This is an exciting opportunity to help Good Company realise its vision of creating a poverty-free future for our community by supporting its different projects, both practically and administratively.
Through this new organisational role, you will proactively support Good Company’s projects as needed by working collaboratively with other team members to help deliver critical support to our community. This will require you to be flexible and able to understand each project and its individual needs as well as the seasonal demands on Good Company’s services.
This role offers a unique opportunity to experience the different areas of work within Good Company and play an important part in delivering practical support to the community. It may be well suited especially to an individual looking to work and gain experience in the charity sector.
Registered Charity
21 - 50
Our mission is to see a community free from poverty, where everyone can afford life's essentials
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
- Role: Head of Bids and Tendering
- Head Office: Thame
- Working location: Flexible mix of home working and travel to Head Office and support locations.
- Salary: £60,000
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
At Affinity Trust, believe everyone deserves to live their life their way. We are a values-led charity dedicated to supporting people with learning disabilities and autism, and we’re passionate about creating possibilities that empower our community.
Our Bids and Tendering team are the golden thread between our current support and the future opportunities we pursue, driving growth and making a lasting impact. Join us to be part of a dedicated team shaping the future of our services.
It’s all about the people
The support we provide is not a one-size-fits-all approach. We’re here to enable people to live the life they choose, in their own way, every day.
As our Head of Bids and Tendering, you'll play a pivotal role in driving our organisation's growth. You'll get to know each of our regional division's unique needs and translate this into successful bids and proposals.
Your expertise in Local Authority or Government contract procurement, particularly in Health and Social Care or similar regulated sectors, will be crucial.
As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you’ll collaborate with cross-departmental teams, to understand how we can all come together to tender for, deliver on, and exceed, the contractual requirements for each tender, building this into a cohesive strategy for ongoing growth and development.
Your people-led leadership approach will inspire and empower your team to continue to excel in delivering high-quality content for bids and tender processes.
Your experience
We would love to hear from you if you have experience in:
- Working at a senior level in government procurement, or health and social care bids roles where you have navigated complex tender processes
- Leading teams to deliver growth through securing local authority contract awards.
- Building strategic relationships across departments to enable cohesive, multi-disciplinary collaboration and achieve shared goals
What benefits will I have?
We have a range of benefits that you can mix and match to suit you, such as:
- Care Friends - our employee referral and reward app. You’ll receive points which can be exchanged for extra money.
- Wagestream – an app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, access to coaching, vouchers, discounts, cashback and more.
- Blue Light Card – we will reimburse your Blue Light Card membership which provides discounts in your favourite shops and restaurants.
- Simply Health - Fully funded health cash plans giving you access to a 24-hour GP, money back on prescriptions, dental treatment, opticians and access to many more health benefits.
- Vivup – spread the cost of home and electronics items, or a bike to cycle to work through fixed salary reductions throughout the year.
- Buy and sell annual leave – transfer windows open twice a year.
- Pension and Life Assurance - you’ll be enrolled into our Scottish Widows pension scheme and Life Assurance scheme.
Thank you!
Care and Support Worker
Support Worker, L'Arche Ipswich
ABOUT THE ROLE
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Hours of work: Full - Time (40 hours per week) and Part-time positions available. Days, evenings, weekends and sleep-in shifts.
Contract type: Permanent
This role does not qualify for visa sponsorship and is ideal for candidates who live in the Ipswich area.
Vacancies for Support Workers
Are you a qualified and experienced Support Worker looking for a new challenge? Want to join a team that enjoys life supporting others to lead fulfilling and independent lives?
We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic Support Workers for our Supported Living Services in Ipswich, Suffolk, committed people who will go above and beyond to make life amazing for the people we support! Our Charity supports 13 adults with Learning Disabilities/Autism to lead fulfilling and independent lives whilst being active members of the community.
L’Arche Ipswich is an Excellent CQC rated Supported Living Service that provides individualised and proactive support to enable individuals to become as independent as possible within the community. L’Arche Ipswich comprises of two beautiful houses, close to the town centre, designed to meet a variety of individual needs and preferences.
Job Type: Permanent
Place of work: L’Arche Ipswich community houses, homes to 13 adults with learning disabilities.
Main purpose of the role:
As a Support Worker, you will support adults with learning disabilities in line with agreed support and care plans, in all aspects of their everyday lives. You will deliver practical, physical and emotional support to people with learning disabilities, whilst proactively promoting choice, independence and self-determination.
You will:
- be an enthusiastic, well-motivated and committed support worker
- have a good knowledge and understanding of person centred care approaches
- be an outstanding care practitioner with experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities
We will offer you:
- £250 onboarding payment once you have successfully completed your probationary period.
- Blue light card eligibility - discounts from large national retailers to local businesses across categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more.
- kind, caring, professional colleagues and homely work environments
- excellent training and support from our dedicated teams
- a commitment to ongoing professional development
- a community committed to staff well-being
- a vibrant and joyful place to work and to be a part of an international federation of L’Arche communities in over 35 countries worldwide.
- our personal development or "Formation" programme offers opportunities for reflection, mentoring and growth for everyone in our community.
- opportunities to travel both in the UK and internationally to visit other L’Arche communities.
- 28 paid day’s annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays (increasing to 33 per year after your first year),
- Pension,
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential well-being support including counselling.
About us
L’Arche Ipswich is more than just a service provider; we are a diverse, inclusive community of 30 people with and without learning disabilities who live, work and celebrate together. Our aim is to provide a place of belonging to enable people with learning disabilities live independent yet connected lives.
"Quite simply being part of L'Arche is being loved for who you are."
A full job description and person specification can be found in the Recruitment Pack.
To apply, please read the full job description and person specification, submit your CV, and answer the questions from online application form.
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 8 April 2025, at 11:59pm
Interviews will be held throughout March and April because applications will be processed once received; therefore, please complete the online application form as soon as possible. The interview process will include a visit to the community to meet a panel of people with learning disabilities and an in-person interview.
Please also read our privacy notice for job applicants.
REF-220 460
Registered Charity
101 - 500
Our inclusive communities challenge people to think differently about disability
