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Since 1899, Birmingham Settlement has been working to create opportunity and choice – connecting and empowering people through action, activities, and shared learning to build and sustain wellbeing for all.

Debt & Welfare Benefits Adviser / Debt & Welfare Benefits Trainee Adviser

Salary: £28,216 pa for experienced adviser.

£23,500 for trainee (review after 6-months)

35 hours per week, 25 days A/L + contributory pension scheme

Birmingham Settlement has an opportunity to join our Money Advice Team, either as an experienced Debt & Welfare Benefits Adviser or a Debt & Welfare Benefits Trainee Adviser.

As an experienced Debt & Welfare Benefits Adviser you will already have a background in providing effective, high-quality debt and welfare benefits advice to a wide range of clients in differing circumstance. As a Trainee you will have a basic knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting people experiencing debt and benefit problems along with some experience in an advice service or customer facing setting along with the ability and willingness to undertake training and development.

Based at our Newtown office with outreach work in other areas of the city, you will be adaptable with excellent communication skills, flexibility, and the ability to manage your own workload.

You will be joining a long established and professional Money Advice Team providing specialist advice with a holistic approach that covers all areas of debt and welfare benefit along with training to build and continually improve money management and financial capability.

This is a great opportunity to join a progressive charity making a real difference to people’s lives – see our website.

For an informal discussion about the roles call Jelena Dukic 

For an application pack visit our website and click on Vacancies 

Closing date for applications: Tuesday,10/09/2024 at 5pm

Interviews: Monday, 16/09/2024

Birmingham Settlement is committed to Equality of Opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Registered charity number 517303

Designability is an independent, national charity that enables disabled people to live with greater independence. Our expertise is in user-centred design, creating products with and for disabled people to improve and enrich their lives.

The common thread through all our work is in the design, creation and provision of a product to increase independence for disabled people. This is not just about products people need, but products they want to use. We deliver choice by involving disabled people across our organisation and throughout the design process to create innovative product solutions not available elsewhere. We create great looking, easy-to-use products that go beyond basic functionality and we partner with industry to help as many people as we can – we’ve transformed over 300,000 lives to date.

We are seeking a motivated HR Talent & Development Officer to join our supportive and team. To be successful in this role, you will have HR/Talent & Development experience and a professional and collaborative approach.

The successful applicant will manage employee development and engagement processes throughout the employment lifecycle, from recruitment to exit. Additionally, this role will hold responsibility for the management of the end-to-end recruitment and the onboarding process. The candidate will collaborate with team managers on a regular basis and proactively identify future recruitment and development needs and use creative methods to successfully fill vacancies and develop and engage Designability’s workforce.

Providing proactive and effective administration of Designability’s HR function and assisting the Designability team to enable the aims of the organisation to be achieved are key to this role. You will need to have the ability to carry out tasks both autonomously and collaboratively in the areas of recruitment, employee engagement and training & development.

We are looking for someone with a proactive and organised approach to work, who has a flexible with a can-do attitude to their work. Although not essential, a CIPD Level 5 would be beneficial and Good I.T. skills and high level of proficiency in working with MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) are must.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in wide ranging aspects of the charity's HR function, with opportunities to support on the day-to-day operations, as well as longer term projects.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

· Demonstrable extensive knowledge and experience of managing the complete recruitment cycle.

· Experience of working with recruiting managers, identifying their needs, and designing effective recruitment solutions within cost parameters.

· Good understanding of talent attraction and retention principles and best practice.

· Good understanding of current employment legislation and best practice.

· Demonstrable knowledge and/or experience of equity, diversity and inclusion.

· Experience of successfully managing HR administration processes.

· Experience of being proactive in identifying areas for improvement to processes and services.

· Experience of using HR Information Systems and understanding of the importance of accurate data input.

· style and tone to different audiences and situations.

· Numerate and able to interpret data and trends.

· Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to effectively plan, prioritise, multi-task and work to tight deadlines.

· High level of accuracy and attention to detail.

· The ability to maintain confidentiality and work in accordance with data protection legislation.

· The ability to carry out tasks autonomously and collaboratively.

· A proactive and organised approach to work.

· A continuous desire to improve processes.

All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding checks, including checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service and employment references.  

Benefits that come with working for Designability
Looking after its employees is important to Designability – supporting everyone to be happy and healthy means that we live our values of being creative, practical and inclusive and in turn meet our mission to enable disabled people to live with greater independence. We are a Real Living Wage and Disability Confident Employer. We also offer a generous annual leave allowance and substantial employer contribution pension scheme. Our standard default employee pension contribution rate is 6%. In addition to this amount, Designability will contribute 8% of your pensionable pay into this pension plan.

To find out what other benefits we currently offer to our team please visit our website. 

To apply: Please submit your CV and a covering letter, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria contained in the Job Description.

Closing Date for applications: Interested candidates should apply at their earliest convenience as this vacancy will close once sufficient applications are received.

Interview date: Successful applicants will be offered a mutually convenient interview date. Interviews will be held at our Bath offices.

Start date: At earliest availability.

CCLG is the UK and Ireland’s professional membership association for all health professionals working in paediatric oncology or teenage and young adult oncology. We are also a leading charity and expert voice for children and young people with cancer.

As the Member Networks Executive, you will play a pivotal role in fostering collaboration, knowledge exchange, and professional development within the professional community. You will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing various specialist interest groups and meetings, ensuring that they provide valuable opportunities for members to engage, learn, and network. You will use your excellent customer service and organisational skills in a busy role engaging directly with all levels of members.

Our work

Each week in the UK and Ireland, more than 30 children are diagnosed with cancer. Our network of dedicated professional members work together in treatment, care and research to help shape a future where all children with cancer survive and live happy, healthy and independent lives.

We fund and support innovative world-class research and collaborate, both nationally and internationally, to drive forward improvements in childhood cancer. Our award-winning information resources help lessen the anxiety, stress and loneliness commonly felt by families, giving support throughout the cancer journey.

We are a registered charity and fundraise for our important activities through campaigns, donations and family involvement.

Main purpose of the job

This role will be responsible for providing administrative support and coordinating activities for various specialist groups within the professional membership association. It involves supporting the Chairs, organising meetings, facilitating communication between members, and ensuring the smooth operation of the groups to enhance member engagement and satisfaction.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 8 September 2024.

Hours: full-time (37.5 hours per week) or 0.8FTE (4 days per week). Other flexible working arrangements may be considered.

Location: This is a hybrid role based in Leicester (40% of time (2 days per week if full time) in our central Leicester office, the remainder remote working)

Background

Chance to Shine is a national children’s charity. We change young people’s lives through cricket giving them the opportunity to play, learn and develop through the sport. We keep them physically active, teach them vital skills like teamwork, communication and leadership. And above all, they have fun.

Since 2005 our Chance to Shine Schools programme has helped reverse the decline of cricket in state schools with millions of boys and girls in over 13,000 state schools playing and learning through cricket. Chance to Shine Street supports young people in under-served communities to access and benefit from cricket in a free, inclusive, fun and fast-paced tape ball environment.

Purpose of the Role

A key part of Chance to Shine’s Communications department, this role will have a particular focus on producing content across the charity’s social media platforms and supporting our overall digital marketing strategy.

Key Responsibilities

The Communications Assistant’s responsibilities include:

Digital Marketing

• Help to manage the departmental content and marketing calendar

• Create, schedule, and post engaging content across all Chance to Shine social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.)

• Lead on our social media community engagement – responding to messages/replies, moderating where necessary and pinpointing relevant conversations

• Draft and design newsletters and email campaigns to engage key audiences such as supporters, teachers and coaches

Website and Digital Operations

· Produce content for the CTS website

· Support with content and development of CTS Portal

Other Responsibilities

· Support with copywriting for a variety of publications such as newsletters, event programmes and impact reports

· Lead on the maintenance of the digital photo archive

· Assist with the logistical planning and execution of Chance to Shine events, ensuring all materials and resources are prepared.

· Assist with the collection of consent forms and other necessary documentation from event participants and attendees.

· Work with the Communications team on supporting adhoc projects and campaigns

2. Key relationships

The job holder will liaise with:

· Chief Executive and the CTS senior management team

· The Chance to Shine delivery network

· National and regional media

• External contractors and suppliers

· Operations, Fundraising, Finance & Resources and Impact & Evaluation teams

· ECB Communications team

3. Skills, knowledge & personal competencies

The job holder should be able to demonstrate the following:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent IT skills: knowledge and experience of using MS Office Excel, Word and Outlook
• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail
• Ability to think creatively and draft original concepts (not using Chat GPT!)
• Able to plan and prioritise and work under pressure
• Able to work on own initiative-confident/self-starter/finisher
• An effective and enthusiastic team player
• Willingness to learn with a can do attitude

Experience & qualifications

Essential:

• Familiarity with major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, etc.) and their best practices.
• Basic photography and video editing skills
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills with an ability to adapt tone and style for different platforms and audiences
• Genuine interest in social media trends, digital marketing, and the mission of the organization

Desirable:

• Experience of content creation, content calendars and social media management tools
• Experience in using graphic design tools
• Familiarity with email marketing platforms (e.g., MailChimp) and basic email campaign creation
• Basic understanding of social media analytics and reporting tools
• Experience of paid social media campaigns
• Full and clean UK driver’s license

This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual who wants to make a difference in one of the most game-changing medical research fundraising charities in the UK. A Junior Graphic Designer is an exciting, innovative and ambitious position and Brain Tumour Research is an exciting, innovative, and ambitious charity.

We are passionate about finding a cure for brain tumours through the establishment of dedicated Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence around the UK. Reporting to the Marketing Manager, the Junior Graphic Designer will mainly work with our Graphic Designer, but potentially also with other designers at external creative agencies.

Position: Junior Graphic Designer
Location: Head Office, Milton Keynes. We offer a hybrid working model, where team members are expected to be in the office for a minimum of three days per week.
Salary: £23,000 per annum
Contract / Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Benefits: Holiday entitlement, 25 days per annum, excluding UK Public Holidays, death in service policy, access to a Employee Assistance Programme and option to join our healthcare scheme.

About the Role 
At Brain Tumour Research, we are looking for a highly creative individual with strong graphic design skills. As the Junior Graphic Designer, you must be enthusiastic about delivering great work and keen to grow in skills and experience. Intuitive understanding of articulating a brand within design assets, is also key. A sharp eye for detail is essential, as are good communication skills and command of the English language.

You will provide a crucial role in delivering brand design assets for print and digital to help meet key objectives across the organisation. The scope of the role means no two days will be the same – you’ll work on numerous projects, adhering to the master brand guide for the charity and any other brand identities of specific marketing campaigns. You’ll enjoy and take pride in producing clean, typographically elegant, imaginative and impactful work.

About You 
If you would like to join an exciting, innovative, and ambitious charity, with a passion for finding a cure for brain tumours, then we would love to hear from you.

Do you have:

• Proven graphic design experience with examples of pervious work completed.
• A strong eye for aesthetics and details.
• Familiarity with Mac and PC operating systems and software, design software and technologies, especially Adobe Creative Suite.

About Brain Tumour Research

Brain Tumour Research is an exciting, innovative and ambitious charity. We are passionate about finding a cure for brain tumours through the establishment of dedicated Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence around the UK.

We are invested in our employees and are proud to be accredited by Investors in People.

Closing Date: 4th September 2024 
Please note: Early applications are encouraged as interviews will likely commence before the closing date.
Previous applicants need not re-apply

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

Candidates may also have in experience in, or be looking for a career in: Artworker, Brand Designer, Digital Communications Assistant, Graphic Artist, Graphic Design Specialist, Illustrator, Junior Motions Designer, Production Artist, Social Media Developer, Web Designer.

No agencies please.

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Senior Advisor

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term Contract, Full time

Location: WaterAid is a global and equal opportunities employer. For practical and legal reasons, the successful candidate must be based in and legally able to work in any of the following country programmes:
Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Eswatini, Ghana, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali; Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda or United Kingdom

For the UK Location: we offer hybrid working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face-to-face, in a WaterAid office. For UK-based staff, WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.

Salary & Benefits: Salaries and benefits for different countries will vary in line with the location of the successful candidate and depending on experience. For UK-based: £48,314 - £50,729 (depending on experience) or equivalent established grade F salary and benefits in the country of employment.

About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?

We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Senior Advisor to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.

About the Team:
The Gender Equality & Social Inclusion Senior Advisor is based in the WASH Technical Effectiveness team of the Programme Support & Knowledge team (PSK), a key unit of the WaterAid UK International Programmes Department (IPD) operating in 17 African and Asian countries. PSK is a diverse and motivated group of 20+ technical specialists and advisors, passionate about bringing sustainable WASH to the world's poorest and most marginalised people. PSK leads and supports organisation-wide programme learning and knowledge management, collating and disseminating programme knowledge and facilitating knowledge exchange.

The team provides technical advisory expertise and fosters and supports internal and external programme and technical partnerships and networks. The team also leads on developing normative programme documents and standards and advise and support the delivery of a programme capacity enhancement strategy. PSK collaborates with many functions across the organisation including policy, advocacy, campaigns, fundraising, communications, as well as with WaterAid partners and collaborators.

About the Role:

The Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Senior Advisor is a senior position in the WASH Technical Effectiveness team, reporting to the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead.

Together with the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Lead, the Senior Advisor co-leads the delivery of core team responsibilities regarding the thematic areas of GESI and other closely associated topics for high quality WASH programming. Applying a people-centred, systems strengthening approach to WASH, she/he provides high quality specialist technical analysis, advisory, and support services to the design, inception, implementation, troubleshooting, monitoring, and/or assessments of WaterAid's programming worldwide, at both strategic and operational levels.

In collaboration with country, regional and global colleagues, she/he co-leads the facilitation of effective learning and management of technical and programme knowledge across the organisation, and co-leads the development of relevant standards and guidance. She/he also provides strategic and technical input to fundraising, communications, and external engagements.

The Senior advisor has a high degree of independent and professional responsibility within own specialist areas, and discusses with her/his line manager to agree on how objectives are delivered. She/he is seen as a thematic authority and is able to handle highly challenging technical assignments. With a good understanding of organisational dynamics and ways of working, she/he is expected to effectively collaborate widely across WaterAid, facilitating joined-up and comprehensive efforts to advance WaterAid's programming globally.

About You:

• Strong technical experience in gender, equality, disability, social inclusion, rights, and other inter-related topics for WASH programming in both urban and rural, low-income settings, demonstrated through a progressive career record.
• A relevant post-Graduate degree or equivalent work experience.
• Strong experience in offering technical assistance, consulting, and/or advisory services to empower and to develop capacities.
• Ability to handle highly specialized, unusual, and challenging technical assignments, resolve complex issues in practical and imaginative ways.
• Strong writing ability in English. Experienced in producing practical knowledge products targeting needs of diverse audiences.
• Organised and efficient. Demonstrated ability to drive tasks forward to completion in a timely manner while maintaining high quality.
• A team player, able to work responsibly, under pressure, and collaboratively across diverse groups and culture.
• Working style that reflects WaterAid's values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.
• Solid IT skills, particularly with core Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 30%.

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Relevant technical experience in systems strengthening, sustainable development, water, sanitation, hygiene, behaviour change, health, environment and/or other WASH-related topics.
• Working knowledge in French, Portuguese, Spanish, and/or any language widely spoken in the countries where WaterAid has programming.

Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 8th September 2024. Availability for interview is required from the week commencing 23rd September 2024.

How to Apply:
STo see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting the following 3 items into one document in either Word Document or PDF format:

• Item 1: Your Cover Letter
• Item 2: Your CV
• Item 3: Short answers to the following three questions on a separate page. Please limit each answer to no more than 200 words.

1. Q1. What are your top 3 skills / areas of experience that you feel meet the requirements of the role?
2. Q2. What is your approach to provision of technical advice and support?
3. Q3. How is gender equality and social inclusion related to WASH systems strengthening?

Please indicate your location and the right to work eligibility in your Cover letter.

Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective countries. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.

Our Commitment

Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.

Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced communications professional to join International Alert’s global communications team.

We are looking for an excellent candidate to tell impactful stories about the incredible work of Alert through engaging online, multimedia content and high quality, visually appealing publications. The role will lead on delivering our publications and working with teams across the organisation and a range of geographies to tell Alert’s story powerfully and to a high standard.

With a proven ability to manage complex projects, develop and deliver communications plans across a range of mediums, you’ll work with colleagues and suppliers to deliver great work to deadline. You’ll have a strong creative streak, with a passion for engaging audiences and finding the key elements of a powerful story.

In return, you will have the opportunity to work for an organisation that is helping to support and sustain peace, working on crucial issues from climate change to gendered violence and the potential for business to smooth a path for peace.

Role duties and responsibilities:

Storytelling

• Working with colleagues across Alert’s programming, identify projects that demonstrate the impact of our work and the need for peacebuilding in the countries where we work.
• Coordinate the development of impact stories, photo essays, videos and other engaging methods of storytelling for use on our website, on social media, by the press and elsewhere.
• Write and edit impact stories, photo essays and video scripts, and draft occasional press releases and blogs.
• Create or edit simple video content
• Commission photographers, photojournalists and videographers to accompany and support country teams in developing stories of impact.
• Manage the dissemination plans for storytelling outputs, including via traditional media, and digital platforms including social media.
• Monitor media coverage of the organisation and compile a daily digest of key news stories relating to peace and conflict for sharing with staff.
• Assist the Head of Communications and Media with monitoring the media email account and media phone, including out-of-hours media calls.
• Maintaining and advising on consent for stories and imagery
• Developing and maintaining an image library for Alert, including identifying gaps in the library and commissioning photography accordingly.

Publications

• Project manage the production of high-quality publications for teams in London and our overseas offices, including process management and supplier relations.
• Liaise with external vendors, including editors, translators, graphic designers, printers and photographers.
• Monitor production schedules to ensure that all publications are completed and signed off in a timely manner.
• Plan and co-ordinate the delivery and launch of publications.
• Draft key messages about our publications for the website, social media, newsletters, press releases and other channels.
• Lead on the procurement of suppliers, including recruiting new ones and managing the contracting process.
• Assist with the financial management of publications production by monitoring and processing invoices.

Events coordination

• Lead on the delivery of external corporate events (in-person and online), especially for the launch of new research. Appropriate support, resources and workload would be considered.
• Liaise with programme leads on developing outlines, key messages and briefings as required, with a particular focus on those in or organised by the Hague.

Quality control and branding

• Ensure all communications outputs comply with our brand identity, house style and quality standards.
• Manage and update our brand templates for publications and marketing materials and advise and train staff on how to use them.
• Create new brand templates for marketing materials as required, using Canva.

Contributing to the effective working of the team and to Alert generally

• Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of Alert’s influencing and communications strategies and work plans.
• Help maintain our content calendar and regularly update the team about upcoming content, to facilitate joined-up outreach.
• Monitor and post on our global social media channels when required
• Contribute to team-wide communications and knowledge management.
• Participate in organisation-wide events and discussions on related topics/projects as and when required.
• Any other tasks as may be reasonably required.

Please note that the above are just some of the role requirements. For the full requirements, please view the job description.

All applicants must have existing and permanent right to work in the United Kingdom.

International Alert prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented people including women, people from the Global South, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ people, disabled people, and other historically marginalised people.

While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful.

We’re looking for a Data Officer to join our growing Young Sounds team. You will fulfil an important cross-organisational role, working closely with the team to collate and analyse the data collected through all our programmes.

About Young Sounds UK

Young Sounds exists because musical talent is everywhere but opportunity isn’t: family finances and other obstacles too often get in the way. We’re here to change this in two key ways:

• We support young musicians from low-income families with funding and other help;

• We support music education through training, advocacy and research.

We became an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation in April 2023 and also joined an expanded cohort of National Youth Music Organisations (NYMOs). We currently support around 900 individual young people across the UK every year and demand for our support is increasing. It’s an exciting time to join a pioneering organisation at the forefront of British music education.

The role

The Data Officer will fulfil an important cross-organisational role, working closely with the team to collate and analyse the data collected through all our programmes. Young Sounds is a reflective organisation. We’ve always invested time and effort in seeking out, understanding and demonstrating the difference our programmes are making. We believe in learning from experience. This is what we mean by evaluation.

Since 2023 we have committed to evaluating all three of our main programmes, each of which tackles a key barrier to young people’s musical progression. Each quarter we review our progress against both our Arts Council England Activity Plan (where measures of success are agreed annually) and the actions we’ve set for each year against each of Arts Council England’s four Investment Principles. We believe that data plays an integral part in telling the story of our work, and we regularly draw upon the information collated through evaluation to update our wider funding base (e.g. Trusts and Foundations) on the work we are doing. The Data Officer will work with the External Evaluator to enable us to report effectively and accurately on our progress to all our funders.

Working relationships

Reporting to the Finance and Operations Director you will also work closely with the External Evaluator, Development Manager, Finance Officer, and other members of the wider Young Sounds team. 

Place of work

Home-based, with occassional travel for meetings.

HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

Salary: £35,000 - £38,000 per annum

Reports to: Senior Health Information Manager

Department: Policy, Information and Communications

Location: Stratford w/ high-flex (1-2 days per week in the office)

Employment type: 6 month fixed-term contract

Working hours: 35 hours per week (we're open to 4 days per week / compressed hours)

Closing date: Wednesday 4 September 2024, 23:55 *

* Please note that we may close this role early should we receive enough interest, therefore early application is encouraged to avoid disappointment.

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

Do sweeteners cause cancer? Why are skin cancer rates on the rise? Does vaping help people to stop smoking?

These are the kind of questions that our Health Information team respond to on a daily basis.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we we're looking for someone talented, someone passionate about public health, someone like you.

We are looking for a Health Communications Specialist to develop engaging evidence-based information for the public and key professionals on cancer risk, prevention, early diagnosis and screening. Cancer Research UK is the most trusted provider of cancer information in the UK and you will be responsible for helping steer what we say and how we say it, ensuring our health information is evidence based, accessible and credible.

What will I be doing?

• Developing a sound knowledge base of globally published key research on cancer risk, prevention, early diagnosis and screening. This will include regular monitoring of recently published papers as well as deep dives to help answer specific questions (this will include research funded by Cancer Research UK and others).

• Taking the lead on critiquing epidemiological evidence for specific topic areas, including contributing to team discussions and written summaries for these topics.

• Producing accurate, engaging and enabling content for the general public on cancer risk, prevention, early diagnosis and screening for our audiences through a range of channels. This includes leaflets, newsletters, webpages, digital articles and social media, with a focus on using these resources to tackle inequalities and barriers facing groups with the worst cancer outcomes.

• Building relationships with stakeholders - guiding activity and delivering evidence-based, creative health-related content that meets user needs (e.g., for press / fundraising / policy / campaigns activity).

What skills do I need to have?

• Ability to critique epidemiological/public health research papers and confidently make conclusions and recommendations.

• Experience of/passion for writing about and talking about complex health information for a non-scientific audience in an accessible and engaging way.

• Good understanding of cancer and/or public health.

• Flexible approach that allows you to balance proactive and reactive tasks, allowing you to manage quickly changing priorities within your usual working day, re-prioritising tasks or asking for support as appropriate.

• Able to build effective working relationships with colleagues, researchers, health professionals and other stakeholders.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

Please note that, Internally, this role is known as Health Information Officer.

The Assistant Chief Operating Officer will support the Chief Operating Officer in their duties, principally in assisting with administration of the revised governance introduced as part of the Cathedrals Measure, as well as emerging requirements in Safeguarding and Net Zero.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKER (ISLE OF SHEPPEY)

HOURS: Flexible up to 1 FTE to be discussed at interview

24 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

SALARY:  £26,072 - £28,615 p.a. for 1FTE, pro rata to contracted hours

Oasis Charitable Trust is a multi-national charity supporting communities in 8 countries worldwide. Our vision is for building healthy communities: places where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Community Development Worker to work as part of our Oasis Hub on the Isle of Sheppey, to engage and work with the community by helping them to access Hub activities, and the social supermarket project.

Key responsibilities will be:

1. To deliver the Sheppey Support Bus project and ensure its day-to-day operational tasks are fulfilled.
2. To liaise with our community partners including supermarkets, Fairshare etc to support and provide for Oasis activities, including the Sheppey Support Bus.
3. To monitor and evaluate activities using monitoring tools available to the team.
4. To develop other opportunities that will enhance our offer to the local community.

The successful post holder must have:

• A relevant professional qualification in Community Work or able to demonstrate qualification by experience.
• Successful experience of working with complex communities.
• The ability to deal with private information and sensitive issues with a calm and confident approach in difficult situations.
• Ability to function in diverse settings and with a wide range of professional agencies.
• Self-motivation, resilience, excellent organisational/administrative and inter-personal skills are essential for this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of something pioneering on the Isle of Sheppey and to help make a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of everyone.  As part of the package, Oasis offers:

• A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution.
• A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays).

If you are interested in this position, please email your most recent CV and covering letter. For further information please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs Website.  In your covering letter, please answer the following questions:

1. Expand on your CV to explain how your skills and experience meets the Job Description. Give specific examples.
2. What personal attributes does a person need to do well as a Community Development Worker?
3. How do you see the Oasis ethos and 9 Habits being displayed in this role?

Completed applications should be returned by 12 noon Tuesday 10th September 2024

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 18th September 2024

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know.

Applicants must be able to prove their right to work in the UK. Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos.  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1163889

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Community Organising team to work across the Local Activism team to support Activism Representatives, Local Groups, and Regional Networks across the UK.

Local groups are a vital part of Amnesty International UK's movement. Made up of dedicated members and individuals, they volunteer to promote Amnesty's work in their local areas. These groups have formal structures with appointed roles such as Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer, and undertake a broad range of activities, including raising awareness about human rights issues, advocating for individual cases, and fundraising. Currently, there are 120 affiliated local groups across the UK, each operating in its local town or city. Recently, some local groups have formed regional networks which cover wider areas. These groups function across the 13 Amnesty regions, each represented by an Activism Representative elected by local groups to support their activities. While local groups primarily work within their areas, they also participate in regional and national events, such as the Annual General Meeting and National Conference (Human Rights Festival).

About the role

This role is in the Local Activism Team which is responsible for enabling and empowering more people and partners in communities throughout the UK to use their skills, connections, knowledge and passion to campaign together for positive human rights change. The role report to a Senior Community Organiser.

The Local Groups Administrator is accountable for:

• Monitoring & Evaluating local group and network campaign activities, analysing impact, and reporting progress, including through yearly surveys.
• Coordinating Check-ins via phone or in-person with local groups and regional networks.
• System Updates: Reviewing and updating internal systems to ensure local groups and regional networks have resources to campaign effectively.
• Training & Guides: Developing and delivering training sessions, guides, and planning packs to equip activists.

It also supports regional and local activist teams to build and diversify the Amnesty movement in and with their communities.

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 networking, building and maintaining relationships internally and externally and understand the role of activism in Amnesty International UK
• You have excellent communication and data management skills
• You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture
• You also have good knowledge of maintaining clear, professional, and empathetic communication with activists, ensuring a positive activist experience with every interaction.

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.

Apply for this role

This vacancy advert may be taken down from job boards earlier than the stated deadline if a high standard of applications is received (if you have started an application in our portal, you will still have opportunity to complete it by the original deadline).

We welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applications from people from an ethnic minority background, and people with a disability to help us achieve a balanced representation in our workforce, especially at senior grades.

To reduce bias in our shortlisting process, AIUK operates an anonymised application process. If for any reason you prefer to apply in a different format, or require adjustments in the process, please get in touch. To support all candidates to perform their best at interview, we send questions 24 hours in advance. We are a disability confident organisation.

Please note that due to the nature of the work, any offer of employment for this role will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including a criminal record check.

Visit amnesty.org.uk/jobs for application guidance and information on benefits, recruitment inclusion and hybrid working.

Job Summary
This role will be responsible for nurturing partnerships with key LSE stakeholders and coordinating the successful and effective delivery of high-quality department events, creating an outstanding institutional partnership that provides impactful, world class and responsive activities, interventions and services to LSE students. 

Who are we?

Part business, part charity, part membership body – students’ unions are all seriously fun places to work. They are organisations in their own right. Professionally run, but different. Professional teams support elected student leaders to make change, improve lives and fulfil potential; we help make it happen. Founded in 1897, LSE Students' Union is one of the oldest Students' Unions in the UK and is the representative and campaigning body for students at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Like other Students' Unions, it also funds and facilitates student activities on campus, including 200+ societies, 40+ sports clubs through the Athletics Union (AU), the Media Group and Raising and Giving (RAG) charitable fundraising initiatives.

What’s the job?

This role will be responsible for building key partnerships with LSE academic and professional services staff to promote LSESU more widely at LSE. This job will coordinate the delivery of a diverse event programme that fosters community and belonging and supports student voice within academic departments and support the development and roll-out of the Department delivery model as part of the Union’s wider strategic aims. 

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with vast experience of building and developing partnerships with key stakeholders. This person must have experience of building excellent internal and external relationships with internal and external stakeholder and coordinating and delivering high quality events at both small and large scale. We are looking for a highly organised individual with outstanding planning skills.

Why apply?

Because you’re excited by the challenge! The exact opposite of corporate, we’re progressive, daring and creative individuals working to make a difference in unconventional workplaces. Plus…

Benefits and Perks

-        25 days of holiday per year (pro rata)

-        Additional closure periods at Christmas and Easter

-        Free LSE Students’ Union gym membership (including advice from dedicated professionals)

-        Cycle to Work scheme enabling significant savings on bicycle purchase

-        Access to LSE staff training courses

-        Ability to purchase TOTUM (NUS) card, which provides a wide range of discounts

-        Flexibility for work-life balance

-        Interest-free travel loan

How do we recruit?

We want to ensure that all systems, policies and processes are (1) free from bias or discrimination, and (2) fair and accessible. We therefore ask that all candidates complete our Application Process in two stages:

Part 1. Complete a (Personal Statement), telling us about your suitability for the role (this is what will be used to determine if you are shortlisted for an interview). In doing so, please (1) ensure that your personal statement is no longer than 2 sides of A4, (2) ensure that you don’t include any personal details within your personal statement, and (3) use the job description and person specification as a guide to help write it.*

*Your personal statement is all that we will see when shortlisting, so please be sure to cover everything that you’d like us to know about your suitability for this role within it, making it clear that you meet all of the job’s requirements.

Part 2. Complete an (Equal Opportunities Monitoring and Contact Form), so that we’re able to contact you if shortlisted for an interview. This will only be seen by our HR team (and will therefore have no impact on shortlisting), but it does help us gather and analyse demographic information about our applicants.

Part 3. Please send your CV.

Want to apply?

To apply for this role, please complete an online application.

Job Application Timeline

Closing date: Sunday 8th September 2024 (23:59pm)*

*Please note that we may close applications early if we receive a sufficient number.

Intended interview dates: Monday 16th September 2024

Are you looking to develop and grow your business development experience in a sector-leading team?

Are you looking for a role within an organisation where the work you do makes a real difference to children's lives?

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Commercial Strategy Teamwithin the Professional Learning Services department, which leads on commercial activities that support the NSPCC's strategic objectives by engaging professionals and organisations who work with children. 

As a department, we produce, market and sell high-quality and evidence-based online and face-to-face child protection courses, as well as consultancy services, for anyone who works or volunteers with children. All revenue generated by our product portfolio is reinvested back into the NSPCC to help protect children. 

Why are we recruiting?

The Commercial Strategy Team is responsible for driving the department's 5-year growth strategy through data, insights and business development and we are now looking to grow the team to help us meet our ambitious goals.

We are recruiting for a Business Development Officer to join the team to help us identify and secure new customers across our online learning, trainer-led courses and consultancy service as well as support the work of the wider Business Development team. This role will give you the chance to change the future for thousands of children.

About the role

The key aspects of the role:

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities to agreed targets and KPIs
• Take the lead on business development campaigns for key sectors
• Progress new business enquiries, delivering key activities including providing quotes and product demos
• Conduct high quality industry and prospect research to grow the new business pipeline, proactively generating leads to agreed targets
• Attend conferences and events to raise awareness of Professional Learning Services to key audiences

We are looking for someone with: 

• Experience in a business development, sales or fundraising role, either in the charity sector or in the commercial sector
• Track record of successfully identifying and securing new business opportunities
• Experience of researching and managing a prospect pipeline
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communications skills
• Experience of working with one or more commercial sectors, education or sport would be beneficial

Applying for this role

When applying fore this role please:

• Please provide evidence/examples for each of the 10 person specifications listed for the role on page 6 of the job description
• Your motivation for applying for the role at the NSPCC

Working environment and benefits

Whilst the role is primarily home based, there is an expectation for the successful candidate to regularly travel to other parts of the country for events, conferences, client meetings, team meetings, training and to support the wider team. Therefore, this role is suited to candidates on the UK mainland only.

In return, we can offer a flexible working arrangement to ensure a healthy work/life balance. The successful candidate may wish to work from their local NSPCC hub either as a hybrid arrangement, from time to time or may have individual circumstances that can be discussed at interview.

We also offer a variety of benefits including:

• 29 days annual leave + bank holidays increasing to 32 days after 5 years' service
• Employee benefits and assistance programme
• Generous matched pension up to 7%
• Life assurance scheme
• Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity and paternity leave, adoption leave and IVF leave
• A range of learning and development opportunities including apprenticeship opportunities
• A range of lived experience network groups including Black Workers Support Group, Thrive Network, Muslim Colleagues and Allies Group, PINCC (Pride in the NSPCC's Colleagues and Children), the Family Network and Action 4 Deaf and Disabled as People Together.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the UK's leading children's charity and work alongside a friendly, passionate and dedicated team. If you share our passion about the impact you can create for children, we'd love to hear from you.