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To deliver information and advice to older people in Lewisham on benefit entitlements, housing and community care.
This involves managing cases and working with clients one-to-one to identify their goals, provide relevant advice and options, and then empower them to carry out next steps.
The role is to be carried out in our office premises as well as at home visits for clients who are housebound.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Langley’s vision is of a society where no-one is unfairly disadvantaged or excluded because of their past. We believe that everyone deserves another chance, and to have a safe space to call home, a place to flourish and an opportunity to experience transformation in broken lives. We are a values-driven organisation and work in a Christ-like way with all our people – clients, staff and volunteers alike. We welcome those of all faiths and none.
Langley now has a fantastic opportunity for an organised, creative, and results-driven Head of Property with good communication and interpersonal skills to join our busy and friendly team. This role is a permanent full time role working 37 hours per week. The successful candidate will receive a salary of £52.628 per annum. This role is home based but will require frequent travel to Coventry, and further travel to our services across the country.
REWARDS PACKAGE
- SmartHealth – free online GP service 24/7.
- Up to 30 days annual leave
- Pension scheme, matched up to 8%
- Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
- Eyecare vouchers
- Flu vaccine vouchers
- Paid DBS and renewals
- Access to private holiday home getaway in Torquay
- Wellbeing Support – our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling and legal advice
- Chaplaincy and pastoral support
- Funded Health Cash Plan
- Flexible benefits package, including Holiday Trading and Cycle Scheme - can be tailored to meet your individual needs
- Menopause support
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Long Service Awards
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure that all residential accommodation is well managed, in accordance with ROSH regulatory standards, decent homes standards and any other relevant legislation.
- Lead the Property team and be a role model, demonstrating Christian values and understand, demonstrate and articulate the Christian ethos at the heart of the organisational work. The post holder must be a Christ-centred individual who is able to put their belief in Christ into action as a leader and as a manager of staff. Provide pastoral signposting to staff as required.
- Coach, manage and develop the Property team to ensure that they have the required skills to deal with enquiries and deliver a high-quality service.
- Manage and direct the activities the Property team in conjunction with the Buildings Managers and to ensure staff are kept up to date with current best practice, professional methodology in accordance with relevant legislation and effective contract management.
- Ensure the effective delivery of the objectives of the Trusts Asset Strategy
In addition, the successful candidate will be a practicing Christian who will create an environment where people feel valued, empowered and equipped to do their best work. This person will play a key part in providing strong Christian leadership and will be required to uphold the Trust’s Christian ethos and Christ like culture, aligned with our Christian Identity, and therefore there is a genuine occupational requirement for the post holder to be a practicing and professing Christian under the Equality Act 2010.
Please be advised that the successful candidate will be a part of the Trust's Senior Manager on call rota.
Please copy and paste this link into your browser to view the full job description. If you want to join our team as our Head of Property Services, please apply now as we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: 27/9/24
About LANGLEY TRUST
For over 65 years Langley Trust has been supporting people with convictions to transform their lives. As a Christian charity working across England, we believe everyone deserves another chance. With a wide range of services – including complex needs care, supported housing, and specialist advice services – our work prevents crime, promotes rehabilitation, and reduces the risks of re-offending.
Diversity and Inclusion is integral to Langley Trust. We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
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DISABILITY CONFIDENT
As a Level 2 Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria listed in the job description. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.
We're proud to be an Investors in People Gold employer which means we invest in our people. This is a huge achievement as our assessment covers the last 3 years of unprecedented challenges through the pandemic; additionally, Investors in People have raised the bar and acknowledge that it is harder now to secure the Gold standard than in previous years as they want to keep it meaningful.
If you want to join our team, please apply now as we would love to hear from you.
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
A satisfactory Basic DBS check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. Our multiple award-winning Income Generation department raises around 60% of the Charity’s total income, allowing us to continue to grow to make sure we can be here for every cat and dog, now and in the future.
Our Direct Marketing Team is part of this department, and recruits and develops supporters. We are seeking a Direct Marketing Officer to join this team to manage and deliver a series of high standard direct marketing campaigns across our Regular Giving programme. This individual will be recruiting, retaining and upgrading regular donors to generate income through a variety of direct marketing methods such as direct dialogue, DRTV, digital, and direct mail. They will be encouraging regular monthly gifts or support via one of our main products such as general Regular Giving and Sponsorship, our Lottery, Value Exchange programme and other methods of committed giving as they arise.
This will be a very rewarding opportunity to play a vital role in giving the dogs and cats in our care a better life.
More about Battersea:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love and expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them.
All the knowledge we gather in our centres helps us to improve the lives of the animals we’ll never meet, through our work with other rescue organisations and charities. We also help people make informed choices when getting a pet, we provide training and welfare advice, and we campaign for changes in the law when we see that dogs and cats or their owners deserve better.
Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
What we can offer you:
We offer our employees a wide range of benefits to reward them for the value that they bring to Battersea, to support them in their work, to help improve their health and wellbeing, and maintain a healthy work-life balance. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Life insurance
- Support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, a wide range of tools and resources, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working policy:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to maintain the benefits of home working, while allowing for collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause. In addition to this, our offices are in a great location within London, have modern facilities, offer great employee socialising spaces and a discounted café. Best of all, coming on site offers you the opportunity to meet our lovely rescues with lunchtime cat socialising and the occasional office dog!
Equality, diversity and inclusion at Battersea:
At Battersea, we are committed to providing equality of opportunity, and developing and supporting a diverse workforce and inclusive culture in all aspects of our organisation. We aim to ensure that this pledge, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together.
By hearing from and valuing different experiences, perspectives and contributions, we know we can provide the best expert care for every dog and cat who needs us. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities and from members of minority ethnic communities, who we know are currently under-represented at Battersea.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we're happy to discuss any support or personalisation you may need during your application and/or interview process as part of our workplace adjustments.
Closing date: 30th September 2024
Interview date(s): w/c 7th October 2024
If you think you’re a good fit for the role, and you’re passionate about dogs, cats and our work, then we’d like to hear from you.
For full details, please download our recruitment pack.
To apply for the role, please click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Personal Independence Coordinator
Salary £29,278.41 / Full Time / 35 Hours per week
Do you want a job that makes a positive difference in people’s lives?
Age UK Croydon’s very successful PIC service for older people in Croydon is recruiting for a new Personal Independence Coordinator.
If you are an enthusiastic, compassionate and person-centred individual, this could be the role for you.
PICs work alongside health and care professionals, adopting a multidisciplinary approach to working with people who have long term health and social care needs. The PICs provide critical links between formal health and social care services and the wider community support networks. We have adapted our way of working in response to COVID, helping older people to access technology and connect in new and exciting ways.
If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of people in the community, and those who care for them and want to contribute to an organisation which is continuously striving to improve, then we would love to hear from you.
We are committed to providing a flexible and productive working environment for all employees. Evolving technology and communication platforms enable employees to work in new and different ways, where we can meet our stakeholder needs and continue to deliver against our charitable objectives. We recognise the importance of supporting employees to have greater personal choice and maintain a healthier work/life balance.
Full training will be provided; the important qualities we are looking for are:
· Excellent communication and listening skills
· A positive cheerful attitude, and the ability to problem solve
· A cheerful, friendly and outgoing personality
· The ability to work flexibly, alone and as part of a team
*Due to the high volume of applications received, we regret we shall not be able to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.
CVs will not be accepted
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Closing Date: for applications: 9am, 21st October 2024
Interview Dates: Week commencing 28th October 2024
Our mission is to reach, involve, support and connect people so they can age well in Croydon.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Supporter Care Assistant
Salary: £20,123 per annum (£24,818, Full time equivalent)
Hours: 30 per week over 4/5 days
Term: All year round, permanent.
Location: Home based with regular travel to Lingfield, Surrey.
Closing Date: 1st October 2024
About Us
Epilepsy in childhood can be frightening, isolating and is often misunderstood. We stand up for children and young people with epilepsy. We’re here for them. We campaign for children’s rights. We provide innovative tools, information, and practical support for living everyday life. We coordinate world renowned research into the causes and treatments of epilepsy and deliver cutting edge health services.
Your Role
This role in the Fundraising Team is key to ensuring we offer an outstanding supporter experience to increase the depth of our supporter relationships and grow the number of loyal donors.
Our supporters are vitally important in enabling us to deliver services and support for children and young people with epilepsy. We want to be the charity of choice for donors and ensure they have positive and memorable interactions with us.
The role will:
• Engage and steward supporters by inspiring them around their giving, maximise their fundraising, and ensure their donor journey is tailored, relevant and exciting.
• Ensure the timely and accurate processing of donations, whilst being a first point of contact to supporters.
• Ensure the smooth running of the CRM (Beacon), keeping records up to date and accurate.
• Implement engaging supporter focused communications that inspire and delight.
• Undertake a range of administrative and support functions to ensure the effective running of the Fundraising team.
What we need from you
- A positive, warm and pro-active approach to your work and other people.
- Passionate about supporter experience and improving the lives of children and young people with epilepsy.
- Excellent attention to detail with a willingness to continually learn and upskill.
- Experience of supporter or customer care with a proven track record in excellent customer relationships.
- Experience of working with CRM systems and/or databases including data management.
- Experience of working in an administration role.
We will support you and develop you should you wish for this. We care about your health and well-being and your work-life balance, and you will feel that your contribution is valued and matters.
Please refer to the Job Description for full details of role.
Benefits
- 27 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holidays (pro rata if part time)
- Occupational pension scheme
- Health Insurance Plans (Optional)
- Eyecare Vouchers
- Subsidised dining room
- Gym membership options (on and off-site)
- Your Rewards - disounts platform
- Free parking on campus
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.
Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).
The Role Within Unseen
Unseen provides support to people who have experienced Modern Slavery and Human trafficking and actively champions capturing voices in our work and providing development opportunities for those we are working with. Unseen also engages with a range of external partners to promote and facilitate person-centered and survivor informed responses to exploitation.
We develop evidence-based research and policy recommendations that are built from our support and collaboration work with survivors, key statutory service partners and NGOs. The Policy & Partnerships Officer will support the Policy & Research work of the organisation and support in the coordination of the Southwest Anti-Slavery Partnership to ensure delivery of real and tangible benefits for everyone involved, especially potential victims and survivors.
Purpose of the role
The Policy & Partnerships Officer will support in the delivery of Policy & Research projects and the collation of lived experience voices into our research work. You will work closely with the Policy & Partnerships Manager, the Survivor Involvement Coordinator, Senior Caseworkers and Unseen’s Survivor Consultant Volunteers and be responsible for the survivor consultant focus groups.
You will also support the Policy & Partnerships Manager in the coordination of the Southwest Anti-Slavery Partnership. Unseen facilitates the Avon & Somerset Anti-Slavery Partnership board, the Regional Anti-Slavery Partnership board and Bristol Modern Slavery Operational Partnership. We also support the chairs of other force area partnerships in the region and act as a point of contact in the Southwest, providing advice and guidance to partners and promoting proactive activity to eliminate Modern Slavery.
You will work closely with Unseen’s Policy & Research Team and have regular interactions with staff across Unseen’s wider teams including Support Services, Fundraising, Media & Communications and Operations.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are a large and busy Church of England parish and are looking for an energetic and self-motivated Operations Manager to join our leadership team. You will be someone who can oversee all the operational elements with appropriate attention to detail and processes and also take a full part in supporting new developments in line with our vision.
Our Operations Manager is moving on after almost 3 years in post so we are looking for someone to lead our Operations Team at All Saints Church, Ecclesall.
The role requires the oversight of four areas of church operations:
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Administration including finance
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Communications
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Estates
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Governance
You will manage the operations team (6 staff) and work closely with the ministry team, a wider range of active volunteers and users of our halls complex. You will be able to deal with issues sensitively and with an approach appropriate to our Christian faith. The role does include some evening and weekend work but will mainly be carried out during office hours.
Responsibilities:
General Operations Management
1.1 Manage the Church Office to ensure that the working environment and working practices are efficient, flexible and fully reflect the mission and values of All Saints.
1.2 Manage and maintain the church databases and files to ensure kept up to date and fully compliant with Data Protection legislation.
1.3 Working closely with the Ministry Team, including participation in the weekly senior team meeting, manage the church programme and calendar.
1.4 Oversee the preparation of the resources required to support the weekly services, major church festivals and other church events. Lead on arranging some events.
1.5 Oversee enquiries about baptisms, weddings, funerals and church yard.
1.6 Provide informed support to volunteers in all areas of administration and operations covering a wide range of regular and adhoc activities.
Communications
2.1 Support the Vicar in ensuring timely, appropriate and effective internal and external communications including the weekly e-mail and hard copy church notices.
2.2 Ensure that the website is regularly reviewed and updated, as required.
2.3 Manage All Saints’ profile and activity on social media.
2.4 Respond to enquiries and requests from the Diocese, local community and external organizations, as required.
2.5 Manage communication with members of the church family in matters relating to news and weekly notices in a timely manner
See attachments for furhter responsibilities and details
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Location: London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames (with hybrid working options available)
Leave entitlement: 28 days per annum pro rata + bank holidays pro rata
About the role:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting opportunity to join our advice team at Citizens Advice Richmond as a Manage Your Money Lead.
In this role you will be working alongside volunteer advisers, providing holistic advice and support to households in financial crisis and provide advice around income maximisation, managing fuel costs including leading on our Energy Advice Project, benefit take-up, applying for grants to help with costs arising from the cost-of-living crisis, reducing indebtedness and budgeting and money management to help to prevent future financial crisis.
The purpose of this role is to reduce the stigma for low-income households around needing and accessing financial support and give people confidence to seek cheaper alternatives to contract costs around, for example, telephone, tv and broadband.
The project includes support on preparing personal income and expenditure details which can be used by residents themselves when negotiating with debtors on repayment plans.
This work will have a focus on community-based outreach work, working alongside organisations such as foodbanks and community centres. It will aim to prevent future or recurring hardship.
This role is funded by City Bridge Foundation.
We are a friendly and diverse office. We support clients across our community and aim to reach the most vulnerable and excluded in our community.
What we give our staff
We offer a range of employee benefits, including generous annual leave, pension contribution, and training and opportunities to continue your professional development.
Please complete the application form and include this as your cover letter
Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. In 2024 we embarked on our new 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. We know it is not inevitable. We know together we can end it.
Location: Based in the London office (Working from home is an option in line with Crisis’ Hybrid Working policy with a minimum of two days a week working in the office)
About the role
As Crisis’ Media Officer, you will play a key role in securing impactful media coverage that inspires the public and politicians to join our fight to end homelessness by raising awareness of our influencing campaigns and fundraising events. You will help to build Crisis’ profile by bringing to life our work, demonstrating how we end people’s homelessness for good through education, training and support with housing, employment, and health.
Your role will be creative and varied. You’ll work with our frontline staff to identify people facing homelessness who want to share their stories and empower them to do so. At Crisis we always champion the voices and experiences of the people who we support. You’ll help create bold and hard-hitting news stories to engage our audiences and bring to life some of our biggest organisational campaigns, like our annual Christmas appeal. You will also help make the most of reactive opportunities that come through to our press office and help build relationships with key journalists.
About you
You will have:
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Experience of working within a busy press office environment/ PR agency or as a journalist.
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Experience of supporting with or delivering impactful media campaigns or stories that have helped secure quality coverage in national and regional news outlets, as well as softer consumer features.
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Excellent writing skills, with the ability to craft engaging copy for a range of audiences, including political, consumer, tabloid, trade and everything in between.
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Experience of working with case studies, identifying and preparing stories for the media and empowering people to share their experiences.
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Strong news sense, with a good working knowledge of the UK media, including digital media production, with experience of creating digital first coverage and amplifying campaign messages creatively in the digital sphere.
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Dedication to Crisis’s purpose and values including equality and social inclusion.
Please see the full Job Pack linked below, for a full list of requirements for this role. We realise that long lists of criteria can be daunting, and you may not want to apply for a role unless you feel 100% qualified. However, if you feel you have relevant examples to answer the screening questions, we encourage you to apply.
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities, and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
Our values, Bold, Impactful, Collaborative and Equitable, are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to end homelessness.
Our staff, members and volunteers are vital to getting the right government policies in place, providing breakthrough services, and building a supportive community. We’ll lead by example to nurture a positive and ambitious workplace guided by ending homelessness.
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
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Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy.
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Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
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28 days’ annual leave (pro rata) which increases with service to 31 days and the option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave.
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Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
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Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
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Wellbeing Leave to be used flexibly and more! (Full list of benefits available on website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How do I apply?
Please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below. Our shortlisting process is anonymised as part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We do not ask for CVs, instead we ask you complete the work history section and answer the screening questions for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively. At least two members of staff score all applications.
Closing date: Sunday 29th September 2024 23:55
Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for my application?
We strongly discourage applicants from using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. This is so we can run a fair, transparent process which gives all applicants an equitable chance of success. We want to hear about your own experience and perspectives in your application and if shortlisted, during the interview too.
Interview process: Competency-based interview + written task.
Interview date and location: Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th October 2024, in-person at our London office.
Accessibility
We want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Talent Acquisition team to discuss how we can help.
Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Greater Manchester Moving is the Greater Manchester charity committed to changing lives by inspiring a healthier future in Greater Manchester through moving more, sport and physical activity. We play a strategic leadership role in support of the Greater Manchester wide movement, for movement.
We are seeking to recruit an individual with purpose, passion and integrity to lead, support and connect the Greater Manchester system in creating the conditions to enable Active Lives for All.
Our People and Leadership Lead will work collaboratively across sectors to create relationships with and between people, communities and system partners to ensure that they have the skills, knowledge and confidence required to develop opportunities to move more and tackle inequalities. This role has a focus on volunteering, supporting organisations and reducing inequalities.
We are looking for someone who loves working with people, who can unite people from diverse backgrounds around a vision, who understands the power of collaboration and who can work with others to help people connect, support and lead across sectors, organisations and alongside communities to help us achieve the ambitions set out in the ten-year strategy, GM Moving in Action.
This is an exciting role, which will allow the successful candidate to gain a strong understanding of a whole systems approach to physical activity, across a number of projects, programmes and approaches within an Active Partnership.
This is a full-time role (37 hours per week), but job shares and reduced hours will be considered as part of our commitment to flexible working. Working days will predominantly be Monday to Friday, but occasional evening/weekend work may be required.
We have permanent office space in the National Squash Centre in Manchester, and regular team and co-working days in venues across Greater Manchester, blended with homeworking. We trust you to work in a way that suits you and that enables you to be productive and happy.
Greater Manchester Moving is committed to providing equal opportunities and promoting diversity, irrespective of ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexuality, disability, religion, pregnancy or personal circumstance. We aspire to being a diverse, inclusive and responsible organisation. Our aim is to have a workforce that reflects and understands the communities we work alongside.
Closing date: Monday 30 September 2024, 5pm
Interview date: Thursday 17 October 2024
Greater Manchester Moving is GM’s movement for movement working together to positively change the lives of people across Greater Manchester.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you passionate about empowering individuals to achieve their full potential in the workplace? Harington is seeking a dedicated tutor to join the team and deliver an impactful Supported Internship curriculum.
Harington is a leading and trusted charity, supporting students with learning differences to develop life skills.
We provide individual education, training, and support across a range of activities including retail, horticulture and employability, delivered from inspirational places and supported by a passionate team. Our Supported Internship programme offers a blend of classroom-based learning and hands-on experience within a real workplace environment with the Harington Gardeners and/or the Charity Shops.
As a Supported Internship tutor, you will play a crucial role in guiding and inspiring our interns as they begin be their journey towards meaningful employment. You will facilitate a supportive learning environment where interns are immersed in real workplace settings, receiving continuous feedback and honing their employability skills. Your dedication and expertise will equip our interns with the confidence and competencies needed to thrive in adulthood and competitive employment.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- To effectively plan and deliver an employability curriculum whilst embedding functional skills (Entry 3-Level 2) and/or delivering maths and English qualifications at these levels.
- Provide engaging teaching sessions that promote skilsl development and independence in the workplace.
- Implement appropriate assessment, target setting, recording, reporting and evaluation of the progress of the interns.
- Identify interns skills to enable them to participate in a variety of work-based tasks to build marketable, competitive skills leading to employment.
- Collaborate with the employers (Gardeners and Charity Shops) to create meaningful internship opportunities and facilitate successful work placements.
- To work alongside job coaches to perform specific workplace analysis, job analysis, task analysis, and job matching activities
- To seek appropriate future employment consistent with the interns interests and skills
- As a personal tutor, be responsible for the emotional and social welfare of the interns.
- Work with parents, local authorities and other supported internship stakeholders to support the progression of the interns
- To To demonstrate a commitment to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in line with the policies and practices of Harington
Please note the closing date is 9am on 7th October 2024. The interviews will be held on 18th October 2024.
Please send through your CV and a covering letter of up to 1000 words, which outlines why you want the role and how you meet the Person Specification. Applications that do not include a covering letter will not be considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Key Responsibilities
Financial:
- Raising purchase orders, processing purchase invoices & expenses & making payments.
- Ensuring appropriate backup is saved within Xero to support accounting transactions.
- Liaising with wholesale customers, raising sales invoices and reviewing ageing debtors following up on payments.
- Routine communication regarding financial information with regulators and banks.
Board of Trustees & CEO support:
- Arranging Board and committee meetings - securing dates, venue bookings, preparing and collating papers and presentations, taking minutes and facilitating actions.
- Coordinate Trust policy reviews and ensure these are completed in a timely manner
- Organising team meetings, team awaydays and collating and sharing information and notes arising from those sessions
Recruitment & HR:
- Preparing documentation & placing adverts.
- Organising interviews both in person and online.
- Processing documentation - new starter details, contracts & updating the HR system.
- Organising and booking staff training as required.
- Arranging DBSs for staff and trustees as required.
Retail:
- Monitoring online stock levels, placing orders for merchandise, and liaising with our fulfilment centre.
- Ensuring our retail management system contains up to date data, by reviewing stock takes, accurately processing orders and updating the database as appropriate.
- Producing quarterly stock take reports.
- Supporting the sales team at Port Lockroy.
General:
- Monitoring inbox, office telephone & postbag
- Working flexibly with colleagues in the broader support of the aims of the Trust. Providing ad hoc administrative support as required.
- To ensure at all times the reputation of the Trust is maintained and enhanced through our work and to undertake all of these with our values at heart & a high regard for both Health & Safety + Equal Opportunities.
Job Requirements
Knowledge & Experience
- Knowledge & experience of basic financial processes
- Working knowledge of accountancy software: Xero and Excel
- Experience of organising & supporting meetings, inc. minute taking
- Experience of working in the charity sector
- Knowledge of bookkeeping
- Experience in handling public enquiries
- Knowledge of charity governance
Skills, Abilities & Attitude
- Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
- Excellent customer service skills
- High level of attention to detail
- Excellent IT skills: MS Office, familiarity with databases
- Ability to analyse data & produce concise reports
- Skilled in organising meetings, taking great minutes, & supporting the board
- Understanding of the need for professional confidentiality
- Team player with high levels of initiative
- Flexible & adaptable
- Self-motivated & able to work without direct supervision
- Highly organised & efficient, able to work under pressure
- Committed to health & safety + promotion of equality
Terms
UKAHT is committed to providing excellent terms and conditions of employment for all employees.
Location: This position is based in our Cambridge office, where we operate a hybrid working model - a flexible blend of homeworking with essential office-based work at the office at High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET.
Salary: £28,000 pro rata
Working Hours
- 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
- Flexible working hours available; to be agreed upon appointment.
- You will also be required from time to time to work occasional evenings and weekends for which you will be granted time off in lieu.
Holidays: 25 days pro rata per year of paid leave plus the usual public holidays.
Expenses: All reasonable travel costs incurred as part of the role will be reimbursed as per UKAHT policy.
Probation period: The appointment will be subject to an 6 month probationary period
Notice period: Upon completion of the probationary period, the period of notice will be eight weeks by either party.
The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust protects and preserves sites and artefacts of international significance across the Antarctic Peninsula.
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A rare opportunity has arisen to join the Governance teams of two local Devon hospices. Hospiscare, the hospice for Exeter, Mid and East Devon, and St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth, are jointly recruiting for a Data Protection Officer.
In this role you’ll play an important part in safeguarding both organisations’ information. Your primary focus will be ensuring compliance with information management legislation and policies, assessing risks and implementing effective controls. You’ll have technical understanding of data protection legislation, together with in-depth knowledge of cyber security principles and risk management.
· Hours: Full-time at 37.5 hours per week
· Location: Based in either Plymouth or Exeter, depending on the postholder’s preference, with onsite working required in both centres and the possibility of some hybrid working.
· Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (Hospiscare Band 6)
What you’ll do:
· Manage a range of Data Protection and Security processes and protocols to ensure that Hospiscare and St Lukes are both compliant with its statutory responsibilities.
· Produce St Lukes and Hospiscare’s annual Data Protection and Security (DPS) Toolkit submission
· Advise staff across the organisations and deliver training in relation to Data Protection and Security and GDPR.
The successful candidate will be employed by Hospicare (Exeter) and enjoy benefits such as career development opportunities, a supportive and collaborative work environment, Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme, eye care vouchers, and much more.
· Closing date: Sunday 6 October 2024
· First Interviews: w/c 21 October 2024
Hospiscare is Disability Confident and a Mindful Employer which promotes equal opportunities for all and welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of sex, disability or any other protected characteristic.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
This is a new role for The Connection at St Martin’s and reflects our ambitions to deliver housing opportunities for our clients. In our strategy we aim to ensure that 300 of our clients are successfully and sustainably housed.
This is an ambitious target and the person holding the role will need to deliver our existing accommodation services while continuing to network and create relationships with other organisations to bring more opportunities to our clients.
The person in this role will be responsible for managing relationships with existing partners and funders while also securing new partners and funders as necessary to deliver our strategic aim of delivering housing solutions.
Full job description can be found on our website
Salary: £50,547
Closing Date: Sunday 6th October
Interview Date: Thursday 17th October
Our Benefits
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
• Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Day off for moving house
• Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
• Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
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We are a dynamic mental health charity on a mission to support Londoners facing mental health challenges to harness good employment as part of their mental health recovery journey. We have been successfully changing lives for over 30 years by applying innovative evidence-based approaches to employment support. Our approach is guided by our core values, and we are dedicated to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation.
The service you will work in enables NHS Talking Therapies (TT) services in Hounslow to offer a personalised package of psychological therapy and employment support to all TT clients who want to find, sustain, get back to, or positively leave, work. As an Employment Advisor at Twining Enterprise, you will play a crucial role in our employment support services. Your contributions will directly influence the lives of our clients, changing their lives by guiding them towards a path of empowerment and independence.
A day in this role might include client meetings in person or online, reviewing client documents and providing feedback, following up on new client referrals, completing client records using Twining's client database, completing performance/progress reports, liaising with employers about potential job vacancies, going to jobs fairs, and liaising with referral partners.
Why Twining Enterprise?
Joining Twining Enterprise means more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of something bigger. We offer a supportive, inclusive and resolution driven work environment where your contributions are recognised and valued. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to grow both personally and professionally while making a lasting impact on the lives of those we serve.
We are looking for candidates who bring a combination of passion, expertise, and dedication to the table. To excel in this role, you should possess:
- NVQ Level 3 minimum or equivalent in either employment support/advice, mental health or other relevant area, or equivalent experience gained through work experience in the field.
- Understanding and experience of the support needs of people with common mental health conditions in finding, retaining, returning to, or leaving mainstream employment.
- Knowledge and experience of working in a health or social care setting.
- Evidence of basic counselling skills.
- Ability to assess individual client strengths and needs in relation to employment and think creatively to provide bespoke client action planning and solutions.
- Experience of effective diary management, prioritising tasks and working to tight deadlines to manage own caseload and associated administration.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with clients (face to face, by telephone and in writing) and as part of a team.
- Able to present confidently to external stakeholders and partners at various levels.
- Proven ability to work effectively and be accountable in an outcome-driven environment.
- Ability to collect and report data to support service performance and evaluation.
- Excellent computer skills including ability to utilise database and Microsoft packages.
- Willingness and ability to undertake the relevant training associated with the role and then integrate that training into practice.
- Knowledge of employment and disability related benefits.
- Knowledge of and commitment to relevant policies, procedures, and standards e.g. Health & Safety, Confidentiality (Data Protection), Equality & Diversity and Sustainable Development, Equality Act 2010 and employment law.
- Willingness to travel in designated Borough of Hounslow.
- This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
The role holder must also:
- Pass a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an Enhanced level.
- Possess excellent IT skills, including familiarity with Microsoft Office software, as well as experience updating and maintaining databases.
- Maintain accurate and up to date records of activity and outcomes in line with service performance requirements, ensuring the IT database is up to date and paperwork compliant.
- Receive regular supervision and training to meet individual, team and organization's needs.
- Contribute to the development of a service that is locally responsive and supports minority/disadvantaged communities.
- Comply with and actively promote all Twining policies and procedures including Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding, Data Protection and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Our services users come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes us stronger. We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the skills, abilities, talent and experiences, different people and communities bring to our organisation.
We are a disability confident employer
Twining Enterprise is proud to be a disability confident employer, dedicated to the employment and career development of individuals with disabilities.
We reserve the right to close this job advert early should we receive a high volume of applications or if the position is filled before the closing date. We therefore encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to ensure their application is considered.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.