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We are looking for a Trainee Careers Adviser to work as part of our National Careers Service team.  To apply for this role, no direct experience is necessary, and full training and support will be provided.  

CXK is an award-winning charity that empowers young people and adults to build the skills and confidence they need to move into sustainable education, employment or training.  The National Careers Service provides careers information advice and guidance to help people make decisions about learning, training and work. 

Passion, innovation, and integrity are at the heart of our culture. Therefore, we’re dedicated to bringing together highly skilled people who are passionate about making a difference. In return, we offer a flexible, professional, and friendly working environment in which our staff are truly valued and invested in.

We are looking for excellent communicators who are passionate about supporting others to achieve their goals. You will be organised, able to work flexibly and confident using the internet and IT. 

If you want to make a difference by supporting others and have experience of working with people in retail, customer service, sales, recruitment, education, employability, or something similar, then this could be the role for you!

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate individual with a genuine desire to make a difference and who wants to join an organisation that improves the lives of more than 260,000+ individuals every year.

In return you will receive: 

• An annual salary of £25,372 per annum, rising to £26,398 after 1 years service.
• Comprehensive training including a fully funded qualification in Careers Information Advice and Guidance.
• Extensive work shadowing, practical experience, and on-the-job training.
• All the required support to get to know your local area, the needs of our customers and the partners we work with.
• 30-33 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Defined contribution pension scheme (matched by CXK up to 10% depending on length of service)
• Death in service life assurance policy (3 x annual salary)
• Flexible working
• Generous sick leave benefits
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Comprehensive training and development programmes
• Mental health first aiders
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home and Tech scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Interest free parking permit loans
• Employee Assistance programme (AXA)

If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

Closing date for applications: 9am, Wednesday 6th November 2024. Interviews will take place on Wednesday 20th November 2024 in Newbury, Berkshire. 

 **Please note that 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 soon as possible**

Circa £48,000 per annum (pro rata)

Fixed Term – 6 months

Part home/Part office (London) based

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser for International Policy and Finance.

You will be the organisation’s lead policy expert on international development policy and development finance. As part of the role, you will develop compelling policy analysis and set the strategic direction for advocacy on these areas, as part of UNICEF UK’s wider campaign strategies. You will need to collaborate with colleagues across the Advocacy department and UNICEF UK to deliver compelling and impactful advocacy targeted towards the UK Government.

You will have excellent knowledge of international development policy and finance, research and communication skills, as well as experience developing and implementing successful advocacy and policy strategies. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.

Closing date: 9am, Thursday 7 November 2024.

Interview date: Monday 25 / Tuesday 26 November 2024 via video conferencing (MS Teams).

In return, we offer:

· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)

· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role

· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.

· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East  London and the rest of the time from home.  We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with 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 welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

Role: Finance Business Partner
Location: London (Hybrid working)
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Department: Finance
Contract: Full time

As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving the financial success of our social research projects. You’ll be the strategic advisor to our research leaders, ensuring every decision is backed by solid financial analysis and aligned with our commercial objectives. This is not just a finance role—it's a chance to shape the future of social research with your commercial acumen.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership: Partner with Research Directors to drive financial performance, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Commercial Insight: Provide insightful analysis on profitability, project margins, and return on investment, turning complex data into actionable business strategies.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the financial planning process, from budgeting to forecasting, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
• Performance Monitoring: Develop and implement KPIs to track project performance, driving continuous improvement and identifying growth opportunities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the financial liaison between senior management and project teams, translating financial data into compelling narratives that inform strategic decisions.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate financial risks, ensuring the long-term sustainability and profitability of our research projects.
• Bids & Costing: Experience working in bids and costing.

To perform any other reasonable duties that NatCen may require that are consistent with the broad nature of the job. 

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Commercial Savvy: You’re more than a number cruncher—you understand the commercial landscape and can navigate it with ease.
• Analytical Excellence: You have a knack for turning data into insights and insights into action.
• Stakeholder Management: You're a strong communicator, capable of influencing decision-makers at all levels.
• Experience: Proven experience in a finance business partnering role, ideally within research, consulting, or a similar industry.
• Qualification: ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified, finalist or part qualified, with a strong background in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Follow the requirements of our Operating Standards, and also to meet the requirements of all our ISO standards
• Other duties which may be required from time to time

This job description may be changed from time to time at the discretion of management 

Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, an excellent working environment (including a home/office hybrid working environment), you will be working for the largest independent social research organisation in the UK. We are proud of the benefits we offer our employees which include:

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and flexible working
• Generous company pension scheme
• Life insurance and health cash plan
• Cycle to Work scheme and season ticket loan
• Career development, professional subscriptions support and mentoring support from industry-leading experts.

About the National Centre for Social Research

At The National Centre for Social Research we believe that social research has the power to make life better. By really understanding the complexity of people’s lives and what they think about the issues that affect them, we give the public a powerful and influential role in shaping services that can make a difference to everyone. And as an independent, not-for-profit organisation we’re able to focus our time and energy on meeting our clients’ needs and delivering social research that works for society.

This varied role forms an integral part of the GXCA team and the local community.  It combines publicservice responsibilities with a range of day-to-day administrative functions, including supervision of estate maintenance, governance and some finance duties. The Memorial Centre and GXCA were founded in 1946 ‘to advance education, to provide a meeting place….for recreation and social, moral, spiritual and intellectual development and to foster a community spirit’. They are frequently described as the 'best hidden secret' locally.  An exciting opportunity exisits to join the small team and new Executive Committee in adapting existing services and develping new ones to enhance the value of these facilities locally.

This varied role forms an integral part of the GXCA team and the local community.  It combines public service responsibilities with a range of day-to-day practical functions, including maintaining the premises, preparing rooms for community uses, bar steward and security duties. The Memorial Centre and GXCA were founded in 1946 ‘to advance education, to provide a meeting place….for recreation and social, moral, spiritual and intellectual development and to foster a community spirit’.  They are frequently described as the 'best hidden secret' locally.  An exciting opportunity exists to join the small team and new Executive Committee in adapting existing services and developing new ones to enhance the value of these facilities locally

We are recruiting a Team Lead (Horticultural Services) to lead the team at the Stud Nursery in Home Park, Hampton Court in providing a social enterprise and training resource for people to learn and develop skills, confidence and friendships.

Who we are

At Balance we are committed to empowering those we support to build independent, fulfilled and self-confident lives. We work hard to ensure our charitable values are central to the professional experience of those who work for us, with us and who benefit from our services.

About this post

We have a new role for a Team Lead (Horticultural Services). You will be creative and independent thinker, with excellent management skills, who is able to support and empower the staff and volunteers at the Stud Nursery to create a welcoming and supportive environment for adults living with learning disabilities.

You are someone:

• Shares our values of professionalism, recognition, independence, empowerment, partnership and sustainability
• Understands the value of volunteering and user participation in a building community based organisation
• Actively support and promote the charity's objectives across its core boroughs and contractual partnerships

Benefits in working for us

The charity ensure the following benefits for all its operational staff:

• A baseline commitment to pay London living wage for all its front line staff.
• A commitment to training and professional development to support internal progression as part of our performance support.
• Inclusion in and contribution to the charity's pension scheme
• Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days a year plus an additional day off for your birthday
• Access to a range of discount schemes
• Access to the charity's employee assistance programme
• Access to travel card loan and bike to work scheme

Critical Values in the delivery of this role

• To assess, plan and develop the wider multi–disciplinary use of the Stud as a community garden and ecologically sustainable resource by using the value of sustainability.
• Work with the Service Development Manager to maximise the value of partnership and the opportunities on site guaranteeing its development as a social enterprise and local training resource for people with a range of disabilities and enduring mental health support needs.
• Employ the values of professionalism and staff recognition and support staff, volunteers and those working on site to diversify its working environment and increase its revenues through product development, sales, and corporate relationships.
• Work with the Service Development Manager, staff, clients and Stud volunteers to increase access to the site as a community and therapeutic space and encourage the values of empowerment and independence.

Key Responsibilities for this role

• To support the Service Development Manager, Skills and Activities Coordinator, Support Staff and Volunteers in leading the development of the Stud Nursery as a viable social enterprise
• To ensure there is a weekly, monthly and seasonal horticulture plan in place (created in partnership with the Support Workers) which reflects the resources needed for client activities, product sales development and events
• To advise and support the Skills and Activities Coordinator in developing practical skills and/or qualification for people/groups using and supporting the sites development to encourage independence and empowerment
• To mentor and coach those using the sites services to lead and shape the sites programme of development as a sustainable community space and social enterprise.
• Work one Saturday per month, as agreed with the Service Development Manager, to open the nursery to volunteer project gardeners, and as a produce sale point to the local community
• In collaboration with the Skills and Activities Coordinator and Admin Support, to ensure all Health and Safety requirements are met, including site and individual risk assessments, and regularly reviewed to ensure a level of professionalism is being kept at all times
• To manage the Support Workers and Skills and Activities Coordinator, and support the charity’s drive toward values-based recruitment and leadership of its staff, volunteers and those using its services and to ensure staff recognition is held as a core value.

Candidates should ensure their covering letter and cv address the key competences set out in the Person Specification.

We are recruiting a Programmes Officer to work across projects in our Sector Support programme, working closely with a Senior Programmes Manager.

This is an opportunity for you to use your excellent organisational skills to coordinate programme events, build relationships with funded partners, and maintain good records across our systems. You will support the efficient delivery of our programmes and sector support initiatives for organisations who work on the frontline of social welfare legal advice.

Working in an energetic, friendly and busy team, you will be able to make a significant and positive contribution from the start. We are a small organisation making huge strides in our mission to make access to justice available to more people in need.

You will have a passion for social justice and enjoy utilising your strong communication skills to support programmes and initiatives that strengthen the advice sector.

Overview of post

• To organise and develop the London Specialist Advice Forum with the Senior Programme Manager.
• To identify emerging issues that affect forum members and liaise with the forum members, the steering group, and external legal and non-legal organisations to discuss potential solutions.
• To identify and report pilot projects that emerge from needs identified through forum members.
• To identify emerging issues that affect specialist legal advice providers and support relationships with the key external strategic and policy organisations to raise these issues.
• To ensure that the work of funded partners is communicated to a broad audience through generating content for newsletters, our web site and online presence.
• To provide support to the Sector Support and Grants team in the running and development of other sector support schemes such as money saving initiatives, funding programmes, and others.
• To assist with the recruitment and management of volunteers.

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, increasing to a maximum of 31 days with the numbers of years in the organisation (pro-rata for part time) plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time)
• Hybrid working
• Flexible working options
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Contribution to pension scheme
• Continuing personal development opportunities
• Enhanced maternity/adoption and paternity leave pay

At TreeHouse School, we're looking for a SEND Officer to join our team.

You'll lead the scheduling and coordination of the statutory annual review process and be responsible for planning, organising, minuting and drafting all annual review paperwork. You'll support the effective provision of the school office administration by having regulatory knowledge to meet the needs of TreeHouse School and work closely with the reception team where required to support a variety of stakeholders.

You'll liaise closely with the school based Transdisciplinary Team staff, including class teachers, OT, SaLT, PBS specialists as well as outside agencies. You'll manage and organise pupil appointments, including informing parents/carers. You'll manage diaries/Outlook calendars, make appointments, book meetings and training rooms, whilst also being responsible for meeting minutes and note taking.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Formal administrative/reception qualification or equivalent experience
• Excellent working knowledge of SEND code of practice and Annual review process
• Experience of working within a similar SEND organisation/school/charity environment
• Experience of using own initiative to plan, organise and manage own workload

In return, we offer great benefits including a generous holiday allowance and commitment to continued professional development (CPD) and more!

This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual who would like to work for a forward-thinking, open and honest organisation and make a real impact to the young people we work with. Please find our full recruitment pack on the link below.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to have a confidential chat, please contact James Axford, Recruitment Officer.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

Westway Trust is seeking to appoint a highly skilled and forward-thinking Finance Officer (Property) to join our experienced, professional and friendly finance team to oversee the charging and collection of all property related income including rents, license fees service charges and ad-hoc recharges.

You will be a highly motivated Finance Officer with good organisational and analytical skills. You will also bring with you excellent interpersonal and customer service skills; will have good attention to detail and the ability to process data accurately and on time being a competent user of Microsoft Excel, and computerised accounting systems. 

Key responsibilities of the role include but not limited to:

• Maintain tenancy and charging details in the Property Management software.
• Raise and dispatch rent demands to tenants and post entries to the ledgers.
• Credit control following up tenants with arears by email letter and phone.
• Maintain the tenant debtors listing.
• Post expenditure from Access to the service charge accounts.
• Processing tenancy at wills, subsidised rent and deferred rent journals and reconciliation.
• Reviewing Voids and recharges.
• Assist in month-end reporting.
• Assist in preparing year-end audit schedules.
• Taking ownership of year-end MUS closure and service charge statements.
• To work positively in accordance with Westway Trust’s equality and Diversity Policy.
• Provide cover for the Finance Officer and the Senior Finance Officer including raising cheques, banking, petty cash and making electronic payments posting tenants receipts onto MUS and Access.
• Recharge annual insurance costs to tenants.
• Income reconciliation between MUS and Access (I&E, Vat turnover).
• Reconcile property management balances to Access accounts including debtors and service charge balances.
• Supporting SMF on year end accounting and service charge account closure
• Running MUS reports to help property analysis and preparing analysis of property financial performance.
• Any other duties as may be reasonably required.

Experience, knowledge and skills:

• Relevant experience within a busy accounts department.
• Minimum qualification GCSE Mathematics or equivalent.
• Experience of using computerised accounting systems.
• Competent user of Excel for reporting and computing.
• Highly computer literate, with practical experience of using MS Office packages, especially MS Excel and computerised accounting systems.
• The ability to deliver the highest standards of internal customer service through your positive attitude to the role, while staying calm and focused during busy or demanding work situations
• Excellent attention to detail with accurate data entry and the ability to prepare concise and accurate reconciliations and analyses of individual income, expenditure and control accounts.
• Good organisational, administrative and analytical skills.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• A proven ability to follow agreed financial procedures and controls.
• Resourceful and flexible approach, with a “can do attitude”.
• A commitment to working as part of a team.
• Punctual with effective time management.

Desirable:

• Studying or qualified AAT CAT or equivalent CCAB.
• Experience of Access Accounts.
• Experience of computerised property management accounting packages MUS Chronos.
• Experience of using electronic banking software.
• Experience of credit control and rental ledgers.
• Connection to or significant understanding of the local area and its social, cultural and political heritage would be highly desirable.
• Commitment to living out the Westway Trust values including placing the community at the centre of all we do.
• Demonstrable understanding of, commitment to, and promotion of equality of opportunities, diversity and inclusion.

Benefits of working with us:

• Great location in the heart of Portobello, North Kensington
• Investor in People (IiP) employer
• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per year + statutory bank holidays
• Free gym membership at health club one minute walk from the office
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Sick pay scheme
• Season ticket / bicycle loan
• Free eye test voucher

The application deadline is Sunday 17 November when applications will be reviewed and shortlisted for interview.  However, we reserve the right to close the application early.  An early application is strongly recommended.

About the Panel

No child should ever suffer harm, abuse or neglect, and reducing this is the primary focus of the independent Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.

Set up by the UK Government in 2018, the Panel reviews all cases when children die or are seriously harmed, and abuse or neglect is known or suspected. The aim is to see what lessons can be drawn from these tragic incidents to prevent them from happening again elsewhere.

About the role

The independent Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel is looking for a part-time chair.

The Chair is responsible for leading and managing the Panel. They must set the strategic vision for the Panel and ensure the Panel’s work is effective in improving the safeguarding of children. It is also vital they influence policy and practice change effectively to maximise the Panel’s impact on child safeguarding.

It is a varied role, which includes working with Ministers and senior government officials, supervising fieldwork, undertaking analysis and disseminating learning to those working in child safeguarding.

We are looking for individuals with experience working strategically at a senior level and operationally in child protection. However, the successful candidate will be appointed to fill this role as an individual acting in the public interest and not as a representative of their particular profession, employer or interest group.

The Chair will be required to attend fortnightly Panel meetings, either virtually or in-person in London. They must also be available to attend ad hoc meetings with key stakeholders, as well as working with a Secretariat.

Key Responsibilities:

• To provide strategic leadership for the Panel, leading the development and implementation of a strategic vision for the Panel, ensuring a focus on Panel’s impact.
• To be ultimately responsible and accountable for the Panel’s work and conduct of its functions. This includes taking urgent decisions on behalf of the whole Panel when required.
• To lead continuous improvement reviews of Panel work and membership to ensure its ongoing effectiveness. This includes leading long-term planning for Panel membership.
• To ensure the Panel demonstrates the highest standards of integrity at all times, including ensuring the identification and management of any conflicts of interest which might arise.
• Chairing Panel meetings effectively so that objectives are met, ensuring that all members views are taken into account. This includes creating a culture of openness, debate and collaboration that maximises use of all members skills and experience.
• To represent the Panel to the public, media, and children’s social care and safeguarding sector.
• To build and maintain positive relationships with Multi-Agency Safeguarding Partners at both national and local level.

Essential Criteria

• The ability to provide strong strategic leadership to the Panel and guide the work of the independent secretariat, demonstrated by a significant record of achievement in senior leadership roles in a complex organisation.
• The ability to chair high level meetings, manage team dynamics and motivate team members effectively so that objectives are met and clear decisions made.
• The ability to think strategically and exercise sound independent judgement on complex and sensitive issues.
• The ability to analyse and interpret detailed information from a range of agencies into serious cases involving children and families.
• Being a skilled communicator and influencer, who can use those skills to handle high-profile, sensitive issues and gain and keep the respect and confidence of others, including the child safeguarding sector, Ministers, and the public, to influence policy and practice change.
• A strong understanding of multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.

A key part of the role involves managing the Salesforce database, ensuring processes are efficient across all areas of KCF's work. Although KCF has support contracts with Salesforce consultants, you will need to be able to carry out some Salesforce system work and be an Administrator for the system.

Ideal candidates will have experience in IT systems management, particularly with Salesforce, strong communication skills, and an understanding of IT security and compliance.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensuring KCF is making the most of its IT systems and keeping up with current trends
• Overseeing and supporting the creation and documentation of processes for all areas of KCF work
• Ensuring IT processes are efficient and cost effective
• Responsibility of the management of the Salesforce database; including managing the ongoing relationships with Salesforce Consultants
• Project managing any IT development projects

• Overseeing relationship with external IT support provider
• Facilitating IT training for staff team as required
• Ensuring KCF is Cyber Essentials compliant
• Responsibility for ensuring a good data culture and including appropriate data collection, retention, and reporting methods
• Preparation of reports and analysis of KCF data as required
• Advising CE on the needs of the operational budget and IT strategy
• Reporting to the Technology Committee on KCF’s IT strategy when required

Essential Skills and Experience

• Confident problem solver and logical thinker
• Team player and collaborative leader
• Salesforce Admin qualification and Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud experience
• Experience of extracting and analysing data from Salesforce
• Strong technical IT skills; including Microsoft 356 apps
• Experience of managing processes in a similar size or larger organisation
• Working knowledge of cyber security and data protection best practices, including UK GDPR legislation
• Project management skills

Desirable skills and experience

• · Experience of delivering training
• · Experience of change management
• · Form Assembly software
• · PDF Butler software
• · Dataloader for Salesforce
• · Grant Management
• · Experience of working in the voluntary sector
• · Interest in AI developments

Applications should be in the form of an up-to-date CV and covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification for this role. The closing date for applications is 10th November.  Interviews will provisionally be held on Friday 15th November at our office in Smeeth, Ashford.

KCF is committed to the building of a culture where all employees are valued and respected and we take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development. Our goal is to find the right person for the role and we welcome applications from individuals looking to work flexibly.  If you wish to discuss any accessibility concerns or if you need any more information or assistance, please contact Jan O’Donnell.at KCF.

Our mission is to supports adults, young people and children living with long-term neurological conditions and/or neuro diversities to access specialist therapies, support, and information in a safe, supportive environment to help them improve their physical and mental well-being.

The Merlin Neuro Therapy Centre, located in mid-Cornwall, is a Cornish charity providing a place of support, therapy, information, and community for people living with a long-term neurological condition and/or those who are neurodiverse. We give financial assistance to our beneficiaries in the form of subsidised specialist therapies. Our purpose built, fully accessible Centre, opened in 2009 and offers physiotherapy; exercise classes; Ayres’ Sensory Integration (ASI) therapy (a discipline of Occupational Therapy), and oxygen therapy. The Primrose Hydrotherapy Pool facility, which was built in the grounds, opened in 2019, providing both individual and group hydrotherapy sessions. 

Living with a long-term health condition brings many challenges, not just for those diagnosed, but also for family members. Symptoms can affect physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychological health. For our clients who have sensory processing difficulties, due to being neurodivergent, everyday situations and relationships can be perplexing and taxing. 

Our main aims are to improve the health and well-being of our community; help people manage their symptoms and situations; and support their main care giver, often a family member. Services are delivered by a highly experienced team, with a broad range of skills and experience in delivering specialist therapies.

The Role

We are looking for a Community Fundraising Officer who has the key skills to help us raise vital income for our charity.  You will develop and deliver fundraising initiatives through partnerships with local groups, schools, associations and individuals.  This role will also involve delivering fundraising events. Organisation and creativity are essential skills for this role.  

Volunteers are at the heart of our charity, and it is essential our community volunteer base is grown and supported to ensure successful community fundraising in Cornwall. Being friendly, approachable and leading by example are key attributes to the success of this role. 

To devise, plan and support a strong and successful events programme to raise substantial income and awareness across Cornwall, attracting different sections of the community including family members and corporates. 

No day is ever the same but as one of our team you can be certain that each day, you’ll be making a real difference to the lives of people who are affected by neurological conditions.

About you 

• To raise and maximise fundraising within the Cornish community 

• Recruit, train and lead a community volunteer base who will be advocates for The Merlin Centre by promoting and fundraising for the charity.

• Attending group, school and community presentations/talks across the county to successfully communicate our charities mission. 

• Attending cheque presentations from individual and community fundraising efforts. 

• Research and identify new community fundraising and promotional activities that are appropriate for the Merlin Centre to take part in. 

• Support with all event planning for the Merlin Centre 

• To assist the Income Generation Team in delivering against their financial and non-financial targets as specified within the Income Generation strategy. 

• Be an outstanding advocate for the Merlin Neurotherapy Centre in line with the core values of the organisation.  

• To act as a spokesperson for the charity when required, including representing at external events as appropriate  

• Attend and support events run by the fundraising teams where required.  

• Gain and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the charity’s work, priorities, future plans and act as a spokesperson for the Charity when required 

• Any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager. 

Desirable skills and experience

• Proven success in community fundraising 

• Experience in working or volunteering in a charity setting

• Leading a team 

• Confident speaker 

• Organised, efficient and able to manage workload effectively 

• Ability to work within a team but also comfortable lone working 

Additional 

• Driver's licence and access to a car is essential for this role to maximise our reach and availability to each community in Cornwall 

Our mission is to supports adults, young people and children living with long-term neurological conditions and/or neuro diversities to access specialist therapies, support, and information in a safe, supportive environment to help them improve their physical and mental well-being.

The Merlin Neuro Therapy Centre, located in mid-Cornwall, is a Cornish charity providing a place of support, therapy, information, and community for people living with a long-term neurological condition and/or those who are neurodiverse. We give financial assistance to our beneficiaries in the form of subsidised specialist therapies. Our purpose built, fully accessible Centre, opened in 2009 and offers physiotherapy; exercise classes; Ayres’ Sensory Integration (ASI) therapy (a discipline of Occupational Therapy), and oxygen therapy. The Primrose Hydrotherapy Pool facility, which was built in the grounds, opened in 2019, providing both individual and group hydrotherapy sessions. 

Living with a long-term health condition brings many challenges, not just for those diagnosed, but also for family members. Symptoms can affect physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychological health. For our clients who have sensory processing difficulties, due to being neurodivergent, everyday situations and relationships can be perplexing and taxing. 

Our main aims are to improve the health and well-being of our community; help people manage their symptoms and situations; and support their main care giver, often a family member. Services are delivered by a highly experienced team, with a broad range of skills and experience in delivering specialist therapies. 

The Role

We are seeking a motivated and results-driven individual to join our team as the Business Development Officer with a commercial sales focus. This role requires a unique blend of fundraising expertise and commercial acumen to drive our vision forward. 

Additionally, this role will focus on developing commercial sales strategies to generate revenue through partnerships, sponsorships, and product sales. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both fundraising and sales, with a proven track record of achieving targets and building lasting relationships.  

No day is ever the same but as one of our team you can be certain that each day, you’ll be making a real difference to the lives of people who are affected by neurological conditions. 

About you

• Identify, cultivate and manage corporate accounts. Working with the wider Income Generation team, ensure strong stewardship and fulfilment of marketing returns for each corporate account. 

• Plan and attend fundraising and engagement events within the community 

• Identify and attend networking meetings to educate and inform local business about our charities aims, missions and objectives, and opportunities for supporting our charity. 

• Seek out new partnerships that could be beneficial to our charity 

• Woking with the Marketing Manager, support in the creation of marketing for engagement, communication, and fulfilment for corporate accounts. 

• In liaison with the marketing manager provide support with social media, creating content for platforms such as LinkedIn. 

• Attend and speak at a variety events to promote the charity and engage with potential corporate accounts 

• Locate and enrol our charity in business incentives i.e. Charity of the Year. 

• Deliver tours of the centre to supporters autonomously. 

• To assist the Income Generation Team in delivering against their financial and non-financial targets as specified within the corporate fundraising strategy. 

• Be an outstanding advocate for the Merlin Neuro Therapy Centre in line with the core values of the organisation.  

• To act as a spokesperson for the charity when required, including representing at external events as appropriate  

• Attend and support events run by the fundraising teams where required.  

• Gain and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the charity’s work, priorities and future plans, acting as a spokesperson for the Charity when required 

• Any other reasonable duties as required by your line manager. 

Desirable skills and experience

• Proven success in corporate fundraising or leading charity partnerships in a commercial setting 

• Track record of managing corporate accounts 

• Experience or knowledge in commercial sales 

• Experience in working with or volunteering with a charity (desirable, not essential) 

• Confident in speaking in front of a large audience 

• Organised, efficient and able to manage workload effectively 

• Ability to work within a team but also comfortable lone working 

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills 

At Allsorts our mission is listen to, connect and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and exploring (LGBT+) children, young people and their families through youth work, and challenge exclusion, prejudice and discrimination in all areas of their lives.

Allsorts approach to working with children and young people encourages them to learn about themselves, society and others through informal education activities which are challenging and fun. We do this via a three-pronged, young person-centred approach to our specialist services;

·Youth Service

For children and young people offering as groups, activities, residentials, one-to-one and in-school support.

·Parents & Carers Service.

For parents & carers of LGBT+ children and young people

·Training Service

Tackling LGBT-phobia, supporting adults and organisations who work directly with children and young people and offering a range of young people led resources for those committed to building LGBT+ awareness, inclusion and safety

We are committed to creating an organisation that is inclusive, safe, understanding and built by the ideas and experiences of our wonderfully beautifully diverse LGBT+ community.

By placing young people’s voices at the centre of our work and consultations, we ensure that our understanding of their continued and/or changing needs grows with them and informs our service provision.

As CEO you will be leading an energetic and committed team of staff & volunteers who work tirelessly to improve the lives of the LGBT+ young people who access our services, as well as striving to improve the environment in which they live. 

You will need to work closely with the board of trustees and the Senior Leadership team to ensure Allsorts continues to grow and evolve whilst mindful of the ever changing political & economic landscape.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, passionate and committed candidate to take Allsorts through its 25th year and on to future successes supporting LGBT+ young people in the best way that we can. 

Whilst there is no specific requirement for the successful candidate to identify as LGBT, it is absolutely critical that candidates have an excellent understanding of the challenges faced by LGBT people. 

Job Title: 

Chief Executive Officer

Term: 

Substantive

Salary: 

£65-70,000 per annum depending on experience. 

Accountable to: 

Chair of Trustees

Hours of Work: 

37 hours a week

Annual Leave: 

27 days, plus bank holidays 

Pension: 

Allsorts Youth Project is part of Royal London’s pension scheme and  contributes 8% towards your pension.

DBS &

References:

All staff are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service  (DBS) check & references.