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Job Title: Volunteer Coordinator

Reports to: People and Facilities Director

FTE: Full time, Permanent. 37 hrs per week over 5 days

Location: Hybrid working – 2 days from home and 3 days per week (including Thursdays) from our Central London Office

Salary: £26,648 - £29,200 depending on skills & experience

Are you interested in working for an organisation making a real difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted children and young people?

Here at the Royal Society for Blind Children we believe that every blind young person should have the chance to live life without limits. Our values of Trust, Energy, Ambition, and Motivation underpin everything we do, and by giving young people the essential skills to take control of their life, they can unleash their true potential.

We are looking for a volunteer coordinator to:

· Manage our team of services and community volunteers

· Recruit nationally, onboard them and provide them with training, guidance, assistance, and support to ensure they have a positive volunteering experience with RSBC and act as ambassadors for the Society

· Provide volunteers across all areas of the organisation to ensure the efficient delivery of our activity programmes nationally and to establish community fundraising networks across England and Wales

· Work with the People and Facilities Director to develop recruitment strategies, acquire volunteer partners, and to deliver blended digital and face-to-face volunteer induction and training programmes.

The post holder will have a minimum of a Level 2 qualification in Maths and English or equivalent, proven ability to recruit, onboard and train volunteers, excellent relationship building skills and a successful track record of engaging and managing volunteers to support a broad range of activities.

What we offer:

In return we offer a competitive range of benefits including a generous annual leave allowance of 28 days (rising to 29 days after 3 years’ service) + bank holidays, Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox benefits portal, flexible working opportunities, 3% contribution towards pension, and a season ticket loan. We are a welcoming, diverse and inclusive workforce and are a Disability Confident Employer. We also hold the Investors in People Silver Award.

For further details on the role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

Please apply by emailing your CV and a supporting statement which details how you meet the requirements of the role and person spec

Closing date: 20 February 2025 but will be reviewing applications as they come in

Interview: Initial interview date of 18 February 2025

The Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, all posts are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service and 2 satisfactory professional references. Registered Charity No.307892

Are you passionate about supporting blind and partially sighted students to reach their full potential?

At Thomas Pocklington Trust, we believe blind and partially sighted students should have the opportunity to thrive in their education. Our Student Support Service supports blind and partially sighted students, their parents and carers, and the professionals that support them. We provide comprehensive and high-quality support to those in secondary, further and higher education, as well as mature learners aged 25+. We work to improve outcomes for blind and partially sighted students and ensure they can overcome the barriers they may face.

We are looking for an Education Adviser to join us on a 12-month fixed term contract, covering maternity leave. This would be a fully remote role, with some travel to our central London office and regional events.

About the role
In this role, you will provide one-to-one, bespoke delivery of information, advice and guidance to a caseload of service users through email, phone calls and virtual meetings. This includes students, their parents/ carers and the professionals that support them.
You will also attend online and in-person events to promote our service and deliver presentation and workshops to our service users.

About you
To succeed as our Education Adviser, you will have previous experience of providing high quality information, advice and guidance and/or a background in education/ Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Ideally, you will also have knowledge of post-16 education provision (Further Education and/or Higher Education) although this is not essential.
As this is a fixed term maternity post, you will have the ability to learn and apply service processes and procedures quickly. Experience of using information systems and databases to record cases is essential; experience of Salesforce is beneficial, but we can offer training on this if not.
Application deadline date: Friday 14 February
Interviews in person: Monday 24 February

Working Well Trust is a specialist employment charity in London.  All of our projects share the aim of improving the lives of people with mental health support needs, learning disabilities and/or complex issues through training and employment. This role will be working with clients who have mental health support needs, wanting to gain paid employment.

We are recruiting for an Employment Worker to join a new Mental Health service in Tower Hamlets which brings together clinical and community services.

Experience of employment support is not essential, it is more important that you share our passion and commitment to supporting people to find the right job for them. You will receive training around employment support and in supporting people with mental health issues.  

You need to have a desire to support people to achieve their employment goals, and the ability to multitask and manage your workload effectively. You must be willing to collaborate with the other service partners to achieve the best outcomes for our clients.  Good organisation skills are essential for this role, in addition to an interest in mental health, and the role it plays in the workplace.  Experience of pre-employment support such as CV and application writing, and interview practice is desirable.

The role we are recruiting for is as follows: 

31.5 hours per week - can be worked as 4.5 days a week or 9 day fortnight.

You will work with clients (managing a caseload) who have mental health support needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferences, to access training, education and volunteering opportunities. You will use a client led/person centred support approach.

You will also be working to targets whilst maintaining a high-quality service. 

We are keen to hear from applicants from the local community and/or who have lived experience of mental health.

If you would to discuss this role please see the Job Description for contact details.

Please click apply to send your CV after answering the screening questions. 

Staff benefits include an employer contribution to a personal or workplace pension equivalent to 6% of gross salary. 30 days annual leave plus paid public holidays (FTE). 

Working Well Trust is an equal opportunities and Confident about Disabilities.

Closing date:  9am Friday 7 February

Telephone interviews: These will be scheduled in as applicants come through so please apply early, if we get enough applicants we may close the advert early

Final Stage interviews: TBC

Application Instructions

Please complete the screening questions and press apply to send your CV.

New Outlook Housing Association and Vision Homes Association are well-respected organisations and have joined forces in supporting and caring for people with visual impairment and complex needs.

We have great and exciting plans for business development and growth, and an opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and forward-thinking Group Director of Finance to join our team and help deliver on our plans.  

The ideal candidate will be a qualified finance professional with a proven track record in managing all aspects of finance.  Great time management and organisational skills, along with the ability to prepare reports to deadlines and a flexible approach to meet the demands of the Group is key. Working within a small team, you’ll need a ‘hands-on’, ‘can do’ approach to work, and will be keen to manage, coach and develop your finance team. 

You will also display high levels of integrity and confidentiality, have good IT skills, be confident in dealing with regulatory bodies, and ideally have experience in the not for profit, charity, or housing sectors.

We are proud of the work we do for the people we support, so if you can help us build on our successes, enjoy being part of a small team, and have a positive outlook, then we would like to hear from you.

The role is hybrid and based in Oldbury, with typically three days in the office and the rest at home. We operate from a modern well-furnished office, and apply a flexible approach to working patterns to ensure a better work-life balance for staff. 

Benefits:

25 days Annual Leave (additional day each year after 2nd year of service, up to 28 days), + 8 Bank Holidays

Employer pension contribution

Staff discount scheme

About Us:

Vision Homes Association has been providing support to vulnerable adults for over 30 years, specialising in providing support to people with complex needs. VHA is a charity, registered with the Charity Commission and its care provision is regulated by Care Quality Commission.

New Outlook has been providing services to visually impaired people for over 170 years. Starting out in 1846 as part of the Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind (BRIB), becoming a standalone housing association in 1997.  Since then, New Outlook Housing Association (NOHA) has gone through several changes to become the organisation it is today.

How to Apply:

For more information and Job Description please visit our website or contact HR. 

Please apply by sending us your CV and covering letter stating ‘what qualities and experience you can bring to the role’.

Interviews:  We aim to carry out Teams interviews within a few days of receiving applications.

If successful, a follow-up in-person interview will be arranged at our Head Offices in Oldbury.  Please note, we are actively reviewing applications and may close this advert early if a successful candidate is found.

Vision Homes Association and New Outlook Housing Association are Equal Opportunity Employers

No agencies.

The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure that ECRA’s digital products function effectively working with our existing providers and teams that support our websites, research databases, CRM databases and other systems.

In time we expect our Digital Projects Co-ordinator to be able to understand and plan developments across the systems we use and to co-ordinate development activities between our providers.

Ethical Consumer is a not-for-profit multi-stakeholder cooperative, and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We usename-blind shortlisting. The offices are upstairs in a wheelchairaccessible building in Manchester, [but remote working is possible].

Co-operative Responsibilities

All permanent staff are members. All members share the responsibilities of running the co-operative, including:

• Taking part in the decision-making process
• Subgroups for areas of management including Personnel, Finance or Publishing.

Specific responsibilities - the Digital Projects Co-ordinator role will include:

* ensuring Ethical Consumer websites are well functioning
* liaising with the external web developers and support and maintenance teams, and prioritising work tasks
* web content (upload and editing, with potential for content creation as well)
* ensuring licences are up to date
* testing bug fixes and feature enhancements
* tech project management
* managing / participating in internal and external tech meetings
* possible AI research development

The timetable for this recruitment is as follows:
Closing date: 9pm Sunday 16th February 2025

Short-listing: week of 17th February
Interviews:  week of 24th February
Starting date: Monday 24th March, subject to negotiation

We are looking to recruit a dynamic and creative Community Fundraiser to build on the development and growth of income through local communities across Surrey. Using your fundraising experience and knowledge, you will play a key role in developing and delivering fundraising initiatives, as well as securing new partnerships and managing existing relationships, to drive unrestricted income for the charity. You will build on our existing Community Fundraising programme to maximise income and engagement.

Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey is a county-wide charity supporting people of all ages who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind, partially sighted, and deafblind. We have been supporting Surrey residents for over 100 years. Our main office base is in Fetcham, near Leatherhead, and our team of staff and volunteers work out in the community across the county.

The post holder will have excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to prioritise effectively and manage a busy and varied workload. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly motivated and ambitious team, and to play an integral role in growing fundraising activity across Surrey.

Full time annual leave entitlement is 28 days per annum plus bank holidays.

Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey complies with auto enrolment, we match contributions up to 6% using the Pensions Trust. We offer training opportunities suitable for each role. We pay for annual flu vaccinations and an eye test every two years with a contribution towards work related glasses.

Principle Accountabilities: 

· Research, identify, approach and secure new community partnership opportunities

· Provide excellent account management to new and existing partners in order to meet key fundraising and engagement objectives

· Work collaboratively to generate income from partners through creative fundraising initiatives

· Represent the charity at local functions and give presentations when required

· Support individuals and organisations fundraising for the charity

· Maintain accurate and up to date record keeping of written and oral communication with supporters.

· Ensure all fundraising income is entered onto the database in a timely manner

· Attend occasional evening and weekend events

· To comply with best practice and legal requirements including data protection and charity fundraising.

· Be proactive in keeping up to date with developments affecting your work.

· Carry out other associated duties as may arise, develop, or be assigned in line with the broad remit of the post.

· Support diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

· Fundraising experience desirable

· Confident verbal communicator – over the phone and face to face

· Excellent research skills

· Strong relationship management skills

· Strong communication skills including an ability to produce proposals and reports and to make presentations to a variety of audiences

· Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and data management skills

· Ability to take a hands-on approach

· Ability to travel across the county with events/fundraising materials

Usher Kids UK is looking for a compassionate and enthusiastic Family Liaison Officer to provide emotional wellbeing support, guidance and information to our wonderful community of children, young people and their families living with Usher syndrome.

Job Title: Family Liaison Officer

Responsible to: CEO

Location: Remote, with requirement for in-person attendance at some meetings and events during the year (travel expenses covered)

Hours: 17.5 hours per week across a minimum of 3 days per week (flexible days, to be agreed with successful candidate) with some out of hours working required (e.g. our annual summer residential camp and twice-yearly family weekend events, with TOIL for out of hours working)

Salary: £31,000 per year pro rata, 2.5 days/week (£15,500 actual)

Term: 12-month fixed term contract with potential to continue in role as funding allows

Annual leave and benefits: 33 days leave pro rata (16.5 days actual).  Employer pension scheme with matched contributions of 5%

Closing Date:  9th February 2025

ABOUT USHER KIDS UK

At Usher Kids UK, we’re dedicated to empowering children, young people and their families living with Usher syndrome - a rare cause of progressive deafblindness.

From the point of diagnosis onwards we provide information, support and resources tailored to the specific and unique challenges of the condition. We create opportunities for families to connect at virtual and in-person events, helping them build friendships, skills and confidence for the journey ahead.

Our services are already changing the experiences and outcomes of the next generation: "Our daughter came back from Usher Kids UK summer camp absolutely buzzing - she was confident, proud and talked with excitement about how she is unique."  Working at Usher Kids UK, you could help to ensure that every family living with Usher syndrome has access to this life-changing impact.

WORKING AT USHER KIDS UK

Our charity provides vital support to the Usher community.  In recent years, demand has grown for our services so this year we are very excited to be growing our staff team.  The new Family Liaison Officer will work alongside our CEO and Events and Communications Officer, playing a vital role in providing both emotional wellbeing and practical support to our young people and their families.

The role will be varied and offers the chance to be an important part of our small and friendly team.  We recognise the value that each person brings to our charity, encouraging innovation and development, and we support each other to provide the very best services for our community.

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE

Family Support Lead

As Family Liaison Officer, a big part of your role will be providing tailored support, information and advice to families from diagnosis onwards.  This will include:

o Responding to enquiries from families

o Assessing support needs and signposting to external services as appropriate

o Providing follow-up remote support where required

o Providing face-to-face support at occasional clinics (normally based in London)

o Designing and maintaining support processes and systems

o Monitoring engagement and using insight gained to make recommendations for service improvement

Emotional Wellbeing Lead

As our lead emotional wellbeing practitioner, you will assist in the design and delivery of several of our projects and events.  These will include:

o Providing support and facilitating daily group sessions with young people aged 11-25 at our annual USHthis! summer camp (in 2025, the camp will take place from Friday 25th July - Friday 1st August and you will need to be available for these dates)

o Help to deliver our one-day events in the spring and autumn

o Co-create the Empowerment Programme for 17-25 year olds with Usher syndrome.  This is a pilot programme that aims to support our young adults in developing self-advocacy and identity alongside mentoring through the key milestones in young adult life

o Facilitate 1:1 and group sessions on the Empowerment Programme

o Facilitate monthly virtual USHchats for parents and carers (these take place one evening a month)

Across all aspects of the role, you will need to ensure the safeguarding of and promote the welfare of children and adults at risk who are engaging with Usher Kids UK.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

Experience and Knowledge:

o Over 2 years’ experience of providing emotional wellbeing support to:

- children and adolescents

- parents/carers and family members

o Experience of supporting families with additional needs

o Experience of supporting families with sensory or dual sensory needs (desirable)

o Experience of family support case management

o Experience of facilitating 1:1 and group sessions

o Minimum of Level 3 qualification in a relevant field (e.g. youth work, health, social care, education)

o Computer literate and confident using MS Office software and video conferencing tools

o Good standard of written English and Maths (GCSE grade 5 or above)

o Good knowledge of safeguarding processes and systems

o Ability to deliver out-of-hours work to accommodate Usher Kids UK events and meetings

Skills and Qualities:

o A strong desire to help young people and families with additional needs

o Excellent communication skills including active listening and a non-judgmental approach

o Resilience and ability to set and maintain boundaries

o Willing to work flexibly and deal with change

o Proactive collaborator and able to develop and maintain external relationships

o Drive, determination and self-motivation, with a positive attitude towards work

o Excellent interpersonal skills, comfortable in team settings and independent working

APPLICATION PROCESS

How to apply:

Please upload the following to Charity Jobs by 9th February 2025:

o An up-to-date CV

o A covering letter (no more than 2 pages) explaining why you think you are the right candidate for this role.  Please ensure you provide evidence and examples which demonstrate how your skills meet the criteria set out in the person specification.

Building on our work since 2015 tackling hunger and food insecurity, Feeding Liverpool lead Liverpool’s Good Food Plan in partnership with communities and organisations across the city. 

We are looking for a Policy Officer - someone who will work collaboratively with local and national leaders such as Liverpool City Council and Public Health. 

This is an exciting time to join our movement. The organisation is in excellent health and we are under fresh leadership from our new Director, Keenan Humble. We have secure and stable funding, a creative and dynamic staff team, a strong Trustee board and a fantastically committed group of partners and member organisations. 

Liverpool is full of inspirational people who are active in building a city based on good food for everyone, whether that is those who experience food insecurity on a day-to-day basis, health workers, growers, restaurateurs or volunteers at community food initiatives. Our work is led by their voices; we view ourselves as pioneering, with our alliance-based approach serving as a national exemplar. 

But we have a lot to do. Liverpool still has high levels of food insecurity, stark health inequalities and a community food movement that is vulnerable to food inflation and supply issues. 

We have developed a detailed job description and person specification, which outlines the character and competencies needed for the role. We would refer potential candidates to our website for stories, reports and strategies that outline our approach. 

The Policy Officer will need to be hands-on and active within our communities. There is the opportunity to work from home occasionally, but the role requires you to be based in or near Liverpool and able to commute to the office at least 3 days a week. 

Main purposes of job:

• To collaborate with Liverpool City Council in reviewing policies and procedures to embed Good Food principles across relevant departments and programmes of work.

• To lead initiatives that improve food provision for children and young people in education and learning settings across Liverpool.

• To scope and secure funding opportunities to advance the goals of the Good Food Plan.

• To collaborate with partners to embed a community-centred approach to improving health, wellbeing and tackling social inequalities.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and advise on policies and strategies to integrate Good Food principles into council operations, contributing to Sustainable Food Places silver award submission.

• Re-establish and lead Liverpool’s Good Food Policy working group.

• Lead a city action plan to improve food provision for children and young people in education and learning settings across Liverpool.

• Conduct and synthesise research, data, lived experience, and policy insights to produce evidence-based recommendations/ actions.

• Document and showcase progress towards the goals of the Good Food Plan.

• Collaborate with national and local stakeholders, including public, private, and VCSE sectors, to develop and implement strategic food-related projects.

• Provide leadership on food policy within the council, aligning initiatives with broader city objectives such as sustainability, public health, and economic growth.

• Identify and pursue funding opportunities to ensure the sustainability of food systems initiatives.

• Represent Feeding Liverpool and Liverpool City Council at local and national events.

Key tasks:

• Work across council departments to align policies with Good Food principles and city-wide objectives, including the Carbon Neutral 2030 Plan.

• Prepare reports, briefings, and recommendations for senior leadership and elected members.

• Coordinate Liverpool’s Sustainable Food Places application.

• Develop guidance and advice for stakeholders to advance sustainable food practices, including influencing procurement and planning policies.

• Engage with schools, faith groups, and community organisations to promote food-growing initiatives.

• Present findings and evidence to partnerships in a range of settings from corporate meetings to community settings.

General responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with the Feeding Liverpool team, trustees, and external partners.

• Promote the ethos of the Good Food Plan in all activities.

• Maintain confidentiality and uphold Feeding Liverpool’s values.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this exciting position, even if you do not meet every requirement. Applications will be anonymised prior to review by our screening panel to remove any personal identifiable information in alignment with ‘blind’ recruitment practices.

Sight Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity providing specialist care, education and research for people with vision impairment. The charity has been in existence for over 230 years, and offer a variety of services in the community as well as education, transcription into alternative formats and residential care for adults and children. Their vision is of an inclusive Scotland where people of all visual abilities have the opportunity to thrive. To achieve their mission they are looking for a Fundraising Manager focused on trusts and grants who will cultivate a pipeline of opportunities and ensure an excellent funder experience, to provide Sight Scotland with sustainable income.

The Fundraising Manager – Trusts is responsible for developing trust income, based initially on a robust pipeline the previous postholder established. There is huge scope to look beyond the pipeline and also work with the service delivery teams to identify new funding opportunities. The role supports the organisation’s purpose to make a significant impact on the lives of people living with visual impairment in Scotland by maximising fundraising income to deliver brilliant services and create a positive impact on our ability to deliver for the long term. 

This specialist manager role would suit someone who is already operating at a senior trust fundraiser level, or someone who can demonstrate experience of developing a trust and grants pipeline, creating compelling applications and directly delivering income success.

This is a hybrid role with two days a week working from the Edinburgh office. 

Please download the Candidate Info Pack provided for further information about the role, timelines and next steps.

To progress your application, please contact THINK Recruitment for an informal screening call. Please note, we cannot shortlist candidates who have not had a screening call so please allow enough time to have a call before the closing date.

Closing date for applications: Midnight Monday 10th February  

Interviews are expected to be held on Thursday 20th February 

We are pleased to share that we are recruiting for a Campaigns Coordinator to join our growing Income Generation team, at a very exciting time for Retina UK.

 As our 50th anniversary year approaches, we are looking for an enthusiastic, driven, forward-thinking, organised and creative fundraiser to lead on and develop a wide range of fundraising campaigns and appeals throughout the year.

 You will be joining a friendly team and your hard work will make an immediate, real impact for our inherited sight loss community.

We are recruiting an interim External Affairs Manager on a fixed term contract running to 1 February 2026. This is a diverse role and will include:

Influencing and stakeholder management

• Working with the Head of External Affairs and Income (EA&I) to manage and deliver the influencing strategy, including helping to deliver campaigns.

• Driving our public affairs activities, and supporting team with day to day public affairs engagement.

Communications and events

• Working with Head of EA&I to manage the External Affairs’ team’s day-to-day work, including supporting the team with social media, website and press relations.

• Working with Head of EA&I to deliver our communications plans.

• Overseeing and project managing the charity’s events programme.

Leadership and management

• Project planning, with a focus on supporting the team to deliver outputs and meet deadlines. 

• Leading External Affairs team catch ups and project planning.

• Line managing a Senior External Affairs Officer and External Affairs Assistant with a focus on professional development.

• Providing sign-off on a number of areas, including those that carry some risk to the charity.

• Working with the Head of EA&I to collect key management information to report on the impact and reach of external affairs activities to the CEO.

• Assisting with the charity’s other activities as required.