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.
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. In 2017-18 we helped 2.6 million people face to face, over the phone, by email and webchat, and people visited our online advice pages 25 million times.
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.
We solve 7 in 10 clients' problems, and 4 in 5 tell us that advice improved their lives.
At national Citizens Advice, we provide advice direct to clients through our digital content, and we support a network of 280 local Citizens Advice across England and Wales - each an independent charity. Our services are provided by 23,000 trained volunteers and 7,000 paid staff.
Our advice changes lives, and it generates significant social value. In 2017/18, our advice saved the public purse £435 million, generated £2.7 billion in financial outcomes for clients, and £2.6 billion in wider economic and social benefits such as wellbeing, participation and productivity. You can read more about our impact here.
We are looking for people to help us improve and transform our organisation. We can offer you the opportunity to make a genuine impact and create lasting change within an organisation that makes a difference in the lives of millions of people every year.
What will you be doing?
Our support to the network of local Citizens Advice covers a wide range of functions and includes operational and governance support, advice content, IT infrastructure, client management systems, quality assurance, and training. This area of our business has an annual budget of over £10 million and more than 160 FTE across multiple teams.
You’ll be an integral part of a high profile, strategically important programme of change; working in a multi-disciplinary, cross functional team, leading the shaping and requirement definition of strategic initiatives.
The programme team is responsible for transforming the way we support the local Citizens Advice network. The team requires skills in strategy development, business analysis, service design, process transformation and agile implementation.
We are looking for a senior business analyst to join us. You’ll be working alongside service designers, user researchers, digital specialists and people across the organisation to deliver transformative change.
In this role, you can expect to:
Lead the shaping of strategic initiatives about how Citizens Advice can transform the way it supports a network of almost 280 local Citizens Advice across England and Wales.
Use proven approaches to change, including Agile, to rapidly develop, deliver, and iterate requirements that meet project objectives.
Provide strategic direction, advocacy and thought-leadership.
Champion Agile techniques and practices and ensure that the relevant methodology is fit for purpose.
Support the development and benefit modelling of business cases and funding requests that underpin the programme.
Champion analysis best practice and improve the capability of the wider programme team in this discipline.
Develop our ability to capture and use data to drive decision-making and continuous improvement across our support operations.
Design and implement high-quality services for the network based on robust analysis, user needs, embedding Lean principles, and adopting a ‘test and learn’ approach, leveraging technology and digital tools.
Regularly work with staff and volunteers across the national business and the wider network.
Facilitate workshops and presentations at all levels of the business, including with the Executive Team and Trustee Board.
What we’ll want to see from you:
To succeed in this role, we’d like you to tick most of the following:
Agile working - Have experience working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams on product development or organisational change initiatives.
Business analysis - Able to drive the analysis and collection of information and creation of to create recommendations for service improvements. Able to analyse large amounts of complex information and uses it to produce solutions.
Business process improvement - Able to analyse current services and processes, and identify and implement opportunities to optimise these.
Requirement definition and management - Able to lead requirement elicitation and prioritisation for change initiatives of high complexity.
Stakeholder relationship management - Able to influence stakeholders and manage relationships effectively. Able to build long term strategic relationships and communicates clearly and regularly with stakeholders.
User focus - Able to collaborate with user researchers. Able to champion user research to focus on all users. Can prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story.
Business modelling - Comfortable with quantitative data.
Ideally
Lean process improvement - Strong command of lean principles, and is confident championing and embedding them. Formal Lean qualification a plus.
Organisational change - Experience of digital transformation within the context of organisational change and working with both digital and non-digital channels.
Agile - Application of agile principles and practices to non-digital transformation. Agile, Scrum or similar qualified. Passionate about driving cultural change across large organisations and embedding new ways of working.
Experience of working at board and executive level to facilitate strategic decision making.
Understanding of the not-for-profit sector.
Important: Candidates must submit a CV of no more than 2 pages, and a 1 page cover letter that tells us:
Why you are a good fit for this role
Your experience of helping to deliver change in an organisation.
C l osing date: 4 March 2019
Feb 20, 2019
Permanent
Citizens Advice offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free. Through our national network of charities, we give people the knowledge and the confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. In 2017-18 we helped 2.6 million people face to face, over the phone, by email and webchat, and people visited our online advice pages 25 million times.
Do you want to work for an organisation that makes a difference, every single day, to people from all walks of life? The people that turn to Citizens Advice need help overcoming an obstacle in their lives – from debt to evictions to trouble at work – and you can be key to them getting the support they need in the quickest, easiest, and most effective way.
We solve 7 in 10 clients' problems, and 4 in 5 tell us that advice improved their lives.
At national Citizens Advice, we provide advice direct to clients through our digital content, and we support a network of 280 local Citizens Advice across England and Wales - each an independent charity. Our services are provided by 23,000 trained volunteers and 7,000 paid staff.
Our advice changes lives, and it generates significant social value. In 2017/18, our advice saved the public purse £435 million, generated £2.7 billion in financial outcomes for clients, and £2.6 billion in wider economic and social benefits such as wellbeing, participation and productivity. You can read more about our impact here.
We are looking for people to help us improve and transform our organisation. We can offer you the opportunity to make a genuine impact and create lasting change within an organisation that makes a difference in the lives of millions of people every year.
What will you be doing?
Our support to the network of local Citizens Advice covers a wide range of functions and includes operational and governance support, advice content, IT infrastructure, client management systems, quality assurance, and training. This area of our business has an annual budget of over £10 million and more than 160 FTE across multiple teams.
You’ll be an integral part of a high profile, strategically important programme of change; working in a multi-disciplinary, cross functional team, leading the shaping and requirement definition of strategic initiatives.
The programme team is responsible for transforming the way we support the local Citizens Advice network. The team requires skills in strategy development, business analysis, service design, process transformation and agile implementation.
We are looking for a senior business analyst to join us. You’ll be working alongside service designers, user researchers, digital specialists and people across the organisation to deliver transformative change.
In this role, you can expect to:
Lead the shaping of strategic initiatives about how Citizens Advice can transform the way it supports a network of almost 280 local Citizens Advice across England and Wales.
Use proven approaches to change, including Agile, to rapidly develop, deliver, and iterate requirements that meet project objectives.
Provide strategic direction, advocacy and thought-leadership.
Champion Agile techniques and practices and ensure that the relevant methodology is fit for purpose.
Support the development and benefit modelling of business cases and funding requests that underpin the programme.
Champion analysis best practice and improve the capability of the wider programme team in this discipline.
Develop our ability to capture and use data to drive decision-making and continuous improvement across our support operations.
Design and implement high-quality services for the network based on robust analysis, user needs, embedding Lean principles, and adopting a ‘test and learn’ approach, leveraging technology and digital tools.
Regularly work with staff and volunteers across the national business and the wider network.
Facilitate workshops and presentations at all levels of the business, including with the Executive Team and Trustee Board.
What we’ll want to see from you:
To succeed in this role, we’d like you to tick most of the following:
Agile working - Have experience working in agile, multi-disciplinary teams on product development or organisational change initiatives.
Business analysis - Able to drive the analysis and collection of information and creation of to create recommendations for service improvements. Able to analyse large amounts of complex information and uses it to produce solutions.
Business process improvement - Able to analyse current services and processes, and identify and implement opportunities to optimise these.
Requirement definition and management - Able to lead requirement elicitation and prioritisation for change initiatives of high complexity.
Stakeholder relationship management - Able to influence stakeholders and manage relationships effectively. Able to build long term strategic relationships and communicates clearly and regularly with stakeholders.
User focus - Able to collaborate with user researchers. Able to champion user research to focus on all users. Can prioritise and define approaches to understand the user story.
Business modelling - Comfortable with quantitative data.
Ideally
Lean process improvement - Strong command of lean principles, and is confident championing and embedding them. Formal Lean qualification a plus.
Organisational change - Experience of digital transformation within the context of organisational change and working with both digital and non-digital channels.
Agile - Application of agile principles and practices to non-digital transformation. Agile, Scrum or similar qualified. Passionate about driving cultural change across large organisations and embedding new ways of working.
Experience of working at board and executive level to facilitate strategic decision making.
Understanding of the not-for-profit sector.
Important: Candidates must submit a CV of no more than 2 pages, and a 1 page cover letter that tells us:
Why you are a good fit for this role
Your experience of helping to deliver change in an organisation.
C l osing date: 4 March 2019
The main purpose of this role is to deliver an effective and organisationally appropriate day-to-day operational ICT service for WWF-UK through a mixture of internal resources and outsourced arrangements.
The role will need to implement, maintain and continually improve the necessary IT service management processes to ensure the service being delivered is meeting business needs appropriately. This will include the development of an ICT Service Strategy and change programme to implement ITIL.
The scope of the role will also include elements of business partnering, cyber security, business continuity, IT disaster recovery and input into ICT strategic planning.
Head of IT Services – Requirements
Experience of managing and leading more than one team at the same time.
Experience of delivering ICT services using the ITIL framework and meeting agreed service levels.
Experience of successfully implementing ITIL processes from scratch.
Experience of managing outsourced services and providers.
At least ITIL Practitioner certification and ideally ITIL Intermediate or above.
Strong knowledge of ICT technology concepts and fundamentals used in modern organisations to deliver successful ICT services.
Who are we?
WWF believes in a future where people and nature thrive.
Best known as the world’s leading conservation organisation, we’ve seen first-hand how wildlife, the environment and human activity are all interlinked.
That’s why our passion for safeguarding the natural world has to be backed up by other environmental action – tackling the global threat of climate change (through our big global campaigns like Earth Hour) and helping people to change the way they live to ease pressure on natural resources.
WWF is at the heart of global activities in all these areas. We have teams of highly skilled professionals working with governments, businesses and communities here in the UK and around the world.
Head of IT Services – How to Apply
If you have the skills to help build a movement in defence of nature please visit our website via the link, complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with cover letter highlighting why you are interested in this role and why you believe you are suited for the role.
At WWF-UK we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits to encourage
Feb 18, 2019
Permanent
The main purpose of this role is to deliver an effective and organisationally appropriate day-to-day operational ICT service for WWF-UK through a mixture of internal resources and outsourced arrangements.
The role will need to implement, maintain and continually improve the necessary IT service management processes to ensure the service being delivered is meeting business needs appropriately. This will include the development of an ICT Service Strategy and change programme to implement ITIL.
The scope of the role will also include elements of business partnering, cyber security, business continuity, IT disaster recovery and input into ICT strategic planning.
Head of IT Services – Requirements
Experience of managing and leading more than one team at the same time.
Experience of delivering ICT services using the ITIL framework and meeting agreed service levels.
Experience of successfully implementing ITIL processes from scratch.
Experience of managing outsourced services and providers.
At least ITIL Practitioner certification and ideally ITIL Intermediate or above.
Strong knowledge of ICT technology concepts and fundamentals used in modern organisations to deliver successful ICT services.
Who are we?
WWF believes in a future where people and nature thrive.
Best known as the world’s leading conservation organisation, we’ve seen first-hand how wildlife, the environment and human activity are all interlinked.
That’s why our passion for safeguarding the natural world has to be backed up by other environmental action – tackling the global threat of climate change (through our big global campaigns like Earth Hour) and helping people to change the way they live to ease pressure on natural resources.
WWF is at the heart of global activities in all these areas. We have teams of highly skilled professionals working with governments, businesses and communities here in the UK and around the world.
Head of IT Services – How to Apply
If you have the skills to help build a movement in defence of nature please visit our website via the link, complete the online registration and submit a copy of your up to date CV with cover letter highlighting why you are interested in this role and why you believe you are suited for the role.
At WWF-UK we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community and we offer a range of benefits to encourage
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
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Head of I.T. & Transformation to join our I.T. Team here at The Children’s Trust. This role will require the successful candidate to take charge of a busy I.T. department, responsible for a user base of over 800, whilst taking the helm in shaping the I.T. and digital infrastructure roadmap for the next five years.
Knowing what it takes to deliver a high quality I.T. service, as well as leading on strategic I.T. programmes, you will possess a sound knowledge of I.T. service standards and an excellent understanding of how I.T. can be used to drive forward transformational change in an organisation. With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation. Ensuring day to day I.T. operational services are delivered with high availability and in line with recognised service standards, whilst also looking ahead and developing a team that is fit for the future is key.
It is an exciting time to be joining The Children’s Trust, with several I.T. systems projects initiated this year and with more large scale programmes to follow, we are seeking a candidate who wants to join the team and help use technology to improve the performance of the organisation and subsequently, how we deliver our services.
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton and Epsom.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: free on-site parking; subsidised cafeteria; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an environment that is as unusual in its beautiful historic nature, as it is unique in its state-of-the-art facilities.
The Children’s Trust is fully committed to protecting children and young people. All posts at The Children's Trust are subject to an enhanced DBS check. If you are applying to The Children's Trust, and are already registered with the DBS update service, this will speed up the recruitment process significantly. We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, sex, disabilities, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation, or age.
Feb 15, 2019
Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Head of I.T. & Transformation to join our I.T. Team here at The Children’s Trust. This role will require the successful candidate to take charge of a busy I.T. department, responsible for a user base of over 800, whilst taking the helm in shaping the I.T. and digital infrastructure roadmap for the next five years.
Knowing what it takes to deliver a high quality I.T. service, as well as leading on strategic I.T. programmes, you will possess a sound knowledge of I.T. service standards and an excellent understanding of how I.T. can be used to drive forward transformational change in an organisation. With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation. Ensuring day to day I.T. operational services are delivered with high availability and in line with recognised service standards, whilst also looking ahead and developing a team that is fit for the future is key.
It is an exciting time to be joining The Children’s Trust, with several I.T. systems projects initiated this year and with more large scale programmes to follow, we are seeking a candidate who wants to join the team and help use technology to improve the performance of the organisation and subsequently, how we deliver our services.
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton and Epsom.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: free on-site parking; subsidised cafeteria; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an environment that is as unusual in its beautiful historic nature, as it is unique in its state-of-the-art facilities.
The Children’s Trust is fully committed to protecting children and young people. All posts at The Children's Trust are subject to an enhanced DBS check. If you are applying to The Children's Trust, and are already registered with the DBS update service, this will speed up the recruitment process significantly. We are an equal opportunities employer, and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, sex, disabilities, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation, or age.
Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We work to give every child the same chance in life.
Our Communications Unit comprises teams covering media, digital, events and brand and marketing. The expertise within the unit helps present who we are and what we do in a professional and consistent way. We have an opportunity for a Digital Strategy and Development Manager to lead a team of six to enhance our digital reach and engagement.
In the role you will manage and develop our digital strategy, providing expert advice and recommendations on digital initiatives and approaches and ensuring digital strategy and resource requirement are aligned with wider strategic goals.
An experienced senior digital communicator, you will have previously developed and implemented successful digital strategies and integrated communications campaigns. You will be able to develop effective working relationships with colleagues, senior stakeholders and suppliers, and have demonstrable experience of managing, motivating and developing others. You will also be aware of current innovations in digital communications and be able to suggest ways these could be incorporated into our approach.
Feb 14, 2019
Permanent
Plan International UK is a global children’s charity. We work to give every child the same chance in life.
Our Communications Unit comprises teams covering media, digital, events and brand and marketing. The expertise within the unit helps present who we are and what we do in a professional and consistent way. We have an opportunity for a Digital Strategy and Development Manager to lead a team of six to enhance our digital reach and engagement.
In the role you will manage and develop our digital strategy, providing expert advice and recommendations on digital initiatives and approaches and ensuring digital strategy and resource requirement are aligned with wider strategic goals.
An experienced senior digital communicator, you will have previously developed and implemented successful digital strategies and integrated communications campaigns. You will be able to develop effective working relationships with colleagues, senior stakeholders and suppliers, and have demonstrable experience of managing, motivating and developing others. You will also be aware of current innovations in digital communications and be able to suggest ways these could be incorporated into our approach.
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.
Age UK Enterprises are seeking a results driven and dynamic Senior Marketing Manager to join our commercial team. Ideally with financial services experience, you will develop and implement strategic marketing plans for Age Co Funeral Plans to cost effectively deliver planned sales and enquiries across the full marketing mix.
The ideal candidate will have experience of managing and leading a team, and of marketing to an over 50s audience.
Main Responsibilities
* Analyse results of all marketing campaigns & trials, identifying strengths and weaknesses, recommending developments and improvements as necessary to closely tailor the marketing mix to the segment. * To re-engineer processes to improve cost efficiency, follow approval processes and meet ASA and legal requirements. * Liaise with the Head of Marketing, Marketing Managers & Campaign Co-ordinators to ensure we, our Partners and the Trading Alliance members, operate within and comply with the Financial Services Act, Consumer Protection Act, Data Protection Act, legal requirements, and other industry and charity regulations and standards. * Ensure all staff have regular performance reviews and are managed in line with Investors in People best practise. * Handle all grievance and disciplinary issues in line with current policy. * Undertake regular staff training and evaluation feedback sessions. * Hold regular team briefings and meetings that embrace feedback and the sharing of ideas. * Ensure the corporate objectives are shared with the team with particular relevance to setting individual performance and team objectives. * Comply strictly to the company's Equal Opportunities Policy and Code of Conduct. * Support the Head of Marketing as required
Experience
* Consumer Direct Response Marketing * Experience of working in Financial Services * Commercial marketing experience * People Management * Excellent Budget management, analytical and strategic skills
Skills & Knowledge
* Campaign management experience * Ability to handle complex campaigns * Experience of Database Marketing * Digital Marketing experience * Familiar with MS Office * Excellent Excel Spreadsheet skills. * Highly motivated "self-starter" able to set priorities and work to objectives with minimal supervision" * Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills * Creative and flexible approach * Excellent eye for detail * Excellent leadership and negotiation skills.
Additional Information
* IDM/CIM Diploma, Graduate calibre, ideally in a Marketing discipline * Available to travel regularly out of London
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages 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.
Feb 11, 2019
Permanent
Age UK Enterprises are seeking a results driven and dynamic Senior Marketing Manager to join our commercial team. Ideally with financial services experience, you will develop and implement strategic marketing plans for Age Co Funeral Plans to cost effectively deliver planned sales and enquiries across the full marketing mix.
The ideal candidate will have experience of managing and leading a team, and of marketing to an over 50s audience.
Main Responsibilities
* Analyse results of all marketing campaigns & trials, identifying strengths and weaknesses, recommending developments and improvements as necessary to closely tailor the marketing mix to the segment. * To re-engineer processes to improve cost efficiency, follow approval processes and meet ASA and legal requirements. * Liaise with the Head of Marketing, Marketing Managers & Campaign Co-ordinators to ensure we, our Partners and the Trading Alliance members, operate within and comply with the Financial Services Act, Consumer Protection Act, Data Protection Act, legal requirements, and other industry and charity regulations and standards. * Ensure all staff have regular performance reviews and are managed in line with Investors in People best practise. * Handle all grievance and disciplinary issues in line with current policy. * Undertake regular staff training and evaluation feedback sessions. * Hold regular team briefings and meetings that embrace feedback and the sharing of ideas. * Ensure the corporate objectives are shared with the team with particular relevance to setting individual performance and team objectives. * Comply strictly to the company's Equal Opportunities Policy and Code of Conduct. * Support the Head of Marketing as required
Experience
* Consumer Direct Response Marketing * Experience of working in Financial Services * Commercial marketing experience * People Management * Excellent Budget management, analytical and strategic skills
Skills & Knowledge
* Campaign management experience * Ability to handle complex campaigns * Experience of Database Marketing * Digital Marketing experience * Familiar with MS Office * Excellent Excel Spreadsheet skills. * Highly motivated "self-starter" able to set priorities and work to objectives with minimal supervision" * Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills * Creative and flexible approach * Excellent eye for detail * Excellent leadership and negotiation skills.
Additional Information
* IDM/CIM Diploma, Graduate calibre, ideally in a Marketing discipline * Available to travel regularly out of London
Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages 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.
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
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.
The Social Care Institute for Excellence
Central London, London, UK
We are seeking to appoint a Head of Sales, Marketing and Communications to join our executive management team to help us deliver our ambition to improve life experiences and outcomes for people requiring care and support.
About Us
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is a leading improvement support agency and an independent charity working with organisations that support adults, families and children across the UK. We provide research, consultancy, training and digital products and resources. We have a wide range of clients including the Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education, NHS England, local authorities, faith based organisations, care providers and national and local charities.
About the Role
The Head of Sales, Marketing and Communication will lead the development, implementation and monitoring of our marketing and sales strategy. Working with other senior managers you will:
Contribute to the planning and management of all aspects of the organisation’s business development
Proactively market our services to deliver a strong pipeline of commercial sales
Lead our communications and profile raising activities to increase our reach and profile through a combination of social media, events, think pieces, blogs and presentations
Co-ordinate SCIE’s stakeholder management strategy
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will operate collaboratively to help lead the overall business development and delivery function. This means that the duties and line management responsibilities will be further developed following appointment taking into account your specific skills and experiences.
Closing date: Sunday 24 February 2019
Interviews: Friday 1 March 2019
Feb 07, 2019
Permanent
We are seeking to appoint a Head of Sales, Marketing and Communications to join our executive management team to help us deliver our ambition to improve life experiences and outcomes for people requiring care and support.
About Us
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is a leading improvement support agency and an independent charity working with organisations that support adults, families and children across the UK. We provide research, consultancy, training and digital products and resources. We have a wide range of clients including the Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education, NHS England, local authorities, faith based organisations, care providers and national and local charities.
About the Role
The Head of Sales, Marketing and Communication will lead the development, implementation and monitoring of our marketing and sales strategy. Working with other senior managers you will:
Contribute to the planning and management of all aspects of the organisation’s business development
Proactively market our services to deliver a strong pipeline of commercial sales
Lead our communications and profile raising activities to increase our reach and profile through a combination of social media, events, think pieces, blogs and presentations
Co-ordinate SCIE’s stakeholder management strategy
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, you will operate collaboratively to help lead the overall business development and delivery function. This means that the duties and line management responsibilities will be further developed following appointment taking into account your specific skills and experiences.
Closing date: Sunday 24 February 2019
Interviews: Friday 1 March 2019
An opportunity to be part of a dynamic social change charity, working at scale across the UK and internationally.
Good Things Foundation is the UK’s leading digital and social inclusion charity. Our mission is a world where everyone can benefit from digital. Through our Online Centres Network of hyperlocal partners, we are supporting people and communities to overcome some of the most pressing social challenges they are facing through digital.
Since 2010, we’ve helped over 2.4 million people to improve their lives using digital, driving positive outcomes from employment through to health and wellbeing.
We are looking for an individual who is collaborative and communicative both internally and externally, and someone who always delivers what they say they will. You’ll embrace change, and help us to bring our team with us. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, while also bringing order and focus to complex situations. You will embody our culture and continue to support and embed this across the organisation. You’ll guide the organisation as we continually change and evolve - growing and extending our impact. You will have outstanding organisational and leadership abilities - a demonstrable passion and commitment for continuous improvement and for human motivation and empathy. In addition, you will be excellent at building relationships across teams and you will have the ability to create trust.
Key dates:
24 February (midnight): deadline for any applications 28 February and 1 March : initial telephone interviews for longlisted candidates (approximately 30 minutes) 6th or 8th March : competency based interviews for shortlisted candidates (Skype - approximately one hour). There will be an online psychometric test for candidates to complete prior to the competency based interview 15 March : assessment and interview day for shortlisted candidates. (Sheffield - all day)
Good Things Foundation is a social change organisation with a mission to ensure that everyone benefits from digital. We live the change we are seeking to achieve and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds. We operate a policy of providing equal opportunities in all aspects of work including recruitment, training, and promotion, whatever the colour, race, religion, belief, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability of an employee, having regard to the individual's aptitudes and abilities and requirements for the job. Good Things Foundation is opposed to all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.
A full job description and information pack can be found on our website, via the Apply button.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Feb 06, 2019
Permanent
An opportunity to be part of a dynamic social change charity, working at scale across the UK and internationally.
Good Things Foundation is the UK’s leading digital and social inclusion charity. Our mission is a world where everyone can benefit from digital. Through our Online Centres Network of hyperlocal partners, we are supporting people and communities to overcome some of the most pressing social challenges they are facing through digital.
Since 2010, we’ve helped over 2.4 million people to improve their lives using digital, driving positive outcomes from employment through to health and wellbeing.
We are looking for an individual who is collaborative and communicative both internally and externally, and someone who always delivers what they say they will. You’ll embrace change, and help us to bring our team with us. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, while also bringing order and focus to complex situations. You will embody our culture and continue to support and embed this across the organisation. You’ll guide the organisation as we continually change and evolve - growing and extending our impact. You will have outstanding organisational and leadership abilities - a demonstrable passion and commitment for continuous improvement and for human motivation and empathy. In addition, you will be excellent at building relationships across teams and you will have the ability to create trust.
Key dates:
24 February (midnight): deadline for any applications 28 February and 1 March : initial telephone interviews for longlisted candidates (approximately 30 minutes) 6th or 8th March : competency based interviews for shortlisted candidates (Skype - approximately one hour). There will be an online psychometric test for candidates to complete prior to the competency based interview 15 March : assessment and interview day for shortlisted candidates. (Sheffield - all day)
Good Things Foundation is a social change organisation with a mission to ensure that everyone benefits from digital. We live the change we are seeking to achieve and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds. We operate a policy of providing equal opportunities in all aspects of work including recruitment, training, and promotion, whatever the colour, race, religion, belief, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability of an employee, having regard to the individual's aptitudes and abilities and requirements for the job. Good Things Foundation is opposed to all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.
A full job description and information pack can be found on our website, via the Apply button.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
