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Are you passionate about building impactful relationships? Do you want to help shape a growing community of leaders focused on solving problems of poverty in the United Kingdom?
In the Community Manager role, you will focus on building offerings and opportunities that support our UK Fellows to accelerate and sustain their impact. Your day-to-day work will range from listening and talking with Fellows to delivery of events and initiatives. The role is full of autonomy and creativity, and we are looking for a self-starter who has experience building communities and delivering impactful communications.
You will report to the UK Programme Director and work closely with the UK Programme Manager and Acumen Academy's global community & marketing teams.
Your key responsibilities will be:
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Build & manage relationships with UK Fellows to understand their needs and inform our support strategy
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Design & deliver engagement and communications initiatives e.g. Fellows newsletters, regular and tailored touch-points
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Understand & facilitate value-add connections and opportunities e.g. connections to mentors, experts, funders
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Design & deliver community initiatives that extend connection, knowledge and skills e.g. running in-person events, online workshops
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Design & deliver engaging communication campaigns that amplify and elevate the impact of Fellows e.g. writing case studies, blog posts, social media, public newsletters
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Track & evaluate the engagement and effectiveness of support initiatives e.g. feedback loops, data collection, impact reporting
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Build & manage partnerships with external partners e.g. event partners, media outlets
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Work in partnership with Acumen Academy’s global community and marketing teams to extend global opportunities, share learning and create consistent messaging
Qualifications and skills:
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You have a strong track record of delivering community initiatives that engage and bring value to an audience e.g. in-person events, online workshops, mentorship programmes
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You are a strong written communicator who takes pride in creating content that tells an impactful story - and can point to a portfolio of newsletters, blog posts, and case studies
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You are always using data to learn and refine, and people often tell you that you have a strong eye for detail
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You are a highly organised self-starter who turns ideas into action with an ability to manage competing priorities across a range of different tasks
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You have a strong track record of building relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders - such as charity and social enterprise CEOs, global colleagues, corporate partners
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You are committed to changing the way the UK tackles poverty, and aspire to live by our values: generosity & accountability, humility & audacity, listening & leadership, integrity & respect
Other nice to haves (not required):
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You have experience designing and executing public events online and in-person
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You are confident with Canva or using portions of the Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator)
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You are confident using online communication tools, such as Hubspot, to manage social media
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You are confident using digital tools to create surveys, conduct analysis & synthesise information
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You have an understanding of the UK social sector built from first-hand experience supporting social leaders
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You have a background working in a fast-paced environment with purpose-driven organisations
About UK Acumen Academy
UK Acumen Academy is a regional partner of Acumen Academy, the world's school for social change. At Acumen Academy, entrepreneurs learn the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and hone the harder skills of moral leadership to reimagine and build a better world. Acumen Academy has over 600,000 online course-takers and a global community of over 1,600 Fellows who are leading solutions that redefine the future of food, education, healthcare, workforce development, and more.
UK Acumen Academy exists to identify extraordinary leaders committed to solving problems of poverty in the United Kingdom, and equip them with the knowledge, skills, and community needed to deepen their impact. In 2020 we launched the UK Acumen Fellowship - a reflective, cohort based leadership programme. On completing the programme, Fellows join “The Foundry”, a diverse community working across sectors and geographies to build a world based on dignity. As part of their lifelong accompaniment, they gain access to capital, coaching, and on their journey to creating social change.
Today we have 65 UK Fellows, who are Founders, CEOs and senior leaders building innovative solutions that have impacted over 1.4 million lives. We are a small organisation with big ambitions to scale the impact of this remarkable community, offering the right candidate a great opportunity for personal and professional growth.
Employee Benefits at UK Acumen Academy
We care about our people and giving them the things they need to succeed, and we are passionate about UK Acumen Academy being a great place to work. Wherever possible we aim to give each person responsibility to choose when and where they work, and to find the right balance between team-based and home working. We have shared office space in Somerset House, and for those working at home we’ll provide you with a laptop and an allowance to get yourself set up. Our pro-rata benefits include:
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Flexible working
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33 fully flexible holiday days (including the 8 UK bank holidays)
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£600 annual budget for learning and development
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Access to all Acumen Academy’s online courses free of charge
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Monthly in-person team days
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Monthly working-from-home allowance
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Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
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3% employer pension contribution
How to apply
Please note we are only able to accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK.
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Stage 1: Submit your online application (tell us what you can do)
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Stage 2: Invited to a video interview with UK Programme Manager, with a a short case-study exercise to complete ahead of the interview (show us what you can do)
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Stage 3: Invited to an interview with the Acumen Academy team
We are committed to building a community that represents the remarkable diversity of the UK. We know that means we have to make an intentional effort to understand and accommodate people’s different needs. If you’ve read this far, and you like the sound of the job, but you would need adjustments to be made to support you to apply, interview or join the team – please get in touch with us.
If you apply, we will process your personal data for recruitment purposes only and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Home-based with occasional travel
Job Type: Full time, 37.5 hours
Contract Type: 1 year, Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £51,870
Benefits: 27 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles), perk scheme access, life assurance, paid compassionate leave, enhanced sick pay, membership plus many more staff benefits.
There’s never been a better time to join the team! They have launched an ambitious new strategy – and they want you to be part of it. There are loads of reasons to love cycling, even if you’re not someone who cycles. From cutting pollution, to making us healthier and happier, cycling can help us all thrive.
They want everyone to enjoy the benefits cycling offers to people and the planet. They’ll be sharing more information on their strategy soon but, it will focus on encouraging more short journeys by bike; promoting cycling as a popular, enjoyable, and safe activity for everyone; and striving to make every cycling experience a great one. Come with them on their journey and help them have more impact than ever before!
Tell them why you are the person to drive impact in this capacity. Explore the attached job description for full details on this exciting opportunity. Complete the application form expressing why you are the right candidate for this opening. Focus on gearing your supporting statement to exemplify how your skills and experience match the requirements of the role, directly referring to the person specification. This enables the selection panel to assess your relative strengths against the specified criteria.
They are an inclusive organisation and would particularly welcome applications from candidates from a broad range of backgrounds. They strongly believe that diversity strengthens their work. If you are already passionate about cycling, that’s great, many of them are too! But if you are simply really excellent at what you do, no matter what your background, that is what matters most to them.
This is a maternity cover role with a 1-year fixed term contract.
Applications close: 19th July 9:00am on the closing date.
You may also have experience in the following: Brand Manager, Branding Specialist, Brand Strategy Manager, Brand Development Coordinator, Brand Marketing Manager, Brand Identity Specialist, Brand Management Supervisor, CMO, Marketing and Branding Executive, Brand and Marketing Consultant Director of Marketing Communications, Branding and Advertising Manager, Marketing and Branding Executive, Marketing Manager etc.
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In the first 18 months since Martingale was launched, we have recruited 50 Scholars to undertake postgraduate degrees across our eight partner universities and committed over £4m in Scholarships. We are looking to expand into new subjects in the near future and devise new interventions to improve social mobility in postgraduate education longer-term.
As Partnerships Officer, you will work collaboratively with the Chief Executive and the Communications Manager, as well as consultants and Martingale Ambassadors.
Martingale works with a broad range of partners, supporters and collaborators to ensure our work is impactful and targeted. You will lead on managing our partnerships with charities and other organisations and help Martingale to grow major donor income streams by supporting the development of new and existing relationships. You will be responsible for identifying, researching and cultivating new potential funders, including contributing to their ongoing stewardship.
Our mission is to enable and nurture talented individuals from low-socioeconomic backgrounds to become a new generation of STEM leaders.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
For a more detailed Job Description & Person Specification, or to apply, please visit our website.
About The Role
Working closely with our Chief Executive Officer, the Operations and Systems Manager would take a birds-eye view of our organisation to help us build a consistent, collaborative and centralised approach to how we work. You would hold responsibility for developing and embedding operational strategies, processes, policies, and systems that meet our needs and help to support staff wellbeing. This role includes a key focus on improving how we can better use and manage our digital infrastructure to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of internal processes and to improve our ability to engage and retain external audiences, enabling us to build our impact on a national scale. Key areas of responsibility are as follows:
Day-to-day operational management of the Charity, including:
- Resolving daily operational and administrative issues efficiently and effectively.
- Taking initiative to enhance or develop, implement and embed effective systems and working practices, drawing from personal knowledge and experience and external examples of best practice.
- Developing and refining our approach to hybrid working, ensuring systems and processes enable connection and creativity across the organisation. This includes working closely with the HR and Finance Officer to ensure new and existing staff are appropriately trained and supported with ensuring a safe, comfortable and productive home working set-up.
- Taking responsibility for managing our office space and working environment, ensuring it is fit for the organisation’s needs. This includes everything from liaising with our landlord and tradespeople, ensuring compliance with the terms of our lease, maintaining required levels of tea, coffee, milk, stationery and other consumables, and making improvements to ensure a productive and effective working environment.
- Ensuring technology (computers, printers etc.) is fit for purpose, safe, enables robust data security, and is properly recorded on Music Masters’ asset register.
- Oversight of service level agreements, memberships and contracts with external suppliers and providers, regularly reviewing these to ensure that they are current, necessary, effective and delivering value for money, in collaboration with the wider team and with the CEO / Finance Director as appropriate. This includes but is not limited to insurance and utilities.
- Management of certain operational budgets, in collaboration with the CEO / Finance Director.
- Oversight and administration of the Music Masters’ contact email inbox, voicemail inbox, and physical post.
- The organisation of certain social events, and other team away days or Board strategic planning days.
- Ensuring organisational risk assessments and operational policies and processes are kept up to date and fit for purpose. The role-holder would have oversight of the policy review schedule, working with the CEO and appropriate team members to ensure policies are being regularly reviewed and that we are compliant with all relevant legal and regulatory developments including GDPR and Health and Safety.
- Building effective business continuity measures, including developing and embedding a formal business continuity plan across the organisation.
Digital:
- Overseeing day-to-day management of IT and communications infrastructure and usage, including ensuring IT and comms equipment, systems and processes are fit for purpose and enable strong connectivity internally and externally, liaising with IT and comms support agencies as appropriate.
- In year one, leading a full review of digital processes, tools / platforms and systems used across the organisation, facilitating and overseeing a digitally enabled environment for efficiency and sustainable growth in accordance with MM’s strategy. This involves consultancy across the team and with external users, creating a brief for specialist consultancy / support to help us find the right solution(s), working closely with the appointed consultant to implement the solution(s), and facilitating or providing initial training and support for the team during implementation.
- Providing or organising ongoing support and training beyond the digital review to ensure confidence across the team with using our new infrastructure to its full potential, helping us to work efficiently and effectively.
- Ensuring digital processes are in place to enable the organisation to easily engage, onboard and manage new partnerships and project opportunities, and oversee administration within these areas of work.
- Overseeing development of digital tools and resources such as I’M IN and the Virtual Learning Environment used by Musicians of Change participants and graduates to improve usability, accessibility and engagement.
- Oversight of policies and procedures that relate to IT and digital (e.g. Data Protection, Privacy, Cyber Security, IT)
- Keeping up to date with the latest practices and trends in technology that may benefit Music Masters.
Data protection
- Managing our data as the organisation’s Data Lead (currently titled Data Protection Officer), ensuring ongoing compliance with GDPR, focusing on appropriate, effective and safe data collection, usage and storage (online and offline), and helping to build the wider team’s confidence with and understanding around best practice in data protection.
Governance
- Supporting the CEO with general governance support including the organisation of quarterly Board meetings and Board development arrangements, meeting minuting where appropriate, updating Trustee information, and ensuring compliance with the Charity Commission, Companies House and any other regulatory bodies.
General
- Undertaking relevant training, ensuring ongoing development of knowledge via conferences, reading and networking.
- Being an advocate for and exemplifying Music Masters’ core values of excellence and inclusion.
- Undertaking any other duties and reasonable requests that are in keeping with the nature of this post and / or the wider organisation’s needs. This may include occasional evening and / or weekend work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Closing Date: 7 July 2024
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Save the Children UK's PR Manager is an exciting role working to deliver media campaigns that have real impact.
- Do you have experience working in a busy, high-pressure Press Office, Public Relations agency or in-house?
- Do you have experience developing and executing PR strategies, including across multiple media platforms and involving different stakeholders?
- Do you have a track record of successfully obtaining media coverage in a variety of outlets for PR initiatives?
- Are you an excellent communicator with negotiation skills and the ability to adapt to different audiences?
- Do you have a commitment to Save the Children mission, values and approach (includes child focus, equal opportunities)?
If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!
Note:
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
Job Purpose
Reporting to our PR Lead, the PR Manager will play a crucial role raising the profile of Save the Children UK amongst key target audiences, by developing and delivering projects that command media attention and coverage.
As a key member of the PR, Artists & Broadcast team, the appointee will apply their experience working with the media to shape major income- and influence-generating campaigns and build our brand.
You will also work alongside a wide spectrum of internal and external stakeholders, including high-profile ambassadors, influencers and corporate partners.
As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. You will support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.
The PR Manager's key duties will be:
Strategy and Project Management
Work closely with team members in other departments within Save the Children to provide excellent PR support to develop and execute creative ways to deliver on Save the Children's objectives. Delivery to include:
- Brand – Build high profile and positive perceptions of Save the Children and its cause across all audiences via PR. Communicate our brand promise and build understanding with the public and opinion formers, demonstrating the depth, scale, impact and complexity of our work.
- Campaigns – Provide PR support to deliver across high–profile moments across Save the Children's major campaigns such as Christmas Jumper Day in order to achieve mass audience engagement.
- Compelling storytelling - Engage audiences through impactful child-centric stories, championing children's voices in order to empower the communities we work with.
- Reputation management – Support the wider team to protect Save the Children's reputation and identify issues relating to corporate risk management.
Delivering Media Coverage
- Develop and execute mass-market PR plans that amplify key strategic campaigns and initiatives across the calendar year, including brand, fundraising and advocacy priorities.
- Identify and maximise opportunities to generate reactive media coverage, responding effectively to external events, news and the cultural conversation.
- Write, co-ordinate and issue media releases, statements, briefing materials and Q&As, including for high-profile spokespeople and corporate partners, if required.
- Plan, manage and participate in overseas and UK trips to Save the Children programmes for the purpose of generating coverage and content – including hosting journalists and high-profile supporters.
- Commission and manage multimedia crews and organise PR shoots, with the purpose of generating world-class film and photography content that commands media attention.
- Develop and nurture close working relationships with journalists (especially those on features, women's, lifestyle, showbiz outlets) across print, digital and broadcast media - including a diverse range of outlets beyond mainstream media.
- Leverage social media and new technologies develop digital-first PR campaigns, including influencer activations.
- Represent Save the Children as spokesperson externally, networking and building relationships that support brand building activity in the media.
- Take part in the on-call and out of hours media rota. This will see you handling media enquiries and proactively pushing out stories on the weekend and out of hours during the week.
- Support PR Leads and Head of PR, Artists and Broadcast as required in the smooth-running of the team, including chairing meetings and carrying out administrative tasks.
About you
To be successful in this role, it is important that you have:
- Experience working in a busy, high-pressure Press Office, Public Relations agency or in-house.
- Experience developing and executing PR strategies, including across multiple media platforms and involving different stakeholders.
- Excellent personal contacts with journalists, PR and Marketing professionals.
- A track record of success in obtaining media coverage in a variety of outlets for PR initiatives, backed up by portfolio of coverage.
- Outstanding ability to pitch stories to key external contacts and senior media professionals.
- Willingness to travel within the UK and overseas, often at short notice.
Abilities:
- Exceptional organisational skills, including ability to juggle short-term projects with longer-term ones.
- Sound strategic thinking and planning skills, including ability to manage time effectively and set deadlines.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills with the ability to express self clearly, persuasively and a cohesive way and tailor communications to different audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and make decisions on what to prioritise when working under pressure on a number of projects.
- Excellent writing skills – including writing compelling press releases, features and comment pieces.
- Commitment to Save the Children mission, values and approach (includes child focus, equal opportunities).
Closing date: Midnight Sunday 7th July
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
Job summary:
Recently named Charity of the Year by Just Giving Awards 2022, we’re committed to moving further, faster to accelerate change for everyone affected by a brain tumour. Brain tumours kill more children and adults under 40 in the UK than any other cancer. We know that a cure can’t wait.
We are building a loyal and engaged community whose support will help us to fight brain tumours on all fronts; through research, support and campaigning, to save lives and improve quality of life.
We are looking for a high performing leader, who will be able to develop marketing strategies, manage a large marcomms team and offer strategic advice to senior management.
Who we’re looking for:
As the Head of Marketing, you will be responsible for developing The Brain Tumour Charity brand, devising new, and building on strong existing awareness campaigns and leading on capacity and marketing planning for integrated campaigns across The Charity.
You’ll help bring strategic thinking to the Marketing Team and be part of an Extended Leadership Team, balancing the needs of your own department with those of the wider mission and organisation whilst also supporting and developing your team.
You’ll oversee all branding activity to help us advance our mission and will be required to work closely with the fundraising and CX teams in The Charity to help deliver a sustainable model for funding and engagement.
You’ll be an experienced marketing professional with a good understanding of defining audience segmentations and building brand awareness, ideally within the health / research charity space.
Key accountabilities:
· Work with the Director of External Affairs and Strategy to develop and lead marketing activity for all parts of The Charity
· Manage design, copy and campaigns functions within the charity, including capacity planning and execution
· Build strong strategic relationships both inside and outside of the organisation, to form networks that will assist with the delivery our overall mission
· Develop and grow the brand with exciting new ideas that will meet our mission and raise our profile
· Work with the Extended Leadership Team to offer strategic advice to contribute to the wider direction of The Charity
· Stay current with legal and regulatory frameworks, including; Data Protection legislation and the Code of Fundraising Practice, to ensure that all campaigns comply with current best practice in the industry
You’ll be a great fit if:
We encourage you to apply to the role even if you do not meet all of the criteria.
Experience:
· Experience in audience scoping and segmentation
· Successful history of delivering brand and high profile integrated campaigns
· Delivering brand and marketing annual planning
· Budget management (multiple cost centres)
· 360 marketing experience (this role will manage marketing, creative and social/paid media teams)
· Implementing processes to plan and scheduling marketing capacity
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
· Brand and marketing expert—someone who can lead the marketing team to deliver against the objectives of our organisational strategy
· Solid understanding of brand positioning and its implementation across an organisation. Ideally will have worked on a brand re-fresh
· Has the ability to take the initiative and approach agencies/trustees for pro-bono work and can delve in and lead projects when needed but delegates effectively
*Please note that the responsibilities listed are not exhaustive and this job description may be subject to change as the role evolves over time.
What we’d like to give you:
You’ll be joining a collaborative, bold and innovative team of individuals who put our community first and are connected by a passion to make a real difference.
Location: While contracted to our office in Fleet, Hampshire, our team supports a blend of office and home working provided you have adequate broadband and IT capability, with an average of 2-3 days in the office each week.
Working hours: This role is 37.5 hours per week, with some out of hours working.
Benchmarked salary: £62,800 (dependent on level)
Our amazing benefits:
· 25 days annual leave (pro-rated for those who are part-time). Increases yearly with length of service
· Celebrate your work anniversary in true Charity style
· Occupational Sick Pay
· Hybrid working
· Flexible working
· Charity pension
· 1 day life leave per year to celebrate a special moment of your choice
· Wellbeing support including professional counselling
· A personalised on-boarding programme
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Perkbox – our team discount portal
· Health care vouchers
*Some of these benefits are non-contractual and are subject to change
Diversity & Inclusion:
The Brain Tumour Charity is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all aspects of our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals belonging to minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented communities.
We strive to create a workplace that celebrates diversity and provides equal opportunities for all candidates and we encourage all individuals to apply even if they don’t meet all the criteria.
Eligibility to work:
Whilst we'd love to have you on board, we want to be upfront as we’d hate to waste your time applying for a role where we can’t take you on. At the moment, we're unable to offer visa sponsorship for any of our positions. We're currently seeking candidates who are already authorised to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship, who can remain on a permanent basis.
How to apply to our team:
Please apply by clicking the red ‘join our team’ button on our website, attaching your CV and a covering letter explaining why you want the role, what you would bring to the team and how your skillset and experience will enable us to make a real impact for those affected by brain tumours.
We are keen to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive so if you’d find it beneficial to submit your application in a different format, please drop us a line at careers@ thebraintumourcharity. org.
Advert close date: 10 July 2024
First interview date and location: TBC over Zoom
Second interview date and location: TBC at our office in Fleet
The post holder will also:
· Contribute to achieving the objectives of The Brain Tumour Charity
· Live and breathe our values by being bold, collaborative and innovative, with a community-first approach to everything you do
· Undertake any additional and ad hoc tasks as required
· Participate in team meetings and other meetings as required
· Monitor and evaluate activities and provide written reports
· Represent The Charity at external events in a professional manner
· Work within an equal opportunities framework
· Adhere to all The Charity’s policies, procedures and working
· Ensure all records are held in compliance with GDPR, The Fundraising Regulator Code of Practice and The Brain Tumour Charity policies
We process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. For full details, please read our privacy policy for job applicants.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Us
Learning with Parents supports all families to have positive learning interactions together and leads the sector to learn what works in tackling inequality.
In partnership with 150 primary schools, we support families across the UK to enjoy learning together at home. Families are motivated to sustain and enjoy frequent and positive interactions together.
Our parental engagement journey with schools starts by focussing on reading. Our digital reading log is an inclusive way for schools and families to record reading, replacing physical reading records.
Our full Maths and English programme builds on the positive habits fostered by our reading log. It replaces traditional Maths and English homework with fun activities which have parent-child interaction at their heart. Through behavioural insight research, innovative technology and teacher training we ensure that as many families as possible are supported effectively.
We are working to improve parental engagement across the sector, by producing evidence of parents’ impact and generating insights into how schools can best support them. Learnings are disseminated through the Parental Engagement Forum and amplified through the Fair Education Alliance.
About the Role
There are 1.4 million primary-aged children growing up in poverty in the UK, and we are currently only working with a fraction of them. We have grown rapidly over the last few years and are now looking to grow our Fundraising team to the next level.
The Fundraising and Communications Officer will work as part of the Fundraising team to deliver Learning with Parents’ fundraising strategy. Their primary focus will be strengthening our existing funding pipeline through prospects research and managing the donor database. They will also be responsible for drafting compelling applications and reports for new and existing donors. They will develop and adapt our fundraising resources and provide wider support to the team.
The Fundraising and Communications Officer will also be responsible for managing Learning with Parents external communications, including creating and posting engaging blogs and social media posts, drafting the Annual Impact Report and managing the organisation’s brand guidelines.
Lastly, the Fundraising and Communications Officer will provide logistical support for the Parental Engagement Forum.
Core Areas of Responsibility:
Fundraising support
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Research prospects who are a good fit for our work including corporate funders, trusts and foundations, High Net Worth Individuals and Sector Awards
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Working with our Fundraising Manager, build our funder pipeline in order to support accurate forecasting for the organisation
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Working with our Fundraising Manager, craft well-written project proposals and briefings to inspire and engage funders including corporate funders, individuals and Trusts and Foundations
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Cultivate and steward existing and new donors, helping to secure ongoing support and identify potential uplifts
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Build relationships across the Learning with Parents team to source and manage information about our work, keeping up to date with progress and impact
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Manage Learning with Parents’ reporting schedule, feeding into our draft reports as required
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Draft and spend out engaging and impactful quarterly funder newsletters
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General support across different areas of fundraising, including but not limited to: working with the wider team to draft cases for support for new projects; keeping existing fundraising resources up to date and developing new ones as required; keeping our databases up to date; and supporting with event planning.
External communications
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Manage the charity’s social media accounts, working across the Learning with Parents teams to ensure regular and engaging content
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Make updates to the charity WordPress site
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Write regular blogs on a range of topics connected to our work
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Format and publish the blogs on the WordPress site
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Manage our annual impact report including planning the content, coordinating with other members of the team and liaising with the graphic designer
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Manage brand guidelines, keeping them up to date with any changes to our sales & marketing strategy
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Ad hoc support creating sales & marketing materials.
Coordinate the Parental Engagement Forum
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Send out meeting updates, reminders and follow ups
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Set up the quarterly meetings and assist the chair and speakers with logistics
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Support speakers with slide templates and any other information required
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Manage the participant list, adding and removing members as required and ensuring the links are shared at each meeting.
About you
This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience across fundraising, communications and project management at a fast-paced education-tech charity. A successful Fundraising and Communications Officer will be eager to work in a small team, enjoy creative writing, have a can-do attitude, and be keen to get stuck in to support the charity’s growth and impact.
Our ideal candidate would also be able to provide examples of when they have used the following skills and experience:
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Strong writing and editing skills and an ability to produce clear and compelling narrative from your research and understanding of an organisation
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Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise effectively – you’ll be in a busy role, working on several projects
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Good attention to detail
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Excellent communication skills and an ability to work well as a team and with a range of different stakeholders – you’ll need to adapt to a range of audiences as engagement will be key to this role
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A desire to champion and uphold our organisation’s vision, mission and values.
Our ideal candidate might also be able to provide examples of when they have used some of the following skills and experience, although these are not essential:
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An understanding of education inequality in the UK
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Lived experience of some of the barriers that families from disadvantaged communities face in engaging with children’s learning
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Experience with WordPress, Canva, and mainstream social media channels.
Our Values
Our Learning with Parents values are key to how we work and inform our strategy, programme, and how we collaborate.
Ambition
We strive do more for the families, schools and organisations we work with
Collaboration
We value the voices of others and achieve more by working together
Exploration
We are curious and seek evidence to inform our work
Innovation
We test, learn, adapt and embrace failure in our pursuit of progress
Integrity
We act responsibly and honestly, and default to transparency
Supportive environment
We work to create an environment which supports growth, belonging and wellbeing for everyone
Benefits
We have a passionate team and supportive culture, which was recognised as we were named one of “The top 100 organisations to escape to in 2022” by Escape the City. In addition, we offer:
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Generous holiday allowance (36 days, including bank holidays and a Birthday day)
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Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policy
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Income protection in case of sickness
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Flexible working times
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Social events
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Environmental (Net Zero) Pension
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Cycle to work scheme
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Benefit Hub, including virtual GP and discount scheme
To Apply
Submit a CV and one-page Cover Letter outlining your interest and suitability for this role by the 28th July 2024.
We would be grateful if you could also complete and submit our Equality and Diversity form. This helps us to monitor how we are doing against our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and identify areas we need to improve. Submitting this form is voluntary and will not affect how your application is assessed.
Provisional dates for the first-round interviews will be online on Friday 2nd August. Second round interviews will be in person, at our Bristol offices the week commencing the 12th August.
We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees and supporters from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at Learning with Parents, and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.
Due to the nature of our work with young people, on acceptance of offers all Learning with Parents employees are subject to a DBS check in accordance with Safeguarding Policies and offers will also be subject to reference checks.
Our vision is that every child is supported at home to fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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About Home-Start:
We are a community-based charity with 30 years’ experience of supporting local families with children under the age of 5. We offer our combination of home-visiting, counselling and group support to families across Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts. By offering parents the support and guidance they need when their children are young, we can prevent crisis and ensure children have the best possible start in life. We tailor support to the needs of each family, supporting them to identify and tackle their most pressing needs. Our practical support ensures children have a safer, more stable home environment; our ethos of building family resilience ensures parents are better equipped to cope with adverse circumstances; and our focus on promoting a more secure parent-child attachment ensures parents can identify the kind of support their children need to thrive.
Working closely with colleagues from across the organisation and our contacts within the community, the successful applicant will support the external communications of the charity, helping to extend the reach of the charity. Raising awareness, developing donor and supporter relationships, working with the Directors to identify and develop funding streams.
The role:
As a Community Engagement and Fundraising Officer, you will play a vital role in helping our charity manage and develop relationships with our donors, supporters and our existing key relationships, whilst identifying and creating new relationships in our local areas to garner support and promote our services.
- You will be responsible for delivering activity to maximise fundraising from our community, including schools, individuals, local businesses and community groups. You will proactively recruit, grow and nurture supporters, empowering them to manage their own fundraising activities.
- You will manage our annual challenge event programme from supporter engagement, assisting fundraisers journey and utilising tools to maximise supporter’s impact.
- Crucial to your role will be building strong and lasting relationships with supporters, colleagues and volunteers, positively engaging with members of the public and maximising all fundraising opportunities.
What you’ll do:Principle duties and responsibilities
- Take responsibility for the delivery of effective Community Engagement and Fundraising.
- Actively promote all aspects of Home-Start Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere to local businesses, schools, community organisations, volunteer groups, and individuals.
- Motivate and influence supporters to independently manage their own fundraising activities, with your support, being the main contact for supporters.
- Work closely the Business Support Officer to manage and create social media content to promote fundraising activities, relationships with supporters and the relationships you build in the community.
- Prepare and deliver individualised communications, presentations and assemblies for a diverse range of audiences.
- Attend and run activities at a variety of community events when required, to ensure a strong presence from Home-Start Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere in the communities where we support.
- Identify and implement new fundraising opportunities and initiatives.
- Work closely with the other Community engagement and fundraisers, building on local knowledge, sharing best practice and creating a peer circle of support, including peers from HSUK our parent company.
- Act as an advocate within the community. Uphold our values, and communicate with enthusiasm, credibility, conviction and knowledge.
- This role will require occasional weekend and evening working.
- Keep up to date with all fundraising legal implications.
- You will be responsible for creating our quarterly newsletter, working with the rest of the team, to engage with our supporters.
- Create Bi-monthly board reports on the growth of community engagement, communications and fundraising, which will go directly to the trustee board. Occasional attendance at board, building a relationship with a trustee identified to manage fundraising.
- Annually, you will lead on the creation of the annual report and social impact reporting working across the team.
- Creating strong relationships with local magazines and identifying and managing news tools to ensure that we are sharing our successes and informing our audiences of our services. Occasionally creating press releases for campaigns and building a network of people to help share our news as far and wide as possible.
- You will also be involved in the updating of our website, working with the Business Support Officer and volunteers to ensure our website remains the best tool to advertise what we do.
- Creating and nurturing a small group of fundraising support volunteers to help facilitate events and share our story in the community.
What you’ll bring:Experience
- Preferable, fundraising experience of 1 year, in a community engagement or fundraising role in the charity sector.
- Demonstrable experience in building relationships within the community and with fundraisers.
- Demonstrable experience in managing your own income budget and monitoring expenditure against agreed targets. Analysis of income data, identifying trends, evaluating activity and ROI, and ensuring key learnings and insight are fed into planning and budgeting of future activity as appropriate.
- Demonstrated success in coordinating events, campaigns and initiatives.
- Familiarity with donor databases, CRM systems, and fundraising software.
- Able to provide direction, energy and capability to lead fundraising volunteers at community events.
- Understanding of fundraising principles, best practices, and ethical standards.
- Knowledge of Community Engagement and different fundraising channels.
- Awareness of current trends and innovations in fundraising.
Skills
- A motivated, articulate and confident communicator.
- A passion for making a difference to families and young children.
- An ability to analyse data.
- Understanding of risk management.
- Experience of client relationship management databases.
- Understanding of content creation systems such as Mail Chimp and Canva.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills including excellent attention to detail and effective time management.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with a varied group of stakeholders.
Personal Attributes
- Passion for the vision of Home-Start Watford and Three Rivers and alignment with their values for supporting families.
- Proactive and self-motivated with a positive and can-do attitude.
- Creative approach to a limited marketing budget and working within a small team.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends for events and campaigns.
- Ability to represent the organisation professionally and ethically.
- Strong client facing aptitude and communication skills both written and verbal.
- Calm and patient when dealing with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos.
What you’ll get
- Working with a small, friendly, supportive team, who are supported by a proactive trustee board.
- Flexible working.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Job satisfaction, changing families lives and enabling children to have the childhood they deserve.
- Working in the charity hub, based near Leavesden film studios, in a modern office space, sitting amongst other charities and the local CVS, W3RT, within a collaborative and supportive workspace.
- Café and dining facilities, including outside space.
- Free onsite parking.
Closing date is July 11th at 5pm 2024, interviews are likely to take place w.c. 22nd July, in person, at our offices in Leavesden, Watford, Hertfordshire.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are recruiting for a Children’s Support Worker who will be working closely with children and their mothers who are living in our refuges escaping domestic violence and other forms of violence and abuse, to provide personal welfare support and ensure that our clients are provided with a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment.
A key requirement is to provide personal one to one and group support to children and young people to ensure they are provided with a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment. The post holder will support children who have witnessed or experienced domestic violence and plan and provide stimulating, safe, and appropriate activities.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Internal Communications Officer
About the Role
We are looking to appoint an Internal Communications Officer who will play a critical role in developing and shaping the organisation’s internal communications for the staff of the Connexional Team.
The post holder will work closely with Senior Managers to ensure that the Team’s values, mission and updates are effectively communicated to all Team members working across several sites and from home, to foster a cohesive and motivated work environment.
The successful applicant will strive to create an environment where communication fosters a sense of community, aligned with the Church’s mission and values to create an engaged and informed Connexional Team.
In this crucial role, the Internal Communications Officer will be responsible for establishing and managing channels for staff feedback to leadership, producing engaging content for various channels, and organising and delivering internal events.
The successful applicant will also provide support and training for staff on communication tools and practices, encourage staff to be ambassadors of the Church, and plan and approve regular communications to be sent out to employees including staff newsletters and newsletters from Team members.
About You
The post holder will have at least three years’ experience of working with an internal communications context within an organisation and will have the ability to develop and implement comprehensive internal communications strategies that align with the organisation’s values.
You will be able to articulate messages clearly and effectively, both in writing and verbally, that are tailored to various internal audiences. Exceptional writing, editing and proof-reading skills for a range of communication channels are a must for this role.
You will also have strong organisational skills with the ability to lead projects, work collaboratively and be proficient in digital communication tools and platforms.
The successful applicant will have strong interpersonal and listening skills with experience in building relationships with key internal stakeholders.
You will also have the ability to develop a deep understanding of the Methodist Church’s mission, values, and objectives to ensure alignment in all communications.
If you have the skills, abilities and experience contained in the role description, we are keen to hear from you.
Our Culture, Values and Benefits
Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.
We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.
The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.
If you require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, please email our HR team (contact details available on our website).
Closing date: 5pm, Friday 5 July 2024
Interviews will be in London on Monday 15 July 2024
N.B. 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.
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Mental Health Foundation is recruiting for a Project Officer to support our England Programmes team.
Deadline: Tuesday 2nd July at 5pm
Location: London
Salary: Starting salary £31,350 rising to £35,381 plus £3,285 London Weighting
Hours: Full time – 32 hours per week [as part of our 32-hour week trial until March 2025] Part time or flexible hours may be considered.
Contract type: This is a fixed term role ending 14th March 2025
This role will provide support to the Project Manager in leading on the planning and day to day delivery of the U OK? project and other related work areas.
U OK? is a series of student-designed and student-led peer-to-peer workshops delivered in schools, colleges and universities.
This Project Officer will actively recruit and manage relationships with universities, schools and colleges, be responsible for the development of project materials, support new and existing internal and external partnerships, and facilitate coproduction and training.
Requirements
What skills, knowledge and experience are we looking for?
· knowledge of the different challenges and inequalities in the lives of children and young people and how they can impact their mental health.
· ability to engage easily with university, college, and sixth form students and the wider professional and educational institutions that support them.
· relevant experience of group facilitation and/or training.
· experience of curriculum development and group facilitation or training
Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – Mental Health Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all its beneficiaries, those who surround them, its staff, volunteers, and anyone else who comes into contact with its services and expects all trustees, staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate vetting procedures (proof of eligibility to work in the UK, proof of residency and satisfactory employment screening, including a Disclosure check and two most recent references) along with 3-year renewals of Disclosure checks. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
Other information
How to apply
If you think your skills match and you’d like to be part of a dynamic and growing organisation, please complete and submit your application below. Please ensure you attach an up to date CV and statement of suitability answering all points of the person specification. Applications will close at 5pm on Tuesday 2nd July and we are unable to accept late applications. Interviews are planned for 11th and 15th July. You may be asked to deliver a presentation on the day of the interview.
We believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. Diversity and inclusion is a strategic priority for us as an employer and mental health charity, and we are proud to be signatories of the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter and the Disability Confident Committed Scheme. Applications from under-represented sections of the community are actively encouraged.
If you have a disability, require any additional support or have any questions regarding the role, please contact us. We make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and during employment. Disabled candidates who meet all the essential person specification criteria will be offered an interview. Therefore, please do ensure you tick the relevant box on the application form and clearly indicate in your application/covering letter if you consider yourself to meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 / Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
We are currently operating mostly digital recruitment (including interviews via video conferencing). We have moved to a hybrid working model of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office and the rest working from home.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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!
PURPOSE OF THIS ROLE
The role holder is responsible for providing a dedicated service to support a safe and timely hospital discharge with proactive solutions
This is a responsive service requiring someone who is able to juggle multiple priorities and keep them moving to enable people to get people home.
The purpose of the post is to work proactively with clients primarily but not exclusively older people, in both hospital and community settings, to improve their ability to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible, in their homes. This will be achieved by working within the existing local processes and pathways for health and social care, thereby identifying older people in priority need and providing individual clients with a coherent person-centered approach in which their specific needs are seamlessly considered, recognised, and responded to. The principal focus of the service is to provide bespoke home improvements and adaptations that support independence, however there are further outcome requirements related to prudent healthcare, new technology and access to services. Key to the approach is identifying with Health & Social Care partners those in critical need; ensuring effective service access to beneficiaries and tailoring interventions to the specific need.
To ensure a seamless service for clients being discharged from hospital or prevention of admission to hospital.
Key accountabilities and responsibilities
· To be the face and direct contact of the Hospital to a Healthier Home Service.
· To work when required within the local Hospitals.
· To work with the hospital teams, assisting with patients housing needs and solutions to meet those needs to enable
discharge by the planned discharge date.
· Provide a point of contact for responding to clients or professionals calling the office in relation to urgent hospital works.
· Visiting clients on the wards to ensure we provide advice and personalised support to the client to identify their needs and discuss personalised options to repair or adapt their home.
· Proactively identify older frail patients with age-related challenges, complex health issues and related sensory loss, dementia or post-stroke trauma, that threaten their independence at home.
· Promote, provide awareness and develop referral protocols for potential clients with NHS, Social Care and Third Sector teams and establish a good working relationship within the relevant local authority departments, health services, housing and voluntary groups who are in contact with the client group.
· Work with the assessment and discharge planning processes within local clinical settings to assist in identification in a structured way, embedding a housing-related community service in the patient pathway.
· Provide a Healthy home visit assessment that is person-centred and needs-led, identifying housing, environmental and personal risks to independent living that clients face including assessing the risk of falls, and any factors affecting the safety, warmth and security of the property.
· Ensure that the client understands and is kept informed of all the procedures and practices involved with their particular circumstances.
· Deliver targeted information, signposting and support to those individuals identified with sensory loss, dementia and stroke (and their families and friends), to ensure they are aware of the services, information, advice and support available to them to enable them to live independently.
· Undertake brief interventions with people at high risk of losing their independence; this may include problem-solving with individual clients, supporting them to resolve issues relating to their sensory loss/dementia/stroke, living circumstance and independence, particularly at times of transition, such as hospital admission, diagnosis or discharge.
· Use Person-Centred approaches to plan, implement, monitor and review the support you provide.
· Work in a fully integrated way with other members of the local health and social care teams, to ensure people receive a seamless high-quality support, in which their living circumstance are considered as an integral part of their packages of care and support.
· Liaise with practical services/adaptations team or contractors to undertake relevant repairs and adaptations.
· Refer to specialist support such as the Managing better Caseworker to demonstrate assistive equipment to people which would enable them to live more independently and provide information and support services for clients that want to access new technology to support independent living.
· Have a basic knowledge of complex health and cognitive disorders, e.g. dementia, how the home environment might be improved to maximise opportunities for wellbeing and independence and how sensory loss impacts on these conditions.
· Ensuring the service runs in line with contractual and service level agreements.
· Provide information to the Operations Manager and other bodies monitoring the projects performance.
· Keep up to date with developments in relevant fields of work and research.
· Ensure that good records are kept in all cases, updating computerized records as necessary and maintaining case notes and progress forms.
· Contribute to the development of good casework practice throughout the agency, ensuring all casework meets the standards required by us and is in line with the Advice Quality Standard and the agency business plan.
· Contribute to performance and monitoring reports to the standard and within the timescales required by the agency manager.
· To develop a creative and collaborative relationship with the Technical and Adaptations team to ensure that we can deliver on our objective of always having clients at the heart of everything we do.
· You will be responsible for gathering and collating satisfaction surveys and providing management information on the levels of client satisfaction with the service.
· Ensuring that a suite of comprehensive activity-based risk management plans are up to date, relevant and communicated to the team.
· Produce case studies which demonstrate the impact of our work.
· To foster an excellent relationship with clients, contractors, Health and Social Services Partners and all staff and other agencies.
GENERAL DUTIES:
· Attend regular staff meetings and conferences.
· Undertake other reasonable duties, commensurate with this post, as may be required.
· To be aware of and committed to the promotion of the agency’s values, mission and diversity statements in both employment and service delivery.
· Provide information according to the Welsh language policy.
· Promote and maintain a customer focus.
· Contribute to the Agency overall strategic business plan.
· To work within the agency’s guidelines and procedures.
· Support the smooth running of the office.
· To adhere to Health and Safety legislation and the Agency policies and procedures in relation to Health and Safety
IN THIS JOB YOU WILL NEED
· Understanding of hospital pressures and experience with working hospital with discharge teams.
· Experience of leading and promoting delivery of a project with the ability to be front facing within a hospital environment.
· Significant experience in casework, support work, community work or a related field
· The ability to combine your knowledge and expertise with a person-centred mindset.
· Assessment skills, perhaps gained from professional training or experience.
· Problem solving skills - having a flexible approach to finding solutions that maximise independence and choice.
· You want to work in a value led organisation and recognise yourself in the agency’s core values.
· You have a ‘can do’ approach, remaining focused and calm under pressure. You look for solutions which keep the processes moving because your priority is to ensure our clients receive a high-quality service.
· Excellent listening skills in order to be able to design solutions around peoples’ wishes.
· Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities.
· Time and workload management skills – being able to plan ahead and manage multiple and competing priorities.
· Clerical, word processing, and office skills.
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of people in a diverse community.
· Work co-operatively and enable other members of the team to work to the best of their ability.
· Knowledge of the Welsh Government 6 goals to Urgent and Emergency Care
· Knowledge of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and The Well-being and Future Generations Act (Wales) 2015
DESIRABLE:
· Up to date knowledge of welfare benefits.
· An understanding of the needs of older people.
· An understanding of housing issues.
· Trusted Assessor status, or the willingness to achieve it.
· A qualification in energy awareness (e.g. City and Guilds level 3) or experience of domestic energy advice.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
People Support Team Lead - UK
Contract: Permanent, Fulltime, 35 hours per week
Salary: £56,249 - £59,602 with excellent benefits.
Location: London, UK.
Hybrid Working: We support and enjoy a flexible working environment. A minimum of 40% of working time is spent in the London office. This equates to 2 days for a full-time employee, one of those days must be a Monday when the entire UK People Team are office office-based.
About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in delivery of critical people support services to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?
We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.
Join WaterAid as our People Support Team Lead in the UK to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.
About the Team:
The UK People Team play a critical role in helping WaterAid realise its goals. WE lead on the development, deployment and application of strategies, policies and guidance that ensure that WaterAiders are aligned and engaged, and that they have the skills and opportunities to maximise the impact they can make to our mission. A small, impactful team, at the forefront of our delivery is the service we give to the organisation and central to that is our employee experience to support WaterAiders and the maintenance of a high-performing environment.
About the Role:
Team Leadership
- Manage coach and build capabilities of the People Operations Team, their performance and development in line with our values and people promise.
- Expertise and ownership of UK People Team policies, processes and procedures ensuring that they meet legislative requirements, are fit for purpose and in line with best practice and organisational priorities under the umbrella of our employee value proposition.
- Lead the delivery of the UK People Support team so that service standards are met, solutions are pragmatic and driven by our values, minimising risk.
- Ambassador for our culture of continuous business processes improvement, digital working and knowledge management in the team.
- Contribute to the development of the UK People team annual plan and priorities.
- Work in close collaboration with the Head of People in the UK to ensure those we serve in the UK experience a joined up and impactful service, promoted through our self-servicing model.
Payroll, Pension and Reward
- Accountable for the delivery of the UK monthly payroll and pension processes, providing oversight and support to the work of the in-house Payroll Officer and being a back-up to their role, to ensure payroll is run accurately each month.
- Implement the annual pay award operationally ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timeliness of payment to all UK based staff.
- Implementation of a new payroll system for the UK.
Systems and Reporting
- Responsible for maintaining and using our HR Information System, PeoplePlace effectively and efficiently, partner with the Global Systems Administrator so that all UK based employee data is correct and in compliance with data protection.
- Drive the importance of data and people analytics and create a culture of data-based decision making and insight across the team.
- Joint ownership of UK headcount establishment data with key stakeholder in Finance.
- Annual analysis and statutory reporting of the Pay Gap in the UK.
- Annual reporting of our data to external charity sector Pay Club and other bodies that we seek guidance on as part of our annual pay award assessment.
- Develop, implement, and maintain people KPI's, reporting and management information requirements to inform organisational performance and better decision making.
Compliance and Contract Management
- Act as the UK Team specialist on areas of HR compliance, working with third parties and specialist advisors, to ensure that our policies, processes and practice are compliant and meet legal requirements.
- Responsible for GDPR in the People Team, provide senior expertise and build capability across the wider people function.
- Manage the relationship and contracts with third party providers and suppliers for all UK based initiatives such as, but not limited to, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Benefits Provider to ensure an effective, value for money service that meet our our business needs at all times.
Other
- Ownership of salary calculations in the event of employee termination.
- Budget management and invoice approval.
- Custodian of the maintenance of the UK operational delivery folders and their content.
- Build relationships with sector counterparts to bring the outside in perspective to UK.
About the Role:
Functional skills
- Proven experience of leading, managing and developing a high performing people operations team in a matrix, fast paced organisation.
- Proven experience of managing and running in-house payroll for 250 staff or more.
- Excellent understanding of HR policy development; and proven experience of developing and embedding HR policies, processes and procedures that are fit for purpose.
- A qualified and robust HR Practitioner who has sound and up to date knowledge of employment law, tax and legislative requirements affecting a wide spectrum of HR policies and practice, i.e. payroll, pension, reward and benefits together with their application in the context of the employee experience.
- Working knowledge and experience of HR and Payroll systems, to maximise the functionality and create efficiencies.
- Demonstrate project management capability.
- Proven experience of contract management and managing a wide range of third-party service providers.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage, collaborate and build working relationships and partnerships with a wide variety of stakeholders (across the hierarchy up to senior management levels and across different cultures & backgrounds).
- Experience of leading cross functional projects and HR initiatives.
- Experience of people analytics and reporting.
Personal qualities
- A self-starter who is focused on delivery and execution: proactive in bringing solutions and recommendations to resolve problems and continuously improve HR practices.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills with fluency in English to influence at any level and produce quality correspondence and documents.
- An interest in HR, commitment to personal development and improvement, and willingness to take initiative.
- Demonstrated ability to a working style that reflects WaterAid's values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.
Desirable capabilities
Degree level education or equivalent.
- Associate (or higher) membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or equivalent work experience.
- An interest in and/or knowledge of development issues and the work of INGOs.
- Successful track record of continuously improving business processes.
Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 3rd July 2024. Availability for interview is required as follows:
First interview online video: 4th July followed by a panel interview on 17th July at our office in Canary Wharf.
How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter setting out how your experience would enable you to be our fabulous new People Support Team Lead in the UK. The CV and cover letter can be in either Word Document or PDF format.
Pre-employment screening: Only apply for this role if you can and are able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. We do not offer sponsorship for this role. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy as part of our offer process.
Our Benefits:
- 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
- We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
- Season Ticket Loan
- Free annual eye tests
- Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
- Sabbaticals
- Volunteer Day
Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Are you passionate about championing wellbeing and inclusion and value peer-peer support? We’re hiring a Senior Inclusion Coordinator to join our Student Development Team.
Some students are more likely to face barriers that prevent them from making the most of university, particularly those from historically underserved or marginalised communities. The Student Development Team aims to dismantle barriers to involvement so all students can engage with all the university has to offer. The Senior Inclusion Coordinator will play a key role in achieving this vision for our student communities.
In collaboration with a second Senior Inclusion Coordinator, you’ll be leading on a series of wellbeing and inclusion programmes that we’re really proud of.
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If you are seeking a new and exciting challenge then this could be the job you’ve been looking for!
An exciting opportunity has arisen at My Sisters’ House Women’s Centre for a Senior Fundraising and Communications Manager to join our small but extremely dynamic team. Working closely with the CEO, you will play a significant part in shaping the future of My Sisters' House and helping to deliver financially sustainable life-changing services for women, by women.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.