About the role
London Funders is looking for a consultant/freelancer to join our team as an Associate Director, supporting the work we do with our members to understand and embed approaches to grantmaking that centre equity and tackle injustice for London’s communities. In this capacity we’d guarantee a minimum number of days work on an annual basis for the person appointed, and would agree additional packages of work during the year depending on the needs of the organisation.
This brief outlines the key elements of the opportunity:
- The purpose – an overview of how the work fits with our team and our plans;
- The products – examples of the type of work you’ll be involved in;
- The person – some thoughts on the skills and experience you’ll bring to the role;
- The practicalities – everything you need to know about the role; and
- The process – how we’ll be making the appointment.
Equity and justice are central to our work, and to the ambitions of our members to create a London that is fairer and stronger for the future. We have worked to demonstrate our commitment to equity and justice in all that we do, but recognise that we would benefit from focused expertise alongside our small core staff team to take this to the next level. This will include:
- Acting as an adviser to our team on existing work (helping to shape our learning and events programme to include the voices and ideas we need to achieve positive change)
- Contributing to the development of our plans for future periods so that we truly embed equity and justice across our work to deliver our new strategy (identifying where we are able to make the biggest change and helping us prioritise how we use our resources)
- Facilitating conversations with funders and partners on learning together on equity and justice, so that action can be taken (chairing meetings of our equity network group for funders where opportunities to develop can be shared)
- Sharing ideas and inspiration from your own research and networks to inform the funding community of the latest thinking (writing blogs and articles for our comms channels)
- Working alongside our equity partners on our funder collaborations to ensure that we live up to our values of embedding justice in our work together (joining meetings with our partners to help develop our programme of work on equity with our Propel funding partners)
We recognise that you will bring your own ideas to the role, and are also open to shaping the work you do with us to ensure your thoughts on how we can be most effective in our work are part of these plans – but we hope the above gives an idea of what will be involved. Our core staff team will be working alongside you – supporting and championing your work, and ensuring you have access to any of the information or insights you need from us to be successful.
How to apply
For the full job description please click here
If you’re interested in being considered for the Associate Director (Equity and Justice) consultancy you’ll need to send us your CV and a cover letter (of no more than two sides of A4) outlining how you see yourself working with us before 10am on Tuesday 24 January 2023. Please send this via email to jessica.herbert@londonfunders.org.uk
Our team will then review the proposals received, and invite selected people to meet with us (in person or via zoom) in week commencing 30 January 2023, with a view to making an appointment and starting work together as soon as possible after this.
If you have any queries about this role, please send them to us on the email address above and one of the team will get back to you as quickly as we can.
Finally, thank you for your interest in working with London Funders. We think this is a really exciting opportunity to shape the work we do, not just for our organisation, but for the fantastic network of committed and progressive funders we have the pleasure of working alongside as we look to strengthen London’s communities. We look forward to hearing from you!