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Food Sourcing & Partnership Officer

Salary: £29991 per annum

Location: Midlands wide- Leicester LE18, Birmingham B7, Nottingham NG2

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Benefits: 25 days holiday, pro-rata, 5.5% Employer Pension Contribution including Life Cover, Occupational Sick Pay Benefits & Enhanced Maternity,  Adoption and Paternity Leave and Pay, plus more

Reporting to: Food Supply Manager

FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity. We take good-to-eat surplus food from the food industry and get it to our Members - frontline charities and community groups all over the Midlands. We turn an environmental problem into a social solution.

Last year we redistributed almost 5,794 tonnes of food from our warehouses in Birmingham, Leicester and Nottingham. It is sorted and stored by our dedicated teams of staff and volunteers, and then redistributed to around 800 Members including food pantries and cafes, homeless shelters and drop-in centres.

These local organisations turn the food into food parcels, affordable shopping and delicious meals for people of all ages. As well as food, our Members provide vital support to families and the elderly, many of whom are facing challenging circumstances and living in poverty.

Last year our food reached more than 83,000 vulnerable people every week, providing 13 million meals. At the same time, we are growing our Employability Programmes to help people gain work experience, skills and jobs.

We will be actively interviewing prospective candidates as they apply.

The Role

This important role will represent FareShare Midlands and engage with the food industry in the Midlands, to develop and grow volumes of surplus food.

Using your account management skills you will manage existing and new business relationships, growing our supply base and ensuring rewarding and sustainable relationships for the partner. You will need determination and drive to work effectively with a wide range of businesses and organisations. The role involves working closely with the FareShare Midlands Food Sourcing Manager and FareShare UK Teams to strengthen our capability to source and accept more food. As well as managing existing food partners and spending time researching and contacting potential new local food suppliers in the region, the role includes researching and making new contacts and following up leads. By working closely with the FareShare Midlands Food Sourcing Manager we ensure coordination on management of UK wide food partner accounts as well as consistency of approach and delivery of national initiatives where appropriate.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Business Development and Relationship Management 

· Act as a point of contact for a portfolio of existing local food partners and the regional sites of selected National Food Partners

· Research and develop new relationships with food partners and food industry stakeholders across the Midlands.

· Build strong relationships and engage with food partners and stakeholders on a regular basis

· Meet existing and potential food partners to competently and effectively present the benefits of working with FareShare

· Engage with accounts to prompt donations of food through regular phone calls, emails and face to face contact

· Support food partners in identifying surplus food through carrying out factory ‘waste walks’ and engaging employees appropriately

· Work closely with the Food Team and the Supply Chain & Logistics Team to ensure any supply or account management issues are promptly and satisfactorily resolved

· Provide regular food partner impact reporting, case studies and recognition

· Capture feedback from our food partners about their relationship with FareShare 

Team Work and Reporting

·  Work closely with the FareShare Midlands management team to support delivery of the strategy and ensure effectively communication and team working.

· Work in conjunction with the Food Supply Manager and the FareShare UK Food Team to ensure smooth management of accounts which span the UK and the Midlands.

· Attend Regional Food Sourcing meetings and support the Food Team members and initiatives as required.

· Feedback to the team ideas for improving the existing processes and operations linked to the provision of food.

· Efficiently plan and undertake visits, planning your diary to use time and FareShare’s resources effectively to minimize travel time and expense while maximising potential opportunities during business hours.

· Work closely alongside regional sourcing colleagues across the UK and regularly attend regional sourcing team meetings.

Person Specification - Skills, Qualities & Experience

Skills

· The ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships at a range of levels and across multiple functions with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

· Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to change tone for different stakeholders and confidently present online or face to face.

· Team player with a positive and collaborative attitude, who enjoys working with others to help achieve broader objectives.

· Positive outlook with the ability to be an engaging enthusiastic ambassador for FareShare and a desire to seek tangible outcomes and drive incremental growth

· Willing to learn and develop account management skills with the guidance and support of the Food Supply manager and the Food Team.

· Comfortable with cold calling of new accounts and the judgement to be able to balance persistence with empathy and understanding.

· Pro-active, organised, resilient and able to work under pressure, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail.

· Great problem solving and decision-making skills, a solutions led mind set and ability to back up decisions using data and analysis.

· Very well organised with excellent attention to detail, comfortable using own initiative, developing a list of priorities and managing the workload.

· A people person who will enjoy communicating with our food partners, our Regional Centres and the wider FareShare Team.

· Proactive with suggesting process improvements or creative solutions to challenges.

· Computer literate comfortable with online tools including a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Essential

· Experience of working in the food industry

· Proven ability to build cross functional relationships with a customer service focus

·  Knowledge of and interest in Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and experience of its application within the business environment

· Excellent proven organisational skills

· Proven ability to form good working relationships, both internally and externally

· Full driving license and access to own car

 Desirable

· Experience of managing accounts in the FMCG, food, retail or other fast moving customer service orientated sector.

· Track record of using selling and negotiation skills with professionalism and integrity to achieve desired outcomes & targets.

· Management of initiatives and projects such as new product launches, operational initiatives, promotional activity or similar.

· Knowledge of and interest in Sustainable Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and experience of its application within the business environment. 

Values and behaviours 

· A commitment to Equal Opportunities

· An appreciation of FareShare Midlands’ mission and vision

· Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team

· Proven ability to develop and maintain good working relations, with both internal and external audiences

· The roleholder will be required to work flexibly.

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply for this role, please create a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability and to explain your interest in both the job and FareShare Midlands. Please send your supporting statement with a copy of your CV.

We continue to strive to ensure that the profile of our staff and volunteers reflects the diverse communities we serve across the Midlands. As such we encourage and welcome applications from all our communities. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds as they are currently under-represented within FareShare Midlands. 

We will be actively interviewing prospective candidates as they apply.

Grade: 3

Position type: Full time (37.5 hours per week) permanent - flexible hours considered

Responsible to: Regional Director – West and Central Africa

Key Interdependencies: Travel Team, Supply Chain, Programme Quality team, Emergency Team, Programme Funding Team, Finance and Legal teams.

Location: Truro, Cornwall (Hybrid) or Remote (UK based) with quarterly travel to our HQ in Truro

Travel: Work away from home, this may be UK or overseas training or in-country Programme support. You may be required to deploy for up to 40% of your time in any calendar year.

Role Purpose

ShelterBox is searching for an experienced humanitarian professional with previous programme management experience to join our agile and effective International Programmes Department. This is a transformational and impactful role. The successful candidate will manage urgent priority activities and international programmes/projects within a specific country, ensuring we deliver high quality, impactful outcomes at speed and scale for the people we support.

Reporting to the Regional Director, the Programme Manager will support the establishment and management of new and existing emergency and protracted ShelterBox programmes. Aligning with wider regional strategy, the Programme Manager will create and implement a longer-term strategic vision and direction for continuing support within their countries of responsibility. They will also lead on strategic humanitarian relationships within this area to help maximise ShelterBox’s programme impact and influence.

This role will also work closely with the Programme Quality team, to continue to measure the quality and impact of our work. The Programme Manager will also support a programme funding strategy for their designated area of responsibility, working closely with the Programme Funding team in developing sustainable programmatic funding opportunities.

The role is expected to have a strong focus on Burkina Faso, with other countries to be determined dependant on both existing portfolio and new emergencies. Regular travel is expected, and we expect the successful candidate to be willing and able to undertake this travel.

The role will also encompass high-level relationship building and advocacy with partner organisations to consolidate the reputation and position of ShelterBox within the humanitarian sector.

We look forward to welcoming candidates who share our passion and teamwork to achieve this.

Duties will include but not be limited to:

· Establish and manage programmes within assigned area in line with the organisational and regional strategy. Working closely with the Regional Director to ensure quality, timely, impactful, and on-budget programme/project implementation.

· Implementation of the strategic vision and direction. Work closely with the Programme Funding Team to build the appropriate Business Development strategy to secure the resources necessary for realisation.

· Ensure programme quality through consistent use throughout the area programmes of rigorous assessment, design, proposal development and review processes; comprehensive monitoring & evaluation, accountability and learning systems; staff development, and partner capacity strengthening

· Provide support, motivation and leadership to project teams, ensuring they complete tasks to a high standard and meet project delivery deadlines.

· Initiate and sustain strong, mutually beneficial, and authentic partnerships with local and international organisations.

· Work closely with the Travel Team to prioritise the safety of our teams and our deployments. Adapt to evolving issues that could adversely affect ShelterBox staff or programme delivery.

· Maintain effective and coordinated budget management, working closely with the Programme Funding team and International Programmes Finance Manager. Ensure monitoring processes are in place for grant funds/donor specific requirements.

· Provide the first point of contact for deployed teams and disaster monitoring on a 24/7 routine and emergency basis as part of a roster.

· Prioritise ‘do no harm’ principles. Ensure those who encounter ShelterBox as a result of our activities are safeguarded from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings which place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, and any other harm.

· Maintain exacting standards in all aspects of ShelterBox’s activities so that the reputation of the organisation is protected in the view of donors, partners and the people we support.

· Lead a culture which actively promotes improvements in its practices, processes, and outcomes, across all aspects of its work, seeking feedback from all stakeholders.

· Provide timely updates to Regional Director/Deputy Director/International Programmes Director on programme/project delivery and impact.

· Work away from home, this may be UK or overseas training or deployment to your designated regions. You may be required to deploy for up to 40% of your time within your region, in any calendar year.

BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school.

Working with every local authority and across every region in the country, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 1.3 million families a year via partners in schools, children’s centres, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.

It’s an exciting time at BookTrust: we’re investing in developing our successful scaled programmes to deepen the impact we’re delivering for the children we’re reaching. We’re looking for a fantastic Service Design Lead to drive the design and development of ‘at scale’ offers, enhancing the priority touchpoints and moments of truth in our partner journey to create greater impact for families.  Working closely with our Partnerships team and our Research and Impact team the postholder will reimagine our existing service journeys and define and activate service or product improvements that drive loyalty, advocacy and deepen relationships with our key delivery partners.

Objectives and Deliverables:

Define our ‘to be’ delivery partner service journey to identify and deliver priority enhancements that make the most of our physical and digital touchpoints with partners, ensuring that our channels work together to in a cohesive, impactful, service experience for partners.

Create and manage a digital user experience development roadmap/backlog to ensure the website is optimised to support partners, drive and deepen engagement with BookTrust and deliver an impactful digital service experience.

Work closely with our supply chain, IT, digital and books teams to scope feasibility and define key product parameters and design requirements for proposed continuous improvement work.

Extend our core service/product portfolio to deepen impact e.g. designing supplementary support for children with particular needs, reimagining group storytelling support, e-learning and partner training. 

Work with Head of Innovation, Design and Development to define our ‘continuous improvement cycle’ for at scale products and services - when and how we iterate and evolve existing designs in a way that is sustainable for the organisation.

Coach and support more junior designers/line reports to nurture BookTrust’s in-house service design capability.

Would suit someone who:

Has practical experience of leading the development and optimisation of existing products and services, using design thinking /human centered design approaches.

Has experience of defining and delivering new digital experiences in the context of complex ‘offline’ journeys, products and services, and can combine on-line and offline touchpoints for maximum impact.

Knows brilliant collaboration is at the heart of design.

Has a product or service development background in a mid-large organisation/company.  

Has a track record of managing development pipelines/roadmaps and can work within existing governance structures to ensure decision making happens at the right levels.

Understands and demonstrates great design leadership with both line reports and wider organisational teams.

PLEASE NOTE: Applying as soon as possible is advised, as the vacancy may close early, due to the high volume of applicants.

To apply please complete the application along with a copy of your CV and covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. Your covering letter should not be longer than two sides.

FareShare GM redistributed an amazing 1,929 tonnes of surplus food to 306 community groups, supplying 4.6 million meals to those in need in 2023/24.  Working with FareShare UK, we help unlock good food from a wide variety of national and local food suppliers, food that otherwise would have gone in the bin.  We support diverse groups including those catering to the elderly, young families, the BAME community, disabled individuals and those facing homelessness or other forms of poverty.

It’s a busy operation with a lot of moving parts: you’ll take ownership for the smooth running of the Allocations office, supervising the distribution of surplus food to our Community Food Members.   By working closely with the Warehouse team and drivers, you’ll help ensure the timely, accurate and food safe compliant deliveries and collections, optimising our income whilst minimising food waste.

To be a success in this role, you’ll need to have experience in a busy office or operational environment, great communication skills, and experience supervising and motivating staff.  You’ll need to be able to adapt to regularly changing priorities, happy to get involved where needed and constantly reviewing daily targets to keep the team on track.  Ideally you’ll have some experience with volunteers (or have volunteering experience yourself), and/or in the not for profit sector working with disadvantaged groups. 

About GLAN 

The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) works with affected communities to pursue innovative legal actions across borders to challenge states and other powerful actors involved in human rights violations and systemic injustice. Our actions address the most pressing instances of human rights concern and they fall within the following themes: War and occupation; accountability and supply chains; environmental and economic justice; and migration and border violence.

Since our establishment in 2016, we have developed legal strategies directly addressing human rights impacts in over 23 countries and territories. Our cases include the successful legal challenge against imports of cotton produced with forced labour in Xinjiang (East Turkistan) into the UK on behalf of World Uyghur Congress and the climate case against 32 European States before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, brought on behalf of six Portuguese youth-applicants.

More recently, we have supported the preeminent Palestinian human rights organisation Al Haq, to rapidly challenge UK weapons exports to Israel due to the risk of these arms being used in violations of international law 

About the Role 

GLAN has a small yet powerful fundraising team.  Our Development Lead excels in relationship fundraising, having forged multi-year funding partnerships with aligned Trusts & Foundations and major donors. Additionally, our Fundraising Officer has successfully established GLAN’s individual giving programme, leveraging crowdfunding and nurturing potential regular givers. 

We face a pivotal moment as we seek to expand the team to build on our success and pursue new business.

Job purpose 

As GLAN’s Philanthropy Manager, you will support the launch of our new three year fundraising strategy.  The Philanthropy Manager role is crucial in leveraging the momentum gained from our existing fundraising successes. This role will focus on attracting new major donors, including high net worth individuals, trusts, foundations, and exploring corporate funding opportunities. The introduction of a dedicated Philanthropy Manager will allow us to: 

• Expand our Donor Base: Establish relationships with high net worth individuals, an area that holds significant potential but is currently underdeveloped at GLAN. 

• Increase Fundraising Capacity: Strengthen our ability to secure large-scale donations and grants, ensuring the sustainability and growth of our programs. 

• Achieve Strategic Goals: Meet the ambitious income targets outlined in our new fundraising strategy, supporting the expansion of our impactful legal initiatives. 

Responsibilities 

Income generation 

• Philanthropic Giving Programme Strategy Development: Create and implement strategies to secure new major gifts from high-net-worth individuals, Trusts & Foundations, and corporations.

• Relationship Management: Build and nurture strong, long-term relationships with major donors, ensuring a robust pipeline of high-value prospects. 

• Fundraising: Secure significant donations (5 and 6 figure gifts) from individuals and organisations. 

• Event Coordination: Plan and execute donor cultivation events, meetings, and site visits to engage major donors and showcase the impact of their support. 

• Budget Management: Oversee major donor income and expenditure budgets, ensuring targets are met. 

Collaboration 

• Work closely with senior leadership, trustees, and other stakeholders to align fundraising efforts with organisational goals. 

• Work closely with GLAN lawyers and communications team to enable the use of impactful case updates in your stewardship of donors.

• Support legal and finance teams to ensure project activities and expenditure is in line with grant contracts. 

Other 

• Reporting: Utilise fundraising software and database systems to track donor interactions, manage donor relationships, and generate reports on fundraising progress. 

Any other duties as required commensurate with the details above.

Person Specification 

QUALIFICATIONS

Desirable 

A degree or equivalent professional experience in a relevant discipline. 

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Proven experience (5 years+) in securing significant financial gifts from major donors and organisations. 

• Experience of personally securing new business wins.

• Experience in organising and managing events. 

• Experience of completing quality reports for funders by required deadlines. 

• Experience of and interest in human rights and environmental issues. 

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Proactive and self-motivated, with a target-focused approach. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Ability to develop and implement strategic plans. 

• Ability to manage budgets.

• Ability to manage administration of donations, including the use of databases.

  Desirable

• Knowledge of the Salesforce database 

Special requirements 

GLAN is a homebased organisation. It is expected you will have an appropriate space, free from distraction, to carry out your duties.

You will be required to attend semi-regular meetings & events 

GLAN Values 

GLAN has a set of core values. You would be required to uphold these values through some of the examples below: this need populating 

Community Centred

Ensure fundraising campaigns authentically reflect the lived experiences of the communities we serve, using their voices to shape narratives in funding proposals and donor communications. 

Partnership Focused 

Cultivate trust-based relationships with donors, colleagues, and community representatives, working collaboratively to align funding priorities with shared goals. 

Radical  

Advocate for transformative change by highlighting systemic injustices, amplifying marginalized voices, and challenging harmful power structures in donor engagements. 

Creative 

Design innovative and engaging donor experiences, from storytelling events to interactive campaigns, that inspire support and align with our mission.

Tenacious 

Develop resilient funding pipelines by pursuing diverse income streams, overcoming challenges, and staying focused on long-term goals to sustain and grow our impact. 

BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school.

Working with every local authority and across every region in the country, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 1.3 million families a year via partners in schools, children’s centres, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.

To apply please complete the application along with a copy of your CV and covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. Your covering letter should not be longer than two sides.

It’s an exciting time at BookTrust, we’re investing in developing our traded offers to enable us to provide more intensive support and reach more families to get children reading. We need a New Product Development Lead, to drive new product development in response to key new markets for BookTrust – fostering, adoption agencies, local authorities and primary schools. Working with our Proposition Development Manager, Product Developers and new commercial team, the postholder will design and develop new products and services that meet customer needs, our organisational goals and most importantly our puts our families’ needs at the heart of design.  The postholder will take a ‘test and learn’ approach, making rapid progress against our most risky assumptions, whilst also sketching out and engaging the organisation in a 3 year product development strategy.

Objectives and Deliverables for the role:

• Lead the development and prioritisation of our key product hypotheses and build out 3-year development plan scenarios for Story Explorers (our brand new subscription offer) and prioritised primary school offers (tbc) including (not exhaustive) our optimal subscription model, online support model for parents/carers and practitioners, parent/carer push notifications, B2B customer journey.

• Work with our research and impact team to establish robust design learning approach and methodology that supports us to make rapid progress against hypothesis testing and ensure our Story Explorers offer has maximum impact with families.

• Work closely with our supply chain, IT, digital and books teams to scope feasibility and define key product parameters and design requirements early in the development process. 

• Create excellent documentation including concept boards and low fidelity prototypes, process maps, development roadmap, empathy maps, ecosystem maps and value proposition canvas’ to support ongoing development to support the development of our new offers. 

• Establish project group, structures and ways of working to support ongoing offer development and establish the right level of governance for development work.

• Coach and support more junior designers/line reports to nurture BookTrust’s in-house service design capability.

Would suit someone who:

• Has strong practical experience of using design thinking or human centered design approaches to develop new products and services.

• Has a product or service development background in a mid-large organisation/company.

• Has some commercial/social enterprise experience.

• Is used to combining on and off-line touchpoints to create impactful products and services.

• Is very comfortable with ambiguity and guiding stakeholders through it.

• Understands that brilliant collaboration is at the heart of design.

PLEASE NOTE: Applying as soon as possible is advised, as the vacancy may close early, due to the high volume of applicants.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity

We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team (contact details can be found on our website) to discuss your requirements further.

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.

An exciting new position has arisen for a Finance Administrator to join the team at International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network, an international not-for-profit maritime organisation working to improve the lives of seafarers and their families with services, resources, strategies and advocacy. We are looking for candidate/s with suitable accounting or bookkeeping qualifications, experience of using accounting software and CRM systems such as Quickbooks, Xero, Salesforce, or GlueUp.  This role requires excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Key responsibilities and responsibilities of the role include:

• Maintain the purchase and sales ledgers
• Respond to supplier and client’s queries
• Process supplier and sales invoices, staff claims and expenses
• Set up bank payments
• Bank reconciliation and journals
• Reconciliation of membership income with accounting software and CRM database
• Basic administrative tasks, such as keeping sickness and absence records, minute taking and filing.

The role can be full time (35 hours p/w) or shared (2 x 17.5 hours p/w). We are a fully remote working organisation with an optional one day a month in London SE1 or other central location.

£26,000-£29,000 per year (pro- rated for part time), plus home working allowance and life assurance.

The global and anonymous nature of the internet and digital communication presents numerous significant opportunities for wildlife criminals and challenges for those dedicated to stopping them. IFAW pursues a multipronged strategy to tackle wildlife cybercrime that includes working with policymakers, law enforcement agencies, the private sector, civil society organisations, and the general public in order to disrupt the ability of criminals to use the internet and its support systems for the trafficking of wildlife throughout the supply chain. By reducing incentives to participate in the illegal wildlife trade, IFAW improves the conservation status of wildlife in priority habitats and the welfare of individual animals while supporting the development of international best practices in a large, complex and constantly evolving sector.

The Program Manager, Wildlife Cybercrime will lead IFAW’s sub-program focusing on wildlife cybercrime and deliver its strategy, under the Wildlife Crime strategy. The position will contribute to IFAW remaining a recognised leader and convener in this field and strengthening IFAW conservation programs’ impacts as well as programs implemented by governments, NGOs or other organisations, such as the Coalition to end wildlife trafficking online. The position will provide support to program and country project managers and staff and will be responsible for ensuring both internal and external projects are implemented in compliance with the highest standards and are in line with IFAW internal procedures and with those of any external funding partners.

In recognition that this is a niche and growth area for IFAW, the Program Manager, Wildlife Cybercrime will actively participate in the identification and winning of new funding opportunities and in generating and participating in connections with other potential funders or supporters as required.

Role and Responsibilities

• Lead and manage IFAW’s sub-program focusing on wildlife cybercrime, including but not limited to developing and implementing strategies, contributing and reporting against IFAW programmatic objectives, expanding and strengthening external networks, coordinating cross-regional work, and managing and delivering both internal and external projects to a high standard, according to work plans and institutional strategies, on time and within budget.
• Ensure IFAW remains a recognised leader in wildlife cybercrime by ensuring the organisation's work evolves to reflect new challenges and opportunities for growth through innovation and collaboration.
• To act as a thought leader for IFAW and contribute to the development and utilisation of international best practices for tackling wildlife cybercrime.
• Provide support to the strategic direction and evolution of the Wildlife Crime Program, including but not limited to the identification, winning, and implementation of new projects.
• Identify and create opportunities for cross-programmatic work and collaborate to ensure IFAW priorities are considered in the policy sphere.
• Act as a spokesperson for the cybercrime portfolio, representing the organization to, and building positive relationships with, NGO’s, politicians, Government officials, business representatives, other key contacts, and all media platforms.
• Oversee the development and utilization of IFAW internal Monitoring and Evaluation systems to record data from wildlife cybercrime activities.
• Work with Institutional Giving, other program relevant colleagues, and Development to identify and win funding opportunities.
• In collaboration with IFAW Financial colleagues, utilize IFAW tools and systems to manage budgets as necessary, including having oversight and authority over the Global Cybercrime budget.
• Work closely with IFAW Communications team to develop and implement a project Communications Plan that communicates the full range of IFAW activities relating to wildlife cybercrime.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• BS/BA degree preferred.  MS/MA degree in biological, social science, public policy, economics, forensic science, criminology or related field ideal.
• High level of professionalism – the mix of dependability, initiative, industry, and ability to make sound judgments within agreed guidelines that will earn respect and achieve success in chaotic, fast-moving, and high-pressure environments. Ability to both work unsupervised and as part of a team, as well as manage and mentor a team, including without direct authority, to meet deadlines and deal with a demanding and complex workload, and flexible working hours.
• Demonstrated experience leading a dispersed team and influencing activities without direct management authority. Preferred minimum of 5 years of working experience in project management.
• Experience handling several projects at any one given time across multiple time zones, including scheduling and budgeting, ability to plan effectively, and attention to detail.
• Preferred minimum 2 years of working experience on wildlife crime and, if possible, including wildlife cyber-enabled crime-specific issues. Expertise in OSINT, digital forensics, and the management of sensitive information, including e-evidence and collaboration with law enforcement, are a plus.
• A demonstrable network or evidence of collaborative working with other NGOs in conservation, animal welfare, organised crime, or corruption-related communities. Existing relationships with other key stakeholders in conservation, such as private sector, law enforcement agencies, IGOs, and governmental institutions, are a plus.
• Strong writing, media, and verbal communication skills, including developing professional reports and grant applications to funding partners. Demonstrable experience participating and speaking at public events and in the media. Track records in successfully leading restricted funding proposals.
• Team player who understands when and how to involve senior management in making decisions and understands and can work within a matrix management system.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to travel internationally.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal. Fluency and competency in any other language is a plus.
• Culturally sensitive, demonstrable experience of working across different countries and cultures.

UK Office Benefits

• 8% employer pension contribution
• 25 days’ holiday + public holidays + 5 discretionary days
• Cycle to work scheme
• Modern office
• Dog friendly office

At IFAW, we aim to create and foster a workforce that reflects and contributes to the diverse, global community in which we work to improve the lives of both animals and people. We are dedicated to fostering justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion so we actively encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds.

To apply, please submit CV and letter of interest via our website.

Warehouse Manager

Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5QT

Salary: £27000 per annum

Location: Birmingham, B7 5QT

Hours: Full Time 37.5 per week

Benefits: 25 days holiday, pro-rata, 5.5% Employer Pension Contribution including Life Cover, Occupational Sick Pay Benefits & Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Leave and Pay, plus more

Reporting to: Senior Operations Manager

FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity. We take good-to-eat surplus food from the food industry and get it to our Members - frontline charities and community groups all over the Midlands. We turn an environmental problem into a social solution.

Last year we redistributed almost 5,794 tonnes of food from our warehouses in Birmingham, Leicester and Nottingham. It is sorted and stored by our dedicated teams of staff and volunteers, and then redistributed to around 800 Members including food pantries and cafes, homeless shelters and drop-in centres.

These local organisations turn the food into food parcels, affordable shopping and delicious meals for people of all ages. As well as food, our Members provide vital support to families and the elderly, many of whom are facing challenging circumstances and living in poverty.

Last year our food reached more than 83,000 vulnerable people every week, providing 13 million meals. At the same time, we are growing our Employability Programmes to help people gain work experience, skills and jobs.

The Role

FareShare Midlands is a high-profile charity with stakeholders from varying sectors not least over 500 companies in the food industry and FareShare UK.  You will work towards, and achieve, a best-in-class in operation not accepting standards or a service that falls short of this.

As the senior person on site, you will be the key point of contact for operations, logistics and stock allocation for your region. You will be responsible for all compliance issues including food hygiene, health & safety and security of the depot and the safety and wellbeing of all visitors, contractors, depot staff and volunteers.

The main role will be to lead the successful day to day operations and ensure the ongoing success of the FareShare Midlands Regional Centres. This will involve working closely with staff and volunteers to ensure that all activities, including operational and order processing are completed to the agreed standard & daily timetable.

With colleagues in the Supply chain & Development functions, you will help develop new operational/logistic activity and lead on the implementation of growth of your RCs activity, capacity and output.

You will report to the Senior Operations Manager and will be a key member of the Operations team across the Midlands region. You will identify and share good practise within and outside the Midlands, working closely with colleagues in the other regional centres.

In agreement with the Senior Operations Manager, you will set out relevant Ops KPIs and targets and will join daily calls and weekly meetings to discuss and help resolve issues across the Midlands region, working as ‘one team’ with colleagues from other functions and regions.

Opening times:

Over the week the depot will be open for the hours required, with staff working 37.5 hours per week which may include working in evenings and weekends on a rota basis if the performance and growth of the region requires it. You will work with the Senior Operations Manager to implement the shift patterns required to provide the service to our members and communities.

Main responsibilities

Job responsibilities will prioritise but not be limited to:

1. Operations:

· Co-ordinate the work schedule and daily activities of the depot, within the guidelines of FareShare Midlands policies and procedures on food safety and Health & Safety

· Be responsible for the supervision, development, and training of all staff & volunteers

· Ensure that all shifts are efficiently planned, controlled, and resourced at least a week in advance.

· Maintain and use the in-house stock management system, with responsibility for the training of depot staff and volunteers on the database and accuracy of stock.  Maintain good relations and communications with food suppliers and community member recipient projects, responding to any complaints or service issues with pace and courtesy as set out in our Service Charter

· Ensure that the vans are maintained as roadworthy and legal (taxed and insured)

· Ensure that community food members in your region receive a service, supply and variety of food that is expected / agreed, working closely with the Member Services Manager to flag potential issues with supply and/or service

2. Health & Safety, Food Hygiene & Equal Opportunities:

· Be responsible for the Health & Safety and security of the operation, including warehouse, vehicles, staff, visitors, and volunteers

·  To support health and safety advisor in carrying out risk assessments

· Ensure compliance with all FareShare policies and procedures and industry standards as required by food donors and regulators, and maintain gold standard at audit level

· Ensure the service is delivered in accordance with FareShare Equal Opportunities Policy and maintain the values and culture of the FS Midlands operation.

3. Human Resources

· Lead & develop your direct reports on a day-to-day basis, ensuring that all are aware of their responsibilities and have the resources, capacity and capability to carry them out

· Be responsible for warehouse staff personal development reviews, regular 1-2-1 meetings and support as required

· Work with the Volunteer co-ordinator to recruit and train the right volunteers and other work placement trainees within the project

· Work alongside the volunteer team to ensure a complete and Up To Date rota is available at all times

· Supervise volunteers

4. Key Performance Indicators and financial responsibilities

o Cost control

o H&S – accidents and near misses

o Service level & complaints

o Food safety standards and audit scores

o Waste and conversion rate

General

Person Specification - Skills, Qualities & Experience

Essential

· Established (minimum 3 years) warehousing knowledge including managing Staff and Rotas.

· Depot management experience, managing stock control, payment reconciliation and putting all required warehouse processes in place.

· Relevant experience of working in the food industry, probably in a retail operations management or production management resulting in a strong understanding of all the core areas around operations, food safety, health and safety and good business practice.

· Stock management of perishable goods, putting processes and checks in place from goods in to goods out, creating stock count processes, managing stock rotation.

· Line management experience, including projects and associated budgets to time, to cost and to quality.

· Commercial experience; managing budgets, identifying cost savings, revenue generation and meeting KPI targets.

· Familiarity with and experience of working in CI or Lean culture including leading on review and improvement processes.

· Experience of developing and implementation of performance management systems for service delivery including monitoring and evaluation.

· Understanding of the voluntary and community sector and volunteering.

· Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with people at all levels building successful and productive relationships, both internally and externally.

· Facilitation, networking and group work skills and the ability to work successfully with groups of different sizes and backgrounds.

· Working within diverse communities such as urban, suburban, small towns and / or rural and with a wide variety of voluntary and community sector organisations.

·  Enthusiastic and self-motivated with excellent team-working and team building skills.

·  Ability to use own initiative, working independently when required.

·  Good time management with ability to manage workloads, set priorities and meet deadlines.

·  Demonstrable IT literacy, in particular of using Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

·  Encouraging and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the delivery of services and experience of working effectively with people from a range of backgrounds.

·  Evidence of continual self-development of knowledge and skills.

Qualifications

·  Up-to-date driving license

·  Forklift License

·  Food Safety Level 3

Desirable

·   Some experience of financial management, including control over budget setting and performance management

·   Relationship management and partnership working with senior stakeholders across multiple sectors.

·   Transferable experience that demonstrates a high likelihood to fit into the management culture of a medium sized voluntary sector organisation that is underpinned by the organisation’s values.

·  Volunteering Experience & Experience of Managing Volunteers

Values and behaviours 

· A commitment to Equal Opportunities

·  An appreciation of FareShare Midlands’ mission and vision

· Flexibility of approach and ability to work in a team

·  Proven ability to develop and maintain good working relations, with both internal and external audiences

How to Apply:

If you would like to apply for this role, please create a supporting statement to demonstrate your suitability and to explain your interest in both the job and FareShare Midlands. Please send your supporting statement with a copy of your CV.

We continue to strive to ensure that the profile of our staff and volunteers reflects the diverse communities we serve across the Midlands. As such we encourage and welcome applications from all our communities. We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnically diverse backgrounds as they are currently under-represented within FareShare Midlands. 

Immediate Interview and Start available for the right candidate. Please submit your application as soon as possible.

Sussex Emmaus is a charity dedicated to making a difference in the lives of those who have previously experienced homelessness. We provide accommodation for up to 58 people (known as Companions), helping them out of homelessness and providing them with a place to feel safe and secure whilst supporting them to develop and thrive.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a passionate and dynamic Online and Retail Manager to motivate our team of Companions and volunteers. Reporting to the Business Manager, you will be a key member of the management team. Working in conjunction with the Business Manager and other Managers you will have passion and leadership skills to motivate a team of Companions and volunteers, working collaboratively to manage and delegate tasks in compliance with our Emmaus ethos, mission, strategic aims, organisational objectives and policies. Working alongside and instructing Emmaus Companions and volunteers sourcing, researching, listing, packing, pricing and merchandising stock and ensuring the optimum selling price for each donation. No two days are the same, and you'll find it rewarding helping others to thrive. If you can communicate confidently at all levels, with a desire to support the development of people with a variety of needs, and have a positive, motivational attitude, we would love to hear from you. You will be joining a friendly and enthusiastic team who are passionate about what they do.

Job Dimensions

·To lead, supervise and work alongside Companions who are allocated to the Emporium and Online sales teams, during the business operating hours.
·To lead, supervise and work alongside volunteers who are allocated to the Retail team during business operating hours.

Accountabilities
- People
- Retail Management
- Online Sales
- Safety, Health & Environment
- Other Duties & Special Requirements

Person Specification
Essential Skills
- Ability to inspire and motivate people to achieve their full potential
- Ability to recommend and implement ideas to increase income and upskill Companions
- Competent IT user including Microsoft Office Packages, internet and email
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Effective listening
- Ability to remain calm under extreme pressure
- A positive customer services attitude
- Able to supervise Companions and volunteers
- Able to work as a team member and team leader
- Ability to relate to and work with a variety of people
- Ability to prioritise workload, balancing competing demands
- Effective organization and time management
- Ability to delegate
 

Desirable

- Experience working with adults with complex needs
- Public speaking or engagements

Essential Experience
- Retail experience
- Team building, coaching, supervision
- Customer service
- Line management
- Cash/till system management
- Experience of complying with Health & Safety regulations
- E-Commerce
- Experience in Managing a team of 10 or more

Desirable

- Charity retail
- Retail and trading law
- Recycling or second-hand retail
- Stock management
- Working with volunteers
- Volunteering
- Health and Safety: fire safety, manual handling, first aid, security
- Homelessness issues

For more details and to apply, please download an application pack from our website and submit your CV and a one page statement explaining how you meet the person specification. Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Sussex Emmaus offers:
- Salary of £26,203 working days over Tuesday to Saturday 8.45- 5pm
- Annual Leave – 25 days per annum, plus 8 bank holidays
- Pension – 5% employer contribution
- Training & Development – Individually tailored induction, training and development
- Employee Assistance – A 24/7 employee assistance scheme is available
- 6 months probationary period

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. We provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide. 

Corporate Performance: A growing number of companies and financial institutions are seeking to mitigate their impacts on nature. But many have made commitments that are not being met, and others are failing to take any action at all. Through our Corporate Performance work and Forest 500 project, we assess the policies and performance of influential companies and financial institutions. Our newly launched Deforestation Action Tracker monitors financial institutions with significant climate commitments to track their action on deforestation and associated human rights abuses.

We also support financial institutions and investors by providing a suite of guidance including our Deforestation-free finance Roadmap, Pensions Guidance and our Deforestation-free investment mandate. And we support the finance sector, policy makers and other stakeholders by providing market-leading data on deforestation and ESG metrics through our Forest IQ project. 

The role: overview 

This role will lead strategic communications for Global Canopy’s programme objectives under the Corporate Performance programme, and will support Global Canopy's wider communications to build the organisation's profile, brand and messaging.

Working as part of the Uptake workstream within Corporate Performance, and also as part of the Global Canopy Communications team, you will take responsibility for leading all aspects of public relations for the programme - press, media, events, promotion and publicity.

To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter the most:

• Writing - demonstrable experience of creating compelling and concise written pieces both from scratch and from detailed technical information, accurately and creatively.
• Planning - demonstrable experience of creating and delivering communications plans for data/insight, brand and product releases, or in response to external events, to deliver on Global Canopy’s strategic priorities.
• Engage and influence - demonstrable experience of building relationships with key people and organisations including journalists and partner organisations.
• Decision-making - make sound tactical decisions on the right public relations approach and messaging emphasis to ensure our external communications work remains tightly aligned with our strategy for engagement and impact.
• Innovative - bring new ideas and approaches to the table, think creatively and question assumptions.

Required skills and experience:

• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills.
• Experience and success in strategic communications i.e. using communications to deliver on strategic goals through many routes, including advocacy, engagement, partnership working.
• Track record in creating, delivering and evaluating communications plans; including a strong focus on press and media relations.
• Track record of working with complex or technical information and making it accessible to a variety of audiences.
• Track record of working on global issues with multiple partners.
• Experience of building relationships with journalists, and partnering with other organisations to leverage impact.

At Global Canopy, we value diversity and inclusion. You can read our diversity statement on our website. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to having a team with a diverse set of skills, experiences and abilities. We are committed to reducing systemic barriers in our recruitment processes. 

Global Canopy works on issues of tropical deforestation. We are particularly interested in strengthening our team to include those with a background from forest regions such as Latin America and South East Asia. We welcome applications from people from these regions.

Global Canopy is an inclusive employer and accommodations will be made to allow anyone who requires additional support to apply for this role. Please get in touch with us if you require any additional support.

Battersea's Veterinary Clinic team is responsible for the health and welfare of all animals across Battersea’s three sites. The team achieves this through providing high standards of veterinary care in all clinical procedures, operative surgery, preventative medicine and infection control, and through assistance and guidance on all matters of veterinary care to other departments within the Home.

We are seeking an outstanding Veterinary Surgeon to join our friendly Old Windsor clinic team, all passionate about providing the very best care for the thousands of unwanted animals that pass through our shelter every year.

You’ll be providing clinical care for our animals on their whole journey through Battersea, from arrival to rehoming. You’ll be working alongside colleagues across the charity to make a difference for every animal that comes through our gates, whether that’s our large volunteer and fostering team or helping out at events. We are all here to champion rescue animals when it comes to finding the best possible outcome and strive for high standards of cost-effective clinical care.

Please note that this is a 9-month opportunity, at our Old Windsor centre.

What we can offer you:

In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year for full time employees (pro-rata)
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year
• We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.

Working with our animals:

Working with our rescues is a very rewarding experience. Your work plays a vital role in giving our dogs and cats a chance at finding their forever home. Everyday will be different and will come with its own unique challenges. We are looking for people with the resilience and adaptability to handle all aspects of this role. It is important to note that the role does involve a lot of physical tasks which are required to provide the exceptional standards of care to our animals.

Equality, diversity and inclusion:

We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.

We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we're happy to discuss any support or personalisation you may need during your application and/or interview process as part of our workplace adjustments. 

More about us:

At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.

Closing date: 5th January 2025
Interview date(s): w/c 13th January - w/c 20th January 2025

For full details, please download our recruitment pack.

To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

Battersea's Infrastructure Services Team is seeking an IT Support Engineer to join us on a 1-year contract. Our team provides effective IT support and services in order to ensure the smooth running of the business, so we can help our dogs and cats effectively.

This role will provide 2nd line support to resolve IT issues that include the installation and maintenance of IT hardware, software and administering users via Active Directory and Azure services in a 7 day a week environment (on a rota basis), along with working on some periodical projects, and supporting users so that our systems and data remain secure and safe.

The ideal candidate will have experience of windows platforms including network printers, telephone systems, hardware, as well as detailed knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint site administration.

What we can offer you:

In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:

- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources.
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year.
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans

We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.

Our hybrid working model:

We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.

Diversity and inclusion:

We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.

We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best. 

More about us:

At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.

Closing date: 12th January 2025
Interview date(s): From 15th January 2025

To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.