Administration Jobs

Benefits

• Scope to take real ownership in a fast-growing charity
• Flexible working arrangements
• Strong commitment to professional development with a dedicated training budget
• Annual performance and pay progression reviews
• Up to 5% pension contribution
• 40 days paid leave per year: 25 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 3 days between
• Christmas and New Year and 4 wellbeing days
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme offering free therapy
• Work phone and laptop
• A supportive and inclusive culture with regular team social event

Responsibilities

Publications, Brand and Content 

• Assist the Senior Communications Manager in developing and delivering a content strategy to support Settle’s goals. 

• Maintain brand consistency across all communications and craft clear, engaging messages about Settle’s work. 

• Collaborate with frontline staff and young people to collect and share their stories in an authentic and respectful way, including creating case studies and helping to develop Settle’s storytelling work. 

• Design marketing materials and publications, such as newsletters, annual reports and printed flyers for our different audiences. We use InDesign for our large-scale design projects, while we use Canva for our day-to-day projects. You don’t necessarily need experience of both of these, but you’ll need to be confident with designing multimedia content with similar sort of software.

Website, Digital and Social Media 

• Create, publish and schedule posts for our social media, where you’ll work with the Senior Communications Manager to engage and grow our audiences. We are currently active on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Bluesky, but we are planning to launch a TikTok account this year. Experience of editing and making video content would be desirable, but we can support you to develop these skills if you are confident with using tools like Canva already. 

• Work with the Senior Communications Manager and wider team to develop, manage and update content for Settle’s website, keeping it up to date for all our key audiences. This will include supporting with writing blogs, with and on behalf of the organisation. Our website is built on Wagtail CMS – you don’t need to necessarily have used this exact CMS, but experience of updating website content would be desirable. 

• Collate content from across the team for our supporters’ newsletter on MailChimp and assist other teams in publishing any other newsletters for specific audiences.

Media, PR and Policy 

• Assist with handling any media requests and developing Settle’s external reputation. 

• Support the Senior Communications Manager and Settle’s lived experience Advocacy Forum group in producing communications to shape policy and campaigns related to Settle’s work. 

• Support with the delivery of campaigns and events across the team, including our annual Winter Fundraising Campaign and Home of Our Own advocacy campaign (currently in development) 

General Support 

• Work collaboratively across teams to align communications with organisational priorities. 

• Support the Senior Communications Manager with internal communications tasks as needed.

• Managing communications projects with confidence, managing competing priorities and working independently to a defined schedule. 

• Provide additional administrative and communications support functions as requested by the Senior Communications Manager. 

We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 50,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We are looking for graduates who will enjoy working each day with young people and who will thrive in a frontline, community-based, fast-paced and rewarding role. You will be taking up a permanent role as an Education Worker on IntoUniversity’s Graduate Scheme, helping to change the lives of young people. 

We believe that our Graduate Scheme is one of the most exciting in the charity sector, an excellent career opportunity with
exceptional training and hands-on experience, opportunities for promotion, and the chance to work with young people and colleagues who will challenge and inspire you.

Locations: We have positions available in Hartlepool, Hull, London
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Applications close: 9am Monday 24th February 2025
Start date: As soon as possible, to be agreed directly with the successful candidate.

Salary

£27,400 per annum for non-London positions
£30,000 per annum for London positions (inclusive of £2600 London contribution)

What could my day look like?

The Education Worker role is a frontline, fast-paced and rewarding role where no two weeks will look the same. A typical day will have different activities, possibly spread between the IntoUniversity centre, partner schools and the offices of a corporate partner.

In the morning, you might be setting off with resources to run a workshop for sixth-form students in their secondary school. In the afternoon you may be setting up the classroom ahead of running Primary Academic Support for young people in your IntoUniversity centre. On other days, you may be travelling to a corporate partner to run a business simulation workshop for 15 year-olds or leading a group of final year primary school students on a campus visit for their graduation.

As an Education Worker, you’ll always be delivering the programme as part of your centre team, which means that any delivery is always a team effort. 

Are you passionate about finding volunteers to help end Homelessness? Can you work with individuals from the community, corporates and people experiencing homelessness?

We are looking for someone to run and develop our volunteering offer so that we can work with more people, develop new parterships and provide a pathway for our guests to volunteer in a safe environment. You will be able to multi task, working with a range of stakeholders, ensuring that all people feel valued, supported and cared for. This is a new role for our organisation so has plenty of scope to develop and help us achieve more for the people we serve and the wider community.

Learning with Parents supports all families to have positive learning interactions together and leads the sector to learn what works in tackling inequality. The Operations Coordinator will play a key role across the charity, supporting the smooth running of Learning with Parents’ core functions during a period of growth and enabling the team to effectively deliver our programme and achieve impact for disadvantaged families. 

In particular, they will assist the Operations team with HR and recruitment processes, providing additional administrative capacity and supporting our finance functions.

About you

A successful Operations Coordinator will be eager to work in a small team, have a can-do attitude, and be keen to get stuck in to support the charity’s growth and impact. 

Our ideal candidate would also be able to provide examples of when they have used the following skills and experience: 

• Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise effectively

• Good attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing

• Ability to work well as a team and with a range of different stakeholders

• Keen to learn and develop new skills

• A desire to champion and uphold our organisation’s vision, mission and values.

Our ideal candidate might also be able to provide examples of when they have used  some of the following skills and experience, although these are not essential: 

• An understanding of education inequality in the UK

• Lived experience of some of the barriers that families from disadvantaged communities face in engaging with children’s learning 

• Experience in (an) administrative role(s) 

• Experience of book-keeping or support with other financial functions. 

Our Values 

Our Learning with Parents values are key to how we work and inform our strategy, programme, and how we collaborate.

Ambition

We strive do more for the families, schools and organisations we work with

Collaboration

We value the voices of others and achieve more by working together

Exploration

We are curious and seek evidence to inform our work

Innovation

We test, learn, adapt and embrace failure in our pursuit of progress

Integrity

We act responsibly and honestly, and default to transparency

Supportive environment

We work to create an environment which supports growth, belonging and wellbeing for everyone 

Benefits

We have a passionate team and supportive culture, which was recognised as we were named one of “The top 100 organisations to escape to in 2022” by Escape the City. In addition, we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance (36 days, including bank holidays and a Birthday day)

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave policy

• Income protection in case of sickness

• Flexible working times

• Social events

• Environmental (Net Zero) Pension

• Cycle to work scheme

• Benefit Hub, including virtual GP and discount scheme 

To Apply 

Directly on our website, please submit a CV and one-page Cover Letter outlining:

• Why do you want to work for Learning with Parents?

• Why do you want the role of Operations Coordinator?

• What skills or experience do you have that would make you a good candidate for this role?

Deadline: 20th February 2025. 

Provisional dates for the first round interviews will be online on the 3rd March 2025.

Second round interviews will be in person, at our Bristol offices on 10th March 2025.

We think it is important that our charity reflects the lived experience of our beneficiaries, and we want to be an organisation where employees and supporters from any background can thrive. We particularly welcome applications from disabled, ethnic minority, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans including non-binary (LGBTQ+) candidates, and candidates from low-income families. These groups are currently underrepresented at Learning with Parents, and we are committed to increasing representation and diversity at the charity.

Due to the nature of our work with young people, on acceptance of offers all Learning with Parents employees are subject to a DBS check in accordance with Safeguarding Policies and offers will also be subject to reference checks.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Support Worker to join our Young People service in Maidenhead.

£24,960.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel valued? 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.

Support Workers will provide support to customers to help them develop the life skills they require to live independently. Support workers must monitor and assess the needs of the customers and provide creative and tailored person centred support to help them achieve their goals and aspirations.

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:

- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers
- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
- Supporting key customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan
- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'

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
- Approachable 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 organised
- Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- 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 essentially customer-focused

What you'll bring:

Essential:

- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable:

- Experience working with care leavers
- Experience working with those displaying mental health difficulties
- Experience using therapeutic models of support

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.
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.

Please see our website for Full Job Description

Events Executive
Lord’s Taverners
£26,000 – £29,000 (full-time, permanent)
Victoria, London – hybrid – 2 days pw in office

The Talent Set is delighted to be partnering with the Lord’s Taverners in their search for two newly created Event Executive roles. The charity exists to positively impact the lives of young people facing the challenges of inequality. They work across the UK to provide inclusive and impactful cricket programmes, empowering young people with disabilities and from disadvantaged communities to develop the knowledge, skills, capabilities and confidence required to overcome the challenges of inequality, raise their aspirations and reach their potential.

It's a hugely exciting year for the Lord’s Taverners who are celebrating their 75th anniversary! Particularly for the events team, there is a lot of activity happening across 2025 to celebrate this milestone and to raise vital income and awareness for the charity.

The team are expanding and they are adding two brand new Event Executive roles to support the hugely successful regional events programme and Committees. You will play a crucial role in supporting the management, planning and delivery of a range of special events including fundraising dinners, cricket match events, golf days, comedy nights and more.

The Role:

· Provide event and admin support to the regional, volunteer-led Committees in the delivery of fundraising events

· Establish strong relationships with senior volunteers to provide exceptional engagement with the charity

· Act as the day to day contact for event queries

· Effectively use the database to capture donor and supporter information to ensure all records are up to date

· Research and prepare briefing notes on high value prospects and event guests to support with donor cultivation and stewardship

· Support the Events Manager with ticket administration, guest list management, creation of marketing materials and other event/marketing admin

· Proactively source high value prizes that can be used in fundraising activities and auctions

· Deliver exceptional stewardship to donors and event guests to ensure positive and continued engagement with the charity

About You:

· An enthusiastic and proactive individual with experience in a fundraising or events role  

· Experience of supporting the delivery of special events

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to engage with stakeholders confidently
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines

· A good understanding of and proficiency in using a database

· A team player with a collaborative approach to supporting colleagues

Closing Date: Sunday 9th February for CV and cover letter
Interviews: 1st stage WC 17th February, 2nd stage WC 24th February

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

JOB DESCRIPTION – Finance & Operations Coordinator

Reporting to: Business Development & Operations Manager

About the role

This role is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants their work to contribute to the effective operational running of the organisation. You will provide a vital link across Collaborate and so you’ll need to be a good communicator and collaborator. You will liaise with our project and internal teams to ensure the accuracy and consistency of our information, to support good management and decision-making. Your work will help us to ensure that we are managing our project budgets appropriately, particularly in relation to expenses and sub-contractor (Associate) costs. 

We’re looking for a highly numerate and well-organised person, someone who enjoys working with data, with impeccable attention to detail and who is eager to support our finance and operations functions.

As with all of our roles, you should seek to embody the values of the organisation in all that you do.

Job responsibilities 

You will be supported by and work closely with the Business Development & Operations Manager and will liaise with our bookkeeper.

Your day-to-day role includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Finances 

• Ensuring our financial records are complete and accurate.

• Processing and approving the team’s monthly expenses.

• Liaising with project teams to ensure project expenses budgets are managed effectively.

• Processing and ensuring our Associates’ invoices are approved and paid each month. 

• Help to develop a new process for approval and payment of our other supplier invoices and will then take on responsibility for that approvals process.

• Managing our invoice schedule, ensuring that we are invoicing for our projects in a timely way

• Liaising with our bookkeeper to maintain the finance inbox, responding to some queries and escalating others where necessary. 

• Informing clients when payments have been received and sending reminders for payment as payment terms are approaching. 

• Liaising with clients (particularly new clients) to ensure that we are set up as a supplier, purchase order numbers are raised to enable us to invoice and that the necessary processes are followed to enable us to be paid for our projects.

• Working with the Director of Finance & Operations to identify, develop and implement improvements to our financial processes and systems. 

• Developing and sharing updates on finances as required, e.g. monthly cashflow updates for the Executive Directors

Operations 

• Ensuring clarity and accuracy on CMAP (our project platform - NB no prior knowledge of this is expected!) for our projects to ensure:

  • Accurate expense handling, to ensure they’re charged correctly to our clients

  • Associate budget allocations are correct and up-to-date

  • Contract budgets match the project budgets and our invoice schedule

  • Checks are carried out before projects are closed

  • You may also be asked to help with other support, checks or analysis to support our smooth project management and oversight

• Acting as key points of liaison between the project teams and the bookkeeper wherever possible and escalating to the BD & Ops Manager and/or the Director of Finance & Ops where needed.

• Working closely with the BD & Ops Manager to develop and improve our operational processes and systems

Challenges of this role 

All roles have their challenges and we think it’s helpful to be open about these and set them out for you to consider if these are challenges you would embrace:

• ‘Managing up and across’ – to enable the effectiveness and development of our finances and operations, you need to work with and make requests of your busy colleagues

• As our organisation develops, our needs will evolve and you will need to adapt and help to drive improvements, developing new processes when needed. This requires an adaptive and learning mindset.

Skills and experience we are looking for:

We don't expect that you will already have experience of doing all of the tasks above. We believe in appointing based on potential rather than simply on past performance. You should have some demonstrable experience in the skills below, which could come from a combination of work, voluntary and/or personal experiences. 

You will be supported by and work closely with the Business Development & Operations Manager, will work alongside our bookkeeper and will also work with the Director of Finance & Operations, all of which will support your ongoing learning and development.

Experience

• Some practical paid working in finance, data or operations, which may also be complemented through relevant personal or voluntary experiences

Skills

• Meticulous attention to detail will be required

• Good communication skills, with a clear and friendly tone when dealing with clients; ability to be confident and proactive in your communications across the rest of the team

• Ability to work independently

• Ability to know when to ask questions and to escalate

• Learning mindset

Important to know:

• Salary: £25,000 pro rata for this permanent role

• Location: we’re a London-based office, but open to explore remote or hybrid working arrangements. Due to the needs of this role, you would need to be in the office at least once a month.

• Working hours: 15-22.5 hours per week, open to exploring flexible working requests that match organisational needs with personal needs/preferences. Possibility to explore increasing hours in the future.

• Additional holiday over Christmas, on top of 25 days' holiday (pro rata) and bank holidays

• Pension contribution

• Options for multi-purpose loans, bike-to-work scheme, eye tests, enhanced parental leave pay and we're open to exploring more...

• Being part of an inclusive, team-led, learning environment!

About us

Collaborate CIC is at the forefront of pioneering collaborative approaches to social change and public services. As an innovative social consultancy and think tank, we are building the thinking, culture and practice of collaboration to help us meet the challenges of today, together. We work towards a vision of a collaborative society — one that is equitable, caring and sustainable.

To achieve this vision, we act as change partners to public and voluntary sector organisations. We help people to collaborate across sectors, reform public services, put citizens and service users at the centre of their work, develop collaborative and system leadership skills, engage with civil society, and learn together to support change.

We work with a wide range of organisations and sectors. Current and recent clients include Wigan Council, London Councils, Essex County Council, SOLACE, City Bridge Foundation, NHS England, MOPAC, Sport England, Save the Children and the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Partnership. We deliver work alone and in partnership with others. As a social purpose organisation, we also share the learning from our work, create tools and resources to support collaboration, connect change makers and host events.

Ultimately, we believe that people and organisations can create a better future together than they can alone, and we bring this conviction, blended with cutting-edge thinking and practice, to all our work.

Please see our website for more information about what we do.

Next steps

Firstly, we would like to invite you to view our role information recording on LinkedIn or our website, where you will be able to hear a bit about the role and what sort of person we think would suit it. If you have questions, please email those to Hannah Tomlinson.

• Apply on BeApplied by midday on Monday 10th February 2025.

• Interview 17-18th February you will meet Hannah Tomlinson and Tara McCaul.

• If a final interview is required, this will be between 24th - 26th Feb so that a decision can be made ASAP.

• We are hoping to make an offer by the end of February with an immediate start or after any required notice period.

Our commitment to our team

We seek to be a genuinely collaborative organisation, sharing ideas across the team through weekly team meetings and regular learning sessions. We collectively consider our broader strategy, examine and share learning across our projects, and explore how we might develop our work and our thinking.

As a Living Wage employer, we believe in paying our team fairly, support flexible working and are committed to promoting equity of opportunity for all. 

Being equitable, inclusive and fair is not easy or simple and we are challenging ourselves, talking, working and learning about how we can continue to do this better. We aim to create an inclusive working environment in which all individuals are able to make the best use of their skills and are enabled to thrive.

Barnet Mencap has been helping people with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults in the London Borough of Barnet for over 50 years. We provide supported accommodation, leisure and learning activities, information, advice, and guidance, and so much more. All while being committed to equal opportunities and the safeguarding of children and adults.

We know job satisfaction, flexibility, work/life balance, and a great team are incredibly important. So, at Barnet Mencap, in addition to offering 30 days of annual leave per year (including Bank Holidays), we have a TOIL system to allow flexible working, and our team can benefit from other perks including the Blue Light Card. There will need to be face-to-face work, but there will also be opportunities to work from home and/or have different working patterns as agreed by your manager.

We are looking for a focused individual to join our caring, passionate, and diverse team in offering information, advice, and guidance to our service users. This role gives challenge and satisfaction and will suit someone that has:

• an understanding of the issues faced by people with a learning disability and/or autistic adults
• excellent communication and literacy skills
• experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults
• the ability to strongly advocate for our clients

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with Section 115 of The Police Act 1997.

About Five Talents 

Since we began, Five Talents has supported over 290,000 families globally to grow their incomes and provide for their families. We work in partnership with local organisations in east and central Africa to set up Savings Groups through which members can take small loans. Alongside Savings Group development, members also participate in literacy, numeracy, money management and business skills training. Consequently, members develop small businesses enabling families to send their children to school, visit the clinic when they are sick and become more resilient to crises such as drought or Coronavirus. Our role is to enable them to be ‘agents of their own change’ and equip the Groups to continue operating independently long after Five Talents’ support ends. 

Five Talents has grown its income significantly over recent years despite the global and domestic challenges throughout that period, and we are determined to scale up even further. We know demand for our programmes will be higher than ever as communities seek to re-build their businesses and communities, and build resilience to drought and food insecurity. 

We are the Anglican Church's microfinance charity, founded as a Christian response to global poverty - but of course people of all faiths (and none) join our programmes.

About this role 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about international development to join our small Five Talents team to help us achieve our ambitious goals, and particularly to support our Trusts Fundraising team. 

We are looking for a keen and enthusiastic individual to help the team achieve ambitious growth targets in Trusts & Foundations income. We are particularly interested in applications from those who have an interest in international development and/or have some previous fundraising experience. 

We respect and value diversity of background, skills and perspectives within our teams. We are committed to conscious inclusion that helps build connection and shared purpose across the team. We believe that the more diverse we are, the better we become and we seek a range of voices and perspectives to enrich all that we do. 

We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. 

We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. If you would like us to make adjustments during the application process, please let us know.

There is no requirement for international travel for this post. However, it is highly recommended that all staff members visit programmes at least once every two years.

You will join us at an exciting time as we expand our programmes across eastern Africa and beyond. There will be scope for the right person to progress in the role according to their own strengths, and to grow with us. We believe our staff are our best and most important asset, and we’ll invest in developing your talents as you invest your talents in us. 

Job Description 

The post-holder will support the work of all the UK Team (currently 9 staff), but will predominantly work within the Trusts & Foundations Team to identify and research funding prospects; draft grant applications and reports; and maintain our fundraising pipeline and key funder relationships. In addition to this, the post-holder will support CRM and donor-care administration as well as bringing their own initiative and ideas to raise the charity’s profile.

Role Responsibilities 

Fundraising: Supporting the Trusts & Foundations cycle (80%)

Working with the Director of Trusts Fundraising you will: 

• Draft high quality, persuasive applications to grant-makers.

• Draft high quality reports for grant-makers and other donors. This will include liaising with in-country Programme Teams and the Global Programme Team to ensure accurate data is used to inform existing and potential donors.

• Identify and research new opportunities for funding partnerships with trusts and foundations and other potential new donors / partners.

• Build long-term relationships with new and existing trusts and foundations representatives to ensure their objectives are met.

• Write reports for funding, including supporting the major donor team as required.

• Creating tailored thank you/grant acknowledgement letters for the T&F Team.

• Maintaining accurate records of T&F’s and their donations on Salesforce.

Administrative support (20%)

Working with the senior leaders, you will assist with: 

• Managing the Salesforce CRM database, logging donations and running reports when required.

• Working with the comms team to ensure donors are thanked promptly. 

• Ensuring the smooth running of the office, including for example supporting logistics for events and overseas trips, and other tasks and projects which from time to time need action, bearing in mind the flexibility needed in a small team in a growing organisation.

Person profile 

Essential and Demonstrable:

• Research and report writing experience.

• Strong interest in and passion for international development and social justice.

• Sympathetic to and passionate about Five Talents’ vision, programmes and core values.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write persuasive applications to different prospects and compelling, concise copy.

• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with and engage with people of all backgrounds, faiths and cultures, in person, on the phone and in writing.

• Highly organised with an eye for detail, and able to self-manage and prioritise.

• Creative flair with the initiative to generate, research, develop and deliver new ideas to support fundraising strategies.

• Experience of working to deadlines, targets and KPIs.

• Team player with self-awareness and flexibility.

Desirable:

• Salesforce or similar CRM experience.

• Relevant qualification in the field of International Development.

• Fundraising experience.

• The role does not require international travel, but you may be requested to assist on an overseas visit. Therefore, willingness to travel to programme countries is desirable.
   

Five Talents UK has six values:

1. Empowerment: We believe in people's ability to build a better future for themselves, their families, and their communities.
2. Sustainability: We take the long view and commit to long-term, ethical and community-led initiatives.
3. Inclusivity: We put people first; meeting people where they are, adapting to people’s needs and listening to differing voices.
4. Courage: We are open, adaptive, and continuously learning from the communities we work with.
5. Respect: In delivering our mission we are not acting as the heroes, but seeking to work with communities as true partners.
6. Faith: Our faith inspires hope, informs our vision for the future and grounds our commitment to serve those communities most disadvantaged.

Terms and Conditions 

This is a full-time permanent role. We have a Dynamic Working Policy - the aim of which is to support employees to create a balanced life, supporting their overall wellbeing and professional success: accepting that this will look different for different roles.  Your contractual base of work will be the Five Talents office in the City of London - however your dynamic working arrangements will be informally agreed and reviewed as part of an ongoing dialogue with your line manager, allowing swift adaptability based on the needs of Five Talents, the staff team and the employee. 

The role comes with a generous employer pension contribution of 10%, and 25 days of annual leave.

Job Title: Policy & Communications Assistant

Position Type: Permanent/Full time

Reports to: Senior Press and Comms Officer/Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer

Based at: School Food Matters, The Bridge, 7b Parkshot, London TW9 2RD

Working Hours: 9am-5pm (flexible)

Salary: £28,770 

Pension: School Food Matters matches pension contributions at 5% of pensionable earnings

Holiday: 31 days including bank holidays

School Food Matters is closed between Christmas and New Year

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Background to School Food Matters

School Food Matters (SFM) exists to teach children about food and to improve children’s access to healthy, sustainable food during their time at school. We provide fully funded food education programmes to schools. Our experience delivering these programmes informs and strengthens our campaigns, bringing the voices of children, parents and teachers to government policy.

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Job Purpose

• To support the policy and communications work of School Food Matters

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Key Tasks

· Work with SFM colleagues and networks to coordinate and support campaign activity

· Attend meetings to support policy and campaign discussions and provide meeting services, including organising agendas, venues, and minutes

· Keep up-to-date with policy and media developments that could benefit or have relevance to SFM

· Identify award opportunities and write applications to gain recognition for our work

· Track the impact of SFM’s communications/campaigns, including in the press and on social media

· Assist with maintaining our database of press contacts and MPs and keep a record of interactions

· Attend programme sessions to capture photos, videos and quotes 

· Design and create communications assets such as presentations and social media content 

· Contribute to policy/campaign briefings, letters to MPs, web content, articles and blogs

· Staying up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures

· Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times

· The Policy and Communications Assistant will also undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time. Therefore, being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential!

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Person specification

Essential

· Exceptional oral and written communication skills in fluent spoken and written English, for a range of audiences

· A strong attention to detail and the ability to translate complex data and policies into accessible language and engaging stories and communication materials

· Strong administrative and organisational skills, including the ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload

· Experience designing communication assets 

· Confident and competent IT skills across Office suite of programmes

· Ability to work in a team, and seek help when needed

· Ability to work independently with a can-do attitude

· Good time management and the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

· Energy, enthusiasm, creativity and tenacity

Desirable

· Experience of research and analysis, ideally in a policy environment 

· Experience of working for a charity or not for profit organisation

· Experience of working in education

· Knowledge of issues and policy around school food, children’s health and education

· An interest in food education and children’s health

· Digital campaigning and social networking skill

At The Elephant Group, we believe talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. That’s where we come in. We’re on a mission to create fairer access to top universities for talented young people from underrepresented backgrounds. As our Programme Coordinator, you’ll play a significant role in helping us drive this change.

This is a chance to blend a love of delivering content to audiences via virtual and in person events with an enthusiasm for working with large groups of young people, schools and university partners. As well as this, you’ll have a flair for providing fantastic customer service with great project management, professional communication and organisation skills to juggle multiple events and programmes simultaneously. Lastly above all, you’ll have a passion for our mission to support young people to reach their full potential.

In the role, you’ll support our Head of Programmes in the delivery of our transformative programmes – Elephant Access and Meta Method. Programme Coordinators are at the heart of our programme delivery, taking an important role in  managing our online and in-person activities including webinars, school visits, and larger events such as our annual Launch, Spring Conference, and Summer Academy events. They also support our evaluation including data gathering and analysis, and lead our social media strategy for students.

We are a small charity with big plans. In 2024 we were short listed for the “Student Mobility Impact Award” and our inspiring CEO Jayne Taylor, was a finalist in the “Rising Chief Executive” category at the Third Sector Awards. 

This is a brilliant opportunity for a warm, relatable, hard-working graduate to make a difference from the work you do (as well as developing yourself) working in a fast-paced ambitious charity. Come and join our friendly herd!

Salary: £23,000- £26,000 depending on experience

Contract: Permanent (subject to a successful probation review at 3 months)

Hours: Full-time only (we are not able to offer job share or compressed hours)

Benefits: 28 days holiday plus 3 days at Christmas and bank holidays, 5% pension contribution, hybrid working, training & development opportunities

Location: Midlands/Yorkshire- Hybrid. Travel to partner schools in the Midlands & Yorkshire 2-3 times a week depending on business need (you must be able to drive), and occasional travel to London

You will need a suitable home working space. We will provide your equipment including furniture if required. You need to reside in Midlands or Yorkshire. Frequent organisational travel is expected with expenses paid.

Essential Skills and Experience

We welcome applications from people that have an enthusiasm for our social justice mission, the desire to develop themselves in the role and the following: 

• Confident, articulate public speaking, presenting and chairing to large groups including young people. 

• Enjoys delivering front led & interactive content.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills .

• Excellent programme/ project / event management skills . 

• Self-organised with an ability to prioritise

• You must have a valid driving licence

• Energised by interacting with our young people and enjoys delivering fantastic professional customer service. 

• Able to work proactively to overcome obstacles to achieve the organisation’s goals with a zeal for achieving excellence.

• Comfortable working in a changing environment using your initiative.

• Hold a undergraduate or post graduate UK degree  (Graduated within the last 5 years)

We're looking for 5 kind, compassionate and resilient Floating Support Workers to join our Young People service in Tower Hamlets.

£27,352.00 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 have an exciting future? 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.
Support Workers enable people with particular needs to manage their tenancies and live independent lives of their choosing in the community.
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:
- Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere.

- Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities.

- Supporting customers to set personalised goals in the form of a Support Plan.

- Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals.

- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'.

- Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance to support customers to independent living e.g. budgeting, cooking, community activities.

- Supporting customers to maintain a healthy environment and where appropriate assisting them to clean their accommodation and maintain good personal hygiene.

- Assisting in the recording and reporting of customer incidents.

- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/ 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:
Relationships

- With key customers (end service users)

- Within team and organisation

- With external partners and agencies
Organisation

- Planning and organising workload

- Awareness of policies and procedures

- Time and resource management
Team membership

- Promote team ethos and values

- Positive contribution to team environment

- Personal development in team context
Results Orientation

- Assist customers to achieve Support Plan goals

- Achievement of local business objectives

- Financial awareness

In submitting your CV/ Application (dependant on the job you have applied for), consider what indicators you would expect to see under the three headings within each competency quadrant and demonstrate how you meet them.
Personal Attributes

- 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

What you'll bring:

Essential:
- NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent with little or some previous relevant sector work experience.

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.

Please see our website for full Job Description

Friends Provident Foundation is a small, independent, endowed charity based in York with a big ambition to build a fair economy and better world. We strive to challenge the way the current economic system operates and provide funding to an ecosystem of organisations that believe in making the system more equitable, just and accountable.

We are seeking a Funding Programme Officer to join our small, friendly team.

As Funding Programme Officer, you will play an important role in the Foundation’s work to support our partner organisations in building a better economy, primarily through grant giving.

We are looking for someone who has experience of working in the charity or community sector and is interested in applying their experiences to the world of funding. We need someone who is highly organised, a good communicator, good at making judgements and decisions, and who can handle conversations with the public with sensitivity and tact.

The post can be partly home-based, but we do require weekly (one day minimum) attendance at our office in central York. The role involves some occasional travel within the UK to attend Trustee meetings and other events.

If you share our values and ambitions and are interested in joining our team please visit our website to download the application pack (click 'Apply via Website').

We are committed to being an inclusive employer, where equity and social justice is one of our central domains in creating a fair economy. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds including age, disability, class, race, sexuality, and gender identity. If you have a disability and would like to request an application form in a different format, or discuss your application at any point, please contact us.

2x Outreach Coordinators - 7 hours/week per post - Twice monthly evening work is required.

Salary Per Role - £23,842 FTE / £4,768.40 actual

12 month fixed term contract, with possibility of extending subject to funding.

Bolton Adult Autism Support (BAAS) is an award winning grassroots charity supporting autistic adults and their carers. In recognition of our work, in June 2020, BAAS received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE of voluntary organisations. Headed by a driven and diverse Board of Trustees, and to expand on our successful existing Social Activities and Life Skills Program, we are now looking to extend our staff team by employing two Outreach Coordinators.

Job Description

Overview

We are looking to recruit two driven and dedicated individuals who share a passion for enriching the lives of autistic adults, to facilitate our varied Social & Life Skills Project. The individuals recruited will work together to develop and deliver engaging sessions for the Service Beneficiaries of our charity. All Social & Life Skills Sessions will be delivered in group settings. Although working in partnership with each other, there will be some differentiation required between the roles, as follows:-

Role 1 - Will require someone who is confident in leading cooking skills sessions with autistic adults, and who is able to develop a wide ranging program of cookery skills to facilitate this. Assisting our Service Beneficiaries to gain confidence in the kitchen, as well as helping them to shop for food in a way that maximises their budgets.

Role 2 - Will require someone who is confident in leading a program of engaging arts and crafts sessions, assisting our Service Beneficiaries to build new skills and find new hobbies that they enjoy, and wherever possible, encouraging Service Beneficiaries to showcase their own particular interests and talents with the rest of the group.

Both post holders will also work together to facilitate regular group discussions with autistic adults, discussing various topical themes, thereby allowing Service Beneficiaries to share their experiences with others who may have similar life experiences.

Administration

• Identify and establish partnership arrangements in various locations across the Bolton Borough, in order to hold social and life skills activities for the people who use our service.

• Devise an enriching program of activities to encompass life skills sessions and social activity opportunities, in a way which facilitates peer relationships wherever possible.

• Accurately record attendance at all events for reporting purposes.

• Carry out location risk assessments in line with company policy.

• Attend relevant training identified by the Service Manager.

• Engage in regular performance reviews, as required.

• Positively represent BAAS at all times within working hours.

Volunteer Management

• Supervise and support volunteers to assist with delivery of the social activity and life skills program.

• Monitor and collate volunteer hours in line with reporting requirements.

Service Beneficiary Engagement

• Supervise and support the people who use our service at all social and life skills events, ensuring that all who attend feel welcome and valued.

• Deliver an enriching program of activities encompassing life skills sessions and social activity opportunities, in a way which facilitates peer relationships wherever possible.

• Carry out periodic wellbeing reviews with service beneficiaries to measure the project’s impact by completing in house wellbeing assessments.

Skills required for this role

Essential 

• A demonstrable understanding of the issues which affect families impacted by autism.

• An ability to listen to others in a non-judgemental way.

• A can do attitude with a commitment to improving the lives of vulnerable adults.

• To be confident in leading group situations.

• Excellent administration and organisational skills.

• A willingness to undertake relevant training.

• A willingness to follow relevant company procedures.

Desirable 

• A lived experience of autism, and the issues which affect families impacted by autism.

• Experience of establishing positive relationships with partner organisations.

• Experience of leading group situations.

• Experience of managing volunteers and ensuring they feel valued and supported in their role.

• A knowledge of adult Safeguarding and Data Protection procedures (GDPR).

• Experience of working within Google Drive.