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Team: Community Fundraising

Location: North West (Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire & Cumbria)

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday with occasional weekend working for events

Salary: Up to £32,013 per annum

Contract: Permanent

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 Community Fundraising Officer:

• This role supports the delivery, growth and reach of community fundraising in a defined geographical location and supports the development and delivery of a local fundraising strategy in line with the organisation’s broader income generation objectives.
• The Community Fundraising Officer will establish, implement, develop and maximize all community fundraising opportunities, increase income, deliver exceptional supporter stewardship and exemplary volunteer management, working collaboratively with the Community Fundraising Hub Manager and Community Fundraising Volunteer Team Leader to build on past successes and develop a diverse pipeline of community fundraising events and activities that respond to local audience needs.
• The role will also build and develop exceptional fundraising relationships with supporters and volunteers within the defined geographical location to harness the power of our local footprint and raise income and awarenes

About the Community Fundraising team:

• We sit within the Community Events team
• Our team is responsible for leading and supporting community activites to drive and grow our community fundraised income.
• We currently have a team of 30+

What we’re looking for in our Community Fundraising Officer:

• Evidence of raising funds in a community fundraising environment
• Planning, organising and delivering campaigns, activities and plans including marketing.
• Evidence of working to and achieving objectives
• Direct experience of working with volunteers 
• A valid UK driving license and access to a car

What we can offer you:

• range of health benefits
• 25 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: 21st August 2024

Virtual interview date: Week commencing 2nd September 2024

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.

BANK PROJECT WORKERS (DAYS, NIGHTS & WEEKENDS)

MARYVALE YOUNG PARENTS’ ACCOMMODATION, BLACKBURN

Bank rate Point 13 £14.02 per hour (with accrued holiday pay)

Shift times 7:30am – 15:00pm, 14:30pm – 22:00pm (Days) & 21:30pm – 8:00am (Nights)

We are advertising for Bank Project Workers to work a variety of shifts at our Young Parents’ Accommodation in Blackburn which provides a high standard of housing management that delivers a safe and supported environment for young parents and their babies.

This accommodation operates a 24-hour support service with waking nights, 7 days a week.  Therefore, we are looking to recruit Bank Project Workers to work nights, evenings and weekends to ensure a smooth-running service for our accommodation.

The role involves supporting young parents to look after the health and development of themselves and their babies, as well as working positively with other professionals and agencies. You will provide excellent customer service and work with the young parents in a strengths-based way to support young parents achieve their goals and help support the young parents to move into their own independent tenancies.

An NVQ2 in Health & Social Care (Adults) or similar qualification or equivalent education or work experience is essential. 

If this sounds like the next step you are looking for and you would like to work with an organisation passionate about transforming lives, we would love to hear from you!

Early applications are strongly encouraged as all applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received.

Closing date: Tuesday, 27 August 2024 at 10am
Interview date: TBC

Caritas follows Safer Recruitment practices, and this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. This role is restricted for females under the Occupational Requirement, Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010. 

For full details please visit Caritas Diocese of Salford careers page on the website.

Caritas Diocese of Salford is an equal opportunities employer

Registered Charity Number: 1125808

Please note we do not accept applications via agencies or CVs

About the charity

Day One is a young, ambitious national charity dedicated to supporting people impacted by serious or multiple injuries which could result in life changing consequences such as disability or death, referred to in the NHS as major trauma. Our Caseworkers work alongside NHS Clinicians, embedded as part of the team within Major Trauma Centres and across the wider Major Trauma Network to provide practical, emotional and financial support to adults and children as well as their families and loved ones. Inspired ‘by patients for patients’ our vision is that no one has to piece life back together on their own after catastrophic injury.

About the role:

You will be joining a passionate and committed team of Day One Caseworkers based in other Major Trauma Centres, driven to make a difference to the recovery of those impacted by catastrophic injury. Working alongside the Trauma and Rehabilitation Coordinators at the hospital, Day One Caseworkers deliver an on-site, bedside signposting and support service to identify and address any issues and concerns caused by the impact of major trauma. You will take referrals, complete initial assessments of need, support discharge planning and expertly navigate and signpost people in the aftermath of injury, including talking about and facilitating early access to legal support to aid rehabilitation. You will also play an active role in building relationships and promoting the work of Day One within the hospital and wider community, including occasional conferences, fundraising, networking and other awareness-raising events.

About you:

You will have resilience and adaptability, understand the importance of confidentiality, safeguarding and professional boundaries; have excellent communication and active listening skills and enjoy the challenge of a busy caseload. You will be an outcome-focussed self-starter, able to work using your own initiative and demonstrate excellent organisational skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced clinical environment. You may have a clinical background, case management experience and/or knowledge of Greater Manchester’s community and voluntary sector

What we offer:

· 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and an additional day off on your Birthday

· Pension with 5% employer contribution

· Employee Assistance Programme & wellbeing support

· Ongoing training and development

Closing date: Midnight 26/08/2024

Interview date: To be confirmed

Apply: Please email your CV, and a supporting statement (no more than 2 pages) demonstrating how you meet the criteria and outlining why you’re interested in the role to our Casework Team Lead, Andrew Brassington.

Please find the full application pack including job description on our website.

The London Diocesan Fund (LDF) is seeking a Church Buildings Adviser – Buildings for Mission to play a key role within the Parish Property & Fundraising team, based from Pimlico, London!

Job Summary 

The Church Building Advisor (CBA) works within the Parish Property & Fundraising team to manage a small grants programme for eligible priority parishes, focusing on unlisted buildings in poor condition and areas of high deprivation. The objective is to support the improvement of building maintenance by distributing around 22 small grants to parishes over two years. 

The Church Buildings Support Officer will work closely with colleagues across the Parish Property & Fundraising directorate, including the Development & Fundraising Team, Church Buildings Advisers and Asset Managers, and teams with Archdeacons and Compassionate Communities, to deliver a well-rounded package of support for parishes to repair and improve their buildings. 

Job responsibilities 

• Support sustainability of LDF portfolio buildings. 

• Promote Capital Vision 2030 and Open Churches initiative. 

• Manage a small grants program: assess applications, evaluate outcomes, and adjust. 

• Advise PCCs on repair and maintenance projects. 

• Identify match funding with the fundraising team and record grants. 

• Guide PCCs on project development, work stages, and external funding. 

• Write technical briefs and support commissioning specialist advice. 

• Review construction documents and assist PCCs with procurement for projects up to £100k. 

• Organize site visits for building repair strategies. 

• Liaise with stakeholders like Historic England and local conservation officers. 

• Advise on green energy, suppliers, and tariffs. 

• Identify and communicate quick wins for carbon reduction. 

• Respond to queries on decarbonisation and heating solutions. 

• Collaborate with archdeacons and DAC members on casework. 

• As NZC lead, report progress, identify barriers, and suggest solutions. 

Expected Outcomes 

• Distribution of c.22 small repair and maintenance grants.

• Established and overseen monitoring and evaluation of c. 22 projects.

• Assisted with the assessment of the Diocese of London's places of worship property portfolio and helped develop a prioritised strategy for the church estate.

• Assisted with assessing QI reports and updated the Church Buildings Review. 

Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full details on the main responsibilities. 

Person Specification 

Essential 

• Experience working within one or all of the following:  Faculty Jurisdiction Rules, Town & Planning Act, or Listed Building Consent processes 

• Experience in project report writing

• Understanding of building construction and repair; Understanding principles & challenges of decarbonisation of both unlisted as well as heritage buildings 

• Good data and statistical analysis skills; ability to maintain systems to record and collate data in a manner transparent and clear to all team members

• Personable and able to work with people of all abilities and a variety of perspectives

• Organised and able to juggle multiple tasks; prioritise.   

Desirable 

• Building Surveyor in training, or Part 2 / 3 Architect, Prince2 certification

• Practical experience in working with historic buildings and methods of investigation, and specialist conservation work and maintenance

• Procurement processes for goods and services

• Good knowledge of secular and ecclesiastical architectural history and associated technical language.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for the full details on Person Specification. 

About the London Diocesan Fund 

The London Diocesan Fund (LDF) is the employment body that serves and supports the Diocese of London and Church of England. The Diocesan of London comprises of c400 parishes north of the River Thames and within the M25 motorway. 

The Church of England in London is growing, vibrant and at the heart of communities throughout the capital. At the London Diocesan Fund, we seek to do everything we can to support this mission and growth, using our resources to help our parishes and chaplains to serve over 4 million people. 

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion 

The Diocese of London is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community. 

We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME), women, and disabled people are currently under-represented among our clergy and workforce, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation. 

Benefits of working with us 

The LDF offers a supportive working environment, opportunity for career development and the following financial benefits: 

• Competitive remuneration package 

• 27 annual leave days to rise to 30 after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays 

• 15% employer pension contribution and salary sacrifice available 

• Death in service benefit x3 of basic gross salary 

• Enhanced maternity leave of six months full pay, after 12 months’ of employment 

• Season ticket loans of public transport 

• Access to Benenden Health Insurance 

• EAP counselling through Health Assured

• Up to £100 for eye test and contribution to spectacles

• Two additional paid days for community volunteering 

We are recruiting for a Refuge Worker to join our team in Cambridgeshire; the scope on this job involves….

Job Title: Refuge Worker

Location: Mid Cambridgeshire and Fenland. Please state which area you are applying to.
Salary: £25,104 per annum
Contract type: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: 37.5

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 Refuge Worker to provide high quality support and safety planning to women and children in crisis. This includes enabling women to access housing, welfare, benefits and legal advice.  A key requirement is to provide personal welfare support and to ensure that women are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment in accordance with Refuge’s philosophical principles. 

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.

As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on call rota. An enhanced DBS will also be required for the successful applicant.

A driving license and access to a car is essential to the role.

Closing date: 9am on 30 August 2024

Interview date: 9 September 2024

Benefits

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.

Job Title: Assistant Shop Manager, Guildford

Salary:  £23,400 per annum

Team: Retail

Hours: 37.5 hours

Location: Guildford

About Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Shop Manager to join our team at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices provides specialist care and support to families who have a baby, child or young person with a life-limiting condition, or who have been bereaved. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we support families across Surrey, north-west London and south-west London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.

At the heart of what we do are our dedicated staff; their exceptional commitment and professionalism means every family has the opportunity to make every moment count.                                                                                                              

It’s a great time to join Shooting Star Children’s Hospices as we have exciting plans to expand our retail team.

About the role

Your key purpose will be, in the absence of and alongside the Shop Manager, to manage a team of volunteers to maximise sales, deliver excellent customer service and ensure that the shop premises and assets are maintained to a high standard, according to legal requirements and Shooting Star Children’s Hospices (SSCH) policies and procedures

About you

This role requires experience of assisting in managing a shop including knowledge of retail and health and safety legislation and administrative/cash handling experience.

You will also have an ability to deal with customers and maintaining a high level of customer service, have good verbal, written communication skills, as well as being comfortable using IT and EPOS reporting. You will have an ability to motivate yourself and others, have excellent organisational skills and be comfortable working under pressure and dealing with changing priorities.

The post holder must be able to work their contracted hours across the 7-day working week.

Please see the attached job description for more information about this opportunity at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

What we offer

In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include:

Pension scheme

• NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions

Annual leave

• 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service

• 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service

Contractual benefits

• Generous sick pay scheme

• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay

• Flexible working arrangements

• Death in service benefits

• Reimbursed professional membership fees

• Eye care

• Employee referral scheme

• Blue Light discount card

Health and wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Occupational Health

• Mindfulness sessions

• Cycle to work scheme

• Mental Health First Aiders

• Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free for employees) and free fruit at our Hampton site

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.

We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.

To apply please submit a CV and covering letter outlining how your experience meets the criteria set out in the person specification.

Closing Date: Friday, 29th August

Interview Date:  Friday, 13th September or before

We are looking to recruit a Social Work Manager to join our Legal team and lead the best practice management of our self-employed independent social workers.

You will best practice manage and quality control work, ensuring all self-employed independent social workers delivery a high-quality service to the Courts and to children and young people. In addition you will also responsible for first stage investigations of complaints against self-employed independent social workers.

With experience as a children’s guardian in family court proceedings or working as an independent social worker and of giving oral evidence in family law proceedings, you will lead on service delivery recommendations and improvements from a social work perspective.

In your application, you will need to evidence, using specific examples, how your skills and experience meet the criteria laid out in the person specification, within the job description attached. Requirements include:

• Dealing with complaints
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work under pressure and to ensure deadlines are met
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral and a good telephone manner.

NYAS operates robust safe procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and a Digital Risk Assessment.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.

About NYAS

As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld.

We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic.

 NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.

Work with us to help change young lives.

Interviews will be held week commencing 9th September 2024. The starting salary is negotiable depending on experience.

Team: Community Fundraising

Location: Wales

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday with occasional weekend working for events

Salary: Up to £30,058 per annum

Contract: Permenant

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 Community Fundraising Volunteer Team Leader:

• To recruit, develop, retain and support a diverse team of volunteers to enhance community fundraising activities and income generating opportunities.
• To lead on the promotion and coordination of volunteer activities within a community fundraising hub working collaboratively with the Community Fundraising Officers to drive income generation within the local vicinity.
• To provide practical, role specific and pastoral support for community fundraising volunteers adopting an exemplary approach to volunteer management and volunteer engagement.
• To ensure our dedicated volunteers have excellent experiences and have the skill, resources and motivation to maximize income generating opportunities.

About the Community Fundraising team:

• We sit within the Community Events team
• Our team is responsible for leading and supporting community activities to drive and grow our community fundraised income.
• We currently have a team of over 30

What we’re looking for in our Community Fundraising Volunteer Team Leader:

• Evidence of raising funds in a community fundraising environment
• Good experience in volunteer management/ supervision
• Experience as a team leader or supervisor
• Direct experience of working with volunteers
• Experience in Community Fundraising
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car

What we can offer you:

• range of health benefits
• 25 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: 21st August 2024

Virtual interview date: Week commencing 2nd September 2024

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.

Team: Community Fundraising

Location: Northern Ireland

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday with occasional weekend working for events

Salary: Up to £30,058 per annum

Contract: Permeant

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 Community Fundraising Volunteer Team Leader:

• To recruit, develop, retain and support a diverse team of volunteers to enhance community fundraising activities and income generating opportunities.
• To lead on the promotion and coordination of volunteer activities within a community fundraising hub working collaboratively with the Community Fundraising Officers to drive income generation within the local vicinity.
• To provide practical, role specific and pastoral support for community fundraising volunteers adopting an exemplary approach to volunteer management and volunteer engagement.
• To ensure our dedicated volunteers have excellent experiences and have the skill, resources and motivation to maximize income generating opportunities.

About the Community Fundraising team:

• We sit within the Community Events team
• Our team is responsible for leading and supporting community activities to drive and grow our community fundraised income.
• We currently have a team of over 30

What we’re looking for in our Community Fundraising Volunteer Team Leader:

• Evidence of raising funds in a community fundraising environment
• Good experience in volunteer management/ supervision
• Experience as a team leader or supervisor
• Direct experience of working with volunteers
• Experience in Community Fundraising
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car

What we can offer you:

• range of health benefits
• 25 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: 21st August 2024

Virtual interview date: Week commencing 2nd September 2024

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.

The Services & Business Manager will play a key role in HMHC's Senior Leadership Team, working collaboratively to deliver the organisation's strategic development plan, generate earned income and develop beneficial partnerships. 

The Services & Business Manager will report to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, lead the Gorton Central and Services Team, and line-manage the Centre Manager and Ageing in Place Development Worker.

Salary: £35,596 per year.

Location: Based at Gorton Central, Gorton Community Centre, Manchester, M18 8PE 

Position type: Permanent 

Working hours: 35 hours a week Monday - Friday. Working hours to be negotiated in line with our flexible working policy.

Other details:

• 5% employer pension. 

• 25 days holiday plus 8 statutory bank holidays rising 1 day per year to a maximum of 30 days. 

• Plus 1 leave day for employee birthday and 1 wellbeing day accompanied by £100 wellbeing budget. 

• Sick-pay is 4-weeks full pay, 4-weeks half-pay followed by statutory sick pay (subject to satisfactory probation period). 

• Access to free, confidential 'Health Assured' employee assistance programme. 

• We hold the Association for Accredited Learning 'People, Culture and Wellbeing Quality Mark' demonstrating our commitment to promoting a healthy, wellbeing-focused culture and working environment. 

• We are members of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter and won the Best for Health and Wellbeing - SME in the 2024 Good Employment Awards.

• HMHC strives to be an equal opportunities employer and celebrates diversity. We particularly welcome applications from people with disabilities, Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA and from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds. 

Background 

Healthy Me Healthy Communities CiC is a not-for-profit social enterprise founded in 2012 making a positive difference to people’s health, lives and local communities. 

At Healthy Me Healthy Communities we believe in the power of people and place, working together to tackle today’s societal challenges alleviating the everyday struggle faced by many people and meeting the ambitions of residents and communities.

Often when organisations look to improve the lives of those affected by poverty, discrimination, and exclusion, they overlook local knowledge, skills and expertise.

For over 10 years, HMHC has been developing neighbourhood approaches and developing multi-sector partnerships, empowering people and communities. Our approach creates quality services that make a big difference to people’s lives, create lasting positive change for communities, practice and policy, contributing to regional priorities for health, economic and social outcomes. 

 Our Promise 

Co-creating lasting improvements for people and places, practice and policy. 

Mission 

We are on a mission to harness the power of people and place, and working together for healthy, thriving communities and quality services. 

Vision 

And our vision is for “everyone enjoying a long, healthy and happy life” 

And we achieve this through our services: 

Gorton Central community hub is our home where we develop exciting, innovative, and quality services and collaborations: 

• Community Grocer & Food Hub 

• Place Nav – our place-based Advice, Signposting, Referral service 

• Skills and development opportunities

• Volunteer opportunities 

• Living-well activities 

• Community growing garden 

• Co:Lab neighbourhood shared workspace 

• Community and health engagement & research 

Our Learning Store delivers amazing outcomes for employability and community leadership: 

• 1st step workshops 

• Accreditation training working with the Association for Accredited Learning 

• Community & food leadership training 

We are proud of our collaboration and influencing work for fast-tracking our frontline learning to policy and practice. Some of recent successes include: 

• Creating a new community asset at Gorton Central, working with Manchester City Council and securing capital and revenue funding from the National Lottery and the Department of Levelling-Up. 

• Facilitating the Making Manchester Fairer Community Forum working the MMF Board for a fairer future for Manchester residents. 

• Bringing food insecurity and community practice expertise to Manchester’s food approaches and strategies as a founding member and our CEO is vice-chairperson of Manchester Food Board. 

• Contributing to inclusive health research through the Community Priority Setting Programme in partnership with VOCAL and the James Lind Alliance, funded by the National Institute of Health Research. 

• Co-producing resident-led age-friendly activities with our Ageing in Place project with Southway Housing. 

Job Description and Person Specification 

Key accountabilities 

The proposed role will be responsible for: 

1. Senior management and development of existing and new services. 
2. Leadership and senior management of Gorton Central community hub and community services team. 
3. Lead on the continuous improvement of services, working proactively to identify, appraise and implement opportunities in line with the organisation's strategic development plan. 
4. Developing services and business opportunities meeting stakeholder needs and achieving earned income targets. 
5. Stakeholder development identifying and nurturing partnerships resulting in new business opportunities. 
6. Overseeing monitoring and impact reporting of community services to external stakeholders. 
7. Ensuring that social value and impact of our services is routinely collected and identifying trends and developments for driving community business improvements and revenues. 
8. Managing service communications, service website pages and implementing social media campaigns. 
9. Provide strategic and operational insight as part of Senior Leadership Team. 
10. Undertake other duties as required to meet the organisational needs. 

A flavour of current priorities 

• Options appraisal and scoping paper for the Gorton Central Garden, resulting in a business plan for an inclusive, successful and sustainable garden contributing to the success of the organisation. 

• Leading an evaluation of current food poverty projects identifying opportunities for improvements, developments and collaboration. 

• Leading an evaluation of our signposting and referral service, developing a project implementation plan. 

• Review of our current venue hire offer and implementing improvements resulting in increased revenues. 

• Stakeholder development for sustaining ageing-well activities and programme. 

For this post, successful candidates will need to demonstrate their skills and experience of the following: 

1. Experience of working in a partnership and business development function in either the VCSE, statutory or commercial sector. 
2. Proven track-record and managing and developing community and business services. 
3. Proven track-record of developing earned-income streams, securing contracts or large grants. 
4. Ability to develop business and operational plans to achieve organisational objectives. 
5. Experience of leadership and line management of a services team. 
6. Excellent programme and project management skills. 
7. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to identify, nurture and secure partnerships with a range of community, commercial and statutory partners and stakeholders. 
8. Ability to plan and manage multiple complex projects concurrently. 
9. Strong understanding of and commitment to reducing multiple disadvantages, inequality, poor health and life outcomes.
10. Experience of compiling and presenting impact to a wide range of stakeholders to support business growth. 
11. Excellent work ethic with the willingness to work flexibly and responsively to meet the needs of the organisation. 
12. Good knowledge of IT packages including Microsoft Office, databases, email and social-media. 
13. A good standard of education with evidence of professional development. 
14. Full clean driving licence and access to vehicle for work purposes. 
15. Willingness to undertake DBS check. 
16. Entitlement to work in the UK at the point of the role commencing. 

All Healthy Me Healthy Communities post-holders must be able to demonstrate their commitment to: 

• Health & Safety 

• Reducing disadvantage 

• Equal opportunities 

Philanthropy (Fundraising) Officer – building donor relationships

Salary £25,000-£30,000 pa dependent on experience, skills and working hours – hybrid & flexible working, compressed or reduced hours considered; higher hourly income a possibility for highly skilled individuals with a proven track record**

 Have you got the skills to help us to grow the financial investment in Nature across Surrey and beyond? Can you influence, engage and deliver?

We are Surrey Wildlife Trust, part of the federation of 46 national wildlife trusts. We are experts in increasing biodiversity and bio abundance. Our mission is to restore 30% of land in Surrey to nature by 2030. Research shows that if 25% of people take action, this can create large scale change which is why our mission is also to get 1 in 4 people taking action for nature.

We are looking for an engaging people-focused individual to build relationships with supporters of Surrey Wildlife Trust (SWT). To achieve our mission we need to grow investment in conservation. As Philanthropy Officer you will bring your expertise in Major Gift and Legacy Fundraising to the team at SWT, successfully growing our donor portfolio and cultivating and winning major gifts in line with agreed targets and the Fundraising Strategy.

You will work with the Head of Fundraising and Communications, and colleagues in the fundraising team, and across the Trust to evolve and continuously improve philanthropy activity.

This role is all about long-term relationship-building and will involve engaging with a wide range of supporters of SWT to take them on a journey and achieve key outcomes including;

· Identifying donor segments to tailor activity towards different areas of interest and levels of support

· Cultivating trust in SWT and the way in which it invests funds to restore and protect Surrey’s nature.

· Creating a sustainable pipeline of funding for SWT from major gifts and gifts in Wills.

The role provides an opportunity for an individual with existing experience in philanthropic fundraising to develop and to help shape the philanthropy programme at SWT.

Our offices are in Pirbright, Leatherhead and Wisley and our hybrid working policy aims to provide a good work/life balance which can incorporate partial home working.  The salary offered to successful applicants will form part of a benefits package including: above minimum pension contributions, life assurance of 4 x salary, employee support schemes, 22+ days holiday, flexible/hybrid working policy.

**it may be possible for us to consider using the available budget for this role on a part time or short term contract basis if we have interest from highly skilled individuals with a proven track record at a level above that advertised.

We are committed to having an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourage applications from backgrounds which may be underrepresented in our sector, including people from minority ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities.  We aim to offer an interview to all candidates that meet the essential criteria for the post. Please let us know if you require any adjustment to make our recruitment process more accessible.

Please apply using the Application Form available on our website or provide a full CV and explanatory covering letter, email  to Sarah Jordan, Head of Fundraising & Communications, by 5pm Friday 23rd August 2024. Interviews will be in week commencing 2nd September 2024 at our Nower Wood Education Centre near Leatherhead.

Guided by a collaborative vision where we all play a part in connecting nature, we provide expert advice and guidance to landowners and managers, making sure the land we look after leads by example, while inspiring and educating people and organisations across the county on what they can do. By doing this we will create a Surrey that is full of diverse and abundant wildlife, where nature is at the heart of individual choices, corporate decisions, and local economic and policy making. One that helps tackle the ongoing climate emergency, while supporting the health and wellbeing of all who live here.

We are Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking.

We want to create a nation where walking is the natural choice for everyday, local journeys; free from congested roads and pollution, reducing the risk of preventable illnesses and social isolation. We want to achieve a better walking environment and to inspire people of all generations to enjoy the benefits the simple act of walking brings.

We are looking for a creative and confident communications and marketing professional to join our dynamic Policy and Communications team at Living Streets.

You will join the charity as we embark upon developing a new strategy to take us to our centenary in 2029. As part of the team, you will play a key role in helping us strengthen the voice for walking and wheeling. 

You will work with colleagues to communicate our projects, products and campaigns, taking the lead on promotion of our walk to school programme. 

The role is available as either part time (28 hours) or full time (35 hours).   

Closing date: 5pm on 22 August 2024

Interviews: 03 September 2024

An excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team at the heart of cutting-edge marine conservation.  This is a role which will optimise Blue Marine’s ability to deliver conservation, work with partners, reduce the charity’s risk and support the finance and fundraising operations.

Blue Marine Foundation seeks to protect and restore life in the ocean, aiming to see at least 30 per cent of the world’s oceans protected by 2030.  We are a London-based NGO, with around 50 projects in 25 countries around the world.

Following a phase of sustained growth, Blue Marine is seeking a Head of Operations.  This new team member will support the Director of Finance, Operations and Governance to manage a broad scope of operational functions, particularly focused on contracts and agreements, data management, risk management, systems and security.  The role will involve collaborating with colleagues from across the organisation to drive system and process improvements.  (Note that HR is not within the scope of this role.)

We value diversity and are committed to equality and creating an inclusive culture. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and will support you to reach your full potential. 

Role and Responsibilities: 

Reporting to the Director of Finance, Operations and Governance, you will:

• Write organisational policies and lead the policy workflow process on Sharepoint, driving policies through the amendment, approval and employee attestation phases.
• Manage the relationship with Blue Marine’s external IT Support consultancy, including communicating changes to cyber security and leading asset management processes.
• Support the finance, fundraising and project delivery teams with funding/partnership contracts, agreements and MoU templates, including writing and reviewing routine agreements.
• Assist with the restructure of data architecture across Sharepoint and provide appropriate support and training for colleagues across the organisation, including future new starters.
• Support the implementation of new software and technologies across the organisation, potentially including Microsoft Copilot AI.
• Advise the executive team on data management and GDPR.
• Assess and manage operational risk, including maintaining the organisational risk register but also in the wider promotion of a responsible risk culture.
• Support the finance and fundraising teams with due diligence queries from donors.
• Assess suitability and manage renewals of insurance cover.
• Maintain records and statutory registers and assist with the facilitation of good governance.
• Line management of the Office Manager, taking responsibility for ensuring the office is fit for purpose and driving the office management committee in maintaining high standards of office tidiness and aesthetics.
• Other ad-hoc duties as required.

Personal specification

The ideal candidate will be, above all else, an excellent professional communicator, comfortable with both writing formal documents and managing operational change within the organisation.  You do not need to have legal experience but will nevertheless have a proven ability to produce formal but readable agreements and policy documentation.  You do not need to have a technical IT background but will nevertheless be comfortable discussing best practice and data management within the Microsoft Office 365 cloud environment and use your experience to support colleagues to get the best from the technology available to them.  You will be a champion of Blue Marine’s working environment, taking an active role in the office culture and driving staff engagement of operational systems through giving presentations and one-on-one support to colleagues. You will uphold Blue Marine’s values and always embody this behaviour internally and externally.  Blue Marine is committed to supporting staff with extensive training and will support the successful candidate in developing skills required for the role.

Skills and Experience

• Essential: Excellent written communications skills with a proven ability to document formal matters in a readable manner.
• Essential: Excellent verbal communications skills with a proven ability to communicate technical matters in an understandable way.
• Essential: Experience with writing and reviewing policies or contracts or formal agreements.
• Essential: Technical knowledge or highly skilled user of Microsoft O365, including sharepoint.
• Highly desirable: Experience working with multiple stakeholders to tight deadlines.
• Highly desirable: Management-level experience in driving organisational change.
• Highly desirable: Experience with data management and cloud storage architecture.
• Highly desirable: GDPR experience as a data controller or similar.
• Highly desirable: Experience in risk management and risk mitigation.
• Highly desirable: Skilled communicator in promoting positive office culture.

Qualities

• Enthusiasm for the conservation of the environment, climate and oceans.
• Self-motivated, able to work on own initiative and with a hands-on approach.
• Able to prioritise and deal effectively with a busy workload in a dynamic environment.
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines with multiple stakeholders.
• Honest and discreet when dealing with personal and confidential information.
• Able to learn quickly and adapt to developing processes and systems.
• Embody Blue Marine’s core values of being:

          - Brave, innovative and pioneering,

          - Compassionate, supportive and responsible

          - Empowering

       - Equitable

          - Respectful

          - Collaborative

Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week.  Monday – Friday, 9am - 5pm but flexible working is encouraged.

Location: Somerset House, London. Flexible and remote working is possible, although regular presence in the office will be expected.

Benefits: A generous benefits package is offered, including an optional subsidy of £2,000 per year which is currently available to employees attending the London office at least two days per week.

Growing Hope Senior Finance Officer
Location: Hybrid working (2-3 days office based in King’s Cross Mon, Thurs and possibly Fri)
Hours: 37.5 (full time)
Salary: £34,200 - £37,200PA (including London weighting, specialist officer role).

Growing Hope is a charity providing free therapy for children and young people with additional needs in partnership with local churches across the UK. We aim to grow hope for children, hope for families and hope in Jesus. Growing Hope was founded in December 2017 and has a vision to see 20 clinics set up across the UK by 2030. We have three clinics, King’s Cross, Brockley and High Wycombe, and we are currently setting up our fourth and fifth clinics in Gateshead and Redbridge. We worked with over 500 children, young people, parents, carers and siblings in 2023. As a national charity Growing Hope has trained over 1,000 professionals & parents. We are continuing to expand, with the set-up of further local clinics on the horizon.

We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic finance professional with great attention to detail, strong analytical skills and an ability to work in a fast pace environment. The role will report to the Director of Operations and will involve running book keeping, reporting and banking functions as well as overseeing payroll. This role supports the national Growing Hope charity and each of the local charities’ (clinics) accounting for around £1 million collectively each year. You will be joining a small and dedicated national team of eleven.

Job Purpose
Growing Hope requires an experienced finance professional (with part qualifications) who will be responsible for the delivery of internal financial management systems and controls, and for maintaining accurate financial management records, including managing the process of producing annual accounts. This role covers both the national charity and the local Growing Hope charities which are growing across the UK. The national charity raises around £600,000 per year and the local charities around £50,000-£100,000. The Senior Finance Officer will support the charities with day to day book keeping, raising invoices, paying expenses, scheduling payroll payments and running management reports and accounts. This job role also involves advising on budgets for fundraising project proposals and working closely with the supporter engagement team. This individual will be able to communicate effectively with all the relevant parties including the national Growing Hope team, the local Clinic Managers, and local finance trustees who have overall governance of each charity’s finances.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities will be discussed and developed as the charity continues to grow.

Book keeping & Finance processes

• Processing of accounts using Quickbooks for each Growing Hope charity in a timely manner (currently 6 small charities)
• Paying expenses and invoices as and when these are approved.
• Liaising with payroll provider and scheduling salary payments for all staff each month.
• Invoicing local Growing Hope charities each month for book keeping, payroll and quickbooks.
• Running gift aid claims and supporting volunteers to run this across the Growing Hope charities.
• Liaising with local clinics and churches to agree payment schedules and giving for each financial year.
• Participate actively in prayer and worship times as part of the team. This includes praying, coaching and supporting Clinic Managers to understand their budgets and financial processes.

Fundraising

• Contributing to the fundraising strategy and development of budgets for fundraising projects.
• Contributing to the wider teams fundraising efforts through networking, and involvement in fundraising and community events.

Reporting

• Updating monthly forecast vs. budget spreadsheets for each local charity and the national charity.
• Leading monthly budget reporting meetings for Senior Leadership Team and Chair of Trustees, using analytical skills to highlight patterns or potential risks or problems arising.
• Create annual reports in partnership with the Clinic Managers and Finance trustee for each local charity and ensure these are independently examined by recruiting and liaising with volunteer accountants.

Payroll

• Liaising with the payroll provider to run payroll for all staff across the Growing Hope charities each month.
• Setting up and running pension payments each month.
• Paying NI payments each month.

General administration

• Set up bank accounts and signatories for local Growing Hope charities, support the local trustees with ensuring all financial processes are set up and working (e.g. bank account, Stripe, Quickbooks, payroll, pensions, HMRC)
• Sending letters and emails as required.
• Maintain data protection and confidentiality in line with Growing Hope’s information governance policy.
• Ensure adherence to Safeguarding and wider Growing Hope policies.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have a genuine interest in working in the charity sector, an interest in additional needs and inclusion are highly desirable.

ESSENTIAL

• Occupational Requirement - This role has an Occupational Requirement to be a Christian, as permitted under Schedule 9, Part 1, of the Equality Act 2010.
• ATT certifications (or equivalent)
• At least three years experience as a finance professional
• Commitment to Growing Hope’s vision
• IT skills – experience of MS Office, particularly Word and Excel
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, as the task requires
• Excellent knowledge of financial management and budgets
• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks in a fast paced environment

DESIRABLE

• Excellent knowledge of QuickBooks
• Accounting qualification
• Experience, interest in or commitment to a career in additional needs and inclusion
• Interest in or experience of working inthe charity/NGO sector