Summary
Forward Action is looking for a Head of Creative Delivery to join our friendly, fast-moving team.
You’ll be in charge of our creative work. You’ll edit and draft copy, come up with digital engagement tactics, and ensure we deliver high quality creative work that helps our progressive clients hit their goals. If you know how to write copy that inspires people to act, have great attention to detail and are passionate about making the world a better place, this job is for you.
This is a permanent role, with the freedom to work both in our London office and remotely anywhere in the UK. You can work either four or five days per week. Applications close Sunday 24 February 2019.
Who we are
Forward Action is a full service digital agency for progressive causes. We come up with ideas for campaigns that get results, then do the work to create them. We have been in the engine room of some of the most successful election and charity digital campaigns of the last few years, helping our clients add millions of new supporters to their email lists, raise more money online (from more donors) and create campaigns that have led to real-world change.
Our clients are some of the most exciting and impactful organisations in campaigning, including Greenpeace, The ONE Campaign, Amnesty International, WaterAid, The Labour Party and SumOfUs.
What you’ll do as part of our team
Edit (and sometimes draft) copy for emails, Facebook ads, action pages, and the digital engagement tools Forward Action is well known for (example here )
Manage creative capacity for Forward Action, ensuring that concepts, copy and other deliverables are produced on time and to a high standard
Line manage our Junior Digital Campaigner, overseeing their workload and supporting their professional development
Provide clear, constructive feedback on copy written by the Junior Digital Campaigner, freelance copywriters and other members of the team
Attend brainstorms and come up with concepts for engagement tools and other tactics
Plan the layout and user experience of web pages, create wireframes, and provide designers with briefs and feedback on designs
Plan supporter email journeys
Liaise with clients and colleagues via email, Trello and video calls
Attend planning meetings with clients
Advise clients on Facebook ads strategy, and run Facebook ads campaigns
Build and check emails, Facebook adverts and Typeform journeys
Come up with ideas for new tests we can run to optimise our creative work
Develop and maintain a roster of skilled freelance copywriters
Help draft posts for Forward Action’s blog and Twitter feed
Benefits and location
Pro Rata Salary: £45,328 if you live inside London, £40,471 (plus £3,000 travel expense allowance) if you live outside London.
Contract Term: This is a permanent contract. The role can be either full time or four days a week.
Location: In our Hoxton office, with the option to work remotely. Ensuring our team is open to people who live outside London and enabling staff to work flexibly are important values to us, so you’ll have the freedom to work from home regularly. Most of our meetings are held via video conferencing, but you will occasionally need to attend meetings with clients in London - once every two-to-four weeks on average.
Holiday: 25 days/year (pro rata), plus bank holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year.
Why work at Forward Action?
Our values are critical to us: we will only work with causes that make the world a better place. You will get to work with some of the most inspiring and impactful organisations in the sector, and spend your days helping win progress on everything from climate change to clean water.
You will be working at the cutting edge of digital campaigning. We recognise that what we do can always be tested and improved, so we constantly pursue innovation. We are an agile, fast-moving team, and you will have the opportunity to rapidly develop and expand your skills and experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to giving equal employment opportunities to everyone who applies for this role. Our team is open, inclusive, friendly, respectful and kind.
Abilities and experience you’ll need to have
3+ years experience working in digital campaigning and/or digital fundraising
Excellent copywriting and communication skills
Experience writing and editing copy for emails, online ads and websites
Enthusiasm for thinking creatively, coming up with and evaluating new ideas
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
Good organisation and attention-to-detail
Dedication to helping build a fairer, more progressive society
Fluency in spoken and written English
We’re also looking for a quick learner. We don’t expect you to know or have done everything when you start - instead, we’ll be looking for you to pick up new skills and knowledge quickly, then run with them.
Abilities and experience that are nice to have
We know it’s not possible for any applicants to have all these skills - it’s likely you’ll be able to bring 3 - 5 of the following to our team:
Experience working in the charity sector
Experience working as a freelancer and/or at an agency
Experience managing at least one team member
A solid understanding of online user experience (e.g. how to lay out a web page to improve conversion rates)
Experience planning supporter email journeys
Experience building emails, especially for fundraising
Experience planning, drafting, setting up and running Facebook ad campaigns
Knowledge of how to plan a fair A/B experiment
Experience working with designers
Basic HTML skills
How to apply
To apply for this job, please complete the form here: https://airtable.com/shrfxWtilYI9va661
To ensure our hiring process is as fair as possible, we run an anonymised application procedure. So please remove your name and contact information from your CV before uploading it, and only enter these details in the online form.
To apply, you will need to include:
your CV (with name and contact details removed)
up to 250 words explaining why you want this job and how you’re suited to the role
five examples of your writing across a range of digital media, in particular emails, action pages and Facebook ads. If possible, please provide these in a format that doesn’t include your name.
Applications close on Sunday 24 February.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a written online task from home - this can be any time that works for you between Thursday 28 February and Monday 4 March . Selected candidates will then be invited to attend an interview (either in person in London or via a video call) on Monday 11 March.
Questions?
If you’re unclear about anything to do with the role, you can contact our team on hiring@forwardaction.uk
Jan 25, 2019
Permanent
Summary
Forward Action is looking for a Head of Creative Delivery to join our friendly, fast-moving team.
You’ll be in charge of our creative work. You’ll edit and draft copy, come up with digital engagement tactics, and ensure we deliver high quality creative work that helps our progressive clients hit their goals. If you know how to write copy that inspires people to act, have great attention to detail and are passionate about making the world a better place, this job is for you.
This is a permanent role, with the freedom to work both in our London office and remotely anywhere in the UK. You can work either four or five days per week. Applications close Sunday 24 February 2019.
Who we are
Forward Action is a full service digital agency for progressive causes. We come up with ideas for campaigns that get results, then do the work to create them. We have been in the engine room of some of the most successful election and charity digital campaigns of the last few years, helping our clients add millions of new supporters to their email lists, raise more money online (from more donors) and create campaigns that have led to real-world change.
Our clients are some of the most exciting and impactful organisations in campaigning, including Greenpeace, The ONE Campaign, Amnesty International, WaterAid, The Labour Party and SumOfUs.
What you’ll do as part of our team
Edit (and sometimes draft) copy for emails, Facebook ads, action pages, and the digital engagement tools Forward Action is well known for (example here )
Manage creative capacity for Forward Action, ensuring that concepts, copy and other deliverables are produced on time and to a high standard
Line manage our Junior Digital Campaigner, overseeing their workload and supporting their professional development
Provide clear, constructive feedback on copy written by the Junior Digital Campaigner, freelance copywriters and other members of the team
Attend brainstorms and come up with concepts for engagement tools and other tactics
Plan the layout and user experience of web pages, create wireframes, and provide designers with briefs and feedback on designs
Plan supporter email journeys
Liaise with clients and colleagues via email, Trello and video calls
Attend planning meetings with clients
Advise clients on Facebook ads strategy, and run Facebook ads campaigns
Build and check emails, Facebook adverts and Typeform journeys
Come up with ideas for new tests we can run to optimise our creative work
Develop and maintain a roster of skilled freelance copywriters
Help draft posts for Forward Action’s blog and Twitter feed
Benefits and location
Pro Rata Salary: £45,328 if you live inside London, £40,471 (plus £3,000 travel expense allowance) if you live outside London.
Contract Term: This is a permanent contract. The role can be either full time or four days a week.
Location: In our Hoxton office, with the option to work remotely. Ensuring our team is open to people who live outside London and enabling staff to work flexibly are important values to us, so you’ll have the freedom to work from home regularly. Most of our meetings are held via video conferencing, but you will occasionally need to attend meetings with clients in London - once every two-to-four weeks on average.
Holiday: 25 days/year (pro rata), plus bank holidays and the week between Christmas and New Year.
Why work at Forward Action?
Our values are critical to us: we will only work with causes that make the world a better place. You will get to work with some of the most inspiring and impactful organisations in the sector, and spend your days helping win progress on everything from climate change to clean water.
You will be working at the cutting edge of digital campaigning. We recognise that what we do can always be tested and improved, so we constantly pursue innovation. We are an agile, fast-moving team, and you will have the opportunity to rapidly develop and expand your skills and experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to giving equal employment opportunities to everyone who applies for this role. Our team is open, inclusive, friendly, respectful and kind.
Abilities and experience you’ll need to have
3+ years experience working in digital campaigning and/or digital fundraising
Excellent copywriting and communication skills
Experience writing and editing copy for emails, online ads and websites
Enthusiasm for thinking creatively, coming up with and evaluating new ideas
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
Good organisation and attention-to-detail
Dedication to helping build a fairer, more progressive society
Fluency in spoken and written English
We’re also looking for a quick learner. We don’t expect you to know or have done everything when you start - instead, we’ll be looking for you to pick up new skills and knowledge quickly, then run with them.
Abilities and experience that are nice to have
We know it’s not possible for any applicants to have all these skills - it’s likely you’ll be able to bring 3 - 5 of the following to our team:
Experience working in the charity sector
Experience working as a freelancer and/or at an agency
Experience managing at least one team member
A solid understanding of online user experience (e.g. how to lay out a web page to improve conversion rates)
Experience planning supporter email journeys
Experience building emails, especially for fundraising
Experience planning, drafting, setting up and running Facebook ad campaigns
Knowledge of how to plan a fair A/B experiment
Experience working with designers
Basic HTML skills
How to apply
To apply for this job, please complete the form here: https://airtable.com/shrfxWtilYI9va661
To ensure our hiring process is as fair as possible, we run an anonymised application procedure. So please remove your name and contact information from your CV before uploading it, and only enter these details in the online form.
To apply, you will need to include:
your CV (with name and contact details removed)
up to 250 words explaining why you want this job and how you’re suited to the role
five examples of your writing across a range of digital media, in particular emails, action pages and Facebook ads. If possible, please provide these in a format that doesn’t include your name.
Applications close on Sunday 24 February.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a written online task from home - this can be any time that works for you between Thursday 28 February and Monday 4 March . Selected candidates will then be invited to attend an interview (either in person in London or via a video call) on Monday 11 March.
Questions?
If you’re unclear about anything to do with the role, you can contact our team on hiring@forwardaction.uk
Job Purpose
Are you an Insight Analyst with 2-3 years' experience in the Charity Sector, looking for a challenge beyond improving fundraising? Then this job might be for you.
If you are interested in analysing a wide portfolio of products and services, extending beyond cash, committed giving and events to include financial services, gaming products, independent living aids and a national helpline then is role is your next step.
In Age UK, the Senior Insight Analyst is responsible for leading and developing analytical insight for the organisation across that entire portfolio. As a result, you might be segmenting lottery players one day, reviewing how customers interact with our website on another, and building a propensity model for motor insurance attrition on the next.
By scoping evolving marketing requirements and performing fit-for-purpose and reliable analysis, you will deliver actionable insights resulting in better customer engagement, acquisition, retention and income generation.
You will:
Research and interpret needs of internal clients, translating into deliverable analysis projects
Use appropriate software, to robustly explore and perform data manipulation and statistical analysis
Validate, interpret and present results in a way to help the business achieve its strategies
Identify potential new audiences using modelling techniques such as CHAID and logistic regression
To be responsible for the analytics pertaining to customer acquisition, cross / up sell and retention
Manage external relationship and explore data opportunities with Age UK's digital web activity agency
You'll have:
Extensive experience of using statistical software, ideally SPSS, to manipulate large databases
Experience of working within a direct marketing environment within a charity/ commercial/financial services industry
Experience of managing relationships with internal clients to tight deadlines
Experience in campaign analysis, profiling, segmentation and modelling
Proficient in application of statistical analysis and data modelling
Strong numerate/statistical background
Skills & Knowledge in:
SPSS or equivalent
MS Office applications
FastStats (desirable)
Tableau (desirable)
T-SQL (desirable)
Google Analytics (desirable)
Additional Information
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Feb 20, 2019
Permanent
Job Purpose
Are you an Insight Analyst with 2-3 years' experience in the Charity Sector, looking for a challenge beyond improving fundraising? Then this job might be for you.
If you are interested in analysing a wide portfolio of products and services, extending beyond cash, committed giving and events to include financial services, gaming products, independent living aids and a national helpline then is role is your next step.
In Age UK, the Senior Insight Analyst is responsible for leading and developing analytical insight for the organisation across that entire portfolio. As a result, you might be segmenting lottery players one day, reviewing how customers interact with our website on another, and building a propensity model for motor insurance attrition on the next.
By scoping evolving marketing requirements and performing fit-for-purpose and reliable analysis, you will deliver actionable insights resulting in better customer engagement, acquisition, retention and income generation.
You will:
Research and interpret needs of internal clients, translating into deliverable analysis projects
Use appropriate software, to robustly explore and perform data manipulation and statistical analysis
Validate, interpret and present results in a way to help the business achieve its strategies
Identify potential new audiences using modelling techniques such as CHAID and logistic regression
To be responsible for the analytics pertaining to customer acquisition, cross / up sell and retention
Manage external relationship and explore data opportunities with Age UK's digital web activity agency
You'll have:
Extensive experience of using statistical software, ideally SPSS, to manipulate large databases
Experience of working within a direct marketing environment within a charity/ commercial/financial services industry
Experience of managing relationships with internal clients to tight deadlines
Experience in campaign analysis, profiling, segmentation and modelling
Proficient in application of statistical analysis and data modelling
Strong numerate/statistical background
Skills & Knowledge in:
SPSS or equivalent
MS Office applications
FastStats (desirable)
Tableau (desirable)
T-SQL (desirable)
Google Analytics (desirable)
Additional Information
We are an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria. We welcome requests for flexible working.
Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.
Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
Can you help us share authentic stories by being a champion and advocate for a world-class Museum in Manchester?
At the Science Museum Group, we make it our mission to Inspire Futures, and we take pride in being open for all. Our Science and Industry Museum in Manchester is of unique historic importance. Our site includes the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station, and theworld's first railway warehouse, at the heart of the world's first industrialcity.
This is a time of transformational change in Manchester, with the advent of Devolution, the roll out of the UK's first Local Industrial Strategy, and city centre development on an unprecedented scale. The museum will be central to these changes, contributing to regional regeneration and the skills agenda and to the city's wider cultural offer and profile.
In this new, pivotal, leadership role,you will focus on the strategic marketing and communications needed to champion our vision, driving high level conversations with stakeholders across Manchester and beyond. At the same time, you will exploit our new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to its full extent, ensuring we drive audience engagement and programme strategically to achieve maximum visitor revenue and strong customer loyalty. You'll help champion of the vision of the Museum within the wider Science Museum Group and as a key player in the Manchester science and cultural communities.
Joining us as Head of Communications and Advocacy, you'll be a strong communicator and strategic relationship-builder, with experience of senior-level stakeholder advocacy,communications and reputation management in a high-profile environment. You'll have a successful track-record of using CRM systems and resulting data to inform decisions. Using your experience and knowledge of successful online, digital and social media marketing campaigns, you'll promote the breadth of the Museum's learning offer to drive visitor engagement and revenue.
You will be offered excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, a contributory pension scheme, BUPA medical and dental care, an annual season ticket loan and numerous staff discounts whilst developing your career in a world class museum group.
Please visit our website via the Apply button for the Vacancy Information Pack which provides you with details of the role and the supporting statement questions.
Feb 20, 2019
Permanent
Can you help us share authentic stories by being a champion and advocate for a world-class Museum in Manchester?
At the Science Museum Group, we make it our mission to Inspire Futures, and we take pride in being open for all. Our Science and Industry Museum in Manchester is of unique historic importance. Our site includes the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station, and theworld's first railway warehouse, at the heart of the world's first industrialcity.
This is a time of transformational change in Manchester, with the advent of Devolution, the roll out of the UK's first Local Industrial Strategy, and city centre development on an unprecedented scale. The museum will be central to these changes, contributing to regional regeneration and the skills agenda and to the city's wider cultural offer and profile.
In this new, pivotal, leadership role,you will focus on the strategic marketing and communications needed to champion our vision, driving high level conversations with stakeholders across Manchester and beyond. At the same time, you will exploit our new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to its full extent, ensuring we drive audience engagement and programme strategically to achieve maximum visitor revenue and strong customer loyalty. You'll help champion of the vision of the Museum within the wider Science Museum Group and as a key player in the Manchester science and cultural communities.
Joining us as Head of Communications and Advocacy, you'll be a strong communicator and strategic relationship-builder, with experience of senior-level stakeholder advocacy,communications and reputation management in a high-profile environment. You'll have a successful track-record of using CRM systems and resulting data to inform decisions. Using your experience and knowledge of successful online, digital and social media marketing campaigns, you'll promote the breadth of the Museum's learning offer to drive visitor engagement and revenue.
You will be offered excellent benefits, including 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, a contributory pension scheme, BUPA medical and dental care, an annual season ticket loan and numerous staff discounts whilst developing your career in a world class museum group.
Please visit our website via the Apply button for the Vacancy Information Pack which provides you with details of the role and the supporting statement questions.
Are you an influential, collaborative and ambitious individual with impressive marketing and communications skills? Do you have a proven track record of providing inspirational leadership to fast-paced and effective teams? If so, Nesta has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Head of Communications to lead and implement communications and marketing activity for our What Works Centre – an innovative ‘social start-up’ created to foster evidence-informed practice in the children’s social care sector.
About Nesta and the What Works Centre
Nesta is a global innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time. Our mission is to spark and shape new ideas that improve how the world works for everyone. We use our knowledge, networks, funding and skills - working in partnership with others, including governments, businesses and charities. We are a UK charity but work all over the world, supported by a financial endowment.
The What Works Centre is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children and their families in England. Every year, more than 700,000 children and young people, and their families, have contact with the children’s social care sector and changes in how the sector supports them can have significant long-term effects. To combat this, our new centre will sponsor new practice-focused research, plus investigate and address the barriers that prevent practice leaders and practitioners from using insights from evidence to inform decisions.
About this key role
Working closely with the entire senior management team and with teams of collaborators, particularly our research partner at Cardiff University, you will focus on developing and implementing the strategic communications plans for the Centre and its projects. This will cover web and social media, media relations, events and publications. You will also be expected to:
Ensure lessons, stories, outputs and outcomes from the Centre are captured and shared in the most appropriate and effective ways
Ensure alignment with the Nesta and Cardiff University brands and coordinate messaging and media opportunities
Roll out the centre’s new brand (available from April)
Manage and update the What Works Centre website and social media channels
Oversee the production of marketing materials, including reports, presentations and blogs
What we are looking for
You will have proven marketing and communications experience gained in a similar role, with the ability to successfully manage a wide range of relationships, especially public, third sector and research organisations, plus work across a range of public service innovation projects.
An outstanding communicator, verbal and written, with a proven ability in writing for a range of audiences and purposes, you will also have outstanding financial management, networking and project management skills.
One-year, fixed-term contract (with potential to become permanent)
How to apply
For further details about this post, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 3 rd March 2019 at 12pm. First interviews will be held on 10 th March 2019.
Feb 19, 2019
Contract
Are you an influential, collaborative and ambitious individual with impressive marketing and communications skills? Do you have a proven track record of providing inspirational leadership to fast-paced and effective teams? If so, Nesta has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Head of Communications to lead and implement communications and marketing activity for our What Works Centre – an innovative ‘social start-up’ created to foster evidence-informed practice in the children’s social care sector.
About Nesta and the What Works Centre
Nesta is a global innovation foundation. We back new ideas to tackle the big challenges of our time. Our mission is to spark and shape new ideas that improve how the world works for everyone. We use our knowledge, networks, funding and skills - working in partnership with others, including governments, businesses and charities. We are a UK charity but work all over the world, supported by a financial endowment.
The What Works Centre is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference to the lives of children and their families in England. Every year, more than 700,000 children and young people, and their families, have contact with the children’s social care sector and changes in how the sector supports them can have significant long-term effects. To combat this, our new centre will sponsor new practice-focused research, plus investigate and address the barriers that prevent practice leaders and practitioners from using insights from evidence to inform decisions.
About this key role
Working closely with the entire senior management team and with teams of collaborators, particularly our research partner at Cardiff University, you will focus on developing and implementing the strategic communications plans for the Centre and its projects. This will cover web and social media, media relations, events and publications. You will also be expected to:
Ensure lessons, stories, outputs and outcomes from the Centre are captured and shared in the most appropriate and effective ways
Ensure alignment with the Nesta and Cardiff University brands and coordinate messaging and media opportunities
Roll out the centre’s new brand (available from April)
Manage and update the What Works Centre website and social media channels
Oversee the production of marketing materials, including reports, presentations and blogs
What we are looking for
You will have proven marketing and communications experience gained in a similar role, with the ability to successfully manage a wide range of relationships, especially public, third sector and research organisations, plus work across a range of public service innovation projects.
An outstanding communicator, verbal and written, with a proven ability in writing for a range of audiences and purposes, you will also have outstanding financial management, networking and project management skills.
One-year, fixed-term contract (with potential to become permanent)
How to apply
For further details about this post, and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 3 rd March 2019 at 12pm. First interviews will be held on 10 th March 2019.
The Royal Society of Chemistry is the world’s leading chemistry community, advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. Our Quality Assurance (QA) team are part of our Applications Development team, which includes our Quality Assurance, Software Development, and Technical Analyst teams. About the role: The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is looking for a Senior Automation Test Specialist to join us on a permanent full-time (35-hour week) basis. You will be conveniently based at our Science Park Cambridge office (free onsite parking, close to the guided busway and Cambridge North train station). As a Senior Automation Test Specialist for the Royal Society of Chemistry, you will create and maintain manual and automation test processes, which will successfully validate the behaviour of software products. This role in Test is much more than just a tester; it is all about testing and developing scripts to analyse the functionality of our infrastructure. You will be a key member of our QA team, reporting to our QA Team Lead, and working with our Senior QA Specialist and Junior QA Specialist who are responsible for QA testing all of our software products. About you: - Experience of automation testing in enterprise environments, including the ability to creating automation-testing frameworks from scratch. - Advanced capability with test automation tools, e.g. Xunit, Selenium able to manage test automation execution cycles. - Able to script / program and knowledge of good programming practices e.g. C#. - Experience of continuous integration e.g. TeamCity or similar. - Experience of working in Agile / DevOps environments and familiar with SCRUM/Kanban. - Experience of working in a Cloud environment e.g. AWS. - Experience of functional testing of API’s. - Experienced software tester with an understanding of the interrelationship between data and software. - Attention to detail, with a logical approach to problem solving and an investigative and inquisitive mind. - An understanding of user needs, articulated through user stories, and a business outcome approach. - A professional attitude and able to build and maintain relationships with our customers and demonstrate customer focussed behaviour at all times. - Excellent oral and written communication skills and able to explain technical concepts equally to customers with a level of technical understanding to those without. Desirable: - Load and performance testing. - ISEB Practitioner Certificate in software testing. - Good practical experience of JIRA. At the Royal Society of Chemistry, we will support your development and reward your contribution with excellent benefits. You may have experience of the following: Automation Test Specialist, Automation Test Analyst, Test Analyst, Automated Testing, Test Engineer, Automation Tester, QA Tester, Software Tester, Quality Assurance, Project Testing, Systems Analyst, etc.
Closing date: 03 March 2019
Feb 18, 2019
Permanent
The Royal Society of Chemistry is the world’s leading chemistry community, advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. Our Quality Assurance (QA) team are part of our Applications Development team, which includes our Quality Assurance, Software Development, and Technical Analyst teams. About the role: The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is looking for a Senior Automation Test Specialist to join us on a permanent full-time (35-hour week) basis. You will be conveniently based at our Science Park Cambridge office (free onsite parking, close to the guided busway and Cambridge North train station). As a Senior Automation Test Specialist for the Royal Society of Chemistry, you will create and maintain manual and automation test processes, which will successfully validate the behaviour of software products. This role in Test is much more than just a tester; it is all about testing and developing scripts to analyse the functionality of our infrastructure. You will be a key member of our QA team, reporting to our QA Team Lead, and working with our Senior QA Specialist and Junior QA Specialist who are responsible for QA testing all of our software products. About you: - Experience of automation testing in enterprise environments, including the ability to creating automation-testing frameworks from scratch. - Advanced capability with test automation tools, e.g. Xunit, Selenium able to manage test automation execution cycles. - Able to script / program and knowledge of good programming practices e.g. C#. - Experience of continuous integration e.g. TeamCity or similar. - Experience of working in Agile / DevOps environments and familiar with SCRUM/Kanban. - Experience of working in a Cloud environment e.g. AWS. - Experience of functional testing of API’s. - Experienced software tester with an understanding of the interrelationship between data and software. - Attention to detail, with a logical approach to problem solving and an investigative and inquisitive mind. - An understanding of user needs, articulated through user stories, and a business outcome approach. - A professional attitude and able to build and maintain relationships with our customers and demonstrate customer focussed behaviour at all times. - Excellent oral and written communication skills and able to explain technical concepts equally to customers with a level of technical understanding to those without. Desirable: - Load and performance testing. - ISEB Practitioner Certificate in software testing. - Good practical experience of JIRA. At the Royal Society of Chemistry, we will support your development and reward your contribution with excellent benefits. You may have experience of the following: Automation Test Specialist, Automation Test Analyst, Test Analyst, Automated Testing, Test Engineer, Automation Tester, QA Tester, Software Tester, Quality Assurance, Project Testing, Systems Analyst, etc.
Closing date: 03 March 2019
CAST
Remote with 1-2 days London/National travel a week
We’re looking for a self-directed and talented individual who’s passionate about tech for good to join our product development team.
You’ll be instrumental in driving social sector change by designing digital tools and infrastructure that help tens of thousands of charities to better use digital themselves to tackle social issues.
You'll form an integral part of our digital product development team, alongside a full-stack Product Lead and full-stack Product Developer. Together you'll work with all areas of the organisation from research to service design, marketing to customer support, in order to design the most impactful products. You’ll take a lead on everything between UX design to front-end dev, delivering clear and production-ready designs, prototypes and code. Once products are in the hands of users, you'll work with the rest of the team to test and deliver working products quickly.
This role is ideal for someone with a proven track record of designing valuable and well used digital products, who's looking to have a positive social impact with their work.
Read more about the role here
Feb 18, 2019
Contract
We’re looking for a self-directed and talented individual who’s passionate about tech for good to join our product development team.
You’ll be instrumental in driving social sector change by designing digital tools and infrastructure that help tens of thousands of charities to better use digital themselves to tackle social issues.
You'll form an integral part of our digital product development team, alongside a full-stack Product Lead and full-stack Product Developer. Together you'll work with all areas of the organisation from research to service design, marketing to customer support, in order to design the most impactful products. You’ll take a lead on everything between UX design to front-end dev, delivering clear and production-ready designs, prototypes and code. Once products are in the hands of users, you'll work with the rest of the team to test and deliver working products quickly.
This role is ideal for someone with a proven track record of designing valuable and well used digital products, who's looking to have a positive social impact with their work.
Read more about the role here
Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded Senior Business Analyst with a passion for technology that can help us beat cancer sooner?
We're game changers here at Cancer Research UK, and we aim to save more lives by beating cancer sooner. Our CIO has recently won CIO of the year at "Women in Tech" awards. Our team have also won and been nominated a number of wards in the Technology and Digital space.
What will I be doing?
Providing business analysis skills to support the wealth of exciting projects across Cancer Research UK.
Developing innovative and flexible solutions that address our business challenges, whilst driving efficiencies where possible and harnessing shared capabilities across our portfolio.
Leading the analysis on large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
Working closely with stakeholders to assess options both technical and business suitability ensuring solutions provide higher benefit/cost ratio.
What experience will I need?
Proven expertise in leading complex digital and/or ecommerce projects
Experience of working in an fast paced Agile environment
Worked with a wide range of stakeholders and leading full cycle business analysis activities.
What's in it for me?
The chance to join an award winning Technology team, made up of a range of different disciplines (Content, UX, Agile, Service Design etc).
You'll be making a real difference to people's lives - we're the largest global Cancer Research charity.
You'll have the chance to build your portfolio and promote your work through our blog, podcast or by talking at public events.
There's plenty of career progression and training opportunities, through internal and external L&D.
Excellent benefits: Pension (employer contributions of up to 12%), 25 days annual leave plus 1 CRUK day, life insurance and a great benefit discount platform.
At Cancer Research UK, we're smart, brave and ambitious individuals united by our relentless pursuit of beating cancer sooner. And we'd love for you to join us.
To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button below.
Closing date: Ongoing till role is filled
Flexible working requests considered.
At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
Please note, from 2019, our head office will be relocating from Islington to a new office space in Stratford, close to the Olympic Park.
Feb 18, 2019
Permanent
Are you a self-motivated and sharp minded Senior Business Analyst with a passion for technology that can help us beat cancer sooner?
We're game changers here at Cancer Research UK, and we aim to save more lives by beating cancer sooner. Our CIO has recently won CIO of the year at "Women in Tech" awards. Our team have also won and been nominated a number of wards in the Technology and Digital space.
What will I be doing?
Providing business analysis skills to support the wealth of exciting projects across Cancer Research UK.
Developing innovative and flexible solutions that address our business challenges, whilst driving efficiencies where possible and harnessing shared capabilities across our portfolio.
Leading the analysis on large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
Working closely with stakeholders to assess options both technical and business suitability ensuring solutions provide higher benefit/cost ratio.
What experience will I need?
Proven expertise in leading complex digital and/or ecommerce projects
Experience of working in an fast paced Agile environment
Worked with a wide range of stakeholders and leading full cycle business analysis activities.
What's in it for me?
The chance to join an award winning Technology team, made up of a range of different disciplines (Content, UX, Agile, Service Design etc).
You'll be making a real difference to people's lives - we're the largest global Cancer Research charity.
You'll have the chance to build your portfolio and promote your work through our blog, podcast or by talking at public events.
There's plenty of career progression and training opportunities, through internal and external L&D.
Excellent benefits: Pension (employer contributions of up to 12%), 25 days annual leave plus 1 CRUK day, life insurance and a great benefit discount platform.
At Cancer Research UK, we're smart, brave and ambitious individuals united by our relentless pursuit of beating cancer sooner. And we'd love for you to join us.
To apply, please visit our website via the Apply button below.
Closing date: Ongoing till role is filled
Flexible working requests considered.
At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
Please note, from 2019, our head office will be relocating from Islington to a new office space in Stratford, close to the Olympic Park.
Royal College of General Practitioners
30 Euston Square, London, UK
The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 52,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.
The CPD Comms and Marketing Manager will be responsible for coordinating all existing comms and marketing activity relating to the College’s CPD provision for Members, and develop new channels and approaches to increase Member engagement with College CPD. This work is one of five priority areas within the RCGP’s three-year CPD Strategy.
We are looking for a candidate with experience of leading the planning and implementation of comms and marketing activities, with demonstrable success measures achieved; of comms and marketing in the context of professional bodies and/or professional education; and of liaising across teams/departments and maintaining effective working relationships with senior members of staff. The candidate should also have experience of project and budget management, including managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously; and of working with external providers, including contract management.
This role will:
Lead the coordination of all CPD-related comms and marketing activities, through regular liaison with relevant departments and teams, including (but not limited to) the Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, Devolved Nation offices, regional Faculties, Events and Conferences, eLearning, Member Services, and Sales and Marketing.
Have oversight of all existing comms and marketing plans for the above areas, provide strategic advice on their maintenance/revision, and develop a coordinated schedule/plan which improves coherence between them whilst meeting the needs of all areas.
Identify and implement new/innovative comms and marketing channels and approaches to enhance Member engagement with College CPD.
Liaise closely with the Digital Comms team and Press Office in the implementation of the comms and marketing plan, to ensure alignment with corporate priorities, and with the Sales and Marketing team to ensure compliance with the College’s brand identity.
Project manage the delivery of a coordinated comms and marketing plan, reporting against agreed milestones and KPIs.
Manage an annual budget of about £50,000 to deliver the objectives of the role.
The successful candidate will be educated to degree level (or with relevant professional qualifications / experience); a communications, marketing or project management qualification is desirable.
The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions.
To apply please upload your CV and cover letter via the RCGP Vacancies page, please click on the Apply button below for further information.
Close date: 12.00pm on 28th February 2019
Interview date: week commencing 11th March 2019
The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
~ Great doctors great care ~
DIMENSIONS
Lead the coordination of all CPD-related comms and marketing activities, through regular liaison with relevant departments and teams, including (but not limited to) the Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, Devolved Nation offices, regional Faculties, Events and Conferences, eLearning, Member Services, and Sales and Marketing.
Have oversight of all existing comms and marketing plans for the above areas, provide strategic advice on their maintenance/revision, and develop a coordinated schedule/plan which improves coherence between them whilst meeting the needs of all areas.
Consider all outputs from Member insight activities and the evaluation of existing CPD products, to inform the iterative development of comms and marketing plans across the College.
Identify and implement new/innovative comms and marketing channels and approaches to enhance Member engagement with College CPD.
Establish and maintain professional credibility with senior College clinicians and Officers.
Manage any contracts/relationships with third party providers, partners or contractors who are engaged to support the delivery of comms and marketing plans.
Support the promotion of Faculty-led CPD activities and providing comms and marketing guidance and support to Faculty teams and Education Leads.
Liaise closely with Digital Comms team and Press Office in the implementation of the comms and marketing plan, to ensure alignment with corporate priorities, and with the Sales and Marketing team to ensure compliance with the College’s brand identity.
Support delivery of College-wide Communications Strategy, sharing best practice from the post holder’s department and professional experience.
Project manage the delivery of a coordinated comms and marketing plan, reporting against agreed milestones and KPIs.
Manage annual budget of about £50,000 to deliver the objectives of the role.
Advocate for the CPD Strategy and its priorities across the College.
Deputise for Assistant Director, Professional Development as required, and represent the Professional Development department on the Policy, Campaigns and Workforce and Strategic Comms Programme Boards.
Role requires occasional (e.g. quarterly) travel to regional Faculties across the UK; some overnight stays may be required.
Role reports to the Assistant Director, Professional Development and currently has no direct line reports. This is a new role.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Qualifications
Educated to degree level (or relevant professional qualification / experience) - Essential
Communications, marketing or project management qualification - Desirable
Experience
Leading the planning and implementation of comms and marketing activities, with demonstrable success measures achieved - Essential
Comms and marketing in the context of professional bodies and/or professional education - Essential
Liaising across teams/departments and maintaining effective working relationships with senior members of staff - Essential
Project management, including use of appropriate analytics to support reporting and impact evaluation - Essential
Managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously - Essential
Budget management - Essential
Working with external providers, partners and contractors, including contract management - Desirable
Feb 18, 2019
Permanent
The Royal College of General Practitioners is the largest membership organisation solely for GPs in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1952, it has over 52,000 members who are committed to improving patient care, developing their own skills and promoting general practice as a discipline. General practice is the largest branch of the medical profession. It provides some 1 million consultations for patients in the UK every working day and deals with 86% of the health problems experienced by the UK population.
The CPD Comms and Marketing Manager will be responsible for coordinating all existing comms and marketing activity relating to the College’s CPD provision for Members, and develop new channels and approaches to increase Member engagement with College CPD. This work is one of five priority areas within the RCGP’s three-year CPD Strategy.
We are looking for a candidate with experience of leading the planning and implementation of comms and marketing activities, with demonstrable success measures achieved; of comms and marketing in the context of professional bodies and/or professional education; and of liaising across teams/departments and maintaining effective working relationships with senior members of staff. The candidate should also have experience of project and budget management, including managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously; and of working with external providers, including contract management.
This role will:
Lead the coordination of all CPD-related comms and marketing activities, through regular liaison with relevant departments and teams, including (but not limited to) the Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, Devolved Nation offices, regional Faculties, Events and Conferences, eLearning, Member Services, and Sales and Marketing.
Have oversight of all existing comms and marketing plans for the above areas, provide strategic advice on their maintenance/revision, and develop a coordinated schedule/plan which improves coherence between them whilst meeting the needs of all areas.
Identify and implement new/innovative comms and marketing channels and approaches to enhance Member engagement with College CPD.
Liaise closely with the Digital Comms team and Press Office in the implementation of the comms and marketing plan, to ensure alignment with corporate priorities, and with the Sales and Marketing team to ensure compliance with the College’s brand identity.
Project manage the delivery of a coordinated comms and marketing plan, reporting against agreed milestones and KPIs.
Manage an annual budget of about £50,000 to deliver the objectives of the role.
The successful candidate will be educated to degree level (or with relevant professional qualifications / experience); a communications, marketing or project management qualification is desirable.
The successful candidate will share our corporate values. In return, the College offers excellent terms and conditions.
To apply please upload your CV and cover letter via the RCGP Vacancies page, please click on the Apply button below for further information.
Close date: 12.00pm on 28th February 2019
Interview date: week commencing 11th March 2019
The Royal College of General Practitioners is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
~ Great doctors great care ~
DIMENSIONS
Lead the coordination of all CPD-related comms and marketing activities, through regular liaison with relevant departments and teams, including (but not limited to) the Clinical Innovation and Research Centre, Devolved Nation offices, regional Faculties, Events and Conferences, eLearning, Member Services, and Sales and Marketing.
Have oversight of all existing comms and marketing plans for the above areas, provide strategic advice on their maintenance/revision, and develop a coordinated schedule/plan which improves coherence between them whilst meeting the needs of all areas.
Consider all outputs from Member insight activities and the evaluation of existing CPD products, to inform the iterative development of comms and marketing plans across the College.
Identify and implement new/innovative comms and marketing channels and approaches to enhance Member engagement with College CPD.
Establish and maintain professional credibility with senior College clinicians and Officers.
Manage any contracts/relationships with third party providers, partners or contractors who are engaged to support the delivery of comms and marketing plans.
Support the promotion of Faculty-led CPD activities and providing comms and marketing guidance and support to Faculty teams and Education Leads.
Liaise closely with Digital Comms team and Press Office in the implementation of the comms and marketing plan, to ensure alignment with corporate priorities, and with the Sales and Marketing team to ensure compliance with the College’s brand identity.
Support delivery of College-wide Communications Strategy, sharing best practice from the post holder’s department and professional experience.
Project manage the delivery of a coordinated comms and marketing plan, reporting against agreed milestones and KPIs.
Manage annual budget of about £50,000 to deliver the objectives of the role.
Advocate for the CPD Strategy and its priorities across the College.
Deputise for Assistant Director, Professional Development as required, and represent the Professional Development department on the Policy, Campaigns and Workforce and Strategic Comms Programme Boards.
Role requires occasional (e.g. quarterly) travel to regional Faculties across the UK; some overnight stays may be required.
Role reports to the Assistant Director, Professional Development and currently has no direct line reports. This is a new role.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Qualifications
Educated to degree level (or relevant professional qualification / experience) - Essential
Communications, marketing or project management qualification - Desirable
Experience
Leading the planning and implementation of comms and marketing activities, with demonstrable success measures achieved - Essential
Comms and marketing in the context of professional bodies and/or professional education - Essential
Liaising across teams/departments and maintaining effective working relationships with senior members of staff - Essential
Project management, including use of appropriate analytics to support reporting and impact evaluation - Essential
Managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously - Essential
Budget management - Essential
Working with external providers, partners and contractors, including contract management - Desirable
Imagine not being able to move, sleep, or smile. Feeling anxious or depressed and struggling to think or remember. Your body not feeling like your own. This is what Parkinson's can feel like.
Every hour, two people in the UK are told they have Parkinson's - a brain condition that turns lives upside down, leaving a future full of uncertainty.
Parkinson’s UK is an ambitious and dynamic charity, passionate about improving the lives of everyone affected by Parkinson’s and finding better treatments and a cure.
You could be part of helping us achieve this!
About the role
We’ve got an exciting year ahead here at Parkinson’s UK. This key role will work across the organisation to:
develop dynamic visualisations and dashboards for both strategic and operational audiences using Tableau and other analytics tools
introduce data visualisation tools and create a centre of excellence within the data services team for data analytics
What you’ll do
To make the above happen, you will:
Work closely with internal stakeholders to maximise value from their data assets using data visualisation techniques and turn them into actionable insights which deliver business value
Build and deliver predictive models as well as segmentation and advanced, deep dive, exploratory analysis to answer business questions or solve problems
Drive ongoing improvements of data management within the team and lead on the integration of new analytical tools and sources
What you’ll bring
We are looking for someone who has passion for innovative technology, data and analytics and a commitment to deliver outstanding customer service.
The ideal candidate will have:
excellent experience of Tableau and other data visualisation tools
knowledge of ETL tools and data warehouses and preferably Snowflake (data warehouse as a service) and Matillion
strong analytical skills with the ability to make connections between data and information, strategy, systems and ways of working
In addition to the technical experience, we require a collaborative, pro-active team player who is keen to learn and develop within the role.
In return, we offer a rewarding working environment that is fast-paced, energetic and supportive with great opportunities for personal development.
Parkinson's UK promotes a healthy work life balance with generous holiday allowance, flexi-time and flexible working. Please click here for more information on our benefits.
For further details on how to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button. Please note, supporting statements must demonstrate how you meet all the essential criteria of the person specification.
Please note, only candidates shortlisted for interview will be notified.
Closing date: 3 March 2019
Interviews will take place on 14 March 2019
Parkinson’s UK is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from disabled persons, including those with Parkinson’s disease.
Parkinson’s UK is the operating name of the Parkinson’s Disease Society of the United Kingdom. A charity registered in England and Wales (258197) and in Scotland (SC037554).
No agencies
Feb 15, 2019
Permanent
Imagine not being able to move, sleep, or smile. Feeling anxious or depressed and struggling to think or remember. Your body not feeling like your own. This is what Parkinson's can feel like.
Every hour, two people in the UK are told they have Parkinson's - a brain condition that turns lives upside down, leaving a future full of uncertainty.
Parkinson’s UK is an ambitious and dynamic charity, passionate about improving the lives of everyone affected by Parkinson’s and finding better treatments and a cure.
You could be part of helping us achieve this!
About the role
We’ve got an exciting year ahead here at Parkinson’s UK. This key role will work across the organisation to:
develop dynamic visualisations and dashboards for both strategic and operational audiences using Tableau and other analytics tools
introduce data visualisation tools and create a centre of excellence within the data services team for data analytics
What you’ll do
To make the above happen, you will:
Work closely with internal stakeholders to maximise value from their data assets using data visualisation techniques and turn them into actionable insights which deliver business value
Build and deliver predictive models as well as segmentation and advanced, deep dive, exploratory analysis to answer business questions or solve problems
Drive ongoing improvements of data management within the team and lead on the integration of new analytical tools and sources
What you’ll bring
We are looking for someone who has passion for innovative technology, data and analytics and a commitment to deliver outstanding customer service.
The ideal candidate will have:
excellent experience of Tableau and other data visualisation tools
knowledge of ETL tools and data warehouses and preferably Snowflake (data warehouse as a service) and Matillion
strong analytical skills with the ability to make connections between data and information, strategy, systems and ways of working
In addition to the technical experience, we require a collaborative, pro-active team player who is keen to learn and develop within the role.
In return, we offer a rewarding working environment that is fast-paced, energetic and supportive with great opportunities for personal development.
Parkinson's UK promotes a healthy work life balance with generous holiday allowance, flexi-time and flexible working. Please click here for more information on our benefits.
For further details on how to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button. Please note, supporting statements must demonstrate how you meet all the essential criteria of the person specification.
Please note, only candidates shortlisted for interview will be notified.
Closing date: 3 March 2019
Interviews will take place on 14 March 2019
Parkinson’s UK is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from disabled persons, including those with Parkinson’s disease.
Parkinson’s UK is the operating name of the Parkinson’s Disease Society of the United Kingdom. A charity registered in England and Wales (258197) and in Scotland (SC037554).
No agencies
Wakehurst’s audiences are growing rapidly, and there are exciting future expansion plans. A new masterplan aims to build over the next decade on Wakehurst’s position as one of the South-East’s leading visitor attractions, and its unique strengths as an innovative botanic, horticultural and conservation centre.
We are seeking to appoint a Head of Marketing & Development to help drive this ambitious change agenda. They will lead fresh approaches to brand, consumer marketing, media, PR and digital communications.
They will drive national profile, visitor growth, memberships and commercial income; develop new partnerships and a committed stakeholder advocacy network; and help realise funding opportunities for the significant investments planned.
RBG Kew is the world leader in plant science and conservation, with two leading visitor attractions: Kew Gardens; and Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden in West Sussex.
Wakehurst is nationally significant for its 535 acres of inspirational gardens, woodlands, nature reserves, and a vibrant programme of public events and education. It is home to the Millennium Seed Bank, the leading global wild-seed conservation project.
This is a senior Executive Team role, with an exciting opportunity to shape Wakehurst’s future and success. We are looking for a creative, experienced marketing and communications leader, able to bring fresh strategic thinking and sound planning.
You’ll be a confident, energetic team player, able to deliver long-term directions while managing fast-paced agendas with partners and funders.
Salary will be £48,537 - £58,718 per annum, depending on skills and experience. We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a broad range of Learning and Development opportunities, with access to the Civil Service training curriculum, generous annual leave entitlement for new starters, family friendly policies, a choice of competitive pensions and flexible benefits scheme.
Feb 12, 2019
Permanent
Wakehurst’s audiences are growing rapidly, and there are exciting future expansion plans. A new masterplan aims to build over the next decade on Wakehurst’s position as one of the South-East’s leading visitor attractions, and its unique strengths as an innovative botanic, horticultural and conservation centre.
We are seeking to appoint a Head of Marketing & Development to help drive this ambitious change agenda. They will lead fresh approaches to brand, consumer marketing, media, PR and digital communications.
They will drive national profile, visitor growth, memberships and commercial income; develop new partnerships and a committed stakeholder advocacy network; and help realise funding opportunities for the significant investments planned.
RBG Kew is the world leader in plant science and conservation, with two leading visitor attractions: Kew Gardens; and Wakehurst, Kew’s wild botanic garden in West Sussex.
Wakehurst is nationally significant for its 535 acres of inspirational gardens, woodlands, nature reserves, and a vibrant programme of public events and education. It is home to the Millennium Seed Bank, the leading global wild-seed conservation project.
This is a senior Executive Team role, with an exciting opportunity to shape Wakehurst’s future and success. We are looking for a creative, experienced marketing and communications leader, able to bring fresh strategic thinking and sound planning.
You’ll be a confident, energetic team player, able to deliver long-term directions while managing fast-paced agendas with partners and funders.
Salary will be £48,537 - £58,718 per annum, depending on skills and experience. We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a broad range of Learning and Development opportunities, with access to the Civil Service training curriculum, generous annual leave entitlement for new starters, family friendly policies, a choice of competitive pensions and flexible benefits scheme.
The role is based in our Haywards Heath offices which are just 40 minutes from London and 20 minutes from Brighton.
The Digital Fundraising Manager will be responsible for the operational running of the digital fundraising programme and managing a team of Digital Fundraising Executives. This role works closely with the Global Head of Digital Fundraising in order to push forward our fundraising ambitions in the digital space.
We need a strategic thinker with substantial experience of planning and delivering successful fundraising or digital marketing campaigns. These will have included PPC, email, display and site optimisation. You will be an experienced people manager, great at motivating a team and capable of inspiring and supporting them to imagine and deliver exciting campaigns. You will be passionate about our mission with excellent internal relationship management and communication skills to influence stakeholders at all levels. A solid track record of financial management and the ability to manage and drive agencies to deliver exceptional results is also vital. Languages such as Swedish, Norwegian or Italian would be useful in this role but are not essential.
What We Offer
Sightsavers offers a supportive work environment and there is the potential for some flexibility around working hours. We offer season ticket loans to staff, access to further discounts on train travel and other practical benefits. Our offices are contemporary, accessible and designed to encourage collaboration. Haywards Heath railway station is a very short walk away and our offices are served by multiple bus routes.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly and highly motivated team. You will have the opportunity to make a big impact on the fundraising programme and so your skills will contribute to the on-going global mission.
We anticipate that interviews will take place in early March.
Feb 11, 2019
Contract
The role is based in our Haywards Heath offices which are just 40 minutes from London and 20 minutes from Brighton.
The Digital Fundraising Manager will be responsible for the operational running of the digital fundraising programme and managing a team of Digital Fundraising Executives. This role works closely with the Global Head of Digital Fundraising in order to push forward our fundraising ambitions in the digital space.
We need a strategic thinker with substantial experience of planning and delivering successful fundraising or digital marketing campaigns. These will have included PPC, email, display and site optimisation. You will be an experienced people manager, great at motivating a team and capable of inspiring and supporting them to imagine and deliver exciting campaigns. You will be passionate about our mission with excellent internal relationship management and communication skills to influence stakeholders at all levels. A solid track record of financial management and the ability to manage and drive agencies to deliver exceptional results is also vital. Languages such as Swedish, Norwegian or Italian would be useful in this role but are not essential.
What We Offer
Sightsavers offers a supportive work environment and there is the potential for some flexibility around working hours. We offer season ticket loans to staff, access to further discounts on train travel and other practical benefits. Our offices are contemporary, accessible and designed to encourage collaboration. Haywards Heath railway station is a very short walk away and our offices are served by multiple bus routes.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly and highly motivated team. You will have the opportunity to make a big impact on the fundraising programme and so your skills will contribute to the on-going global mission.
We anticipate that interviews will take place in early March.
Project Manager - Young Audiences Content Fund
Salary £44,673 - £52,263 per annum plus generous benefits package
We are looking for a Project Manager to facilitate and manage the effective delivery of the BFI Young Audiences Content Fund.
For background, this is a new team set up as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has allocated GBP 57m over three years to the BFI for the Young Audiences Content Fund to address a decline in commissioning content for children and young audiences. It will be a major new opportunity for creative UK content makers and commissioners to partner on the production and development of projects that embrace the values of public service broadcast content.
The role will work alongside executives responsible for investment of funds into production and development, assisting in negotiations with third parties and assisting executives with production finance issues. You will be responsible for creating and monitoring production budgets and cash flows for commissions, and will be liaising with the BFI finance team, external partners, and production partners.
The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of the Children's Production and Broadcast landscape in the UK and internationally and proven experience of production budgets and financial management within the broadcast sector.
Based in Leeds, with occasional visits to London, you will enjoy benefits such as our pension scheme, excellent family support including flexible working, 28-33 days annual leave, tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.
Further details about the post can be obtained by clicking on the Apply button.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 24 February 2019
First interviews will be held in the week commencing 4 March 2019
Feb 11, 2019
Contract
Project Manager - Young Audiences Content Fund
Salary £44,673 - £52,263 per annum plus generous benefits package
We are looking for a Project Manager to facilitate and manage the effective delivery of the BFI Young Audiences Content Fund.
For background, this is a new team set up as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has allocated GBP 57m over three years to the BFI for the Young Audiences Content Fund to address a decline in commissioning content for children and young audiences. It will be a major new opportunity for creative UK content makers and commissioners to partner on the production and development of projects that embrace the values of public service broadcast content.
The role will work alongside executives responsible for investment of funds into production and development, assisting in negotiations with third parties and assisting executives with production finance issues. You will be responsible for creating and monitoring production budgets and cash flows for commissions, and will be liaising with the BFI finance team, external partners, and production partners.
The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of the Children's Production and Broadcast landscape in the UK and internationally and proven experience of production budgets and financial management within the broadcast sector.
Based in Leeds, with occasional visits to London, you will enjoy benefits such as our pension scheme, excellent family support including flexible working, 28-33 days annual leave, tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.
Further details about the post can be obtained by clicking on the Apply button.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 24 February 2019
First interviews will be held in the week commencing 4 March 2019
This is a rare opportunity to work on some of the most important issues of our generation.
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.
As a senior member of the Media Relations team, you will lead strategic thinking and delivery for private sector partnerships, philanthropy, foundations and child rights and business communications work. You will also manage high level relationships with senior communications contacts in our corporate partners and devise ambitious media and communication strategies.
To succeed in this role, you will have proven a track record of developing, implementing and evaluating corporate communications strategies and securing effective coverage. You will have exceptional skills in building relationships with clients and partners in a corporate environment, and you will be experienced in managing staff in a public relations agency or in-house media communications team.
Act now and visit our website via the button below to apply online.
Closing date: 5pm, Monday 25 February 2019
Interview date: Thursday, 14 March 2019
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.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a Basic Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. 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. CVs will not be accepted.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact Supporter Care on 0300 330 5580 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)
Feb 08, 2019
Permanent
This is a rare opportunity to work on some of the most important issues of our generation.
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.
As a senior member of the Media Relations team, you will lead strategic thinking and delivery for private sector partnerships, philanthropy, foundations and child rights and business communications work. You will also manage high level relationships with senior communications contacts in our corporate partners and devise ambitious media and communication strategies.
To succeed in this role, you will have proven a track record of developing, implementing and evaluating corporate communications strategies and securing effective coverage. You will have exceptional skills in building relationships with clients and partners in a corporate environment, and you will be experienced in managing staff in a public relations agency or in-house media communications team.
Act now and visit our website via the button below to apply online.
Closing date: 5pm, Monday 25 February 2019
Interview date: Thursday, 14 March 2019
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.
The successful candidate will be required to apply for a Basic Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. 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. CVs will not be accepted.
If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact Supporter Care on 0300 330 5580 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)
ABRSM’s mission is to inspire musical achievement.
We believe that everyone, wherever they’re from, should have access to high-quality music learning and should have the opportunity to progress.
Over our 130-year history, ABRSM has become the UK’s largest music education body and Awarding Organisation in music, and the world’s leading provider of music exams, offering assessments to over 600,000 candidates in more than 90 countries every year. In collaboration, we design and deliver a broad and rich offer of qualifications and awarding-winning digital and published resources to learners and teachers that present pathways to build musical skills and support progress in all learners of all ages. Our reputation, representation and delivery overseas make us a significant exporter and contributor to the cultural and educational reach and influence of the UK.
We work in partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to build understanding of the state of musical education and the drivers of musical progression, and to present a positive force for music education in the UK and overseas. We are committed to sustaining the necessary public policy focus on music education and to working with government and sector partners in the UK and overseas to bring the social, personal and cognitive benefits of learning music to as many learners as possible.
The Policy and Research Manager is a senior role which will be key to positioning ABRSM, and in association with its Royal Schools partners, as a distinct voice and trusted authority that has potential to shape the future of music education. You will help us to keep pace with the policy and cultural context of music learning, nationally and internationally, and develop research and policy initiatives, and advocacy and action plans with government, the music education sector and others, to address the drivers of musical progression.
We are looking for someone with experience of policy development or research in government, education, commerce or not-for-profit organisations. Knowledge of music education is desirable but not essential. You will be a strategic-thinker, innovative and action-orientated with great relationship-building and influencing skills. You will have at least a degree-level qualification or equivalent, which may be related to public policy, social sciences or economics. A background in applied social or economic research is desirable, as is experience of managing research and policy budgets, programmes and partnerships, and policy or advocacy campaign management.
You’ll be joining the CEO’s close team, creating a central function that will serve the CEO and the wider organisation, working with the Royal Schools of Music and a range of external organisations.
ABRSM is a friendly company that offers its employees a range of benefits, including a contributory pension scheme. You’ll be based at our open-plan contemporary offices, close to the Barbican in the City of London, which has excellent underground and overground transport links.
For further details and to apply, please visit our careers site via the Apply button below.
Applications must be submitted online by 10.00 on 26 February 2019
Interviews are expected to be held on 8, 13 or 15 March 2019
ABRSM is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect our workforce to share this commitment.
Feb 07, 2019
Permanent
ABRSM’s mission is to inspire musical achievement.
We believe that everyone, wherever they’re from, should have access to high-quality music learning and should have the opportunity to progress.
Over our 130-year history, ABRSM has become the UK’s largest music education body and Awarding Organisation in music, and the world’s leading provider of music exams, offering assessments to over 600,000 candidates in more than 90 countries every year. In collaboration, we design and deliver a broad and rich offer of qualifications and awarding-winning digital and published resources to learners and teachers that present pathways to build musical skills and support progress in all learners of all ages. Our reputation, representation and delivery overseas make us a significant exporter and contributor to the cultural and educational reach and influence of the UK.
We work in partnership with the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to build understanding of the state of musical education and the drivers of musical progression, and to present a positive force for music education in the UK and overseas. We are committed to sustaining the necessary public policy focus on music education and to working with government and sector partners in the UK and overseas to bring the social, personal and cognitive benefits of learning music to as many learners as possible.
The Policy and Research Manager is a senior role which will be key to positioning ABRSM, and in association with its Royal Schools partners, as a distinct voice and trusted authority that has potential to shape the future of music education. You will help us to keep pace with the policy and cultural context of music learning, nationally and internationally, and develop research and policy initiatives, and advocacy and action plans with government, the music education sector and others, to address the drivers of musical progression.
We are looking for someone with experience of policy development or research in government, education, commerce or not-for-profit organisations. Knowledge of music education is desirable but not essential. You will be a strategic-thinker, innovative and action-orientated with great relationship-building and influencing skills. You will have at least a degree-level qualification or equivalent, which may be related to public policy, social sciences or economics. A background in applied social or economic research is desirable, as is experience of managing research and policy budgets, programmes and partnerships, and policy or advocacy campaign management.
You’ll be joining the CEO’s close team, creating a central function that will serve the CEO and the wider organisation, working with the Royal Schools of Music and a range of external organisations.
ABRSM is a friendly company that offers its employees a range of benefits, including a contributory pension scheme. You’ll be based at our open-plan contemporary offices, close to the Barbican in the City of London, which has excellent underground and overground transport links.
For further details and to apply, please visit our careers site via the Apply button below.
Applications must be submitted online by 10.00 on 26 February 2019
Interviews are expected to be held on 8, 13 or 15 March 2019
ABRSM is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect our workforce to share this commitment.
Cancer Research UK
The Angel Building, Saint John Street, London, UK
Senior Project Manager (Gaming)
Initially a 6-month FTC will the possibility of extension to 18 months
Location: London - you will be based at different sites and venues, on a changing weekly rota, in and around London and the Southeast. You will need to be able to travel by train from London to these different venues.
Salary: £40,000 to £50,000 (dependent on experience)
Application Process: Please submit your CV ASAP if you are interested in this opportunity. We are running an on-going campaign and will continually review applications and interview on an on-going basis.
Are you an experience Senior Project Manager/Consultant? Do you have expertise in delivering complex regulated projects? If you have a desire to join us and fight the good fight to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured, we want to hear from you.
It truly is an exciting time to join the team - we're continuing to deliver our ambitious strategy, driving forward innovation and a digital transformation to help future-proof our fundraising.
CRUK has been running its weekly lottery for a number of years. As well as players having the chance to win a great cash prize, when they become a weekly lottery player, they'll be helping to fund life-saving research to prevent, control and cure all types of cancer. Part of our ambitious strategy is to drive significant growth in our lottery programme. You will be key to helping us do this by leading the end-to-end delivery of a complex change project that will create a solid foundation for growth.
As part of Fundraising and Marketing you will report into the Gaming Lead applying your project management experience to deliver a range of small to medium size change projects across the charity. We are looking for sharp-minded and dynamic individuals to...
Deliver successful change
Diligently plan and manage projects and work streams
Build strong internal relationships and engender collaborative and efficient team-working and decision making
Lead by example
Beating cancer is a titanic challenge. Here at Cancer Research UK we have 3,500 hugely talented people who are passionate about achieving this vision. Currently 2 in 4 people survive cancer - our aim is to make that 3 in 4 within 20 years. That means accelerating everything we do.
We need a Senior Project Manager/Consultant to make our challenging ambitions a reality through their experience and expertise. Join our collective force and help us lead the way through your...
Experience of successful delivery within challenging environments
Experience of working with the Gambling Commission or other regulatory bodies
Experience of working on projects that involve changes to company structure
Experience of working on regulated products with legal, compliance and licencing requirements
Experience working on organisational wide projects, interfacing with finance, legal, compliance, technology, marketing and others
Experience of delivery with Agile and Waterfall methods and environments
Excellent Leadership Skills
You'll possess great project management skills with a history of delivering quality to time and budget. Ideally you will have worked within challenging mid-sized corporate organisations where you have provided overall-project leadership. You'll also need strong people and stakeholder management skills and be very comfortable working under pressure.
To apply and for more information, please visit our website via the Apply button.
At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
Please note, from 2019, our head office will be relocating from Islington to a new office space in Stratford, close to the Olympic Park.
Feb 04, 2019
Permanent
Senior Project Manager (Gaming)
Initially a 6-month FTC will the possibility of extension to 18 months
Location: London - you will be based at different sites and venues, on a changing weekly rota, in and around London and the Southeast. You will need to be able to travel by train from London to these different venues.
Salary: £40,000 to £50,000 (dependent on experience)
Application Process: Please submit your CV ASAP if you are interested in this opportunity. We are running an on-going campaign and will continually review applications and interview on an on-going basis.
Are you an experience Senior Project Manager/Consultant? Do you have expertise in delivering complex regulated projects? If you have a desire to join us and fight the good fight to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured, we want to hear from you.
It truly is an exciting time to join the team - we're continuing to deliver our ambitious strategy, driving forward innovation and a digital transformation to help future-proof our fundraising.
CRUK has been running its weekly lottery for a number of years. As well as players having the chance to win a great cash prize, when they become a weekly lottery player, they'll be helping to fund life-saving research to prevent, control and cure all types of cancer. Part of our ambitious strategy is to drive significant growth in our lottery programme. You will be key to helping us do this by leading the end-to-end delivery of a complex change project that will create a solid foundation for growth.
As part of Fundraising and Marketing you will report into the Gaming Lead applying your project management experience to deliver a range of small to medium size change projects across the charity. We are looking for sharp-minded and dynamic individuals to...
Deliver successful change
Diligently plan and manage projects and work streams
Build strong internal relationships and engender collaborative and efficient team-working and decision making
Lead by example
Beating cancer is a titanic challenge. Here at Cancer Research UK we have 3,500 hugely talented people who are passionate about achieving this vision. Currently 2 in 4 people survive cancer - our aim is to make that 3 in 4 within 20 years. That means accelerating everything we do.
We need a Senior Project Manager/Consultant to make our challenging ambitions a reality through their experience and expertise. Join our collective force and help us lead the way through your...
Experience of successful delivery within challenging environments
Experience of working with the Gambling Commission or other regulatory bodies
Experience of working on projects that involve changes to company structure
Experience of working on regulated products with legal, compliance and licencing requirements
Experience working on organisational wide projects, interfacing with finance, legal, compliance, technology, marketing and others
Experience of delivery with Agile and Waterfall methods and environments
Excellent Leadership Skills
You'll possess great project management skills with a history of delivering quality to time and budget. Ideally you will have worked within challenging mid-sized corporate organisations where you have provided overall-project leadership. You'll also need strong people and stakeholder management skills and be very comfortable working under pressure.
To apply and for more information, please visit our website via the Apply button.
At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner.
Please note, from 2019, our head office will be relocating from Islington to a new office space in Stratford, close to the Olympic Park.
The Alan Turing Institute
The British Library, Euston Road, London, UK
The Alan Turing Institute
The Alan Turing Institute is the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. The Institute is named in honour of the scientist Alan Turing and its mission is to make great leaps in data science and artificial intelligence research in order to change the world for the better.
Public Policy Programme
The public policy programme works alongside policy makers to explore how data-driven public service provision and policy innovation might solve long running ‘wicked’ policy problems and to develop the ethical foundations for the use of data science and artificial intelligence in policy-making.
Our aim is to contribute to the Institute’s mission – to make great leaps in data science and artificial intelligence research in order to change the world for the better – by developing research, tools, and techniques that have a positive impact on the lives of as many people as possible.
As part of our work, the public policy programme has launched a new research project, focused on the role and impacts of women’s representation in data science and AI and how data-driven insights can be used to inform policy and enhance gender equality.
Women in Data Science and AI
Digital technologies, data science and AI have diverse and far-reaching implications for the lives of individuals and the functioning of societies. It is imperative for women to be equal partners in developing the algorithms, setting the research agendas, and building the applications underpinned by data science and AI. Nevertheless, at the moment, women are underrepresented in data science and AI professions. With the goal of remedying this issue, the Alan Turing Institute has established the research project Women in Data Science and AI.
This project will carry out multidisciplinary research to answer the following questions:
Why are there so few women in data science and AI professions?
What interventions would help increase the number and influence of women in data science and AI?
What impacts does the gender deficit have, for example in setting the research agenda and driving the applications of data science and AI?
Both quantitative and qualitative research will be used to inform our understanding of the gender gap in data science and AI and to generate new actionable insights and recommendations to tackle it. We are recruiting for two roles. One Research Fellow will focus on the quantitative research, and one Research Fellow will focus on the qualitative aspects of the work. This advertisement is for the quantitative Research Fellow, who is expected to have a data science background.
Ultimately, the goal of the Women in Data Science and AI research project is to increase women’s participation in these fields and ensure that women’s perspectives and priorities inform the insights that data scientists generate, the algorithms that they build, and the research agendas that they define.
The Role
The Alan Turing Institute is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral scholar to work in the public policy programme. The scholar will focus entirely on the Women in Data Science and AI research project, employing data science and AI to study the participation and role of women in these fields.
The Research Fellow will investigate:
Why women do not enter or do not remain in data science and AI. Research should bring forth new evidence and analysis of issues such as gender bias in hiring, career progression path, gender pay gap, lack of mentorship, and male-dominated office culture.
How gender deficit in these fields shapes the research agenda, insights and applications of new data-driven technologies. Such impacts could manifest themselves in a myriad of ways, including the interaction between the values and beliefs of technology creators and the technology products themselves, incorporation of bias within technology applications, setting of research agendas, and representation of women-specific issues within such agendas.
Research should translate into concrete recommendations and policy measures aimed at increasing the number of women in data science and AI professions.
The successful candidate will join the Institute’s public policy programme and will play an important role in shaping and executing the programme’s research into the role of women in Data Science and AI. The Research Fellow will be able to work closely with academics and policy-makers in an interdisciplinary, dynamic and collaborative environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
The core functions of the post-doctoral Research Fellow are as follows:
Work with the public policy programme’s leadership team to develop an innovative research strategy and carry out original research to analyse the factors influencing female representation, as well as the position and role of women in data science and AI. Research should ultimately contribute actionable insights to improve gender imbalances in the data science and AI fields.
Serve as a key link within the Turing’s academic community, as well as with external partners in the policy and gender equality space.
Externally, the Research Fellow will build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders as part of the public policy programme’s external engagement strategy. In particular, the Fellow will meet with external partners to identify common areas of interest, resources and partnerships.
Internally, the Fellow will collaboratively set the intellectual direction of the research on factors influencing the position of women in data science and AI, will identify relevant academics from the Turing community to collaborate with where relevant, and will develop and implement work-plans to ensure timely delivery of objectives.
Participate in knowledge exchange activities as appropriate. This may include:
Preparing research outputs that are tailored to a diverse audience, ranging from policy-makers to researchers, civil society and the general public.
Working with the Turing’s Communications team to ensure that the Turing’s research is effectively promoted in the mainstream media.
Working in close coordination with other members of the public policy programme to maximise the programme’s influence on ongoing policy debates.
Representing the Turing at external conferences and events.
Collaborate with other researchers within the Women in Data Science and AI project, and the Alan Turing Institute in general, as appropriate.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will have:
Essential
PhD or equivalent experience in a field with significant use of both computer programming and advanced statistical or numerical methods;
Demonstrable understanding of gender equality issues and policy;
Experience with or knowledge of using data science and AI to study and address complex socio-economic and/or political issues;
Demonstrably strong methodological and theoretical foundations and experience doing fieldwork or data collection at the intersection of technology and society;
A proven ability to communicate research and advocate policy at multiple levels and to diverse audiences;
A record of scientific publications, which may include journal articles, book chapters, policy reports / white papers;
An interest in the mission of the Alan Turing Institute and in exploring and promoting the role of women in data science and AI.
Desirable
Experience in a policy environment, such as in international organisations, government agencies, think tanks, or learned societies; or experience in tech companies or consultancies;
Experience in setting up research collaborations involving multiple stakeholders;
Experience with research planning and management, i.e. as part of committees or working groups, workshop organisation, etc.;
Ability to communicate research outputs across a diverse set of audiences and in a diverse range of settings, including conferences, workshops, round tables, etc..
Terms and Conditions
This is a fixed-term position for a period of 2 years. The annual salary offered is £45,000 - £50,000, dependent on skills & experience. The post will be held primarily at the Institute’s site at the British Library, Euston Road, London. A competitive benefits package is also available.
Application procedure
For more information on how to apply and for a full job description, please visit our website via the apply button.
If you have questions or would like to discuss the role further with a member of the Institute’s HR Team, please contact them on 0203 862 3394 or email jobs@turing.ac.uk
Closing date for applications: 28 February 2019
Interview: 11 March 2019
The Alan Turing Institute is committed to creating an environment where diversity is valued and everyone is treated fairly. In accordance with the Equality Act, we welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability.
Please note all offers of employment are subject to continuous eligibility to work in the UK and satisfactory pre-employment security screening which includes a DBS Check.
Full details on the pre-employment screening process can be requested from HR
Feb 01, 2019
Contract
The Alan Turing Institute
The Alan Turing Institute is the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. The Institute is named in honour of the scientist Alan Turing and its mission is to make great leaps in data science and artificial intelligence research in order to change the world for the better.
Public Policy Programme
The public policy programme works alongside policy makers to explore how data-driven public service provision and policy innovation might solve long running ‘wicked’ policy problems and to develop the ethical foundations for the use of data science and artificial intelligence in policy-making.
Our aim is to contribute to the Institute’s mission – to make great leaps in data science and artificial intelligence research in order to change the world for the better – by developing research, tools, and techniques that have a positive impact on the lives of as many people as possible.
As part of our work, the public policy programme has launched a new research project, focused on the role and impacts of women’s representation in data science and AI and how data-driven insights can be used to inform policy and enhance gender equality.
Women in Data Science and AI
Digital technologies, data science and AI have diverse and far-reaching implications for the lives of individuals and the functioning of societies. It is imperative for women to be equal partners in developing the algorithms, setting the research agendas, and building the applications underpinned by data science and AI. Nevertheless, at the moment, women are underrepresented in data science and AI professions. With the goal of remedying this issue, the Alan Turing Institute has established the research project Women in Data Science and AI.
This project will carry out multidisciplinary research to answer the following questions:
Why are there so few women in data science and AI professions?
What interventions would help increase the number and influence of women in data science and AI?
What impacts does the gender deficit have, for example in setting the research agenda and driving the applications of data science and AI?
Both quantitative and qualitative research will be used to inform our understanding of the gender gap in data science and AI and to generate new actionable insights and recommendations to tackle it. We are recruiting for two roles. One Research Fellow will focus on the quantitative research, and one Research Fellow will focus on the qualitative aspects of the work. This advertisement is for the quantitative Research Fellow, who is expected to have a data science background.
Ultimately, the goal of the Women in Data Science and AI research project is to increase women’s participation in these fields and ensure that women’s perspectives and priorities inform the insights that data scientists generate, the algorithms that they build, and the research agendas that they define.
The Role
The Alan Turing Institute is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral scholar to work in the public policy programme. The scholar will focus entirely on the Women in Data Science and AI research project, employing data science and AI to study the participation and role of women in these fields.
The Research Fellow will investigate:
Why women do not enter or do not remain in data science and AI. Research should bring forth new evidence and analysis of issues such as gender bias in hiring, career progression path, gender pay gap, lack of mentorship, and male-dominated office culture.
How gender deficit in these fields shapes the research agenda, insights and applications of new data-driven technologies. Such impacts could manifest themselves in a myriad of ways, including the interaction between the values and beliefs of technology creators and the technology products themselves, incorporation of bias within technology applications, setting of research agendas, and representation of women-specific issues within such agendas.
Research should translate into concrete recommendations and policy measures aimed at increasing the number of women in data science and AI professions.
The successful candidate will join the Institute’s public policy programme and will play an important role in shaping and executing the programme’s research into the role of women in Data Science and AI. The Research Fellow will be able to work closely with academics and policy-makers in an interdisciplinary, dynamic and collaborative environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
The core functions of the post-doctoral Research Fellow are as follows:
Work with the public policy programme’s leadership team to develop an innovative research strategy and carry out original research to analyse the factors influencing female representation, as well as the position and role of women in data science and AI. Research should ultimately contribute actionable insights to improve gender imbalances in the data science and AI fields.
Serve as a key link within the Turing’s academic community, as well as with external partners in the policy and gender equality space.
Externally, the Research Fellow will build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders as part of the public policy programme’s external engagement strategy. In particular, the Fellow will meet with external partners to identify common areas of interest, resources and partnerships.
Internally, the Fellow will collaboratively set the intellectual direction of the research on factors influencing the position of women in data science and AI, will identify relevant academics from the Turing community to collaborate with where relevant, and will develop and implement work-plans to ensure timely delivery of objectives.
Participate in knowledge exchange activities as appropriate. This may include:
Preparing research outputs that are tailored to a diverse audience, ranging from policy-makers to researchers, civil society and the general public.
Working with the Turing’s Communications team to ensure that the Turing’s research is effectively promoted in the mainstream media.
Working in close coordination with other members of the public policy programme to maximise the programme’s influence on ongoing policy debates.
Representing the Turing at external conferences and events.
Collaborate with other researchers within the Women in Data Science and AI project, and the Alan Turing Institute in general, as appropriate.
Person Specification
The successful candidate will have:
Essential
PhD or equivalent experience in a field with significant use of both computer programming and advanced statistical or numerical methods;
Demonstrable understanding of gender equality issues and policy;
Experience with or knowledge of using data science and AI to study and address complex socio-economic and/or political issues;
Demonstrably strong methodological and theoretical foundations and experience doing fieldwork or data collection at the intersection of technology and society;
A proven ability to communicate research and advocate policy at multiple levels and to diverse audiences;
A record of scientific publications, which may include journal articles, book chapters, policy reports / white papers;
An interest in the mission of the Alan Turing Institute and in exploring and promoting the role of women in data science and AI.
Desirable
Experience in a policy environment, such as in international organisations, government agencies, think tanks, or learned societies; or experience in tech companies or consultancies;
Experience in setting up research collaborations involving multiple stakeholders;
Experience with research planning and management, i.e. as part of committees or working groups, workshop organisation, etc.;
Ability to communicate research outputs across a diverse set of audiences and in a diverse range of settings, including conferences, workshops, round tables, etc..
Terms and Conditions
This is a fixed-term position for a period of 2 years. The annual salary offered is £45,000 - £50,000, dependent on skills & experience. The post will be held primarily at the Institute’s site at the British Library, Euston Road, London. A competitive benefits package is also available.
Application procedure
For more information on how to apply and for a full job description, please visit our website via the apply button.
If you have questions or would like to discuss the role further with a member of the Institute’s HR Team, please contact them on 0203 862 3394 or email jobs@turing.ac.uk
Closing date for applications: 28 February 2019
Interview: 11 March 2019
The Alan Turing Institute is committed to creating an environment where diversity is valued and everyone is treated fairly. In accordance with the Equality Act, we welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability.
Please note all offers of employment are subject to continuous eligibility to work in the UK and satisfactory pre-employment security screening which includes a DBS Check.
Full details on the pre-employment screening process can be requested from HR
We’re looking for a brilliant Visual Designer to help us assist in the creation and development of web and mobile applications, and participate in designing the output for the whole organisation.
Fast urbanisation is one of the most important trends changing our world over the coming decades. You are interested in helping cities and keen on using your design talent to solve urban challenges and develop solutions which will make our cities more sustainable.
You will work in multi-disciplinary teams with service designers, insight specialists, data scientists and developers, help us to build our unique combination of capabilities around data, technology and design, and contribute to our value capturing and communications, ensuring that our work is documented, published and disseminated in engaging ways.
With a huge variety of projects in the pipeline, you will be comfortable working on a wide range of tasks and projects from visualising data and information in digestible and inspirational ways, to creating videos and animations, to designing user interfaces of apps.
Our projects are collaborative and innovative by nature. You value interaction and prefer to work closely with partners and clients, discussing possible approaches and solutions. You don't shy away from experimenting with new technologies and approaches, but prioritise a great user experience over technical novelty. Your work will inspire and support the full spectrum of Future Cities Catapult stakeholders, visitors and collaborators.
Key Responsibilities:
Collaborate with our multidisciplinary team to define and implement innovative solutions for service and product visuals and experience.
Create engaging and innovative visualisations for a variety of projects as part of working closely with service designers, insight specialists, data scientists and developers.
Execute all visual design stages from concept to deployment.
Conceptualise original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas effectively.
Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders.
Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback.
Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.
Skills and Experience:
BA/MA in Interaction Design, Digital Design or related
At least 5 years of experience as a digital designer
An impressive portfolio of own-designed mobile apps, web sites and print publications
Experience and examples visualizing and helping to communicate complex concepts, flows, data, information, etc.
Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, OmniGraffle, or other visual design and wire-framing tools
Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for rapid prototyping
Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
Up-to-date with the latest UX/UI trends, techniques, and technologies
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
Ability to work with limited supervision under pressure and to tight deadlines
Flexible attitude to the use of tools and methods
Good communication skills to explain your concepts and designs
Willingness to travel for work or research, mostly UK-based, but possibly internationally.
Also desirable:
Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript & jQuery
Portfolio of motion design
Understanding of Information Architecture
Basic knowledge of Internet of Things technologies, landscape and IoT platforms, as they might apply to future cities
Experience in projects centred on urban challenges, technologies and places
Understanding of user centred design and development methods and experience in using them in real-world projects.
Interview Dates
CV Screening – w/c 25th February 2019, if successful you will be contacted w/c 27th February 2019
1 st Interview – w/c 4th March 2019
Please note: Due to the nature of this role we may close it earlier than advertised, if this role is of interest to you then we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Jan 29, 2019
Permanent
We’re looking for a brilliant Visual Designer to help us assist in the creation and development of web and mobile applications, and participate in designing the output for the whole organisation.
Fast urbanisation is one of the most important trends changing our world over the coming decades. You are interested in helping cities and keen on using your design talent to solve urban challenges and develop solutions which will make our cities more sustainable.
You will work in multi-disciplinary teams with service designers, insight specialists, data scientists and developers, help us to build our unique combination of capabilities around data, technology and design, and contribute to our value capturing and communications, ensuring that our work is documented, published and disseminated in engaging ways.
With a huge variety of projects in the pipeline, you will be comfortable working on a wide range of tasks and projects from visualising data and information in digestible and inspirational ways, to creating videos and animations, to designing user interfaces of apps.
Our projects are collaborative and innovative by nature. You value interaction and prefer to work closely with partners and clients, discussing possible approaches and solutions. You don't shy away from experimenting with new technologies and approaches, but prioritise a great user experience over technical novelty. Your work will inspire and support the full spectrum of Future Cities Catapult stakeholders, visitors and collaborators.
Key Responsibilities:
Collaborate with our multidisciplinary team to define and implement innovative solutions for service and product visuals and experience.
Create engaging and innovative visualisations for a variety of projects as part of working closely with service designers, insight specialists, data scientists and developers.
Execute all visual design stages from concept to deployment.
Conceptualise original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks.
Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to communicate interaction and design ideas effectively.
Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders.
Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback.
Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards.
Skills and Experience:
BA/MA in Interaction Design, Digital Design or related
At least 5 years of experience as a digital designer
An impressive portfolio of own-designed mobile apps, web sites and print publications
Experience and examples visualizing and helping to communicate complex concepts, flows, data, information, etc.
Solid experience in creating wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps
Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, OmniGraffle, or other visual design and wire-framing tools
Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for rapid prototyping
Excellent visual design skills with sensitivity to user-system interaction
Up-to-date with the latest UX/UI trends, techniques, and technologies
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
Ability to work with limited supervision under pressure and to tight deadlines
Flexible attitude to the use of tools and methods
Good communication skills to explain your concepts and designs
Willingness to travel for work or research, mostly UK-based, but possibly internationally.
Also desirable:
Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript & jQuery
Portfolio of motion design
Understanding of Information Architecture
Basic knowledge of Internet of Things technologies, landscape and IoT platforms, as they might apply to future cities
Experience in projects centred on urban challenges, technologies and places
Understanding of user centred design and development methods and experience in using them in real-world projects.
Interview Dates
CV Screening – w/c 25th February 2019, if successful you will be contacted w/c 27th February 2019
1 st Interview – w/c 4th March 2019
Please note: Due to the nature of this role we may close it earlier than advertised, if this role is of interest to you then we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
We are looking for a creative, innovative and passionate Business Engagement Manager to join our brilliant Technology team!
Here at CRUK, we have fantastic technology professionals across all our tech teams, who are not only fantastic at what they do, but are also passionate about our main aim of beating cancer sooner. We are now looking for Business Engagement Manager to join technology up with the wider charity and help drive business change.
What will I be doing?
In this role, we are looking for self-motivated individuals who will be responsible for...
Challenging teams to validate ideas through a test and learn approach to ensure they have proven value and are strategically aligned across CRUK
Empowering teams by sharing knowledge and embedding digital transformation into CRUK ways of working.
Collaborating with the wider charity to write compelling business canvases to articulate the value of new business activity.
Providing value-adding advice and guidance to shape and inform the strategy and planning process at an early stage.
Why this role?
We're in the process of building a culture of support, creativity and learning within the wider technology team, and this role plays a crucial part in bridging that team to the rest of the business. Iteration and flexibility are key, and you'll have all the autonomy you need to do your best work. Every step we make towards beating cancer relies on every pound, every hour and every person, and we need incredible technology professionals to find new and exciting ways of helping our supporters on their journey to help us raise money. We have a solid history within our tech teams of encouraging movement across the charity to help you grow, both personally and professionally.
What are we looking for?
To join us in this role, we're looking for our future team members to have:
Excellent experience of fostering collaborative and influential relationships at all levels, including Exec. Board level.
A resilient, positive and solution focused approach, supported by a passion for user experience and continuous improvement
Demonstrable experience of driving change and contributing to innovation.
Versatile and pragmatic approach to problem solving with the ability to be flexible in methodologies and approaches.
What's in it for me?
25 days annual leave a year plus public holidays
A supportive and stretching team environment
Competitive pension scheme
A brilliant learning and development environment
A range of generous rewards and benefits via our Rewards platform
The opportunity to be part of an organisation that is beating cancer sooner
If this describes you, you can enjoy a phenomenal career with us as, together, we bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.
Closing date: Ongoing until the role is filled
For more information, and to apply please visit our website via the Apply button.
We have 1 full time permanent role and 1 fixed term contract 12 months.
Jan 25, 2019
Permanent
We are looking for a creative, innovative and passionate Business Engagement Manager to join our brilliant Technology team!
Here at CRUK, we have fantastic technology professionals across all our tech teams, who are not only fantastic at what they do, but are also passionate about our main aim of beating cancer sooner. We are now looking for Business Engagement Manager to join technology up with the wider charity and help drive business change.
What will I be doing?
In this role, we are looking for self-motivated individuals who will be responsible for...
Challenging teams to validate ideas through a test and learn approach to ensure they have proven value and are strategically aligned across CRUK
Empowering teams by sharing knowledge and embedding digital transformation into CRUK ways of working.
Collaborating with the wider charity to write compelling business canvases to articulate the value of new business activity.
Providing value-adding advice and guidance to shape and inform the strategy and planning process at an early stage.
Why this role?
We're in the process of building a culture of support, creativity and learning within the wider technology team, and this role plays a crucial part in bridging that team to the rest of the business. Iteration and flexibility are key, and you'll have all the autonomy you need to do your best work. Every step we make towards beating cancer relies on every pound, every hour and every person, and we need incredible technology professionals to find new and exciting ways of helping our supporters on their journey to help us raise money. We have a solid history within our tech teams of encouraging movement across the charity to help you grow, both personally and professionally.
What are we looking for?
To join us in this role, we're looking for our future team members to have:
Excellent experience of fostering collaborative and influential relationships at all levels, including Exec. Board level.
A resilient, positive and solution focused approach, supported by a passion for user experience and continuous improvement
Demonstrable experience of driving change and contributing to innovation.
Versatile and pragmatic approach to problem solving with the ability to be flexible in methodologies and approaches.
What's in it for me?
25 days annual leave a year plus public holidays
A supportive and stretching team environment
Competitive pension scheme
A brilliant learning and development environment
A range of generous rewards and benefits via our Rewards platform
The opportunity to be part of an organisation that is beating cancer sooner
If this describes you, you can enjoy a phenomenal career with us as, together, we bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.
Closing date: Ongoing until the role is filled
For more information, and to apply please visit our website via the Apply button.
We have 1 full time permanent role and 1 fixed term contract 12 months.
