Community Equalities Coordinator Jobs

KCLSU is looking for a Student Voice Coordinator work within the Student Voice team to coordinate the development and delivery of representation practices, and embed these processes across KCLSU’s Community Engagement Department and our student voice partnership work with King’s College London. This will be focused on Student Futures, a large-scale transformation portfolio King’s College London is undertaking.

Student Futures aims to improve student experiences in key areas across the next three years. These areas include improving core processes and systems for education delivery; ensuring the university is able to provide proactive and personalised support for student wellbeing; and delivering a distinct, valuable extra and co-curricular student experience.
At times, the post-holder will also be required to support other King’s Transformation Office programmes, such as Campus Futures, which is overseeing the development of King’s campus spaces and facilities in the next few years.

This role is funded for the next three years, the planned timeline of the Student Futures portfolio, and is offered as a 3-year fixed-term contract.

Job Specification
ENHANCING REPRESENTATIVE PROCESSES
• Act as central point of contact for colleagues across King’s and KCLSU for centralising and sharing information about student voice and representation structures related to Transformation Office projects;
• Set up and oversee systems for the management of student representative data between KCLSU and various King’s project teams;
• Ensure that all areas of student representative recruitment, induction, and support are conducted smoothly;
• Record student attendance and other participation data to support evaluation processes and ensure appropriate remuneration;
• Support the payment of remuneration and/or incentives to student participants where required, working with the KCLSU Finance and relevant King’s teams to ensure this is appropriately administered and recorded.

ORGANISING REPRESENTATION PRACTICES
• Lead on the practical organisation of Student Futures representation practices – calendar management, room booking, procuring materials, etc.;
• Liaise with KCLSU and King’s College London colleagues across a range of teams to ensure smooth operational delivery;
• Provide support with other Transformation Office representation practices where necessary.

DATA & COMMUNICATIONS
• Support the Policy & Research Coordinator with the capture and analysis of datasets relating to the student experience, including data from relevant representation practices;
• Contribute to the scrutiny of evidence, trends, and datasets to identify to identify insight relevant to key Student Futures projects;
• Contribute to student-facing communications related to Student Futures and other Transformation Office programmes as relevant, including updating KCLSU webpages
• Contribute to the delivery of training, guidance, and ongoing support for Student Officers and other student representatives across KCLSU, equipping students with the knowledge and skills that enable them to thrive in their roles and feel empowered to grow as leaders.

GENERAL
• Operate in accordance with health and safety regulations;
• Ensure compliance with GDPR in handling student and any other personal data;
• Undertake any other task appropriate for the grade and responsibilities of the post that may from time to time be reasonably requested.

Candidate Specification

KNOWLEDGE:
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, particularly Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel
• (Desired) Basic understanding of representation systems and practices in universities and students’ unions

EXPERIENCE:
• Experience of working with people via email, audio or video call, and face-to-face
• Experience of providing administrative support
• Experience of working with data
• Experience working as part of a busy team
• (Desired) Experience of working with young people, students, or similar
• (Desired) Experience of working in successful partnership with a range of stakeholders
• (Desired) Experience of using customer relationship management (CRM) or membership management systems

SKILLS:
• Organised and methodical, with strong administrative skills and excellent attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills, able to explain processes or provide instructions clearly and succinctly
• Ability to work in collaboration with others and use initiative and creativity to resolve problems
• Ability to manage working time effectively, prioritise appropriately, and ask for help when necessary
• (Desired) Ability to analyse quantitative and qualitative data to produce insights
• (Desired) Competent IT skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly

APTITUDE:
• Proactive working style with a commitment to learning, development, and innovation
• A commitment to the principles and practices of equality and diversity

The list above is not exhaustive. For further details, please review our Job Pack.

Application Process 

If this is you, please apply by providing a supporting statement and addressing each key requirements of the role.

You will see on our Job Pack that we are a equal opportunities employer and we live by our 4 main values: Inclusive, Collaborative, Open and Brave. KCLSU is a fun, social and flexible work environment which offers opportunities for development as well as great staff benefits.

Benefits of Working for KCLSU include:

• Hybrid Working Policy 
• Pension Contribution
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan & Computer Loan
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Enhanced Sick Pay
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Eye Tests & single focal glasses allowance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and university closure days
• Discounts at KCLSU venues
• £30 wellbeing allowance per term
• Employee Assistance Programme
• "No meeting Friday" ethos
• Death in Service

At KCLSU Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we endeavor to ensure equal treatment of all candidates. We welcome a diverse range of applicants and are open to discussing flexibility with the right candidate. Reasonable adjustments will be made for candidates with disabilities at all stages of the recruitment and selection process, and to ensure that a successful candidate with a disability can undertake the post.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this role you must:

• Be eligible to work in the UK, and provide proof of this (i.e. a passport/visa) when asked by KCLSU. Please note that KCLSU is unable to offer visa sponsorship.
• Have a National Insurance number, or be in the process of applying for one
• Not be a trustee of King’s College London Students’ Union

In this role you will connect people, ideas and resources to empower the community of Roehampton to thrive. Every day will be a chance to listen, to understand and to make a difference where it matters most as Roehampton is a place where there is a great need to build the ability, knowledge and potential of our community. This work will aid people in the community to collaborate in tackling inequalities which are deep and entrenched. You will be a confident self-starter who is unafraid of taking the initiative but understands the importance of democratic processes, openness and accountability. 

We are seeking an energetic, empathetic and resourceful community lead who has the skills, experience and tenacity to engage widely and support effectively. You will be our person on the ground - getting to know residents and organisations, making things happen, not just with the existing community groups and leaders in the Roehampton area, but also forging new connections with residents, activists and across the wider community and voluntary sector. 

Your day-to-day work will be varied and we expect this to include tasks such as:

• supporting local community organisations on a one-to-one basis, as well as creating and delivering high quality resources and support for them 

• delivering meaningful engagement with residents, empowering them to develop their own networks and co-design projects and programmes which support them effectively 

• managing a local grants programme which pilots and develops effective responses to community needs 

• co-producing and developing our Community Weeks programme as a platform for community support and engagement 

• gathering feedback and carrying out evaluation of our projects and of those we fund. 

Please send a CV and a cover letter of no more than two sides of A4, explaining why you want the job and how your experience relates to the person specification.  We’ll use your cover letter to assess your application alongside your CV. Please ensure that your cover letter explains how you meet the essential criteria that are assessed at application stage i.e. criteria numbers 1-9 on the person specification.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The Nystagmus Network is seeking a Development Coordinator to help build on our core services and develop new ones to meet the growing and changing needs of the nystagmus community and to support income generation to ensure those services can continue to be funded. You will need to be passionate about what we do, have the drive and enthusiasm to succeed and also be sensitive to the need to involve volunteers and stakeholders in service development and delivery.

You will plan to reach out to ever wider groups of potential beneficiaries and supporters through your communications, networking and business development skills, in collaboration with the Executive Information and Development Manager and Trustees and take the initiative on approaches to new partners. You will have a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion in the way we reach out to people in every aspect of our work.

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 Minerva Activities Coordinator

Salary: £22,000 - £28,000

Location: Hammersmith

Hours: Full time - 35 hours per week

Contract: Fixed term until March 2026

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 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:

The Minerva London service provides holistic, trauma-informed support for women in touch with the Criminal Justice System, through dedicated one to one support, safer women’s centre spaces and specialist interventions and partnerships.

As the Minerva Activities Coordinator you will be responsible for enhancing the offer to women referred into the Minerva service by supporting them to engage with their local women’s centre provision. You will be based at your regional women’s centre five days a week, as the first point of contact for women entering the centre space or contacting the service via the centre helpline. As Activities Coordinator you will create and deliver a relevant and lively activities programme for women to attend, in partnership with Minerva’s specialist delivery partners.

About You:

To be successful as the Minerva Activities Coordinator you will need the below experience and skills:

• You are an excellent relationship builder who can warmly work with women
• You will bring experience of supporting vulnerable communities and have good working knowledge about safeguarding and risk management and bring an eagerness to learn and develop new skills.
• You will deliver an exceptional first point of contact service, and deliver engaging activities with the women using this service

We recognise that women often only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the criteria. We encourage you to demonstrate how your skills and experience would make you an asset to the role, and if you don’t have the exact skills/experience, tell us in your cover letter how you think you might grow and develop in the role.

How to apply:

Please submit your up-to-date CV with a supporting statement. Please note that only applications made via the job advert on the Advance careers page, and those that include a cover letter will be considered.

Closing Date for Applications: Friday 1st November 2024

Interviews are taking place on a rolling basis

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!)

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 additional needs, please email 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.

Are you a dynamic, motivated and committed professional who values making change, empowering others and enjoys seeing the positive impact of their work? Are you looking for a new challenge which gives you the opportunity to be creative and start a new project to benefit under-represented student groups? You could be the person we are looking for.

The University of Surrey Students' Union is advertising for a Student Voice Coordinator (Networks) to join our team of open-minded, flexible and values-led staff. 

The Student Voice Coordinator (Networks) will lead on the launch of the Union’s Student Networks project, support Network leaders and volunteers to develop and grow their memberships, and to run meetings, events, and campaigns where relevant to improve equality of opportunity at the University.

Cambridge City Foodbank is looking for a Campaign Coordinator to join our team for an 8-month fixed-term contract to organise and mobilise people who have experienced poverty to take action as part of the Guarantee Our Essentials Campaign.

As a Cambridge City Foodbank employee, you will work closely with Trussell to deliver a local campaign strategy, influencing Cambridge MPs to support an Essentials Guarantee, and mobilising people with lived experience to take part. This role is at the heart of Cambridge City Foodbank’s work to end the need for food banks, and part of Trussell’s national Campaign Coordinator programme. The role is grant funded by Trussell and you ill be working with a small team of Campaign Coordinators at other UK food banks.

The Campaign Coordinator will be supported to use organising principles as part of their role. You will travel between different locations in the community, including Foodbank Welcome Centres and Fairbite Food Clubs, meeting people who are struggling to afford the essentials, arranging 121 conversations with them, and developing their commitment and confidence to take part in the campaign. You’ll also maintain relationships with local stakeholders and bringing people together to plan campaign actions.

Find out more about Guarantee Our Essentials on the Trussell website.

DUTIES:

The Campaign Coordinator will:

- Build a network of people with lived experience of poverty and mobilise them to take part in campaign actions, including  attending the national lobby day in Westminster.

- Lead community outreach including visiting Foodbank Welcome Centres and Fairbite Food Clubs and leading door-knocking sessions, connecting with people facing poverty and recruiting them to join the campaign.

- Hold 121s with people with lived experience of poverty, building their capacity for leadership and their commitment and confidence to take part in campaign actions.

- Involve people with lived experience and community stakeholders in designing and carrying out local campaign actions.

- Support local influencing work, engaging with MPs and Councillors to further the aims of national Guarantee Our Essentials campaign.

- Deliver Trussell’s local campaign strategy, working with the Organising and Local Mobilisation team at Trussell, and engage with the training and support on offer, including work with other Campaign Coordinators in the Trussell network.  

Personal Specification:

Technical skills and minimum knowledge:

• Experience mobilising people to take action as part of a campaign for change.
• Experience of working with people facing poverty, and knowledge of the main drivers of poverty in the UK.
• Experience communicating with people with different backgrounds, abilities and experiences.
• Experience facilitating meetings and planning engaging group activities.
• Ability to build relationships and gain trust of people with lived experience of poverty and using food banks.
• Ability to motivate and inspire others.
• Ability to travel around Cambridge.

 Behaviours and competencies:

• Friendly and trustworthy.
• Confident in communicating with people from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds in a friendly, non-judgemental manner.
• Commitment to the vision and values, and respect for the ethos, of Cambridge City Foodbank and Trussell.

The post holder will be expected to work in person across Cambridge a minimum of three days a week, and be based from our office in North Cambridge when required. 

Our Vision, Ethos & Values:

Our Vision is to end the need for UK foodbanks. Each day we meet the need for emergency and affordable food, and tackle the causes of poverty, by harnessing the power of the community. We are an independent local charity and member of the Trussell network.

We value dignity, justice, compassion, community and impact, in all that we do. We serve local people regardless of background, inspired by our Christian ethos and values.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, diversity and equity actively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.

In 2023: our amazing team of 200 volunteers provided 16,000 3-day emergency food parcels to people across Cambridge (36% were children) and distributed 170,000 Kilos of food.

Location: St Albans & District Foodbank (SADFB)
Salary: £37,500 FTE, pro rata (£20,000 - £25,000 PA)
Hours: 20/25 hours per week, with one Saturday a month (9:30am - 12:30pm)
Flexible Working | Reports to: CEO

About Us
St Albans & District Foodbank (SADFB) is an independent charity and a member of the Trussell Trust Foodbank network. Our mission is to prevent or relieve poverty in the local area. With the help of over 130 volunteers, we provide vital food and welfare support to those in need. We’re looking for a dedicated Wellbeing & Engagment Coordinator to join our team and help our clients on their journey to self-sufficiency.

Role Overview
In this role, you will take a holistic approach to supporting clients, helping them engage with third-party agencies to address the broader issues contributing to food insecurity. You'll work closely with referral partners, community groups, and volunteers to offer personalised, non-judgemental support. Your focus will be on empowering clients to overcome challenges, improve their well-being, and become more self-sufficient.

Key Responsibilities

• Build trust with clients by providing personalised, respectful, and non-judgemental support.
• Work with partner agencies to identify clients with additional support needs and refer them to appropriate services.
• Train and support volunteers to identify clients' welfare needs and engage with SADFB’s services.
• Maintain strong relationships with support agencies, ensuring effective signposting and referrals.
• Attend local events and forums to promote SADFB’s services and raise awareness.
• Create and distribute materials to help volunteers with signposting.
• Monitor and report on client outcomes, service effectiveness, and equal opportunities.
• Ensure safeguarding procedures are followed to create a safe environment for both clients and volunteers.

About You You’ll have experience working in social care, mental health, or community support, ideally within the voluntary, community, or social enterprise sector (VCSE). You’ll be a great communicator with the ability to build relationships with a diverse range of clients, volunteers, and partner organisations. You’ll be passionate about making a positive impact and supporting people from all walks of life.

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal skills and experience building effective relationships.
• Experience in social care, mental health, or community support.
• Ability to collaborate across organisations and support volunteers.
• Proficiency in IT tools like Word and Excel, with experience in data collection and reporting.
• Excellent communication skills with a compassionate, non-judgemental approach.
• Ability to work with diverse and marginalised communities.
• Creative and adaptable, with a focus on achieving positive client outcomes.

Why Join Us? At SADFB, we offer flexible working and the opportunity to make a real difference in your community. You’ll be part of a passionate, supportive team dedicated to empowering people to overcome food insecurity and improve their lives.

For more information on the role refer to the attached job description.

We are a local Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation, run by and for Deaf and Disabled people and carers in Bromley and neighbouring Boroughs.

We have a vision of a world where Disabled people are able to live their lives independently, in the way they choose, participating fully in society and enjoying equity and respect for diversity.

Our mission is to enable Deaf and Disabled people and carers in Bromley and neighbouring Boroughs to fully understand our rights, develop collective pride and build skills and experience in self-advocacy and strong civic participation. We believe this will allow Disabled people to lead in challenging discrimination in Bromley and beyond, breaking down barriers to independence, choice and equity. 

Our aims are:

• To support Disabled people to get our voices heard and to influence change locally.
• To campaign for an inclusive and accessible society.
• To support, develop and celebrate Disabled people’s skills and leadership.

Our current services include:

• Peer-led Forums - opportunities to voice your experiences, discuss ways to challenge barriers to inclusion and independence and influence local services. 

• Disability Pride - annual events to showcase Disabled talent, celebrate our lived experience and help break down stigma attached to Disability.

• Supported volunteering - person-centred support for volunteers to increase their skills, confidence and experience. 

As Volunteer Coordinator, you will lead on recruiting, supervising, supporting and developing volunteers, drawing on your own lived experience of Disability to provide a positive role model. 

Position: Volunteer Coordinator

Responsible to: Deputy CEO

Location: Role may involve some working from home on occasion, but majority of the hours will be supporting volunteers in our office in Anerley, plus attending face to face meetings and events in Bromley Borough and occasionally in London. 

Hours: 14 hours per week (part-time), around volunteer availability and access needs.

Salary: £27,000 per year pro rata to 14 hours per week

Annual leave: 5.6 weeks per year including bank holidays, pro rata

Pension: Statutory opt in rules applied to all our jobs

How to apply: Please either fill in the application form or send in a CV that is updated for this role. Whichever you do, your application form or CV must have an additional supporting statement that tells us how you meet the criteria in the person specification. 

Interviews will take place at our Anerley office on Thursday 21st November. 

Closing date: Sunday 10th November 2024.

What you will do:

• Proactively look for opportunities to recruit volunteers with lived experience of Disability, by promoting our volunteering opportunities across the borough, supporting stalls at community events and contributing articles celebrating volunteer achievements in our monthly newsletter and on our social media.
• Respond promptly to enquiries about volunteering, engage with individuals to encourage them to volunteer and interview potential volunteers to identify their strengths, interests, development and support needs. 
• Support volunteers to successfully undertake a programme of induction training, agree ongoing task plans for each volunteer to monitor progress, carry out regular one to one meetinghs with volunteers and providing practical support for volunteers to deliver specific tasks and mini projects.
• Co-ordinate regular volunteer team meetings, review volunteer management policies and procedures, take a lead on initiatives such as volunteers week events and volunteer fayres and keep up-to-date records about volunteers and individual progress.

This job is for you if:

• You have personal lived experience of Disability.
• You have a strong local presence within Bromley Borough.
• You are highly motivated and practical, with a 'can-do' approach to work.
• You have excellent people skills, with experience of motivating others and helping them to overcome barriers to reach their potential.
• You have experience of delivering work to meet targets.

Activity Coordinator

Coordinators are crucial members of the delivery team, responsible for an exciting programme of activities for their given area.

If you have a passion for putting young people first, then we want to hear from you!

Position: Activity/Recreational (Rec) Coordinator

Location: London W12 7TF

Salary: £30,000 per annum

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week (inc. evenings and weekends)

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 9am, Thursday 14th November 2024

First stage interviews: Monday 18th November 2024 (in person)

Second stage interviews with Young Leaders: Saturday 16th November

About the Role

As Rec Coordinator, you will work across all Youth Zone sessions and have responsibility for sessions for 8 – 19 year olds and up to 25 with those with disabilities. The Role will require you to be on 4 sessions a week across evenings and weekends.

The Rec area is the heart of the Youth Zone, buzzing with activities, games and engaging with young people. Ensuring there is a high-quality, creative and fun offer, focussed on the needs of young people and in line with the Youth Zone’s aspirations to provide members with the best possible experiences and opportunities, you will have a passion to put young people first.

You will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the delivery and inputting towards the strategic delivery plan for the Youth Zone. This is a fun, exciting and challenging role in a new, growing, and ambitious charity and no two days will be the same.

About You

We are looking for a Recreational Coordinator with a relevant qualification or strong demonstrable experience in Youth Work. You will have evidence of ongoing professional development (for example Safeguarding, Health & Safety, Management) and experience of:

• Working with young people aged 8 to 19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs) in a range of settings.
• Engaging vulnerable, disengaged or hard to reach young people in activities in-line with relevant guidance and good practice.
• Managing a staff team, ideally including volunteers.

You will have a willingness to work evenings and 4 of sessions across a 7 day a week provision.

If you’re excited about this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with every requirement in the person specification, we encourage you to still apply and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable for this role. You may be just the right candidate.

About the Organisation

Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) is a London Borough of wide disparities, with an acute need for youth services. This vast difference between those living in different parts of our borough can lead to radically different life outcomes. The Youth Zone is a vital provision that will make a huge impact on the lives of young people, and on the whole borough, levelling the playing field for our young people.

Open 7 days a week, while schools are closed - that’s evenings and weekends, plus all through the school holidays. We offer a safe and active space for young people to flourish in their leisure time, where their interests can be nurtured, and they can grow as individuals. This is a charity that the whole community can be proud of, and you can be part of that journey

As an equal opportunities’ employer, applications are welcome from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities.  Our dedicated Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group, with support from the Senior Leadership Team, is actively promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion at OnSide, ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.

You may have experience in areas such as Activities Coordinator, Activities Officer, Junior Activity Coordinator, Senior Activities Coordinator, Recreational Activity Coordinator, Recreational Coordinator, Holiday Club Coordinator, After School Club, Youth Club, Holiday Club Activity Coordinator, After School Club Activity Coordinator, Youth Club Activity.

Our Activity Service

The Activity Service is an important part of our organisation, delivering high quality activities to the older people of Merton. Our Activity team create and deliver a wide range of activities including a daily lunch club, crafting, poetry, singing and exercises at our centre in Mitcham and other locations across the borough of Merton.

The Activity service is busy and vibrant where no two days are the same, the service has over 10,000 attendees a year, taking part in over 700 activities and exercise classes. The service enables our community to live more healthily, happily and independently in later life.

About the Role

We are recruiting an Activity Coordinator to support the Activity Service Manager in the delivery and development of the Activity service.

The Activities Coordinator will be a hands-on role, working with the team who deliver a wide range of activities both existing and new at our centre and across the borough of Merton.

The role will deputise for the Activities Service manager and has line manager responsibilities overseeing both the team and the delivery of activities. This role will work closely with the volunteers who support the service, building on the current volunteer programme to develop the volunteer role and experience.

The role will play a key part in organising the delivery of existing activities, ensuring they are delivered to an exceptional standard with the service users at the heart of the service.

About You

You are an enthusiastic, motivated and organised person who has experience of supervising a team of staff or volunteers, you have excellent people skills and are looking for a role where real impact is made. Your approach to problems is with a positive outlook and a can-do attitude, you are ready to get involved in the delivery of the service, leading by example and spending time connecting and supporting the clients who attend the activities.

Experience of supporting older people in a health and social care function is not essential but desirable. What is important is your ability to lead and work as part of a team, using your initiative, being flexible and collaborative across the team at Age UK Merton. All our employees demonstrate our values of Quality, Integrity, Kindness, Inclusivity and Collaboration, and you will see this reflected throughout the people who make Age UK a wonderful place to work.

Job Description

 We are an equal opportunities employer, aspiring to reflect the communities that we serve, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. We value diversity and believe our differences enrich the services we provide to local older adults. They also help us as colleagues by encouraging us to challenge ourselves, learn, innovate, and adapt.

 Job title: Activity Coordinator

Salary: £28,000 - £31,500 per year

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week

Responsible to: Activity Service Manager

Based at: Elmwood Centre in Mitcham and various locations across Merton. This role requires the delivery of activities in person at our centre.

Contract: Permanent

Age UK Merton supports over 3,000 older people a year, our mission is to provide quality advice and services that meet the needs of older adults in Merton.

We have a comprehensive package of employee support, including a holistic approach to our employees’ health and wellbeing.

We offer:

25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays. In recognition of long service, this annual leave entitlement will increase to 27 days after 5 years’ continuous service, and to 30 days after 10 years’ continuous service.

Age UK Merton gifts an additional three days leave between Christmas and New Year.

Admittance to our employee benefit scheme Medicash- a suite of health and wellbeing support.

Enrolment into our pension scheme.

Key Result areas

· Innovate, develop, and deliver a wide range of new and existing activities for service users.

· Encourage clients to attend and participate in a range of activities

· Welcome all clients who attend the activity centre and enable them to engage in activities.

· Deputizing for the Activity Centre Manager.

· Create and collate feedback from service users.

· Identify and develop existing volunteer roles within the Activity Service.

· Work collaboratively with other Age UK Merton Services and teams to provide help and advice to clients who are identified as needing additional support.

· Building strong collaborative relationships with external partners who deliver exercise classes.

Organisation and Coordination of Activities

· To organise the delivery of all activities and exercise classes in the centre.

· To be actively involved in the ongoing development and design new activities held across the borough.

· To support the planning and development of Age UK Merton’s quarterly activity guide to include all events at Age UK Merton.

· To plan and coordinate the distribution of the activity guide across the borough with out team of volunteers.

· To encourage the attendance of activities to new and existing clients.

Volunteers

· Working with the Volunteer Service develop the volunteer programme to deliver an impactful and supportive experience for all the volunteers who support the Activity team.

· Coordinate and organise the team of volunteers who support the Activity service.

Administrative Duties

· Introduce new ways to pay for activities such as online bookings.

· Take bookings for all activities and input details on to the CRM.

· Answer telephone enquiries for the Activity centre.

· Greet all clients and volunteers attending the Activity centre.

Data Capture, Evaluation and Reporting.

· Respond to feedback and suggestions from clients to develop activities.

· Keep records up to date on the CRM for attendees of all activities.

· Working with the Activity Service Manager to expand the delivery of activities into areas of the borough not currently served.

· Working with the Activity Manager to develop client feedback opportunities.

· Support the Activity Manager to identify and write up case studies for funding applications.

· Use the CRM to run reports to support funding bids and reporting.

General

· Establish good working relationships with all relevant stakeholders and liaise as required Comply at all times with the policies and procedures of Age UK Merton.

· Ensure that Age UK Merton’s Equal Opportunities policies, principles and practices are observed and implemented throughout service delivery.

· Carry out any other relevant tasks as required, to ensure the effective development of the organisation and the delivery of its services, this may include supporting weekend and out of hours events for time off in lieu.

· Attend staff meetings and personal supervision and appraisal meetings.

· Be aware of own training needs and participate in training/education to improve performance considered relevant to the post and to achieve agreed targets.

· Act as a representative of the values, beliefs and principles of AUKM at all times

· Undertake any other duties that are requested and commensurate with the grade and remit of the post.

 To Apply

Please outline your skills and experience in relation to the person specifcation in the Job Pack and include in your cover letter.

If you don’t meet all the person specifications and you are interested in the role, we would encourage you to apply and include other skills and experiences you have which you feel would transfer to this role.

Alternatively, please call us and have an informal chat.

Please inform us of any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you through our recruitment process.

The last date for applications is 17th of November

Interviews will take place in our offices in Mitcham the week of the 25th of November. If you have not heard from us by this date, you can assume that you have not been shortlisted.

General information about Age UK Merton

Age UK Merton is an independent charity operating within the national Age UK network to provide services for older adults in the London Borough of Merton. Our role is to ensure that older adults can easily access the support, services and care they need as they get older.

Our Priorities

We are passionate about making a difference to the lives of older people in Merton. Our Strategic Plan outlines our three key priorities to improve health and wellbeing by:

1. Providing high quality advice and practical support

2. Building social connection

3. Creating opportunities for lifelong active ageing

Our Vision

Supporting our community with opportunities to love later life

Our Mission

To provide quality advice and services that meet the needs of older adults in Merton

Our Values

We want to be known for:

Inclusivity – A safe, inclusive place to be for all clients, volunteers and staff

Collaboration – Working with partners across sectors to get the best outcomes for Merton’s older adults

Integrity – Robust privacy and confidentiality procedures - trusted staff and volunteers

Kindness – A supportive, empathic place to work, volunteer or receive support

Quality – Providing accredited, person-centred services, respected throughout the borough

Come join us as a Retail Volunteer Coordinator and help us make a real difference to local families and children!

Your role will be primarily responsible for the smooth running of administrative and operational functions of the Retail Voluntary Services across Helen & Douglas House. You will be involved in recruiting and retaining valued volunteers and keeping our service running. You will be responsible for providing direct support and guidance to volunteers, manage volunteer training, development and engagement initiatives, and feed into the strategic development of the high-quality volunteering programme.

To be successful in this role, you will possess strong diplomacy, influencing, and negotiating skills. You will have experience of effectively working in a team, and across multiple locations within an organisation. Your experience of using Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint will aid you in delivering training to staff or volunteers.

This is a full-time role with 3-4 days spent travelling to our shops, and 1 day per week spent supporting the Fundraising Team either working from home or from our office in Cowley, Oxford. The pay range for this role is £28,064 - £34,800 per annum + £8,000 car allowance per year (mileage included). Informal discussions are welcomed!

Helen & Douglas House offer the following benefits: 

- 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, rising to 28 days after 3 years, and 29 days after 5 years of service. 

- Flexible Annual Leave: buy or sell up to 5 days of Annual Leave per year. 

- Life assurance x4 your annual salary. 

- We are a direction agency for the NHS Pension Scheme. 

- Group Personal Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution. 

- Eye care voucher scheme. 

- Cycle to work scheme. 

- Octopus electric vehicle leasing scheme. 

- Occupational sick pay and maternity pay. 

- Enhanced maternity leave and shared paternity leave. 

- A flexible working environment. 

- Investment in your Continuous Professional Development. 

- Employee Assistance Programme. 

- Recommend a friend scheme. 

- Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. We welcome applications from all areas of the community and run regular in-house EDI-focused events and workshops. 

Helen & Douglas House is a registered hospice charity based in Oxford, providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families. We foster a climate where team members feel able to openly question, debate and appropriately challenge their own and the practice of others; as such, we welcome new ideas and strive to constantly improve our delivery of care to our patients. 

Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community. 

Are you a people-focused early career professional looking at moving into fundraising?

Do you want to work for an exciting social change organisation with the mission of enabling people, places and the planet to flourish?

With our new Design for Life strategy, we are embarking on the next chapter in our 270 years’ strong history of social impact, with a range of interventions to unite people and ideas to turn world changing ideas into world changing actions.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Strategic Partnerships Coordinator help us achieve real impact by providing coordination and administrative support to the team, maintaining Strategic Partnerships databases, conducting market research, producing briefings and providing support throughout the account management cycle.

This role is based from RSA House in London for at least three days per week, with hybrid flexibility for the remaining days.

About You

What we look for in a successful candidate:

• Strong knowledge of MS Office applications and strong IT skills in general, and, in particular, confidence in maintaining, analysing and producing reports from sales databases.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Great people skills and the ability to build relationships and converse with senior stakeholders.
• Enjoys working as part of a team.

To find out more about this role, please download our job description on our website.

Apply

In order to apply, please click ‘quick apply on our recruitment page and submit your CV. You will also be required to answer a series of questions. You do not need to submit a cover letter.

Please submit your application through the RSA website. We cannot accept applications via email. All applications will receive an automated response.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 13 November 2024. However, screening and interviews will be ongoing, so we may close the vacancy early if sufficient exceptional candidates apply.  Please get your application in as soon as possible.

Please note that we cannot accept late, incomplete applications, and we can only consider candidates who apply through the online application process.

Inclusion Statement

As a social change organisation, we believe everyone, regardless of visible or invisible difference, should be welcomed to participate in creating a better future.   

We aspire to maximum inclusion in our work and endeavour to challenge systemic inequity and all forms of discrimination.  We therefore welcome applications from everybody who is committed to our vision and values and can demonstrate the skills, competencies and experience required for the role applied for. 

Read full our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on our website. 

About Us

We are the RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. Where world-leading ideas are turned into world-changing actions. We’re committed to a world that is resilient, rebalanced and regenerative, where everyone can fulfil their potential.

The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for 270 years. Our proven change process, rigorous research, innovative ideas platforms and unique global network of changemakers, work collectively to enable people, places and the planet to flourish. We invite you to be part of this change. Join our community. Together, we’ll unite people and ideas in collective action to create opportunities to regenerate our world.

We offer great benefits, including 29 days holiday (plus bank holidays), additional wellbeing allowance, free fellowship throughout employment and lots more! Read our full list of benefits on our website.

Grant Partnerships Coordinator

Are you proactive, curious and passionate about empowering young people and building meaningful partnerships? Do you want to develop your career in the grant partnerships and donor stewardship field?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! Join the team as a Grant Partnerships Coordinator and help forge strong, impactful relationships with national partners, driving positive change for thousands of young people.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race & other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities. The dedicated Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group, with support from the Senior Leadership Team, is actively promoting and advancing diversity and inclusion, ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.

Position: Grant Partnerships Coordinator

Location: Bolton/hybrid (two days a week in the Bolton office combined with home-working and travel across the Youth Zone network as required)

Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 (dependent upon experience)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours/week) however would consider part-time working 4 days per week.

Benefits: Agile working with flexibility in working hours; 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to a maximum of 30 days); birthday leave, additional annual leave purchase scheme; company matched pension; company sick, maternity, paternity & adoption pay; Employee Assistance Programme, active and engaged networks to join (including Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) and access to Charity Worker discounts.

Closing Date: Wednesday 20 November at 12noon

First Stage Interviews: 28/29 November - virtual

Second Stage Interviews: 5/6 December - in person at a Youth Zone (TBC location)

About the Role

Over the last two years the organisation has developed some outstanding national partnerships. This is a newly created position designed to maximise the potential of national partnerships by joining the successful Grant Partnerships Team and collaborating with teams in volunteering, impact, and storytelling.

We need you because the team are busy helping to give life changing opportunities to young people across the country. With seven large-scale youth centres (Youth Zones) set to join their existing network of 15, the organisation will soon be reaching more young people than ever before. Grant Partnerships with national partners has been instrumental in making expansion and ongoing support possible. As the organisation embarks on a new three-year strategy and is ready to take collaborations with national partners to new heights. This is where you come in!

So what will you be doing?

With support from the Head of Grant Partnerships, you will collaborate with colleagues, Youth Zones and partners to ensure vibrant relations between national funders and the charity. Operationally you will achieve this by supporting the stewardship pipeline system to ensure national partners feel connected to the everyday impact and stories that their support brings. You will also develop your own portfolio of national funding prospects and opportunities that may also include ‘Charity of the Year’ and fundraising events.

Success will be defined by how ‘above and beyond the grant terms’ engagement is with national partners and how they recognise themselves as an active part of the difference the team are making to over 55,000 young people.

About You

You are an excellent communicator who can craft persuasive written proposals and present complex information in a clear, impactful way. You have also got a knack for building strong relationships, both in person and through written communication, and you thrive when moving things forward working with multiple stakeholders. If you’re proactive and curious and looking to develop your career in fundraising and donor stewardship this is the role for you.

To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter (of not more than two pages), explaining clearly why you are interested in the role, and answering ALL points as outlined on the role profile.

About the Organisation

A national charity that believes all young people should have the opportunity to discover their passion and their purpose that fund and build state-of-the-art, multimillion-pound youth centres called Youth Zones in the country’s most economically disadvantaged areas. We train the amazing people that run them and offer continuing support to Youth Zones nationwide through a national network of independent youth charities.

We recognise that the workforce is under-represented in certain areas and are committed to addressing this. Therefore, we actively encourage applicants to submit anonymous applications; in practice this means removing your name and email address from your CV and cover letter. The HR Lead will have these details from your submission, but they will not be available to the selection panel when they are considering your application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of young people. In accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, this position requires a basic DBS check.

Other roles you may have experience of could include Fundraising Executive, Stewardship Executive. Fundraising Officer, Stewardship Officer, Grant Partnerships, Grant Coordinator, Grants Coordinator, Partnerships Coordinator, Grant Partnerships Coordinator, Grant Officer, Grants Officer, Partnerships Officer, Grant Partnerships Officer.

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

This role is part of the Student Activities department working collectively with colleagues delivering the Guild’s student groups, societies, activities and volunteering work as part the Engagement Directorate.

The Student Groups Coordinator roles are to develop the capacity of the student groups within the Guild to enable students to maximise their potential. The support will include the administration of relevant training, tailored support for specific initiatives and assisting groups to plan for their year through attracting membership and delivering their activities.

We are looking for applicants who have experience of dealing with customers both face-to-face and online, over the telephone and via e-mail, with twelve months relevant experience in an administrative role and responsibility for managing and developing administrative systems; along with experience of developing relationships with students and stakeholders to deliver objectives.

The Benefits

We offer great benefits including:

• 5 days close down during Christmas, and 2 during Easter each year, in additional to bank holidays and 21 days annual leave, rising to 26 days after 5 years’ service (meaning you will not work during Christmas, New Year or Easter).
• Full sick pay from the moment you start working for us.
• A comprehensive suite of basic training for all employees which includes Equality & Diversity, Mental Health Awareness and Data Protection
• Discounted membership rates at University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness
• The opportunity for new staff to join the NEST pension scheme. The Guild contributes a matched payment of between 4-6% of your salary
• A range of wellbeing benefits

We are a Times 100 Best Companies to Work For employer and in our most recent staff survey (March 2023) 78% of our staff said they would recommend this organisation as a good place to work.

The Guild of Students is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Interviews are provisionally expected to take place on Monday 18th November and Tuesday 19th November 2024.