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The Huntington's Disease Association is a UK registered charity that supports people affected by Huntington's disease across England and Wales. We provide information, advice and support to families, friends, and healthcare professionals.
We are looking for an experienced Volunteer Manager to support and inspire those who volunteer for the charity. You will lead them in line with the vision, mission and values of the charity and work to fulfil the goals of our strategic plan. You will strengthen our current volunteering strands with effective governance and great communication and will develop new volunteering opportunities within the charity.
You will manage our volunteer-led Branches and Support groups who offer peer support, fundraising opportunities and activities locally. You will also manage HD Voice, our panel of volunteers, who contribute to the internal development of the charity and ensure that the voice of the Huntington’s community is at the heart of research into the condition.
You will co-ordinate all aspects of the volunteer journey from recruitment, selection, induction, training and ongoing support and develop effective policies, procedures and guidance for volunteers as well as developing an effective monitoring and evaluation process.
We are looking for someone with strong volunteer management skills who has experience of training volunteers and of writing policies, procedures and guidance in line with data protection guidance. Also someone with great communication and relationship management skills who has experience of managing volunteers at all stages of their volunteer journey.
There will be regular evening and weekend work as many of our volunteers work themselves so need the support out of office hours. There will be a need for travel across England and Wales.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to bring their knowledge, skills and experience to our organisation.
We offer great benefits including 25 days annual leave plus public holidays (pro rata for part time staff), a pension scheme with 3% employer contribution, a tax-free working from home allowance, a Medicash scheme, a flexible working approach, a supportive and positive working environment and fantastic learning and development opportunities.
We are committed to equal opportunities in our recruitment process and in order to find out how well we are doing, we collect monitoring data. This will not form part of the selection process in any way and will be used for monitoring purposes only. The completion of this form is voluntary.
The Huntington's Disease Association is looking for someone with the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of adults at risk, children and young people. We follow safer recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the people we work with. We require the successful candidate to provide two employment references and undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for enhance disclosure before joining the charity.
Full details of how we securely handle the data you provide to us as part of the recruitment process can be found in our privacy notice for job applicants on our website.
Click on 'apply' to begin your application. To ensure your consideration, please upload both a CV and cover letter. Your cover letter should include why you are applying for the role and how you meet the requirements of the person specification. The job description and person specification can be found within the job vacancy pack.
Applications submitted without a CV and cover letter will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is Friday 3 May 2024, 5 pm
Interviews will be held Friday 17 May 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Bendrigg
We make adventure accessible, working together to overcome barriers and transform lives.
The spirit of adventure is incredible. A bona fide superpower that can fill any one of us with conviction and confidence, with new abilities and renewed agency. And it’s universal too – not the exclusive preserve of the advantaged and non-disabled. It’s for everyone, because we’re making sure it is.
At Bendrigg, we have the setting and the scenery, the equipment and the expertise, the people and the passion. Together we have a limitless supply of adventure. With a limitless determination to improve people’s lives.
Because we know that, whatever adventure means to each individual, it has the power to empower. To challenge and inspire, to tear down barriers and build up possibilities, to create real and lasting change. Above all, it has the power to change minds – within those individuals and across our whole society: changing the way people see their world, and changing the way the world sees them.
At Bendrigg we create change, one adventure at a time.
The role: Fundraising Manager
We are seeking a Fundraising Manager with a passion for our mission, who will build positive relationships to secure significant income, working together to harness the power of adventure to create lasting change and transform communities for all.
This is a new role, leading our small but growing Fundraising Team, and having a real input into our plans and strategies for the future. Reporting to the Head of Business Development, the successful candidate will oversee all fundraising income generation activity and lead on our Major Donor Giving Programme. A typical week could involve meeting with prospective donors, developing a case for support for a new stream of work, supporting team members to develop their own fundraising skills, and working with other departments to raise awareness of Bendrigg’s work.
This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned fundraiser to join and lead a forward-thinking and inclusive team and develop Bendrigg’s fundraising to support our new Strategic Plan. This opportunity is open to those wishing to work remotely (there would be an expectation to attend the office for a minimum of 2 weeks during the induction process, and thereafter at least 3 days per month throughout the year), looking for a hybrid working pattern or wanting to be fully office-based. The role is full time, however part-time on a minimum of 0.8FTE would be considered for the ideal candidate.
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, irrespective of gender, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, or criminal records.
Working at Bendrigg
Whilst at Bendrigg, our visitors feel ‘celebrated’ rather than just ‘accommodated’ and we want no different for our staff. We understand that everyone is different and try to be as flexible as possible. We are proud to offer a caring and supportive working environment with a number of benefits including:
· Holidays: Staff receive 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (FTE, part-time pro-rata).
· Lunch: lunch and refreshments are provided for anyone working on-site from our amazing catering team.
· Training: personal and professional development is actively encouraged and rewarded. Staff are provided with opportunities for external training as well as a number of internal training sessions throughout the year.
· Pension: All employees can take advantage of our pension arrangements whereby contributions of 5% from the employee are matched by 5% from Bendrigg.
· Sick pay: company sick pay starting at 1 month full pay in any 12 month period after the first 6-months, and rising to 3 months full pay (in any 12 month period) after 2 years of service, and 6 months full pay (in any 12 month period) after 5 years of service.
· Maternity & Paternity Pay: Statutory Maternity & Paternity Pay
· Parental leave: We understand that you may need time to settle children into a new school, or you may want to spend more time with a child. Bendrigg offers 18 weeks unpaid leave for each child up to their 18th birthday (maximum of 4 weeks per year).
· Emergency Dependant & Compassionate leave: Up to 5 paid days per year
How to Apply
If you feel you could belong at Bendrigg then please download the full job description for more information. Please submit your CV and a covering letter detailing how you fit the person specification. A strong cover letter will include:
· why you want to work at Bendrigg and why this role appeals to you personally,
· highlights of your previous experience, knowledge, skills, and personal attributes that clearly and succinctly match the person specification.
For more information
We welcome informal enquiries so please do contact our office if you have any questions.
All enquiries relating to this post should be made to: Sarah Garman, Head of Business Development
Please ensure that a CV and cover letter is submitted. A strong cover letter will include:
• why you want to work at Bendrigg and why this role appeals to you personally,
• highlights of your previous experience, knowledge, skills, and personal attributes that clearly and succinctly match the person specification.
We make adventure accessible, working together to overcome barriers and transform lives.
As the Training Programmes Manager you will have oversight and responsibility for the healthcare professional training projects and activities, as well as growing the M4RD network within HCP groups and training institutions.
You will be key to rolling out Rare Disease 101 training for healthcare professionals all over the UK and potentially abroad. While you are not expected to deliver training yourself you will be pivotal to creating opportunities and facilitating all aspects of the programme.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
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Co-lead M4RD’s Ambassador Programme, managing the clinical and medical student ambassadors.
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Planning and delivering training events.
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Deliver educational and training projects inline with M4RD’s current strategy and work programme.
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Collaborate with training institutions and NHS workplaces inline with M4RD’s current strategy and work programme.
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Potential to manage up to two members of the M4RD Team.
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Support the CEO and Operations & Finance Manager with recruitment duties, operational strategy and development and coaching any relevant staff.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
In this role you will lead and empower the Executive Team and organisation to deliver high quality services to ensure that patient voices are heard. Working with the Board of Trustees you will develop the organisation’s long term strategy and ensure good governance. You will be the public face in building relationships with strategic partners and stakeholders to deliver impact and improvement and will represent the organisation at strategic meetings to hold services to account.
The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Monday 29th April 2024.
The selection process will include:
- Interviews including a presentation element which will be held face to face on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th May 2024.
- Online sessions where the candidate will meet with stakeholders, the Board of Trustees and the Executive Team later in the week commencing Monday 13th May 2024.
If this sounds like the job for you, please follow the link to our website to access our application form and further details!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Pause works with women who have experienced – or are at risk of – repeated pregnancies that result in children needing to be removed from their care. The programme gives women the chance to pause and take control over their lives, breaking a destructive cycle that causes both them and their children deep trauma. We are now working with more women who have experienced multiple removals than anyone else in the country.
The Pause Practice Lead will manage one of our largest teams – six Pause Practitioners and one Coordinator. The Practice Lead will ensure effective delivery of the Pause programme – they will work alongside their team, bringing a wealth of direct practice experience of complex work to maximise the team’s potential.
The Practice Lead will provide high levels of supervision and leadership to team members from a variety of disciplines, as well ensuring fidelity and integrity to the model. They will typically have significant experience in both operational and project management, with an ability to manage complex data and demonstrate impact. Additionally, they will usually have experience of evidence informed approaches.
Key responsibilities
- Effectively lead and coach the Pause Practice to achieve positive outcomes for women - setting vision, targets and priorities;
- Ensure fidelity and integrity to the model through delivery of the Pause Framework elements, for example, assertive outreach with women and ensuring the most effective form of long-acting reversible contraception is in place;
- Ensure effective pathways are established and maintained with key agencies, e.g. sexual health, housing and mental health;
- Ensure an evidence base is applied to practice through assessment of a woman's needs, case formulation, intervention delivery and review;
- Ensure outcomes are achieved and monitored through the Pause Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Framework and that real-time data is used to improve practice and reported to relevant funders;
- Report to the Local Pause Board and any other relevant funders;
- Manage expenditure of the Pause Practice and ensure any financial spend on women is aligned with their goals as set out in the care plan;
- Ensure the effective management of all statutory requirements related to the Pause Practice at all times, including safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults, and health and safety of staff;
- Represent Pause to external stakeholders;
- Embed continuous learning ethos within the Pause Practice.
Please download our Briefling Pack for more information about the role, and about Pause.
We work to improve the lives of women who have had more than one child removed from their care, and to influence the systems that affect them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Internal Comm Lead
Fixed Term: 12 month fixed term contract
Hours: 35 per week (part time or flexible working will be considered)
Location: Home based with travel to different locations
Salary: £37,000 plus working from home allowance
Essential:
- Experience of designing and delivering internal communications plans
- An excellent understanding of internal communications channels
- Proven change management and change communications skills
- Creative thinking with the ability to produce compelling ideas that engage and unite staff
- A problem solver that can translate complex issues into accessible communications using both interactive and passive channels
- Expectational relationship building skills across all levels of an organisation
- Alignment with United Responses values and a commitment to delivering our vision and mission.
United Response is a leading national charity. We have a great team of people who are passionate about providing care and support. Our support staff champion the rights of the people we support to live, work, socialise and participate in the community, free of discrimination and unnecessary boundaries. In our work we aim to be creative, strong, honest, responsive and united.
Senior Individual Giving Officer, an excellent opportunity to join a fantastic Children’s Charity at a very exciting time of investment and growth across Individual Giving and Mass Fundraising.
- Remote working. Able to attend the Reading Office 1-2 times a Month.
With long-term investment to grow the Individual Giving programme and across Mass Fundraising, it’s a very exciting time to join the charity and the Individual Giving team.
As the Senior Individual Giving Officer, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the successful delivery of this programme. You will work closely with the Individual Giving & Legacies Manager, leading on a variety of campaigns across Individual Giving. Delivering and developing campaigns and appeals across cash, regular giving, payroll giving and legacies, using channels such as digital, direct mail, DRTV and direct dialogue.
Key responsibilities
- With the Individual Giving & Legacies Manager, develop the IG marketing plan, making recommendations to meet strategic goal.
- Deliver the activity plan considering learnings and recommendations, in line with the wider Income and Engagement Strategy.
- Ensure campaigns are delivered on time and to budget across a variety of channels, adhering to brand guidelines.
- Develop creatives for campaigns with internal and agency support to increase response rates and growing income.
- Ensure a test and learn approach to build solid foundations on which to grow the programme.
- Regularly monitor the performance of campaigns and activities and report weekly against agreed KPIs.
To be successful in this Senior Individual Giving Offer role, you will have gained the following skills, knowledge, and experience:
- Working within fundraising in a similar Direct Marketing role, delivering and developing fundraising campaigns and activations in Individual Giving.
- Managing multi-channel Direct Marketing programmes across an array of channels such as: Direct Mail, Digital, DRTV, Telephone, Face to Face.
- Analysing data, results monitoring and KPI reporting, and using insight to make inform decisions.
'Angela Mann Recruitment' is a specialist Charity & NFP Recruitment Agency, with extensive experience and knowledge of working within the sector. We match individuals to roles based on the required skills and experiences requested to fulfil a position, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Are you a Community or Corporate fundraiser looking for your next exciting role?
Eden Brown Charities are delighted to be working with an incredible national health Charity to recruit them a Community Fundraising Manager. This charity has an incredible mission to support both adults and children who are living with complex disabilities in the UK.
About the Role
As Community Fundraising Manager you will be responsible for generating community fundraising income in the North of England. You will also be working to build relationships across the north region with local businesses, organisations and individuals. You will work closely with the Senior Community Fundraising Manager to develop a strategy.
You will also provide a positive stewardship journey to supporters.
About You
To be successful in this role you must have
* Experience in a Community and/ or Corporate fundraising role
* Extensive experience of recruiting, supporting and stewarding fundraisers or volunteers
* Extensive experience of building successful internal and external relationships
* Experience of managing multiple priorities simultaneously while still providing the highest level of customer care to all supporters
* Experience of financial budgeting and reporting
* Experience of working with fundraising databases, preferably Raiser's Edge
This is a remote role with travel across the North West and Yorkshire. Please note that interviews are being held on a rolling basis. For more information on this exciting opportunity please call Laura Iliff on 07442607841.
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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ARMA (UK) is the professional association for research management in the UK. We currently have around 3,5000 individual members from 250 organisations, ranging from universities and research institutes to research funders and the National Health Service.
This role will be responsible for the effective delivery of ARMA’s scheduled and ad hoc training and development events (c25 per year) and our mentoring programme, working closely with our Qualifications and Member Engagement Officers, various working groups and our volunteer trainers to support them to deliver high quality training.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Charity People are working with the fantastic charity DFN Project Search to find a brilliant Corporate Partnerships Manager to join their ambitious fundraising team, helping to bring in an exciting new income stream for the organisation.
DFN Project Search is a national charity committed to transforming the lives of young adults with a learning disability, autism spectrum condition, or both. They do this through working in partnership with companies from across a range of industries in the public and private sectors, schools and colleges, local authorities and specialist employment providers, to deliver a year-long supported internship that helps these young adults transition from education to the world of work. On completing the supported internship around 60% of graduates secure full-time, paid employment compared to the UK average of 4.8%. This provides these young adults with the freedom of choice to lead more happy, healthy, and fulfilled lives, because they have an equal opportunity of financial independence through securing full-time, paid work.
- Corporate Partnerships Manager
- Salary: £40,000 - 45,000 p/a
- Full-Time (permanent)- 9am to 30pm, Monday to Friday
- Home based but within easy travelling distance of London for meetings and events and ability to travel elsewhere in the UK
- Benefits: 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), pension, company mobile phone and laptop
The Role
This newly formed role will be the perfect opportunity for an ambitious fundraiser to establish a thriving corporate partnerships career; there are significant opportunities to develop existing and new relationships and create transformational corporate partnerships that change the lives of young adults.
The Corporate Partnerships Manager will play a pivotal role in developing and managing corporate relationships, responsibilities include researching and identifying potential partners, generating leads through networking, and preparing compelling pitches. The postholder will collaborate closely with colleagues across the Charity and contribute to the development and implementation of both the corporate partnerships and overarching fundraising strategy.
About you
The role will suit a commercially minded, emotionally intelligent and collaborative person. You will be able to demonstrate experience in building and developing a pipeline of prospect partners, collaboration with key internal stakeholders, and have a proactive approach to new business, possess excellent communication skills and ultimately have the ability to deliver long-term, strategic funding opportunities.
Closing date: 5.00pm Monday 6th May
1st stage interview w/c 13th May
2nd stage interview w/c 20th May
If this role sounds like your next move, please get in touch with to find out more on how to apply!
We actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion and would love to hear from candidates from outside of the sector with transferrable skills.
At Charity People, we match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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GFI Europe is at the forefront of the movement to advance plant-based and cultivated (grown from cells) meat in order to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, from climate change and global hunger, to antibiotic resistance and animal suffering.
Reporting to our Head of Communications, you will be responsible for creating content, curating information and requests, conducting research and supporting and improving processes that maximise the impact of GFI Europe’s communications.
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Full-time (flexible hours), permanent. Requests for part-time arrangements (minimum 30 hours) can be considered.
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Home-based/remote from Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, or the UK.
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Salary: €2,120-€2,250 / month. This range is based on a hire in France and will be adjusted if hired elsewhere in Europe.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
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Excellent written communication skills.
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An eye for good design.
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Strong prioritisation and organisational skills.
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Problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
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Attention to detail.
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Confidence working in English.
We want the best people and we know that building a diverse, inclusive workplace leads to stronger, happier, more productive and resilient teams. We strongly encourage people of every ethnicity, orientation, age, gender, origin, socio-economic background, and ability to apply. Because we value a diverse workplace, we prioritise an inclusive culture absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team.
For more information about this role and to see the full list of responsibilities and requirements, please check out the full job description on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
About the World Green Building Council
The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is the largest and most influential local-regional-global action network, leading the transformation to sustainable and decarbonised built environments for everyone, everywhere.
Together, with 75+ Green Building Councils and industry partners from all around the world, we are driving systemic changes to:
● Address whole-life carbon emissions of existing and new buildings
● Enable resilient, healthy, equitable, and inclusive places
● Secure regenerative, resource-efficient, and waste-free infrastructure
We work with businesses, organisations, and governments to deliver on the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs).
The Role:
The Partner Engagement Lead is responsible for key account management, and specifically developing and supporting relationships with programme sponsors and partners within the WorldGBC network.
The Partner Engagement Lead will work closely alongside the programme/projects team subject leads, taking responsibility for day to day management of activities that relate to sponsors or stakeholders, including partner relationships, external collaborations and fundraising.
Working cross-functionally within a matrix-style organisation, the Lead will work collaboratively on the engagement pillar of WorldGBC's fundraising team alongside the Partnerships Manager and the Strategic Partnerships Lead. This team coordinates closely with all WorldGBC departments, in particular where sponsors are involved with initial focus on the programme/project partners.
Well-organised and a great communicator, this individual will ensure that key relationships are managed effectively across the organisation, and be detail oriented in their reporting and accounting of opportunities. The Lead should also be willing to represent the organisation in relevant external opportunities relating to the programmes as need arises - including fundraising meetings, external working groups, events or conferences.
The Partner Engagement Lead will report to the Director of Programmes Strategy.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1. Account Management: Be primary point of contact for new and existing programmatic sponsors and partners, overseeing engagement with the network and accounting with detailed reporting to ensure up-to-date partnership records. Work alongside the programmatic team leads to deliver all agreed benefits to partners, ensuring a uniform balance of benefits and opportunities across sponsors engaging in all areas of the organisation.
2. Fundraising and Budget Management: Work alongside the programme leads to secure funding and manage relevant programme/project budgets (with guidance from the Director of Programmes Strategy), including supporting grant application and reporting responsibilities where necessary.
3. Stakeholder Engagement (members and partners): Engage with stakeholders to ensure that our programmes/projects align with their goals and needs, working with the Director of Programmes Strategy and wider programme team to explore best practice engagement tactics throughout 2024.
4. Subject Matter Expertise: Stay current with the latest trends in sustainable buildings and WorldGBC programme outputs, ensuring the Lead can communicate knowledgeably about WorldGBC strategy and work areas as required.
5. Communications: Support communication for WorldGBC on topics related to sustainable buildings in relevant programmatic areas, representing the team at internal or external events or industry working groups and collaborating with Marketing & Communications on accurate messaging for publications and campaigns.
6. Supporting Programmes team: Be a committed member of the WorldGBC team and offer support, training and expertise to wider members of the team. Participate and engage in wider WorldGBC campaigns, events and deliverables, such as COP, World Green Building Week and Leadership Summit.
Skills, Experience & Education:
1. Communication and Engagement:
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Stakeholder engagement through active listening, empathy, and clear articulation.
- Ability to diplomatically resolve conflict and manage sensitive situations.
- Confident communication in external situations, including pitch meetings or external events.
2. Account Management:
a. Strong account management abilities, including strong organisation to facilitate multi-stakeholder and staff coordination, timeline management, and deliverable tracking.
b. Analytical skills for complex issue analysis and informed decision-making, especially in scenarios of cross-organisational partner engagement.
3. Reporting and Budget Oversight:
- A thorough understanding of budget management and willingness to work collaboratively on fundraising alongside colleagues.
- Work across teams to support them with a variety of stakeholder engagement practices, reporting, flagging and following up on all strategically relevant opportunities.
- Accurate reporting for all strategic analysis, including budget and grant reporting.
4. Collaborative working:
- Ensure that co-workers are kept up-to-date and facilitate teamwork and mutual understanding.
- Be open to new ideas and able to adjust to changing circumstances to ensure productive collaboration within diverse teams.
- Prioritise team goals over individual agendas, contribute constructively to group discussions and foster a supportive and inclusive work environment that encourages cooperation and innovation.
The ideal candidate is:
● A relationship builder – will listen to the needs of the team, industry, and GBCs, and work collaboratively to secure and manage constructive relationships with partners
● A strategic thinker – has the ability to focus on the end goal and ensure that every activity and approach is directed towards this goal
● An enthusiastic learner – willing to take on new challenges and tackle complex topics
● A creative mind – will innovate with approaches and engagement techniques
● Able to develop and implement a work plan - be meticulous in managing deadlines and deliverables, working with the marketing team and WorldGBC colleagues to ensure on-time delivery
We are committed to fostering inclusivity and diversity in our workforce. In line with this commitment, we want to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to apply for positions within our company. Therefore, we encourage candidates to submit their applications even if they do not meet all of the stated criteria. We believe in considering each applicant's unique talents, experiences, and potential, recognising that qualifications extend beyond traditional checkboxes. Additionally, we embrace various working patterns and understand that individuals have different preferences regarding their work arrangements. Hence, we warmly welcome applications from individuals seeking diverse working patterns. We aim to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and contribute, and we are excited to explore the possibilities each applicant can bring to our team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Who we are:
The National Autistic Society is the UK’s leading charity for autistic people. Since 1962, we’ve been transforming lives, changing attitudes and helping to create a society that works for autistic adults and children.
We transform lives by providing support, guidance and practical advice for the 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK, as well as their three million family members and carers. Autistic people turn to us at key moments or challenging times in their lives, be it getting a diagnosis, going to school or finding work.
We change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and the difficulties many autistic people face. We also work closely with businesses, local authorities and government to help them provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.
We have come a long way but it is not good enough. There is still so much to do to increase opportunities, reduce social isolation and build a brighter future for people on the spectrum. With your help, we can make it happen.
What we can offer you:
- Pension scheme
- Excellent induction, training and development programme including training about autism and opportunities to attend our conferences
- Online staff discount scheme for a range of benefits (cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan)
- Access to a 24-hour employee assistance programme
- Access to the Headspace App
We are passionate about supporting autistic people into work, and particularly welcome applications from autistic people. We help autistic people from all backgrounds and strive to represent the same diversity in our staff and volunteers. We particularly encourage applications from people from all minority groups, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. Together, we can create a society that works for autistic people.
We are pleased to be able to offer an experienced autism professional the opportunity to join our Autism Accreditation team as an Accreditation consultant. We require a person with experience working in the field of autism. The applicant will need to be located within the Yorkshire or North East of England due to the nature of the work the caseload they will be managing and the travel required throughout this region.
This role offers a wide and varied work load supporting across social care, education, criminal justice and health sectors amongst many more. Developing best autism practice and celebrating through the accreditation programme the outcomes achieved by provisions.
Start date for this role will be on the 26th August 2024.
How to apply:
- To apply for this role, please click the Apply button below.
- When providing a supporting statement, please refer to the job description and person specification and include any information that shows your suitability for the role.
Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from those with a diagnosis of autism with the relevant experience and skills.
The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
We have a brand new homeworking role in our People and Culture team. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the role and make it your own. You will be the first point of contact in the team. You will have experience of HR administration and continuously improving processes to ensure they are both efficient and effective. An understanding of UK employment legislation is a must. You should have a demonstrable track record of successfully building and maintaining working relationships across an organisation. You should be adept in identifying pragmatic solutions considering the full circumstances of a situation.
We are a small yet busy team. The ability to work at pace whilst maintaining attention to detail is vital, as are good organisational and prioritisation skills
SCIE is a national charity with a clear vision of a society where care and support maximise people's choices. removes social inequality and enables people to live fulfilling, safe and happy lives.
To achieve this we research, evidence, share and support the implementation of best practice. We use this evidence and experience to shape policy and outcomes, and to raise awareness of the importance of social care and social work for creating a fair and equal society. Everything we do is informed by people with experience of care and support.
We are clear that to achieve our purpose we require a workforce of capable, valued and engaged employees.
At SCIE, we are driven by our values:
- Progressive – always learning and developing.
- Inclusive – working together for equality, diversity, and fairness.
- Credible – evidence-based, robust, and reliable.
- Transparent – open and honest.
- Committed – focused on making a difference to people’s lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Closing date: 29th April
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Dementia is the biggest health and social care challenge of our time, and if you are an experienced media officer or journalist Alzheimer’s Society needs you!
The busy, award-winning Alzheimer’s Society national media team is looking for a proactive, strategic and experienced Media Officers to deliver our proactive and reactive press activity to raise the profile of Alzheimer’s Society as the only dementia charity to tackle every aspect of dementia and give help for today and hope for the future.
This is a full-time, permanent role and you’ll be joining the organisation at an exciting, defining and hopeful time for dementia. You’ll be working in a friendly, busy team and on a variety of projects across fundraising, influencing, research, innovation and brand.
We’re looking for someone with proven press office and/or journalistic skills and experience to work flexibly across priority campaigns to secure consistent, quality media coverage that instigates and sustains dialogue on dementia.
You will devise and deliver media activity involving our storytellers (case studies), high-profile celebrity ambassadors and supporters, researchers and thought leaders. Your work will show the devastation of dementia, while sharing the help available and the hope the future brings.
Most colleagues in the media team work from home, but we are open to being flexible and provide you with a flexible/hybrid option to work in our offices. Please note. we meet at our London office (Crutched Friars) once a month so it would be great if you’re able to join us each month for these engaging team days!
Alzheimer's Society have recently been named on the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. We’ve achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. This is a fantastic achievement and we're incredibly proud as this is a fantastic indication of how far we’ve travelled over the past few years.
We would love to welcome more outstanding people to join our exciting journey to make the greatest difference for people living with dementia.
About you
- Good working knowledge of the national UK media.
- Have experience securing quality, strategic press coverage that meets an organisation’s communications goals.
- Be creative, flexible and can spot a good media story or reactive press opportunity a mile off.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Be comfortable to work flexibly across projects and with different subjects.
- Be empathetic, professional and have good attention to detail, able to juggle competing deadlines. And it goes without saying that you’re committed to championing people affected by dementia.
Person Specification
- Excellent and professional communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Excellent IT skills and extensive experience/knowledge on using Microsoft packages.
- Work collaboratively and be able to prioritise your workload effectively.
- Strong analytical and interpretation skills.
- Excellent organisational skills and great attention to detail.
- Advocate for Alzheimer’s Society, demonstrating passion and resilience to make a difference.
- Be a self-starter and incredibly motivated.
About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.