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The Ripple Pond Charity is dedicated to supporting the adult family members of physically or emotionally injured British Armed Forces personnel and veterans. The charity provides a confidential peer support network that offers a lifeline to those navigating the often challenging and complex journey of supporting their loved ones. At the heart of The Ripple Pond's mission is ensuring that no family member faces these difficulties alone, fostering a community of understanding, empathy, and resilience.
As a Fundraising Officer for The Ripple Pond Charity, you will play a pivotal role in driving the financial sustainability and growth of our vital services. This role is ideal for a creative, motivated, and highly organized individual with a passion for making a tangible difference in the lives of our service users. Working from home, you will have the power to shape your work-life balance with a flexible 25-hour workweek and a negotiable working pattern that can adapt to your lifestyle and commitments.
In this dynamic and multifaceted position, you will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive fundraising strategy. Your creativity will be essential in identifying and pursuing new opportunities to secure funding through various channels, including trusts and grants, sponsorship, and community fundraising initiatives. You will meticulously research and apply for grants, build and maintain relationships with sponsors, and inspire individuals and groups to engage in fundraising activities.
A key aspect of your role will involve crafting compelling narratives that communicate the impact of The Ripple Pond's work, galvanizing support from donors and stakeholders. Your organizational skills will be crucial as you manage multiple projects, ensuring all fundraising efforts are well-coordinated and align with the charity's goals.
As a Fundraising Officer, you will not only be part of the strategic team, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, but also a valued member of our wider team. This collaborative environment will allow you to align fundraising initiatives with the charity's long-term vision and strategic objectives, fostering a sense of belonging and teamwork.
We are an inclusive charity that fosters a diverse and supportive environment for all staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries. You will also be expected to collaborate with the wider team to integrate fundraising activities with the charity's broader outreach and engagement efforts. Your innovative approach and commitment to the cause will help to expand our reach and secure the necessary funds to continue providing our essential services.
Join The Ripple Pond Charity as a Fundraising Officer and contribute to a cause that makes a real difference in the lives of those who have given so much. Your role will not only be rewarding but also instrumental in ensuring that our support network can thrive and expand.
The role offers 126 hours of annual leave per year (30 days pro-rata), plus your birthday off.
The selection process will be as follows:
- Deadline for applications is midnight Sunday, 14th July 2024
- Long-listing
- Selection task* sent to Long-listed Applicants - Wednesday, 17th July
- Return of task deadline is midnight Monday, 22nd July
- Short-listing
- Short-list informed 25th-26th July
- Interviews via MS Teams Friday, 2nd August between 08:00 and 18:00
*The selection task will ask you to prepare a written proposal for the Charity CEO, outlining a plan to secure sponsorship for a conference.
Please ensure your cover letter explains why you think you meet the role requirements and personal specifications for this post.
Supporting adult family members of physically or psychologically injured British Armed Forces personnel and veterans
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Are you an experienced commercial sector marketer?
Looking for a way into the charity sector?
Charity People are acting as advisors to The Well Placed.
About us
The Well Placed is a new non-profit working with leading UK charities to create a stepping stone into the charity sector for 10 marketers who want work with purpose.
The Opportunity
A 6-month work placement with a UK charity starting this November.
Trade commercial expertise for invaluable insights into charity structures, funding models, cultural nuances and gain tangible deliverables showcasing impact. The experience will deepen your understanding of the charity sector and the preferences of hiring managers.
These hybrid roles vary, but all require marketing experience. Salary is at the living wage at a minimum. £21,840 - £23,933 per annum. Roles are full time, with the option to discuss part-time. Locations vary across the UK and include Cardiff and London.
What you will work on will vary from charity to charity, but to give you a flavour, the role could include building relationships with corporate partners or grant funders; developing marketing strategy; growing a customer or membership base; desk research; campaign creation; project management.
You can read the stories of those involved in the programme in the past and download the application forms by clicking the apply button.
Closing date is 12 July; shortlisting w/c 9 September with interviews the following week.
About you
- A demonstrable desire to switch to the charity sector
- Transferable marketing skills gained in a professional marketing environment (client or agency side
- Open to using these skills in a Corporate Partnerships or Philanthropy capacity
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Creative mindset
- Flexible attitude – able to adapt to new situations
- Will enjoy being part of a co-generational team
- Willing to provide feedback on the experience
How to Apply
The Well Placed is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and identities.
We are actively seeking applications from candidates who feel disadvantaged in the job market because of age, from disabled candidates and from people of the global majority* who are under-represented in the charity sector.
As part of our commitment to employing disabled people, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum requirement for all competencies on the application questions will be guaranteed an interview.
If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please let us know. Interview questions will be shared with shortlisted candidates in advance.
To apply for this opportunity, instead of asking for a CV we would like you to answer the questions on the application form available to download on our website. Click apply for more information.
* Global majority is a collective term for ethnic groups which constitute approximately 85 percent of the global population. It has been used as an alternative to terms which are seen as racialised like ethnic minority" and person of colour (POC), or terms like "Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic" (BAME).
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My client is the leading charity stopping the heartbreak and devastation of baby loss and making pregnancy and birth safe for everyone. Working across the whole pregnancy journey, the organisation funds ground-breaking research, campaigns for changes to maternity care and provides expert information and support.
At present they are looking to appoint an interim Deputy Director of Finance to provide maternity cover for the permanent postholder and support the organisation with the implementation of a new and ambitious strategic plan.
Key responsibilities:
- Ensuring an effective and smooth running finance function, meeting all statutory and management reporting requirements.
- Embedding a customer focused finance business partnering approach to finance and its budget holders.
- Overseeing a team of 3, embed a true team culture ensuring balanced workloads, personal development and colleague engagement are at the highest levels
The successful candidate will be a fully qualified accountant and have previous experience of working at this level within a finance function. With substantive experience in both financial and management accounts, you will possess excellent communication skills and be able to convey complex financial information. You will be an empowering leader with strong coaching skills, and the ability to develop and inspire others.
My client offers a flexible hybrid working policy, with 2 days a week in their London office.
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Please note successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale and consideration may be given to a higher salary depending on the experience of the individual
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Are you an influential, dynamic and proactive individual with a proven record of providing effective supervision to a lead of staff and/or volunteers? Do you have strong experience of engaging positively with vulnerable young people or other vulnerable groups and have a sound understanding of relevant policies and legislation?
If so, join St Giles as a Senior Floating Support Worker working on our new Lambeth project, which will provide vital support to young people and their families where there has been a family breakdown, and the young person is at risk of becoming homeless, with the ultimate goal of safely enabling the young person to stay or return home.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this key role
Our successful candidate will lead by example and act as both a positive role model to the team of caseworkers and as its day-to-day expert. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will ensure, on a day-to-day basis, that all monitoring information and evidence is being recorded and collated in line with agreed processes and procedures and that the team can work effectively, including identifying training opportunities and peer-supervision.
We will rely on you to provide support, advice and advocacy for young people, and their families, regarding accommodation, to produce support and risk management plans based on assessments and to deliver a holistic support service, working solo or with colleagues as the situation dictates; providing practical help such as social and housing support, ETE options, benefits work, debt advice, liaising with utilities, and cleaning. Closing cases efficiently and positively, including identifying a referral route for young people and their families when required is also a key aspect of the role.
What we are looking for
- Proven record of supporting Young People with Housing support and Tenancy Sustainment
- Experience of using support plans to enable young people to successfully access and sustain accommodation and support services
- Substantial experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and communicating effectively, the needs of young people to other professionals
- The ability to work with people who have multiple and complex needs
- A relevant qualification to a good standard or be working towards one
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
- A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work.
As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
Closing date: Closing date: 3 July 2024 at 11:45pm
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London/Southeast England
Ref: SPC-231
Are you a proactive, highly organised and collaborative individual with a record of coordinating bookings, managing calendars, booking travel and accommodation, and providing high-quality customer service? Do you have sound project management experience, including coordinating activity and partnership work with key stakeholders to achieve agreed goals, leading to the successful delivery of a project?
If so, St Giles is looking for a Project Coordinator Lead to manage the successful delivery of our London and South-East England SOS+ projects, including mobilisation of projects, managing relationships with stakeholders, coordinating deliverables, collating evaluation forms, and completing internal and external reports.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About SOS+
Working with young people in a variety of educational settings, St. Giles’ SOS+ Service delivers early intervention work, through one-to-one mentoring and preventative sessions on violence,
vulnerability and exploitation. The mission of SOS+ is to prevent children and young people becoming involved in gangs and youth violence by equipping them with tools, knowledge and support delivered by experts with lived experience.
About this key role
Our successful candidate will coordinate bookings for London and South-East regional projects and oversee staff members that deliver facilitation sessions and volunteers, plus monitor deliverables for all designated projects, escalating to managers any barriers to deliverables being met. You will also be expected to line manage facilitators and volunteer staff members, providing regular supervisions and daily contact, advice, and guidance, and to oversee their movements, personal development plans, and ensure staff receive appropriate training to further their development.
We will also count on you to respond to information request emails and phone calls about the service, providing high-quality and tailored responses, to oversee the management of the service movements and to liaise with partners and funders, gathering information where required, explaining the SOS+ service offers and attending partnership meetings to report back on the progress of projects. Supporting the SOS+ Service Team Leaders to develop content and disseminate information to professionals is also an essential aspect of this role.
What we are looking for
• Personal experience of the criminal justice system or/and lived experience of the issues facing this client group (i.e., involved in gangs or knife crime) and/or experience of working within the Criminal Justice Sector
• Some experience line-managing or supervising staff/volunteers
• The ability to coach/mentor others in the team
• Experience of working with vulnerable young people and adults
• Experience of providing support, advice, and advocacy and communicating the needs of clients to other professionals
• Excellent prioritisation, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work.
As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
Closing date: 11p.m. 3rd July 2024.
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About Global Health 50/50:
Global Health 50/50 (GH5050) provides rigorous data and insight in the pursuit of gender equality within global health and across sectors, systems and frameworks. Established in 2017, GH5050 operates as an independent, evidence-driven initiative with charitable status registered in the UK. Our ethos revolves around the principles of human rights, particularly in relation to gender equality, and we are resolute in our commitment to effecting meaningful change.
At GH5050, we embrace an authoritative, analytical approach, underpinned by a genuine concern for social justice and equity. Our work transcends borders, drawing upon a wealth of data-led insights to inform policy, shape discourse, and drive tangible progress. As a trusted source of information and analysis, we serve as both catalyst and convener, fostering collaboration among diverse stakeholders to effect change.
While founded to monitor and act on inequalities and inequities in the global health sector, GH5050 is now embarking on an ambitious expansion into new sectors, including law and justice and finance and economics building upon our proven model of data-driven advocacy. By leveraging partnerships, engaging stakeholders, and amplifying marginalized voices, we aim to make enduring contributions to the global pursuit of gender parity and social justice.
Role Summary
The Operations Executive will join a small but rapidly growing team working at GH50/50. Within this role, and in close collaboration with the Head of Operations you will ensure high quality administrative support across GH50/50, setting the entire team up for success. This is a crucial role that will ensure that things run effectively and efficiently in support of our mission.
This is a brand new role for GH50/50, therefore we are looking for a bright, self-starter who can work with the Head of Operations to shape the role; providing recommendations to the organisation on administrative processes and own their projects from conception to delivery. You will play a pivotal role in supporting the charity's administrative and strategic initiatives as we enter a new phase of growth. We foresee that the successful candidate will enjoy variety, will be highly organised and will have a can-do attitude.
Job Responsibilities:
o Support the Head of Operations in the smooth and efficient running of the GH50/50 office.
o Collaborate with the Head of Operations to source and roll out a new organisation-wide management system for GH50/50, ensuring thoughtful integration into our current working practices.
o Organise the Co-CEOs calendars, including scheduling meetings and appointments.
o Support the Head of Operations to prepare and manage correspondence, reports, and documents as required.
o Alongside the Head of Operations, maintain effective office management and administrative procedures.
o Manage and triage the organisational email account
o Monitor and update the organisation-wide contact database
o Ensure compliance with data protection and ethics legislation, including being up to date with GDPR requirements (training can be provided).
o Coordinate support to the team on basic financial management tasks, including expense claims and other reporting.
o Arrange and coordinate internal and external meetings, including managing calendars, conference call logistics, venue booking and wider meeting preparation tasks, preparing agendas, and minute-taking/dissemination of actions.
o Attendance at internal meetings across all work streams to increase information sharing and keep a sense of organisations objectives
o Coordinate the distribution of board and trustee and advisory group(s) meeting materials and invites.
o Support the Head of Operations to improve the ease of filing documents through our current system - SharePoint.
o Own the planning and organising of certain events, including launches, roundtables and conferences. This will include event management and travel booking, when required.
o Flexibility to take on additional administrative tasks as and when needed in support of the charity.
Skills and Qualifications:
● A keen self starter, who is passionate about the GH50/50 mission and where they can have impact.
● Experience in working with or for academic institutes for research organisations would be beneficial, as would experience working with a remote team with globally based stakeholders
● Excellent organisational and time management skills.
● Strong communication skills, written and verbal, with high emotional intelligence.
● Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, and familiarity with HR and financial management systems.
● Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build collaborative professional relationships with a wide range of partners across diverse contexts, including whilst working remotely.
● Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
● Knowledge and understanding of the charity sector.
All Staff are required to:
● Demonstrate commitment to GH50/50’s organisational values, including exercising high ethical standards with attention to teamwork, collaboration and integrity.
● Ensure that they have read and understood all mandatory policies and procedures.
● Uphold the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and Anti-Harassment and Bullying Policies, ensuring effective implementation in all aspects of their work for the Charity.
● Act always within the Charity Rules, Policies, Procedures, and any other statutory requirements.
● Be proactive, bring ideas, suggestions and contribute to the improvement and development of the charity.
● Undertake training as required.
● Attend staff and team meetings as required.
● Observe health and safety procedures in the workplace to ensure personal safety and to safeguard the interests and safety of colleagues and visitors.
● To establish, foster and maintain close working relationships with other functions to allow swift resolution of issues and sharing of knowledge.
● Undertake other duties and responsibilities as appropriate since all staff are expected to work flexibly within their skill level to respond to changing priorities.
Our generous staff benefits include:
● 28 days annual leave (pro rata for p/t), plus bank holidays. In addition, we provide 3 days leave over the Christmas and New Year period.
● Flexible working arrangements with at least 1-2 days per week in the Cambridge office
● 5% employer pension contribution
● Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) via Health Assured
● Professional Development and Training
Global Health 50/50 wants to fast-forward the pace of change to make global health more gender equal.
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Dad Matters is a PAIR (Parent and Infant Relationship) project specifically for Dads during the peri-natal period (conception to a child’s 2nd birthday). Primarily the project aims to raise awareness amongst dads, the wider community, and other professionals of the importance of:
- Fully involving and valuing fathers in the pregnancy and early parenthood journey
- Supporting healthy mental well-being of fathers
- Encouraging fathers to be attuned and responsive to their unborn and young baby’s needs, thus fostering healthy and positive attachment.
Home-Start Manchester already has a robust Dad Matters project offer running across the city as well as the ‘Universal offer’.
This role aims to widen the projects impact by reaching more Dads This will involve increasing participation in classes and events and delivering 1-1 support to dads referred into the service. The role will be supported by and be part of the wider Dad Matters team as well as being part of Home-Start Manchester. Responsibilities will include directing dads to appropriate services, offering practical guidance for baby preparation and care, bonding and attachment and providing empathetic support.
Weekly hours can be worked flexibly to support home/work life balance. Hours can be worked both in the office and at home, whilst meeting the need of the service. The role will require travel across all Manchester communities. It is desirable that applicants have use of their own car, for which expenses are paid. A DBS (Enhanced Level) will be required.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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These unique and rewarding freelance audit opportunities would suit experienced experienced audit professionals that are flexible, love diverse travel experiences, supporting worthwhile causes and inspiring people. AfID is recruiting on behalf of a leading specialist in international NGO grant audit services for development donors such as the UN and the World Bank. Assignments would suit experienced qualified audit professionals with grant audit / management experience, ideally in a not-for-profit/ international development context
Role overview.
Complete international grant expenditure audits for a diverse range of projects (grant recipients) funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure or technical research. Assignments are 1-3 weeks in length and based across the European mainland and the developing world. These are offered on an assignment by assignment basis, one to two months in advance.
Contractors can be based outside the UK
Requirements
- Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent – 5+ years post qualified experience
- Grant management and audit and reporting experience with international institutions. Preference given to individuals that have worked on UN or EC grant assurance assignments
- Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
- A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
- Ideally but not essential fluency in a second language such as Spanish, German, French, Arabic & Portugese
- Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills in English.
- Resilience and adaptability
Personal attributes:
- At least 5-10+ years of relevant audit experience
- Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
- Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations. Individual must be prepared to travel to challenging locations when it is deemed safe to do so. Individuals must also be able to demonstrate effective past working practices when working remotely with a range of clients.
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Our partner is a leading environmental organisation with impactful programmes in PNG. They are seeking a Finance Director to oversee the finance function; provide strategic analysis and advisory support; and to lead through succession planning and capacity strengthening within the country office.
Responsibilities
- Financial oversight of the programme – this includes ensuring that there is a strong control environment across the HQ and regional offices, that policies and guidelines are properly understood and implemented, properly manage and account for income, and monitor banking, cash and cash advances and expenditure.
- Prepare and submit the annual accounts & statutory returns, ensuring that these are compliant with local laws and requirements.
- Financial management – creation and review of the organisational budget, oversee the monthly close and reconciliations, and prepare financial & KPI reports, and cashflow management.
- Grants compliance, management and reporting – supporting in budget creation for new grants proposals, monitoring expenditure versus grants income, ensuring that all project finance activities are compliant with grants requirements, providing financial oversight to sub-grantees, and preparing donor/grants reports.
- Undertaking due diligence on, and overseeing compliance and reporting from sub-grantees, supporting them with capacity building as required..
- Lead in the preparation of donor and other local audits, ensuring that the organisation is tax & legally compliant to the regulations in PNG.
- Assess and mitigate financial risks, safeguard the organisational asset.
- Coaching and building confidence and capacity of the local finance team.
Requirements
- A bachelors degree in accounting or finance; additionally an MBA or an accounting qualification is strongly preferred.
- Senior finance professional with at least five years of experience of leading the country finance function of a charity that is complex, both in terms of projects, but also portfolio of funding. Previous experience of working in a complex environment such as PNG is desirable.
- Willing to be hands on, alongside offering strategic advisory support.
- Strong technical accounting, financial management, reporting and grants compliance, management and reporting experience.
- Significant experience in the compliance and management of grants from institutional donors, including the US and European governments.
- Experience of developing a team, and building capacity of finance staff and staff in partner/sub-grantee organisations.
- Effective communicator.
Your responsibilities will include:
Programme Development and Implementation
- Develop and implement mentoring programme and initiatives in alignment with the BelEve's goals and objectives.
- Implement programme guidelines, policies, and procedures to ensure consistency and effectiveness in mentoring relationships.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to identify programme needs, goals, and target populations.
Mentor and Mentee Recruitment and Training
- Recruit and screen potential mentors and mentees, ensuring they meet programme criteria and expectations.
- Conduct training sessions for mentors and mentees, providing guidance on programme goals, roles, and responsibilities.
- Match mentors and mentees based on compatibility, interests, and goals, and facilitate introductions and initial meetings.
Relationship Management and Support
- Provide ongoing support and guidance to mentors and mentees throughout the duration of the mentoring relationship.
- Facilitate regular check-ins and evaluations to assess progress, address challenges, and provide feedback and support.
- Mediate conflicts or issues that may arise between mentors and mentees, providing guidance and resolution as needed.
Programme Evaluation and Reporting
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of mentoring relationships and programme activities, collecting feedback and data to assess impact and outcomes.
- Prepare regular reports on programme metrics, accomplishments, and challenges for internal and external stakeholders.
- Use evaluation findings to inform programme improvements and enhancements.
- Effectively deliver against the agreed Programme KPI’s
Collaboration and Outreach
- Collaborate with internal and external partners, including schools, and community organisations to promote mentoring opportunities and expand programme reach.
- Represent BelEve at events, meetings, and conferences to raise awareness of the mentoring programme and recruit participants.
- Develop and maintain relationships with mentors, mentees, and partner organisations to support programme sustainability and growth.
Safeguarding
- Act as the Deputy Deputy Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)
- Collaborate with the Safeguarding Lead to review, update, and develop safeguarding policies, procedures, and guidelines in accordance with legal requirements and best practices.
- Support the dissemination and implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures throughout the mentoring programme.
- Provide support and guidance to staff, volunteers, and stakeholders on safeguarding-related matters, including responding to queries, concerns, and disclosures in a timely and appropriate manner.
Community Engagement
- Build and maintain relationships with our community organisations, schools, government agencies, and other stakeholders to enhance collaboration and resource-sharing for youth development efforts.
BelEve is a girl-focused charity with a mission to empower girls to become leaders of their world.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We’re looking for a Recruitment Coordinator to join us for a 6-month contract to support the delivery of our high-quality recruitment service.
As a Recruitment Coordinator, you'll support the wider Recruitment team in providing a first-class recruitment service to both hiring managers and candidates.
This is an exciting position where you can use your skills and experience to help one of the UK’s largest charities find the best people to join our workforce and support our mission to fund life saving research.
Supporting the recruitment for both our retail and office roles, you'll play a key role in the day-to-day coordination of the recruitment service including:
- writing and placing engaging adverts
- arranging interviews
- providing feedback to candidates
- making offers of employment
You'll be an ambassador for British Heart Foundation (BHF), providing a seamless experience for our candidates at every touch point of the process. You'll also be able to get involved in recruitment project work around our career site, recruitment processes and systems.
Working arrangements
This is a 6-month fixed term contract, with the potential of being extended thereafter.
This is a blended role, where your work will be dual located between your home and our London office.
At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
About you
With excellent communication skills you'll be able to build strong working relationships with managers from across all areas of the business. You’ll have sound knowledge of recruitment practice and how to implement it in an in-house environment.
Ideally, you'll have proven experience of working in a customer facing role or a position where you are providing excellent customer service. You’ll also have up-to-date knowledge of recruitment/employment law and an understanding of how it impacts BHF processes and procedures.
To be successful in this role you will:
- be a team player
- be proactive and efficient and focused on getting results
- have strong time management skills
- be IT proficient with intermediate knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
- have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
About us
Every single one of us is vulnerable to the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases – they are the world’s biggest killers. But the research we fund represents hope. And nothing matters more than finding cures and treatments that give us more time with the people we love.
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
Interview process
First stage interviews will be a short one-way video interview, successful candidates will then be invited to attend an interview via MS Teams.
How to apply
It’s quick and easy to apply for a role at the BHF. Just click through to our careers site to apply. All you’ll need is an up-to-date CV and a supporting statement, outlining your interest in the role and how you meet the role’s criteria.
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Based at one of the Wales offices (Cardiff, Newport, Swansea or Wrexham)
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Are you a proactive, efficient and collaborative individual with a proven record of working in services providing administrative support in a busy, pressurised environment? Do you have experience of working in services which provide support to people who have faced adversity and disadvantage?
If so, St Giles is looking for a highly motivated Personal Wellbeing Administrator to join our team and provide vital administrative support to teams across one or more contracts awarded by the HMPPS to deliver Personal Wellbeing services in Wales.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
Who are we?
St Giles is an award-winning social justice charity using expertise and real-life past experiences to empower people who are not getting the help they need. People held back by poverty, exploited, abused, dealing with addiction or mental health problems, caught up in crime or a combination of these issues and others. We show people there is a way to build a better future for themselves and those they care about and help them create this through support, advice, and training. Our peer-led services form the backbone of our work, putting people with lived experience at the centre of delivery, design, and evaluation of support and services across the UK.
The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise which is proud to be making a difference to people’s lives. We’re proud because we help people to find jobs, provide advice to people struggling to heat their homes and support people to find their feet following time in prison. To do this, the Wise Group works in partnership with everyone from large businesses to national and local government and third sector organisations who provide essential specialist support to our customers. Together, we’re greater than the sum of our parts.
The Wise Group and St Giles came together a few years ago to form a partnership with the aim of supporting the Probation Resettlement reforms by offering a high-quality service underpinned by staff who have lived experience and cultural competency. To date we have been awarded more than 20 contracts to deliver Personal Wellbeing, Finance, Benefit & Debt and Women’s Services across England and Wales.
About this key role
Our successful candidate will monitor and manage the receipt of referrals from Probation through the Customer Approved System (CAS) ensuring they are successfully assigned to Personal Wellbeing Coaches using the appropriate guidance and process, ensure all inputting is accurate and within agreed timescales, plus provide regular activity reports to the Personal Wellbeing Manager. You will be the primary point of contact for all enquiries, external and internal to ensure communication channels are clear and effective, while also liaising with external stakeholders (e.g. Prisons), delivery partners, spot purchase providers and other agencies to arrange appointments, referrals, and generally ensure information exchanged is done in a clear, timely and effective manner.
Developing and maintaining an Estates log and diary to ensure the team always have an approved site to meet service users in mandated locations when needed and providing administration for meetings, including bookings, invitations and minute-taking, are also vital duties.
What we are looking for
- Experience of managing Customer Relationship Management systems, including inputting data and creating reports
- An understanding of the barriers faced by people with complex and multiple needs
- Knowledge of Trauma Informed practice and how to apply it in supporting service users
- Ability to develop and maintain means by which compliance with policy and procedure can be effectively monitored and reported on, including financial expenditure
- Impressive prioritisation relationship-building and interpersonal abilities
- First-class communication skills, both verbal and written
- A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work
Please note this role requires that successful candidates must undergo an Enhanced DBS check, on the basis that the post involves contact with vulnerable participants and colleagues, In addition to this, they must also undergo HMPPS vetting.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications, and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
Closing date: 21st July 2024 @ 23:45 Interview date: 30th July 2024
Amnesty International UK wants to inspire and mobilise more people with its message of freedom, justice and equality. To do this, we are searching for a Bookshop Team Leader with bags of initiative to run our fantastic Kentish Town shop and grow our profit, to support this work.
About the role
As Team Leader you will be responsible for all aspects of the Amnesty Bookshop on Kentish Town Road, London, ensuring that it is consistently inviting to customers, well-stocked, well-staffed and safe. This includes recruiting, guiding, and inspiring a 20+ strong volunteer team, maximising the value from donations, creating enticing displays and dealing with problems as they arise. Accountable for the shop performance, you will use your initiative, and work closely with the Regional Manager, to seek ways to grow sales and profit, reach a wider audience, and make the shop even more successful.
The role may be for you if:
- You have experience of successfully working in a fast-paced environment, juggling a very busy and varied workload.
- You enjoy a high degree of autonomy in your work and manage your time effectively to make sound decisions efficiently.
- Used to working with performance targets, you are commercial and creative in finding ways to succeed.
- You have experience of recruiting, managing and training a team of staff and/or volunteers, and enjoy creating a strong team.
- You are highly organised and can develop and maintain procedures and processes in a work setting.
- And of course, you have a good understanding and enjoyment of books.
Your strong communication, time management, commercial, and customer service skills, plus your natural resilience and drive, will allow you to thrive in this exciting role.
Do you want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world? If your answer is yes, then we would encourage you to apply.
Our Commitment to you
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us. See more details of our IDEA plan .
New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time). 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares. See more details of our benefits .
Apply for this role
We welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applications from people from an ethnic minority background, and people with a disability to help us achieve a balanced representation in our workforce, especially at senior grades.
To reduce bias in our shortlisting process, AIUK operates an anonymised application process. If for any reason you prefer to apply in a different format, or require adjustments in the process, please get in touch. We are a disability confident organisation. More details of inclusion in the AIUK recruitment process can be found .
This vacancy advert may be taken down from job boards earlier than the stated deadline if a high standard of applications is received (if you have started an application in our portal, you will still have opportunity to complete it by the original deadline).
Visit amnesty.org.uk/jobs for application guidance and information on benefits and recruitment inclusion
We are looking for an interim HR Advisor to work closely with our Science, Development and Strategy & Innovation teams to deliver a proactive, high quality, flexible Human Resources service for the whole employee lifecycle. The role will work closely with the HR Business Partner and manage an HR Co-ordinator and HR Administrator to implement the team's operating plan.
This is an exciting moment to join the HR team at the Museum. We are working on major projects including transforming talent acquisition, reviewing our reward structures, and supporting our top talent, to ensure that our people are best placed to deliver the Museum's ambitious strategy.
You will be tasked with building strong and collaborative relationships with stakeholders at all levels within the organisation, using your excellent communication skills. As a trusted Advisor you will be expected to handle employee relations case management (absence, performance, grievances) with the support of the HR Business Partner. Some other responsibilities include managing recruitment processes, emphasizing our focus on diversity, working on implementing HR policies, supporting performance reviews and keeping updated on employment law.
So if you have a positive, flexible attitude, great organisation and prioritization skills and want to contribute to a high performing HR team and gain some valuable HR experience, please get in touch ASAP.
Summary
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
- Advising, guiding, preparing and pastorally accompanying those discerning a calling to senior leadership roles in the Church, creating frameworks, supporting the process of identifying, sustaining and developing as diverse a pipeline as possible.
- Advising bishops and others on individuals who may have a calling to senior leadership roles, pastorally supporting clergy in their discernment, identifying, supporting and signposting to areas for ongoing development.
- Supporting the engagement with individuals and key stakeholders and networks relevant to, and interested in, the senior appointment process.
- Providing coaching and skills training to individuals or groups to support them in engaging effectively with senior appointment discernment processes, including, but not limited to, courses, webinars, seminars, training sessions and other activity, creating appropriate frameworks for this work.
- Working proactively and collaboratively with others in the team and outside on discernment and development activity, sharing learning and best practice, contributing to its evolution.
- Build networks within the Church to ensure proper signposting of individuals outside of senior appointment discernment processes.
- Proactively and professionally engaging with diocesan stakeholders on the planning and delivery of appointment processes and associated consultations within dioceses and cathedrals, drafting high-quality, comprehensive reports that sensitively and appropriately articulate and encapsulate the joys and challenges of the mission and ministry of the Church in a given context.
- Supporting the work of appointment panels, professionally and confidently guiding and advising them in their discernment, whilst following agreed policies and procedures. Drafting high-quality role profiles, adverts, candidate briefing packs and other documentation. Coordinating and preparing for, advising on and participating in, longlisting, shortlisting and interview processes.
- Journeying alongside candidates at all stages in the process, making sure they are fully and pastorally supported in their discernment, working with colleagues to provide appropriate feedback and advising on areas of ministerial development.
- Using best practice in HR and development to contribute to other projects related to the work of the team, including, but not limited to, policy, frameworks and systems, governance, oversight and communications. Carrying out research, drafting and keeping updated high-quality reports, policy and other papers. Ensuring that the team is at the forefront of the implementation and sharing of best practice, collaborating with key stakeholders, both internal and external.
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent recent and continuous professional development.
- A human resources and/or coaching qualification commensurate with the scope of the role, with evidence of recent and continuous professional development and demonstrable HR and coaching experience and skills.
- Evidence of, and interest in, the development and implementation of effective HR, policies, frameworks and systems, particularly in connection with development, coaching and appointments.
- Commitment to, and a track record of, supporting individual development.
- Experience of, and a passion for, creating tools and other resources to support individuals with their development.
- Significant experience of, and interest in, selection, resourcing and development practice for senior leadership roles gained in an organisation of scale with complex structures.
- Significant experience of, and interest in, the use of selection and development tools and methods (including psychometrics).
- An affinity with, and hands-on experience of, using technology to support and drive best practice in HR and professional development, together with a vision of its potential, and an ability to develop and implement system change.
- Experience of working within, and supporting, governance frameworks.
- Experience of supporting and increasing participation of under-represented groups, including those from UK Minority Ethnic/Global Majority Heritage backgrounds, or with a disability.
- Outstanding oral and written communication, public presentation, facilitation and influencing skills, the ability to produce detailed, high quality written reports and policy papers.
- Successful track record of working well with others, both within an organisation and in external networks, with the ability to develop ideas with other people.
- Ability to work both at a strategic and operational level, being comfortable in both and able to move seamlessly between the two.
- Ability to manage a busy workload, be highly organised with the ability to deliver a number of projects at the same time and meet competing deadlines.
- Exceptional attention to detail and consistency.
- Ability to navigate a complex political landscape with professionalism and confidence.
- Ability to discern, encourage and empower gifts in others, including vocations to senior leadership roles in the Church, and associated development activity.
- Ability to have vocational conversations within a Christian context, pastorally support clergy discerning a call to senior leadership roles and give appropriate feedback.
- Excellent planning, organisation and administrative skills, including ability to use IT software (e.g. Microsoft Office and SharePoint) and able to be self-supporting in the planning and organisation of their programme of work.
- Highly resilient with a high level of self-awareness.
- Delivery and stakeholder focused.
- Ability to work effectively and confidently with an intellectually challenging client group.
- A strong empathy and interest in people and effective organisational development and culture.
- A strong understanding of, and empathy with, the mission and ethos of the Church of England and the development and appointments process for senior clergy. Ability to show familiarity with, and be comfortable supporting, different contexts of Church life across the breadth of theological and church traditions.
- Inspiring, enthusiastic, encouraging and supportive to others, both one-to-one and in groups.
- Highly emotionally intelligent.
- A high degree of discretion in handling confidential personal matters and information.
- Highly engaging, with the ability to build effective relationships with people and able to build credibility with senior clergy and staff.
- A demonstrable commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- This is a demanding and impactful role that will require the post holder to occasionally work hours outside those prescribed. It will also require frequent travel around the dioceses of the Church of England and occasional evening working.
- The Church's culture and the appointments processes are deeply intertwined with its theological heritage. The postholder will need to be interested in, sensitive to and sufficiently resilient to work creatively with the language and concepts that emerge from this.
- A human resources (ideally CIPD Level 7) and coaching qualification (ideally ILM Level 7), or equivalent.
- A salary of £66,186 per annum plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of salary
- 30 days annual leave
- Flexible working hours and location, with an expectation of just 1-2 days per week in our office in Westminster.
- Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies