Hybrid Jobs
Context:
The International Organization for Migration in the UK (IOM UK) delivers a range of programming to support migrants, both in the UK and internationally, including projects focusing on diaspora engagement, remittances, migration and development, protection, and community cohesion.
This position will support IOM’s work under the direct supervision of the Programme Coordinator and the overall guidance of the Chief of Mission of IOM UK. Working in close coordination with relevant country offices, units at our HQ in Geneva, Regional Office in Brussels and unit heads at the IOM London, the incumbent will assist in the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of relevant migrant support projects managed by IOM London, in particular related to diaspora engagement. The incumbent will also liaise with external stakeholders on matters related to communications, project development and reporting as well as may represent IOM in external forums and meetings
For more details about this role and how to apply, please visit our website: https://unitedkingdom.iom.int/careers
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a proactive HR and Systems Compliance Advisor to join our HR team. You be responsible for managing the full spectrum of HR and payroll processes, ensuring regulatory compliance whilst delivering exceptional service to stakeholders.
As the key point of contact for systems and compliance related HR processes, you will have strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to implementing changes in employment legislation relating to employment contracts, probation, time off work, flexible working and maternity leave. Quick to build strong relationships, you will work closely with key stakeholders, contributing to the implementation of HRIS based projects and initiatives.
You will communicate confidently and effectively, working closely with our key stakeholders and the HR team. Your responsibilities will include maintaining exceptional standards and identifying opportunities to enhance process efficiency across all HR operational services. Your goal will be to deliver objectives and operate a highly effective and efficient customer-focused HR operational service.
You will support the HR Business Partner in identifying and delivering on HR projects that add value to the HR processes and help achieve our aims within the People Strategy. To succeed in this role, it is essential that you have worked in a fast paced HR role previously, preferably within a healthcare setting.
Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
Situated within beautiful gardens and grounds, the RHN is a leading national centre of excellence, providing adult person-centred services for people with complex neuro-disability and their families. We strive to empower our residents and patients to live their lives to the fullest through the delivery of outstanding care, clinical expertise and world leading research. Our care provision spans the entire pathway from post-acute rehabilitation services to end of life care.
We are proud of our gold standard accreditation as ‘Leaders in Safeguarding’ and are on our journey to achieve the nursing accreditation ‘Pathway to Excellence’
We pride ourselves on embedding our values throughout our organisational practices and celebrating our diverse culture with inclusive and sociable events such as London Pride and dedicated staff forums.
We have a passion for learning and development and supporting our staff through their career journey within the RHN.
Our HR Operational team is at the heart of our workforce function, overseeing all aspects of employment changes from initiation to completion. They meticulously navigate the complexities of HR compliance, ensuring smooth transitions for employees. With a commitment to excellence, they implement a supportive environment for our employees throughout the employee life cycle.
What we can offer you:
- 27 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
- Free on-site parking
- Continuous Professional Development
- Pension scheme
- Blue Light Card and Discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Flexible working
- Yoga, Zumba running club and other Wellbeing Programmes
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About the role
Action for Carers Surrey has a visible and well-integrated HR function, which has a wide remit, including training, recruitment, volunteering, health & safety and building management. We also coordinate and oversee the zero hours youth team.
This varied part-time role is to support this function as well as to provide administrative assistance to the CEO. We are looking for a post holder who has a high level of accuracy and enjoys working across a wide remit.
This role is based in our offices in Burpham, Guildford with occasional travel to other locations within Surrey. There is ample free parking at our offices. Home working to be agreed with line manager.
Key responsibilities include
Full duties are included in the job outline, key responsibilities include:
- Manage and maintain accurate and up-to-date employee and volunteer records and input information into our HR Information System (Iris Staffology).
- Prepare and issue employment contracts, offer letters, pay increase letters, and other HR documentation and correspondence.
- Undertake ‘safer recruitment’ activities including reference checking and completing DBS checks.
- Support the recruitment and onboarding process by posting job advertisements, coordinating applications, interviews and inductions.
- Coordinate mandatory and developmental training activities
- Be familiar with Action for Carers policies and procedures and be confident to provide initial responses to HR and training related queries.
- Note take during one-to-one and team/trustee meetings.
- Assist with accident recording, first aid kit management, building management matters and the ordering of equipment and materials.
- Take a hands-on role in supporting the planning and execution of management away days and meetings, staff engagement activities and similar events.
- Provide administrative and diary management support to the CEO and COO including co-ordinating and setting up meetings, travel arrangements, taking minutes as required and ensuring they have relevant papers etc in advance.
About you
You will have:
- Previous experience in an administrative role, within HR, recruitment, training or a related field.
- Previous experience working with a HR Information system / database
- A familiarity with UK employment laws and regulations or a strong desire to learn
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the confidence to respond to written and spoken questions.
- Be able to manage your own time and prioritise a varied workload
- Discretion and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
About us
Action for Carers Surrey has a vision ‘that every unpaid carer in Surrey is heard, valued and supported.’ We are a committed, local charity determined to make a difference to young and adult carers across Surrey.
Our values are Focus, Inclusion, Respect and Excellence. By keeping to our values, we are able to provide an innovative, high quality and compassionate service to carers in every community in Surrey, making a real difference to their wellbeing.
We offer our staff a friendly, supportive, flexible workplace and are committed to welcoming applicants from a wide range of backgrounds as well as supporting staff who have their own caring responsibilities. To this end, we offer staff a weeks paid carers leave. We also provide a generous holiday entitlement, starting at 28 days plus bank holidays, an employee assistance programme, pension and opportunities for development and training.
We are seeking a Domestic Abuse/Sexual violence Practitioner with an emphasis on wellbeing to join our Advocacy team as we continue through the third year of our three-year strategy for 2022-25.
This role requires working in partnership with other London domestic abuse support services, to provide pro-active emotional, practical and advocacy support for autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities, with complex or multiple needs who have experienced any form of domestic abuse/sexual violence.
The role will focus on emotional support to move forward after traumatic and harmful experiences, operating alongside the ISVA Service Manager and Senior ISVA you will be required to devise a programme of wellbeing activities to address other ways to enhance their resilience and wellbeing - working across London to provide non-judgmental, trauma-informed emotional support.
Our ideal candidate will have a friendly and relational approach to working with clients. You will have the ability to build trusting relationships, work in an empowering and inclusive way and support clients to heal following sexual abuse and develop coping capacity. You will be a self-motivated individual who will engage with a wider range of people who have experience sexual violence, and other barriers to justice.
This is an exciting opportunity to join an inclusive and passionate team, and you will be supported by the ISVA Service Manager in your ongoing development. Respond values and encourages working in a collaborative and compassionate way, as we support each other to address one of the most enduring injustices; of the experience of trauma to autistic people and people with learning disabilities and their families.
This post is exempt under Schedule 9 Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 and is only open to women.
Further information about Respond
An important part of our work at Respond is working in a trauma-informed way. What this means for us is that we hold in mind the impact of trauma at all levels of the organisation, and all staff take part in reflective practice or team dynamics.
We provide a range of trauma-informed services for children, young people, adults and professionals. These include psychotherapy, advocacy, campaigning, training and other support services. The work we do is generally long term in recognition of research that clients with autism and learning disabilities who have experienced abuse and trauma take longer to process their trauma and to recover.
We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates including people with lived experience, who are both interested in working in partnership to provide support, as well as supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people who have experienced trauma.
We are committed to the furthering of human rights, equality, and positive social change through our therapeutic and advocacy work and are committed to anti-racism and other forms of anti-discriminatory practice. We recognise that we need to continually keep this as a focus in our work and as an integral part of our organisational strategy.
We celebrate diversity as an employer and as a provider of services to people who often experience multiple discriminations because of (but not limited to) being autistic or having a learning disability and experiences of trauma.
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement in the person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable for this role. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles within the organisation.
Respond Benefits package (all per financial year)
We offer a generous and comprehensive package of flexible benefits to all of our staff.
· Hybrid working model, which means that if you’re full time you make a commitment to be working in the office at least two days a week, with the remainder working from home. Part time hours are altered accordingly.
· Generous paid leave benefits including 28.5 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), with some to be taken between Christmas and New year.
· Up to 4 weeks paid sickness leave at full pay and a further 4 weeks at half pay,
· Discretionary study leaves to support training relevant to your role.
· Paid leave to employees who may need to take one day off a year when a religious festival falls on a workday.
· Up to 5 days paid time off for dependents per financial year.
· Opportunity to apply for up to 2 days (14 hours) paid leave per year to participate in volunteering activities relevant to the role.
· Access to a workplace pension scheme, administered by NEST, with a minimum 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution from commencement of employment.
· Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes 24/7 telephone service and counselling.
Note all of the above days per annum stated are pro rata’d for part time employees.
If you’d like to find out more about this role, please read through the job description and our person specification. When you apply, please send a CV and address the points in the person specification in an accompanying supporting statement.Your statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4.
Deadline for applications – Wednesday 7th Aug 2024
Interviews - Week commencing 12th August 2024
When you apply, please send a CV and address the points in the person specification in an accompanying supporting statement. Your statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As our Design & Youth Insight Lead, you will lead a small Research & Design team, making sure our services that support Young People have maximum positive impact for every pound spent. You will bring Design expertise to the wider Programme Development team, ensure all design work is informed by Youth Insight and take a lead on designing services that impact the end to end journey for Young People.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you self-driven and have great communication skills? Do you have an ambitious and creative approach to Major Donor fundraising? If so we may have the role for you.
We are recruiting for a Senior Philanthropy Manager to join our established Fundraising Team. Our main office is in London. We are flexible on where you are based, but there is an expectation to visit the office for ad-hoc meetings and training.
This is a full time permanent role (37.5 hours per week), Monday - Friday. There will be a requirement of occasional travel across the UK for face to face meetings when required.
As Senior Philanthropy Manager, you will be in charge of our philanthropic activity with high net worth individuals and family foundations. You will actively contribute to the development, implementation and delivery of the wider High Value Strategy. We would want you to embed strong, valuable relationships at the heart of Mencap’s Philanthropy programme.
You will be responsible for building pipelines and relationships, so you can deliver first class and creative stewardship and relationship management.
Do you have the following skills and abilities that are required?
- Excellent relationship management abilities with the skill to influence and engage cold and warm contacts.
- Excellent communicator with the ability to influence individuals and decision makers through verbal storytelling
- Strategic thinker with the ability to convey complex and emotive topics in a clear and compelling way
- Proven experience of securing significant five figure donations from High Net Worth Individuals
Please see the Job Description for a more extensive list of responsibilities, experiences and key skills required for this role.
We are an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation and we particularly welcome and encourage disabled applicants and those from the Black and Asian communities to apply for the role as they are under-represented within the workforce.
Benefits
As well as knowing that what we do is making a positive difference to people’s lives, you will receive fair pay and have access to a wide range of rewards and benefits as one of our employees.
- 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) increasing with long service plus the ability to buy up to another 10 days via our HolidayPlus scheme
- Service related sick pay when 6 month probation is completed
- Eligibility to join Mencap Pension Plan where Mencap matches contributions up to 5% on a salary sacrifice basis meaning NI savings. If you don’t join the Plan you start, you will be auto-enrolled after three months with us.
- Membership of Mencap Pension Plan to include up to 3 times salary death in service live cover AND Income Protection of 50% salary to be triggered at 26 weeks of long term sickness
- Discounts and cashback from 3% to 30% at high street shops including major super markets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via Mencap Extras
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc.
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Mencap
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.
Our work includes;
- providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
- providing advice through our help lines and web sites
As our Head of Design & Digital, you will lead a team responsible for improving the end to end service for Young People, including the definition and delivery of the next phase of our digital strategy. You will be equally comfortable whether you’re leading a design workshop with Young People or getting into the detail of secure software development. This new role brings together our Digital Delivery team (including live service operations), Product Ownership, Design, Youth Insight and Content, giving a brilliant opportunity to have a huge impact on our work with Young People.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Strategic Lead - People and Culture
Salary: up to £50,000 per annum
Location: Newark based (with flexibility to work from home).
UK Travel will be required
Full Time: 35 hours per week
Permanent
Closing date for applications: 11th August 2024
First Interview: 30th August 2024 (Newark office)
Second Interview: 6th September 2024 (Online)
About our client
Our client are a federated movement of 46 charities, supported by a central charity, the Trusts. Together our client have 900,000 members, 32,500 volunteers and 3,400 staff across the UK. They are at an exciting moment in their 110-year history, with the development of an ambitious new strategy, setting out a vision for nature in recovery, with abundant, diverse wildlife and natural processes, creating wilder landscapes where people and nature thrive.
The next 10 years will be critical in determining what kind of world we will all live in. We need to urgently reverse the loss of wildlife and put nature into recovery at scale if we are to prevent climate and ecological disaster. This will require big, bold changes in the way we think and operate, and the development of a strong, collaborative culture. It will require an increase in collaboration and working together, underpinned by strong systems and data.
Our client are on a mission to bring about a people-powered nature and climate recovery by empowering people to take meaningful action for nature, and to create an inclusive society where nature matters to everyone, everywhere. They are ambitious in their desire not just to slow, but to reverse the declines in nature. Together they have developed a bold, new collective strategy which outlines their vision and the actions they will take to restore nature over the next eight years.
About You
If you are a brilliant People and Culture professional looking for a new and exciting challenge with the opportunity to work for one of the UK’s best loved charities, then this could be the perfect role for you!
You will be supporting a strategy group and working with strategic people across the federation to ensure they invest in a high-skilled and diverse staff. You will be part of their strategic transformation team and you will foster a positive work environment, develop a strong organisational culture, and align HR Practices with the organisation’s objectives and values.
This is your chance to be a core part of driving our ambition to unlock the potential of their people through leading, cultural and HR best practice across the Trust federation. They know The Trusts is a great place to work and volunteer and with your help they can further embed this view across the sector.
You’ll work alongside the Strategic Lead on Learning and Development and the wider Trust People team. As well as managing a small team of HR professionals, you will look to develop and deliver their people and culture strategy using innovative and creative talent solutions - building an environment where their people can continuously develop to be their best.
You will provide leadership and consulting support to the Senior Leadership Team on matters of cultivating culture, setting goals, developing policies, and implementing strategic objectives.
Our client are seeking a passionate Strategic People and Culture professional to join them, you will have a proven track record of taking a lead in driving forward organisational change around people and culture strategies in a complex organisation. Your role will be to evolve and deliver their People and Culture Strategy delivering resulting initiatives and plans, and you will have experience of working within a strategic HR role, ideally across different organisations. Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills are essential, with the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams. You will be a natural influencer and you will be highly personable and able to build effective stakeholder relationships, internally and externally, at all levels.
You will support, lead and facilitate a number of working groups across The Trusts looking to harmonise terms and conditions where appropriate and produce a suite of resources leading to great efficiencies.
You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, be organised and resourceful and be able to think strategically as well as having a great attention to detail. You will have a clear passion for our cause and have excellent listening, collaboration and facilitation skills to help bring everyone together to ensure that ttheye deliver to the highest standards and achieve the best outcomes for nature.
To excel in this role, you should be highly motivated and detail-oriented with strong emotional intelligence and should enjoy social interaction. You will develop and execute people and culture strategies, collaborate with colleagues across the Trusts in joint initiatives, share best practice and provide professional support where appropriate.
A proven commitment to and understanding of the not-for-profit sector would be desirable but is not essential.
This is a new and ambitious role which will evolve following your appointment so you should be excited by the flexibility and opportunities to take an innovative approach.
This role may be subject to a DBS check.
The Trusts value passion, respect, trust, integrity, pragmatic activism and strength in diversity. Whilst they are passionate in promoting their aims, we are not judgmental and are inclusive. They particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented within their sector, including people from minority backgrounds and people with disabilities. They are committed to creating a movement that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.
The Trust take their Safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. Please view the documents to read our commitment statement.
The Trusts are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For applicable roles, applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service checks at the eligible level.
As a Disability Confident employer, they are committed to offering an interview to anyone with a disability that meets all the essential criteria for the post. Please let them know if you require any adjustments to make their recruitment process more accessible.
Please do not use artificial intelligence tools to assist you to complete the application form. Our client may not accept applications that have been completed utilising AI tools. If you would usually use tools such as these to assist you in filling in a form, please contact us to discuss this further and understand other options.
Location: Ireland remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath and Ireland Country Office, when required
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working
Principal Accountabilities:
- Promote and support implementation of the recommendations of the global report at national level.
- Offer policy analysis and advice to help identify priorities and entry points for engaging with Ministries of Health and other stakeholders.
- Facilitate engagement in relevant policy processes and opportunities related to the implementation of the Global Report and Guide for Action process at the country level.
- Build strategic partnerships and alliances with key actors at the national and regional level to promote health equity, including governments, Organisations of Persons with Disabilities, health sector partners, Civil society and relevant bilateral and multilateral agencies.
- Ensure continuity of information sharing across Sightsavers and act as a point of contact for WHO Disability team and WHO regional and country offices.
- Promote the integration of health equity into national long-term strategic health plans and support the development of Sightsavers' policy analysis on health equity.
- Identify and leverage influencing opportunities at national and global levels in partnership with WHO.
The role will serve as a resource for Sightsavers and WHO, facilitating and coordinating their joint engagement with Ministries of Health and other key stakeholders in implementation processes, according to a shared workplan.
Jobholder Requirements
- Experience in the international development sector, including health and disability policy work and/or health system strengthening.
- Understanding of development issues and best practices in global health, particularly public health and inclusion.
- Professional experience in disability, inclusion, public health, or a relevant topic.
- Experience in advocacy/influencing work and forging effective policy networks.
Skills (Special Training or Competence):
- Ability to represent the organisation at a high level of engagement.
- Strong intellectual skills for dealing with complex ideas and concepts.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Desirable:
- Fluency in French (spoken and written).
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying.
Your new company
You will be working for a large faith-based organisation based in Central London. Although it is a religious charity, individuals from all backgrounds and faiths are welcome.
This is a permanent position that is Hybrid with 2/3 days in the office per week. Working hours are flexible and core hours are between 10-4.
Your new role
- Reporting to the Assistant Director of Finance and working closely alongside the Finance Systems Analyst.
- Assist with managing and maintaining financial systems and financial related software applications. These include Access Dimensions and focal point, Donor Strategy, budgeting tools and financial reporting platforms.
- Ensure the smooth functioning of financial systems, troubleshooting technical issues and supporting finance teams.
- Assist with resolving system-related queries from users as well as provide user training and documentation across the finance department.
- Assist in developing and maintaining standardised financial reporting templates, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
What you'll need to succeed
- Hold an IT or equivalent degree / qualification or experience and well-developed knowledge of IT and Financial Systems.
- Demonstrated finance software experience. Specifically, experience using Power BI, Power Query or other Microsoft applications.
- Experience / knowledge of SQL and data integration techniques.
- Familiarity with database management.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to troubleshoot system-related issues and accounting imbalances.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- The ability to work independently and prioritise tasks.
What you'll get in return
- 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays and an extra 3 days at Christmas and New Year. This increases with length of service.
- Flexible hours and hybrid working.
- Excellent pension scheme. Employer contribution up to 16%.
- Season ticket loan.
What you need to do now
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Fundraising Manager
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Fundraising Manager to join a small, friendly and expanding fundraising team.
Position: Fundraising Manager
Location: Oxford/Hybrid
Salary: £35,000
Contract: Full-time or Part-time (21 hours per week for part-time pro-rata)
About the role
This is an exciting time for the organisation. They have a new Head of Fundraising, and a very successful Trusts & Grants fundraiser and are now looking to expand the fundraising team to complement the current skills and expertise and strengthen the relationship with supporters.
You will have the opportunity to build relationships with community organisations and corporate partners who fundraise and donate so generously to the organisation to help support young people through grief.
The role is split depending on the hours the selected candidate will work, for the full-time role this position will combine the Community and Corporate Fundraising Manager role with a supporter care position, however further information on responsibilities will be clarified at interview stage should you be looking for the full time position.
Key responsibilities include:
• Responsible for engaging and inspiring the communities
• Grow the existing corporate partnerships and develop new ones
• Deliver activity to maximise funds from the Oxfordshire community
• Building positive and long-term relationships with community partners
• Create presentations on the organisations work and impact, to deliver to community groups
• Manage a small portfolio of fundraising events and community initiatives, including third-party events and challenges, to maximise income and grow our supporter base
• Responsible for recruiting, supporting and stewarding fundraising volunteers
• Optimise the supporter experience of those who fundraise for the charity to deliver agreed objectives and income targets
About you
As the Fundraising Manager, you will have previous experience in a Community and OR Corporate fundraising role, will love developing relationships and can inspire others to act.
To be successful in this role you will have:
• Experience of creating and managing great supporter relationships to deliver agreed objectives and income targets
• Demonstrable understanding of supporter care
• Comfortable working with CRM databases and standard Microsoft Office software
• Effective communication with a range of different people and organisations
• The ability to inspire and persuade through sensitive communications, to rally support and advocate for the needs of our service users
• Ability to drive and have access to a car
Other roles you may have experience of could include: Fundraising, Corporate Fundraiser, Fundraising Manager, Regional Fundraising Manager, Fundraiser, Fundraising, Corporate Fundraiser, Events Fundraiser, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Major Donor Fundraiser, Challenge Events, Events Fundraising, Sporting Events Fundraising, Individual Giving, Donor Fundraiser, Corporate Fundraising Officer, Fundraising Executive, Donor Partnerships etc.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
Location: Sussex (Hybrid)
Contract: Fixed Term Contract, Part time
Salary: £37,000 full time or £18,500 (pro rata)
Hours: 2.5 days a week or 17.5 hours a week
Benefits: 25 days holiday per year, plus UK public holidays. Flexible working. 5% employer pension contributions. Learning and development. Retailer and restaurant discounts.
ABOUT US
HERSANA CIC is the first and leading Gender-based Violence Support Service providing advice, support and advocacy to Black women and girls [femmes] who have experienced any form of gender-based violence.
We were founded in 2016, and have been championing the needs and safety of Black femmes ever since. HERSANA works directly with thousands of Black femmes who have experienced abuse and violence. We specialise in domestic abuse, sexual violence, female genital mutilation, and other forms of abuse including honour-based abuse and forced marriage.
We are a service run by Black women, for Black women, and with Black women in mind and at the forefront. We have been working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms whilst providing wholistic support to Black femme survivors by providing advocacy services nationally for Black femmes who need longer-term support.
We provide free long-term counselling, as well as short-term emotional and practical support. As a leading expert on violence against women and girls, HERSANA provides accredited and tailored training to a wide range of statutory professionals and workshops to young people and community groups.
We use what we learn through working on the frontlines with clients to work for national and local policy change to improve outcomes for Black femme victims and survivors of abuse and violence. We build evidence through key pieces of research. We push for legislative change, improved statutory guidance for victims, and better understanding of the needs of Black femmes around the country.
Our mission is to create wholistic, gender-specialist, culturally specific and trauma-informed safe spaces for Black women and girls affected by or at risk of gender-based violence across England, as well as campaign to eradicate violence against women and girls in all its forms. We aim to centre Black femmes in every narrative and to provide these services in a safe and Black femme only environment.
We believe that safe spaces like our own can provide a sanctuary from the world of facades, a sacred space where we, Black femmes, can be ourselves, as we are. This kind of unmasking – speaking our truth, sharing our inner struggles, and revealing our raw edges – is sacred activity. Safe spaces designed by us, for you and with you in mind and at the forefront. BEING A Counsellor
AT HERSANA
You will be joining a newly developed and growing team of creative and transformative Therapists at HERSANA. You will provide one to one and group therapy to our services users both in-person and/or online.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, you’ll need to complete the Application Form, including the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Section. When completing it please relate your application to the requirements stated in the attached person specification, as shortlisting for interview is dependent on the extent to which your application matches these.
We are unable to accept CVs.
The deadline for applications is 8pm on Friday 9th August 2024.
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This People Care Co-ordinator role is at the heart of Interserve’s support to those following God’s call to serve the peoples of Asia and the Arab World and to make Jesus known.
If you are gifted and experienced in pastoral and member care, have strong administration skills and a heart to serve as part of our Christian community and to support others as they follow God’s call; then you may be just the person we are looking for.
We are looking for 2 People Care Co-ordinators to join our small, friendly team who will:
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Provide member care support for our Partners in the UK and overseas, throughout their service and through major transitions. This includes prayerful support with maintaining a healthy Christian life.
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Participate in the screening, selection and preparation of Partners and staff;
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Develop effective relationships with Partners and their sending churches;
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Undertake a range of People Care/HR administration for Staff and Partners, including safeguarding and employment records.
You need to be a friendly and warm person with the ability to grow relationships with a diverse range of people. You should have a passion for and experience of working across cultures, including overseas. You will need to have excellent administration and communication skills, both face to face and virtually. Experience of recruitment and/or HR administration would be an advantage. You should also be confident in the use of Microsoft Office 365 or similar packages.
In return, our National Office offers a welcoming, prayerful community, with a commitment to supporting staff wellbeing and flexible working arrangements.
We are looking for 2 people to work 3 days per week each, there is some flexibility around working days. Salary is £19,243.80 for 3 days per week (£32,073 FTE). This role can be worked from our National Office in Birmingham and some remotely from home. There is a minimum of one day per week in the office, more during the first 3 months.
Please send your completed application form along with a covering letter, your CV and the diversity monitoring form - follow the link to our website to find further information
Interserve is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all within the Interserve community to share this commitment. DBS certificates will be required for all workers
Please read our statement of faith and occupational requirement
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary: £46,920- £51,403 (London) / £42,373 - £45,000 (National) per annum
Hours: Full time (but open to proposals including part time, job shares etc)
Contract: Permanent
Benefits:
· 27 days annual leave + statutory holidays + 3 closures days over the Christmas period;
· Flexible working for all staff including working from home / hybrid working, and flexi-time/TOIL scheme;
· Attractive family friendly policies;
· Private healthcare cover;
· Season ticket loans;
· Employee awards, and training and development opportunities.
For more information about our benefits please visit our website.
Location: London/Bristol - flexible working arrangement can be agreed with the line manager.
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the National Housing Federation (NHF) for a Senior policy advisor to lead our policy and strategy work on housing finance.
The NHF is the voice of housing associations in England. We are the trade body to almost 600 housing associations, who have grown from philanthropic roots to provide 2.6 million homes to around 6 million people. You can find further information about the NHF on our website.
This role is a crucial and exciting one within our policy team and the wider organisation. You will use your policy and strategy skills to influence national housing policy on behalf of our housing association members. You will build on your existing finance and/or housing knowledge to quickly develop a strong understanding of housing associations and their finances, and will build strong relationships with Finance Directors across our membership. You will use their and your specialist knowledge to shape the policy environment so that housing associations can best deliver on their social purpose.
Whether this is making a persuasive and evidence-based case to the government for additional grant funding to build new homes or the details of social housing rent policy, or working with sector experts on the detail of accounting, pensions, tax or treasury policy, or meeting with civil servants, banks, lenders, ratings agencies, and other stakeholders on behalf of our members, this role is central to our work influencing national social housing policy.
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Key elements of the role:
· Shape and lead our policy work on key strategic issues for housing associations around housing finance – advocating for solutions and mitigating risks that affect the delivery of housing associations’ social purpose;
· Develop evidence and ideas on technical policy areas into salient policy solutions that will make a difference for the sector and influence government;
· Represent the NHF to senior colleagues in government, members and external stakeholders with credibility, expertise and political judgement;
· Communicate with and provide advice to members on critical changes to policy and the external environment.
The successful candidate:
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
· An ability to lead the development of credible, robust, evidence based policy, including on complex and technical policy areas;
· An ability to communicate credibly, clearly and persuasively in writing and in person including to Chief Executives, senior government officials and finance professionals;
· An ability to draft, oversee, adapt and deliver complex plans for the delivery of multiple projects or programmes of work;
· A strong interest in and passion for social housing and for housing association finances, through previous experience in either finance or housing roles, and capacity to quickly learn the technical details of housing association finances and operating models .
Nb within the NHF this role is known as ‘Policy leader’ but it is equivalent to a Senior Policy Advisor in other settings.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
The NHF has published its equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, which was co-created with staff. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we value the contribution each individual makes to our work.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and are working to increase the diversity profile of our workforce. We are currently under-represented by ethnic minorities, people with a disability or disabilities and LGBT+, and would particularly welcome applications from people in these groups.
Disability confident committed employer
We are a disability confident committed employer and if you are a disabled person who demonstrates you meet the skills and experience we consider essential for the role, we will offer you an interview.
We are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process if you have a disability or have a condition that you feel may affect your performance during the recruitment process. Please contact Stephanie Green, People Manager with your request or to arrange a time to discuss in more detail.
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Uploading your CV and cover letter
If you decide to apply for this role, when requested, please upload a version of your CV that does not include any personal details, such as name, gender, age etc. You should also ensure that you do not add your name at the end of the cover letter. This will help us to shortlist candidates for interview based solely on their knowledge, skills and experience.
Right to work in the UK / UK VISA Sponsorship
You must have the right to work in the UK and it is important to note that the NHF does not sponsor individuals to work in the UK.
Closing date for applications: 6 August 2024
Interview date: 14 and 15 August 2024
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