Family Support Jobs
Contract type: Permanent
Hours per week: 22.5 hours pw, between Mon-Friday, office based with potential for home working
Salary: £25,152 to £30,143 FTE depending on experience
Reporting to: Head of Finance
Would you like to be part of an innovative, friendly and dynamic team committed to making a difference by supporting people affected by domestic and sexual abuse? Yellow Door is seeking a motivated Finance Officer who shares our values and our vision for a world where adults, families, young people and children can live without experiencing domestic and sexual abuse and the resulting devastating impacts.
With an amazing team of around 100 employees and volunteers, Yellow Door is an amazing charity that changes lives for the better by working together to prevent and respond to domestic abuse. We provide a diverse and innovative range of services to local people of all ages and genders. Last year we engaged with over 4,500 service users to provide crucial support, advice and information.
Our Finance Officer role is a vital part of our valued team. The finance function is integral to the effective operation of the organisation. Managed well it enables us to assess our financial stability and understand our capacity for growth and long-term success.
Key Responsibilities for the role:
- Managing accounts receivable/payable
- Reconcile bank accounts regularly including a final month end reconciliation for monthly reporting
- Process monthly payroll, manage NEST and HMRC
- Monthly reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts
- Answer queries from other departments about financial information
- Assist in the production of monthly management accounts, annual budget and statutory reporting
- Monitor the finance mailbox
This role involves regulated activity. To be considered, candidates must meet all eligibility, application, and qualification requirements as stipulated by the regulatory authority. Additionally, applicants are required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check in accordance with Safer Recruitment practices.
If you think you might be the right fit but would like to know more, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now to view the full role description!
Closing date: 31-07-2024
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Are you an experienced and compassionate clinical leader looking to join an outstanding organisation? Join us at Helen & Douglas House and lead our remarkable inpatient services Team towards an innovative future!
Helen & Douglas House is a registered hospice charity based in Oxford that is proud to serve as a centre of clinical excellence for providing palliative, respite, end-of-life and bereavement care to life-limited children and their families. In 2023 we were recognised as Outstanding by CQC. We foster a climate where team members feel able to openly question, debate and appropriately challenge their own and the practice of others. The Helen House Care Team is a unique and vibrant blend of nurses, carers and allied professionals all of whom share an authentic passion for delivering the highest possible standard of care to patients and their families.
As the Head of Care, you will ensure that the care we provide supports and reflects individuals’ mental health and physical needs, is culturally appropriate, and is continuously evaluated to ensure compliance with professional guidance and current best practice. Working in collaboration with the management and clinical teams, you will set standards, develop, and enhance high-quality care provision. You will be an integral member of the wider clinical leadership Team, driving continued improvement in service delivery and the professional development of the team members.
This role will incorporate providing strategic and operational direction to a range of clinical teams, including ensuring that all relevant local and national performance and service delivery requirements are met. Moreover, you will maintain effective operational links with other charities within the Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire (BOB) region, primary and secondary care services, and community support services.
To succeed in this role, you will possess significant senior level experience of leading and delivering clinical services; experience of multi-disciplinary collaboration at a senior level and experience of working collaboratively with other organisations; and knowledge of children’s palliative care or the hospice sector.
This is a full-time role for 37.5 hours per week, however, discussions about flexible working are welcome. Hybrid working opportunity is available once postholder is established in their role – minimum of 3 days per week on-site attendance will be required.
Helen & Douglas House offer the following benefits:
- 27 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, rising to 28 days after 3 years, and 29 days after 5 years of service.
- Flexible Annual Leave: buy or sell up to 5 days of Annual Leave per year.
- Life assurance x4 your annual salary.
- We are a direction agency for the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Group Personal Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution.
- Reimbursement of NMC registration fees.
- Eye care voucher scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Octopus electric vehicle leasing scheme.
- Occupational sick pay and maternity pay.
- Enhanced maternity leave and shared paternity leave.
- A flexible working environment.
- Investment in your Continuous Professional Development.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Recommend a friend scheme.
- Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. We welcome applications from all areas of the community and run regular in-house EDI-focused events and workshops.
Please note that everyone working for Helen & Douglas House are required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Helen & Douglas House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the benefits of a diverse workforce. We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community.
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Store Manager to join Barnardo's on a full-time permanent basis.
As a Store Manager you will manage the day to day running of our Leicester Store, leading a team of colleagues to maximise store sales and profits. By doing so you will play a crucial role in raising the funds for the amazing services and support Barnardo's provides for children, young people, parents, and carers across the UK.
Location: Unit 5 Sturdee Road Neighbourhood Centre, Sturdee Road, Leicester, LE2 9DA
Working Pattern: As the store is open 7 days a week, the successful post holder will be required to work 5 days out of 7 (total of 35 hours per week) on a rota basis which will include weekend and bank holiday working.
Please note the role will include moving high volumes of stock on a daily basis.
Some but not all key responsibilities are:
- Ensuring stock is generated over the door by members of the public and donors sign up to the Gift Aid scheme.
- Ensure that the high standard of service to customers that is expected by Barnardo's is maintained at all times.
- Implement promotions in the Store as directed by Head Office or your Area Business Manager.
- Maintain a high standard of presentation, both in the windows and the interior of the Store.
- Ensure there is adequate stock available on the shop floor, at all times, on all key lines
- Provide training, development, work reviews and appraisals for paid staff to enable them to perform their jobs efficiently and effectively.
- Create an organised and pleasant working environment for staff and volunteers.
- Actively recruit the correct/specified number volunteers to deliver the stores objectives and KPI's.
- Ensure all financial, cash handling and security procedures are adhered to as per the Barnardo's Manager's Manual and the relevant Retail procedures.
- Hold the shop keys, ensuring that the shop is secure whenever it is left unattended.
Ideal Candidates Must Haves:
- Ability to deliver excellent customer service.
- Experience of managing people
- Ability to liaise and respond to a variety of people from varying backgrounds.
- Ability to meet the needs of customers on a face-to-face basis, in order to generate sales and increase customer usage of the shop.
- Ability to add, subtract, divide, and multiply up to four figures in order to maintain budgets and complete accurately weekly income/banking sheets.
- Ability to handle cash and reconcile accurately.
- Proven experience of meeting targets and KPI's.
- Basic IT skills.
The Retail section consists of more than 700 Barnardo's shops across the UK. These high-street stores are reliant on donations from the public and corporate supporters,and generate funds from the sale of these donated items. There are a wide range of shops, from traditional charity stores to book shops and furniture. The Trading division produces and sells a range of products, including cards and gifts.
The full Job description and Person profile is available below. Please read this before applying to ensure that the job matches your skills and experience.
* As part of Barnardo's ongoing commitment to safeguarding, our retail recruitment process requires that successful candidates are asked to consent to a Basic criminal records check.
Interview Date: Where an interview date has been given in the advert, this will be the only date available. Please check this before proceeding with your application.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
Our basis and values
Benefits
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Corporate University
*T&C's apply based on contract
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sense has a simple vision - that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out or unable to fulfil their potential. Alongside practical, tailored support they provide information to families/carers and campaign for the rights of people with complex disabilities.
This is a key new role for the public fundraising team at Sense, focused specifically on the challenges/mass participation events portfolio. Sense emphasises a fundraising culture that focuses on relationships, rather than transactions - ensuring that their supporters can engage with the organisation in a holistic manner and inspiring them to do more for the charity and those it supports.
This role leads the national events portfolio, which includes a £1m+ London Marathon Event. As Head of National Events you'll bring a creative approach to challenge events fundraising at Sense, driving growth of income while reviewing and diversifying the broader portfolio of opportunities available to the charity.
Given the current weighting to third party events you'll consider how to maximise the potential of these opportunities, assessing the drivers of supporters to fundraise on behalf of Sense and engage with the charity. Alongside this, you'll look at the scope of opportunities to develop new charity-owned events, also considering the possibilities for virtual events within this context.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of 4 (2 direct reports) to drive income growth, innovation and integrated supporter engagement activities.
- Lead the development of the National Events strategy, creating a balanced portfolio of offerings and ensuring consistent delivery of high quality supporter engagement materials.
- Oversee the delivery of all third party and charity-owned events activity.
- Identify opportunities for new events, partnerships and products - further diversifying the organisation's events portfolio by leading on product development.
Person Specification:
- Expertise in managing challenge event fundraising teams, with a track record of generating growth in participation and income.
- Experience in bringing new events to market - from inception to launch and review.
- Strong team leadership skills - establishing a culture focused on innovation and creativity, whilst supporting staff performance and development.
- Experience in managing stakeholders at all levels, including external suppliers/contacts.
- Passionate about using data to inform decisions, identifying actionable insights and adapting strategies accordingly.
The deadline for applications is Thursday 1st August, with 1st interviews to commence w/c 5th August.
To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.
We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.
Are you passionate about empowering people and driving positive change? We are looking for someone that can inspire and support students at the University of Exeter to make a real impact.
As our Campaigns & Democracy Coordinator, you will use your skills to enable students to lead campaigns, enhance their university experience, and shape the world around them. You will provide essential training, coaching, and support to help students to make change. Your role will involve facilitating democratic decision-making, organising student-led campaigns, and developing democratic structures, all to help students Love Exeter.
The Role
Role: Campaigns & Democracy Coordinator
Hours: 35 per week (to be worked flexibly)
Salary: Grade B (£24,987.96 to £28,329.46) per annum
Contract: Permanent
Who are we?
The Students’ Guild is the University of Exeter’s students’ union, led by students for students. We’re an independent charity, offering a wide range of opportunities, services and support to help students get the most out of their unique journeys at university. This includes everything from social activities to making sure things are going well on their academic course. We have over 100 student groups and all of our work is led by, and in the best interest of, our members.
The Guild is a truly rewarding place to work. Our talented and passionate staff make a real difference to the lives of students every single day, working together to achieve the Guild’s purpose: to shape an excellent student experience for all students at Exeter by empowering them to take their place in the world and make a positive difference. We are looking for people who recognise that the Guild is student-led and share a genuine passion for student engagement and empowerment. If you share a commitment to our values and want to be part of a radically inclusive organisation with a seriously exciting future ahead, we can’t wait to hear from you.
What will you bring?
· You’ll have some experience in managing projects and programmes of activities
· You’ll know how to collaborate effectively with others to meet shared goals
· You’ll be able to empower others to understand and challenge policies and decisions that affect them
We offer lots of great benefits including enhanced family pay, at least 6-weeks’ holiday, sustainable travel incentives, access to exclusive discounts and perks and a free confidential advice service. We’re committed to helping you achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life through a real commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We also provide access to great development opportunities, including a personal development budget for you to spend on sharpening your skills. We’ll also help you to gain valuable experience, ensuring that you have opportunities to grow your career both here at the Guild and beyond.
Inclusion is central to the Guild. We approach our work collaboratively, empower our people and celebrate our uniqueness. If you’re driven to empower others and achieve great things, you’ll fit right in. Our people are proud of who they are and value each other’s differences, and we are committed to creating a diverse community that is radically inclusive of race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience.
Dates for your Diary
· Closing Date: 10am, Monday 19 August 2024
· Interviews: Friday 30 August 2024
How to Apply:
Please visit our website, you will need to provide an up-to-date copy of your CV, and answer the following questions related to the person specification for the role:
· Please outline why you want to apply for this role, including how your values align with the Guild’s.
· What skills would you bring to making sure that our projects are managed effectively?
· Please can you describe your approach to working collaboratively with others to achieve shared goals?
If you’d like an informal chat with the hiring lead to find out more about the role, the team and what they’re looking for in our new Campaigns and Democracy Coordinator, you can get in touch via the details on our website.
Helping students to Love Exeter.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
37 hours per week
£38,390.76 per annum (plus allowances)
We offer many enhanced benefits including:
-28 days holiday a year, plus Bank Holidays
-Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%
-Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers
-Opportunity for all managers to join our Bespoke Management Development Programme - Compass
Location : Plymouth
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our children and families directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.
We are currently looking for an experienced Substance Misuse Service Manager to join our dynamic, ambitious team.
A key part of this role will be your ability to manage and support our Substance Misuse Service in Plymouth within The Children's Society's performance management procedures, in accordance with current legislation and safe practice, and to be the safeguarding lead for the service.
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
-Substantial experience of working with vulnerable children and young people
-Substantial experience of multi-agency working/partnership working
-A relevant professional qualification
-Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present, train and facilitate stakeholder groups
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
This vacancy closes at midnight on Tuesday 6th August 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Tuesday 23rd July.
Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
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Ecommerce Manager
Salary: £25,959 to £29,217 per annum
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Sunday
Location: Unit 11, Canal Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2PA
Are you an experienced ecommerce manager looking for an opportunity to support your local charity?
As an ecommerce manager, you will have a background in ecommerce operations and experience managing multiple sites. You will lead teams across various locations to optimise ecommerce operations and achieve strategic objectives and targets.
ellenor is a hospice charity in Gravesend providing palliative and end-of life care within the local community. At ellenor, we value inclusivity and focus on providing high-quality services with compassion and care.
We offer professional development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, including a pension scheme (with the option for NHS Pension Scheme members to transfer their pension), an employee assistance program, discount schemes, a generous annual leave allowance, and much more.
Key Responsibilities of the role include:
· Collaborate with the Head of Retail to plan, set, and manage the annual ecommerce operating budget, taking corrective actions as needed.
· Ensure your teams are delivering as per the strategic plan and in line with company policies and procedures.
· Monitor and evaluate the performance of ecommerce operations.
· Oversee ecommerce performance, and management, ensuring compliance and maintenance of databases.
· Work with internal teams for campaigns and digital marketing.
· Ensure product offering and pricing is competitive across markets.
Essential requirements:
· Proven experience in managing, supporting, and resourcing a geographically dispersed team through setting and monitoring objectives and targets.
· Proven experience in managing and setting budgets.
· A good understanding of ecommerce management and the challenges of working within the voluntary sector.
· Sound knowledge of
· Excellent customer service skills.
· Good organisation and planning skills with the ability to manage and prioritise workload.
How to apply:
By application form either online, downloadable from our website or by submitting a CV and cover letter. CVs without a cover letter will not be considered.
Application Deadline: Sunday 11th August 2024
Interviews will take place on Monday 19th August 2024
ellenor is committed to recognising and valuing people's differences and promoting an inclusive environment for everyone. We are committed to recruiting and retaining an outstanding and diverse team of individuals who will work together to support our patients and their families at one of the most difficult times of their lives.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Social Media Officer to join our team based in Chingford London.
Location: Gilwell Park. Chingford, London (with hybrid working)
Salary: £33,476 per annum, Band E, Level 3 (Inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
Term: Permanent
Working Hours: 35 hours per week - There is an on-call element of the role
where the post holder will monitor social media comments on evenings and weekends. This will be done on a rota basis.
We’re Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds. Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world. We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.
The Social Media Officer Role:
Working in Social Media, you’ll be plugged in on all the news and updates from Scouts. You’ll have opportunity to be involved in developing our social media content to best connect with the Movement and demonstrate the impact and value of Scouting to external audiences.
You'll be joining a team that is passionate, creative and loves what we do. We pride ourselves in providing excellent training, mentoring and support to match your career aspirations, making this a perfect environment to learn and grow your communications and marketing skills. We work collaboratively across the comms and creative team.
Key responsibilities as our Social Media Officer:
- Generate bold, creative, share-worthy content that develops the Scout brand and reflects our values, connecting with partners and ambassadors
- Maintain a solid understanding of the changing needs of our social audiences and the channels they use, plan and schedule organic and paid social campaigns
- Analyse ongoing results to identify trends and insights. Share insight to the wider team to reflect goals, and share learnings on how this will link to SEO
- Manage dialogue with Scouts social media communities by responding to and driving conversations
What we are looking for in our Social Media Officer:
- Excellent knowledge of mainstream social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, an understanding of their content formats and how audiences use them.
- Digital content creation experience for social media for a brand
- Video content creation: including attending events and video shoots to get mobile and platform friendly content to engage various audiences and editing footage in a way that suits the platform
- Successful experience of using social media platforms to run paid campaigns to engage new audiences by interests/demographics
- Experience discussing customer or user needs with colleagues and stakeholders to align around the customer/user’s goals.
- Experience testing content and interpreting data.
- Demonstrable experience of growing and maintaining social media communities, including reputation management
What we can offer you as our Social Media Officer:
- Work in a way that suits you, your role and your team
- Be proud to say you’re part of a team with Investors in People (Gold)
- Plenty of opportunity for learning and development
- 28 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays rising to 32 days after two years
- Four extra days to look after your family when they need you
- Five volunteering days to contribute to a cause that matters to you
- Three extra days off in December between 27 and 31 December (that’s our gift to you)
We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer…
- Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Flexible working hours
- Store Discount at our Scout Store + other online benefits
Closing date for applications: 11:59pm Sunday 11th August 2024
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 22nd or Friday 23rd May 2024
The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.
Strictly no agencies.
Harris Hill are delighted to be working with an East London Hospital Charity to recruit a Legacy Fundraising Manager.
This newly created position will become part of the Public Fundraising team and will develop and implement a legacy fundraising programme that will allow the charity to realise the great untapped potential of gifts in wills for the Charity. The Legacy Fundraising Manager will be tasked with increasing the number of legacy enquirers and pledgers from existing and new supporters and contribute to the charity’s sustainable long-term income growth
Gifts in wills are an important income stream for the charity, last year raising over £2M towards our fundraised income, despite limited promotion in this area. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced legacy fundraiser to really make their mark and develop a programme of activity that will feed our future legacy pipeline.
Your key responsibilities will include;
- Developing and driving forward an engaging and inspiring programme of activity that will increase numbers of legacy enquirers and pledgers from existing and new supporters.
- Project managing legacy fundraising activities, including creative development, briefing and managing external suppliers, briefing data selections and assessing results.
- Managing a legacy pipeline - engaging prospects, generating enquiries, moving supporters from enquirers to pledgers, stewarding pledgers and legator family members.
- Applying a strategic approach to legacy fundraising, producing annual fundraising plans, and contributing to longer term strategic growth of legacy income for the charity.
- As the programme grows there will likely be opportunities to develop and deliver legacy cultivation and stewardship events, alongside a digital and offline communication plan - making the most of existing events in the calendar as well as working with colleagues in the major giving team to explore other opportunities to engage those on the legacy pipeline in person.
This position would ideally suit a candidate with;
- A strong track record of legacy fundraising, with a broad knowledge of the gifts in wills marketplace and an ability to champion legacies
- Excellent experience and knowledge of relationship fundraising, marketing, cultivation and stewardship techniques needed for legacy fundraising
- Strong analytical and strategic planning skills, and competent using data and insight to plan supporter focused activity
- Passion for improving healthcare and patient experience for the people of East London, and in supporting the amazing NHS staff who work for this Health Trust
- Willing to contribute to the wider fundraising strategy and to represent fundraising both internally and externally with passion and professionalism
This is hybrid role requiring 2 day per week working from their office. This is a full time position, but requests for more flexible working may be considered.
For more information about this position and next steps please apply here now.
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
I am delighted to be working with this fabulous Christian welfare charity. Operating through a global Mission 'family' network of chaplains, staff and volunteers and provides practical, emotional and spiritual support to those in need.
I am working with them to find their next HR Advisorwho is looking for potential career progression.
The role is 80% remote so you do need to be able to get into the London Head Office, once a week.
Please contact me for a full job description if you have the following atributes and experience:
A high level of educational attainment, degree level or equivalent
Fully CIPD certified or working towards certification
Strong interpersonal skills including fluency in both written and spoken English
Close attention to detail and a meticulous approach to work
Strong analytical ability, able to collate/analyse data and information from multiple sources and to identify relevance and trends
Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; experience of working with Moodle-based platforms would be an advantage
Working awareness of employment law and practice
Empathy with for the work and purpose of the charity
A proactive and positive attitude to work
Maintain confidentiality and discretion in handling sensitive information
Collaborative and inclusive, able to work effectively as part of a team
*You must already have the right to live and work in the UK*
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
18.5 hours per week
£38,390.76 FTE - £19,195.38 pro rata (plus allowances)
We offer many enhanced benefits including:
-28 days holiday a year, plus Bank Holidays
-Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%
-Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers
-Opportunity for all managers to join our Bespoke Management Development Programme - Compass
Location : Plymouth
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our children and families directorate, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.
We are currently looking for an experienced Young Carers Service Manager to join our dynamic, ambitious team.
A key part of this role will be your ability to manage and support our Young Carers Service in Plymouth within The Children's Society's performance management procedures, in accordance with current legislation and safe practice, and to be the safeguarding lead for the service.
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
-Substantial experience of working with vulnerable children and young people
-Substantial experience of multi-agency working/partnership working
-A relevant professional qualification
-Understanding of the issues and challenges facing young carers, and evidence based interventions to promote resilience and wellbeing.
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
This vacancy closes at midnight on Tuesday 6th August 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Tuesday 23rd July.
Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
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Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. If you want to use your skills, knowledge, and experience to help fight for human rights, you could be our new Legacy Marketing Executive.
About the role
The Legacy Marketing Executive assists the Legacy Marketing Specialist in delivering our ambitious legacy marketing programme. You'll be involved with helping to plan and develop our legacy strategy to ensure our supporters and other target audiences feel valued, informed, and empowered to leave a gift in their will to Amnesty International UK. The day to day of this role involves briefing external agencies and internal stakeholders on campaigns, monitoring, and reporting on campaign performance, income and expenditure, editing and proofing copy and artwork and carrying out administration for the legacy marketing team, including responding to legacy enquiries.
More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.
The role may be for you if:
- You're skilled in delivering target-driven direct marketing campaigns.
- You have strong planning and organisation skills allowing you to handle multiple projects.
- You are able to interpret numerical and statistical information.
- You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
- You also have a good knowledge of fundraising principles and marketing strategy to recruit, develop and retain supporters.
Our Commitment to you
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.
New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time) and 3 wellbeing days. 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares.
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Salary: Band 5 £31,025.34 - £39,765.48
Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08:00 - 16:00
St Joseph’s Hospice in East London is one of the largest hospices in the UK. We provide compassionate, specialist palliative care to people in the diverse community of East London who are living with a life-limiting illness. We treat each person as unique, encouraging and enabling them to reach their full potential until the end of life.
Our Education Centre provides an excellent space for the education of our staff as well as a commercial for hire space raising £120k of unrestricted income for the Hospice.
As Education Centre Coordinator, you will line manage the Education Centre Assistant and bank staff to provide the highest standard of customer care to internal and external customers as well as being methodical in your approach and dynamic in marketing the space. You will support the wider training education and development team in ensuring that our Hospice staff have the opportunity to learn, grow and maximise their potential.
To be successful you will have:
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent IT Skills with the proven ability to use a variety of IT Packages & databases
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- A positive attitude and the ability to problem solve
- Commercial and entrepreneurial spirit
We offer:
- Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme is available
- 27 days holiday plus public holidays and excellent pension scheme
- We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age
Applicants are subject to standard DBS.
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 28th July 2024
Interviews: 5th, 6th & 7th August 2024
We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Store Manager to join Barnardo's on a full-time permanent basis.
As a Store Manager you will manage the day to day running of our Bourne Community Store, leading a team of colleagues to maximise store sales and profits. By doing so you will play a crucial role in raising the funds for the amazing services and support Barnardo's provides for children, young people, parents, and carers across the UK.
Location: Unit 2, Elsea Park, Raymond Mays Way, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0QT
Working Pattern: As the store is open 7 days a week, the successful post holder will be required to work 5 days out of 7 (total of 35 hours per week) on a rota basis which will include weekend and bank holiday working.
Please note the role will include moving high volumes of stock on a daily basis.
Some but not all key responsibilities are:
- Ensuring stock is generated over the door by members of the public and donors sign up to the Gift Aid scheme.
- Ensure that the high standard of service to customers that is expected by Barnardo's is maintained at all times.
- Implement promotions in the Store as directed by Head Office or your Area Business Manager.
- Maintain a high standard of presentation, both in the windows and the interior of the Store.
- Ensure there is adequate stock available on the shop floor, at all times, on all key lines
- Provide training, development, work reviews and appraisals for paid staff to enable them to perform their jobs efficiently and effectively.
- Create an organised and pleasant working environment for staff and volunteers.
- Actively recruit the correct/specified number volunteers to deliver the stores objectives and KPI's.
- Ensure all financial, cash handling and security procedures are adhered to as per the Barnardo's Manager's Manual and the relevant Retail procedures.
- Hold the shop keys, ensuring that the shop is secure whenever it is left unattended.
Ideal Candidates Must Haves:
- Ability to deliver excellent customer service.
- Experience of managing people
- Ability to liaise and respond to a variety of people from varying backgrounds.
- Ability to meet the needs of customers on a face-to-face basis, in order to generate sales and increase customer usage of the shop.
- Ability to add, subtract, divide, and multiply up to four figures in order to maintain budgets and complete accurately weekly income/banking sheets.
- Ability to handle cash and reconcile accurately.
- Proven experience of meeting targets and KPI's.
- Basic IT skills.
The Retail section consists of more than 700 Barnardo's shops across the UK. These high-street stores are reliant on donations from the public and corporate supporters,and generate funds from the sale of these donated items. There are a wide range of shops, from traditional charity stores to book shops and furniture. The Trading division produces and sells a range of products, including cards and gifts.
The full Job description and Person profile is available below. Please read this before applying to ensure that the job matches your skills and experience.
* As part of Barnardo's ongoing commitment to safeguarding, our retail recruitment process requires that successful candidates are asked to consent to a Basic criminal records check.
Interview Date: Where an interview date has been given in the advert, this will be the only date available. Please check this before proceeding with your application.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.
Our basis and values
Benefits
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Corporate University
*T&C's apply based on contract
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
35 hours per week
£38,390.76 per annum (based outside London)
£41,189.64 per annum (London weighting applied)
Location Flexible, home and office based working with an expectation of around 1 day a month in the office
About The Children's Society:
At The Children's Society, we're dedicated to changing young lives for the better. We are searching for a Celebrity and Talent Manager who's passionate about making a difference for children and families. Your role will be pivotal in bringing the spotlight to our cause, helping us reach out and engage hearts and minds.
The Role:
This position offers the chance to be at the centre of our cause, connecting with public figures and influencers who share our vision for a better world for children. You'll use your strategic thinking and storytelling skills, along with your extensive contacts list to weave our cause into compelling narratives that capture attention and inspire action.
Your Impact:
-Build genuine relationships with celebrities and influencers to champion our cause.
-Develop collaborative campaigns within our media and storytelling team to magnify our messages.
-Create memorable moments and content with famous supporters that audiences love.
-Ensure our values and vision shine in every celebrity collaboration.
-Strategically manage our ambassador program, keeping our mission in the limelight.
-Contribute to the effective management of resources and a purpose-driven budget.
-Keep a pulse on the entertainment and media landscape to position us at the forefront of social impact and change.
Who You Are:
-A natural at networking with a flair for persuasive, transparent communication.
-A strategic thinker with a creative edge.
-Skilled at balancing multiple projects with grace and a cool head.
-Experienced in navigating the world of celebrities and influencers.
-Driven by a cause, with the belief that a story well-told can make all the difference.
What We Offer:
-Work-life balance with our flexible working approach.
-A chance to be part of a team that values progress and inclusivity.
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on Monday 29th July 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Monday 15th July.
Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
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