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We’re looking for a supportive and proactive leader to join our community service as a Senior Community Mental Health Recovery Support Worker. The post involves direct work with service users, supervising a team of staff and working in partnership with colleagues across different sectors in Camden. You’ll be working collaboratively alongside partners and statutory providers to adapt the service offers to meet changing local needs.

The role requires someone who is passionate about people being at the heart of their recovery, who has leadership qualities, and who enjoys working in a role with a variety of responsibilities.

You will demonstrate strong organisational skills, a solution focused approach to teamwork and excellent communication skills – both orally and written. You will also have experience of working in a mental health setting and have an embodied person-centred approach to mental health recovery work.

To apply, please visit the jobs page of our website to download the application pack (please note CVs will not be considered).

Closing date: 1.00pm on Wednesday, 14th August 2024.

First interviews: Wednesday, 21st or Thursday, 22nd August 2024.

Second interviews: Wednesday, 28th or Thursday, 29th August 2024.

Join Our Team – Fundraising Coordinator

We're looking for a dynamic individual to identify, secure, and manage funding opportunities. You will work closely with our Head of Business Development & Partnerships to implement our income generation strategy and grow new income streams including individual giving, legacies, corporates. This includes researching potential funders, preparing compelling grant proposals, managing funding applications, and maintaining relationships with donors and partners. Additionally, you will leverage data to demonstrate our impact and secure funding.

About Us:

Action for Family Carers is a well-established Essex-based charity dedicated to supporting unpaid carers and young carers. We've been making a positive impact for over 30 years.

About You:

You like to get results! You have experience in securing funding through grants, donations, partnerships and sponsorships. You have strong writing and communication skills for crafting compelling proposals. You also understand the value of accurate data when demonstrating impact of our services and have good data analysis and CRM skills. Most importantly, you will share our vision, our values and our ambition to do more for local families.

What We Offer:

· Salary: Band 7, £29,361 per annum FTE

· Contract: Permanent

· Hours: 21 hours per week - Flexible days/hours, hybrid office/home working

· Location: Brickhouse Farm, Poulton Close, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6NG

 

Benefits:

· Full induction and relevant training

· Contributory work-based pension scheme

· Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

· Flexible working arrangements

Apply Now:

If you're ready to be part of a dynamic team, contribute to meaningful work, and make a positive impact, we want to hear from you! Apply now and help us continue changing lives at Action for Family Carers.

Read the full Job Description and Person Specification. Send your CV with a covering letter addressing why you meet the requirements of the person specification.

Closing date for applications 5pm, Friday 30th August 2024

Action for Family Carers is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.

The successful candidate will work 35 hours a week over 5 days, including evening and weekend work as required by the company. This role will cover North England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. 

At Help for Heroes, we believe those who serve our country deserve support when they are wounded. Every day, men and women have to leave their career in the Armed Forces as a result of physical or psychological wounds; their lives changed forever. We help them, and those still serving, to recover and get on with their lives.

And who are we you’re wondering? We are experts and beginners. Generalists and specialists. Ordinary people with an extraordinary passion towards making a positive change to the lives of our veterans (and having fun while doing it).

As One Team we share a philosophy – I.C.A.R.E. It’s the way we walk and talk, the way we interact with others and how we approach everything we do. We are:

Innovative – Collaborative – Authentic – Resourceful – Energetic. 

We have an incredible opportunity for a COMMUNITY BUILDER to join our Community Development team.

Please see below for more information on what just might be your future role.

About The Role  

The Help for Heroes Community Development team are looking to recruit a team of Community Development Managers to assist in their reshaped participation and connection strategy. Using Asset Based Community Development, we seek to support the charity’s objective to enhance reach and positive impact for members of the Armed Forces Community facing challenges within their local communities.

As a Community Development Manager, you will lead and inspire a team of Community Builders, fostering collaboration, innovation and commitment to community impact working in an ABCD informed way. The aim is to connect and re-engage members of the AFC with the services at Help for Heroes and within the wider community. 

This is an exciting and varied role for dynamic and confident individuals, in which the right candidate will work directly within communities across the UK; bringing the Armed Forces Community together to improve wellbeing and make the community a better place to live. The main purpose of the role is to contribute to the leadership of an integrated, community development and hybrid volumizing offer which improves reach and sustained positive impact for members of the Armed Forces community. 

About You

You will be responsible for the effective line management of a dispersed community-based team and have experience managing co-designed/co-delivered community development initiatives. You will recognise the potential for growth and expansion within these communities and empower local people to exact changes focused on what’s important to them. 

You will have a genuine professional commitment to ABCD informed delivery, possess the capacity to work collaboratively with others and pilot projects for new community development initiatives by identifying and creating viable plans for growth and expansion to increase reach, impact and accessibility across the AFC.  

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate locality-based Community Development related services 

• Provide line management for a regionally specific team of Community Builders, positively participating in line management meetings, annual appraisals, monthly and quarterly team meetings as required facilitating 1:1 and group line management supervision including volunteers 

• Act as safeguarding and health and safety lead for your regional team ensuring safe practice 

• Set clear objectives and performance expectations for Community Development colleagues/volunteers and programme activity

• Identify and leverage community assets and resources to support community development initiatives 

• Support the collation of evidence and impact data 

PLEASE NOTE: There is a requirement for frequent travel extensively within the regions allocated for this role. There will be evening and weekend working as required and flexibility in working hours is necessary to ensure a total of 70 hours is covered over a 2-week period so please take this into consideration before applying. 

We are looking for someone with the following: 

• Educated to degree level in a relevant field (Social Science, Community Development, Health and Social Care), related field, or hold an equivalent professional Community Development qualification. 

• Demonstrable experience of senior management/leadership of a Community Development team or integrated multi-disciplinary service informed by Community Development principles 

• Proficiency in managing projects from conception to completion  

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively 

About The Team 

You will work as part of the Community Development team; this newly formed team will approach working in defined localities using an asset based community development approach. Together the Community Development Managers and the Community Builders will strengthen local communities using resources and networks that are readily available. You will do this to proliferate opportunities for sustainable participation and engagement alongside a multi-disciplinary team in order to support the Armed Forces Community to live well after service. 

Please see job description for more details about the role.

What We Offer

To enable our employees to thrive in all aspects of their lives we proudly support flexible working practices. You can tailor your working day around your work and private commitments providing you maintain high class service to the team and our veterans at all times. And there are also a wide range of other benefits we offer like 29 days paid holiday, enhanced family friendly packages, health cashback plan.

About Us

Bridges Outcomes Partnerships (BOP) is a not-for-profit social enterprise that works alongside Government, community groups and specialist Delivery partners to design and deliver vital services that support people to improve their lives, in areas ranging from housing and employment to education and health & wellbeing.

The role of BOP spans project development (working with Government and others to design and launch the service), project management (coordinating the delivery phase, managing performance, and liaising with the various stakeholders) and project finance (funding the project until it starts to earn outcomes payments). Our own funding comes from a group of pioneering social investors, including The Office for Civil Society, Big Society Capital, Pilotlight, Trust for London, who, like us, are motivated by improving lives and changing the system for the better.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to make a difference and is passionate about using data to change lives.

About the opportunity

As an Impact Analyst, you will work within a team across 2-3 social impact projects initially. An example of one of the programmes you will become a key part of delivering is a community based, preventative emotional resilience and wellbeing pilot called Turning Tides.

Turning Tides is a two-year pilot programme testing innovative means of protecting and promoting the mental health and wellbeing of vulnerable young people along the North Yorkshire Coast. The programme leverages local organisations and their expertise, providing each young person a dedicated coach who works to identify a participant's strengths and ambitions – and takes a community-based asset development approach to match those goals with opportunities in the local area.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include.

· Overseeing all data related aspects of the programme including data collection, extraction, cleaning, analysis, reporting, and presentation.

· Gathering and analysing quantitative and qualitative data to measure the impact of service innovations for the programmes you are working across. Produce regular reports and insights that aid decision making to continuously improve programme design.

· Taking initiative to propose and implement relevant analyses to the project to maximise positive impact for participants with the programmes you are supporting.

· Building relationships and working at times directly with Delivery Partners (VCSE organisations who are delivering the frontline services for the programme) to ensure they are able to use the data systems accurately and effectively,

· Identifying opportunities for process automation and improving utilisation of management data by colleagues across the programme.

· Supporting the Programme Lead on all operational and project management needs, including coordination of team activities and providing other administrative support.

· Working with the Investment Lead and colleagues in Finance, to ensure invoices for outcomes achieved by participants within programmes are processed.

· Engaging with other analysts across BOP to share learnings from your own project and implement learnings from other projects in your own.

Competencies

To take on the above responsibilities, we will be looking for you to demonstrate strengths in the following competencies:

· Curious and Inquisitive: You crave knowledge and consistently seek learning opportunities.  You look for patterns and ask questions that nobody else has thought to ask.

· Data and Analytical Skills: You are good with numerical data and analysis and are able to accurately assimilate information and develop critical insights to inform decisions.

· Passion and desire to make a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable people.

· Problem Solving: You can make sense of something complex and recommend practical solutions.

· Adaptable:  You can adapt easily to changes in work. You are flexible and act as an advocate for change.

· Communication: You can confidently communicate your ideas verbally and in writing. You can simplify complexities and adapt your communication so others can understand.

· Autonomy: You take ownership of your tasks and can plan and manage your own time to achieve them.

· Relationship Building and Teamwork: You can build credible and trusting relationships both internally and externally.

· Attention to Detail: You are detail focussed and you ensure the work you produce is accurate and of a high quality.

· IT and Data Analytic Skills: You have a strong working knowledge and understanding of Excel and PowerPoint, and you embrace the opportunity to learn new IT applications.

·  Previous Power BI experience would be advantageous.

What we will offer you

• We are a flexible employer and we will support you to ensure you achieve a healthy work life balance.

• You will be joining an incredibly dedicated, vibrant, dynamic and talented team of people who are deeply passionate about services which improve people’s lives and public sector reform.

• You will get 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 days for bank holidays plus a birthday leave day and 2 additional ‘gifted’ day/s between Christmas and New Year.

• We offer a Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.

• We offer 4 x Life Insurance, Income Protection Insurance and Wellbeing benefits & resources.

• We also offer Private Medical Insurance on successful completion of your probation period.

• You will be able to access Learning and Development opportunities.

PLEASE NOTE: We are only accepting applications through our recruitment platform Applied.

First round interviews are likely to take place 15th/16th August and potentially w/c 19th August

At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:Flexible working options including hybrid working28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays

• An extra day off for your Birthday
• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
• Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
• Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
• Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
• About the role:Our Learning and Development Managers are passionate about learning and leading a team to deliver positive outcomes for our employees and volunteers. This will be a busy role but will offer great variety. It will include line management of a mixed role L&D team, designing new learning interventions and building and maintaining internal relationships. You'll be a role model for learning behaviours and drive new interventions that support our team to achieve our ambitious plans.

You will;Build strong stakeholder relationships with middle managers across the organisation to effectively understand and address learning needs which ultimately improve performance and the quality of services.
Be accountable for learning design projects from end to end, which is inclusive of scoping learning needs, recommending interventions, planning the project, carrying out the design and where required delegating work tasks to the team with a brief.
Support the Head of Learning and Development in building an effective learning culture across Victim Support that provides impactful, accessible and efficient learning interventions for employees and volunteers
Create and deliver on a business plan for your own areas of focus within the L&D team and provide vision and clarity for those within your area of responsibility. This will include external provision of learning for income generation.
Leadership of a mixed skill based learning and development team inclusive of recruitment, performance management, continual development and allocation of work tasks.

You will need:
Experience of leading learning design projects including online learning, face to face workshops, virtual classroom sessions and independent learner led tools and resources
Experience of managing own and others time effectively including identifying priorities, setting goals and using available resources to deliver results
Effective communication using different methods and strong active listening skills
Strong problem solving skills with a curious mind-set and an ability to analyse data and make informed decisions
Experience of leading collaboration across a team of individuals with different expertise, coordinating efforts and responding to conflict
Experience of leading empathetically and with influence, building trust and rapport, across a team and other relationships across the organisation
This role will work from home for 37.5 hours a week but will have moderate travel across England and Wales with possible overnight stays and some out of hours working.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website, and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We looking forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.

Join the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as Development Officer and be part of our passionate and dynamic Development department. We are seeking a dedicated individual for a permanent role within our fast-paced, growing team.

In this role, you will engage in prospect research, coordinate fundraising plans, manage application submissions, and handle external reporting for a variety of exciting projects. Your efforts will directly contribute to the success and growth of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

We are looking for a candidate with a genuine passion for fundraising. Whether you have knowledge of grant-making trusts and foundations or are eager to learn, your strong organisational skills and attention to detail will be essential. A positive, flexible attitude and the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues across departments are also key qualities we value.

This is a pivotal moment for the Trust as we embark on an ambitious new vision to become a contemporary organisation with global reach and purpose, with Shakespeare at the heart of everything we do.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 29 August 2024. First stage interviews will be held on Tuesday 10 September 2024.

To learn more and apply, visit our jobs website.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and building a diverse and representative workforce. Join us and be a part of something truly special.

In the role of Personal Assistant (PA) you will work alongside the Senior Leadership Team and the Board of Trustees as they lead Church Army forward. You will be a trusted and valued colleague who will help the CEO to make the most impact with their time by managing a busy diary, multiple projects and tasks with a flexible approach to the role and an ability to respond to needs as they present.

Initially, you will be working with the interim CEO, Jude Davis. Church Army are currently recruiting for a new permanent CEO which is why we are recruiting for a new PA now so that they can learn about the role and get settled in so that when the new CEO is appointed you will be able to support them from their first day in the role.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To provide a highly efficient and confidential administrative service to the CEO.
• To coordinate events and meetings that sit within the CEO’s Office.
• To optimise the working potential of the Chief Executive Office team through the effective organisation of time, information and resources.
• To provide a highly efficient and confidential administrative service to the Board of Trustees.
• To liaise when required with the CA Patron and patrons of individual projects.
• To provide a highly efficient and confidential administrative service to the President and Vice Presidents.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• The successful candidate will have:
• Experience of diary management of senior colleagues.
• Strong interpersonal skills to be able to deal with a range of people and positions on the phone and face to face.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and discretion.
• Basic knowledge of GDPR.
• Confidence in using IT.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Initiative and the ability to work independently.
• The ability to stay calm under pressure.
• Minute taking skills, or willingness to learn effective minute taking skills.

BENEFITS:

Church Army employees get access to a variety of different benefits, to see what benefits you would be eligible for please check the job pack linked below.

• WeCare – Provides access to a 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programmes, counselling and wellbeing support.
• LifeWorks – LifeWorks allows employees to access ‘employee perks’ which supplies exclusive discounts, cashback, gift cards and cinema deals.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – CycleScheme allows you to purchase a new bike and accessories through Church Army. With no upfront payment it can save you 25% – 39% with tax-effective monthly repayments.
• Specsavers Eye Tests – Employees who habitually use display screen equipment for their job, will be eligible for an eye test voucher with Specsavers.
• Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays (total 33 days)

Occupational Requirement: None. However, due to the nature of this post we do require the successful candidate to be in sympathy with, and have respect for and behave in a way that reflects, Church Army vision, values and ethos.

DBS: A DBS check is not required for this post. However, all staff are expected to read and comply with Church Army’s Safer Ministry Policy.

About the Youth Investment Fund (YIF)

The Youth Investment Fund (YIF) is over £300m of capital and revenue grants, funded by the UK Government.

YIF is a commitment to young people to transform and level up the out-of-school youth sector. It will provide truly innovative youth facilities in levelling up priority areas, and early-stage/seed resource funding to underpin them, enabling more positive activities that deliver improved outcomes for young people.

Phase 1 was launched in January by Children in Need on behalf of the UK Government delivering £12 million of funding for small-scale projects and we’re now delivering phase 2.

Our aim is to deliver grants for up to 300 facilities that:

• represent positive value for money,
• are environmentally sustainable,
• and enable positive activities for young people aged 11 to 18 (up to 25 for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)

in eligible places across England, by 2024/25

For further information on YIF please visit the Youth Investment Fund website.

About Social Investment Business

For over two decades, Social Investment Business has provided finance and support to charities and social enterprises. We empower these organisations to do what they do best - serve the communities they operate within. 

Our values are: People First, Curious, Bold, Collaborative, Accountable

To find out more about what we do and our values please visit our website.

About this role:

This role plays an important part in enabling the YIF team to support the delivery of the Fund and to provide excellent customer service to its grantees.

We are looking for someone who: is motivated by our mission and is looking for an administrative position at SIB. You will need to like working with numbers, be good at scheduling calls and engaging with customers and have excellent attention to detail.

Key responsibilities

1. To support effective triage of YIF grants to enable timely monthly disbursements to take place.

2. To ensure that calls are scheduled with each grantee due a disbursement in each month.

3. To support the team with reconciling spend evidence.

4. To undertake these calls with each grantee, checking the figures they have shared through the grantee community in Salesforce, updating these figures diligently and accurately.

5. To collect additional information on the progress of each grantee’s capital project, updating relevant fields in Salesforce diligently and accurately.

6. To collate all relevant updates from each month’s calls, and share this reporting with the Senior Relationship Manager and Head of Property Funding to enable accurate cross-checking with the finance team and timely reporting to DCMS.

7. To manage the customer inbox on a daily basis and respond to enquiries from customers using guidance notes and where necessary escalating queries to the YIF Admin Team Leader in the first instance.

8. To maintain grantee tasks in Salesforce and ensure that Relationship Managers are aware of any actions that have arisen from monthly calls.

9. To provide support where necessary to external Relationship Managers.

10. To support general administrative coordination across approved grants, most particularly those relating to disbursements, data input, data checking and task management.

11. To work within the organisation's values, principles and processes to achieve operational excellence.

12. To adopt our continuous improvement and learning ethos.

13. To support and embed equality, diversity and inclusion into day-to-day behaviours and activities within your role as well as contributing more widely across SIB’s commitment to E, D & I.

14. To support and contribute to the implementation and delivery of SIB’s strategy.

15. In agreement with manager to undertake other tasks and work on cross team projects that support the objectives of SIB as required.

Core competencies

· Good team player with willingness to assist others

· Self-motivated, with high energy and an engaging level of enthusiasm

· Previous experience of using a CRM system, ideally Salesforce

· Excellent Microsoft Office Skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

· Excellent customer service skills

· Good numeracy/analytical skills

· Well organised with attention to detail

· Excellent written and oral communication skills that can be adapted for a variety of audiences

· Ability to multitask, work flexibly and willingness to learn new skills

· Ability to negotiate, anticipate and solve problems and to support others to do so

· Ability to deal sensitively and diplomatically with people from all levels with a calm, professional and friendly attitude

Desirable competencies

 Advanced Excel skills

About us

Crisis is the national charity for people experiencing homelessness. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Thank you for your interest in becoming the next Head of Intensive Case Management at Crisis, Skylight London.  

If there ever was a good time to join a new organisation, this would be it, as we embark on our new 10-year strategy for ending homelessness. This is a real opportunity to bring your skills, experience, and knowledge to lead a team that has positive impact on the lives of individuals who are experiencing homelessness in combination with complex needs and multiple disadvantages. The team also connects with local communities, volunteers, and other organisations, encouraging system change for people facing homelessness.

About the role

This is a real opportunity to bring your skills, experience, and knowledge to lead a team that has positive impact on the lives of individuals who are experiencing homelessness in combination with complex needs and multiple disadvantages. The team also connects with local communities, volunteers, and other organisations, encouraging system change for people facing homelessness.

About you

You will be part of the Crisis Skylight London leadership team and will encourage and enable staff to constructively contribute to, develop and achieve the aims and objectives of the service. You will also identify and develop opportunities for effective partnerships work, so that our members have strong pathways to the community-based specialist services and support they need as part of their journey out of homelessness.  

You will have a strong track record of operational management and a background of leading teams to deliver evidence-led, high quality, impactful services to vulnerable people. Through a collaborative approach, sharing ideas and proposing solutions you will support the team to adapt and work through challenges and change. 

Your leadership will be crucial to drive positive and systemic change and help us work towards our strategic goals. 

We will be Bold, Impactful, Collaborative and Equitable in our approach, building on a set of positive behaviours and culture that will help us to secure the right policies, deliver breakthrough services and build a community, helping to end homelessness across Great Britain. Staff, members, and volunteers acting together to be positive, ambitious, and guided by the impact we seek to have. 

It’s a scandal that people are homeless. Every day it destroys lives. But we can solve it. 

Together, we will end homelessness.  

We believe diversity is a strength, and our aim is to make sure that Crisis truly reflects the communities we serve. We are actively working towards our organisation being a place where everyone can thrive and make their best contribution to our mission of ending homelessness for good. We know that the more perspectives, voices, and experiences we can bring to this work, the better. We particularly welcome applications from people who have lived experience of homelessness, and people from all marginalised groups, communities and backgrounds.

Working at Crisis

As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

• Interest free loans for travel season ticket, cycle to work, and deposit to secure a tenancy
• Pension scheme with an employer contribution of 8.5%
• 28 days and option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay
• Flexible working around the core hours 10am-4pm
• And more! (Full list of benefits available on website)

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

When you join us, you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation.  

How to apply

If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.

Closing date: Sunday 4 August 2024 (at 23:59)

Interviews will be held on Thursday 15 August 2024

Community Projects Coordinator  

Do you have a passion for celebrating diversity and supporting inclusive communities? We are looking for someone that can actively engage and empower student groups from a diverse range of backgrounds and identities at the University of Exeter.

As our Community Projects Coordinator, you will use your skills to develop and deliver impactful projects that inspire students to drive the change they want to see. You will play an essential role in supporting our student community leaders through comprehensive training, coaching, and project support. You will enhance students' sense of belonging, helping them to Love Exeter.

The Role

Role: Community Projects Coordinator
Hours: 35 per week (to be worked flexibly)
Salary: Grade B (£24,987.96 to £28,329.46) per annum
Contract: Permanent 

Who are we?

The Students’ Guild is the University of Exeter’s students’ union, led by students for students. We’re an independent charity, offering a wide range of opportunities, services and support to help students get the most out of their unique journeys at university. This includes everything from social activities to making sure things are going well on their academic course. We have over 100 student groups and all of our work is led by, and in the best interest of, our members.

The Guild is a truly rewarding place to work. Our talented and passionate staff make a real difference to the lives of students every single day, working together to achieve the Guild’s purpose: to shape an excellent student experience for all students at Exeter by empowering them to take their place in the world and make a positive difference. We are looking for people who recognise that the Guild is student-led and share a genuine passion for student engagement and empowerment. If you share a commitment to our values and want to be part of a radically inclusive organisation with a seriously exciting future ahead, we can’t wait to hear from you.

What will you bring?

· You’ll have some experience in coordinating projects and programmes of activitie
· You’ll be able to be demonstrate creativity and innovation in your approach to developing community projects
· You know how to build inclusive communities of people from diverse backgrounds and identities

We offer lots of great benefits including enhanced family pay, at least 6-weeks’ holiday, sustainable travel incentives, access to exclusive discounts and perks and a free confidential advice service. We’re committed to helping you achieve a healthy balance between your work and home life through a real commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We also provide access to great development opportunities, including a personal development budget for you to spend on sharpening your skills. We’ll also help you to gain valuable experience, ensuring that you have opportunities to grow your career both here at the Guild and beyond.

Inclusion is central to the Guild. We approach our work collaboratively, empower our people and celebrate our uniqueness. If you’re driven to empower others and achieve great things, you’ll fit right in. Our people are proud of who they are and value each other’s differences, and we are committed to creating a diverse community that is radically inclusive of race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience.  

Dates for your Diary 

· Closing Date: 10am Monday, 19th August 2024
· Interviews: Friday, 30th August 2024

How to apply:

To apply for this post, plese visit our website, you will need to provide an up-to-date copy of your CV, and answer the following questions related to the person specification for the role:

· Please outline why you want to apply for this role, including how your values align with the Guild.

· What skills would you bring to ensure that projects are managed effectively.

· Please outline your experience of working collaboratively with diverse members, volunteers, or communities.

If you'd like an informal chat with the hiring lead to find out more about the role, the team and what they’re looking for in our new Community Projects Coordinator, you can get in touch via the details on our wesbite. 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

Horsham Matters - Overview

 Horsham Matters is a local Christian charity that works to prevent and relieve poverty throughout our district.  We do this by the provision of essential services such as food, fuel and household goods, providing advice and guidance to households in need, and working with partners to address the root causes of poverty. Our work is funded by income generated through donated goods which can be sold in our shop or online, by grants and donations and through public fundraising.

 Operations Manager

The Operations Manager is a critical role to ensure the smooth running of all our operations.  Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team with responsibility for leading a team of staff, volunteers and 3rd party contractors.  You will strive to continually improve systems and procedures across the Charity whilst maximising opportunities to increase income.

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week), which will also require some weekend working (approx. 8 Saturdays/year).

Core Responsibilities:

Operational leadership:

· Line management of Logistics Team including performance management, building capability and training etc.

· Ensure smooth communication and excellent links across Charity buildings

· Ensure the optimal use of the vans for delivery, collections etc., including the planning of routes which are cost effective and time efficient

· Work with the Office Manager team to ensure that the needs of clients requiring household items are met by the Logistics team

· Work with the Store Manager to ensure that the Charity store is stocked appropriately, including arrangements for stock rotation

· Support volunteers to develop their role in the warehouse, providing clear instructions and setting expectations

· Liaise with third party contractors including removals firm, IT contractor and others as required

 Safe environment

· Responsible for maintaining a safe environment at our Community Support Centre and other Charitable Activity venues; completing health and safety tasks

· Responsibility for all Horsham Matters buildings, ensuring effective maintenance and building related health and safety

· Ensure vehicles are safe and road worthy, ensuring essential maintenance takes place

· Fully participate and demonstrate best practice including the physical aspects of moving equipment and furniture, as well as driving the van and all other tasks across the logistics sector of the charity

· Ensure that items not suitable for sale are disposed of appropriately and in a timely manner to prevent health and safety issues arising

· Develop and continually review reuse and recycling ensuring that the Charity optimises reuse, as well as maximising revenue

Online sales

· Lead for on-line sales and all other sales avenues excluding our Charity shop (Love it Again) – including ensuring that items are collected, advertised sold and delivered appropriately and maximising gift aid opportunities with donors

· Provide excellent customer service to all members of the public

 Additional Duties

· As a small charity, all employees are required to work together flexibly and collaboratively which may require undertaking different tasks on occasion as agreed with the Managing Director

 

Person Specification

Experience

 Essential

· Leadership, including mentoring and developing colleagues

· Leading within a logistics environment

· Project development

· Knowledge and understanding of health and safety regulations

 Desirable

· Experience of working in the charity sector

· Experience of the retail sector

Key Skills

• Able to work constructively as a member of a team
• Able to make decisions alone and to prioritise work under pressure

· Excellent organisational skills

· Ability to motivate team members

· Proactive and reactive – according to the needs of the situation

· Someone who leads by example

Personal attributes

• A genuine interest in the voluntary sector: Supports the aims and objectives of Horsham Matters and shows empathy with those who are struggling
• Enjoys working with other people and supports diversity and equality of opportunity
• Resilient with a willingness to persevere in difficult situations

The Bromley by Bow Centre is working with the Primary Care Network (PCN), Bromley by Bow Health & Stepney Health CIC, to improve access to social welfare advice and help meet the needs of some of the most vulnerable patients and families locally.

The role will provide generalist social welfare advice to people referred into the Centre’s Social Prescribing service. The role will focus on what matters to the individual and take a holistic approach, providing welfare benefits, housing, debt, food and energy advice.

The Generalist Advisor will work with the Centre’s Advisor and Caseworker and refer to agencies at a specialist level including immigration, legal advice and debt as well as support individuals to access a range of services and activities in their local communities.

The role will build collaborative relationships with GP practice staff, including supporting the delivery of social welfare advice training to enable health professionals to identify and connect people experiencing hardship with the support they need to improve their circumstances and prevent problems developing into crisis.

The role will help shape the Bromley by Bow Centre’s Social Prescribing service so that it reflects the changing environment and helps reduce health inequalities locally.

Essential skills, experience and knowledge

• Commitment to the vision and mission of the Bromley by Bow Centre
• Knowledge and understanding of the social determinants of health and how they impact on integrated services in a
• community setting
• An understanding of the systemic inequalities and barriers that people in our community face and a commitment to antiracist and inclusive practice
• Commitment to further developing the understanding of our work and the difference our work makes
• Level 3 qualification in Advice and Guidance
• Substantial experience of delivering energy, welfare benefits and debt advice including casework to Advice Quality
• Standard (AQS)
• Experience of delivering assisted and generalist advice in relation to housing, welfare benefits, debt and energy and to
• Advice Quality Standards (AQS)
• NEA Level 3 Energy Awareness or willingness to work towards it
• Experience of a personalised approach to supporting people
• Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise and organise own caseload
• Ability to relate to people from different backgrounds
• Ability to make complex information accessible
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Commitment to support the development of social policy work
• Ability to liaise with other professionals and organisations
• Tact and diplomacy to deal with sensitive and confidential information
• Experience of working in collaboration with partners and stakeholders
• Flexibility and a willingness to work in innovative and non-traditional ways

Desirable

• Ability to speak a community language (e.g. Bengali)
• Experience of monitoring and reporting on advice services to contract standards and specifications

Location: Bromley by Bow Centre
Job Type: Part time, 28 hours per week
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Salary: £29,702 per annum (pro rata to £23,761.60 p.a 0.8 FTE)

You may also have experience in the following: Social Welfare, Social Liaison, Social Worker, Social Prescribing Link Worker, Advise, Counselling, Not For Profit, Charity, Advocacy, Nursing, Advice Worker, Service Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Service Delivery, etc.

REF-215 770

Production Assistant

£26,658 - £29,290 pa

City of London E1 8QS and we are a hybrid working organisation

This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.

Purpose of job:

Comic Relief are looking for a Production Assistant to join their Production Directorate of talented Storytellers, Producers and Creatives. The Production Directorate supports the rest of the organisation (namely, Strategy, Funding, Fundraising and Partnerships Departments) to deliver outstanding creative content, taking strategic briefs and helping bring them to life through creativity, authenticity, and compelling storytelling. Across multiple campaigns of varying sizes throughout the year, the Production Directorate ideates, produces, and delivers cross platform-content using the power of humour and popular culture to engage people to help others, to raise money to support organisations working towards a just world free from poverty.

The Production Assistant will be a key support role to the entire Production function. Reporting to the Senior Production Manager, this role helps facilitate all Production needs, to enable the smooth and efficient delivery of outstanding creative content to both internal and external stakeholders. The Production Assistant will support with pre-production planning, scoping and logistics, maintaining workflows across the teams by keeping key internal systems updated. Supporting to keep the wider team functioning at optimum levels with administrative tasks and reporting to enhance and shape future capabilities. This role will support content delivery across broadcast, digital, social channels as well as copy and design.

This is an exciting opportunity to get involved with a dynamic team, we are looking for someone eager to explore all possibilities within creative trends, an individual with their finger eagerly on the pulse of pop culture.

Key responsibilities:

Production:

· Production logistics to include research and booking of travel, accommodation, call sheets and schedules for both UK and International recces and shoots

· Supporting with international Fixers, Producers and Directors

· Acquiring filming permissions and press accreditations

· Outsourcing kit for UK and International shoots and arranging hire/agreements

· Supporting with float & expenses (requesting float, reconciling float and credit cards)

· Maintaining production & edit schedules

· Managing consent forms (digital and hard copy) – logging, scanning, filing, and updating database with precision and accuracy

· Logging and processing music clearances (commercial and BBC Fastclear)

· Supporting with archive licences

· Supporting with content/asset management and updating database systems

· Support with deliverables in and out from/to CR/BBC/Production Companies. Post-production paperwork. Outsourcing translations

Administrative:

· Support with internal communications and external relationships

· Supporting with weekly/monthly team meetings

· Supporting PM with contracting and onboarding freelancers

· Supporting PM with Diversity and carbon efficiency monitoring

· Managing Production Contact Bible

· Troubleshooting with administrative tasks

Person specification

Essential criteria

· Good understanding of all stages of production and cross-platform delivery

· Extremely organised, methodical and detail-oriented with a desire to work within streamlined operational processes

· Competent at multi-tasking, progressing any number of tasks simultaneously

· Competent at word, excel, PowerPoint

· Ability to work proactively and effectively as part of a busy multi-disciplinary team

· Able to adapt to evolving internal and external processes

· Strong communicator via a variety of platforms such as email, phone and in person

Desirable criteria 

· A flexible approach to collaborative working

· Experience working within a fluid production environments

· Experience with processing music clearances 

Perks and benefits:

· Flexible working hours

· Work from home option

· Life Insurance

· Wellness programs

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

· Paid emergency leave

· Sabbatical Opportunities

· Professional development

· Mentoring/coaching

· Paid volunteer days

· Payroll giving

· Salary sacrifice

· Team social events

· Extracurricular clubs

· Cycle to work scheme

· Free fruit

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Closing: 11:55pm, 5th Aug 2024 BST

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,

There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.

Disability Confident Employer

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV and application questions.

Why FitzRoy?

At FitzRoy, we’re not just another charity. We are a pioneering national organisation dedicated to transforming the lives of adults with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs. With over 100 services across England, we support more than 800 people across England. Despite the challenges in the social care sector, FitzRoy has grown consistently, proving our resilience and commitment to the people we support.

About the role:

In this newly created Head of Fundraising role, you’ll  have the unique opportunity to shape and lead our fundraising efforts. You will oversee a talented team of three: an Individual Giving Manager, a Trust Consultant, and a Fundraising and Marketing Assistant. Your mission is to develop and implement a fundraising strategy that builds on our past successes and drives us towards even greater achievements.

What you’ll achieve:

• Innovative fundraising: Bring fresh ideas to all income generation activities, from major donors to community events.
• Relationship building: Develop and nurture relationships with new and existing patrons, ambassadors, donors, and regular givers.
• Strategic leadership: Set and manage the fundraising budget, establish KPIs, and introduce new ways of working to enhance our fundraising function.
• A fundraising culture: Across the organisation, engaging teams and empowering them to participate in fundraising activities in their local communities.

What’s in it for you:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Home based or based in our Central Support office in Petersfield.
• Generous Leave: Start with 25 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 days with service, plus the option to purchase additional leave.
• Health and Wellbeing: Access a free Health Care Cash Back Scheme, virtual doctors, free legal advice, free counselling support, and a Blue Light Card for shopping discounts.
• 10% employer pension contribution (with a 5% employee contribution) and life assurance.

What makes us special:

• Impactful work: Every day, we make a real difference in the lives of those we support, helping them lead fulfilling and independent lives.
• Innovative approach: We embrace creativity and innovation in all our initiatives, continuously seeking better ways to serve the people we support and our funders.
• Supportive culture: Our team is passionate, dedicated, and always ready to support each other. We believe in the power of collaboration and community.

Why Work at FitzRoy?

Our employees love working here, and it shows. We’re proud of our supportive and inclusive culture, where everyone’s ideas are valued and teamwork is encouraged. In our staff survey last month:

• 82% of staff who responded would recommend FitzRoy as a good place to work
• 83% say FitzRoy has strong values which are put into practice
• 94% say I feel I make an impact through the work I do

Our Vision and Values:

Our vision is a society where people are treated as equals within inclusive communities and empowered to ensure their rights and aspirations are met.

Our purpose is to enable people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs to thrive, living more independently at home and at the heart of their communities.

Our values – See the Person, Be Brave, Be Creative – guide everything we do. If you share these values and are passionate about making a transformative difference, we want to hear from you.

Apply Today:

If you’re ready to take on this exciting new role and lead our fundraising efforts to new heights, apply now and become a part of our incredible FitzRoy team. Together, we can make a real difference.

About FitzRoy

At FitzRoy we believe people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health support needs should be able to live in their homes, independently, with a life filled with love and choices.

Our Hall Drive supported living service in Nottingham is a great example of how we support people in their community and keep them out of institutionalised care. Steven, one of the four residents, has autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy as well as a learning disability and tunnel vision. A wide mix of support needs is typical of most of the people we support across FitzRoy.

“Give me a trumpet and I’ll blow it from the rooftops, I cannot praise the team highly enough for what they do. They’ve given him a life. I was the one who had to section him for his own safety but he’s just gone from strength to strength and now he’s just a different person. Without FitzRoy I think he’d still be sectioned now, living an awful life.”

Steven’s sister Tracey

The majority of FitzRoy’s funding comes from statutory sources. Local authorities pay for the basic housing and support needs of the hundreds of people we support in supported living services, care homes, as well as in their own homes.

From a ground-breaking digital transformation programme, to assistive technology and home improvements and extensions, we rely on fundraising to transform our support, enabling us to provide the extras - that make a house a home, and a life well-lived and a person fulfilled.

FitzRoy was founded 60 years ago by two parents, Elizabeth Fitzroy and John Williams, who

pioneered a new way of caring for people with learning disabilities. At the time, most children and adults with learning disabilities lived a life of isolation, often ostracised from their communities and hidden away in institutions.

Our founders had an alternative vision – care in small, family style homes and where people with learning disabilities can flourish, living a life of independence and joy, and most importantly, the life they choose. Elizabeth Fitzroy and John Williams changed the face of social care to secure a future, not just for their children, but for generations to come.

Today, FitzRoy remains strongly rooted in the values and ethos of our founders. We are proud to support over 800 adults with a range of learning and physical disabilities and autism across more than 100 services in England. Through our registered care homes, supported living, support at home and day services, we are committed to breaking down barriers and raising the bar in standards of quality care for the people we support.