manager, as well as any other staff or contractors that are recruited on a temporary or permanent basis.
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Manage UKCF’s communication and marketing budget, continuously seeking ways to improve efficiency and impact of investment.
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Support a culture of continuous learning across UKCF, building confidence and skills in the team to effectively communicate our messages on external channels and to our members.
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Contribute to the successful delivery of key events including biannual conferences, webinars and in-person policy and learning events, supporting the work of our Membership Team and Senior Management Team to engage our network and funders.
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Ensure a high-quality delivery and consistency of communications and brand, reviewing and building out our brand resources for the UKCF team.
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Communicate impact, learnings and outcomes of external relations and owned media activity to the Senior Management Team and Board as required.
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Utilise strategic communications expertise to support UKCF’s public policy objectives and the work of our interim Co-CEOs to raise the network’s profile with local, regional and national governments.
Member of the Senior Management Team
Key responsibilities:
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Work in a collegiate manner with Senior Management Team colleagues, providing expert advice, challenge and support.
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Contribute to strategic reviews, planning and development of the organisation, and take the lead on identified projects as agreed with your line manager.
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Work closely with the Senior Management Team and Trusts Manager to develop and deliver our business development plan to resource and grow our income.
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Providing reports and advice to the Board and Committees, as requested by the interim Co-CEOs.
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Provide highly effective line management, including regular supervision, annual appraisals and oversight of learning, development and wellbeing.
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Work with the interim Co-CEOs and Finance Team to set annual budgets for the directorate and ensure they are managed effectively by the team to maximise income and control costs.
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Provide excellent levels of service to members, press and partners.
Person specification
Skills and experience:
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You are a strategic thinker, able to balance a wide range of competing priorities whilst supporting and inspiring the UKCF team.
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You are an inspiring impact leader with a track record of creating and executing effective marketing strategies that engage and resonate with external audiences.
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You are a skilled communicator with advanced interpersonal and influencing skills, with the capability to quickly build credibility with a diverse group of senior stakeholders and present complex issues in a clear and effective manner.
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You have a proven ability to manage risks, work under pressure, deliver effectively at pace and meet external media deadlines.
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You have experience acting as an expert communications advisor to a variety of external stakeholders.
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Ideally, you have experience of leading a communications or marketing function for third sector or social impact organisations, with expertise in crafting impact narratives and utilising data storytelling to bring credibility.
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You have a keen understanding of the UK media and political landscape, with experience in landing coverage and targeted communications in a range of media.
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You have experience in how social channels can be used strategically to build trust and profile of organisations and their work.
What we provide
At UKCF, we put inclusion at the forefront of our work and believe in equal opportunities for all. That is why our recruitment process is anonymous and our salaries are transparent.
It is important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve, and we want everyone in our team to feel they belong. We ensure staff familiarise themselves with our company policies and procedures, uphold the Equal Opportunities and Anti-Harassment and Bullying policies, act at all times within the company rules and procedures and observe health and safety procedures to ensure personal safety when working remotely. We also have mental health first-aiders in place and a fantastic wellbeing service that provides bespoke support to all employees.
UKCF is a fully remote-working organisation with staff based across the UK, embedded in the communities we serve, stretching around the nation. Each member can be fully home based, work from the office of their nearest community foundation or combine the two approaches according to their situation and preference.
UKCF is made of a small, friendly and supportive team. We make time to catch up socially as well as to work. We meet in person three times a year over a few days, visiting a different community foundation and region each time. This helps us to build on our strategy and working relationships, and to learn more about the vital projects and programmes our network supports.
Holidays and benefits
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30 days holiday each year plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
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Up to two days paid leave for volunteer days
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Season ticket loans available
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Enhanced pension scheme
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Flexible working hours, 14-21 hours per week
Please add a cover letter that showcases your relevant experience in influential roles that have provided strategic communications and marketing either in the charity sector or elsewhere.
Every UK community should have access to an agile community foundation, known for identifying local need and providing resources that empower change.
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We're recruiting for a new Head of Income and Partnerships to join our team.
ReachOut is a charity providing targeted youth development interventions which uplift individuals and drive positive societal change. We’re driven by our vision of a society where all young people are equipped with the skills and behaviours to lead fulfilling lives.
We work in under-resourced areas where opportunities are more limited for young people and where educational inequality threatens young people getting trapped in a cycle of poverty.
Reporting to the CEO, the Head of Income & Partnerships plays a pivotal role within our organisation, forming part of the Senior Management Team (with the CEO, Head of Programmes & Impact, and Head of Operations and Finance).
They will drive the strategic development and delivery of our income generation (currently c.£1m pa) and marketing and communications work, working with established and new partners.
We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated individual with a proven track record in partnerships development and income generation and a good understanding of communications.
The postholder will lead a small, multidisciplinary team, working collaboratively with the CEO, SMT and others across the organisation to acquire and retain the funds, volunteer and pro bono resources needed to deliver and grow our work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you value the principles of restorative practice?
Are you passionate about providing the best possible service for children, young people, families and communities at every opportunity?
Can you think creatively about services and identify opportunities for improvement or impact?
Are you able to inspire a team to deliver effective and efficient person-led support?
We are a leading charity in the UK offering Family Group Conferences in the South. We are at an exciting point in our history where we are exploring and actively building new and innovative ways to work alongside families and the community. If you are keen to get creative and explore new opportunities alongside managing and leading an excellent core service, we would love to hear from you.
The ideal candidate will be a skilled strategic thinker able to inspire and lead a remote team to deliver high-quality support services.
They will also be able to design, launch and embed creative, innovative services that embody the principles of restorative, solution-focused and person-led support.
Successful candidates will be positive communicators who enjoy building and nurturing relationships internally and externally.
As a pivotal brand ambassador our next Director of Services will demonstrate and promote our values, and strive towards delivering our mission and vision in all that they do.
Experience in delivering Family Group Conferences is desirable but is not essential for this role. We are looking for senior operational leaders with experience in and passion for restorative practices.
The role offers flexible, hybrid working with a requirement to be in our Eastleigh, Hampshire office two days a week (Tuesday is an essential day). A successful candidate would need to actively work in person with commissioners, external partners, and our teams throughout our programme areas on a regular basis, depending on service needs.
Willingness to travel to other areas, depending on service need and growth is also needed.
DETAILS
Salary: £42,000 - £50,000 per annum, depending on experience
Location: Hybrid with two days a week in our Eastleigh, Hampshire Head Office – requirement for Tuesday in the office
Working pattern: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, flexible
We are committed to safeguarding and all posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, two satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK
SAFEGUARDING
Daybreak is firmly committed to the belief that all children, young people and vulnerable adults have a fundamental right to be protected from harm, and fully recognises its responsibility for safeguarding and child protection.
Safeguarding determines the actions that we take to keep people safe and protect them from harm in all aspects of their engagement with Daybreak. The safety and protection of all beneficiaries that Daybreak supports is paramount and has priority over all other interests.
As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, DBS checks will be required prior to commencing work with Daybreak. This policy is available on our website.
APPLICATIONS
To apply, please download and complete our application form. Whilst we also will accept a CV and Covering Letter, note that anyone invited to an interview will be required to complete a full application form prior to the interview as per our safer recruitment policy.
Please ensure that you have read the full recruitment pack on our website, prior to applying.
Should you like an informal chat with our CEO, please request via head office.
If you need any help with your application or have any questions, please contact us via email or phone
CLOSING DATE: SUNDAY 11TH AUGUST 2024 | INTERVIEWS: WEDNESDAY 14TH & FRIDAY 16TH AUGUST
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life.
Our Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. Through our grants programme, we support hundreds of local organisations working with older people across the UK.
We use the knowledge and insight gained from our support services and partnerships to highlight the issues experienced by older people in poverty and campaign for change.
We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life. We would love to find individuals from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.
Responsibilities and Person Specification:
Working closely with the CEO, the Director of Policy and Influencing and the Head of Policy and Research, the Head of Influencing will lead a powerful influencing programme. They will ensure that our work is centred around the experiences of older people in poverty, and that we undertake strategic and sustained influencing activity to persuade key decision makers and persuaders to support and act on our policy recommendations across the nations. Alongside providing cross organisational media communications support. The Head of Influencing will provide effective, inspirational, transparent and compassionate leadership and line management to colleagues in the Influencing department. This is one of two new roles in our well established Policy and Influencing Directorate, building on our commitment to drive forward policy change that tackles poverty in later life.
You should have a passion to tackle poverty in later life, and significant experience leading the development and delivery of overarching influencing strategies across the nations to effectively target decision makers and secure support for our policy calls. It’s also essential to be an experienced line manager and team player, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders across the nations to secure policy change.
For full details on the role and requirements, please read the job description and person specification. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight.
What it’s like to work at Independent Age:
We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.
We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.
We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.
You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age on the careers page of our website.
Application Process:
To apply, please submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Person Specification, by visiting our jobs website (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).
To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do however include dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. A Basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.
Closing Date: 23:59 on Monday 12th August.
Interview Dates: Interviews to be held in person on 27th and 28th August.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Youth Investment Fund (YIF)
The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is over £300m of capital and revenue grants, funded by the UK Government.
YIF is a commitment to young people to transform and level up the out-of-school youth sector. It will provide truly innovative youth facilities in levelling up priority areas, and early-stage/seed resource funding to underpin them, enabling more positive activities that deliver improved outcomes for young people.
Phase 1 was launched in January by Children in Need on behalf of the UK Government delivering £12 million of funding for small-scale projects and we’re now delivering phase 2.
Our aim is to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities that:
- represent positive value for money,
- are environmentally sustainable,
- and enable positive activities for young people aged 11 to 18 (up to 25 for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
in eligible places across England, by 2024/25
For further information on YIF please visit the Youth Investment Fund website.
About Social Investment Business
For over two decades, Social Investment Business has provided finance and support to charities and social enterprises. We empower these organisations to do what they do best - serve the communities they operate within.
Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable
To find out more about what we do and our values please visit our website.
About this role:
This role plays an important part in enabling the YIF team to support the delivery of the Fund and to provide excellent customer service to its grantees.
We are looking for someone who: is motivated by our mission and is looking for an administrative position at SIB. You will need to like working with numbers, be good at scheduling calls and engaging with customers and have excellent attention to detail.
Key responsibilities
1. To support effective triage of YIF grants to enable timely monthly disbursements to take place.
2. To ensure that calls are scheduled with each grantee due a disbursement in each month.
3. To support the team with reconciling spend evidence.
4. To undertake these calls with each grantee, checking the figures they have shared through the grantee community in Salesforce, updating these figures diligently and accurately.
5. To collect additional information on the progress of each grantee’s capital project, updating relevant fields in Salesforce diligently and accurately.
6. To collate all relevant updates from each month’s calls, and share this reporting with the Senior Relationship Manager and Head of Property Funding to enable accurate cross-checking with the finance team and timely reporting to DCMS.
7. To manage the customer inbox on a daily basis and respond to enquiries from customers using guidance notes and where necessary escalating queries to the YIF Admin Team Leader in the first instance.
8. To maintain grantee tasks in Salesforce and ensure that Relationship Managers are aware of any actions that have arisen from monthly calls.
9. To provide support where necessary to external Relationship Managers.
10. To support general administrative coordination across approved grants, most particularly those relating to disbursements, data input, data checking and task management.
11. To work within the organisation's values, principles and processes to achieve operational excellence.
12. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.
13. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I.
14. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy.
15. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required.
Core competencies
· Good team player with willingness to assist others
· Self-motivated, with high energy and an engaging level of enthusiasm
· Previous experience of using a CRM system, ideally Salesforce
· Excellent Microsoft Office Skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
· Excellent customer service skills
· Good numeracy/analytical skills
· Well organised with attention to detail
· Excellent written and oral communication skills that can be adapted for a variety of audiences
· Ability to multitask, work flexibly and willingness to learn new skills
· Ability to negotiate, anticipate and solve problems and to support others to do so
· Ability to deal sensitively and diplomatically with people from all levels with a calm, professional and friendly attitude
Desirable competencies
Advanced Excel skills
We believe in the power of the social economy to build a more equal society.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are seeking an individual with a strong background in corporate relationships to lead on a portfolio of significant, strategic partners on a maternity cover contract.
The Corporate Partnerships Manager will be joining an established and successful team, playing a vital role in developing the sustainable growth of income through our incredible partnership network within the rail industry. The role will seek out opportunities within rail to assist the fundraising team to achieve growth in both income and donor base. The right candidate will have a proven track record of developing new business opportunities and stewarding accounts to maximum potential.
To apply for this position, please complete the application form which can be accessed from the Railway Children website.
Location: Homeworking with regular travel to office in Sandbach
Closing date: Midday, Monday 5th August.
Candidates will be assessed on application and may be contacted before the closing date.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Deputy Charity Shop Manager
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Part time (4 days, 30 hours), with flexibility for sickness and holiday cover
We are committed to paying the Real Living Wage.
About Us
Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this.
Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer, healthier lives.
Thanks to supporters, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer – in Yorkshire, and beyond.
Yorkshire is big, beautiful and diverse and, as an inclusive employer, our aim is that our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is central to us taking action today to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships.
The Benefits
We offer all employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, offices within walking distance of Hornbeam Park train station, free onsite parking and a whole lot more.
We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these.
The Role
Reporting to the Shop Manager, as our Deputy Shop Manager you will lead a team of volunteers to raise funds invest in achieving the charity’s goal to save lives in Yorkshire and portray the charity as a professional, credible brand which acts with integrity. You will also Provide excellent customer service, ensuring volunteers, donors and customers know how their contribution is helping the people of Yorkshire.
Specifically, you will:
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Play an active part in running our shop in Richmond, supporting the Shop Manager in implementing processes and ways of working.
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Provide cover for days off, holidays and sickness as required, with possible occasional travel to other shops to provide support if needed by the charity.
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Support the Shop Manager to maximise the income and profit of the shop through active stock management, replenishment, and rotation.
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Manage the efficient and effective day-to-day operation of the shop in the absence of the Shop Manager.
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Manage a team of well-trained volunteers in the absence of the Shop Manager and take every effort to create a happy retail environment.
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Support the Shop Manager to ensure accurate accounting and handling of assets (items donated and money received).
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Support the Shop Manager to ensure accurate record keeping of items donated and the amount paid for each item for Gift Aid tax reclaim purposes.
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Create a welcoming professional atmosphere and deliver high standards of customer service for all customers and supporters.
About You
To be considered for this role, you will need:
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To have experience of managing people/volunteers including recruitment and development.
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To have previous retail experience in charity sector or commercial sector is desirable.
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To ideally be educated to GCSE or equivalent.
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To be highly organised with good time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.
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To have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate self and others.
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To be resilient and adaptable to change.
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Demonstrably strong planning, guiding and motivation skills with a desire to successfully achieve targeted income is desirable.
Application
Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.
To apply please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to Claire Wooldridge, Head of People, before 5 August 2024. Please read our privacy notice before applying.
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We are looking for two Recovery Motivators to join our teams in the Camden Integrated Drug and Alcohol service. Our Recovery Motivators will focus on a lead area - Women and The Camden Hostel Pathway.
About the roles:
SHP/CGL within the new Partnership and Camden’s Integrated Drug and Alcohol service has secured 1 year's funding for 2 exciting role s for people with a lived experience to support other in Recovery. The 2 roles will be specialist roles and based in both treatment sites as well as some Camden hostels with the in-reach team and well working with the Women's Senior Practitioner across women's services. The idea of the role is for People with a lived experience from homelessness and or Substance misuse help and support and shape services along with specialist practitioners working for both SHP and CGL.
The new post Women's post will be working across Camden substance misuse services to build safe spaces for women to access the treatment they need without fear from further harm or trauma. (*For genuine occupational requirement reasons, we are seeking female applicants only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010; Schedule 9 Part 1).
The new Hostel based post will be working with the Recovery in reach team to develop positive activities for Camden's hostel pathway clients to access treatment but also develop positive things in their lives to inspire their recovery.
We are looking for 2 dynamic individuals to develop their skills as well as learn Trauma informed interventions to develop and transform clients experience of treatment and services which supports better lives and outcomes for clients.
About you:
- An individual with a lived experience of substance misuse as well as experience of accessing Treatment and Recovery services.
- An understanding of the principles of planned support and working with vulnerable people.
- An understanding of the principles underlying a quality and customer focussed service with the proven ability to empower service users.
- The ability to be self-motivating, work under pressure and manage time effectively, prioritising different areas of work according to need.
- Willingness to work flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements and work outside of office hours on occasion.
- Strong time management skills, ability to work on own initiative, manage competing priorities and maintain high standards.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important info:
Closing Date: Sunday 11th August at midnight
Interview Date: Wednesday 20th August, Thursday 21st August, Friday 22nd August
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Working with the Footwork Director and Advisory Board, the main purpose of the role is to oversee and coordinate overall delivery of Footwork’s new five-year strategy and to take a leadership role in maximizing fundraising opportunities. Footwork is a small but ambitious charity with an established reputation in global health networks and partnerships. The Resource Mobilisation and Strategy Manager will be responsible for maintaining and growing these links with a wide variety of stakeholders, including national governments, international NGOs, and funders. The post holder will also manage and coordinate Footwork’s governance, including primarily the convening of the Footwork Advisory Board and Technical Committee, and providing input to and coordinating relevant outputs and actions from these bodies as required. The role offers an opportunity to have a key role in developing and shaping Footwork’s profile and impact at an exciting time. In particular, the post holder will take responsibility for delivering the following goals.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
· To oversee and coordinate overall delivery of Footwork’s new five-year strategy;
· To manage and coordinate Footwork’s governance, including primarily the convening of the Footwork Advisory Board and Technical Committee, and to provide inputs to and coordinate relevant outputs and actions from these bodies as required;
· To prepare and publish the First Global Strategy for Podoconiosis through an open and consultative international process;
· To develop a communications and fundraising strategy, including support for the continuation of this role;
· To oversee the staging of the 2nd International Podoconiosis Conference in an endemic country.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Team Management and Leadership
· Provide management and leadership to achieve targets and objectives and drive the implementation of the strategic plan
· Ensure the availability of resources to achieve targets and objectives of the Footwork strategic plan
· Work with a range of stakeholders to develop and deliver an international conference hosted outside the UK.
· Work independently with minimal input for others to drive the fundraising and strategy forward
· Build effective relationships with, and command the respect of, the wide range of international stakeholders who will contribute to the 1st Global Strategy on Podoconiosis.
· Possess strong influencing, negotiating and communications skills, particularly with respect to managing potential podoconiosis champions.
Service Delivery
· Working within university policy and procedure, undertake day-to-day management of operational matters with regards to the Footwork strategic implementation. Plan and implement activities across the team to ensure the achievement of Footwork strategy targets and objectives.
· Ensure effective systems and procedures are in place to support the achievement of key performance targets in area of responsibility.
· Plan and implement improvements to systems and procedures in area of responsibility to ensure effective administration within area of responsibility.
· Maintain appropriate records and documentation commensurate with policy and procedure.
· Provide reports internally and externally as appropriate. To undertake analysis, interpretation and presentation of standard data to inform decisions related to subject area.
· Identify critical issues when resolving problems and use university policy and procedure to support the application of appropriate resolutions.
Policy and Procedure
· Contribute to policy decisions and improvement in area of expertise.
· Strategy driven - Able to understand the priorities of the Footwork strategy and plan and organize the activities and work required to meet the objectives within the timelines.
Customers and Stakeholders
· Resource mobilisation - Can present ideas and arguments orally and in writing to gain support and gain buy in from a range of stakeholders and use different medium for different audiences.
· Convening and coordination - Can prepare for and chair international meetings, remote and in-person. Can quickly and accurately synthesise information into fluent written documents.
· Proactively work with internal and external stakeholders, colleagues or collaborators to exchange information and provide data to inform decisions as necessary, showing appropriate sensitivity when needed.
To carry out any other duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.
This Job Description sets out current duties of the post that may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or level of responsibility entailed.
INDICATIVE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Responsible for the achievement of:
· Creating and managing a strategic plan to ensure successful delivery of Footwork’s five-year strategy and specifically the Footwork goals identified in the strategic plan under the headings of:
· Improving Lives: Enable universal access to interventions to improves the lives of affected individuals and communities
· Bringing together: Bring together national, regional and global actors to strengthen coordination, collaboration and mutual learning
· Evidence-based advocacy: Harness evidence-based advocacy to accelerate the adoption and scale-up of intervention for treatment and prevention;
The specific responsibilities within these goals for this role are:
· Managing and coordinating Footwork’s governance, including primarily the convening of the Footwork Advisory Group and Trustees, and to provide inputs to and coordinate relevant outputs and actions from these bodies as required;
· Preparing and publishing the First Global Strategy for Podoconiosis through an open and consultative international process;
· Developing a communications and fundraising strategy;
· Overseeing the management and staging of the 2nd International Podoconiosis Conference in an endemic country.
The post holder reports to the Head of Department for Global Health and Infection, working under general direction within a clear framework the post holder will manage their own work to achieve their agreed objectives. The role holder will play a key role in supporting the Divisional leadership team to achieve the strategic and operational goals of the University, Professional Services & their Division. The post holder is expected to work collaboratively across the University and with key stakeholders to deliver single team working that efficiently and effectively supports the achievement of those goals and objectives.
Support achievement of the Division’s/Unit’s/School’s compliance with all applicable statutory and regulatory compliance obligations, including (but not limited to): UKVI, Health & Safety, the Prevent Duty, data protection, Competition and Markets Authority requirements and equal opportunities, as appropriate to the grade and role. Additionally, to promote good practice in relation to University policy, procedure and guidance in relation to those compliance matters in respect of students, staff and other relevant parties.
Balance effectiveness and cost-efficiency in the management of the budgets you are accountable for, demonstrating compliance with Value for Money and Return on Investment principles to support the University’s strategic aim to achieve a world-class standard of teaching and research by managing our resources effectively and efficiently.
4. Person Specification
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
1. Substantial understanding of the fundraising landscape within and outside of the UK with awareness of the key issues in Global Health programme funding.
2. Knowledge of fundraising and organizational strategy implementation;
3. Understanding of the key tools, systems and strategies to employ to raise awareness and/or build successful fundraising campaigns;
4. Well-developed oral and written communication skills with the ability to present policy and procedure in a way that can be understood the audience.
5. Writing skills. Able to write and edit copy for web, print, social media and presentations targeted to different audiences.
6. Planning and organisational skills, including project management with the ability to drive an implementation plan to closure.
7. Well-developed interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively influence in area of expertise, effectively contribute to team working to build and develop working relationships.
8. Analytical skills with the ability to generate effective solutions and make effective decisions
9. Convening and coordination. Can prepare for and chair international meetings, remote and in-person. Can quickly and accurately synthesize information into fluent written documents.
10. Effective IT Skills on MS platform. Experience using functional databases and different communication and social media platforms
11. Organisation. Good organisational skills, ability to prioritise workload and work effectively to deadlines.
ESSENTIAL ROLE-SPECIFIC CRITERIA
1. Experience of working strategically to secure a sustainable model for a charity, NGO or similar organization;
2. Proven experience of leading fundraising strategic campaigns and able to demonstrate success in securing funds from external funders;
3. Experience of liaison with senior actors in global health, including from national governments, international agencies, and funders;
4. Experience of convening and chairing international meetings with multiple stakeholders.
DESIRABLE CRITERIA
1. Knowledge of the Higher Education sector.
2. Knowledge of Global Health and Neglected Tropical Diseases
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Advocacy and Policy Manager
Lieu de travail : Au sein du projet : DIO SERA équipe, Antananarivo, Au sein de WaterAid: Département programme, Antananarivo
Contrat: 6 mois
Rattachement : Au sein du projet : Project Governance Senior Manager
Fonctions générales
Le Project Governance Senior Manager dirigera, accompagnera et facilitera la mise en oeuvre des actions de plaidoyer pour du projet, il/elle travaillera sous la supervision directe du Senior Advisor Governance and Policy. Il / elle aura la mission de résoudre les problèmes liés au politique et action gouvernementale, et sera une force de proposition, et orienté (e) stratégie dans ses actions.
Responsabilités
- Soutenir le développement de la stratégie de plaidoyer de DIO SERA et diriger la réalisation de l'objectif convenu ;
- Définir, coordonner et soutenir les activités et l'équipe de plaidoyer et de campagne à tous les niveaux du projet, selon les besoins ;
- Travailler en étroite collaboration avec l'équipe de gouvernance et d'engagement communautaire pour résoudre tout problème ou défaillance du système, examiner et/ou élaborer une politique et assurer le système ;
- Plaider au nom du projet et de ses parties prenantes auprès du gouvernement et/ou de ses représentants de toute Doléance justifiable ;
- Gérer et faciliter l'application des politiques et diriger la nouvelle conception politique selon les besoins du projet ;
- Administration et Finance ;
- Leadership et gestion du personnel ;
- Représentation.
L'Advocacy and policy manager aura le profil suivant :
- Minimum master en économie, droit public, sciences politiques, développement social, ou administration publique ;
- Au moins 5 ans d'expérience similaire dans le partenariat avec le gouvernement (national, CTD et STD) et les partenariats public-privé (PPP) ;
- Au moins 5 ans d'expérience dans la planification, le développement et la gestion de programmes ;
- Expérience avérée dans le renforcement des systèmes, la gouvernance, les cadres juridiques, la coordination sectorielle et intersectorielle, les mécanismes de financement public, la décentralisation ou des domaines connexes ;
- Expérience en mobilisation des ressources et communautaires ;
- Expérience dans la réalisation de campagnes de plaidoyer ;
- Expérience en gestion de partenariats ;
- Expérience dans la gestion de projets des organismes internationaux et expérience avec l'USAID seront un atout.
Connaissances, aptitudes et compétences requises :
- Fortes compétences analytiques et résolution de problèmes, avec la capacité d'évaluer des défis de gouvernance dans sa complexité et de proposer des solutions adaptées au contexte.
- Compétence en leadership avancée et capacité à mobiliser les parties prenantes au niveau régional et communal le cas échéant.
- Connaissance approfondie des questions de renforcement de secteur eau, assainissement et hygiène et démontrant un engagement envers les principes d'équité de genre, de diversité, d'inclusion et protection des personnes ;
- Connaissance approfondie des techniques et outils de renforcement de capacité, de facilitation, de formations notamment pour faciliter l'adoption d'une approche systémique pour le renforcement du secteur WASH ;
- Excellentes compétences en communication, négociation et facilitation pour engager efficacement divers intervenants.
- Familiarité avec les cadres et normes internationaux en matière de gouvernance WASH, tels que ceux du Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), est un atout.
- Capacité à penser stratégiquement et à traduire des plans de développement et des budgets.
- Capacités en développement et gestion de projets, y compris le personnel, la budgétisation et la gestion.
- Capacité à valoriser les données par des traitements informatiques.
- Maîtrise orale et écrite complète en anglais et en français (la maîtrise du malgache est fortement souhaitable).
- Aisance relationnelle avec toutes les éventuelles parties prenantes du projet, comprenant le gouvernement et les communautés bénéficiaires.
Les candidat(e)s intéressé(e)s sont priés d'envoyer leurs dossiers de soumission (CV détaillé avec 3 références professionnelles, lettre de motivation, prétention salariale mensuelle de base, photocopie légalisée du diplôme le plus élevé, copie du ou des certificat(s) de travail et dernière fiche de paie) au plus tard le 23 juillet 2024 à 17h, à l'adresse électronique , en mentionnant comme objet du mail « Advocacy and policy manager ».
Notre promesse sur le personnel
Tout ce que nous faisons est guidé par nos valeurs. Nous voulons que chacun soit traité avec dignité et respect, et nous défendons les droits et les contributions des personnes pour parvenir à un monde plus juste. Nous sommes passionnément engagés à être une organisation où chacun est le bienvenu, respecté, inclus et habilité à donner le meilleur de lui-même. Nous représentons et célébrons la diversité de notre personnel, de nos partenaires et de toutes les personnes avec lesquelles nous travaillons, afin de créer une culture où chacun peut atteindre son plein potentiel.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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This is an exciting and challenging position, which will be pivotal in growing the acquisition programme as part of our 5-year strategy. Working closely with the rest of the A&W team and wider stakeholders, such as the Communications team, media and creative agencies, you'll help to optimise acquisition activity as we scale up investment in this area. This is an opportunity for someone to help make a real difference to a varied programme using a test and learn approach.
In addition to leading DRTV, this role also involves delivering a variety of other important activity as required, such as inserts and welcome journeys. There are opportunities to turn your hand to a range of channels and product promotion as we aim to scale up channels such as inserts.
Criteria
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and highly organised individual with excellent communication and analytical skills. You’ll enjoy looking for ways to optimise all elements of campaigns from creative, content and media testing and able to act as a key point of knowledge in this area. Experience of DRTV is required, with an understanding of individual giving fundraising KPIs, including in relation to: DRTV, print, telemarketing, email and landing pages. You will be confident working with data with attention to detail and accuracy, from briefing data criteria for emails to using excel to review and share results. You will also be able to engage wider stakeholders in our acquisition testing plan development, providing clear regular communication to update on progress and learnings.
Most importantly, you’ll be keen to deliver insight and audience-led, best in class fundraising campaigns to help Brooke realise an ambitious acquisition growth programme.
At Brooke, we celebrate diversity and the creative new ideas it brings. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds, in particular global majority candidates, candidates from a social mobility background, disabled and neuro-diverse candidates, and candidates under 25 as these groups are currently under-represented at Brooke.
We are aware that studies have shown that women and global majority candidates are less likely to apply for a role if they feel they do not meet the full criteria of the job description. If you feel you meet the majority of the criteria, we would love to hear from you.
We offer a variety of flexible working options to best support our staff and to ensure our working practices are as inclusive as possible.
Interviews to be held Monday 12th August 2024
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!
Senior Digital Marketing and Engagement Officer, a fantastic opportunity to join a National Children’s Charity, at a very exciting time.
- Location: based anywhere in the UK.
- Remote or Hybrid Working.
- Salary based on location: £37,646 (London), £34,837 (National)
Are you an experienced digital and email marketer, who is passionate about creating campaigns and communications that inspire supporters to take action, and want to join a team at a very exciting time? With a large-scale appeal planned, there's lots of new activities across multi-channel national campaigns, which you will be involved in.
As the Senior Digital Marketing and Engagement Officer, working with the Public Engagement Manager and Marketing Team, you will develop and project managing multi-channel campaigns across email and digital channels, and can include channels such as mail, phone and SMS, focused on inspiring and engaging new and existing supporters to take action.
In addition, you will get involved in commissioning insight projects that support the delivery of compelling campaigns, contribute to a test and learn culture, and be involved in activity groups and collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to develop public facing elements of a major appeal across digital campaigns.
Key Responsibilities of the Senior Digital Marketing and Engagement Officer:
- Project management and end-to-end delivery of multi-channel national campaigns across email, digital, which can include mail, phone and SMS.
- Manage, develop, and deliver all online campaigns processes from end-to-end, managing agencies, in-house design team, supplier management and briefing of online campaigns.
- Develop quality, powerful campaign creatives and offers that elevate voice, brand and storytelling approach, to motivate and inspire audiences to take action
- Support and manage the creation of innovative offers, personalised journeys and testing plans to maximise income and action & grow LTV
- Use audience data & insight to understand motivations and drive desired behaviours.
- Contribute towards a culture of collaboration, innovation, testing and rapid response to engage audiences that will drive impact.
To be successful as the Senior Digital Marketing and Engagement Officer, you will have prior experience, skills and knowledge gained in areas such as;
- Previously working in a similar Digital Marketing, Direct Marketing, Individual Giving, Digital Public Engagement role within the charity sector.
- Experience and knowledge of project managing & delivering multi-channel direct response marketing, digital marketing, email platforms and techniques
- Excellent written & digital communication skills
- Proven ability to use data and insight to drive campaigns.
- Experience of creative development and managing suppliers.
Role Details:
- Location: based anywhere in the UK.
- Remote or Hybrid Working.
- Salary based on location: £37,646 (London), £34,837 (National)
'Angela Mann Recruitment' is a specialist Charity & NFP Recruitment Agency, with extensive experience and knowledge of working within the sector. We match individuals to roles based on the required skills and experiences requested to fulfil a position, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Senior Fundraising Officer (Corporate Partnerships)
Hours per week: 35
Closing date: 23rd August 2024
This is an exciting time to join the Corporate Partnerships team at YMCA England & Wales; in the last 12 months, we have launched two new multi-year partnerships and tripled income in the Corporate Partnerships function!
And now we are growing again: The successful candidate will join a supportive and highly ambitious team.
As Senior Fundraising Officer (Corporate Partnerships), you will:
- Identify and develop potential new business relationships and funding opportunities for YMCA England & Wales, including developing compelling new fundraising propositions and staying abreast of emerging areas of interest for businesses and innovation within the corporate charity partnerships space.
- Manage and grow YMCA’s portfolio of Events Sponsors to maximise sponsorship income and support the growth of YMCA Events.
- Support the account management of high value partnerships.
- Lead or support cross-team projects, campaigns or events that support the Corporate Partnerships and/or Fundraising strategy.
The successful candidate will be commercially aware, a great communicator (verbal and written) with strong interpersonal skills and have a demonstrable track record of working with both internal and external stakeholders to drive the success of projects and partnerships.
Fundraising at YMCA England & Wales has three pillars:
- Fundraising for distribution through initiatives such as our RoomSponsor programme
- Fundraise to support YMCAs and fund our policy, campaign and research work, to lobby government and change the lives of young people
- Facilitate YMCAs to raise funds themselves by providing assets, propositions and advice
We run as a federation with 80+ local YMCAs working independently to support young people to belong, contribute and thrive in their communities, collectively supporting more than 375,000 young people each year.
Our work spans Housing, Family & Youth Work, Health & Wellbeing, Support & Advice and Training & Education, and we are the largest provider of safe, supported accommodation for young people in England and Wales, providing a home for more than 20,000 people experiencing homelessness each year.