Network Manager Part Time

London Plus

Network Manager
Kennington Park Business Centre, London, SW9 (currently home based)

About Us

London Plus is a young charity. It is a bold idea to champion London’s civil society through insight, influence and connections, to help it address the capital’s most pressing social challenges. We aim to be the go-to place to bring about positive change for Londoners and the diverse organisations and networks that make up civil society in this great city.

So far, we have successfully established the charity and built a position and reputation in the sector across London. We have played an important role in the response to COVID-19 and contributed to a growing appreciation during the pandemic of the value and importance of civil society. We have strong, trusted and productive links with London’s voluntary and community sector, charitable funders, the GLA, London Councils and specialist groups. These have deepened in recent months.

A key feature of our work is supporting networks. This is a crucial part of how we directly support civil society across the capital and contributes to our credibility in London-wide discussions with policy-makers and others. We need to provide the best possible support for these networks to reach our, as well as their, full potential. We want to be at the forefront of practice worldwide in running and supporting networks.

This is your opportunity to help develop and lead something special for London. You will be joining our small and agile team working on vital issues to help communities across the city. We welcome applications from all sectors; the important thing is that you understand and are passionate about helping civil society in London. If you are ambitious to achieve more and relish a challenge, and are collaborative as well as pragmatic in your approach, we would love to hear from you.

The Benefits

• Salary of £36,000
• 25 days’ holiday
• Flexible working
• Pension (5% employer contribution)

If you have experience with multiple stakeholders and a background of working in a not-for-profit or charity environment, this is the ideal opportunity to grow and develop with us whilst making a real impact on the effectiveness of charity networks in London.

We’ve got a clear vision, helping Londoners to thrive, championing London’s civil society and values, promoting equality and championing diversity, collaborating, learning, acting with integrity, being bold and looking for the bigger picture.

So, if you are ready of an exciting challenge where you can bring individuals, groups and charities together to affect real change for Londoners, this is the role for you.

The Role

As a Network Manager, you will be tasked with managing, supporting and maintaining networks of charities and other civil society organisations across London.

Primarily, you will deal with local infrastructure bodies within London boroughs including Councils of Voluntary Services and Volunteer Centres which support thousands of organisations across London. You will also work with colleagues to develop and support other networks within London Plus.

Specifically, you will:

• Liaise with chairs and network members to develop meeting agendas and materials
• Contribute to the running of networks
• Collect intelligence and data from networks and develop insights into policy and funding discussions
• Collect, collate and disseminate relevant materials to network members
• Help develop and deliver special projects
• Support network chairs and individual members to understand trends and policies
• Provide briefings to other bodies about needs of organisations in the networks
• Develop and maintain materials about the networks
• Support the London Infrastructure Forum
• Support the London Plus Social Prescribing Network
• Consider the need for further networks to be developed by London Plus
• Contribute to funding applications to support the work with networks and the organisation as a whole

About You

To be considered as a Network Manager, you will need:

• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and managing relationships
• A demonstrable track record in a comparable environment (not-for-profit, charity etc.)
• A commitment to addressing inequality and promoting inclusion
• Effective networking and influencing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Other organisations may call this role Network Manager, Charity Network Operations Manager, Charity Networks Officer, or Charity Networks Manager.

The closing date for this role is the 11th January 2021.

Webrecruit and London Plus are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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