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Outreach Practitioner

An Outreach Practitioner is required to work on an initial 3-month contract for a drug and alcohol charity based in North London.

The role of an Outreach Practitioner is to provide high-quality street-based drug and alcohol interventions to people who are homeless or at danger of becoming so in order to promote positive outcomes.

They will oversee, evidence-based interventions, recovery planning, and aftercare planning while managing a small, complex caseload.

Responsibilities:

• Engage and reengage homeless individuals misusing substances by conducting street outreach, building relationships along the way.
• As part of a well-integrated care package, provide evidence-based psychosocial one-on-one therapies and adopt a proactive stance when dealing with service user disengagement.
• This includes naloxone programs, recovery interventions, opiate replacement therapy, blood-borne virus intervention, assertive outreach, needle and syringe program delivery, and harm reduction advice, guidance, and education.
• Participate in internal and external multidisciplinary review meetings and collaborate with housing teams, local authority officers, and other treatment agencies to encourage individuals in seeking treatment in order to reduce the occurrence of antisocial behaviour and street drinking.

Experience Required:

• Proven ability to provide individuals with complex needs with high-quality services. This includes having the capacity to work one-on-one or lead group sessions, complete assessments, care and support plans, risk assessments, and case recording in a timely manner and to a high degree.
• Enthusiasm for working with disadvantaged or socially excluded people, with a track record of meeting deadlines, properly and promptly recording information, writing reports, and remaining composed under pressure.
• Strong IT abilities, such as the ability to use digital meeting platforms, Microsoft Office applications, and case management systems like Theseus, System One, or Nebula.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

The NSPCC's mission is to end cruelty to children in UK. To carry out its charitable work and achieve its strategic objectives, the NSPCC must communicate efficiently and effectively with the maximum possible impact,relevance, and emotional resonance to engage all key audiences including supporters, professionals, serviceusers, volunteers, and the public across a variety of offline and online channels.

The purpose of the Brand and Content team is to create the most compelling, relevant content and communications for our audiences - informed by channel and creative expertise - to help prevent child abuse.

Our key focus is to:

·Lead the development of the organisation's brand and content strategy

·Tell a clear and inspiring story of what we do and the impact we have as a charity

·Develop, deliver, and optimise content for our audiences across our owned channels

The Brand and Content team is made up of creatives, digital and social content makers, producers, and project managers. We are responsible for creating marketing identities, concepts, materials, and campaigns across all channelsand for all audiences.

Job purpose

The role of Junior Creative Project Manager is integral to the day to day running and delivery of projects and therelationship management between commissioning teams across the organisation, our in-house creatives, andour external suppliers.

·Contribute to the Communication function's purpose of ensuring that all content and communications areof an appropriate high standard, consistent with NSPCC's brand and key messages.

·Manage and deliver the production of a range of creative content and communications materialsfor campaigns, partnerships, and events across all channels and platforms.

·Manage key client relationships across the organisation - ensuring work meets the expectations set out inthe original client brief and support the creative team in providing clear and persuasive rationale for concepts and creative execution.

·Help deliver the agreed Brand and Content team strategy, plans and standards.

Key relationships - Internal

·Reports to Senior Creative Project Manager

·Works closely with other members of the Creative Project Management team, and wider Brand & Content department

·Works closely with colleagues from the Communications directorate and other teams across the organisation

Key relationships - External

·Liaison with creative freelancers as appropriate

Main duties and responsibilities

·Manage creative production to ensure high quality work is delivered on time and to budget through internal and external services

·Oversee the day-to-day production of several projects

·Engage with stakeholders and commissioners to build strong relationships and manage expectations throughout project lifecycle

·Facilitate project meetings; briefings, stand ups, wash ups

·Define project objectives into actionable creative tasks

·Create and maintain project schedules, problem-solving any deviations

·Encourage best practice and look for opportunities to optimise ways of working

Responsibilities for all Staff within the Communications directorate

·A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people

·To actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy, discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to NSPCC's communications activities.

·To maintain an awareness of own and others' Health and Safety and comply with the NSPCC's Healthand Safety policy and procedures.

·To take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with NSPCC work to end cruelty to children,including securing updates on project and service developments and general NSPCC news.

Person specification

·You have excellent communication skills and are confident managing stakeholders, commissioners, and external suppliers

·You are proactive and think ahead, asking the right questions along the way

·You are a problem solver and know how to navigate a challenge

·Great attention to detail and organisation skills

·Exceptional time management and know how to drive a project forward

·You are adaptable and keep calm when things don't quite go as planned

·You can manage several projects simultaneously

·You love collaborating on creative projects and like to keep up to date on creative developments

Safer Recruitment

As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.

Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process ofobtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.

The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and incompliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.

Our principles:

Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills, experience, motivation andcompetencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process should ensure the identification of the person bestsuited to the role and the organisation.

•Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal and external)who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.

•We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to enable successfulcandidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their time with us.

•Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.

•As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18's joining the organisation willhave ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and appropriate.

•All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the GDPR legislation.

Our client, a leading voluntary sector organisation now has a fantastic opportunity for an innovative, people focused and values-driven Director of People to join their Senior Leadership Team on a permanent basis.

Please note; this role offers hybrid working with at least 50% of your time working from the London office or visiting locations nationally.

As Director of People you’ll be joining a growing organisation with ambitious goals and a clear and compassionate mission. You will make a tangible contribution to shaping the workplace culture for a dispersed, multi-site workforce and delivering the organisation’s strategic business plan, through the leadership and of the organisation’s People and Learning and Development strategy and objectives.

As a proven strategic business partner and trusted advisor to senior leaders, you will have the professional business acumen and leadership skills to lead and inspire the People and Volunteering team to build efficient, cost-effective and impactful People processes, systems and structures. You will also be a role model and ambassador for the organisation’s ethos and values and lead initiatives that foster a sense of engagement and community and help build a culture of trust, collaboration and inclusion.  

To be considered you will need to be MCIPD qualified (or have evidence of working at this level) with proven senior HR and workforce development experience and an excellent working knowledge of employment law and HR best practice and of learning and development delivery. Ideally with a background in a similar setting that includes managing volunteering, you will also have experience of driving change, employee engagement and people development and leading systems and business process improvement.

Volunteer Engagement Coordinator

Are you passionate about working with young people or working in the education sector? Can you engage and inspire an audience and build a pipeline of candidates?

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and proactive individual to join a fast growing organisation supporting Volunteer recruitment. This role offers some great benefits including home and flexible working. 

Position: Volunteer Engagement Coordinator

Location: London/Hybrid

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week (flexible working options available)

Salary: £25,934 per annum

Contract: Fixed term, full-time role (9 months), .

Closing Date: Thursday 12th December 2024 (please note that applicants will be screened on a first come first served basis so early application is encouraged, as the deadline may close early)

Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 16th December 2024

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a fast growing organisation and team that recruits and develops young leaders to transform the educational and social outcomes of pupils across the UK. The Volunteer Engagement Coordinator position offers you the opportunity to lead on regional attraction work to deliver a pipeline of high quality volunteers and team leaders (where applicable) excited to apply for the City Year programme. 

You will contribute to delivering an efficient, effective, end-to-end recruitment service, supporting selection and retention to ensure outstanding volunteers are recruited to deliver excellent outcomes for schools and pupils we work with. 

You will have responsibility and autonomy to search for exceptional volunteer and team leaders motivated to drive and shape social change.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Attracting high quality applicants

• Selection of high quality candidates aged between 18-25 

• Retention and onboarding volunteers 

• Developing marketing and promotional activities 

• Monitor and evaluate systems and processes

• Support the recruitment team with wider responsibilities

About You

You will be passionate and inspired to deliver on the organisations mission to recruit and develops young leaders to transform the educational and social outcomes of pupils across the UK. You will be a confident communicator and speaker, with the ability to manage your own time to build a pipeline of candidates.

While it would be an advantage if you have experience of working in a sales, a recruitment setting or of working within an education or volunteering environment… it will be your strong belief, enthusiasm and commitment to the mission and values or the organisation that really drive you forward in this role. 

You will be asked to submit a CV and a cover letter as part of your application. If you do have any experience of working with or alongside a charity/third sector organisations either in a paid for or volunteering capacity or have sales or recruitment experience, then we would love to hear about it as part of your Cover Letter.

In return…

Work for an amazing organisation that supports and develops its team and offers some amazing staff benefits including flexible working opportunities. If you want to make a real difference and believe that young people can change the world, we want to hear from you!

About the Organisation

This youth social action charity challenges 18 to 25-year-olds to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time voluntary service. As mentors, tutors and role models in schools, they support pupils growing up in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the UK.

The organisation are committed to the professional development and wellbeing of all staff and offer a number of core benefits to all employees: 

• Pension: up to 5% pension employer contribution matched after 3 months of employment.

• Holidays: 25 days holiday per year plus one additional day per year after two years of employment, capped at a maximum of 28 day (or the pro rata equivalent for part-time staff).

• Grace days: An additional two leave days over the Christmas break.

• Travel: Interest free loan for season ticket or bicycle. 

• Volunteering days: All employees can take up to 2 days to volunteer in a mission-aligned charity depending upon length of service. 

Due to the high volume of CVs we receive, we can only respond back to the successful candidates. Applications will be assessed as they arrive. Please apply early to avoid disappointment. 

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

Location (UK): Office Hybrid* - London / Chesterfield / Glasgow / Belfast / Cardiff
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Travel will be required across the UK, approximately once to twice a month
 

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with arthritis?
Are you experienced in providing high quality administrative support?

The Health Development Team at Versus Arthritis are looking for an experienced administrator to support their new MSK (Muscular Skeletal) SKILLs (Skills, Knowledge, Information and Life Long Learning) programme of work supporting health and care professionals to provide better care for people with arthritis. 

About the role

The Health Development Team works across the UK, delivering education and training courses, attending health and care conferences, supporting service improvement projects and developing resources to help provide health and care professionals with the skills, knowledge and information they need to improve outcomes for people with arthritis.

As the MSK SKILLs Administrator you will support the team with the coordination of training sessions, carry out financial processes, collate service data and compile reports, support the recruitment of trainers and volunteers for the programme and provide general administrative support for team meetings and events. 

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Experience of providing administrative support to a varied team.
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of using Microsoft Office Suite, digital working skills including experience of using databases.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to plan and prioritise workload accordingly.
• Ability to use own initiative and also work proactively and independently as well as collaborate with a team.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to record and maintain accurate data, both financial and personal.

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

You must be based, and hold the right to work, in the UK to apply for this position.

Application deadline and shortlisting 

• We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date.  
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales. 

Interview

Interview date to be confirmed.

Mind in Enfield and Barnet is a fast-growing charity in North London providing much needed therapy, wellbeing support and advocacy services to people with mental health problems. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 experienced Crisis Outreach Workers to support Mind in Enfield and Barnet's Family Hubs Service.This role is to support individuals during the perinatal period (expecting and up to 2 years after birth)  presenting at the Family Hubs experiencing mental health crisis and problems gain immediate support

The purpose of the Outreach Worker is to work with adults during the perinatal period (pre birth up to 2 years after birth), including both parents and carers. You will work as part of MiEB perinatal family hub team to identify those at risk of crisis and ensure referral pathways are in place to facilitate rapid engagement

The successful candidates should have a minimum 2 years experience of working with people with mild, moderate and severe mental health issues. Experience of utilising de-escalation techniques, and supporting clients presenting in emotional distress

Please see the attached job descrition which includes all duties and skills required.

This is a part-time position, 22 hours per week covering the service between 9-5 Monday to Friday. There may be a need for crossover hours up until 6pm to facilitate joint working with our crisis café 

The role is based at the Family Hubs within Craig Park and Ponders End in Enfield. You will also be based at the  Enfield Mind office at 275 Fore Street, N9 0PD.

The Talent Set are delighted to be working with Guts UK to find their new Philanthropy & Trusts Manager.

The charity offers a flexible working environment, with offices in London (NW1) and Huddersfield (HD1) and are open to working arrangements that allow a presence in either location 1dpw.

Philanthropy & Trusts Manager
£39,000 - £45,000 dependent on experience
London/Huddersfield (hybrid with min. 1dpw at either office)

Guts UK supports those with digestive diseases, funding life-saving research into the digestive system, including the gut, liver, and pancreas. Since 1971, they’ve invested over £16 million in studies to improve diagnosis and treatment. The charity also provides expert information, raises public awareness, and empowers individuals to seek help for digestive conditions.

Research shows that 58% of people are embarrassed to talk about their digestive condition or symptoms and 51% of people delay seeking advice for their symptoms for over 6 months. Guts UK’s vision is of a world where digestive disorders are better understood, better treated, and everyone who lives with one gets the support they need.

The charity has big ambitions for the future, with the Philanthropy and Trusts Manager playing a key role in supporting the charity to increase income to deliver greater impact through services and support. You'll work as part of a close-knit team, leading the development of the Trusts & Foundations portfolio, alongside identifying opportunities for corporate partnerships. 

As Philanthropy and Trusts Manager you will craft compelling proposals, identifying new opportunities for funding and applying a relationship-led approach to ensure long-term, impactful support. You will have autonomy to think creatively and strategically, working closely with the senior team to proactively identify funding opportunities that support the strategic aims of the charity. 

The Role:

• Develop and implement strategies for trusts, foundations and corporate fundraising, growing a prospect pipeline by identifying opportunities to secure multi-year/high value support from these audiences.
• Create compelling proposals/pitches, targeting high value funders and showcasing opportunities for innovative partnerships/funding. 
• Foster a relationship-led approach, enabling strategic stewardship and account management of new/existing funders to maximise funding opportunities. 
• Collaborate with key stakeholders (internally and externally) to support long term plans and enable long term, sustainable growth of income. 

About You:

• Experience of trusts/corporate fundraising, with a proven track record of identifying and securing 5-figure donations.
• Strong account/relationship management skills, with a proactive approach to maximise opportunities and develop long-term relationships.
• Skilled in pipeline management and prospect research, including working closely with key stakeholders to identify network opportunities. 
• A creative and collaborative nature, with the ability to work as part of a small, ambitious team, to propose and initiate new ideas/projects. 

Closing Date: Thursday 5th December
Interviews: First interviews w/c 9th December

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

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

Fundraising Products Executive

Cancer Charity

£14.01 - £15.38 PAYE, plus holiday pay per hour

Temporary, 3 months

Hybrid, 2 days per week in office

Full time, 35 hours per week, flexible

Interviews, 4^th December

Starting, w/c 9^th December

Charity People are excited to be recruiting for a top cancer related charity to find them a new Fundraising Products Executive. The role is to support the delivery of a range of fundraising products, including virtual events, to achieve net income targets, and providing excellent supporter care and stewardship, to drive engagement and retention of supporters.

The successful postholder will support the Fundraising Products Manager with the planning, delivery and development of products and virtual events, and work with wider teams such as digital, events and marketing teams to monitor and report on overall performance of investments and develop effective marketing engagement pieces. You will implement and deliver communication plans and content across variety of channels (email, SMS, social media channels, FAQ documents, website).

There are a few virtual events coming up early next year which they would like the successful person to assist with to help facilitate and put processes and plans in place. Tasks will include managing the sign-up process to the events, managing website forms. Supporter care, checking stock, developing templates and processes.

You will be experienced in fundraising (supporter care, products, community, or events fundraising) and a confident communicator, particularly skilled in writing, as there is a fair amount of work that requires strong writing skills, in terms of drafting templates and managing supporter stories. The role would suit someone who has been working in a fundraising role for a while who is looking to develop their careers in fundraising to a more senior level. You will be forward thinking, able to connect the dots and be proactive in cross team working and seeing the big picture for the upcoming events.

Please apply without delay if this role suits your experience and skill set.

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity 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 do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

Disability Business Partner – (Account Manager)

Business Disability Forum is the leading business membership organisation in disability inclusion. We are trusted partners, working with business, Government and disabled people to improve the life experiences of disabled employees and consumers, by removing barriers to inclusion.

• We work with over 600 members employing around 20% of the UK workforce and an estimated 8 million people worldwide.
• We advise, support and encourage businesses (many of them global) to become more disability-smart.
• We influence policymakers by representing the voice of employers, disabled employees and consumers.
• We provide evidence-based thought leadership on how business affects the lives of disabled people.
• We help effect changes in business practices, products, services and policies that positively impact the life experiences of disabled people, and also benefit business.

The role

To engage with and develop productive working relationships with the BDF membership helping to further their disability agenda over time using our knowledge, member services and paid for products where appropriate. Disability Business Partners have direct responsibility for their assigned Members and are expected to ensure each of their Members uses the members services available most appropriate to them and takes opportunities to introduce our paid for services where it is beneficial to the Member.

As an organisation BDF are a hybrid working organisation, though fully remote working would be an option.

The requirement

• Track record of successfully providing paid for solutions meeting agreed financial targets.
• Experience of providing support and advice to experienced professionals.
• Experience of working in or with business (private sector).
• Able to maintain accurate data collection records and recognise the importance of such.
• Able to priorities a full contact list and workload.
• Knowledge of sales processes including active listening.

For the full job description and person specification of this role and instructions on how to apply please visit our website below via the button below:

How to apply

Applications should be by CV and a supporting statement, of up to 400 words, detailing why you think you would be suitable for the role. If you require any adjustments to the application process, please contact Barnaby Powell as set out below. Applications should be addressed to Barnaby Powell, HR & Office Manager, Business Disability Forum, Dowgate Hill House, 14-16 Dowgate Hill, London EC4R 2SU. If you are submitting your application by email please do so to barnabyp @ businessdisabilityforum .org .uk

• Closing date for applications: Sunday, 1 December 2024.
• First interviews are planned for the weeks commencing 2 & 9 November 2024.
• Second interviews are planned for the week commencing 9 November 2024.

Business Disability Forum is committed to ensuring that all its information, products and services are as accessible as possible to everyone.

If you wish to discuss anything in regards to accessibility or if you require alternative formats please contact Barnaby Powell by email at address above or by telephone on 020-7403-3020.

For further information on Business Disability Forum please refer to our website via the button below.

Equal opportunities

We are committed to becoming disability-smart and an employer of choice irrespective of race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, or pregnancy and maternity. The ethical and business case of ensuring that our workforce is representative of wider society is at the heart of what we do. When we are recruiting, disabled candidates who meet all of the essential criteria will be offered an interview

About The Role
Are you an experienced trust fundraising professional ready to step into management, and make a meaningful difference to those who serve, and who have served, in the Armed Forces? The Royal British Legion is seeking a dynamic Trust Fundraising Manager to lead our efforts in securing vital funding from trusts and foundations. This role is key to ensuring that our charity can continue providing life-changing services to the Armed Forces community. With a strong focus on managing relationships, you’ll oversee a portfolio of supporters, create bespoke proposals, and work closely with a dedicated team to grow our impact.
Come and be part of the leading Armed Forces charity, making a difference to the lives of those who have served to keep us safe and protect our way of life.
In this position, you’ll have the opportunity to shape and implement innovative strategies that drive philanthropic support. Working alongside the Head of Trusts and Philanthropy, you’ll play a crucial role in managing relationships with key trusts and foundations, setting cultivation and stewardship strategies, creating compelling cases for support and reports, alongside setting budgets and tracking income to ensure we hit our targets. You’ll also manage and mentor a Trusts Officer, supporting their development and helping them to achieve their goals. This is a unique opportunity to lead from the front while collaborating with various teams across the organisation.
We’re looking for someone who has a deep understanding of the trust and foundations landscape, strong stakeholder management skills, and a knack for creating compelling cases for support. You’ll be someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and who can balance strategic planning with hands-on management. Your expertise will be key in ensuring we continue to secure the funding needed to deliver essential services to those who have served our country.
This role offers you the chance to work for a well-respected charity while contributing to meaningful change. If you’re passionate about making a difference and have a strong background in trust fundraising, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Join us in our mission to support the Armed Forces community.
Here at RBL, we aim to support our people and their wellbeing, with a package including generous paid holiday allowance and pension scheme contributions, and a range of optional benefits and discounts.
You will be contracted to our London Hub. Under our Future Working framework, there will be some flexibility for working remotely/at home, using our collaboration tools to work with colleagues, but with a minimum expectation of two days/week connecting directly face-to-face with colleagues at the hub.
For more detailed information about the role, please see our Vacancy Information Pack attached to our direct advert.
RBL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation, reflecting the diversity of the armed forces community and of wider society. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and personal characteristics.
We may close this vacancy early if we believe we have enough strong applications to be able to successfully fill the role(s). Interested can

Citizens Advice Kingston is an innovative, welcoming and friendly local Citizens Advice office, and we provide a high quality advice and information service to local people across a range of topics. 

We operate a hybrid model of working which is heavily reliant on digital elements. The post holder will work with the Chief Executive and other senior staff to lead the team in maintaining and developing effective models of administration. 

The ability to work remotely as required and also support and supervise others using remote systems is essential to this role. Remote working systems rely significantly on the use of IT over a range of applications so a positive and creative approach to digital services and systems is essential. 

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive and you will be responsible for the smooth running of the administration of the organisation. 

We are looking for someone with strong administrative skills and excellent computer skills, who is an effective communicator with experience of building relationships at all levels. You must also have experience of managing a diverse workload, and have strong planning and organisational skills.

Closing Date: 5pm on 4th December 2024        Interviews:  10th December 2024

The Maternal Mental Health Alliance’s (MMHA) Everyone’s Business campaign calls for all women throughout the UK who experience a perinatal mental health problem to receive the care and support they and their families need, wherever and whenever they need it. This role will play a key part in supporting MMHA’s successful campaign and helping drive change for women, babies and families affected by mental health problems during pregnancy and after birth.

Job purpose

• Support the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the MMHA campaigns.
• Contribute to researching and producing campaign materials.
• Maintain relationships with a range of stakeholders to support campaign objectives, including MMHA members, MPs, academics and lived experience champions.
• Support MMHA projects, contributing to the delivery of the MMHA’s strategy.
• Support the campaign team with administrative tasks, meetings and events.

Main responsibilities

• Work with the Head of Campaigns and Policy, Communications Manager, and senior leadership to develop and deliver campaigning activities to improve maternal mental health care in the UK.
• Support the production of campaign resources, including desk research, drafting copy, and proofreading.
• Reading and summarising policy information, such as reports.
• Lead political monitoring, tracking relevant policy developments, identifying opportunities for engagement with MPs and attending meetings.
• Support campaign communication activities, including press and social media support, website editing and copywriting for articles or newsletters.
• Lead monitoring of work with academic partners, maintaining records, liaising with partners and participating in projects, as requested.
• Support campaigning in the devolved nations, identifying cross-nation opportunities.
• Assist the Head of Campaigns and Policy and wider team with administrative and other tasks, including the organisation and facilitation of meetings and events and responding to routine enquiries.
• Help support MMHA projects, as required.
• Work with the team on campaign evaluation.
• Maintain a diary of key campaign dates and events.
• Represent the MMHA at events, as required.

Essential skills and experience

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to engage with wide and diverse groups.
• Good communication skills including verbal and written communications, familiar with representing information to external audiences, tailoring communication to be accessible and appropriate.
• Excellent organisational skills, including successful events and meetings, with an ability to plan, organise and prioritise work to deadlines and under pressure.
• Familiar with reading, summarising and writing complex documents in the policy arena.
• Experience working with civil servants, MPs, and decision-makers.
• Experience in office administration, including dealing with routine enquiries and database work.
• Experience working in contexts where high levels of empathy and sensitivity are required.
• Excellent teamwork skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimum supervision.
• An interest in the work of MMHA and commitment to our values.

Desirable skills and experience

• Understanding of maternal mental health problems.
• Experience of working within a charity or campaigning environment.

HOW TO APPLY

Application is by CV and a cover letter of no more than two pages of A4. In your letter, please summarise how you meet the list of essential skills and experience detailed above.

We will be anonymising applications before shortlisting. To make this easier, please ensure that your cover letter includes your initials rather than a full name.

Applications should be sent to the recruitment email address provided in the attached Job Pack by 9am on Thursday 5th December.

We are looking for someone to start with us as soon as possible, ideally in January. As part of your application, please indicate your availability.

Interviews will take place virtually the week commencing 16th December. We will send all successful shortlisted candidates interview questions in advance.

We would appreciate it if candidates could fill out our equal opportunities monitoring form (see link in attached Job Pack). This will not be linked to your application and is anonymous.

We are keen to ensure that our recruitment process helps us find the best candidate for the role, not the candidate who is best at completing applications and carrying out job interviews. If there is anything we can do to assist you in the recruitment process or if you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to email us on the details provided in the Job Pack. 

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Some travel in London and within UK

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

Within the Chief Executive’s Office, the UK Advocacy and Health Intelligence Department are focused on creating lasting change. We identify creative policy solutions in response to the challenges people with arthritis face. We influence decision-makers across the UK by developing evidence and through stakeholder engagement, public affairs activity and by campaigning alongside people with arthritis. We have expertise across health and care services, public health, and employment policy. We also work in collaboration to influence medical research and data policy and play an active role in several cross-sector groups. We’re looking for a Policy Manager who will make a difference to health and social care policy for people with arthritis.  

About the role

The purpose of this role is to lead on projects across our policy priority areas, commissioning research, developing policy positions, and producing reports and consultation responses. There will also be opportunity for line-management within the team.

This role will cover a broad range of issues across one of our strategic goals – prevention and diagnosis; access to treatment; and living well with arthritis. Our approach considers the needs of people of all ages who have arthritis.

The Policy Manager will also contribute to the wider work of the team, working closely with colleagues in the Nations Teams, the Research Directorate and the wider charity, including by representing us on cross-sector policy groups, drafting briefings, and participating in events and conferences.

We’ll give you autonomy, variety and challenge with opportunities to lead projects and to work with inspirational campaigners and meet senior Government and NHS stakeholders. We’re a supportive team who will value your well-being and professional development.

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Understanding of current policy issues relevant to people with long-term conditions or disability, including healthcare policy.
• Recent experience of influencing policy gained from work within a policy team.
• An ability to think creatively and communicate effectively.
• An enthusiastic, adaptive and flexible approach.

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

Can you help us promote public and national awareness of kidney disease in the UK to benefit all kidney patients?

The National Kidney Federation (NKF) is a unique, independent UK charitable organisation run by kidney patients for kidney patients. They are seeking an exceptional Policy and Public Affairs Manager to help shape and deliver an exciting programme of work that tackles the challenges of renal disease head-on. As a senior appointment, this role will raise the scale, effectiveness, and profile of their policy and public affairs work.

Job Title: Policy and Public Affair Manager
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: NKF HQ (North Nottinghamshire) Hybrid working
Salary: Up to £43,000 (dependent on experience)
Hours: 36 hours per week

Perks and Benefits:

At NKF, they value their team members and offer some incredible benefits:

* Up to six weeks of annual leave plus bank holidays
* Early finish on Friday's
* Christmas shutdown
* Pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution
* Death in service insurance worth three times your salary
* Free car parking at their HQ

About the Role:
You'll build on current policy initiatives, leveraging the knowledge of our team, trustees, and professional networks, while collaborating with 50 Kidney Patient Association members. You'll have the freedom to shape and implement their programme of work, working strategically and independently to enhance NKF's impact on patient support, campaigning, and public life.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead NKF's policy and public affairs activities, reporting to the Chief Executive.
- Develop and implement strategies to tackle the challenges of kidney disease.
- Collaborate with internal teams, trustees, and external stakeholders to drive impactful campaigns.
- Represent NKF in public policy discussions, including parliamentary groups, ensuring our voice is heard at the highest levels.
- Contribute to strategic planning and hands-on delivery within a small, collaborative team.

About You:

We're looking for someone who combines strategic vision with a willingness to get stuck into the work. You'll have:
- Proven experience in policy and public affairs with a strong network in public policy and parliamentary groups.
- A solid understanding of health policies.
- Knowledge of marketing and communications, with the ability to amplify NKF's work and messaging.
- Entrepreneurial skills and the ability to shape and deliver impactful strategies.
- The ability to work collaboratively with teams and independently when needed.
- A passion for making a lasting difference for kidney patients and the NKF's mission.

This is a chance to join NKF at an exciting time. With a refreshed five-year strategy, growing reputation, and committed team, you'll have the support and opportunity to make a long-lasting impact.

How to Apply:
Due to the sensitive nature of the role, we are accepting applications on a rolling basis so please do reach out if this impacts you in any way. The provisional closing date for this role will be December the 10th at 12pm. Please send a copy of your CV to Priya at Charity People in the first instance.

First Stage Interviews: 12th and 16th of December
Second stage Interviews: 19th of December

Charity People actively promote equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity 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 do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.