VERSUS ARTHRITIS

Responsibility

• hours: Part time, 21 hours per week
• benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offeron our profile page
• contract type: Fixed term contract to 31 March 2024
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• travel: Occasional travel as required
• closing date: 23:59 hours, Wednesday 19 July 2023

Requirements

• experience in providing high-quality, efficient and effective administrative support to staff, volunteers and service-users
• excellent demonstrable customer service approach and the ability to remain calm and professional at all times
• performing successfully in a high-volume administrative role, which has required you to effectively manage your own workload
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• experience working in a similar support role, maintaining or developing processes to enhance the customer experience and meet regulatory requirements
• working in an environment that requires flexibility of outlook to meet constantly changing problems and challenges
• we’re the team that listens, supports and enables colleagues, peers and volunteers to demand more for people with arthritis
• knowledge and awareness of financial recording and reporting
• excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to tailor correspondence to the appropriate audience
• knowledge and awareness of financial processes, recording and reporting
• excellent organisational skills, time management and prioritisation
• enthusiastic, flexible and collaborative approach, to work effectively with the local team and across the wider organisation
• excellent planning and organisation skills, with good attention to detail
• strong empathy for the needs of volunteers, people with arthritis and colleagues
• process driven with a methodical approach and a good level of accuracy
• the ability to speak Welsh is desirable
• the Legacy and Supporter Care team works tirelessly to process donations and generate income to fund groundbreaking research, provide funds to amplify our voice by relentless campaigning and ensure that our services are there when they are needed the most
• excellent demonstrable customer service approach and the ability to remain calm and professional, with an enthusiastic, flexible and collaborative approach, to work effectively with the local team and across the wider organisation
• the team delivers high levels of legacy income to support the Versus Arthritis ambition and vision, whilst leveraging our infrastructure to maximise efficiencies to drive growth in both our income and supporter base
• experience working in a similar support role, maintaining or developing processes to enhance the customer experience, supporting delivery teams and meeting regulatory requirements

Earnings for position administrator

Requirements

• experience of working within the third sector, preferably within the fields of health, social care, and disability
• excellent IT and digital skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly and fluently
• experience of digital service/project design and delivery, including performance reporting and reporting to funders
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• demonstrable experience of taking a ‘systems thinking’ approach to managing and designing projects
• experience of scoping new areas of development; rationale, resource needs delivery models and interdependencies/partners
• experience of safeguarding and working within set policies and procedures
• experience of leading and managing internal communications and engagement functions across a large-scale organisation, including across digital channels and in furtherance of organisational goals
• ability to think creatively and strategically to ensure the internal communications and engagement offer is aligned with strategic goals, inclusive, modern, flexible and effective
• experience of managing remote/home based teams
• knowledge and understanding of health and social care services management of long-term conditions and co-morbidities
• this role will scope and develop knowledge, influencing assets such as briefings and external stakeholder connections to enable Versus Arthritis to effectively influence the medical research policy environment
• high attention to detail and good grammatical knowledge, as well as the ability to write in a variety of styles and to edit the contributions of others
• experience of securing funding and negotiating funding agreements
• this is a fantastic opportunity to use your knowledge and understanding of the UK health research landscape, whilst developing your knowledge and skills of influencing in this arena
• whilst this role is housed within the Policy, Public Affairs and Engagement team, it will work with colleagues across the charity, particularly those driving forward our charity-wide research ambition
• excellent communication skills: A great story-teller, able to synthesize complex information into engaging, succinct and easy to understand content
• experience of involvement of key stakeholders, including those living with a condition and/or volunteers within development and delivery of programmes of work and services

Responsibility

• location : Office Hybrid\* - Chesterfield
• hours: Part-time, 21 hours per week
• benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
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• contract type: Permanent
• travel: Travel to London office on a quarterly basis
• closing date: 23:59 hours, Sunday 17 September 2023

Requirements

• extensive knowledge and experience in strategic procurement principles, contract development/review, and providing advice and support to stakeholders at all levels
• the Procurement team is well-established within the charity and is well-engaged with all our stakeholders who utilise our embedded processes
• extensive knowledge of developing tender documents and specifications and the full end to end procurement process
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• we co-manage with our stakeholders nearly 300 contracts across five Directorates
• demonstrable understanding of the commercial environment, including identification of commercial risk and providing high-level commercial advice
• we’ve recently released our Procurement Strategy to align to Goal 5 of our 5-year organisational strategy - ‘ ’
• full Membership of Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or evidence of substantial experience in a similar role
• strong team management skills, including the ability to drive activity and work independently
• strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence at a senior level
• we are looking for a part-time Senior Procurement Officer to join us based within the Awards and Procurement Department in our Finance and Corporate Resources Directorate
• ability to manage and prioritise multiple activities
• ability to work as part of a team
• flexible and adaptable to new ideas

Requirements

• experience of influencing the delivery of creative content that helps achieve the ambitions of the organisation
• strong, demonstrable experience of working either in an agency or in-house
• experience of working on a variety of different projects covering typography retouching designs and working with illustrations
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• experience of both creating assets, from concept to delivery, as well as art working existing assets
• demonstrable skills of understanding and working effectively and intuitively with brand guidelines and templates
• demonstrable creative flare and of making contributions to design solutions
• experience of adapting artwork based on client feedback and proofing client amends
• experience of creating artwork for print and digital use. This could include working with booklets, leaflets, templates, infographics, web banners, adverts, layouts, posters, promotional material and campaigns
• excellent communications skills, and the ability to explain creative ideas and communicate to a range of internal audiences

Requirements

• demonstrable creative flare and experience of creative direction, concepting and developing design solutions
• demonstrable skills of understanding and working effectively and intuitively with brands to ensure both creative application and evolution
• experience of creating multi-channel artwork for integrated campaigns, and across print and digital use
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• demonstratable experience of Adobe Suite or similar design programmes
• demonstrable experience of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and other motion graphics, video or audio software
• A knowledgeable, skilled and experienced Graphic and Digital Lead Designer with strong demonstrable experience of working either in an agency or in-house
• ability to work on a number of design projects at any one time and to be flexible and willing to react quickly to fast turnaround times