Action Network Project Manager Jobs in Lambeth, Greater London
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SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, founded in 1949. SOS Children’s Villages exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. Working in over 130 countries, we are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.
The Senior Programme Manager is an exciting new role that will oversee the vital processes we use to maintain oversight of programmes funded by SOS Children’s Villages UK.
You will:
- spearhead a new, transformative programme aimed at delivering real, positive change for children and families, requiring an ambitious leader committed to making a lasting difference.
- work collaboratively, with two direct reports, to capture and communicate the powerful impact of our work to stakeholders both within and beyond SOS Children’s Villages.
We are looking for an organised, experienced individual with strong project management skills and a background in international development or a related field.
As part of the largest global organisation focused on supporting and protecting children who have lost or are at risk of losing, parental care, SOS Children's Villages UK is uniquely positioned. We have access to a vast wealth of data, insights and experience from around the world, while also benefiting from the agility of a small, dynamic team.
Our goal is to leverage these strengths to engage with the well-developed UK international development and child protection sectors, linking these with our wider global work.
If you have a natural talent for entrepreneurship and relationship building and are ready to take on this rewarding challenge, we want to hear from you!
To Apply
Please read the full job description within the Candidate Pack, and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 17th November at 17.00 UK time. We reserve the right to close the application process early if a successful candidate is found.
Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Head of Fundraising
Hours: 35 hours a week. Flexible working considered.
Salary: £48,980 – £54,136
Contract: Permanent
Location: London (with hybrid working options)
More than one in four children are growing up in poverty in the UK. It doesn’t have to be this way. The new UK government has announced its plans to develop a strategy to tackle child poverty, something that Child Poverty Action Group has led the way in calling for.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraising professional to play a pivotal role in delivering change for the 4.3 million children growing up in poverty. You will have a demonstrable track record in securing six figure and multi annual grants primarily from trusts, foundations and/or the National Lottery.
You will have the ability to work confidently as a creative and analytical problem solver, and a hands-on fundraiser. CPAG’s fundraised income has grown significantly, and the team raises nearly £3 million annually.
You will be responsible for managing all aspects of fundraising income generation, and leading and supporting a small fundraising team. You will be able to build and nurture relationships with funders, donors and other stakeholders, and have excellent communication skills.
We understand that many people, especially people who identify as women, people from ethnic minority backgrounds or from other underrepresented groups, only apply for jobs when they believe they match all the criteria. If you don’t meet all the criteria in the person specification and want to play a key role in helping to tackle UK child poverty, please consider applying.
We operate a hybrid working system and would be happy to discuss any flexibilities required. CPAG is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion which you can read more about in the job pack.
For more information about this post and to apply download the Head of Fundraising job pack and application form.
If you have questions or need specific arrangements or reasonable adjustments to take part in the selection process please contact us at the email address listed in the application pack.
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 18th November 2024
Interviews will be held in London on: Monday 25th and Wednesday 27th November 2024
Child Poverty Action Group works to prevent and end child poverty – for good.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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SOS Children’s Villages UK is part of a global federation, founded in 1949. SOS Children’s Villages exists to ensure that each child and young person grows up with the healthy relationships they need to become their strongest selves. Working in over 130 countries, we are the world’s largest non-governmental organisation focused on supporting children and young people who don’t have, or who are at risk of losing, parental care.
We are now recruiting for a new role of Advocacy and External Relations Manager reflecting our ambitions to use our voice and expertise to ensure children and young people without, or at risk of losing, parental care around the world are more visible, better supported and their rights protected.
This exciting and strategically important new role is pivotal in helping SOS Children’s Villages UK achieve our advocacy objectives as part of our new 2025-2030 strategy. A confident and proactive advocacy professional, the Advocacy and External Relations Manager will plan and carry out a broad range of activities, identifying and pursuing opportunities to further our advocacy aims.
This individual will:
- develop both internal (SOS Children’s Villages Federation) and external peer and UK government relationships
- engage in relevant spaces to ensure that the needs of children and young people without parental care are reflected, and that SOS Children's Villages’ profile and reputation is enhanced.
- devise and lead advocacy campaigns and create persuasive and engaging advocacy content and materials.
- work alongside two other new colleagues, as a key part of delivering a new knowledge ‘Hub’.
- help to develop new partnerships and relationships, and use the insights and evidence gained through the ‘Hub’ to craft advocacy recommendations, connecting with policy makers and other relevant stakeholders, to influence changes to policies and approaches around the protection of children.
We are looking for a self-motivated individual, who combines exceptional networking and relationship-building skills with strong organisational ability, and deep knowledge of the UK political landscape and advocacy tactics and approaches, ideally within an international development setting.
If you are a dynamic advocacy professional who is looking for an exciting new challenge within a friendly team, then this could be for you!
To Apply
Please read the full job description within the Candidate Pack, and submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 17th November at 17.00 UK time. We reserve the right to close the application process early if a successful candidate is found.
Please note: The post-holder must be UK-based. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship if required and unfortunately cannot progress applications without the required right to live and work in the UK on a permanent contract.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Ready to make a real difference? Join us as our new Fundraising Manager and be at the heart of Sufra’s mission to transform lives in Northwest London.
This isn’t just a job; it’s a call to action. You’ll have the freedom to shape our fundraising strategy, working hand-in-hand with our Director and Senior Leadership Team to make a tangible impact in our community.
• Salary: £36,000 - £42,000 per annum (dependent on experience, Full-Time Equivalent)
• Hours: Flexible arrangements from 20 hours per week (0.5 FTE) up to full-time considered. Hybrid working options available.
• Contract: Permanent
About Us
Sufra is an innovative charity in Northwest London that prevents hunger, fights poverty and builds community.
With the help of our volunteers and partners, we coordinate a network of food banks and community kitchens, as well as a social supermarket and café. These act as a gateway for guests to access more holistic support – including welfare advice, asylum support, volunteering opportunities and our award-winning community garden.
We aim to work with our guests to find solutions to their challenges together, whilst campaigning against the causes of hunger and poverty.
What You’ll Do
Strategy & Execution: Create and drive an innovative individual giving strategy that skyrockets our donor base and revenue.
Understanding Our Supporter Base: Dive into our CRM system (Beacon) to understand, profile, and engage with our supporters on a personal level.
Donor Stewardship: Cultivate and nurture relationships with individual donors, including high-net-worth individuals, ensuring they feel valued and connected to our cause.
Campaign Management: Lead dynamic direct marketing campaigns, digital appeals, and social media drives that captivate and convert.
Data, Budgeting & Reporting: Analyse fundraising performance like a pro, managing budgets and providing insightful reports.
Team Leadership: Inspire and guide a passionate team, fostering collaboration across departments to achieve our shared goals.
And More…
• Support our corporate fundraising, sponsorship, and volunteer strategies.
• Boost our PR efforts and build strong media relationships.
• Be the face of Sufra at external events and meetings.
• Work closely with the entire team, stepping in wherever needed to propel our charity forward.
Why You’ll Love Working with Us
Health and Wellbeing: Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential advice and counselling.
Learning and Development: Annual training budget, plus shadowing opportunities to grow your skills.
Annual Leave: Start with 25 days per year (pro rata) plus bank holidays, gaining an extra day for each year of service (up to 5 additional days).
Pay and Pension: Competitive salaries with regular reviews, plus eligibility for the Nest pension scheme with employer contributions.
Flexibility: Embrace hybrid and flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
If you’re an experienced fundraiser with a knack for storytelling and a heart for serving the community, we want to hear from you. Join us in driving positive change and making a real difference in Northwest London. Apply now and become a pivotal part of our mission.
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The Young Ealing Foundation’s vision is to ensure all young people in Ealing can access the opportunities and support they need to grow up and lead happy and safe lives, fulfil their potential and become a valued and listened to part of the local community. We work towards this by working with and in the community to empower small, local charities to thrive and flourish in order to enable sustainable, high quality service provision for children and young people and promote great youth work in all its forms.
As a small, place-based charity, we often find ourselves responding in dynamic ways to local need, whether of the children and young people in Ealing, or the grassroots charities who form our membership. This role would suit someone who gets excited about approaching opportunities in innovative ways and moving quickly to enact these.
Our Ealing Young Champions programme has been developed over the last four years, and we have secured multi-year funding to run projects designed to engage and empower local young people to advocate for practical solutions to address the issues that they and their peers face. Whilst a core group has been established over time, the way the project is run will be set by the successful applicant according to their own experience of working with young people.
We are also about to begin an exciting new project, taking over a local Library and developing it as a hub for services for children, young people and families in Greenford, alongside a core library offer for the local community. The appointed person will be instrumental in engaging with local young people to ensure they have a say in how the building and services within it are developed.
Main Purpose of the role:
1. Manage the planning, recruitment and delivery of our Ealing Young Champions Youth Voice project
2. Advocate for and embed youth voice into the work of partners, stakeholders and members and identify new opportunities to develop youth voice and co-production programmes
3. Work with colleagues to set a strategy for embedding co-production in YEF’s organisational practice
4. To provide project management and support on youth engagement with the Greenford Library project
Please see attached role description and person specification for a more detailed breakdown of the role and skills needed to do it.
Please submit a CV and cover letter which describe how you meet the key experience, knowledge and skills outlined in the person specification, or your commitment to developing them in your role.
The information in your CV and cover letter will be used to ensure those who best meet the criteria for the role are shortlisted.
Young people in Ealing can access the opportunities to lead happy and safe lives, fulfil their potential and become listened to in the local community
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you a detail-oriented, motivated, and focused professional? As we embark on a new five-year strategy, we are seeking a Network and Learning Coordinator to support the development, implementation and engagement in our Advantaged Thinking Learning Community (ATLC) framework and digital platform across our national network of youth Foyers.
Position: Network and Learning Coordinator
Accountable to: Head of Programmes and Network
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £28,000-32,000 per year, based on experience
Benefits include: Contributory Pension Scheme; Enhanced Maternity/Paternity package; Own Macbook, iPhone and support to work from home; Training and development; travel expenses; Annual leave increases year on year after 3 years service (up to 30 days), Discretionary 3 days leave at Christmas.
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Location: Home-based with some travel to Foyers and team meetings
Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Application deadline: 7th November 2024
First Interviews (Online): 14th and 15th November 2024
Second Interviews (In Person): 21st or 22nd November 2024
How to apply
Please download the job pack below and send a copy of your CV, a completed application form and the equality and diversity form to inbox[at]foyer[dot]net
Our VISION is to see all young people who can’t live at home have access to high quality housing, support, learning and development
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Senior Policy Advisor - Early Help
Salary: £38,000 to £42,000 per annum pro rata plus Inner London allowance pro rata.
Location: London or Homebased (with frequent travel to our London Office)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time - 35 hours per week.
Benefits:
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
- Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
- Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
- Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
Reporting to the Head of Policy and Research, you will ensure Action for Children continues to influence and change UK Government policy through effective policy and research work that leads to lasting change in children's lives.
You'll focus on our universal services such as family support and children in need, to shape and advocate for policies that provide comprehensive support systems for children and their families.
Collaborating with stakeholders, you'll help develop and implement policies that ensure access to necessary services, conduct relevant research to inform policy decisions and provide guidance.
You'll develop and apply influencing strategies that incorporate the views of children, parents and staff and deliver integrated projects with public affairs and campaigns to secure maximum impact with political stakeholders.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
- Function as Action for Children's expert in key policy priority areas leading on the development of strategic influencing priorities.
- Establish collaborative working with colleagues to develop effective campaign design and activity.
- Ensure all Action for Children's evidence gathering, research and policy work across the UK has the child at the centre.
- Provide expert advice on key policy priorities across Action for Children, ensuring that the Chief Executive and senior colleagues are informed and resourced with the relevant information.
- Manage a diverse and challenging workload progressing policy and research projects from design to delivery, including commissioned work through external researchers, networks and academic institutions. Undertake research activities using a range of approaches, including qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
- Cultivate and manage relationships with senior civil servants, politicians, academics and opinion formers, working proactively.
- Work proactively with colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to share policy and research expertise.
Let's talk about you
- Excellent analytical skills to interpret complex information and develop policy solutions and recommendations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively within a team, across departments and with other organisations, and the ability to work with all kinds of people, including people affected by the issues we influence to change.
- Good organisation skills to respond quickly to the demands of the fast moving and complex policy and media agendas.
- Good influencing skills.
- Excellent research and intelligence gathering skills and ability to understand and apply information to specific audiences.
Good to know
Application Process
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Talent Pool
We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.
Contact: Scott Jones via email at quoting reference 10321
Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
Senior Policy Advisor - Childrens Social Care
Salary: £38,000 to £42,000 per annum pro rata plus Inner London allowance pro rata.
Location: London or Homebased (with frequent travel to our London Office)
Contract: Fixed Term Contract -12 months, Full-time - 35 hours per week.
Benefits:
- 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
- Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
- Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
- Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
- Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
Reporting to the Head of Policy and Research, you will ensure Action for Children continues to influence and change UK Government policy through effective policy and research work that leads to lasting change in children's lives.
You'll be focused on creating and overseeing policies that ensure the safety and well being of children, whilst collaborating with government bodies and local communities to advocate for the needs of children in care and care leavers.
You'll influence change to develop robust frameworks that support and protect vulnerable children, fostering an environment where these children can thrive.
You'll develop and apply influencing strategies that incorporate the views of children, parents and staff and deliver integrated projects with public affairs and campaigns to secure maximum impact with political stakeholders.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
- Function as Action for Children's expert in key policy priority areas leading on the development of strategic influencing priorities.
- Establish collaborative working with colleagues to develop effective campaign design and activity.
- Ensure all Action for Children's evidence gathering, research and policy work across the UK has the child at the centre.
- Provide expert advice on key policy priorities across Action for Children, ensuring that the Chief Executive and senior colleagues are informed and resourced with the relevant information.
- Manage a diverse and challenging workload progressing policy and research projects from design to delivery, including commissioned work through external researchers, networks and academic institutions. Undertake research activities using a range of approaches, including qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
- Cultivate and manage relationships with senior civil servants, politicians, academics and opinion formers, working proactively.
- Work proactively with colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to share policy and research expertise.
Let's talk about you
- Excellent analytical skills to interpret complex information and develop policy solutions and recommendations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively within a team, across departments and with other organisations, and the ability to work with all kinds of people, including people affected by the issues we influence to change.
- Good organisation skills to respond quickly to the demands of the fast moving and complex policy and media agendas.
- Good influencing skills.
- Excellent research and intelligence gathering skills and ability to understand and apply information to specific audiences.
Good to know
Application Process
Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Talent Pool
We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.
Contact: Scott Jones via email at quoting reference 10320
Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.
We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to coordinate an 18-month project exploring how we can operationalise a new in-work poverty benchmark for employers in London. This benchmark, developed by the Social Market Foundation, has the potential to improve the lives of low paid workers, building on the success of the Living Wage campaigns
The in-work poverty benchmark project is a new and exciting pilot project at the Living Wage Foundation. We want this person to build a case for employers going further than our existing accreditations and taking a more holistic approach to tackling in work poverty. This role would help us develop the pilot through employer case studies and extensive stakeholder engagement with a view to launching a new vehicle to recognise employers who adopt the in-work poverty benchmark.
Three key parts of the role would be working with:
- Our Membership team and our Operations and Insights team: to scope out and enhance their capacity to support employers to implement the benchmark through e.g. workshops, provision of guidance and /or new ways of working with employers.
- The cross organisational Making London a Living Wage City (MLLWC) team to build upon the successes and networks of this project and align where helpful to encourage London employers to go further
- London based community organisers to ensure that the experiences and stories of low paid workers are a primary driver of the case for change and how we develop this work.
The ideal candidate would be a proactive and experienced project manager with experience of building and implementing new products, projects or services. They should have excellent communication skills and a track record of engaging diverse stakeholders and building a network.
Living Wage Foundation
The Living Wage Foundation was launched in 2011 by Citizens UK to tackle in-work poverty and ensure that workers earn enough to live on and participate in family and community life. Citizens UK is the home of community organising with diverse civil society alliances set up to develop leaders to work on the issues that matter to them, such as the Living Wage. Other projects include Parent Action and Sponsor Refugees to add depth to the impact of Citizens UK’s work.
The Living Wage is a movement of businesses, organisations and people who believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. The real Living Wage is an independently-calculated hourly rate based on the cost of living and announced each October ahead of Living Wage Week, our annual celebration of a growing network of over 15,000 Living Wage Employers.
The Living Wage Foundation celebrates employers that voluntarily choose to pay the real Living Wage through an accreditation scheme that recognises a long-term commitment to fair pay and has secured pay rises for 475,000 low paid workers. Over recent years, the Living Wage Foundation has built on the success of the real Living Wage by creating new responsible employment standards – Living Hours and Living Pension – for those employers who want to go further and provide the security workers need now and in the future.
Main Responsibilities
Contribute to the achievement of the LWF and CUK’s strategic aims
· Work with the Living Wage Foundation team to embed this project into the wider work and strategy of the Foundation, and to identify and share learning from across our projects on how to mobilise employer action to tackle poverty.
Develop and manage external relationships
· Develop and implement a stakeholder engagement plan to support and promote the project.
· Manage strong relationships with the project partners and funders to involve and update them on the project as required.
· Progress our existing partnerships whilst proactively securing new partnerships with organisations that can help promote and build demand for the in-work poverty benchmark.
· Develop a wide-ranging network of stakeholders with an interest in this project, finding ways to involve them in its development.
· Coordinate and manage a project working group of senior Living Wage Employers, in work poverty experts and employee stakeholders.
Build and manage projects and achieve work targets effectively
· Set up, manage and evaluate a set of action pilots with employers, low paid employees and relevant experts to develop and test the in-work poverty benchmark and the standards within it.
· Design and develop the recognition mechanism and support programme for employers who sign up to the in-work poverty benchmark.
· Provide regular progress reports and deliver agreed project milestones including events, reports and other agreed outputs.
· Oversee the project being integrated into our CRM system and developing robust project management systems.
Learning, expertise, wellbeing and inclusion
· Conduct desk research, stakeholder interviews and organise events as required to inform the project. Manage research partners to conduct additional research as required.
· Monitor, review, evaluate and write up pilot progress with each employer using qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods.
· Working with others to identity and share learning on how to mobilise employer action to tackle poverty, considering this in the development of the in-work poverty benchmark.
· Develop and host employer facing events to gain insight and test appetite to support the development of this work.
· Design and facilitate employer workshops and employee focus groups to identify best practice and shared learning.
· Produce a final report and recommendations for how the work might be taken forward at the conclusion of the project, presenting this to relevant stakeholders.
Communications
· Oversee the collation and dissemination of research and evidence to build the case for the in-work poverty benchmark. Work with the Living Wage Foundation Communications and Research team to enable this.
· Develop the support we offer Living Wage Employers that are interested in implementing the in-work poverty benchmark and lead the production and design of research reports, toolkits, best practice guides and other resources.
· Promote the Living Wage Foundation to build our reputation as a leader in good work practices for low paid workers, including launching research and reports and celebrating progress made.
· Represent the Living Wage Foundation at meetings, events and conference to build awareness and support for our work.
Develop and manage internal relationships:
· Build and manage strong relationships across the LWF and wider Citizens UK teams for effective collaboration and to support development of this work.
· Work closely with community organisers in London to ensure the voices of low paid workers are a leading influence on this project.
· Contribute to the LWF and Citizens UK Senior Management meetings and cross organisational working groups.
Generate income and resources
· Oversee the development and implementation of an employer fee structure for the in-work poverty benchmark vehicle.
· Work with the Head of Business Development and Policy to produce a sustainable fundraising strategy for this work whilst developing relationship with potential funders.
· Oversee the creation of proposals to secure funds from corporate partners and attract funding from grants or donations to support ongoing work.
Key Skills
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential (E), Desirable (D)
Experience of building consensus between diverse stakeholders to drive progressive change (E)
A track record of developing mutually rewarding corporate and /or third sector partnerships to deliver project objectives (E)
Primary research skills with experience of conducting evaluations and an ability to develop surveys, analyse data and conduct focus groups (D)
Experience of conducting secondary research and writing reports (E)
Understanding of the importance of good research design (D)
Previous experience of developing and implementing new products, projects or services (E)
Experience of securing funds to deliver and scale up projects (D)
KEY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Excellent project management skills with the ability to juggle a wide range of competing demands (E)
Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships, lead, influence and motivate others (E)
Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and work effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders, including senior business leaders (E)
Strong report writing skills and ability to share and disseminate knowledge with project partners (E)
An ability to take initiative and work independently across different teams (E)
Understanding of anti-poverty policy and campaigning (D)
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
A proactive approach to all areas of work with a ‘can do’ attitude and a flexible approach to work demands (E)
A strong commitment to the Living Wage campaign and principles of Citizens UK (E)
Application Procedure
At Citizens UK, we use Applied, an applicant-tracking recruitment system. Applied aims to overcome unconscious bias in recruiting. Often the Hiring Team will not see your CV as part of the shortlisting process and instead ask questions to test skills needed for the role. The responses are anonymised and reviewed by the panel. The Applied platform also asks some demographic questions before you start your application. Citizens UK cannot see individual demographic responses, only summary statistics to monitor our candidate pool for balance. Applied aims to give an equal chance to be hired irrespective of background. Candidates can opt out of answering the demographic questions.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer. In line with our inclusion value, we would love to see applications from LGBTQIA+ people, people from racialised communities, disabled people, and people of faith to better represent the communities we work in. We also strongly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of low pay and poverty. For questions and reasonable adjustments regarding your application, including information in a different format, or our recruitment process, please contact us.
Many of our employees enjoy flexible and hybrid working, and we are open to adapting/flexing our roles to embrace a diverse workforce. If you are interested in a particular vacancy and wish to discuss flexible working, please contact us.
Even if you don’t quite meet all the required criteria still consider applying, as we invest in our employees and support them to develop the skills and knowledge required to deliver their role.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as Citizens UK is unable to sponsor visa applications. Our community organisers work in the community and their employment is subject to satisfactory standard/enhanced DBS checks.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role:
Working within a passionate team providing an effective, high quality support service to address the presenting needs of clients with complex needs in relation to poly substance misuse, mental health, and a wide variety of associated issues (including: street activity, offending, physical health, background of complex trauma.)
The primary role of the project is to enable clients to understand their emotional and mental health needs and manage these effectively. Project workers will also support clients to develop their living skills, develop & manage relationships, build social networks and access education, training or employment, by completing comprehensive needs and risk assessments with clients and identifying short-term objectives.
Project workers will need to be resilient, innovative, flexible and creative. A commitment to working collaboratively and within a recovery framework. There will be an element of housing management work with the expectation that clients manage a successful tenancy before moving on to more independent housing.
The Project Worker role be required to work a rota inclusive of early, lates weekends, on average one weekend in four.
About you:
- Resilient, innovative, flexible and creative. A commitment to working collaboratively and within a recovery framework.
- Passionate about supporting clients to develop their living skills, develop & manage relationships, build social networks and access education, training or employment.
- Demonstrable experience of working with people experiencing mental health problems and other complex needs.
- A good understanding of safeguarding issues and the ability to undertake comprehensive risk assessments related to this.
- A proven ability to work in partnership with external stakeholders, particularly community mental health services and/or substance use services.
- A level of numeracy sufficient to carry out tasks such as budgeting with clients, calculating benefit entitlements and monitoring rent payments.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 3rd November at midnight
Interview date: Wednesday 13th November via Microsoft Teams
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Preventing homelessness, transforming lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you committed to motivating young people into Education, Employment or Training (ETE)? If yes, please read on.
About the role:
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with proven experience of working with young people, to stretch their skills and develop further.
As a result of secured funding, we have developed an exciting new role within our ETE (Education, Employment or Training) team focussed significantly on widening the participation of young people into further education. The post holder will be working directly with the young people we support on-site at our accommodation projects across London. They will also be responsible for coordinating a number of interventions to improve participation, including a timetable of visits to colleges, universities and employers throughout the year.
The post-holder will need to ensure effective joint key-working with SHP colleagues as well as with external ETE providers. The successful applicant will be joining our central ETE team, which specialises in providing innovative pathways into ETE.
About you:
- Committed to inspiring and motivating young people.
- Thrives in bringing a creative approach to their working.
- Comfortable multi-tasking and managing working under pressure.
- Has the ability to relate well to others, as well as encouraging and fostering change.
About us:
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.
We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.
Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need.
Important info:
Closing date: Sunday 10th November at midnight
Interview Date: Wednesday 20th November and Friday 22nd November in Kings Cross
This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.
Preventing homelessness, transforming lives.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title
Business Support Manager (Maternity Cover)
Job Reports To
Assistant Director of Operations
Business Unit/ Department
Administrative/Operations
Dimensions of Role
Full time – 35 hours per week (Office based with the option of working from home on Fridays)/ Fixed Term 12-month maternity cover
Working Relationships
· With the Executive & Administrative team
· With the Chair and Board of Trustees
· With those we support, within the Rank network
Purpose Statement
The postholder will be a key member of the central administration team of the Rank Foundation.
Key Accountabilities
Secretariat support to governance committees:
- Drafting agendas, production and dissemination of papers for Committees and Board meetings to trustees
- Attendance to governance meetings, minute taking, and following up on actions
- Organising RFL annual governance schedule of meetings
- Liaising and acting as point of contact for trustees
- Arranging meetings for Execs and Trustees
- Drafting and issuing comms as needed by the Chair, Trustees and Execs
- Maintaining governance records and register of trustees’ interests up-to date
- Assisting with audit queries as and when required
- Managing the periodic review of Committees’ Terms of References
- Planning induction programme of new trustees
- Undertaking regular reviews of policies, staff handbook, trustee hanbook and ensuring currency and developing new ones as required
- Supporting with implementation of EDI strategy and the Foundation’s vision
- Occasional out of office hours meeting attendance as/ when required
HR
- Facilitating recruitment activities including posting and monitoring job ads, shortlisting of candidates, recommending list for interview and liaising with candidates
- Onboarding of resources: references, right to work checks, drafting of contracts and offer letters, planning of induction programme, sourcing of IT kit/required equipment, arranging IT induction
- Offboarding of resources: ensuring resources are removed access to SharePoint, emails and laptop wiped. Monitoring of dormant inboxes.
- Management and administration of Breathe (HR Platform)
This job description is not necessarily an exhaustive list of tasks but is intended to reflect a range of duties the post-holder will perform.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Knowledge Qualifications & Experience
· Previous experience in an executive support role and working with Board of Trustees
· Previous experience of minute taking
· Previous experience of HR support
· Proficiency in Microsoft packages (essential)
· Understanding of the charitable and philanthropic sector (desirable)
Skills/ Abilities
· A positive team member
· Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
· Willingness to help colleagues, ‘can-do’ approach
· Adaptable, flexible, and willing to learn/develop skills
· Ability to manage multiple tasks, work to deadlines and prioritise effectively
· Excellent communication skills by phone and email, experience of engaging with stakeholders at all levels
· Ability to organise events and ensuring arrangements are communicated to all stakeholders
· Ability to handle sensitive information and discretion
Confidentiality
· Paramount that the postholder works in a highly confidential way
If you would like to apply, please state the role you are applying for and send your CV together with a supporting statement no longer than 2 sides of A4 that clearly demonstrates how you meet the knowledge, skills, and experience requirements of the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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CSW is a dedicated team of people working to advance the right of freedom and justice in countries across the world. We are confident in our identity as a Christian human rights organisation that works for freedom of religion or belief for all people, regardless of religion, belief, or non-belief.
The latest internal pulse survey illustrated that CSW is a great place to work: 97% are proud to work for CSW; 97% of staff feel CSW really allows them to make a positive difference, and whilst there is always room for improvement, we couldn’t be prouder of our efforts to curate a healthy culture where every individual is valued and championed.
The Role
This role is all about people – connecting with church leaders and other individuals within church communities, sharing your passion for freedom of religion or belief through sermons, presentations and conversations to inspire others to take action. You’ll be a natural networker and someone entrepreneurial who takes initiative and comes up with your own ideas for how best to reach busy church leaders and congregations. You will be self-motivated and able to work collaboratively.
Key responsibilities (full responsibilities listed in the application pack):
- Proactively source speaking engagements in churches across the UK and fulfil these engagements, both by deploying a network of staff and volunteer speakers and by speaking yourself.
- Develop a plan to reach new and lapsed churches for CSW
- Use the CRM, as well as your own connections, to identify key church stakeholders to approach about partnering with CSW
- Build meaningful relationships with new and existing church partners, with the view to supporting churches in learning about justice and religious freedom issues and establishing or renewing support through prayer, campaigning and giving
Essential criteria (full criteria listed in the application pack):
- Proven experience of church engagement for a charity with demonstrable outcomes
- Experience of public speaking, preferably in churches
- A minimum of two years’ experience of account management or managing relationships with customers/ supporters
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
InCommon is a charity bringing generations together. We create opportunities for young people and older people to learn from one another, fostering mutual inspiration, growth, and a stronger sense of community.
We're looking for a Programme Manager to develop our Empower programme. In this role, you'll be supporting grassroots intergenerational projects across the country to start and flourish through an online platform and support offer.
You’ll match up schools and retirement homes, build relationships with key stakeholders and support them to use the platform to coordinate intergenerational projects. Your efficient, thoughtful and professional approach will build trust and lead to close working relationships.
This is a really exciting new stage of the programme’s development and has the potential for you to build the Empower team. You’ll also be joining InCommon at an exciting stage of our evolution, with lots of opportunity to add value and guide the direction of a growing charity.
This is the perfect role for you if:
- You’re reliable, trustworthy and authentic
- You take responsibility and deliver results
- You’re a collaborative team player and great communicator
- You’re creative and excited by digital design
- You’re flexible, self-motivated and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
- You can lead collaboratively and have experience of line management
Opportunities for young people and older people to learn from one another, fostering mutual inspiration, growth, and a stronger sense of community
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This newly-created role is perfect for someone with a flair for engaging with others and looking to widen their fundraising and data analysis skillset to elicit real change. You will be working within a dynamic, highly-regarded local charity that values your views and encourages personal and professional development.
We are seeking a proactive, flexible, driven and organised person to lead on our fundraising, monitoring and evaluation and communication activities. This role will be integral to the and development to directly support the work of provding services to our families and volunteers. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to utilise and hone their skills, gain valuable experience, and develop or perhaps further their career in the not-for-profit sector as part of a dynamic, enthusiastic and supportive team.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in a fundraising and impact evaluation environment, including:
- developing and implementing a fundraising strategy
- writing successful grant funding bids and reports
- excellent planning and organisational skills with ability to prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines
For full details on the role, please see the attached job description and person specification
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team for 12 months, with the potential for extension subject to funding. We offer a genuinely rewarding and positive work environment, and ongoing opportunities for training and development.
Having been home-based, we are gradually moving back to working from our Marylebone office. However this role can be flexible, with at least 2 days homeworking possible after the probation period.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Home-Start Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity, and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.