Human Resources Manager Jobs in Lewisham, Greater London
Salary: £75,240 - £79,302 per annum
Location: Remote, with travel to office location a few times a year
Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week (full time)
About the role:
Action again Medical Accidents (AvMA) is seeking a Director of Fundraising, Marketing and Communications to drive the diversification of their income streams, enhance their public profile, and develop robust marketing and communications strategies to support their mission of preventing medical accidents and supporting affected individuals.
This is a brand new role and an opportunity to shape and develop not just the role itself, but the team and the full suite of strategic objectives and activities to help support AvMA’s mission, vison and values.
You will play a pivotal role in helping AvMA to design plans to deliver additional income through a combination of fundraising, marketing and communications efforts that together widen their reach, empower more people and deliver their strategic aims.
And whilst this role may be new, as a charity they are not. AvMA is well-respected and have a strong brand and presence in the patient safety arena. So, whilst in the role you’ll be building something new, you will be doing so on solid foundations with a strong reputation for authenticity and impact on behalf of those they support and work with.
About you:
With a demonstrable track record in developing multi faceted fundraising strategies and experience in marketing and communications, you’ll bring the skills needed to successfully deliver and establish a range of fundraising activities. As this is a new role, some areas of work may have not been established yet and so you’ll use your creative and solution focused mindset to generate the ideas and bring them to life, leading and motivating others as you go.
As a strong storyteller you’ll use your skills to help AvMA raise its profile, create a better clarity of voice and widen its reach - connecting with new communities and audiences in order to increase the potential of AvMA’s impact and make a difference to more people lives.
You’ll be comfortable working autonomously and acting as the lead subject matter expert for all things fundraising, marketing and communications, taking a blank canvas, spotting opportunity, and delivering success for AvMA and its beneficiaries. You will also have overall responsibility for a budget to help you to develop what is needed, such as people, resources or infrastructure - so budget management experience is essential too.
Experience in a smaller charity and team is beneficial as you’ll need to be comfortable with both the strategic development side and inputting into wider planning, as well as being a leader who is willing to role up your sleeves and ‘do’.
Ideally you’ll have held a role with a similar scope of responsibilities around fundraising, marketing and communications, as well as people management, however you don’t need to have held a director level role before. This is likely to be your next step and provides a very tantalising opportunity to develop, design and deliver a new function and really make it your own!
What we can offer you:
Salary: Circa £75,240 - £79,302 per annum, negotiable dependant on experience.
Location: Remote role. Although staff predominantly work from home, we place huge value on working as a team and supporting each other.There is an expectation that AvMA staff will get together in person at least three times a year at the office, currently in Croydon; the Staff Days are well structured, collegiate and help the organisation to maintain the emphasis on playing as a team.
Hours of work: You will be contracted hours are 35 hours per week (full time)
Pension: AvMA also offer a stakeholder pension where the charity will provide a 5% contribution based on qualifying earnings if the employee pays in at least 3%.
Holiday: 25 days a year (full time), plus bank holidays. An additional day’s leave is acquired for each year of service up to five days. In addition, the office closes over the Christmas break for 3 days, for which annual leave does not have to be taken.
About AvMA
Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) is the independent UK wide charity for patient safety and justice, established over 40 years.AvMA is widely credited with both having put “patient safety” on the map and having brought about huge advances in access to justice for those patients who have been affected by lapses in patient safety (“medical accidents”).
AvMA’s vision for what they want to see is a simple one: People who suffer avoidable medical harm get the support and the outcomes they need. This vision is underpinned by four objectives. Between them, we believe, they will transform trust in the NHS and healthcare generally, and significantly cut the cost – financial and human – which is incurred annually in settling legal claims as well as dealing with the human costs associated with traumatic medical injuries and death
For more details and how to apply for the role, please download our candidate application pack which is available from our recruitment consultant’s website.
The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 22nd July 2024.
No agencies please.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Teaching Assistant to join our Education Team. This role will require the successful candidate to support an integrated and holistic approach to education, health and care, work under the direct supervision of an allocated teacher / senior specialist teaching assistant, support access to learning and provide general support to the teacher in the management of pupils in learning opportunities and to assist the teacher in providing relevant support for pupils with severe learning difficulties (SLD), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and complex therapeutic, medical and health needs.
You will be a natural and enthusiastic leader able to provide challenge and support to a high performing team.
Role Requirements
STL1 – Provide support for Learning Activities set by Classteacher & Senior Specialist Teaching Assistant
- To support learning activities for individual, groups or whole classes of pupils, leading activities under the direction of the teacher or Senior Teaching Assistant supporting the teacher in their delivery of lessons.
- To demonstrate our School Ethos and Pupil Charter throughout the School day.
- Holistically integrate education, health and care needs.
- Evaluate and record procedures for learning activities.
- To know individual learning targets for each pupil in the group(s) and take specific action to enable individual pupil goals be achieved.
- To attend to the general care, maintenance and storage of classroom equipment.
STL 2 – Support Children’s Development
- Observe pupils, sharing observational findings, contribute to the implementation of activities to support development.
- Actively contribute towards record-keeping particularly in respect of pupil learning, therapeutic interventions, behaviour management, child protection and any other specific programme set up for individual pupils by the teacher / Senior Specialist Teaching Assistant / Therapist.
STL 3 – Help to keep Children Safe
- Undertake annual safeguarding training.
- Adhere to the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection procedures and policies. Recording incidents pertaining to pupil safety, including for illness, accidents and incidents, accepting that Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and that ‘it could happen here’.
- Read relevant documentation / mandatory reads in relation to Keeping Children Safe In Education.
- Report any signs and indicators of possible abuse, being sensitive to the child/young person and circumstances, Identifying, report and record changes in behaviour and physical signs.
- Be aware of and follow plans, risk assessments and record keeping pertaining to individual pupils, including care plans, health care plans, feeding plans, moving and handling and behaviour management plans, actively engaging in relevant training and competencies offered to ensure that you are able to support in keeping all pupils in the class safe.
- Ensure safe transport for all pupils in the class for off site visits.
STL 4 – Contribute to Positive Relationships
- Interact with and respond positively and professionally, to pupils and adults, including colleagues, other professionals and parents/ carers at all times.
- Work collaboratively as part of a class and wider School and organisational team.
- Actively support change where it is required to improve the teaching, learning and meeting of our pupils needs.
STL 5 – Provide Effective Support for your Colleagues
- Work effectively as a team member, being aware of and providing support to colleagues when needed.
- Embrace training and competencies to ensure that all staff in a class team are able to support each other.
- Complete all ‘Universal level training’.
STL 6 / STL 39 – Support Literacy and Numeracy Activities, Communication and Interaction Needs
- Support the delivery of appropriate communication, language and literacy as well as the learning targets related to cognition to individuals, small groups and whole classes of pupils, providing accurate support and feedback to the teacher and pupils.
STL 7 / STL 8 – Support and use Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Teaching and Learning
- Prepare commonly used ICT for use in lessons and be aware of and be able to use hardware and software commonly used in the school.
- Be aware of individual pupil’s specific needs as assessed by teachers and therapists and apply relevant recommendations.
- Support the delivery of lessons including ICT to individuals, small groups and whole classes of pupils.
STL 9 – Observe and Report of Pupil Performance
- Against intended learning targets be able to observe and complete assessments with teaching support.
- Support the classteacher in providing evidence (observational notes, photographs, videos) presenting in the appropriate format to assist the evaluation of evidence relating to the pupils’ stage of development.
- Be able to clearly explain and answer questions / justify your evidence of pupil performance to the teacher.
- Observe school policies and procedures for confidentiality of information about pupils.
STL 10 – Support Children’s Play and Learning
- To promote and support age-appropriate play for pupils.
- To supervise and actively encourage play and leisure activities during playtimes taking an active role in the organisation of play, leisure and recreational activities.
STL 11 – Contribute to supporting Bilingual / Multilingual Pupils
- When applicable be aware of the first language of pupils and their parents.
STL 12 / STL 38 – Support a Child with Disabilities or Special Educational Needs and Their Families
- Be confident in each of the pupils needs in the classroom and the relevant strategies that are required to support them.
- See the pupil as a ‘whole’ and integrate their education, health and care needs throughout their day.
- Support pupils with communication and interaction, cognition and learning, behaviour, emotional and social development needs and pupils sensory and/or physical needs.
STL 13 – Contribute to Moving and Handling Individuals
- Follow agreed Moving and Handling plans as prescribed by therapists undertaking relevant training and competencies prior to do any of the below:
- Carry out moves and changes of position taking account of the individual’s needs, preferences and their advice on the most appropriate methods and equipment.
- Use moving and handling methods appropriate to the individual’s condition, your personal handling limits and the equipment available.
- Move and change individual’s positions in ways which minimise pain, discomfort and friction and maximise the individual’s independence, self-respect and dignity.
- Observe, record and immediately report any significant changes in the individual’s condition when you are moving them.
- Record details of methods of moving and handling which the individual finds acceptable according to legal and organisational requirements.
- Undertake therapeutic programmes that have been developed by physio and occupational therapists.
STL 14 – Support Individuals during Therapy Sessions
- Receive relevant training from therapists and then implement training and competencies throughout the pupils’ day.
- Be able to articulate the purpose of programmes and ensure their delivery in an integrated way.
- Work with individuals to identify the effectiveness of the therapy sessions on their health and social well-being.
- Check observations with appropriate people and against agreed outcomes.
- Identify any issues or problems in relation to the therapy sessions and work with individuals, key people and others to identify and agree changes to the therapy sessions.
- Record and report on therapy sessions within confidentiality agreements and according to legal and organisational requirements.
STL 16 – Provide Displays
- To produce and maintain displays in accordance with the school’s Display Policy.
- To ensure that Information Governance and Confidentiality is applied to any information that you are privy to.
STL 19 / STL 37 / STL 41 – Promote Positive Behaviour
- Highlight and praise positive aspects of pupils’ behaviour appropriate to the individual.
- Recognise patterns and triggers which may lead to inappropriate behavioural responses and take appropriate action to pre-empt problems.
- Encourage the team to support pupils consistently and regularly review their own behaviours to model intended outcomes.
- Provide feedback to relevant people on progress made by any pupils with a behaviour support plan in line with the school’s Behaviour Policy.
- Implement individual pupil behaviour management programmes if required.
STL 31 – Prepare and Maintain the Learning Environment
- Prepare the learning environment to meet the needs of individual pupils.
- Support the teacher in the preparation of resources needed for lessons by gathering and appropriately positioning them for access.
- To ensure that pupils are in the right place at the right time in the right clothing with the appropriate equipment in the correct position.
STL 40 – Support Pupils with Cognition and Learning Needs
- Implement agreed strategies to support pupils with cognition and learning difficulties to learn.
- Sequence and structure learning environment and experiences ensuring adequate time.
- Consistently apply visual, auditory, object and tactile cues.
- Provide an appropriate level of assistance to enable the pupil to experience a sense of achievement, maintain self-esteem and self-confidence and encourage self-help skills.
- Listen carefully to the pupil and positively encourage him/her to communicate his/her needs and ideas.
STL 42 – Support Pupils with Sensory and/or Physical Needs
- Obtain accurate and up-to-date information about: a the nature and level of the pupil’s sensory and/or physical needs and apply to the pupil’s learning needs, planned learning tasks and activities.
- With support adapt the layout of the learning environment and the equipment used to enable the pupil with sensory and/or physical needs to access and maximise learning opportunities.
- Encourage the pupil to actively participate in learning tasks and activities consistent with his/her developmental level, physical abilities and any medical conditions.
- Ensure that any specialist equipment is used appropriately to maintain the pupil’s comfort and maximise his/her participation in learning tasks and activities.
- Give appropriate assistance to enable the pupil to experience a sense of achievement and encourage independence.
- Positively reinforce the pupil’s efforts to participate in learning tasks and activities.
STL 43 – Assist in the Administration of Medication
- Apply standard precautions for infection control and other relevant health and safety measures.
- Report any discrepancies or omissions you might find to the person in control of the administration and to relevant staff as appropriate.
- Be aware of School procedures.
- Contribute to administering and record keeping of medication to individuals in the appropriate manner, using the correct techniques according to the care plan if signed off as competent in doing so.
- Ensure the security of medications throughout the process and ensure all medication is stored in the correct safe place when administration is complete.
STL 4 – Meet their Personal Support Needs
- Attend to pupils’ personal care needs as and when necessary ensuring care and dignity at all times.
- Assist with the organisation of refreshments and mealtimes, feeding individual pupils where necessary including feeding by gastric tube after receiving the necessary training.
- Support pupils in the water and assist with swimming and or hydrotherapy programmes.
PDR – Take part in School Staff Development Procedures
- Take part in a performance management programme and work towards specific pupil progress and professional development targets.
- Take part in a staff induction programme, and pursue other training opportunities as agreed with the line manager.
- Take part in staff development days, class team meetings, departmental meetings, whole staff meetings and other occasional meetings held in usual working hours.
- To support students and volunteers who work within the classroom from time to time.
- The roles and responsibilities in this job description can be reviewed at any time in order to better meet the needs of pupils.
- All of our Support Assistants will be expected to work with a range of pupils in their class and maybe requested to work with others across the School.
The right candidate will have experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process.
Strictly no agencies, please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are delighted to be recruiting for a Director to lead Respond, in our final year in our current strategy. This is also a new role, developed within the context of change following an in-principle agreement that Respond will join the Bild Group of charities in 2024.
Respond is entering its thirty fourth year as a charity and has grown from a small London based charity to a medium sized national charity in recent years. Our mission is to reduce the impact of trauma in the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, by developing trusting relationships, through psychotherapeutically informed services.
As Director you will be the clinical and safeguarding lead across Bild group and will lead Respond to fulfil its mission of reducing the impact of trauma in the lives of people with learning disabilities, autistic people and their families. You will champion our highly regarded trauma informed advocacy and psychotherapy services and ensure appropriate clinical governance processes are in place. You will also work in collaboration with Bild to continue to develop the Respond branded training and consultation service and develop key stakeholder relationships within the sector, enhancing Responds reputation, encouraging partnership working and supporting the diversification of income generation.
It is an exciting time to join Respond as we join Bild group of charities. We recognise that this is a specialist leadership role for someone who is passionate about reducing the impact of trauma in the lives of autistic people and people with learning disabilities and their families.
Therefore, this new role may attract candidates with a variety of skills and experiences, and we’re keen to encourage diversity, inclusion and authenticity across Respond in line with our ongoing work within our EDI action plan. So, you may be a specialist from the Violence Against Women and Girls sector (VAWG), a Psychotherapist, an Arts Therapist, a Healthcare professional or Social Worker for example within significant transferable leadership experience.
If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement in the person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate. We really look forward to hearing from you.
About the Bild Group
Bild is a national charity that, for over 50 years, has protected and supported the rights of people with learning disabilities to build a more fair and equal society where everyone has the same opportunities.
The Bild Group of charities includes Bild, the Restraint Reduction Network and Bild Association of Certified Training. Bild is delighted to be welcoming Respond to the Bild Group in 2024. Each is an independent charity with their own governance arrangements, who share a number of back-office functions including communications, admin, HR and IT.
Collectively, the Bild Group work with people with lived experience to promote best practice, improve lives, champion human rights and build a more inclusive society that empowers and enables people to thrive.
Further information about Respond
An important part of our work at Respond is working in a trauma-informed way. What this means for us is that we hold in mind the impact of trauma at all levels of the organisation, and all staff take part in reflective practice.
We provide a range of trauma-informed services for children, young people, adults and professionals. These include psychotherapy, advocacy, campaigning, training and other support services. The work we do is generally long term in recognition of research that clients with autism and learning disabilities who have experienced abuse and trauma take longer to process their trauma and to recover.
We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates including people with lived experience, who are both interested in working in partnership to provide support, as well as supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people who have experienced trauma.
We are committed to the furthering of human rights, equality, and positive social change through our therapeutic and advocacy work and are committed to anti-racism and other forms of anti-discriminatory practice. We recognise that we need to continually keep this as a focus in our work and as an integral part of our organisational strategy.
We celebrate diversity as an employer and as a provider of services to people who often experience multiple discriminations because of (but not limited to) being autistic or having a learning disability and experiences of trauma.
Respond Benefits package (all per financial year)
We offer a generous and comprehensive package of flexible benefits to all of our staff.
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Hybrid working model, which means that if you’re full time you make a commitment to be working in the office at least two days a week, with the remainder working from home. Part time hours are altered accordingly.
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Generous paid leave benefits including 28.5 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), with some to be taken between Christmas and New year.
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Up to 4 weeks paid sickness leave at full pay and a further 4 weeks at half pay,
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Discretionary study leave to support training relevant to your role.
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Paid leave to employees who may need to take one day off a year when a religious festival falls on a workday.
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Up to 5 days paid time off for dependents per financial year.
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Opportunity to apply for up to 2 days (14 hours) paid leave per year to participate in volunteering activities relevant to the role.
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Access to a workplace pension scheme, administered by NEST, with a minimum 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution from commencement of employment.
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Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes 24/7 telephone service and counselling.
Note all of the above days per annum stated are pro rata’d for part time employees.
If you’d like to find out more about this role, please read through the job description and our person specification. When you apply, please send a CV and address the points in the person specification in an accompanying supporting statement. Your statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4.
To find out more or for an informal conversation please contact Georgina Hoare the Interim CEO via ceo @ respond. org. uk
Deadline for applications – Thursday 11th July 9am
Interviews w/c 15th July 2024
Stage One - online
Stage Two - in person, in London 18th July
When you apply, please send a CV and address the points in the person specification in an accompanying supporting statement. Your statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4.
Please note that we are unable to accept applications without a supporting statement.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the role
The aim of this newly created role is to lead organisational change on safeguarding and protection across Care4Calais.
The Head of Safeguarding and Protection will provide strategic and operational leadership across all protection and safeguarding prevention, reporting and response initiatives to facilitate a values-led organisational culture of safety, non-discrimination, dignity and respect for all.
Responsibilities
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Develop, lead and implement safeguarding and protection strategy across the whole organisation.
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Manage the incident management and referral process for safeguarding and protection incidents.
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Oversee the implementation of Care4Calais’ mental health and wellbeing initiatives.
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Develop and deliver training and resources on safeguarding and protection to grow capacity across the organisation.
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Attend and contribute meaningfully to team meetings.
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Develop and maintain a network of key contacts within relevant authorities, legal teams dealing with immigration and public law matters, and other NGOs focused on the support of refugees and people seeking asylum.
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Attend relevant external meetings, representing the organisation as needed, ensuring that knowledge and learning is shared across the department.
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Complete relevant external training required to undertake the role.
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Be prepared to travel to locations in UK and France where C4C staff are operating.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria:
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Significant experience of leading organisational change on safeguarding and protection initiatives in an international humanitarian context.
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Experience and knowledge of international safeguarding and protection standards and good practices, as well as legal and regulatory obligations applicable to charities registered in the UK and (desirable) France.
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Experience of implementing safeguarding measures for children and adults at risk of harm.
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Significant experience of incident management and investigations.
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Demonstrable experience of acting with integrity and moral courage in challenging circumstances.
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Understanding of, and commitment to, challenging intersectional power differentials that can contribute to an organisational culture with high safeguarding risks.
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Understanding of, and commitment to, survivor-centred, trauma-informed and rights-based approaches to safeguarding and protection.
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Experience of developing and delivering training on safeguarding and protection at all levels.
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Understanding and experience of safeguarding and protection issues related to volunteers including mental health and resilience.
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Resilience in the face of challenging and emotionally demanding situations, with a positive and solution-oriented mindset.
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Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to convey complex information clearly and concisely.
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Meticulous attention to detail in documentation and case records, ensuring accuracy and compliance with protocols.
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A demonstrable understanding of confidentiality.
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Demonstrable commitment to Care4Calais’ values and mission.
Desirable
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Proficiency in one or more of the languages spoken within asylum seeking communities, such as, but not limited to: Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Dari, Kurdish Sorani, Tigrinya, Amharic.
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Experience of working with asylum seekers, refugees, displaced people or for human rights-based organisations.
The successful applicant will be provided with the induction and training needed for them to succeed in the role. Care4Calais is dedicated to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment and recognises that this is invaluable to our ability to serve the communities we support.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds including from Black, Asian and Minority-Ethnic communities, people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, and people with lived experience of the UK immigration system. If you have any questions about this or need additional support with the application process for any reason, please contact us.
Care4Calais is committed to safeguarding, so our selection process includes rigorous background checks and assessments to ensure post holders demonstrate attitudes and values that align with our commitment to an organisational culture that promotes safeguarding.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
Room to Heal is an established therapeutic community in London. We support refugees and people seeking asylum, many of whom are torture survivors, through an integrated programme of therapeutic and casework assistance, in the context of a community of survivors. Our approach recognises the political context of our community members’ multiple and ongoing experiences of trauma and marginalisation including in their home country, on their journey to, and within, the UK. We offer long term and holistic support.
We are a small team of committed and hard working individuals who work collaboratively in a supportive and friendly environment.
We are looking for a Director (maternity cover) who:
- Understands the experiences of our members in order to sustain Room to Heal’s therapeutic community and ensure the safety and appropriateness of all of our services
- Has awareness and interest in psychotherapy and group work
- Makes strategic decisions that centre the experience of refugees and people seeking asylum alongside maintaining the sustainability of the organisation
- Has the drive, care and vision to create new opportunities to support refugees and people seeking asylum and to learn and share experiences through external networks and partnerships in the UK and internationally
- Is able to speak with authenticity and challenge injustices knowing directly what the impact is due to own lived experience
- Can lead by consensus and collaboration and has a strong belief in the therapeutic benefits of community.
Hours: 7.5 hours per day (typically 9.30am – 5.30 pm with a half hour for lunch) 5 days a week. We will also consider 4 days per week, salary pro-rata’d
Salary: £45,000 - 50,000 per annum (full time salary)
Start-date: Autumn 2024 with 8-10 weeks handover with the current Director
Pension and benefits: automatic enrolment pension scheme, 4% employer contributions and 4% employee contributions
Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays
We strongly encourage applications from those with some lived experience of the issues that our community members are experiencing.
Please apply for the role using the Charity Job portal. Your completed application should contain:
1. A current and detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV);
2. A statement of why you are interested in the role. Please write about the qualities detailed in the person specification (see below) and explain how your experience, abilities, skills and motivations will enable you to meet these requirements. It is important that you write about how you meet the ‘Essential’ criteria detailed in the first part of the person specification in your statement. Please limit the statement to 2 pages. We recognise there is a lot in the person specification. Please don’t be put off if you don’t meet all of the person specifications.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are hiring! We have a job vacancy for a Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) / Dementia Coordinator.
Shine has a membership of over 13,500 members living with SpinaBifida and/or Hydrocephalus and associated conditions and over 6,000 associated members.
In the last year we have seen a 25% increase in members who are living with NPH across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are currently just under 600 members with NPH, plus their carers registered, but we are expecting this to continue to rise as awareness and diagnosis of the condition grows.
We are looking for an experienced, skilled, organised and dedicated new staff member to join Shine’s Services team to develop and lead our new NPH service.
Job title: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)/ Dementia Coordinator
Reports to: Director of Services
Location: Home Based or Hybrid *
(dependent on proximity to our Head Office in Peterborough, with travel across England, Wales & Northern Ireland as required)
Hours: 35 hours per week (willingness to work outside of office hours, evenings and weekends when required)
Salary: £31,672 pa
Closing Date: 21st July 2024 at 11pm
Purpose of Job
To provide the foundations for improved health, social and emotional outcomes for adults living with NPH and to support their families/carers.
To focus primarily on delivering 3 of Shine’s 7 Strategic Goals all of which drive Shine’s ambitions:
· Goal 3: Adults of all ages with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus have the choices and opportunities to live healthy and independent lives
· Goal 4: A connected community
· Goal 7: Transforming attitudes and improving access to health and care services through engagement, partnerships, research and campaigning
And contributing to delivery of other strategic goals as appropriate.
Staff management:
1. Shine is committed to providing quality advice and support. As service lead you will provide supervision, training, guidance and support in line with Shine’s HR processes and procedures to other members of staff who are involved in the delivery of work for the NPH service.
Project management:
1. Evaluate existing support for members living with NPH and their families/ carers within Shine
2. Develop and grow the service based on the needs and voice of our members
3. Lead the support of members living with NPH and their families/ carers across England, Wales & Northern Ireland
4. Develop annual work plans, which will enable continued development and delivery of the NPH service
5. Create a framework for the service and develop Shine colleagues to support delivery in key areas
6. To provide training to upskill colleagues in dementia
7. Create greater consistency across all Nations by developing strong working relationships with key colleagues in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
8. Drive collaborative working with the National Programmes and Engagement Manager and the National roles – particularly Health and Benefits
9. To manage any specific project budgets, ensuring spend is planned, within budget and allocated to the appropriate cost centre
10. Maintain an oversight on data capture and data management for the work on NPH, alongside the Director of Services develop outcome measures to demonstrate impact
11. Work in line with GDPR, maintaining confidential member records providing clear and accurate record keeping for monitoring and evaluation
12. Identify new potential sources of funding as the project develops and contribute to funding bids as requested.
13. Working with colleagues in Services, Fundraising, Marketing, Trust and Foundations colleagues and Shine’s membership to identify opportunities for long-term sustainability of the work.
Delivery
To manage all enquiries from our members living with NPH and their carers, providing direct one to one support and advice including-
· Welfare benefit/ income maximisation advice
· Condition specific support to enable the person living with NPH to have choice and control over their current and future care needs.
· Signposting /referring to more specialist information and support, internally or to other local, regional or national organisations
You will also:
· In collaboration with Shine’s National Programmes & Membership Engagement Manager, Health and Services colleagues and external partners, lead the delivery of the NPH awareness week once a year
· Review existing and develop new resources for members with NPH alongside the Health team
· Develop and deliver an annual programme of events and peer support groups for members with NPH and their families and carers
· Oversee social media, Facebook and WhatsApp support groups
· Organise steering groups, providing opportunities for Shine members to guide the development of the service, and engage in consultations and research
· Develop partnership opportunities and closer working relationships with health professionals, statutory organisations and charities
· Identify key campaigns to improve the rights of members with NPH, improving access to statutory services, access to NHS care, awareness regarding diagnosis and treatment.
Other core requirements of working for Shine:
· To work with Shine’s national and regionally based colleagues to ensure that all work is complementary, coordinated and beneficial to our members
· To maintain the high standards of respect, communication, professionalism, empathy and sensitivity conducive with working for an organisation that represents 13,500+ members living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus or associated conditions.
· To ensure that Shine’s safeguarding policies and processes are followed, and are ‘everyone’s responsibility’
· To actively take part in the annual staff residential
To undertake any other duties in line with the job role.
Person Specification
Experience – essential
· A minimum of 3 years' experience of working with older people living with dementia
· Experience of project management and delivery
· At least two years’ experience of delivering support and advice services for older people.
Knowledge, skills and abilities – essential
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Ability to build strong relationships both with internal and external stakeholders
· Ability to develop and deliver professional presentations and training in a variety of settings
· IT literate with a good knowledge of Microsoft 365 and confident in the use of CRM Database systems
· A non-judgmental approach to working with people
· A good knowledge of adult safeguarding policy, procedures and reporting
Qualification- essential
§ Relevant qualification in health or social care
Experience – desirable
· Welfare benefits: Experience of supporting older people to maximise their income
· Experience of providing supervision, guidance and support to others as a lead
· Developing and delivering opportunities to enable and empower disabled people
· Organising information sessions and social events
· Multi-disciplinary working and advocacy
· Evidence of successfully developing a base of local, regional and national contacts/partners who can provide specialised support to our members/ families
· Working in the third sector in a paid or unpaid capacity
· Working with, and supporting, volunteers
Qualifications - desirable
Relevant qualification in:
§ Information, Advice & Guidance
§ Management
§ Project management
In return, Shine will offer you:
· A competitive salary
· 35 hour working week
· 25 days annual leave plus additional discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year
· Support to learn and develop
· Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
· Additional annual leave due to length of service
· Defined contribution pension
Shine is a Disability Confident employer and will offer guaranteed interviews if a disabled applicant meets the minimum criteria for the job.
If you would like to have a chat about the role in more detail or have any questions, please give us a call and ask to speak to Gill Valentine, our Director of Services.
Interviews will be held on Monday 12th August in our Head Office, Peterborough
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you an experienced Payroll and Benefits Advisor?
Would you like join a friendly and well-established team. You will work alongside the Payroll Manager to provide a comprehensive pay and benefits service for approximately 200 employees.
Your Benefits will include:
- The opportunity to work from home 2 days per week (not Friday)
- Free lunch
- Free parking
- Automatic enrolment in the school's pension scheme
- Use of the School's sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym and running track
- Subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social club
As Payroll and Benefits Advisor your day to day will include:
- Processing the monthly payroll for the school with a high degree of accuracy.
- Assist the Payroll Manager with the effective running of all Foundation payrolls.
- Manage and report on all sickness absences.
- Partner with the HR team to generate payroll reports and management information.
- Play a key role in administering pension salary sacrifice and benefit programs.
- Answer payroll queries and provide guidance on related issues.
Your Attributes, skills and experience that you will brin to the role will include:
- A strong standard of numeracy and literacy (GCSE Maths and English minimum).
- A Level 4 Payroll qualification (CIPP) or equivalent experience.
- Experience of successfully running payrolls.
- Excellent attention to detail and time management skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with payroll software packages.
- A good proficiency with Microsoft Excel
This location is hard to reach via public transport therefor be able to drive would be an advantage.
This is an important vacancy and CVs will be reviewed upon submission , please ensure that you apply without delay to [email protected]
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
Grant Custodian Project Coordinator & Support Lead
Location: United Kingdom
Salary: £36000 - £38000 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term - until 31 December 2025, 35 hours per week
Are you a seasoned project coordinator with a knack for managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects? Join a leading UK Charity, a catalyst for system-level change in humanitarian action. in this role, you'll play a pivotal part in transitioning grant custodianship from one household charity to another!
Main Responsibilities:
- Schedule and attend project meetings, take minutes and follow up on actions using Asana
- Draft and disseminate key communications and updates to stakeholders
- Set up and maintain consistent project reporting and documentation
- Coordinate with finance, legal, HR, and other teams to ensure smooth project operations
- Monitor project progress and update stakeholders regularly
- Support the creation and updating of essential project documents and risk management plans
Essential Skills:
- Extensive experience in managing large, multi-country, multi-team projects
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills
- Proven ability to influence change at both operational and strategic levels
- Award management experience, ideally with institutional funders
- Strong organisational skills, including multitasking and time management
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management tools, particularly Asana
- Excellent writing skills, with experience in drafting formal reports for senior audiences
- Understanding of risk matrix in project management
Desired Skills:
- Experience in the charity or humanitarian sector
- Previous involvement in a spin-off process
- Confidence in creating timelines and Grant charts
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
This is an excellent opportunity in a very well-known and CV-enhancing organisation. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out.
In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.
Salary: £58,008 - £63,550 pa (Mulberry PayScale, Grade Hawthorn)
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours/week)
Are you an experienced senior Finance professional and fully Qualified ACA, ACMA, ACCA or equivalent looking to make a difference?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Finance to join the Trinity Team, supporting the Director of Finance & Resources to lead on the financial activities to support the Hospice’s strategic plan and long term financial sustainability plan.
The ideal role holder will combine excellent technical accounting skills, business partnering acumen and technical system knowledge to deliver the work of a small finance function which supports the delivery of an £18m Hospice.
Overall purpose of the role
- Lead the production for the monthly management accounts
- Lead on the preparation of the annual reports and financial statements
- Manage the financial activities for both Royal Trinity Hospice and Trinity Hospice Shops Limited
- Be the super user (System Administrator) for the financial software and continuously improve/develop use of the systems and processes to support the financial activities of the Hospice
- Support the Director of Finance & Resources in other areas of work including risk management, Information Governance as well as deputise in their absence
Skills and experience required
- CCAB membership – Fully qualified
- Good technical knowledge of accounting concepts for large charities/organisations
- Excellent use of Microsoft Office suite
- Advanced excel user to support processes and financial models
- Experience of preparing and analysing complex financial information
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Experience of working in the charity sector and or understanding of charity taxation (VAT and Gift Aid)
Benefits
- We match Agenda for Change/NHS terms and conditions for maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
- Length of service for those joining directly from another CQC regulated organisation (NHS, social care, hospice) is recognised in annual leave, maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
- A pension scheme is offered with employer contributions of up to 7.5% or a continuation of your existing NHS pension
- A generous 27 days annual leave increasing to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus bank holidays (any bank holidays worked will be given back in lieu)
- Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loans available
- Free eyesight test for DSE users and a contribution towards the cost of glasses
- 25% store discount in Trinity shops
- Life assurance cover
- Lots of opportunities to attend exciting and high-profile events e.g. a staff lottery to attend our regular biannual Gala dinner; participating in Royal visits, and the annual summer garden party
- Regular ballots for donated free tickets and prizes
- Access to courses of free counselling on the phone or face to face
Royal Trinity Hospice is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. Everyone at Trinity is treated fairly with dignity and respect irrespective of age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, civil partnership status, disability, nationality, race, religion or belief. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that encourages and supports fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement (FREDIE) in all its forms.
How to apply
If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, please complete the online application.
For an informal chat or visit please contact Stephen Hooper, Director of Finance and Resources or by contacting HR
Closing Date: Sunday 7 July 2024
Interview Date: Wednesday 17 July 2024 tbc
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Legal Officer
Full time and permanent from London office
Salary: £39,520 full time and permanent from London office
Benefits: 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), generous workplace pension, wellbeing support, resources for learning & development, and we can offer a modest relocation fund.
Join us: You’re curious about how technologies affect power and shape the future. You’re an advocate who wants to speak out for change with a voice that is both nuanced and engaging. You want to help build an organisation that is always learning. You want to cooperate closely with colleagues and partners across the world on a tapestry of topics, developing and sharing diverse skillsets along the way. You’re keen to explore new multidisciplinary and resourceful methods to achieve meaningful change.
Working together: You’ll join an organisation of 25+ people in our Central London office from diverse backgrounds, collaborating, building and learning together. We are delivering our multi-year strategic plan to protect democracy and civic spaces from authoritarian technologies, defend people’s dignity as they seek access and protection, challenge companies who profit from exploitation, and hold governments accountable for the extraordinary powers they amass. We engage stakeholders, institutions, and adversaries with tact and persistence. We target systems-level change and establish safeguards for people across the world so that freedom and privacy will be the foundations of tomorrow’s societies.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
What you’ll be doing
The Legal Officer will conduct advocacy to achieve PI’s goals. This will include legal, policy, research, outreach and public engagement initiatives as PI formulates new and creative ways to demand change globally, including working with our partners across the world.
Essential Requirements:
Experiences
• Experience working with international human rights standards and/or national rights frameworks.
• Law degree or equivalent postgraduate diploma in any jurisdiction.
• Admitted/qualified to practice in any jurisdiction.
• Experience in a legal role post admission/qualification.
• Understanding of and experience working within a variety of local, national, and international jurisdictions, including those governed by common law or civil law.
• Experience taking creative approaches to novel legal challenges.
• Experience in NGOs/human rights organisations or working with national and/or international human rights bodies and mechanisms.
• Knowledge of legal issues related to data and privacy, including data protection, or the legal concerns raised by techniques such as the use of artificial intelligence, automated decision-making and profiling.
• Experience mitigating legal risks faced by organisations.
• Passion for technology and its interaction with human rights.
• Proven track record of communicating complex issues to diverse audiences.
• Experience in engaging in strategic advocacy regarding conduct of state or non-state actors.
• Experience in designing and delivering learning and education activities and content, i.e. trainings, workshops, etc.
Skills
• Ability to work with and manage relationships with partner organisations, coalitions and counsel.
• Proactive and self-motivated, capable of working unsupervised and taking responsibility for managing relationships with key partners, stakeholders, and adversaries.
• Capable to deliver projects, working collaboratively through delegation and coordination, and incorporate critical reflections into future planning.
• Thoughtful interpersonal skills for engaging with colleagues and stakeholders from experientially, demographically, cognitively, and culturally diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrable excellent written and oral communication skills, with attention to detail and audiences.
Desirable experience and skills
• Knowledge of and experience advocating for the protection of social, economic and cultural rights.
• Record of stakeholder engagement, promoting or enabling meaningful participation of communities and civil society in advocacy.
• Deft at speaking publicly, including with the media and at conferences and high-level stakeholder meetings.
• Experience in identifying, researching, monitoring and documenting technologies and technology-related policies and practices of state actors, companies, and other third-parties.
• Willing and able to travel internationally.
• Fluency in a language other than English, with one of the other 5 UN languages (Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and Chinese) an asset.
HOW TO APPLY
We want to encourage applicants with diverse experiences, backgrounds and talents. And you might be reading this page and thinking ‘they won’t want someone with my unusual background’. Well, you’d be wrong. Each of us here have followed our unique paths. PI is built on genuine diversity, and we would encourage you to apply if you think you can meet the criteria of the role based on your life experiences
To apply please send:
• a CV (not more than two pages)
• a covering letter (not more than two pages)
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 14 July 2024 at 11:59pm GMT.
Please send the requested material in one email. Only complete applications will be considered.
The candidates who we choose to interview will be contacted by the end of the day on Wednesday, 17 July 2024.
Interviews will take place between 22 and 29 July – please reserve these days for a possible interview, which can be arranged in person or as a video conference.
We may conduct a second round of interviews, which will be decided only after the first round of interviews takes place.
For information about how Privacy International will use your data during recruitment please see our policy on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The World Watch List is Open Doors’ annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution. Could you see yourself contributing to the development of the WWL as a world class instrument for monitoring persecution? Then our World Watch Unit (WWU) team at Open Doors International (ODI) is looking forward to welcoming you to their team!
With the team, you will be responsible for the quality of the WWL, ensuring that the data generated is communicated in a form that will be most relevant to the various constituent parts of Open Doors and beyond.
Your main responsibility is to work together with local and regional experts, as well as with other organizations that produce information on religious persecution, to monitor and score persecution. You will contribute, for the countries in your portfolio, to the establishment and continuous update of country profiles. Your portfolio will consist of a group of Asian countries, and you will report to the WWL Manager.
Your key responsibilities
- To contribute to the development of the WWL as a world class instrument for monitoring persecution.
- To monitor and score persecution.
- To produce Full Country Dossiers and other persecution-related reports and country profiles for your portfolio.
- To strengthen the capacity of ODI’s internal network of researchers in research methodologies.
- To produce and review country analyses and to steer interdisciplinary teams drawn from the different areas of the organization for the production and review of the country analyses.
- To communicate results in speaking and writing to different target groups.
Your profile
- Committed Christian with a heart for the Persecuted Church.
- Master’s degree in relevant area or equivalent experience.
- Proven field research expertise in multi-cultural, complex and risky contexts and strong analytical skills.
- Able to combine accuracy with helicopter view and being a team player with being a self-starter.
- Written and verbal communication skills; primarily in English, knowledge of local Asian languages will be a plus.
- Able to travel to the field as well as to ODI bases.
Our Offer
Working at Open Doors means that you are actively involved in serving the worldwide Persecuted Church. We offer you a versatile position in an international, dynamic environment, a professional team and the opportunity to grow professionally and personally. As a global organisation we are used to combining working from home with working from the office and to have flexible working hours. This position is preferable based in Europe.
Please submit your CV and Cover letter before the 10th July to be considered.
Are you passionate about working with older adults who have care and support needs? If so, we want to hear from you!
Age UK Lewisham and Southwark are looking for a part-time Support Worker to escort service users to and from their Day Centre in Southwark, deliver a programme of day care activities, and to ensure their personal, social and cultural needs are met. The role is for four days per week, 11.30 - 3.30pm each day. There is some flexiblity regarding the start and finish time.
The successful candidate will have a good understanding of the needs and issues affecting older people including dementia awareness, and have worked or lived experience of caring. They will be able to work as part of a team and travel within Southwark and Lewisham. Great interpersonal skills required along with the ability to work to Age UK Lewisham and Southwark’s values to empower and enable older people to lead fulfilled lives.
Age UK Lewisham and Southwark aims to provide a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and we strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group.
Employee Benefits:
- Hourly rate above London Living Wage
- 26 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Additional 1 day leave for Birthdays
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including access to a helpline for partners and dependents
- Generous contractual sick pay scheme, allowing staff to recover without the worry of loss of income
- CycleScheme members – enabling employees to save 25-39% of the cost of a new bike & accessories whilst also spreading the cost
- TechScheme members – enabling employees to purchase tech and home furnishing through AUKLS and spread the cost from their salary
For full details please download the Job Pack which includes a Job Description, Person Specification and Application Form.
Closing date for applications – 9am on 8 July 2024
Interviews will take place week commencing 8 July and 22 July 2024 at Stones End Day Centre, Southwark
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Your new company
A fantastic opportunity is available for an experienced Administrative Assistant to work for a growing leader in scientific studies based in their modern offices in Latimer Road, Hammersmith. The organisation is at the forefront of pioneering technology with a new class in medical studies and technology and is a truly inspiring place to work. The position is to replace a long-standing member of the team and is fully office based-supporting the Office Manager and HR Manager.
Your new role
Your new role will be to be the primary point of contact for internal and external enquiries via phone and email, you will provide general support and assistance to staff, visitors, contractors and arrange security passes and parking. You will manage all documents, filing and electronic storage whilst managing POs and invoices, credit card receipts. You will also order stationery, monitor cleaning services and deal with meeting bookings and preparation for these. You will co-ordinate event planning including travel requests and keep and inventory of assets.
What you'll need to succeed
In order to be successful, you must have 1-3 years of recent administrative experience within an office environment, where you will have dealt with the above duties. You will have strong MS Office skills and be able to confidently use Word, Excel and Outlook. You will be able to multitask, be a trustworthy and reliable individual and be able to commute to Hammersmith 5 days a week.
What you'll get in return
In return you will be offered a generous salary of between £28,000 - £30,000 per annum plus up to 20% annual discretionary bonus with many other benefits including 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 4% pension, private healthcare, share options and 4 x salary life cover. Hours will be 9-6pm Monday to Friday.
What you need to do now
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About the Role
This is a mid-level role in a leading international consultancy and research organisation in the field of social development. As a Technical Specialist, you will have the opportunity to work within the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) portfolio, with the potential to work in other thematic areas on gender and social inclusion.
We are seeking candidates who will thrive in a smaller, specialist consultancy organisation in the international development sector. Please read on to learn more about the company, team and role, and the kind of applicants we are looking for.
ROLE OVERVIEW
Summary of role
Reports to: Tina Musuya (Head of Gender-Based Violence Portfolio)
Location: This is a UK-based role. You must have eligibility to work in the UK.
SDDirect's Head Office is located in Old Street, London. We operate a hybrid working model with flexibility on the frequency of office visits. This can be discussed further during the recruitment process. International travel may be required for this role.
Appointment term: Full time, permanent contract
Remuneration Package: This role is Band C with a salary range of £33,500 - £43,000. Salary upon appointment will be commensurate with experience and in line with team members in equivalent roles.
As a Technical Specialist, you will focus on providing research and technical support on GBV across a number of SDDirect’s projects. Your role will involve providing research for our two helpdesks, including the Ending Violence against Women and Children Helpdesk (for UK government staff) and GBV AoR Helpdesk (for humanitarian actors). You could also be involved in providing support to knowledge products and guidance material, policy and programme guidance, specialist research, and monitoring and evaluation of GBV programmes.
Click on the Job description below for a full description of the role's responsibilities, duties, and person specification.
How to Apply
If you are interested in joining our dynamic team, please refer to the Person Specification and submit your tailored CV and cover letter. The deadline for applying is 21st July 2024. Due to the high volume of applications, we are only able to respond to shortlisted candidates.
As this is a UK-based role, please confirm your eligibility to reside and work in the UK as part of your cover letter.
The London Library is one of the UK’s greatest literary institutions, providing a centre of creativity, inspiration and ideas for 180 years. Well-known members and frequent borrowers have included Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin, George Eliot, Bram Stoker, Rebecca West, Virginia Woolf, Angela Carter, Daphne du Maurier, HG Wells, TS Eliot, Stanley Kubrick and Ian Fleming. Current writers in membership include Kazuo Ishiguro, AS Byatt, Raymond Antrobus, Simon Schama, Hallie Rubenhold, Tom Stoppard, Antonia Fraser, Jessie Burton and Sarah Waters. Nearly all of its collection of around one million books can be borrowed, it offers a vast eLibrary and invaluable postal loans service. The Library is a home for everyone who loves the written word.
The Library is a registered charity and championed by its President, Helena Bonham Carter CBE.
About the role
As a charitable organisation, our members are essential to sustaining the future of the Library and achieving our new five-year strategy.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and self-motivated membership marketer with excellent communication and copywriting skills to help improve member engagement and retention and grow membership at the Library.
Reporting to the Head of Marketing and Communications, you will join a small and busy team in the Membership department. You will implement compelling member-facing marketing communications, activities and campaigns across digital and print platforms that engage member audiences and drive retention rates and growth in line with the retention plan and the Library’s strategic goals.
Supporting the Head of Marketing and Communications, you will work with an external producer and colleagues across the organisation to deliver The London Library Magazine three times a year. You will also design, deliver and analyse e-communications using our CRM and email software and identify opportunities to improve communication content and performance, organise member events, meet our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims, and act as first port of call for the media and communications function.
About you
Passionate about creating engaging copy for different audiences and channels, you will have a good level of experience with e-communications, e-software, data reporting and CRMs. You will have a background in membership marketing, ideally within an arts/cultural or charity organisation, and experience in implementing marketing retention campaigns to meet set targets. You will also have experience assisting with the delivery of events and be available to work at Library events as needed.
You will have strong writing skills with attention to detail and an ability to identify and produce engaging stories. You will have excellent communication, interpersonal and prioritisation skills, be organised and plan workload effectively to meet deadlines. You will enjoy working as part of a team while also able to work independently, taking initiative and holding yourself accountable to tasks. Most importantly, you will have a passion for your work, literature, reading and writing, and the work of The London Library; to inspire new ideas that create a unique impact on the UK’s literary and artistic output.
We are a friendly, hardworking team and a welcoming workplace that supports flexible working. In line with the Library’s hybrid working policy, you will need to be able to work onsite regularly to create content and take part in in-person collaboration, with regular evenings and occasional weekend work (with time off in lieu), but you will also have the opportunity to work from home. We aim to be as inclusive and equitable as possible and can discuss specific adjustments and access needs to help make this role fit for you.
If you are excited by the opportunity to use your communication skills to tell the world about The London Library, we would love to hear from you.