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We are growing our counselling service and we will be offering more generalised counselling as well as our Self Harmony service which specialises in self-harm and self-injury reduction. 

We are seeking experienced counsellors who are passionate about delivering a quality service.

Why Join Us: 

• Impact Matters: Join a team where your work directly transforms lives and contributes to a healthier community. 

• Personal Growth: We offer professional development opportunities that will enrich your career and help shape the future of mental health services in Swindon. 

• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside like-minded individuals who share your passion for making a meaningful impact. 

Together, we can build a brighter, healthier future for Swindon. Your contribution can make all the difference. 

What You'll Do:

- Innovation and Empowerment: Channel your passion into providing evidence-based interventions, elevating the mental health and emotional well-being of the people we serve, while opening doors to life's possibilities. 

- Effective Partnerships:  Ensure effective and appropriate communication with all individuals, staff, community agencies and partner organisations.

The Role

We are seeking a motivated individual to join our team as the Events Fundraiser teamed with a commercial sales focus. This dual role requires a unique blend of fundraising expertise and commercial acumen to drive our vision forward. To manage an engaging programme of supporter events at Bluebell Wood including budget forecasting and reconciliation.  

No day is ever the same but as one of our Fundraisers you can be certain that each day, you’ll be making a real difference to the lives of local families.

You will work amongst a fun and dynamic team, led by the Regional Fundraising Manager where laughter and collaborative working is always on the agenda! Our team of passionate fundraisers work across the communities we serve to generate funds to help children and families make memories they’ll always treasure. We are the only children’s hospice in South Yorkshire, and each and every penny our team raises helps us to put smiles on the faces of the families in our care. As well as touching our supporters’ hearts, our exciting, high-profile fundraising events make a real difference to families who too often have nowhere else to turn.

If you want to help change lives while having plenty of fun along the way, we’d love to hear from you.

The requirements:

To plan and run a strong and successful events programme to raise substantial income and awareness across the Bluebell Wood catchment area, attracting different sections of the community including family members and corporates.

To be the leader and person in charge at all Bluebell Wood fundraising events and activities including third party and mass participation events. Additionally, this role will focus on developing commercial sales strategies to generate revenue through partnerships, sponsorships, and product sales. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both fundraising and sales, with a proven track record of achieving targets and building lasting relationships. 

Why work for us? :

We value each and every person who works for us, and we promise to support you however we can from day one. Read on to find out about our fantastic staff benefits:

We offer flexible working to suit your lifestyle (we’re all human after all) including hybrid working as standard.

Great tech bundles, allowing you to work effectively and easily from home, the office, or out and about across the region.

And that’s not all! We also offer...
In return, we can offer you a fantastic working environment and the following benefits:  

· 33 days’ annual leave with the option to buy and sell  

· Sick pay  

· Health Care Cash Back Scheme  

· Free counselling sessions  

· Enhanced maternity pay  

· Enhanced paternity pay  

· Enhanced parental bereavement leave  

· Compassionate leave  

· Salary sacrifice scheme  

· Training & Development  

· Investment in your wellbeing  

· Volunteering & shadowing days  

· Free parking on main site  

· Free drinks and subsidised meals  

· Time off in lieu  

· Uniform  

· Eligible for NHS Blue Light Card  

· Eligible for The Company Shop  

At Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice we value everyone who works with us, embrace individual differences and recognise that great things happen when we work together.  

This is an exciting opportunity for an efficient and proactive Project Coordinator to join the RCR Learning Team at The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR). The Project Coordinator joins us at a pivotal time as we aim to re-engage, focus and on-board new committee representatives, faculty leads and subject matter experts who will develop and drive new and existing learning products for the College.

The successful candidate will work alongside the Head of Learning, and Events and Operations Manager to support recruitment processes for the RCR Learning contributors’ network and embed our new governance structure of a strategic board and Faulty Leadership Group. In this role you will set up new and efficient processes, standard operating procedures and develop streamlined ways of working across all our new learning faculties. The ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects to time and to budget is critical to the success of this post alongside the ability to build and sustain effective working relationships with a diverse range of colleagues, partners and stakeholders at all levels.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to demonstrate and develop their effective project management skills in an organisation with a meaningful cause and ambitious aims. The RCR is a great place to work, at the forefront of the health agenda, our members diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, stroke and more.

What you’ll do:

• Create new and edit existing job descriptions to ensure consistency across all contributor roles.
• Develop Terms of Reference for all learning faculties, liaising with the Learning Faculty Leads.
• Provide administrative support to support the implementation of new strategic board and Faculty Leadership groups.
• Provide an excellent level of customer service for our stakeholders and contributors ensuring communication in a timely manner.
• Work with the Head of Learning and Events and Operations Manager to support coordination of a new recognition process, embedding standard operating procedures.

What you’ll need:

• Proven high-quality customer service to internal and external contacts.
• Proven experience in coordinating or managing projects.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to sustain effective working relationships.  
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Clear and analytical thinking.

If this sounds like the next exciting opportunity for you then please find out more about the role, the RCR and instructions on how to apply through the candidate pack.

Why join us?

• Make a difference to the lives of Doctors and the specialities they work in every day!
• Hybrid working (40% working week can be done remotely)
• Modern working environment
• Equipment provided to work from home
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Excellent pension scheme
• Interest free season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

​Closing date: 08.00 on Monday 19 August 2024.

​Shortlisting date: Thursday 22 August 2024.

Interviews: Thursday 29 August 2024.

About the role

Would you like to develop your HR skills and grow your career in a dynamic and ambitious environment?

We’re looking for a forward thinking and reliable people, culture and inclusion administrator. We’re looking for someone with a genuine interest in HR, who enjoys providing a high level of customer service, and can demonstrate excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.

You’ll enjoy carrying out a range of tasks, including:

• inbox and database management
• data reporting
• supporting all stages of the employee lifecycle, including recruitment and payroll administration.

You should be comfortable working to deadlines and managing multiple projects. You will be responsible for the efficient and accurate performance of a range of critical people-related tasks, processes and projects. Please see the job description for full details.

Equity, diversity and inclusion

NCVO is fully committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in our sector.

We want this to be reflected in the diversity of the people who work with us. We welcome submissions from people from all backgrounds and identities. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups in the voluntary sector and those with diverse, lived experience.

If you tell us you’re disabled (according to the Equality Act 2010) and your application meets the minimum criteria for each specification listed in the job description, we’ll interview you for the role. We’ll make reasonable adjustments during each recruitment stage to ensure it’s inclusive and works for you.

If you have access needs or require reasonable adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please email us.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a pre-interview task and will have one week to complete the exercise. Interview questions will be shared in advance.

Benefits for NCVO employees

NCVO offers attractive benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave for full time staff and pro-rata for part-time staff. After three years, annual holiday increases to 27 days. After five years it increases to 30 days (pro rata for part time staff)
• office closure between 25 December and 1 January inclusive
• the option to purchase or sell up to five more days each year
• five days volunteering leave (pro rata for part-time staff)
• two and a half extra wellbeing days off during the year
• enhanced pay for sick, maternity and adoption leave
• subsidised gym membership
• season ticket loan
• flexible working, including opportunities to work from home or off site
• monthly homeworking allowance for permanent homeworkers
• monthly office worker allowance for those who have to work from the office on a daily basis
• generous employer pension contribution of up to 8.5% of salary into our stakeholder pension scheme (linked to employee contribution)
• training and development opportunities
• the opportunity to join Hospital Saturday Fund health cash plan for free at the basic level of cover, or at a reduced rate for other levels of cover
• 24-hour free and confidential employee assistance programme.

We’re located a short walk from London King’s Cross station in a modern, accessible building overlooking Regent’s Canal.

About NCVO

We are the charity for charities. For over 100 years, NCVO has stood shoulder to shoulder with communities, championing and celebrating voluntary action.

Our membership is made up of around 17,000 voluntary organisations across England, from small, grassroots community groups and social enterprises, to large, far-reaching charities.

We believe that communities are strengthened by voluntary action. We therefore want charities to thrive and be empowered to deliver for people and communities.

We focus on empowering charities and volunteers by making sure they have the knowledge, tools, and resources they need. We advocate for and with our members, giving voice to those not often heard, and harnessing the collective power of partners to ensure the voluntary sector is valued. We bring charities together so they can learn, connect, and create greater impact.

As the voluntary sector and volunteering adapt to new challenges and a changing context, so must NCVO. We are therefore prioritising work to evolve as an organisation to ensure we live our values of ambition, inclusion, openness and collaboration in everything we do internally and externally.

We have around 80 staff and income of more than £7m per year. With our members at the heart of everything we do, our mission is to unite to champion the remarkable role of charities and volunteers. Because stronger charities make for stronger communities.

NCVO is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone. Charity No. 225922.

Family Support Worker

12 month FTC

£23,000 pa + benefits (including 25 days annual leave, company car and pension)

North East Care Team

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 looking to appoint a Family Support Worker to deliver a high-quality family support service as part of our North East Care Team.

Reporting to the Family Support Manager out of our North East Care team base and working in partnership with health, education and social care professionals, you will take responsibility for providing needs-led emotional, social and practical support to families where a child/young person has a life threatening or terminal illness.

Having worked in a stressful and emotional environment you have a genuine interest in building supportive relationships and helping people; and having provided bereavement support to families, you understand the processes of grief, loss and change - and how best to help others deal with its impact.

What we’re looking for:

· An experienced child health, education or social care professional - applications will be particularly welcome from those who have worked in a community environment and those with a recognised qualification in education, health or social care.

· A warm, inclusive approach to achieving goals quickly and correctly.

· Practiced in child protection, information sharing and the rules around data protection - you lead by example, drawing on your own professional experience and working within established guidelines.

· Practical and people-oriented - you will thrive working at a fast pace whilst maintaining accuracy and be a confident user of IT (including MSOffice)

· A persuasive and open communicator, you will work collaboratively with your team and volunteers to ensure delivery of a high-quality service and support fundraising colleagues by writing case studies and family updates

· A practical knowledge of diversity issues affecting children, young people, and their families – aware that being responsive to others needs and concerns, is essential.

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

· 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays – rising to 26 days after 1 year, 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 11 years, with an additional 5 years to use in your 10th or 20th year of service (pro rata for part time)

· Employee Assistance Programme with access to remote GP, counselling, physiotherapy, resources to support your mental health and financial wellbeing, as well as a 24/7 helpline via Help@Hand

· Company car for front line care posts

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

· Bike to work, season ticket loan and payroll giving schemes, as well as a recommend a friend recruitment bonus

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

· Pension scheme where we contribute 5% of your salary and you contribute at least 3%

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

· Robust training and development programmes to support your learning and growth

We have a range of fantastic benefits that we offer our employees. If you’d like to find out more about these benefits and working with us, please visit our website.

We also have a fantastic learning and development programme - the Anne Harris skills development programme - in which we aim to provide a high level of training and development opportunities for all staff, so you are able to perform to the best of your ability, achieve individual and team objectives aligned to Rainbow Trusts strategic plan, supporting staff to be the best they can be, and feel a valued member of a high performing organisation.

Our Family Support Workers are given the opportunity to complete a number of diverse training courses in their first 12 months, including but not limited to: Mental Health First Aid, Makaton, counselling skills, and Introduction to Play.

The programme aims to provide a building block for you to individually tailor your own learning and development needs, with all family support workers having a foundation level of skills within their first year.

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 their 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 visit our website via the link and apply online.

Closing date: 31 August 2024

Interviews will take place via Teams or in person with a date to be confirmed. We will only contact those applicants who have been successful.

There will be a requirement for flexible working and a full current driver’s licence to accommodate the team and family need. 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.

CSE has a strong research track record and earlier this year was awarded ‘Independent Research Organisation’ (IRO) status by UK Research and Innovation which allows us to access funding from Research Councils. We are recruiting for a new Head of Research & Evaluation to help us build on this opportunity and support the delivery of our ongoing research projects. This is an exciting opportunity to take up a research leadership role in CSE and consolidate our role as a leading innovator in sustainable energy research and analysis, and influencing UK government policy and energy industry practice around fuel poverty and the climate emergency.

Pay and conditions

• The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week).
• The salary for the role will be (£45,987 - £56,283).
• You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday (plus statutory holidays).

CSE offer a range of benefits including, subsidised bike purchase and Tech Scheme, Life Assurance, Health Cash plan, retail discounts, discounted breakdown cover and many more.

We will pay fees and expenses on relevant training courses.

Specific responsibilities

An applicant appointed to the role will be expected to:

• Develop CSE’s research unit: Manage a team of researchers and data analysts and support their professional development, win new work aligned with CSE’s strategy and work programme priorities, collaborating effectively with other colleagues and external partners.
• Ensure quality: Provide expertise in research methods. Hold overall responsibility for quality of outputs produced in research projects and evaluations.
• Manage research projects and evaluations through the full project cycle from design to data collection and analysis.
• Hold responsibility for the financial management of research and evaluation projects Ensuring effective financial control, overseeing and directing project budgets, addressing financial underperformance where necessary.
• Hold responsibility for staff in the research unit, managing workloads, and contributing to the effective leadership and management of the whole Research and Analysis team.
• Support senior staff in the team to manage the well-being and job satisfaction of junior team members.
• Lead on research design across the organisation, championing the use of mixed-method approaches, developing research proposals that combine academic rigour with real world impact.
• Provide support to CSE’s Work Programmes, inputting to internal evaluation of programme effectiveness and helping the organisation deliver its strategic objectives.

To see a more detailed list of responsibilities please see the supporting documents attached. These documents are also available to download from our website.

Essential attributes for this role include:

• Post-doctoral degree or equivalent qualification.
• Research leadership in a relevant field with a significant track record of developing successful proposals, working across disciplines, delivering mixed methods projects, and publishing research outputs and evaluations.
• Successful project management of relevant research or evaluations, including responsibility for budgets and deadlines.
• Line management and supporting researcher development.
• Leading a financially sustainable team of 3 or more researchers and coordinating workloads to deliver multiple projects concurrently.
• Research design, including quantitative and qualitative research methods and statistical analysis.
• Ability to summarise and present complex information in an accessible way.
• Effective project management.
• Excellent self-motivation and initiative.
• Ability to initiate, develop and maintain effective. Team relationships and research partnerships.
• The ability to manage own workload and support others to prioritise strategically.
• Demonstrable commitment to CSE’s primary objectives to tackle the climate emergency and end the suffering caused by cold homes.
• Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Please note, the above is an overview of the skills required for this role. To see the full list of essential and desirable skills please see the attached job description.

How to apply

To apply, please provide:

• A CV (maximum 3 pages) with your personal information removed.
• A cover letter outlining your motivation for applying for the role and how your skills and experience relate to the person specification.
•  2 examples of research or evaluation outputs that you have lead authored.

The closing date for applications is 11am on Monday 9 September 2024.

Interviews are expected to take place Thursday 19 and Friday 20 September 2024, though this is subject to change.  

If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.

Do you want to work in a role where you can use your language skills to support an end to rough sleeping? 

This is a 9 month fixed term contract role. 

Our belief is that rough sleeping is an intrinsically harmful and dangerous activity both for the individual and for the wider community. Therefore, we take a proactive and assertive approach to supporting people away from this activity. Our aim is to support people to recover from the effects of rough sleeping and move away from a street lifestyle permanently.

We we are looking for a dynamic, self-driven person with relevant language skills to support the Roma Rough Sleeper Team as an Outreach Worker (known internally as Roma Mediator); working across central London boroughs. In this vital role you will: 

• Undertake Street outreach shifts where you will be involved in making contact with people who are sleeping rough, assessing their needs and delivering personalised case management; to support individuals to make the move away from the streets.

• Support teams of Street Outreach Workers to deliver accessible services and ensure that contact is made and sustained with Roma people sleeping rough. 

• Ensure the assessments made and the support offered are appropriate and relevant for the client group and that Roma people are supported to engage with the available services. 

• Work in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams and agencies and advocate, where appropriate, on behalf of Roma people with external agencies regarding their welfare rights and other support needs.

About you  

Above all we are looking for enthusiastic, committed individuals who have a genuine desire to support people to rebuild their lives. For this role it is also essential that candidates possess either Romanian /Romanesque, Italian/Spanish language skills (one language at a minimum); as well as:

• Demonstrable experience of supporting Roma people to access services and/or entitlements and a good understanding of Roma culture and tradition. 

• Some experience of dealing directly with the public and/or customers in a busy service environment.

• Experience in dealing with rough sleepers with multiple needs and the ability to work with challenging behaviour.

• Great communication skills and experience of working effectively with others.

How to apply 

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website. 

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website.

Closing date: 10am on Wednesday 28 August 

Interview and assessments on: w/c 9 August 2024

What we offer 

• Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

• A Diverse and Inclusive Workplace 

• Great Pay and Other Benefits 

• Salary:£26,421 per annum (upon successful completion of probationary period, the salary will be reviewed in line with our internal processes)
• Base location: based in Coalville, with travel to other County-wide locations as required

Who We are:

Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is an independent and local non-profit organisation. Our purpose is “Sharing knowledge to transform lives”. By listening to the needs of our communities and clients, we act to provide accessible, high-quality information, advice and education to anyone who needs it. We empower individuals with the tools and support they need to build resilience and thrive. By working in partnership with national and local organisations, we’re able to advocate for a fairer society, amplifying the voices of those often unheard. We demonstrate and uphold our values: we care, we help, we excel and we challenge to achieve positive outcomes for the people we help. Last year we supported over 31,000 people across Leicester and Leicestershire, securing them £14 million in additional income.

About the role:

If you want to make a positive difference in your community, this role is for you. As a County Supervisor, you’ll directly lead and support a dedicated team of staff and volunteers. You’ll ensure that clients receive excellent advice services that meet Citizens Advice standards.

The main purpose of the role:

• Oversee advice sessions/projects: ensure we’re meeting client needs and reaching our goals.
• Support team development: monitor performance and provide feedback to help staff and volunteers grow.
• Maintain quality standards: check cases, offer support, and work to keep our advice top-notch.
• Gather insights: collect data and prepare reports to help us understand our clients better.

About you:

You’re passionate about helping others and want to create a welcoming, supportive work environment. You’re also a good communicator, an approachable leader and enjoy helping people reach their potential.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Communicate effectively: express yourself clearly in writing, in person and over the phone.
• Manage your time well: handle multiple tasks, set priorities and meet deadlines
• Connect with people: build positive relationships and work effectively within a team.
• Motivate and inspire: guide and encourage staff and volunteers to do their best work.

Why work with us?

We’re more than just a workplace; we’re a community dedicated to helping people navigate the path from frustration and despair towards hope and empowerment.

To ensure you’re equipped for this important work, we invest in your growth, providing ongoing training and development opportunities to help you reach your full potential. You’ll work alongside a talented team that values collaboration, innovation and the unique perspectives you bring.

At Citizens Advice LeicesterShire, your work will have a direct impact on our community. We’ll encourage you to share your ideas and embrace challenges, fostering an environment where your contributions make a real difference.

With our refreshed purpose, values and strategy, now is the perfect time to join our collaborative team and help shape the future of our organisation.

Closing date for applications: midnight on 28th August 2024

Planned date(s) for interviews: 9th September 2024 at our Coalville branch

To apply, please read our staff recruitment pack, full job description and person specification, and application guidance notices.

This post is subject to a basic Disclosure and Barring Service check. 

Citizens Advice is committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Please note that we do not accept CVs, and no applications will be accepted after the deadline date.

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. Join us and together we will create a walking nation.

This is an exciting role taking part in multiple workstreams in varied locations across Scotland. The role involves planning project work with the Regional Team Leaders and leading work on the ground with communities, schools, partners and Local Authorities.  
 
Bring your skills in community development, project management, work with schools and enthusiasm for bringing about positive change to our team! We are looking for a self-starter with a willingness to take the initiative and manage a complex but rewarding workload so if that sounds like you, please get in touch. 

Living Streets is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk; and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to background and criminal records checks as relevant to the job role.

Closing date: 26/08/2024 midnight

Interviews: W/C 02/09/2024

If you love involving your colleagues and local communities in feel-good fundraising and enjoy seeing your endeavours translate into transformations in patient care and colleague wellbeing, then this is the job for you!

LSCft Charitable Fund is the charity linked to the Trust which covers donations for patients, service users, carers and colleague’s wellbeing. 

The post is an important link between the Trust and the local community, facilitating fundraising across corporate and public initiatives, stakeholder and corporate giving and launch our corporate and sponsorship opportunities to local businesses as part of our fundraising plan.

Due to our expansive geography, many of our colleagues who work here are also residents, families of service users and patients, carers for their loved ones and may be service users themselves. Their wellbeing is essential. Raising funds for the Charity will include looking after and enhancing their wellbeing.  

You will require experience of fundraising, bid writing and charity law and display considerable energy and enthusiasm to inspire colleagues, patients, service users, families, visitors and the local community to choose LSCft as their preferred charity in Lancashire and South Cumbria.

You will also work with local businesses, colleagues and volunteer networks to develop fundraising initiatives, activities and events. You will ensure that fundraising ideas and high profile events are in place to generate funds to desired targets in the first year of launch. 

The ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, extensive fundraising experience and proven ability to create plans, strategies and income across different platforms. You will be a keen people person, be good at motivating, influencing and encouraging charity activities and be confident in your approach and able to work with minimal supervision, taking ownership in this role as our expert in the field of fundraising. 

Digital & Innovation Officer 

Location: Wenlock Road, London, N1

[Trialling hybrid working: 2 days in the office per month, which is subject to change] 

Compulsory 2-week office attendance during an appeal 

Salary: £32, 240 per annum 

Contract status: Full time, 3 years fixed term 

***Please download the job description for full details*** 

The digital landscape evolves rapidly and keeping abreast of changes is key for digital innovation at the DEC. We are seeking a Digital and Innovation Officer to support the Digital and Innovation Manager, in the varied areas of digital fundraising, performance and compliance, website development and innovation.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have proven experience in similar role, preferably in the charity sector. Key responsibilities include:

• Website Maintenance: General management of the website’s CMS (Drupal), embedding SEO, dealing with website backlogs, maintaining a high quality of sprint planning with suppliers, support website UX reviews and produce performance reports. 

• Digital Fundraising: Assist the quick execution of paid social, search and display advertising during an appeal. Help to launch ads quickly, reviewing and optimising performance. 

• Innovation: Support with innovation sprints, workshops and new product development. Explore the opportunities of AI within the organisation, supporting the development and project management of new products.

• Team Working and Collaboration: Excellent stakeholder awareness, providing proactive support

If you have strong digital and analytics skills, have proven experience of relationship building with various stakeholders (internally and externally), and are always seeking opportunities to innovate and excel, then we would love to hear from you. 

The DEC is an equal opportunities employer and provides opportunities to learn and grow in an inclusive, supportive, and productive environment. We encourage applications from anyone who can meet the criteria, regardless of gender, race, age, disability, sexuality, or religion. 

How to apply 

If this role is of interest and meets your skills, experience, and knowledge, then please apply with your anonymised CV & cover letter [i.e. please state your initials only, not your full name].

by 5PM, Monday 19 August 2024 

The DEC is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults and participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from successful applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of, and consent, to these recruitment procedures. 

The Diocese of Truro is committed to resourcing and encouraging church communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and needs a highly skilled person to encourage a Diocesan-wide spirit of generosity.

We are looking to appoint a Generous Giving Adviser to implement our generous giving strategy in alignment with the National Giving Strategy. This aims to broaden the understanding of and engagement with stewardship across the diocese and help build a thriving and generous church.

The majority of the role will be about getting out and meeting with Parochial Church Councils (PCC's), treasurers, clergy and congregations to encourage and enable them to identify and then find the resources, both financial and non-financial, necessary to fulfil their mission. The role involves the continuing promotion and take up of the national Parish Giving Scheme and technology for giving.

You will have a passion for mission and stewardship, excellent communication skills, the ability to inspire and engage, and confidence in talking about faith and giving. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who loves working with people to make a real difference to the church communities that make up our diocese. This role will focus on working across West Cornwall to compliment colleagues serving the rest of the county.

At the Diocese of Truro we really value work-life balance and employee wellbeing, have a friendly and comfortable office environment and are committed to supporting your development. We offer additional benefits such as free parking, a range of wellbeing activities and the Diocesan Pension Scheme with 9-15% employer contribution. For more information about working with us see here.

Due to the nature of the role there is an occupational requirement for the role holder to be a practising Christian.

The role is hybrid which means homeworking is permitted but with regular attendance at the office in Truro and travel around Cornwall. We cannot pay for people to commute from outside Cornwall.

Betknowmore UK is collaborating with partner organisations to work as part of a wider team, on the delivery of the Armed Forces Gambling Harms Support Network (AFGHSN); this important work includes provision of training and gambling awareness activities helping to raise and address the subject of harmful gambling. The aim of the programme is to engage and offer support to not only the armed forces directly but the external organisations who give focus to this community in their work. 

This new role will assist the Armed Forces Peer Aid Co-ordinator deliver training and attend veteran outreach events throughout London. This is a new team within an existing team in BKM and is an exciting programme to work on. So far, the training has been very well received and we are keen to build on this momentum. 

We are looking for one candidate with lived experience of gambling related harm and a proven track record in delivering support and training for vulnerable adults, such as the mental health or addiction sectors.

An aspect of the role will be to work closely with individuals presenting with lived experience of gambling harm issues and/or people affected by this issue and requires an empathetic and compassionate approach and an awareness of the complex issues being addressed. A robust management of safeguarding and safe working practices is essential.

A real team player with great communication skills, who can adapt to any circumstance and environment, meeting the needs of clients and contributing to the success of the programme.

We are especially keen to receive applications from an armed forces veteran or someone closely involved with the armed forces (a family member for example), with lived experience of gambling related harms.

This is a remote role, but you must be within one hour travelling time of London, as frequent UK travel is an essential part of this role.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

Development and Delivery 

• This role will share in the delivery of training, both face to face and digitally. The training can vary from small to large groups of people so confidence in communication is essential along with the willingness to share your Lived Experience through the training. 
• This role will share in attending seminars, meetings, conferences and events representing BKM if invited. 
• This role will involve outreach to the veteran community to discuss gambling and gambling related harm with veterans who actively use and need the services on offer to their community. 
• Help to build up knowledge of BKM and our services within the Veteran Community within London.
• Be an ambassador for BKM.
• Work with the Armed Forces Peer Aid Co-ordinator to design, develop and deliver new materials to represent the AFGSN. 
• Ensure all policies and procedures are adhered to. 
• Ensure compliance with Quality and Clinical Governance
• Ensure that all safeguarding issues, including child protection and protection of vulnerable adults, are dealt with in accordance with organisational policies and procedures, and local and national statutory requirements
• Ensure quality standards are maintained through continual monitoring of own performance expectations; and through stakeholder feedback, including service-users and partner agencies 
• Be accountable for Personal and Professional development, by continually reviewing and assessing own performance and identifying further development needs. Participate in further learning and development, in accordance with relevant regulatory bodies
• Ensure service-user records are accurately and safely maintained and are following relevant Data Protection and GDPR legislation and controls, policy and procedures concerning the accurate collection, maintenance, retrieval, security and storage of client data.
• Ensure all environments whether office, remote or electronic are safe and secure. 

Health and safety responsibilities

• Assist with the day to day running of the service, ensuring the safety of all using the service.
• Ensure that health and safety, diversity and equality policies are upheld. 

General

• Attend regular supervision sessions with the Head of Peer Support services. 
• To operate with clear professional and confidentiality boundaries and work within the organisation’s code of conduct. 
• To carry out other duties commensurate with the post.

Please refer to our full job pack before applying, and ensure your cover letter explains why you think you are a good fit for this role.

 Job Title: Project Planner

 Salary: £53,507.57 per annum(Band G, Level 3, Inclusive of Outer London Weighting & Market Supplement)

 Location:  Gilwell with Hybrid (Remote working can be considered)

 Contract Type: Fixed Term - up to November 2025

 Working Hours: 35

About The Role:

As a Project Planner, you will be at the heart of our organization, playing a key role in the successful delivery of our strategic projects. You will work closely with various stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and sequence projects that align with our goals. 

Key Responsibilities:
•  Project Prioritisation & Sequencing: Lead the prioritization and sequencing of impactful projects
•  Stakeholder Collaboration: Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to understand their needs and incorporate them into project plans
•  Planning & Scoping: Develop detailed project plans, including scopes, timelines, and resource allocation, to ensure successful project delivery

What We’re Looking For:
•  Proven experience in project planning and management
•  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a knack for building relationships and collaborating with diverse stakeholders
•  A strong sense of accountability and empowerment in a values-based culture

What We Offer:
•  A Collaborative Environment: Be part of a supportive team where your contributions are valued, and you’re encouraged to bring your best self to work
•  Professional Development: Regular opportunities for upskilling, problem-solving, and professional growth through dedicated development days
•  Impactful Work: The chance to work on projects that make a significant difference in the lives of young people and volunteers

If you’re ready to take on this exciting challenge and make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you! 

Why work for us

Benefits

We are an award-winning Charity of the Year (Charity Times Awards 2022) with over 400 employees across multiple locations across the country. We prepare young people with skills for life, we believe that hard works pays off and always invest in our staff, becoming Investor in People Gold 2022.

To see more details about our benefits, please click

Closing date: 11.59pm on Wednesday 4 September 2024

There will be two interview stages

Interviews will be held online: 1st stage interviews - Friday 13th September 2024
                                                    2nd stage interviews - Thursday 19th September 2024

Successful candidates will be contacted within two weeks after the closing date. Due to a high volume of applications, we will not be able to contact applicants who were not successful. Therefore, if you don’t receive a response within seven days please assume that you were unsuccessful on this occasion.

Please note that we do not accept CV’s only for this role. All application for this vacancy must include a CV and Supporting Statement. 

The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

About us

We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright. We have 108 acres available for fun and adventure for young people to experience the freedom of the outdoors.