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The welfare of our dogs is very important to us. We have a no-kennel policy, and all our dogs live in the homes of volunteer puppy Socialisers until they are about 18 months old. We are committed to providing quality training and support for all our dogs and the volunteers who look after them.
This role requires someone with the skills, experience, and passion to take responsibility for organising and monitoring the Assistance dog training team. The successful candidate will ensure that the team of Assistance Dog Trainers develop our puppies and young dogs to ensure they receive the highest standard of socialisation and training, thereby maximising their chances of becoming a Medical Alert Assistance Dog. They will also play a role in the training and development of less experienced members of the team.
Reports to: Head of Canine Supply, Training and Welfare
Specific Responsibilities
- To oversee the day-to-day activities of the Assistance Dog Trainers, carrying out 121’s, annual reviews, etc.
- To oversee the preparation of and to deliver in accordance with the dog pick-up schedule for the MAAD programme
- To support puppies or young dogs when required
- To carry out the 6-month, 12-month, and final assessments of dogs
- Assist with the training and development of Trainee Assistance Dog Trainers and less experienced Trainers which may include acting as a mentor
- To liaise with the Health and Welfare Coordinator on any health issues regarding puppies and dogs within the Assistance Dog Training Scheme
- Support the Assistance Dog Trainers with potential matches for a particular client or clients and dog, and to report this progress regularly in Dog and Client matching meetings
- Highlight to the Head of Canine Supply, Training and Welfare in a timely manner, if you feel a dog is not reaching the appropriate standard or may be more suitable for another role. Detailed evidenced reasons why, must be supplied
- If and when required, to stay away from home, supporting Assistance Dog Trainers with their puppies and volunteers who are based in our regional areas
- To liaise with the Dog Supply Advisor on puppy intake
- To oversee the rehoming of withdrawn puppies and dogs from the Socialising Scheme
Socialiser Recruitment
- To monitor and when necessary, highlight to the Head of Canine Supply, Training and Welfare a shortage of Puppy Socialisers.
- Assist in the recruitment of new volunteer Socialisers
Other
- To support the Head of Canine Supply, Training and Welfare with the annual Trustee reports
- Update the Harlequin CRM database in a timely fashion to ensure accurate and up to date training, veterinary and health records
- Support the charity’s fundraising, communications and volunteering teams as required, specifically in relation to your area
- From time to time, you may be required to have a dog live with you for additional training for a set period
- Share best practice with colleagues across the charity
- To be familiar with ADUK and ADI regulations, ensure that you adhere to these standards with regards to behaviour, obedience, welfare, and branding
- To liaise with and provide support for Volunteers who may operate as part of the Medical Alert Assistance Dog Department or charity as a whole
Other tasks or ad-hoc duties agreed with your line manager required to ensure the successful running of the charity.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Ability to demonstrate high-quality judgement and a proven track record in relation to the following:
- Dog training matters including the analysis of temperaments, appropriate training methods, and requirements necessary to maintain public confidence in assistance dogs.
- Solutions to training and behavioural problems.
- Assistance Dog Training including the ability to assess each person’s preferred learning style and adapt as appropriate your training approach, the specific programmes to be followed,
- Welfare and safety and appropriate time for referral to others.
- Appropriate support to apprentices
- Dealings with other staff, clients, and members of the public
- Strong and clear teaching and instructing skills.
- Ability to plan work, be organised, and ensure that time is utilised effectively for yourself, colleagues, and Socialisers.
- Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with a wide range of people internally and externally. This will include clients and their families, fosterers, other professional service providers, members of the public, the media, managers, and other colleagues.
- High level of IT literacy and report writing skills including experience of using Microsoft-based programs such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, and Power Point.
KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Practical knowledge in the following areas:
· AD(UK) and ADI regulations.
· Basic theory of practical dog training.
· Law in relation to dogs.
· Knowledge of medical conditions relevant to puppies between 8 weeks and 2 years of age.
· Dog and human psychology.
· Health and safety implications of dog and socialiser handling. Some experience of assisting with the training and development of less experienced colleagues
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- You should be supportive of the charitable aims of Medical Detection Dogs and capable of working as part of a team, as well as being able to motivate yourself.
- You should be adaptable and positively embrace change by not only being flexible towards the ideas of others but also putting forward ideas to colleagues. This will involve creativity in problem-solving and making appropriate responses to new ideas and unexpected situations.
Values & Behaviours
There are a few key values that we believe are important in the workplace:
- Respect
- Cooperation
- Honesty
- Fairness
Based on the values listed above, we encourage the behaviours below in the charity:
- Respectful communication
- Cooperating with others
- Honesty in all interactions
- Fairness in decision making.
Benefits
- Sick Pay
- Health Cover
- 26 days holiday, increasing with service.
- 5% Employer Pension Contribution
- Life Assurance
- Free On-site parking
Finally, the successful candidate will also be expected to:
- Hold a full UK Driving Licence
- Provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the UK.
- Undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
- Work some evenings and weekends
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We’re an award-winning charity that runs local learning centres in the heart of communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide an innovative education programme which includes practical learning support and motivational and confidence-building activities for children and young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to inspire students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to broaden their horizons and achieve their full potential.
As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping thousands of young people each year. From Spring 2024 we will have 43 centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, with ambitious plans to scale-up our provision further over the coming years.
We are looking for a high-calibre candidate to take on the fixed-term role of Head of Programme Delivery and Operations (North of England and East Midlands) for our centres in North West England, Nottingham and Peterborough, West Yorkshire and East Yorkshire and the Humber. You will line manage the Regional Operations Managers in your regions to ensure that centres are working effectively, that the high quality of programme delivery to young people is maintained across the cluster, and that targets are monitored and met. And of course, you will need to have a genuine passion and enthusiasm for working with young people and helping them achieve their ambitions.
As a charity with social mobility as its core objective, IntoUniversity is wholly committed to equality of opportunity. We work with children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds, and we believe that our staff team should be similarly diverse and representative.
The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be, and we recognise that we have much more to do in this regard. We are committed to building a culture where students, staff and volunteers are valued for the unique people they are. We yherefore encourage applications from candidates from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds. In particular, we actively and warmly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, male candidates and candidates with a disability as they are currently under-represented within IntoUniversity. If you believe that all young people deserve the chance to develop their talents regardless of their background and want to play a part in helping them succeed, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
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We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Team Leader to join our Young People service in Ealing.
£31,000.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you're part of one team? You'll feel at home here. Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
Full time position, 40-hour week.
Primarily weekday working, with occasional weekend work as requested
The post holder will be fully involved in all aspects of the day-to-day management of our Young Peoples Ofsted registered service, including line managing the relevant front-line staff. You will lead and develop competence of direct reports as well as carry caseloads of customers requiring support. You will work closely with the Contract Manager to ensure that the service delivers on all targets, both financial and those around the quality of the service.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
- Lead and motivate your team to ensure the championing of and maintenance of a positive local culture within your service
- Deliver effective supervision and team meetings with staff and ensure that information, reporting and communication
- Responsible for the personal development of staff, identifying high performers and feeding into the organisation's succession plans
- Ensure that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) required as part of the Contract are met and recorded correctly
- Develop key business relationships with all appropriate relevant customers/external parties to ensure service delivery excellence and maximise new business opportunities in own patch
- Participate in and monitor the initial and continuous assessment of needs and ensure that support planning is carried out in line with assessed needs of the customer
- Carry out other administrative tasks as relevant to the service and directed by the Contract/Heads of Operations
- Manage the Service Rota
- Ensure that all safeguarding cases are managed in line with safeguarding protocols and are reported to Contract Manager/Head of Operations, as appropriate
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all times and to uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
About you:
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, networks in local business community
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is passionate and enthusiastic about his/her career and job experiences
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
What you'll bring:
Essential:
- Experience of management, leadership
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Health & Social Care or leadership and management
Desirable:
- Team Leader / management experience
- Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications are desirable
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
* We focus on Excellence and innovation.
* We are Caring and Compassionate.
* We are Inclusive and Trusted.
* We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
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Research Manager
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Research Manager who is passionate about driving impactful research and making a difference in the field of stroke research.
This is a remote working role and applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options are welcomed.
Position: CE318 Research Manager
Location: Home-based, UK, Nationwide however, occasional travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work related meetings)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (flexible working available)
Salary: Circa £44,600 per annum (inner London weighting £3,950 per annum or outer London weighting £2,100 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: 26 August 2024 (midnight). We reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Interview Date: Week commencing 2 September 2024
Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
Reporting to the Head of Research, the Research Manager will manage the Stroke Association’s research funding activities and portfolio of active research awards. This includes developing research funding calls, overseeing the research awards application and review processes, to support high quality, strategically aligned research, focused on delivering the greatest impact for people affected by stroke.
The post holder will be responsible for managing a small team, including Research Officer and Operations Assistant, and will oversee the day-to-day administration of ongoing awards including finances, reviewing change requests and reporting.
Key responsibilities will include:
· Lead the planning and logistics for all research funding calls, developing the call scope and documents.
· Lead the peer review of research applications, convening of panel meetings and award process.
· Work closely with other funding bodies and research charities to develop and deliver collaborative funding processes.
· Manage the portfolio of on-going research awards; ensure accurate award record keeping, auditing and reporting is completed.
· Manage a small team responsible for overseeing the day-to-day administration of ongoing awards.
About You
You will:
· Be educated to Postgraduate degree level in a science subject or equivalent experience in a relevant field
· Have proved experience of research management in a life science setting
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further information on the role.
Please submit your CV, (including details of your current address), and a supporting statement of no more than two pages, demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.
About the Organisation
Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.
When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.
We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.
We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.
We’re working to improve the diversity of our team. Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.
We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.
Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.
In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!
You may also have experience in areas such as Research, Scientific Research, Research Manager, Scientific Research Manager, Researcher, Head Researcher, Lead Researcher, Scientific Researcher, Scientific Research Lead.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Action Against Hunger is a global humanitarian organisation that is building a world where no one dies from hunger. Life-threatening hunger is predictable, preventable and treatable, so a world without it is possible.
The charity tackle hunger by:
- Training parents and healthcare workers to spot the first signs of malnutrition
- Delivering life-saving care to people who need it
- Leading research to drive forward understanding of how to predict, prevent and treat life-threatening hunger
In 2021, Action Against Hunger UK launched an ambitious new 5-year fundraising and communications strategy, of which corporate funding is a crucial part.
The Senior Partnerships Development Manager will lead the small new business team to grow Action Against Hunger’s portfolio of strategic high-value partnerships, securing funding and shared value opportunities aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Working closely with the Head of Partnerships, you will lead on evolving and implementing the new business strategy and together with the Partnership Development Officer, you will focus on winning transformational partnerships.
This is an exciting opportunity for a creative and collaborative new business specialist. You’ll have a huge range of projects and opportunities with which to engage new partners, both in the UK and internationally, but you’ll also have the chance to bring your creativity to the table with concept development and creating new products. AAH’s corporate team is known for its strength within the food and hospitality industry. Recently they have also been diversifying into new key sectors, work which the new SPDM will continue to develop. You’ll also work closely with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC); and lead on projects with counterparts in the Action Against Hunger global network.
As Senior Partnerships Development Manager, you will:
- Line manage and support the development of the Partnerships Development Officer
- Secure new high-value partnerships (6+7-figure in value)
- Support the Head of Partnerships to deliver, and continually evolve, the new business strategy
- Work collaboratively across the global AAH network, and with the DEC when global appeals are launched
- Work cross-organisationally to develop new and exciting funding propositions
- Maintain, build and nurture a robust pipeline for new business opportunities
Ideal skills and experience:
- Demonstrable interest or experience in international development
- Experience in securing 6-figure+ corporate partnerships
- Ability to spot, analyse and respond to corporate trends
- Expert pitching, presenting and negotiating skills
Benefits include:
- Action Against Hunger are all about work-life balance and are flexible so you can manage work around your
needs - 25 days holiday plus eight bank holidays, increasing with service after two years
- Buy up to five extra days of annual leave each year
- Up to 5 days paid Carers’ Leave
- 6% employer pension contribution
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Private medical insurance
- Discounted gym and health club membership
- Online shopping discount scheme
- Telephone and online counselling sessions
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They’re looking for a Head of Customer Service Improvement to join their team in Peterborough.
About the role and person:
Monday – Friday
Permanent
As their Head of Customer Service Improvement, you’ll lead the Customer Resolution Team, taking a strategic, forward-thinking view of the service and ensuring that our client is effective in managing and learning from customer complaints. You’ll effectively manage the budget for the team and work closely with the Housing Ombudsman Service to ensure all regulatory returns and requests for information are handled in a timely manner and that they build a strong external reputation of trust, transparency, and a willingness to learn and improve. Working closely with other teams across the business, you’ll identify opportunities to enhance services to their customers reporting key learning and required improvements to the Senior Leaders. This is an exciting opportunity to develop and design a new complaints service that will drive continuous improvement for our client.
What skills/behaviours do you need to be their Head of Customer Service Improvement?
- Passionate about meeting customer needs and improving services.
- Previous experience of leading and delivering a robust complaints service.
- Good experience of establishing a root cause analysis framework and driving complaints reduction initiatives with tangible results.
- Good experience of driving high performance standards within a regulated complaints function, focused on quality and customer outcomes.
- Articulate and passionate in presenting the insight obtained through complaints to different audiences.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with an understanding of risk management.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management and organisational influencing skills.
Location
The successful candidate will be required to live within a commutable distance to their Peterborough office with travel to other offices as required.
They’re a keen promoter of agile working and encourage the use of working from home, as long as they meet their customer’s needs.
They’ll provide you with the equipment and software that you’ll need for the purpose of your role however it will be your responsibility to have an appropriate space to work from as well as a suitable broadband connection/provider.
Salary
The spot salary for this post is £59,952 per annum for applicants who fully meet the requirements of the post. Applicants, who do not meet all the requirements of the post, will start 5% or 10% below the spot salary.
What will you get from them?
In addition to a competitive salary and agile working, they also have a focus on employees’ development. They support both professional and personal development, ensuring everyone has a development plan and provide access to a wide range of internal and external learning resources.
You’ll also receive:
- 28 days paid holiday (pro-rata excluding bank holidays) per year rising by 1 day per year up to a maximum of one working week.
- A choice of Pension Schemes including a Defined Benefit Scheme with a 7.5% member contribution or a Defined Contribution Scheme with a 4% member contribution and 4% employer contribution. Both pension schemes provide Life Insurance Cover.
- Option to purchase additional holiday of up to 2 of your working weeks (at managers discretion.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- "Hapi" Benefits App with multiple discounts.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Free on-site gym
- Free parking
Who Is Our Client?
They own around 20,400 houses across the North, East and South of the country. They are home to over 41,000 customers. They exist to improve lives, providing people with high quality homes, affordably. Whatever their housing need, whether family, single, older or more vulnerable – their customers come first. They are always at the very heart of their business.
If you feel great about putting customers first, then they feel great about you joining their team.
And they are a team. They live and breathe their values – they are Smart, they are Driven, they are Caring, and they are Inclusive – are you? If you can do what’s right and challenge what you think is wrong, relish the opportunity to work with some fabulous colleagues to improve the customer experience and make sure they keep to their promises, then you are the person they are looking for.
If you require reasonable adjustments to any part of their recruitment process, please let us know they will ensure requirements are met.
Please don’t delay in submitting your application. Where roles are urgent or they receive a high volume of applications, they may interview and conclude the process prior to any closing date indicated.
If you have any queries about the role, please email us.
Please note candidates must have current eligibility to live and work in the UK, our client does not currently hold a sponsorship licence.
Join them and start your own journey. They aim to be number one, and you could help them get there.
You may also have experience in the following: Customer Service Lead, Customer Manager, Customer Experience Manager, Customer Improvement Manager, Customer Services Manager, Head of Customer Service, etc
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Market Insight Manager - Maternity Cover
Contract: 12 Months Fixed term contract, Maternity Cover, 35 hours per week (a 28-hour week would be accepted)
Salary: £48,314 to £50,729 with excellent benefits
Location: London, UK
Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in London office, or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.
About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in research and insight 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 Market Insight Manager 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 Market Insight team as a part of the Performance, Insight and Innovation department focuses on establishing an insight-led approach to fundraising, campaigning, and influencing, combining the analysis of performance data with market research to deliver recommendations and support for strategy development and optimisation of future activity.
About the Role:
As our collaborative and strategically minded Market Insight Manager you will help to ensure that Communications and Fundraising at WaterAid is driven by insight and deliver the insight that enables strategic decision making.
In this role, you will identify strategic opportunities to attract new audiences and grow engagement from existing audiences as well as enable WaterAid to make insight-driven decisions and enable strategies that deliver sustainable advantage
You'll also:
- Provide insight to power WaterAid's innovation and NPD programmes.
- Provide vital foresight to the organisation by identifying opportunities and threats within the marketplace.
- Champion a culture of data-led and insight-driven decision making across the organisation.
- Build and manage relationships with team leaders across the organisation.
- Lead on planning and implementing the development of our existing competitor intelligence programme.
- To lead initiatives to promote and showcase the Market Insight team's work and impact.
- Lead initiatives to proactively coach and develop fundraising, campaigning and communications team members' skills in understanding the role of market insight
- To manage the end-to-end research process (from requirement gathering to output and implementation) and procurement process for a variety of insight projects.
About You:
- Experienced market research professional with demonstrable experience of driving action and business value from insight
- Considerable experience of market research processes and methodologies, including a proven ability to analyse data and complex information to inform evidence-based decision making;
- Excellent communicator and storyteller with strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to clearly communicate research results and conclusions in an inspiring way.
- Experience of influencing decision making among leaders;
- Excellent interpersonal skills and capability to build productive relationships across the business, both within the UK and globally, as well as with external researchers, clients and users;
- A collaborative approach and ability to work across teams and matrix structures with ease.
- Proven ability to work to a high standard and with an eye for detail, working under own initiative and managing multiple projects simultaneously;
Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:
- Experience of corporate / B2B research
- Experience of training others to use Market Insight
- Experience of using insight for comms and fundraising purposes in an in-house role
- Empathy with overseas development issues
Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 12th August 2024. Availability for interview is required in week commencing 26th August 2024 for those invited to first-round interviews and the week commencing 9th September for those invited to second-round interviews
How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
Our Benefits:
- 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
- We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
- Season Ticket Loan
- Free annual eye tests
- Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
- Sabbaticals
- Volunteer Day
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.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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Senior Children’s Residential Support Worker
Have you ever wanted to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable Children and Young People? Our children’s homes across Greater Manchester work with young people with Autism, learning difficulties and other complex support needs as well as helping children who have suffered trauma or display Emotional Behavioural Difficulties as well as Harmful Sexual Behaviours.
The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of Children, Young People, and Adults each year. We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.
You will be working in a caring home environment with the wider team under the leadership of the Registered Manager, nurturing, and supporting the young people providing them with all the care, love, and support that they would receive as if it was their family home.
Location – Various Location across Greater Manchester
Hours - 37.5 hours per week
Salary - £27,590 (14.15) per hour.
Sleep in shifts paid at £96.00 per shift.
Weekends paid at 25% premium on the hourly rate (£17.68 per hour)
Benefits
- Annual Leave 27-day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
- Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions and up to 6 x basis salary death in service
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies includingenhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
- Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
- Proud to be a real living wage employer
- Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
- Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleagues and free weekly yoga session in person or online
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home
We also provide a caring, supportive environment for all our employees, with a strong emphasis on a good work / life balance, and this something you can’t put a value on!
Please see the attached list for the full list of benefits on working for the Together Trust.
About the position….
- As a Senior Children’s Residential Support Worker, you will work as part of a residential childcare team providing support for the children and young people with their physical, emotional, and social needs with an emphasis on promoting their personal growth and independence.
- Working on your own initiative and as part of a team, you will be to preparing and assisting the children and young people to fulfil the aims of their person-centred plan.
- You will support the children and young people with communication and work closely in a team that has a passion to improve their lives whilst in our care.
- You will work flexibly to undertake the full range of duties in a well-planned way that respects and values the children and young people as individuals.
We provide compassionate, nurturing care for the children and young people who are in crisis and have complex needs, supporting them to move on from a difficult past to a brighter future.
About you….
We look for applicants who have the following skills.
- Completed the QCF level 3 / 4 in Children, young people, and family’s practitioner qualification or equivalent to be eligible to apply for this position.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, a large part of this role you will be working with Social Workers and parents.
- Previous experience in keyworking with the young people that we support, including primary responsibility in complex cases and being able consider the feelings and the wishes of the young people that we support.
- Previous experience in shift leading, supervising team members in the absence of the Registered Manager / Assistant Manager, including contribution to assessment and appraisal of the team.
- Have a sound knowledge around the safeguarding of the young people that we support.
- A good standard of written English and IT skills would be essential, you will be writing reports and keeping record of the Children and Young Peoples progress.
- Transporting children / young people to an activity or school is a requirement. A driving licence that has been held for 12 months would be desirable.
Is this you? Are you ready to make a positive change?
Then please take a closer look at the Full Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this advert.
We are a Real Living Wage employer.
Together Trust has committed to paying all staff a significantly higher salaries than the government minimum wage. By officially registering as a Living Wage employer, we are showing our commitment to our employees, now and in the future.
Apply now!
If you think you might have the relevant skills and experience, we are looking for, please get in touch or apply now.
We welcome applications from those with a right to work in the UK. We do not currently sponsor overseas staff.
We may remove this vacancy prior to the expiry date if a suitable candidate is found therefore early applications are encouraged.
Shortlisting will take place throughout the duration of the advert as we are seeking more than one individual.
We are a UK charity supporting children in care and people with disabilities, autism and complex needs in the North West.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Are you self-motivated and ambitious wanting to make a real difference? Do you have extensive marketing experience? If yes, this could be the role you are looking for!
About the role
As our Senior Marketing Executive - Retail, you will play a pivotal role in the delivery of inspiring retail fundraising campaigns and income generating products to our instore audiences. You will also support the Marketing Manager in delivering integrated charity and cause initiatives within our shops and stores.
You’ll have a strong focus on the development of campaigns from creative concepts through to the print and distribution of in-store point-of-sale materials, in-store radio ads and screen content.
In addition, you’ll support in-store local engagement events to ensure they run smoothly with the marketing assets required. You will be working together with internal and external stakeholders to produce highly successful integrated campaigns in line with BHF strategic goals and missions.
You will oversee budget and financial administration and reporting, which includes tasks such as forecasting, phasing and reconciliation, ensuring the team deliver campaigns that are both timely and within budget.
This role will put our in-store customers, retail staff and volunteers at the heart, ensuring all parties feel central to our work and are motivated to continue funding our life saving research.
Working arrangements
This is a blended role, with your working time split between your home and 1-2 days per week in our London Office (NW1 7AW). You will also be required to travel to our office in Claygate, Surrey regularly.
At BHF we believe in the power of being together, so our colleagues on blended contracts can expect to spend some time in their office, at least one day each week, on average. The use of our office spaces is driven in part by your role and the activities you need to do. This may vary from time to time, so you will need to work in a flexible way to unlock your best work for our cause.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
About you
As our ideal candidate, you have extensive marketing experience, preferably within the retail or charity sector, strong multi-project management experience as well as experience briefing and managing external creative and media agencies.
With strong attention to detail, and excellent written and verbal communication skills, you bring experience in print management for point of sale (POS) campaigns, excellent IT skills and experience and understanding of tracking campaign results.
As an exceptional copywriter, you will have proven experience in creating brand content. Ideally, you will also have familiarity with Adobe Creative Suites. You have experience of financial administration and reporting, including the management of purchase orders and the reconciliation of invoices.
A self-motivated, solutions-orientated, and creative individual, you have strong influencing and negotiating skills, strong team working skills, and an open and approachable working style.
About us
At the British Heart Foundation, we are focused on the urgent need to fund more research into heart and circulatory diseases like heart diseases, stroke, vascular dementia, and the conditions that cause them, to find answers fit for 21st century challenges. We are independent, have more than fifty years of breakthroughs under our belts and continue to fund life saving research.
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
What can we offer you?
Our benefits include:
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical insurance, dental health cover, and money towards gym membership.
- Pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%.
- Full pay for 12 weeks for family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
- Life assurance.
- Extra paid leave of up to 10 days to support colleagues who may need more time off work to look after themselves or others close to them.
We're CIPD-recognised for our Live Well. Work Well programme, and we're on a mission to make heart health a priority, starting with you. From home to the office, we're here to inspire and guide your journey to a healthier, happier life.
To find out more about the benefits available at the BHF please download our benefits document at the bottom of our advert page.
Our vision is a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases.
The Disability Law Service (DLS) seeks an experienced, strategic charity leader who is passionate about Disabled people’s rights to join as our new part time Chief Executive Officer. You will lead a committed team of lawyers and advisers to ensure Disabled people can access those rights in full.
DLS is a pan-Disabled people’s organisation based in London, providing free legal advice, casework, and representation for Disabled people, their families, and carers. As a Deaf & Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO), the majority of our Trustees and staff are Disabled people. We operate on the social model of disability, aiming to fight injustice and challenge the poverty and inequality faced by Disabled people, ensuring equal access to legal rights and entitlements.
We offer free specialist legal advice in areas such as community care, employment, housing, welfare benefits, discrimination, and public law. We connect Disabled individuals, their carers, and families with qualified solicitors and advisers, providing services including the MS Legal Advice Line, MS Welfare Benefits Advice, and Legal Aid Service. DLS also offers bespoke training on disability law and the Equality Act, empowering organisations to support their clients better.
Engaging in policy work, we also advocate for legal reforms, such as abolishing non-residential care charges and campaigning for equal care rights for autistic children. Annually, DLS assists around nearly 5,000 people, securing over £3 million in gains for our clients.
As our new CEO, you will lead us to grow our organisational capacity, as well as develop our policy influencing work, in order to maximise the impact we make for Disabled people nationally.
Key details:
Role: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Disability Law Service
Hours: Part time – 21 hours per week (negotiable)
Salary: £65,000 FTE, pro rata
Location: Vauxhall, London, some hybrid working
Contract: permanent
As well as a clear commitment to our work and values, you will demonstrate:
- Lived experience of disability or Deafness (highly desirable, as DLS is a DDPO)
- Proven experience as a senior manager, capable of managing a team and overseeing all resources at DLS, along with developing and expanding legal and advice services for Disabled people.
- Experience in producing strategic and operational plans in finance, fundraising, and business, with the ability to disseminate these plans within an organisation to maximise results.
- Demonstrable success in generating income/fundraising within a charity/not-for-profit context.
- Familiarity with hybrid working.
- Understanding the nature and impact of legal and welfare benefits advice.
- Ability to lead, support, and inspire staff, involving them in key developments and decision-making.
- Strong financial and business acumen with the ability to devise and implement results-oriented plans.
- Ability to gather and leverage organisational insights to influence policy, ideally at a national level.
- Empathy, confidence and emotional intelligence in interacting with a wide range of people.
- Excellent presentation and negotiation skills for representing DLS in various settings, developing links, and attracting support.
- Proficiency in composing articulate funding proposals, reports, and other documentation.
- Ability to work with a charitable Board of Trustees, including attending evening meetings and trustee events as required.
- Highly desirable: Legal or advice background and/or professional or voluntary experience of legal aid or of advice work.
If you would like to receive an Information Pack for this CEO role with full details, including how to apply, please send an expression of interest and (optional but appreciated) a CV or professional profile in confidence to our consultant, Jenny Hills at Harris Hill, executive at harrishill co uk. For an informal and confidential conversation about this position, please contact Jenny at the above address with suitable times to talk.
If you need any reasonable adjustments to make the application process more accessible, please do not hesitate to contact us at executive at harrishill co uk
Closing date for applications: 9am Monday, 2nd September
As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.
Salary: £25,989 per annum + £750 Home Working Allowance per annum
Hours: 35 Hours per week
Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months
Location: Homebased with regular travel required across the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire areas for visits, events and meetings.
This is an exciting opportunity to join TACT East Midlands in a new role as a Foster Family Support & Engagement Worker and be part of an exciting project which aims to create a ‘TACT Carer Support Hub’ for our foster families in the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire area and engage our foster carers in our efforts to recruit new foster carers, so we can look after more children with complex needs. The Foster Family Support & Engagement Worker will work alongside families and other professionals, in the establishment of a TACT Carer Support Hub which will support carers who look after children with complex needs.
If you want to be valued as a professional, be appreciated at work and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT, apply now.
Overall Duties of the Fostering Family Support & Engagement Worker will include:
- To support the development of a ‘TACT Carer Support Hub’ in the Nottinghamshire/ Derbyshire area that will bring foster carers together to support each other and provide more family support and breaks from caring.
- To engage with and coordinate community-based activities for our foster carers, to raise TACT’s profile and visibility in the local community and support with the recruitment of new foster carers in the area.
- To offer practical and emotional support to TACT foster families, supporting them to strengthen and develop their skills and knowledge relevant to supporting children with complex needs, so that children can benefit from stable family life.
As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and looks to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work-life balance for all our employees so they can give excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.
As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest in unique projects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults, as well as our expanding TACT Education Service and our new Health Service. All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma-informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.
TACT achieved 16th place in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results in 2023, with 91% of employees acknowledging that the organisation is run on strong values and principles and 94% stating they feel proud to work for this organisation.
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
- 31 days paid holiday plus 8 annual bank holidays.
- Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, and volunteer days policy).
- Family friendly policies.
- Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
- Help@Hand Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, 24/7 remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions on serious diagnosis).
- An hour a week of live, expert-led activities through the Annual Employee Wellbeing Programme.
- Menopause Policy and free Menopause Clinician Appointments.
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme (salary sacrifice).
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities for all roles.
An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf and applicants should live within or close to the areas indicated in this advertisement to facilitate the travel requirements of the role.
Closing Date:Tuesday, 20th August 2024
Interview Date: Tuesday, 3rd September 2024 (via Microsoft Teams)
Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies, nor the fees associated with them.
Videographer/Editor
Employment Type: Full time, 12-month Fixed Term contract
Location: On site, London, 5 days per week, London N1 office, on location and from home when schedule allows.
Salary: £28,000 - £35,500 (GBP) plus Into Film benefits
Team: Production
Seniority: Mid-level
About Into Film
Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. We provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers, and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching.
We also run the annual Into Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and the Into Film Awards - the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.
The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
Our vision – Film enriches the life of every child and young person.
Our mission – To inspire and support young people to learn, and to realise their creative, cultural and career aspirations, through film and the moving image.
Into Film has offices in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and Salford. We are open to flexible working and offer staff a health plan.
Role Summary
The Videographer/Editor is a member of the Into Film Production Team and is responsible for filming and editing content for the Into Film website, training courses, social media and, when required, for advocacy, broadcast and press.
Due to the nature of the role and the need to collaborate on projects face-to-face, the Videographer/Editor will be mainly based at our London N1 office, although it will be possible to work from home when schedules allow; please note that occasional weekend and extended working hours are required, along with occasional travel across the UK.
Main Responsibilities:
- Work with the Video Production Manager and Production Lead to plan, shoot, edit and deliver video content for a range of Into Film products, including in-school events, educational/careers resources and training, screenings and Q&As, the Into Film Awards, and the Into Film Festival.
- Work collaboratively with the Video Content Manager to enrich all future content.
- Provide sound creative and technical advice in response to creative briefs to ensure high quality, creative films are delivered on time and to brief.
- Work with the Production Officer to develop their skills in shoot and edit work, as required.
- Ensure all produced content is compliant and cleared for use.
- Advise Producers with regards to safety matters on productions/events and contribute to risk assessments, taking action to mitigate against identified risks where necessary.
- Work with the Production Lead and Video Content Manager to create content that meets an agreed brief covering diversity and representation.
- Be an integral and supportive member of the Production Team.
General Responsibilities:
- Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with the public, members, teachers, children and young people, partners, funders, supporters etc.
- Contribute to long term planning to ensure growth in line with demand and resources..
- Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of the Into Film’s work.
- Commitment to equality of opportunity in line with Into Film’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
- Any other reasonable duties assigned by Into Film.
Person Specification:
Minimum Requirements:
- Ability to lead film shoots as a single camera operator with a good understanding of lighting and sound recording in a variety of situations.
- 2+ years' professional experience of filming and editing short and long form content.
- 2+ years' professional experience of working with Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Experience of producing short form content for social media channels including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
- Experience of colour correction and sound mixing.
- Working knowledge of rights clearance for audio-visual production.
- Ability to work with colleagues and respond to feedback to produce content that meets the needs of the target audience.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team, with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Desirable:
- Experience using Adobe Creative Cloud programmes, such as After Effects and Adobe Audition.
- Experience of colour grading using DaVinci Resolve.
- Experience of creating content for an educator audience.
- Experience of working with/in the charity sector.
- Familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite.
- Ability to support and train colleagues.
- A love and knowledge of film.
Closing: 9:00am, 26th Aug 2024 BST
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.
All employees regularly working with children and member data are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at Into Film’s expense; employment is dependent upon this.
No agencies please.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Coordinator Apprenticeship to join our team, working 37.5 hours per week. A requirement of the role is that the post-holder works towards a Bid & Proposal Coordinator Apprenticeship Level 3.
Victim Support is an independent charity for people affected by crime in England and Wales. We work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and respect they deserve.
This role is home based (within England and Wales) with some national travel and overnight stays.
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting and retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards and benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off your Birthday
- £2,800 London weighting (if applicable)
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High street, retail, holiday, entertainment and leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub and salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme and wellbeing support
- Ongoing training and support with opportunities for career development and progression.
About the role:
The purpose of the role is to provide key administrative support to the Business Development Team. This administrative support will help the team to plan for opportunities, assess opportunities, and communicate about business development activity internally. The role will also provide some support in relation to tender production and proposal development.
To succeed in this role you will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be highly organised, and be able to gather and interpret information from various sources. You will have a proactive, diligent approach and will be able to work flexibly in response to business need.
Alongside your fulfilment of the role, you will work towards a Bid & Proposal Coordinator Apprenticeship Level 3. This is a 15 month apprenticeship that will support you to understand how to work across various business teams to bring together compelling, customer focused proposals and tender submissions to win business. It will help the successful candidate to understand the context of bidding, the bid and proposal process, proposal development, knowledge management, and roles and responsibilities within a bid team.
The starting salary is £20,000. This will rise to £22,308 after completing 12 months of the apprenticeship programme following a further rise to £25,500 after full completion of the apprenticeship qualification (all subject to satisfactory performance)
This role is home based (within England and Wales) with some national travel and overnight stays.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.
Title: Technical Manager Oncho/LF (RLM project)
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply
Location: Kaduna or Abuja, Nigeria
Contract: Two-year Fixed Term Contract
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
About the role
Reaching the Last Mile (RLM) is a high profile, high value, multi-partner programme, which will make a significant contribution to the control and elimination of the Oncho LF across 13 countries. Sightsavers is the coordination partner in Nigeria and working with other partners to delivery on programme outputs.
The Technical Manager will work closely with the Global Technical Advisor for Oncho and LF to advise, guide and support the implementation of RLM adhering consistently to global, national and organisational policy, strategy, technical norms, contract terms and conditions ensuring that elimination/break in transmission timelines are not only met but exceeded where feasible.
As the Technical Manager you will ensure current WHO guidelines on Onchocerciasis elimination are followed and propose strategies for accelerating elimination of transmission. You will also provide technical support and oversee the implementation of onchocerciasis Lymphatic Filariasis activities, including MDA, pre-STOP MDA surveys, Stop MDA surveys, Post-treatment Surveillance, Post-elimination Surveillance, Dossier development, in coordination with the Sightsavers technical managers.
Further duties include:
- Being the point of contact for providing technical advice to RLM supported states country programmes on onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis.
- Work closely with FMOH, Oncho LF Elimination committees to align country programmes as recommended.
- Prepare progress reports on onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis RLM activities to Director RLM/NTD, Coordinator- Technical Advisor and country team.
- Link with the global technical advisers for LF, Oncho and for Patient Care to ensure synergy between activities and planning.
- Ensure close coordination of alignment of technical advice and activities in states were RLM is not the only source of Oncho LF or MDA funding.
- Ensure Value for Money (VFM) and Leave No one Behind (LNOB) across all activities.
- Ensure timely evidence-based reports as required by the country office as coordinating partner.
- Ensure onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis activities are aligned with organization technical standards, nationally/internationally recognised standards and respective National Health Systems.
- Work closely with the Technical Advisors to exceed the onchocerciasis LF commitments of RLM.
- Work closely with technical advisors to keep up to date with and implement new developments in programme best-practise for onchocerciasis and WHO guidance.
- Escalate issues to the global Technical Advisors of Onchocerciasis and LF.
As the ideal candidate you will hold a degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline and hold extensive experience and/or qualifications in onchocerciasis/LF within development sector. You will also have a successful track record of working in different context and have a background of working within a complex matrix structure without compromising the roles of key programme personnel.
Further requirements include:
- Ability to think strategically and effectively translate concepts into action plans.
- Demonstrably skilled in both written and verbal communication in English and French is an added advantage.
- Excellent analytical and IT skills.
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for disabled people.
- Experience of managing a team.
- Experience of managing programmes/implementation.
The Technical Manager is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the for full details.
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please submit your CV via our recruitment portal, and answer the application question. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
We anticipate that interviews will take place during the weeks of 19 August (for first stage interviews) and the week of 26 August (for second stage interviews) and the evaluation process will include a task and oral interview.
Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit.
Closing date: 11 August 2024
As a global equal opportunities employer, Sightsavers is committed to embracing diversity throughout our workforce by creating an inclusive environment that reflects the many cultures and locations where we work. Our workforce will be truly representative of all sections of society and we will actively promote the inclusion of individuals with a disability. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
21 hours per week (including some unsociable hours, evening and weekends)
Salary: £16,944.73 pro rata
Location: Working across SafeZones Bolton, Tameside and Wigan
Part time working flexibly over 6 days 10am - 7pm including Saturdays. Shift pattern to be discussed and agreed.
We offer many enhanced benefits including:
-Stakeholder pension scheme with matching contributions up to 8%
-Free confidential counselling service: available to all staff and volunteers
-Opportunity for all managers to join our Bespoke Management Development Programme - Compass
Full details about our benefits can be found on our website.
Do you want to support children, young people with emotional, behavioural and mental health difficulties?
Can you demonstrate being able to work effectively with people from different organisations, in order to make positive change?
If so - please read on!
SafeZones is a service that supports children and young people, from 0-18 years who have recently had a mental health crisis. We provide 1-1 sessions over a short term with the aim to equip the children and young people with new skills. We don't want young people to have to wait to receive the care they deserve.
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our Youth Impact directorate, which works to provide one-to-one support for children who need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country
We are looking for an Emotional Health & Wellbeing Lead Practitioner that:
-Has experience of management and supervision of staff and volunteers:
-Has a genuine passion and working knowledge of young people and mental health.
-Is energetic, adaptable, able to offer innovation and ideas to support this evolving service.
-Has a background or worked in Mental Health, Education, Youth Work or Social work at a senior level.
-In depth knowledge of mental health presentation in children and young people and the need for evidence based intervention.
-Demonstrates a knowledge of how environmental factors impact mental health.
-Ability to demonstrate a knowledge of barriers preventing children and young people accessing mental health services
-Able to provide 1-1 session support to children and young people of a varied age range. Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships.
-Has experience of screening and triaging referrals, identifying safeguarding and following the appropriate procedures whilst supporting staff.
-Able to travel across Greater Manchester and work a varied shift pattern including Saturdays.
-Ability to evaluate your current practice and reflect on training.
-Computer literate and is able to navigate a data management system.
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
-Competent in undertaking risk assessments.
It is imperative that the successful applicant has a good working knowledge of Mental and Emotional Health Issues that young people face today, including interventions on how to support young people in overcoming these challenges. Due to the fast paced environment and use of computers for clinical record keeping, you will need to have a good level of IT skills. You will need to have experience of young people participation on all levels.
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
This vacancy closes at midnight on Thursday 8th July 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Thursday 25th June.
Interview date TBC.
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