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Community Engagement Coordinator - Central Region, England
Location: The role will be home-based with extensive travel across the central England region and regular travel to other regions and BookTrust offices.
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time contract
Salary: £30,000 per annum
BookTrust is the the UK's largest reading charity, and we reach millions of children every year with books, resources and support to get every child reading, regularly and by choice. We are national in scale and operate in every region in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. We work through every local authority, via children’s centres, schools, libraries and health professionals, to reach the families Our England Partnerships Team support our wide range of partners in a place-based way, working in and with local communities and the children and families most in need of support.
As a Community Engagement Coordinator, you will work within the regional partnerships team to support projects, pilots and pieces of learning to build greater place-based working with the BookTrust partner network who need us most. Working with the Partnership Team, and colleagues from across BookTrust support a caseload of community work to support programme delivery, partnership network development and bespoke pieces of learning and development. Create excellent links into and understanding of the issues facing local communities and stakeholders to support BookTrust delivery and development work, and place based, community led initiatives.
We are looking for a positive and enthusiastic, credible ambassador with a demonstrable ability to develop relationships and make connections across a wide range of people and groups. You will have great communications skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of audiences, in writing, and in person. You may have worked within or across a local authority provider network, in outreach or in a local community or project within the third sector. You will have experience in and an interest in work with children and families experiencing deprivation and or children’s reading. You will be a highly motivated individual with the ability to work and travel unsupervised across multiple projects simultaneously and to work at pace, often to tight deadlines.
To find out 'How to apply' please go to our website. Please send a copy of your CV along with a 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.
Closing date: 27th September 2024 at Midday.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity
We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: BAME 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 to discuss your requirements further (contact details can be found on our website).
BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflects 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.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As our Teaching Resources Creator, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of our teaching resources for primary education, creating effective, impactful and engaging lessons. Your work will influence the educational journeys of hundreds of thousands of primary-aged students!
You’ll work in our Teaching Resources team alongside experienced teachers and resource creators.
Teaching Resources at Unifrog
One of the most important parts of Unifrog is a searchable library of hundreds of teaching resources, covering careers guidance, progression, SEL, and PSHE. Each week our lessons are used by tens of thousands of teachers in the UK and around the world.
We aim for our lessons to be plug-and-play, to be truly educational, to make it easy for schools to make the most of the Unifrog platform, and to be fun even when they deal with difficult subjects. We always try to make the learning as active as possible.
Our two core lesson packs are our Careers Year Plan, a complete scheme of learning for careers education for students aged 11-18, and our PSHE Lesson Pack, which covers the KS3, KS4 and KS5 DfE and PSHE Association objectives for PSHE.
We want to expand this offering to primary schools, giving teachers a version of the Careers Year Plan and PSHE Lesson Pack designed to meet the needs of students aged 4-11, along with bespoke video content for students and written guides for teachers and parents.
What you’ll do
Your main responsibilities:
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Write effective, impactful and engaging lessons. Your main role is to write engaging lesson content, incorporating text, images, and video elements in creative ways to engage primary students. You’ll develop learning activities that reinforce key concepts, assess student understanding, and encourage the use of higher-order thinking skills. Active learning should be a core component, helping students to apply what they’ve learned in meaningful ways.
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Use your experience and understanding of primary school contexts to tailor lessons to your audience. You’ll create resources that are both user-friendly for teachers and impactful for students. You’ll also ensure that lessons are plug-and-play, making it easy for teachers to deliver lessons without needing significant preparation. For teachers with the time and resources to take the lesson a step further, you might also suggest some extra optional tasks that require extra preparation but enrich the learning experience.
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Structure lessons effectively to align with benchmarks and frameworks. The lessons you write will align with the structure of our existing lessons and lesson packs such as the PSHE Lesson Pack and the Careers Year Plan. You’ll organise the content into a logical sequence of lessons, ensuring that each lesson is progressive and builds on the last to create a comprehensive learning experience for primary-aged students. You’ll align with careers guidance best practice, ensuring careers education lessons are informed by frameworks such as the CDI learning aims and primary-specific adaptations of the Gatsby benchmarks. For PSHE, you’ll ensure your lessons meet PSHE Association objectives and DfE statutory guidance.
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Consult and collaborate with a range of teams. You’ll work closely with our Careers Guidance Specialist when creating your lessons to ensure they align with best practice in careers guidance. You’ll also collaborate with the Video Team to shape the direction of video content aimed at primary students, ensuring it complements and enhances the lesson materials and is suitable for the intended audience. You’ll work with the Written Content Team to help craft written guides aimed at primary teachers and parents. You may also gather feedback from primary teachers to help you shape or refine the lesson content.
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Respond to and action feedback from your line manager, from others on the Unifrog team, and from external partners. This iterative feedback process ensures continuous improvement and refinement of the lesson content, aligning it with evolving educational standards.
You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of our teaching resources for primary education, and your work will influence the educational journeys of hundreds of thousands of primary-aged students!
What we’re looking for
Essential:
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QTS and relevant primary school teaching experience
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You must have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a minimum 3+ years experience teaching in a primary school setting. You must also have some experience of teaching KS2.
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Adept at creating exceptional teaching resources
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Above all else, you need to be brilliant at creating teaching resources, and to love doing it. You will have had significant professional experience creating teaching resources and delivering them to students in a primary school context. You’ll need to be able to demonstrate an excellent understanding of teaching and learning principles.
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Creativity
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We want you to come up with great ideas for how to teach topics to students in fun ways.
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Quest for feedback
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We work collaboratively to ensure our resources are the best they can be. You’ll need to be eager to seek out feedback from your colleagues and from teachers at our partner schools.
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Attention to detail
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You’ll need to be able to proofread and edit to UK grammar and spelling rules, and to a company’s House Style.
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Ability to work in a team
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You’ll work closely with a range of team members across the Content Team as well as external parties. To do this, you need to be an excellent communicator and team player.
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Ability to work independently
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Creating brand new brilliant teaching materials is a long-term project that requires organisation, discipline, and resilience.
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Ability to work to tight deadlines
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We’re really excited about our upcoming projects. We have a long list of them to get done, and many have strict deadlines. You need to be able to deliver things on time.
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Desirable:
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Experience of teaching across more than one primary key stage.
Working together
You’ll work in our Teaching Resources team alongside experienced teachers and resource creators, and you’ll liaise with people in our Written Content and Video teams too.
In the Teaching Resources team, we commonly discuss new ideas as a group, share insights from our own teaching experiences, provide feedback on other team members’ work, and get feedback from teachers and students at our partner schools.
You’ll be managed by the Head of Teaching Resources.
Key benefits
Go to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.
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Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. We’re also a certified Great Place to Work.
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Become part of a committed, dynamic, and growing company. We want to build our team for the long term: if you do well, we will do our best to make sure you want to stay at the company for a long time.
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Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your own 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.
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Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas, wherever they come from.
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Play a role in democratising access to learning: Unifrog makes a difference in young people’s lives. Every week you’ll have your work in front of hundreds of thousands of students, and tens of thousands of teachers.
Key details
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£36,000-£38,000 per year (Grade B) plus a share in a company wide bonus.
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Full time.
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12 month FTC
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Work remotely, or flexibly in our London office.
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28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays) pro rata.
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Working hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm on Friday.
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Start date: as soon as possible but no later than w/c 2nd January 2025.
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If you require reasonable adjustments, or want to discuss any details about the role before applying, please contact Mhairi (details on our website).
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We can only consider candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
Application process
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Deadline: 10:00am (BST) on Wednesday 11th September 2024.
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Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour)
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Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below. Please note that we do not review CVs at this stage of the application process, so please be as specific as possible about your experience.
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i. With reference to examples from your experience, what would make you an excellent candidate for this role? (250 words)
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ii. Upload one complete, standalone lesson PowerPoint on a careers topic of your choice, which fulfils these criteria:
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30 minute lesson;
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Includes notes for teachers delivering the lesson;
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Aimed at a KS2 year group of your choice (please specify the year group you've chosen on the first slide of your presentation);
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Is well-structured, clear, and written to a high standard; and
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Supports the teacher in being plug-and-play and informative about the topic you’ve chosen.
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Your presentation can be in either PowerPoint or Google slides format. Please provide a dropbox or google drive link to your presentation, ensuring you have set access permissions to “anyone with the link can view”.
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- iii. Imagine you've been asked to develop a 60 minute standalone PSHE lesson about healthy eating for Y4 students, which will be delivered by a teaching colleague with support from a TA. Describe the steps you would take to plan and write the lesson, focusing on how you would ensure it is effective, appropriate and ready for someone else to deliver. (max 400 words)
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Stage 2: Task (~ 2 hours)
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Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour)
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Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and scenario questions based on common situations you might face (plus time for your questions).
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Stage 2 tasks will be scheduled after the application deadline. Video call interviews will be held on 24th September 2024.
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Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently.
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Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role Summary
As our Senior Strategic PR Lead, you will develop and oversee a strategy pursuing global opportunities to influence and respond to developments that strengthen ProVeg’s impact of an international food awareness organisation. Using an evidence-based approach and real-life stories you will inform, inspire, and influence a changing food system. You will position ProVeg as a pragmatic, solutions-oriented actor within the ecosystem of plant-based, fermented and cultivated food. You will work with NGOs, companies, food-service providers, startups, investors, policy advocates, the public, and many others to amplify key messages.
We seek a dynamic, innovative leader in PR or public affairs who thrives on driving change and making a global impact. If you're passionate about shaping the future of food and have a proven track record in strategic communications, this role offers an exciting opportunity to lead ProVeg’s global narrative.Working with international colleagues, you will be a force to be reckoned with. You’ll help establish ProVeg as the go-to organisation helping the world transition to a plant-based, fermented and cultured foods system. You’ll build on our global reputation and credibility with a wide range of stakeholders.
You will develop a strategic and effective PR plan for ProVeg, and develop and oversee communications activities that promote, enhance, and protect the organisation’s charitable mission and vision.
Job Details
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Reports to: Global CEO
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Department: INT Communications
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Direct reports: Senior PR Manager
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Closely collaborating with: Senior International Communications Manager, Digital Director (web, brand and graphic design), Chief Strategy Officer, International Director, Director of Partnerships & Institutional Engagement, Head of Philanthropy, Country Directors, internal and external colleagues.
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Location: Remote, ideally in the UK, NL, PL, CZ, or, for exceptional candidates, potentially US (ET zone)
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Hours: 40 hour a week (36h possible)
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Salary: dependent on experience and location, around £45-48k in the UK (based on 1FTE of 40 hours)
Responsibilities
Strategic development and implementation
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Develop and oversee an effective PR communications strategy, including business/trade press and public affairs (EU and UN advocacy), based on ProVeg’s strategic principles, impact areas and global interventions.
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Be accountable for the development, delivery, and evaluation of the organisation’s PR activities.
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Create relations with key media outlets to increase visibility and dissemination opportunities
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Develop media relations and build relationships with PR contacts to continuously grow our impact.
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Secure media opportunities for the Senior Leadership and Executive Team and the Global CEO.
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Oversee and ensure the management of positive relationships with the media and relevant change agents, and external colleagues.
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Develop and update, as needed, clear guidance (e.g., core messaging and brand narrative) for the communications team to ensure public communications are aligned with ProVeg’s organisational strategy and communications approach.
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Increase ProVeg International’s profile, particularly in broadcast media, enhance the organisation’s credibility and inspire supporters and other stakeholders through the use of engaging communications.
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Safeguard the organisation’s brand by overseeing and managing the development of crisis communications plans and advising on emerging issues and PR risks and opportunities.
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Liaise with the Global CEO and the Senior Leadership Team on strategic communication alignment and/or adjustments, and coordinate and ensure synergies in terms of quality control, key messages, templates, strategies, etc.
Management and leadership
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Model excellence in (remote) team management by motivating, coaching, giving, and receiving feedback, supporting and developing teams and skills, and driving innovation and creativity.
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Advise and work with colleagues across the organisation, to ensure we maximise opportunities to raise awareness, influence, and deepen engagement with our audiences in order to support a variety of objectives.
Budget and resource management and evaluation
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Manage a dedicated budget for effective reporting and forecasting.
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Produce timely and regular management information for leadership that effectively explains performance set against OKRs, KPIs and the broader strategic plan.
Qualifications
Required:
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An excellent understanding of the plant-based and alternative protein sector and knowledge of food systems change.
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A successful track record (5+ years) in journalism (print or broadcast), marketing, or public affairs, developing and delivering strategic objectives across a range of communications channels.
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Strong track record in PR (including broadcast), marketing and/or organisational branding.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, English to native level (or C1).
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Excellent networking skills and experience in building productive relationships with key media stakeholders and influencers.
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Strong project management skills.
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Ability to juggle a varied workload, delegate effectively and contribute as a team player.
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Strong team management skills and a commitment to motivating and empowering a team remotely in order to achieve their goals.
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High level of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills – externally and internally; ability to balance diverse interests of different teams.
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A strong understanding of, and experience of using, quantitative and qualitative evidence.
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Strong problem solving skills.
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Experience of strategy development and target setting.
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A commitment to ProVeg’s values and guiding principles.
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An instinctive ability to positively contribute to and influence the wider team.
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A good understanding of data protection issues, including GDPR
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Experience of visual communication methods (video, infographics, etc.)
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Understanding of the third sector.
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International experience.
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Understanding and/or experience of policy processes and advocacy.
Benefits of working with us
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A strong organisational focus on personal development, with a designated training budget.
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Provision of a work laptop.
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Flexible, trust-based working arrangements and home-office arrangements.
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Career-development support.
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Mindfulness programme - free Headspace account
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We are a workplace that encourages everyone to bring their whole selves to work. We are an inclusive workplace for our diverse employees around the world.
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And, last but not least, become part of a great team and work with us towards a world where everyone chooses delicious and healthy food that is good for all humans, animals, and our planet!
When?
Application deadline: 27 September 2024
Start: November 2024 (or sooner if possible)
Further information
Our Application Procedure
Submit your application and motivation letter and outline how you meet the role and person specification in no more than 2 pages, and please attach your CV.
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Online Cognitive Aptitude Test and a Personality Test.
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A first online interview with the People & Culture team.
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Online trial task.
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A second interview with the hiring manager.
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The final decision may require an additional interview, usually with Senior Management.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
- Reporting to: Communications and Engagement Manager
- Contract: Full-time
- Hours per week: 35 hours, usually between 9:30 – 5:30. One hour for lunch.
- Annual leave: 25 days holiday, plus statutory bank holidays
We’re looking to recruit a Senior Communications and Engagement Officer to join the friendly CharityComms team to help us plan, organise and deliver communications and engagement outputs that support the needs of members, and drive organisational development.
A core part of the job will be overseeing the CharityComms’ social media work, by managing our channels, creating content, and delivering on our social media strategy to engage people and increase our brand profile.
Other key tasks include content creation and commissioning projects for our website, and having a supporting role in other general communications, engagement and marketing activity and administration as needed. This is a great opportunity for a strategic thinker with a passion for creative, impactful communications, who is ready to demonstrate their initiative.
Location
Remote, with the option of occasional working in our central London office, and as needed for in-person events (full travel costs will be covered for any in-person events).
About CharityComms
CharityComms is a thriving membership network of communications professionals working in UK charities. Our amazing community is made up of more than 750 charities, adding up to almost 12,000 people.
We work with our members and the wider communications community to raise the standard of charity communications, to enable them to deliver their world-changing missions more effectively. From our range of services and events to our best practice guides, reports, support for professional development and web and social media content, we represent, support, inspire, connect and inform our members and the wider charity communications community.
We are a small, friendly team of 13, working closely together to achieve big things for our members and the sector. In 2021 we won Team of the Year and have recently been shortlisted for Best Professional Body or Learned Society at the Memcom awards.
Purpose of the role
You will be working with the Communications and Engagement team to promote CharityComms and what we offer, through the creation and development of effective and engaging content, and community and stakeholder engagement.
Communications and content are at the heart of this role, and we’re looking for someone with demonstratable experience in strategic, content-based projects, including commissioning and editing content from external stakeholders, social media management and content creation, and community management.
Social media management and community engagement
You will own the social media management of our channels, maximising their performance and supporting stakeholder engagement with our work. You will:
- Deliver and adapt a creative and engaging social content strategy with the Communications and Engagement Manager that meets our wider business aims and objectives.
- Craft key organisational messaging into engaging social media content and posts to generate conversations.
- Be responsible for creating, scheduling and managing social content using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and our management tool, Sprout Social.
- Responsible for maintaining upkeep of social analytics reporting, as directed by the Communications and Engagement Manager, to ensure activity supports wider marketing, communications and engagement strategies.
- Continuously improve our social media presence and brand profile, including recommending and piloting new approaches to content and channel development to increase community engagement and meet targets.
- Manage and monitor forum and social media groups and act as facilitator of conversations where needed, working closely with relevant colleagues and stakeholders.
- Grow and deliver ways to increase engagement with new and existing audiences, including regular engagement activity on member’s posts (sharing, liking) and ensuring our member network is up to date within these channels.
Content commissioning and creation
Working proactively and collaboratively with the Communications and Engagement Manager to deliver our content plans. You will:
- Deliver and adapt our communications and engagement strategy to meet our objectives.
- Play an active role in content creation and marketing activity – including designing, producing and editing creative content i.e. graphics, photography, videos.
- Develop, coordinate and update long-form pieces for our website, i.e. best practice guides and templates.
- Have remit to commission content projects – using own initiative to develop initial pitches relevant to charity communicators and oversee the commissioning process.
- Work with external providers where necessary to develop resources and creative materials where required.
- Stay up to date with current communications, marketing and content trends, to advise the wider CharityComms team on best practice regarding content and campaigns, including accessibility.
Website and email comms
Working collaboratively with teams where needed or taking key roles to:
- Edit, upload, and publish content on the CharityComms website as directed.
- Work with the Communications and Engagement Manager to continuously deliver on website strategy activities.
- Work alongside the Communications and Engagement Manager to deliver eNews campaigns. This could include commissioning, writing, research, proof-reading, scheduling, maintaining lists and reporting on performance as needed.
- Actively provide feedback to the Communications and Engagement Manager and Head of Membership and Insight on planned activities and make recommendations for improvements.
Other activities
- Ability and confidence to deputise for the Communications and Engagement Manager where necessary.
- Analyse data for reporting and make recommendations.
- Work across the organisation to support communications and marketing activity to ensure consistent messaging, tone and content.
- Provide communications support across key organisational projects, and on any other activity, as reasonably requested, that will generate social and/or financial return on investment for CharityComms.
- Support the admin of the comms inbox, responding appropriately to requests or flagging for colleagues.
- Keep up to date with sector news, events and activities.
- Attend CharityComms and sector events, where appropriate, either in-person or online.
Person specification
Experience
- Experience of working in a professional membership organisation - desirable.
- Experience of digital content management; especially working with a CMS - desirable.
- Experience of running social media accounts and engaging communities through them - essential.
- A good knowledge of current communications and engagement techniques and practice - essential.
- Experience of both writing and editing for the web - essential.
- Experience of video and photo editing - essential.
- Experience of commissioning content - essential.
- Experience of social analytics reporting - essential.
Personal attributes
- Highly motivated and goal orientated - essential.
- Empathy with the goals and vision of CharityComms - essential.
- Excellent communications and interpersonal skills and ability to represent CharityComms externally - essential.
- Strategically minded with a practical hands-on approach - essential.
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills - essential.
- Ability to work alone and with others and work under pressure - essential.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and creativity - essential.
- A good level of IT literacy, including the use of data bases (preferably Salesforce) and AV systems - essential.
- Commitment to self-directed learning and networking across sectors and share new ways of working with colleagues - essential.
- Maintain an externally facing focus - essential.
- Support CharityComms proactive, results orientated and collaborative culture - essential.
Interviews
Interviews will be held online via Zoom. Our friendly interview panel will be made up of staff members from the Comms and Engagement team.
These are some of the types of questions we will be asking during the interview:
- What interests you about working at CharityComms?
- Tell us about a time when you had to prioritise multiple tasks or deadlines.
- What is your previous experience of working remotely – particularly with communicating and making sure you are working most effectively with your teammates?
Shortlisted candidates will be sent the list of interview questions in advance of the interview.
Diversity and Inclusion
At CharityComms, we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, internally and in the wider charity sector, where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We value lived and learned experiences of social issues, justice and change.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and we will do our best to support you to upskill because we want to recruit, retain and develop the best talent available.
Additional info
All staff are currently working remotely from home, but there is the option to go into the office (located near London Bridge), to work and meet other members of the team as necessary.
Benefits include:
- Yearly personal development budget.
- Generous pension contributions.
- Opportunity to attend CharityComms events.
- Reciprocal membership and training opportunities with many other sector organisations.
- Flexible working is offered where possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
The Editorial Assistant - EJN will assist the EJN Senior Editor and Content Officer at Internews' Earth Journalism Network (EJN), a global network working with journalists and media outlets in virtually every region of the world to improve the quality of climate and environmental reporting.
The Editorial Assistant will assist with the production, tracking, and distribution of EJN content, maintaining the EJN website and providing editorial support to EJN program staff across regions. The Editorial Assistant should have experience with research, writing and editing content in English, and content management. This position reports to the EJN Senior Editor and Content Officer.
LOGISTICS
Internews has Headquarters offices in Arcata, CA, Washington, DC, and London, UK which support a hybrid workforce with staff working remotely, fully in-office, or partially remote. This is a remote-based role, and candidates based anywhere in the United States, United Kingdom, Thailand, or Kenya will be considered. Candidates must possess independent work authorization in their location that does not require sponsorship from Internews.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so candidates are encouraged to apply soon.
This is a limited-duration position, with an anticipated term of one year. This position may possibly be extended.
OUR COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A CULTURE OF BELONGING
We are an organization of dynamic, mission-driven individuals who are passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We are an EEO employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.
DAY-TO-DAY TASKS will include:
- As directed, research and write project updates and impact stories and assist with the product of newsletters, resources and reports.
- Assist with the distribution of content, primarily posting resources, project updates and stories on the EJN website.
- Participate in screening applications for grant and training opportunities, reviewing submissions to ensure they meet specific criteria.
- Assist with webinars, online courses and workshops, including providing technical support, organizing registration, and inviting speakers.
- Assist the EJN Editor and web development team with coordinating improvements to the EJN website.
- Support with data collection and database management, including data entry, organizing files and distributing surveys, and provide other administrative support as directed.
- Assist with social media activities such as engaging with EJN's Google group and WhatsApp group members, offering creative input and contributing to communications campaigns as needed.
- In all duties, uphold Internews' Core Values and demonstrate commitment to fostering a culture of belonging.
QUALIFICATIONS WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Required
- 3 years' prior relevant experience, including journalism experience; newsroom experience preferred.
- Professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).
- Strong writing skills; copyediting experience a significant asset.
- Familiarity with content management systems (e.g., Drupal).
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Interest in environmental and/or climate change issues.
- Willingness to work with international colleagues in distant (and multiple) time zones.
- Ability to work well with others, meet deadlines, and respond to changes in priorities.
Preferred
Note: Candidates who do not have these preferred qualifications, but who are interested and willing to learn, are encouraged to apply.
- Experience with media and/or development projects.
For candidates based outside the US, the engagement mechanism, benefits eligibility, and salary structure that apply will ultimately be based on multiple factors and will be reviewed during the hiring process.
Internews Network is an EEO/AAP/OFCCP employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. Internews does not discriminate based on race, gender, gender identity or orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Closing date: 1st September
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
At Alzheimer’s Society we’ve bold and ambitious goals that will take us towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. To achieve our ambitions, we need transformation across our organisation, increasing our agility and ability to respond to an evolving external landscape. The role of Associate Director of People Experience plays a key role in making that happen, bringing the necessary focus and expertise to lead our specialist teams, including Organisation Development & Talent, Internal Communications & Engagement, Culture, Wellbeing and Reward.
As the Associate Director of People Experience, you are pivotal in creating our people offer; developing and embedding innovative solutions and best practice to ensure the retention, engagement, development and wellbeing of our people. As Associate Director for People Experience you will also play a leading role in delivering transformational change across our people processes and practices, to create an inclusive and high-performance culture.
As a member of the People Leadership Team, you will work collaboratively across the People Directorate, contributing to the People strategy, and role modelling high engagement change, to inspire and excite our teams.
You will also have a collective corporate accountability as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, being a trusted advisor and agent of change for the Society overall. Working across the organisation, you will lead the design, and support the successful implementation of our people experience. You will also represent the People directorate in a range of cross functional and transformation projects.
This is a homeworking role, but you may be required to travel to attend meetings, events and team-days, so you must reside in the UK, have the correct right to work documents to work in the UK and be comfortable/willing to travel to our offices (London or Birmingham) if/when required.
Alzheimer's Society was named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023! We have achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a wonderful achievement and we're incredibly proud, as this is fantastic testament to all the people who make up Alzheimer’s Society.
Application process
If you’re excited by the opportunity to help shape the future of Alzheimer’s Society, we would love to hear how your skills and experience are a good match for us. To apply, please send a supporting statement that tells us what appeals to you about the role and how you have previously led a team of specialists to enable culture change.
About you
We’re looking for a motivational leader with the ability to influence and deliver through others. You will be skilled at translating strategy into actionable plans, and have a track record of engaging, mobilising and energising teams around people transformation.
You are a collaborative and empowering professional, with a background in senior HR leadership, who can lead and inspire others in a complex environment. You will bring;
- Proven experience of designing and delivering organisation wide change interventions, that positively impact key performance measures, including culture and engagement.
- Expertise in people management; you will have deep understanding of best practice and its practical application.
- Experience of leading people development teams including talent management and leadership development.
- Knowledge of how reward and recognition frameworks impact attraction, retention and engagement.
- Senior generalist experience in leading a wide range of HR professionals, with deep knowledge of all HR disciplines.
- Experience of working at a senior level within a large and complex HR function, with sound understanding of cross functional collaboration, design and delivery.
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The British Dietetic Association is a professional body and trade union and is the leading organisation of nutrition professionals in the UK; representing the nutrition and dietetic workforce across all sectors.
The BDA is seeking a national policy and campaigns officer with responsibility for Scotland. The post holder will work within the Trade Union and Public Affairs Directorate of the BDA to research and develop policy projects to support the delivery of the BDA strategic plan. They will also take a leading role in the planning and co-ordination of the BDA priority campaigns. The successful candidate will have excellent campaign and project management skills along with experience of policy development in a trade union or membership organisation and a political environment.
An understanding of the UK health environment, particularly the allied health professions would be beneficial along with knowledge of the workings of the devolved government in Scotland.
The BDA is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment. The BDA intends to do this by maintaining and rigorously implementing an Equal Opportunities Policy and Code of Practice. We particularly encourage black and minority ethnic people, people with disabilities and LGBTQI+ people to apply as they are currently under-represented in our workforce.
Benefits offered
- Pension Scheme (employer 12% contribution)
- Flexible Working Policy
- THRIVE Accreditation Staff Well being Group
- Parental Leave arrangements
- Cash Back’ Healthcare and Healthcare Scheme
- All positions subject to 6 months probationary period, statutory sick pay during this period
- Sickness Benefits – after successful probationary period
- Trade Union Recognition- GMB
- 30 days Holidays per annum (1 to be taken last working day before Christmas and 3 to be taken between Christmas and New Year, this is for full time, will be pro-rata’d for part time employee)
- Staff Development opportunities
Key Areas of Responsibility
The post holder will deliver on the following key responsibilities:
- Policy Development including Work with relevant committees and BDA staff in the development of key policy documents and position statements with particular responsibility for allocated country coard(s).
- Campaign Co-ordination such as Co-ordinating allocated BDA campaigns in conjunction with working groups and the monitor of the landscape with regards allocated campaigns and advise when relevant issues are trending or becoming topical.
- Represent the BDA with internal and external stakeholders including BDA Specialist Groups, AHP policy officer and working groups/networks and other alliances.
- Be a valuable member of the Trade Union and Policy and Public Affairs business areas, contributing to the evolution of the policy function and contributing to their wider work and objectives
Person Specification
Knowledge
- Degree educated
- Campaign/project management
- Policy development
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Public policy making process
Experience
- Working in a membership organisation
- Working in a political environment
- Experience of working with or within the Dietetic of Allied Health Professional would be advantageous.
Please note: candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Please send your CV and a covering letter and we will send you an EDI Form which must be completed for your application to be considered.
To discuss the role, please look for the BDA Trade Union page where you will find the contact information for all of the team.
Please send your CV and a covering letter and we will send you an EDI Form which must be completed for your application to be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are working in partnership with Blind Veterans UK, a military charity, who provide veterans with rehabilitation, training, practical advice and emotional support. They help blind ex-Service people of every generation lead the life they choose, rebuilding lives after sight loss, away from isolation and towards a life of fulfilment.
The charity is in a period of transformation. Over the next two years they will be revising the organisational strategy and planning for a new future, so that they are able to deliver the best possible support to their existing and potential beneficiaries from a financially sustainable position. The Head of People & Culture will provide support and leadership to the HR partners and advisors and ensure fair and consistent delivery of the Charity’s HR service. This role will be a change agent, and strategic partner, contributing to, and leading business conversations.
The Head of People & Culture will play a key role in change management, employee relations, talent management, leadership development, and employee engagement initiatives.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:
- Current, extensive knowledge of key HR processes and best practice.
- Experience of leading, motivating, and supporting HR teams.
- Relationship management, especially at managerial and stakeholder levels.
- Business management, including financial management and strategic planning.
- Comprehensive understanding of employment laws, including inclusion and diversity programmes.
- Comprehensive understanding of the charity sector, focus area and business trends.
- Demonstrable experience of applying the principles of coaching and/or mentoring.
We are seeking a motivational people manager with excellent influencing and negotiating skills, strong verbal and written communication skills, including active listening, and with the ability to take a logical and analytical approach to problem-solving.
For more information, please contact Katherine Anderson-Scott, Associate Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status*, or other category protected by law.
*Blind Veterans UK will interview any veterans who apply for this role.
Location: Homebased, with some travel
Closing date: Sunday 8th September 2024
Interviews with Blind Veterans UK will take place in London on Wednesday 18th September
Due to the urgent nature of the role, Charisma will be reviewing and conducting vetting interviews on a rolling basis in preparation for the interview day on 18th September. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
The successful candidate will need to be able to start the role at the end of September / early October. As such we are only able to progress candidates who have a 1 month or less notice period or availability.
Location: Home Based
Salary: £50,000
Hours: 35
Department: Fundraising
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Re-engage is a charity that is positive about older age and committed to fighting loneliness so that people can have social lives and friendship groups however old they are. We inspire and enable meaningful connections and shared experiences within communities across the UK for people over 75 facing loneliness and social isolation.
We are looking for a Head of Fundraising and Partnerships to join Re-engage. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will oversee the charity’s fundraising teams with responsibility for the whole range of fundraised income, as well as developing and supporting partnerships across the organisation.
With our ambition to grow over the next five years, this role will be critical to the success of Re-engage and our ability to reach more older people and reduce more loneliness.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a successful track record in at least two fundraising disciplines including major donors, corporate partnerships, individual giving, legacies and / or trust fundraising. You will have excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills, line management experience, and be used to taking a proactive approach to your work.
As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will work with colleagues to deliver the organisation’s strategy, developing the necessary plans to achieve challenging income targets and support the development of productive partnerships to enable the organisation’s growth.
Leadership
Develop and deliver the organisation’s fundraising strategy
Provide leadership to fundraising teams, including line managing team managers
Maintain quality standards, including ethical standards, in donor stewardship and fundraising communications
Communicate with colleagues sharing information to ensure you have a well-informed and well-connected team
Fundraising
- Draft fundraising applications, cases for support, proposals and reports to funders
- Work with colleagues to set, achieve and report on targets associated with funder requirements
- Work closely with colleagues in Engagement and Service Delivery to ensure fundraising and income generation support the overall strategy and direction of the organisation
- Ensure all applications are recorded on the CRM (OPUS) to support planning, delivery and reporting requirements
- Work with fundraising teams to build pipeline of funders across different strands of activity
- Build cases for support and proposals to illustrate the work of the organisation, working with colleagues in Service Delivery, Communications and Impact teams
- Grow a portfolio of current and potential major donors
Partnerships
- Work with colleagues to identify potential partners who can contribute to both fundraising and broader organisational objectives
- Develop and implement stewardship plans for funders and partners to support long-lasting and constructive relationships
- Oversee the management of successful long term relationships with partners and funders, providing advice and support to colleagues as necessary to ensure high standards of stewardship
Organisational
- Play an active role in SMT and all staff activities
- Contribute to the development of Re-engage’s strategic direction and operational plan
- Lead by example, demonstrating Re-engage’s values and expected behaviours in your work with colleagues and external stakeholders
- Ensure all fundraising activities are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Fundraising Regulator
- Ensure compliance with VAT, GDPR and data protection regulations
- Work with colleagues to make best use of OPUS, identifying opportunities to upgrade and further develop the system to enhance the work and efficiency of the organisation
- You may be required to undertake other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post and there will be occasional out of hours work required.
A full driving licence and own car is preferred, as this post will require travel across the UK as and when required, and quarterly overnight stays
Person Specification
- Significant experience in a fundraising role with demonstrable achievements in at least two fundraising disciplines including major donors, corporate partnerships, community fundraising, direct mail, legacies and trust fundraising
- Experience creating income products and packages from the needs of our beneficiaries
- Experience approaching and securing funding from a wide range of public funders, trusts and foundations, private and public sector organisations
- Experience managing and stewarding a varied portfolio of supporters whilst developing new prospects
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills, with excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to nurture and develop junior talent into high performing fundraisers
- Strong relationship building skills, with the ability to engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- A track record of growing fundraised income
- Proven ability to establish and maintain income forecasting systems and manage budgets
- Up-to-date knowledge of fundraising best practice and regulation, including GDPR
We are an equal opportunities employer
Re-engage is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging among our team of staff and to eliminating unlawful discrimination. We want the Re-engage team of staff to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
How we recruit
Diversity and inclusion are important to us. We want our team of staff to be representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. We understand that you may not meet every requirement listed, but if you feel you could make a valuable contribution to our charity, we encourage you to apply. You may be a great fit for this or another role.
We use the recruitment platform Hireful. Using Hireful allows us to reduce unconscious bias and subjectivity, and candidates experience a more skills-based recruitment process which helps us to hire the best talent for our roles
The application process includes an inbuilt anonymisation feature which removes identifiable personal data from your CV. To enable this please ensure your name you use on the application form matches exactly with that on your CV.
We also add competency questions to the process which asses your approach to real issues that you would face in this role. Each response is anonymised and reviewed separately by each hiring team member before the total scores are averaged to create a leader board of candidates. We would rather AI wasn't used for your answers as we want the real you, however we do reserve the right to reject applications if we feel the use of AI has been excessive.
The closing date is Monday 9 September at 9am
Interviews will be held on Friday 20 September
Benefits: Annual leave: 26 days plus bank holidays Remote working Flexible working Health: Bupa cash plan Pension Enhanced family friendly policies
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Culham St Gabriel’s Trust is an endowed charitable foundation whose vision is for a broad-based, critically reflective religion and worldviews education contributing to a well-informed, respectful and open society. The Trust is committed to providing religion and worldviews teachers and other educationalists with the support, connections, challenges and professional development they need.
We are looking for a creative, passionate and dynamic professional to lead our communications strategy and social media engagement across multiple platforms. You will join a small, but recently expanded, friendly staff team. Our values lie at the heart of everything we do. We are a remote working organisation, meeting regularly online for team meetings, and in-person about once a month. Occasional travel to other in-person meetings on Trust business will be required as part of this role.
It is necessary that you have a right to work in the UK.
We encourage you to have an informal conversation about this role before you decide whether to apply.
Reports to: Digital Manager
Key Benefits: 10% employer pension contribution, Salary Sacrifice Scheme offered, employer supported volunteering
Holiday Entitlement: 25 days per annum, bank holidays and four discretionary days
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) on their search for an Accounting Officer to be responsible for the financial and budgeting operations of the CTO.
This role is remote, open to nationals of the 33 CTO member states, and is offered on part-time basis (2 days a week) in the first instance with the possibility of becoming full-time after the initial 6 months of the contract.
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is the oldest and largest Commonwealth membership organisation in the field of information and communication technologies. Today, the CTO plays an integral role in providing 21st-century thinking, knowledge, understanding and leadership to its members, helping them to shape their digital futures. They are fully involved in the development and use of digital ICT for social and economic development and are at the forefront of the ICT revolution to deliver significant benefits to its members.
Reporting to the Finance and Pensions Manager, this plays a pivotal role in developing and continuously revising the CTO's budgets, financial rules, and regulations. The post holder will control all areas of expenditure and on the revenue side, the Accounting Officer will ensure all receivables are accounted for, actualised, and appropriately posted. The Accounting Officer will ensure the accounting software package is optimised and will be expected to prudently manage the CTO's cash flow and investment activities. The incumbent will work closely with the IT Administrator to develop and/or revise the accounting system that will be used by the CTO.
We are looking for a detail-oriented accounting professional with significant experience in a similar capacity in an organisation with a comparable scope and complexity. You will have strong finance and accountancy experience, as well as solid analytical skills and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Specialised knowledge of Pension Fund Management would be desirable, but not essential.
As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.
In order to apply, please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will send you the full job description and will arrange for a phone call to brief you on the role.
Associate Director
We are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. The Associate Director – East of England will lead the Stroke Association’s work in East of England to significantly increase their reach and impact, making a positive difference to the lives of people affected by stroke.
If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!
Position: S11194 Associate Director – East of England
Location: Home-based, East of England. Extensive travel will be required as part of this role (including team meetings in the East of England and other work related meetings)
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week (but applications from those seeking 14 to 21 hours per week will be considered.
Salary: circa £36,637 per annum for 21 hours per week, pro rata for less hours. Inner London weighting £2,370 per annum, pro rata for less hours or outer London weighting £1,260 per annum, pro rata for less hours may be applied in accordance to where you live
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 16 September 2024
Interview Date: To be confirmed.
Interviews will be held via Teams. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
Reporting to the Executive Director of Locality Impact our Locality Impact Directorate is responsible for the effective delivery of high quality commissioned and non-commissioned support to stroke survivors and carers. We provide a range of support for people from the early days after stroke throughout their recovery and into the longer term, working closely with our network of volunteers, Stroke Association support groups, and independent groups as part of the Stroke Group Network.
You’ll lead a motivated and engaged team of staff and volunteers to:
· Champion and support improvements to NHS stroke services, building effective relationships with key stakeholders and influencing local stroke policy and practice
· Increase the reach and impact of locality delivered services to ensure all new stroke survivors in the East of England receive the support they need to rebuild their lives after stroke
· Engage with the wider stroke community to put stroke on the map and ensure stroke survivors have the support they need, with a focus on addressing health inequalities
About You
You will have:
· Senior-level experience in advocacy/influencing; service delivery or community engagement and development.
· Senior level experience influencing local or national policy change, ideally in health and social care.
· Substantial experience of holding senior-level relationships with partner organisations, ideally in health and social care / the NHS and a strong understanding of systems leadership.
· Substantial experience of leading high performing teams and large distributed teams (paid staff and volunteers) and an inspiring and motivational approach to leadership.
The East of England comprises of the areas within the Integrated Care Boards of: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Norfolk and Waveney, Suffolk and North East Essex, Mid and South Essex, Hertfordshire and West Essex, Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes.
This role requires extensive travel across a large geographical locality. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role.
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further information on the role.
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our team. Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.
Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!
You may also have experience in areas such as Engagement, Community Engagement, Health Policy, Advocacy, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
CEO
UK Community Foundations
Fully remote-working, with regular travel across the UK, with ability to commute to London on a regular basis
£110,000 to £130,000 per annum
UK Community Foundations (UKCF) is the national membership organisation for all accredited community foundations across the United Kingdom. Our members bring together people and organisations wanting to make a positive difference to communities through place-based philanthropy.
For over 30 years the UKCF network has distributed millions of pounds towards smaller, locally based organisations. Our 47 UK-based community foundations provide vital support to every postcode in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Our network of community foundations managed over £811 million in community-focused endowments, being invested by communities for communities. This has risen by 14% since 2020, showing a drive for more sustainable support at a local level. In 2023 over £170 million in grants were distributed by community foundations. Our mission is to provide inspirational leadership and advocacy at the national level by delivering training, resources, and a national profile to enhance and sustain their support of local communities and we are now seeking a new CEO to lead this mission.
This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational strategic leader, who can continue to increase the impact and influence of community foundations nationally and inspire the team and diverse network.
We are looking for:
- A values-driven leader, with clear experience of building and supporting a diverse, high performing team and culture that empowers staff teams and external stakeholders.
- Strategic leadership of an organisation that exists to add value to a diverse membership, network or similar structure.
- Evidence of delivering impactful, inclusive change with a result orientated and collaborative approach.
- A key external ambassador, able to influence at high levels across Parliament, the civil service, the private sector, civil society and the media.
For further information about this exciting opportunity, please review the dedicated microsite by clicking 'apply'.
UKCF is committed to diversifying the background of its workforce and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, belief or disability.
Closing date: Sunday 1st September (midnight)
Interviews with Prospectus: 9th-16th September
Interviews with UKCF: w/c 23rd September
Research Involvement Lead
We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Involvement Lead to work closely with a friendly and knowledgeable team who are passionate about stroke research. This post includes opportunities to work with people who have a lived experience of stroke to help ensure that they can make a meaningful contribution to the stroke research that we fund.
If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!
This is a remote working role and applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.
Position: CE323 Research Involvement Lead
Location: Home-based, UK, Nationwide, however, occasional travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (flexible working available)
Salary: £37,000 per annum (inner London weighting £3,950 per annum or outer London weighting £2,100 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 13 September 2024 (midnight). We reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Interview Date: 23 September 2024
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Research, the Research Involvement Lead will be responsible for managing the involvement of people with lived experience of stroke in the research that we fund, ensuring that Stroke Association funded research has the people affected by stroke at its heart.
Key responsibilities will include:
· Leading the Stroke Association’s involvement in research work.
· Ensuring meaningful involvement of people affected by stroke in our funding schemes.
· Leading the development and implementation of our capability as a systems leader in involvement.
About You
You will:
· Be educated to degree level in a science subject or have relevant experience in involvement and / or relevant role in a science or healthcare field
· Have experience of working with people affected by research
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further information on the role.
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our team. Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.
Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!
You may also have experience in areas such as Research, Researcher, Clinical Research, Scientific Research, Clinical Researcher, Scientific Researcher, Research and Involvement, Research and Involvement Lead, Research Lead, Lead Researcher.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Location: Shelter provides flexibility to allow home-based, Shelter Office-based or a combination of the two although regular travel throughout England and Scotland is expected
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £77,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Leave: 30 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays
Closing Date: Sunday 8th September at 11:30pm
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.
We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the Team
The Retail team at Shelter plays a vital role in supporting our mission and are based throughout England and Scotland.
With a network of charity shops and online retail channel, we generate income to fund our essential services and campaigns.
Our team is dynamic, passionate, and committed to making a difference in the lives of those affected by homelessness and bad housing.
From our driven shop managers to our incredible volunteers, we work collaboratively to create welcoming spaces where customers can shop with purpose, knowing that every purchase supports our cause.
About You
We are seeking a dynamic and strategic leader to join us as Assistant Director of Retail. In this senior-level position, you will be at the forefront of driving positive change through our retail operations. Your role will be multifaceted, encompassing strategic planning, team leadership, and revenue generation.
As Assistant Director of Retail, you will lead a geographically dispersed team, fostering their personal development and ensuring alignment with our organisational culture and values.
Collaboration is key, as you'll work closely with colleagues across the income generation team and Shelter senior leadership to execute our strategy effectively.
Your role will involve devising innovative solutions for retail, implementing a robust marketing strategy, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of Shelter's retail operations, from expanding our online presence to identifying new opportunities for revenue growth. With your strong commercial acumen and strategic mindset, you will strategically manage shop operations to drive profitability and support our mission.
How to Apply
Please ensure you read the application pack in full before applying.
Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a supporting statement. The supporting statement should include your responses to the SIX points in the ‘About You’ section of the job description attached to this advert. Please provide specific examples following the STAR format and ensure you demonstrate how you meet the Shelter behaviours outlined in the job description. Please ensure that the supporting statement is no more than 2 A4 pages in length.
Please note applications without a supporting statement will not be considered.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Please note that Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.