Managing the Social Sustainability Agenda across the Thameslink & Crossrail Programme. Focussing Social Mobility, early engagement, skills and training.Developing and implementing a series of initiatives from an early engagement strategy for Yrs. 5 - 13. Designing & implementing and evaluating a Paid work placement scheme for young people NEET. Developing a SROI framework to evaluation the Social Value produce across the programmes.

Working within Network Rail to manage and develop the community investment programme.Including -Managing Network rail's relationships with chosen charities across Britain.Developing new strategic partnerships to meet the company's charitable giving objectives.Managing Network Rail's partnership with their Charity of Choice and managing the selection of a new partner for 2012-14.Developing and re-launching the volunteer leave programme.Measuring and monitoring the impact and the community investment programme.Managing and monitoring the employee fundraising programme.Writing, implementing and evaluating the Network Rail Community Investment strategy

Primary objective of job – To manage and coordinate employee led fundraising and volunteering activities. To support and develop engagement/CSR strategy across the organization.Key Responsibilities – Community Champions - Recruit, support and develop a network of community champions Volunteering and Fundraising - Identify and promote opportunities for volunteering, fundraising and payroll giving through the various internal communication channels.Develop and review the criteria. Reporting - Develop reports, review data capture methods and report on a monthly basis on the uptake of various schemes and KPIs. Completing the LBG yearly return, BiTC CR Index and CSR report. Charity partnership - Working with the Major Supported Charity. Develop a series of fundraising initiatives to encourage colleagues to raise funds Communications - To promote Employee Engagement through the various internal and external comms Strategy - Working with internal stakeholders to progress engagement within the organization and incorporate social policy into the wider CSR field. Children in Need - Project Manager for Children in Need within Royal Mail Group managing the campaign for 3 years. This project includes agreeing the focus and strategy for the appeal, liaising with the Children in Need team at the BBC, Believe in Children appeal – this is the first national campaign Barnardo's has undertaken with a corporate partner and was a month of focused fundraising across all Royal Mail group sites. As lead on the project to agree the structure and focus of the appeal. Children’s Champions - Working with News of the World, as the Royal Mail Group project lead to manage Children’s Champions award.

Internal Responsibilities –Influences daily key stakeholders e.g. Business Leaders and Community Champions to increase community involvement. To manage, disperse and evaluate usage of – in consultation with local staff. Development of Employee schemes using, a) Team & individual volunteering programme b) £ for £ matched funding for charity ,c) Direct payroll giving – GAYE & Pennies from heaven scheme. Key to success in engaging teams is a Community Champion network supported by the community team. Twice a year Champions were bought together for a workshop – training, inspiring and resourcing. Managing the small donations (Community Invetment) budget – which includes PR, staff engagement, working with the various stakeholders, monitoring inputs and outputs.External Responsibilities – Development of relationships with key charities and local volunteer bureaux – beneficiaries of fundraising or volunteering. Building media relationships and networking with newspapers. Point of contact for press cutting agency and responsible for use of Barclays ‘visual identity’. Raising the profile of Barclays Community programme through MPs involvement in staff volunteering and PR coverage of events. Building the reputation of the CSR programme through forums e.g. Business in the Community and local Chambers of Commerce.