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We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to set up and coordinate this new and exciting dementia focused role. If you are someone with compassion and a desire to drive change, improving the health & wellbeing of people living with Dementia, then this could be the ideal opportunity for you. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join our well-established Homeline befriending project as a brand-new Dementia Coordinator. The aim of this role will be to set up, coordinate and develop a range of dementia support for isolated and lonely 60+ residents of Hammersmith and Fulham living with dementia and their carers. 

Specifically, the Dementia Coordinator will: 

• Head up a new dementia information hub within The Creighton Centre. This will involve coordinating a Dementia information and advice service, partnering with dementia health care professionals to deliver advice, signposting and referrals to people living with Dementia and their carers. 

• Network and develop strong links with local cross sector dementia services. 

• Develop additional inclusive activities to complement existing Homeline activities e.g. dance therapy, gardening club. 

• Promote new dementia volunteer roles and support Homeline Volunteer Coordinator to recruit team of 15 Dementia Ambassadors, and up to 50 Dementia home befrienders. 

• Coordinate dementia training and ongoing support of volunteer ambassadors/volunteers. 

• Coordinate up to 30 dementia home and care home befriending matches within year 1 (up to 50 annually for year 2 and 3), with a focus on meaningful sensory activities and keeping active. 

Please see our JD and PS for more information. Please follow the link to our website to download our application form and follow instructions to apply.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Do you have experience in customer service and love speaking to people? Do you want to help deliver an excellent supporter experience? If so, come and join our London team and contribute to the incredible work that we do across Sue Ryder.

The Supporter Services & Standards Assistant will be a key team member of a busy Supporter Experience, Data and Insight Team in London.

You will be responsible for:
• Responding to supporter queries, questions, and complaints across multiple channels.
• processing and reconciling fundraising income at Sue Ryder.
• Thanking supporters for their donations and assisting with the delivery of supporter journeys, or aspects of supporter journeys.
• Assisting with the management of compliance and best practice at Sue Ryder.
• Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the Fundraising Database

About You
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills both written and verbal. You will be organised with the ability work with key stakeholders to identify solutions. Ideally you will have experience with fundraising databases, Raisers Edge or RE NXT with excellent attention to detail and an understanding of the importance of data quality.

This is an excellent entry level opportunity for a capable and proactive individual to advance their career and learn about all aspects of Supporter Care.

Competitive Benefits Package

- 27 days holiday rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays (pro rata if part-time), - Company pension scheme
- EAP support scheme
- Staff discount with thousands of retailers
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- and lots more. Please visit our careers website for the full list.

Closing date: 29th July
Interview date: TBC

We aim to give all candidates the opportunity to perform at their best during our recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any adjustments at any stage 

If you want more than just a job, we want you. Join the team and be there when it matters.

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. We are there when it matters.

Prospectus is delighted to be partnering with The Natural History Museum in the recruitment of their new Marketing Manager. This role is offered on a permanent full-time basis and operates a flexible hybrid working model.The Natural History Museum is a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre, caring for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.   

The Marketing Manager will be responsible for creating and delivering the marketing campaigns for the Museum’s exhibitions and events to achieve visitor and income targets, particularly the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. Furthermore, you will manage and motivate the Marketing Executive to develop and implement specific marketing activity for a range of Museum self-generated income businesses and activities including commercial events, licencing, and publishing, delivering to target, budget and schedule.

Additionally, you will lead on paid search marketing for the Museum. This includes, setting the plan, supporting the wider team in delivery, analysing, and reporting on overall results, supporting the team to improve knowledge, and understanding of paid search and driving constant improvements in return on investment.  

The Marketing Manager will work collaboratively with colleagues across the Museum including Commercial & Visitor Experience, Marketing, Digital Content, Media and PR and Membership to ensure a joined-up campaign approach. Ultimately, in this role you will combine hands-on delivery of campaigns with data-informed planning, stakeholder engagement and budget management.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have a proven track record of creating and delivering innovative marketing campaigns from ideas generation, content creation, media planning, bought and owned media delivery. As well as experience in writing and delivering engaging content for email and social.This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and supportive working environment supporting a great cause.

At Prospectus, we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We are working in partnership with Age UK Birmingham, who empower people aged 50+ to live with dignity, respect, good health and wellbeing, and can access services, support to meet their needs.  They support people across Birmingham, Sandwell and surrounding areas to enrich their lives and live independently.

They are seeking a new Head of Operations to join their senior management team, to build on the progress made by the charity over the last 5 years. 

The new Head of Operations will lead the charity’s forward-facing operations, building on current strengths and identifying new opportunities. Partnership working with national Age UK and local stakeholders particularly in Health and NHS settings across the West Midlands and neighbouring Age UKs will also be a key focus.

You will have:

• Proven multi team leadership experience and the ability to manage and motivate staff and volunteers 
• Well-developed communication and presentation skills both written and verbally
• The ability to understand and deal with complex documents and solve problems
• Skilled at prioritising conflicting demands, project management planning and development
• The ability to produce clear and concise reports and documents as required
• Experience in financial planning and managing budgets

The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of the Charity’s operational services, ensuring that they contribute to improving the lives of older people in Birmingham, Sandwell and surrounding areas in accordance with the strategic aims of the organisation. 

You will ensure all services meet required financial and quality standards and comply with all contractual requirements. 

The post-holder will work with the Chief Executive in identifying new business and service development opportunities as well as developing existing services to maximise the Charity’s reach and income and will fulfil the role of deputy to the Chief Executive as required.

For more information and a full job specification please contact Sandra Smith, Associate Director, Charisma Charity. Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement. 

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date for applications: 28th July 2024

First interview date: 15th or 20th August

Second Interview date: 23rd August

Thomas Pocklington Trust internship programme

 Offering paid positions for those who are visually impaired in areas including: administration, research, facilities, and grants.

Thomas Pocklington Trust is a national sight loss charity supporting blind and partially sighted people to live the lives they wish to lead.

Thomas Pocklington Trust aims to be a fulfilling and enjoyable place to work; we know this enthusiasm plays a key role in delivering high quality services for blind and partially sighted people, we also recognise the crucial role each and every one of us plays in helping to achieve our goals.

We currently have four internships available, which are either office based, remote or hybrid. All roles are full time paid positions paid at the Living Wage Foundation rate.

We offer internship opportunities within supportive environment where you will be able to develop numerous workplace skills alongside your day-to-day role. You will have the opportunity to network and develop skills with other visually impaired interns throughout the programme and interns on our Get Set Progress programme which offers similar opportunities with a wider variety of employers across the UK.

The key benefits:

· Comprehensive learning and development programme

· A mentor with lived experience

· Competitive compensation

· Technology training

· Employability support from TPTs Employment team

· Networking with other visually impaired interns

Personal specification:

· All roles are pitched at entry level and rely more on your skills rather than your previous work experience.

· This post has a Genuine Occupational Requirement that the successful applicant be a person who is blind or partially sighted, in line with The Equality Act 2010.

For specific personal specifications please visit our website to view each role.

We have the following roles available:

Student Participation Intern

Campaigns Intern

+ 21 other intern roles from accountancy to communications

For a full list of vacancies and more information about the internship programme please follow the link below.

Working at Thomas Pocklington Trust - Thomas Pocklington Trust

Work setting: Home based remote

Hours: Permanent, Full-time

Have you ever been involved in the development, indirectly or directly, of new or existing qualifications or assessment programmes/products?

An Ofqual regulated Awarding Organisation currently has a Qualifications Development Manager - Products opportunity available to work with an experienced Product Manager on the development plus improvement of their qualifications products and assessment programme. Are you passionate or interested in managing the full lifecycle of qualifications and the development of new qualifications?

The Role:

As a Qualifications Development Manager, you will lead full lifecycles of qualifications/assessment product development projects with direction from your manager. You will be coordinating development of new qualifications and ensuring they meet Ofqual requirements. You will also oversee the regular review and improvement of existing qualifications, collaborating with committees, subject experts, and stakeholders to maintain the currency and quality of the client's offerings.

Essential requirements:

• Experience or background in an assessment/qualification/exams setting.
• Experience in an Ofqual-regulated awarding organisation would be ideal.
• Direct or indirect exposure to continuous review and development of qualifications/assessments.
• Familiarity with curricula, examination, and assessment strategies.
• Strong project management, organisational, and IT skills.
• Ability to manage a varied workload while maintaining high standards of accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

If this sounds like the role for you, then we would love to hear back. We are reviewing CVs as and when we are receiving them so, if you are keen to apply, then please do so today!

TPP are always keen to speak with candidates looking to work in the sector so if this role isn't quite right for you, please do check out our website and pop your CV over to us!

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Are you passionate about pets?

Would you like to use your fantastic fundraising experience to support elderly pet owners, giving them peace of mind when they need it most?

Recognised as one of The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work for 2024, The Cinnamon Trust is a national charity that gives elderly people peace of mind by caring for their pets at a time when they are unable to; due to ill health, hospitalisation or death, or when going into residential accommodation.

They are now looking for a passionate and experienced Fundraising Officer to join a small but growing fundraising and events team, as they work to grow their 20,000 strong volunteer team so that they can support more people, and their beloved pets, across the UK.

In this newly created role, the Fundraising Officer will build positive relationships to secure significant income and develop new relationships with groups, business and individuals, bringing in regular and targeted income through regular donations, fundraising campaigns and events.

A passion for pets and an understanding of their needs, and the desire to help people is essential, you will be looking for your next step in your fundraising career and will have:

• Strong fundraising experience covering several areas including Individual Giving; Fundraising Appeals/Campaigns 
• Excellent knowledge of fundraising codes of practice and fundraising regulations, 
• Experience of creating fundraising campaigns and tailoring ‘asks’ to your audience
• Effective communication skills, and the ability to build effective relationships, focused on supporter engagement and the donor journey
• Attention to detail and meticulous record keeping and database management

Your love of animals will show as will your understanding of the importance pets play in people’s lives. You will be a hard worker, with demonstrable success in fundraising, keen to roll your sleeves, able to work alone and be part of a great team.

For more information, please contact Louise Portnall, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Location: Hayle, Hybrid

Closing date: 26 July 2024.  Please note that when a suitable candidate is found the role will close early, so please apply without delay.

A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join a dynamic and growing sector leading satellite Students’ Union in the heart of Canary Wharf. This role will have the opportunity to tap into a variety of different areas of Students’ Union life working with the Student Experience Manager to develop and deliver a bespoke range of opportunities for our students studying at the University of Sunderland in London.

The post holder will need to demonstrate the essential criteria from the JD/Person specification within their application statement as well as have demonstrable experience in training and developing volunteers.

It is an exciting time to join us! We are set to move to a new campus building in Canary Wharf in early 2025 with dedicated Students’ Union space, have recently achieved Quality Students’ Union accreditation from the National Union of Students and are currently going through a Democracy and Governance Review to revitalise the way our students interact with the Democracy and Governance of the organisation across both the Sunderland and London campuses.

Informal conversations regarding the post are encouraged with our Student Experience Manager, Amie Hammond, ahead of application.

How to apply: 

If you have an interest in this role, please visit our website to view the job description for further details.

Download our Job Description for further details.

Please send your completed Application Form and Equality and Diversity Form by Tuesday 30 July 2024 - midnight.

We are committed to ensuring our workforce reflects the diversity of the world and community we are based in. We positively encourage applications from all individuals irrespective of their gender, age, home country, ethnic background, sexuality, religious beliefs or disability, and welcome requests for flexible working.

We are looking for an Events and External Affairs Officer to join the team, who will help us to identify and develop our event audiences, lead on event communication and manage stakeholder relations for speakers and delegates.

Alongside running effective email marketing campaigns, the post holder will ensure a strong presence for UUKi events on social media and the UUKi website. They will support the development of relationships with event speakers, and project manage other event logistics leading up to and including on the day of each event. The post holder will work closely with the Director of UUKi and Finance to ensure the accurate recording of the UUKi budget along with the processing of UUKi finance.

The post holder will support the Director of UUKi with their Diary to cover the Directors Executive Assistant’s annual leave.

The working hours for this role are largely Monday-Friday 9-5, although a willingness and ability to work out-of-hours is necessary. Events typically take place during working hours, however early starts/late finishes may be required.

The post holder will work a mixture of in the UUK offices in central London and at home, with 40% of the month in the office, however they must be available to attend the office for event days and for other core business reasons.

We work fast over multiple projects and want someone who will be flexible to needs of the team at different points in the event cycle.

Please note to apply for this role you should submit a CV and cover letter (maximum two pages) by the closing date. The cover letter should provide evidence of how you meet the person specification.

Please note that Universities UK operates a hybrid working framework involving the opportunity to work from home and in the office.  There will be a small number of roles where employees will be required to work from an office, but typically the majority of employees will be able to work remotely on average 60% of their working week.  All employees are welcome to use their contractual office for their whole working week if that is their preference. 

Interview date: 08 August 2024

Permanent

Part time 22.5 hours per week [over 7 days to include Sundays]

£23,436.25 FTE - £14,251.77 pro rata with annual progression up to £23,696.84 FTE - £14,410.524 pro rata

Location - Ashby de la Zouch, 94 Market Street Shop

We offer many enhanced benefits including:

-28 days holiday a year, plus Bank Holidays

-Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%

-Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers

-Opportunity for all managers to join our Bespoke Management Development Programme - Compass

Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.

We are looking for an Assistant Shop Manager to work alongside the Shop Manager in our Ashby shop. Are you self motivated with strong interpersonal skills and thrive on challenges and opportunities that come with assisting in the running of a shop? Can you assist the Shop Manager in driving sales and profits and able to work closely with staff and Volunteers to ensure we deliver the best level of customer service.

We are looking for someone who loves working with people and has the ability to lead in the absence of the Shop Manager, inspire and empower people around them. We are looking for someone who is friendly and positive in their approach and can instil an energy to those around them. Have you got a creative ability that you can bring to the role?

You will make a real difference to young people in England by helping to raise vital funds needed to support our frontline work.

It is important that you have good communication skills both inside and outside the shop, reaching out to the local community to help build support for the shop.

If you have what it takes to work hard but have some fun along the way, and support your Shop Manager to be the best, then this is the place for you!

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

We look forward to receiving your application.

The Children's Society is committed to Safer Recruitment and as such a range of pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with recommendations made by the Bichard Enquiry, and current best practice. To include a basic DBS check, these will be required before employment can commence.

The closing date for this vacancy is midnight on Wednesday 14th August 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Wednesday 31st July.

Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

IN2

We're looking for a Content Designer to research, structure and write user-centred content for Tearfund's channels (website, email, advertising, social media and print). Collaborating with Marketing, UX Design, Graphic Design, Video and Social Media you will identify and meet audience needs whilst raising income and engagement to support Tearfund's work around the world. You'll be familiar with using evidence and data to write and optimise content, as well as running workshops to map user journeys and review content as part of the content production process.

Our successful candidate will have:

• Clear understanding of content design best practice
• Experience using data and insights to create user-centred content and user journey maps
• Proven track record of high quality copywriting and/or significant editorial experience
• Confidence running workshops and championing content design best practice
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

Poverty is not God's plan. You are. We believe that we all play a part in ending extreme poverty and using our God-given skills to make a difference.

Do your skills, experience and passion match the above? Then we'd love to hear from you!

We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and those from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds (in our UK workforce) as these groups are currently under-represented at Tearfund.

This role is eligible for hybrid working and you will be required to work from a designated Tearfund office and from your home by agreement with the line manager.

All applicants must be committed to Tearfund's Christian beliefs.

The recruitment process will include specific checks related to safeguarding. In addition, personal identification information will be submitted against a Watchlist database to check against criminal convictions as a counter-terror measure.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!

 

We are looking for 3 x Advance Prison Advocates

 

Salary: £22,000 - £27,000 (pro rata)

Location: HMP Peterborough

Hours:   x 2 - 35 hours per week AND x 1  10.5 hours per week

Contract: Fixed Term – until 31st March 2025 with a possibility of an extension to March 2026

 

This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.  

Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police Vetting.

 

About us

 Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending.  We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community. 

We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.

Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability. 

About the role:

The Advance Prison Advocate will support women on remand and those unsentenced within the prison setting, providing pre-release support; focused on Accommodation, Finance, debt & benefits, Family & significant others and Social inclusion.

The Prison Advocate will develop a referral pathway with the Offender Management team within the prison, for women to access the service and will work in partnership with the existing service providers operating within the prison.  You will co-design a person-centred support and action plan with women accessing support, enabling you to support them to address their needs and any risks in relation to the interventions identified above including providing ‘through the gate support’. The role will combine a casework- based approach, along with a signposting and advice service for the women in custody.

You will have demonstrable experience and understanding of working with women in a challenging multi-agency environment, ideally working with prisoners and/or their families. 

You will build strong relationships with the Pre Release teams to ensure clients are able to maintain or access suitable accommodation, finance, benefits and debt, family and social inclusion support including negotiating terms on behalf of the women. Ensure that interventions are responsive to and meet the needs of women from diverse and minoritised backgrounds. This, together with referrals to wider partner organisations in the community, will ensure additional support needs are addressed post-release and continuity of support exists

A car may be desirable for this role, though not essential

About You:

 

To be successful as the Advance Prison Advocate you will need the below experience and skills:

Knowledge and experience of the criminal justice system obtained through academic study, experience of working in the criminal justice system (or closely associated social system).

The ability and experience as a caseworker delivering gender specific and trauma responsive interventions which support resettlement and rehabilitation of female adults in the criminal justice system whether in the community or in prisons.

You will possess excellent organisational skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work in a prison environment whilst remaining calm.

Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of managing a caseload including maintaining and updating records, remaining focused on action plan goals, and keeping to deadlines

You will have the ability to complete trauma informed, support and action plans in collaboration with the woman; to support in addressing their multiple and individual needs and enable them to engage with services, which will result in timely and prescribed outcomes being achieved.

 

How to apply:

Please submit your up to date CV along with a covering letter to the Talent email address  - PLEASE WRITE THE JOB TITLE IN THE *SUBJECT* 

 

· Closing Date for Applications: Sunday 4th August 2024 @23:59

· Interviews are taking place on: Thursday 15th August 2024

· *Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate.

What we can offer you - Employee Benefits: 

• A 35-hour working week
• An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!) 
• Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
• Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee eye-care scheme
• Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
• Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
• Organisation wide away days
• One-week paid carers’ s leave
• Career development pathways 

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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please email the Talent Acquisition Team via the Advance website and will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.

  

Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.

 

Safeguarding

Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.  We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks.  We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.

Flexible location

At a time when our digital offering is expanding, this post is ideal for someone who has significant digital projects experience and the ability to lead on the identification and implementation of digital projects across the organisation.

Reporting to the Assistant Head of Digital – Projects & Infrastructure, you will work within a passionate digital team and across the organisation to provide insight, expertise, drive and discipline into how digital in the widest sense can support operations across the UK.

As Digital Projects Manager you will:

• Support the Assistant Head of Digital – Projects & Infrastructure to recommend digital solutions to teams that need them and support teams in the implementation of digital tools that they need, but importantly also allow the teams to ‘own’ the solution as much as possible.
• Have excellent project management skills, with a strong track record of managing high performing teams and an extensive knowledge and experience of successfully implementing large/complex digital projects.

If you are an ambitious experienced digital expert looking for your next challenge and would like to play a key role in The Salvation Army’s 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 working 1 day or less 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 via our website. 

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.

Appointment subject to satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK.

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 the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

Benefits:
25 days annual leave + bank holidays (pro rata for part-time); a contributory pension scheme; season ticket loan; an employee assistance programme

Working hours: Minimum of 35 hours per week

Closing date: Monday 29th July 2024

Interview date: Week commencing 5th August 2024

Global Partnerships Advisor

Home based – working remotely within mainland Europe with regular travel to Geneva

Starting salary for this position is €54,592 per annum

At MAG, we believe that we can have maximum humanitarian impact by placing greater emphasis on working in partnership.  Over the past five years MAG’s income and geographic footprint has been expanding. Growth, coupled with changing donor attitudes, means that MAG is working in an ever-increasing range of local, national and international partnerships. Organisational ambition means that growth in this area is likely to continue as we seek to develop operational and strategic ventures to extend our impact and influence. 

In response, MAG is looking for an exceptional Global Partnerships Advisor to strengthen its in house capacity to develop, monitor and manage its partnership portfolio in order to maximise the reach and impact of our work.  This role will work closely with programme teams and the wider Policy and Strategic Partnerships (PSP) team, liaising with key partners in the mine action and disarmament sectors, with a particular focus on Geneva-based organisations.  The successful candidate will build new and effective partnerships that can strengthen MAG’s activities, and lead the development of a global partnerships strategy to frame how and when MAG works with other actors to increase our impact and extend our influence.

The GPA will also work closely with programme teams to support staff working with partners at programme level, improving organizational capacity to develop and manage partnerships within a given country or regional context. This will be supported by the review and development of systems, tools, policies and processes that strengthen MAG’s ability to assess, manage and monitor national, regional and international partnerships in line with MAG’s 2024-28 Organisational Strategy. Communicating across the organization, they will also ensure information flows effectively to assist lesson learning, enhance best practice and improve efficiency of delivery.

The successful candidate will have excellent capacity development, project management, and strategic planning skills and the ability to coordinate multiple activities at the same time. Previous experience of donor engagement and representation, as well managing humanitarian and/or development activity which has been implemented via local or international partnerships is essential and experience of working in humanitarian mine action would be highly advantageous.  Fluency in written and verbal communication in a relevant second language (French, Arabic, Spanish) is also required.  This is a fast-paced and challenging role, which will require high levels of initiative, pro-activeness and strong multi-tasking skills. With an ability to influence, motivate and develop colleagues and key stakeholder and ensuring effective communication, you will be organised, flexible and solution-focused. 

Role location

The role will be based from home in mainland Europe with regular travel to Geneva as well as international travel to our office in Manchester and country programmes in South and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean, possibly at short notice.

MAG will consider applications from candidates who are based in mainland Europe, however the final decision on whether employment in a specific country location can be supported will be based on a compliance and budget check, and be reviewed by MAG’s senior management.  Please note that the terms and conditions of employment may be set according to location, to ensure legal compliance, and therefore it is not possible to include full details here.

Where a candidate is based on a location where MAG is not registered as an employer, employment may be through an Employer of Record service.  In all cases, the employee will be subject to tax and other statutory deductions in line with the relevant law of their country of domicile.  You should therefore clearly set out the country that you would wish to be based remotely in, and MAG will provide further details on the method of employment in that country, and the relevant tax and statutory deduction implications, to candidates invited for interview. 

Further information and how to apply:

For the further information on the role, the application pack and details of how to apply, please visit the MAG website by the closing date of 28th July 2024

Please note that as part of MAG's commitment to safeguarding, this post is subject to background checks before an offer of employment is confirmed. For more information on MAG’s approach to safeguarding here and background checks here. You can also find more information in the candidate information pack, available on our website.

MAG is committed to the principles of diversity, equality and inclusion. If you think you would be suited to one of our roles we would welcome your application regardless of your background. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all employees feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential.