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You will contribute to the coporate needs and development of the Trust, with advice and input grounded in sound financial strategy and legal principles.
Maintaining effective management systems and controls to safeguard the financial integrity of the Trust and ensure that all departments are promptly and accurately informed about their financial performance.
To manage and develop the Finance Function which is responsible for the provisin of accounting and investment information and financial services.
Working alongisde the CEO to plan the resources required to support the Trusts activities.
Service the Investment Committee including prepare, develop and anlyse strategic and management accounting information from our Investment Managers
Act as Company Secretary
Interested candidates are invited to submit a CV and cover letter outlining their interest, suitability, and vision for the role, and how they meet the requirements of the person specification in details by 5pm on 4th November 2024.
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit early applications as the application window may close sooner than 4th November 2024 if a suitable candidate is found.
Interviews will be held on the 14th and 15th November 2024.
We are looking for the successful candidate to take up their post in January/February 2025.
Formed in the 1920's we have a long history of providing services for retired Pilkington employees and their family members across the UK and overseas
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about building powerful alliances that can change lives? Zetetick Housing is seeking an ambitious business development officer to build the development of relationships that fuel our mission of supporting vulnerable communities. In this role, you’ll foster partnerships with key stakeholders—from charities to estate agents, social workers to property developers—and play an impactful role in expanding our reach. You’ll use your knowledge of business development and sales in principle and practice to be instrumental in developing innovative collaborations that drive positive impact and help us secure the resources and opportunities needed to grow.
With a competitive salary, flexible working, and a culture that nurtures your development, this is your chance to apply now and make a real difference.
About us:
From flexible working, through health awareness and support for our staff through training, 25+ days holiday and much more we do our best to ensure everyone is able to work in a supportive, dynamic and engaging workspace, fuelled by our Bedrock values that encourage growth and development through kindness and social responsibility.
Job Purpose:
The Business Development officer, focusing on partnerships will build and nurture strategic relationships with community stakeholders, businesses, and organisations that can support Zetetick’s growth. This role focuses on creating partnerships that offer financial, community and brand value, increasing the organisation's footprint and influence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partnership Development - Identify and build partnerships with local businesses, charities, service providers, and government bodies that align with the organization’s mission and can offer mutual benefits.
- Revenue Generation - Explore community partnership opportunities that can lead to additional funding streams, including sponsorships, in-kind donations, or collaborative grants.
- Community Outreach - Develop and implement strategies for engaging the local community, especially the property sector and local authority teams, raising awareness of the organization's services, and increasing its visibility.
- Volunteer Recruitment and Management - Recruit and manage a network of volunteers for events and programs, maximizing community involvement and support.
- Collaboration is key - Work closely with the fundraising manager to coordinate community-based fundraising events and initiatives.
- Networking and Advocacy - Represent the organization at community events, forums, and meetings, advocating for its mission and identifying opportunities for growth and collaboration.
- Reporting and Analytics - Provide regular reports on partnership outcomes, community engagement efforts, and volunteer contributions.
- Preparedness to commit to ad hoc tasks across the organisation on occasion. Everyone at Zetetick is expected to conduct Homeliness visits and contribute to work at times that is not exclusive to their job description.
To provide and maintain specialised quality homes, not just housing. To empower choice and deliver dignity to all we work with.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Rackets Cubed is seeking an energetic, empathetic and resourceful person who has skills and experience to take on a senior leadership role and help grow the charity.
Job Title:
COO
Position Type:
Part time hours - permanent contract
Location
Office (Roehampton) based with flexibility for some home-based hours.
Benefits
Reasonable expenses paid
Holiday
30 days holiday per year (inc Public Holidays) pro rata
Pension
Auto-enrolment in qualifying pension scheme
Reports to
CEO
Hours
32 hours per week
Monday - Thursday (3 days would be considered)
Deadline for applications: 5pm on Wednesday 30th October 2024
Interviews: 6th & 7th November 2024
Start Date: ASAP
Background to Rackets Cubed
Rackets Cubed is a thriving young charity formed in 2016. Its purpose is to help primary age children from disadvantaged backgrounds by introducing them to a racket sport, providing additional tuition in a STEM subject, and then giving them a nutritious meal, all in an inspirational setting. We work closely with primary schools in areas of significant deprivation across the UK, and our host sites include sports clubs, universities, local authority leisure centres and selected school sites.
Rackets Cubed also runs the Community Box Programme. 17 hubs across London and the Midlands providing food parcels to young families that require support. In Roehampton the charity runs a social supermarket that operates as a Community Hub.
Role Purpose
The COO will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the charity and for assisting the CEO in a variety of tasks.
·To run the day-to-day finances of the charity including paying and raising invoices for all charity activities.
·To run HR to include contracts, holiday requests, staff reviews
·To manage and update all policies and procedures
·To maintain good relations with all charity partners, especially schools and host sites and food suppliers, councils etc for our Community Projects.
·To support the CEO with stakeholder relationships with funders, corporate organisations and the Local Council.
Key Tasks include
The successful candidate will be supported by, and be in close communication with the CEO, but will also work with the wider Rackets Cubed Team.
·Process and pay all invoices
·Reconcile invoices and payments on Xero
·Monitor cost of community projects and core programmes
·Reporting on costs
·Responsibility for safeguarding
·HR – producing job descriptions, contracts, updating holiday forms, managing staff reviews
Key Qualifications/Skills
·Strong analytical skills
·Super organised.
·Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
·A clear interest in, and passion for, supporting underserved communities.
·Excellent relationship-building and networking skills.
·Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
·Some financial experience
·A demonstrated history of working in a team and working independently and striking the right balance between the two.
·The ability to work as part of a team, communicate well, and ensure that administrative processes are properly followed.
·Highly motivated with a pro-active approach, the ability to solve problems, and adapt to changing circumstances.
·The ability to prioritise workload and to take on a range of tasks
·A demonstrated history of working in a team and working independently and striking the right balance between the two.
·The ability to work as part of a team, communicate well, and ensure that administrative processes are properly followed
·Highly motivated with a pro-active approach, the ability to solve problems, and adapt to changing circumstances
·The role requires 32 hours per week. Regular hours can be fixed (with some flexibility).
·Rackets Cubed are open to discussion about days and hours.
Equal Opportunities
Rackets Cubed is committed to promoting equal opportunities and treatment for all our staff regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Recruitment will be conducted on the basis of merit, against objective criteria.
Please contact us if you want to know more and have a friendly chat.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are delighted to partner with Moorfields Eye Charity to support their recruitment of a brand-new Grants communications officer. This is a permanent opportunity offering a hybrid working pattern. The salary for this role is between £35,280-£41,160 depending on experience.
This role will include turning complex scientific and clinical information and the charity’s wide grant making activities into engaging and accessible content. Working closely with the grants and research team, the postholder be responsible for developing and delivering the charity’s multi-media activity in the area of grant making and impact communications.
You will support the demonstration of their impact through a steady stream of new and engaging content about the charity for dissemination to supporters, the media, patients, staff and other stakeholders. There will be a focus on increasing visibility of the charity (internal and external), staff and grant applicants (hospital and institute) engagement, along with inspiring potential donors, external partners.
Communicating impact in an engaging way will importantly inspire staff and researchers to put forward proposals for innovation, research and wider grant funding leading to further patient benefit.
This is a varied and highly collaborative role that is critical to the charity’s wider and exiting growth ambitions and success.
Key experience includes:
- Ability to convey scientific (health or medical) information in innovative, engaging and creative ways
- Contribute, as a member of the communications team, to the successful delivery of the charity’s communications strategy with a focus on crafting compelling content for grant applicants and the demonstration of impact and outcomes from charity funding.
- A passion for storytelling and persuasive writing across both on and offline channels
- Managing complex relationships with a breadth of partners and agencies to deliver projects
- Experience managing communications campaigns and projects
- Writing, editing and design commissioning experience across a range of media
- Knowledge of creating both written and graphic/video content
To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.
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London, Birmingham or Bristol
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Hybrid working with at least 1 day in the office per week
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Fixed-term contract 12 months (maternity cover) with the potential to be extended
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Start Date: December 2024
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Full time or part-time (minimum 3 days per week)
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£25,000 (plus £2k London Weighting if applicable) full time or pro-rata part-time
As Data and Impact Officer you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic decision-making through insightful data analysis.
Working closely with the Director of Programmes and Impact, you'll be responsible for overseeing the processing and analysis of our data and helping to ensure the learning from this data is understood and embedded by our delivery team so that our programme is constantly refined.
Using our Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Salesforce, you’ll ensure our data is timely, complete and accurate and will regularly support the delivery team, using insights you’ve identified from the data, that will help us continually improve.
If you’re passionate about using data to drive meaningful change, this is the role for you!
Key Responsibilities:
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Lead on data quality and cleanliness across our programmes, identifying and resolving any gaps, errors, or delays, and troubleshooting where necessary.
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Ensure all data collected is relevant, and securely maintained.
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Manage and oversee data entry and storage practices in Envision’s Salesforce system, ensuring compliance with Envision’s data protection policy.
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Regularly review data collection methods and tools to maintain high standards.
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Support the analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, including feedback from young people, volunteers and partners, to identify any learning that can be fed back into bi-annual programme reviews.
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Support an impact culture which ensures data is used for continuous reflection and learning.
Essential Experience, Knowledge and Competencies:
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Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team and use your own initiative.
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Experience of data handling using CRM systems, especially Salesforce
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Experience with IT systems – Office 365 & Shared Drive.
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Demonstrate a high level of accuracy for data entry.
Desirable Experience, Knowledge and Competencies:
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Experience of working in a busy and varied administrative support role.
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Understanding of, and/or lived experience of, the barriers that young people face, that contribute to the education and employment gap.
Envision seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications with lived experience to apply as they are currently under- represented in our organisation. Envision graduates will be guaranteed an interview.
To apply you must please read the application pack and apply online.
Deadline- Midday Monday 28th October
Please note:
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas at this time.
- We will only be contacting candidates who have been shortlisted for interview. Therefore, if we do not contact you, please assume you have been unsuccessful.
- We also regret to inform you that, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will be unable to provide you with feedback regarding your application.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Department: Insights and Evaluation
Location: remote working
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours
Contract: permanent, full time
Salary: £30,000 – £33,000 per annum
Closing date: Thursday 24th October at 11.59pm
Annual Leave: 33 days (plus eight bank holidays)
Benefits:
- enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental pay
- family-friendly policies
- 8% employer pension contribution (Aviva) or opportunity to continue NHS pension
- free health cashback plan (Medicash): employee cover plus up to four dependent children
- 24/7 virtual GP access (UK registered), plus access to Best Doctors
- free, confidential employee assistance programme (Medicash)
- access to wellbeing app (healthy living tips and Bright TV )
- flexible working options including hybrid working, flexible working patterns such as part-time, compressed hours, and more*
- learning and development committed (bespoke training, LinkedIn Learning etc)
- employee health and wellbeing committed (Menopause Friendly accreditation, Disability Confident employer etc)
Background:
Every three minutes someone in the UK develops dementia: a progressive and complex condition that can be devastating for the whole family. One in two of us will be affected by dementia in our lifetime – either by caring for someone with the condition, developing it ourselves, or both.
Dementia UK is the specialist dementia nursing charity that is there for the whole family. Our specialist nurses, known as Admiral Nurses, provide free, expert advice, support and understanding to help families care for their loved one. Every day, Admiral Nurses help families up and down the country to have the best life possible, for as long as possible.
Purpose of the job/About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Insights and Evaluation team at Dementia UK supporting the organisation to build the evidence base for Admiral Nursing through collecting and sharing evidence on the effectiveness of the Admiral Nursing model.
As the Insights and Evaluation Officer, you will be responsible for overseeing and maintaining the team’s systems and folders, ensuring they remain organised and up-to-date. You will act as the main point of contact for enquiries within the team and manage the team’s email inbox. Additionally, you will coordinate meetings and projects, providing essential administrative support.
You will also be involved in coordinating data collection processes and assisting with the team’s survey functions. This will include supporting basic analysis of evaluation data and contributing to the production of reports and other key documents.
To succeed in this role, you will need experience in providing administrative support, including managing shared folders and systems. Strong organisational skills are essential, along with the ability to prioritise and handle a diverse range of responsibilities independently. You should also possess solid IT skills, including proficiency in common software packages like MS Office, and some experience using Excel for basic data analysis.
If this sounds like you, join us now and be part of a team dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of those affected by dementia.
Our Culture
In addition to a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, we truly value our people. It’s important for us to create a working environment that looks after our workforce to achieve their full potential. You will become part of a diverse and dedicated team who are supported to use and develop their skills. We recognise and value the key role you will play in delivering our strategic plans for the benefit of those living with dementia.
Our staff have a voice. Representatives from different roles and levels across the organisation positively contribute and lead on our working groups around health and wellbeing, menopause, and equality, diversity and inclusion.
Dementia UK is proud to welcome everyone, we aim for a truly inclusive culture with talented, diverse teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We celebrate difference and individuality and encourage everyone to join us and be their whole selves always.
Dementia UK is a Disability Confident Employer. If you’d like support to make an application or to tell us you’re applying under the Disability Confident Scheme, contact the recruitment email listed on our vanacy page.
This role will be subject to an Basic DBS check.
By applying to join Dementia UK, you acknowledge that in the event you are successful for the role, any offer and your ongoing employment will be conditional on you having or obtaining the right to work in the UK.
*Please note that any decision on flexible working is based on business needs
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Talent Set are delighted to partner with Moorfields Eye Charity to support their recruitment of a brand-new Fundraising communications officer. This is a permanent opportunity offering a hybrid working pattern. The salary for this role is between £35,280-£41,160 depending on experience.
Integral to the success of this role will be creating engaging content to support the breadth of the charity’s fundraising activities (from major donors (both individual and organisational), to legators, individual supporters, event participants, community fundraisers and raffle and lottery players) in line with the charity’s five-year fundraising strategy (2024-2029).
Working closely with the fundraising teams, the postholder will be responsible for developing and delivering the charity’s multi-media activities with a focus on increasing visibility (internal and external) of the charity and staff (hospital and institute) engagement, inspiring potential donors, external partners.
You will demonstrate impact through a steady stream of new and engaging content about the charity for dissemination to supporters, the media, patients, staff and other stakeholders.
Key experience includes:
- Extensive experience in fundraising communications planning and delivery across different channels and supporting a range of fundraising programmes and activities
- Contribute, as a member of the communications team, to the successful delivery of the charity’s communications strategy with a focus on inspiring potential donors and demonstrating impact
- A passion for storytelling and persuasive writing across both on and offline channels
- Managing complex relationships with a breadth of partners and agencies to deliver projects
- Experience managing communications campaigns and projects
- Writing, editing and design commissioning experience across a range of media
To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.
Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they're likely to die from.
Assist the Legacy Administration Team Leader by playing a pivotal role within the Legacy Administration Team, managing a diverse and active caseload of specific, residuary, and reversionary bequests.
Ensure the protection and maximisation of legacy income for Marie Curie by adhering to best practices and maintaining effective and sensitive communication with solicitors and personal executors, enhancing the charity's reputation.
The Legacy Administration Team plays a crucial role in generating income for the charity, working closely with marketing and local legacy fundraising partners. We promote personal development through ongoing training and collaboration across the Directorate and organisation.
Responsibilities
- Manage a caseload of specific, residuary, and reversionary legacies across the UK.
- Ensure Marie Curie receives its full entitlement in accordance with legal requirements, Wills, and settlements.
- Handle correspondence promptly, meeting internal service level agreements, and update case files accordingly.
- Liaise with other charities and act as lead charity when needed.
- Record and update legacy information in the FirstClass 4 database.
- Regularly review open cases, ensuring timely action to conclude them.
- Scrutinise estate accounts, ensuring correct administration and tax exemptions are applied.
- Obtain tax deduction certificates where cost-effective.
- Allocate legacies to restricted or unrestricted funds as per the Will.
- Comply with Law Society guidelines on Non-Contentious costs.
- Protect Marie Curie's interests in shared estates and lead charity discussions when appropriate.
- Represent Marie Curie in all correspondence with legal professionals and the public.
- Identify opportunities to increase the value of bequests and proactively manage asset sales.
- Recognise risks or disputes affecting entitlement and escalate as necessary.
- Collaborate with Legacy Marketing and Local Legacy teams and contribute to stewardship plans.
Application & Interview Process
Please find full job description here
- As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV and covering letter. Please review both the advert and job description and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge for the role.
- Close date for applications: 4th November 2024
Salary: £28,444 (London Weighting £3,500 where applicable)
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Based: UK Homebased
Benefits you'll LOVE:
- Flexible working. We're happy to discuss flexible working at the interview stage.
- 25 days annual leave (exclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme (we will match your contribution up to 7.5%)
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and season tickets
- Continuous professional development opportunities.
- Industry-leading training programmes
- Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programmes
- Enhanced bereavement, family friendly and sickness benefits
- Access to Blue Light Card membership
- Subsidised Eye Care
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
We're happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments. Please email any requests to [email protected]
Schools Project Officer (Estates)
Canterbury, Kent
£29,767 pa plus excellent benefits
35 hours per week
3 year fixed-term contract with possibility of extension
The Schools Project Officer is a crucial business administrative role at the Diocese, as you will act as the first point of contact for projects concerning the development and maintenance of school sites and buildings, from senior leaders, governors, parish officers or our professional advisers.
Reporting to the Schools Officer and working within the Children, Young People and Education team, you will support the oversight of related grant funding and manage other bespoke projects such as promoting decarbonisation initiatives for church schools and organising land registrations. You will also advise school leaders and governors in relation to school organisation and the use or development of land and buildings.
As Schools Project Officer, you will act as facilitator between various internal and external teams, providing support through monitoring projects relating to school estates (building developments, maintenance and repairs), whilst making proactive enquiries and interventions to sustain progress against recorded timescales.
You will also take responsibility for managing grants held by the Diocese and liaising with schools regarding suitable projects and available funding, helping schools to prioritise projects for effective estate management.
A crucial part of our strategy is to assess the environmental impact of the Diocese’s church schools, planning for and supporting schools to advance decarbonisation and energy efficiency projects. As Schools Project Officer you will regularly update and signpost church schools to banks of practical materials and resources for decarbonisation campaigns, toolkits and projects, building case studies of best practice.
With an understanding of or experience in business administration, estate management or project support, you should be capable of supporting projects and have the ability to apply understanding to tasks. Capable of summarising complex information clearly, you should be able to explain the progress of projects to those with no specialist understanding.
Forward thinking, adaptable and responsive to a varied work programme, you should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have evidence of recent study, training or development and a willingness to learn new knowledge and technical skills.
It is essential for you to be supportive of the vision of the CYPE team and to be sympathetic to the contribution of Church of England schools to Christian mission.
The ability to travel and a willingness to attend occasional evening and weekend meetings and events is essential.
An understanding and awareness of Church of England structures and knowledge of the current educational landscape within the context of church schools, along with experience of budget management or creating financial reports would be desirable.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.
Canterbury Diocese is the oldest diocese in England, stretching from Maidstone to Thanet, the Isle of Sheppey to the Romney Marsh. We have 350 miles of coastline with historic ports and seaside resorts, alongside rural communities, market towns and commuter-belt urban developments. Affluent areas often sit alongside pockets of major deprivation, offering an exciting and challenging mission context.
At the heart of all we do is a vision of transformation for ourselves and our communities: no one can encounter God and remain unchanged. In the Diocese of Canterbury, we want to increasingly become a Christian community transformed through encounter with Christ, growing and overflowing to transform and bless the families, homes and communities we serve: Changed Lives, Changing Lives.
Closing date: 6 November 2024.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Flexible, United Kingdom
This role sits within the Digital Section in the Communications Directorate, reporting to the Email Marketing Manager. You will work within an ambitious and passionate digital team and across the organisation to develop our holistic email marketing strategy through the oversight and management of email channels, plans, and schedules, and by implementing the plans as well as empowering the teams to manage their own email campaigns.
The post holder will also provide training to teams as part of our objective to upskill the organisation. The post holder will also be responsible for finding opportunities to push new and innovative ideas.
You will have experience of using email marketing techniques with a test and learn approach, including segmentation, automation, and personalisation.
If you are an ambitious, experienced email marketing expert looking for your next challenge and would like to play a key role in our digital growth, this could be the role you’re looking for.
Happy to talk flexible working
At The Salvation Army we strive to make flexible work arrangements available to everyone. Therefore, for this position, we are open to considering options that meet your needs and the needs of the department.
Our flexible options include agile working (a mix of remote and a minimum of 40% Office Based), agile flex (Less than 40% office based), home-based working (irregular office attendance less than 1 day per month at a Salvation Army site), job sharing and compressed hours (full-time hours condensed into a shorter week). If you would like to know more or discuss any details about this vacancy, please contact us.
In order to complete your application please download and read the job profile and any other attachments.
In the job profile you will find the criteria required for the role please make sure that you address this in your supporting statement as this forms the basis of our shortlisting.
Closing Date: Thursday 24th October 2024.
Appointment subject to satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK,
For details of how to prove your right to work in the UK please visit the Government website and please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship.
We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.
Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.
Benefits:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time) a contributory pension scheme; an employee assistance programme
Transport for All is looking for a Senior Research Officer to lead and facilitate a range of comprehensive research initiatives with various partners, including government, universities and charities.
You will support our work on Justice in Practice: where disabled people’s lived experience is meaningfully embedded, appropriately compensated, and responded to in the transport sector and beyond. We have a bold plan for the next five years and need someone who can support the team to deliver in line with our values.
You will be part of a unique, disabled-led research and training team who are dedicated to removing barriers to transport for disabled people. This role is focused on responding to the lived experience of our diverse community and using research and training to drive change. You will also oversee research projects, such as the National Accessibility Transport Survey and support the impact of Transport for All through high-quality analysis and reporting.
Recent projects including collaborating with Sustrans on the Disabled Citizens Inquiry into Walking and Wheeling; facilitating product testing by disabled people of an external organisation’s app for planning barrier-free walking, wheeling and cycling routes; and grant-funded research into removing barriers to accessing transport concessionary schemes.
We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of disability or chronic illness.
About us
Transport for All is the disabled-led group breaking down barriers and transforming the transport system so disabled people can make the journeys we want, with freedom, dignity, ease and confidence. We work with our members to campaign for change, and influence governments, industry and the public.
Visit our website to apply.
Transport Justice for disabled people.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
- Chief Operating Officer
- Up to £70,000
- Highgate/Hybrid
Newly created role for a Chief Operating Officer to join a small but mighty health charity who support people with the health condition ‘Ataxia’.
‘Ataxia’ is an umbrella term for a group of neurological disorders that affect balance, coordination and speech. A serious but rare condition thought to affect 12,000 adults and around 500 children in the UK. We provide advocacy and support those affected. We are actively involved as the patient voice for the first USA approved drug for the condition.
Managing a small team, the Chief Operating Officer is a new role that has been created to strengthen the Finance department and play a pivotal role in ensuring Finance, Governance, HR, Legal, IT are responsive and efficient.
Summary of key responsibilities will include;
- Developing a trusted and effective relationship with the CEO to lead the organisation collaboratively
- Oversee all aspects of finance including delivering the financial strategy, overseeing financial planning, control and reporting
- Monitor and assess the financial impact of any strategic initiatives or material capital projects
- Develop, direct and oversee all business activities of the charity across Operations and IT with a focus on designing systems and processes to enable efficiency and growth
- Managing IT systems and security in partnership with our outsourced IT provider
- Develop and oversee an effective HR function to ensure there are appropriate HR processes and procedures in place in collaboration with our outsourced HR partner
In order to be successful in the role, we are looking for a formally qualified senior finance leader who will have gained their relevant financial management experience within a charity/not-for-profit organisation.
You will have an in-depth understanding of the complexities of restricted/unrestricted funds from a variety of revenue streams. With excellent communication skills you will confidently build relationships with the CEO and budget holders, becoming the trusted advisor to the Board of Trustees and senior leadership team.
Experience gained in a multi-faceted leadership role is preferred but consideration will be given to candidates wishing to step up into a role that is wider than finance alone.
For more information and to receive the candidate pack, please contact our exclusive recruitment partner Sian Negal at Morgan Law.
Closing date: 23rd October
Interviews: W/c 4th November
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Fundraising and Engagement Officer
Post no: 618
Office base: HQ, Flitwick
Area covered: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Hours: 37.0 hours per week, Monday to Friday
About the Role
This role is an exciting opportunity to work for Mind BLMK as part of the Fundraising & Engagement Team.
Acting as the first point of contact for all Fundraising & Comms enquiries and in line with Mind BLMK’s Fundraising and Communications Strategy, this is a busy role and will require excellent stewardship and donor care skills as well as meticulous organisation and innovative thinking. As an Ambassador for Mind BLMK, you will need to have a passion for mental health and an ability to operate at all levels.
The successful applicant will generate income and support all aspects of communication and marketing, to help to maximise local support, raise awareness of our work in the community, and by providing exceptional supporter stewardship, in line with Mind BLMK’s Fundraising and Communication strategy.
Key Duties
- Engage and support stewardship and donor care for Mind BLMK’s individual givers, corporates, groups, volunteers and other supporters of the charity, in line with the fundraising strategy.
- Send and engage with donors, appropriate information and materials to support their fundraising at Mind BLMK.
- Ensure supporter interaction points (telephone, post, email) adhere to the highest standard.
- Support fundraising and engagement in the development of new partnerships with corporates, organisations, and individuals, to support income growth.
- Support and engage with the fundraiser, donor through the customer journey.
- Work with the wider team at Mind BLMK and with our national partners at Mind.
- Contact by phone, email and meet supporters or potential supporters of Mind BLMK and communicate key messages and ensure their fundraising is promoted and celebrated across all social media channels.
- Support the implementation of marketing strategies and targeted campaigns; plan, develop, and ensure the production of multi-media communications, PR, and marketing materials.
- Support the data capture, monitoring of and reporting on the effectiveness of marketing, PR and publicity activities, making recommendations as required.
- Ensure the quality assurance for the implementation of Mind branding guidelines and specifications across the organisation; reviewing, monitoring, and advising as necessary to ensure corporate identity is maintained in line with Mind BLMK policies and procedures.
- Support the functions of the publication and distribution of press materials, news stories, and updates, both internally and externally.
- Support the maintenance of Mind BLMK’s websites, social media accounts, Mailchimp newsletters, and web administration profiles and content (including but not limited to - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked In).
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Westfield Health Plan – includes access to everyday healthcare and indemnifies towards the cost of routine health care.
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: 5pm on Monday 11th November 2024
Interview date: Monday 2nd December 2024
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.
We are looking for an experienced and passionate IT Technical Specialist to work as part of our IT / Technology Services Team.
Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values. We draw on the expertise, unique perspectives and lived experience of our people – regardless of who they are or their background – to help us become inclusive and anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider that reflect the diverse communities we support as a mental health charity.
The Technology Services team supports the work of colleagues and the organisation, providing high quality, professional services which assist in the effective delivery of our services, our campaign agenda and our role as an employer.
How you will make a difference
The infrastructure team are looking for a dynamic Technical Specialist to take a central role in the Technology Services transformation programme of IT systems.
Rethink Mental Illness are transitioning away from legacy on-premise systems with a cloud first approach and over the last few years the Infrastructure team have made substantial transformation to the organisations infrastructure by:
- Fully Implementing SharePoint and OneDrive for over 1000 end-users
- Transitioning hardware provisioning and management to Intune/Endpoint Manager
- Migrating server estate and infrastructure resources to Azure
- Increasing the security stature of the organisation and hardening the environment, reducing attack surface
- Delivering a strategy to minimise the risk of human behaviour to security.
The rapid pace of change within the charity has seen the evolution of existing ways of working and opening new aspects of innovation to drive efficiencies for the betterment of our staff and beneficiaries.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Harris Hill is thrilled to be partnering with a prestigious Independent School in the search for an enthusiastic and committed Database and Gifts Officer. If you are a CRM expert with excellent attention to detail, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
This role will suit someone who thrives in an independent, forward-thinking educational environment and is passionate about data management, gift processing, and alumni relations. The ideal candidate will have experience working with large datasets, conducting prospect research, and ensuring compliance with data protection legislation. You should be comfortable with both the technical and interpersonal aspects of the job, from creating complex mailing lists to liaising with the finance team and external partners. Additionally, you will be committed to the school's inclusive values, supporting its vision and mission during an exciting new phase of development .
Title: Database and Gifts Officer
Hours: Part time (21 hours per week), permanent.
Salary: £22,678 - £24,052 (prorated salary) per annum plus benefits
Location: Onsite at the school which is situated in Dulwich
Closing date: Midday Monday 21st October
1st stage interviews will be held in person, week commencing Monday 28th October
More about the role:
The Database and Gifts Officer role is integral to the Development and Alumnae Relations (DAR) department, supporting the school’s fundraising and engagement efforts. The postholder will manage and maintain the alumni and donor database, ensuring the accurate entry of gifts and pledges, and collaborate with the Finance team to ensure financial data is up to date and reconciled. Additionally, the post holder will create targeted mailing lists, conduct due diligence on prospective donors, and support the identification of lost alumnae. The role also involves ensuring compliance with data protection laws and contributing to DAR events, which may occasionally occur outside regular hours .
Key Responsibilities:
- Experience of working on a database, extracting, interrogating and reporting on data.
- Knowledge and experience of Raiser’s Edge, Toucan Tech or a similar fundraising database.
- Demonstrated track record of processing gifts and donations
- Proven track record of database administration, import/export, configuration and problem resolution.
This role offers the opportunity to work in a forward-thinking educational environment, where your contributions will have a real, lasting impact. If you're detail-oriented, collaborative, and eager to use your data expertise in a school awarded London Independent School of the Year 2024, reinforcing its reputation for excellence, I’d love to hear from you.
To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and person specification, please email Faye at Harris Hill on or call on 020 7820 7303.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.