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Advocacy is a powerful force for change. It allows individuals to have their voices heard and respected when decisions are being made about their health and social care. It raises awareness of people’s rights and entitlements and empowers people to advocate for themselves or speak up for them when they can’t.
The Advocacy People are an independent, Human Rights based charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy, advocacy-related and Healthwatch services who make sure people are heard when it matters most.
You can find out more about advocacy and what we do on our website.
Being an advocate makes a difference, so if you’re hoping for a rewarding, varied, interesting role as part of a friendly, supportive team, read on!
About the role
Advocates support people to express their views, understand their rights and make informed decisions. Much of their work is with some of the most vulnerable in our society who cannot speak up for themselves and have no family members or friends who can do so. Most of what we do operates within the legislative frameworks of the Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Mental Health Act and NHS Health Complaints process.
We are looking to recruit a permanent multi-skilled advocate to join our Berkshire team, working a minimum of 21 hours per week, up to 37 hours considered, starting salary £23,314 per annum, pro rata.
The post is multi-disciplinary and will cover all forms of advocacy.
What we need from you
Putting people at the heart of what you do, you will work with people from across our communities. How you work will depend on each individual so the ability to communicate in a variety of ways, verbally and non-verbally, with clients and professionals, is key to success.
You may or may not have direct experience of this in your own life, or in another role, or have relevant qualifications but this isn’t a problem as we can offer training. We’re looking for people who are creative, flexible and organised, able to balance direct work with people with important administrative tasks.
As this role is home based with regular travel, mainly but not exclusively in the Berkshire area, you must be based in Berkshire or surrounding counties, you must have access to both a stable home broadband service, good mobile signal, a clean driving licence and your own transport as well as flexibility with working hours.
What happens next
If you’d like to know more, the full job description and information about how to apply can be found on our website in Job Vacancies, on the advert page.
Anyone joining our team is subject to The Advocacy People’s Safer Recruitment pre-appointment checks. Applicants invited to interview will need to bring evidence (photographic where possible) of their right to work in the UK and new employee start dates will only be confirmed once other mandatory checks, including the appropriate DBS clearance and 2 satisfactory references, one of which will need to be from your most recent or current employer, have been received.
We look forward to hearing from you!
If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Ann Standen, Team Manager.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Fundraising Manager (Trusts and Foundations)
Location: Remote
Salary: £34,000 - £36,000
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent
Have you got what it takes to be our new…. Fundraising Manager?
Who are we?
Here at Springboard, we…
Futureproof the talent pipeline for hospitality and tourism.
Nurture people into careers in hospitality, leisure, and tourism by equipping them with the inspiration, knowledge, skills, advice, and guidance they need.
Help transform the lives of people who may have barriers to work and can benefit from our support, so that they get sustained employment in hospitality, leisure, and tourism, whatever their age or background.
Provide specialist careers information, advice, and guidance to inform and guide young people, adults and key influencers about the industry and facilitate quality work experience opportunities.
Promote hospitality, leisure, and tourism as a great place to work, providing worthwhile and inspirational careers.
Objectives of this role...
Playing a key role in supporting the charity to achieve its fundraising strategy KPIs, generating income with a key focus on trusts & foundations – supporting Springboard to achieve its annual income target. The role will also contribute to supporting our fundraising team to attract more public funding and support from corporate bodies as and when appropriate. Manage and/or overseeing funding partner accounts ensuring that all reporting and bid writing requirements are submitted to the highest standard; constructing successful funding applications from within the income forecast and pipeline; contributing to building a strong funding pipeline to support the sustainability of the organisation; providing bid writing training opportunities for staff; working with Springboard operations and delivery teams to develop Springboard services and associated budgets to attract funding. Leading and managing the fundraising executive.
A month in the life of…
- Identifying strong funding opportunities contributing to both the income forecast meetings and pipeline requirements – targeting Springboard programme priorities aligned to our strategy.
- Drafting and submitting successful regional and national bids and tenders with a key focus on trusts & foundations. The role will also contribute to supporting the fundraising team to attract targeted public funding opportunities; and corporate income opportunities as and where appropriate.
- Facilitating internal and external stakeholder meetings related to funding and reporting requirements including: research; profiling; design; income targets, budgets and operations.
- Managing and/or allocating our existing funding accounts and renewals to colleagues.
- Liaising with operational and delivery teams to brief on funding contract requirements.
- Providing staff training and supporting fellow bid writers by reviewing and amending content.
- Carrying out 121s, personal development and performance reviews in line with Springboard procedures.
This job is for you if you are…
- Experienced in successful bid writing with the ability to be both strategic and hands on.
- Ability to be creative in matching Springboard services with suitable funders.
- Excellent verbal, written skills & attention to detail.
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR.
- Ability to interrogate excel data, prepare budgets and forecasts.
- Desire to work in a highly focused, results driven fundraising team
- Share our core values: INSPIRE, MAKE A DIFFERENCE, CUSTOMER FOCUS, LISTEN, INCLUSIVE, DO, HONEST.
What’s in it for you…
- Flexible hours
- 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Extra gifted days at Christmas
- Extensive Private Health Care
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee benefits scheme including lots of discounts
- Access to learning & Development Platform FLOW
- Supportive work environment, family friendly.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Springboard is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to age, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), or sexual orientation. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruitment process, please contact us.
How to Apply: If you are passionate about transforming lives and have the skills to excel in this role, we would love to hear from you! You can either send your CV or record a video talking about your experience, skills, and why you want to join our charity. Both options are welcome - choose what works best for you
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Job description – Community Coordinator
Reporting to: Regional Manager
Location: Field base, Southern Central (Southern Central (Bournemouth, Southampton, Worthing)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 35
Salary: £23,620 - £24,329
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a Disability Confident Employer that welcome disabled applicants and provide reasonable adjustments.
About FareShare
FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. Together, we take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 9,500 frontline charities and community groups.
The food we redistribute is nutritious and good to eat. It reaches charities across the UK, including school breakfast clubs, older people’s lunch clubs, homeless shelters, and community cafes. Every week we provide enough food to create almost a million meals for vulnerable people.
Every year, more than three million tonnes of food go to waste in the UK, enough for 7 billion meals. Meanwhile, the cost of living crisis is driving millions in to food insecurity. FareShare has a plan to help tackle the cost of living crisis using England’s surplus food.
We are fortunate to benefit from the support of major retailers, the media, sports ambassadors and a groundswell of public engagement. As a result, there has never been a more exciting time to join an organisation at the heart of public consciousness.
The role
As Community Coordinator, your role will focus on the growth and sustainability of the FareShare Go programme, through maximising relationships and adding value to create the best experience for our charity community. The successful candidate will be an exceptional communicator, with an approachable nature who will play a vital role in developing and maintaining charity and retailer relationships, plus raising awareness of FareShare Go across your local area.
Main areas of responsibility
- Charity account management: You will carry out virtual calls and in person visits with new and existing charities, and be responsible for ensuring that coverage KPIs are reached and maintained for both new and existing retailers. Using your analysis of charity needs, plus your knowledge of retailer and store profiles, you will use these visits to maximise the offer to charities, ensuring the service meets their requirements.
- Community Capacity Building: As part of the Building of relationships with charities, you will seek opportunities to enable and empower charities to increase their capacity and ability to take more food, to ultimately increase the redistribution of surplus food to those in need.
- Sustainability and Compliance: You will work with your Regional Manager and team to identify stores where re-engagement activities are needed to improve charity coverage and charity compliance. You will work to maximise the amount of food collected by charities with lower levels of compliance. You will also be responsible for undertaking food safety reviews with charities to ensure compliance.
- Retailer Engagement: You will play a key role in maintaining strong retailer relationships across your region. You will take an active role in any meet and greets with retailers, where required. Plus, you will be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the relevant retail stakeholders in your region, sensitively dealing with any issues in a professional manner, as and when they arise.
- FareShare Network Engagement: We aim to become 'oneFareShare’. These roles are an integral part of our FareShare network and you will partner closely with the Regional Centre(s) in your areas. You will work on joint initiatives which improve and grow the FareShare community, ensuring that charities have access to the FareShare service which best meet their needs.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- Have exceptional relationship building skills with a range of stakeholders
- Be a strong communicator who is able to engage with a variety of audiences.
- Be confident and assertive in handling difficult situations, whilst demonstrating calmness and professionalism
- Strong problem solving skills
- Self-manage your own performance and workload.
- Have initiative and innovative thinking, in order to shape new/different ways of working
- Have strong IT skills
- Be flexible with working arrangements as the role may involve high levels of travel to areas of the UK.
- Have a valid driver’s licence for the UK, access to a car and can undertake extensive travel across your region.
Desirable
- Level 2/3 Food Safety training is desirable, but training will be provided.
- Have previous experience working with constituent relationship management (CRM) software. Salesforce experience is advantageous.
- Some experience in data analysis and project planning
- Be degree educated or have a strong career history with relevant skills.
Benefits
Hybrid / Flexible working, with regular UK travel
28 days’ annual leave + 8 bank holidays
Employers pension contribution
Employee Assistance Program
Interest free bicycle purchase loan scheme
Season ticket loan
Fixed term contract, full or part-time (4 days per week)
4-month secondments are welcomed and encouraged
London/hybrid working (minimum 1 day per week from the office)
This is a key role, developing and shaping an innovative portfolio of career development programmes helping the next generation of researchers reach their full potential. You will be primarily responsible for managing the Academy’s Cross-sector programme, bringing together researchers and innovators across life sciences sectors at regional cross-sector hubs to promote innovation. In addition, you will lead the team delivering our scientific conference for clinical academics and manage INSPIRE, our programme to encourage medical, dental and veterinary undergraduate students to undertake research.
In this role, you will lead on developing and maintaining our partnerships with external organisations we fund to deliver the cross-sector events around the UK, building relationships with key people and working with them to ensure work is delivered to a high quality and evaluated to demonstrate we are achieving our aims. You will identify and implement innovations to improve our events and other activities, manage relationships with funders who support these programmes and contribute to funding proposals. You will also engage with the wider grants, programmes and policy teams work, connecting in relevant researchers and sharing your expertise in career development support. In addition, all Academy staff are encouraged to take part in cross-team projects, for example in promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in our activities and to contribute to initiatives such as staff learning sessions and networking opportunities.
This role is offered as a secondment or fixed term contract of 4 months from 1 December 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Benefits
- Salary progression framework
- Hybrid and agile working
- 29 days’ annual leave including Christmas closure dates, plus bank holidays.
- Pension (the Academy contributes 7.5% of gross salary to a pension scheme, with an employee contribution of 3%).
- Life assurance
- Season ticket travel loan (interest free)
- Family friendly benefits (enhanced maternity and paternity leave, coaching for parents returning to work)
- Subscription to Headspace and Class pass
- Staff training to support your development including EDI training
For full details about the role and how to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 5.00pm on Monday, 29 July 2024.
Interviews will likely be held online w/c 5 August 2024.
We are seeking a part time skilled and hardworking handyman to join our dynamic organisation, so if you are passionate about carrying out building repairs and providing a quality service. We would like to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities
- Tasks related to general maintenance and repairs at six residential care facilities.
- Inspect properties to identify issues and agree solutions.
- Repairs to furniture and fittings as part of a responsive maintenance service.
- Joinery work including repairs to timber windows, boxingin, simple furniture repairs.
- Assembly of flatpack furniture
- Fixings to walls.
- Filling and making good walls and ceilings where damaged
- Preparation for redecoration: walls, ceilings and woodwork
- Minor plumbing, e.g. replace taps, sink wastes and basin drain runs.
- Occasional work from ladders or scaffold tower, both indoors and outdoors.
- The majority of work will be indoors with some external decorations and repairs to paving and landscaping.
- Maintain a clean and organised work area.
- Adhere to safety protocols and regulations at all times.
Health and Safety:
- Take part in risk assessment to uphold safe methods of working and address any issues promptly.
Professional Development:
- Attend training sessions and engage in personal development activities.
- Participate in regular supervisory meetings to discuss progress and growth opportunities.
Professional Responsibility:
- Uphold a positive attitude towards people who use our services and promote a supportive image of individuals with learning disabilities.
- Adhere to PLUS' Code of Conduct and policies at all times.
Salary - £36,000 pro rata
Sapphire is a specialist housing association providing quality housing, support and related services to single people and families in housing need across three London boroughs and Hertsmere.
We are investing heavily in our stock and are committed to delivering high levels of customer care to a diverse client group. This is an opportunity to make a difference and help shape our future success.
SUPPORTED HOUSING OFFICER, London WC1X
£30,645 per annum (increasing to £33,310 after 12 months)
Putting your key working and communication skills to good use, you will provide effective support to residents through individual support plans with the aim of promoting independent living. A thorough knowledge of welfare benefits including housing benefit and a proactive approach to rent arrears are essential. A seven day rota system applies.
As an Investors in People Gold employer this is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive business that encourages employee development and growth from within.
We offer a generous benefits package including interest free season ticket and bike loan scheme, private health and life insurance and a degree of flexible working.
If you would like to be considered for this post, an application form can be downloaded from our website.
Appointment is subject to Sapphire receiving an enhanced DBS Check which we consider acceptable.
Closing date for return of completed application: Wednesday 17th July 2024
Interview: Week commencing 22nd July 2024
Sapphire is a charitable registered housing provider. We welcome all applications and value diversity in our workforce.
Due to an exciting period of growth within CoppaFeel!’s Fundraising Team, we are looking for a Sporting Challenge Events Manager - a dynamic fundraising events professional who will grow and manage our expanding third-party challenge events portfolio.
The role of Sporting Challenge Events Manager will sit within the CoppaFeel! Challenge Events Team, in the Fundraising Department. Working with the Senior Challenge Programme Manager and the rest of the Challenge Events team, you will be expected to grow our income in line with our 3 year fundraising growth strategy.
CoppaFeel! currently has teams of participants in some of the biggest sporting events in the UK, including London Landmarks Half Marathon, Royal Parks Half Marthon, Vitality 10k and Brighton Marathon - to name but a few! As the Sporting Challenge Events Manager, you will be committed to seeking new opportunities for growth, whilst delivering a standout supporter experience for all of our challenge event participants.
You’ll be responsible for the promotion and marketing of a range of diverse mass participation events to both warm and cold audiences, and devising engaging and inspiring stewardship journeys to ensure our participants continue to support CoppaFeel! long into the future.
You’ll need experience of managing large-scale events and raising significant income, with the ability to generate ideas and solutions. The role is very fast-paced and will require excellent attention to detail and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
The job does require some evening and weekend work - although not behind the laptop! Instead you might be cheering on a team of runners from the sidelines of a marathon race, or meeting and greeting cyclists at the finish line of an epic ride.
Therefore, please bear in mind that as part of this role, you will be expected to attend different events across the UK and may occasionally need to stay overnight. Should you be required to work weekends, you will be entitled to time off in lieu.
This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will attend the London office at least 2 days per week.
About CoppaFeel!
CoppaFeel! exists to educate and remind every young person in the UK that checking their boobs isn’t only fun, it could save their life. We are the first breast cancer charity in the UK to create awareness amongst young people, with the aim of instilling a new healthy habit that could one day save their life.
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy
- Deliver the challenge event programme using your expertise to create delivery plans, budgets, and timelines, working with key stakeholders and event organisers, meeting specific financial targets and KPI’s
- Carry out horizon scanning, looking for new opportunities to grow the portfolio, and bring new supporters to CoppaFeel!
- Support the Senior Challenge Programme Manager in developing and implementing CoppaFeel!’s 3 year challenge events strategy, which looks to grow sporting event income by 40%, year on year
Challenge Events
- Plan, market and deliver a series of existing and new challenge and mass participation events for CoppaFeel! - such as walks, runs, cycles, swims, triathlons and more!
- Be the delivery lead for our mass challenge events, being accountable for the planning, delivery, budgets, participant stewardship, on-the-day support, evaluation and learning.
- Work in collaboration with CoppaFeel! marketing team to lead the acquisition for new challenge event participants, ensuring we grow the number of supporters year-on-year.
- Support CoppaFeel!’s EDI strategy, collaborating with our EDI Manager to ensure our events are accessible and open to everyone.
- Seek out new challenge event opportunities for CoppaFeel! and carry out market research to evolve our mass participation offering.
- Be accountable for supporter journeys, from registration and delivery of engagement, to on-the-day support and thanking communication.
- Manage our challenge event volunteers, who give their time to support CoppaFeel!. Collaborate with the volunteer team to recruit and steward volunteers, and feed into the volunteer strategy.
- Attend third-party challenge events in-person, throughout the year
General Responsibilities
- Work across teams to improve CoppaFeel! ways of working and seek out opportunities for automating or streamlining processes
- Support the Finance team with income and expenditure reconciling, along with some general finance administration.
- Work with Challenge Events Assistant to code the back end of fundraising platforms (eg JustGiving) to ensure accurate income reporting
- Maintain event database records and ensure supporter data is kept accurate and up to date
- Manage volunteers and fundraisers effectively, inspiring them to support CoppaFeel! long term
- Work and collaborate across all departments of CoppaFeel! to ensure our health messaging and core values are at the heart of everything we do
- Work flexibly and sometimes remotely, with occasional work outside core hours including weekends (time off in lieu given for weekend work)
- Adhere to GDPR requirements.
- Participate in CoppaFeel! fundraising and full team meetings.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- Avid experience of planning and delivering successful in-person events
- Excellent at communicating and relationship building
- Experience of working within the charity or events sector
- Great organisation and time management skills
- Experience and understanding of donor stewardship - including high value supporters and celebrity ambassadors
- Experience of fundraising and income generation
- Very good at problem solving and taking a solutions-focused approach
- Excellent at using data and insight to drive decisions
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines successfully
- Experience in managing stakeholders and working with third-party event organisers
- Good understanding of budgeting and forecasting
Desirable
- Experience of planning and delivering a charity’s challenge event programme
- Experience of recruiting and managing volunteers
- Knowledge of fundraising regulations and delivering best practice in relation to challenge events
- Experience of working with a fundraising database and fundraising platforms
- Experience of managing multiples projects or a variety of events
- Experience of line management
- Understanding of charity and fundraising law
At CoppaFeel! we support a diverse range of communities and we understand that diversity within our team is central and crucial to meeting the needs of the young people we exist to serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black, and people of colour, LGBTQIA+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, from men, and from those with a lived experience of cancer because we would like to increase the representation of these groups within the charity.
We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We recognise the value in encouraging a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge at the charity.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and we commit to offering an interview for all applicants with disabilities who meet our required criteria for the role. If you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview process please get in touch.
Applications will close on 18th July at 9am, with the aim to hold first round interviews taking place W/C 22nd July.
Prospectus is excited to be working with Jewish Care to help them recruit a Senior Events Lead to join their fundraising team. Jewish Care is the largest provider of health and social care services for the Jewish community in the UK. Every week, they touch the lives of 10,000 people.
This role is offered on a full-time permanent basis paying between £32,000 to £40,000 per annum working a minimum of 3 days a week from their London office in Golders Green and the rest from home.
A key role within the Events team the post holder, working to an agreed target, will generate income via a portfolio of specific events and fundraising projects. Success will be achieved through engagement with existing and new supporters and the development of relationships with volunteer committees, maximising their fundraising potential for the benefit of Jewish Care. This role is also responsible for the management and growth of the Community Fundraising Portfolio.
Jewish Care are looking for someone with experience of implementing and managing a variety of fundraising or corporate events. The ideal candidate will have previous experience of UK fundraising or relevant experience in income generation through consumer-focused sales and marketing activity with demonstrable success at delivering to and beyond targets.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Ryan Burdock at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
The Circle NGO is a unique and dynamic organisation which brings global feminists together to fight for the safety and equality of marginalised and vulnerable women around the world.
Founded by singer-songwriter and activist, Annie Lennox and other leading women, The Circle is a space for creative ideas, connections and the opportunity to make change. From small beginnings in 2008, we have grown into an independent network of women and allies from all walks of life who are bonded by the desire to live in a world where women and girls’ equal rights and equal opportunities.
Our vision is future where there is safety for all women and girls. And our mission is to economically empower and end violence against marginalised and vulnerable women across the world by building a network of Global Feminist changemakers who fund, advocate, and amplify.
Exciting plans have already been put in place and are being implemented by our current Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships. This includes a new major gift, pipeline, new trust and foundation pipeline, corporate partnerships, a music industry initiatives upcoming and more. We are looking for a talented and engaging individual to drive these plans and relationships over the finish line.
We need someone who understands how a charitable organisation with different income streams works, particularly high value, has a passion for global women’s rights and most importantly can deliver the right combination of high-level strategic insight, whilst being hands-on and propositional to drive results.
The Circle raised over £500,000 in 23/24 with ambitions to grow this to £700,000 in 2024/25 and £1m over the medium term. Existing funders include a mix of trusts and foundations, HNWIs and corporate partners (including L’Oréal Foundation and Universal Music). This role will help to reach these targets through implementing the fundraising strategy and plans currently in place.
About the role:
The Head of Philanthropy and Partnerships will deliver on income and our fundraising strategy, while playing a key role in the senior leadership team (SLT).
Your focus will be driving income and donor engagement via major donors, corporates and special events and initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Act as a key member of SLT, reporting to the CEO and working closely with associated peers to deliver and achieve the organisational strategy
- Lead The Circle’s major gift fundraising, with a focus on HNWI, philanthropy advisors, corporate partnerships and trusts & foundations
- Build a sustainable pipeline of income
- Drive new business activity – identifying opportunities for partnership/support from a variety of high value sources
- Develop new cases for support, building on existing propositions such as A Living Wage for Garment Workers and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls report.
- Identify opportunities for special events/initiatives which could also act as cultivation events for new supporters or one-off large scale fundraisers with high ROI.
About you:
- An experienced and results driven fundraiser with a major donor and corporate fundraising background
- Demonstrable expertise in securing five-figure donations from HNWIs/corporate partners/T&F (six-figure experience desirable) and understanding of appeals and events.
- A strategic, creative doer who strikes the balance between leadership, tactics and being hands-on as required
- Self-motivated with demonstrable ability to take the initiative and drive activity – The Circle is a small organisation, and the team work remotely
- Knowledge of partnership agreements and due diligence processes
- A background in international development and/or women’s rights is desirable
- Events/special initiatives expertise desirable
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Download Job Pack for full role description
Who we’re looking for
We are seeking a treasurer to join us as a Trustee who is passionate about our vision, mission and values, to support the Animal Free Research UK Board and team in achieving our charitable aims.
We are looking for an experienced treasurer to support the Board, CEO and Finance Director in the successful delivery of the charity’s financial responsibilities. This includes provision of advice, guidance, challenge and reassurance on all aspects of the charity’s financial activities, ensuring that our strategic plans are underpinned by robust and fit for purpose financial management. You should have a strong interest in the mission of Animal Free Research UK and be willing to advocate on the charity’s behalf.
Previous experience of being a Trustee is not necessary as a full induction and ongoing support will be provided.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Animal Free Research UK. We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. We will support you to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best.
Board meetings and time commitment
The The Board ordinarily meets four times per year in March, May, August and November. Two of these meetings are held remotely via video call on a Saturday, and two are held in person in London across weekends. In addition, Trustees are encouraged to join a Committee relevant to their area of expertise which meets at least once per quarter via video call. An appropriate time commitment will be required over the course of the year for preparative work between meetings. Trustees are also invited to attend occasional charity events and join recruitment panels on an ad hoc basis.
Following a probationary period where Trustee-elects attend at least 2 board meetings, appointed Trustees serve a three-year term, with the option to renew for a further three years. Trusteeship is an unremunerated position, though reasonable out-of-pocket expenses will be paid.
If this opportunity to join a small but ambitious charity appeals to you, and you have enthusiasm and a commitment to our vision of a world where animal-free, human-specific technologies secure breakthroughs for patients then we’d like to hear from you.
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The CoppaFeel! fundraising team is going through a very exciting period of growth! So we are looking for a passionate new team member to take on the role of Challenge Events Assistant.
The role of Challenge Events Assistant will sit within the CoppaFeel! Challenge Events team, in the Fundraising Department. You will work with both our Bespoke Challenge Events Manager and our Sporting Challenge Events Manager to support on CoppaFeel!’s challenge events portfolio. This includes our flagship ‘CoppaTrek!’ events that will look to bring in over £1.2 million in 2024, as well as our sporting events programme that includes London Landmarks Half Marathon, Vitality 10k, Royal Parks Half Marathon and Brighton Marathon - to name but a few!
In this role, you will be the first point of contact for all challenge events participants, providing excellent supporter experience and building relationships whilst offering motivation and fundraising advice. Alongside delivering outstanding supporter care, you will also handle essential administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running of our day-to-day operations and so that our events go off without a hitch.
This role does require some evening and weekend work - although not behind the laptop! Instead you might be cheering on a team of runners at the sidelines of a marathon race, or lacing up your hiking boots, and walking and talking, alongside our CoppaTrek! participants. Therefore, please bear in mind that as part of this role, you will be expected to travel and may have to stay away from home on occasion. Should you be required to work on weekends, you will be entitled to time off in lieu.
This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will attend the London office at least 2 days per week.
About CoppaFeel!
CoppaFeel! exists to educate and remind every young person in the UK that checking their boobs isn’t only fun, it could save their life. We are the first breast cancer charity in the UK to create awareness amongst young people, with the aim of instilling a new healthy habit that could one day save their life.
Duties and Responsibilities
Third-Party Challenge Events
- First point of call for event fundraisers. Responding to enquiries by phone, email, social media and at face-to-face events
- Ensure participants are entered into the event in a timely manner, ensuring there is an open line of communication for any questions or concerns
- Support with the recruitment of participants for challenge events - through social media campaigns, donor emails and in person events.
- Update the CoppaFeel! website with challenge event information and keep up to date with new events and opportunities
- Provide excellent supporter experience and build relationships with participants, whilst offering motivation, fundraising advice and ensure they reach their fundraising targets
- Support the Challenge Events Manager with the coordination of on the day cheer points for our big mass-participation events, working closely with the Volunteer Manager to recruit cheer squad volunteers
- Attend challenge events, sometimes out of office hours
Bespoke Challenge Events (CoppaTrek!)
- Support the Bespoke Challenge Event manager with the planning and delivery of CoppaFeel!’s two flagship ‘CoppaTrek! with Gi’ events, and two one-day UK ‘CoppaTrek events!’
- Be the first point of contact for CoppaTrek! participants in the build up to, and following the event; including the sending of regular emails, phone calls, distribution of fundraising materials and the organisation of trekker Zoom meetups
- Send fundraising materials, incentives and merchandise to our trek participants
- Be willing to attend our treks in person, assisting the Challenge Events Manager with the smooth running of the event
General Responsibilities
- Respond to a range of fundraising enquiries in a timely manner, liaising with supporters via email and over the phone as appropriate
- Send out ad hoc postal requests for Fundraising materials from CoppaFeel!’s office
- Maintain event database records and ensure supporter data is kept accurate and up to date
- Manage volunteers and fundraisers effectively, inspiring them to support CoppaFeel! long term
- Work and collaborate across all departments of CoppaFeel! to ensure our health messaging and core values are at the heart of everything we do
- Work flexibly and sometimes remotely, with occasional work outside core hours including weekends (time off in lieu given for weekend work)
- Adhere to GDPR requirements.
- Participate in CoppaFeel! fundraising and full team meetings.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills via telephone, email, and digital platforms
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, especially ability to build relationships
- Very good administrative skills
- Ability to plan and meet deadlines
- Ability to work effectively with colleagues at all levels across the department and organisation
- Ability to successfully manage multiple projects and a busy inbox
- Comfortable meeting new people and building relationships
- Good initiative with an eagerness to learn
Desirable
- Experience of fundraising or working in the charity sector
- Experience of attending charity sporting events
- Experience working with volunteers, supporters or clients
- Experience of working in an admin based role
- Good social media skills
- Knowledge of marketing and promotion
At CoppaFeel! we support a diverse range of communities and we understand that diversity within our team is central and crucial to meeting the needs of the young people we exist to serve. We strongly encourage applications from Black, and people of colour, LGBTQIA+ candidates, candidates with disabilities, from men, and from those with a lived experience of cancer because we would like to increase the representation of these groups within the charity.
We promote equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace and make recruitment decisions by matching the charity's needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We recognise the value in encouraging a diverse range of perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge at the charity.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and we commit to offering an interview for all applicants with disabilities who meet our required criteria for the role. If you have any accessibility requirements or need any adjustments for the interview process please get in touch.
Applications will close on 18th July at 9am, with the aim to hold first round interviews taking place on 22nd and 23rd July 2024.
We are looking for an experienced youth programme manager who is able to manage a creative team responsible for creating resources and activites for girls, that are delivered by volunteers across the UK.
Project areas within the remit of your role include our core programme, the young leader programme and our girl voice work. You will have knowledge of what makes an effective youth programme, have experience of involving young people as collaborators and co-creators in projects and be an effective people manager.
About Girlguiding
This is a really exciting time to join Girlguiding. We have much to be proud of in our one hundred years of history, but we know that to remain vibrant and relevant to young people we must continually evolve.
We’ve begun a process of significant change: transforming the organisation so it can meet the challenges of the future by putting young people at the heart of our organisation. We’re on a mission to amplify the voices of girls and young women, so they can champion change in their own lives and the wider world; to build strong partnerships that can increase our reach and impact; and to increase the support we offer our amazing adult volunteers who deliver incredible experiences to young people across the UK every week.
Girlguiding values the differences that a diverse workforce brings and is committed to inclusivity, and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce. Girlguiding is proud to be part of the Stonewall Diversity Champions programme, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a member of Time to Change. While Girlguiding’s young members may be women only, our staff team is mixed gender. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Girlguiding operates a hybrid working arrangement where office based staff are required to attend the office on average two days a week, or 40% of working time across the year. We’re committed though to supporting our staff to achieve a good work-life balance and offer flexible working options wherever we reasonably can. All staff are required to carry out our online health and safety training and complete a DSE risk assessment to ensure we can provide the support you require.
METRO is looking to recruit for the vacancy of Parenting Support Practitioner. This fulfilling and exciting role is dedicated to helping empower, equip and support parents of teenagers in the London borough of Greenwich. The role will support parents one-to-one through mentoring and coaching to improve their skills and confidence in managing relationships with their teenage children.
Programme
The METRO Parenting Support Programme is part of the Young Greenwich Partnership, delivering a new integrated programme commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The essential purpose of the Young Greenwich programme is to enable young people to develop holistically, working with them to facilitate their personal, social and educational aspirations to develop their voice and reach their full potential. The programme is led by NHS Oxleas Foundation Trust (Oxleas) and delivered with Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT) partners, who, together with METRO, form the Young Greenwich Partnership.
The METRO Parenting Support Programme delivers coaching, group work, mentoring and counselling designed to help parents of teenagers achieve their health and wellbeing goals. This, in
turn, will allow us to achieve goals for parents and children and young people as part of the wider Young Greenwich programme.
Role
The role will include working with parents one-to-one and in groups to identify goals around improving confidence and wellbeing and using mentoring and coaching tools and techniques to help support parenting skills development. Topics will include understanding the developmental needs of teenage children, managing challenging behaviour, and looking after your health and wellbeing.
We are looking for a Management Accountant who will be integral in providing a modern and accessible finance service whilst leading the Union’s financial management and performance. They will assist with planning and delivering the financial reporting, budgeting, and statutory accounts. The post holder will be vital in building excellent relationships with non-finance colleagues and other stakeholders, including departmental and commercial managers.
This is an exciting role in a unique organisation. Our vision is of an outstanding experience for all UCL students and to be one of the best students’ unions in the UK and the world. We aim to build a vibrant and empowered student community with real influence in UCL and beyond, that enables students to enjoy their time at university; pursue their interests and passions; see the world in new ways; and develop the skills and experience to change the world for the better.
We are a registered charity employing over 100 career staff and 300 student staff, delivering a wide range of services and representative functions for UCL students. We have the widest portfolio of services of any student organisation in the country, managing UCL’s extracurricular programmes for sport, music, drama, dance, media, volunteering, academic societies and intercultural engagement; providing a wide range of fantastic social spaces; leading on student democracy and representation across UCL; and offering excellent student support services.
It's an exciting time our growing organisation as we lead the delivery of UCL’s groundbreaking new Student Life Strategy. This is enabling us to build more programmes to improve students’ mental and physical wellbeing, promote genuine equity for all, build students’ skills and confidence, develop their international connections and intercultural skills, and make a real contribution to our local community.
We support hybrid working. Excellent benefits including defined benefit pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. We are proud of high levels of staff engagement and pride ourselves on being a great place to work.
First round interviews will take place week commencing 5 August, 2024.
Second round interviews will take place week commencing 12 August, 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Forcesline is SSAFA's frontline telephone service handling both day-to-day and more complex enquiries from the Armed Forces community.
This role is responsible for the management and development of the Forcesline service and will also act as point of contact for the Veterans Gateway. The Manager will lead and support a team of advisors, developing the service in response to the needs of the clients and technological requirements, as well as ensuring a high quality of service. The role involves the preparation of data, briefings, presentations and some media work.
About the role
This role requires the management of a small team of advisors who provide free confidential listening, information and signposting service for serving personnel, their families, veterans and professionals who are looking for help. It requires a resilient individual who is able to both support the team and develop the service as it moves forward with advances in technology enabling wider means of communicating with those it is helping. It is an exciting time to join as these changes are currently occurring and you will be involved with this transition.
About the team
You will work with a great team of advisors who are both experienced and skilled. All Forcesline Welfare Advisors are trained in Safeguarding and each practitioner has at least a Level 2 Counselling qualification. Their experience covers former Samaritans, Pastrol Care, Social Work and Police Despatch Calling. As a team they learn and support one another. You as their Manager will be fully involved with this and will ensure SSAFA delivers on its mission as a trusted source of support to the Armed Forces Community as their times of need.
About you
You will have had experience in delivering welfare support to others, and ideally this has been gained through a helpline. While the team is small, some management experience would be desirable. You will also need to be technically competent as most of this work will be done virtually through digital means.
About SSAFA
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for serving personnel, veterans and their families in their time of need. In 2022 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 59,000 people, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.
SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person and their family, any time they need us and in any way, they need us.
Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA
SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.
No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.
Closing date: Midnight on 14 July 2024. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interviews: 17th, 18th or 19th of July