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The purpose of the Philanthropy Officer role is to support with the Trust’s approach to building and developing income from philanthropic sources, including Trusts and Foundations, organisational donors, and individuals, as well as supporting the effective stewardship of our family of supporters. We are setting ambitious fundraising targets to substantially increase income for the next phase of our 2030 strategy to grow activity across the organisation and support the widest cohort of beneficiaries possible.
The Development team has secured a relatively stable income of c.£6M of income over a number of years. 22/23 was our strongest year yet with an income of £6.8M and pledges of £12.8M, and we look set to exceed this in 23/24. Philanthropy revenue accounted for just less than half of the income in 22/23 and we believe there is potential for much more as the philanthropic community continues to invest in social mobility and unlocking young people’s potential to create a fairer society where everyone can succeed no matter their background.
The Philanthropy Officer will work on a key income stream for the Sutton Trust, developing a robust pipeline of Trust and Foundation prospects and delivering high-quality account management to a portfolio of small to mid-level Trusts, Foundations, and organisational donors. The scope of the role will also include supporting the Head of Philanthropy on strategic management of our major Trust and Foundation partners and the Philanthropy function’s overall fundraising operations.
Main duties
Account Management and Individual Giving Support
- Managing a portfolio of small to mid-level Trusts, Foundations, and organisational donors, delivering impactful stewardship (e.g. programme visits, impact reporting) to meet all reporting requirements.
- Supporting the Head of Philanthropy on strategic management of our major Trust and Foundation partners, including administrative activities and data collation for reporting.
- Assisting with information gathering and writing inspiring, compelling reports and proposals to Philanthropy funders, as well as targeted donor communications.
- Working closely with the Director of Development to project manage the annual donor impact report, coordinating departmental submissions from the Senior Leadership team and working with our design agency to create a professional external report of the highest standard, in a timely manner.
- Providing general administrative support to the Philanthropy team and Director of Development, such as arranging meetings, note-taking, supporting with gift fulfilment, processing expenses, preparing gift receipts.
- Supporting the Philanthropy Manager and Head of Philanthropy on administration and maintenance of low-level online giving campaigns, including automated stewardship activation (i.e. once gifts are received, ensuring supporters are thanked appropriately and understand the impact of their support for the Trust to encourage repeat support).
- Managing the Trust’s online fundraising platforms such as JustGiving and CAF US/ Canada to enable smooth processes while ensuring new and existing regular donors are appropriately thanked and have inclination to support in the future.
- Work with colleagues across Development to support the transition of our online giving capabilities to the Trust’s website and the implementation of a low-level regular giving strategy.
New Business and Grants Fundraising
- Conducting thorough prospect research into prospective and current donors (including trusts and foundations and statutory i.e. Government contracts or grants) and supporting the team to develop a pipeline of opportunities and proposals that are attractive to the Trust’s prospects.
- Developing long-term relationships with small to mid-level Trusts, Foundations and organisational donors to secure income (£5k - £50k), for the Trust.
Fundraising Finance and Reporting
- Ensure appropriate recording and monitoring of Philanthropy relationships through Salesforce, ensuring private data is managed confidentially in line with GDPR and Data Protection Guidelines.
- Act as an ambassador for the Trust at external events, primarily with current and prospective supporters.
- Work with colleagues across Development and Finance to ensure accurate forecasting, income tracking and reporting for Philanthropic partnerships.
- Work closely with the Development team on due diligence, donor stewardship and reporting, including creating account plans.
- Stay up to date with fundraising best practice.
- Other duties as necessary from time to time.
Person Specification
We welcome applications from individuals who have experience in:
- Experience building and managing relationships to achieve a project or other goals.
- Experience managing multiple priorities and tasks to successfully achieve project or other goals.
- Excellent research skills.
- Experience presenting, writing compelling proposals, or pitching to audiences with the intent to persuade them to your point of view or secure a specific outcome.
- Knowledge of fundraising in the education and/or not-for-profit sector or can demonstrate relevant experience of philanthropy account/relationship management (desirable)
- Experience of grant fundraising, including securing and managing relationships and donations (desirable).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to summarise information from readily available sources clearly and concisely.
- First-class interpersonal skills - a natural ambassador able to represent the Sutton Trust in a range of settings.
- Experience using CRM software (ideally Salesforce) to record funding relationships (desirable).
We are also looking for an individual who:
- Is sympathetic to the aims of the Trust and its mission to address educational disadvantage;
- Has knowledge and experience of the higher education and/or education sectors;
- Has excellent attention to detail;
- Has first-class interpersonal skills - a natural ambassador able to represent the Sutton Trust in a range of settings;
- Ability to take responsibility for a range of philanthropy fundraising activity, with support.
- Ability to prioritise when working to multiple deadlines and adapt to new tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Is eligible to work in the UK (see here for information about right to work)
Terms of Appointment
- Contract: Full time, Permanent
- Salary: £31,000-£36,000
- Working location: Minimum of 2 office days per week
- Office location: The Sutton Trust, 9th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP. Our home working policy gives staff the option to work from home for up to 60% of the time, with approval from their line manager.
- Hours: The standard working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday and may also be required to attend events / meetings outside of their normal working hours during weekday evenings and occasionally at weekends
- DBS check may be required
Safeguarding statement
The Sutton Trust believes that a child, young person or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children and young people and to keep them safe. Therefore all posts undergo a safer recruitment process, including but not limited to, disclosure of criminal records where necessary and eligibility to work in the UK. We have procedures in place to promote safeguarding and a safe culture at the Trust.
Contextual recruitment
The Trust is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and that all applicants receive equal consideration for employment. We strongly encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including those underrepresented at present at the Trust, to apply for this role. As such we particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds. We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work and know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the young people we support.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled candidates throughout our recruitment process and during employment.
We also operate contextual recruitment at the Sutton Trust. Our application process gives you the option to include information about your background, such as whether you were eligible for free school meals, whether your parents went to university, or whether you attended a state school. For more examples and information on contextual recruitment, please see our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Volunteering Development Officer
Reports to: Volunteering Development Manager
Location: Home-based (some travel across UK when necessary, including the Leicester office)
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £28,160 per annum, FTE
Hours: Part-time (28 hours with the option to discuss flexible working).
About Home-Start UK
Home-Start is a federated charity consisting of a central national office – Home-Start UK - and 178 geographically dispersed local Home-Start organisations, all working together under the same identity.
We recognise that being a parent has never been easy. Every Home-Start volunteer is trained to work alongside parents to overcome the challenges they are facing. We work with parents to build on their strengths and give them the support that they tell us they need. We offer no judgement – just compassionate, confidential help and expert support. This peer-to-peer support is key to the difference Home-Start makes and often our volunteers have lived experience of the challenges their families are facing themselves.
About The Role
The Volunteering Development Officer (VDO) plays a pivotal role in sculpting our volunteering support within the Home-Start network. This role will be instrumental in enabling brilliant volunteering practice in our network of Home-Starts, specifically by working to enhance volunteer engagement and recruitment. The VDO will support excellent communication and collaboration with local experts, sector professionals, and volunteer leaders across various organisations. The VDO's responsibilities include providing hands-on support and insights for volunteer recruitment and volunteering best practice, as well as crafting evidence-based guidelines, policies, and tools that align with our strategic objectives for volunteering.
The VDO will manage volunteer inquiries at Home-Start UK, ensuring a seamless connection with prospective volunteers. As the main operator of our volunteer matching system, the VDO also plays a key role in internal dialogues about training, development, and volunteer support practices.
Occupying a vital position within the Practice Development Team as part of the Network Impact Directorate, the VDO supports a coherent approach to development, quality, and engagement initiatives. The role is crucial in building solid relationships and trust throughout the Home-Start network, ultimately amplifying our impact on a growing number of families.
In return you will have the opportunity to be part of an organisation where your input can make real difference. We believe a strong and positive approach to staff wellbeing is essential and offer a range of benefits to encourage great work-life balance. We also offer Pension, Paycare membership, and 28 days plus bank holidays annual leave.
If this sounds like your type of challenge we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date for applications: Monday 19th August, 5pm.
Interviews will be held virtually on the 27th and 29th August.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Home-Start UK is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity. We wish to encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability.
Candidates will also be sent the interview questions ahead of their interview so that they may fully prepare. Appointments will be based on merit, following an open and clear selection process.
Home-Start UK, a charitable company limited by guarantee. Company No. 5382181. Charity No. in England and Wales 1108837 and in Scotland SCO39172.
No agencies please.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Do you love trees and want to learn more about them? Are you fit and active and enjoy being outdoors? Do you enjoy engaging directly with people? Then Trees for Cities needs you!
Trees for Cities plants trees in urban forests with and for communities in towns and cities across the UK. Our urban forest team is growing and we are keen to recruit new people who can support our ambitious community tree planting programmes. Our coordinator roles are aimed at those starting out on the path to becoming professional or a leading practitioner in the environmental sector.
Urban Forest Coordinators at Trees for Cities are vital to delivery of our urban tree planting & greening projects. The role involves leading a range of volunteers in tree planting (including community groups, corporate volunteers & community payback groups), and all the behind-the-scenes work that goes with it such as loading & driving large vans, ensuring sites are safe to work & maintaining tools & equipment. The role is hands-on, practical & based outdoors 5 days a week in all weather conditions!
This is a physically demanding job that requires independent travel to different sites. The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable adjustments.
The role is public facing so we are looking for good communicators that will be highly engaging for our volunteer groups to work with and who are passionate about what we do. We want practical people capable of high intensity manual handling work.
We have roles available for Urban Forest team Coordinators both at starting level as well as for people with some experience in the sector. In return we offer a warm and supportive team, in-the-job training and personal career planning.
ABOUT TREES FOR CITIES
Trees for Cities is an ambitious, far-reaching organisation.
Trees for Cities is the only charity that focuses on planting, protecting and promoting urban trees across the UK and overseas. We are a rapidly growing and developing organisation that suits ambitious, dedicated and passionate staff.
Trees for Cities is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. We value diversity and are committed to promoting diversity within the workplace. We aim to ensure that our employees achieve their full potential and that all employment decisions, including recruitment, are taken without reference to irrelevant or discriminatory criteria. A full copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy can be provided on request.
HOW TO APPLY
Please visit our website to view full job description. To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining why you are interested in the role and your fit with the Person Specification with the subject heading 'Urban Forest Coordinator'.
The deadline to apply is: Monday 12th August
Interviews are scheduled for: w/c 19th August
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will normally be contacted within two weeks after applying. If you do not hear from us within this period then you should assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview.
Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Charity No: 1032154.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Internally your job title will be Casual Recovery Worker
You’re caring, flexible and creative, thrive under pressure, know how to connect with people at all levels and really enjoy helping others to live as independently as possible. You’d also like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with. Welcome to Robin Hood Avenue as a Casual Recovery Worker.
Robin Hood Avenue is a small mental health, supported housing service, working to a recovery model. We provide a range of support services for people with mental ill health to access in their local community, including peer support and supported housing. We have been operating in the area for a number of years and offer a staffed service to our residents aged 18 and upwards.
We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone. That’s where you come in. Responsible for helping and inspiring the people who use our services to maintain their tenancy and independence in the community, we’ll rely on you to work with them to come up with a personal support plan that will see them achieve their goals and aspirations. Whether it’s developing their domestic and finance management skills or accessing work, leisure or educational opportunities, one thing’s for sure ‐ you will have every chance to shine.
Relevant experience is required and candidates with an understanding of mental health issues and/or lived experience would be welcomed. More important is your caring and compassionate nature and empathy and enthusiasm for helping others. Whatever your background, you’ll need to be happy to work both independently and within a team and willing to be part of a weekly rota system and available for on call duties.
In return for your skills and enthusiasm, this role comes with some really great benefits and excellent training and development opportunities.
We are committed to increasing our diversity and welcome applications from those with Lived Experience.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted.
To apply, please send a CV and covering letter explaining why you feel you are right for the role.
On 1st June 2024, Richmond Fellowship, part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. In October 2024, Humankind will be renamed to reflect the new organisation.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job Title: Support and Development Worker
Department: England Service Team
Reports to: Senior Support & Development Worker
Salary: £28,471 (pro rata for Part-time)
Hours: 35 hours a week over 5 days (Part-time will be considered)
Location: Home based – with travel across Teesside, County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Tyne & Wear and neighbouring areas. Occasional travel across wider areas and nationally will be required.
We are looking for someone who can cover the Teeside, County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Tyne & Wear area. You will be home based but will be required to attend clinics, events and meet members one to one where necessary within your allocated area and occasionally across wider areas and nationally.
Purpose of Job
To deliver a high-quality service to and facilitate opportunities for individuals with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus and their families/carers through Shine membership. To empower and enable members Living with the conditions to lead healthy and happy lives through greater independence, better condition management and by creating links to the Shine community across England.
SHINE has just under 14,000 members with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus. This post will bring a real focus to the County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland & Tyne & Wear area and will be an exciting opportunity to engage with members and develop and deliver the services we offer.
Our Little Stars project for 0–12 year olds has been established for over 3 years supporting younger members and their families with their diagnosis and beyond. We also have a growing Teen membership known as FIRE (Friendship, Independence, Resilience, Equality) Working alongside our multi skilled, established team, you will be supporting members across all age groups and building on the great foundations already in place.
Core role
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To provide information to individuals, families, carers affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus including hard to reach communities living within your area.
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To provide advice, support and guidance to enable people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to access the correct benefits to become financially stable, the right services to improve their health and well-being, and to better co-ordinate their support and independence through a variety of methods. This will include attending specialist clinics in the area to engage with them.
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To refer individual members and/or their families/carers to the most appropriate source of expertise and support in Shine’s Health team and other designated leads within the organisation, or signpost to external agencies as appropriate.
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To develop age-specific groups and peer support networks which will provide opportunities for people with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus to connect and interact, enabling social opportunities and to share experiences, support and learn from each other.
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To work with and develop opportunities for Shine volunteers.
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To contribute to the delivery of regional and national programme of events to Shine’s membership, based on identified need and interests, geographical location and age. These will be face to face and virtual events.
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To provide information to professionals working with those individuals and families affected by Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus.
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To raise greater awareness of Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus amongst professionals, external organisations and the general public through presentations, training and attendance at professional events.
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To actively promote membership of Shine to people with the relevant conditions.
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To keep clear and accurate records for monitoring and evaluation using our Salesforce database system.
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To work with other service, fundraising, marketing, trust and foundations colleagues and Shine’s membership to identify and seize potential fundraising opportunities for long-term sustainability of the work.
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To prepare and keep up to date a directory of relevant contacts across the area and to share relevant information with colleagues.
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To undertake administrative duties as required of the role.
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Any other duties in line with the job role.
Essential criteria
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Ability to travel across the designated areas
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Flexible working hours. This may include some evenings and weekends
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Ability to work from home
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The ability to be motivated and work on your own initiative with lone working from home, whilst also travelling across the area and Region to be part of the wider dispersed team.
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Full Enhanced DBS checks and referencing will be completed
Experience and qualifications – essential
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At least two years’ recent experience of delivering support and advice services
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Experience of working with people of all ages with disabilities
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At least two years’ experience of advising on one or more of the following:
health and wellbeing; independence; benefits; education and learning; employment; developing friendships and social skills; reducing isolation; social care; housing
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Experience of developing and delivering opportunities to enable and empower people with disabilities to achieve their goals towards independence.
Knowledge, skills and abilities – essential
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Understanding of spina bifida and hydrocephalus and of the issues and challenges faced by people living with these conditions
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Ability to work with people individually and to facilitate and run group activities and events
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Excellent communication skills both verbally and written
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IT literate with a good knowledge of computer systems and programmes (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and use of databases
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A non-judgemental approach to working with people
Experience and Qualifications – desirable
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Hold a qualification in a health, nursing, social care or disability related field
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Experience of working in the third sector in a paid or unpaid capacity
Knowledge, skills and abilities – desirable
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Understanding of the role peer support plays in enhancing services and support to members
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An awareness and understanding of how to use social media and its effectiveness in reducing social isolation
In return, Shine will offer you:
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A competitive salary of £28,471 (pro-rata for part-time hours)
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3% pension contribution
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25 days holiday plus bank holidays + additional discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year (pro-rata for part-time hours)
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Support to learn and develop
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Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
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Broadband allowance
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Additional annual leave due to length of service
If you would like to have a chat about the role in more detail or have any questions, please give us a call and ask to speak to Gill Valentine, our Director of Services.
Shine is a Disability Confident employer and will offer guaranteed interviews if a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the job.
To apply please submit your CV and supporting statement, which should outline your interest and explain how you meet the role criteria.
*Please note applications without a supporting statement will not be accepted*
Closing date: Sunday 4th August 2024 at 11pm
Interviews: Thursday 15th August 2024 (Virtual)
Please note: we reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before the closing date, therefore we encourage applications as soon as possible.
Providing specialist advice and support for spina bifida and hydrocephalus
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About the role
Location: Hybrid role in our Warrington Office, covering a national telephone based service.
Our invaluable service operates seven days a week covering Monday to Wednesday 9am-8pm, and Thursday to Sunday 9am-5pm - it’s the first point of contact for anyone calling us who has been diagnosed with Dementia or their immediate families, friends and carers. The Warrington office holds a team of people who are passionate and want to improve the life opportunities of people living with dementia and those close to them.
During these calls the Adviser will assess their needs sensitively, guiding them to other services and networks in their local area where necessary. At times these calls can be emotional and challenging for a number of reasons, so patience and compassion is needed to build trust with the caller and get the best possible outcome for everyone concerned.
The service also receives calls from local community services and national services seeking support and guidance on all aspects of Dementia and those affected by the condition.
Additionally, the role involves making outbound calls and providing clear, well thought out responses to email enquiries.
All aspects of the role should be performed with the individual in mind and delivered in line with the objectives and performance measures set by the service manager.
About you
The successful candidate should be an empathetic, motivated and professional individual who wants to make a difference to those affected by Dementia. Whilst the criteria below are not essential, they will be beneficial for the advisor role:
- Previous experience in a telephone-based or customer facing role
- Ability to communicate to a wide variety of individuals and be able to adapt language stye to suit a diverse range of people
- Ability to actively listen, capture and accurately record important information
- Competent in using computers / Microsoft applications
- Familiar with CRM Systems (Customer Relationship Management)
- An understanding of Dementia
- Experience working within Health and Social Care.
This role is a hybrid role, meaning you will be visiting the office at least two days a week and working from home for the rest. Our service rota also includes evening and weekend working as part of a rota.
What we can offer
- Competitive Salary
- 27 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme
- Bupa Healthcare Cash Plan
- Free Refreshments
- Money towards equipment when working from home
- Leisure and Retail discount scheme
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Option for Flexible working, supporting a healthy work/life balance
- Thrive Mental Wellbeing
- Wellbeing Leave
If you use public transport our office is conveniently located close to Warrington Central Station and Bus Terminals, and for those that drive we have free onsite parking making it an easy commute from the surrounding towns and cities in the area.
Closing date: 11th August 2024
Interview date: W/C 19th August 2024
About Alzheimer's Society
At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.
Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.
Our Values
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
We’re a national charity providing dementia support to a community that’s ethnically diverse, but we don’t reflect this in our senior leadership. This needs to change.
We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the community we exist to serve. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those from ethnically diverse communities who are traditionally underrepresented in the charity sector leadership roles.
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.
About us
SurvivorsUK exists for men, boys and non-binary people who have experienced any form of sexual violence.
We support – by providing services such as a helpline, counselling, ISVA and groupwork.
We challenge – by raising public awareness of the issue, and dispelling myths
We build – by creating and facilitating networks for better access to help
Role
In this exciting role, you will provide pro–active emotional, practical and advocacy support for male and non-binary survivors who have experienced any form of sexual violence and are engaging (or considering engaging) with the criminal justice system.
Our ISVAs work with clients currently residing in any London borough, or if the abuse was committed in any London borough. Some travel to London will be expected.
We consider people from a wide range of educational backgrounds and work experience. What matters is that you are empathetic and will support the specific needs of our clients.
Please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification for more information.
Benefits of Working with Us
- We are a Disability Confident Employer
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to Clinical Supervision, if relevant for your role
- Acces to gym at our Hackney Wick offices
- Commitment to your professional development
How to apply
To express an interest in the role and to be considered, please review our JD and Personal Spec and submit the following:
- An up-to-date CV.
- A supporting statement that addresses the requirements in the person specification and outlines your motivations for applying.
Closing date: Sunday 4th August 2024 at 11.30pm
Shortlisting for Interviews: Week beginning the 5th of August. The interview will be held remotely via Teams or Zoom.
We encourage applications from people who share some of the identities of our service users (men and non-binary people), and from people from communities experiencing structural oppression, including Black and Asian, trans and disabled people. SurvivorsUK is committed to continually reviewing and developing our practice as an equal opportunities employer.
Please let us know if you would like any assistance or adjustments during the interview process. We are here to support you in any way we can.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Come and join our team!
Full time role/s available (though we’re open to part time, flexi and job share options)
Who we are looking for
We want to hear from people who have a passion for the education/youth sector and a commitment to improving young people’s lives, with experience of designing and conducting research projects and/or process and impact evaluations. Ideally this will be combined with a desire to work on a range of projects to support organisations across the education and youth sectors. With many of our researchers and leaders coming from practitioner backgrounds your experience could come from either academic and/or professional routes.
We foster an inclusive culture at CfEY and are committed to maintaining and building a diverse team. Therefore, we particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled and/or neurodivergent people, and people that have taken non-traditional routes to get where they are today.
About us
The Centre for Education and Youth (CfEY) is dedicated to advancing education by supporting all children and young people to make successful transitions to adulthood. Our vision is of a society that ensures comprehensive support for youth, inspiring institutions, organisations, and practitioners to achieve this vision through practical support.
CfEY advances education by designing, co-designing, and conducting research on formal and informal educational practices and policies, providing insights and recommendations to improve educational outcomes. We collaborate with schools, policymakers, youth organisations, and communities to implement evidence-based strategies that enhance the educational experience and support the development of all children and young people. Additionally, we design and deliver evaluations and provide strategic advice to help educational institutions and charitable organisations improve their services and outcomes for young people.
Unlike many other similar organisations:
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We are grounded, bringing a wealth of professional experience as former teachers, teaching assistants and youth workers.
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We are practical, supporting change by working directly with practitioners and young people.
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We are independent, with no political or party allegiances, and positive relationships with a diverse range of funders who support our work through grants and contracts.
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We are local, getting beyond Westminster to inform policy and practice in specific localities.
About the job
You will work closely with the rest of our team, contributing to the delivery of research and evaluation projects for our clients.
This will involve:
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Working with clients to understand their needs for research and evaluation needs
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Designing tools for research project, ensuring you are using methods appropriate to the context and project
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Conducting rapid evidence reviews of available literature within the education and youth space
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Designing monitoring and evaluation tools for clients
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Delivering workshops to support organisations to develop their approach to evaluation and monitoring
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Ensuring you are conducting research and evaluation work in an ethically responsible way according to our ethics, safeguarding and data protection approaches
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Quantitative and qualitative data analysis and write up of research projects
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Creating recommendations for clients based on research/evaluation findings.
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Presenting research findings to clients in a range of format (written and verbal)
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Managing projects using effective project management approaches, including:
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Monitoring risk
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Communicating with clients and colleagues
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Developing timelines for delivery and monitoring slippage
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This will require:
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Keeping abreast of developments in social research, including new methodologies, datasets, systems and software and helping the team to understand and deploy these on projects.
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Developing effective working relationships and partnerships with clients, partner organisations, academics and other researchers.
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Integrating participatory methods into your work, ensuring the voices of those with lived experiences are represented in everything we do.
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Working with colleagues to deliver effective engagement and policy outputs, ensuring our research has wider and deeper impact.
We will expect you to:
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Pursue our vision and charitable objectives, embodying our ways of working.
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Be autonomous, with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
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Work with us in an enjoyable and productive way, challenging and supporting the rest of the team and making working together fun.
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Work fast but flexibly, managing your own time and producing high quality work.
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Have close, positive and friendly relationships with our clients and network by building rapport and understanding and responding to their needs.
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Be part of our team by embracing our ethos, contributing to meetings, mucking in and having fun.
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Support colleagues responding to tenders, and writing project proposals and bids when appropriate
We offer you:
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Location: You can be located anywhere in the UK. Our office is located in Hackney, London and the team gathers there fortnightly on Mondays. If you live outside of London, CfEY will cover your travel expenses for the fortnightly team meeting. Outside this, you can decide when to come to the office, and when to work from home, although there may be specific events and meetings to attend and these tend to be concentrated in London. You will also have to conduct fieldwork which will involve travel across the country (expenses will be covered).
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Flexibility: We encourage everyone at CfEY to work in a way that fits around their lives and existing commitments. Whether this means starting work later after the school run or taking a longer lunch break to fit in exercise, we encourage you to work in a way that means you can effectively and efficiently complete your work to a high standard. We are open to discussing flexible working patterns such as compressed hours or part-time work with you and a number of our current employees currently work varied patterns.
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Variety of work: No two days will be the same; you’ll be working with a diverse range of clients and projects - both focused and wide-ranging - delivering a variety of different methodologies and taking different approaches.
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Development opportunities: Our team spends time each month discussing recent trends in education and youth research and policy, and we dedicate time for wider personal and team development alongside learning through delivering our projects.
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Team Culture: We believe that work should be enjoyable and fun. We have lunch together each fortnight when we come together for our team meeting. We celebrate each other’s wins and have an annual overnight away day as a team. Salary: You will be paid between £33,660 to £35,700 FTE dependent on experience.
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Pension: We offer an employer contribution pension (following a three month probation period)
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Annual leave: We offer 33 days holiday per year (including bank holidays), with a flexible bank holiday policy where you can choose to take your bank holiday entitlement at another time of year if you wish.
About you
We get that life is complicated. If you've taken an unusual, less travelled path to get to where you are now then get in touch. We're equally keen to hear from you whether you have an undergraduate or postgraduate degree, or you have practical experience within the education or youth sectors.
Characteristics:
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You are 100% committed to and passionate about improving children and young people’s life chances.
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You live and breathe our mission and approach and are determined to build on CfEY’s success.
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You are pragmatic and creative in balancing the need for practicality and rigour in research
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You build rapport quickly and are energetic and enterprising. Seeing a problem invariably leads you to spot a solution.
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You pride yourself in delivering work of the highest quality for our clients and partners
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You take a collaborative but ambitious and driven approach.
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You are keen to take on new challenges and have the ability to work autonomously and independently.
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You have an interest in developing innovative approaches to research and evaluation
Knowledge and experience
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You know how to design research methodologies to answer research questions or measure impact.
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You have experience of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
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You have experience of monitoring and evaluation within the education and/or youth sector
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You have a good understanding of the principles behind consent and privacy, and ethical research approaches.
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You have an understanding of how the education and / or youth sectors work, gained through either practical or research experience.
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You have a detailed understanding of how England’s education system works and are well informed about policies and trends in the education and youth sectors.
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You have direct experience working with young people.
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You understand participatory research methods, particularly with young people with lived experiences
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You have written research reports and/or impact reports
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You have an understanding of impact measurement and theory of change.
Skills and competencies
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You write extremely well. You adapt your style to suit different genres including media (traditional and social), blogs, impact, academic and policy reports.
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You are highly competent in Excel and can use it to analyse data and produce data visualisations.
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You have some experience in designing and delivering research projects from start to finish, either as a project lead or supporting the project lead.
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You are comfortable making presentations and speaking to unfamiliar audiences.
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You work flexibly and efficiently. You can work from different places and manage your time creatively, balancing periods of intense work with quieter periods. You are self-motivated and don’t need to be told what to do.
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You can work collaboratively with a wide variety of organisations and people, both internal and external.
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You have project/client management experience.
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You understand how to use key research and evaluation software, eg Alchemer and Mendeley
The process
To support equal opportunities and minimise the risk of bias, we are asking candidates NOT to include their name in their CV, covering letter and file names.
1) CV and cover letter
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We are recruiting on a rolling basis, and will be interviewing suitable candidates periodically throughout the application window so please send your application to us as soon as possible.
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To apply, please send a two-page CV tailored to this role (including two referees who we can contact by phone) as well as a one-page cover letter explaining why you think you are suited to this job and why you'd like to work with us.
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The application window will close 11.59pm on 30th August 2024.
2) Shortlisting
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We will inform you if you have been shortlisted via email.
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If you have been shortlisted, we will invite you to complete a task and return the task to us within a mutually agreed time frame.
3) Interview
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If you are successful at the task we will invite you to interview.
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Interviews will take place in person at our office in Hackney, London.
4) Appointment
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We will inform candidates who have been successful at interview as soon as possible, before contacting referees.
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Appointments will be confirmed once we have received satisfactory references and completed a DBS check. If there is something that you would like to discuss with us regarding your DBS check prior to or during the application process please let us know.
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Ideally we would like someone who can start in September/October 2024, but please talk to us about when you might be able to start, we are open to flexible start dates for the right candidates.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.
It has never been a more important time for Crisis. With a newly elected Government in Westminster committed to delivering a cross-Government strategy to end homelessness, we have an opportunity to influence the transformational change that is needed to achieve this. As a Senior Policy Officer you will be joining an ambitious and motivated team to help lead Crisis’ work to develop the policy solutions needed to build a future free from homelessness.
Title: Senior Policy Officer x2
Location: London office based with working from home in line with Crisis’ hybrid working policy
About the role
We are looking for two new Senior Policy Officers to lead the development and delivery of Crisis’ policy work in a range of areas that are key to ending homelessness, from tackling housing affordability to ensuring the right housing and support is provided for groups at highest risk of homelessness. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the organisation and with external stakeholders to ensure that our policies are informed by the best available evidence and that people with lived experience of homelessness are at the heart of our policy work.
You’ll work closely with colleagues in the campaigns and media teams to influence key decision makers at a local, regional, and national level to bring about the policy changes needed to reverse the rising levels of homelessness we have seen in recent years. You’ll be part of an ambitious and motivated team playing a critical role in delivering real and impactful policy changes to end homelessness, for good.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience of leading proactive programmes of policy work that are underpinned by evidence, informed by political intelligence, and developed with the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience of the issue. You will have a track record of building successful relationships with officials, politicians, and other stakeholders, and successfully influencing nationally and/or locally to achieve policy change.
Knowledge and understanding of housing and homelessness policy, and/or related policy areas is strongly desirable. You may have experience working in policy; public affairs and political influencing; research; the housing and homelessness sector.
We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities, and backgrounds.
Working at Crisis
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
- Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy.
- Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
- 28 days’ annual leave
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay.
- Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
- And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)
Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience, and career.
When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.
How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
Closing date: Sunday 18 August 2024 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on W/C 26 August (excluding the Bank Holiday) or W/C 2 September
Call for Expressions of Interest
GESI Analysis Kenya Consultancy
Anticipated timeframe: Short term consultancy, up to 15 person days to be worked between 26 August to 9 September 2024 Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Sightsavers in partnership with Light for the World and United Disabled Persons of Kenya are implementing an economic empowerment project 'Futuremakers RISE'. Our main objective, in line with our respective organisational missions and expertise, is for youth (particularly those with disabilities) to enter the labour market and remain in formal employment (or self-employment). Participants will have enhanced skills and increased confidence in their ability to secure employment.
Purpose
Sightsavers will be commissioning a consultant to conduct a comprehensive analysis aimed at understanding the gender dynamics influencing access to waged employment for youth and women with disabilities. This analysis will place a particular emphasis on the challenges and opportunities faced by youth in Kenya.
The consultant will be expected to explore various socio-economic factors, cultural norms, and policy frameworks that impact employment opportunities for this demographic. Additionally, the analysis should provide actionable recommendations to enhance inclusive employment practices and promote equitable access to job opportunities for young people with disabilities.
Scope of Work
- Conduct a comprehensive GESI analysis in Kenya.
- Identify the barriers and opportunities for men and women with disabilities in accessing waged employment.
- Develop strategies to address the identified barriers.
- Provide recommendations for promoting gender equality and social inclusion in waged employment within the Futuremakers RISE project.
Key Deliverables
- A comprehensive GESI analysis report.
- Recommendations of strategies to address the identified barriers.
- A set of recommendations for promoting gender equality and social inclusion in waged employment within the Futuremakers RISE project.
Timeline
The consultancy is expected to take up to 15 person days of the consultant's time from 26 August to 9 September 2024.
Sightsavers will welcome expressions of interest from qualified independent evaluators or consultancy companies. An individual or team with members located in Nigeria would be preferred. The consultant and team members should have the following core competencies and experience.
Consultant's expertise
- Gender Studies and Development/Education specialist
- Proven track record in gender equality and social inclusion consultancy projects
- Robust experience developing GESI strategies and carrying out GESI analysis.
- Familiarity with gender, age and disability sensitive approaches to MEL
- First class reporting skills
- Work ethic that adheres to high professional ethical standards with strong ethical standards towards safeguarding
- Strong command of English language and excellent research and analytical writing skills
- Experience in and/or knowledge and understanding of Kenya context
A consultant/consultancy with a proven track record in the above will be procured to undertake the project through an expression of interest process. Full details of the project, Scope of Work, Key Deliverables can be found within the ToR.
The deadline for the consultant/consultancy to submit their bid is Sunday 11 August 2024, 23.59pm BST UK.
Interviews are intended to be conducted Monday 19 August 2024. The interview process will consist of a virtual interview lasting up to one hour. A second virtual interview also lasting up to one hour may be conducted if required.
Please note due to the high volume of applications we reserve the right to close this ad early.
Payment Terms
Payment terms will be agreed between the Consultant and Sightsavers at interview stage.
To express your interest to undertake this assignment, please read the complete ToR, and complete our Expression of Interest (EoI) which can be found via the application link.
Your EoI response should include the number of days input, as well as a proposed workplan and indicative budget, daily rate for the assignment and any other anticipated expenses.
Interested bidders are also requested to include a couple of examples of previous similar work.
Selection Criteria:
Sightsavers is committed to running a fair and transparent tender process and ensuring that all bidders are treated and assessed equally during this process.
Bidder quotation responses will be evaluated against Essential Criteria, Capability Criteria, Sustainability Criteria and Commercial Criteria. These criteria have been especially created to help SCI determine which bidder is able to offer the best quality and most commercially competitive solution to meet our needs and deliver the most effective programming to our beneficiaries.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to make a difference and be part of a vibrant and inclusive organisation that has been helping save lives for more than a century? As one of the country’s best-loved charities, St John Ambulance played a pivotal role in responding to the pandemic as well as everyday health emergencies, training, supporting communities, and improving young people’s lives.
Supporting the Direct Marketing Manager in delivering growth in income through St John Ambulance’s direct marketing Retention programme via a range of campaigns. You will focus on supporting the Retention strategy which includes using data and insight to deliver across a variety of channels including digital, email, social media, direct mail, telemarketing and SMS.
You will either be able to work in a hybrid way working between home and 2 days per week at our London office or remotely working from home with a requirement to attend our London office for a team anchor day once a month.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. The role benefits from a competitive salary, generous pension, hybrid, flexible working, 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years, options to buy and sell holiday, free first/mental aid first aider courses, Blue Light and NHS online shopping discounts, cycle to work scheme, life assurance, flu jab, eye care, mental health and wellbeing tools and volunteering days.
About You:
Having worked in a third sector direct marketing role previously, you will have experience running effective national and regional campaigns using a variety of fundraising channels including digital, email, social media, direct mail, and telemarketing. With your good organisational and time management skills you’ll be able to meet deadlines and manage conflicting priorities under pressure.
You will have knowledge of usability testing, user research methods and conversion rate optimisation as well as an understanding of fundraising regulator guidance, gambling commission compliance and GDPR.
About The Role
- Manage the delivery of all Retention campaigns from concept through to evaluation, using data and insight to drive creative and production, drawing up schedules, and managing the approval processes
- Work collaboratively with data teams to ensure effective use of supporter profiling for delivery across a range of Retention campaigns
- Manage relationships with external agencies including media houses, designers and printers; to negotiate costs and relevant performance reviews
- Responsibility for collation of all KPI tracking, trend analysis and activity results that feed into the team’s reporting and performance structure
- Work alongside the Content team to research and develop strong cases for support to appeal to existing donors. To gather information, case studies and photos for use in all direct marketing campaigns. Where appropriate, to liaise with external agencies such as designers and copywriters
Please see the job description for more detail
If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here
For all other candidates, or SJA volunteers wishing to apply, please apply below.
About Us:
St John Ambulance is committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive; we have several networks including the Armed Forces Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equity, diversity and inclusion.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Are you someone that loves getting out there and meeting people? Are you an ambitious corporate fundraiser with experience of driving new business? If so then we would love to hear from you.
About the Role
Building upon recent successes in the Corporate team, this role will be integral to driving the new business pipeline, building relationships with potential partners and inspiring their long term financial commitment to St John to support our programmes including our fantastic work with young people and our community first aid response work. Working in an ambitious and supportive team this role provides an opportunity to have real impact and visibility across the organisation.
If you are as comfortable picking up the phone and building new relationships as you are to providing thoughtful stewardship to current partners, this role could be for you.
Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)
About You
You will have proven experience of corporate fundraising, successfully securing corporate income and maintaining excellent relationships with donors, as well as, experience in the corporate partnerships landscape having successfully secured funds from identification, to application and pitching stage. You will have a team focused outlook with the ability to positively contribute to the work of the wider fundraising team and the organisation as a whole to achieve goals.
About Us
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, providing first aid, keeping people safe at events and working alongside the NHS in response to 999 calls.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of people learn how to save a life through our training, education and youth programmes.
Over the next decade, we have bold ambitions to help transform out-of-hospital care, having a positive impact on the people we treat and the communities we serve.
We are a team of 1,600 employees and 18,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through first aid.
You will receive:
- Competitive salary & pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health and Wellbeing portal - access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts – you’ll have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym memberships, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping.
Interview Date: TBC
Application Review Date: 18/06/2024
We may review applications before the Application Review Date, however, if you apply after the Application Review Date, your application may not be considered. We will accept applications until we have successfully filled the role.
If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here
For all other candidates, or SJA volunteers wishing to apply, please apply below.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, so are particularly interested in applications from women, trans and non-binary people, as well as those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with different accessibility needs.
Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.
Recruitment Agencies: We are not utilising the services of recruitment agencies for this vacancy and will accept direct applications only. Any speculative CVs submitted without invitation will not be considered
We’re making a difference across nine London boroughs, organised into four area teams that we call quadrants. Each of these quadrants has two dedicated youth workers, committed to transforming the lives of young people in the communities.
We’re looking for a passionate Youth Work Practitioner to join our South East team. In this role, you will coordinate and enhance our youth work in Greenwich, with a strong emphasis on delivering impactful face-to-face youth work in both schools and community projects.
You’ll be at the forefront of working with young people who are navigating the challenges of anti-social behaviour, crime, and the risks of exploitation – both as victims and perpetrators. This is a chance to make a real difference, helping to guide and support young people towards positive futures.
If you are driven by a desire to create lasting change and have the skills to engage and inspire young people, we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for an enthusiastic people person with great communications and organisational skills to help recruit and coordinate our talented volunteers. You will help take ANT to our next level of impact by leveraging volunteers to deliver tree planting and tree care activities across our woodland sites. Your role will support volunteer activities across Avon Needs Trees, but with a focus on our two largest sites: Great Avon Wood and Lower Chew Forest.
You will join a fast-growing organisation that started in 2019 with four volunteers and has grown to a staff team of nineteen (with more recruitment in the pipeline for 2024), over 1,000 volunteers and ownership of nearly 600 acres of land that will grow woodlands of over 160,000 trees.
Your legacy will be a tangible impact on slowing down climate change, helping nature recover and creating social impact by developing funding relationships that support our woodland projects and organisational development more broadly.
Main responsibilities
- Lead on the coordination of our volunteer leaders and volunteers to ensure we can deliver our volunteer tree planting, tree care days, and other activities, for example outreach volunteering or fundraising volunteering. Volunteer coordination includes:
- Managing volunteer leader rotas and calendars
- Ensuring all volunteers are provided with timely, accurate and clear logistical information ahead of volunteer days
- Responding to volunteer and volunteer leader enquiries in a timely manner
- Putting in place suitable contingency plans in the case of a volunteer leader having to pull out of a commitment
- Administering our volunteer management system
- Work with the Chew Valley Project Team and the Engagement, Communications & Fundraising team to recruit new volunteers and volunteer leaders, and ensure the ongoing engagement of our current recruits. This includes:
- Communications focused on volunteer recruitment
- Coordinating volunteers along the recruitment process
- Ensuring our web and digital assets are accurate and up to date
- Producing high quality communications outputs targeted at our volunteers and volunteer leaders, for example, volunteer news bulletins
- Volunteer focused project promotion on social media and other channels
- Act as the first point of contact for all volunteer related enquiries by managing our volunteer inbox and dealing with volunteer enquiries on the phone
- Ensure volunteering complies with our processes and policies, this includes:
- Ensure all volunteer related documents are filed appropriately on our shared drive
- Ensure all volunteer based activities are in line with ANT’s volunteer and health and safety processes and policies
- Review volunteer expense requests
- Escalating any issues in a timely and professional manner to the appropriate member of staff
- Work with the Chew Valley Project Team to support event delivery and logistics as required
- As with all Avon Needs Trees roles, contributing to grant writing and fundraising activities
- Work with the wider Avon Needs Trees team to help build a resilient, multi-site charity and undertake any other work necessary to pursue our aims.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have a unique opportunity for an IDVA in a pilot project at Charing Cross Emergency Department. This s a full time 37.5hrs on a 12 month fixed term contract until end of June 2025.
Co-locating, in a health service, an Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate (IDVA), a Domestic Abuse (DA) Coordinator and a violence prevention worker has never been trialed before anywhere in the UK.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it? Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on customer service and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your birthday
- £500 bonus paid on successful completion of probationary period (pro-rata for part time roles)
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
- Clinical supervision and group reflective practice
About the role:
This role is co-located within Charing Cross Hospital 4 days per week and 1 day per week at our office near Old Street. As an IDVA you will:
- implement effective ways of working with victims to increase safety & reduce harm
- provide a high-quality, front-line service to victims of domestic abuse
- work within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership responses to domestic abuse
- run group training sessions & share your specialist knowledge with acute staff across the hospital
Please note that the successful applicant will be required to sign an honorary contract with the Hospital Trust in addition to their contract of employment.
You will need:
- knowledge of help-seeking barriers & support needs of victims of domestic abuse
- an understanding of domestic abuse & it's impact
- knowledge of risk assessment, safety planning and risk management
- an understanding of safeguarding issues & the legal responsibilities surrounding these issues.
- experience of direct service delivery to vulnerable people
- good communication, negotiation & advocacy skills, both written & verbal when interacting with a range of agencies & people
- strong crisis management skills & the ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.