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Background to the role

AUKEL are recruiting a new Lead Advocate. We are looking to develop our advocacy offer to meet the complex needs of local residents in a challenging environment in a sustainable way.  Our Lead advocate will work with colleagues, partners and service users to develop a sustainable model that ensures East Londoners have their voices heard and choices respected in all decisions made with them.  

Job description

Job Purpose

· To work as part of the Advice and Advocacy team coordinating the advocacy service, providing both statutory and, where appropriate, non-statutory advocacy for eligible service users across East London.

· Using your excellent knowledge of related legislation, including the Care Act, the Mental Capacity Act, and DoLS you will support vulnerable adults in making decisions, having their voice heard and ensuring their rights are upheld.

Key Tasks

· To ensure that service users are aware of their options and can make informed decisions with accurate, and up-to-date information concerning relevant legislation. 

· To ensure that referrals are triaged appropriately to volunteers or referred to other agencies

· To challenge decisions made by third parties for service users.

· To work with partner agencies, professionals and service users whilst maintaining their own caseload of statutory and non-statutory cases, focused on issues and outcomes. 

· To help to develop and implement a sustainable long-term plan for the advocacy service. 

· To develop the relationship with our partners, Rethink Advocacy, Tower Hamlets Connect and others.

· To ensure that the experience of service users is positive and rewarding.

· To maintain accurate case records.

· To complete required monitoring reports and RPR report writing.

· To support with recruitment and supervision of volunteers assigned to the service.

Quality

To work with the Head of Advice and Advocacy to maintain Quality Performance Mark certification.

 General

· To meet regularly with line manager for support, supervision and appraisal.

· To attend team and staff meetings, (and other meetings) as required.

· To undertake any other duties within the competence of the post holder as may be required from time to time for the continued smooth running of Age UK East London.

· To undertake all training required to fulfil the role.

· To carry out the duties of the post in accordance with Age UK’s East London’s policies and procedures including EDI, Health & Safety, Confidentiality, Complaints, GDPR, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults.

 Functional Links

· This role reports to the Head of Advice and Advocacy and will have close functional links to the Information and Advice Team and Tower Hamlets Connect service.

· Close working with peers across partner organisations.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

· High level of experience in similar work within the health and social care sector.

· Experience of working with vulnerable adults

· Experience of delivering to quality assurance frameworks , e.g. QPM

Desirable

· Experience of working in community partnerships.

· Experience of supporting volunteers.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

· Understanding of the impact of discrimination and disadvantage on the lives of people and ability to work in a trauma-informed manner.

· Understanding and commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and their carers.

· Knowledge and understanding of the principles of person-centred practice.

· Knowledge of all relevant legislation including the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, Equality Act, Human Rights Act. 

Skills/Attributes

Essential

· Independent Advocacy Qualification Level 3

· Care Act Advocacy Qualification

· Intermediate IT skills

· Can demonstrate AUKEL values (accountable, kind, flexible, inclusive, collaborative) in the way the service is delivered.

· Commitment to learning and development and reflective practise.

· Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and integrity.

· Excellent interpersonal skills.

· Ability to present to groups.

· Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

· Ability to prioritise and manage time and resources effectively.

Desirable

Independent Mental Capacity qualification                            

Additional Requirements

· This post is subject to the relevant check through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

· Flexibility in working hours to meet organisational needs.

· Ability to travel across AUKEL’s delivery sites.

Employment Details

Contract type

This contracted post is for 35 hours per week (working day pattern to be decided) and may require some out of hours or weekend work as required.  We welcome application for flexible working including reduced hours and other flexible working arrangements.

Location

The post holder will be mostly based at 82 Russia Lane, London E2 9LU

Salary  Between £31,930 and £35,020 Plus 5% employer pension contribution.

We have recently introduced a salary bands system. This salary range refers to the lowest and top steps of the grade. Salary will progress every year until the top salary is reached.

Holiday entitlement

25 days (pro-rata for contracted hours) of paid holiday per year plus bank holidays. This increases after two years of service to 27 days, and then a further one day per every year of service up to a maximum of 30 days after five years of service. In addition, all employees are entitled to one day off on (or around) their Birthday.

Conditions of employment

The job offer is subject to the receipt of two satisfactory Employment References, an enhanced DBS Check and evidence of relevant Qualification.

How We Value Our People

Learning and development

We are committed to supporting our staff through a variety of training, e-learning, workshop and shadowing. A training needs assessment is carried out annually. During the appraisal and reviewed during supervision. The majority of vacancies are advertised internally to encourage staff to progress their careers within the charity.

Flexible working policy

We welcome flexible working requests from day one and anyone can make as many requests as they wish to.

Family Friendly Policy

We have a competitive Family Friendly Policy which includes maternity, paternity adoption and shared parental leave. We have an enhanced maternity and paternity pay policy based on the length of service.

Sick leave policy

We also have a competitive sick pay policy which will give you up to 4 months full pay and 4 months half pay after 4 years of service.

Death in service insurance

We have a Death in service insurance which will help your family to cope financially should something happen to you while employed with us.

Employee assistance programme

We offer an Employee Assistance programme called WeCare which includes 24/7 online GP, Get fit programme, Mental health support, Financial and legal guidance.

Menopause and menstrual policy

The policy supports employees in their ability to adequately self-care during their period and menopause, while not being penalised by having to deplete their sick leave. Birthday policy 

 Open Door policy

The purpose of policy is to encourage open communication, feedback, and discussion about any matter of importance to an employee.

Wellbeing policy

The policy is aimed to promote mental wellbeing among staff and volunteers and tackle the causes of work-related mental health problems.

Duncan Robertson Award

For the outstanding contribution to the wellbeing of older people.

Cycle to work scheme

The scheme allows employees to obtain commuter bikes and cycling accessories through their employer, whilst spreading the cost over 12 months and making unbeatable savings through a tax break

Next Steps

To apply, please send us a CV together with a supporting statement that addresses the person specification (maximum two pages of A4). Applications should be made via our website.

You should give the names, positions, organisations and telephone contact numbers of two referees, relevant to this role. References will only be taken once your express permission has been granted.

Finally, please ensure that you have included mobile, work and home telephone numbers, as well as any problems you might have with the proposed interview dates.

Recruitment Timetable:

Deadline to receive applications: 4th September 2024 at 5.00pm

1st stage interviews: Week commencing 16th September 2024

Have any questions? If you want to find out more about the recruitment process or the role, please contact our HR department.

Job Title: Corporate Partnerships - New Business Manager
Reporting To: Senior Manager – Partnership Development & New Business
Contract Type: Full-time
Principal Location: London
Salary Range: £38,000-46,000

About us:

Street Child, one of the world’s fastest-growing international children’s charities, are searching for an impressive and experienced corporate partnerships, new business minded professional to play a key role in continuing the organisation's extraordinary growth - from a start-up, aiming to support 100 children into school in Sierra Leone under 15-years ago, to our current status operating in 20+ countries and having recently reached over one million children since our inception.

Corporate Partnerships constitutes a key strategic growth area and income stream for Street Child, especially of unrestricted/flexible funds - and is one we are committed to significantly developing as a key pilar of our plans for continued growth. Live major partners include the likes of Liberty Global plc, UBS, Accenture, Infosys and Boodles the jewellers - as well as 70+ other firms, supporting at different levels, ranging from niche outfits to household brands. For the past few years Street Child, in collaboration with corporate partners, has hosted events at Davos, the UN General Assembly, and at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona - exciting initiatives that provided fantastic platforms, that we are keen to build on, with the support of this role.

We believe we offer a compelling corporate partnership proposition - high-quality, innovative, data-driven programming that protect and educate children in some of the world’s toughest situations; leverage potential via UN, philanthropic and Government matching grants; superb, agile and highly responsive donor service, with strong ability and willingness to tailor solutions; outstanding communications; and an entrepreneurial, commercial ethos.

The role:

We believe Street Child has a huge opportunity to achieve even more growth in the Corporate Partnerships sector by diversifying our coverage and relationships into new industries and growth markets. The New Business Manager role will play a key role in leading our New Business activity outside of our existing portfolio. Reporting to our recently appointed Senior Manager for Partnership and New Business, your role will involve:

1. Core New Business activity: Researching and development of prospect lists for priority industries to implement New Business campaigns capable of securing multi-year high value partnerships. Responsibility for building Street Child’s network of corporate relationships and growing pipeline of corporate partnership opportunities.

2. Partnership and proposition development: Working closely with our colleagues in the Corporate Partnerships and Global Programme Funding teams to develop engaging and impactful partnership plans and project propositions, focusing on priority countries and programmes to support Street Child’s strategy and mission.

3. Corporate engagement with events: Utilising the portfolio of events Street Child has across the year to engage and steward corporate relationships, including Street Child owned events and external events including the World Economic Forum and UN General Assembly.

4. Supporting on cross-organisational fundraising activations: Leading on new corporate engagement activities, including new fundraising and sponsorship activations, to support cross-organisational initiatives including our Spring Gala, annual Back to School Campaign and other key milestones throughout the year.

Key activities in this role:

• Development of New Business engagement plans – identifying, researching, engaging and cultivating new corporate prospects and relationships;
• Implementing ambitious New Business campaigns to target priority industries, including the oversight of prospecting and marketing mapping activity;
• Management of new business pipeline and prospect lists, including use and maintenance of corporate prospects data on CRM;
• Close collaboration with Partnership Development and Account Management teams to promote best practice corporate donor stewardship and partnership delivery;
• Active networking and attending various international events to maximise New Business opportunities;
• Consistent, proactive New Business activity via Street Child networks and cold approaches;
• Searching for suitable open corporate partnership opportunities/calls to apply to and working with colleagues to submit high quality applications;
• Supporting our corporate advocacy events, including inviting new corporate attendees for Street Child events - and working with colleagues to help plan/strategise Street Child presence as appropriate (including Davos, UNGA);
• Working with colleagues to develop our corporate propositions – both fundraising products and exciting, innovative new project proposals alongside our Programme Funding teams.

Key qualities:

• Highly credible, with strong all-round communication skills;
• Comfortable and excited about networking at high profile events including the World Economic Forum in Davos;
• New Business mentality but with a highly strategic mind and passion for creating genuine value-exchange partnerships between the NGO and private sector;
• Personable, tenacious, resilient, imaginative, ambitious;
• Team-worker;
• Flexible and agile – you will enjoy working in a fast-paced, fluid working environment focused on growth;
• Strong corporate fundraising and/or corporate background (preferably in sales/marketing);
• This is an exciting role in a small team with hugely ambitious and exciting global growth plans in the coming years. This role will be at the heart of our rapidly growing organisation making a great difference to the lives of children living in the world’s lowest resource and most dangerous humanitarian contexts. You will have huge support - but also a lot of scope to make the role your own and choose your path to impact. The opportunity here for impact, and career progression, is vast.

We will consider candidates with two types of backgrounds:

1. Proven superb, corporate fundraising track-records, ideally in the international development/humanitarian sector (or otherwise demonstrating strong development/humanitarian knowledge and clear passion for the sector); &/or

2. A compelling, commercial background - coupled with a super clear desire to use your skills and experience in the humanitarian/development space, and the ability to rapidly build relevant technical skills and knowledge.

A prior background in international development/humanitarian is preferred but is not essential. A strong commitment to Street Child's cause is essential.

The role is envisaged as UK-based but is global in scope. A willingness to travel is expected. The ideal candidate would work full-time; and physically in our City of London office for a minimum 3 days of the week – with some flexibility considered for outstanding candidates.

Job Description: Volunteer Manager

Reporting to:  Regional Manager

Location: Ipswich  

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35hrs

Salary: £23,620 – £24,329

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.

About FareShare

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 9,500 frontline charities and community groups.

The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.

Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost-of-living crisis is driving millions into food insecurity. FareShare has a plan to help tackle the cost-of-living crisis using England’s surplus food.

We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, sports ambassadors, and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.

 FareShare’s Strategy & Vision

Vision: We have the vision of a UK where “No good food goes to waste”.

Mission: To use surplus, fit for consumption, food to feed those who are vulnerable in the UK by supporting front line charitable organisations that tackle the cause and not just the symptoms of food poverty.

Our Purpose: We are doers. We are a community. We change lives.

Our Values: Passion – for our cause and the challenge that lies ahead

Ambition – to go the extra mile and drive the change that must happen

Respect – for ourselves, each other, our volunteers, our partners and our beneficiaries

Collaboration – it’s only by working with others that we can be stronger

Focus – on providing the best service possible so that we deliver and achieve the most for our clients/customers.

The role

We are looking for someone dynamic and engaging, with excellent communication and volunteer management skills, as well as a commitment to delivering a high-quality service in line with our mission and core values. In addition, to working with the team in the FareShare Regional Centre you will also work closely with the FareShare National Volunteering Team. You will work together to provide a consistent volunteer experience across the FareShare network, which is enjoyable, rewarding, and safe for our volunteers.  

You should be self-motivated, with experience of working within volunteer management and able to manage ad-hoc corporate groups, short term volunteering schemes as well as long-term and regular volunteers. Additionally, you should be able to deliver end to end volunteer recruitment activities and provide on-going supervision and support to volunteers, ensuring that their training needs are met. You should also be able to develop and deliver a range of local volunteer engagement activities. Furthermore, you should have experience promoting and championing the role of volunteers, so that they are respected and valued for their contribution to the organisation. 

Main areas of responsibility  

Volunteer recruitment  

• Develop and implement a regional volunteer recruitment strategy that will deliver an extensive pool of diverse and engaged volunteers to ensure the operational needs of your FareShare Regional Centre are met in a timely manner. 
• Recruit, build and maintain relationships with a wide range of regional volunteer sources, ensuring regular engagement leading to long term partnerships. 
• Regular liaison with the FareShare National Volunteering Team to capitalise on national initiatives. 

Volunteer engagement and communication strategies 

• Develop and deliver a regional engagement programme that ensures all volunteers have a rewarding experience, whilst effectively contributing to FareShare’s overall development 
• Promote volunteering, internally and externally in collaboration with the FareShare national team and ensure that the impact of volunteers is celebrated. 
• Deliver the FareShare National volunteer induction programme to maximise the engagement and contribution of each volunteer. 
• Develop and deliver volunteer training, which ensures all volunteers are able to meet their potential and complete their volunteer roles effectively.

Policies and procedures 

• Implement volunteer management policies and procedures in line with guidance from the FareShare National Volunteering Team. 
• Develop new volunteering policies and procedures in collaboration with the FareShare National Volunteering Team. 

Making FareShare a destination for volunteering

• Enhance the experience of volunteering at your FareShare Regional Centre by delivering robust policies, together with effective engagement and communication programmes, so that volunteers enjoy what they do and can feel proud of their contribution and become ambassadors. 
• Liaise with FareShare Nationals Marketing & Volunteering Teams to promote and publicise case studies and examples of volunteer success stories. 
• To engage with other FareShare Regional Centres and the FareShare National Volunteering Team on a quarterly basis to deliver UK wide volunteering activity and share good practice.
• Work alongside the FareShare National Volunteering Team to evaluate volunteer experience and establish annual benchmarks for the FareShare Network, including volunteer satisfaction, conversion, retention, training, etc. This will be used for development of recruitment and engagement strategies.

 Experience 

• Developing and delivering successful volunteer recruitment, training and engagement programmes. 
• Building relationships with external organisations and associations to create and promote volunteering programmes.
• Managing projects and associated budgets.
• Monitoring and evaluation of volunteer programmes. 
• Reporting on volunteer programme metrics 
• Experience of working with volunteers / adults with additional support needs (Desirable).
• Experience of delivering effective marketing and communications campaigns (Desirable). 
• Experience of using volunteer management systems (Desirable)

Person Specification

As an employer committed to Equal Opportunities, we will assess applications in line with these criteria that we consider either as being essential or desirable in this role.

Essential Criteria

• Strong presentation skills to promote FareShare as a destination for volunteering. 
• Good time management with ability to manage workloads, set priorities and meet deadlines. 
• IT literacy, in particular for Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint). 
• A commitment to equal opportunities and safeguarding. 
• An understanding of, and enthusiasm for, FareShare’s mission and strategy.
• A commitment to continuous professional development. 
• An empathy with volunteers and an understanding of their needs. 
• Willingness and ability to travel in the UK.

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge of the needs and experiences of volunteers from a diverse range of backgrounds. 
• Knowledge of volunteer management good practice 
• Able to establish and maintain appropriate systems for the management and accurate recording of volunteer programmes. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with people at all levels 
• Proven ability to build successful, productive business relationships, both internal and external 
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated with excellent team-working skills. 
• Ability to use own initiative, working independently. 

Competencies and behaviours

• Flexible and non-judgemental approach to people and work
• Able to demonstrate being a Team player
• Eligible to work in the UK

Benefits

• Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
• 28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
• Employers pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
• Season ticket loan

Location: Hybrid, Old Street, London
Salary: £59,551 per annum
Hours: 34.5 hours per week
Department: Development Programmes
Job Type: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent

Plan International UK is a global children’s charity striving for an equal world. One where every child can reach their full potential and every girl can choose her own future.

We bring people together to protect children’s rights and keep girls safe, in school and in control of their bodies – even when disaster strikes. And we won’t stop until we are all equal.

Are you ready to take a leading role in growing Plan International UK’s Institutional donor engagement and Business Development? Are you driven to achieve results and work collaboratively with colleagues to do so? Do you have experience of working with institutional donors such as FCDO, World Bank and European commission or any other similar donors? This is an exciting time to join as increasing and diversifying institutional income sits centrally to our 2024-2027 strategy.

We are looking for a Strategic Business development lead with exceptional programme development, networking and leadership skills to oversee the development and supervision of Plan International UK’s longer term institutional portfolio in Development Programme Unit. In this role, you will lead a team of business development managers and business finance specialist and work with technical leads to successfully develop innovative commercial tenders and gender transformative proposals.

You will be a successful manager and strategic leader of multi-lingual teams and portfolios, setting a strong role model example with proven ability to create cohesive professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will have strong verbal and written communications skills and exceptional problem-solving. You will be skilled at using your formal and informal networks to raise our profile, to get things done and influence others.

For further detail of this role, please see the job profile. Please note that this is a UK based role and we are unable to offer international contracts.

Please click on the button below to apply.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Wednesday 21 August 2024
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 28 August 2024 and Friday 30 August 2024

We are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults in our work. We, therefore, apply rigorous recruitment and selection processes to ensure that only those who are suitable are recruited to work for us. Accordingly, appointment to all our roles is subject to a range of vetting checks and for this role this will include a Basic Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; this will depend on the circumstances of any offences

Plan International UK is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

REF-216070

We are seeking a Social Media and Marketing Executive to join our team and support our mission to end homelessness. This role involves developing and executing campaigns that engage and inspire action. The successful candidate will be passionate about content creation and possess the skills to enhance our brand visibility and fundraising efforts.

What you’ll be doing:

Working as part of our dynamic Fundraising and Marketing team, you’ll work closely with the Marketing Manager and Communications Manager to build the Social Bite brand. Your skills and enthusiasm will help drive footfall to our social enterprise coffee shops, raise awareness around homelessness, and amplify our fundraising initiatives. No two days are the same in this fast-paced role that covers the whole marketing mix.

Powerful storytelling: we need to create content that shines a spotlight on our key impact projects, like our Jobs First employment programme and our free food services. You’ll play an integral role in increasing awareness and engagement with our two new Social Bite Villages.

Large-scale campaigns: support the marketing and communications activities surrounding fundraising initiatives like our UK-wide Festival of Kindness Christmas campaign which aims to deliver 300,000 gifts, meals and essential items to people who are vulnerable and experiencing homelessness through the winter. This includes a large-scale online fundraising campaign across multiple channels.  Offline, you’ll gather content at sites like our Trees of Kindness across Scotland and London, where supporters can bring gifts and make donations.

Champion our social enterprise: promote our coffee shops and commercial initiatives in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London by working closely with our operational management colleagues to brainstorm innovative ideas, craft point-of-sale, design promotional materials, and increase in-store brand impact.

Maximise our digital presence: grow our online following through engaging social media content (especially videos), digital advertising, newsletters, and a website redevelopment project.

Event management: plan and deliver events big and small, from producing assets for charity stalls at corporate fairs, to marketing our Impact Conferences and black-tie fundraising dinners.

Why join us?

• Impact: your work will empower people experiencing homelessness to transform their own lives through our key pillars of providing homes, jobs, food and support.
• Culture: you’ll be part of a supportive and dynamic team in an entrepreneurial organisation that values your unique take on how to achieve our goals.
• Growth: opportunities to work on exciting projects and learn, grow, and shine in a role that’s as rewarding as it is challenging.
• Perks: competitive salary, flexible working hours, and benefits including:
  – 32 days paid annual leave (4 days above the minimum)
  – Staff discount at Social Bite Coffee Shops
  – Reward Hub (discounted gym, restaurants, shop partnerships)
  – Enhanced Sick Pay
  – Cycle to work scheme
  – Employee Assistance Programme
  – Reflective Practice
  – Values Superstars rewards

Application process: please send a CV and cover message by 22nd August 2024. Your cover message should give us a sense of who you and help us understand why you’re a good fit for this role. It could be a letter (up to 500 words), a video or voice note (up to four minutes), a presentation or infographic (of comparable length).

Interview process:
Interview questions will be sent to you in advance to allow you to prepare.

Ahead of the second-round interview we’ll also ask short-listed candidates to complete an exercise, like a brief presentation or creating a short piece of content, for us to discuss on the day.

• First round interview with Marketing Manager and Communications Manager.
• Second round interview with Marketing Manager, Communications Manager and Head of Individual Giving and Marketing.

The Reception and Administration Assistant will be responsible for the smooth running of our reception area at The Beacon Centre, ensuring a high-quality experience for all visitors. They will support the Director with a variety of administrative tasks, including managing the bookings diary and general enquiries, and offering clerical support to our groups.

Reporting to: Area Manager

Location of work: Flexible. This post holder will be based at home but daily travel to schools or other establishments within your allocated local area will be required including some early morning breakfast visits. The role will require irregular travel throughout the UK with minimal overnight stays. A full driver’s licence and use of a vehicle is required.

Contract type:  4 days / 28 hours per week term time only, although part time / flexible hours may be considered. This role will involve early morning breakfast visits to schools or other establishments which you will need to be able to attend. The role may require occasional evening and weekend work  

Contract Length: Permanent  

Salary: £31500 FTE (Pro rata to £22,050)

BACKGROUND 

Magic Breakfast is a registered charity providing healthy breakfasts to children and young people in the UK who arrive at school too hungry to learn, and expert support to their schools. Over 200,000 children and young people are on roll at Primary, Secondary, ASL / Special Educational Needs Schools and Pupil Referral Units that the charity works with, in disadvantaged areas of Scotland and England. Providing breakfast ensures that children start their school day with the energy and nutrition they need to be able to make the most of their morning lessons.  Magic Breakfast also undertakes research, and campaigns for long-term solutions to end hunger as a barrier to learning.  

This is an exciting time at Magic Breakfast, as we have expanded our team to meet the challenge of ending morning hunger for now, and for good.

JOB PURPOSE 

Magic Breakfast’s mission is to end child morning hunger in the UK now and for good. The Service Delivery team is responsible for ensuring the delivery of our breakfast provision. As Engagement Partner, you will work with relevant partners (schools, local authorities, parents, parent councils) to ensure that breakfast provision is optimized, encouraging reach and providing education on relevant topics.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

Pipeline development and cultivation:   

• To develop a relationship with the supported schools in their respective area, to enable, preserve, embed, enhance and extend stigma and barrier free breakfast pron.

• To educating and engage with the wider school community, including teachers, parents and children and young people on the importance of breakfast and implications of hunger as a barrier learning through various means including assemblies, staff meetings, online events and regional events throughout the academic year.

• To engage with the wider community to advocate for the importance of breakfast, the work that we are doing in existing schools and to support our campaigning and advocacy strategy and plans.

• To develop brand awareness in schools and local communities in line with our marketing strategy

• To support the recruitment of new schools with launching new breakfast provisions, adapting to the requirements of the school and children and young people, and advising on best practise

• To support any media requests as directed through the Policy & Engagement team

• To capture and report on “storytelling” to enable the organisation to utilise qualitative data to support external communication

• To explore, share and deliver on new engagement ideas across the department and organisation

• To enable, support and feedback on new ways of working, trials and innovations

General:  

• By contributing to team meetings, sharing best practise and support colleagues and team members where necessary in line with Magic Breakfast’s ways of working.

• By helping to maintaining a positive working environment; keeping the vision of Magic Breakfast at the heart of everything we do.

• By upholding a culture that keeps children and young people at the heart and encourages our values of openness, collaboration, bravery, compassion and a solutions-focussed approach.

• By working collaboratively across the organisation to build good working relations.

• By adhering to all Magic Breakfast policies and procedures.

• By ensuring everything is compliant with current legislation, policies and procedures.

• By undertaking any other duties commensurate with the role.

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Skills and abilities  

• Possess excellent communication skills, organisational skills and stakeholder management capabilities.

• High level of competency in the use of Microsoft Office packages and Salesforce or a similar CRM

• Demonstrate working knowledge and understanding of the charity and education sector along with a commercial awareness.

• Good use of judgement in terms of when to escalate and when to delegate.  

• Confidence in using Microsoft Word IT packages.  

Knowledge and experience  

• Engagement with multiple stakeholders, both internal and external, delivering presentations, assemblies, engagement events, both in person and online.

• Experience of customer support and an understanding and experience of influencing and making the case for change.

• Experience of working against targets.

• Working remotely with multiple customers and stakeholders.

• The proven ability to communicate messages confidently, engagingly and with impact across a variety of audiences.   

• Familiarity with the UK charity market and fundraising trends, techniques and best practice.  

Other 

• Be a collaborative team player with the confidence to effectively contribute remotely across teams and departments.

• Share a passion and commitment to Magic Breakfast’s aim of alleviating morning hunger as a barrier to learning for children in the UK.

• Embody the charities values, behaviours and ways of working.

• Demonstrate positive mindset, flexibility and openness to agile working and change.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Magic Breakfast we value our employees and work hard to develop offer a supportive, respectful culture which enables everyone to bring their whole self to work.

Please click job pack below. 

APPLICATION PROCESS

While Magic Breakfast welcomes applications from everyone, to better serve its communities it has identified that we would particularly benefit from: young people earlier in their careers, people who have lived experience of poverty, navigating socio-economic adversity or were eligible for free school meals, and people from a minority ethnic background. 

Should you wish to discuss the role before applying please email our People and Culture Team, hr @magicbreakfast. com

Shortlisting - 27th -28th August

Interviews - 2nd September

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Helath Advocate Educator (HAE). The post holder will train and provide ongoing support to GP practices and other health professionals to enable primary and secondary care staff to be able to effectively talk to their patients about domestic violence and abuse (DVA), provide early identification and offer appropriate care pathways for female and male victims of domestic violence and abuse aged 16 years and over.

The post holder will work in partnership with a local clinical lead to deliver the model and will participate and support the delivery of safeguarding training and awareness raising sessions to primary and secondary care staff and other multi-agency teams where needed.

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.

Please note that a valid UK driving license and use of a car is essential to this role.

Hours: 18.75 hours per week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) with a Requirement for occasional 12:30-20:30 duty shift

Do you share our passion and commitment to empowering communities to create permanently affordable homes? 

Would you be interested in joining a not-for-profit developer of community-led affordable homes working to ensure that people are no longer priced out of the neighbourhood they grew up in? 

Do you have the necessary expertise in financial management and accountancy to serve as our Finance Manager?

If the answer to these questions is YES, we would love to hear from you.

Decent, secure, and affordable homes are getting harder to come by, and there is widespread recognition and an acceptance that London needs more affordable homes.

What remains is a gulf between those who are attempting to deliver affordable housing and the communities that need these homes. This is the gap that London CLT successfully bridges, working with local communities to create truly affordable homes that are owned by local people, and which puts Londoners in charge of how their neighbourhoods develop.

Proud to be at the forefront of developments in this space, we were the first to develop and sell homes, starting with our flagship project at St Clement’s in Mile End. 

Finance Manager

Up to £42,000 per annum (part-time, 3/4 days per week)

Spitalfields, London

Hybrid Working

Our expectations are high. As our new Finance Manager, you will be joining London CLT at a particularly exciting time as we enter a period of significant growth, with several projects under development and with the potential to do so much more.

You will be responsible for preparing our quarterly management accounts and annual accounts, annual budgets, and our five-year projections, and for managing the monitoring, processing, reporting and forecasting on all of our finances. For monitoring and reporting on the expenditure of grants to London CLT from our funders, managing applications for loans and for ad-hoc financial analysis. You will also work to ensure that our financial systems and processes keep pace so that we can continue to manage our finances confidently and proactively. 

Reporting to our Executive Director with the support of our Treasurer, and part of a small, friendly and growing team. This position offers a real opportunity to contribute to the future direction of London CLT and as such, we seek to attract candidates with a strong financial management and accounting background, ideally gained within housing, development, or grant-funded organisations, who can ably balance competing priorities, and make decisions under pressure, and possess good interpersonal skills and the confidence to work well with a wide range of partners and team members.

If this appeals to you and you would welcome the opportunity to play your part in the achievement of our future ambitions, we look forward to receiving your application.

Closing Date: Sunday, 1st September

Final round Interviews: Thursday, 5th September

For an informal and confidential discussion please contact our advising consultant.

London Community Land Trust is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sections of society irrespective of gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, age, or religious belief.

As Employment Consultant, you will support the senior leadership team and work alongside the prison peer led team, helping recruiters in custody to identify and support candidates.

• Build strong relationships with the relevant prison staff and Inside Job recruiters.
• Support the West Midlands Programme Lead to engage employers and plan monthly interviews.
• Build relationships with local and national employers and to promote the service.
• Support the team to develop a strategy to identify and target local and national employers.
• Develop effective relationships with internal and external agencies, making appropriate onward referrals, signposting service users to support services to support their rehabilitation.
• Building relationships with local Probation offices and staff, DWP/Local Authority initiatives and Police & Crime Commissioner/Violence Reduction Unit and any other official and/or relevant third sector/voluntary organisations to deliver end to end support for people leaving prison.
• Encourage Candidates to engage with other professional and service providers such as community mental health teams and support groups.
• Ensure that the Inside Job portal is accurately updated; milestones are completed; and documents and notes are recorded in real time.

Do you have a passion for books and accessibility, are you skilled in creating content for social media? Then this role could be for you.

About Listening Books
Listening Books is a UK charity providing an audiobook lending service to children and adults who cannot access print books due to illness, disability, learning or mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression.
We provide individual memberships across the UK, with a subsidised membership fee of £20 per year, and free membership to those who cannot afford to pay a fee. The service is provided directly to individuals, but also through working with hospices, children’s hospitals, care homes and schools.

About the role
The Membership and Marketing Assistant will work within the Membership and PR team to help expand awareness of the charity’s work and increase membership in line with the PR and Marketing Strategy.  They will run our social media channels and recruit individual members inline with funding targets.

The Person we are looking for 
We are looking for someone with a passion for books and accessibility, who will enjoy the opportunities and challenges of working in a small organisation. This role has two main elements; firstly, marketing, social media and brand awareness to increase awareness and membership nationally. Secondly, focussing on finding new individual members in specific areas, as per our funding requirements.
You’ll need to manage and divide your time consistently and effectively to meet your recruitment and marketing objectives. Excellent time management is essential.  You’ll have a good understanding of social media best practices and content creation but be equally comfortable speaking to members and partners on the phone, online or in person. 
The ideal candidate will have a friendly, can-do attitude, with a willingness to learn and improve their skills, as well as a desire to help more people access books.
In return, we can offer you 20 days holiday (rising with service), plus bank holidays and additional days off at Christmas and Christmas closure days, as well as a generous pension scheme. We are also willing to discuss flexible working hours and work from home for the right candidate.  Our new offices are located in a shared charity building which offers gardening clubs, books clubs and cycle repair schemes to name just a few of the benefits.

Location
This is currently a hybrid role. Most tasks can be completed remotely, but you will be required to visit the office (Oval, London) for specific tasks, and we have a preference for this to be one day per week. Travel to attend events within the UK will also be required on occasion.

How to Apply
If you would like to be considered for this position, please apply with your CV and cover letter, please ensure your cover letter addresses the person specification in the job description.  Click on Apply to be taken to the Listening Books website, scroll down to this section to find the email address of who to send your CV and cover letter to.
Deadline for applications: Friday 6th September at 5pm.  We reserve the right to close early if the right candidate is found.
Interviews will be scheduled for 11th September, and will be held virtually on Teams or Zoom. 

About the role:  

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Programme Funding Officer to join a dynamic Programme team at a growing international development charity based in Bristol, delivering transformational change for some of the world’s most vulnerable people, living on the frontlines of the climate crisis. 

Main duties:  

Working within the Programme’s team, the Programme Funding Officer’s role will include: 

• Lead on proposal development and grant writing for new and existing trust and foundations, institutional and corporate donors securing restricted income to grow and develop Tree Aids programme of work. 

• Deliver high quality donor stewardship and grant management for a portfolio of restricted donors, in order to build rewarding and long-term relationships to maximise support for our work. 

• Contribute to the development of compelling reports to donors in collaboration with the programme implementing team. 

• Work with the Head of Programme Funding to develop and deliver strategies and plans for fundraising, 

•  Research and identify new and potential funding opportunities in line with organisational funding priorities  

About you:  

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and be able to develop a compelling case for support in order to gain financial support for our work. You will be a confident networker, able to develop strong relationships with trusts and foundations, institutional and corporate donors. In addition, you will be able to work confidently and effectively across teams, both in the UK and Africa, including working with French speaking colleagues. You will need to be able to manage a challenging workload, meeting deadlines and delivering work to a high standard.

Benefits:  

Optional benefits of working at Tree Aid include:  

• A contributory pension scheme (you contribute at least 2% and we will contribute 6%)  

• 33 days holiday (inc bank holidays) +1 more day per year up to 38 holiday days  

• Flexible, hybrid working  

• Quarterly social events  

• Opportunity to take free weekly French lessons to support communication with our colleagues in West Africa  

Do you have a talent for storytelling? Could you communicate our work to our wide range of audiences in a compelling and passionate way that keeps the people of Gloucestershire aware, informed, educated and motivated to help us as we strive to ensure nature’s recovery in Gloucestershire? Do you want to work for an organisation that is passionate about our local wildlife and wild places and achieving huge outcomes for nature? We are looking for a Communications Manager to lead our communications strategy to our internal and external audiences whilst ensuring a bold, clear and consistent voice for nature. This is an exciting time to join us and a great opportunity for someone looking to grow in a Communications role.

If you are interested in joining our team, please visit our website for a full job description and to apply.

Please send a covering letter and a current CV by midnight 30 August, interviews will be held in person 6 September.

We aim to be an equal opportunity employer and are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment.

Being a charity we hope all recruitment agencies will appreciate that we want to save money where possible - so thank you, but unless we get in touch, we don't need you help with this role quite yet.

The central duty team (3 duty workers) will work closely with Refuge’s 5 floating support workers and floating support manager, and each service in the partnership has dedicated management to provide support and oversight for staff, and lead on safeguarding and project management. Refuge’s floating support service manager will manage the floating support workers and duty teams, taking overall responsibility for monitoring, reporting, and meeting outcomes across the floating support service. 

The duty workers posts are new and exciting roles in Refuge, with opportunities for everyone in the new service to work across the partnership (and therefore the sector) as well as with the referring agencies. It is an important aspect of this job that the post holder has experience of working collaboratively with a range of other agencies.

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.