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We're looking for a strategic, analytical, and leadership-oriented Director of Governance and Assurance to join our Head Office located in Islington.

£85,000.00 per annum, working 35 hours per week.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

For a full job description, please visit our website.

As the Director of Governance and Assurance, you will provide sector-leading company secretariat, governance, and assurance, ensuring the governance structure efficiently manages regulated activities and commercial group entities. The post-holder will also advise and support the Chief Executive, Chair, and SLT on all aspects of regulation, corporate governance, and effective business conduct for the organisation, ensuring the highest standards of probity and according to statutory and legislative requirements.

The Director of Governance and Assurance will oversee risk management and assurance functions, ensuring effective systems for internal controls and regulatory compliance, including internal audit management. They will provide administrative support for Board and Committee meetings, including agenda planning, minute taking, and record keeping.

This role is a key contact with the Regulator of Social Housing and other external government or regulatory organisations including CQC and Ofsted.

The Director of Governance and Assurance must embody a strategic and principled leadership style, ensuring the highest standards of governance, risk management and regulatory compliance. This individual will demonstrate exceptional integrity, attention to detail, and the ability to navigate complex legal and regulatory landscapes with confidence. With strong analytical and communication skills, they will provide expert guidance to the Board and Senior Leadership Team while fostering a culture of transparency and accountability. Adept at balancing strategic oversight with operational efficiency, they will drive continuous improvement in governance practices, ensuring that Look Ahead remains resilient, compliant, and well-positioned to fulfil its mission in the housing and social care sector.

What you'll bring:

Skills

Leadership: Strong leadership and management skills to oversee governance and assurance functions.

Organisational skills: Extremely organised with a planned approach to ensure leading the activity in this remit.

Analytical Skills: Ability to analyse and interpret legal and regulatory requirements.

Communication: Excellent communication skills to provide clear advice and support to Board and Committee members.

Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy in record-keeping and compliance monitoring.

Qualifications

Educational Background: Typically, a bachelor's degree in business administration, law, finance, or a related field. A master's degree or MBA can be advantageous.

Professional Certifications: Relevant certifications such as Certified Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), or Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) can enhance your credentials

Qualified Company Secretary

Experience

Leadership Experience: Significant experience in a senior leadership role, preferably within governance, risk management, or compliance.

Industry Experience: Significant experience in the Housing sector

Track Record: Proven track record of successfully implementing governance and assurance frameworks and driving improvements in organisational performance

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.

We are Caring and Compassionate.

We are Inclusive and Trusted.

We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join SSAFA’s ambitious and dynamic Corporate Partnerships team. We are looking for an experienced and highly proactive Corporate Partnerships Manager to manage and grow our portfolio of strategic partnerships.

About the role

We are looking for someone to lead on the successful delivery of corporate partnerships. It will be your responsibility to deliver the account management elements, ensuring all commitments are delivered whilst identifying opportunities to increase the value of long-standing relationships.

Working closely with a wide range of stakeholders, you will plan and execute an annual programme of content, reporting, volunteering, fundraising activities, and events to ensure the objectives of the partnership are achieved.

You will work proactively on new business approaches and delivering powerful impactful presentations on the benefits of supporting SSAFA with the aim of securing long term support.

You will attend networking and engagement events or partner events and undertake presentations around what SSAFA do and how partnerships can be formed and developed.

About you

We are seeking an experienced senior officer or manager who brings significant account management experience and is target driven, a self-starter and has a record of growing long-term partnerships as well as being successful in bringing on new relationships. If you have excellent communication and relationship building skills along with the initiative to maximise every opportunity within a partnership, then we would love to hear from you.

We are keen to find the right person for the role, and therefore happy to discuss flexible working patterns such as compressed hours or early/late start times. You will need regularly represent the charity at events and visit the offices of corporate partners so flexibility and the willingness to travel is essential.

About SSAFA

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, has been providing practical, emotional, and financial support to our Forces and their families since 1885. SSAFA, is a trusted source of support for the Armed Forces community in their time of need; last year our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 53,000 people in need, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.

SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. We are here for that person and their family – any time they need us, in any way they need us, for as long as they need us.

Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA

SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

Closing date: Midnight 14 April 2025

Interviews: TBC

Call for Expressions of Interest

Climate change capacity building training Consultancy, Ghana

Anticipated timeframe: April 2025 to June 2025, up to 27 person days

Location: Ghana

Background for project work

The Strengthening Civil Society Representation of Women with Disabilities in Ghana programme launched in May 2024, is a 2-year project funded by the European Union. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of two co-applicants in the areas of management, communication, fundraising, coordination, advocacy, gender, climate change, networking, and financial accountability.

Sightsavers will build the capacity of two co-applicants: Women with Disability Development and Advocacy Organisation (WODAO) and the Alliance for Better Advocacy and Knowledge (ABAK) Foundation. WODAO and the ABAK Foundation will subsequently cascade this capacity building to their members and partners, strengthening their ability to claim their rights and hold duty bearers accountable. The project also aims to establish collaborative partnerships with various Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), including those that focus on women's rights, disabilities, and environmental/climate issues.

What this project work will focus on

Sightsavers is inviting bids from environmental and climate change organizations to provide capacity-building training to the ABAK Foundation, WODAO, and their downstream partners (38 community-based organisations) in climate change and emergency preparedness.

Key responsibilities

The training should seek to achieve the following objectives

1. Help participants understand climate change, it’s causes, and its impact on communities and people especially persons with disabilities.
2. Equip participants with strategies to adapt to climate change related challenges.
3. Improve persons with disabilities awareness of available climate change adaptations and frameworks in Ghana and how they can benefit from them.
4. To strengthen persons with disabilities ability to advocate for inclusive climate change adaptation and policy making.
5. Provide guidance on creating inclusive disaster preparedness plan that consider the needs of persons with disabilities.
6. Teach the participants practical, disability friendly ways to contribute to environmental sustainability in daily life.
7. Equip participants with skills to mainstream climate adaptation into their programmes.
8. Help participants to understand key findings from the climate change analysis report that relate to their project districts and how they can respond to them.

Please read the ToR for a full description of the timeline and deliverables.

Timeline

The work will commence in April 2025 and conclude in June 2025.

Consultancy expertise

• Successful track record in the provision of capacity building training tied to climate change
• Experience facilitating training with potentially vulnerable populations
• Understanding of disability and mental health (desirable)
• Evidence of skills, experience, and knowledge in climate change (essential) and disability inclusion (desirable).
• Experience in capacity building and stakeholder engagement.
• Track record of leading environmental or climate change actions with examples of reports if available.
• Proven experience working as an external facilitator(s) for international organizations, the private sector, and/or national development organizations.
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English. Fluency in local languages desirable.
• Resident in Ghana  desirable although not compulsory

Payment Terms

The agreed budget will be discussed at interview.

Consultancies with a proven track record in the above will be procured to undertake the project through an expression of interest process. 

Full details of the project, Scope of Work and Outputs/ Deliverables can be found within the attached ToR.

How to express your interest:

To submit your bid please read the complete ToR, and complete our Expression of Interest (EoI) which can be found via the application link by 13 April 2025.

The EoI response should include roles and responsibilities of the team members of the Consultancy and number of days input, as well as a proposed workplan and indicative budget, including team members’ daily rates for the assignment and any other anticipated expenses.

Interested bidders are also requested to include an example of previous similar work.

The deadline to submit your EoI is 13 April 2025 at 23:30pm BST UK.

Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 21 April 2025 onwards.

Please note due to the high volume of applications anticipated it is possible that only successful applicants will be contacted. We reserve the right to close this ad early.

Selection Criteria:

Sightsavers is committed to running a fair and transparent tender process and ensuring that all bidders are treated and assessed equally during this process. Bidder quotation responses will be evaluated against Essential Criteria, Capability Criteria, Sustainability Criteria and Commercial Criteria.  These criteria have been especially created to help SCI determine which bidder is able to offer the best quality and most commercially competitive solution to meet our needs and deliver the most effective programming to our beneficiaries.

Team: Legacies & In Memory

Location: Remotely, UK

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: Up to £41,363.70 per annum

Contract: Fixed term for 12 months

We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.

Will you join us and make life better for cats?

Responsibilities of our Senior Legacy Marketing Officer:

• The Senior Legacy Marketing Officer is responsible for delivering Cats Protection’s marketing and stewardship programmes for Gifts in Wills and Free Wills.
• This role will focus on developing annual plans, managing budgets and delivering activity across multiple communication channels (both acquisition and retention), in order to grow the active legacy file and increase future legacy income in line with Cats Protection’s income generation strategy and targets.

About the Legacies & In Memory team:

• Legacy Marketing forms a key part of the Legacy, Cat Guardians and In Memory team, which sits within our Marketing and Income Generation directorate. Legacy and In Memory fundraising is our largest income stream and accounts for around half of the income we receive every year.
• We have a team of 10

What we’re looking for in our Senior Legacy Marketing Officer:

• Significant experience in a legacy fundraising and/or direct marketing role
• Management of income and expenditure budgets
• Considerable experience of commissioning and managing external agencies and consultants
• Comfortable reporting and presenting to colleagues, senior management and external agencies
• Familiar with CARE NG or similar CRM system
• Experience of utilising in depth data analysis and segmentation for marketing purposes

What we can offer you:

• range of health benefits
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
• and much more, which you can learn about

Interested? Here’s how to apply:

Application closing date: 10th April 2025

Virtual interview date: 25th & 28th April 2025

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable.  You may be just the right candidate. 

If successful, your recruitment journey will include:

1.Anonymised application form

2.Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams

Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.

Building Safety & Compliance Officer - Full Time - £44,039 per year

Are you enthusiastic about ensuring the safety and regulatory compliance of properties?

We are looking for a Building Safety and Compliance Officer to join our team and play a vital role in maintaining the safety and compliance of our properties.

In this position, you will be responsible for conducting property reviews and performing essential risk assessments through on-site inspections. Your experience in building safety and maintenance, along with your knowledge of statutory requirements for residential buildings, will be key to your success.

The ideal candidate will hold a recognized qualification in a property-related field, specifically in building construction or surveying. You will play a crucial role in helping Hightown meet its health and safety obligations, ensuring compliance with the Building Safety Bill, Fire Safety Act, and other relevant regulations.

If you are committed to maintaining high safety standards and regulatory compliance, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Carrying out building assessments and risk evaluations to support planning for necessary works not covered under building guarantee claims.
• Assist the Building Safety Lead Manager in collaborating with regulatory and enforcement bodies regarding building and fire safety, including submitting government returns within required deadlines.
• Develop and produce proposals for any building upgrade works required considering any impact on residents at all stages.
• Help create accurate digital records for each of Hightown’s buildings.
• Support the compliance team in ensuring statutory obligations and KPIs, covering areas such as electrical testing, gas servicing, legionella testing, risk assessments, lifting equipment, PAT testing, asbestos, automatic gates, playground equipment, and fire safety.

Essential Qualifications & Requirements:

• A full UK driving licence and access to a car for work-related tasks.
• A property-related qualification, with a focus on building safety, construction, surveying or similar.

Our Benefits:

• 33 days of annual leave including Bank Holidays
• Competitive salary of £44,039 per year (based on a 35-hour week)
• Monthly attendance bonus
• Life assurance cover (three times your annual salary)
• Access to favourable discounts and savings at high street retailers, gyms, restaurants, and cinemas
• Ongoing training opportunities to develop your career
• Employee support and health & wellbeing services
• Free access to on-site gym

We will be reviewing and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply early to avoid missing out.

Hightown is an Equal Opportunities & Disability Confident Employer.

Salary: £33,000-£35,300
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Location: London/ Hybrid
Closing date: Rolling
Benefits: 4% employer pension contribution rising to 8% after one year, employee assistance programme and up to six free counselling sessions, BUPA health cash plan

We have an excellent opportunity for a Creative Designer working for a brilliant animal welfare charity, where you will report to the Brand Engagement and Planning Manager. As part of this role, you will bring the charity’s brand and mission to life through high-quality, compelling design work across a range of offline and online assets. As a champion of the charity’s brand, you’ll maintain brand consistency across design projects, support brand and design approvals, and oversee design support requests.

This role will offer you the brilliant opportunity to join the charity in its early stages of a brand review project, allowing you to play a key part in activating and rolling out its brand across all channels.

To be successful as the Creative Designer, you will need:

• Demonstrable experience of creative design within a multi-disciplinary graphic design role, with organisational skills and ability to manage own workload.
• Experience of working with internal and external stakeholders to tailor designs to their needs.
• Experienced in Adobe Creative Suite/Cloud, with experience and knowledge of design.

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please call Ashby on 02030 062787 or email your interest along with your CV to [email protected]
Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector. 
We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here. 
If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner. 

Job Title: Sexual Health Independent Gender Violence Advocate (Sexual Health IGVA)

Location: The Gaia Centre (Lambeth, London)
Salary: £28,104 per annum, inlusive of London weighting if applicable
Contract type: Full Time, Fixed Term Contract (18 Months)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

We want kind and empathic people to work at Refuge, who believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion, are experts in their area of knowledge, want to make a positive difference and improve the lives of the women and children we support.

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Sexual Health IGVA supporting women and children who are impacted by Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). The Sexual Health based IGVA (Independent Gender Violence Advocate) will provide high quality independent advocacy and support to survivors of gender-based violence including victims/survivors of sexual violence and domestic abuse. This role will also focus heavily on raising awareness and building skills within communities and host services to better identify and respond to Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).

The IGVA will deliver VAWG services embedded within sexual health settings in Lambeth sexual health clinics and outreach teams, which contribute to local implementation of relevant national, regional, and local strategies. This role will include supporting people who may not be residents of Lambeth but who access open access sexual health clinics and outreach. The service will be co-located in the local Lambeth sexual health clinics and drop-in locations. The job involves working within a multi-agency framework consisting of the MARAC and local partnership protocols and procedures that prioritise the safety of survivors. 

Please note that 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 working patternfor this role is 9:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday. Occasional late early shifts: 8:00am-4:00pm or late shifts: 1:00pm – 8:00pm on a rota basis to cover duty (approximately 2-3 days a month). Flexibility on how the hours is spread across the week within these times.

Closing Date: 09:00am 10 April 2025

Interview Date: 25 April 2025

Refuge is the UK’s largest provider of specialist services, and we are proud to be a leader in our field and an employer of choice, with leading edge systems for supervision, quality management and development. 

Refuge offers a variety of exciting opportunities to learn, develop and grow in your career. We recognise the value everyone brings to the organisation to achieve our aims and are dedicated to developing and rewarding our staff. More details of our benefits can be found in Job Information Pack.

Policy Officer-Wales

Based at home, situated across Wales including regular travel around the country.

22.5 hrs per week

Fixed term post 2 years - until the end of May 2027

£31,500-£34,500 p.a FTE depending on experience

Make a difference for kidney patients in Wales!

Are you passionate about influencing policy and driving change? Do you want to be part of a growing team making a real impact on the lives of people with kidney disease?

We’re looking for a Policy Officer – Wales to help shape policy, build relationships, and advocate for better support and care for kidney patients. In this brand-new role, you’ll work for Kidney Care UK and Kidney Wales, engaging with policymakers, healthcare professionals, and those affected by kidney disease.

You’ll spend time at the Senedd, building connections with local politicians and councillors, and ensuring the voices of kidney patients are heard loud and clear. With your knowledge of Welsh Government structures (or similar UK experience), you’ll help drive our campaigns and influence change.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible difference, working flexibly in a supportive team. If you’re ready to champion kidney patients and shape policy in Wales, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Develop or participate in work programs and undertake projects to explore policy issues under the guidance of the Policy Director of Kidney Care UK and the Managing Director of Kidney Wales.
• Support the research, development and dissemination of policy positions in Wales.
• Work with other team members to deliver events/reports or campaigns as needed
• Keep up to date with the policy department and charity work to avoid duplication and ensure good communications with our colleagues.
• Contribute to the newly created All Wales Cross Party Group.
• Undertake desk-based research involving data collection and the synthesis of information from relevant sources.
• Seek out opportunities for communications and influencing in the Welsh parliament, including the need for a kidney group. 

The advert may close earlier than the stated closing date if we recevive a sufficient number of suitable applications.

We are currently recruiting for a full time (37.5 hours per week) Assistant Support Worker at Candlemas Mead in Beaconsfield.

This is a shared supported living house for six people aged between 48 and 65 years of age who each have their own en-suite room. Hoist training is required.

Working as part of a dedicated team, your role as an Assistant Support Worker is to provide appropriate support to service users with their day to day needs, within their own home, which may be in a supported living scheme or in the wider community. This may involve providing assistance with personal care and promoting life skills such as shopping, managing budgets and domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning. As an Assistant Support Worker you will follow agreed support plans and risk assessments to ensure that we are providing a service that meets each individual`s needs, supports their aspirations and maximises their independence

About You

You do not need sector experience as we provide a structured induction and comprehensive training to support you with your role and you will have the opportunity to gain an accredited vocational qualification.

We are looking for passionate people who with a `can-do` attitude who are driven by the desire to make a difference and who have the ability to recognise the wishes and needs of vulnerable adults and communicate effectively using different methods according to peoples needs.

You will need to be able to work shifts as part of a rota system which will include weekend and bank holiday working. You must be able to work as part of a team to deliver an excellent service to the people we support and be flexible in your approach to work. You will have a commitment to equality and diversity and take a positive approach to supporting people with learning disabilities.

Benefits

In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer a benefits package which includes:

• Generous annual leave allowance of 33 days per year, including statutory bank holidays, rising to 35 days with service
• £12 per hour/£23,400 per annum
• Regular support from your line manager and colleagues
• Annual bonus based on satisfactory performance
• Monthly attendance bonus on top of your basic salary
• Annual salary and cost of living review
• Commitment to health and wellbeing with the Five Ways to Wellbeing
• Ongoing professional development and support to deliver outstanding support
• Workplace pension scheme and life assurance of three times your annual salary
• Refer-a-friend scheme: Earn a £130 bonus for each friend you refer to work for us
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Employee assistance helpline
• Mileage paid for car usage
• Fully paid DBS

If you are interested in joining our friendly team, please download the job description and click apply below.

Please note that we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis and therefore we may close the vacancy early. Interested applicants are therefore encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure they are considered.

Appointment to this position will be subject to satisfactory right to work, enhanced DBS, reference and medical checks.

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We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Job Title: Hartlepool Parents in Mind Project Lead

Salary:£27,000 FTE (£19,285.71 pro-rata)

Hours per week: 25 hours

Contract: Fixed Term until 31st March 2026, extension subject to funding

Location: Hartlepool Based with some home working

Benefits: NCT membership with access to exclusive benefits, pension scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank and public holiday.

About us

NCT is a charity with a clear mission: to support people as they become parents, through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood.

With a 65-year history of transformative change, we are a vibrant community of volunteers, practitioners, peer supporters, members and advocates. We are the largest parenting charity in the country and over the decades we’ve supported millions of people on their unique journey into parenthood.

While many know us for our antenatal classes, we also do much more. We campaign on issues that matter to parents, provide infant feeding support, and run thousands of free community events and activities led by our amazing volunteers. We also support families facing challenges like social isolation, feeding difficulties, and poor mental health. We offer support in communities, in hospitals and online.

NCT is committed to social justice and equity. We are dedicated to being an anti-racist charity and believe that inclusion is everyone's responsibility. Being there for every parent requires bold action to challenge inequalities. By creating inclusive spaces and services that are built on collaboration and trust, we welcome and celebrate diversity and strive to meet the needs of the pregnant women, new parents, families and communities that we serve. 

As the world changes and new challenges are thrown up for parents, our charity must change too. Join us now and be part of this journey, and ensure that every parent feels connected, confident and safe.

About the role

You will be responsible for leading on the perinatal mental health project across the region. Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:

• Leading on perinatal peer support across the region.
• Managing the volunteers
• Having a good working knowledge and understanding of the local demographics in the Hartlepool area and ensuring all services are accessible and inclusive.
• Engaging with communities through networking with other local organisations.
• The Confidence to network with and occasionally present to local clinical and partner agencies across maternity and mental health sectors to integrate the services into local pathways and build relationships with the profile of the service.

Most importantly, you will be working to continuously make a difference for the many families across Hartlepool who struggle with emotional well-being, anxiety or social isolation in pregnancy or the first two-years after childbirth. 

We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support.

We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity. We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. 

We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability.

The welfare and safety of individuals is at the heart of everything that we do. NCT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

If you would like to apply for this position please submit a CV and covering letter, outlining why you are interested in the role and why you think your skills, experiences and competencies are a good fit – in particular focus on the top four essential criteria. Please visit our website to complete applicaiton.

Closing date for applications: 12pm 24th April

Interviews: w/c 28th April

About The Role

Join our team at the National Memorial Arboretum as a Visitor Services Assistant, where you’ll play a key role in creating a warm and welcoming experience for all visitors. As the first point of contact, you’ll provide friendly and professional customer service, ensuring that every guest gets the most out of their visit. Whether guiding visitors at the welcome desk, assisting volunteers, or offering helpful advice, your role will be vital in maintaining our reputation for excellence.

The Arboretum is the UK’s dedicated year-round centre of Remembrance and is part of the Royal British Legion. At its core, the Royal British Legion is a people-focused organisation. It’s made up of individuals who are committed to doing their very best for others, while also making the most of the opportunities and experiences we provide.

This is a customer-facing role where no two days are the same. You’ll be supporting the welcome desk team, answering visitor enquiries, and responding to feedback with care and professionalism. You’ll also help to promote activities such as guided tours, events, and donations, all of which contribute to the Arboretum’s continued success. A good knowledge of the site and its operations will be key, allowing you to share insights and enhance the visitor experience.

We’re looking for someone with excellent communication skills, a passion for delivering great customer service, and the ability to stay calm under pressure. Experience in retail, hospitality, or a similar customer-focused environment would be an advantage. This role also involves operating tills, handling cash and card transactions, and upselling visitor services to help generate income.

If you enjoy working with people and want to be part of a team that makes a real difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note that this role will be based onsite at the National Memorial Arboretum, Burton-on-Trent DE13 7AR. This is a causal contract so will be 0 hours with flexibility to work over 7 days.

Employee benefits include -

- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Pension scheme subject to eligibility
- You are entitled to 28 days’ holiday per holiday year, including bank and public holidays. Your entitlement will be calculated on a pro rata basis, depending on the number of hours that you work.
- Annual leave should be used in the year it is accrued.
- Uniform will be provided (where applicable).

About the National Memorial Arboretum
The Arboretum is the UK’s leading year-round centre of Remembrance and a proud part of the Royal British Legion. Spread across 150 acres, it is home to more than 350 memorials, including the nationally significant Armed Forces Memorial, paying tribute to the service and sacrifice of those who have served and continue to serve our country. The site is also filled with around 30,000 maturing trees and a wealth of wildlife, making it a beautiful and peaceful place to reflect. Each year, the Arboretum attracts around 300,000 visitors, many of whom attend over 200 events held throughout the year.

In March 2017, the National Memorial Arboretum opened its new award-winning Remembrance Centre, offering an even more powerful and immersive experience for all those who visit. This truly is a special place – a living memorial that honours the dedication and sacrifice of our Armed Forces community.

For more detailed information about the role, please see our Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert.

National Memorial Arboretum is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.

We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Major Donor and Trusts Manager 

Up to £45,000 per annum + benefits (inc 25 days holiday days annual leave and pension)

Leatherhead, Surrey (some flexible working options available)

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity is going through an exciting time where we are growing, with the aim of reaching more families in need.

About the role:

We are looking to appoint an experienced Philanthropy Manager to proactively lead the cultivation and stewardship of potential and existing major donors, trusts and statutory bodies, with a particular focus on driving significant income growth.

Reporting to the Director of Fundraising and Engagement, the Philanthropy Manager will drive the growth of a portfolio of existing supporters and new prospects giving at the five and six figure gift level, with a particular focus on generating major gifts from new donors. The postholder will think strategically to develop inspiring fundraising cases of support, and impact reporting working closely with Care service colleagues, the finance team and the wider fundraising and engagement team.

This role has line management responsibility for three experienced fundraisers who manage their own portfolios of Major Donors, Trusts, and Foundations.

What we’re looking for:

· An experienced and enthusiastic Philanthropy Manager – with a track record of achieving challenging income targets and effective prospect management. Applications will be particularly welcome from those with a background in a children’s charity or SME with ownership of strategic planning.

· A poised, confident and convincing communicator – you have strong negotiation, presentation and networking skills and the ability to quickly connect with and motivate others

· A helpful and supportive team member – you work collaboratively and stimulate others into action

· A goal-orientated and analytical problem solver – you respond quickly to varied activities and are able to adapt quickly to change, whilst focusing on the bigger picture.

· A high level of attention to detail and accuracy – you work at a fast pace handling details whilst maintaining accuracy.

· Confident use of MSOffice and extensive experience of Excel – you have strong attention to detail, are comfortable working with data, and produce high quality accurate work.

What we offer:

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees, this includes:

· Flexible working hours to balance home and working life

· Access to the Blue Light Card Scheme, and other rewards and discounts

· Time off in lieu

· Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes

· Family friendly policies, focused on employee wellbeing, and an active cross-organisational wellbeing group running a number of initiatives throughout the year

· Pension scheme (we will contribute 5% of your salary and you will contribute at least 3%)

· The option to buy/sell annual leave, as well as additional leave for your birthday, wedding/civil ceremony and half day Christmas shopping

· A recommend a friend recruitment referral bonus

If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us please visit our website.

About us:

Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity enables families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness to make the most of time together, providing expert, practical and emotional support, where they need it for as long as it is needed. For families living with childhood illness, time is everything. Right now, there are too many families coping alone with no support, no time to think, no time to make memories and no time for each other. We believe that no family should go through this alone, so we are here to change that.

How to apply:

To apply please send your CV and a covering letter to us via the link.

Interview dates: Interview dates to be confirmed

Your covering letter should highlight why your application should be considered above others, and clearly state how your experience matches the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification.

Interviews will take place at our Head Office in Leatherhead or virtually via Microsoft Teams. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment.

Rainbow Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Best Companies One-Star rated organisation.

We're looking for a 2 kind, compassionate and resilient Support Workers to join our Mental Health service in Slough

£26,208.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Our benefits include:

Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
Free DBS
Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway® and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
Fully paid induction programme and further training
ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
Healthcare Cashplan through our partner Healthshield
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
Online wellbeing resources
A generous pension - we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff's commitment and contribution

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs of the customers of the service. In some services, this will include providing physical, domestic, emotional and social care. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

This role involves working on a rota pattern made by early, late, weekend and bank holidays.

For a full job description, please visit our website

About you:

Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
Approachable and open behaviour
Prefers working as part of a group or team
Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
Flexible
Open to feedback and self development
Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
Is essentially customer-focused
Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

What you'll bring:

Essential:

Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable:

Experience working in mental health

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 100 services, providing support to thousands of customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness and complex needs, young people and care leavers and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.