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Are you a proactive, organised and collaborative individual with a proven record in managing and coordinating tasks and programmes of work and managing a workload with competing demands?  Looking for an exciting and career-enhancing new opportunity? If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a Regional Support Coordinator to be an integral member of our Yorkshire team, acting as a central internal point of contact to ensure the overall coordination of HR, Finance, GDPR, facilities and administrative activities as well as providing periodic support to project teams.

About St Giles Trust 

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this exciting opportunity

This multi-faceted role will see our successful candidate support the Management Team with recruitment campaigns and the central HR colleagues with our safer recruitment processes. You will also help to coordinate new starter training and provide administrative support to the Management Team in ensuring employee risk assessments are carried out annually and recorded appropriately. 

We will count on you to ensure invoices, expenses and all contracts are submitted to finance in a timely manner and act as the point of contact for all local finance-related queries, while you will also fulfil a broad range of GDPR duties, such as developing, administering and coordinating the local data protection database and monitoring and reviewing new project set ups. Being the point of contact for landlords, external building managers and internal Support Services colleagues to ensure the needs of the team are meet in terms of office-based requirements and coordinating our local compliance with health and safety requirements are also key duties.

What we are looking for

• Experience of working in the voluntary sector, with an understanding of the pressures and demands
• Experience of providing administrative support to a large team and of using financial software
• Understanding of the importance of confidentiality and of the principles of Data Protection
• Understanding of the adverse experiences of our clients who are experiencing issues such as homelessness, substance misuse, debt, involvement with gangs etc.
• Impressive interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A flexible, proactive and professional approach to your work.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, season ticket loan and much more.

A Basic DBS check is required for this role.

Closing date: 11pm, 20th August 2024.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications, and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation. 

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

We are looking for a talented Communication and Marketing Assistant to join our fantastic team – and to help us continue to grow so we can change more lives across Wales.

This is a new role that will support the growth of Community Foundation Wales and the implementation of our marketing and communications strategy.

You will assist in creating compelling content and capturing diverse and compelling stories from our grantees and donors, helping the Head of Communication and Marketing to communicate the importance of our work and share its impact to help grow the reach and brand awareness of Community Foundation Wales.

From research to creation to publishing, you will work with the Head of Communication and Marketing to produce engaging and inspiring content and stories that will engage Community Foundation Wales’s key audiences.

You will help organise events and external meetings with our stakeholders that will help us to connect and build our supporter base.

This post requires someone who is eager to take on a degree of responsibility and wants to develop their creative skills. The ideal candidate will enjoy variety and be a self-starter with excellent organisational skills who is keen to learn.

You will ideally be able to work in English and in Welsh, helping us to share stories and communicate with supporters across all of Wales.

Key Skills and Experience

Essential

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent experience working in a communications, marketing or digital marketing role.
• Experience of using social media in a professional context and working knowledge of the different types of social media and their best use.
• Experience of editing websites, using content management systems such as WordPress.
• Creative, with an eye for design and layout.
• A high level of IT competency.
• A great communicator and writer, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise.
• Appetite and willingness to learn new skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Desirable

• The ability to speak and write in Welsh. We are a bilingual organisation and the ability to work in Welsh would be a strong advantage for a candidate with all the skills and experience we are seeking.
• Experience of using Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Experience of using design platforms such as Canva to produce digital assets.
• Basic video editing skills using apps such as CapCut.
• Experience of using e-newsletter software such as Mailchimp, or equivalent.
• Experience of working in the third sector.

Rydym yn chwilio am Gynorthwyydd Cyfathrebu a Marchnata talentog i ymuno â’n tîm gwych – ac i’n helpu i barhau i dyfu fel y gallwn newid mwy o fywydau ledled Cymru.

Mae hon yn rôl newydd a fydd yn cefnogi twf Sefydliad Cymunedol Cymru a gweithredu ein strategaeth farchnata a chyfathrebu.

Byddwch yn cynorthwyo i greu cynnwys cymhellol a chasglu straeon amrywiol gan ein grantïon a’n rhoddwyr, gan helpu’r Pennaeth Cyfathrebu a Marchnata i gyfleu pwysigrwydd ein gwaith a rhannu ei effaith i helpu i dyfu cyrhaeddiad ac ymwybyddiaeth brand o Sefydliad Cymunedol Cymru.

O ymchwil, i greu, i gyhoeddi, byddwch yn gweithio gyda’r Pennaeth Cyfathrebu a Marchnata i gynhyrchu cynnwys a straeon diddorol ac ysbrydoledig a fydd yn ennyn diddordeb cynulleidfaoedd allweddol Sefydliad Cymunedol Cymru.

Byddwch yn helpu i drefnu digwyddiadau a chyfarfodydd allanol gyda’n rhanddeiliaid a fydd yn ein helpu i gysylltu ac adeiladu cefnogaeth.
Mae’r swydd hon yn gofyn am rywun sy’n awyddus i ysgwyddo rhywfaint o gyfrifoldeb ac sydd eisiau datblygu eu sgiliau creadigol. Bydd yr ymgeisydd delfrydol yn mwynhau amrywiaeth ac yn hunan-ddechreuwr gyda sgiliau sefydliadol rhagorol sy’n awyddus i ddysgu.

Yn ddelfrydol, byddwch yn gallu gweithio yn Saesneg ac yn Gymraeg, gan ein helpu i rannu straeon a chyfathrebu â chefnogwyr ledled Cymru gyfan.

Y person yr ydym yn chwilio amdano:

Profiad, gwybodaeth a sgiliau hanfodol

• Addysgwyd i lefel gradd, neu brofiad cyfatebol yn gweithio mewn rôl cyfathrebu, marchnata neu farchnata ddigidol.
• Profiad o ddefnyddio'r cyfryngau cymdeithasol mewn cyd-destun proffesiynol a gwybodaeth weithredol am y gwahanol fathau o gyfryngau cymdeithasol a'u defnydd gorau.
• Profiad o olygu gwefannau, gan ddefnyddio systemau rheoli cynnwys fel WordPress.
• Creadigol, gyda llygad am ddylunio a chynllun.
• Lefel uchel o gymhwysedd TG.
• Cyfathrebwr ac awdur gwych, gyda lefel uchel o sylw i fanylion.
• Sgiliau trefnu ardderchog gyda'r gallu i flaenoriaethu.
• Parodrwydd a pharodrwydd i ddysgu sgiliau newydd.
• Y gallu i weithio'n annibynnol ac fel rhan o dîm.

Profiad, gwybodaeth a sgiliau dymunol

• Y gallu i siarad ac ysgrifennu yn Gymraeg. Rydym yn sefydliad dwyieithog a byddai'r gallu i weithio yn y Gymraeg yn fantais gref i ymgeisydd gyda'r holl sgiliau a phrofiad rydym yn chwilio amdanynt.
• Profiad o ddefnyddio Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Profiad o ddefnyddio llwyfannau dylunio fel Canva i gynhyrchu asedau digidol.
• Sgiliau golygu fideo sylfaenol gan ddefnyddio apiau fel CapCut.
• Profiad o ddefnyddio meddalwedd e-gylchlythyr fel Mailchimp, neu gyfwerth.
• Profiad o weithio yn y trydydd sector.

Marketing and Communications Officer

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and organised individual to gain experience in both communication and fundraising within a dynamic and impactful environmental charity.

You will play a crucial role in supporting the charity’s efforts to engage supporters, drive fundraising, and ultimately contribute to the organisation's mission of inspiring people to address environmental crises through the power of natural green spaces.

This is full time, hybrid working role.

Position: Communications and Fundraising Assistant

Location: Abingdon OX14/Hybrid

Hours: Full Time 35 hours per week

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 26+ days holiday per year, pension contribution, flexible working arrangements

Closing Date: 4th August 2024. (We may close the advert sooner, subject to volume and quality of applications, so don’t hesitate to apply if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for.)

The Role

The 5-year strategy – Connecting Communities for Change – sets out the organisations commitment to engage more people – in more ways – with the natural world, changing the way we think about the charity’s role and impact, and supporters are a vital part of this. As such, engaging with more supporters and increasing income is vital to the successful delivery of the strategy.

You will enable the teams to focus on strategic initiatives and high-impact activities by providing essential support in data management, content updates, and reporting. Your work will directly contribute to these  efforts to engage supporters, drive fundraising, and ultimately support the mission of inspiring people to address environmental crises through the power of natural green spaces.

Accountabilities include:

• Data Management, Reporting, and Analysis
• Digital and Offline Communication Support
• Strategic Research

You will be joining a small but motivated team who are passionate about making a difference to climate sustainability, biodiversity, environmental impacts and health and wellbeing through engaging more people and making a positive impact.

About You

We’re looking for someone who has knowledge of best practices in digital communication. An understanding of the principals of  fundraising would be an advantage but isn’t essential.

You will have experience of:

• Working in a similar support role.
• Data entry, database management, and CRM systems (e.g., Beacon, Salesforce, Raiser's Edge, or similar).
• Website content management systems (e.g., WordPress) and social media platforms.
• Email marketing platforms (e.g., Mailchimp, Constant Contact) is desirable.
• Basic graphic design and content creation using tools like Canva and/or Microsoft Publisher.

If you have the skills and experience we are looking for and a passion for engaging children, young people and adults with the natural world… then apply today!

You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter describing why you are interested and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

The Organisation

This environmental charity with 40 years’ experience in caring for and inspiring others with the natural green spaces, believes that we all have a responsibility to care for nature and understand our role within our ecosystem. The organisation cares for 500 hectares of woodland, farmland, wildflower meadows and wetlands, which receive 200,000 visits a year. These amazing places engage and inspire people to demonstrate nature based solutions to climate, biodiversity and public health crises.

Alongside a competitive salary, you can benefit from generous annual leave, volunteering opportunities, family friendly, flexible working wherever possible with forums and inclusive facilities to support staff.

You may have experience in other areas such as Communications, Marketing, Marketing and Communications, Fundraising, Campaigning, Digital Marketing, Digital Communications, Communications Officer, Marketing Officer, Marketing and Communications Officer, Fundraising Officer, Digital Marketing Officer, Digital Communications Officer, Fundraising, Fundraiser. #INDNFP1

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Job Title: Chef (Part-Time)

Available Shift Pattern: 2 days per week (weekdays, weekends & bank holidays on a rolling rota basis, with the opportunity for additional shifts to cover sickness, staff holidays and rota changes)

Hours: 18 hours per week; 08:30am – 17:30pm (opportunity for more hours)

Contract Type: Permanent, Employed or Self Employed (flexible)

Pay: £12.00 per hour (employed) or if Self-Employed hourly rate TBC.

Additional Pay: Bank Holidays are paid at Premium Rates.

Location: Blackpool (Hostels & Cafe@264)

Homeless Action is a large registered charity (No. 1063208) that offers accommodation with support to vulnerable single homeless people.  We are looking to appoint a part-time Chef to work flexibly across our hostel sites and at our Community & Hub: The Cafe@264 all based in central Blackpool. The job roles involves preparing, serving and cooking healthy, homemade nutritious meals; helping plan seasonal menus; the ability to work in a busy café and to manage volunteers and assisting in the delivery of some basic life skills training to our hostel residents.

Ideally you will have catering experience and may have worked in a supported housing setting; care home/hostel or hotel/Cafe.  You will have a good understanding of the support needs of homeless people, be non-judgemental in your approach and have good people skills.  You will be willing to go the extra mile and be self-motivated.  You will be able to work during the week, at weekends and bank holidays.  You will be flexible in your approach to work and able to cover shifts at short notice.

In return we offer an opportunity to join our team of committed and enthusiastic staff, a competitive salary with flexible working hours; Bank Holidays paid at premium rates, a pension, training and self-development opportunities and good terms and conditions.

Ideally you will already have your Level 2 Food Safety & Hygiene qualification and it is desirable that you also have knowledge and/or a qualification in Food Allergen Awareness and COSHH Regulations.

Preferably you will hold a full drivers licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes. All staff employed by Homeless Action are required to undertake Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Clearance.

To apply, please print off and complete the attached application pack and return to:

Laura Cooper (Housing Services Manager), 81 Abingdon Street, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY1 1PP.

Closing date: Wednesday 31st July 2024 @ 12 Noon

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Are you a proactive, analytical and compassionate individual with a proven record of successfully supporting young people with SEND within an educational setting or alternative provision?  Do you have strong experience of working with children and young people who have learning difficulties, disabilities, mental health and/or have spent time in care?

If so, St Giles is looking for a Lead SEND Adviser to work directly with children and young people and use the knowledge gained from these interactions, our own data and your previous experience to influence systems, commissioning and services for children and young people.

About St Giles Trust 
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this exciting opportunity

This key role will see our successful candidate oversee the strategic development of the Alliance service Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision with the aim of maximising the progress of young people coming into contact with the service with SEND, including personal and social development.  You will also provide advocacy to support young people to re-enter mainstream education when required and ensure education providers carry out their statutory responsibilities regarding young people with Statement of Special Educational Needs, feeding into EHCPs.

We will also count on you to support and upskill Alliance staff in understanding the needs of SEND pupils, to develop plans to improve the support that the various systems around the child or young person can offer by increasing understanding of the child/ young person and their individual needs, plus support young people to undertake assessments to identify potential learning needs and neurodiversity.

What we are looking for

• Teacher qualified or similar professional qualification
• Experience of working on a target-driven project and a proven ability to manage a caseload
• Proven record of engaging young people via outreach and promotion
• Experience of supporting children and young people who are neurodiverse to thrive
• Experience working alongside the partnerships that exist to support neurodiverse children and young people
• Exemplary knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
• Knowledge of the range of assessments available to identify potential SEND Young people
• Excellent IT, prioritisation, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work.

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.

We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 18 August 2024 @ 23:45pm          Interview date: 26th August 2024.

Executive Director of Support & Wellbeing 

Stoke-on-Trent 

£108,875 a year

You’ll be responsible, through the Chief Executive to the Board of Management, for the effective management of support and wellbeing services which includes all operational services across our client's organisation

You will also have responsibility for business development and fundraising, quality and performance, as well as landlord liaison functions within the charity - a property portfolio in the region of 260 units. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will work collaboratively with senior colleagues, Board Members and Charity Trustees.

Job requirements:

• Drive the strategic direction of the organisation, as part of the Executive Team, contributing to the development and delivery of the Group’s corporate plan and all policy formulation at strategic level.
• Demonstrate clear, determined leadership. With specific responsibility for the strategic direction of Revival, Glow and Concrete, you will lead on delivery of the business and growth strategy, budget management, contractual targets and requirements, as well as wider Group objectives.
• Ensure effective governance arrangements for Honeycomb Charitable Services, overseen by the Group Board.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the external operating environment both locally and nationally. Leading on broadening the Group’s partnerships across all areas of operation, in line with business objectives and growth ambitions.
• Build strong relationships with commissioners, partners and stakeholders. Influencing local strategies and seeking out or extending opportunities for innovative models of delivery to meet current and future needs.
• Proactively manage risks around safeguarding / safety of customers, and contract compliance, ensuring all staff are clear on their obligations to report any concerns. Ensure best practice is adopted in reporting internally to the Group Board and externally to bodies such as the Charity Commission.
• To be a dynamic leader and an active member of the Executive Team, liaising with the Board members, Chief Executive, and other Executive Directors on customer, housing and property related services.
• Lead on setting and managing the budget which includes annual rent and service charge reviews for Revival, Glow and Concrete (c.10m)

What they’re looking for:

• A degree level qualification or equivalent.
• A relevant housing qualification (secured or working towards) as outlined in the Competence and Conduct Standard consultation. Or a commitment to secure the qualification within allowed timescales.
• Extensive experience of operating at a senior management level or director level in health, social care, charitable or a relevant support field.
• Evidence of continuous professional development and a commitment to continuous learning for self and others. Significant experience of strategic leadership and responsibility for delivery of care and support services.
• Demonstrable track record and evidence of developing and winning business to achieve growth and sustainability in support services.
• Experience of working in the social housing charity sector preferable.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and work collaboratively with other leaders and managers. Be self-aware, emotionally intelligent, and able to work with, lead and project manage across all teams at all levels.

Help our client to make sure everyone in their region has access to a happy home. APPLY NOW!

They’ll be interviewing as we go so might close the application process early if they find the right person.

#OfficeHours #SupportAndWellbeing #ExecutiveDirector #JobsThatGiveBack #GreatBenefits

Join Drive Forward Foundation as our next CEO and lead the next phase of our mission to enable care-experienced young people to achieve their full potential.

Applications close: by 9 a.m. Monday 12th August 2024.

About Drive Forward Foundation

Drive Forward Foundation is a registered charity specialising in supporting care-experienced children and young people aged 16 – 26 in London into sustainable and fulfilling employment, education, and training.

We empower young people to take control of their lives through meaningful careers. We offer a mix of tailored 1-2-1 support, intensive employability skills training, exclusive opportunities provided by our employer partners, a bespoke counselling service, and in-work mentoring support.

Our vision is a society where care-experienced people enjoy opportunity, empathy and respect.

Our goal is not just to help our young people find a job, but to work with them to be aspirational and pursue sustainable employment avenues — and we believe the outcomes we achieve enrich over time.

Our plan for the next five years is to extend our reach across London, before looking outside the capital to support more care-experienced young people.

Who we are looking for

It is an incredibly exciting time for the charity, and we are now seeking a new Chief Executive to lead us into the next phase of growth and strategic development.

We need an exceptional leader; someone who is passionate about making a lasting impact, driving effective change, and empowering our teams to thrive.

Our next Chief Executive will be an outstanding people leader with a successful senior leadership track record in a relevant organisation of similar scale and complexity.

Having operated across a multi-functional environment with multi-disciplinary, dispersed teams, you will be well attuned to galvanising high-performing teams and developing and retaining positive, values-led cultures.

You will be a visible and credible ambassador for the charity, able to campaign and bring the voices of young care leavers to the minds of policymakers. You will represent the organisation with confidence and authenticity to a wide range of stakeholders; from our corporate partners and future funders through to the young people we support.

Whilst remaining sensitive to our successful legacy and mission, you will bring an appetite and vision for change, committed to reaching more young people; bringing a business focus, evolving our culture and taking us through a process of organisational development.

You will also be commercially astute with experience securing contract or grant income. Whilst not essential, experience in developing successful fundraising strategies would be highly advantageous.

Above all else, you will be motivated by our cause and genuinely live the values of the organisation — a collaborative and inclusive leader with an unrelenting focus on the needs of our young people.

Please click 'Apply via website’ to be redirected to the Peridot Partners website, where you can find full details of the job description and register your interest to apply.

Applications for this role close by 9 a.m. Monday 12th August 2024

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced immigration adviser to lead our dynamic immigration advice team and help shape the future of the programme as part of the senior management team at a fast-growing charity in London.

As IRMO's Immigration Advice Programme Manager, you will bring your expertise and experience together to organise, implement and improve our range of immigration services to offer the maximum benefit for our community, in both the short and long term.

Your responsibilities will include implementing and progressing the programme's overarching strategy; the ongoing development and training of team members; representing IRMO across broader advice networks; and advising on organisational responsibilities related to immigration. You will also have the chance to develop new, cross-over skills beyond advice provision.

As our Public affairs lead, you will design and deliver a political engagement strategy to secure real climate commitments from the government to reduce the environmental harms of advertising including an end to high carbon ads, public space planning reforms to stop billboards blighting our communities and the introduction of demand reduction policies for aviation.

Are you keen to see bolder policies from the UK government on climate, public space, and tackling high-carbon sectors including cars and flights? We are seeking a Public affairs lead with familiarity with the UK’s political landscape who can take forward our campaigns for policy change to reduce the environmental harms of advertising and consumption of high-carbon travel, particularly aviation. We are seeking change in three principle areas:

• Tobacco-style legislation to restrict advertising for high carbon products, namely: airlines, airports, non-electric cars (especially SUVs) and fossil fuel companies
• Strengthening national planning regulations to protect our public spaces and neighbourhoods from the spread of intrusive, outdoor digital advertising screens.
• The introduction of policies to reduce demand for aviation in a fair and equitable manner, including a frequent flyer levy.

Working with others in the Possible team and our partner organisations on the Badvertising project Adfree Cities and New Weather Institute, you’ll keep on top of the latest developments in areas of sustainable transport, aviation and  public space planning policies. You’ll design interventions and events for innovative policy proposals which move the ‘choice architecture’ in which we make decisions away from business-as-usual and towards an economy that puts communities, sustainability and a liveable planet first. In all this you’ll be assisted by experts in the wider Possible team and supported by a caring workplace.

Benefits

• 35 hour full time work week. 0.8 FTE = 28 hours.

• Flexitime.

• 33 days paid holidays including bank holidays (pro-rata) and additionally three days at Christmas when the office is shut.

• Employer pension contribution. 

• Flexible working considered from day one.

• Learning and development plans and budget for all staff.

• Generous sick leave and pay, including paid time off for periods and menopause, gender affirming care, fertility treatment and disability leave.

• Good parental leave and pay and family friendly policies and practices for both parents.

• Up to one week (FTE) paid carer days.

• Paid volunteer and study leave.

• Cycle to work scheme.

• Climate Perks - paid journey days for low carbon holiday travel.

• Headspace account (mindfulness and meditation app).

• Options to work remotely abroad (role dependent).

• Employee assistance programme that includes free counselling sessions and financial advice for you and your family.

• A caring and supportive culture and lots of opportunities for team connection.

• Paid duvet days, when staff need to look after their wellbeing.

• Staff discounts on selected climate friendly opportunities.

Interested?

Read the full job advert and fill in the application pack.

Deadline: 11am Thursday 8th August 2024

We are looking for a Regional Appeal Manager to join an inspiring social welfare charity to coordinate local supporters, partners, and volunteers, building relationships to maximise fundraising potential.

Covering Central London, your main role is to achieve income, expenditure, and contribution targets, ensuring the success of the appeal. Relationship management plays a crucial role, where youll oversee a portfolio of regional corporate partnerships.

The ideal candidate will possess commercial knowledge, financial management skills, and experience in supporter relationship management.
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This is a hybrid role.

The Charity
A long standing national charity, dedicated to providing life long support from advice services to rehabilitation. They have a staff of c1,500 people securing over 150m last year.
You would be joining a highly respected organisation, known for its supportive and inclusive working culture, offering fantastic benefits including 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme -employer contribution up to max of 10% and an employee assistance programme as well as much more!

The Role
With support from your Manager, produce an income and expenditure budget for your area.
Provide accurate and timely monthly commentary to your manager.
Identity, plan and monitor progress of key activity (in the regional fundraising plan) to deliver the income and expenditure
Manage the activity of a range of local supporters and partner
Manage an agreed number of relationships across your area, ensuring that your supporters have the tools, resources, and support necessary.
Develop and support a portfolio of regional corporate partnerships.

The Candidate
Experience of fundraising, sales and/or customer service environment.
Experience of creating and managing great supporter relationships with volunteers to deliver agreed objectives and income targets
Take ownership of planning income/expenditure budget and responsible for supplying monthly commentary to manager..

IMPORTANT NOTE
Our aim is to respond to all successful applications within 5 days. If you havent been contacted within 5 days your application has been unsuccessful and your details will not be held further but we positively encourage you to apply for any other positions that you may see in the future.
We apologise that we cannot contact everybody in person but thank you in advance for your interest.
Third Solutions encourages applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Third Solutions acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003.

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

We are proud to be partnering with a learning disability focused charity to find an outstanding, temporary, part time Governance Assistant (25 hours per week).

You will provide effective and efficient support to the Trustees and members of the charity and Trust; administering Board and Committee meetings and producing high quality minutes; facilitating the recruitment and induction of new Trustees and Governors; ensuring compliance with regulatory reporting requirements.

You will support the Head of Governance to enable the smooth running of team administration.

Taking the lead on administrative support for all Board and Committee meetings, including diary management, agenda drafting, minute-taking and any other practical arrangements required.  You will act as a key point of contact for the Trustees and enabling their active involvement with the organisation.

You will also facilitate Trustee recruitment and induction, ensuring all new Trustees are able to access the information and tools needed to work effectively and maintaining a record of their onboarding information. You will also provide ad-hoc support to the Director of Finance & Planning.

This role is expected to be for around 3 months and is almost fully remote with occasional visits to their London office. Immediate start.

At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.

In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a call to brief you on the role. We are looking forward to connecting with you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Scheduling copy for release at optimal times.

• Creating general content (based on templates) for publication across various social

media

• Monitoring users' engagement with and feedback on every post.

• Analysing and reporting on the effects of publications.

• Creating written pieces that are sharp, memorable, and effective at prompting readers

to take action.

• Collaborating with Videographers and Multimedia Designers to ensure that posts are engaging.

• Remaining abreast of changes to all pertinent social media applications.

• Exploring the potential value of social media sites that are not yet in our repertoire.

• Assist in furthering campaigns through tasked marketing efforts

• Carry out tasks assigned by Marketing lead

• Report to Marketing lead for all tasks

Qualifications (Additional Skills):

• Enhanced knowledge of all leading social media sites, including their algorithms.

• Firm grasp of scheduling platforms and their integrations.

• Some understanding of the processes surrounding the creation and distribution of paid advertisements.

• Flexible and engaging writing style.

• Some knowledge of video editing, videography, photography

• Knowledge of engagement metrics.

• Appreciation for novel insights and ideas.

• Willingness to work occasional overtime to accommodate various time zones.

• Preferably understanding of charity posting

Person Specification : Essential Experience

• Experience in a similar role.

• Successful, significant, and relevant achievement in a comparable

national/international organisation.

• Experience of utilising the strength of an organisation brand for charity/business

development.

• Experience of developing and implementing strategic and business plans.

Personal Skills and Attributes Essential to the role:

• Full UK driver's license

• Flexible and pro-active approach

• Organised and attention to detail

• Ability to solve problems

• Strong team player

• Cultural sensitivity

• The ability to identify issues in advance

• The ability to quickly understand new ideas and concepts

• Operates by and upholds The Zahra Trust’s philosophy and values

• Right to live and work in the UK

• Ability to travel throughout the UK and to remote areas overseas when required.