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Grandmentors Wiltshire Project Coordinator
Permanent Contract
Job Ref: V515
Hours/Days per week: 17.5 hours per week – (Flexible days/hours)
Salary: £12,500 plus attractive employee benefits package
Start date: ASAP
Location: Home or Office based within Wiltshire
Closing date: 22nd September 2024
Interview date and Location: W/C 30th September 2024, Teams
About the role
At Volunteering Matters we use volunteering’s unique power to bring people together and build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.
We bring people together to resolve some of society’s most complex issues. From social isolation and loneliness; improving health and wellbeing; building skills, confidence, and opportunity; to ensuring young people can become change makers in their community, the impact that we make is great. And we won’t stop until everyone in the UK has the opportunity to thrive.
People-led and impact driven, we are a national charity that is deeply embedded in local areas across the UK. We operate in five regions: London and the South East; Wales and the West of England; East of England; the Midlands and North West England; and Scotland and North East England. We also have an Employee Volunteering Team with over 25 years’ experience, acting as a broker to provide tailor-made solutions to employers. We turn local knowledge and energy into action and progress, building stronger communities and a better future for all.
This is an exciting time to be joining the team. We’re changing the way we work to meet new ambitions and make sure our impact continues to grow alongside out business.
Grandmentors
Grandmentors is a national volunteering programme where older volunteers (aged 50+) use their lifetime of skills and experience to support and mentor vulnerable young adults leaving the care system. These young adults often need a guiding hand and role model to support them to find work, continue their education or begin training – ultimately giving them the skills and self-belief to lead successful and independent lives.
Volunteers meet with a young adult regularly to boost their confidence and work towards goals, which are unique to each person.
Role Purpose
We are recruiting two part-time Project Coordinators to effectively deliver all aspects of our Grandmentors project in Wiltshire, ensuring it achieves its aims, objectives, outcomes, and targets. The postholders will work alongside teams within Wiltshire Council and with local volunteers to ensure that we improve the lives of care experienced young people (aged 16-25) through the unique power of inter-generational mentoring.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Effectively manage the service to ensure it meets agreed targets and millstones.
- Maintain effective relationships with stakeholders and local authority staff.
- Ensure volunteers are recruited, appropriately trained, and supported in their role; this will involve processing volunteer expenses, DBS checks and maintaining databases.
- Ensure regular communication between project staff and volunteers is maintained and that regular supervision for volunteers is provided.
- Work with your line manager to ensure project expenditure is in line with the budget.
- Maintain accurate records on all aspects of the project and submit data onto a secure system.
- Manage and maintain effective monitoring and evaluation records to capture impact and outcomes and ensure contractual compliance.
- To implement and maintain appropriate risk assessment management processes.
- Prepare impact and progress reports for both internal and external purposes.
- Develop relevant information to promote and raise the profile of Volunteering Matters locally.
- Promote and adhere to Volunteering Matters Equality and Diversity Policy and all other Volunteering Matters policies which relate to the work of Grandmentors.
- Contribute to joint working and teamwork across Volunteering Matters and your regional team.
Experience/Skills and Attributes:
In deciding who to shortlist and appoint to this post, we will be looking for evidence of the following skills, knowledge, experience and personal qualities.
Essential
- Experience working with or supporting young adults with the ability to motivate, enthuse and develop positive attitudes.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with a range of stakeholders (including volunteers, local authority staff and funders).
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise a demanding and developing workload.
- Resilient, flexible with ability to work on own initiative as well as collaborating with others.
- A good, practical knowledge of safeguarding and risk assessments.
- Evidence of good administrative and IT skills.
- Understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities, data protection and confidentiality.
Desirable
- Knowledge/experience of the care system.
- Experience supporting/managing volunteers.
Qualifications
Relevant experience and values alignment is more important for this role than specific qualifications.
This role requires an enhanced DBS check which will be undertaken with the successful candidate before starting.
Location
The role requires someone based within Wiltshire. With a flexible working policy, the postholder can be based from home or within Wiltshire Council offices. The postholder will need internet access to enable remote working. I.T. equipment and infrastructure will be supplied.
Our Values & Way of Working:
In all that we do, we embrace a philosophy of ‘Freedom within a Framework’ and are guided by our values: Empowering, Inclusive, Compassionate, Positive & Straightforward.
This job description is intended to include the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but while some variations will be expected, these will be at an appropriate level for the role.
Diversity & Inclusion
Volunteering Matters welcomes all applicants and are keen to ensure our team reflects the diversity of the UK and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from disabled, LGBT and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, along with candidates with any protected characteristics and from disadvantaged groups.
Disability Confident & Reasonable Adjustments:
We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. Please provide evidence in your application, which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required in the “Experience/Skills” section of this advert. To be considered for a guaranteed interview or to discuss any reasonable adjustments during the process, please state this in your application or contact our HR team for more information.
We have also committed to the following pledges which positively encompass our recruitment and selection processes and methodology: The Promise, Show The Salary, Salary History.
Benefits
Our employee benefits reflect our culture which is built on an approach of full flexibility with accountability, and designed to let you make your most positive contribution; we offer Flexible Working by Default (re hours & place of work), Unlimited Annual Leave, Employee Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced sick and family leave. We are also open to discuss job share applications.
GDPR Statement
If you apply for a role with us, we will retain your contact details including your name, address, email address and phone number to help us manage your application for up to 6 months. We will not use your personal data for any other purpose or share it with any third party. You can contact us at any point to update your personal information or ask us to delete it from our records.
We turn local knowledge into action by working with volunteers and partners across the UK to build stronger communities for all.
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Location: UK home based (remote working)
Reporting to: Head of Fundraising
Key relationships: Head of Trusts and Foundations, Executive Officer, Programme staff
Contract: Permanent, full time (4 days per week considered)
Salary: £32k
The Fundraising Officer will make a key contribution to the generation of sustainable funding through corporate partnerships, trusts and foundations. The role will support initiatives to increase the organisation’s income by expanding our pool of donors, improving retention of current donors and maximizing fundraising opportunities.
Who we are
WasteAid is an international non-governmental organisation that works in low and middle-income countries to implement environmental and economic empowerment programmes, focusing on support to nascent green businesses and grassroots entrepreneurs. The work improves the livelihoods of some of the poorest and most marginalised, promotes circular economy innovation and contributes to a cleaner and healthier future for all.
Our programmes focus predominantly on the reduction of plastic, organic, textile and e-waste pollution in areas of the world that have no formal waste management systems.
The organisation promotes and shares locally appropriate, evidence based inclusive practices, supporting and empowering others to take positive action. We partner with public, private and community-based organisations in countries where the lack of waste management systems are harming the environment, economy and society. We achieve our goals through our 3 flagship programmes:
- Our Wastepreneur programme for those individuals and micro businesses trying to make a living within the circular economy and make a difference in their communities
- The WasteAid Circular Economy Network which brings together national stakeholders, local authorities and the private sector to tackle local waste challenges through networking, training, infrastructure support and innovation challenges
- First Step Resource Management Programmes focus on a whole system approach to divert waste from landfill supporting community behaviour change, basic infrastructure, collector group training and end market development
The organisation is less than 10 years old and has enjoyed unprecedented growth with an annual budget this year of circa £2 million. It is a dynamic organisation with an international team who work in a supportive and collegial environment.
WasteAid currently implements programmes in The Gambia, India, South Africa and Uganda.
Can you bring your fundraising skills to help us to do more?
Purpose of Role
To support the Head of Fundraising and Head of Trusts to develop and deliver effective income generation and partner relationship management. Collaborating also with the wider WasteAid team to develop quality funding proposals and fundraising assets. To research, explore and initiate new fundraising approaches with potential new funders.
Income Generation
- Support the senior fundraising team to research and develop potential opportunities for maximising income generation
- Support the senior team to identify and secure new supporters/partners and ensure effective engagement with established supporters. This includes:
- Diverse Outreach
- Proposal Development
- Participation in pitch sessions / donor meetings
- Rolling stewardship and relationship management for a number of potential and current donors. Including coordinating staff fundraising /other donor activity and admin to support the partnership
Raising WasteAid’s Profile
- Promote the aims and objectives of WasteAid, increasing public awareness and support
- Ensure project donor partnership plans are in place and implemented in liaison with the project teams and WasteAid’s PR function
Marketing and Communication
- Develop and maintain appropriate fundraising materials to attract donors and support compelling applications for funding
- Work with WasteAid’s PR company to maintain effective communications and good relations with our donors. Ensuring that they are updated on the organisation’s work and achievements with a view to extending and increasing their support where possible
- Utilise and maximise the use of all communication platforms to promote fundraising and the work of WasteAid including social media, local media support and the promotion of third-party led fundraising
- Ensure all communication channels are monitored, including social media comments and inboxes, and any incoming communications and queries dealt with in an appropriate and timely manner
Other
- Analyse, monitor and report on fundraising activity and performance to inform ongoing fundraising planning and improvement
- Responsible for ensuring accurate and up to date records are kept of all fundraising activities on WasteAid’s CRM system
- Responsible for ensuring WasteAid’s fundraising and communication activities follow best practice and are compliant with internal policies and procedures, GDPR, the Fundraising Regulator’s Code of Practice, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation, Charity Commission requirements and all other relevant legislation
- To review develop and implement fundraising processes and procedures to ensure that best practice is achieved
- To keeping abreast of new fundraising developments, initiatives and opportunities
- Any other duties as required
Person Specification
Experience
This listing represents the full and ideal picture of the role. It is likely that not every strong candidate will be able to demonstrate all the listed attributes. If you feel that you can meet most of these qualifications, we encourage you to apply and give some thought as to how you might acquire any other necessary experience/skills after joining WasteAid.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in fundraising/income generation (or a related field) with good influencing (e.g. writing or pitching) skills
- Experience of developing new fundraising relationships or supporting existing relationships
- Experience of generating funds from supporters. Specifically corporate partners, small-medium sized businesses, trusts and foundations
- Experience managing corporate relationships, understand and delivering client requirements
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to make communications engaging and persuasive for a diverse range of audiences
- Excellent diplomacy and relationship skills
- Ability to engage confidently with a wide range of stakeholders with a proven ability to build relationships and partnership working
- Strong and effective networking skills
- Effective IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and use of fundraising CRM systems, knowledge of desktop publishing packages would be an asset
- Uses original and creative thinking to make improvements or support the initiation of new approaches
- Good understanding of fundraising regulations, standards and best practice
Personal Attributes
- A self-starter, enthusiastic, reliable and professional
- Effective communicator
- Strong organisational time management skills with the ability to prioritise effectively to meet deadlines
- Willing to take part in all activities, taking a ‘hands-on’ approach to getting things done
- Enjoys individual, team and collaborative working
- Demonstrates a consistent high standard of work and attention to detail
- Willingness to learn
- Willingness to travel to client’s locations
- Works with honesty and integrity and is aligned with WasteAid’s values
- Ability to adapt to changing environment
- Knowledge of issues linked to WasteAid’s work in either the waste management, environmental and climate change or international development sectors is highly desirable
Qualifications
Institute of Fundraising qualifications desirable
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for a Community Key Worker
Salary: £22,000 - £26,000 (outer London)
Location: Covering areas within Essex. Once a week in Waltham Cross
Contract: Fixed term until March 2025 (with possibility of extension)
Hours p/w Full Time 35hrs per week
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police & Prison Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
Are you an excellent relationship builder who can work with women and a diverse range of delivery partners to ensure that she meets her potential and successfully progresses through and beyond her probation supervision? Can you meet a women wherever she is at in her journey and work with her to create an individualised support package that gives her the best chance of breaking the cycle of offending?
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for a feminist organisation who understand that supporting women in the criminal justice system requires a specialist and gendered approach? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability?
In your role as a Community Keyworker, you will be working with women involved in the Criminal Justice System; those on Probation in the Community and those women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision; providing some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support. You will be working in a team of Community Keyworkers in your region. Each Keyworker will provide holistic one to one community support to women with a variety of needs.
About You:
Are you a strong believer in advocating for others? Are you empathetic, patient and determined? Then this opportunity could be right for you.
The Minerva London service provides holistic, trauma-informed support for women in touch with the Criminal Justice System. We do this through offering dedicated one to one support, safer women’s centre spaces and specialist interventions and partnerships.
To be successful as the Community Key Worker you will need the below experience and skills.
You will be working in a supportive, friendly, and welcoming team whilst having oversight of a caseload of women, who may be under the supervision of the National Probation Service or in custody, enhancing the offer of holistic support and advocacy services available to them throughout their journey.
Building relationships with other statutory and non-statutory agencies in local communities is vital to build referral pathways and provide a whole system approach to supporting individuals.
To carry out this work you will meet women in the community in your designated borough and co-locate with other agencies including the National Probation Service, as well as regularly attending Advance’s North London vibrant Women’s Centre/office space.
You will be a creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients with complex needs. You are confident professional relationship builder and has good awareness of Safeguarding procedures. Strong Administration skills and understanding of compliant behaviours also experience of supporting. With good knowledge of the criminal justice system and awareness of other support provisions.
- Closing Date for Applications: 21st September 2024
- Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!) if working a 35 a hour week.
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please contact us via the Advane website and the Talent Acquisition Team will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.
We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Key info
Annual salary: £16,000 (£32,000 full-time equivalent)
18 hours a week, including 7.5 hours of teaching split over Mondays and Wednesdays (between 9.00am and 3.30pm)
14 days’ annual leave (28 days full-time equivalent), to be taken during school holidays, plus additional time off between Christmas and the New Year. Occasional term-time annual leave can be agreed with line manager.
7% employer pension contributions
Other benefits include flexible working, enhanced parental leave and sick pay, a cycle scheme, tech scheme, interest-free loans, study leave and volunteering leave. All frontline staff are offered clinical supervision and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
6 months, fixed-term contract with a possibility of extension
Start date: 23rd September (pending an Enhanced DBS Check)
Reports to Head of Learning and Language Skills
The successful candidate will need to be able to teach both online and face-to-face in Tooting.
Equalities statement
CARAS is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity. As an organisation who works with refugees, we especially encourage applications from people with lived experience of forced migration. Applications will be considered solely on merit. Where two or more candidates are judged to be of equal merit, priority may be given to a candidate who belongs to a less well represented group.
About the organisation
CARAS is a registered charity offering holistic support to refugees and people seeking asylum. The local refugee community is made up of new arrivals and longer-term residents, all experiencing varying levels of disadvantage as a result of forced migration, as well as systemic challenges built into London life. CARAS therefore has the following values:
Kindness. CARAS will nurture all who are part of our community, helping everyone to develop their skills, talents and interests.
Justice. CARAS will strive for social justice following a rights-based approach in all of our work and challenging instances when rights are not upheld in wider society.
Empowerment. CARAS works alongside people, recognising and respecting their skills and strengths and striving together for better outcomes.
‘With’ not ‘for’. CARAS will put the voices, opinions, experiences and needs of its community members at the heart of all that we do.
CARAS is a thriving organisation with a highly motivated, friendly and experienced staff team, bolstered by the generous support of equally skilled volunteers and trustees who come from many walks of life. The new Adult ESOL Teacher will input into work across the organisation, welcome volunteers and be welcomed and supported by us all.
About ESOL learning at CARAS
For many years now, ESOL learning has been essential to our holistic offer. Community members typically tell us that learning English is their top priority when they join us. The CARAS ESOL project won the President’s Award at the 2021 Festival of Learning in recognition of our work.
The CARAS ESOL project supports people in the early stages of ESOL learning. Our adult ESOL groups prepare learners for entry-level Speaking and Listening or Reading and Writing exams with the English Speaking Board. All classes have rolling admission throughout the year, which means the learner groups are evolving all the time.
ESOL classes at CARAS are guided by our values and principles, including participatory education, trauma-informed practice and translanguaging pedagogy. The three main aims of the ESOL project are to:
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increase learners’ communicative competence and confidence;
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help learners progress into college, training or employment;
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expand learners’ social networks.
Main activities
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teaching ESOL classes (face-to-face and online): 7 hours / 5 classes a week during term time (38 weeks a year), ESOL Literacies, Pre-Entry to Entry 2 level
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supporting ESOL learners to develop essential digital skills and literacies by embedding them in the lessons
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preparing groups to take exams accredited by the English Speaking Board
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collaborating closely with the adult team to develop and facilitate the CARAS employability project
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planning for and accompanying ESOL groups on educational trips once a term
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assessing learners during their engagement in the programme and planning for move on support with college applications, volunteering opportunities and signposting to other ESOL provisions
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completing admin tasks such as class records and learner enrolment
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developing participatory and creative lesson plans to inspire and meet the needs of the learner group
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meeting new community members to do an intake meeting with them once a month.
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recruiting and supervising a team of volunteer ESOL Teaching Assistants as and when required
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communicating with learners between classes to support their engagement and provide signposting or referrals to casework and external services
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participating in training, supervision and team meetings where required
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meeting with staff at CARAS and at partner organisations to ensure community members are receiving holistic support
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contributing to the monitoring and evaluation of Learning programmes
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working in accordance with CARAS policies and procedures, including those regarding safeguarding, health and safety, and equality and diversity
Person specification
We expect applicants to meet most of the criteria below, but not everything. We value experience from volunteering, unpaid work and lived experience as well as from employment history.
In the application form and at interview, we will assess if you:
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have a recognised ESOL teaching qualification, minimum Level 5 (e.g. CELTA or CertTESOL), preferably Level 7 (e.g. PGCE with ESOL specialism) or equivalent
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have a minimum one year full-time (or equivalent part-time) experience of teaching ESOL to adults or young adults
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have a track record of successfully teaching beginner-level ESOL learners and providing differentiated support
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have any knowledge or experience in providing literacy support to learners new to reading and writing English
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take a creative and participatory approach to learning
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have experience of teaching preparation classes for ESOL exams that include reading and writing components
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can support learners to develop their literacy & digital skills
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know a variety of ways to assess learners, including diagnostic and formative assessment
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can work with classes that have rolling admission throughout the year
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can communicate clearly and with people from diverse backgrounds
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use methods for delivering online classes over Zoom (or similar online platform) that follow the principles of learner-centred, communicative language teaching
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understand how to apply safeguarding, health and safety, and equality and diversity policies
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will uphold CARAS’ values in your work
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have good organisation and administrative skills
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have experience or knowledge of issues facing refugee and asylum-seeking groups
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have experience of working in the third sector or Further Education
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speak of one or more of our community languages to an intermediate level or above. Languages include Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Kurdish, Pashto, Somali, Spanish and Tigrinya.
To apply, please submit your completed Application Form by the end of Wednesday, 11th September to CARAS' Head of Learning at the email address on the application form. Note that we do not accept CV and covering letters. You must include everything on the application form.
Interviews will take place on Monday, 16th September in Tooting, London. If you are not available then, please inform us when you submit your application.
Please note that we may extend the submission deadline and interview dates depending on the number of suitable candidates.
Full time (flexible working options available)
Fixed Term Contract – 12 months
Farringdon, London/Home-based
Closing Date: 11 September 2024
Ref 6814
We're looking for a Procurement Manager to join our team on a 12-month fixed term contract. If you're excited to join a committed, values-driven team where you'll drive impact and ensure value for money that in turn maximises impact for children, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the role
As Procurement Manager, you will work closely with the Head of Procurement to drive procurement best practice across the organisation, to ensure that every pound spent enables us to achieve maximum impact for children and to mitigate operational, commercial and compliance risk. Key categories for Save the Children UK include media and marketing, technology and digital, consultancy, global travel, corporate services, property services and utilities, so this is a varied role with huge opportunity for impact!
Working with colleagues across the organisation at all levels, you will build and maintain strong relationships with a variety of stakeholder groups to raise the profile of procurement and sell the benefits of a strategic, robust approach to procurement.
Day-to-day, you'll provide guidance and leadership on procurement issues and work with the business to develop procurement business cases, ensuring that specifications and terms of reference are clear and structured to get the most out of the market, as well as support the effective implementation of procurement projects.
You'll play a key role in providing a flexible procurement service that is always in line with our organisational values of integrity, accountability, collaboration, ambition and creativity, and ensure we get optimum value from all our supplier engagements so that we use donor funds to maximise impact for children.
In this role, you will:
• Deliver value-for-money procurement solutions: managing the entire procurement cycle from understanding and challenging the need, building the business case, leading or supporting the tender process, through to contract management and review.
• Take responsibility for a variety of key service areas and categories
• Maintaining and developing strong market expertise, conducting regular price and quality benchmarking
• Evaluating supplier spend and performance data to develop category profiles and identify savings opportunities
• Managing high value and/or high-risk procurement projects
• Sourcing new commercial markets, including assessing who key potential suppliers are and what the power balance is between these and with SCUK
• Developing evaluation criteria and assessing tenders to ensure bidders meet SCUK's defined specifications and ensuring that key procurement decisions are made in an effective and accountable manner
• Negotiating agreements with a range of suppliers
• Influencing stakeholders to adopt chosen solutions
• Collaborating with SCUK teams to ensure robust and effective contract management
• Develop relationships with key suppliers (including with stakeholders at senior levels up to CEO level) to assist SCUK teams to monitor and evaluate performance to contract.
• Drive compliance with our purchase to pay solution and work closely with Finance Operations to support the development of optimal invoicing and payment processes.
• Drive understanding of and adherence to the Procurement Policy and Procedures across the business and identify opportunities for SCUK to become a more efficient and effective organisation by determining where processes can be improved or simplified.
About you
You'll be a proven self-starter, able to work independently, use initiative and manage upwards. You'll be confident prioritising between competing requirements and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
With excellent relationship building skills, you'll bring proven experience successfully identifying solutions to key and complex procurement issues and providing guidance and leadership to stakeholders.
To be successful, you'll demonstrate:
• Strong commercial management skills, including identification of value-adding opportunities and leading commercial and contract negotiations.
• Procurement experience, including management of tendering exercises across a wide range of products and services.
• Competent in analysing financial spend data, problem solving and reporting on savings, including a strong working understanding of using Excel for analysis of datasets.
• Working knowledge of contract law, specifically an understanding of varying commercial mechanisms and payment approaches including where and how to apply these.
• Knowledge of risk management.
• Working understanding of Agile project management principles within a commercial context.
• MCIPS or part qualified, or comparable qualification / qualified by experience.
• Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
Closing Date: 11 September 2024
Ref 6830
Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our forward thinking DDaT team!
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About Digital, Data and Technology at Save the Children UK
We have set out an ambitious vision for Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) at Save the Children.
We see Digital, Data and Technology as the catalysts that will drive our organisational transformation. We want to empower DDaT experts with the agility and customer-centricity to meet the ever-changing needs of their stakeholders, our supporters, and the external context.
We are now working to realise that vision. Our ambitious 3-year strategy sets out to shift us from a traditional IT function with scattered digital and data expertise into a more cohesive user experience-first, product-based approach. As part of a wider organisation change agenda (currently called the Organisation of the Future), we are looking to DDaT to facilitate a lighter process footprint aligned with Agile values, and a digital ready and data enabled workplace.
About the role
This is a technical hands-on role, the successful candidate will be part of a small team whose primary function will be to enable, accelerate and support the developers and testers working on a US/UK multi-tenancy Adobe AEM platform, including supporting on AWS and GCP.
The role will be based remotely with a requirement to be in our Farringdon office for a minimum of 2 times a month.
In this role, you will:
- Provide System Admin support to Save the Children UK with a particular focus on system performance and tuning and supporting User Acceptance testing of its AEM platform.
- Managing, maintaining and patching our cloud infrastructure and availability of services through container-orchestration.
- Ensure that sufficient documentation is in place for all hardware systems in the Integration and Staging environments to enable existing and new team members to support Save the Children UK infrastructure.
- Ensure the effective and efficient use of all Save the Children resources in order to keep costs low and ensure safety in the workplace. Pro-actively pursue opportunities continuously to reduce costs and increase efficiency of the server support function.
- Ensure a globally robust and highly scalable approach to development to support our growing number of global users and services.
- Work with the 3rd Line infrastructure teams to ensure that all systems and support are aligned with technical and business requirements.
- Manage the provisioning/building/configuring/maintenance of environments using automation where possible.
- Keep abreast of new developments in the provisioning / configuration / deployment / monitoring of environments to help shape our DevOps roadmap.
- Other duties as required in line with skills, experience and role.
About you
Technical Skills:
Essential:
- Good hands on knowledge with AWS and GCP
- Docker / Kubernetes
- Git / GitHub / Bitbucket
- Strong Red Hat & Debian sysadmin skills
- SELinux
- Good CLI and Bash scripting skills
Desirable:
- Jenkins / CircleCI / Bamboo
- Hashicorp Terraform
- Hashicorp Packer
- Good hands on knowledge of TLS
- Nginx / Apache
- Monitoring/Logging/Debugging tools such as Stackdriver or Prometheus
- Experience with AEM
- Experience with Azure and/or 365 services and integration.
- Familiar with scanning for and addressing vulnerabilities
Personal Skills:
- Ability to work in a team, in a fast-paced environment
- Independent and able to put forward new ideas, innovate and drive the team forward.
- Strong attention to detail, astute diagnostic skills
- Ability to solve issues with clear methods while knowing when to take intuitive leaps
- Strategic and forward planning thought process
- Able to guide technical discussions with both technical and non-technical audiences
- A passion for web, open source development and for helping Save the Children to continue to build a quality best of breed digital presence.
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Living Wage Foundation
The Living Wage is an independent movement of businesses, organisations and people who believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. The Living Wage campaign was launched by London Citizens in 2001 and aims to ensure low paid workers have enough money to get by and enough time for community and family life.
The Living Wage is an hourly rate calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK that employers choose to pay on a voluntary basis. The Living Wage Foundation recognises and celebrates employers that pay the real Living Wage through an accreditation programme which awards the Living Wage Employer Mark.
The independently-calculated rates are announced during Living Wage Week each November when we celebrate our growing network of Living Wage employers. There are now more than 15,000 accredited Living Wage employers across the UK which has secured pay rises for over 475,000 employees.
The Living Wage Foundation is part of Citizens UK – a community organising charity which works with a broad base of institutions across the political spectrum. At the Living Wage Foundation, we take a deliberately broad-based approach and accredit all organisations who pay the real Living Wage to their directly and indirectly employed staff and are committed to tackling in work poverty. As a team we work across a range of industries and sectors to achieve this mission. We seek pragmatic coalitions in order to progress specific campaigns, and partnership around a particular issue such as Living Wage, does not imply an endorsement of broader purpose and policies.
Purpose
The Living Wage Foundation has an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as an Operations and Data Manager. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised individual to maintain, develop and continuously improve our systems. The role will be an integral part of the Living Wage Operations Team, providing strategic technical support and ensure the integrity of our systems, often overseeing development projects with external partners.
The Operations and Data Manager will need to be highly numerate and have great analytical skills to support our monitoring and evaluation functions, working with the Head of Operations and Insight on financial and budgeting management, reconciliation and forecasting for the Living Wage Foundation. The suitable candidate will be detail-oriented, be able to demonstrate their ability to seek out improvements and problem solve creatively and have experience working with Salesforce or equivalent CRM systems.
Main Responsibilities
Project Management
Deliver work targets on time and to standard to support the Foundation’s progress incl. tracking performance and expenditure:
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Lead the day-to-day operations and management of all systems within the Living Wage Foundation designed to support the functioning of Living Wage accreditation schemes.
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Proactively seek out systems improvements to make our processes more efficient so the Living Wage Foundation continues to provide an excellent service to the Living Wage network.
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Provide operational support for all aspects of the accreditation and recognition systems, including identifying and fixing errors
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Oversee the management of systems integrations to ensure they are providing efficient and effective solutions to our data requirements, including maintenance of Zapier, Form Assembly, Act-On and QuickBooks, and the integration between Salesforce and our Drupal website.
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Carry out maintenance of integrated systems, including syncing data to Act-On and the website.
Learning and expertise
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Keep up-to-date with functional good practice and technical updates to all our systems, including within the third sector.
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Train the team to carry out data selections and export in an appropriate format to support the press and communications team’s work and the Foundation’s research projects.
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Keep internal training manuals up to date to ensure the Foundation’s team can access clear information about our processes and ensuring the team’s training requirements are met.
Communications
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Create and write dashboards and reports to support the analysis of our performance.
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Champion systems throughout the organisation to ensure a positive user experience.
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Offer ad hoc guidance to the team and communicate any changes to systems.
Develop and manage external relationships
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Oversee the work of our external developers
Develop and manage internal relationships
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Work with the Living Wage Foundation team to identify business requirement and translate them into technical solutions
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Line management of Operations Officer.
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Work effectively with colleagues across Citizens UK, actively participate in the team and organisational wide events
Income and resources
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Maintain and improve the financial integrations between our database and accounting software to allow accurate invoicing and financial reporting systems.
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Ensure the integrity and safety of our data, including training the team on good data-keeping practices and GDPR considerations.
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Track expenditure for systems providers and the associated budget
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Contribute to plans and proposals to grow sources of income or resources
Contribute towards Citizens UK’s strategic objectives
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Responsibility for delivering agreed areas of the Foundation’s work plan
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To work collaboratively with the LWF team and across Citizens UK to ensure that we are meeting the expectations of our network and stakeholders
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Display self-awareness of DEI issues and good practice, considering impact on direct reports and stakeholders.
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Understand how your role contributes to the purpose of the Foundation and the core mission of Citizens UK
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Implement Citizens UK’s and the Foundation policies, procedures, and values in own work and that of the team
Person Specification
(REQUIREMENTS ESSENTIAL = E, DESIRABLE = D)
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
A minimum of 2 years proven, comprehensive experience in an operations role (E)
Experience of analysing business requirements and turning them into technical solutions(E)
Experience of providing technical support to a team(E)
Experience of managing database integrations such as Zapier, QuickBooks, Form Assembly and email marketing platforms(D)
Degree or equivalent professional qualification or experience (D)
KEY SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Extremely analytical with the ability to interpret large quantities of data to evaluate and improve performance (E)
Comprehensive understanding of database and systems management and integration(E)
Ability to take in and interpret information and communicate in a succinct manner(E)
Demonstrable ability to find creative solutions to complex problems and implement new systems(E)
High levels of numeracy with strong attention to detail (E)
Excellent time management skills with the ability to juggle a wide range of competing demands. (E)
Strong IT skills to include MS Office and database software(E)
Sound knowledge of data protection regulations and GDPR (E)
Understanding of the policy and campaign landscape in the UK (D)
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
A proactive approach to all areas of work with a ‘can do’ attitude and a flexible approach to work demands(E)
A strong commitment to the Living Wage campaign and principles of Citizens UK (E)
Interviews will take place on 18-19th September 2024 (subject to change).
Want to find out more about us and the role? Join us for a 45-minute lunchtime webinar to learn more about working at the Living Wage Foundation/Citizens UK. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions to the team during the session but you can also submit a question in advance when you sign up to the webinar. Please note that attendees will remain anonymous. The webinar will take place on 28th August 2024 at 12pm on Zoom. Sign up here.
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Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for an organisation with the feminist agenda at the core of its ethos? Then Advance Charity could be the career choice for you!
We are looking for x 3 Community Key Workers
Salary: £22,000 - £26,000 (outer London)
Location: Hertfordshire (Waltham Cross/ St Albans / Stevenage)
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st March 2025 (with possible extension to March 2026)
Hours p/w Full Time 35hrs per week
This post is open to female applicants only as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Please note: Any offer of employment will be made subject to references, confirmation of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory enhanced DBS check. This role is also subject to Police & Prison Vetting.
About us
Advance is an award-winning and innovative women-only organisation, established in 1998, providing emotional and practical support to women and girls survivors of domestic abuse and supporting women with short-term sentences to reduce offending. We believe in empowering women and girls to lead safe, non-violent, equal lives so that they can flourish and contribute to the community.
We are a community-based organisation who lead in best practice approaches to supporting women in their local community. We achieve this by being available to meet and support women in local settings and at our women’s centres, and by working in close partnership with other agencies.
Our values are to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
About the role:
Are you an excellent relationship builder who can work with women and a diverse range of delivery partners to ensure that she meets her potential and successfully progresses through and beyond her probation supervision? Can you meet a women wherever she is at in her journey and work with her to create an individualised support package that gives her the best chance of breaking the cycle of offending?
Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding role working for a feminist organisation who understand that supporting women in the criminal justice system requires a specialist and gendered approach? Do you believe in our values; to listen and support, to empower and respect, collaborate, innovate, and take accountability?
In your role as a Community Keyworker, you will be working with women involved in the Criminal Justice System; those on Probation in the Community and those women being released from Prison as part of their Post Sentence Supervision; providing some in-reach and ‘Through the Gate’ support. You will be working in a team of Community Keyworkers in your region. Each Keyworker will provide holistic one to one community support to women with a variety of needs.
About You:
Are you a strong believer in advocating for others? Are you empathetic, patient and determined? Then this opportunity could be right for you.
The Minerva London service provides holistic, trauma-informed support for women in touch with the Criminal Justice System. We do this through offering dedicated one to one support, safer women’s centre spaces and specialist interventions and partnerships.
To be successful as the Community Key Worker you will need the below experience and skills.
You will be working in a supportive, friendly, and welcoming team whilst having oversight of a caseload of women, who may be under the supervision of the National Probation Service or in custody, enhancing the offer of holistic support and advocacy services available to them throughout their journey.
Building relationships with other statutory and non-statutory agencies in local communities is vital to build referral pathways and provide a whole system approach to supporting individuals.
To carry out this work you will meet women in the community in your designated borough and co-locate with other agencies including the National Probation Service, as well as regularly attending Advance’s North London vibrant Women’s Centre/office space.
You will be a creative self-starter who will support the service and look for innovative solutions to support clients with complex needs. You are confident professional relationship builder and has good awareness of Safeguarding procedures. Strong Administration skills and understanding of compliant behaviours also experience of supporting. With good knowledge of the criminal justice system and awareness of other support provisions.
Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis
*Advance reserves the right to close the advert early, or on the appointment of a candidate
What we can offer you - Employee Benefits:
- A 35-hour working week
- An exceptional 30 days of paid holiday per year (pro rata for part time), PLUS public holidays on top (that's nearly 40 days paid holiday per year!) if working a 35 a hour week.
- Additional days off to celebrate International Women’s Day, and for religious observance and moving home
- Perkbox - an employee discount platform where you can receive free rewards as well as take advantage of savings on clothes, groceries, travel, leisure and more
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity/adoption provision
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee eye-care scheme
- Clinical supervision for front line staff and first line management roles
- Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 for each referral who passes probation
- Organisation wide away days
- Thorough induction and training
- Career development pathways
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Under the Equality Act 2010, we are required to make any reasonable adjustments. If you have a disability as defined under this act and/or have special needs, please contact us via the Advance website and the Talent Acquisition Team will aim to make the necessary arrangements to accommodate your needs.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and actively seek to recruit people from groups underrepresented in our current team. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay and benefits.
Safeguarding
Advance is committed to safeguarding and creating a culture of zero-tolerance of harm and expects all staff, including volunteers to share this commitment. We believe all individuals have the right to live their life free from violence and abuse and the right to feel and be safe.
We have a suite of safeguarding policies, procedures and practice guidance, accessible to all staff, which promotes safeguarding and safer working practices across all our services and activities. When we recruit staff, we follow rigorous safer recruitment practices, this involves carrying out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, and identity checks. We ensure all staff undertake mandatory safeguarding training relevant to their role and responsibilities, to empower them to be competent and feel confident in recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding issues and promote wellbeing.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Administrator
Hours: 35 hours per week (full time) / or 0.8 FTE (part time)
Start date: As soon as possible.
Salary: £27,168 (full time) starting salary per annum + 6% pension.
Leave: 25 days per annum pro rata plus bank holidays (England and Wales) and additional concessionary days off between Christmas and New Year
Contract: Permanent with a 6 month probation as standard.
Responsible to: Finance and Operations Manager
Location: Remote – North East England based, hybrid working role. You may be required to travel to a North East (England) office-base around once a week. In addition, there will be travel requirements (within the UK), at least quarterly. If preferred, there’s possibility of being based within a member organisation’s office or co-working space.
Benefits: Calm App, flexible working, wellbeing time and support
Closing date for applications: Thursday 26th September 2024 at 11.30pm
Interviews: Tuesday 15th October & Wednesday 16th October 2024
Organisational Context:
NACCOM (No Accommodation Network) is a registered charity, and we provide a service to our (140) members who are frontline organisations based across the UK working together to end destitution amongst people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF). Whilst members’ services are accessible to a range of people with NRPF, their core focus is to provide support to those experiencing destitution who are appeal rights exhausted (ARE).
The NACCOM membership network is made up of ‘full’ members who provide accommodation to people seeking asylum who have been refused and ‘associate’ members who are organisations that are in support of the aims of NACCOM. NACCOM brings members together to network, collaborate and share good practice, and also provides resources, support and training to enable members to increase their capacity and empower as many people as possible out of destitution. NACCOM also campaigns for a fair, just and humane asylum and immigration system that doesn’t leave people destitute.
Read more about NACCOM including vision and values in the About Us section of our website.
About the role:
This is a varied role providing vital support to NACCOM and its members. The role includes but not limited to operational duties such as the day-to-day running of the general (remote) office, updating software systems, minute taking for regular meetings, financial administration tasks. As well as network development administration support including new membership application administration and providing administrative support for our member events.
About you:
We are looking for an experienced Administrator who is well-organised and has strong attention to detail. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and enjoy working as part of a small but very busy team. You will provide flexible, responsive, and efficient administration support. You will be comfortable working from home and have a strong ability to manage your own time and tasks efficiently.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Operational administration support
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Being the first point of contact by responding to incoming phone calls and general office emails.
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Provide administrative support to the Director and other members of the team as agreed with the Finance and Operations Manager.
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Assist with financial administration by ensuring receipts are collected and recorded for staff/trustee/volunteer expenditures.
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Provide admin support for the monthly credit card reconciliation.
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Update the NACCOM database as required.
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Assist with the preparation of papers and minute-taking for team meetings, trustee sub-committee meetings and other internal/staff meetings where required.
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Work to uphold NACCOM’s policies and procedures, in particular its Equality and Diversity and Safeguarding policies.
Network administration support
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Provide administrative support to the Network Development team in the delivery of exceptional support to the membership network.
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Ownership of the membership application process from start to end.
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Organising and managing the diary of NACCOM events across the year, including monthly members’ calls, member hub meetings (online/in-person) and the Annual Conference. This includes contributing and sending out event agendas, booking venues/Zoom, booking catering, managing invites, updating the participants’ list, creating delegate packs, taking minutes and recording feedback.
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Maintain the online member resources and platforms and assist with updating website content.
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Day-to-day responsibility for member communications, including management of the communication forums.
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Maintain up to date records and permissions from members and update the database and online Member Directory.
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Assisting with annual survey administration.
Person Specification/Key Competencies:
Essential skills:
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Experience providing high quality administrative support to remotely based colleagues.
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Exceptional attention to detail throughout all work/outputs.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Excellent organisational skills and able to manage and prioritise a busy / varied workload including arranging and setting up meetings both in-person and online.
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Excellent IT skills, including high level of competence in SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel and Outlook; and the ability to learn and understand new IT systems quickly.
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Experience of data administration (eg on CRMs such as Salesforce, Excel)
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Experience of event organisation (in person and online).
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Self-motivated but comfortable working as part of a small team.
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Excellent interpersonal skills enabling good relationships to be maintained with members, colleagues, trustees and other stakeholders.
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A commitment to standing in solidarity with those who have lived experience of destitution.
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A demonstrable commitment to NACCOM’s values.
Desirable skills:
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Experience of recording financial information
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Experience of updating websites (eg Word Press) and using communication systems (eg Google Group, Slack).
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Understanding of using online form software (eg Form Assembly) and event management platforms (eg Eventbrite).
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Understanding of confidentiality and data protection.
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Understanding of supporting network/membership-based organisations.
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Experience of working with organisations supporting people who are destitute and under immigration control.
Additional notes:
- This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list, and it is expected that you will be flexible and willing to participate in duties which are broadly in line with the above responsibilities.
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This job description does not form part of the employment contract and we reserve the right to review it with the post-holder as necessary.
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We encourage people with lived experience of immigration control and destitution to apply if they have the right to work and meet the person specification. Should they meet the person specification criteria, they will be prioritised for interview.
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NACCOM will recognise volunteering experience in the shortlisting process.
No agency contact, thank you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Vacancy: Legal, Policy and Advocacy Adviser
Location: UK-based, split between remote work and occasional travel to London office.
Hours: 32 hours
Salary: £40-45,000
Holiday: 22 days pro rata (for a 32 hour full-time working week), plus additional paid days off between Christmas and New Years
Period: 12-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension subject to funding.
Application deadline: 12 September 2024
Start date: As soon as possible.
About CRIN
This is who we are and what we’re fighting for
CRIN is a creative human rights organisation focused on children’s rights. We press for rights - not charity - and campaign for a genuine shift in how governments and societies view and treat children. Our goal is a world where the human rights of children and young people are recognised, respected and enforced, and where every rights violation has a remedy.
We work on many issues, from the survival of the planet, to sexual violence, to civil and political rights, to the right to bodily integrity, privacy, expression and information, to how children’s rights are affected by new technology.
We advocate for international institutions like the UN, as well as governments and professionals, to adopt strong children’s rights policies. We undertake legal research and analysis and propose better policies where these are lacking. Through critical thinking, artwork and our vision for the future, we encourage people to think differently about the world we live in.
About the role
This is why we need you
Guided by our CRIN Code, we are committed to building a team that represents a wide range of experiences, locations, backgrounds, heritage and perspectives. We understand that the world and its problems cannot be looked at in isolation and that everything is connected.
Achieving change for children’s rights - and addressing the root causes that allow violations to occur in the first place - requires a variety of approaches and voices. How CRIN works on each issue varies depending on the need and our ability to bring about change. However, a bedrock of our work is using the law to uphold stronger standards for children’s rights.
The international human rights framework, including the UN system, has been under strain - and while we think it’s important to simultaneously focus on other channels for change, we also want to continue to be a critical friend at the global level.
This is who we’re looking for
We are looking for someone who can lead our work on national security and armed conflict. We need someone who has a strong understanding of the children’s rights and human rights legal framework and who has experience conducting advocacy at the global level. This person must be skilled at building relationships with key stakeholders - both allies and targets at different levels.
In particular, you would provide leadership on how children’s rights are impacted by counter-terrorism measures, including working on UK-based and international campaigning. You would also be responsible for exploring the expansion of CRIN’s work on children and armed conflict internationally.
You would work closely and collaboratively with numerous members of the CRIN team, including the Co-Directors and the Children’s Rights and National Security Coordinator. Your responsibilities would include:
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Leading CRIN’s work on children’s rights and national security and armed conflict;
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Building relationships and conducting advocacy with relevant decision-makers, including government and UN policymakers;
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Building and developing relationships with relevant organisations and individuals at all levels, including grassroots, national, regional and global;
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Working with other staff/consultants to conduct research and draft resources, e.g. research reports, briefings for decision-makers, submissions to relevant bodies;
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Helping with coordination on various issue areas related to national security and armed conflict: planning; formulating strategy; carrying out activities; and monitoring, evaluating, and reporting;
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Advising on and incorporating an anti-oppressive approach within our work on armed conflict and national security;
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Monitoring relevant news and policy developments, identifying opportunities for advocacy;
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Working with CRIN communications staff to create content for the website, social media, and newsletter;
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Supporting and working closely with other CRIN policy team members, providing legal and advocacy advice for their work;
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Representing CRIN in relevant coalitions/networks and at external events/meetings related to the issue area;
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Contributing to seeking media coverage for the issues, e.g. pitching stories, liaising with journalists, responding to interview requests.
We are looking for someone with the following attributes:
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Knowledge of and passion for children’s rights;
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Knowledge of the impact of counter-terrorism laws on children’s rights;
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Excellent legal research skills and experience utilising knowledge of comparative law and human rights law;
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Ability to think strategically and analytically, in particular the ability to develop effective strategies for social change;
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Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with diverse stakeholders, including in writing, and to cultivate relationships with a variety of people;
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An understanding of how oppression can manifest in the issues we work on (and how we work as an international NGO) and a keen interest in how we can implement an anti-oppression approach;
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Knowledge of the UN framework and experience conducting effective advocacy in this context;
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Motivated, with strong organisational skills and an ability to manage own work (including while remote-working);
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Fluency in English;
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Ability to thrive in a small (and mostly remote) team.
The following would also be an advantage:
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Fluency in another UN language;
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Experience coordinating various projects or strands of work;
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Experience of media work.
We know that we may sometimes be overcome with feelings of self-doubt when reading job descriptions. Even if you feel you may not hold all of the qualifications and experience listed here, we strongly encourage you to apply if you are excited by our vision and the contribution you could make to the role.
What it is like working with us
We are a small team of around 15 staff. We take pride in our CRIN Code and try to approach our work and relationships with open minds, humility and respect. This helps us foster greater creativity, breadth of experience, and personal growth among our staff, and it’s essential to our success as an organisation.
Our staff and consultants work remotely and are located mainly in Europe at the moment. While we have lines of accountability, we also aim to have a relatively flat structure whereby everyone receives support from and is accountable to each other in a number of ways.
To help maintain a healthy work and home balance, CRIN has a 32-hour full-time working week (which can be spread over 4 or 5 days). We are committed to continuing to build a team that reflects the world’s diversity of skills, experiences, cultures and perspectives.
To find out more about who works at CRIN visit our website.
Application process
CRIN is committed to building a diverse team, and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups and consider candidates who are suitably qualified and eligible regardless of sex, gender identity, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, education or professional experience.
How to apply
We are not big fans of formulaic responses. We want to know who you are, how you think, what your principles are and why you want to work with us.
Please send a CV (no more than 2 pages) and complete the following statements in no more than 250 words each:
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“One of the biggest threats facing the international human rights framework is…”
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“Effective work on children’s rights in the context of armed conflict must…”
These can be sent via email to us with the subject line “Legal, Policy and Advocacy Adviser”. Only those applications which send in all materials will be considered. Please bear with us, as we are a small team :)
If you have any questions, or if you are a job seeker with a disability and would like someone to contact you about individualised application support please contact us.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the Role
Our Pro Bono division delivers projects free-of-charge to charities and not-for-profit organisations within the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors, with the aim of making a real difference to causes that our staff care about. We offer our full range of services on a pro bono basis, working collaboratively across our divisions and office locations to secure the right expertise to fulfil project briefs. Examples of recent pro bono projects can be found on our website and include creating patient information and education materials, and helping organisations to build their evidence base.
By joining as an Analyst within our Pro Bono division, you will develop the appropriate skills and deliver projects that require a broad range of technical expertise and knowledge across our service offerings, including health economics, literature reviews, medical writing, peer-reviewed publications, medical education and design materials.
Whilst your “home” division will be the Pro Bono division, you will work across commercial and pro bono projects with colleagues in all divisions. Your home division will ensure that you become quickly integrated into part of a supportive team and feel fully immersed in all aspects of company life.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Creating materials for different audiences, often for patients, their carers or healthcare professionals
- Working on several projects in different disease areas at any one time
- Supporting commercial projects to gain relevant experience for your professional development
- Working in project teams alongside experienced colleagues
- Close collaboration with clients, including participating in teleconferences and face-to-face meetings with external stakeholders
- Supporting with a range of internal activities linked to the Pro Bono division. For example, preparing business development materials, identifying potential networking opportunities and monitoring our pro bono work
Hybrid Working Policy: We recognise that home-working can improve work life balance, reduce commuting times and costs, and provide the opportunity to juggle personal commitments. At the same time, we believe that having face-to-face time in the office holds many benefits and is central to ensuring that the community we have created, where people have a workplace they belong to and feel part of, is never lost.
Therefore, we offer flexible working arrangements that allow our colleagues who have passed probation to work from home for up to half of the time, measured across a 2-week rolling period. During your probationary period (normally the first 6 months of the role) you will be able to work from home for 1 day per week.
To learn more about the tailored personal and professional development we offer at Costello Medical, as well as what a typical day is like for a variety of roles, please visit our Careers page on our website.
To learn more about the recruitment process for this role, please visit our Current Vacancies page via our website.
About You
In addition to the specific scientific skills and experience you need to succeed in your role, we have developed a framework that details the key skills, approaches and mindsets that are essential for all Analysts to display in order to excel in their role with us. Embodying these will support your growth and development throughout your career at Costello Medical.
We are looking for individuals with a genuine passion for the non-profit sector, as well as an interest in the commercial side of healthcare and healthcare decision-making, which you will utilise when working on commercial projects.
Essential requirements for the role are:
- An undergraduate degree level qualification in a scientific discipline (minimum 2.1 or equivalent). Postgraduate qualifications (minimum 2.1 or equivalent) would be an advantage, but they are not a requirement for the role. We welcome applications from candidates with a diverse range of specialisms, including but not limited to biology, chemistry, pharmacy and medicine
- An interest in working with numerical data
- The ability to handle quantitative data comfortably
- An aptitude for, and experience of, planning and writing scientific documents which could include lab reports, dissertations, poster or oral presentations and articles for websites or student magazines, peer-reviewed scientific publications, book chapters, grant applications and regulatory documents
- Being self-motivated and enthusiastic, with a genuine interest in healthcare and an eagerness to learn and develop your skills
- An exceptional level of attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage your time to work across multiple projects at the same time and prioritise tasks appropriately to maximise productivity
- Exceptional written English, which you will use in including client work, email communication and internal messaging
- Effective verbal communication skills, which you will use when working with colleagues and clients
- The ability to tailor your communication style for a variety of audiences, including healthcare professionals, patient groups, suppliers, clients, non-scientific colleagues and governmental bodies
- A proactive mindset, including the ability to recognise challenges and suggest solutions with limited guidance
- A collaborative approach to working, where you share knowledge with others in your team to promote the attainment of a common objective, and work together to overcome obstacles to success
- The self-awareness to reflect on your own work and performance, alongside a willingness to take ownership of your work and the development of your career
- A willingness to get involved with, and contribute to, your wider division
- Embodying Costello Medical’s values, which includes being committed to delivering high quality work, championing innovation in healthcare, acting with integrity and supporting your colleagues as they would support you
- Fluency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
What We Offer
A starting salary of £39,000 with a comprehensive reward package and other benefits.
Please note that this role is available in our Global Headquarters in Cambridge, as well as our London, Bristol and Manchester offices. Please note office space in London is severely limited until we move to our new office in late 2024, so alternative working arrangements may need to be made in the short term. You can learn more about our office locations on our website. We have start dates available throughout 2024 which occur on a monthly basis. You will be asked to detail your preferred start date within your application.
How to Apply
You are required to submit your CV and a cover letter via our online application form which can be found on our website.
In your cover letter, you must explain why you think you would be suited to the role and why you would like to join Costello Medical, with examples to support both. While we embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to innovate and improve processes, we want to understand your unique skills and experiences throughout the recruitment process. Therefore, if you use AI to assist with your application, we recommend that you do not rely solely on this technology to generate your application materials. As your role may involve developing new written content from scratch and handling confidential data that cannot be uploaded to AI technology, it is important for us to assess your own skills and abilities.
Please contact the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions about the role or application process.
Due to the Skilled Worker visa regulations, you will only be eligible for visa sponsorship if you meet at least one of the following criteria:
- You are classified as a New Entrant. This means you are under the age of 26, currently studying in the UK or a recent graduate in the UK
- You have a PhD in a STEM subject
- You have a PhD in a subject that is relevant to the Analyst/Medical Writer role
You will be asked to provide details of your right to work in the UK within your application, which will be used to help assess your eligibility for visa sponsorship.
Please check the following link to read more about the criteria on the UK government website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an experienced accredited IDVA with experience in a multi-agency?
If so, the Drive Partnership is looking for a DAPO Triage IDVA in Manchester.
The Drive Partnership was formed by Respect, Safe Lives and Social Finance, is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse.
The Triage IDVA will work as part of the Triage Team in their pilot area, reporting to the Triage Team Leader and working alongside the Triage Worker. They will be responsible for supporting and presenting the voice of the victims and their children in cases where the perpetrator has been referred to the team for an assessment of suitability for a Positive Requirement during an application for a DAPO.
They will be responsible for attempting to contact the victims to carry out the relevant safety checks, risk assessments and provide advocacy during the assessment stage and make onward referrals for further support for the victim. They will capture the voice of the victim as part of the overall assessment for a positive requirement and feed their views and any relevant information about risk or need into the overall recommendation. The IDVA’s work and expertise will ensure that the risks and needs for both the Perpetrator and Victims/families are considered so that a co-ordinated and individual intervention plan can be created when appropriate and safe to apply as part of the DAPO.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you ready to lead transformational change at CHAS by harnessing the power of authentic and inspiring storytelling?
About Us:
At CHAS, we provide unwavering care for children who may die young and their families, at every step on this hardest of journeys. We make sure that no family in Scotland has to face the death of their child alone. Since launching our new Strategic Plan in April this year, we’re embarking on our most ambitious journey yet - one that will transform the experience of children’s palliative care across Scotland for dying children and their families. Joining CHAS now is more than just a job; it’s about making a profound, lasting difference for generations to come.
The Role:
We’re seeking a visionary and dynamic Interim Head of Marketing and Communications (maternity cover) to lead our efforts in bringing this ambitious vision to life, at the cusp of an exciting period of growth and change for CHAS. You’ll be a key member of the organisation’s leadership team, responsible for leading your team to develop and execute comprehensive marketing and communications strategies that will raise awareness of CHAS, drive action in time, money and voice, and support an outstanding experience for all of our stakeholders and audiences.
About You:
- You’ll have an excellent track record of leading successful marketing and communications teams, particularly through periods of change and growth.
- You can see the big picture and are adept at translating vision into actionable plans that deliver measurable results.
- You’re creative and have a knack for excellent storytelling.
- You’re a natural leader who can motivate and empower others to achieve their best and bring others along with you to support your vision.
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling narratives that resonate with diverse audiences.
- You are well-versed in the latest digital marketing trends and tools, with a keen understanding of how to harness their power for good.
- You possess strong PR skills, with experience in media relations, reputation management, and crisis communications.
- Above all, you’re driven by a deep commitment to making a difference every single day.
Why join us?
This is more than a job—it’s an opportunity to be at the forefront of a transformational journey that will have a profound impact on children with life-shortening conditions and their families, all across Scotland. You will have the chance to work with a passionate, dedicated team who are committed to achieving our ambition. Together, we will create the conditions for success, not just meeting our goals but surpassing them.
If you’re ready to embrace this challenge and lead with passion, we want to hear from you.
We offer
- Flexible Working: our teams work flexibly and in a hybrid manner with time split between at home and onsite an any of our sites across Scotland. CHAS offers flexible and family friendly working, and are happy to discuss working arrangements that work for you.
- Professional Growth: Work with industry leaders in a high-performing team where you will be encouraged and supported to excel and develop your skills.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Including generous annual leave and pension, incremental salary progression, access to Blue Light discounts, and health and wellbeing support.
Further information and how to apply
If this sounds like you, we would love you to apply!
Follow the link below to find more information including:
· Full job description
· Full list of benefits
· Contact details to arrange an informal chat with the hiring manager.
· Contact details for support with the recruitment process.
To apply you will be asked to answer a couple of questions and submit your CV or complete our full application form.
We expect interviews to take place Friday 20 September 2024
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Scotland check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have a passion for numbers, a keen eye for detail, and a desire to be part of a supportive and energetic head office team? If you answered YES, this role could be the perfect fit for you.
We are a leading multi-academy trust focused on primary education, with a network of successful academies across London, East Anglia, and the West Midlands. We are dedicated to serving the needs of the children and communities we represent.
We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Finance and Operations Business Partner to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing financial operations, ensuring accuracy in financial processes, and contributing to the overall financial health of the organisation.
In this role, you will become an integral part of our central team, working in a collaborative and supportive environment with opportunities for growth and development. The position is based primarily at one of our West Midlands school, with flexibility for some regular home working if desired.
Key Responsibilities:
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Meeting month and year end deadlines
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Fully considered and robust budgets submitted on time to TEFAT
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Looking for ways to improve value for money in schools and central processes
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Returns to ESFA delivered accurately and on time
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Accounts submitted on deadline with clean audit
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Successful completion of assigned projects
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Successful feedback from key stakeholders including and not limited to Principals, SBM’s, Finance Managers, TEFAT Directors
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Successfully meeting all of the relevant job description requirements
If this opportunity aligns with your career goals, please review our job pack, which includes the job description and person specification. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with the requirements before applying.
We look forward to the possibility of welcoming you to our team!
If you’re interested in this role, please take a look at our job pack, which includes the job description and person specification for the position that you will need to familiarise yourself with before applying for the job.
Closing Date: 9am, 16th September 2024
Interview Date: 20th September 2024
The Elliot Foundation Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to pre-employment checks including a Barred List and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an experienced accredited IDVA with experience in a multi-agency?
If so, the Drive Partnership is looking for a DAPO Triage IDVA in Manchester.
The Drive Partnership was formed by Respect, Safe Lives and Social Finance, is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse.
The Triage IDVA will work as part of the Triage Team in their pilot area, reporting to the Triage Team Leader and working alongside the Triage Worker. They will be responsible for supporting and presenting the voice of the victims and their children in cases where the perpetrator has been referred to the team for an assessment of suitability for a Positive Requirement during an application for a DAPO.
They will be responsible for attempting to contact the victims to carry out the relevant safety checks, risk assessments and provide advocacy during the assessment stage and make onward referrals for further support for the victim. They will capture the voice of the victim as part of the overall assessment for a positive requirement and feed their views and any relevant information about risk or need into the overall recommendation. The IDVA’s work and expertise will ensure that the risks and needs for both the Perpetrator and Victims/families are considered so that a co-ordinated and individual intervention plan can be created when appropriate and safe to apply as part of the DAPO.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.