Head of Programmes

4 weeks ago


United Kingdom B-Radical Full time €55,000

B-Radical’s main focus is to make job opportunities accessible to people at all experience levels and all walks of life, so we’re always excited when an organisation approaches us with a specific view of encouraging applicants with lived experience – and those who are underrepresented in the labour market – to apply for their roles. And, more importantly, when they’re taking positive action to ensure that this is possible.

We’ve teamed up with the Smallwood Trust, a charity with a mission to enable women to become financially resilient by equipping them with the skills they need to secure a confident financial future. They provide grants to organisations and individuals and work with selected partners to help women overcome financial adversity and to improve their social and emotional well-being. By working with Smallwood, you are helping to change women’s lives.

Smallwood are looking for an experienced charity or non-profit leader to join them as their Head of Programmes, to play a wide ranging and key role within the leader­ship structure, working closely with the CEO, the Grants Team and the Board. This role is a 12-month maternity cover, from August 2024 – July 2025 and will have 7 direct reports.

This role will be remote with 1-2 meetings/visits per month to Smallwood’s offices in Malvern, Worcestershire, or other project locations. The salary for this position is £55,000. If you are interested in the role and think you could be a good fit but you’re looking for condensed or flexible working hours, we’d still really love to hear from you

Key aspects of the role will include:

  • Working closely with the CEO to implement and operationalise Smallwood’s refreshed grant-making strategy, which is due to be approved by the end of 2024.

  • Budgeting and implementing/designing new grant processes and procedures, overseeing the programme management of complex grant priorities across a portfolio of multiple work streams.

  • Shaping and delivering an evaluation framework that enables Smallwood to more effectively track progress against their longer-term outcomes.

  • Instilling a learning and continuous improvement culture across the organisation, ensuring that a coherent approach is taken with grants programmes and funding meets the needs of Grant Partners.

  • Overseeing and ensuring effective relationship management between the staff team and grant holders, community grant partners and other key stakeholders across all grant programmes.

  • Managing the overall grants budget, including oversight of external budgets and supporting programmes team to manage their individual programme budgets.

  • Co-leading on the EDI strategy, ensuring that grant-making embeds the principles of EDI.

  • Adhering to relevant legislation, best practice, policies and processes including; but not limited to, charity law, the fundraising regulator, GDPR and professional codes and standards

We believe that the successful Head of Programmes will have previous experience in developing and maintaining a wide range of relationships with different stakeholders, including grantees and other funders, along with experience in successfully designing and delivering strategies for programmes. As this role will have 7 direct reports, it is essential that you are confident when it comes to leading teams, too

Smallwood Trust is passionate about promoting equity, valuing diversity, and working inclusively and we would love to hear from applicants from a broad range of diverse backgrounds with a cross section of skills, experiences and narratives to extend and develop how they work. Smallwood have specific positive action in place which guarantees a first interview if you meet the minimum criteria. Please speak to B-Radical more about this when you apply or get in touch.

As part of B-Radical’s commitment to eliminating pay gaps between different groups through our “No Salary History Policy”, we’ll never ask you for your current or previous salaries. We'll simply ask for your salary expectations to ensure they fall in line with the organisation’s budget for the role. Additionally, we pride ourselves on delivering an excellent candidate experience, so any applicant who applies to this advert will receive a response, regardless of the outcome.

For more information about the role or to discuss the process or benefits, please apply now or contact Holly Robinson at B-Radical through LinkedIn messenger or on holly@b-radical.co.uk.


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