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Are you looking for a rewarding challenge?

Then join our experienced team supporting children and young people who have caring responsibilities for someone in their family due to disability, long-term illness, mental health, or drug or alcohol misuse. You’ll help deliver our Young Carers service across Havering, so a car driver is essential.

In this role, you will manage an existing caseload and new referrals, meeting with families and Young Carers to complete statutory assessments and create action plans. You‘ll provide support for Young Carers to reduce the impact of their caring role and improve their resilience, educational chances, and wellbeing, through signposting to local services, in-school support, one-to-one sessions, and workshops.

There will be opportunities to work closely with schools, Children’s Services and other agencies to raise awareness, identify hidden Young Carers, and ensure Young Carer needs are understood and acted on.

You will need to be confident, approachable and self-motivated, with the ability to quickly establish rapport with children and young people. Applicants should have relevant experience of working or volunteering in education, health or social care, or be looking to start a career working with children or young people.

This is a part-time role, ideally working Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (including occasional early evenings).

Make a difference now and for the future.

We offer our employees:

• Inclusive values-based environment
• Competitive remuneration package
• Workplace pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Opportunities for hybrid working
• Benenden Health Care
• Death in Service Benefit
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
• Development opportunities
• and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note, outlining your current salary, or visit our website for full details.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.

Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.

Make a difference

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new service supporting Unpaid Carers across Lewisham to improve their health and wellbeing, and access support that meets their needs.

The team works with unpaid Adult Carers, Young Adult Carers and Young Carers, completing statutory and holistic assessments to understand people’s individual circumstances and level of need. You will carry out home visits and community meetings, co-produce support plans, and develop effective relationships with Unpaid Carers, families, and professionals.  

You’ll build on your local knowledge to signpost and facilitate access for Unpaid Carers to support services, including financial and benefit advice, housing, health and safety home systems, and leisure and social activities. You will also support the development of escalation plans so that Unpaid Carers are prepared for unforeseen circumstances that would impact negatively on ability to care.

Applicants should have relevant personal or professional experience of working with Unpaid Carers and/or vulnerable adults or children in a social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector. You’ll need a practical understanding of barriers faced by Unpaid Carers, and an awareness of cultural differences and access to services. Experience of working in mental health or dementia services would be an advantage.

You should be an excellent communicator and able to motivate and empower others. This is a full-time role.

Don’t wait. Apply today!

We offer our employees:

• Inclusive values-based environment
• Competitive remuneration package
• Workplace pension scheme
• Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
• Opportunities for hybrid working
• Benenden Health Care
• Death in Service Benefit
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Supported Volunteering scheme
• Development opportunities
• and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.

Imago recognises that many people in our society experience discrimination or lack of opportunity for reasons that are not fair. We aim to create a culture that respects and values each other’s differences, and see these differences as an asset, as they improve our ability to meet the needs of the organisations and people we work with. We proactively seek to increase opportunities for inclusion, and celebrate diversity across our organisation and within communities.

Imago recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young people and adults at risk who access its services or with whom it comes into contact.

Make a difference for children now and for their future

We’re looking for someone to work with schools across Lewisham to improve the education and health potential of Young Carers. You’ll work alongside our wider team supporting Unpaid Carers across the borough.

You’ll develop relationships with schools and school staff, raising awareness and supporting the identification of Young Carers within education settings, and supporting the development of policy, guidance and resources. You’ll work one-to-one and with groups of Young Carers, and carry out home-based visits to offer support interventions.  

As a Young Carers Schools Coordinator, you will also support the planning and delivery of the service’s activity package, including respite activities, online groups and face-to-face sessions.

Applicants should have relevant personal or professional experience of working with children, young people, and families in social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector. You’ll need a practical understanding of barriers faced by Young Carers, and an awareness of cultural differences and access to services. You should be confident engaging with young people and teaching and non-teaching school professionals at all levels.

You should be an excellent communicator with great organisational skills, and able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team. This is a full-time role.

Apply today!

We offer our employees:

· Inclusive values-based environment

· Competitive remuneration package

· Workplace pension scheme

· Generous 31 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays

· Opportunities for hybrid working

· Benenden Health Care

· Death in Service Benefit

· Cycle to Work Scheme

· Employee Supported Volunteering scheme

· Development opportunities

· and more

Imago is committed to Safer Recruitment practices, and the post is subject to references and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please either submit your CV with a short covering note or visit our website for full details.

Adult Services Manager (Maternity Cover)

21 hours per week

Teddington

Make your mark as a key leader in this growing charity

This is a key leadership role in this vibrant, user-led charity based in Richmond and Wandsworth. You will be providing leadership and direction to 5 team leads/managers as well as leading and directing development to increase the scope and depth of the services we offer. We are looking for innovation as well as sound leadership skills and professional knowledge of employment law is a given. This role is to cover the Maternity Leave of the current Manager and will be up to 12 months.

Ruils is a charity that supports disabled children and adults, to live independently, be part of their community and to live life to the full. We provide information, advice, practical support, befriending and accessible activities to our clients and families. We enable individuals to have choice and control over the way in which they get their support.

The Adult Services Team Manager is one of 3 team managers reporting to our Chief Executive Officer. The services managed include Direct Payment Support across Richmond and Wandsworth, Befriending and Community Activities, our Benefits and Housing Advice and Information service and our Counselling service.

We constantly research and develop services to meet the identified needs of the community and this role would suit someone who wants a good level of autonomy to develop new ideas.

The Adults Services Manager works alongside our Children’s Team Manager and our Social Prescribing and Community Development Manager, supported by Finance, Fundraising and Campaigns and Communications Managers.

Purpose of Post

• To be responsible for the management of the Support Services to Direct Payment clients in Richmond and Wandsworth.
• To be responsible for the research and development of adult services in Richmond and Wandsworth.
• To oversee promotion, monitoring and delivery of the CILS, Pathways and Counselling services.
• To provide leadership and supervision, performance evaluation and general support for all of the adult services team managers and leads.
• To be responsible for adult safeguarding and health and safety across the organisation.

What you might be doing now:

• You might be working for or volunteering in a similar charity or in a similar role.
• You may be looking to work part-time to fit around your other responsibilities.
• You may be an HR practitioner looking for a new management challenge away from the corporate world.
• You may have worked for a local authority, but are looking for more autonomy and flexibility.
• You may have the skills we need from some other combination of work and volunteering.

Main Duties include:

Management of Direct Payment Support Service

• Lead and manage the Direct Payment Support Service across Richmond and Wandsworth Boroughs through the Direct Payment Leads.
• Provide support to the DP team leads to resolve complex DP HR management issues around the area of employment law.
• Support the team leads in their work with the local authority to set targets for the project, monitor performance against these targets and identify and resolve any issues that arise.
• Provide performance data to finance for invoicing purposes.
• Report quarterly to the commissioners and the Ruils Board of trustees.
• Work with the DP team leads and the CEO on new DP projects and funding applications as required.

CILS, Pathways and Counselling Teams

• Lead and manage the delivery of the Community activity, Befriending, Pathways and Counselling services.
• Work with the CILS partners to ensure that the service is meeting Local Authority targets.
• Report as required to the commissioners and the Ruils Board of trustees.
• Responsible for ensuring active promotion of the services to potential and existing clients and stakeholders and to ensure representation of Ruils at networking events.
• Work with the CEO and Fundraising Manager to ensure projects are fully funded and demand is well managed.

General Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring safeguarding policies and principles are upheld across Adult Teams.
• Responsible for Health and Safety across the organisation.

What we can offer you:

• A vibrant and interesting work environment – every day is different
• An experienced and supportive CEO and a great team
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working
• Kind and caring colleagues who work as a team
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to an employee assistance programme (EAP)
• 1-2-1 coaching

We welcome applicants from all walks of life; training and mentoring will be provided.

We actively encourage applications from disabled people and people with long term health and mental conditions. We operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme in that we will guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. Please state in a cover letter if you wish us to consider you for this guaranteed interview scheme.

Please apply in writing with a cover letter and stating your current salary to Viv Sage, our HR Consultant at Better Talent, via the Quick Apply button.

Closing date for applicants: 30th August 2024

Interviews will be held the following week.

About the organisation
For nearly 50 years, nia has provided high quality, women-led services across North and East London. nia has three main aims: to provide services for women, children and young people who have experienced male violence, working to end men’s violence against women and girls, and to inform and influence policy and public awareness.
nia’s values, and our commitment to upholding them, set us apart. We put women first – always and without hesitation: we believe women, we are run by women, for women. We leave no woman behind: we challenge inequality and discrimination and believe that uniting women of all backgrounds is essential to ending the sex-based oppression of women.

About the post
The Emma Project, Daria House and Jan’s Place are specialist services providing refuge and support services to women who have been subjected to domestic and/or sexual violence and abuse, including women who have been sexually exploited, including through prostitution and who also use substances problematically. You will support women living in nia’s refuges to move on into accommodation and support them to resettle and build resilient support networks.

About you
We’re looking for a highly organised and self-motivated woman who is passionate about ending violence against women, girls and children. You’ll have a ‘can-do’ approach and demonstrable commitment to nia’s approach to Prioritising women, upholding and promoting feminist, trauma-informed and anti-racist practice.

CV’s will not be accepted.

Closing date: 10am, 9th August 2024
Interview date: 19th August 2024

The post is subject to an enhanced vetting and barring check and open to women only. Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies.

We work in partnership with Age UK Buckinghamshire to deliver the Hospital Discharge Support Service. The service covers the county of Buckinghamshire and aims to improve the experience of people leaving hospital, at what can be a very difficult time for them. Our teams work with patients to make this experience more manageable and to minimise the risk of readmission. This service supports people aged 18 who are leaving hospital after a stay. Older people are highly represented in this client group.

We are looking to recruit an experienced person-centred leader who is passionate about delivering services that make a difference to people’s lives. You will have responsibility of maintaining a high level of service delivery with impressive outcomes. You will lead a team of staff with oversight of each service area, will be highly organised, able to make decisions and use your initiative. The role will also involve monitoring service processes, systems, and workforce capacity to enable us to identify areas for change and improvement.

The purpose of the role is to manage and deliver the day-to-day operation of the service. Operating across Buckinghamshire, our discharge staff are based at both Stoke Mandeville and Wexham Park hospitals. Our community team are based in the Age UK Buckinghamshire offices in Aylesbury but reach out to serve residents across the county. Additionally, a team of volunteers provide additional capacity and reach. The post holder will be based at the office in Aylesbury but will be expected to travel across the two hospital sites when required,

The hospital teams operate 7 days a week supporting patients on discharge. Over a year more than a thousand patients will be taken home by our teams and helped to settle in safely. The community team will support residents post discharge, liaising with any other services, offering practical support to settle in at home such as shopping, light housework or picking up prescriptions and offering a regular call to ensure all is well.

The opportunities to make a difference are huge. If you think so too and think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, we are keen to hear from you.

Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.

We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The Child Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) Programme is part of this nationally funded programme and aims to train a workforce of new practitioners that offer help for common difficulties in children and young people, in particular CBT-informed evidence-based guided self-help for low to moderate intensity anxiety, low mood and behaviour problems, within a variety of community settings.

The course consists of approximately 64 teaching days spread over the year. The programme is delivered through a mix of online and in-person teaching, where campus-based learning will usually take place at the Anna Freud (London).

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic candidate with experience in child and adolescent mental health, alongside experience of providing clinical supervision or facilitating reflective spaces to support clinical skill developments. The post-holder must have knowledge and experience of implementing CBT-informed interventions for low to moderate intensity anxiety, low mood and behaviour problems and experience in small group facilitation.

The Practice Tutor will be expected to facilitate the delivery of practice tutor groups, contribute to teaching sessions, and undertake marking, personal tutoring and make other similar contributions to support the delivery of the programme. 

Location
Hybrid (a mixture of home/onsite working).  The delivery of teaching and Practice Tutor Groups facilitation by the post-holder, is almost all face-to-face. For face-to-face work, the post-holders will be required to attend in person at our London office (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH).

Contract duration
Permanent.

Closing date for applications
Midday (12pm), Monday 5 August 2024.

Notification of interview
Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than, Thursday 8 August 2024. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Interviews
Interviews will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 13 August 2024.

How to apply
Please click on the 'Apply now’ button. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Senior Nature Recovery Manager (Wilder Wight and Solent)  

Salary: £41,000 with a review when probation is complete  

Location: Ryde, Isle of Wight (Little Duxmore Farm, Havenstreet) 

Full Time – 35 Hours per week  

Permanent Contract 

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is a grassroots movement working for nature’s recovery and to bring people closer to nature. 

‘Our vision for a wilder future is beautiful and vital!’ 

Our future has to be wilder! 

We are seeking a Senior Nature Recovery Manager (Wilder Wight and Solent) to join our cause. 

The Senior Nature Recovery Manager (Wilder Wight and Solent) is critical in shaping and delivering the vision for the area and guiding the implementation of objectives on the ground. The Isle of Wight offers much potential for delivering landscape scale restoration through trialled and innovative solutions. The Solent area includes some of the Trusts best loved nature reserves but under pressure from a range of issues requiring proactive management and engagement to facilitate nature and its recovery into the future. This is an exciting opportunity to oversee an area-based team managing some of the Trusts flagship reserves and leading on the delivery and management of the organisation’s first rewilding sites, an expanding portfolio of nature reserves and ambitious plans for species recovery. 

Reporting to the Director of Nature Recovery, Wilder Wight, Solent and Seas, this role will bring operational leadership and management capacity across two highly important areas, overseeing delivery of strategic objectives and managing the conservation teams. The Isle of Wight is facing some major challenges, but the Trust is demonstrating how nature led approaches can resolve many of the local issues through ecosystem service provision. It’s an exciting time for the Island with the Trust delivering Wilder 2030 and through collaboration with partners much more is planned for nature and people by delivering land and seascape scale restoration. The Solent area hosts some of the Trusts most loved nature reserves. This area is under pressure from development, climate change and sea level rise posing some challenging scenarios for the future and the need for proactive engagement and problem solving to ensure sustainable solutions for the future. 

Wild About Inclusion! 

As an inclusive employer we recognise that our workforce needs to better reflect the communities in which we live and work.  We encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly those underrepresented within our sector, including people from black, Asian, minority Ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities. We are committed to creating a Movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities. 

We are happy to discuss the possibilities of hybrid and flexible working 

This role will be based at our office at Little Duxmore Farm, however, we are happy to accommodate a hybrid working routine, and discuss a pattern of work which mutually suits the candidate. Officially, office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm with an hour lunch break. 

We offer a wide range of benefits including a competitive salary, generous annual leave allowance, a contributory pension scheme, life assurance, learning and development support, 24-hour access to our employee assistance programme and more. 

Closing date:  07th August 2024 

Interviews:  16th August 2024 

To apply for the role, please click on the 'Apply Now' button at the top of the page. In the ‘supporting information’ section, you’ll need to demonstrate, with detailed examples, how you meet the job requirements using the Job Description and Recruitment Pack below. 

Please do not use artificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete the application form. We may not accept applications that have been completed utilising AI tools. If you would usually use tools such as these to assist you in filling in a form, please contact us to discuss this further and understand other options.

Are you a highly skilled and experienced process facilitator with a desire to enable the formation of Minster Communities across Leicester and Leicestershire? 

Can you form and lead teams of volunteers, are you energised by training and supporting others? 

Are you a collaborative colleague, excellent communicator and relationship-builder? 

…then we want to hear from you, and consider your application to work within our team as we enable churches to form new Minster Communities across our diocese. 

You will play a crucial role taking lead responsibility for training and supporting a team of facilitators (including staff, consultants and volunteers) who will deliver the Minster Community formation process across the diocese. You will facilitate organisational process within the ethos of Christian discernment and work closely with the Shaped By God Together Programme Team to track progress, identify risks and issues and contribute to problem-solving. 

This post is funded through a grant from the Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board. 

We encourage applications from UK Minority Ethnic / Global Majority Heritage candidates, who are currently under-represented in the organisation. 

Community and Events Fundraiser – North Yorkshire

£28,137.13 (Full Time Equivalent)

North Yorkshire Hospice Care Sites

30-37.5 hours a week (job share considered)

Permanent Contract

Are you enthusiastic, driven and have excellent people skills?

If you love building relationships with people and want to make a real difference to local hospice care this could be the perfect role for you.

As a Community Fundraiser, you will play a vital role in fostering connections and cultivating support across North Yorkshire, representing our family services at Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’ and Saint Michael’s Hospice to drive revenue growth.

The primary focus of this role is to help expand our network and raise awareness of our mission. This involves building relationships with individuals, businesses, community groups and volunteers. Responsibilities will include: actively seeking new opportunities, delivering presentations, attending local networking events, and coordinating assigned community initiatives, campaigns and events.

Each day brings unique challenges and opportunities, so adaptability, excellent communication, and strong time management skills are essential for this role. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team, we are a passionate and dedicated group with ambitious plans for the future.

Have you been recommended to this role by a current employee as part of our recommend a friend scheme? Don’t forget to let us know after clicking apply.

Benefits include (subject to eligibility): -

• 35 days holiday per year (including Bank Holidays, pro-rata)
• Comprehensive Induction Programme
• Refer a friend bonus scheme
• Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of 8%
• Lifestyle discounts and savings
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to staff support
• Free group life assurance
• Free DBS check

You will be joining an organisation that is driven, caring, and responsive and you will be playing an important role in enabling us to provide our highly valued services to the people of Harrogate, Hambleton, Richmondshire, and District.

At North Yorkshire Hospice Care we believe that children, young people and adults should never experience abuse of any kind. Every member of our organisation has a responsibility to promote the welfare of all who encounter our services. We aim to keep people safe and to operate our services in a way that protects them; to make reporting concerns as easy as possible and respond quickly; to listen to all worries and work in partnership with individuals and agencies. All our staff and volunteers receive annual training on both adults and children/young people’s safeguarding. This impacts our recruitment processes and we have adopted a number of safer recruitment practices, which our HR and People team can talk through with you.

We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks being obtained including but not limited to identity checks, DBS clearance at an appropriate level for the role, verification of right to work in the UK, employment references and employment history. Costs of pre-employment checks will be met by the organisation.

North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice, and Talking Spaces. North Yorkshire Hospice Care is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (2121179).

Please be aware we reserve the right to close a vacancy early if a suitable candidate is identified.

PLEASE ENSURE: that you answer all supplementary questions as part of your application. Failure to do so will result in an automatic rejection and your application will not be considered.

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, we are not currently able to consider applicants who do not have the right to work in the UK.

Job Description

Key Tasks

Operational

• Engage, support, and nurture supporters throughout their fundraising journey.
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with key individuals, groups, and businesses to boost visibility and engagement.
• Collaborate with other teams across the organisation to deepen supporter engagement and achieve shared goals.
• Establish and coordinate a network of local volunteers and volunteer fundraising groups, empowering them to organise events and campaigns.
• Recruit, support, and guide volunteers for community-based activities, ensuring a positive experience.
• Represent the North Yorkshire Hospice Care brands by attending cheque presentations and events to thank supporters.
• Ensure activities are warmly recognised and communicated with supporters to capitalise on future opportunities.
• Deliver presentations to businesses, community groups, and schools to raise awareness and increase engagement.
• Manage all elements of street and public collections ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Support and co-ordinate the delivery of assigned fundraising events, challenge events and campaigns, ensuring supporters have a positive experience.
• Update digital platforms with supporter-led events and promote them via social media.

Strategic

• Support the Community and Events Manager in achieving strategic objectives.
• Contribute to the development of income and expenditure plans for the Community Support team and regularly monitor and report on assigned budgets, income forecasts, and variances.
• Review and improve all fundraising activities to ensure optimal use of volunteers, resources, and systems to achieve our goals.

Financial

• Achieve agreed fundraising targets and income, through new and existing community supporters.

Regulatory

• Embed the organization’s values into your working practices.

• To carry out all duties in accordance with the law, Fundraising Code of practice, Data Protection Regulations, the Hospice philosophy, and the Hospice policy on equality of opportunity, inclusion, and diversity.
• To undertake relevant training and professional development to remain at the forefront of industry standards.
• To promote, protect, and enhance the brand and reputation of NYHC and act as a key ambassador in many settings, including media work and public speaking. Ensuring our name and reputation is positively viewed in the marketplace.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Key results/objectives/measures of success

1.Deliver agreed income target for the assigned area.

2.Increase the number of supporters on the database.

3.Generate leads for the wider team.

Overarching responsibilities

• To embed the values of the organisation into your working practices evidencing this regularly and ensuring this remains a priority.

• To live out our values, which drive all that we do, in the context of your everyday work following our behaviour framework.
• To work in accordance, and fully comply, with our organisational policies and procedures.

• To carry out all duties in accordance with the law, , regulations, organisational frameworks, recognised professional guidelines and the have a commitment to FREDIE, integration and collective decision making.

The above is indicative of the current responsibilities of the post which may change from time to time in consultation with the post holder in line with the service need.

Throughout your time with us we will conduct ongoing employment checks and performance reviews relevant to your role, for example professional registration checks, DBS, appraisals and regular contact meetings.

1. Terms and Conditions

 

Reports to: Community and Events Manager

Responsible for:

Hours:Up to 37.5 hours

Location:Hybrid working but with regular/frequent travel across North Yorkshire.

I’m looking to speak to a communications and PR/ media professional with experience working for an international development animal charity, looking to join an advocacy led charity as Head of Communications and Campaigns. In this remote based role (with ad-hoc travel to London), you will pro-actively develop and drive work to generate PR coverage and awareness for the charity, and ensure working animals are represented in the global news agenda.

You will also represent global influencing and advocacy agenda externally, and you will manage the development of the charity’s content and stakeholder communications, including publications, films and digital media.

The Head of Communications and Campaigns manages the Communications and Campaigns team, which is part of the Global Fundraising, Marketing and Communications department. Experience at an international development and/ or animal welfare charity is essential, as well as line management experience.

• Salary £50,000+. 26 days annual leave, increasing after 2 years of service.
• Full-time hours (34.5 hour week), Permanent.
• Location- Remote based, anywhere in the UK. Travel to the London office, monthly will be needed.

Do you want to play a critical role in the development and delivery of a strategy to transform working animal welfare? Please get in touch!

Closing date- ASAP. The charity is reviewing applications on a rolling basis.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Youth Worker - Gloucestershire Youth Support Service

Five years permanent with funding contract

4x Full time positions available (37 hours per week)

1x Part time position available (18.5 hours per week)

Salary: £26,269.74 full time, £13,134.87 pro rata for 18.5 hours

This post will involve irregular hours, including late evenings, early mornings, and weekend working. There will be travel primarily within Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, access to own transport will therefore be required.

Location: Gloucestershire - Service will be delivered from Whaddon Youth Centre (Cheltenham) and Tewkesbury Youth Centre (Tewkesbury)

Benefits

Enhanced Annual Leave 28 days-length of service extra 2 after 2, 5 and 7 goes up to 36 days.

Free eye test-claim back via my finance-take form to dentist-eye test form can also claim for glasses.

Pension-match contribution up to 8% can opt out, have to auto enrolled every 2 years do get money refunded if opt out you contribute 4% and will be matched to 8%

Life assurance - death in service, 4x salary gets paid to nominated person.

Cycle to work 39% off bike cost can be spread across the year.

770 retailers discounts offered with YouStar App.

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our Youth Impact Domain, which provides one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us develop innovative practice in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury.

Youth work is life-changing for young people, and we're excited to be expanding our services in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. We want to empower young people through impactful and transformative youth work, and we are looking for dedicated professionals to join our dynamic and ambitious team during this exciting period of service mobilisation.

We are seeking a dedicated youth worker with direct experience working with children and young people, either in a professional or voluntary capacity. As a youth worker, you will play a crucial role in providing support to and empowering vulnerable young people and those with complex needs as they transition into adulthood.

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-Direct experience working with children and young people on a one-to-one basis and in group work settings in a professional or voluntary capacity

-Ability to build relationships and maintain appropriate professional boundaries

-Strong understanding and experience of the challenges faced by vulnerable young people and those with complex needs

-Commitment to the values and mission of youth work, as well as safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people

-Experience of working independently and as part of a team in the field of youth work

-Experience of developing inclusive practice

-Experience in a relevant area of work e.g., Youth Work, Social Care, Family support, Youth Offending, Connexions, Education

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support. We campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an “Employment history template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be uploaded by the candidate alongside uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 15th August. If after 14 days, we have received enough applications, we can close this vacancy from the 1st August onwards.

Interview date TBC.

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Title: Interim Communications Director  

Reports to:  Executive Director 

Salary scale: EUR 84,460 – EUR 94,760 (inclusive of 8% holiday allowance) / GBP 70,750 – GBP 79,500 

Contract: 9 –12 months / part or full time 

Location: Capitals Coalition will consider candidates located in the UK or the Netherlands with existing permission to work in the relevant location. All Coalition team members work remotely with occasional in-person engagement.  

Travel: Occasional travel for key opportunities 

About Capitals Coalition 

The Capitals Coalition’s vision is of a stable, resilient economy that safeguards everyone. Our role is to catalyze action towards accounting for what matters by hosting a pre-competitive space for collaboration. The Capitals Coalition and its network do this by tackling collective challenges, co-creating solutions and championing a systems approach. We put true value at the core of economic decisions to address nature loss, climate change and social inequity.

The Capitals Coalition is a non-profit headquartered in the Netherlands.

About the role 

The Capitals Coalition is at an exciting time in its history, as it embarks upon an ambitious ten-year strategy to catalyze action towards accounting for what really matters with key decision makers in the economy.

The Interim Communications Director will play a pivotal role in developing and leading the communications strategy to strengthen Capitals Coalition’s positioning as a credible and trusted voice as we transition into our new strategic phase.

With a strong background in strategic communications you will work with the CEO, Executive and Leadership Teams, as well as a wide range of stakeholders to champion the Coalition’s brand and narrative for the new strategy. Managing a small communications function and leveraging our cutting-edge projects and networks, you will amplify the Coalition’s voice and inspire key audiences in business, finance and government. 

If you have a strong ‘can-do’ attitude, can communicate complex concepts in a compelling way and create synergy across multiple areas of communications, then this role is for you. If you are driven by working at the intersection of economics and sustainability (climate, biodiversity, equity), thrive on strategy creation and are an exceptional leader, we want to hear from you. 

You will report to the Executive Director and directly manage the Communications Manager. 

What you will do

• Develop - and oversee the implementation of - a new communications strategy and the positioning of the Capitals Coalition with external stakeholders. This includes bringing cohesion across initiatives, amplifying and promoting key outputs and targeting communications to achieve organizational goals.

• Lead and develop a strong narrative for action that is supported by messaging and visual assets and ensure these are embedded across Capitals Coalition communications. This includes determining key audiences, messengers and moments, and identifying key indicators to track and monitor progress. 

• Develop, maintain, and disseminate strategic messaging that underpins both reactive and proactive communications tactics in line with strategic objectives and policy positioning.

• Identify, foster and manage productive and impactful relationships with key communication and engagement stakeholders, including press contacts, communications specialists in partner organizations, and key partners for outputs and events.

• Promote an innovative approach to communications using all media, staying abreast of advancements in the profession to ensure the Capitals Coalition can make best use of a mix of communication channels.

• Drive creative insights and strategic thinking across the Capitals Coalition with respect to communications to maximize impact and reach.

• Build relationships by representing the Coalition on external working groups, at events, and in the media as appropriate.

• Support, prepare and coach staff, spokespeople and board members for media interviews and visits and provide guidance across the organization about dealing with the media.

• Manage the Capitals Coalition’s in-house communications team including setting objectives, leading on annual appraisals, and recruitment.

• As a member of the Leadership Team, support the Executive Team in fostering cohesion and collaboration across the Capitals Coalition. 

• Take on additional tasks as required to support the delivery of the Capitals Coalition’s strategic and operational plans. 

What we’re looking for  

• 12+ years of experience in strategic communications and/or PR and at least 5 years of experience managing others; 

• Experience developing and executing a communications strategy for a global organization, using knowledge of how communications supports the delivery of wider organizational goals; 

• Experience developing, supporting and executing advocacy campaigns;

• Experience in economic transformation, new economics or sustainability fields including excellent understanding of economic transformation, sustainability and business issues and ability to anticipate and adapt messaging in relation to context and audience; 

• Ability to summarize and synthesize complex reports, findings and information to make them accessible for a diverse audience; 

• Knowledge of branding and design is an asset; 

• Proven leadership with seasoned judgment, the ability to make decisions, justify recommendations and be responsive, clear and firm with colleagues and partners;

• Comfortable advising and engaging with subject matter experts and senior leaders;

• Demonstrated ability to coach, mentor, motivate, and lead colleagues; 

• Experience working independently and also collaboratively with a small team, and comfort with adapting to changing situations;

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Benefits include: 

• Paid holiday leave: 30 days per year for all employees plus official national holidays in the candidate’s location. 

• Paid sick leave and parental leave. 

• Pension: employer contribution of 5% p/a. 

• 500 EUR one-time home-working setup allowance 

• 300 EUR per annum bring your own device allowance 

• 250 EUR annual training allowance 

At the Capitals Coalition, we believe we can most effectively accomplish our goals with a team that brings a variety of skills, expertise, and life experiences to the work we do every day. We strongly encourage applications from qualified candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and those with disabilities. We aim to foster a welcoming environment that respects each person’s perspective and values each person for who they are. 

How to apply:  

We are looking for a colleague to work with us part- or full-time (up to 37.5 hours p/w). The successful candidate must be based in and have existing eligibility to work in the United Kingdom or the Netherlands. The Capitals Coalition offers a range of benefits alongside a competitive salary and a great place to work. 

Given the interim nature of this position, we are also open to engaging an independent contractor for the role. 

Please send a completed application form by 8th September 2024. State the role in the subject line and kindly note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Interviews will be held in late September and early October. 

The Coalition consists of organizations from all around the world and with people of different gender, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, physical ability, geography, political affiliation, and country of origin, and as much as possible we want this to be reflected in our team. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.   

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!

In return you will receive: 

• 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.
• Membership of a defined contribution pension scheme, with contributions matched by CXK (up to 10% of annual salary depending on length of service).
• Free personal Life Assurance (3 x annual salary).
• Flexible working arrangements, including home working.
• Generous sickness, maternity and paternity leave benefits.

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, Monday 22nd July 2024. Interviews will take place on 31st July 2024 in Ashford, Kent. 

 **Please note that we reserve the right 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**