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Belong's restorative justice serivce at HMP The Mount, a Category C male prison in Hemel Hempstead, provides hope, rehabilitation and recovery for prisoners. The service enables prisoners to peacefully resolve conflicts that they have in prison, whether conflicts are with other prisoners or with staff members. It also helps individuals to build positive relationships, healthy conflict resolution skills and access support with disadvantages they face. HMP The Mount prison holds sentenced men aged 21 years and over, with sentences ranging from a few weeks to life.

As part of the service, Belong  offers prisoners the chance to take part in restorative justice to move forward after violent or antisocial behaviour incidents at the prison. For prisoners who have committed violence or antisocial behaviour at HMP The Mount, restorative justice is a chance to take responsibility for their harmful behaviour and to receive support to tackle the root causes of this behaviour. For prison staff members or prisoners who have been victims of violent or antisocial behaviour incidents, restorative justice provides a safe space to share with harmers the impact of that violence and antisocial behaviour has had on them. It also gives victims of violence and antisocial behaviour support to cope and recover after these incidents. 

Our restorative justice practitioner position provides an exciting opportunity for a reliable, organised, compassionate person, with experience of working within the criminal justice sector and preferably within prisons, to deliver restorative justice interventions as part of this programme and assist in ensuring the project’s effective, day to day operation.

Place of work: HMP The Mount

Hours of work: Full-time, with occasional evening and weekend work required

Pay scale: £30,000 per annum, on a fixed-term 9 – 12month maternity cover contract

Reports to: Service Manager

Prison Security Vetting Required: Enhanced

Annual leave and benefits:

• 28 days holiday per annum, plus Bank Holidays
• 3 days training leave per annum
• Fully funded monthly Clinical Supervision
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Regular, funded learning and development

How to apply: Click the Quick Apply button below. You'll be asked to submit a CV and covering letter. Please use your covering letter to outline how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification. Submit your application as soon as possible, as we will be shortlisting and inviting candidates to interviews on an ongoing basis until the closing date.

Closing date: Tuesday 26th November 11.30pm

​Interviews will take place on an ongoing basis with final interviews to be held w/c 2nd December if a candidate has not been appointed before this. 

Responsibilities

· Publicise the restorative justice service and its potential benefits, to prisoners and prison staff via outreach work on prison wings and via presentations and briefings to prison staff.

· Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with staff at HMP The Mount, including senior management, case workers and prison officers.

· Attend and contribute to multi agency meetings, including on safer custody, interdepartmental risk management, reducing reoffending.

· Co-deliver restorative justice training and provide support for prisoners and prison staff members to enable them to become skilled restorative justice facilitators.

· Participate actively in line management meetings with the Service Manager and, in between line management meetings, update management of progress and of any issues arising, in order to receive advice and guidance.

· Analyse complex, sensitive and potentially disturbing information from PNMOIS and Oasys, databases regarding prisoners; victims and prison staff in order to undertake dynamic, written risk and needs assessments regarding the delivery of restorative justice interventions, on a case-by-case basis.

· Assess the suitability of prisoners, individuals harmed and their supporters for participation in  restorative justice interventions.

· Provide preparatory and follow up support to all participants in restorative justice interventions and make referrals to other agencies inside and outside of the prison, as appropriate.

· Make practical arrangements for restorative justice interventions to take place within the prison, including organising room bookings, refreshments provision, visitors passes, appropriate prison staff escorts.

· Facilitate restorative interventions as appropriate in accordance with the Restorative Justice Council’s Best Practice Guidance for Restorative Practice and with the policies and procedures of  Belong and His Majesty’s Prison Service.

· Maintain detailed, accurate and up to date records of work undertaken with parties involved in restorative interventions and share information according to protocols agreed by Belong and His Majesty’s Prison Service.

· Assist with the collection and electronic storage of data relating to the evaluation of the programme.

· Adhere to Belong’s Code of Conduct and its policies on Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children, Anti – Corruption, Anti – Bribery, Complaints and Comments, Confidentiality and Single Equality.

· Undertake any other duties as may be appropriate to the level and nature of the post.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

· At least two years’ experience of working within the criminal justice sector, preferably including work in prisons.

· At least two years’ experience of building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders relating to a given project.

· Experience facilitating restorative justice and/or mediation interventions.

· Awareness of the issues that may be faced by adult men who are serving prison sentences.

· Understanding of the challenges prison staff deal with in responding to conflicts and violent incidents in prison.

· Good knowledge of individuals' emotional and mental health needs.

· An understanding of the principles of confidentiality and of instances when this should be breached.

Skills and abilities

· Excellent written and verbal communication and listening skills.

· Excellent organisational skills.

· Ability to process sensitive, complex information.

· Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders e.g. voluntary sector organisations, prison service teams, local police teams.

· Ability to form relationships with and offer information and guidance to people serving prison sentences.

· Ability to work as a member of a team and when necessary to use initiative

· Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with prisoners and to work in a manner that safeguards personal safety and overall prison security.

· Ability to produce and file records of work completed.

· Ability to develop and maintain office management systems.

· Willingness and ability to work effectively within prisons.

Interim Deputy Director of Programmes - WasteAid

WasteAid is an international non-governmental organisation that works in low and middle-income countries to implement environmental and economic empowerment programmes, focusing on support to nascent green businesses and grassroots entrepreneurs. The work improves the livelihoods of some of the poorest and most marginalised, promotes circular economy innovation and contributes to a cleaner and healthier future for all.

Our programmes focus predominantly on the reduction of plastic, organic, textile and e-waste pollution in areas of the world that have no formal waste management systems.

The organisation promotes and shares locally appropriate, evidence based inclusive practices, supporting and empowering others to take positive action.  We partner with public, private and community-based organisations in countries where the lack of waste management systems is harming the environment, economy and society.  We achieve our goals through our3 flagship programme approaches, currently delivered in The Gambia, India, South Africa, South Sudan and Uganda.

- Our Wastepreneur programme for those individuals and micro businesses trying to make a living within the circular economy and make a difference in their communities.

- The WasteAid Circular Economy Network which brings together national stakeholders, local authorities and the private sector to tackle local waste challenges through networking, training, infrastructure support and innovation challenges. 

- First Step Resource Management Programmes focus on a whole system approach to divert waste from landfill supporting community behaviour change, basic infrastructure, collector group training and end market development. 

The organisation is less than 10 years old and has enjoyed unprecedented growth with an annual budget this year of circa £2 million.  It is a dynamic organisation with an international team who work in a supportive and collegial environment. 

INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES JOB DESCRIPTION

This is an interim position, but the position will become permanent in due course through a separate recruitment.

Location:  Home based in UK, other European locations considered

Reporting to:  Director of Programmes

Direct Reports:  Country Managers, Grants Finance Officer

Key Relationships:  CEO, Head of Strategy and Impact

Salary:  £50-60k per annum

Location:  UK Home Based with up to 25% international and UK travel

This role is a member of WasteAid’s Senior Management Team.

Purpose of Role

The purpose of this role is to ensure the effective management and delivery of WasteAid’s global programme, providing leadership, capacity building and support to WasteAid’s international programme team and ensuring effective resource mobilisation.  This role reports to the Director of Programmes and supports that role in scaling, trialling and evolving WasteAid’s current programme approach.

Major Responsibilities:

Leadership and Representation

• Provide leadership and supervisory management for WasteAid’s programmes team, including mobilisation and stewardship of resources, programme quality accountability, and performance management.

• Participate actively in country programme management, coordination, and strategy meetings with Director of Programmes and members of the country team.

• Work closely with Finance colleagues to ensure timely budget development, financial planning and cost management.

• Support the Director of Programmes to actively engage with donors, partner organisations and external stakeholders to ensure WasteAid is strongly represented.

• Conduct regular field visits to support programme teams

Supporting Strategic Direction, Program Quality and Growth

• Provide cohesive leadership to WasteAid’s global programme teams ensuring that priorities and opportunities identified are in line with organisational strategy and approach which includes scaling of current programmes and the identification of further areas of intervention.

• Work closely with the Head of Strategy and Impact to support the programme team with regarding tools and strategies to ensure that programming is based on input from communities, local partners and local/national stakeholders, a thorough understanding of the context, and technical best practices

• Work with Director of Programmes and colleagues in the country programme to identify funding opportunities and support the development of competitive, responsive proposals; meet with potential partners (and donors as appropriate) to discuss current and potential funding opportunities.

• Work with the Senior Management Team to develop programme budgets, which reflect a detailed understanding of situational parameters, beneficiary needs, available resources and technical possibilities including partnership capabilities.

• Working collaboratively with the Senior Management Team, support MEAL approaches to adapt and implement appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems that enhance programme quality, increase effectiveness and measure results.

Staff Performance Management and Development

• Supervise and mentor direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, establishing a supportive environment while emphasizing accountability, providing regular and timely constructive performance feedback, and leading documented semi-annual performance reviews.

• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.

• Promote and monitor staff care and well-being. Model healthy work-life balance practices. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs of staff.

• Work with HR to identify and implement recruitment and retention strategies.

Grant Monitoring & Partner Management

• Supervise the Grants Finance Officer.

• Support and supervise implementation of strong Project Management Cycle processes and tools including budgeting and planning and grant meetings such as Budget vs Actuals Meetings, Grant Opening, Mid-Term, and Closing Meetings, ensuring follow up on action points.

• Through the Grants Finance Officer ensure that all programmes are compliant with their respective donor regulations

• Support the Director of Programmes in having a solid partnership strategy for appropriate programmes.

• Ensure programme staff proactively maintain positive relationships with partners, including ongoing capacity building and mentoring,

Job Requirements:

· Educated to degree level, masters in a relevant subject would be desirable.

·  At least 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience managing complex international development programming, ideally with a climate or environmental element.

· Demonstrated successful leadership experience managing a multi-disciplinary team and cross-cultural dynamics.

· Strong diplomatic and coordination skills.

· Demonstrated ability for accurate analysis of complex issues, strong decision-making, and translation of programmatic priorities into operational strategies.

·  Proven track record of leading multi-location teams.

·  Repeated, successful experience delivering appropriate levels oversight for a portfolio consisting of a variety of complex, donor-funded projects.

· Demonstrated experience in developing successful funding proposals

· Strong oral and written communication skills, with ability to express ideas and concepts clearly and persuasively with senior internal and external stakeholders.

·  Established capacity to deal with ambiguity in stressful situations.

· Ability to respond to multiple priorities in a timely manner, producing high-quality outcomes.

·  Motivated, positive individual who excels at taking initiative and is able to motive team members to produce results under pressure while maintaining a sense of humour.

Our diocese has exciting plans for an ambitious growth programme to extend our ministry in local communities. We are looking to appoint a Project Manager to drive this forward.

• Can you lead the regular project reporting, evaluation and financial planning of these exciting projects?
• Do you have skills in communication, stakeholder engagement and project monitoring?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Growth is a priority for our diocese and the successful Project Manager will work with our churches, Ministry Areas and Bishop's & Diocesan Office teams.

For more information or an informal chat – please contact Isabel Thompson (Diocesan Secretary) 

Application form and full profile available on our Website

Closing date – Monday 25th November at 9am

Interviews -   Friday 6th December at the Diocesan Office, 64 Caerau Road, Newport

At Allsorts our mission is listen to, connect and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and exploring (LGBT+) children, young people and their families through youth work, and challenge exclusion, prejudice and discrimination in all areas of their lives.

Allsorts approach to working with children and young people encourages them to learn about themselves, society and others through informal education activities which are challenging and fun. We do this via a three-pronged, young person-centred approach to our specialist services;

·Youth Service

For children and young people offering as groups, activities, residentials, one-to-one and in-school support.

·Parents & Carers Service.

For parents & carers of LGBT+ children and young people

·Training Service

Tackling LGBT-phobia, supporting adults and organisations who work directly with children and young people and offering a range of young people led resources for those committed to building LGBT+ awareness, inclusion and safety

We are committed to creating an organisation that is inclusive, safe, understanding and built by the ideas and experiences of our wonderfully beautifully diverse LGBT+ community.

By placing young people’s voices at the centre of our work and consultations, we ensure that our understanding of their continued and/or changing needs grows with them and informs our service provision.

As CEO you will be leading an energetic and committed team of staff & volunteers who work tirelessly to improve the lives of the LGBT+ young people who access our services, as well as striving to improve the environment in which they live. 

You will need to work closely with the board of trustees and the Senior Leadership team to ensure Allsorts continues to grow and evolve whilst mindful of the ever changing political & economic landscape.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, passionate and committed candidate to take Allsorts through its 25th year and on to future successes supporting LGBT+ young people in the best way that we can. 

Whilst there is no specific requirement for the successful candidate to identify as LGBT, it is absolutely critical that candidates have an excellent understanding of the challenges faced by LGBT people. 

Job Title: 

Chief Executive Officer

Term: 

Substantive

Salary: 

£65-70,000 per annum depending on experience. 

Accountable to: 

Chair of Trustees

Hours of Work: 

37 hours a week

Annual Leave: 

27 days, plus bank holidays 

Pension: 

Allsorts Youth Project is part of Royal London’s pension scheme and  contributes 8% towards your pension.

DBS &

References:

All staff are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service  (DBS) check & references.

People’s Economy aims to build the agency and power of people facing injustice and working for social change so that they have the expertise, capabilities and resources to develop their own analysis of how the economic system is a root cause of the injustice they face, develop strategies to change it and then take action with others. Our vision is for a world with economies that meet the needs and priorities of people currently experiencing economic injustice.

We are looking for people who are: passionate about addressing economic injustice, experienced trainers and facilitators and are excited about the prospect of leading work to build infrastructure that will significantly scale our training capacity.

The Head of Training will lead People’s Economy’s overall approach to training providing strong oversight and ownership over: turning economic analysis content and our community economic education framework into engaging and accessible training; individual workshop and learning journey design; our pedagogical approach to learning; and our unique facilitation approach. The role will have a focus on building the infrastructure to consolidate and scale our training through supporting, training and coaching staff, freelancers and collaborators in implementing our training approach. It will also be responsible for developing paid training work and will support other work strands, manage projects and contribute to income generation.

Online Open House

Come and meet us! We are hosting an online open house on Monday October 28th at 12pm for anyone who is interested in hearing more about the roles we’re currently hiring for or what People’s Economy is all about.

You can use this space to ask any questions you might have about the role, find out more about the organisation and meet some of our staff team. Curious?  This will be hosted as a webinar and questions can be submitted via the Q&A function so you will be able to remain anonymous unless you choose to unmute or turn on your video to ask a question.

Sign up here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w2oUR_ckS6ycbSMqExXrkw#/registration

Leading People’s Economy’s approach to training

• With support from the Programme Director, lead the development of People’s Economy’s approach to training and workshops to create an approach and set of standards to be applied across the organisation.
• Stay abreast of developments in training best practice across similar organisations and use this knowledge to further develop People’s Economy’s training approach.
• Develop resources (e.g. types of training exercises) that can be used across People’s Economy’s training work
• Support colleagues and freelancers to implement People’s Economy’s training approach, including through delivering ‘train the trainer’ training and creating learning resources
• Work with the Programme Director to create processes to oversee the quality and delivery of all of People’s Economy’s training
• Lead on monitoring and evaluation of, and learning from, People’s Economy’s training work ensuring that it informs the subsequent development of training
• With support from the Programme Director create and implement plans to build and maintain our training infrastructure and increase our training capacity.

Training for Changemakers

• With support from the Programme Director, design and develop our training offer.
• Lead the implementation of training, including: ○ Work with the Head of Community to develop processes to recruit and onboard changemakers to training opportunities ○ Design training workshops, working in accordance with People’s Economy’s community education framework and principles ○ Oversee the delivery of training workshops facilitated by other staff and freelancers 
• Work collaboratively with the Programme Team to ensure a joined up approach across our work with changemakers

Develop paid training work

• With support from the Programme Director, take a strategic approach to identifying and developing opportunities to undertake paid training work that can both meet People’s Economy’s goals and generate unrestricted income for the organisation
• Hold key relationships, as agreed with the Programme Director, with organisations and individuals who are current and potential clients for paid training work

Supporting other work strands

• Feed in from a training perspective to the development of People’s Economy’s changemaker community of practice led by the Head of Community
• Feed in from a training perspective to the development and implementation of the organisational communications strategy

Managing projects and people

• Work with the Head of People and Operations to recruit and manage a pool of freelancer Associate Trainers to help deliver People’s Economy’s training work, and lead the training of freelancers to do this work
• Manage freelancers contributing to People’s Economy’s training work and any staff roles which (in future) report to Head of Training
• Manage (or contribute to) non-programme projects that contribute to achieving People’s Economy’s goals, as agreed with the Programme Director
• Work collaboratively with the Programme Team to ensure a joined up approach across People’s Economy’s work

Financial management and income generation

• With support from the Programme Director, develop and manage budgets when leading programmes and projects
• With support from the Programme Director, contribute to income generation by leading the development of agreed identified opportunities, including by holding key relationships with existing and potential funders

For full role description and person specification see attached application pack

About you 

Are you an experienced and adept programme / project manager who is passionate aboutstrengthening entrepreneurs and leaders to drive inclusive economic and social change? Do you have experience of working in sectors and markets relevant to our mission and geographical focus, and a flair for working in partnership with others? Are you a self-starter who works with initiative and takes ownership? Do you have a keen interest in learning and development, and producing meaningful insights on effectiveness and outcomes?

About The Human Edge

The Human Edge is a specialist mentoring and coaching organisation. We’ve developed our expertise, approaches and partnerships over 16 years, and we use our learning and experience as a foundation to design and implement integrated leadership development and learning programmes and initiatives for entrepreneurs, managers and leaders.  

We believe that building thriving businesses and social impact organisations which drive lasting positive change takes confident leadership, skills, and connections. Through our work we equip people, teams, organisations and networks/ecosystems with the tools, approaches, and skills to overcome challenges, build stronger relationships and strengthen their leadership to steer their organisations forward and achieve greater results, faster.  

We partner and collaborate globally with local and international governments, foundations, international NGOs and corporates. We work in multiple languages, across contexts, cultures, and sectors. The Human Edge is a values-based organisation with a diverse and committed international team who bring a focus on quality, connections, innovation and learning to their work. 

About the role  

Reporting to Head of Programmes 

Term Full-time (37.5 hours per week), 2-year fixed term contract (with potential for renewal, subject to funding) 

Location Homebased in the UK, with ability to travel to team workshops/ meetings in the South/ Southwest on an approximately quarterly basis; and to travel internationally approximately 1-2 weeks per quarter

Application deadline 09.00 UK time, Friday 22 November 2024 

Start date January 2025 

Role Overview

You will manage projects/ programmes delivered through a range of modalities (in person, online, blended) across countries and regions, and in collaboration with partners and other service providers. You will also lead on and/ or contribute to cross-cutting initiatives which develop our organisational capacity as we grow. Reporting to the Head of Programmes, you will work closely with other project managers as well as colleagues in business development, communications, and facilitation design and delivery. You will find colleagues keen to work with you in the context and spirit of our values. Some international travel (up to 1-2 weeks per quarter) is generally envisaged for project managers, subject to business needs.

Download our recruitment pack for details of the key responsibilities and person specification. Please click on the 'How to apply' button to access this.

What we offer 

• 38 days of annual leave (inclusive of public holidays) 
• Contributory workplace pension scheme 
• Private health insurance  
• Contribution to expenses related to homeworking (in line with company policy) 
• Agile remote working 

Rainforest Foundation UK strives for a fairer and more sustainable world by working with Indigenous Peoples and other communities of the world’s rainforests. We’re seeking two Project Coordinators to join our growing team working at the forefront of the fight against tropical deforestation, climate change and social injustice. Hardworking and committed, you will work closely with local partner organisations in the Democratic Republic of Congo to expand community land rights, sustainable livelihoods and forest protection initiatives.

Person specifications

The ideal candidate should possess a minimum of 3 years’ experience in project management within charity or international development settings. You should demonstrate a strong understanding of forest governance and human rights, particularly in Central Africa, and exhibit leadership in project management. Proficiency in both English and French is essential, alongside experience in financial management and a personal commitment to defending human rights. Additionally, you should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, cultural sensitivity, and the ability to work under pressure in complex environments, including up to 12 weeks of travel per year to remote forest areas.

For further details regarding the role and specific qualifications required, please consult the Job Description

We welcome all applicants, and encourage those who believe they may not strictly meet all requirements to apply, demonstrating in their cover letter why they are the right fit for the role. 

Application process

To submit your application, kindly complete the online application form by Monday 25 November 2024, 9AM. Please be aware that the form will be anonymised for review by the panel.

Please note that CVs will not be considered.

Interviews with shortlisted candidates will be held on 29 November 2024. Please let us know in your application if you are available to attend an online interview.

Download the Job Description

Job Title: Gardener Project Officer for Young Marketeers Sheffield

Position Type: Freelance

Reports to: Development Manager

Based at: Home-working and at schools in Sheffield

Working Hours: 14 days @ £165 per day from March – July (£2310); 8 x school gardening sessions at £110 per session plus 1 day planning @ £220 (£1100). Total budget £3,410 + expenses

Contract: Temporary 

Job Purpose

· To manage the delivery of Young Marketeers in Sheffield in four primary schools

Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

Young Marketeers

This much-loved programme was started in London in 2012. It is now running in 12 cities across England and is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for three years.  The programme provides hands-on opportunities for children from primary schools to grow fruit and veg from seed to sell at their local market. Young Marketeers is also a platform for School Food Matters to promote food education to schools and communities as a way to support children to live happy and healthy lives.  Children learn the art of growing veg from seed, and market traders will share their secrets on how to create a winning market stall.  Primary schools will be visited by our gardener in March/April and then again in May/June and receive further tips on how to ensure a bumper crop. And in July, they head to the market to sell their produce, and to meet the mayor!

Key Tasks include:

· Recruit four schools to take part in Young Marketeers

· Build and maintain relationships with teachers, teaching assistants and senior leaders to ensure the smooth running of the project

· Build and support relationships with contacts in partner organisations

· Schedule, organise and deliver

o One assembly in each school

o Two food growing sessions in each school

o One market trader training session in each school

o Market Day in the city centre in July for four schools

· Maintain accurate records relating to the programme

• Complete monitoring and evaluation forms in accordance with instructions from our Evaluation team
• Take photos of workshops and events where possible
• Keep Development Manager fully updated on progress

· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

• Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times

Person specification

Essential  

· Experience of delivering food growing sessions to children

· Knowledge of fruit and vegetable growing

· Excellent administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail

· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email

· Experience of building relationships with partner organisations and individuals 

· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed

· Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude

Desirable  

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

Experience of working in primary schools and engaging children

Job Title - Research Manager

Contract - Permanent

Work pattern - Full time or 0.8 FTE (for flexible working, including term time working)

Salary - £42,000 - £48,000 per annum (or pro rata)

Location - Flexible, with an expectation of working at Coram’s campus in London on average at least once a week. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about using their research and evaluation expertise, including involving children, young people and their families in research, to join our growing Impact and Evaluation team to help improve support for vulnerable children and young people, and ultimately make a positive difference in their lives.

About Coram and the team

Established as the Foundling Hospital in 1739, Coram is today a vibrant charity group of specialist organisations, supporting hundreds of thousands of children, young people and families every year from infancy to independence. We champion children’s rights and wellbeing, making lives better through legal support, advocacy, adoption and our range of therapeutic, educational and cultural programmes.

Coram’s vision for children is a society where every child has the best possible chance in life, regardless of their background or circumstances.

Building on our legacy as the first and longest continuing children’s charity, we have launched the Coram Institute for Children, the dedicated research and development organisation for children. The Institute will be instrumental in realising this vision by acting as a catalyst for change and collaboration, seeking evidence-based solutions to the challenges facing children in the 21st century in policy, law and practice.

The Impact and Evaluation team sits within Coram’s Institute for Children. Our team consists of 14 Researchers and a Research Coordinator, along with a network of around 15 research associates, pro bono analysts and peer researchers. We carry out qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research with children and young people, which often involves parents and carers and the professionals who support them.

As a team, are values are to be child-centred, rigorous, grounded in experience, collaborative and impactful. We are dedicated to delivering child-centred research to ensure their voice is at the forefront of our work. We use co-design and participatory research methods to challenge power imbalances within research and work with marginalised groups.

Our work includes a diverse range of evaluation designs from feasibility studies and process evaluations through to large-scale, multi-site experimental and quasi-experimental impact evaluations. We work with a range of partners including Foundations, the Youth Endowment Fund, Department for Education, local authorities, the NHS, and universities as well as other third sector organisations. We also work in-house to support the Coram group of children’s charities to help evaluate their effectiveness and assess the impact of their work.

This role will be based in Coram’s Impact and Evaluation team which sits at the heart of Coram’s Institute for Children dedicated to improving the life chances of children. This role will play an important part in building the Institute and the strategic direction of the team. The role offers exciting opportunities to work within the Coram’s Impact and Evaluation team to lead a portfolio of mixed methods research projects and evaluation studies. As well as build links across Coram as well as externally with research partners and universities to pursue research dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people.

About the role

The Research Manager will play an important role in working with the Head of Impact and Evaluation and across Coram to develop and expand work of the team within Coram’s Institute for Children.

Working within Coram’s growing Impact and Evaluation team (which currently includes eight permanent researchers) the Research Manager will lead the delivery of high quality, innovative qualitative and quantitative studies including externally commissioned research and evaluation to support the improvement of policy and practice for vulnerable children, young people and their families. This will include implementation and process evaluations with children/young people, parents/carers and professionals as well as quasi-experimental and experimental impact evaluations.

We welcome applications from mixed-methods, quantitative and qualitative researchers who have knowledge of a range of research methods and evaluation approaches. We are dedicated to delivering child-centred research to ensure their voice is at the forefront of our work. We use co-design and participatory research methods to challenge power imbalances within research and work with marginalized groups.

The Research Manager will work with colleagues across Coram and with external partners in local authorities, central government, businesses and other third sector organisations. They will have the opportunity to shape the work of the Institute by designing new research funding bids, responding to tender opportunities and developing our academic partnerships.

The role also comes with a range of personal and professional benefits including dedicated time for continuous professional development, 25 plus days of annual leave, regular team reflective practice sessions and flexible working arrangements.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced research manager who has a passion for innovative, participatory research to take the initiative to design and deliver high-quality evidence which improves policy and practice for children, young people and their families.

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority groups, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented in research roles. If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: 5pm on 15/11/2024

Interview dates: week of 25/11/2024

We will also make any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage for applicants invited to interview to support inclusivity.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

This role is a core part of Pecan’s senior leadership team (SLT), working to develop strategic direction and playing a play a key role in the organisation’s aim to transform the lives of the most disadvantaged people in our community.

You will enable Pecan’s frontline team to deliver the highest possible standards of service.  You will have responsibility for Employment Support, Southwark & Lewisham Women’s Service and Together community projects. This role also oversees Marketing & Communications and Partnerships. It will work closely with the Fundraising Manager and is the Safeguarding Lead and the Equalities Lead

When working for Pecan, you can expect to become a valued member of a diverse and supportive team. In addition to a place in our 35-year legacy, you will receive a generous holiday allowance, pension contribution and life assurance cover. You can also expect regular team meetings and social opportunities, and a variety of other benefits as outlined in our recruitment pack.

Main Responsibilities:

• To play a significant role in the pastoral care and wellbeing of staff and volunteers ensuring they feel supported and safe at work and have access to wellbeing support
• To develop and deliver services supporting women affected by the criminal justice system and for local women seeking support, information and community.
• To develop and deliver contracted services to enable people to gain employment.
• Expand the offer to reduce isolation and increase community cohesion as well as tackle some of the barriers facing people.

Key Requirements (specific skills, qualifications required):

• Strong experience of managing contracts. 
• Experience of managing staff and volunteer teams.
• A strong understanding of the community, employment, women’s or criminal justice sectors.
• Experience of establishing new contracts.

Desirable knowledge/expertise

• An effective networker.
• Experience of the voluntary and community sector.
• Experience of working across a spectrum of church cultures and types.
• Experience of organisational development.

Please read the Recruitment Pack containing the Job Description for more information. To apply please submit the following:

• CV
• Covering Letter, no more than 2-sides of A4 paper, expanding on your passion for this area of work and describing how you meet the Job Description/Person Specification, as set out in the Recruitment Pack.

Closing Date: Wednesday 6th November 2024, 9am

Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 11th November 2024, Details TBC.

Start Date: ASAP

Please note that applications that do not contain BOTH the CV and Covering Letter as described above cannot be considered. Candidates that have not been contacted by the interview date or within 2 weeks of submitting an application if it is an open recruitment, have not been shortlisted for interviews.

This role sits within the Irish Chaplaincy IC Traveller Equality Project team.  Responsibilities include:

Liaise with London Probation, prisons and other agencies to advance equality of opportunity for the GRT community; assist in giving presentations; Probation office visit with easy reading culturally specific books, GRT resources, take part in market style events, explain services, deliver presentations in person and over teams, participate in relevant conferences and meetings.

Deliver an effective advocacy service to the GRT community in prison and their families in response to referrals arising from prison visiting, allocating follow up casework as necessary. Provide advocacy with a wide range of external bodies.

Take responsibility for caseload of clients and to liaise with others in the service delivery to provide comprehensive service to those preparing for release / re settlement and those on probation in the community in London.

Provide, by telephone, email and letter, information about legal and penal systems to prisoners and their families and put them in touch with agencies for specialised help. Mail outs / resource packs to prisoners. Data form management.

Proactively engage with HMPPS, legal/welfare groups and other relevant organisations as requested by GRT prisoners while they are in prison and on probation

Keep, collate and maintain accurate detailed records for own work (via database) ensuring adherence to data protection rules; maintain the cultural and educational resources of the Project; disseminate resources to prisons and other relevant bodies; assist with the production of a newsletter; contribute material to quarterly reports, funder applications and other reports.

Job Title: Gardener Project Officer for Young Marketeers Coventry

Position Type: Freelance

Reports to: Development Manager

Based at: Home-working and at schools in Coventry

Working Hours: 14 days @ £165 per day from March – July (£2310); 8 x school gardening sessions at £110 per session plus 1 day planning @ £220 (£1100). Total budget £3,410 + expenses

Contract: Temporary 

Job Purpose

· To manage the delivery of Young Marketeers in Coventry in four primary schools

Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

Young Marketeers

This much-loved programme was started in London in 2012. It is now running in 12 cities across England and is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund for three years.  The programme provides hands-on opportunities for children from primary schools to grow fruit and veg from seed to sell at their local market. Young Marketeers is also a platform for School Food Matters to promote food education to schools and communities as a way to support children to live happy and healthy lives.  Children learn the art of growing veg from seed, and market traders will share their secrets on how to create a winning market stall.  Primary schools will be visited by our gardener in March/April and then again in May/June and receive further tips on how to ensure a bumper crop. And in July, they head to the market to sell their produce, and to meet the mayor!

Key Tasks include:

· Recruit four schools to take part in Young Marketeers

· Build and maintain relationships with teachers, teaching assistants and senior leaders to ensure the smooth running of the project

· Build and support relationships with contacts in partner organisations

· Schedule, organise and deliver

o One assembly in each school

o Two food growing sessions in each school

o One market trader training session in each school

o Market Day in the city centre in July for four schools

· Maintain accurate records relating to the programme

• Complete monitoring and evaluation forms in accordance with instructions from our Evaluation team
• Take photos of workshops and events where possible
• Keep Development Manager fully updated on progress

· Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

• Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times

Person specification

Essential  

· Experience of delivering food growing sessions to children

· Knowledge of fruit and vegetable growing

· Excellent administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail

· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email

· Experience of building relationships with partner organisations and individuals 

· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed

· Self-motivated and optimistic with a can-do attitude

Desirable  

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

· Experience of working in primary schools and engaging children

We have been working with the local community, providing support to some of Surrey’s most vulnerable young people and their families for the past 3 years.Our vision is to develop happy, thriving and resilient young adults who can contribute positively to society.

We are looking for a Youth Work Coordinator and a supporting part time worker to deliver high-quality youth work at our youth centre

Job Title: Youth Work Coordinator
Hours: 37 hours a week to be worked flexibly, some evenings essential and some weekends.
Length of Contract:   2 years (longer if funding becomes available)
Location 130 Upper Hale Road, Farnham, Surrey GU9 0JH
Rate of pay:  £24 to £28k per annum
Responsible to: Community & Youth Centre Manager

Main purpose of Job
Running sessions; building relationships; delivery of youth services. They will work closely with the other Youth Workers to ensure a great supportive programme and efficient use of all resources.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Planning and Development
• Plan, resource and deliver sessions to ensure continued support is given by HC&YC to young people; Putting young people first, ensuring we offer the right help at the right time
• Ensure that young people are involved in the planning, delivery and evaluation of youth work

Delivery
• Deliver high quality youth work
• Work within HC&YC equal opportunities, health & safety and safeguarding policies
• Identify emerging needs and plan services to meet those needs

Quality and standards
• Ensure evaluations and case notes are all up to date and completed on time
• Keep accurate records and provide data and information as required

Communications and relationships
• Develop and maintain relationships, particularly with existing and new delivery partners and commissioners

Person specification - Key skills
Experience
• Experience of delivering and leading high-quality youth work sessions is essential
• Experience of monitoring and evaluating youth work
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance in relation to working with young people
• Current child protection training or a willingness to work towards
• Experience of working with young people aged 11 to 18
• Ability to develop appropriate, supportive, positive relationships with young people
• Able to evidence a commitment to empowering young people
• Able to promote themselves and their work; being a positive role model within the community at all times, in line with the values of The Hale Community and Youth Centre
• Able to recognise current issues for young people and the barriers they may face that leave them vulnerable
• To be pro-active when participating in new projects
• Ability to deal professionally with the pressures young people and communities bring
• Willingness to adapt to the changing needs of the community and young people
• Have confidence to work with other agencies that support young people
• Committed to working to organisational Policies and Procedures in particular about the safeguarding of young people and working within our equality and diversity policy
• Able to attend meetings and training sessions when required
• Ability to use ICT, for record keeping and communication, within the team

Qualifications
• A degree in Youth Work or a Level 2 or 3 qualification in Youth Work

DBS - This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure.

Please apply  as soon as possible with a full CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages evidencing your skills and abilities to undertake this role. Interviews will be held on Monday 21st of October.

In return, we offer the chance to join a dynamic organisation, with opportunities for personal and professional development. We also offer the following:

· 28 days annual leave per year, plus Bank Holidays

· Pension Scheme

· Excellent Training Opportunities

· Flexible Working Options Available

Full or Part Time: 

Full Time and part time position available

There will be a probation period of a minimum of 6 months

Salary: 

£24 to £28k p.a. (pro rata)

Contact Details: 

If you are interested in finding out more please get in touch.

About Scotland's International Development Alliance

Scotland’s International Development Alliance is the membership body for everyone committed to creating a fairer world, free from poverty, injustice, and environmental threats.

Our work facilitates connections across the international development sector to improve impact and effectiveness for a range of actors including public sector bodies, third sector and international NGOs, private companies, universities, and charitable trusts.

Our network has a global reach, with members working in more than 100 countries with a wide range of specialisms. We exist to improve the capacity, influence, and effectiveness of our diverse sector in Scotland through providing opportunities for networking, debate, training and promotion of good practice. We help members share their skills and learn from each other’s best practice to boost effectiveness of our members and their partners.

About the role

Working closely across the small team at SIDA, this post offers an exciting opportunity to support and coordinate knowledge-exchange communities of practice across a network of actors on global sustainable development in Scotland, including members from public and private sectors, academia and civil society. The role will support our members to contribute effectively to global, sustainable development by developing learning opportunities, tools, and resources based on members’ needs, as well as on key developments across the sector.

The postholder will lead on the planning, delivery and evaluation of SIDA’s programme of learning activities for members including workshops, peer learning events, mentoring, webinars and other events on key topics of interest to the sector. The jobholder will be expected to support other events hosted by SIDA such as the annual conference when needed and to generally support the team deliver against the strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

- Coordinate, monitor and assess members’ access to learning resources by: 

o Developing or commissioning learning resources

o Facilitating member access to online tools, learning platform and best-practice resources,

o Ensuring existing resources are up to date, relevant and regularly reviewed. 

- Strengthen and coordinate knowledge-exchange communities of practice across SIDA’s stakeholders by:

o Working with other team members to develop collaborative learning opportunities including peer to peer learning,  collective problem-solving, and knowledge exchanges between stakeholders globally,  among stakeholders within our membership and their partner countries

o Supporting members to access and make best use of new online collaboration spaces in particular SIDA’s members Hub.

- Support learning, development and capacity strengthening among members by:

o Identifying priorities for training and mentoring, based on members’ needs as well as key developments in the global sustainable development sector and beyond

o Leading on the delivery and evaluation of SIDA’s offering of workshops, peer events and mentoring

o Facilitating or commissioning facilitators for learning activities 

o Building and strengthening partnerships with trainers and evaluators both within and outside of Scotland, particularly in members’ partner countries

o Maintaining a register of mentors, facilitators and trainers to support members’ organisational effectiveness.

- Any other task as is reasonably required to support the delivery of SIDA’s activities and services.

Person Specification

Skills, knowledge and experience

Essential

· Experience of analysing organisational learning and capacity strengthening needs, setting learning objectives and evaluating effectiveness

· Experience of designing and delivering (or working with third parties to deliver) engaging learning events, particularly virtual and/or hybrid events

· Good awareness of organisational learning, development and best practice and in the global sustainable development sector

· Strong verbal communication skills, including the ability to represent the Alliance and work directly with diverse stakeholders

· Ability to plan and manage a complex programme of work, and to work to deadlines

· The ability to work on own initiative and to prioritize and plan workload

· Appreciation of cultural differences and of the difference this makes to learning styles and ways of working

· Excellent inter-personal skills, and ability to work well with a team, and to build and maintain relationships.

Desirable

· Experience in international development

· The ability to facilitate training sessions and workshops would be a significant advantage

· Digital design skills/ Experience designing engaging online learning content.