Jobs in Barbican

Hybrid - London or home-based within the UK. Minimum two days a week in London office.

We're the UK's leading bowel cancer charity. We're determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer. We support and fund targeted research, provide expert information and support to patients and their families, educate the public and professionals about the disease and campaign for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care. 

We currently have around 90 staff based in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Thanks to the generosity of our community, we’re in a privileged position to be able to grow our staff team to deliver our ambitious strategy, On a Mission. There are huge challenges facing bowel cancer patients across the UK and our community needs us now more than ever. We’re building a strong and united team to bring us closer to a world where nobody dies of bowel cancer. 

Job summary

The Supporter Care Assistant is the first point of contact for supporters. They’re key to making sure everyone fundraising for us feels supported and appreciated through excellent communication. This is a great first job in fundraising for someone looking to build a career. 

The right candidate will love building relationships, have excellent attention to detail and enjoy working through processes. You’ll be able to manage a busy workload which depends on meeting deadlines and be a team player with excellent communication and people skills. Above all you’ll have a real desire to make a difference to the lives of people affected by bowel cancer. 

This vacancy has arisen as the result of the retirement of our current Fundraising & Marketing Director in Spring 2025. We are looking for a dynamic and experienced leader to take over this pivotal role within the charity.

Based across our two sites in North Weald and Earls Colne (Colchester), you will oversee the strategic management of our charity's fundraising, marketing, and communications. You will lead in the creation, development, and implementation of a range of revenue-focused strategies, and have overall accountability for a large team that generates the funds needed to keep the service operational. As a key member of our Executive Team, you'll collaborate closely with our CEO and other members to drive the delivery of our short, medium, and long-term goals.

Role responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of robust and diverse income generation and marketing strategies that meet both the current, and future, operational needs of the charity with a focus on lottery growth.
• Advise and support the CEO and Board on all fundraising and marketing matters.
• Develop and deliver income diversification plans.
• Lead the team in a positive and inspirational way to maximise all opportunities across our region.
• Develop and build working relationships with key stakeholders and other air ambulance charities.

What we’re looking for

You will have extensive fundraising experience in a compatible context, specifically across key areas of income generation. You must be target driven to achieve income objectives set. You will have appropriate qualifications or be qualified through experience in fundraising and marketing and/or communications.

We're seeking an applicant with excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, high emotional intelligence, and the ability to build effective relationships at all levels. The ideal candidate will have experience working at a senior executive level, demonstrating sound judgement, political and commercial acumen, and exceptional planning and prioritisation skills. You must be resilient, target-focused, and capable of managing multiple tasks under tight deadlines while delivering exceptional standards.

Summary

ABOUT THE ROLE

The purpose of the Regional Safeguarding Manager role is to provide line management and professional supervision to a team of Regional Safeguarding Leads operating across eight regions in England.

As the Regional Safeguarding Manager, you will be a member of the National Safeguarding Team (NST), working to support safeguarding practice in Dioceses and Cathedrals across the Church of England. You will be responsible for supervising the Regional Safeguarding Leads and supporting them in fulfilling their complex roles. You will work closely with colleagues in the NST to ensure Church-wide consistency in approach.

You will work across the regions supporting the Regional Safeguarding leads to establish opportunities for shared resourcing, working arrangements and commissioning of collaborative services. In addition, you will be supporting the implementation of the National Safeguarding Standards to encourage consistency of practice.

You'll be responsible for:

• Providing Professional Supervision to the Regional Safeguarding Leads
• Providing advice and guidance on the engagement between Regional Safeguarding Leads and a diocese/cathedral.
• Overseeing the use of tools and frameworks to examine practices and processes by Regional Safeguarding Leads to ensure the Church of England's National Safeguarding Standards are being consistently met or worked towards.
• Encouraging the Regional Safeguarding Leads to explore opportunities for the joint commissioning of specific services, including joint working and sharing of resources.
• Establishing effective relationships with key stakeholders (operational and strategic) at a National and Regional level.

Find out more - Webinar invitation

If you would like to find out more about the role and what it's like to work at the NCIs, please join us for a webinar on Thursday 25^th July 2024 from 12-1 pm, where you can hear from the hiring manager and colleagues within the team and across the organisation. Click to sign up.

ABOUT YOU

The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve across the whole country. Therefore, while of course, we welcome all applications from all interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. 

You will have experience in Senior management of safeguarding children and/or vulnerable adults at a local and regional level, including the development of safeguarding capabilities and practice. You'll have up-to-date knowledge of research and evidence-based practice models relevant to safeguarding and the wider social and political context. You'll also have strategic and operational experience in managing staff and teams, and working collaboratively with specialist and non-specialist colleagues.

You will also need:

• A professional qualification or equivalent experience relevant to safeguarding at a senior level.
• The ability to oversee complex safeguarding cases.
• The ability to develop the professional potential of individuals.
• Personal resilience to work effectively in a highly pressurised environment under significant scrutiny.

The Regional Safeguarding Lead Manager will be required to travel extensively across the country to visit each of the regions. It is anticipated that this will include an annual visit to each diocese and cathedral and at least monthly meetings in Church House, Westminster.

Please note that if you are successful, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

For further information on the role and person specification, please see the attached job description.

WHAT WE OFFER

Your Salary

• A salary of £69,486 (salary standard rate of £66,186 plus band addition of £3,300) plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

Your Benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all Flexible working arrangements requests with locations with an expectation of just 1-2 days per week in the Church House office/base office location. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abby with a plus-one guest.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS

The National Church Institutions is a hybrid working organisation comprising a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

We Include. You Belong.

Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.

Living out our values in all that we do, we:

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we're looking for then we would like to hear from you.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

The application deadline is 01 August 2024.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact:

Senior Maintenance Administrator

We are looking for a Senior Maintenance Administrator to join the team!

The charity is an international movement, an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church.  Its message is based on the Bible.  Its ministry is motivated by love for God.  Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs in his name without discrimination.

Position: VAC0095 Senior Maintenance Administrator

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (hybrid working considered after probation period)

Location: London

Salary: £31,982.93 pa plus travel to work allowance up to £3,700 pa

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: Contributory Pension Scheme; Generous Travel to work Allowance 25 days annual leave plus 8 Bank Holidays per annum, Café discount.

Closing Date: 16th August 2024

About the Role

In brief, this role involves: providing general maintenance administration support across the organisation owned property portfolio and specialized areas of property management administration under the direction of the Property Manager, including responsibility at the front line of the property section’s maintenance operations, receiving and processing general enquiries, maintenance requests and maintenance administration. You will need to be well motivated; service minded with good communications skills and able to multi-tasking, planning and prioritise your work.

You will also need to have the ability to think logically, problem solve, show diplomacy and liaise with other members of the property section team and associated external professionals and to provide specialised support to the team. This is a varied and often challenging position requiring a significant degree of initiative and teamwork.

In addition to the above duties, you will work with the Property Manager on specialist projects relating to property valuations, council licensing schemes and the upkeep a property database.

About You

The successful candidate will have good capabilities across a wide range of disciplines, an understanding of building maintenance processes, trade and terminologies and be able to communicate well verbally and in writing.  Consolidated IT skills are essential.

You must be in sympathy with the aims and objectives of the organisation.

If you feel you have the necessary experience and would like to join the team, apply today! You will be redirected to the charity’s website where you will need to complete their online application process, please note CVs will not be accepted.

Other roles you may have experience with could include Admin, Administration, Administrator, Property, Buildings, Property Administrator, Property Administrator, Administration Property Support, Property Support Officer, Admin and Property Support Officer, Property Coordinator, Property Manager, Estates, Housing. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Location: Enfield with a co-location across Edmonton police station/Enfield office.

Salary: Salary Band 2.1- Unqualified £27,582.75 - £29,174.06 per annum

Salary Band 2.2 - Qualified £29,174.06 – £31,826.25 per annum (with an accredited VAWG /domestic abuse qualification). Successful candidates usually appointed at the bottom of the banding.

(Please note, successful candidates are usually appointed at the bottom of the relevant band)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 19th August 2024 at 12 noon

Virtual Interview Date: 29th August 2024

Are you looking for a rewarding role working for an intersectional feminist organisation? If so, we have an incredible opportunity for you to join our team as IDVA at Solace Women's Aid.

We exist to end the harm done through gender-based violence. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse, as well as providing services to meet the individual needs of survivors, particularly women and children. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives, free from abuse.

Our core values reflect our history and were developed in consultation with staff and service users. Feminism and intersectionality are key to our work and we are committed to the principles of being survivor-led, trauma-informed, empowering, diverse, anti-racist and anti-discriminatory.

About the Service

The Enfield SASS team provides advocacy and support to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse living in Enfield. An exciting opportunity has arisen in this busy team for an IDVA within the Domestic Abuse team to be collocated across Edmonton police station.

About the Role

The successful candidate will be responsible for risk and needs assessing and safety planning with survivors of domestic violence. They will hold a caseload of service users identified as requiring crisis intervention, advice, advocacy and onward referral where appropriate and be part of a team managing referrals and initial assessments.  

About You

We're looking for highly organised and self-motivated applicants who are passionate about ending gender-based violence. You will have a “can-do‟ approach and demonstrable commitment to Solace’s feminist approach to supporting women and their children to be safer. You will receive training and support for this role as

We understand that you may not have all the knowledge, experience, and skills mentioned in the Job Profile Document. However, your interpersonal skills, passion to have a positive impact, commitment to our purpose, and ability to learn quickly and collaborate effectively will be equally important. If you wish to learn more about the role or if you are unsure about whether to apply, we encourage you to contact our recruitment team,

What we can offer you

We provide a comprehensive benefits package to all our employees, including:

• Flexible working
• Focus on learning and development (internal career progression and training)
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Employer pension contribution
• Family-friendly leave and enhanced maternity pay
• Access to Inclusion Networks
• Daily clinical debriefing
• Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support and advice
• Employee Benefits Platform offering staff discounts, benefits and savings
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Flow & Restore yoga classes
• Meditation sessions
• Cycle to Work Scheme

How to apply

Please submit your CV and Supporting Statement through the recruitment portal. When applying for this role, kindly highlight in your Supporting Statement how your values, knowledge, transferrable skills, and experience align with each point within the following sections of the Job Profile Document:

• Values, Behaviours & Competencies
• Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Solace Women's Aid values diversity, promotes equity, and challenges discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, abilities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We have policies and processes in place to ensure that all employees are offered an equal opportunity in recruitment and selection, promotion, training, pay, and benefits. Our Inclusion Networks support staff with protected characteristics and offer inclusive spaces to connect.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments as needed and support employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work. If you require any support to apply for this role, please email us.

This service is run by women for women and is therefore restricted to female applicants under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part 1. Section 7(2) e of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 apply. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

As part of safer recruitment practices, we carry out pre-employment checks including references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and right to work in the UK checks.

No agencies.

Summary

ABOUT THE ROLE

The purpose of the Regional Safeguarding Lead role is to support safeguarding practice in dioceses and cathedrals across the Church of England.

As a Regional Safeguarding Lead, you will support the development of best safeguarding practices in one of eight regional clusters of Diocesan Boards of Finance (DBFs) and cathedrals. Providing professional supervision and quality assurance to Safeguarding Officers, you will support the implementation of the National Safeguarding Standards to encourage consistency of practice. You will also support Church bodies to respond to the findings of the Independent Safeguarding Audit Programme.

You will facilitate the sharing of best practices and resources, group supervision, and the commissioning of joint initiatives between Church bodies. Working closely with senior managers, senior clergy and other stakeholders, you will ensure Church-wide consistency in approach.

You'll be responsible for:

• Providing 1:1 professional supervision to Safeguarding Officers in dioceses and cathedrals, informed by the 4x4x4 integrated/restorative model of supervision (Morrisson & Wonnacott).
• Providing advice and guidance on individual cases and safeguarding-related situations.
• Using tools and frameworks to examine practices and processes ensuring the Church of England's National Safeguarding Standards are being consistently met or worked towards.
• Leading regional networks of safeguarding professionals from dioceses and cathedrals, and facilitating joint working, sharing of resources and other mutual support arrangements.
• Establishing effective relationships with key stakeholders within dioceses and cathedrals, in particular, their senior leadership teams.

Please note: There are 5 Regional Safeguarding Lead roles available and roles require home working and travel to dioceses and cathedrals as listed in the regions below. Please outline which region you are expressing interest in at the top of your response to your suitability for the role, within the application.

Regions available:

• Northwest - O.6 FTE (21 hours per week) Job Share (Diocese of Carlisle, Diocese of Liverpool, Diocese of Chester)
• South Central - 1 FTE (35 hours per week) (Diocese of Winchester, Diocese of Chichester, Diocese of Oxford, Diocese of Guildford, Diocese of Portsmouth)
• Southeast - 1 FTE (35 hours per week) (Diocese of London, Diocese of Southwark, Diocese of Rochester, Diocese of Canterbury Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe)
• East Anglia - 1 FTE (35 hours per week) (Diocese of Ely, Diocese of Chelmsford, Diocese of Norwich, Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Diocese of St Albans)
• East Midlands - 1 FTE (35 hours per week) (Diocese of Peterborough, Diocese of Leicester, Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, Diocese of Derby, Diocese of Lincoln)

Find out more - Webinar invitation

If you would like to find out more about the role and what it's like to work at the NCIs, please join us for a webinar on Thursday 25^th July 2024 from 12-1 pm, where you can hear from the hiring manager and colleagues within the team and across the organisation. Click to sign up.

ABOUT YOU

The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve across the whole country. Therefore, while of course, we welcome all applications from all interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. 

You will have experience of working at a strategic level, at least at the middle manager level, influencing decision-making and implementation. You'll have a case worker lead responsibility in cases involving the protection and safeguarding of children and/or vulnerable adults, and up-to-date knowledge of research and evidence-based practice models relevant to safeguarding.

You will also need:

• A professional qualification or equivalent experience relevant to safeguarding.

• The ability to apply safeguarding theory and good practice models in a way that delivers positive outcomes for children and/or vulnerable adults.
• Experience in leading organisation change and development, including cultural change, that results in improved outcomes for relevant stakeholders.

Please note that if you are successful, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

For further information on the role and person specification, please see the attached job description.

WHAT WE OFFER

Your Salary

• A salary of £66,186 plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

Your Benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all Flexible working arrangements requests with locations with an expectation of just 1-2 days per week in the Church House office/base office location. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abby with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS

The National Church Institutions is a hybrid working organisation comprising a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

We Include. You Belong.

Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.

Living out our values in all that we do, we:

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we're looking for then we would like to hear from you.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

The application deadline is 1^st August 2024.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact:

Hope Health Action is a Christian NGO with the mission of empowering local communities in Haiti, South Sudan and Uganda to provide life-saving health and disability care for the most vulnerable. We are looking for someone creative, proactive and passionate to join our team to focus on nurturing and growing our community of supporters, as well as ensuring that we are effectively communicating what we’re doing and why it matters.

We are a relatively small organisation, but recent years have seen rapid growth, and we’re keen to make sure that this growth continues sustainably. That’s why we’re seeking someone to join our amazing team and play a key role in executing a long-term fundraising and community management strategy. At this exciting time in HHA’s development, as our ambition and projects continue to grow, this position offers the unique opportunity to be a part of shaping the future of the organisation - and ultimately improve the lives of vulnerable people and communities across the world.

This position involves three key parts: 

1. The design and implementation of strategies to engage and steward our community, including individual donors, churches and fundraisers.
2. The management of all of our digital communications, including social media, website and newsletters.
3. The creation of content for marketing and communications purposes.

You’ll work closely with the Development Director, Country Directors and in-country teams to raise vital funds and awareness – acting as a key contributor to the continued impact that our team makes possible.

For full details of the role, and the skills & experience we expect applicants to possess, please read the attached Job Description. We look forward to receiving your application. 

We are delighted to be working in partnership with Canine Partners, a registered charity that transforms the lives of people with physical disabilities by partnering them with assistance dogs. Their amazing dogs bring a greater independence and quality of life to their partners, offering security, companionship, and practical help with everyday household tasks. These life-changing dogs also provide psychological and social benefits including increased independence, confidence, social interaction, and self-esteem.

We are seeking a new Community Fundraiser for the South. This is an exciting and essential role that will help raise awareness of Canine Partners and boost income from a variety of community sources. We are looking for someone with a friendly and proactive approach. You will focus on nurturing existing relationships and creating new ones, ensuring a wonderful donor experience throughout. This varied role will involve volunteer recruitment and management, community fundraising events, challenge events, charity of the year partnerships and researching and launching new fundraising initiatives. 

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate:

• Excellent written, verbal, and public speaking skills to engage and motivate audiences.
• The ability to connect easily with people from diverse backgrounds and build strong relationships.
• The ability to manage a varied workload, prioritise effectively, and meet deadlines with a keen eye for detail.
• Genuine passion for Canine Partners' mission and a desire to make a difference.
• Experience in community fundraising or events management (desired)
• Working with and managing volunteers (desired)

This is a wonderful opportunity to join a charity that helps disabled people live life to the full. You'll be part of a friendly and supportive income generation team and will have plenty of chances to spend time with some amazing dogs.

For more information, please contact Nick Thomas, Recruitment Consultant, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Your application should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law.

Location: Homebased covering London and the Southern region, with occasional travelClosing date for applications: 12th August 2024

1st Interviews with Canine Partners: (virtual) w/c 26th August

Final Interviews with Canine Partners: (in person) w/c 2nd September

Charisma vetting interviews must be completed by the 16th August prior to shortlisting on the 20th August.

A note from Charisma
Don’t feel like you meet all of the requirements?  We’d still love to chat, we’re a people first recruitment partner.  We specialise in charity recruitment with over 22 years’ experience working as a consultancy who support inspiring professionals find the perfect roles in transformational organisations.

Summary

ABOUT THE ROLE

The purpose of the Regional Safeguarding Lead role is to support safeguarding practice in dioceses and cathedrals across the Church of England.

As a Regional Safeguarding Lead, you will support the development of best safeguarding practices in one of eight regional clusters of Diocesan Boards of Finance (DBFs) and cathedrals. Providing professional supervision and quality assurance to Safeguarding Officers, you will support the implementation of the National Safeguarding Standards to encourage consistency of practice. You will also support Church bodies to respond to the findings of the Independent Safeguarding Audit Programme.

You will facilitate the sharing of best practices and resources, group supervision, and the commissioning of joint initiatives between Church bodies. Working closely with senior managers, senior clergy and other stakeholders, you will ensure Church-wide consistency in approach.

You'll be responsible for:

• Providing 1:1 professional supervision to Safeguarding Officers in dioceses and cathedrals, informed by the 4x4x4 integrated/restorative model of supervision (Morrisson & Wonnacott).
• Providing advice and guidance on individual cases and safeguarding-related situations.
• Using tools and frameworks to examine practices and processes ensuring the Church of England's National Safeguarding Standards are being consistently met or worked towards.
• Leading regional networks of safeguarding professionals from dioceses and cathedrals, and facilitating joint working, sharing of resources and other mutual support arrangements.
• Establishing effective relationships with key stakeholders within dioceses and cathedrals, in particular, their senior leadership teams.

Please note: There are 5 Regional Safeguarding Lead roles available and these roles require home working and travel to dioceses and cathedrals as listed in the regions below, one of which is a part-time role at 0.6 FTE.

Regions available:

• Northwest - 0.6 FTE (21 hours per week) Job Share (Diocese of Carlisle, Diocese of Liverpool, Diocese of Chester)
• South Central - 1 FTE (35 hours per week) (Diocese of Winchester, Diocese of Chichester, Diocese of Oxford, Diocese of Guildford, Diocese of Portsmouth)
• Southeast - 1 FTE (35 hours per week) (Diocese of London, Diocese of Southwark, Diocese of Rochester, Diocese of Canterbury Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe)
• East Anglia - 1 FTE (35 hours per week) (Diocese of Ely, Diocese of Chelmsford, Diocese of Norwich, Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Diocese of St Albans)
• East Midlands - 1 FTE (35 hours per week) (Diocese of Peterborough, Diocese of Leicester, Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, Diocese of Derby, Diocese of Lincoln)

Find out more - Webinar invitation

If you would like to find out more about the role and what it's like to work at the NCIs, please join us for a webinar on Thursday 25^th July 2024 from 12-1 pm, where you can hear from the hiring manager and colleagues within the team and across the organisation. Click to sign up.

ABOUT YOU

The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve across the whole country. Therefore, while of course, we welcome all applications from all interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. 

You will have experience of working at a strategic level, at least at the middle manager level, influencing decision-making and implementation. You'll have a case worker lead responsibility in cases involving the protection and safeguarding of children and/or vulnerable adults, and up-to-date knowledge of research and evidence-based practice models relevant to safeguarding.

You will also need:

• A professional qualification or equivalent experience relevant to safeguarding.

• The ability to apply safeguarding theory and good practice models in a way that delivers positive outcomes for children and/or vulnerable adults.
• Experience in leading organisation change and development, including cultural change, that results in improved outcomes for relevant stakeholders.

Please note that if you are successful, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

For further information on the role and person specification, please see the attached job description.

WHAT WE OFFER

Your Salary

• A salary of £39,711.60 (FTE £66,186) plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.

Your Benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus eight bank holidays and three additional days (pro-rated if working part-time).
• We welcome all Flexible working arrangements requests with locations with an expectation of just 1-2 days per week in the Church House office/base office location. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department's needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
• We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abby with a plus-one guest.
• Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
• Opportunity to the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.

ABOUT THE NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS

The National Church Institutions is a hybrid working organisation comprising a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.

We Include. You Belong.

Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.

Living out our values in all that we do, we:

• Strive for Excellence
• Show Compassion
• Respect others
• Collaborate
• Act with Integrity

We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we're looking for then we would like to hear from you.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

The application deadline is 1^st August 2024.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact:

NYAS provides independent monitoring services nationally which aims to ensure that all residents within homes are safeguarded and have their wellbeing promoted at all times. This service provides regular reports which are a reliable source of external monitoring to ensure that the provision has the leadership and resources as well as skilled and supported staff to meet the needs of each resident. The monitoring will also ensure residents are provided with a safe environment which promotes their wellbeing.

We are looking for a new Service Manager to work alongside our current Service Managers to co-lead and be responsible for the delivery and development of the service which includes the management of staff and contractors. You will work to ensure that the service is delivered to a high standard and is within budget.

You must have knowledge and experience of residential care for children and adults plus experience with quality assurance.

This is a home-based role however, there is an expectation with the needs of the role to travel nationally with occasional overnight stays and attend NYAS offices as required. There is also a minimum expectation of quarterly travel to meet with commissioners.

For more information, please view the below attached job description below.

In your application, you will need to evidence, using specific examples, how your skills and experience meet the criteria laid out in the person specification, within the job description attached. Requirements include:

• Substantial proven practice experience in delivering direct work to children, young people and adults at risk in a social care setting, preferably residential
• Knowledge and experience of writing and quality assuring reports for regulatory bodies
• Considerable experience of the supervision of staff
• Knowledge of the legal and policy frameworks for children, young people and adults at risk in residential care and how this applies to the role
• Ability to maintain professionalism at all times
• Ability to communicate effectively.

NYAS operates robust safe procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and a Digital Risk Assessment.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.

Hosting is wonderful, but only ever temporary.We're looking for an experienced, knowledgeable person to support our hosted guests to move on from their hosting placements. 

You'll combine your compassion, organisational skills and expertise to work with our guests as they take their next steps in finding a safe home and rebuilding their lives after exploitation. 

Hope at Home operates a hosting scheme for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK.  We train and support hosts to welcome a survivor facing homelessness into their homes for an agreed time period.

We believe no survivor of slavery should ever have to sleep on the streets. 

We are looking for a highly organised, self-motivated person with demonstrable experience of helping people find accommodation to join our team and assist our guests directly to move on from hosting.  This is a brand new, but vital role as we are only able to continue hosting if guests are provided with ways to move on from their temporary hosting placements.  As advice services, housing and support providers are increasingly overwhelmed, we plan to offer our own support for our guests.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

·Build a relationship via phone, email and online calls with hosted guests to help them progress their move on options.You will sometimes use an interpreter for these calls.

·Advising guests of their rights to statutory or private rented accommodation.

·Working with guests to apply to housing providers, asylum or MSVCC accommodation when entitled.

·Signposting to other sources of support for guests.

·Ensure Hosting Coordinators and external guest support workers are fully informed of interactions and plans.

· Collaborative Working with housing providers, external support providers, guests and the Hope at Home hosting team.

For a full job description and person specification, please see the attached document.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Holiday Entitlement

33 days FTE including bank holidays (19 days actual including bank holidays).

Training & development

We have a strong value for the personal growth and development of our staff, as such we actively encourage and enable our employees to undertake various forms of training and development to enhance their personal skills and abilities and to grow as individuals.

Other benefits

Monthly external supervisions, flexible working arrangements, employee pension scheme, travel costs (including mileage) covered by Hope at Home, supportive team and plenty of cake.

About the role     

A4S was established by HM King Charles III in 2004, when he was The Prince of Wales, to transform finance to make sustainable business, business as usual. Today we work with leading CFOs, finance managers, business schools, regulators, standard setters and more, to drive a fundamental shift towards resilient business models and a sustainable economy. 

The Personal Assistant will provide professional diary, business and administrative support to four roles -  the Executive Director of Knowledge and Learning, the Director of the CFO Programme, the Director of Capital Markets and Fundraising, and the Head of Europe and Global Reporting Lead (‘the principals’).

Responsibilities of the role will include:

• Plan and co-ordinate the principals’ diaries, arranging meetings and calls, and helping to prioritise time. 

• Manage logistics for meetings, ensuring agendas, briefs and papers are prepared, as appropriate. 

• Monitor email traffic, ensuring the principals’ email inboxes are prioritised and highlighting urgent emails for action. 

• Organize the logistics and travel arrangements for overseas business trips undertaken by principals. 

• Arrange logistics for meetings and workshops, including liaising with attendees and their PAs, and circulating papers. 

• Attend meetings, take minutes as required and produce documentation in a timely manner. 

Download the full job description attached to this vacancy.

About you

You will have administrative support experience and previous PA/Secretariat experience, including responsibility for diary management for multiple principals concurrently. You will have a proven ability to work efficiently under pressure to meet deadlines and have excellent organizational skills. 

Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) and proven experience of engaging with a wide range of people at all levels in a professional capacity are essential. Candidates must also demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and be comfortable working with various new IT systems and software.

Interest in sustainability, business, and/or finance, as well as knowledge of Salesforce or similar CRM systems and European languages other than English, would be an advantage.

Further specifications are available in the full job description.

About us 

A4S offers a competitive range of benefits, a good work-life balance, employee growth and development, and a vibrant organizational culture.

You’ll join a small team of about 45, who are based primarily in and around London. You’ll interact and work with most of your colleagues and stay in the loop on the full extent of our programmes. We value our people, and strive for a collaborative, supportive and non-hierarchical structure.

Our dedicated office is in Mindspace Shoreditch- a vibrant, modern and dog-friendly co-working space which hosts weekly events including brunches, after-work socials and the occasional ping pong evening! We also organize our own team lunches, park days and away days - with team volunteering days also on the horizon. 

Benefits 

The benefits outlined below are specific to UK employees, however, we strive to provide similar benefits for staff in other locations. 

1. 25 days leave, increasing by one day every year to a maximum of 30 days (pro-rata for part-time roles).2.

2. Up to 5 days per year for volunteering. 

3. BUPA private medical insurance which covers GP virtual consultations, hospital treatment, cancer treatment, mental health treatment and more. This is available from the beginning of employment and covers pre-existing conditions. 

4. A 7.5% employer pension contribution, with a 2.5% minimum contribution from the employee. 

5. WeCare membership, providing you and your family or cohabiting partner with access to 24/7 medical consultations, mental health support, guidance on legal and financial issues, and more. 

6. Death in service and income protection insurance. 

7. Perkbox membership, offering: generous discounts across everyday spending, wellness and fitness, restaurants, gifts, travel, and more; Perkbox Medical, through which you can book virtual GP appointments and receive prescriptions; and a wellness hub with content covering nutrition, workouts and meditation.

8. Flexible working arrangements – both in terms of location and core hours  (subject to agreement and role-dependent, but never unreasonably refused) 

9. A ‘cycle to work’ scheme. 

To apply 

You can find the full job description attached below – please read this carefully before applying.   

Please complete the application form by clicking 'apply' below, submitting both your CV and a cover letter of no more than 2 pages as attachments where prompted. Please specify in your cover letter where you first heard about this position (eg Linkedin, Charity Job, Escape the City, A4S webpage etc.). 

We value a diverse and inclusive team, and we know that studies have shown that some potential applicants are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single requirement. If you are excited about this role but your past experience isn’t an exact match, we encourage you to apply and let us know what you can bring to it and A4S. You may be the right person for this job, or for future opportunities.

Applicants should be able to show an understanding of A4S and its programmes, and outline what they can bring to the role.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We will consider applicants with Graduate or HPI visas that have at least 18 months remaining for permanent roles. We are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship.

For more guidance on applying to A4S, please see ‘Tips for your application to A4S’ attached to this vacancy.

The Organisation

The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.

We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with 77 million visits every year.

We are now looking for an FM Contract Development Manager to join our Works Department on a permanent, full-time basis, working 36 hours per week.

The Benefits

• Salary of £48,000 - £54,500 per annum, depending on experience
• 26 days' annual leave (pro rata) plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
• Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
• Learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offices in a beautiful location

This is an exceptional opportunity for a professional in contract management and development to step into a unique role with our dedicated organisation.

Working amidst the stunning landscapes of our London parks, you’ll discover a rewarding role where you positively affect the experience of millions of visitors each year.

What’s more, this is a fantastic opportunity to make your mark on an organisation of national importance, honing your expertise and adding environmental initiatives to your portfolio of experience.

So, if you’re ready to climb aboard and join the team, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

As a FM Contract Development Manager, you will assist in the delivery and management of hard facilities management contracts.

Supporting the Senior Facilities Contracts Manager, you will analyse operational needs and identify gaps to inform future specialist FM contracts, which you will support from the tender to contract stages.

You will also provide support in the management of contract variations, KPI scoring, early warning notices and payment applications, ensuring timely resolutions.

Additionally, you will:

• Deputise for the Senior Facilities Contract Manager
• Promote collaboration between internal management teams and external bodies on FM contract matters

About You

To be considered as a FM Contract Development Manager, you will need:

• Experience in facilities contract management and development
• Experience in statutory compliance and regulatory requirements related to FM contract management
• Experience in compensation event variations, KPI reporting, payment application and budget monitoring
• An understanding and awareness of Health & Safety legislation
• An IWFM Level 4 (or equivalent) in Facilities Management

Other organisations may call this role Contracts Manager, Contract Manager, Contract Delivery Manager, Property Contract Manager, Estates Contract Manager, or Facilities Contract Manager.

We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed and use Recite-me accessibility software. At the top of the application page, there is an “Accessibility Tools” button which you can use to complete the application form in a way that works for you. If you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.

The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Please click here to find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

The Talent Set are working with a brilliant Health charity to recruit a Senior Trusts & Foundations Manager, collaborating with the Head of Trusts & Foundations to lead on the growth of the high-value trusts & foundations strategy.

What’s on offer:
Salary: £44,000 per annum.
Working Pattern: Full time, hybrid working with 2 days per week in the office.

The Senior Trusts & Foundations Manager will set the standard in new business Trusts fundraising and be responsible identifying and securing 5 and 6 figure funding opportunities alongside managing several existing high-value grants (£50k+). The charity has a distinguished track record in Trusts fundraising and excellent content readily available – a perfect opportunity to lead on growth for a well-loved charity!

We’re looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• Tangible experience of securing 5 and 6 figure Grants from Trusts & Foundations.
• Excellent prospect research skills.
• Brilliant written and spoken communication skills with fantastic attention to detail.
• Experience of managing complex, multifaceted Trusts Partnerships including budgeting, donor reporting and stewardship.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practises that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.