Catch22 exists to help build a society where everyone has a good place to live, good people around them, and a fulfilling purpose. We call these our '3Ps'.

Catch22 supports people through education, employment, mental health and emotional support and social care services. We reach out to people in their communities and help them get the support they need. Last year we supported over 110,000 people across England and Wales to lead better lives.

We achieve this in two ways. First, we improve lives on the frontline through delivery of public services. Secondly, we use our knowledge to change 'the system', to fix the complex web that can trap and disempower those it was set up to help. With the heart of a charity and the mindset of a business, we are uniquely placed to deliver on this challenging agenda.

Context

A rare opportunity to lead a ground-breaking partnership of impact-focused organisations that are developing a new model to support social ventures to tackle social challenges at scale.

Catch22 has been supporting social entrepreneurs with ideas that reimagine the delivery of public services as part of its reform agenda. From 2016 to 2020, we did this via our Incubate, Accelerate, Amplify programme. The programme supported eight award-winning social ventures including Offploy, Lighthouse and Unlocked Graduates and helped our ventures to unlock £21m in public sector contracts and investment.

Building on the learnings from this programme, we've designed a proposition to guide the future of our work social ventures in partnership with Hatch Enterprise and Social Tech Trust.

Together, we're launching a Youth Employment Fund and accelerator that will back organisations with proven tech-enabled solutions that tackle youth unemployment. We'll do this by helping them to grow their revenues and access new customers via public sector contracting opportunities. Revenues generated from these contracts will be used to unlock investment, helping to further scale their solutions. Earlier this year, we were backed by Big Society Capital via its Ideas for Impact programme which aims to support ideas that can tackle a social issue at scale.

You can read more about the thinking behind the Youth Employment Fund in this thread by Catch22's Head of Ventures and Innovation.

We're now looking for a consultant to help us further develop our proposition and secure funding that will enable us to deliver a pilot in 2022.

Main Duties & Accountabilities

• Securing funding for a pilot of the Youth Employment Fund and develop it so that it can have a transformational impact. You will:
  • Generate leads, build relationships, write proposals and deliver pitches.
  • Evolve the proposition so that it is attuned to the needs of employability-focused ventures and individuals they are seeking to support, as well as wider market dynamics and funder interests.
• Manage relations with partners to ensure their ongoing support for - and involvement in - our work. You will:
  • Engage with senior representatives from partners include Big Society Capital, Hatch Enterprise and Social Tech Trust. You'll unlock resources and ensure that partners have awareness and visibility of what they need to do to support us to deliver transformational impact.
• Represent and raise awareness of Youth Employment Fund. You will:
  • Represent our partnership in public. When appropriate, you will produce and publish external content, and host and organise events that promote our aims.
• ​​​​​​​Take responsibility for - and reporting against - outputs, outcomes and milestones we’ve committed to as part Big Society Capital’s Ideas for Impact programme.

To be eligible for this role you must be available to start work ASAP.

You’re an engaging relationship-builder. You’re a strong communicator, adept at expressing complex ideas simply and telling compelling stories. You listen well and find ways to build rapport with others quickly.

You can write, pitch and present. You know how to summarise complex information succinctly, and how to get into the mindset of the audience to pitch it in the right way. You’ll be good at pulling together information from diverse sources (such as organisational strategies) to create compelling presentations.

You are a strategic thinker. You understand how to craft propositions that are informed by market analysis and emerging opportunities.

You’re exceptionally well-organised. You can keep on top of a shifting set of projects and opportunities. You can project manage not just the work, but the people involved to keep energy levels and momentum up.

You can think big and challenge ideas. You’re not constrained by traditional ideas of how charity works. You understand social outcomes, and can consider commercial risk and reward. You can apply business-minded thinking to helping us achieve our goals.

Beyond this, we're particular keen to hear from applicants with one or more of the following:

• Experience of fundraising;
• Existing relationships with funders (corporates, trusts and foundations);
• Understanding of the social innovation ecosystem.

Bonus points if you have experience and understanding of fund building.

For full Job Description please click here.

Salay/Contract: 6 month fixed term contract (0.6FTE), Fixed price up to £35,000 inclusive of all charges and taxes.

Recruitment Process

Stage 1: Expression of Interest

You will email the hiring manager to express an interest in the role. We will arrange an informal chat and share relevant documents with you.

Deadline: Friday 3rd December

Stage 2: CV, Portfolio & Proposal

You will share your CV, 2-3 examples of your work that demonstrate why you are a good fit to lead this project and a project proposal (no longer than equivalent of 6 pages in Word).

We will also ask you to provide feedback on our proposition (which we'll share at the end of Stage 1).

Deadline:  Friday 3rd December.

Stage 3: Panel Interview

You will be invited to a panel interview with the hiring manager and key project stakeholders.

W/C: Monday 6th December

See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.

Unless otherwise stated, interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised.

At Catch22 we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. Diversity and Inclusion is part of what we do every day, working to deliver our vision to build a strong society where everyone has good people around them, a purpose, and a good place to live.