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Part-time, 0.8 FTE (30 hours per week)
24-month FTC, £38K-£44K + bonus
Hybrid, 2 days per week from Milton Keynes office
We are working with the Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI) in recruiting for a Professional Development Manager, a brand new position at the organisation. This role will be pivotal in shaping the strategic delivery of their professional development programme, and expanding influence via their embedded Learning Management System (LMS).
The ITI offers a range of memberships that support skilled language professionals throughout their career. Their membership base includes individuals, corporate members and academic institutions in the UK, and a growing international membership. Their strategic priorities as an organisation are focussed around professional development, engagement and advocacy.
The role will include managing two members of staff, leading the team to grow their professional development programme, creating engaging content, expanding commercial opportunities and driving value to members. The organisation completed the implementation of a new LMS (D2L, Brightspace) last year, and envisage the successful candidate to be proactive, taking initiative to develop new partnerships and BD opportunities through the LMS.
If you are looking for a dynamic role with leadership responsibilities and the opportunity to expand the professional development segment of a growing membership organisation, then look no further. If you have experience of principles or frameworks of CPD or professional development in support of a profession, then apply right away!
For a full application pack, please contact Christian Turek at Memcom Recruitment.
A job pack with full information on the role will be sent to applicants with a relevant CV.
Are you a dynamic relationship builder with a passion for making a real impact? Join us as a Partnerships Fundraiser and be part of the team at a leading children's charity.
Salary: £28,337 - £31,485 (depending on experience) plus £3,366 London weighting if applicable
Location: London (hybrid working - minimum one day per week in the London office)
Contract Type: 13-month fixed-term maternity cover
Your Role as a Partnerships Fundraiser
As a Partnerships Fundraiser, you will be at the heart of our mission, working directly with two of our volunteer fundraising boards. These boards are comprised of influential, high-profile individuals who leverage their networks to secure significant funding. You will manage and develop key relationships, ensuring maximum income generation through corporate partnerships, major gifts, and collaborative events.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with board members to secure new supporters and corporate partnership opportunities
- Manage a portfolio of high-value donors, providing excellent stewardship to maximise long-term income
- Work with Senior Partnerships Managers to identify and secure new fundraising partnerships
- Coordinate with various teams within the organisation to enhance fundraising efforts
What We're Looking For:
- Exceptional relationship management skills with the ability to engage and inspire high-value supporters
- Strong project management abilities, including meticulous planning and attention to detail
- Commercial acumen to identify mutually beneficial opportunities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-motivated, proactive, and highly organised
What's Unique About This Role?
You'll be joining a unique team that has achieved notable successes with partnerships including Chanel, Legal and General, and Jo Malone London. You'll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects such as exclusive movie preview clubs and industry sports days, making a significant impact in the fundraising landscape.
Why Work With Us?
- Engage with passionate C-suite executives and influential supporters
- Gain comprehensive fundraising experience across diverse sectors
- Enjoy a supportive and collaborative team culture with opportunities for personal and professional growth
Ready to Make a Difference?
Join us as a Partnerships Fundraiser and be part of a team that cares deeply about the cause and each other. Apply now, to discover how you can contribute to meaningful change and support millions of young lives. Your journey to make a difference starts here.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
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You don’t have to know about Down syndrome. You can learn about Down syndrome, but we need you to know how to nurture the heart of an organisation and its people.
Freelance/self-employed contract for 3 – 4 days per week
£30k - £40k p.a. depending on experience & hours – hours and fee are negotiable
Please see our video on our website (Meet the Team, Current Vacancies) for further details from our Chair, James.
Lead the 17-year-old charity into a brighter future
The role demands quality skills and experience in management, governance, building teams and communities, fundraising and finance – in person and online.
Can you simultaneously be creative, a problem solver, ideas person, developmental, positive leader, supporter, confidante, prudent and adventurous?
We are very keen to hear from you. Please send your CV and a 5 min video explaining who you are and why you suit the role and would like this work.
Please send your CV and a 5 min video explaining who you are and why you suit the role and would like this work.
Enabling children with Down syndrome to maximise their potential
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role Title: Social Welfare Law Adviser (Energy)
Trainee Considered
Location: This is initially an in-office role, but following successful progression, will become a hybrid role working between home/ office and presence at outreaches across Bury/ Bolton.
Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton (CABB) is a leading provider of legal advice and information, supporting thousands of clients every year. We are a busy, client focused and dynamic service with a track record of delivering high quality advice. Our services are delivered between 8am – 6pm. Postholders will be expected to actively contribute to service delivery rotas between these times.
The post holder will work as part of a well-established team, providing reliable and effective advice services, across all advice channels and access points, utilised by Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton.
Key elements:
- Deliver free face-to-face quality assured advice for those vulnerable to fuel poverty across Bury and Bolton to support them towards being able to keep warm and healthier homes.
- Promote greater awareness and access to advice and other services pursuant to helping people with fuel insecurity.
The postholder will target cohorts to afford their energy bills, and reduce fuel poverty, creating a positive impact on their health and wellbeing.
By:
- Providing advice and assistance on maximising incomes
- Improving the energy efficiency of homes
- Improving health and well-being of people living with fuel vulnerability
- Developing people with Energy advice skills
- Learn from people with lived experience in the delivery of this and future projects.
To be successful in this role you will be able to work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, exhibit excellent listening and questioning skills and to present and conduct yourself in a professional and courteous manner with all clients seeking support.
You will liaise with local partners and stakeholders across Bury & Bolton, including internal colleagues within CABB. You will have a robust understanding of the importance of security and data protection to ensure all data is protected in line with GDPR legislation. You will have a good standard of numeracy to perform benefit check calculations to aid the advice process and be proficient in the use of computer packages with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office. You will have an open and friendly demeanour and be able to work as part of a diverse team.
At CABB, we value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, people with physical or mental health conditions, LGBT+ and non-binary people, and people from racially minoritised communities.
To Apply
Please click on the apply button to be redirected to our website, we are accepting CV & Cover letter to the email provided on the page.
Job Title: Counselling Services Coordinator
Hours: Part-time Monday to Thursday 4 hours per day (16 hours per week)
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract to 28th November 2026
Salary: £31,000 to £32,000 FTE depending on experience
Application Deadline: Wednesday 10th July 2024 at 11.00pm
Interviews: week commencing 22nd July 2024
Location: Hybrid, with home-working available following an initial period of training at BCWA Head Office in London SE20
Employee benefits we offer:
- A friendly, flexible and values-led organisation
- Competitive salary
- 25 days of annual holiday, plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
- Birthdays and Wellbeing Leave
- Contributory pension scheme (5%)
- Training to help you perform your role and support your professional development
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, counselling and wellbeing support
- Healthcare cashback scheme
Who we are: Bromley & Croydon Women’s Aid is a well-established, innovative and forward-thinking local domestic abuse service. We are seeking a self-motivated, flexible and experienced individual to join our dynamic team to help us deliver excellent services to vulnerable women who have experienced domestic abuse and be committed to working in a non-discriminatory manner.
About the role: We are seeking to recruit a Counselling Services Coordinator to provide administrative support to our Counselling Services Manager and assist in the smooth running of our counselling programme. You will deal with referrals and carry out clinical counselling assessments in person and online to ensure that BCWA is the correct counselling service for the client. You will liaise with our trainee counsellors and allocate clients to the counsellors based on suitability. You will manage our counselling waiting lists and ensure clients are kept informed. You will ensure confidentiality and data security is maintained in relation to service user’s details, case records and supervision notes. Ideally you will have or be working towards a counselling qualification and/or have experience of providing trauma-informed support.
All staff have access to hot-desking at our offices as needed. We do our best to accommodate flexible working practices at BCWA. We are all women with busy lives and families, and we understand that flexibility can be crucial in supporting women in the workplace.
Wellbeing: As a trauma-informed charity we take mental health and wellbeing seriously. We offer clinical supervision to our frontline team, regular staff wellbeing sessions, use of our Employee Assistance Programme and an additional wellbeing platform which offers a range of advice and support.
Notifying candidates: We apologise in advance that we will not be able to notify candidates who are not shortlisted. If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks from application deadline, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
We reserve the right to terminate this recruitment process should we receive a large number of applications.
Female applicants only: In light of the nature of work, the candidate’s gender is considered to be an occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: BCWA is committed to supporting and promoting equality & diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. To achieve this, we seek to employ a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds to better represent the communities we serve.
BCWA are an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Reg. Charity No.1068007.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient IDVA to join our homelessness service in Kent.
£26,330.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
The role of an IDVA is to address the safety of victims and survivors at high risk of harm. IDVAs work with their customers from the point of crisis by safety planning and risk assessing using the DASH to ascertain the level of risk to the victim.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
Manage client referrals, completing Dash Risk Assessments and obtaining and maintaining all relevant paperwork.
Building supportive, trusting relationships with clients and creating a positive atmosphere.
Knowledge of the criminal justice system. Understanding of Marac protocols.
Regular attendance at Marac and completion of all Marac referrals.
Support Customers to obtain Non Molestation Orders where needed and any other civil remedies available to them.
Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities.
Attending all court and Case Management hearings with or as a representative for clients.
Supporting clients to set personalised goals in the form of a Safety and Support Plan.
Assisting in the recording and reporting of customer incidents.
Creating a safety plan with clients.
Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes.
Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues.
Encouraging customers to attend relevant programmes when appropriate i.e Own My Life.
Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc.
Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures.
Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills.
Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Service Manager.
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
About you:
Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
Prefers working as part of a group or team
Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
Able to apply the right balance of care and support dependant on the needs of the customer
Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour
Ability to adhere to Look Ahead's professional boundaries policy
What you'll bring:
Essential:
Previous experience managing a caseload
Desirable:
IDVA qualification
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
Early Help Development Worker
We have a rewarding opportunity for an Early Help Development Worker to ensure that children, young people and families can access timely Early Help support and activities to improve their wellbeing and quality of life.
If you are passionate about identifying, supporting, and developing a community offer provided by individuals, groups, organisations, services and places, then apply today!
Position: Early Help Development Worker
Location: Harborne/hybrid working (this is an outreach position and you will be expected to be based in the community especially within Edgbaston and Northfield but with some city-wide work as well)
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £26,000 per annum
Contract: 2 posts available. 1 x Permanent and 1 x Fixed Term until March 2025
Benefits: Staff Benefits include: Hybrid and Flexible working, Workplace Pension, Employee Assistance Programme, Enhanced annual leave allowance, workplace wellbeing support
Closing Date: Midnight on Sunday 7th July
Interview Date: 15th and 16th July
The Role
You will work as part of a city-wide team of Early Help Development Workers as well as on a locality basis to ensure that they can combine targeted work with locality needs. This will include a strong element of co production, working with residents and community assets to lead on projects and the development of new groups, services, and activities to meet the needs or improve services within the community.
The role will also focus on increasing children and family’s engagement with local assets by working with them to improve accessibility, identify gaps in provision and encourage innovation and improvements to services.
Duties and key responsibilities include:
- Engaging statutory, community and voluntary organisations in a locality and working with all communities in the city.
- Engaging with a broad range of health, education, early years and social care organisations.
- Working with community providers to enable a ‘live’ understanding of community needs and resource capacity as part of a ‘gap analysis’ of the children and families offer across the locality.
- Supporting residents to lead on community projects and the development and delivery of new groups, services, or activities to meet needs or improve services in the community.
- Working with the Family Hub to align outcomes and workstreams with Family Hubs Outcomes.
- Increasing children and families’ engagement with local assets by working with groups and organisations to improve accessibility, identify gaps in provision, and encourage innovation and improvement to services including local commissioning in line with identified needs.
- Responding to targeted areas of work on a city-wide basis.
- Alongside the Service Lead, develop and deliver communications and engagement plans.
- Engaging with the citywide Early Help network, coordinated by BVSC, including regular attendance at meetings, as appropriate.
About You
We are looking for an empathetic communicator with excellent engagement and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a range of people.
You will have experience of:
- Working in an engagement or community development role with diverse community settings with statutory and third sector organisations
- Working with community/grassroots organisations
- Information sharing, consent and confidentiality issues and risks.
- Importance of equalities, diversity, and inclusion.
About the Organisation
A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, we provide a range of services across Birmingham, Solihull and the West Midlands where the aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer, the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to staff including flexible and hybrid working patterns, and the provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities.
You may also have experience in areas such as Community Development Worker, Social Service, Social Services, Support Worker, Care Worker, Early Help, Social Work, Youth, Youth Worker, Support Service, Vulnerable Adult, Care, Care and Support, Social Care, Community Support, Community, Children, Young People, Family, Community Project Officer, Community Partnerships Manager, Community Partnerships Officer, Community Engagement Officer, Community Engagement. #INDNFP
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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Job Title: Associate Advocate
Service: Coram Voice
Contract Type: Associate
Hours: Flexible to meet the needs of the service
Salary: £17.65 per professional hour; £8.825 per hour travel time; £0.45 per mile for mileage
Location: Home based with travel to the locations of young people accessing Coram Voice’s services. We are looking for Associate Advocates able to travel to locations across Greater London, Berkshire, Windsor and/ or Maidenhead
About Coram:
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
About Coram Voice:
Coram Voice is a national independent children’s charity established in 1975 and has grown to become one of the leading organisations for children and young people in the UK.
Coram Voice exists to enable and equip children and young people to hold systems to account, to challenge and support them to do their jobs properly and to uphold the rights of children and young people to actively participate in shaping their own lives.
Coram Voice strives for a society which recognises, and willingly accepts, its responsibilities to children and young people, where the inequalities and discrimination they currently face have been eradicated. Where those children and young people are fully engaged in all decisions that are made about their lives. Where the views, needs and feelings that they express are at the core of those decisions.
Our Advocacy services we provide advocacy direct to children and young people in a variety of situations. Advocates around the country support children and young people to get their voice heard in decisions about their lives. This may be through the telephone helpline or through an advocate working directly with a child, for instance, to support them at a review meeting or to help them make a complaint about their care. Coram Voice provides visiting advocacy services to most of the secure units nationally, to Secure Training Centres, Juvenile Young Offender Institutions, psychiatric hospitals, residential special schools and children’s homes.
About the Role
You will work directly with care experienced children and young people and those on Child Protection Plans providing them with advocacy support in the community and a variety of settings.
You will empower and support them to ensure their voices are heard within decision–making processes that effect their lives.
You will be a capable ambassador for Coram Voice with the ability to engage effectively with professionals, carers, other stakeholders and most importantly children and young people.
If you have the necessary experience and skills and a commitment to promoting the rights of young people, we would like to hear from you.
Recruitment process
Shortlisting will be undertaken by our Children’s Rights Managers. Successful candidates will then be invited for interview. The interview process comprises of a written exercise and a panel interview. Successful candidates will have a further one to one interview in accordance within Warner recommendations. Internal candidates will need to notify HR of their interest in the post and they will provide further information on the internal application process.
Returning your application:
- We cannot accept general CVs.
- When completing your application form, you need to address each point of the person specification and demonstrate how you meet it.
- Applications must be fully completed.
- If you are a current Coram Voice employee you may submit a supporting statement only addressing the person specification requirements for the post.
Closing date: Rolling until 23:59pm, 10th July 2024
Interview date: Rolling until 19th July 2024
General consideration for applications:
- DBS checks: all posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring check.
- Training: All successful candidates are required to complete our compulsory training programme which includes training in Advocacy (Being a Voice) Safeguarding and Diversity
- Conflict of interest: the independence of the service is important to Coram Voice. Prospective applicants need to raise any other potential conflicts of interest when initially contacting Coram Voice about this post.
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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These unique and rewarding freelance audit opportunities would suit experienced experienced audit professionals that are flexible, love diverse travel experiences, supporting worthwhile causes and inspiring people. AfID is recruiting on behalf of a leading specialist in international NGO grant audit services for development donors such as the UN and the World Bank. Assignments would suit experienced qualified audit professionals with grant audit / management experience, ideally in a not-for-profit/ international development context
Role overview.
Complete international grant expenditure audits for a diverse range of projects (grant recipients) funded by international donor institutions ranging from emergency aid, to long term development in areas such as agriculture, health or infrastructure or technical research. Assignments are 1-3 weeks in length and based across the European mainland and the developing world. These are offered on an assignment by assignment basis, one to two months in advance.
Contractors can be based outside the UK
Requirements
- Qualified ACA / ACCA or equivalent – 5+ years post qualified experience
- Grant management and audit and reporting experience with international institutions. Preference given to individuals that have worked on UN or EC grant assurance assignments
- Diplomacy and cultural sensitivity while working with a hugely diverse range of clients and beneficiaries
- A real interest in international development and associated funding structures
- Ideally but not essential fluency in a second language such as Spanish, German, French, Arabic & Portugese
- Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills in English.
- Resilience and adaptability
Personal attributes:
- At least 5-10+ years of relevant audit experience
- Ability to work under pressure; Strong planning, organisational and time management skills
- Sound technical and analytical skills, report writing and presentation skills
Passionate about international travel and development and willing to work in international locations. Individual must be prepared to travel to challenging locations when it is deemed safe to do so. Individuals must also be able to demonstrate effective past working practices when working remotely with a range of clients.
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Role Overview:
The Talent Set is thrilled to be working with a leading health charity as they search for a Head of Content and News to support them for a fantastic 6-month fixed term contract.
The successful candidate will be tasked with spearheading a team in crafting impactful media that ignites awareness and empowers the organisation’s community. You will oversee the creation of top-tier health content, ensuring everyone impacted has the knowledge and support to thrive.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own external communications, crafting strategic narratives that shape public perception.
- Cultivate relationships with media, influencers, and stakeholders to challenge misconceptions, elevate awareness, and champion the needs of those living with and at risk of the condition.
- Head a dynamic press team, safeguarding the organisation’s reputation and aligning media efforts with their goals.
- Guide content creation via integrated campaigns, collaborating closely with marketing and communications.
- Oversee a multidisciplinary content team, setting the strategic direction for high-quality, evidence-based content across print and digital platforms.
- Champion accessibility, trust, and relevance for diverse audiences (patients, families, healthcare professionals, and stakeholders).
- Build strong partnerships across the organisation, offering invaluable expertise to colleagues.
- Lead and develop a team of media, content, and web specialists, fostering excellence within your domain.
- Translate complex information into clear and motivating written and verbal communications.
- Contribute actively as part of the senior leadership team, providing strategic guidance and shaping the future of the organisation.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Executive Team and Board of Trustees on critical issues like crisis and reputation management.
Person Specification:
- Existing strong relationships with key journalists, health care sector is preferable.
- Someone who works confidently with internal and external stakeholders to secure buy-in and drive action.
- Ability to build strong relationships across the organisation, ensuring colleagues receive the support they need for success.
- Previous experience overseeing budgets, monitoring expenditure, and reporting on financial performance.
- Experience in communicating confidently with senior stakeholders.
- Understanding of the media landscape and someone who excels at working with media outlets.
- Possess a strong understanding of the health and political environment (advantageous).
- Someone who stays current on the latest advancements in communications and digital content.
- Experience responding quickly and driving projects to completion efficiently.
- Ability to maintain a calm and resilient demeanor in demanding situations.
- Able to manage a heavy workload effectively within a critical area.
- A team player who enjoys collaboration and fosters a positive, results-oriented environment through teamwork.
What’s on Offer:
- A fantastic salary of £58,000 to £64,000 for the ideal candidate.
- Remote working with just the occasional visit to the charity’s central London Office.
- 6-month fixed term contract.
- Working with a groundbreaking charity that is changing the lives of people with their work.
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role.
Commitment to Diversity:
The Talent Set and our partner organisation are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, or gender. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is currently seeking a Head of Grants. Reporting to the Director of Programmes and Deputy CEO, you will be responsible for overseeing the AHF’s core grant-funded programmes across the UK, including managing the four Development Managers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, leading on assessment, monitoring and reporting against all grants awarded through these programmes, and participating in decision making around grant awards.
We are looking for a candidate able to demonstrate a breadth and depth of experience across the principal duties of this post. A strong track record of leadership within the heritage, social enterprise or social investment sectors and clear, relevant experience managing a staff team as well as multi-funder programmes with diverse strands of activity and reporting lines, is essential. The candidate must be a team player, with excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiating and communication skills. They should have experience of collaborative working with external partners and a strategic approach to prioritising workloads and problem solving. Candidates must have strong numeric and financial skills, excellent attention to detail and be a confident user of common IT system Office packages. We are looking for someone who will become a leader in our organisation, who is passionate, target orientated and, in particular, committed to achieving beneficial social outcomes through heritage.
Due to the time-limited nature of this post, the AHF is open to potential applicants seeking a secondment from another organisation – if you are interested in taking up the role as a secondment, please indicate this interest in your application and the nature of any discussions with your existing employer.
About the AHF
AHF is a leading heritage charity founded in 1976 to help charities and social enterprises across the UK find solutions for vulnerable historic buildings. We do this by offering advice, grants, and loans.
Commitment to diversity
In accordance with our commitment to promote equality of opportunity and diversity across all of our areas of work, we particularly welcome applications from people from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled people and younger people, who are currently under-represented within the AHF.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you passionate about developing ministries which inspire and equip Christians in the workplace and to share the good news of Jesus Christ across cultures? Are you keen to see East Asian workplaces transformed by the good news of Jesus Christ?
OMF International is seeking to develop its strategy to better facilitate the equipping of people in the workplace in being involved in cross cultural missions to East Asian peoples. To do this, we are looking for a self-motivated Workplace Ministry Manager to develop this ministry within OMF UK as an effective and accessible pathway for people to use their vocation in the marketplaces of East Asia to share Jesus Christ.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate proven experience in building purposeful networks across cultures, developing organisational infrastructure and an ability to identify workplace opportunities and create promotional resources. In addition to this, the candidate should have excellent organisational skills, interpersonal skills, and a strong personal drive to grow and develop this workplace ministry pathway into the workplaces of East Asia. Above all, the ideal candidate will have a deep commitment to world mission and to sharing the good news of Jesus.
To apply for this role, please submit a CV and covering letter to the email address specified on the recruitment pack.
Closing date: Monday, 15 July 10am.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
At Quakers in Britain, we work to bring Quaker values of peace and sustainability to the world and support the Quaker community.
We’re looking for someone to manage our Advocacy & Media team for a year. We need someone with the relevant skills and the ability to take on information quickly and start leading the team’s work.
We have our own advocacy projects in Westminster and Holyrood, as well as working in coalition with other organisations on issues such as climate justice and human rights. The team manages our media and social media communications and our relationships with other churches and faith groups.
This is a full-time, 13-month maternity cover contract starting mid-September 2024. You will be based at Friends House, London (NW1); London-based staff can work at home some of the time by agreement.
Alongside the opportunity to do rewarding work with a great team, we offer a generous benefits package.
For details of how to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 8am on Thursday 11 July 2024.
Interview date: Wednesday 24 July 2024 (in person).
Quakers have a faith commitment to equality and encourage and welcome applications for posts from all sections of society. You do not have to be a Quaker to apply for this post, but we expect you to uphold the values of our organisation.
Quakers in Britain is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk and expects all of its staff and volunteers to share and uphold this commitment.
Quakers in Britain is committed to equality in all of its employment practices.
We are looking for a Business Support Assistant to join our team in Wales. This is a 12-month fixed term appointment to cover maternity leave. It is a part-time post (equivalent to 3 days per week).
To meet the requirements of the Welsh Language Standards and our Welsh Language Policy, this post is Welsh essential.
Depending on your location and preference, you will be based in either the Cardiff or Newtown office. You are welcome to be based in the office full time, or a combination of home and office working. You will occasionally need to travel within Wales to work with colleagues.
In this role, you will support the efficient and effective delivery of grant-making activity in Wales, ensuring an excellent service for all our customers, colleagues, and stakeholders.
As first point of contact, you will play a key role in ensuring that all telephone and email enquiries are dealt with in a friendly, professional, and timely manner, responding with relevant information, and where necessary, connecting the enquirer to a colleague for further advice.
With a keen eye for detail, you will support the efficient delivery of the funding lifecycle by ensuring that new requests for funding are accurately processed and allocated to colleagues. You will also undertake administrative activities to ensure that customers and stakeholders received timely information.
Working in collaboration with colleagues, you will deliver a range of service activities including coordinating meetings and helping organise events, fulfilling travel booking and accommodation requests.
Interview Date: Week commencing 15 July 2024
Essential criteria
- Fluent Welsh verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to use appropriate technologies to deliver effective administrative support.
- Ability to plan, organise and work flexibly as part of a team.
- Confidently handle conversations, adopting a positive approach when dealing with customers and colleagues.
- Remain calm under pressure and handle multiple and competing priorities seeking help from others when needed.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of and curiosity about our work at the Fund.
- Experience of working in a customer facing role and working in a multi-tasking team environment.
- Be proactive and take responsibility for your own work.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
It starts with community.
Job Title: Senior Supervising Social Worker
Salary: £35,893 per annum (increasing to £39,880 in 18 months) + £1,500 per annum Out of Hours Rota Allowance + £750 per annum Homeworking Allowance
Hours & Contract: 35 hours per week - Fixed term contract for 12 months
Location: Homebased in the South West area including Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, Gloucester, Somerset, Wiltshire
A rare opportunity to work for an ‘OUTSTANDING’ team where trauma-informed practice is the foundation of everything we do. Brilliant training opportunities, clinical supervision, and support. “Members of the team who spoke to the inspector said that they felt valued in their role. They considered that they had access to opportunities that they had not experienced in previous employment. The agency provides exceptional resources for staff to ensure that their emotional well-being and a healthy work-life balance are promoted.” (OFSTED 2022)
As a ‘not for profit’ organisation, TACT puts the needs of our children and carers first and look to appoint individuals who are as passionate about fostering as we are. We are a homeworking organisation, and we pride ourselves on our flexible working opportunities, available from day one, an extensive wellbeing programme and our benefits package, all curated to nurture a healthy work life balance for all our employees so they can give an excellent service to our carers and the young people and children we care for.
As a foster care charity, TACT invests all surplus income into services, staff, carers, and child development. This means that we have been able to invest unique projects like TACT Connect, our unique and ground-breaking scheme for TACT care experienced young people and adults, as well as our expanding TACT Education Service and our new Health Service. All our activities are built on our commitment to becoming a fully trauma informed organisation, in line with our key values and ethos.
TACT achieved 16th place in the UK Best Companies Work For survey results in 2023, with 91% of employees acknowledging that the organisation is run on strong values and principles and 94% stating they feel proud to work for this organisation.
If you want to be valued as a professional, be appreciated at work and contribute to better outcomes for the children and young people connected with TACT, apply now.
Whilst being homebased, the Senior Supervising Social Worker will visit and support foster families across the TACT South West area including Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, Gloucester, Somerset and Wiltshire areas but will also travel within the wider region for team meetings, training and other in person events.
Overall Duties of the Senior Supervising Social Worker will include:
- An appropriate social work qualification
- Up-to-date registration with Social Work England
- Experience in fostering/family placements or other childcare settings
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation including the Fostering National Minimum Standards and Fostering regulations.
- Experience of working with/supporting looked after children and their foster carers.
- Knowledge of matching criteria and stability of placments.
- Capable of using electronic records systems and IT effectively, including participating in virtual meetings and webinars.
TACT offer an excellent employee benefits package including:
- 31 days paid holiday plus bank holidays.
- Flexible working arrangements (including compressed hours, flexibility around core hours, volunteer days policy).
- Family friendly policies.
- Homeworking ‘bundle’ including annual allowance, IT equipment and a loan for home office set up.
- Perkbox – retail discount scheme.
- Stakeholder pension scheme (salary sacrifice).
- Fantastic learning and development opportunities.
- Employee Assistance Programme (including CBT counselling, remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, mental health support and second opinions).
An Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role and will be processed by TACT on your behalf.
Closing Date: Sunday 28th July 2024
- Interview Date: Friday 9th August 2024
Safeguarding is everyone’s business and TACT believes that only the people with the right skills and values should work in social work. As part of TACT’s commitment to safeguarding, we properly examine the skills, experience, qualifications, and values of potential staff in relation to our work with vulnerable young children. We use rigorous and consistent recruitment approaches to help safeguard TACT’s young people. All our staff are expected to work in line with TACT’s safeguarding policies.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than advertised if the volume of applications is excessive, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
TACT does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies, nor the fees associated with them.