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About the role
WorldSkills UK is seeking a dynamic Network Member Manager to support and expand the growing network of institutions that are part of our award-winning Centre of Excellence. This role is vital to driving value for members and enhancing our flagship programme, which is dedicated to transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) across the UK. As Network Member Manager, you will manage relationships, engage members, and maximise the impact of the Centre of Excellence, ensuring member institutions have access to world-class training and development resources. Your work will support the Centre of Excellence set new benchmarks for teaching, learning, and assessment, ultimately contributing to the UK's global competitiveness in skills excellence.
Role purpose
The Centre of Excellence is WorldSkills UK’s cornerstone programme aimed at raising the standards of teaching, learning, and assessment across TVET. By harnessing international best practices and expertise, it fosters innovation and advances the quality of education across the sector. As Network Member Manager, you will be at the heart of the programme joining a vibrant and diverse team, working closely with member institutions to deliver impactful, sustained engagement and provide strategic support.
Key tasks and responsibilities
Programme management and reporting:
• Establish and maintain an account management framework to encourage member participation in the Centre of Excellence’s core offerings.
• Track and report on member engagement metrics, leveraging data insights to drive retention, satisfaction, and continuous improvement.
• Regularly evaluate and refine the member engagement framework to meet evolving needs, including offering tailored training and development solutions.
• Prepare comprehensive reports for management and leadership that provide insights into programme outcomes, trends, and impact. These reports will inform partners and stakeholders, highlighting the Centre’s achievements and demonstrating value to support continued engagement.
Member engagement and relationship management:
• Build effective working relationships with senior leaders from across the membership, serving as the primary point of contact for ongoing support.
• Develop and execute a robust engagement strategy to ensure that institutions gain maximum value from their membership.
• Oversee the enrolment and validation of new members, guiding them through the onboarding process and ensuring alignment with programme requirements.
• Conduct regular needs assessments and check-ins with members to ensure alignment with the Centre’s objectives and identify opportunities for enhanced engagement.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing and collaboration opportunities within the network to foster partnerships and shared learning.
• Lead the annual recognition review, coordinating judging panels and planning events to showcase and reward excellence across the network.
Member communication and support:
• Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to keep members informed about events, training opportunities, and programme updates.
• Respond to member inquiries promptly, providing resources and guidance to support their full engagement with the Centre.
• Lead promotional activities to boost member engagement and manage the creation of impactful content for publications, social media, and other channels.
• Conduct and share impact studies that demonstrate the benefits of the Centre’s programmes, helping to raise the profile of WorldSkills UK across various platforms.
• Promote WorldSkills UK’s products and services to drive growth and increase reach within the education sector.
General responsibilities for a manager:
In addition to the key tasks and responsibilities set out above, all employees at this level are expected to:
• Manage, support and motivate allocated staff to successfully deliver activities/tasks.
• Manage resources (including staff, volunteers, suppliers, and partners) so that all project elements are delivered to acceptable standards on time, to budget and meet the required specifications and objectives.
• Contribute to a performance driven culture ensuring outcomes and activities are continuously monitored, reviewed, and evaluated against grant KPIs, resolving issues, and initiating appropriate corrective action.
• Establish a strong mechanism to measure impact, capture, report, and transfer intelligence across programmes of work.
• Produce requirement specifications in line with WorldSkills UK’s procurement strategies for all outsourced activity.
• Maintain WorldSkills UK’s established management policies for dealing with risks and issues for the Workforce Development team and the wider organisation.
• Contribute to the successful delivery of WorldSkills UK’s strategic priorities and annual business objectives.
• Promote and comply with WorldSkills UK’s Employee Handbook and the policies contained therein with particular reference to those related to Health and Safety and on equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Carry out any other duty as may be reasonably assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility. Any significant changes will be made in consultation with the post holder acknowledging experience, education and ability.
Person specification Key:
[E] Essential / [D] Desirable.
Qualifications and experience:
• Experience working with in Further and Higher Technical Education. [E]
• Experience establishing strong working relationships with senior leaders across education and training. [E]
• Experience in network or member management, ideally within an education or workforce development context. [E]
• Experience in developing and implementing engagement strategies to drive member satisfaction and retention. [E]
Knowledge and skills:
• Strong relationship management skills, with a demonstrated ability to build and sustain positive, collaborative partnerships [E].
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and motivate diverse stakeholders [E].
• Strong organisational skills and a proactive approach to managing multiple priorities and deadlines [E].
• Ability to implement change initiatives, focusing effort and commitment on making change work [E].
• Ability to analyse data and use insights to inform decision-making and improve processes [E].
• Knowledge of account management frameworks and best practices in member engagement [D].
• Familiarity with CRM systems and other tools for tracking member engagement and programme impact [D].
Personal qualities and attributes:
• Very reliable and with a high level of probity [E].
• Able to work to own initiative with broad direction [E].
• Able to think creatively and solve problems [E]. • Flexible in working methods and ideas [E].
• Excellent team player and collaborative approach to work [E].
• Enthusiastic and able to motivate others [E].
Special circumstances:
• Prepared occasionally to work outside normal hours [E].
• Prepared to travel within the United Kingdom [E].
• Able to spend time away from home [E].
This role is office based (as above) but with flexible hybrid working. It is expected the postholder will attend the office at least once or twice a week.
Full time working hours are a minimum of 35 hours per week, normal working hours are 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday although we pride ourselves on having a flexible approach to our working practices and service delivery and are happy to discuss flexible working options, including part time, with suitable candidates.
25 days’ annual leave [which will increase by one additional day for each completed year of service up to a maximum of 30 days] plus public and bank holidays.
Reasonable adjustments will be offered to all candidates and every stage of the recruitment process.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Chickenshed Theatre seeks a dynamic Head of Theatre Management to oversee the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and security of our premises. You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the safety, upkeep, and functional integrity of Chickenshed’s buildings and grounds. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a vibrant, creative environment.
If you're ready to take on a leadership role in maintaining and enhancing our theatre’s infrastructure, while contributing to a creative and collaborative culture, we’d love to hear from you.
Application Deadline: 1 December 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.
We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
Anna Freud have formed the first pan-London Alliance with Safer London, St Giles Trust, New Horizon Youth Centre, and The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to deliver the Children and Young People’s Violence and Exploitation Support Service (CYP-V&ESS). For anything up to 2 years, young Londoners will work with our Specialist or Expert Caseworkers who will work alongside them around areas including around safety awareness, improving health and emotional wellbeing, as well as improving relationships with peers and family dynamics. The Alliance Coordinator will be uniquely placed as while Anna Freud will be hosting the role, they will be accountable to the Alliance Manager and the wider Alliance Management Team made up of members of several partner organisations.
The Alliance Coordinator role will support the Alliance Manager by overseeing administrative tasks, communicating with stakeholders and ensuring support is available across the alliance. Experience of liaising effectively with a variety of individuals, organisations, and service providers at all levels is essential to ensure good relationship building and effective communication.
We are seeking an experienced candidate who has provided senior secretarial or administrative support to individuals or a team. They will demonstrate the ability to work across several internal and external teams/departments with their own organisational needs and priorities.
Please email us with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor licence therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.
Location
Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH). Please note: attendance at other Alliance sites may be required (e.g., Safer London, 154-156 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8EN; St Giles Trust, 64–68 Camberwell Church Street, SE5 8JB; or New Horizon Youth Centre, 68 Chalton Street, NW1 1JR).
Contract duration
Fixed-term until May 2027.
Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Wednesday 4 December 2024.
Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.
Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Tuesday 10 December 2024. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Interviews
Interviews will be held on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 December 2024.
How to apply
Please click on the 'Apply’ button to find out more. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.
There when it matters
Sue Ryder has an exciting opportunity within our Finance Directorate for a full or part time Payroll Coordinator. Acting as the main contact with our external payroll manager for the organisation this role plays an integral part in the finance team, ensuring the Sue Ryder payroll is processed accurately and on time within legislative, statutory and company policies and procedures. The Payroll Coordinator will also support in the review and development of current processes and policies.
About the role:
• Be the main contact for the charity to the external payroll manager
• Provide all data required to process the payroll not available on the system to the external payroll manager in line with stated deadlines
• Monitor and manage the payroll inbox, triage payroll queries from the business and raise cases with the external payroll manager where required
• Check the Business Support and Fundraising payroll reports ensuring accuracy for colleagues monthly pay
• Carry out checking of reports and raising any errors with the external payroll manager or local administrators/managers
• Be the main contact for payroll for the payroll administrators across the business
• Prepare information for approval by the Head of Finance for ad-hoc payments including but not limited to cash advances and pension payments
• Inform the Treasury team of net pay and tax expected to be paid from the bank account each month
• Carry out a review of all current payroll policies and documentation suggesting new policies and information to be requested.
• Undertake ad-hoc duties and other responsibilities that may be required by the Head of Finance
• Undertake all tasks in accordance with Data Protection Legislation
About you:
• Familiar with payroll processes and terminology
• Basic knowledge of payroll legislation regarding statutory payments, PAYE and National Insurance
• Basic knowledge of pension legislation regarding statutory rules and payment deadlines
• Ability to work to strict deadlines
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and good all around IT skills
• Planning and organisation skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
Sue Ryder is here to make sure everyone approaching the end of their life or living with grief can access the support they need. There is no one size fits all when it comes to how we cope and the help we need, but with our support, no one has to face dying or grief alone.
Benefits
• Company pension scheme
• 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Enhanced sick pay
• Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non Binary Individuals
• Staff discount of 10% on new goods online at shop
• Structured induction programme and learning and development opportunities.
For more of our employee benefits please visit our website.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGTBQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.
Please let us know if you have any feedback to make our recruitment processes more accessible and inclusive or if you require any adjustments made to your application or interview process
If you want more than just a job, we want you.
Join the team and be there when it matters.
Tower Hamlets Community Connector
Job Title: Tower Hamlets Community Connector
Salary: £30,345 per annum (pro rata), including Inner London Weighting (30 hours/week: £24,276).
Hours: Part-Time, 30 hours per week
Contract Term: Permanent
Location: Open House, Bow E3, and across Stepney and Wapping Primary Care Network
Closing Date: 9 December 2024
Interview Date: 12 December 2024
About Us
Mind in Tower Hamlets, Newham, and Redbridge is a local charity affiliated with National Mind. We are committed to supporting individuals with mental health challenges through inclusive and accessible services, creating opportunities for connection, recovery, and resilience.
About the Role
As a Community Connector, you’ll support individuals referred by the Stepney and Wapping Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, helping them engage with services and activities. Based at our MindTHNR office and the Stepney and Wapping Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, you’ll build strong relationships, understand individuals’ interests and goals, and connect them to appropriate opportunities.
This role empowers individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) by supporting them to achieve their aspirations, access local services, and address key wellbeing factors such as housing, employment, and social isolation. You will also help identify wider issues impacting their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness, and caring responsibilities, ensuring a holistic approach to support.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide one-to-one tailored support to help individuals set and achieve personal goals.
- Act as a local expert, connecting people with community services and resources.
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and community organisations to create robust care pathways.
- Use tools like health coaching and motivational interviewing to overcome barriers and monitor progress.
- Advocate for inclusion and ensure access to welfare, legal, and community services.
If you are passionate about promoting mental health and wellbeing, have substantial experience providing 1:1 support, facilitating wellbeing groups, and collaborating with communities, and possess a strong understanding of the diverse needs and inequalities in East London, we encourage you to apply. Submit your CV and supporting statement outlining how you meet the requirements of the person specification and your interest in making a meaningful impact to Bernadette Keane
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Blue Ventures is seeking a Social Media Manager to lead our social media communications' strategy, delivery, and measurement globally. You’ll be responsible for managing all social media channels and creating and producing engaging content to be used across them and beyond. Whether it’s shaping and amplifying stories from communities and partners, sharing our learning far and wide, or crafting content to advocate for ocean protection and the rights of small-scale fishers, you’ll be proactive in finding creative ways to connect with and inspire a range of audiences internationally.
This is a permanent, full-time role based in any of BV's registered locations. You'll report to the Head of Communications and work closely with our Advocacy, Donor Stewardship, and Partnerships teams, as well as national and regional communicators and country leads.
Key responsibilities include:
- Content creation, coordination, review and publication
- Strategic communications
- Team development
Please review the attached Job Description for more detail.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Community Project Coordinator
Hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week (0.6 Full-Time Equivalent)
Starting salary: £25,767 (pro-rata)
Contract: Fixed term for 12 months. (Potentially longer dependent on funding).
Responsible to: Adult Projects Lead
Location: Office base is Chorley. A mix of home and office working, with a focus on travel to Burnley and Pendle for project delivery
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our adults project team as a project coordinator. The postholder will have significant experience of engaging south Asian communities in Lancashire. Alongside working on Connecting Communities.
We are looking for an individual who understands the communities of Lancashire and the barriers to engagement they may face. Fluency in languages such as Urdu, Punjabi or Bengali is advantageous. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt to a range of audiences and with the ability to build relationships quickly with service users and professionals.
Lancashire Mind is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly candidates with a lived experience of mental health conditions who fulfil all the criteria within the person specification.
We offer a workplace pension scheme, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), a sick pay scheme, paid emergency and compassionate leave, regular supervision, and a variety of learning and development opportunities.
Please note: Lancashire Mind follows Safer Recruitment practices and have a commitment to safeguarding people who use our services. Therefore, this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of your qualifications and right to work.
Applications must be submitted using a Lancashire Mind job application form, which can be downloaded from our Lancashire Mind website along with our recruitment pack which contains more information about this role.
Deadline for applications: 9am on Monday 9th December 2024.
Interviews for this post are scheduled to take place on Wednesday 18th December, in person at our office in Chorley. Please keep this date free as alternatives can’t be offered.
Registered Charity Number 1081427
Registered Company Number 3888655
We're working towards a Lancashire where everyone can have the best mental health and wellbeing possible
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About SafeLives
We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.
Last year alone, 14,000 professionals received our training. Over 80,000 adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 100,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last six years, over 4,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, and that’s just the start.
Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.
The Role
The Drive Partnership works across the domestic abuse specialist sector, public sector partners and beyond to develop sustainable, national systems in England and Wales that respond effectively to all perpetrators of domestic abuse. In this key role, the Senior Project Management Support Officer will be responsible for supporting the effective project management of a number of our projects and providing administrative support for the wider Drive Partnership Teams.
As a member of the Project Management Office (PMO) a key element of this will be supporting the Drive team and Drive Partnership organisations – SafeLives and Respect, with development and delivery of training products to support workforce development in the perpetrator services sector.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Contract: Fixed term for 2 years (with possibility of extension).
Location: SafeLives Bristol or London office, with flexible home working (with travel to London and Bristol offices, and Drive sites, as required).
Benefits
- 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
- Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee assistance programme
- Clinical supervision
- Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Enhanced sick pay
- Professional development fund
- Individual learning budget
- Restorative practice training
- Time off in lieu
If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.
Closing date: 9am on Monday 9th December 2024.
SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.
No agencies, please.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Accountant to join our Finance team.
We are looking for a Financial Accountant, whose primary responsibility will be to ensure the financial accounting elements of our organisation are robust. This means ensuring we have an efficient annual audit process and completion of the statutory accounts, built upon the role holder maintaining an accurate balance sheet throughout the year.
Overall responsible for day-to-day accounting operations including purchase and sales ledger, expenses, credit card and bank payments, as well as month end financial accounting processes.
This role will take a key responsibility for regulatory compliance and accuracy of VAT, Corporation Tax and Regulatory returns and ensure financial policies, processes and procedures are kept up to date.
Responsible for treasury management including managing banking relationships and producing regular cashflow reports.
This role can be based in our London office, or hybrid working with regular attendance to our London office.
Key Skills and Attributes:
A strong financial accounting background, with up-to-date knowledge and use of accounting standards, Charity SORP and accounts preparation.
We work in a complex charitable environment; the successful applicant must have good experience with VAT and Corporation Tax.
Experience of managing accounting operations and of recommending, developing and implementing strong financial control frameworks.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant, with strong technical skills.
Strong ability to communicate complex financial matters at all levels, as well as having the ability to build relationships within the team, within the wider organisation, and with external advisors.
The team:
Based in the Finance and Operations Directorate, you will be overall responsible for a team of 4 within Financial Accounting.
Closing date: Monday 9th December (23:59)
Hours: Full time (30 hours over 4 days per week)
Location: London based or hybrid and able to regularly commute to London
(London salary applicable to candidates who are based in the London office a minimum of two days a week)
Please note we only accept applications via the Friends of the Earth Application System.
We offer a competitive range of benefits, good work/life balance including a 4-day working week with no loss of pay, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant organisational culture.
Our staff body is currently under-representative of People of Colour, LGBTQIA+ people and people with long term conditions or impairments. We are committed to eroding these historic barriers, so as to create a movement in which people from all walks of life see themselves in, and so we particularly encourage you to apply if you belong to one of these groups or sit at multiple intersections of disadvantage. We are committed to the Disability Confident standard and will guarantee an interview to any candidates who declare a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Friends of the Earth staff who publicly represent Friends of the Earth (including all campaigners) are not allowed to also represent a political party. This is to ensure that there can be no confusion in the minds of the public about Friends of the Earth's party-political independence. Affected staff should also seek permission from the Senior Management Team if they wish to hold a non-public facing official role in a political party. If this is an issue, please do raise this with us as soon as possible.
Friends of the Earth is an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it. We lead campaigns, provide resources and information, and drive real solutions to the environmental problems facing us all.
We are part of an international community dedicated to protecting the natural world and the wellbeing of everyone in it.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Project Assistant
Leicester Cathedral is looking to appoint a Project Assistant, as part of the Leicester Cathedral Revealed (LCR) project.
Following the ‘soft launch’ of the Cathedral in November 2023, we are working towards the full re-opening – including the new Heritage & Learning Centre – and a new inspiring phase of activity to include a full and stimulating programme of events for all audiences, whilst maintaining the Cathedral’s core purpose of worship, welcome, and witness.
As Project Assistant you will play a key role in supporting the Cathedral and the Visitor Experience team through this exciting phase of development.
The role will provide administrative support for the LCR project, in particular covering areas such as
- Bookings
- Data collation
- Finance support
- Dealing with enquiries
The successful candidates for this role will have administrative experience and work well independently and as part of a team. They will be willing to use their initiative and provide support for all members of the Visitor Experience team.
Salary: £23,214 (pro rata)
Tenure: 2.5 years
Hours: 21 hours per week
This role has received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
You will be redirected to our website on clicking apply and to access the application pack.
Application Deadline: 5.00pm, Monday 25 November 2024
Interview Date: Monday 9 December 2024
Smart Works is a dynamic, high profile and fast-growing UK charity that dresses, coaches and empowers unemployed women for success at their job interview. After visiting Smart Works, 63% of clients secure a job within a month.
The Smart Works service is delivered in London, Manchester, Stockport, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle, Reading and Leeds. Over the past eleven years, Smart Works has helped over 40,000 women. It is our mission that any woman who needs our service should be able to find her way to a Smart Works centre.
In April 2022, Smart Works launched a Three-Year Plan that will see the charity double the number of women helped annually from 5,000 to 10,000 women a year. We are on track to achieve this by expanding the reach of our existing centres and opening new centres in areas of need including Bristol; set to open in early 2025.
About this role
The West London Service Delivery Executive will play a key role in the Service Delivery Team, supporting with the smooth running of our service, and creating a welcoming atmosphere for all clients, volunteers and visitors. The Smart Works London team is friendly and professional, and we work closely together to make sure every client has an outstanding experience when they visit us.
The Service Delivery Executive will often be the first point of contact a client will have with Smart Works, providing administrative, phone and booking support for clients across London and beyond. Therefore, the role requires a candidate who is friendly, organised and hard-working, with strong administrative skills, excellent communication skills and a drive to ensure all women who visit us have the best possible experience.
If you’re passionate about supporting women and want to be part of an ambitious and supportive team, then this is an ideal opportunity for you.
This is a fixed term maternity cover contract until October 2025. Due to the nature of the role, it cannot be done from home and the succesful candidate will be based full time in the West London Centre in Ladbroke Grove.
How to Apply
Please head to our website to read the full job description and to submit an application through our recruitment system.
You will need to submit a CV and a cover letter answering the following questions by 5pm on Sunday 24th November.
- Why do you want to work for Smart Works? (Max 250 words).
- What experience and skills do you have that makes you well suited to the role? (Max 400 words).
- In your own words, what do you think makes Smart Works an essential service? (Max 250 words).
1st interviews will be held online on 27th November and 2nd interviews will be in person at our West London centre on 29th November.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or alterations for the application and recruitment processes, please contact us.
Smart Works is committed to best practice employment practices, including reducing the burden for those seeking work. Smart Works will therefore reimburse reasonable costs of travel to interviews if required.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, disabled candidates, and candidates with lived experience of female unemployment as we would like to increase the representation of these groups at Smart Works.
We exist to give unemployed women the clothing, coaching and confidence they need to succeed at interview and get the job.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
London and remote, £32,000-£35,000, 0.8-1.0 FTE, permanent
Are you passionate about driving impactful medical research? We are looking for an enthusiastic Research Impact Officer who will assist in the monitoring and evaluation of the Medical Research Foundation’s research to ensure our funded projects make a real-world difference.
This is an exciting time to join us as we have recently launched our new five-year strategy. Reporting to our Senior Research Impact Manager, you will play a crucial role in helping us to achieve our mission to drive the life-changing advances of tomorrow by laying the foundations for ground-breaking new discoveries today. We know that many health conditions are overlooked and underfunded, that new health threats will continue to arise, and that there will always be a need for high-quality, high impact medical research.
Your main responsibilities will be:
- Coordinate the monitoring of the research portfolio by providing day-to day administration and processing annual and end-of-grant reports.
- Support the ongoing evaluation projects, and other data collection points such are interviews with grant holders.
- Assist with the on-going development of grant monitoring tools
- Contribute to reports on impact reporting for our Board of Trustees and wider external audiences.
- Work closely with the Communications team to produce a regular research/researcher case studies.
- Work with the Fundraising team to contribute to materials to tell the stories of the impact of our research to help to raise funds for new research.
You are a motivated and enthusiastic colleague who will help us monitor a diverse research portfolio. You have excellent analytical and communication skills, you are well organised and have the ability to prioritise and work on various projects concurrently. You will use your scientific knowledge to understand the science behind the projects and will develop a detailed understanding of the outputs and impact arising from the research we fund to help communicate their impact. We would like to hear from you if you can:
- Demonstrate experience working or volunteering in a science-related environment
- Analyse complex datasets to extract meaningful insights and visualise data
- Understand complex scientific information presented in reports or publications and explain in a simple way
- Demonstrate an interest in scientific affairs or medical research.
See attached job description for further details.
Our offer
We will offer a salary of £32,000-£35,000 dependent on experience for a full-time 36-hour week and double-matched pension contributions up to 10% max employer contribution. We would like a full-time employee but are happy to consider a part-time contract (min 0.8 FTE). We offer 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata) per year, excellent financial, health and social benefits and an opportunity to join a dedicated team making a difference to human health. We value spending time working in-person to develop strong connections with each other and with our mission, so you will be based at our central London office for a minimum of three days a week with the option to work remotely for the remainder.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As the Senior MEL Officer in the MEL team, you will support the Head of Impact & Learning and the MEL Manager, as well as the Programmes & Impact department and wider team, to measure and analyse the quality and impact of our programming. You’ll use your strong organisation skills, experience in data collection and analysis, and ability to identify key trends and impact in our work. You will also work with colleagues across the organisation to ensure that our impact and expertise in working with women entrepreneurs is measured and communicated accurately and effectively to our Board of Trustees and external stakeholders.
Department purpose
This role sits within the Programmes & Impact department, which is responsible for the development and delivery of our programmes and services, ensuring they are delivered to a high quality, remain responsive to women entrepreneurs’ needs and have demonstrable impact. The department is divided into three teams: Entrepreneurship, which is responsible for delivery of services such as HerVenture and the four ‘Road to’ programmes, Mentoring, which is responsible for development and delivery of the Mentoring Women in Business programme, and MEL, which is responsible for quality impact measurement, analysis and research.
Key responsibilities
Main obligations
- Support the development and implementation of MEL systems and tools across Mentoring and Entrepreneurship projects, providing the Foundation with the necessary information to understand our impact and inform programme improvements.
- Support in collection and analysis of organisational KPIs and provide overall operational support for the MEL team.
Specific responsibilities
- Programme Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
- Ensure up-to-date programme monitoring and evaluation materials (surveys, data collection tools and theoretical frameworks) are in place for existing programmes as well as those that are in development.
- In collaboration with colleagues in the Mentoring and Entrepreneurship teams, execute the annual calendar of programme and partner surveys, including uploading and testing the surveys.
- Develop analysis plans aligned to key research questions, programme goals and logical frameworks.
- Collect, clean and analyse quantitative and qualitative programme data aligned to programme goals, logical frameworks, organisational KPIs, and general summaries of findings.
- Collaborate with colleagues on the Mentoring and Entrepreneurship teams to support dissemination of programme findings and cross-site trends internally and externally.
Research and Evaluation
- Provide administrative, logistical and analytical support for programme evaluation and in-country data collection.
- Conduct desk research to support programme implementation and/or provide background and context for research and evaluation findings.
- Collect, clean and analyse data for Foundation-led or commissioned research and evaluations.
- Support development of tools and protocols for qualitative data collection, and conduct remote and in-country fieldwork, as needed.
- Project management and administration
- Attend and document monthly MEL meetings with colleagues in the Entrepreneurship and Mentoring teams.
- Support drafting internal and external reports to donors and in-country partners sharing programme outcomes and recommendations.
- Provide administrative support to the MEL team to organise and archive programme data, and anonymise PII in accordance with GDPR, under the direction of the MEL Manager.
- Maintain MEL data storage systems, including an organised library of accessible data collection tools and a database of vetted survey questions.
- aintain workplans for projects and workstreams (e.g. survey or reporting cycles).
- Provide cross-departmental support and advisory for using data
- Maintain and enhance the resources available on the MEL workspace and act as first responder to assigned data requests from other departments.
- Update slides, one-pagers and other resources describing programme reach and impact for use by the Partnerships team and others.
Other responsibilities
- Administrative support for the MEL team as needed, e.g., calendars, travel, agendas, record management.
- Ad hoc support to Chief Operating Officer in data collection and analysis, organisational and board reporting and dashboards.
- Work to protect and enhance the reputation of the Foundation, seeking opportunities to expand and promote awareness of the Foundation’s work.
- Ensure all people are treated with respect, compassion, justice and trust in the course of their work, thereby promoting the Foundation’s core values.
- Be familiar with and adhere to the Foundation’s policies and procedures.
- Other responsibilities may be added in line with experience and programme requirements.
Person specification
- All applicants should already have the right to work in the UK. The Foundation does not offer sponsorship at this time.
- Essential criteria
- Two or more years of experience working in MEL, ideally related to international development.
- Experience with MEL tools and approaches for qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, including survey design and implementation, semi-structured interviews, focus groups and outcome harvesting.
- Good skills in MS Excel, PowerPoint and SurveyMonkey (or other survey tools such as Kobo Toolbox or Google Forms).
- Data collection, storage, analysis, and visualisation skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to juggle competing priorities while maintaining a meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to develop a clear narrative from data, pitched at an appropriate level for the target audience, and to develop evidence-based recommendations.
- Motivated to expand MEL knowledge and skills, proactively identifying skill gaps and seeking opportunities for training, coaching and development.
- Ability to solicit and integrate feedback into work products and incorporate learning into future work.
- Ability to excel in a collaborative environment, working within and across teams.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of data collection challenges in low and middle income countries.
- Understanding of GDPR legislation and its application to MEL.
- Project or programme management experience.
- Basic understanding of descriptive and inferential statistics and one or more statistical packages such as SPSS, SAS, Strata or R.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Teams (or other project management/collaborative software) and Google open source suite of programmes, including Forms.
- Experience living and/or working in a low or middle income country.
- Understanding of key issues in women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, and of gender and development.
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally.
We work with partners to eliminate barriers to entrepreneurship for women, enabling global economic gender justice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Circa £45,000 per annum
Fixed Term – 6 months
Part home/Part office (London) based
UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.
This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Data Integrations Developer.
As a Data Integrations Developer, you will be at the forefront of designing and building a range of data integrations. You'll work closely with internal stakeholders to agree on the scope, data involved, and endpoints while aligning with our overarching UNICEF UK data architecture and methodologies.
Key Responsibilities:
· Design and develop automated data integrations tailored to our strategic objectives.
· Collaborate with teams to define integration scope, identifying key data sources and endpoints.
· Implement best practices in data integration, including automation and effective alerting.
· Reduce key person dependencies and mitigate risks associated with data processes.
· Rapidly troubleshoot and resolve data issues to ensure smooth operations.
We seek a technically proficient candidate who has a track record and can demonstrate their ability to integrate data into data platforms such as Snowflake or Salesforce from a variety of sources. Additionally, you will possess a collaborative spirit and be passionate about leveraging data to drive organisational success.
Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.
Closing date: 9am, Thursday 5 December 2024.
First Round Interview dates: Tuesday 7, Wednesday 8, Thursday 9, Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 January 2025 via video conferencing (MS Teams).
In return, we offer:
· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world
Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.
We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and disabled candidates, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.
UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.
We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.
If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.
Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)
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Relate Mid & East Surrey, the leading provider of relationship support services across the region, is seeking an Operations and Services Manager who can run operations for an organisation that supports the local community with their relationships.
Healthy relationships between family members, partners, friends and colleagues are paramount to our wellbeing. Relate is here to develop and support relationships particularly by helping families, couples, individuals and young people make their relationships work better through counselling or mediation.
We are a thriving and successful charity with two centres, a charity shop and we operate within three local schools.
As part of the national federation of Relate, we are an independent local charity with a turnover of around £325k and deliver around 5000 hours of high-quality counselling per year. We offer face-to-face services as well as online webcam counselling services. Over the years we have established an exemplary team of supportive and conscientious individuals, made up of 2 clinical supervisors, 20 counsellors, 1 mediator, 9 Receptionists, 3 office staff and management and 4 volunteers.
We’re looking for an Operations and Services Manager who is passionate about supporting effective, high-quality service delivery within a charitable organisation. This is a senior role within our organisation so you will have a strong background in administrative and operational management, with experience in a client-focused environment. Your approach will be hands-on, and you’ll bring a positive attitude to overseeing day-to-day operations and managing a dedicated team of support staff and a small pool of reception volunteers.
We expect candidates to demonstrate an understanding of the kind of services Relate provides and a passion and commitment to our social purpose.
This is a part-time role for 25 hours per week, working across both our Epsom and Reigate centres, and some home working.
Salary £22,857 - £25,000 per annum, depending on skills on experience (based on a full-time salary of £32,000 - £35,000)
This post is subject to a Standard DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Check.
Interviews will be ongoing until we have recruited successfully.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.