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Carnegie UK is looking for a Senior Policy Advocate to help us put wellbeing at the centre of policymaking across the UK and Ireland.
Set up with an endowment from Andrew Carnegie, our organisation may be over a century old, but our mission of improving wellbeing has never been more important.
Are you passionate about working to achieve change in complexity? Are you keen to develop your career in the field of public policy and social change? Are you motivated by Carnegie UK’s mission to improve collective wellbeing and excited by the prospect of being able to take a long-term view?
Your background might be in social research, civil society campaigning, economics, community development or the civil service. Or something completely different.
What we are looking for is someone that is committed to our mission, passionate about our values and motivated by the challenge of long-term system change.
The post-holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our new place-based wellbeing programme. This is an end-to-end role which involves scoping and commissioning work, project management, building relationships, ensuring delivery, and learning about impact.
Carnegie UK offers a flexible and supportive working environment and exceptional terms and conditions. We operate a 35-hour working week and provide 5 paid days each year for volunteering. We operate a hybrid working policy and staff spend a minimum of two days each week together in our office at Andrew Carnegie House in Dunfermline.
Top job! Director of Change and Collaboration
- Full time
- £65,000
- Dunfermline + Home-based
- Closing 21st November 2022
Carnegie UK is looking for a new Director of Change and Collaboration to help us put wellbeing at the centre of policymaking.
This is a rare senior policy and leadership role. The successful candidate will manage a team of three, and with the CEO and the other director will provide strategic leadership to Carnegie UK.
The successful candidate will likely be someone who has built a career in the field of public policy and social change. They will bring experience of designing and delivering policy programmes, as well as the ability to nurture and develop relationships with people, partners, and networks.
In return, Carnegie UK offers a supportive working environment and exceptional terms and conditions. For example, we operate a 35-hour working week and 5 days paid off each year for volunteering.
Carnegie UK’s purpose is better wellbeing for people in the UK and Ireland. We are a charitable foundation set up over 100 years ago, based in Dunfermline and established with an endowment from Andrew Carnegie.
We operate a hybrid working policy and staff spend a minimum of two days each week together in our office at Andrew Carnegie House in Dunfermline.
Senior Policy and Development Officer
- Full time
- £40,000
- Dunfermline + Home-based
- Closing 21st November 2022
Carnegie UK is looking for two Senior Policy and Development Officers to help us put wellbeing at the centre of policymaking.
Our Senior Policy and Development Officers lead cross-cutting teams to deliver a mixture of policy, research, practice development and advocacy work.
These are mid-senior policy positions and would suit people who are keen to further develop their career in the field of public policy and social change, with prior experience of managing programmes of activity as well as engaging proactively with policy making and political processes. Their background might be in social research, economics, community development or the civil service.
Carnegie UK offers a supportive working environment and exceptional terms and conditions. For example, we operate a 35-hour working week and 5 days paid off each year for volunteering.
We operate a hybrid working policy and staff spend a minimum of two days each week together in our office at Andrew Carnegie House in Dunfermline.
Carnegie UK’s purpose is better wellbeing for people in the UK and Ireland. We are a charitable foundation set up over 100 years ago, based in Dunfermline and established with an endowment from Andrew Carnegie.
This is an exciting time to join Carnegie UK, as we seek to influence discussion and policy around Collective Wellbeing. We define this as everyone having what they need to live well now and in the future, and the importance and impact of that central focus has never been more needed.
Carnegie UK has £40m of assets under management and an annual income in the region of £1.65m. As a team, we are committed to understanding and accounting for our impact on the planet (expressed through our climate programme) and for the historic marginalisation of minority groups within our communities (expressed through our programme on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). This includes investing in ways that align with our mission.
The Head of Finance, Governance and Risk provides all accounting and financial management for the Trust. The post-holder has overall responsibility for Carnegie UK’s systems of financial control and supports the CEO on financial and investment strategy and planning. They also support the Finance Committee (comprised of Trustees and two co-opted members with investment expertise), the Audit and Risk Committee, and the wider Board of Trustees, and act as the first point of contact for the Investment Manager and the auditors.
The role includes responsibility for leading on the organisation’s approach to identifying, assessing and managing corporate risk, and for advising on formal and regulatory aspects of our governance. The Head of Finance, Governance and Risk is a key member of Carnegie UK’s Senior Management Team, reporting to the CEO. As such, the postholder will take an active role in forward planning and decision making within the organisation and will be expected to act as a role model for our values and ways of working.
In summary, key areas of responsibility include:
- Investments - management and stewardship of the capital and income of the Trust
- Provision of financial information and management of budgets
- Procurement and best value
- Salaries and pensions
- Governance – the operational approach to all governance matters
- Risk – embedding risk evaluation
This is a role which plays an important part within the organisation. By joining us, you will be committing to help achieve Carnegie UK’s mission of improving collective wellbeing and be motivated by the prospect of working in a values-led organisation with a focus on continuous learning.
We are looking for an experienced finance professional for this important role. The successful candidate will have excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills and be required to take initiative and work independently. We are seeking the following attributes:
- Highly organised, with the ability to work independently, but with a clear appreciation of the relationships between different aspects of the team’s work and pro-active in making connections.
- Actively shares knowledge, information and resources within teams and across the organisation to encourage collaboration.
- Communicates effectively with colleagues, Trustees, partners, and other stakeholders.
- Can represent Carnegie UK effectively at high-level meetings, building rapport with audiences and presenting ideas with authority.
- Seeks and promotes a culture of continuous improvements to ways of working.
- Balances innovation and risk to maximise impact.
- Is approachable and solutions-focused when problems arise and encourages a supportive environment which focuses on lessons learned.
- Reports clearly to the appropriate governance structures.
We are passionate about the organisation’s mission and are looking for a Head of Finance, Governance & Risk to share that enthusiasm and help build on our success, taking responsibility for some of the key aspects of our strategy and working in a truly unique environment with a great team.
Are you interested in improving collective wellbeing? Join our values driven team to work towards people in the UK and Ireland having what they need to live well now and in the future.
Carnegie UK
Carnegie UK is an endowed charitable foundation. Our purpose is to improve the wellbeing of people in the UK and Ireland. For us, wellbeing means everybody having what they need to live together well, now and in the future. We believe collective wellbeing happens when social, economic, environmental and democratic wellbeing outcomes are seen as being equally important and are given equal weight. In 2021, we launched our Strategy For Change, setting out our vision and strategic priorities for the coming years.
We work in ways that reflect our organisational values.
Carnegie UK is strongly committed to encouraging and supporting a diverse workforce. We seek to provide equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We want to improve our practice and understanding in relation to diversity, equity, and inclusion and have prioritised this in our organisational development. We take positive steps to ensure that our employees can thrive and the workplace is equitable and free from discrimination.
We especially welcome applications from all in the community who can contribute to the further diversification of experiences, ideas and perspectives.
The Post
We have a vacancy for someone who shares our values and our enthusiasm for wellbeing, to work on a range of research, policy, practice development and advocacy activities.
The successful candidate will work across several programmes delivering key activities and contributing to external partnerships with individuals and organisations from a variety of sectors and settings. There will be opportunities to work with a range of stakeholders, from politicians to practitioners, in programmes that achieve impact across the UK and Ireland.
If you have transferable skills on research, analysis, communications and stakeholder and project management, we would love to hear from you.
Carnegie UK’s office is in Dunfermline (Andrew Carnegie House, Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline, KY12 8AW). Staff have been working from home during Covid restrictions. The expectation is that for the future the organisation will move to a hybrid mix of office and home working.
Top job! Head of Communications
- Full time
- £45,000
- Dunfermline, with some UK travel
- Closing 1st November 2021
Are you interested in improving collective wellbeing? Join us at Carnegie UK in this newly created role of Head of Communications to help us deliver our new strategy.
About Carnegie UK
Carnegie UK is an endowed charitable foundation. Our purpose is to improve the wellbeing of people in the UK and Ireland. We believe that collective wellbeing happens when social, economic, environmental and democratic outcomes are seen as equally important and given equal weight. This means we aspire to a society where all have our basic needs met; where we all have a decent minimum living standard; where we live within the planet’s natural resources; and where we all have a voice in the decisions that affect us.
Carnegie UK has just launched our new strategy to put collective wellbeing at the heart of decision making and to tackle the issues that threaten wellbeing.
The Role
To help us maximise our contribution to delivering positive change, we have created the new role of Head of Communications to lead the development and delivery of our communications strategy.
You’ll be supporting the development and implementation of our new brand, identifying opportunities for us to extend our reach and influence, working closely with our internal programme teams and external partners to develop inspiring communications strategies, supporting the development of a wide range of written and creative content, overseeing the management of key communications platforms, and contributing to our culture of continuous learning and improvement.
You’ll report directly to a member of senior management and work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation.
The role will normally be based in our office in Dunfermline, with some UK travel, but will be home-based and working remotely during the current COVID restrictions. We are currently reviewing are flexible and home-working policies and anticipate that these will continue to offer some flexibility to allow a balance between individual preferences and business needs.
Carnegie UK is strongly committed to encouraging and supporting a diverse workforce and we have a programme of work in the train to improve our practice and understanding in relation to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We especially welcome applications from all in the community who can contribute to the further diversification of experiences, ideas and perspectives.