Head: Shifting The Power Programme - London, United Kingdom - Comic Relief

Comic Relief

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Comic Relief:

Employment Type Full time
Location Hybrid
London, City of, UK 2 days a week in our London Office
Salary £53,000 £55,699 (GBP)
Team Funding
Seniority Senior
Closing:

11:59pm, 6th Mar 2024 GMT

Perks and benefits:

Flexible working hours
Work from home option
Life Insurance
Wellness programs
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Paid emergency leave
Sabbatical Opportunities
Professional development
Mentoring/coaching
Paid volunteer days
Payroll giving
Salary sacrifice
Team social events
Extracurricular clubs
Cycle to work scheme
Free fruit

Job Description:

This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.

Purpose of job:

The Head:
Shifting the Power programme is responsible for leading and delivering the Shifting the Power programme.

This long term, transformative, civil society strengthening programme, co-funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), has an overarching aim of shifting greater power to civil society, and is operational in Ghana, Zambia and Malawi.

Learning from the programme will influence Comic Relief's wider funding practice, and intentionally seek to disrupt ways of working in the wider funder ecosystem.

This role will report to the Director of Funding and work with colleagues from across Comic Relief, with FCDO and with other external stakeholders, to ensure the success of the programme.

This role will also communicate about, and advocate for, the Shifting the Power programme, seeking wider impact from the programme, and the shifting of power more widely, both internally and externally.

Key responsibilities:

Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of the FCDO Shifting the Power programme within CR, collaboratively leading CR team members to deliver the programme in line with objectives.
Advocate internally within CR, and externally within the wider sector for the Shifting the Power programme and for power shifting more widely.
Act as a focal point within CR for the Shifting the Power programme, coordinating communications about the programme outside of CR as appropriate.
Work crossorganisationally to ensure understanding of the StP programme is embedded and contributes to delivery of our organisational strategy through effective storytelling, fundraising and public engagement.
Take personal responsibility for high risk, valuable, or complex relationships within this programme.
Work closely with colleagues in the Assurance and Finance teams to ensure specialist, technical input is received in relation to financial, contractual, reputational, or safeguarding risk.
Work closely with others on the theory of change for this programme, ensuring clear learning objectives and impact measurements.
Externally champion Comic Relief within the social change sector, influencing best practice on forward thinking and innovative funding practice and decolonizing philanthropy; attending key events, convening and collaboration.
Develop and sustain relationships with key strategic partners and stakeholders invested in the Shifting the Power movement, convening and leading conversations as appropriate (for example, build relationships with other funders on the StP journey)
Some travel (including international) will be required for this role.

People management

Proactively undertake business planning, prioritise activities and set clear and realistic objectives based on capacity, expertise and aspirations.
Lead, manage and support direct line reports through regular onetoones and clear performance objectives and KPIs and create a culture of collaboration and flexibility within the team.
Provide balanced, constructive feedback, undertake effective performance management to embed accountability and proactively support the professional development and growth of staff.
Maintain regular twoway communication and dialogue with staff, ensuring information is cascaded and escalated as needed.
Model an enabling, inclusive and empowering leadership style that builds a valuesbased culture throughout the charity.
Support the Director of Funding in leading the wider Funding department through participation in the Funding Department Leadership Team.

This role will include international travel
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Person specification:

Essential criteria

Commitment to theory and practicality of shifting the power methodology
Extensive knowledge of the structures and injustices that keep people trapped in poverty.
Significant experience and knowledge of grantmaking and programme design
Leadership experience, including managing and motivating a team effectively to achieve high quality outcomes.
Significant experience of collaborative working in challenging environments, including building relationships across multiple organisations and hierarchies to problem solve an