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Fair by DesignNews - 31 Jul 2024

Vacancy, Director role at Fair by Design

Our current director of Fair by Design, Martin Coppack, is moving on to take up a Professorship in financial inclusion at the University of Birmingham.  We are now recruiting for his replacement.

The Fair By Design (FBD) advocacy programme, run by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, dedicated to ending the extra costs of being poor.  People in poverty pay more for essentials such as energy, insurance, credit and even how they pay for things. This is known as the poverty premium.

We are looking for a talented individual with an outstanding track record of successfully delivering impactful change.  Using your skills and experience you will help us to achieve our mission of eliminating the poverty premium by ensuring all our work is persuasive and impactful and that our messages are heard by those in power.

  • This is a full-time fixed term contract of 3 years with the possibility of renewal.
  • Salary: £76,161 – £88,583 p.a.
  • Generous contributory pension scheme of up to 10%.
  • Hybrid working with an expectation that at least 2 days a week will be office/field-based. The Barrow Cadbury Trust office is in Vauxhall, London.

The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent charitable foundation seeking a just and peaceful society which recognizes the equal value of all people.  Largely working in partnerships with others, we use all our resources – our money, our people and our name – to bring about structural change to increase social justice and equality.

We have a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and we encourage applications from people with personal experience of the social justice and human rights issues we seek to address.

Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK where we will need to see original documents.

Before you apply have a look at the Fair By Design website as well as this website.

How to apply and interview date

Please email Maddy Rooke-Ley with your CV and a covering letter setting out how your skills and experience meet the person specification (no more than 2 sides of A4) by 8am on Monday 9 September 2024.  

Please also complete and return the Equal Opportunities form and note our Privacy statement.  

Shortlisted candidates will have an opportunity to meet the team and learn about their roles via Zoom on Monday 16  September.

Interviews for short listed candidates will be held on Wednesday 25 September 2024 at our office at The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London SE11 5RR.

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