Jobs in North West

Manchester Mind has worked with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust for a number of years to deliver roles within Community Mental Health Teams in Manchester.  Social Workers are a vital part of the team and we are advertising for two roles in different teams in Manchester.  The post-holders will work within integrated, multi-disciplinary teams with staff employed both by Manchester Mind and by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust.

As a Social Worker you are a crucial member of the team. You would be proactively supporting and care coordinating a caseload of people with mental health problems and complex needs.

The full-time roles would be based in North Manchester CMHT and South Mersey CMHT and the part-time role in Central West CMHT.

Job Title:                  Social Worker x 2

Base:                           Community Mental Health Team 

Hours:                         37.5 hours per week

Salary:                    £36,915 pa

Annual Leave:         28 days + bank holidays 

 

Job Title:                  Social Worker

Base:                           Community Mental Health Team 

Hours:                         22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Salary:                         £36,915 p.a. (pro rata £22,149 actual)

Annual Leave:         28 days + bank holidays (pro rata)

The skills and experience that are most important to us are:

• Qualified as a social worker
• Experience of building kind relationships
• Ability to work in a collaborative way

You can download the job description/person specification and guidance notes from our website. 

The closing date for applications will be 12 noon on Friday 21st February 2025.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services, or had experience of volunteering.

Manchester Mind has worked with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust for a number of years to deliver roles within Community Mental Health Teams in Manchester.  Social Workers are a vital part of the team and we are advertising for two roles in different teams in Manchester.  The post-holders will work within integrated, multi-disciplinary teams with staff employed both by Manchester Mind and by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust.

As a Social Worker you are a crucial member of the team. You would be proactively supporting and care coordinating a caseload of people with mental health problems and complex needs.

The full-time roles would be based in North Manchester CMHT and South Mersey CMHT and the part-time role in Central West CMHT.

Job Title:                  Social Worker x 2

Base:                           Community Mental Health Team 

Hours:                         37.5 hours per week

Salary:                    £36,915 pa

Annual Leave:         28 days + bank holidays 

Job Title:                  Social Worker

Base:                           Community Mental Health Team 

Hours:                         22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Salary:                         £36,915 p.a. (pro rata £22,149 actual)

Annual Leave:         28 days + bank holidays (pro rata)

The skills and experience that are most important to us are:

• Qualified as a social worker
• Experience of building kind relationships
• Ability to work in a collaborative way

You can download the job description/person specification and guidance notes from our website. 

The closing date for applications will be 12 noon on Friday 21st February 2025.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services, or had experience of volunteering.

Location: Remote working in the UK, with occasional travel to London

Responsible to: Director of Fundraising

Contract: Full-time/Permanent, 37 hours per week

Salary: £31,875 per annum rising to £34,500 per annum after a year of service

Advert closing date: Friday 28 February 2025 at 5PM

Interviews: We will be interviewing on a rolling basis, please apply as soon as possible

We’re looking for an individual with experience working with high-value supporters andstrong relationship-building skills to become our new Philanthropy Manager.  If you’re looking for a new challenge and perhaps want to take skills from other forms of fundraising and bring this into the role, do join us to help establish a strong philanthropy fundraising operation within Speakers for Schools.

As the UK’s leading social mobility charity, we’re on a mission to help state-educated students nationwide to reach their potential by providing work experience placements and inspirational talks. 

If you’re an enthusiastic, self-motivated, team-player with experience of fundraising, ideally from major donors, then this is the role for you.  You’d join the team at a time of progression, with a new, focussed plan for the organisation targeting growth in our work experience and inspirational school talks. For this to be successful, we need to grow and diversify our income, particularly from grants and gifts.

Your role as Philanthropy Manager will be to help identify, cultivate, ask and steward philanthropists, working with the Director of Fundraising, Fundraising team, colleagues and volunteers to ensure they are solicited to the highest possible standards.   The team will support you and there’ll be training on offer to help you succeed.

If you are an expert communicator and relationship-builder, you could join an ambitious, collaborative team, passionate about raising funds to increase the richness of state education and level the playing field for children across the UK.

About You:

• Be able to develop strong relationships with individuals, identifying opportunities for growth and innovative engagement.

• Have the ability to raise income from HNWI, manage a philanthropy portfolio of established and new donors, achieve targets as part of a fundraising business plan.

• Have experience of compelling proposal and report writing for a fundraising audience.

Benefits offered at Speakers for Schools:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with
• Morning of your birthday off
• Pension scheme
• EAP Scheme
• 3 voluntary days per year
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption package
• Subsidised office furniture
• £500 a year training allowance
• Death in Service (4x Salary)

Diversity at our core

Speakers for schools is committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and encouraging equality and diversity among our workforces. As a Disability Confident Employer, we acknowledge that some candidates may require additional support to overcome barriers experienced during the application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview, please reach out to us.

Speakers for Schools Values

PASSION: We are committed to levelling the playing field for young people across the UK, creating social mobility and tackling disadvantages.

AGILITY: We challenge our ideas of what is possible in order to better meet the needs of those we support. We are human, make mistakes, learn, evolve and adapt.

INTEGRITY: We act with empathy and bring our authentic selves to work every day. We value and respect the talent, time and intentions of those we work with.

COLLABORATION: We are one team with one mission and only by working together can we deliver better outcomes for young people. We support each other unconditionally and feel motivation in shared success as well as individual progress.

DIVERSITY: We know it takes people with different ideas, strengths, identities, interests, and cultural backgrounds to make our organisation succeed. We encourage constructive debate and critical friendship.

The Application Process:

Please apply as soon as possible by submitting your application.

The deadline to submit your application is Friday 28 February 2025 at 5PM. Please note that we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

We will be interviewing on a rolling basis. Please apply as soon as possible.

Speakers for Schools is committed to safeguarding the young people we work with and expects all staff members to share this commitment. Appointees are subject to a DBS check. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants. You are also required to have the Right to Work in the UK for this role.

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please presume your application has been unsuccessful.

Approach Social Work (formerly known as the Frontline programme)

Approach Social Work (formerly known as the Frontline programme) is a three-year master’s programme, building a new, diverse generation of social workers. Designed and delivered by social work charity Frontline, we teach social work differently. By blending learning and practice, what you discover in theory is eased into real-life settings, supervised by a social worker. Gaining your postgraduate diploma within 12 months, will be the first step in your life-changing career.

You’ll learn how to connect with children, young people, parents and carers. How to gain all important trust, so a family opens their door to you again. You’ll gain the technical knowledge and build on your relational skills. We’ll give you the time and support to develop your approach, with confidence.

You earn while you learn, and once you gain your qualification you’ll step right into a job. And through our Frontline Fellowship, you’ll join a network of peers intent on transforming social work practice in England.

Be part of something bigger. Join the next generation of social workers.

What’s in it for you?

• Get paid from day one with a bursary in year one and a salary from year two.

• You’ll receive a tax-exempt bursary in year one of £18,000, that’s equivalent to a salary of £21,000. From your second year you’ll be a full-time employee with your local authority, with a salary of up to £34,000

• Qualify as a social worker and complete a fully funded master's degree.

• Get high-quality training and supervision from experienced social workers, academics and coaches in a rich, supportive environment.

• Become part of the Frontline Fellowship and receive ongoing support and training throughout your career.

What to expect as a trainee social worker

Year 1: 

• Start with five weeks of intense online study, including five in-person sessions, led by experts in social work theory.

• Begin your 12-month placement in a local council social work team, where you'll work closely with fellow trainees and an experienced social worker. You'll gradually take on more responsibility in supporting children and families.

• Qualify as a social worker by the end of your first year.

Year 2:

• Manage your own caseload, building on your skills and confidence.

• Engage in ongoing study to further develop your professional abilities.

• Receive continued support from Frontline tutors, your employer and fellow trainees.

Year 3:

• Conduct a research project and complete the academic credits needed for your fully-funded social work master's degree.

• Receive leadership coaching to enhance your professional capabilities.

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for your potential to become an outstanding children’s social worker and leader, empowering families to achieve positive change. No specific experience is required to apply. We value diverse perspectives and experiences and a commitment to advocating for the communities’ social workers serve. We're dedicated to fostering diversity in our programme and supporting applicants from underrepresented backgrounds.

You will also meet the following criteria:

• Have at least a 2.2 (predicted or obtained) in an undergraduate honours degree (or international equivalent) 

• Have obtained GCSE English Language at Grade C/4 or above (or approved equivalent qualification)

• Possess the right to work and study in the UK (including access to public funds) for the duration of the programme (until September 2028)

• Be resident in England by the time the programme commences

• Not be a qualified social worker

Be part of something bigger. Join the next generation of social workers.

Please note: There are only limited places remaining for the 2025 cohort. We have already closed many locations and will continue to close locations as places are filled. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible, to avoid missing out.

Applications close Monday 17 March at 11.55pm.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small but ambitious grassroots charity run by and for women seeking asylum. WAST has a proud track record of providing a safe space for women to come together in solidarity and campaign for justice in an increasingly hostile environment.

We are looking for the right person to work alongside WAST’s management group of women seeking asylum to successfully take forward WAST’s development priorities – supporting women through the asylum system, campaigning on the issues affecting them and supporting wellbeing through a trauma informed approach. You will work to maintain and develop WAST’s infrastructure and resources to ensure its continued strength and stability.

You will need to have relevant experience in charity or public sector management and fundraising, with a positive participatory leadership style. You will have excellent interpersonal and partnership building skills with a commitment to supporting women seeking asylum and to WAST’s values of compassion, respect, inclusion and empowerment.

WAST has recently restructured and expanded its staffing team. As Manager, you will be assisted by two part-time coordinators: the Engagement and Programme Coordinator (an established member of staff) and a new Coordinator role, which you will be expected to help define and recruit.

This is an exciting time for WAST as we look to develop with the growing needs of our organisation.

Background Information

WAST is run by and for women seeking asylum and currently has around 170 members. It was started in 2005 by WAST’s current Chair whilst fighting her own anti-deportation campaign and became a constituted charity in 2014. Its purpose remains to provide a safe space for women coming together in solidarity to offer support, share information and help each other to survive and to get their leave to remain in the UK. Women are at the sharp end of the ‘hostile environment’ with punitive government immigration policies and practice. WAST enables a process of empowerment through which women gain the confidence and strength to voice their experience and campaign for justice.

WAST is a place of hope and belonging with its core values of compassion, respect, inclusion and empowerment and its continuous development of its trauma informed peer support approach.

WAST is proud of its pioneering work giving a voice to women seeking asylum and inspiring other women around the country to set up similar groups. WAST has been at the forefront of national campaigning against detention, has published three books and created two plays, giving voice to women’s experiences.

Activities are led by the WAST Management Group elected by the membership and supported by WAST staff, currently a part-time Engagement and Programme Coordinator (and we will soon be recruiting for a second part-time coordinator role).

Application information

The post is based at the WAST office in central Manchester with some opportunity for remote working. The post is for 28 hours a week.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. As an organisation led by and for women seeking asylum, we particularly encourage women with lived experience as a refugee or migrant.

There may be scope for the appointment to include a development phase for the right candidate. This could include the provision of some training and support to enable the post holder to fully meet all requirements of the role.

We are recruiting an experienced Housekeeper to ensure the smooth running of the community house, based in Salford, for the safety and wellbeing of the community of active, retired Religious Sisters who reside there.Katherine House is a new 8-bed community residence for FCJ Sisters, a Catholic Religious Congregation, on an already established FCJ site.  The house has 4 floors which can be accessed by stairs, a chair lift and a lift.  Hours are16-20hrs per week (Mon-Fri as negotiated) and rate of pay is £14.18 per hour.  The Housekeeper will report to Mrs Margaret Nolan, Financial and Business Operations Manager.

Applications for this position must be by completed application form submitted to us via our website.  An application form can be downloaded from our website. We will only accept completed application forms for this position.  CVs will not be considered and please do not contact the house directly. 

Closing date for applications: 9am Friday 14th February 2025.

 Interview dates: Friday 28th February and Saturday 1st March 2025.

Main duties and responsibilities:

The main role of the Housekeeper is to take responsibility for promoting and enabling an environment and a day-to-day working schedule, which provides the Sisters with a range of support, meeting both individual and community needs.

 Cleaning:

• Clean weekly the communal areas on all floors and then bedroom/bathroom areas (when needed).
• Ensure all kitchen bins are emptied and cleaned regularly, recycling rubbish as much as possible.
• Ensure that spare bedrooms are cleaned and prepared when visitors are expected, and that they are cleaned and beds remade after a visit. 
•  Assisting Sisters with the cleaning of their rooms by request.

Meals:

• Meal preparation and cooking as requested – Sisters will be able to do some cooking themselves, but some meal preparation and batch cooking might be needed. Menu chosen by housekeeper in consultation with Sisters.
• Undertake weekly online food ordering. Shop for additional food items and supplies required by the Sisters during the week which may have been missed from the weekly online food order.
• If there is a large group for dinner (such as for funerals or jubilee celebrations), help with hospitality and catering as required.

Support for Sisters:

• Assist Sisters who request assistance with making and changing their beds and helping them with washing of clothes and bed linen as requested.
• Welcome visitors, providing refreshments and attend to all of those who call.

House Maintenance and Administration:

• Be the main contact person to work with the Facility Services Company to ensure regular maintenance checks are carried out on all mechanical and electrical equipment, including checks for legionella testing, emergency lighting, fire doors, smoke detectors and fire alarms.
• Perform some weekly/monthly/quarterly checks that are not done by external contractors.  These will include: legionella temperature testing, emergency lights, fire doors, smoke detectors and fire alarms.   Instruction will be given.
• Liaise with gardener and tree surgeon regarding outdoor spaces.
• Create and maintain effective record keeping and filing systems (electronic and paper) for maintenance.

Training:

• Attend necessary training to ensure compliance with current safeguarding, health and safety and food standards legislation and guidance.

The main essentials of this job are described in this document.  It is a guide to the standards required and outlines the most important duties presently needed which may vary from time to time.

Person Specification:

Required:

• Enhanced criminal records check.
• Experience of keeping accurate records.
• Availability for onsite attendance Monday to Friday approx. 16-20 hours per week (as negotiated).
• Knowledge and experience of working within food hygiene regulations.
• Experience of dealing with health and safety and maintenance contracts.
• Experience of having worked in an elderly care setting.

Desirable

• Adult social care qualifications
• Experience of meal preparation for 6+ people (incl vegetarian food)

The role of Supporter Care Officer is a key post in the organisation working to maximise CLAPA’s income from the community. It’s a very exciting time to join the CLAPA team, we have an ambitious Income Generation Strategy in place to increase our income diversity. This role will play an active part in this strategy by providing excellent customer service and building strong relationships with our donors, community fundraisers and event participants.

You will be responsible for delivering and supporting outstanding customer service to supporters, so that their experience of CLAPA is second to none, leaving them feeling valued and committed to on-going support. You will act as the first point of contact for our supporters when they contact CLAPA by phone, email or in person, with all manner of queries. With excellent communication skills and good attention to detail, you will be self-motivated and capable of multi-tasking and prioritising.

The role focuses on the key areas of:

· Supporter Engagement and Communication

· Donation Processing and Acknowledgement

· Data Management and CRM Administration

· Administrative Support and Process Improvement

An empathetic, friendly and helpful attitude will ensure that our supporters feel valued and respected, and you will take great pride in responding to and thanking them in a consistent and timely manner. You will work closely with the Fundraising Coordinators to develop and implement processes to ensure we are delivering an excellent service, every time.  Alongside this, the team are responsible for financial processing - ensuring income is captured correctly on our database, Salesforce.

Please see the recruitment pack for a full list of key tasks.

Business Development Executive | Permanent Opportunity | Fully Remote (within England) | Education Career Changers Encouraged | c. £36,000
Your new company
Hays are delighted to be partnering with ABRSM, which is The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and a global music education charity.  At the heart of everything we do is our belief that music enriches lives. Building on our heritage, we offer face-to-face and digital exams, sheet music, recordings, apps and courses for students and teachers across the world. In partnership with four Royal Schools of Music, we carry on a long legacy of musical excellence. More than an awarding organisation, we support learners from the first note they play, and empower teachers who help build musical skills and encourage progress around the world.

Your new role
Your new role will play an important part in identifying new business, connecting with existing customers, selling and promoting ABRSM's products and services. Commercial gain will result from relationship building, networking and direct sales to key accounts with schools and organisations across England.

This will include:

• Devising and implementing an annual business development plan for all ABRSM products and services relating specifically to curriculum music making.
• Devising and agreeing a quarterly activity plan, managing own diary and travel arrangements as efficiently as possible
• Acting as a first point of contact for Multi-Academy Trusts, providing information and promoting all ABRSM products and services
• Presenting on a range of topics relating to ABRSM products and services, in both on- and offline settings, including at INSET sessions and conferences
• Negotiating advantageous commercial deals in order to grow ABRSM market share
• Preparing weekly activity and monthly sales reports
• Providing timely, comprehensive customer feedback to relevant internal stakeholders
• Nurturing existing relationships with key accounts, identifying and initiating contact with new potential key accounts / customers

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in applying for this role, you will need to have a proven ability of being able to work autonomously with experience in sales or business development within the education sector or a keen interest in music and education. It is desirable that a successful applicant has experience in working closely with Multi-Academy Trusts or a strong knowledge of the Music Education Curriculum in England. This role will suit strongly for a former teacher or music lead/teacher who has a commercial understanding of business development. If you are a former music teacher, seeking a career change with strong relationship building and communications skills, you are also encouraged to apply.

What you'll get in return
This is an exciting permanent opportunity to work with ABRSM, a global music education charity that allows employees to work toward a strong purpose. This role can be completed remotely, within England and will provide the opportunity to travel across England with monthly team days in London. There are also plenty of opportunities for successful candidates to progress and develop their career within the ABRSM.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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Manchester Mind has worked with Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust for a number of years to deliver roles within Community Mental Health Teams in Manchester.  Social Workers are a vital part of the team and we are advertising for two roles in different teams in Manchester.  The post-holders will work within integrated, multi-disciplinary teams with staff employed both by Manchester Mind and by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust.

As a Social Worker you are a crucial member of the team. You would be proactively supporting and care coordinating a caseload of people with mental health problems and complex needs.

The full-time roles would be based in North Manchester CMHT and South Mersey CMHT and the part-time role in Central West CMHT.

Job Title:                  Social Worker x 2

Base:                           Community Mental Health Team 

Hours:                         37.5 hours per week

Salary:                    £36,915 pa

Annual Leave:         28 days + bank holidays 

 

Job Title:                  Social Worker

Base:                           Community Mental Health Team 

Hours:                         22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Salary:                         £36,915 p.a. (pro rata £22,149 actual)

Annual Leave:         28 days + bank holidays (pro rata)

The skills and experience that are most important to us are:

• Qualified as a social worker
• Experience of building kind relationships
• Ability to work in a collaborative way

You can download the job description/person specification and guidance notes from our website. 

The closing date for applications will be 12 noon on Friday 21st February 2025.

Manchester Mind is striving to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Manchester Mind sees it as a positive advantage if you have experience of mental health issues and/or have used mental health services, or had experience of volunteering.

Sands exists to save babies’ lives and ensure that anyone affected by pregnancy loss or baby loss receives the support and care they need.

Tommy's are the largest charity funding research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth. We also provide information for parents-to-be to help them have a healthy pregnancy and baby

In 2022 the charities Sands and Tommy’s came together to form a Joint Policy Unit. Our shared vision is for a future where fewer babies die, and inequalities in baby loss are eliminated so that everyone can benefit from the best possible outcomes. 

Working together we want to secure policy changes that will reduce rates of miscarriage, stillbirth, pre-term birth and neonatal death, and to work to eliminate inequalities in these outcomes. We will do this by 

• Holding governments across the UK to account on progress, and ensuring that saving babies lives and reducing inequalities is the national policy priority it deserves to be 

• Working to ensure progress is being made to improve the safety of maternity and neonatal services, so that everyone can benefit from best-practice care. 

• Promoting policy change so that new research and evidence leads to improvements in care 

The Data and Evidence Lead is key to helping the policy unit achieve this. You will analyse a range of public data sets and research findings to track progress on governments’ ambitions to reduce the number of babies dying, assess the impact of key initiatives, and identify any gaps. 

We are looking for someone who has considerable experience of data analysis, including the selection and application of research and evaluation methods. You will be a great communicator with the ability to translate insights into clear messages for different audiences (e.g. policymakers, stakeholders, supporters and the public). 

Experience of leading and managing projects of different sizes and complexity is essential for this role, as is a clear understanding of the relationship between research, evidence, policy and practice. 

Additionally, you will need to have a good understanding of the current policy environment as it relates to reducing baby loss, as well as enthusiasm for continued learning and a willingness to adapt to changing circumstances. 

Please note this is a fixed term contract until March 2026 to cover maternity leave.

The Human Trafficking Foundation (HTF) is looking for an experienced fundraiser to play a pivotal role in securing funding from trusts, foundations, and other philanthropic sources. This role is essential in ensuring the long-term sustainability of HTF’s vital work in responding to human trafficking and modern slavery. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in successful bid-writing, a strong interest in HTF’s mission, and the drive and organisational skills to thrive in a small, dynamic, and highly effective team.

Employment Type: Part-Time (2 days per week), up to one-year fixed term contract. Option for Consultant or Staff Position

Key responsibilities:

Research and Identify Funding Opportunities:

• · Proactively identify relevant trusts, foundations, and grant-making bodies aligned with HTF’s mission
• · Cultivate connections with prospective trusts and donors
• · Develop a strong pipeline of funding prospects

Bid-Writing and Grant Applications:

• · Craft compelling, high-quality tailored funding proposals and grant applications
• · Ensure applications align with funders' priorities and HTF’s strategic objectives
• · Maintain accurate records of fundraising efforts and communications

Relationship Management:

• · Build and maintain relationships with key funders and donors
• · Work with the Director of Operations to provide timely updates and reports to funders, demonstrating the impact of their support

Financial Planning and Forecasting:

• · Work with the Director of Operations to develop financial forecasts and funding strategies
• · Track income targets and report on fundraising progress

Person Specification

We are seeking a proactive fundraising professional who will understand HTF’s unique work in order to develop targeted funding applications and ensure HTF’s long-term financial sustainability. The ideal candidate will have:

Essential:

• · Proven experience in trust and foundation fundraising with a successful track record in securing grants
• · Strong bid-writing skills with the ability to craft compelling and persuasive proposals tailored to the interests of the specific funder and the needs of HTF
• · Experience in developing and managing a funding pipeline
• · Ability to build and maintain relationships with funders and stakeholders
• · Excellent communication and organisational skills
• · Ability to work independently, manage multiple deadlines, and demonstrate initiative

Desirable:

• · Strong financial acumen, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting
• · Knowledge of the anti-trafficking and modern slavery sector
• · Experience in fundraising for policy-focused or non-frontline charities

Application deadline: Friday 21st February. Early applications may lead to early consultation. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide feedback on application forms. No Agencies Please

About the role 

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Art Director to join our award-winning in-house creative team. This is your chance to shape compelling campaigns that inspire action, drive awareness, and create a tangible impact. You’ll bring a unique blend of big ideas, strategic thinking, and hands-on design skills to ensure Shelter’s messages resonate powerfully across all platforms.

From ideation to launch, you’ll be responsible for delivering ambitious, research-driven concepts and solutions. You should feel equally at home designing to our brand guidelines and leading the charge on your own innovative concepts. Occasionally, you’ll also step in to support with general design needs, ensuring that all outputs for the Shelter brand meet the highest creative standards while maintaining brand consistency. A strong command of Adobe Creative Suite is essential.

In this varied, fast-paced, and rewarding role, you’ll collaborate closely with colleagues— specifically working alongside our Senior conceptual Copywriter taking briefs from concept to completion. You’ll lead some projects independently while receiving support and guidance from the Creative Lead when needed. The role offers an opportunity to work across a range of media, including print, TV, social media, and experiential designs. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across the organisation, creating communications for teams in fundraising, campaigns, services, and occasionally retail.

You’ll also take on a mentoring role for one of our in-house designers, helping them develop their creative skills while ensuring their work consistently represents the Shelter brand to the highest standards. Supporting their wellbeing in the workplace will also be part of your leadership approach.

About the Team 

As our Senior Art Director you’ll be joining a friendly, talented and dedicated team who’ve recently won In-house agency of the year at the Drum awards. You will work closely with your Creative Lead and fellow writers and designers to deliver creative content to highest standard across all areas of our communication.   

Benefits 

We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About Shelter

Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement 

Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies. 

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Finance Lead         

Remote working with flexible hours | 3 days per week |  £350/day |  Initial 6 month contract with rolling extension  

This is a pivotal role supporting our Senior Management Team to make the future fairer and improve the sustainability of our business.

About the School of International Futures (SOIF)

School of International Futures (SOIF) is a global non-profit collective of practitioners in strategy and policy for current and future generations. Our vision is a better, fairer, more sustainable world for current and future generations.  We achieve this by empowering people to use participatory futures and foresight to drive societal transformation through their organisations, communities, and countries.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a Finance Lead to support our agile and values-driven non-profit business to grow whilst balancing financial sustainability.  Reporting to the Operations Director, this role will involve working with our Senior Management Team to shape our financial strategy, deliver our plans, and improve the way we work. You will manage a financial accountant.  They carry out all routine finance processes and this role is focussed on quality assurance, finance strategy, and developing our approach to managing grants.  We use Xero for our financial platform and most of our financial management tools and reporting are in Google Sheets, slides, and docs.

Responsibilities 

These include;

1. Finance strategy
2. Grant management
3. Management Information
4. Cashflow management
5. Process improvement

Experience and skills

The following are essential skill requirements for this position:

• Accountancy qualification - AAT,  ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• At least 5 years experience working as a Finance Lead or at a senior level in an organisation that delivers project-based and/or non-profit work
• Fluent English speaker with excellent written English (additional languages a bonus)

Experience in using Xero (our finance platform) and Google Sheets is desirable.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

SOIF is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Application process

To apply, please upload your CV, and a tailored cover letter that outlines how you meet the listed capabilities, essential, and desirable experience, and respond to 4 specific questions related to the key skills and experience above on our website. We value authentic, thoughtful responses and encourage you to share your insights and experiences. Please note that overly generic or AI-generated answers may not effectively demonstrate your suitability for the role.

To completethe application, answer each of the four questions on our jobs portal

• Provide some examples of how you have supported and challenged senior leaders with different levels of finance experience to deliver results
• Describe your experience with forecasts and budgets and how you have tailored your approach to meet the organisation's needs
• Describe your experience of setting up grant policies and processes and managing grants
• Describe your experience of managing cash flow and financial risk in a small or growing organisation including short-term treasury management

Closing date: 10:00 PM (UK/BST), Sunday, 16th February 2025.

First-round interviews: Week commencing 24th February 2025.

Second-round interviews: Week commencing 3rd March 2025.

About The Role

Location: Community based in Barrow-In-Furness with home working elements

Contract: 28 hour part time role

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of people affected by dementia?

Do you want a career where every day is different and full of reward?

Could you be a part of supporting and empowering people and their families with expert guidance and advice?

Yes? Well, we would love to hear from you!

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our talented team as a Dementia Adviser. In this integral role you will provide dementia knowledge and expertise within Barrow-In-Furness.
(You will need be able to travel across the Barrow-In-Furness area independently.)

- You will provide a person-centred and outcomes focused information, advice and support service to people affected by dementia and their carers.
- You will identify their needs and the services they may wish to access, give advice about how to live well with dementia and support the improvement of their sense of wellbeing.
- You will need to work with a variety of other professionals, such as GP’s, memory clinic staff and other health and social care services.
- Support may be provided in person, over the telephone, via virtual options or in writing.
- You will aim to reach people affected by dementia from all communities and work to make your service as inclusive as possible.
- You will be working from home, but you will be spending time in the community completing home visits, attending clinics and giving dementia awareness talks to large groups, therefore you must be comfortable with public speaking.
- Line managing volunteers
- Administering and running group services such as Singing for the Brain and Carer Information programmes.
- You will be part of the North Lancashire and South Cumbria team. The majority of your referrals will be people living in and around the Barrow Peninsula, but you may on occasion be asked to help out in South Lakes and provide telephone support to people living in North Lancashire.

About you

- An empathetic listener, able to assess and evaluate client need in a non- judgemental manner.
- Able to work under pressure and manage own caseload.
- Self-motivated and can work independently from home using your own initiative, but equally you are a team player keen to support your colleagues.
- You have some knowledge or personal experience of dementia and the challenges people affected by it may face.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding Adults, Data Protection.
- Able and confident to travel within the service area and visit people in their homes.
- Able and confident to line manage volunteers.
- Able and confident to organise and oversee group activities and deliver dementia information sessions.
- Experience of record keeping and client data bases and the importance of adhering to procedures and policies.
- Good IT skills.

Closing date: 23rd February 
Interview date: 6th March

About Alzheimer's Society

Dementia is the biggest health and social challenge of our time.

There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.

At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and providing hope for the future. We’re here for everyone living with dementia.
 
As a Society, we are made up of people with dementia, carers, trusted experts, campaigners, researchers and clinicians. We are the UK’s largest collective force of people with unparalleled knowledge and over 40 years of experience addressing the biggest challenges facing people living with dementia.

Our Values

We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.

Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.

Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.

Equal Opportunities

We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.

We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.