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We are recruiting an experienced Communications Officer to support the effective delivery of our Communications and Marketing strategy, by helping us plan and implement high-quality, on brand communications activities across all our channels. This role will provide essential support and direction to our communications activities, helping us to share our story and build the Scripture Union brand.

The successful candidate will:

· Report to the Senior Communications and Marketing Manager and work closely with the whole SU staff team (and beyond) to ensure joined-up impactful advocacy for the movement.

· Develop and maintain year-round and day to day communication/key message plans to build brand awareness and encourage action.

· Help us improve systems and working practices to support and develop our communications.

· Produce high-quality, engaging written and visual communications pieces for web, email , print and social media.

· Ensure our messages are up to date, timely and engaging across all channels.

· Build good working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, helping to amplify their voice through our comms and supporting them in their own communications work.

· Help to improve our storytelling processes, and further to develop our internal storytelling culture by encouraging and empowering staff and the wider movement to share stories of impact.

This role is based on 25 hours per week or 3.5 days per week.The role requires a minimum one day a month working in our Milton Keynes office and travel to other locations as necessary.

If this describes you, and you are in agreement with the aims and beliefs of Scripture Union, then we would like to hear from you. To apply for this role, in the first instance please send your CV and a covering letter (by email) to our HR Officer, We will contact shortlisted candidates to ask them to complete an application form ahead of interview. For more details, please download the job profile below.

We provide a range of benefits to reward our employees which includes: 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus an additional 5 days to volunteer on a Scripture Union event. Group pension scheme, with up to 12% employer contribution. Life insurance (death in service), permanent health insurance (PHI) and free Bible reading notes.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact , HR Officer by e-mail and they will call you back.

Closing date: 12th August 2024 (at 4pm)

Interview date: w/b 19th August 2024
(We may hold interviews as suitable applications are received. We reserve the right to close applications prior to the closing date should a successful candidate be identified).

Interview location: Trinity House, Opal Court, Opal Drive, Fox Milne, Milton Keynes, MK15 0DF

The Movement takes Safeguarding seriously. This role will require an Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service and have an occupational requirement to be filled by a committed Christian, active in church life. Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9 applies.

We are committed to building a culturally diverse workforce. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from people, regardless of their background.

The Role

The Law Society of England and Wales is looking to recruit an experienced Member Engagement Manager to join our Membership Engagement & Services Team. Working in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, the role will be responsible for developing and co-ordinating the delivery of tailored membership services and engagement programmes that deliver increased awareness, take-up and satisfaction with the member offer. The successful candidate will also be responsible for identifying and developing ways to improve members' experiences and needs via our products and services.

What we're looking for

You will have proven experience of researching, analysing and acting on information about market and customer needs and issues to design and improve client / membership services and experiences. You will have substantial experience with producing a range of varied high-quality content and engagement programmes including leading the design and delivery of seminars, webinars, short videos, e-newsletters and other written materials and communications to large groups of clients / members. You will have excellent written and communication skills.

You will have a lot of intellectual curiosity and possess a growth mindset, can do attitude and collaborative approach. You will also have excellent project management and prioritisation skills. Individuals with strategic grasp, attention to detail and commercial understanding will excel in the role.

You will also have exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, in particular managing groups of stakeholders to deliver against a common goal.

Having an understanding of lawyers and having worked in legal practice is desirable.

What's in it for you

This is an excellent opportunity to work with contemporary thinkers in a progressive membership organisation. The successful candidate will join a strong and collegiate membership engagement team and a brand with a reputation for excellence and legal expertise, committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion, and a culture of trust, clarity, excellence and respect.

The role is office-based though we embrace hybrid working. We currently work to a team charter where we work together from the office two days per week or more as needed. There is a generous flexible benefits package, a friendly and supportive working environment and the opportunity to develop your career within a professional organisation.

Please note: if you are an internal applicant, Pay Policy will apply.

The Law Society represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and other decision makers, to offering training and advice, we're here to help, protect and promote solicitors.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Valeria Mancheva on

Candlelighters exists to bring light and hope to every family affected by childhood cancer across Yorkshire. Candlelighters is committed to fighting children’s cancer, improving treatment and finding cures, and in doing so is helping ordinary families who are facing extraordinary circumstances.

This wonderful charity considers itself to be one big family, and anyone touched by children’s cancer in Yorkshire is considered to be a member of that family and is able to access the charity’s varied range of support and services. This fantastic organisation is looking for a Fundraising Specialist to generate income for the charity through the implementation of a Trust Fundraising Strategy.

The Role

This is a hugely exciting time for Trust Fundraising at Candlelighters and this role provides a great opportunity for an experienced Fundraiser to develop and achieve success. Duties will include:

• Preparing compelling Trust applications
• Researching new Trust and Foundations funding opportunities
• Identifying creative ways to maximise Candlelighters appeal to Trusts
• Providing a professional and personal service to Trust funders (via on and offline channels)
• Monitoring the income and expenditure of restricted funding.

The Person

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, you should be an experienced fundraiser with a demonstrable track record of securing funding from Trusts and Foundations. You should be comfortable developing and delivery a fundraising strategy, and of setting and monitoring fundraising budgets. Creative and persuasive, you should be a good communicator with the ability to bring to life the stories of Candlelighters that make it such a unique and special place that funders to want to support.

Why Candlelighters?

Candlelighters is one big family. They live and breathe their values and stand for and what makes them who they are. 97% of staff voted this charity as a Great Place to Work, and Candlelighters was the highest ranked charity in this category! This is because, not only is Candlelighters hugely passionate about families whose life it changes every year, the charity also puts significant emphasis on staff and personal welfare. Candlelighters has a hugely reputable positive organisational culture and has a range of wellbeing initiatives that ensure all staff feel valued and respected, but also supported in their roles. These include a range if wellbeing activities including talking therapy, onsite refreshments, business coaching, support for working parents and employee discount cards to name just a few!

If this sounds like the type of role and charity that could suit the next phase of your career, then do get in touch. To register your interest please apply here, or for more information contact Charlie or Leanne at Charity Horizons.

Please note: If you would like to submit an application or express your interest in an alternative format, such as audio or video upload, please contact either Charlie or Leanne who will be happy to advise on this. Also, please let us know if you require any adaptations for your initial engagement with us.

Please also be aware that we use anonymous recruitment methods when submitting shortlists for all our roles and we only work with organisations that are happy to engage with us in this way.

Charity Horizons is an equal opportunities employer and as such actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable candidates irrespective of age, disability, hidden disability, race or national origin, religion or belief, gender, gender expression, political view, sexual orientation, medical condition and pregnancy.

Do you have the commitment and resilience needed, to work with some of the most vulnerable people in our communities? If the answer is yes, please read on.

About the role:

As Specialist Project Worker Complex Needs, you will work creatively and collaboratively with women who have experienced VAWG. You will provide an effective high quality support service in an accommodation setting, working with clients facing Multiple Disadvantage, and living with complex needs as well as those with medium and low support needs. The role of complex needs project worker (Specialist Project) is a specialist role designed to understand the multiple disadvantages that victims of VAWG may face. As such you will understand gender informed practice and working with those who are victims of domestic violence and other gender-based violence. It is also essential that you understand the importance of best practice around those who have experienced multiple disadvantages by adopting a trauma informed approach in line with SHP’s psychologically informed framework.

Gender-based and gender informed support will also need to be offered such as attending MARAC, using a multiagency approach and helping your clients to reduce harm in relation to VAWG. We aim to offer a holistic approach to case working and you will also be expected to engage your clients with activities within the hostel, ETE and mental health support from external agencies in order to help them to move towards independence.

SHP’s aim is to improve outcomes for service users both within the service and by enhancing their ability to utilize external specialist, statutory and community services. The support you provide will ensure that clients are able to:

• Access and sustain their accommodation within our services
• Access and feel safe in engaging with specialist support in relation to their needs (i.e., substance use, health, mental health, complex trauma, offending, street activity}
• Access primary health care, and improving their wellbeing and process of recovery.
• Access work, training, and other opportunities,
• Be supported by, and be active in, their community
• Develop and maintain positive personal relationships

You will be part of a dynamic team in a Respite setting, holding a caseload of clients with the opportunity to draw on specialist roles within the team, the organization more broadly, and working in tandem with specialist external agencies. Your ability to forge meaningful relationships will provide the basis of the work to empower your clients, helping them to engage with a range of community resources and build a robust network of support.

About you:

• Previous experience of working with female rough sleepers or people with complex mental health, physical health or substance use support needs. 
• An understanding of working with people using person-centred approaches and working collaboratively within a harm minimisation and recovery framework.
• A flexible, innovative and creative approach to working with a sometimes hard to engage and challenging client group, is also required.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment. 

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

Important info:

Closing Date: Sunday 11th August at midnight

Interviews to be held on: Week commencing 19th August via Microsoft Teams

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.     

*For genuine occupational requirement reasons, we are seeking female applicants only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010; Schedule 9 Part 1).

Associate Director for HR Operations
£61,740 pa plus excellent benefits
London WC1 and home-based
35 hours per week

The Associate Director for HR Operations is an exciting and new role at the College in which you will work collaboratively with all Divisions to support a range of operational and strategic HR activities, as well as embracing and contributing to College wide projects and the enhancement of the People & Culture Division.

Reporting directly to the Executive Director for People and Culture, you will take ownership for reviewing and developing policies and processes, alongside establishing innovative approaches to ER issues, change management, managing the recruitment of key hires and championing the EDI agenda.

As Associate Director for HR Operations, you will provide enthusiastic leadership, direction and development to the HR team involved in employee relations, encouraging proactive ER interventions to ensure the increased productivity and efficiency of the College.

Partnering with department managers to identify staffing needs and developing strategies for attracting, developing and retaining top talent, you will embed organisational values as well as overseeing the recruitment and selection process, conducting interviews and making final hiring decisions.

MCIPD qualified and with a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, you should have extensive knowledge of employment laws and regulations as well as proven experience of working in a trade unionised environment.

You should have a strong strategic mindset with the ability to align HR strategies with business objectives, as well as a proven ability to use management information to drive activity to improve organisational performance. You will also be responsible for maintaining and improving the College’s HRIS.

Strong leadership and managerial skills along with the ability to effectively coach and mentor a team are essential, as are excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.

It is also essential for you to be able to build and maintain strong relationships with employees, managers and stakeholders. Experience of working in a membership organisation would be desirable.

The HR Operations team is responsible for developing initiatives and tools to support the achievement of RCPCH’s strategic objectives. A key requirement of the team is to ensure that we attract, develop and retain the people necessary to provide the organisational agility and skills to meet the transformational change and challenges we face now and in the future.

The RCPCH has more than 23,000 members and fellows and employs around 200 staff, most of whom work in our London office in Holborn. We have a Devolved Nations team operating from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Our College values: Include, Influence, Innovate and Lead, are important to us. These values ensure we bring out the best in each other, strive forward together to make the College a positive and dynamic place to work. 

The RCPCH wants to represent all the communities we serve. Appointment will be made solely on merit. However, the College is particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, and/or candidates with a disability who are currently under-represented at this level of the organisation. 

The College operates a flexible and modern working policy, whereby our colleagues work in the office for a minimum of 40% over a 4 week cycle and the remainder from home.

Closing date: 12 August 2024.

Trust and Foundations Executive at ACEVO

Location: Remote, with travel to London to meet donors when required

Salary: £34,790

Full-time: 35 hours

Permanent

Are you passionate about supporting civil society leaders and skilled at building strong relationships with funders? Charity People is delighted to be partnering with ACEVO, the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, to find a dynamic Trust and Foundations Executive. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dedicated team and contribute to the impactful work of civil society leaders across the UK. This is a supportive, inclusive, and ambitious working environment with professional development and growth opportunities available. You'll get to be part of a network that drives positive change and strengthens civil society.

About ACEVO

For over 30 years, ACEVO has been at the forefront of empowering civil society leaders. Representing nearly 1,700 leaders from small community groups to large national and international nonprofits, ACEVO's mission is to inspire and support civil society leaders through connection, skills, and influence. By strengthening leadership within the sector, ACEVO helps leaders have a greater impact on their organisations and the communities they serve.

The Role:

As a Trust and Foundations Executive at ACEVO, you will build and maintain strong relationships with trusts and foundations.

You will identify and pursue funding opportunities, crafting compelling grant applications.

You will manage reporting and stewardship to ensure compliance and foster positive relationships with funders.

You will also work collaboratively with the ACEVO team to align funding opportunities with strategic goals.

About You:

The ideal candidate for this role will have a proven track record in securing funding from trusts and foundations, with extensive grant-writing or proposal writing skills. Your excellent interpersonal skills enable you to build and maintain positive relationships with funders and stakeholders and you can identify and pursue funding opportunities that align with organisational goals and mission. You enjoy working as part of a team, can effectively communicate and collaborate with colleagues and have a genuine interest in supporting civil society leaders and making a positive impact on communities.

The application process is CV and Supporting Statement. In the first instance, please send your updated CV to Tanya White at Charity People for more information, or contact Tanya for an informal confidential chat about the role and to hear more about the next steps. We are operating on a rolling basis so do get in touch ASAP as the role may close early.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Successful candidates should expect to be appointed at the starting point of the salary scale. A higher salary will only be considered for exceptional candidates with strong evidence of relevant experience

HMP Bullingdon, Oxfordshire

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Are you a dynamic and collaborative individual who wants to support people entering prison to gain the skills and tools to develop their emotional resilience? Looking for an exciting and highly rewarding new career opportunity?

If so, join St Giles as our Settling in Facilitator, where you will provide vital classroom sessions on emotional resilience to all new prison receptions and deliver tailored one-to-one support to people in prison who are not able to access the classroom sessions.

About St Giles

St Giles is an award-winning social justice charity using expertise and real-life past experiences to empower people who are not getting the help they need. People held back by poverty, exploited, abused, dealing with addiction or mental health problems, caught up in crime or a combination of these issues and others. We show people there is a way to build a better future for themselves and those they care about and help them create this through support, advice, and training. Our peer-led services form the backbone of our work, putting people with lived experience at the centre of delivery, design, and evaluation of support and services across the UK.

About this key role

As a Settling in Facilitator, you will be embedded within a prison-based setting and provide a quality service to people first entering prison. We will count on you to prepare, plan, and deliver the emotional resilience interactive sessions to individuals in prison, ensuring all sessions are appropriate and contextualised to reflect the local needs of the prison and its changing population and utilising expertise around lived experience and local knowledge to empower people in prison.

You will also be expected to deliver additional tailored sessions to individuals who are unable to attend the group sessions or require additional support and to use a trauma-informed approach to build trust and create a safe space for people in prison to explore challenging and potentially traumatic issues and topics.

What we are looking for

• Personal experience of the social care system; criminal justice system; or lived experience of the issues facing this client group. However, we also encourage applications from those without lived experience.
• The ability to build positive relationships with people in prison and be comfortable and confident working in the prison environment.
• A professionally competent approach and confidence facilitating group sessions, as well as being able to tailor the support given to meet the needs of people in prison. 
• An invested interest in supporting people in prison to develop healthy coping strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, verbal and written.

What we will do to support you in this role

We will provide the following resources to assist in the successful achievement of the responsibilities outlined above:

• A full induction.
• On-going and targeted learning and development will support and enable you to deliver the role to a high standard.
• Continuous support and supervision including reflective practice to develop your learning and skills as a practitioner.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, 4x Group Life Insurance, season ticket loan, eyecare scheme and much more.

As the successful candidate will be working in a male prison delivering an emotional resilience package to those first entering prison, we are looking for a minimum of one of the team of three to be male. The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1 applies to this post.

Closing date: 31 August 2024 11:45pm. 

As an equity and inclusive employer, we welcome all applications, but we would particularly welcome applications from Global Majority People (Black, Asian, Brown, Dual Heritage), those living with a disability, those from a neurodiverse group, or have another protected characteristic. We value the positive impact and diversity that your lived experience can bring to our organisation.

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients. Successful applicants must therefore submit an Enhanced Adult Workforce with Adult Barred List DBS Check. Prison vetting is also a requirement for the role.

The Ocean Conservation Trust is a global Ocean conservation charity that exists to restore and protect the Ocean. We are the Ocean Optimists. Our vision is a world where the Ocean is thriving, healthy, and sustainably managed for generations to come. We invest our time, skills and passion into projects that increase biodiversity, combat climate change, and protect our Ocean. Centered around people and action, we work tirelessly to inspire positive change amongst individuals, communities, businesses, and policymakers alike. Everyone has a part to play, and together we’ll give the Ocean a better future. 

Our Fundraising Officer is a new role for the organisation. With recent investment in Fundraising at OCT, we’re at a unique and exciting point in the team development. We’re looking for flexible, focused individual to join our team to help deliver sustainable income for our well documented programmes. This role will be important in developing the OCT as the leading Ocean conservation charity in the UK, generating significant new revenue streams to drive the Charity’s ambition. 

The post holder will play a key role in delivering positive data driven, donor led relationships to build sustainable charitable income with a focus on core programmes – Habitats, Advocacy and Experiences as well as unrestricted funding. They will support and report directly to the Head of Fundraising to deliver the Fundraising Strategy across all income streams including community fundraising, individual giving, memberships, corporate partnerships, grants and legacies. You will have experience in fundraising and CRMs. Experience in relationship management and the CRM Raisers Edge is an advantage. 

You will need to be self-motivated and enthusiastic to generate long-term working relationships with all stakeholders. You will need to be a self-starter, as much of the time you will be working autonomously and managing your own time. You will be provided with the necessary resources and support from the team based in Plymouth.

This is a permanent position of 37.5 hours per week. The salary will range from £25,000 - £27,500 per annum, depending on experience. Hybrid and remote working will be considered, but regular travel to Plymouth will be expected for team meetings and other face to face activity.  

For further information and to apply: Please select the 'Apply via Website' button below which will take you to our website.

The closing date for applications is 9am (UTC),  Friday 9th August 2024.

Interviews will take place week commencing 19th August 2024.

 Only successful candidates will be contacted.

We reserve the right to close applications early should we find the right person sooner than expected.

In line with current legislation all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to provide documented evidence of eligibility.

The OCT operates an Equality and Diversity Policy and is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit. All applications will be judged solely on merit; however, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.

Salary range £38,000 - £41,000 per annum (£22,800 - £24,600 per annum pro-rated) | 21 hours per week (part-time) | Permanent

Hybrid working from WGN’s main office based in Vauxhall, with travel across London and opportunities for remote working

About us

Women and Girls Network (WGN) was established in 1987 and has spent over 30 years supporting women and girls across London affected by gendered violence. This includes childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, prostitution (including trafficking and sexual exploitation), female genital mutilation (FGM), and so-called 'honour' based crimes such as forced marriage.

Our goal is to promote, preserve, and restore the mental health and wellbeing of women and girls, to empower them to make a total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.

About the role

Are you a passionate and dedicated practitioner ready to lead a vital service supporting survivors of violence against women and girls (VAWG)? We are seeking a caring and experienced individual with an uncompromising and intersectional analysis of gendered violence, to lead Women and Girls Network’s (WGN) Sexual Violence Helpline Team.

WGN is committed to providing innovative, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate support to survivors of VAWG. Our Sexual Violence Helpline offers emotional support and information to survivors of sexual violence aged 14 and above. As the Sexual Violence Helpline Manager, you will lead and develop our Helpline service, ensuring consistent high-quality, survivor-led support. You will provide leadership, guidance, and support to your team, ensuring our service is responsive and effective.

You will lead and support the Helpline Practitioners and Volunteers, ensuring shifts are resourced. You'll oversee day-to-day operations and safeguarding issues, promote and represent the service internally and externally, and ensure accurate record-keeping and data analysis. You will foster a collaborative team environment, support professional development, and maintain high standards in helpline support.

This is a role leading an enthusiastic, committed team making a real difference in survivors’ lives, offering an opportunity for a skilled leader to develop the service and themselves

Interview details

Interviews are expected to take place remotely on 28th August 2024, however, please note that dates may be subject to change.

Further Information

This post is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check.

WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme, as well as the opportunity to work with a leading multi-cultural, women-led feminist charity.

We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Ethnic communities.

WGN is an equal opportunities employer. Posts are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.

PIN is an international non-governmental, non-profit organization founded on the ideals of humanism, freedom, equality, and solidarity.

PIN’s founder and CEO was one of the student activists of the Velvet Revolution, a movement which began in Czechoslovakia in November 1989, just eight days after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The peaceful protesters called for dialogue, freedom and the genuine democratization of the country.  Our roots lie in empowering civil society and human rights activists, as well as delivering humanitarian responses in very challenging contexts in the early 90s. 

Our unique approaches and an ability to navigate complex, challenging contexts has led to PIN’s significant growth. We work in over 40 countries in 7 regions of the world, with an annual turnover of over 240m EUR. Internationally, we have a Relief and Development Department and Human Rights Department. RDD’s core pillars of work are Civil Society & Inclusive Governance, Climate Resilience and Emergency Response & Recovery. HRD works in restricted/closed civic spaces working to directly support civil society, human rights defenders and independent media. PIN also runs the largest human rights film festival in the world, One World.

Do you want to work from home, have flexible working hours, and work closely with an inspiring and supportive team? This role is for a motivated and goal-oriented professional with excellent writing skills and proven experience with programme design and development. You would become a key member of PIN UK and work closely with the Institutional Fundraising Unit and the Knowledge and Learning Department, a dynamic team of technical advisors and specialists, focusing on high-quality program development and implementation. You will be offered a unique exposure to a wide portfolio of PIN's work across humanitarian, early recovery, and development.

Your main responsibilities: 

Project design and proposal development (60%) 

• Work with Country Offices to facilitate effective programme design, supporting collaborative and participatory processes 

• Upon request lead/write/review proposals for FCDO, and potentially other institutional donors such as DG ECHO, DG INTPA, FCDO, SDC, GAC, GFFO, UN, CHFs, CZDA, etc., and private foundations

• Ensure proposed projects comply with donor requirements and PIN strategic priorities, coordinate with other PIN units, especially compliance 

• Coordinate required technical inputs with other PIN Units (especially the Knowledge & Learning department) 

• Lead and/or support partner negotiations including teaming and pre-bid agreements 

• Provide long-term support to specific Country programmes 

Strategic and capacity development support (20%)  

• Coordinate PIN’s commercial contracts working group with support from the Institutional Fundraising Advisor (FCDO Lead). 

• Coordinate closely with the Institutional Fundraising Unit, you will actively participate in strategic team and departmental discussions 

• With the support of specialised HQ staff, provide capacity building to broader HQ and country-based staff on bid development, contracting, contract management and compliance with donor standards 

FCDO and UK donor engagement (20%) 

• Support PIN’s global positioning towards FCDO departments, developing and coordinating engagement events 

• Manage and update internal tracking and coordination systems 

• Facilitate PIN's relationships with potential primes/partners to increase the scope of accessing FCDO funding opportunities 

• Donor liaison and grant management where relevant 

Senior Programmes Officer

Generating Genius connects students from disadvantaged backgrounds with universities and top businesses in STEM through our various programmes.

The Position

We’re looking for a highly motivated senior programmes officer with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills to run the Schools’ Outreach programmes. These include, but are not limited to, Work Experience Programmes, Corporate Mentoring Programmes and Corporate Insight Days

Annual Rate: £35,000 to £38,000 (pro rata)

Location: This role is mainly remote but there will be a requiremment to travel to schools, companies and event venues across England. Candidates must be based in England and must have the right to work in the UK.

Job Type: 12 months Fixed Term Contract – Full Time (35 hours per week)

Earliest Start Date: Immediate

Security Clearance: DBS Clearance and references will be required.

We are unable to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not have the right to work in the UK.

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced, enthusiastic Senior Programmes Officer (SPO) who is passionate about supporting online and offline learning and programmes. In this role, you will lead the launch of our inaugural online programmes. Your primary responsibility will be to provide day-to-day administrative support for our online and offline schools programmes, collaborating closely with schools and corporate mentors to guarantee a holistic student experience.

If you're someone who thrives in a fast-paced, delivery driven, environment, is committed to delivering high-quality services, and is passionate about advancing online and offline schools programmes, we encourage you to apply. Join us in shaping the future of digital learning at Generating Genius.

Responsibilities and Duties:

● Managing our Generating Genius Schools Outreach programmes

● Leading the launch of our inaugural Online Schools Outreach programmes

● Reporting and creating evaluation models for Schools Outreach programmes

● Monitoring and reporting on student progress during and after programmes

● Organising and creating work experience programmes, mentoring programmes and industry skills workshops

● Run a high-volume rolling student and corporate volunteering mentoring campaign

● Organising and attending events

● Representing the organisation with companies, schools, teachers, and parents

● Ensure compliance with all necessary health and safety legislation for every event.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Demonstrable programme administration experience

2. Excellent written and verbal communication abilities, enabling independent drafting of documents, virtual learning content, and correspondence tailored to diverse audiences.

3. Proficient in numerical analysis, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy when handling complex data, employing a data-driven decision-making approach.

4. Experience in the use of student records systems and virtual learning environments, including proficiency in managing online assessments.

5. Proven experience in stakeholder management, with the ability to interact confidently and professionally with a wide range of stakeholders across two separate areas.

6. Strong time management and organisational skills, adept at meeting tight deadlines and managing competing priorities, particularly across Schools, with a willingness to seek and utilise support as needed.

7. Customer service experience, coupled with the ability to address complaints and service issues efficiently and professionally.

8. Experience of collaborating effectively within a diverse team, demonstrating a proactive approach, and possessing the capability to work autonomously, along with a dedication to fostering equality and diversity in the workplace.

Additional Required Attributes:

● Confident public speaker and presenter

● Workshop facilitator

● Able to create interactive and interesting activities for both online and in-person events

● Happy working with spreadsheets

● Event Planner

● Regular reporting and evaluation creating and writing skills

Desirable criteria 

1. Knowledgeable about e-learning technologies within an educational context, and up to date with current trends in digital education.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

Please email your CV and a cover letter outlining why you’d like to work in our team.

Creative Comms Lead

Working hours 40 hours per week (including at least 2 Sunday services per month)

Salary £32-34k per annum depending on experience

Why St Stephen’s?

We are growing resource church with over 500 people attending every week.  Our vision at St Stephen’s is to Love God, Grow Disciples and Transform Communities. Sundays are central to how we do this, as we gather across four services (one online) to worship God together and learn from His Word.  We are passionate about our ever-expanding youth, children’s and families' ministries; equipping each other to be Whole Life Disciples; enabling people to explore faith through Alpha; and transforming society through church planting, and various social transformation ministries.  We are presently undertaking a new strategy process and are excited where God might lead us for the next few years.

Main Purpose of the Role

The Creative Communications Lead is a key role within the Creative Team.  Working in collaboration with the Operations Team, the role holder has responsibility for the strategic oversight of internal and external communications and the practical ability to continue to develop the excellent design, social media and film content that enables and enhances St Stephen’s ministry.  We are looking for someone with a passion for creative comms, practical skills to enable the delivery and strategic oversight to bring it all into being.

Key objectives

· To hold the ‘voice’ of St Stephens

· To ensure the ‘look’ of St Stephens reflects the ‘voice’ with clarity and consistency

· To strategically plan and implement the churches comms – to enable external and internal engagement

· To imagine ways to continually innovate and improve our communications

· To ensure that all St Stephens media and communications output is high quality, consistent, clear and compelling

· To support all ministry areas with design, media and communications needs

· To produce all key communications and publicity materials to support the ministry of St Stephens: across digital and physical platforms

· To develop and oversee systems which enable integration into the life of the church

Responsibilities

· Design and production of all video / visual media for Sundays, ad hoc events, social channels and St Stephen’s website

· Oversight and continued development of St Stephen’s social media channels

· Oversight and production of the church–wide monthly / weekly email

· Working closely with the Creative / Worship Team to enable the production of worship nights and other creative projects etc.

· To develop and manage the website including on-going updates

· Liaising with printers / external support as necessary

Competencies

Essentials

· Demonstrable passion for superior design and excellent communication

· Ability to plan strategically and implement efficiently

· Ability to prioritise and multitask

· Proven ability to be an innovative self-starter

· Experience in design

· Excellent digital media and production skills (including working knowledge print and digital software)

· Experience in film making / videography/ photography

· Experience in website design and management (Adobe Suite)

· Strong instincts for online content that will connect well with all generations

· Flexible and adaptable

Desirables

· Clear written communicator

Person Specification

· Servant hearted

· Someone who has a vision for how creative comms can be used to enable discipleship

· A committed Christian with a personal faith in Jesus which inspires their creativity*

· Is already, or is willing to become a worshipping, serving, giving member of St Stephen’s church

· Ability to manage a budget

· Excellent planning and organisational skills

· Flexible and adaptable

· Good interpersonal skills

· A desire to grow in leadership and to develop others

· A self-motivated, team player

· Doesn’t take themselves too seriously!

· Committed to safeguarding: understanding and personally applying the safeguarding policy and procedures & undertaking safeguarding training as required

· A commitment to health and safety

*N.B. There is a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GoR) for the successful applicant to be a Christian and this GoR applies under the Equality Act 2010.

The details

· £32-34K depending on experience

· 40 hours/5 days a week including at 1 Sunday morning service and 1 Sunday evening service per month to gather visual media content, to be worked flexibly to cover ministry needs

· Occasional evenings and Saturdays, Christmas and Easter services, with appropriate time off in lieu

· Full participation in the staff team (including attending staff worship, staff meetings and APCM)

· 25 days’ annual leave including up to 5 Sundays plus Bank Holidays and a day off on your birthday

· Opportunities for professional development and training as required.

· Church of England pension: 8% of salary of which 6.5% is paid by employer and 1.5% by employee

· Life Insurance

· 6-month probationary period

· Responsible to the Vicar

How to apply

Please complete the Application Form and submit it together with a supporting statement to Nicola Patel

Closing Date

30th July 2024

Interviews

Week commencing Monday 12th August 2024

We are looking for two Recovery Motivators to join our teams in the Camden Integrated Drug and Alcohol service. Our Recovery Motivators will focus on a lead area - Women and The Camden Hostel Pathway.

About the roles:

SHP/CGL within the new Partnership and Camden’s Integrated Drug and Alcohol service has secured 1 year's funding for 2 exciting role s for people with a lived experience to support other in Recovery. The 2 roles will be specialist roles and based in both treatment sites as well as some Camden hostels with the in-reach team and well working with the Women's Senior Practitioner across women's services. The idea of the role is for People with a lived experience from homelessness and or Substance misuse help and support and shape services along with specialist practitioners working for both SHP and CGL.

The new post Women's post will be working across Camden substance misuse services to build safe spaces for women to access the treatment they need without fear from further harm or trauma. (*For genuine occupational requirement reasons, we are seeking female applicants only for this post (exemption under the Equality Act 2010; Schedule 9 Part 1). 

The new Hostel based post will be working with the Recovery in reach team to develop positive activities for Camden's hostel pathway clients to access treatment but also develop positive things in their lives to inspire their recovery. 

We are looking for 2 dynamic individuals to develop their skills as well as learn Trauma informed interventions to develop and transform clients experience of treatment and services which supports better lives and outcomes for clients. 

About you:

• An individual with a lived experience of substance misuse as well as experience of accessing Treatment and Recovery services.
• An understanding of the principles of planned support and working with vulnerable people.
• An understanding of the principles underlying a quality and customer focussed service with the proven ability to empower service users.
• The ability to be self-motivating, work under pressure and manage time effectively, prioritising different areas of work according to need.
• Willingness to work flexibly in response to changing organisational requirements and work outside of office hours on occasion.
• Strong time management skills, ability to work on own initiative, manage competing priorities and maintain high standards.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

We offer you more than a job; we offer you a chance to be part of a compassionate, driven team that's committed to making a real difference in people's lives. You'll have the opportunity to lead, co-create, and inspire change while enjoying a collaborative, growth-oriented environment.

Join us in creating a brighter, more hopeful future for individuals in need. 

Important info:

Closing Date: Sunday 11th August at midnight

Interview Date: Wednesday 20th August, Thursday 21st August, Friday 22nd August

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. 

Are you looking for an engaging, fulfilling, and varied role? Young Enterprise is looking for a new Educational Partnerships Manager in Tees Valley with some work in North Yorkshire and County Durham. To succeed in the role it is vital that you can travel extensively across the region and into North Yorkshire so the candidate will ideally live in the area.

Young Enterprise is a national charity working directly with young people, teachers, and volunteers, helping young people prepare for their future. This role supports the continued development of YE’s impact by providing young people with opportunities to engage in YE’s enterprise and financial education programmes building vital skills, developing an enterprising mindset, supporting them to build their future and enabling them to make a positive contribution to their community and society.

As Educational Partnerships Manager you will be a key contributor to the regional educational partnerships team, supporting the team to achieve shared KPIs for the region and the wider organisation.  The role of Educational Partnerships Manager involves working directly with young people and teachers in schools that are delivering / supporting the delivery of our Young Enterprise programmes.

The Educational Partnerships Manager role will suit someone who can work with young people, build rapport and engage young people from a range of backgrounds. You will need to be confident in working within education settings and liaising with school staff, volunteers, and corporate volunteers. This can be a varied role, but a very exciting role as well as very rewarding. Your experience in relationship development and management will help with developing new schools as well as supporting existing school relationships. There is not an exhaustive list but is to provide you with a flavour of the role.

We are looking for:

· A motivated self-starter

· Ability to develop new relationships with range of stakeholders and support existing ones

· Confident and happy in presenting and delivering to large audiences

· Good organisational, prioritising, and problem-solving skills, with the resilience to work effectively under pressure

· Excellent manner, rapport and professionalism with young people

· An understanding or experience of managing relationships with volunteers

· A great promoter and inspirer in helping young people achieve their potential

· Computer literacy with understanding of word, excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams

You'll be working alongside an experienced and passionate small regional team, with a 'can-do' ethos of supporting each other and sharing knowledge across programmes and geographies.

Why work for us?

· People-focussed with a friendly and supportive work-place culture

· An active commitment to equality and diversity

· Access to mentoring scheme with a corporate partner

· Generous holiday allowance of 7.2 weeks (pro rata)

· Access to NHS top-up scheme, for money back on expenses such as dental and optical

· Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

· Cycle-to-work scheme

· Group Life Assurance

This is a home-based role, however, will require significant travel in Tees Valley and some travel to parts of North Yorkshire and County Durham so the candidate will ideally live in the area.A DBS will be required. 

To apply, please send your CV – with a covering letter (no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining why you think you would be right for this opportunity by no later than midday on 2nd August 2024.  Please note applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

Social mobility will be at the heart of Young Enterprise’s future strategy, what measures would you take to ensure that those most in need receive the support of our programmes and services? 

Please prepare a presentation of no more than 5mins to outline your approach with young people, educators and business partners.

Interviews will be held on 13th August.

Although we endeavour to respond to all applications, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date you should consider your application unsuccessful.