Innovation Manager (Inclusion of people with disability and older people) At ELRHA

Salary: £37,000 – £42,000

Duration: Two Years Fixed-Term contract with potential to move to permanent contract**

Location: London, Cardiff, or remote within UK. (currently all our staff are working at home and can attend offices on an optional basis. This situation is likely to continue until at least January 2022)

Elrha is a global charity that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We are looking to recruit a highly experienced Innovation Manager to apply their skills in Elrha’s fast-paced and creative Humanitarian Innovation Fund team, and lead on the strategic development and delivery of the HIF’s thematic innovation focus area on inclusion of people with disability and older people.

Our team of Innovation Managers are passionate about developing creative innovation processes and managing their innovation grant portfolios by working with sector experts to identify the most pressing problems, analysing opportunities for innovation and designing funding calls—innovation challenges—to address them.

You will need to bring your expertise in the fields of inclusion and innovation to provide technical oversight and effective management across a portfolio of innovation grants through fostering effective partnerships and providing support to grantees. You will need to be a talented communicator who can facilitate workshops in an engaging way and tell compelling stories about our innovations in order to achieve maximum impact.

This post requires an individual looking for a challenging role, who is ready to take on this exciting and varied opportunity in a busy and ambitious team. You will lead on the strategic development and operational delivery of our innovation focus area on the inclusion of people with disability and older people and will need to demonstrate:

• significant experience in the design and delivery of structured innovation processes, bringing ideas from conception to completion
• excellent communication and facilitation skills, and the ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with a diverse stakeholder audience
• highly motivated self-starter with experience of working on sensitive or complex issues, for example vulnerable or marginalised groups, protection, or disability.
• be able to adapt to shifting priorities and responsibilities as the situation demands

If you feel you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, please review the full job description for further details. Please ensure you complete the personal statement as part of the application process to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is the next career move for you.

Covid-19 restrictions permitting, Elrha’s staff are usually based at our offices in London and Cardiff. While the preference is for the Innovation Manager to be able to work in one of these locations, remote working may be possible for the right candidate.

Elrha is a global charity that finds solutions to complex humanitarian problems through research and innovation. We fund and support projects that go on to shape the way in which people across the world are supported during a crisis. We are based in the UK, but our roles have a global reach. We’re an established and respected part of the humanitarian community, working closely and meaningfully with our fellow networks and actors to make change happen.

Elrha is a wholly owned subsidiary of Save the Children. We are able to benefit from a range of support services provided by Save the Children UK, including recruitment systems. For this reason you will be directed to Save the Children UK’s job portal upon clicking ‘apply’.

We look forward to hearing from you.

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable people in our work. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality, and are committed to improving employment opportunities for minority groups. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled candidates, as BAME and people with disabilities are currently under-represented throughout our work. We also welcome applications from LGB and Trans, and non-binary candidates.

Closing date: Wednesday 21^st July 2021

1^st interview date: Thursday 29^th / Friday 30^th (shortlisted candidates will be able to select from a list of available slots on either date)

2^nd interview date: Friday 6 August.