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Founder and Director of a new partnership with Imogen Gregg-Auriac, exploring our role in making good things happen x

Manchester, GB

London, GB

Leading the development of a national charity seeking to support local youth partnerships and cross-sector networks across the country focused on outcomes for children and young people.With current bases in London, Manchester and the south west, YPF Trust is now seeking to implement ambitious plans to grow the network, build new local and national.

Manchester, Manchester, GB

• Director of Young Manchester - a Young People's Foundation that strives to improve the life chances of children and young people across Manchester.Our strategic aims
• All children & young people in Manchester have access to high-quality play or youth provision
• Manchester has a strong, vibrant and sustainable sector supporting children and young people to be happy, healthy, safe and realise their full potential
• Manchester is a world-class city for children and young people, where the benefits of economic growth are experience by all
• Young Manchester is the go-to organisation for all children and young people’s issues and work in Manchester
• Young Manchester is a well-resourced, well-managed and governed charity and a great place to work

London, GB

Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

Strategic lead for UK-wide programme design, development and delivery across England, Scotland and Wales including:- Leading UK-wide operations, finance (budget of over £2m annually), safeguarding and risk- Leadership of the England team, including expansion of the team and development of new programme base in Oxford- Establishing and overseeing the new.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

Led Oxfam’s multi-disciplinary programmes team of 40 staff covering all of Oxfam’s programme delivery, advocacy and campaigning work on domestic poverty across England, Scotland and Wales - Providing strategic leadership for all domestic work, linking innovative, impactful programme design to wider policy and practice change, with a particular focus on.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

Senior lead for the delivery of Oxfam’s programme in the UK, including:- Leadership of the England team, delivering new programme work from London and Manchester- Establishment and oversight of new project development and innovation systems UK-wide- Lead for fundraising, donor engagement, internal and external communications- Managing a team of 8 across.

Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

Project managing the development of a programme strategy for Oxfam GB’s UK Programme, including:Leading the systematic assessment of Oxfam’s work in the UKDeveloping and delivering a thorough consultation process with staff and partnersDeveloping a clear and robust programme development process, coordinating with colleagues across Oxfam and external.

London, GB

In Spring 2013 the Youth Strategy Manager role was expanded from a focus on youth to include the development and strategic lead of accountability work across the UK Programme, including:- Leading a 7 person accountability team, line-managing 6 based across the UK- Leading the strategic development and expansion of participation and accountability work.

London, GB

Leading the development of SCUK’s domestic youth participation work, including:- Line-managing a team of five Youth Campaigns and Accountability Officers across five UK regions- Led the creation and development of a youth leadership programme (Young Leaders), including content of programme, recruitment and training, M&E framework and budget- Budget-holder.

6 months off to be primary carer for our two new daughters

London, GB

Leading the development of new participatory approaches at Save the Children, with a focus on the development of a new youth engagement strategy for the organisation; driving the design and implementation of our youth leadership programme (Young Leaders) including:- Leading programme research and development- Working with senior leads inside Save the.

London, GB

Managing the development and UK-wide implementation of In My Back Yard (formerly Inspiring Change) - community led campaigning projects for children and young people - including a full strategic review of the programme including:- Coordinating the development and delivery of self-advocacy projects across the UK for children and young people through.

London, GB

Coordinating delivery of 3 regional (London, Manchester and Tees Valley) self-advocacy projects supporting refugees and asylum seekers to develop and deliver their own campaigns including:- Coordinating and supporting 8-person team across England- Developing England-wide participatory activities including residentials and events- Supporting young people to.

- Developing youth engagement strategy, resulting in a successful grant from the Big Lottery Young People’s Fund in October 2005 to help local young people set up their own youth environment group- Supporting young people to setup and run their own group, engage peers and work towards the group’s independence through creating training programmes and.

- Co-founding project and fundraising £45,000- Engaging over 200 young people from a range of backgrounds in environmental issues- Liaising with local agencies, government, schools, youth groups, artists and consultants

- Leading a team of 12 part-time youth workers and volunteers- Responsibility for all youth-related activities run by the centre- Leading a review of youth work practice and implemented change programme- Networking with local youth work agencies and services- Engaging young people to assess their needs, and needs of the local community

- Planning and running comprehensive youth work programme- Providing support, guidance and advice to young people and their parents- Liaising with local service providers and partners to establish community engagement and development programmes

Ma, Youth & Community

Ba, Film