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Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has a simple aim: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they are denied. Do you want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to help change the world? You could be our new Digital Engagement Coordinator.
About the role
The Digital Engagement Team is responsible for delivering against the organisation's strategic goals and for providing the digital expertise to support the delivery of campaigning, fundraising and other AIUK priorities.
The Digital Engagement Coordinator will report to the Social Media Specialist to implement the Social Media Strategy which supports Amnesty International UK organisation-wide Strategy 2022-2030 (). The Digital Engagement Coordinator will work closely with the Digital Engagement Team to coordinate and support our digital communications across all channels - including website(s), social media and email. They will help to deliver communications and digital campaigns that attract, inspire and maintain relationships with supporters and in turn achieve Amnesty International UK's strategic goals, while looking to create human rights change.
More details can be found by downloading the job description from our careers portal.
The role may be for you if:
- You're skilled in writing and editing content for a variety of digital channels, including email, blogs and social media
- You're passionate about analysing data and presenting findings
- You collaborate and positively contribute to an inclusive culture.
- You also have familiarity using website content management systems (such as Drupal, Wordpress or equivalent) and social media tools to create effective digital communications.
Our Commitment to you
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) are at the core of our values. We want to be an organisation that tackles structural inequality and prejudice as well as be an actively anti-racist organisation. This means taking a meaningful and equitable approach to supporting and developing you and others during your time with us.
New colleagues receive 27 days leave annually (29 after five years), as well as bank holidays (pro rated for part time). 2-5% employee pension contributions are matched at 6-9% and we offer 6 months full pay for family leave. We offer flexible working such as compressed work patterns and job shares. See more details of our benefits .
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This vacancy advert may be taken down from job boards earlier than the stated deadline if a high standard of applications is received (if you have started an application in our portal, you will still have opportunity to complete it by the original deadline).
We welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applications from people from an ethnic minority background, and people with a disability to help us achieve a balanced representation in our workforce, especially at senior grades.
To reduce bias in our shortlisting process, AIUK operates an anonymised application process. If for any reason you prefer to apply in a different format, or require adjustments in the process, please get in touch. To support all candidates to perform their best at interview, we send questions 24 hours in advance. We are a disability confident organisation.
Visit amnesty.org.uk/jobs for application guidance and information on benefits, recruitment inclusion and hybrid working.
We are currently recruiting to two positions. Hours available are flexible from full time (37 hours a week) to part time. Please indicate on your application if you are interested in full or part time hours.
£29,394.04 per annum
Benefits - 28 days holiday per year (plus Bank holidays), Family-friendly policies, Cycle to work scheme, Pension- employee contributions of up to 8%, Death in service benefit, Discounted health scheme, Free confidential counselling service
Location - Whitecross Studios, 50 Banner Street, London, EC1Y 8ST
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
Are you passionate about supporting young people to thrive? We are currently looking for an experienced young carers practitioner to join our dynamic, ambitious team.
This role sits within our Islington & Camden Young Carers Service (ICYC), which works to provide holistic support, including one-to-one, whole-family and group workshops, for children negatively impacted by their caring role. Your role will be to contribute to the overall provision of services for young carers in Camden & Islington, providing child-centred assessments, plans and interventions to support young carers to thrive, and reduce the impact of caring responsibilities. You will also support to deliver training and awareness raising sessions to relevant professionals and provide specialist help where necessary.
In order to be successful in this role, you must have:
-Knowledge and awareness of national and local initiatives to support young carers and their families, and good understanding of young carers support needs.
-The ability to build and maintain relationships with both young people, communities and partners and to work in a culturally sensitive, therapeutic and holistic way, recognising and responding to children's individual needs.
-The ability to act creatively, think systemically and respond to new and challenging situations.
-Competencies in undertaking assessments and plans within scope of practice.
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills.
Due to the fast paced environment and use of computers for clinical record keeping, you will need to have a good level of IT skills
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 18th September 2024. If, after 14 days, we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy on Wednesday 4th September.
Interviews will be held week commencing 16th September.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate Business Development Network Manager to join the St Vincent de Paul Society (or as it is often known – the SVP). The ideal candidate will use keen networking and communication skills to develop fresh opportunities and projects that are both profitable and in line with our values and social responsibilities, from new shops to recycling and reuse projects. By working closely with Councils, Charities and Organisations you will build partnerships and open new prospects for ethical commercial enterprise, bolstering our profile and ability to help those in need.
You must have an eye for new and innovative avenues for outreach and business opportunity. You must also be able to support those ambitions with costed business plans, and use your initiative and determination to see those plans to completion. You must be able to liaise with a broad spectrum of individuals from contractors and suppliers, to SVP members, to key stakeholders. You will need an affinity for charity, and an appreciation that the aim of these commercial endeavours is to make a positive difference for the local community.
If you would like a role with a strong focus on networking, negotiation, and the development of projects and social enterprise, that will allow you to use your skills in an organisation that seeks to make the world a better place, then we would love to hear from you.
We are an inclusive and flexible employer committed to our staff. The St Vincent de Paul Society is also accredited IIP at Silver level and we are very proud to be a Living Wage Employer.
Working Hours = You will be contracted to 37.5 hours per week
Location = Home based, but with frequent travel and possible overnight stays as required
Contract = Permanent
Salary = £37,850.00 per annum
Requiements = This role is subject to 2 satisfactory references
Benefits Package = 33 days holiday (pro rata) per year inclusive of bank holidays increasing to 38 days (pro rata) with service, employee assistant programme, retail discounts, an extra day off on your birthday, buy / sell holiday scheme, cycle to work scheme, free will writing, 1x annual salary death in service benefit and lots more.
Your main responsibilities:
- Seek and develop Social Enterprise projects in keeping with our values which are financially viable and meet the need of the communities involved.
- Work with Local Councils, Government bodies and other organisations in the regeneration of the high street, finding new shop opportunities, and developing profitable recycling and reuse projects.
- Build links and partnerships with Universities and similar organisations and deliver rummage sales, kilo sales, pop up shops and donation drives.
- Explore opportunities and develop projects that collaborate with like-minded organisations and corporate businesses.
- To contribute, develop, manage, and report on financial budgets, income and costs regularly with a focus on net surplus generation, working closely with the Finance department.
- Have an understanding of other SVP work and be able to promote it to external contacts appropriately, and work with SVP members to compliment their work and develop links.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need:
- Proven track record in researching, negotiating and developing new and net surplus generating projects
- Experience of financial management and budgetary control, and proven ability in business planning, and maximisation of net surplus
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and evidence of using them to communicate with different audiences
- Excellent and natural networking, influencing and negotiating skills, including the ability to collaborate and build partnerships through the development of contacts with senior external stakeholders
- IT literate with good competence in the use of Microsoft Office
- Good standard of Education, preferably to Higher or Degree level
How to apply:
If you have the relevant skills and experience to fulfil this role successfully, please click the 'Apply now' button. If you require any adjustments throughout your journey with us, please let us know.
Closing date = 15th September 2024
Interviews = TBC
Whilst we ask that staff have sympathy with Christian values, religion is not considered in recruitment as we value people of all faiths or none. If you have any further questions, please contact the HR Team.
Previous candidates need not apply. Unfortunately, if you have not received a response within four weeks of your application, you have not been successful on this occasion. We encourage early applications as we may close the listing early, when sufficient applicants have been received.
About the SVP:
The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) was established in England and Wales in 1844 and is part of a large and thriving Christian voluntary movement dedicated to tackling poverty in all its forms by providing practical assistance to people in need in 153 countries. Our core value is one of service and we treat each person as a unique individual deserving of dignity and respect. Person-to-person contact is therefore at the heart of our work and spending time with people is our greatest gift. We offer non-judgemental support to anyone in need, regardless of faith, race, gender, sexual orientation, background, or circumstances.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Frazzled Cafe is a small mental health and wellbeing charity founded by Ruby Wax OBE, that provides a safe environment where people who are feeling frazzled and overwhelmed by the stresses of modern life can meet to talk and share their personal stories.
We run our free meetings online every single day of the year for anyone who needs them, and anyone can book and be included to talk, share, listen and to feel heard.
We're looking for a confident and positive self starter with a high level of emotional intelligence and brilliant communication skills to be our new Project Support and Administrative Officer.
The role will develop and implement Frazzled Cafe communications including managing inboxes and marketing via social media, printed materials, and newsletters. The Project and Support Administrative Officer will provide support to the CEO and Training and Programmes to plan and manage service delivery, support the recruitment, training and queries of volunteers, as well as provide day-to-day administrative support to enable the effective running of the Frazzled Cafe meetings and functions.
Frazzled Cafe runs meetings throughout the day, from early in the morning until late in the evening seven days a week – the Project Support and Administrative Officer will be responsible for scheduling these meetings and supporting our Facilitators when issues arise.
Please note that there may be some evening and weekend work expected when emergency tech or meeting issues arise.
Main tasks:
Core Programme:
● Manage the delivery of all Frazzled Cafe meetings by being the main point of contact for day-to-day queries, managing the day to day running of core programmes, ensuring documents, schedules, records and systems are all up to date, and being on call to deal with any issues that arise.
● Respond to all public enquiries in a helpful and efficient manner
● Managing the Frazzled Cafe meetings schedule by arranging our meetings with volunteers and uploading them onto our booking website
● Design all pre- and post- volunteer meeting polls and ensure these are completed
● Hosting Ruby Wax public meetings with Ruby on Zoom
Volunteer Support:
● Support the Training and Programmes Manager in the recruitment, evaluation and training of volunteers
● Be confident in having constructive and difficult conversations via Zoom, phone and email with our stakeholders and volunteer network
● Ensure all volunteer records and training tracking is maintained and updated, and arranging training meetings
● Assess feedback forms from volunteers that may highlight problems or risks within meetings and manage these accordingly
● Support all volunteers in case of distress, queries, updates, problem solving and escalating queries to the Training and Programmes Manager when required
● Support and minute monthly volunteer meetings
Communications and Marketing:
- Manage and design social media content across Frazzled Cafe’s platforms
- Write copy for a weekly external newsletter and monthly internal bulletin
- Promote Frazzled Cafe via printed materials, social media and partner relationships
- Web management
Data and internal operations:
● Manage and oversee all data collection from the core programme meetings, including analysis and presentation of results to CEO, Training and Programmes Manager and Trustees
● Build and maintain relationships with prospective and existing partners
● Support CEO and Development Manager with funding applications and relevant administration tasks
● Maintain office systems and the central filing system
● Assist colleagues whenever necessary.
Shared Responsibilities:
With the CEO and Training and Programmes Manager:
● Design and rollout ongoing participant feedback surveys, evaluate survey data and present conclusions/proposals for next steps to internal stakeholders.
● Manage continuous improvement projects to support the organisation and your own development
● Help with the development and implementation of the Frazzled Cafe strategy.
● Play a key role in the design and delivery of volunteer recruitment, training and support.
● Assist in the production of the Annual Report of the charity and other publications and publicity material.
● Represent the organisation at external meetings where appropriate.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for an ambitious, dynamic & super organised Press and Communications Lead to ramp up our media and online presence. It's a fast-paced role in a small team with a big mission!
You will have responsibility for creating new opportunities to ramp up our voice and reach more people in the media and online. This is an exciting time for our campaigns with a new government in power.
An excellent communicator and people person, you will establish and maintain strong relationships with journalists at national level, receive media enquiries, take responsibility for a wide range of tasks to get our message for public ownership across to our growing audience.
You will inspire people about public ownership by getting articles in the news, taking opportunities to maximise press coverage of and public engagement in our campaigns. This role is a crucial part of the We Own It team and central to raising our profile and increasing our impact.
Part of a small team working mostly remotely, you’ll need to be highly self-motivated and able to work efficiently and autonomously.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Inclusion and Youth Support Assistant
Department: Support and Inclusion
Reports to: Inclusion Manager
Location: Home based (some national travel, with offices in London and Lingfield)
Hours of Work: Part-time (30hrs)
Salary: £21,121 to £22,080 (FTE £26,050 to £27,232)
All year round, permanent
Young Epilepsy and St. Piers is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and promotes the welfare of all learners.
As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, online searches will form part of this process.
An Enhanced Disclosure with relevant Barring Service checks and full referencing will be required before employment can commence.
Please provide a CV and supporting statement aligned to the person specification.
The successful applicant will be required to attend 1-day mandatory training in Lingfield, Surrey.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Inclusion and Youth Support Assistant to join our team. You’ll be a key first point of contact for young people with epilepsy, their families and a variety of professionals – working with them to provide the training, resources, support and information needed to ensure all children and young people with epilepsy feel informed, confident and fully included in education, sport and society.
At Young Epilepsy young people are at the heart of everything we do, and the purpose of this role is to ensure that children and young people with epilepsy access and shape the support that we provide. This will include liaising with families and young people, schools and other professionals, all with a friendly, sensitive and professional manner. You will be supporting the development and delivery of our online and face-to-face workshops and will help build a network of professionals engaging with our services.
The need for our services is great, so this role will be an exciting chance to support our ambitious strategy. If you are highly organised, a confident communicator and are driven to support young people, we want to hear from you!
What we need from you
- Energetic, passionate, and proactive about young people, participation and inclusion in all areas of learning and play.
- Comfortable communicating with a range of people, on the phone, email or in person, to be a first point of contact with the charity.
- Dynamic and flexible, able to build strong relationships with a wide range of people including young people and professionals.
- Awareness of, or curiosity about, the youth landscape and what is impacting young people today, and able to put this through the lens of living epilepsy.
- Excellent communication, organisational and time-management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other relevant software.
- Knowledge and experience of safeguarding children and young people and working with DSLs.
- Eagerness to learn about epilepsy or coming with knowledge and experience of the condition.
Relevant experience working with young people is desirable but not essential if you have wider relevant experience and skills.
Your Benefits
- Comprehensive training and professional development opportunities
- Generous annual leave
- Occupational pension scheme
- On-site accommodation available
- Subsidised dining room
- Gym membership options (on and off-site)
- Your Rewards, giving you access to nationwide discounts and benefits
- Free parking on campus
- Access to a working farm and horticultural area
We are accessible by bus, by train via the East Grinstead branch of the Oxted Line and by car.
About us
Young Epilepsy is the children and young people’s epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children and young people with epilepsy are enabled to thrive and fulfil their potential. A society in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised.
We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more.
Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health and research, we have developed and published our 2020-2025 strategy.
This focuses our work around 3 key offers: health and research, voice and support and St Piers special education. Within these key offers we aim to:
- Coordinate research that improves diagnosis and treatments, and deliver cutting-edge health services
- Campaign for children’s rights, supporting them in school and college and providing innovation tools, information, and practical help for living day-to-day life
- Provide an innovative and creative environment for children and young people with epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties.
For further details of these and other vacancies, please visit our website.
***No agencies please ***
Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.
Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
· Execute the commercial marketing plan as set out by Head of Income Generation, including email campaigns, creating copy, supporting with social media activity and planning events.
· Deliver the marketing campaigns that form the annual sales plan.
· Provide insight and expertise to support the commercial team in developing effective targeted campaigns to generate quality sales leads.
· Monitor, report and respond to results and learning so we are always maximising our impact by doing more of what works and less of what doesn’t.
· Review and recommend ad hoc marketing opportunities.
· Work closely with Communications Team to ensure alignment
The only UK charity dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of teachers and education staff in schools, colleges and universities
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
St Marylebone Parish Church is pleased to be partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell in our search for a Head of Finance & Operations to join our team on a permanent basis. St Marylebone Parish Church is a monumental Grade 1- listed building and a place of active and engaged Christian witness that has been creating, naming and shaping community for almost 1,000 years.
As Head of Finance and Operations you will lead the lay staff team and help establish and deliver a strong strategic vision for the parish church through providing strong leadership to the finance, administration and operations of the parish church day-to-day.
The Organisation:
Today’s parish church – the fourth to have served the parish – is not only home to a diverse worshipping congregation, but to a flourishing Centre for Psychotherapy and a long-established innovative NHS Primary Care Practice. In addition, there are two parish Academy schools, the Outstanding The St Marylebone CE School and the UK’s only Church Special School, The St Marylebone CE Bridge School.
The present Parish Church, erected between 1813 and 1817, is renowned for its world-class music and community engagement. Everyone is welcome here and the building is open 365 days a year. In 2024, St Marylebone Parish Church was named UK Church of the Year and the UK’s Best Church Open for Visitors by the National Churches’ Trust.
The key duties of this Head of Finance & Operations are as follows:
- Lead on the development and execution of financial strategy, financial planning, budgeting and cost control.
- Ensure that resources (money, people and property) are managed effectively and efficiently in support of the strategy, aims and objectives of the parish church.
- Manage the running of financial operations including the preparation of management accounts, cash flow forecasts, out-sourced payroll, tax returns, creditor payments and investments.
- Manage budgeting and planning processes, providing all appropriate financial data, and supporting budget-holding staff in all areas.
- Manage the preparation of statutory accounts and be the main contact with external auditors.
- Work with building and maintenance team to ensure that St. Marylebone’s parish church is well maintained, preserved and presented.
- Manage the administration associated with the PCC, monitoring actions and helping to prepare meeting agendas.
- Work with HR to lead the personnel function for all PCC employees.
- Support the Heritage, Events and Volunteer Manager in their efforts to bring in more and different visitors to the parish church.
- Work with the Building Manager to ensure that Health and Safety matters and security are managed effectively.
- Work closely with the Technology and Operations Manager to ensure that the IT, AV and other systems serving the parish church operate effectively.
- Work with the Community & Development Manager, to support fundraising activities.
The successful candidate will have:
- A full accountancy qualification, or equivalent qualification by experience.
- Previous experience within a Cathedral, Major Parish Church or elsewhere in the charity sector.
- Expert understanding and knowledge of SORP.
- Experience in budgeting and cost control, including provision of reports and analysis to an audience with different levels of financial literacy.
- Experience in managing and motivating teams.
- Confident financial leadership skills, capable of directing financial strategy and delivering highest quality financial management.
- Empathy and excitement for the parish church’s purpose, vision and priorities.
Candidates must live within a commutable distance from our offices in St Marylebone, although opportunities to work from home will be on offer for up to two days per week.
The deadline for applications is on Sunday 8th September, but applications will be under continuous review in advance of this date, so apply today to avoid missing out!
Join EveryYouth’s dynamic and ambitious team as we seek a passionate and driven Partnership Fundraiser to play a pivotal role in transforming the lives of young people across the country.
You will be at the forefront of our mission, working to raise funds for our vital programmes.
You will be an excellent relationship manager, able to take on, and develop exciting and lucrative partnerships. You should have experience of managing corporate partnerships, and understand how to provide excellent account management.
You will be highly organised and be able to take a leading role in developing EveryYouth's event portfolio. You will relish the opportunity to develop your skills and seek to capitalise on EveryYouth’s start-up mentality to innovate and execute new ideas.
We are looking for someone who is organised, with an incredible eye for detail, who will enjoy working with a highly collaborative team.
EveryYouth prides itself on ‘doing charity differently’ and you’ll be excited about the opportunity to join a new charity where your ideas can help shape the future of the organisation.
If you're looking for a role where your skills, passion, and dedication will come together to create a brighter future for young people, we encourage you to apply. Join us at EveryYouth and be a part of something truly extraordinary – together, we can help Every Youth reach their full potential.
Essential skills & knowledge
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to maintain accurate records.
- Pro-active and positive, with a creative approach to problem solving.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage conflicting demands of multiple stakeholders.
Preferred skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of issues facing young people experiencing homelessness.
Essential experience
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Experience producing high quality reports
Preferred experience
- Managing relationships with stakeholders including staff and/or volunteers across disparate organisations.
- Experience of financial records management and reporting.
- Experience of using Salesforce or other comparable CRM.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Enfield
Salary: (Salary Band 2.3) £30,765.38-£32,887.12 per annum (pro-rata)
(Please note, successful candidates are usually appointed at the bottom of the relevant band)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed term contract - 6 Months from Start Date
Closing Date: 8th September 2024 at 12 noon
Virtual Interview Date: week commencing 16th September 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 Outreach and Engagement Lead 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
Enfield Solace Advocacy and Support Service (SASS) is a crisis intervention service which provides advocacy and support to people aged 16+ in Enfield who are currently experiencing domestic abuse, with the aim to reduce risk and harm. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.
About the Role
As the Outreach and Engagement Lead for Enfield SASS, you would be working on an exciting new project to train and upskill local businesses to respond effectively to Violence Against Women and Girls. The focus would be on engaging businesses operating in the nighttime economy, to access Enfield Council training to support their staff to safeguard and respond to incidents or disclosures of gender-based violence in the local area. You would be working closely with Enfield Council and the Police to set up and run the 6-month project.
About You
You will need a passion for tackling VAWG and a thorough understanding of gender based violence and its impact on women and their children.
You will have excellent communication skills, in order to liaise and engage with businesses, stakeholders and Enfield Council. You will also have the ability to collate data and report on the project outcomes. You will be able to work autonomously and use initiative in the project management, with the support of the Service Manager and project steering group.
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.
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.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
MLC Partners is working with a small housing charity, to recruit a Part-Time (2 days per week) Head of Finance who joins during a period of rapid and progressive change. The organisation punch well above their weight with the impact they have on the communities they serve and have exciting plans to increase this impact over the 2020s.
Main responsibilities of the role include:
- Producing the annual accounts and supporting the Resources Director with day-to-day operational financial issues.
- Work with the SMT to understand their current service from finance and develop new ways of working to improve this.
- Delivery of monthly management account packs for the exec team, providing high level insight into the numbers.
- Lead, manage and develop a small transactional team, upskilling them to utilise the new systems and processes.
The successful candidate will:
- Either hold a recognised finance qualification or be significantly qualified by experience
- Have experience working within the charity or housing sectors
- Ideally have been a FM/FC/HoF within another small not-for-profit organisation, understanding the challenges that smaller organisations face.
As a 2 day per week role, this could well suit many demographics and a variety of life situations. My client is open minded to someone combining this position with another part-time role, or for the hours to be split over more days in the week.
Please don’t delay in applying as this role will likely move quickly and be filled before the official closing date. For more information, or to have an informal discussion about your job search, please contact Jamie at MLC Partners for more information.
Purpose of the post
Working within the Legal, Trust and Ethics team, the PPIE Manager will play a crucial role in advancing HDR UK’s mission to build trust and confidence in health data research among patients, public, practitioners, and other key stakeholders. Central to this mission is the active involvement of patients and the public in shaping our work and decision-making processes, ensuring that their voices are integral to our efforts.
The successful candidate will support HDR UK’s Public Advisory Board and coordinate their collaboration with different teams across the Institute. In addition, they will support other advisory groups essential to delivering our PPIE strategy. They will also be willing to support activities and events led by PPIE colleagues and feel comfortable leading multiple projects at a pace in a complex organisation and interested in trialling, developing, and delivering innovative approaches to PPIE.
Reporting to the Head of Public Involvement and Engagement, the PPIE Manager will be instrumental in building partnerships with patients, public communities, and practitioners. They will also support HDR UK’s key initiatives, including our newly established Brain Health partnership involving organisations such as the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI), Dementia Platform UK (DPUK), and the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI).
This position is an exciting opportunity for someone dedicated to integrating public perspectives into all stages of our work, influencing our initiatives across the UK and beyond.
Main responsibilities
- Support the implementation of the 2024-2025 HDR UK PPIE strategy, including for the Brain Health initiative, working closely with PPIE colleagues and ensuring alignment with HDR UK strategic objectives.
- Encourage the involvement and engagement of relevant patients and the public in our initiatives, integrating their perspectives on value and PPIE approaches.
- Develop strategies for building the public voice into the initiative priorities, products, and services, adhering to UK Standards for Public Involvement and good practices set by the Public Engagement in Data Research Initiative (PEDRI).
- Ensure equality, diversity, and inclusion considerations in PPIE methods and communication channels.
- Build and maintain relationships with teams across HDR UK and with partner organisations, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
- Guide and support staff members in creating meaningful and innovative PPIE approaches including in the brain health field and liaise with colleagues across the Institute to increase visibility of PPIE activities through various channels (e.g., website updates, conferences, festivals, peer-reviewed journals, and other dissemination methods).
- Plan and oversee PPIE activities, such as focus groups, workshops, webinar, public events, and surveys.
- Create and monitor systems to evaluate and demonstrate the impact of PPIE efforts.
- Assist the Brain Health team in identifying and pursuing new collaborative opportunities that enhance the PPIE aspect of this initiative.
- Report on patient/public’s experience of involvement/engagement, striving to improve responses through communications that reflect HDR UK’s brand and values.
- Provide briefings and share good practices within HDR UK, highlighting examples that could positively influence the organisation’s work.
- Share findings and insights through peer-reviewed publications and other dissemination channels.
- Collaborate with the HDR UK PPIE Central team to develop a training programme aimed at upskilling staff in PPIE approaches.
- Act as an internal and external ambassador for PPIE to position HDR UK as a leader in this area of work.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Experience
- Experience of developing, implementing, and evaluating PPIE strategies and methodologies.
- Demonstrable examples of successfully using innovative approaches for PPIE.
- Experience of promoting the need and value of PPIE to a wide range of stakeholders, building relationships and acting as an advocate.
Skills
- Ability to work autonomously and make decisions without supervision.
- Effective leadership skills with the ability to motivate and support a team.
- Influencing and coaching skills.
- Excellent relationship building and networking skills to build collaborative partnerships.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to handle sensitive issues positively.
- Strong analytic skills with the ability to frame problems and solutions in a logical manner.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Evidence of ability to meet tight and challenging deadlines.
- Ability to prioritise a wide range of demands.
- Resilience and adaptability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively and confidently with people at all levels.
- Ability to work with complex scientific content, to explain concepts without technical jargon.
Knowledge
- Understanding of PPIE in an academic/research/healthcare environment and an interest in and awareness of the science, data, technology, and medicine sector.
- Knowledge of the public sensitivities of using data for research.
Please note, as we are a UK-based organisation, applicants must be living in, and eligible to work in, the UK. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Building Advisor. You will be responsible for ensuring that Refuge complies with statutory building and property obligations and monitor changes in industry standards and regulators requirements. The post holder will also monitor obligations in property agreements and support corporate services and provide technical advice which may require research. The post holder will collect property data to demonstrate compliance and for reporting purposes as well as update Refuge’s property polices accordingly and train people.
This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for a driven and ambitious Growth Marketing Manager to join the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and lead our acquisition and lead generation marketing activity.
CIEH is the professional membership and awarding body for the environmental health sector. We believe everybody has the right to be healthy, happy and safe. That’s why through championing environmental health professionals, education, support and campaigning, we work to promote safer, cleaner and healthier environments for the benefit of all.
Joining the Marketing and Communications team, this role will support us in driving growth through our commercial activities, with a focus on our training offering and sustainable conference, meeting and events venue, which in turn supports our charitable activities. From implementing and managing paid search and content marketing to analysing customer insights and trends, this is a varied role with lots of opportunity to make an impact.
In this role, you will:
- Plan and execute lead generating and income growth marketing campaigns and strategies for products and services across the organisation with a particular focus on training products and our sustainable conference, meeting and events venue
- Work with internal stakeholders to understand our products and services and their unique selling points, identify target audiences and understand buying habits to help shape campaigns and messaging
- Support internal stakeholders to achieve their commercial targets, keeping in mind KPIs and ROIs
- Design and implement targeted automated email campaigns, segmenting audiences and nurturing leads
- Manage and allocate campaign budgets, balancing growth and spend
- Devise campaigns that engage and convert by utilising paid search, paid social, display, retargeting and SEO to generate engagement and leads
- Optimise landing pages and user funnels to drive engagement and conversion
- Conduct A/B testing to refine campaigns and messaging
- Forecast, measure and report on campaign performance and ROI
- Use analytics tools to track key metrics and make data driven decisions
- Craft engaging content for our websites that attracts and converts our target audiences
- Work with subject matter experts to identify trending topics, produce resources and thought leadership content, and disseminate key information to our target audiences
- Brief designers and where appropriate create design assets
- Collect, manage, process and evaluate data, using CRM and other systems as necessary
- Work with the Head of Marketing and Communications to set and monitor KPIs and objectives
- Brief and manage the work of external agencies when necessary
- Deliver effective internal communications and marketing reporting
- Seek opportunities for improvement of business processes to improve customer experience, reduce costs and ensure maximum return on marketing budget
- Ensure consistency in messaging, tone and visual identity across all activity
- Provide support on membership recruitment and retention, policy, profile raising, and events marketing and communications activity when required
- Manage the workload and performance of the Marketing Executive
- Undertake ad-hoc work compatible with the post holder’s status/experience as required
Please see the full job description and person specification for details.
National Account Executive - Permanent
Full Time - Hybrid Working
Our offer to you
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:
- Competitive salary and pension scheme
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
- Hybrid, Flexible working
- Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping
About Us
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,700 employees and over 29500 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future.
St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response, Falls response, Night Time Economy and Homelessness outreach) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.
Job Summary
This role plays a vital part in delivering sales growth to meet the annual financial targets of the Sales and Business Development Commercial Workplace Training & Supplies Teams. The key objective is to build long term sustainable relationships in both virtual and face to face with major customers and to develop existing customers to drive growth and achieve sales revenue targets in both First Aid and Health & Safety markets for both training products/supplies. (NAE Reseller Domestic and International, and NAE Supplies will be just for Supplies). In addition, the post holder will identify and win new customers through targeting high profile corporate prospects for training and supplies from both commercial and public sectors throughout the territory. To plan & successfully roll out new products/systems prioritising customers as required as these come to market.
About You
To be successful in this role, you need to be educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Grade C or 4) including Maths & English, Experience of building rapport & developing sustainable relationships in a B2B environment with major corporate customers, Demonstrate experience to win, retain and grow new customers in a face to face environment and excellent interpersonal skills with ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
About the Role
- This role plays a vital part in delivering sales growth to meet the annual financial targets of the Sales and Business Development Commercial Workplace Training & Supplies Teams. The key objective is to manage the renewal contracts and pricing for our lower spending National Account customers. Retaining their valued custom, highlight opportunities for growth and acting as an escalation point to support their business needs.
Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)
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For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.
Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.