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Local Policy & Partnerships Manager (1 year FTC) - National Youth Agency

The National Youth Agency is looking for an experienced Local Policy & Partnerships Manager
Are you passionate about shaping local policy to improve opportunities for young people?

Do you thrive on building meaningful partnerships and aligning local action with national impact? 

Contract: 1-Year Fixed term contract (maternity cover)
Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week – flexible working. Part-time applications (minimum of 30-hours per week will be considered)
Salary: £36,000 - 41,000 per annum (dependent on experience and qualifications).
Location: Remote working with some travel to meetings and events required.

What we do 

Youth work is the best methodology to unlock young people’s potential by providing high quality support and opportunities. Skilled youth workers build relationships that support young people to explore their personal, social, and educational development. Youth work enables young people to develop their voice, influence, and place within society.

As the national body for youth work, NYA has a dual function. We are the professional, statutory, and regulatory body (PSRB) responsible for qualifications, quality standards and safeguarding for youth work and services in England. In line with our charity mission and aims, we also champion youth work through research, advocacy, campaigns, and programmes. 

About the Role

This is more than just a job.

You will be joining our fun, friendly remote-working team and will enjoy a progressive, supportive working culture which values work-life balance. Your contributions during this maternity cover position will contribute towards NYA's mission to champion and support high-quality youth work across England.

We are looking for a Local Policy and Partnerships Manager to drive local engagement and policy activity, ensuring that youth work is at the heart of decision-making at every level.

As Local Policy and Partnerships Manager, you will work closely with colleagues across NYA and key external stakeholders to lead local policy activity and stakeholder engagement. This includes aligning local initiatives with national influencing strategies, showcasing best practices, and ensuring youth work shapes policy at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Local Policy & Stakeholder Engagement: Drive local policy initiatives, build relationships with decision-makers, and support national youth work advocacy.
• Knowledge & Insights: Collaborate with the Knowledge Team to maintain and develop the Local Data Dashboard.
• Policy Monitoring: Track local political developments, identify advocacy opportunities, and align strategies with organisational goals.
• Written Outputs: Create policy materials such as briefings, reports, blogs, and consultation responses.
• Event Organisation: Plan and deliver impactful events, including local policy seminars and national conferences, to engage stakeholders and promote youth work policy.

Please download a copy of our Candidate Pack to see full information about the role and requirements.

Why work for us?

Our team members rated NYA 9 out of 10 as an employer 90% would recommend working at NYA to their friends and family.

What our team say about working at NYA*:

‘A great environment to work, with colleagues who I care for & who care about me’
‘I feel INCREDIBLY supported & grateful to work for this fantastic organisation’
‘Always willing to listen, providing trust & freedom as an employer’

*Source: NYA staff survey October 2023

NYA operates as a people-first organisation, prioritising the well-being and needs of its employees
 
NYA offers an exceptional flexible working approach which encourages our team to balance professional responsibilities with their personal life.

NYA is committed to supporting the continual personal and professional development of our team and helping them achieve their ambitions including training and corporate mentorship opportunities.

We provide 25 days leave plus 8 days, life assurance scheme, 5% employer pension contribution and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme via Spectrum.life  with unlimited specialist support available to all NYA employees.

To apply now:

Please download our Candidate Pack to find out more about the role and requirements

Please use our online application process to submit the following by Monday 16th December 2024:

A detailed CV setting out your career history, with responsibilities and achievements in line with the person specification in the 'About You' section. 
A covering letter (maximum two sides) highlighting your suitability for the role and how you meet the person specification. Please note that the covering letter is an important part of the application and we will not accept CV’s without one.
Diversity monitoring information – Diversity monitoring – This information is optional and is for our EEDI monitoring purposes only. This data will be anonymised and processed in accordance with UK Data Protection Law. 
We encourage you to apply without delay as we will close the recruitment process early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Interviews to be scheduled: W/C Monday 9th January (subject to change)

At the National Youth Agency, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are deeply committed to embedding equity, equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EEDI) across everything we do. 

We believe that a diverse workforce brings invaluable perspectives and strengthens our ability to support young people and the youth work sector effectively.

We are actively seeking applications from individuals of all backgrounds, especially those from minoritised and underrepresented communities, as we work to increase our diversity and representation. Your lived experiences and unique perspectives are crucial in shaping our work and ensuring it reflects the communities we serve.

If you share our passion for making a difference and fostering an inclusive workplace, we encourage you to apply and join us in creating positive social change.

National Youth Agency are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. 

REF-218252

Safeguarding Officer

Location: Oxfordshire
Salary: £33,000 (plus £2,500 per year car allowance)
Hours: 35
Department: Service Delivery
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent

Do you have an excellent understanding of safeguarding practices and legislation? Are you passionate about safeguarding and promoting a safe environment for everyone? 

We're looking for a Safeguarding Officer to join the team at the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. This is an exciting time to join a growing team, you will play a key part in safeguarding transformation across the organisation.

Championing safeguarding practices and procedures, you will ensure compliance with policies and procedures, drive engagement and awareness around safeguarding, and embed a strong culture of safeguarding across all teams.

Your responsibilities will include engaging with staff, volunteers, and external stakeholders to foster a culture of safeguarding awareness. 

In this role, you'll support the Designated Safeguarding Lead and maintain effective internal reporting systems. As the point of contact for our safeguarding recording system, CPOMS you will provide guidance and develop training materials for staff and volunteers. Monthly reporting will be a key aspect, feeding into longer-term safeguarding planning.

Collaboration is key, as you'll work alongside the Designated Safeguarding Lead to deliver comprehensive safeguarding training sessions. Your role will also involve liaising with external stakeholders to understand safeguarding challenges within the farming community.

You'll take the lead in providing safeguarding support to regional teams, ensuring consistency and an increase in confidence towards safeguarding practice across the organisation. Building relationships with key stakeholders internally and externally will be essential to stay informed about best practices and policy changes.

What are we looking for?
 
Within this role you will be the point of contact for safeguarding and at the forefront of embedding change. Knowledge of safeguarding practices and legislation is essential. You will also need to be able to demonstrate knowledge of statutory agency practices and multi-agency working.

We're seeking someone who can effectively distinguish between observation, facts, and information gained from others to confidently assess risk promptly and sensitively.
 
Strong communication is key in this role. We're looking for someone with excellent report-writing and recording skills, capable of articulating findings clearly and concisely. Experience in providing safeguarding support to staff and volunteers working with both adults and children, along with their families and carers, is essential.
 
Proficiency in using data recording systems and conducting data analysis is highly valued. We need someone who is organised and who can work autonomously. Your ability to communicate and present to a diverse audience of staff and volunteers will be crucial.

REF-218241

Job Title: Assistant Director – Core Business Functions

Salary:  £50,000.00 pa initially, moving to £52,000.00 on successful completion of 3

months probationary period.                                                   

Hours: 37.5 hours per week 

Benefits: Nest pension & Medicash wellbeing support  

Location: Northwest based, hybrid role, blend of home working & location based as required

POPS is a Charity, set up in 1988 by families who were supporting a loved one through a custodial sentence. Since that time, we have grown to employ over a hundred staff, across 16 geographical locations, predominantly in the Northwest of England, and has developed an excellent reputation locally and nationally  for the provision of quality services for families who engage with the Justice system. 

POPS’ core business team supports the delivery of services and have been influential in contributing to Justice policy both locally and nationally.  We are now looking to add to the Executive Team to contribute to the future proofing of the organisation to respond to new opportunities in a changing Justice landscape.

MISSION

To provide the support families identify they need and promote the changes required to enable children and families of those in the justice system to cope better and to thrive.

VALUES

• To be supportive and non-judgemental in our approach.
• To listen and act upon the experiences families share with us.
• To encourage active participation amongst the families we support.
• To value the benefits of robust partnerships.
• To acknowledge and embrace the principles of diversity and inclusion throughout the organisation

POPS values of diversity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage job applications from people from diverse backgrounds.  We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates.

PURPOSE OF THE POST

The Assistant Director for POPS core business is pivotal to ensuring the efficient, effective and legally compliant management of POPS’ head office functions and organisational infrastructure. We are seeking for somebody to join our team, who is highly motivated, knowledgeable, resilient and analytical, who will play a major role in taking the pressure of day-to-day management of core business functions away from the Director, thereby allowing them to pursue a vital strategic and leadership role necessary for the organisations’ future growth.

The post holder will be responsible for direct line management of POPS’ Finance Manager, HR Manager and Communications Officer, ensuring the respective departments provide effective contributions to support the operation of POPS as an organisation compliant with legislative and legal requirements.

In addition, the post holder will oversee POPS’ outsourced ICT function and manage all matters in relation to the physical maintenance of POPS’ head office building and the management of the tenanted space.

ACCOUNTABILITY:

POPS’ Director

RESPONSIBILITIES:

GENERAL

• Work productively alongside POPS Assistant Director for Operations and Business Development to ensure the success and future growth of the organisation 
• Develop national, regional and local alliances and partnerships to enable POPS to fulfil its Mission and strategic plans
• Seek out the use of innovative business models and systems.
• Work with departmental managers to develop action plans and ensure that appropriate targets are set, monitored and achieved.
• Ensure that the Director and Board of Trustees are provided with an oversight of activity, effectiveness and development of all core business functions 
• Produce and present internal and external reports to meet designated deadlines
• Produce Business Continuity and  Risk Management plans
• Attend and report to POPS’ quarterly Trustee meetings.
• Support bid writing and commissioning processes where required.
• Attend and host internal and external meetings when required.
• Responsibility for the management and overseeing physical maintenance of POPS’ Head Office Building, Rochdale Road Manchester
• Oversee the tenancy of the ground floor space of POPS’ Head Office building 
• Oversee outsourced provision of POPS’ ICT functions
• Ensure POPS retains and develops appropriate kyte marks and quality assurance certifications. E.g. Cyber Essentials Plus
• Create a learning and knowledge culture across the organisation to inform future and transformational change.
• Create and contribute to a culture of valuing others and innovation
• Uphold POPS’ values

FINANCE

• Directly line manager POPS’ Finance manager
• Oversee the financial administrative function of POPS’ finance department ensuring legal and organisational compliance, including liaison with POPS’ external auditors.
• Ensure all financial transactions of the organisation meet the requirements of commissioners, creditors and suppliers
•  Coordinate the preparation of the annual budget, monitor monthly management accounts and review project activity against agreed budgets
• Take a leading role in supporting future commissioning, working with POPS’ finance manager to produce relevant financial information

HUMAN RESOUCES

• Directly Line manage POPS’ HR Manager
• Overseas all administrative HR functions, including staff recruitment, management,  training and development
• Ensure compliance with employment Law legislation and processes
• Ensure effective management of people through supportive performance management.
• Implement practices to ensure equality and diversity across staffing teams and service delivery  
• Ensure the implementation and development of POPS’ Policies and Procedures

COMMUNICATIONS

• Directly Line Manage POPS’ Communications Officer
• Contribute to the development of POPS’ Communications Strategy
• Ensure POPS’ branding and messaging is consistent and meets with the  aims of POPS’ strategy and organisational ethos 
• To take a leading role in the development and production of all communications materials, including publicity, reports and web site

Executive Assistant

Barnwood is not your typical funder. We drive change so that disabled people and people with mental health conditions have choice of opportunities, access their rights, and are included where they live. We bring people together for a different conversation and explore big ideas. Through learning and collaboration, we influence the change that’s needed. By partnering with local organisations and looking for better ways to fund, Barnwood makes a difference in Gloucestershire.

As part of this work, our People and Operations Team engages a wide range of people in the Trust’s vision for Gloucestershire, and our Executive Assistant is integral to this.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to deliver high level professional administrative support to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer. The Executive Assistant will take responsibility and ownership of office organisation and project delivery, and to provide Trust-wide support for human resources processes and governance processes for the Board of Trustees.

We want to diversify our team to better reflect the work and communities we support – this means we would particularly welcome applications from people who:

· are from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds.

· have lived experience of disability and/or mental health challenges. 

Contract terms:

· This role is permanent, and we welcome applications from people looking for full time hours (37.5hrs per week).

· We offer a flexible start between 8am and 9.30am Monday to Friday. 

· Salary £38,066 p/a FTE 

· 36 days holiday inc. bank holidays 

· This position is based in our office in central Cheltenham with occasional opportunities for home working.

 

Summary of key duties:

Executive Assistance:

· Schedule, organise and minute meetings as required for Leadership Team members, ensuring all necessary arrangements are considered.

· Manage diaries and incoming communication for the CEO and COO as required.

· Manage and undertake projects, assignments and other administrative duties as required.

· Provide line management to the Operations Administrator, enacting the Trust’s management processes to ensure that all employees are motivated, supported and enabled to give of their best.

Governance Assistance:

· Support with the preparation of meeting papers ensuring they are issued in a timely manner and loaded on the Governance Portal.

· Accurate minute-taking and record-keeping for all governance meetings. To include maintaining the following registers: (i) Trustees; (ii) attendance at meetings, (iii) decisions taken out of meetings (iv) signed minutes.

· Support Trustee recruitment processes through the creation of application packs, scheduling recruitment process, managing applications and interviews, scheduling induction activities and creating digital and hard copy induction packs.

Human Resources Administration:

· Support the development and delivery of effective HR processes for the Trust, in conjunction with the COO.

· Support recruitment of both employees and Trustees through placement of adverts and issuing of relevant communications during the recruitment process in a timely manner, and liaising with the recruiting manager to ensure the process is planned and delivered in a supportive and accessible manner.

· Oversee and manage the administration of the IRIS HR system.

· Ensure reports relating to people management are available and issued to People Managers on a regular basis.

Use of Overton House:

· Establish, and keep under review, the policy and process for the booking of spaces at Overton House to external users.

· Oversee bookings by partner organisations, ensuring all appropriate agreements and guidance are in place for external users and that bookings and visitors are well managed.

· Liaise with the Marketing & Communications Team to ensure that appropriate communications about available space and booking processes are in place.

· Oversee the receiving of external visitors to Overton House, ensuring a welcoming and accessible environment for all.

Essential Knowledge and Experience:

· Proven experience of working as a Personal Assistant/Executive Assistant at a senior level

· Experience of providing administrative support and project coordination for a range of parallel projects

· Experience of accurate minute-taking for both formal and informal meetings

Desirable Knowledge and Experience:

· Line management experience to foster a productive and supportive team environment

· Knowledge of human resources policies and procedures

· Knowledge of governance processes

· Knowledge of meeting management, facilities hire or similar

· Experience of working in a charity or not-for-profit sector organisation

For full details please see our application pack.

 

Summary of skills

· Exceptional planning, prioritisation and time management skills, plus ability to respond effectively to changing workloads and priorities

· Exceptional written and verbal communications skills that engage a wide range of audiences and which champion accessible communication

· Proactive problem-solver, demonstrating high levels of initiative, organisation and flexibility

· Strong IT skills (demonstrable proficiency in using MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WhatsApp, Teams and Zoom)

Benefits:

· 36 days annual leave including bank holidays. (FTE)

· Life Assurance (3 x Salary)

· Work within an organisation that is committed to improving equality and diversity.

· Competitive salaries and fantastic pension contribution rates.

· Excellent personal development plan and extensive training which includes a commitment to training employees to be confident when working with people with a wide variety of impairments, disabilities, and mental health challenges.

· Friendly and collaborative working culture; everyone’s voice is heard.

· We have a range of supportive wellbeing policies and almost a third of our employees, are qualified mental health first aiders with Mental Health England.

· Our offices in central Cheltenham are wheelchair accessible, have free accessible parking on site and great facilities.

· Assistance dogs are welcome.

Guidance On Applications:

Click on Apply Now to be taken to the Barnwood Trust website where you need to apply for this role via our online application form.

You will also find a detailed application pack which gives a full and detailed job description and person specification as well as guidance on how to make an online application and what you should include within it.

Should you have any questions or require any of the information in a different format please email the recruitment team directly at recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org. 

We want our application process to be right for you as an individual, so if there’s anything you think we can do to make this process more straightforward for you please email recruitment@barnwoodtrust. org directly to discuss what support we might be able to provide. Our career page on our website has some examples of things we may be able to put in place for people who request extra support.

Deadline for applications:  12.00 noon on Monday 2nd December 2024

First interviews: Thursday 12th December 2024

Second stage interviews: Tuesday 17th December 2024

We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible.

OVERVIEW 

If you are someone happy to take initiative, act as a service provider to our insiders, lend your hand to anything/everything with regard to building the organisation and are drawn to the idea of helping bring to life an ambitious new social enterprise, then we hope you will consider applying.

We believe that corporate ‘Insiders’ have been under invested in, under-utilised and often under-estimated in conversations about how we support a just transition. 

You will be the only staff member but have a lot of brilliant people around you to provide support and we hope that with your support and leadership we will grow to a team of 3-4 over the coming 18 months. 

We are looking for a self-starter who will flourish as a facilitator of insider groups, as a recruiter of Insiders, as an advocate and sector-builder for the insider community and as someone who can put the building blocks in place for an organisation that is set to grow and flourish.

To begin with, you will be hosted at non-profit Impatience Ltd who are providing hosting support to Impatience Insiders. 

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

We are looking for someone with at least six years of professional experience who is: 

1. Confident in supporting bold movement building and encouraging people towards action;

2. Able to work delicately in high trust environments; 

3. Able to work collaboratively with partners; 

4. Energised to search and recruit for Insiders from a ‘cold’ start (e.g. building new relationships on Linkedin, etc.); and 

5. Able to help build the ecosystem which we are a part of.

We are definitely looking for an all-rounder and do not have a particular experience set in mind. We expect to get applications from people from a range of backgrounds including those who have worked in large professional services firms, civil society building, community organising, programme management, financial services, social entrepreneurship, consulting or public affairs. 

We will be looking for people who have had to build things from scratch and are used to working with diverse stakeholder groups and holding a strong sense of purpose.

The essentials:

1. You care deeply about the social and environmental challenges the world is facing and can see how industry can play a critical role in impacting these issues;

2. You are a confident project manager - you must have a knack of keeping things organised and on track, being able to write clearly and distil information; 

3. You are a keen researcher who likes learning about new topics and presenting information back in written documents and briefings;

4. You are committed to facilitating and organising in ways that support diversity, equity and inclusion;

5. You have some facilitation experience and are comfortable building trust with individuals as well as holding space for confidential and sensitive conversations in groups. You have experience of supporting people to work through challenges and differing opinions to get to points of agreement and action;

6. You are happy researching and approaching potential partners, Insiders, etc. without warm introductions and building a new community around this work;

7. You are able to work independently with only light-touch support, self-start and manage competing priorities and multiple groups of stakeholders.

Helpful but not essential experience/skills: 

1. A background and experience of working within food systems; this could be through having worked hands-on on farms, in the public sector on agriculture policy, on corporate sustainability strategies, or through a master’s degree; 

2. A background in project management, public affairs, and relationship management;

3. A background in movement building, community organising, facilitation and/or advocacy;

4. Experience in fundraising and partnership building;

5. Experience in sales, recruitment, hospitality and/or training;

6. Experience of working in and pushing for change in large organisations.

You will have a few key aspects to your work: 

1. Own and organise the Insiders group. This will include seeking new members to expand our Insider group, while retaining current members by ensuring meetings and work are relevant, interesting and beneficial for members;

2. Work with partners to turn insider insights into campaigns to influence change within the sector;

3. Help plan and deliver the UK’s first ‘Insider Summit’ where we bring together people doing insider work across a range of industries and forms;

4. Seed and support new insider groups;

5. Help develop the methodology for insider group development;

6. Build relationships with potential funders and pitch for further core or project-related funding; 

7. Project-manage external agencies that are conducting delivery work for each project, from conception through to delivery and dissemination with civil society organisations, government, media and/or investors.

For the right person, this will be an amazing experience that allows them to learn as they lead work and accelerate into a space where their knowledge and insight is directly impacting progress towards transforming the UK food system and other industries. 

We’re flexible about location (within the UK), hours and type of experience, our priority is to find the right person to lead this work who is ready to hit the ground running and has both the track record and skill set to make a success of this. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and so if you are not 100% sure that you meet all the requirements but believe you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and use the application cover letter to tell us about your experience and what you hope to bring to this role. 

The Impatience Ltd leadership team can be seen at: impatienceltd. org/our-team. 

This project has Jake Hayman as the lead board sponsor as well as active involvement in oversight and management from Farhana Yamin and Aditi Shah.

The organisation is very much at a start-up stage with our only major funding coming to support this key role and one fellow team member over the next 12 months which is why this is an initial 12-month contract. 

We hope the track record of the leadership team in building multiple successful thriving organisations will give candidates some confidence that this is an organisation that can grow and thrive and provide amazing opportunities to stretch themselves, provide career development and build their skills.

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer
Travel: Some travel in London and within UK 

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

Within the Chief Executive’s Office, the UK Advocacy and Health Intelligence Department are focused on creating lasting change. We identify creative policy solutions in response to the challenges people with arthritis face. We influence decision-makers through stakeholder engagement, public affairs activity and by campaigning alongside people with arthritis. We have expertise across health and care services, public health, and employment policy. We also work in collaboration to influence medical research and data policy and play an active role in several cross-sector groups. We’re looking for a Policy Officer who will make a difference to health and social care policy for people with arthritis.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to drive policy development across our policy priority areas. The Policy Officer will lead on specific policy projects, commissioning research, developing policy positions, and producing reports and consultation responses.

This role will cover a broad range of issues across one of our strategic goals – prevention and diagnosis; access to treatment; and living well with arthritis. Our approach considers the needs of people of all ages who have arthritis.

The Policy Officer will also contribute to the wider work of the team, working closely with colleagues in the Nations Teams, the Research Directorate and the wider charity, including by representing us on cross-sector policy groups, drafting briefings, and participating in events and conferences.

We’ll give you autonomy, variety and challenge with opportunities to work with inspirational campaigners, attend events in Parliament and meet senior stakeholders in Government. We’re a supportive team who will value your well-being and professional development.

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Understanding of policy issues relevant to people with long-term conditions or disability.
• Experience of working in a policy team.
• Experience of developing and influencing health and social care policy.
• An ability to think creatively and communicate effectively.
• An enthusiastic, adaptive and flexible approach.

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

About Care4Calais and the Legal Access Department

Care4Calais is a volunteer-based charity providing essential aid and support for refugees in France and the UK. 

In northern France we operate year-round from Calais, working alongside communities in Calais and Dunkirk to provide warm clothing, bedding and service provision to displaced people who live in appalling and dangerous conditions. 

Across the UK we collect and distribute clothes, shoes, mobile phones and other essential items, as well as providing social support and interaction, including language lessons, sport and music workshops. We also help with vital access to medical and educational services. 

Our Legal Access Department is an access to justice project that exists to support people seeking asylum in the UK by facilitating access to legal representation and offering holistic support to people throughout the asylum process. The department, made up mostly of specially trained volunteers, works tirelessly to ensure that people feel informed, empowered, and far less isolated and alone. We conduct one-to-one, complex casework for people seeking asylum for a variety of matters, over the years we have supported thousands of people to secure legal representation. Our current casework channels include securing legal representation and support for people’s asylum claims, challenges to unsuitable accommodation and potential removal from the UK (for example under the previous Rwanda policy), and support of young people in their age dispute matters. Our teams work remotely across the UK. The Department seeks to adapt and amend our services based on the needs of the communities that we work with. 

About the role

The aim of the role is to support and inspire volunteer casework teams to undertake the individual one-to-one casework and support that lies at the heart of what the Legal Access Department does, furthering access to justice for people seeking asylum and refugees. The successful candidate will lead our Asylum Team of volunteer caseworkers to support individuals in their asylum claim, assisting with legal referrals and onward signposting where appropriate. They will work collaboratively with other Volunteer Team Leads and the Head of Department to respond with agility to a fast-moving policy environment.

Responsibilities

Volunteer Team Lead / Coordinator

• Lead existing team(s) of volunteers to undertake their specified casework roles as agreed with the Head of Department.

• Conduct quarterly 1:1s with volunteers to receive feedback, reaffirm commitments, and ensure volunteer wellbeing. Escalate any issues and/or concerns to the Head of Department where necessary.

• Motivate and engage volunteers, taking into account the remote nature of the roles, collaborating with other Volunteer Team Leads.

• Facilitate regular team meetings and/or virtual drop ins for volunteers to ensure continued engagement and space to raise issues or concerns.

• Support volunteer caseworkers undertaking their roles, providing advice on casework and stepping in to support clients where required.

• Oversee the appropriate collection and management of client information and data, ensuring that volunteers adhere to organisation policy at all times.

• Support volunteers to raise safeguarding / protection concerns through the appropriate channels. Escalate concerns where necessary. Support volunteer caseworkers through debriefs.

• Recruit, train and onboard new volunteers with the support of the Head of Department.

• Keep team procedure documentation up to date, implementing changes where required to keep pace with the ever-changing policy environment. Work with the Head of Department to proactively adapt the casework services provided to suit the needs of the communities we work with.

• Report on team progress to the Head of Department, CEO and senior leadership via pre-arranged channels and format.

• Work with the Head of Department to proactively identify systemic issues seen regionally and/or nationally and influence the direction of the Department. Contribute to evidence gathering and furthering any strategic litigation cases undertaken by the Department. 

• Develop and maintain a network of key contacts within relevant authorities, legal teams dealing with immigration and public law matters, and other NGOs focused on support of refugees and people seeking asylum.

• Attend and contribute meaningfully to team meetings.

• Attend relevant external meetings representing the organisation as needed, ensuring that knowledge and learning is shared across the department. 

Individual casework

• Manage own limited, complex caseload of adult asylum seekers requiring legal representation where required to support the volunteer casework team.

• Communicate effectively and sensitively with clients and refer to legal firms. 

• Identify clients’ individual wellbeing needs and make onward referrals in line with this. Provide emotional support to clients through the process of claiming asylum in the UK.

• Liaise with legal teams on behalf of clients where necessary.

• Keep relevant records up to date to allow for quick and effective retrieval.

Person specification

• In-depth understanding of the UK asylum system

• Dedication to social justice with a clear understanding of the challenges faced by vulnerable populations, or a willingness to learn about these

• Ability to work sensitively with a diverse range of people, demonstrating cultural competence, respect and compassion

• Able to build positive relationships with a range of stakeholders including those from displaced communities, legal teams, and other charities

• Clear leadership ability, with the capability to act with initiative and drive

• An understanding of the volunteer experience including potential challenges volunteers may face

• Self-motivated and used to managing multiple priorities to meet deadlines

• Collaborative team member with excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong digital literacy, including ability to work on Google Workspace and Office 365

• Resilience in the face of challenging and emotionally demanding situations, with a positive and solution-oriented mindset

Whilst not essential, we welcome applications from people with the following skills

• Proficiency in one or more of the languages spoken within asylum seeking communities, such as but not limited to: Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Dari, Kurdish Sorani, Tigrinya or Amharic

• Experience leading and managing volunteer teams from varied backgrounds

Application process

Please apply via CharityJob and submit your CV and a letter of interest. In this, please outline your interest in the role and what skills and experience you have that meets the person specification. The recruitment process will include two interview stages. We will be reviewing applications as they arrive and reserve the right to close the posting before the closing date.

Care4Calais receives a very high volume of applications for roles we advertise and therefore we are unfortunately unable to reply or feedback to applicants who are not successful in securing an interview. We do however thank you for your interest and taking the time to apply for this role.

Care4Calais is dedicated to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment and recognises that this is invaluable to our ability to serve the communities we work with. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds including from Black, Asian and Minority-Ethnic communities, people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, and people with lived experience of the UK or EU immigration system. If you have first hand experience applying for asylum in any country, please let us know in your application. We do however respect that people’s identity is not defined by their past experiences and will not expect candidates to describe their lived experience at interview unless they wish to do so.

We also recognise that experience comes from more than just employment history and encourage anyone who meets most of the specification for this role to apply even where this experience comes from outside traditional employment structures. If you are interested in applying but do not have all the experience necessary, we encourage you to contact us at ukadmin [@] care4calais .org to set up an informal chat with our staff. We can discuss why you would like to apply for the role and what skills or experiences you have which could be relevant to the role.

If you have any questions about this or need additional support with the application process for any reason, please contact us at ukadmin [@] care4calais .org.

This exciting new role is an opportunity to be a strategic leader at the forefront of social and economic research, developing IES’s research on employment, skills and education policy, to achieve tangible impact on employment policy and practice. 

Due to growth in our public policy research, we are recruiting to a new senior leadership role to support our Director of Public Policy and Research to co-lead our multi-million pound programme of research across employment policy collaboratively ensuring it is delivered effectively and to clients’ satisfaction. The postholder will be a credible and experienced researcher, motivated to support our team of policy researchers across the full breadth of our work and will play a critical leadership role in supporting and managing the policy research team. They will support and delegate for the Director of public policy in building, developing and managing a broad array of client and partner relationships across policy areas. They will be a representative and advocate for IES policy research, able to disseminate and influence across the themes we cover.

The postholder will also play a leadership role in developing the Institute more widely, leading strategic projects to build our capacity and capability, facilitating others to do likewise. They will be able to engage and motivate staff and capable of clear and transparent decision-making. Alongside, they will grow and develop their own programme of employment policy research.

In particular, the role involves:

Research development and thought leadership

■ Generating substantial, annual income for self and others;

■ Becoming a known thought leader for the IES portfolio, regularly disseminating and advising IES clients and policymakers, to increase IES’s profile;

■ Managing and directing significant projects consistently to an excellent standard, achieving client satisfaction and maintaining client relationships to build potential for further work;

■ Advocating for high quality research and evaluation to build the evidence for what works in improving employment outcomes;

■ Being a conduit for IES values within IES and in the external context;

■ Developing and maintaining effective links with existing and potential clients and partners, monitoring market trends, identifying new opportunities for IES, and proactively suggesting new lines of work for us;

■ Promoting evidence-based policy and practice to lead towards sustainable improvements in public policy.

Internal leadership and development

■ Co-develop the policy business plan with the Director of Policy Research and support the delivery of the Institute’s annual business plan;

■ Play a leading role in operational management meetings and chairing other internal meetings, particularly related to effective project and programme delivery;

■ Be effective in directing and managing a programme of research, being a role model for excellent project delivery and client relationship management;

■ Leading researcher development through effective line management of senior and principal researchers and supporting the development of early careers researchers through project work and L&D sessions.

■ Strong capabilities in risk management and mitigation, identifying emergent issues and able to intervene early and effectively to control these;

■ Play a leading role in the development of the IES policy research programme, encouraging a culture of leadership and support across our team;

■ Lead continuous improvement activity, engaging staff to realise improvements in their own and the institute’s practice;

■ Be committed to equity, diversity and inclusion, encouraging all staff at IES to achieve their best;

■ Other duties as required by institute directors.

What we are looking for

The successful candidate will have leadership potential, be a highly skilled, credible researcher, known for subject expertise related to employment matters. They will have a strong understanding of high quality and robust programme delivery to time and budget and be able to mentor and coach others to achieve the same. In addition, successful candidates will possess the following:

■ Capability to co-lead and co-deliver a multi-million pound programme of research related to public policy research.

■ Commercial awareness and business acumen, with understanding of working styles within a small, charitable business.

■ Proven track record of generating substantial portfolio of income, to build work portfolio for self and others.

■ Experience in effectively managing and developing people for high performance and a focus on professional growth for self and others.

■ Exceptional self-organisational and presentational skills, with the ability to lead a programme of work, direct projects and support teams to work well with clients.

■ Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent a range of employment topics and convey complex concepts and findings accessibly to a variety of different audiences, including policymakers, the media and the wider public. 

■ The skills and expertise to develop new income, and/or to lead high quality bids, with aspects of innovation within commissioned briefs to ensure IES is a preferred supplier.

■ A track record of research related to a detailed understanding of UK employment and social policy.

■ Demonstrable research capability, and understanding of methods and implications for reliability of findings.

■ Excellent academic qualifications in social sciences or related field or evidence of equivalent experience.

Working at IES

We support flexible working and will consider applications from candidates seeking to work flexibly or part-time. The post will be based in our office in central Brighton, although we work in a hybrid way. We would expect the postholder to be prepared to travel to Brighton or London for group meetings on occasion.

Salary: will be within a range of £70,000-£72,000 (full time equivalent) based on skills and experience. 

To view our full range of benefits, please see the IES benefits guide.

IES offers a friendly workplace culture and has an active social committee. Brighton and the surrounding areas offer a superb location in which to live with easy access to the sea, countryside, and plenty of culture and nightlife. Brighton is close to Gatwick airport (30 mins), London (1 hour) and France (2.5 hours).

Our research and practice are guided by our values and our staff act in accordance with these. Our values centre on: respecting others, acting with integrity, collaboration, curiosity, excellence and compassion. You can learn more about what it’s like to work at IES by looking at our Glassdoor profile.

Because of the nature of our work, appointments will be subject to a report from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) or Disclosure Scotland.

The Institute for Employment Studies is a registered charity (no. 258390). IES strives to be an equal opportunities employer.

About The Role
Please note this is a fixed term contract for 12 months. 
The National Influencing Manager is an important role in our mission to make dementia the priority it needs to be. This is way more than a typical public affairs job. In fact, it’s not a typical public affairs job at all. We do things differently here. We don’t carp from the side-lines and moan about how bad everything is. Instead, we develop overwhelming, evidence and policy-based cases for change which we deploy based on our deep understanding of a complex, constantly adapting system.
Dementia is a whole system challenge so it demands a whole system approach. That means our National Influencing Manager needs to determine key decisionmakers capable of shaping national policy and then engaging them directly with an overwhelming case for change.  Understanding the system is paramount, as is deploying evidence and policy in the most impactful way. We work across England, Northern Ireland and Wales, but this role is predominantly focused on England. It will require close working with National Influencing Managers in the other nations as well as with colleagues in Local Systems Influencing, Policy and Evidence. Integration and teamwork is everything in this role – with colleagues internally and with the system externally. 
You’ll lead a team of three National Influencing Officers, and be part of an even larger Evidence, Policy & Influencing (EP&I) function which is laser-focused on ending the devastation of dementia through changing policy. As an integral part of the part of EP&I Management Team, you will share responsibility for management of the sub-directorate.
You will:

- Develop and oversee the execution of a high quality, innovative and successful political engagement strategy, in line with agreed  organisational priorities. 
-  Be responsible for planning, budgeting, reporting, evaluating impact and managing risk across all aspects of our National Influencing work.
- Ensure the experience and insight of people with and affected by dementia is at the heart of all our engagement.
- Embed everything you do in a systems leadership approach, working across organisational and geographical boundaries to achieve objectives.
- Build consistency and understanding around our influencing work across all three nations by developing a shared and equally relevant set of influencing priorities alongside other senior colleagues within the Evidence, Policy and & Influencing team.
- Build impactful, sustainable relationships with senior external stakeholders such as partners in NHS systems, Government, think tanks and other charities (and hold responsibility for identifying and tracking those relationships) to further our strategic objectives.
- Ensure delivery of the team’s National Influencing strategy primarily in England, but to fully contribute to success across the three nations we operate in. 

About you
You are dynamic and driven to make a difference. You want to work hard, with like-minded people, to tackle the leading cause of death in the UK. You have experience of management and are able to inspire people to give their best to their work. With your team and others, you can be persuasive and bring people along with you. Plugged in to the external environment, and well-connected within the health policy space, you enjoy getting out and about to meet people and to make connections. You are comfortable working with senior people and decision-makers. As a natural communicator and influences you love finding different ways to communicate our policy impactfully to varied audiences.
We have a lot to offer you in return. Alzheimer's Society has been named one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023. We achieved excellent scores for workplace happiness, pride, and job satisfaction. As part of the team, you will work alongside smart, passionate people working towards the same goal. Through your work here, you will be able to build your own personal platform and make a name for yourself. Alzheimer’s Society is proud of investing in our people and you will be able to take advantage of our huge range of development opportunities. We also have flexible working arrangements available and good benefits.

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.

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Integrity Action is looking for a climate expert with strong programme design expertise to strengthen and expand our climate programming portfolio. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with our senior management team to maintain and elevate the quality of our programmes and fundraising. You’ll bring technical knowledge and thought leadership to shape our current and future climate-focused programming, driving meaningful change in alignment with Integrity Action's mission.

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Some travel in London and within UK

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

Within the Chief Executive’s Office, the UK Advocacy and Health Intelligence Department are focused on creating lasting change. We identify creative policy solutions in response to the challenges people with arthritis face. We influence decision-makers across the UK by developing evidence and through stakeholder engagement, public affairs activity and by campaigning alongside people with arthritis. We have expertise across health and care services, public health, and employment policy. We also work in collaboration to influence medical research and data policy and play an active role in several cross-sector groups. We’re looking for a Policy Manager who will make a difference to health and social care policy for people with arthritis.  

About the role

The purpose of this role is to lead on projects across our policy priority areas, commissioning research, developing policy positions, and producing reports and consultation responses. There will also be opportunity for line-management within the team.

This role will cover a broad range of issues across one of our strategic goals – prevention and diagnosis; access to treatment; and living well with arthritis. Our approach considers the needs of people of all ages who have arthritis.

The Policy Manager will also contribute to the wider work of the team, working closely with colleagues in the Nations Teams, the Research Directorate and the wider charity, including by representing us on cross-sector policy groups, drafting briefings, and participating in events and conferences.

We’ll give you autonomy, variety and challenge with opportunities to lead projects and to work with inspirational campaigners and meet senior Government and NHS stakeholders. We’re a supportive team who will value your well-being and professional development.

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Understanding of current policy issues relevant to people with long-term conditions or disability, including healthcare policy.
• Recent experience of influencing policy gained from work within a policy team.
• An ability to think creatively and communicate effectively.
• An enthusiastic, adaptive and flexible approach.

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

Can you help us promote public and national awareness of kidney disease in the UK to benefit all kidney patients?

The National Kidney Federation (NKF) is a unique, independent UK charitable organisation run by kidney patients for kidney patients. They are seeking an exceptional Policy and Public Affairs Manager to help shape and deliver an exciting programme of work that tackles the challenges of renal disease head-on. As a senior appointment, this role will raise the scale, effectiveness, and profile of their policy and public affairs work.

Job Title: Policy and Public Affair Manager
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Location: NKF HQ (North Nottinghamshire) Hybrid working
Salary: Up to £43,000 (dependent on experience)
Hours: 36 hours per week

Perks and Benefits:

At NKF, they value their team members and offer some incredible benefits:

* Up to six weeks of annual leave plus bank holidays
* Early finish on Friday's
* Christmas shutdown
* Pension scheme with up to 8% employer contribution
* Death in service insurance worth three times your salary
* Free car parking at their HQ

About the Role:
You'll build on current policy initiatives, leveraging the knowledge of our team, trustees, and professional networks, while collaborating with 50 Kidney Patient Association members. You'll have the freedom to shape and implement their programme of work, working strategically and independently to enhance NKF's impact on patient support, campaigning, and public life.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead NKF's policy and public affairs activities, reporting to the Chief Executive.
- Develop and implement strategies to tackle the challenges of kidney disease.
- Collaborate with internal teams, trustees, and external stakeholders to drive impactful campaigns.
- Represent NKF in public policy discussions, including parliamentary groups, ensuring our voice is heard at the highest levels.
- Contribute to strategic planning and hands-on delivery within a small, collaborative team.

About You:

We're looking for someone who combines strategic vision with a willingness to get stuck into the work. You'll have:
- Proven experience in policy and public affairs with a strong network in public policy and parliamentary groups.
- A solid understanding of health policies.
- Knowledge of marketing and communications, with the ability to amplify NKF's work and messaging.
- Entrepreneurial skills and the ability to shape and deliver impactful strategies.
- The ability to work collaboratively with teams and independently when needed.
- A passion for making a lasting difference for kidney patients and the NKF's mission.

This is a chance to join NKF at an exciting time. With a refreshed five-year strategy, growing reputation, and committed team, you'll have the support and opportunity to make a long-lasting impact.

How to Apply:
Due to the sensitive nature of the role, we are accepting applications on a rolling basis so please do reach out if this impacts you in any way. The provisional closing date for this role will be December the 10th at 12pm. Please send a copy of your CV to Priya at Charity People in the first instance.

First Stage Interviews: 12th and 16th of December
Second stage Interviews: 19th of December

Charity People actively promote equality, diversity, and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

About SafeLives

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.    

Last year alone, more than 11,000 professionals working on the frontline received our training. Over 87,000adults at risk of serious harm or murder and more than 109,000 children received support through dedicated multi-agency support designed by us and delivered with partners. In the last seven years, more than 5,000 perpetrators have been challenged and supported to change by interventions we created with partners, making almost 17,000 adult and child victims of their abuse safer.

Together we can end domestic abuse. Forever. For everyone.

The Role

Our influencing work is changing the UK conversation about domestic abuse, with both national
and locally based elected representatives and the officials and colleagues who work alongside them.

As our Policy and Public Affairs Manager, you’ll lead impactful policy initiatives that align with our mission to end domestic abuse and to ensure support for the whole family, preventing harm, reducing risk and supporting recovery. Working closely with our Head of Public Affairs and Policy, you’ll develop strategies which will amplify our voice and the voice of survivors, and deepen our policy engagement, particularly in relation to multi-agency work, health and family justice.

You will be joining the organisation at a pivotal moment as the new Government makes an explicit commitment to halve VAWG in ten years, including planning a new strategy and a number of new Bills to support this mission This provides an unmissable policy development and influencing opportunity to ensure that SafeLives’ priorities for improving the response to domestic abuse are taken forward by Government.

This is an ideal role for a dynamic and experienced policy manager with a commitment to social change and the prevention of domestic abuse.

You will be based in our London office and/or remote working, with regular meetings in London and occasional travel to other locations around the UK, including our Bristol office.

Benefits

• 34 days' holiday incl. public holidays
• Flexible working e.g. compressed hours
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Pension scheme with 4% employer contribution
• Childcare vouchers
• Employee assistance programme
• Clinical supervision
• Holiday purchase scheme to buy up to an additional 5 days
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Enhanced sick pay
• Professional development fund
• Individual learning budget
• Restorative practice training
• Time off in lieu 

If this challenge sounds as exciting to you as it does to us and you believe you have the qualities we have described, please take a look over the job description and submit a 500-word cover letter and CV.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 2nd December 2024.

SafeLives is a committed provider of equal opportunities for all; please see our job description for full details.

No agencies, please.

Come and join ASAP’s dynamic, small and friendly team!

We are recruiting a Women’s Legal Advisor. This interesting and diverse role sits both within ASAP’s legal and policy teams and involves provision of legal advice, representation at the asylum support tribunal, delivery of training and influencing work with the Home Office.

Key information:

• Permanent contract, following a six months’ probation
• Full-time post (but we will consider requests for working 28 hours a week)
• Hybrid working, so based 2 days a week in our offices in East London
• Salary £41,220 p.a or pro rata equivalent (includes ILW) and other benefits
• Application deadline is 11:59pm on Sunday 1st December 2024 with interviews in London on Monday 9th December 2024

The Asylum Support Appeals Project (ASAP) is a small national charity which was set up in 2004 to reduce destitution by protecting people's legal rights to food and shelter. We have a team of 12 permanent staff members and 45 volunteer solicitors and barristers. 

ASAP delivers three strands of work:

• High-quality legal representation at the Asylum Support Tribunal, for people appealing against Home Office decisions to refuse or withdraw their accommodation and financial support.

• Training, an advice line and online forum to support hundreds of frontline organisations, advice agencies and legal practitioners across the UK who are helping people apply for financial support or accommodation.

• We use our strong evidence base to improve government policies and procedures on asylum support through policy work and strategic litigation.

The Women’s Legal Advisor works across the three strands of ASAP’s work to promote and protect the rights of women within the asylum support system. It is a varied and interesting role spanning legal representation at the Asylum Support Tribunal (AST), the provision of advice on ASAP’s Advice Line, the delivery of training, and influencing work with the Home Office. The post is currently focused on access to support for those experiencing domestic abuse however, the future focus of this project will be one of the first priorities for the new post holder, after induction.

A strong interest and commitment to upholding the rights of women is essential, as is an understanding of the barriers and difficulties that women seeking asylum face. You will work closely and collaboratively with colleagues internally, providing advice and support on issues impacting women in the asylum system. You will work with partner organisations externally, pursuing asylum support policy improvements for women and supporting advice workers to assist women to access housing and financial support. The role is part of ASAP’s policy team as well as our legal team (staff members providing legal representation at the AST and via our advice line). The Head of Legal provides legal supervision to the role, and assistance with legal accuracy of training materials. 

We positively encourage applicants with lived experience of seeking asylum and/or asylum support. You do not have to tell us about your experiences as part of the recruitment process if you do not want to. If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network.

Come and join our small, supportive team!