Project Manager Jobs

Ethiopiaid is a small charity that makes a big impact in Ethiopia. Our approach is simple, and it works. We partner with local NGOs in Ethiopia to provide the funding they need to put their programmes into action.
Our dedicated and friendly team of nine staff are based in central Bath and we are seeking someone to join us in the Partnerships team to focus on growing income from trusts and foundations, support fundraising from high-net worth individuals, and provide administration support to our CEO.
Working with the Senior Partnerships Manager and Partnerships Manager you will focus on developing our small portfolio of existing trusts and foundations as well as prospects, support with delivering excellent stewardship and engagement, and lead on prospect research to attract and secure new funders.
As part of a small energetic team, you will also contribute to the growth of income from high-net worth individuals and the delivery of wider team objectives.

• Location: Central Bath – 2 core days a week in the office with opportunity to work from home the remaining 3.
• Hours: Full time (40 hours per week, incl lunch)
• Benefits: Salary £24,600, annual leave 27 days + UK public holidays, matched pension contributions - 5% of salary after probationary period.
• Contract length: Permanent (subject to probation)
• Application deadline: Friday 18th October 2024 at 5pm
• Reporting to: Partnerships Manager
• Start date: ASAP

Ethiopiaid Office Culture:
We are a professional, yet relaxed, office with a flexible work structure (core hours 9.30am to 3.30pm). The team are expected to work two days a week in the office, with an option to work flexibly on the other days from home if you can provide a suitable office set up. As a small team, we have a warm and collaborative work environment with opportunities to develop your skillset in areas in - and outside of - your job role.

Our Bath office is close to main transport links, walking distance from local shops, cafes, and restaurants. We have a small garden courtyard, space for those who wish to cycle in to store their bikes, on-site shower and changing facilities.

Essential requirements:

• Excellent verbal and writing skills, with attention to detail and accuracy
• Good research skills, able to digest and summarise complex information into easy to communicate language
• Ability to work to deadlines and targets
• Able to manage multiple projects at the same time
• Competency in Raisers Edge database or a similar CRM platform and Microsoft Office
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a small team
• Willingness to be ‘hands on’ and take the initiative
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends (attending events, donor visits)
• Must live within easy commuting distance to our office in Bath.

Desirable requirements:

• Experience/ understanding of one of the following areas would be an advantage: Individual Giving, Grantmakers or Major Donor fundraising
• Donor stewardship experience

Whilst a degree is an advantage it is not a requirement for this role. We are seeking someone who can
demonstrate an ability to write clearly and to a high standard, with good verbal communication skills, pays
attention to detail, enjoys researching, is quick to learn and not afraid to ask question.

IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE

1. This position is only open to those with the right to work in the UK.
2. This role focuses on delivering income against fundraising targets and is not programme orientated.
3. Applications received without a covering letter or a CV will not be considered.
4. Interviews are anticipated to take place via Zoom in the first instance.
5. We have the right to end the admissions process at any stage.

About the Role

This role will play an active part in driving forward our exciting fundraising campaigns, events and community relationships.  This involves a wide-range of tasks which will vary day by day, from helping at on-site events to the distribution of marketing materials, and from taking minutes to building good relationships with local supporters (including schools and universities, local groups and businesses, community champions and participants in challenge events).

We’re looking for someone who has a passion for great event experiences and customer service, is proactive and organised, adaptable, collaborative and solutions focussed. 

The ideal candidate will enjoy:

• Making a difference – each campaign, event and relationship provides significant funds and awareness that will help provide homes, jobs, food and support to help people break the cycle of homelessness.
• Making it happen – getting stuck in, using problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude while maintaining the highest professional standard with good attention to detail.
• Building positive relationships, working with colleagues and supporters to maximise engagement.

This position will suit someone interested in a career in events or fundraising.  The role will report into the Corporate Partnerships and Community Development Manager, working closely day-to-day with the Events specialist, Senior Executive for fundraising and challenges, and the wider Fundraising and Marcomms team.

About Social Bite

Our vision is a society where no one should have to be homeless.

We are a charity and social business providing homes, jobs, food, and support to empower people to transform their own lives.  We challenge the status quo by pioneering solutions that create lasting change.

We began as a small sandwich shop in Edinburgh in 2012, offering jobs and free food to people affected by homelessness. We’re now expanding our projects across the UK, on a collaborative mission – a movement to end homelessness.

We help people break the cycle of homelessness through innovative supported employment programmes (Jobs First) and housing solutions (Social Bite Villages) and give out over 165,000 items of free food year-round through our coffee shops and community networks.

We build lasting relationships, because we believe that through positive connections people can transform their lives. We use food, homes, and jobs as tools of engagement that can enable everyone to reach their potential.  Our national and global campaigns have shifted the cultural dial on homelessness and our work has been championed by George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sir Chris Hoy and the Princess of Wales.  A number of our team have been homeless themselves. 

Thank you for your interest in this role!  We’d love you to apply.

We're looking for two proactive & passionate individuals to join our Housing Advice team to deliver an effective housing advice and advocacy service to young people accessing our day centre.

You will be working within our Housing team to deliver an effective advice service for young people. You should be experienced in delivering housing advice within a youth and community or other relevant setting, of supporting clients with multiple and complex needs, and have a proven track record of referring and progressing vulnerable people into suitable accommodation. There are two roles available.

Key details

• Contract type and hours: Permanent. The role is full-time, 35 hours per week Monday to Friday. Some work over the Christmas period will also be required.
• Salary: The starting salary for the role is £31,200. The salary scale is £31,200 to £34,736 pro rata.
• Location: New Horizon Youth Centre, 68 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JR.
• Application deadline: 9am, Friday 4 October 2024 *or earlier if enough applications are received, so apply as soon as possible*

Key objectives:

• To deliver an effective Housing Advice service to young people accessing New Horizon Youth Centre, carrying out thorough assessments of need and enabling young people to move on into independence.
• To maintain and build a network of relationships with relevant external agencies and internal specialists.
• To increase accommodation options for young people, both through NHYC’s own projects and with external partners and make appropriate referrals into accommodation and external specialist services.

Reporting to: Service Manager and Head of Services (Housing)

Main tasks and responsibilities

Young people's services

Delivering a housing advice service to young people with multiple needs. This will include:

1. Working to ensure young people receive a high-quality service from the point of registration to move-on. Taking a hands-on approach to dealing with complex or difficult cases.
2. Carrying out thorough needs assessments with young people accessing the service in order to refer young people into appropriate accommodation and to external specialist services.
3. Providing young people with expert advice and guidance relating to their housing situation. Monitoring and evaluating young people’s progress.
4. Engaging other relevant external partners, able to provide accommodation and other move on opportunities to young people.
5. Referring young people to other internal New Horizon Youth Centre teams in order to support their progression, including Health, Youth Work, Outreach and Jobs, Education and Training.
6. Providing advocacy and referring young people to a wide range of specialist external advice services including around advocacy, substance misuse, mental health, immigration, counselling, financial/debt advice, and legal services.
7. Attending regular briefings, team meetings, reflective practice and clinical supervision, both with NHYC and project partners. Ensuring that Health and Safety or safeguarding issues are addressed at all times.

Sharing best practice

To proactively share best practice with internal and external stakeholders in order to maximise the impact of the work of NHYC. This will include:

1. Identifying and acting to maximise NHYC’s profile by seeking out and responding to opportunities with specialists and agencies who might offer resources, funding, or individual services relevant to client needs.
2. Promoting and representing NHYC at relevant forums, meetings and events.

Information management

To produce and maintain accurate and useful information in a range of formats in order to promote effective service delivery and evaluation. This will include:

1. Recording all contacts with clients appropriately and maintaining all relevant files and recording systems.
2. Producing written reports in a variety of formats to meet the requirements of NHYC, external service providers and funders, e.g., project reviews and assessment reports.
3. Inputting and extracting information from client monitoring systems and other accounting and database systems. Utilising other relevant software for the production of reports.
4. Being self-servicing in day-to-day administration, and following team and NHYC’s administrative procedures.

Reviewing personal and professional development needs

To be proactive in reviewing and evaluating own performance and identifying and acting upon areas for improvement. This will include:

1. Reviewing and evaluating own performance to identify strengths and areas for development. Identifying own learning/development needs and opportunities.
2. Undertaking development and training opportunities and being responsible for obtaining maximum benefit through review, reflection and practice.
3. Taking a proactive approach to supervision including regular line management supervision, team meetings, team reflective practice and clinical supervision.

Other

To contribute positively and constructively to the development of the team, the service and the centre. This will include:

1. Covering for other members of the team where necessary.
2. Following NHYC’s policies, procedures and performance expectations in all functions of the post.
3. Undertaking as required any other duties compatible with the level and nature of the post and/or reasonably required by the Service Manager, Head of Services, Director of Operations or CEO.

Application deadline

9am, Friday 4 October - or earlier if enough applications received

About us 

We are National Energy Action (NEA) – and our vision is to end fuel poverty; our work to improve and promote energy efficiency brings social, environmental, housing and employment benefits.  We believe everyone should be able to afford to keep their homes warm and safe, however, low incomes, high energy bills and poor energy efficiency currently deny this to millions of households across the UK.  Never has this been more important than today.

NEA’s teams are friendly, knowledgeable and are dedicated to what we do.  We are proud of our expertise and proud of the service we deliver to our clients.

We offer colleagues a friendly, rewarding workplace and the chance to build a worthwhile career with a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives each and every day.

The Role 

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Research and Policy Officer to work on a full-time basis, 37 hours per week; alternatively, we will consider part-time hours on a Job Share basis. The role is hybrid and based in Newcastle upon Tyne or within a commutable distance to our national Headquarters in the city. 

A part of NEA’s Policy and Advocacy Directorate, you will work within our highly effective social research team as we focus on a decade of delivery that will ensure those on the lowest incomes and living in the least efficient homes receive the support needed to ensure their health and wellbeing are protected, but also one that guarantees a fair energy future for all.

The successful candidate will work and collaborate on the design, development and delivery of social research and evaluation projects that support the charity’s strategic aims and policy advocacy priorities. As well as undertaking mixed methods social research that foregrounds the lived experience of households, they will develop research-user and stakeholder relationships and integrate evidence-based insights from across the charity’s work programmes to influence and have impact across multiple areas of social policy and practice.  

Hybrid working is subject to necessary H&S and GDPR checks. Post holders must be resident within the UK and be able to provide their Right to Work in the UK.

What you will need to succeed 

You will have demonstrable and applied experience in a social research role and hold a degree in a social science or related subject that included social research methods. You will be familiar and confident with both quantitative and qualitative methods and be highly motivated and purpose-driven, with a passion for research that leads to real-world impacts. 

A compelling communicator you will be able to produce well-structured reports, and have excellent interpersonal skills, including experience of leading one-to-one and group interviews.

You will also have proven experience of analysis software, SPSS and Nvivo (or similar), and competent in the use of Microsoft Office Suite/365 applications. 

You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of NEA’s mission to eradicate fuel poverty. 

We are offering 

• £32,641 - £37,304 per annum, Scale SO1 – SO2, Points 23-28.

• Permanent position. 

• 11½% non-contributory pension. 

• 25 days annual leave (FTE) plus additional days in between Christmas New Year Period when our offices close; plus, all public holidays per annum. 

• Flexible working arrangements including the opportunity for hybrid working. 

• Enhanced family friendly payments. 

• Employee Assistance Programme. 

• Employee benefits platform. 

The job description provides a list of the duties of the post and the person specification provides the list of essential and desirable criteria.  

No recruitment agency or advertising enquiries, please. 

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 04 October 2024.  Interviews will be held in the two weeks commencing 14 October 2024.  Full details of this post and an application form are available on our website.

Only shortlisted candidates selected for interview will be notified of the confirmed time and location of interview.

How to apply: 

Apply online by clicking the link. 

Please be aware that National Energy Action is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore, the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently. 

Please note CVs will not be accepted as part of the application process.   

NEA aims to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all people with the necessary skills and experience for the post. Charity Registration No. 290511.  Company Registration No:  01853927 

Aga Khan Schools aim to provide high-quality education to students across the Global South, helping them to develop into leaders who can positively impact the people in their communities. Joining our team, the Communications Assistant will be working closely with the Communications Manager and, as a team, they will play a pivotal role in providing communications support and oversight to the Country Communications Leads in the countries that AKS operates in. 

The Communications Assistant will be working across a wide range of priority areas, including producing, reviewing and editing communication materials, coordinating the development of communication materials, and supporting the Country Communications Leads. The Communications Assistant is expected to be keen to learn and grow within the team, have excellent writing and coordination skills, proven experience of managing digital platforms, the ability to develop engaging social media content, and multi-task.

The role may include some travel to AKS’ countries of operation.

Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is a Christian mission organisation using light aircraft to deliver help, hope and healing in over 25 countries. For more than 75 years, MAF aircraft have been overcoming inaccessible terrain transporting mission and development agency staff, delivering urgent aid and medical supplies to transform the lives of remote and isolated communities.

Our communications team is privileged to identify and showcase stories of the need and our impact.  Following an internal staff move, we are seeking a new member to join our high-performing team. You’ll be helping to produce material to inspire and encourage our wonderful supporters and to help us reach both new and existing supporters.

We are looking for someone who is as enthusiastic as they are accurate, and as creative as they are canny.  You may be just starting out on your career, or you may already have a few years under your belt, but if you are:

• Looking to be part of an organisation which is making a big difference in some of the world’s poorest communities,
• In possession of outstanding writing and organisational skills, and understand the importance and potential of social media,
• Able to handle complex and competing priorities with a smile

We would like to hear from you.

Responsibilities

Administrative support:

• Assist the Production Manager with mailing specifications, collating internal information, creating purchase orders, and related administration.
• Support the Media Manager in arranging regional coverage for overseas staff in the UK.
• Provide administrative, planning, and organisational support to the Head of Communications and other team members.
• Administer and curate the archive of MAF documents.
• Work with the HR team to collect and store data processing consent forms.

Scheduling and Planning:

• Update and maintain the organisation’s print and digital communications schedule in collaboration with audience managers.

Content Creation:

• Contribute to digital communications including website content and social media.
• Assist in creating monthly print and digital communication documents at design and proofing stages.
• Support design tasks such as picture editing and layout.
• Create subtitles for digital content.
• Participate in creative idea and planning sessions

Updates and Research:

• Monitor staff blogs for potential stories and produce a weekly roundup of social media posts.
• Monitor external websites and news sources for relevant stories and brief teams accordingly.
• Provide research support as required.

Media Library Management:

• Upload and remove media assets, ensuring accurate metadata and compliance with MAF procedures.
• Support staff with acquiring and transferring assets from overseas programmes.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the media library.

The full job description can be seen here.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

Highly desirable Qualities

• Communications related or administration qualification
• Experience of working in a Christian organisation or charity environment
• Administration experience
• Experience of working within a communications environment

• Proficient in a video editing using Photoshop

• Proficient in design software such as InDesign

Essential Qualities

• Educated to degree or experience of an office environment either through direct work experience or voluntary placements
• Experience of team working
• Proficient skills in Microsoft applications, including Excel
• Proficient in social media
• Able to communicate positively, assertively and sensitively within a cross functional and multi-cultural team environment – internally and externally
• Efficient and organised approach and manage multiple deadlines and priorities and flexibility to respond quickly to changing or competing priorities
• Able to work on own initiative
• Excellent attention to detail

Personal Attributes:

• Committed evangelical Christian, aligning with MAF UK's values and actively participating in organisational activities.
• Emotional resilience, flexibility, and service orientation.

Terms and Conditions

• Location: This is a hybrid role with two days at MAF UK, 1st Floor Castle House, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2TQ.  One day per week will be spent at our Operations Centre, MAF International, Henwood, Ashford, TN24 8DH and the other two days can be from home. 
• Working Hours: This is a full time role (at least 36 hours per week, with 1 hour for lunch daily unpaid) but requiring some flexibility on the successful candidate to work additional hours occasionally some of which could be outside the normal business hours.   Hours should be agreed with line manager.
• Annual Leave: Annual leave entitlement of 22 days per year and 8 paid public holidays per year.
• Pension Scheme: Non-contributory (10% of salary).
• Probation: 3 months (with a one month review)
• Notice Period: 1 months
• Salary: £28,000 per annum

Deadline for applications: Sunday 29th September

Do you have good listening and communication skills and an interest in supporting vulnerable people in Bristol?

We are looking for people to join our Bristol Complex Needs in Totterdown, Bristol as a Project Worker. The service provides accommodation and housing related support to people experiencing homelessness; dedicated to providing a safe, high quality and inclusive service to people while they are living in the hostel, and a positive move-on into independent housing. 

In the role of Project Worker, you will:

• Oversee a caseload of clients and provide ongoing 1-1 support in an approachable, caring and person-centred way.
• Provide practical and personal support to clients with complex needs around areas such as housing and health. 
• Have a good understanding of a person centred approach and how to provide the right support to clients to meet individual needs, identifying personal aims and ambitions and making plans to achieve them.  
• Work with the team, external statutory agencies and voluntary organisations to ensure everyone has access to available support.  
• Continue to develop your skills further around working with clients in a holistic way, and to gain a deeper understanding of housing and benefits law, and other specialist areas through training, supervision and line management support. 

In this role you will work on a shift rota Monday – Friday 9am-5pm. In some of these role’s staff can claim an additional 20% pay premium for hours worked between 8pm and 8am Monday to Friday, and all hours worked on Saturday and Sunday.

About you

We are looking for enthusiastic people with experience of dealing with complex and difficult situations in relation to people and helping people throughout difficult periods and a process of change. You should also demonstrate:

• A sound understanding of the issues faced by people experiencing homelessness, and the difficulties they can experience in accessing services.
• Some experience of liaising with a number of individuals or agencies to achieve effective outcomes for others.
• Excellent communication and listening skills and the ability to work with a variety of different people.
• The ability to work in a role that supports vulnerable people and maintain high level of contact with clients on a day to day basis.
• Above all, you should have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives and a non-judgemental approach to working with people with complex needs.

How to apply

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document’ tab on the advert page on our website.

Please visit the St Mungo's careers page for further information and when you're ready to apply click the ‘Apply Now’ Button to start your online application form. 

Closing date: 10am on 9 October 2024

Interview and assessments: 21 October 2024

What we offer

• Excellent development and growth opportunities
• A diverse and inclusive workplace
• Great pay and other benefits

ADMINISTRATION OFFICER

Part time: 14 hours a week

Salary: £27,300 (pro-rata £11,000 p/a)

Responsible to: Director 

Key Duties:

Lead work on providing an information service for Healthwatch Camden, helping to ensure that it is readily accessible and can effectively direct people to the support or advice they need to access services or make choices about services.

-Lead on providing information to residents via our phone and emails, signposting and offering advice where available.

-Assisting projects and events formed by the Projects Lead and Engagement Lead.

-Ensure that our information resources are up to date and user-friendly.

-Take minutes and notes from Healthwatch Camden board and team meetings. 

-Work with colleagues to plan and use appropriate approaches to evidence gathering and to brief and support volunteers.

-Engage in local health events supporting our outreach officer, spreading news about what we do, offering information to the community. 

-Support our research projects, conducting interviews, supporting edits, and recording and transcription of interviews and focus groups.

Key Qualities:

-Be empathetic and proactive in your approach to including people who face barriers in using health and care services (for example disabled people, homeless people and people from migrant communities).

-Champion accessibility and inclusivity.

-Stay up to date with local health and social care news and has a key interest in health research and policy within the borough.

-High level of accuracy and attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.

-Ability to communicate well and with confidence to a diverse range of people verbally and in writing including external partners.

-The ability to use initiative, multi-task, and work as part of a small team.

Demonstrated experience in administration, minute taking and organisational skills is required. This role also requires one day in our office located in King’s Cross, additional travel may be required to Camden for events.

Essential/Desirable tasks:

Essential

Desirable

·Minute and note taking for Board meetings and team meetings

·Fielding phone calls and emails

·Support with outreach work where needed

·Support with events where needed

·Lead on providing an information service

·Main point of contact for resident inquiries

·Working with volunteers

·Director support

·Informed about health and social care

·Support website and news updates

Core elements of our roles

To enable Healthwatch Camden to reach local people, consult and engage them about health and social care; and help them get the best out of services they use.

All Healthwatch Camden staff are expected to:

-promote equality and diversity in all aspects of the work

-support the day-to-day work of the organisation, undertaking any reasonable task required including supporting Healthwatch Camden events and taking part in outreach activity including some evening and weekend work

-support the activities of volunteers involved in the organisation

-share responsibility for responding to requests for information from the public.

Conditions of service (summary)

Healthwatch Camden is committed to promoting equality in all aspects of

our work. We operate a flexible working policy, and will make reasonable

adjustments as necessary.

Annual leave entitlement is pro rata from 25 days’ a year (approximately 15 days). Sick leave entitlement depends on length of service, to a maximum of four weeks’ a year.

Healthwatch Camden operates a pension scheme provided by the People’s Pension and makes an employer contribution of 3%.

This is a permanent role, subject to available funding. All other terms and conditions are in accord with your statutory employment rights.

About Health Watch Camden

Healthwatch Camden is an independent organisation, run by and for local

people. 

Our role is to ensure that Camden people have a strong VOICE in local health and social care services; that they know about the CHOICES they can make in health and social care services; and that local people’s views lead to positive CHANGE in health and social care services.

Our ambition is to lead strong, influential and inclusive engagement for all

of Camden’s residents:

-We aim to connect and strengthen local voices.

-We aim to set the standard for excellent engagement in the borough.

-We want to see real sharing of decision making, based on the views of People from every part of Camden’s community.

-We want to see all services actively using what people tell them, to make big and small improvements.

Healthwatch Camden is part of the national Healthwatch network; every local authority has a local Healthwatch and we are supported by a national body, Healthwatch England. We were created through the Health and Social Care Act 2012 which gave us some specific powers and duties.

Healthwatch Camden has specific duties to gather local people’s views and experience, to make recommendations for improvement in services and to give people information about their rights in services. We work in a diverse borough and our work must promote equality and seek out the views of people who are the most disadvantaged.

In everything we do, we aim to work in ways that empower local people and that build on the strengths of Camden’s large and diverse voluntary and community sector. This includes involving local people as volunteers in some of our projects, and working in partnership with other local organisations.

Job Title: Community Fundraiser

Salary:  Circa £30K (Depending on experience.)

Team: Supporter Engagement/Fundraising/ Community

Hours:  37.5 per week

Location: Shooting Star House – Hampton and from home as agreed with line manager, subject to review

About Shooting Star Children’s Hospices

We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Fundraiser to join our team at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices provides specialist care and support to families who have a baby, child or young person with a life-limiting condition, or who have been bereaved. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we support families across Surrey, north-west London and south-west London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.

At the heart of what we do are our dedicated staff; their exceptional commitment and professionalism means every family has the opportunity to make every moment count.

It’s a great time to join Shooting Star Children’s Hospices as we have a great Community Fundraiser role.

It’s a great time to join Shooting Star Children’s Hospices as we have exciting plans for expansion and further enhancing our services to support even more families in need. If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a team dedicated to raising vital funds and awareness in the community, we’d love to hear from you.

About the role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Community Fundraiser to join our Community Fundraising team. Community is at the heart of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, and our community fundraising team play a vital role in building relationships and raising funds across our community and catchment. As a Community Fundraiser you will enjoy working with people and supporting the community to maximise, they’re fundraising efforts for Shooting Star.

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices is a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. We support families across Surrey and London from diagnosis to end of life and throughout bereavement with a range of nursing, practical, emotional and medical care.

As a key member of our Community Fundraising team, you will work closely with the Community Fundraising Manager on new and existing fundraising activities, helping to maintain and develop existing relationships and work proactively to identify new contacts and opportunities for development.  This is an exciting role, in a growing team within a charity that makes a huge impact across our communities. We would welcome applications from candidates who have demonstrable experience in fundraising, marketing or sales, or transferable relationship management skills.

The post will be based at the hospice in Hampton, but you may need to travel extensively throughout Shooting Star Children’s Hospices catchment area and therefore it is essential you are a car owner and driver.

You may be required to attend events and meetings throughout the catchment area during weekends, early mornings or evenings and you should be prepared for this.

What we offer

In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits, which include:

Pension scheme

· NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contributions

Annual leave

· 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service

· 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service

Contractual benefits

· Generous sick pay scheme

· Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay

· Flexible working arrangements

· Death in service benefits

· Reimbursed professional membership fees

· Eye care

· Employee referral scheme

· Blue Light discount card

Health and wellbeing

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Occupational Health

· Mindfulness sessions

· Cycle to work scheme

· Mental Health First Aiders

· Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free for employees) and free fruit at our Hampton site

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.

We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcome to work and volunteer.

To apply please send a cover letter and a curriculum vitae outlining how your experience meets the criteria set out in the person specification. 

his role delivers one to one case work including ongoing support to resolve both immediate and crisis situations, in the main relating to welfare benefits, referring to appropriate support agencies and other ICCM services promoting a multiagency approach. The aim of the service is to empower people through access to appropriate support services and improve quality of life, health and wellbeing.

· Delivering client focused, culturally appropriate support services for the benefit of members of the Irish community in Manchester on an appointment office basis, drop in service, and on outreach for those with mobility issues facilitating access to mainstream health, housing, education and employment services.

• To provide support to members of the Irish community who are vulnerable through age, poor physical or mental health, homelessness, risk of homelessness, drug/alcohol use, offending, hate crime, social and cultural isolation etc.
• To complete an initial assessment of Service Users’ needs, presenting issues and risks, making onward referrals to statutory and other voluntary support agencies as appropriate for people to access specialist support
• An understanding of how to deal with people who have experienced trauma.
• Inputting all client based work onto the CMS; maintaining accurate and up to date case files and reporting.
• To facilitate the successful running of ICCM’s health and well being activities as required.
• To promote the wider work of ICCM, facilitating pathways to support where needed.
• To be aware of and maintain best practice in safeguarding.
• To commit to continuous professional development and keep up to date with best practise in the sector.
• To attend relevant training, conferences and seminars locally, regionally and nationally as directed by line manager.
• To participate and engage in supervision and appraisal provided by the manager
• To work as an accountable member of the staff team, working within the charity’s policies and procedures
• It is the nature of the work at ICCM that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances unpredictable and varied. All staff are therefore expected to work in a flexible way, when the occasion arises, when tasks not specifically covered in their job have to be undertaken.
• To ensure you fully embrace ICCM’s values in all your work.

Are you a skilled communicator with a passion for customer service, an attention to detail, and an ability to support teams to deliver amazing results?  Are you looking for a role that makes a tangible difference to the lives of others in an environment where you can personally grow and succeed?

At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital (BWC) Charity, we believe there’s always more we can do for our women and sick kids. It’s our mission to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use our hospitals and to make our hospital feel just like home.

We are looking for an ambitious, passionate and confident individual to join our charity.  An integral role, you will provide operational, administrative, account management and customer service support and build and maintain long-term relationships with our charity supporters

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have previous experience in a busy sales, fundraising, or customer facing role
• Experience of providing exceptional customer service to internal and external customers
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills, both face to face and over the phone
• Strong written communication skills, including in emails and the creation of materials
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to balance multiple demands and priorities
• Friendly, approachable and empathetic to others needs
• Be self-motivated, independent, and target-driven
• Be a driver with a full clean driving license, and own a car preferable

If you think you have the qualities we are looking for and the desire to contribute, please download the Job Description and then send us a CV and covering letter explaining how you meet the criteria for the role and making clear why you would like to be considered for it.

The closing date for return of applications is midnight  3rd October Interviews will be held in Birmingham on 9th October . Please note, we will close applications early if we receive sufficient applications. 

We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated candidate to join our team at The Bridge! We are a women's health and wellbeing charity that runs projects and services which address health and gender inequalities. 

Want to work within a charity?

Be a welcoming and supportive presence for all who walk in our door?

Provide vital support for the running of women's health and wellbeing services for our community?

You’re our ideal candidate if you’re friendly and approachable; a real team player with excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for delivering top-notch customer service. Comfortable working in an often busy space, you’ll remain calm and organised under pressure, handling enquiries and offering information and assistance in a friendly, approachable manner.

This is the perfect opportunity for anyone looking for experience working in a mission-driven organisation dedicated to improving women’s health and mental wellbeing.

Sounds like you? Then we want to hear from you!

We have two vacancies avaliable with the below shift patterns:

 vacancy 1  vacancy 2

Mondays: 16:00 - 20:30 Thursdays: 16:00 - 20:30

Tuesdays: 16:00 - 20:30 Fridays: 15:30 - 20:15

Wednesdays:16:00 - 20:30 (9.5 hours per week total)

Fridays: 07:45 - 13:00 

(19.5 hours per week)

the main purpose of the role:

• to offer high quality customer service to all visitors and enquirers;
• to be responsible for the day to day operation of the reception area, providing information efficiently and effectively;
• to undertake administration for gym membership and meeting room bookings;
• to undertake additional general administration for The Bridge and provide administrative support to the management team when required.

Please note this post involves some evening work.

For more information please see the attached Job Description. 

A small and friendly local charity is looking for someone who is organised with excellent communication skills who is keen to learn, develop and/or share their fundraising skills. This role would suit someone who is looking for a career change or has recently graudated and would like to become an excellent charity fundraiser or an experienced fundraiser who is keen to develop their skills and expertise to inform an imaginative fundraising strategy.

37.5 hours per week / Permanent / working onsite on a seven-day rolling rota, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Our Brighton & Hove Services provide supported accommodation for 50 young people at risk of homelessness across two sites. Gareth Stacey House is one of our 24-hour supported housing projects offering high and medium levels of housing-related support for young people aged of 16-25 with 15 bedspaces and shared communal facilities. We provide support to our residents to help them build essential life skills, identify their goals and work towards aspirations so that they can move on to enjoy fully independent futures. Our staff team comprises of Support Workers, Night Staff and Managers. Each Support Worker holds a caseload of residents and meets with them weekly to build a support plan and help them achieve their goals.

As a Supported Housing Support Worker you will hold a caseload of residents, working with them on a one-to-one basis with also facilitating group work sessions. You will identify their needs by listening to them, with employing psychologically informed approaches to enable residents to make better choices and take responsibility for their actions. You will work closely with other services such as, Social Services, Police, Probation, education providers and local organisations. Our projects already have excellent working relationships with these services, and your role will build on these. You will be helping them to improve their practical living skills such as cleaning, budgeting, managing behaviour, seeking, and securing employment and making wise decisions. You will help to contribute to a great working environment, with a calm, yet assertive manner, being able to handle potentially difficult situations. 

ABOUT YOU: We know that there are great candidates who will not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

This is a dynamic and varied role; you will be passionate about being involved in the support and growth of young people. Ideally, you will have knowledge and experience of working with young people, knowledge of housing and welfare benefits, along with an awareness of all aspects of safeguarding. You will enjoy working in a client facing role, with the ability to self-motive to drive to deliver an outstanding service. You will be an effective communicator who is able to deliver robust, clear handovers and build strong relationships with other members of your team. In addition, you will have the ability to de-escalate volatile situations and manage challenging behaviour appropriately.