Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Project
Prioritising areas of focus for RNIB’s new 3-year strategy
Project:
RNIB are launching a new 3 –year strategy. For their “Changing Society” strategy strand,
they want the new strategy to prioritise removing the barriers that people with
sight loss face in participating in society.
As part of this, they are seeking guidance as to which barriers to focus on, to optimise where the charity places their
resources.
They would like to develop a systematic approach to options appraisal
for this strategic prioritization, seeking input from stakeholders; which may
include their staff and volunteers, their Board of Trustees, their Executive
Board, and the wider community of blind and partially sighted people. Initially,
they would like help on structuring the approach to the prioritisation, and
then on-going advisory support as they implement whatever method is chosen.
Ideas they have considered include Theory of Change and Multiple-Criteria
Decision Analysis (MCDA), although they are open to all options.
The OR volunteer would not be expected to run the whole options
appraisal, but rather suggest the approach and then provide advice. RNIB are
capable of running workshops or undertaking the appraisal themselves, with some
support from the OR volunteer.
Time commitment:
5-7 days
Location: One or two visits to the London office may
be required, but these are limited (to potentially a few hours). The organisation is willing to work flexibly
(e.g. via Skype calls, by travelling to the location of the volunteer for
meetings). All other work can be done
remotely.
If you feel you are
able to offer your assistance please complete the application form and return along with your CV to amy.hughes@theorsociety.com by Monday 18th June.
The OR Society and RNIB Fully support equal opportunities. As such, we welcome
applications from the partially sighted or blind, or those with disabilities.
Information
about the organisation:
RNIB promotes the
interests of blind and partially sighted people and those at risk of sight
loss, across the UK. They are led by a trustee board with over 80% blind and
partially sighted people. Over 33,000 people are part of RNIB Connect
community, the vast majority of whom have sight loss. RNIB’s ambition is to
change the world for those living with, and at risk of, sight loss. They take
action to prevent avoidable sight loss, provide support and services to enable
independence and campaign to create a fully inclusive society.
For further information about RNIB
please visit https://www.rnib.org.uk/
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