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The British Gas Energy Trust (BGET) helps families and individuals in England, Scotland and Wales experiencing hardship and who are struggling with energy debts.

You will be joining us at a time where many have been negatively impacted by the cost-of-living crisis and require financial support with their energy bills. You will be joining a collaborative and friendly organisation that is committed to helping individuals facing fuel poverty.  

We are looking for an experienced AAT Finance Assistant to help us in our mission to alleviate the detrimental impact of poverty, with a focus on fuel poverty.

This role will be within the small, dedicated Finance team, supporting the Head of Finance with the day-to-day running of financial operations and general finance enquiries.

This role is for 30 hours per week which can be worked across four or five days (Monday to Friday)

Roles & Responsibilities

· Manage the purchase ledger function efficiently and accurately

· Processing of invoices and expenses into the accounting system Xero

· Matching of purchase orders with invoices and requesting of approvals

· Managing payment processes for all suppliers and expenses with supporting documentation

· Maintaining the purchase order log, raising of purchase orders from approval requests

· Communicating with suppliers regarding of invoice queries

· Setting up of new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details

· Liaising with the Trustees regarding the payments, and agreeing a quarterly payment rota

· Monitoring the monthly progress for all Grants, including reconciliations and preparation of the monthly payments

· Assisting the Head of Finance with the preparation of the monthly management accounts, to include balance sheet reconciliations and journals and other related ad hoc tasks

We are a virtual organisation, and all work from our respective homes, however we meet up weekly on Teams, and meet up at least twice a year (in person) for our team events.

What skills we are looking for in a candidate:

· AAT qualified

· Proven experience as a Purchase Ledger Clerk or similar role

· High attention to detail and ability to work within strict deadlines

· High degree of accuracy and strong numeracy skills

· Excellent time management skills and self-motivated

· Demonstrate ability to manage several tasks at once

· Proactive communication and team-working skills

· Experience of using finance systems on a day to day basis (Xero or similar)

· Experience with all Microsoft applications and databases

What can we offer you:

· Excellent salary package

· Working from home with occasional need to travel to team meetings or other events

· Medical cover

· Life insurance

· Pension scheme

Our Organisation

You will work a combination of office, client-home, community, and home-based working. Causeway is a 4-day week employer, so you will work 32 hours over 4 days a week. Causeway is a London living wage employer. You will receive a 6% pension contribution, rising to 12% after two years service. We also offer an employee assistance programme that provides free financial, legal, and mental health advice and support to our employees. We provide core training, and continuous learning and development throughout your career with us. Travel schemes such as cycle to work and travelcard loans are also available.

The Role

• Coordinate the efficient day to day management of the organisation’s rental income, for approximately 250 tenants/units. 
• Manage the rent arrears recovery procedure to ensure rent is collected as per Causeway’s rent collection policy.
• Contact tenants to agree repayment plans and advise on income maximisation.

World Jewish Relief provides life-saving and life-changing action to people in crisis around the world. We work with our trusted local partners to help people survive the consequences of conflict and disaster, to thrive and rebuild their lives. We deliver programmes using our expertise, with urgency to achieve maximum and sustainable impact for those within and beyond our community.

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and organised Assistant Accountant with outstanding excel and book keeping skills, great attention to detail and a thorough understanding of all finance processes to join our friendly and hard-working Finance & Resources Team. 

You will be responsible for:

• All end to end payment processes including supplier invoices, payment of grant transfers to overseas partners and staff expenses, including credit cards and prepaid cards
• Ensuring regular month-end journals are posted correctly, including bank interest, fees, monthly depreciation, cost accruals, accrued income and prepayments
• Completing month end reconciliations and supporting documentation
• Assisting with preparation of annual accounts and compiling supporting documentation for auditors
• Assisting with treasury management, updating the charity’s monthly cash holding position

You should have:

• A recognised accountancy qualification or be part qualified
• Previous assistant accountant experience in a medium-sized organisation
• Advanced excel skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy across every aspect of your work
• A proactive, enthusiastic, flexible and open approach to engaging with colleagues, suppliers and supporters
• Ability to use your own initiative and make independent decisions

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays and Jewish holidays. After 2 years’ service holiday entitlement increases to 25 days.
• Pension scheme – we contribute 5% to the World Jewish Relief pension scheme.
• Life Insurance – up to 3 times salary to nominated beneficiaries.
• Health Cash Plan – cash back to cover the costs of dental treatment, optical care, specialist consultations and a range of complementary therapies.
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme – free, confidential advice or support with any personal or work. related concerns or free counselling if needed.
• Season ticket / travel to work loan.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• On Friday the office closes at 3pm.
• We encourage flexible working and offer a range of flexible working options

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

World Jewish Relief promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We invite and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from candidates of different ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation and of faith or none that meet the criteria set out for this role. You don’t need to be Jewish to work for us, but you must share our desire to assist those who need help based on their vulnerability, not their identity, recognising the dignity and potential of all people.

To apply

Please upload your CV and a cover letter explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification.

Interview dates: 4th & 5th December 2024

Hybrid role - predominantly working in the community and home based, with some expectations of office visit every now and again.

You have a QCF in Advice & Guidance (Level 3) or equivalent, plus a proven ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety. 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 Waythrough as a WorkWell Coach.

WorkWell is an exciting new government/DWP initiative to get people back to work. As well as providing work placement support, it will also address and support any physical or mental health needs via a Mental Health Provider and Physical Health Advisor who form part of the team. The pilot in Surrey will be going live in December and aims to empower people to take control of their health, wellbeing and any impacts this is having on their employment via referral to a WorkWell Coach. That’s where you come in.

Working as a key part of the primary care network (PCN) and other community hubs, your challenge will be to provide a supportive environment that enables each individual to identify their health and wellbeing concerns and the impact these are having on their employment. That will involve taking a strengths-based approach, focusing on ‘what matters to me’ and, together with the individual, producing a personalised and holistic support plan that aims to help the individual thrive at work. We’ll also rely on you to work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of physical activity, mental health and skills and employment advisors to provide direct interventions and connect individuals to diverse community-based support, thus ensuring they are able to maintain their health, wellbeing and employment in the longer term.

To succeed, you’ll need a good understanding of motivational coaching and interview skills, the ability to organise, plan and prioritise and a real commitment to develop. Familiar with office IT systems, you have good word processing skills and know how to use emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports. Just as important is a proactive and flexible approach plus the ability to listen to, and empathise with, people from all backgrounds and provide person centred support in a non-judgemental way. Put simply, you’re committed to reducing health inequalities and able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, thus motivating others to reach their potential. 

In return for your skills and enthusiasm, this role comes with some really great benefits and excellent training and development opportunities.

Due to the nature of the role, a driver and access to a car are essential.

This is a permanent full-time role requiring the post holder to work 37.5 hours per week.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted. 

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 was renamed Waythrough to reflect the new organisation.

Our new Research Community Growth Coordinator will play an essential role in growing our Lived Experts Research Community and taking the impact we can have in businesses to the next level.

It will be well-suited to someone who cares about social outcomes as well as business outcomes, and who is motivated to make a positive impact for charities and vulnerable people.

Our purpose at Three Hands is to create business value and social value, hand in hand. Three Hands Insight is the award-winning ‘social insight’ arm of Three Hands, focused on enabling businesses to gain insight from charities and ‘lived experts’ in a wide variety of societal issues and vulnerability circumstances. Clients include NatWest Group, Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, British Gas and EDF Energy. 

A major feature of Three Hands Insight is our Lived Experts Research Community – a group of people with first-hand experience of challenging circumstances and vulnerabilities such as disability, mental health problems, digital exclusion, financial vulnerability and dementia. We established the community in 2022 to help businesses understand challenging customer circumstances, and to do a better job at inclusive design for vulnerable and underserved customers. There are currently around 250 lived experts in the community. 

Please see the attached job description for more information on Three Hands Insight, the areas of responsibility for the role and the skills and interests were are looking for...

Senior Acquisition Executive - Challenges and Events (2312)

Contract Type: Permanent Full time
Closing Date: 6 December 2024
Salary: £39,538 - £43,931
Location: Belfast

Concern Worldwide (UK) is looking for a Senior Acquisition Executive – Challenges and Events to join the Public Fundraising Team on a full-time permanent basis.

About Concern Worldwide (UK):

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working toward the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Our mission is to transform the lives of people living in extreme poverty. We work with 25 million people each year, in some of the hardest-to-reach and most fragile places. Places prone to conflict, natural disasters, climate change, and extreme hunger.

About the role:

The Senior Acquisition Executive will lead on the development of and successfully implement Concern Worldwide UK’s mass participation events and challenges strategy, to recruit new supporters to the organisation, and grow our base of supporters and unrestricted fundraising income.

About You:

The ideal candidate will have a proven understanding of complicated procedures in events, direct / digital marketing, product management or fundraising team. You will have demonstrable analytical skills and highly numerate with experience of keeping and monitoring financial & budgeting reports. You will have experience and knowledge of mass participation event fundraising, including donor stewardship and donor recruitment through a variety of channels and audiences. You will have experience of using a fundraising database for effective analysis of direct marketing campaigns and trend giving patterns. To succeed in this role you will strong planning and project management skills and excellent organisation skills and experience of managing a varied workload.

Full details on the role and person specification can be found in the attached job description.

Benefits:

• 25 days’ annual leave, pro-rated for part-time employees.
• Office closure between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
• Flexible hours and hybrid working
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Stakeholder pension
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle scheme
• Life assurance
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Details of our benefits could be found on our website

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

Concern Worldwide encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity and origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organization. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.

About our office:

Our Belfast office is based in a listed building in a busy area close to lots of useful local amenities.

Staff are expected to come into their base office once per week or the monthly equivalent i.e. 4 times per month. Staff are also able to flex their start and finish times between the hours of 7am to 7pm daily.

To apply:

Please complete your application by 6th December 2024.

Concern reserves the right to close this role before the deadline.

All candidates who are short-listed for an interview will be notified via email after the application deadline

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the UK at the time of application.

Conditions of Appointment:

The successful post holder will be required to complete a criminal records self-declaration form and an AccessNI check.

You may have experience in the following: Senior Director of Acquisition, Head of Strategic Acquisitions, Lead Acquisition Officer, Senior Business Development Executive, Global Acquisition Manager, etc.

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Do you want to make a difference to the lives of people fleeing domestic abuse? Are you an experienced dog handler?
We are looking for a passionate Freedom Caseworker to deliver Freedom, a pet fostering service for individuals fleeing domestic abuse, in the South East of England.

About this role:
As Freedom Caseworker, you’ll:

• support pets and their owners through the referral and placement process, assessing the dogs and matching them with fosterers where appropriate.
• ensure that, while on placement, the welfare and behaviour of fostered dogs is monitored, and that volunteer foster carers feel supported,
• maintain regular contact with clients, providing updates on their dogs foster placement, receiving updates on their housing status from their support agency, and ultimately, arrange for owners and dogs to be reunited.

About you:
To be successful in this role, you’ll need significant experience of assessing and handling a variety of dogs in a rescue or rehoming centre environment, while also having a good understanding of domestic abuse and the problems faced by individuals fleeing domestic abuse with pets. You’ll also need to be a personable, confident communicator, who is comfortable handling sensitive and challenging situations appropriately and professionally. You’ll also need some experience of home visiting and working in a public facing role. Finally, we’re looking for a candidate with some experience of driving as part of a previous role, as driving will be a big part of the Freedom Caseworker position.

About Dogs Trust:
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.

About the team:
The Outreach team runs several projects supporting pet owners who are homeless or in housing crisis in the UK, including Freedom, a pet fostering service for people fleeing domestic abuse. Most referrals come from women fleeing domestic abuse via women-only services. The service places dogs into volunteer foster homes on a temporary basis until their owners are able to be reunited with them. The Freedom Project runs in Greater London and the Home Counties, Yorkshire, the North East, the North West, East Anglia, Scotland, Wales, and Hampshire.

This role is homebased but will involve significant travel across South East England and to other Freedom areas when required. Due to the nature of this role, this post is for women only and is exempt under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. A basic Disclosure & Barring Service Check (DBS) will be required for this role.

Please note, this role is available as a fixed term contract for six months.

To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you complete an application form and a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive enough suitable interest, so to avoid disappointment early application is encouraged.

Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture.  We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust. We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way.

Mind in Enfield and Barnet is a fast-growing charity in North London providing much needed therapy, wellbeing support and advocacy services to people with mental health problems. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 experienced Crisis Outreach Workers to support Mind in Enfield and Barnet's Family Hubs Service.This role is to support individuals during the perinatal period (expecting and up to 2 years after birth)  presenting at the Family Hubs experiencing mental health crisis and problems gain immediate support

The purpose of the Outreach Worker is to work with adults during the perinatal period (pre birth up to 2 years after birth), including both parents and carers. You will work as part of MiEB perinatal family hub team to identify those at risk of crisis and ensure referral pathways are in place to facilitate rapid engagement

The successful candidates should have a minimum 2 years experience of working with people with mild, moderate and severe mental health issues. Experience of utilising de-escalation techniques, and supporting clients presenting in emotional distress

Please see the attached job descrition which includes all duties and skills required.

This is a part-time position, 22 hours per week covering the service between 9-5 Monday to Friday. There may be a need for crossover hours up until 6pm to facilitate joint working with our crisis café 

The role is based at the Family Hubs within Craig Park and Ponders End in Enfield. You will also be based at the  Enfield Mind office at 275 Fore Street, N9 0PD.

Homeownership Officer 

£35,690.20 (based on 37 hrs per week) 

Bromsgrove  

Permanent 

Full or Part Time 30-37 hours per week (days flexible but must cover Fridays) 

  

Closing Date: Monday 2nd December @ 9am 

Interview Date (in person): Thursday 12th December 2024 

Our client has an exciting opportunity to join them as a Homeownership Officer working in a small, busy team which manages the delivery of their home ownership service. 

What you will be doing 

On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible for shared ownership sales, re-sales and staircasing activities, as well as Right to Buy, Right to Acquire and other sales processes. 

Highly customer focused, you will ensure customers receive a responsive and proactive service whilst working collaboratively with internal teams, estate agents, solicitors and financial advisers to drive and progress the sale of shared ownership and existing homes.

About you  
 

They are looking for a Homeownership Officer with previous experience of working in a home sales environment and a good understanding of the homes sales process from marketing to completion.

You will have a sound knowledge of low-cost home ownership options, including shared ownership, right to buy and right to acquire.

A strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills, you are able to communicate confidently with both customers and colleagues alike.

You will also be competent in the use of IT systems such as Outlook, Excel, Word and CRM databases.

What they can offer in return: 

• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays and holiday buy back scheme

• Pension Scheme – they offer a Defined Contribution pension, administered by the Social Housing Pension Scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Mental Health First Aiders

• Healthcare Cash Back Scheme

• Retail Discounts

• Free Parking and Free Refreshments

• Life insurance is also available to members of the pension scheme

They reserve the right to close vacancies before the stated closing date where the volume of applications is extremely high.

The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA) is the national charity for people affected by cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom.

CLAPA supports people affected by cleft to take control of their journey, connect with others, and use their voices to impact the future of care. Our vision is that no one affected by cleft lip and palate in the United Kingdom will go through their journey alone.

We are seeking a Head of Communications and Marketing to lead on the charity's communications strategy.

The Head of Communications and Marketing is a strategically important post in the organisation with lead responsibility for overseeing communications, marketing and PR for the UK’s only national cleft lip and palate support charity. The role involves managing all aspects of internal and external communications including media relations, digital content and brand strategy. 

The role reports directly to the Chief Executive, is a member of the Senior Management Team and works closely with the CLAPA Board of Trustees to ensure that we maximise all opportunities to promote the work of the charity.  The post holder also has responsibility for the direct line management of the Communications and Marketing team.

How to Apply

Please read the Recruitment Pack in full and then complete the online Application Form linked within. For safeguarding reasons, we are not able to accept CVs.

Applications close: 9am on Monday 9th December 2024

Interviews – 1st stage: Thursday 12th December 2024

Interviews – 2nd stage: Tuesday 17th December 2024

Start date: As soon as possible – to be agreed

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Mental Health & Money Advisor to work as part of our Advice, Information & Training Team.

Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values. We draw on the expertise, unique perspectives and lived experience of our people – regardless of who they are or their background – to help us become inclusive and anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider that reflect the diverse communities we support as a mental health charity.

The Mental Health and Money Advice Service is the first UK-wide service to address mental and financial health together. We aim to stop the spiral of debt and mental health issues by providing online information and advice and casework provided by telephone. The service launched in November 2017, commissioned by Mental Health UK and delivered by Rethink Mental Illness in England, Hafal in Wales, Support in Mind in Scotland and Mindwise in Northern Ireland. 

How you will make a difference

I use my existing knowledge and expertise to identify and address a range of issues and provide debt and financial capability advice to people with mental health issues. I take on case work within our remit on debt (including enhanced income maximisation), welfare benefits, mental health and financial capability issues. I develop my knowledge and experience of mental health and social care to set my advice in a meaningful context. I help clients identify the barriers that are hindering progress in dealing with their money worries and I provide help, support and advice to overcome these barriers.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.  We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation

We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Business Development Co-ordinator – 18-month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Oxfordshire
Salary: £18,285 (actual based on working hours)
Hours: 20
Job Type: Part time
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

Key Purpose:

The Business Development team leads and co-ordinates pilot service projects for RABI and runs the mental health training programme.

This role would include helping facilitate the day-to-day running of the mental health training programme and its development and expansion, as well as the integration into the new CRM system.

The role will involve an element of cross departmental working, to ensure both the smooth running of the service, but also the development of it to ensure it reaches its full potential.

Implementing relevant procedures and processes, revising and facilitating continuous improvement will be key to the success of the role, with a focus on reporting and integrating the service into the CRM. 

Building and maintaining successful working relationships both internally and externally and ensuring the highest standards of service delivery are essential to the role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Day to day management and delivery of RABI’s mental health training.
• To collect and track data on the effectiveness of the mental health training, and impact reporting.
• Work to develop RABI’s mental health training service to maximise its impact and effectiveness across the wider farming community.
• To integrate the mental health training service from booking through to invoicing and reporting, within the CRM system, to ensure all data is captured, relationships managed, and reporting provided.
• To support the delivery of new projects and pilots as required.
• To support the Business Development team in developing policies and processes to ensure the smooth running of the department.
• Be an ambassador for Business Development internally within RABI and with external organisations.
• Demonstrate commitment to Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity and Health and Safety promoting a safe and inclusive environment.
• Undertake any other responsibilities commensurate with the post which management representatives may require.

Person Specification:

Essential

• High computer literacy and technical skills including the use of Microsoft Office programmes, databases and CRM systems.
• Preparing data and samples to support with Departmental and Organisational reporting. 
• Good ability to manage feedback and data reporting skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to understand and translate complex information to a variety of audiences.
• Negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to work with people at all levels with tact and diplomacy.
• Excellent organisation skills and the ability to manage own workload and priorities.
• Affinity with the goals and objectives of RABI.
• Flexible, resilient and solution focussed working with sensitivity, integrity and without prejudice.

Desirable

• Farming background or knowledge of the farming community environment. 

This role profile is not exhaustive and is subject to review in conjunction with the post holder according to future developments at RABI.

RABI is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and aims to ensure that all employment practices secure equality of opportunity and that no prospective or current employee receives less than favourable treatment at RABI as a result of their sex, sexual orientation, age, race, religion, belief, ethnic origin, disability, marital, or for any other reason which cannot be shown to be justifiable. Our recruitment process strives to ensure that individuals are selected only based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications and abilities. 

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This vacancy involves a unique opportunity to be the Sex Worker ISVA Learning and Policy Influencing Lead  of an exciting new regional partnership program alongside National Ugly Mugs and POW (Notthingham) funded by the National Lottery Communities Fund. Based with Basis Yorkshire, this role will lead on influencing of policy and sharing of learning from this program to improve outcomes for sex workers who have experienced sexual violence including developing resources, organising events and sharing learning based on data from the program as well as working with those with lived experience and those in government and other authorities who help shape health and justice systems. Each organisation will be employing a SWISVA which will be line managed within each organisation. While the post is based within Basis Yorkshire, the post can be fullfilled working hybrid,  but will require frequent travel between Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester and nationally.

Basis Yorkshire is an award-winning charity that was founded in 1995 and now operates across Yorkshire. This is a unique opportunity to join a challenging and vibrant organisation, working with women who are involved in sex work. For more information about what Basis Yorkshire does and its values, please visit our website. 

Deputy Development Director

The salary for the post will be £49,000 - £55,000 per annum FTE

Peterhouse is the oldest College in Cambridge (founded in 1284) and is also among the smallest (currently 291 undergraduates; 176 postgraduates; 44 Fellows). The College provides accommodation for almost all its Junior Members either on or near the main College site. The College is, therefore characterised by a greater degree of regular interaction between Senior and Junior Members than is the case in some larger Colleges. It is a vibrant community, with many active clubs and societies, and a strong tradition of table fellowship. Peterhouse is situated in Trumpington Street in Central Cambridge.

The College’s development activities are essential to its future. The Office fundraises for the College, and organises a wide range of events and produces publications for alumni.

The College seeks to appoint a Deputy Development Director with two main responsibilities – the day-to-day management and motivation of members of the fundraising team, and the cultivation of an individual portfolio of 50 UK-based prospects with giving capacity of up to £50k. 

The successful candidate will oversee the day-to-day running of the development office and optimise efficiency in all operational areas, including our database, financial systems and reporting, policies and procedures, event planning, and daily workflows. The post-holder will line-manage, support, and motivate all members of the development team and promote positive working relations through regular one-to-ones, mentoring, team meetings and away days. A key activity is to manage an individual portfolio of 50 UK-based prospects with giving capacity of up to £50k (alumni, non-alumni, trusts, foundations) and develop a cultivation strategy for each constituent, based on regular face-to-face meetings and other KPIs to be agreed with the Development Director after six months in post. It will be expected that the post-holder will create and implement a multi-year strategy to grow annual fund income, including from the telephone campaign, the 1284 Circle (regular giving) and other new initiatives

You will have track record of successfully line managing one or more individuals in a high-performing team, together with experience of effective fundraising and asking for gifts or equivalent experience in a results-oriented, project-based environment. You will possess the ability to influence and negotiate at senior levels externally and within an organisation and to describe and communicate compelling propositions. You will have highly developed stakeholder management skills and able to develop, create and sustain trusted and effective relationships with potential partners.

You will enjoy:

• Holiday entitlement is 25 days plus 8 bank and public holidays. A car parking space may be available, subject to capacity.
• The College offers an auto-enrolled pension scheme to eligible employees, after 3 months’ completed service.  The scheme is the Cambridge Colleges Group Personal Pension Scheme (CCGPPS) with Aviva.
• Lunch is provided free of charge when on duty over lunchtime and when the College kitchens are open.
• The College offers a medical cashback scheme to staff.

 The closing date for applications is 8.00am on Thursday 28th November 2024. Interviews will take place on Thursday 5th December 2024