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Based in our Bristol office (with flexible remote working options), you will lead a small, dynamic team responsible for providing governance and corporate support to our Chief Executive and Board of Trustees. You will drive the development of governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and help us capture and report on the real difference we make in people's lives.
You’ll be instrumental in developing and maintaining a strong system of governance for Brandon Trust, working closely with the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Trustees to help us achieve our strategic goals. We’re passionate about the role governance plays in enabling us to make society a place where people of different abilities truly belong, and we’d love to reach candidates who share our commitment.
Key deliverables for the Governance and Impact Manager:
- Ensure compliance with corporate and charity governance standards, maintaining best practices across the organisation.
- Oversee the timely filing of statutory registrations, reports, and submissions.
- Manage risk effectively, aligning with Brandon’s policies and procedures.
- Provide high-quality reporting and assurance, enabling the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and Board of Trustees to perform effectively.
- Foster collaboration and strong partnerships between central service teams to promote teamwork and cohesion.
- Capture, evaluate, and report data to demonstrate Brandon’s impact in line with our strategic objectives.
- Translate the organisation’s strategy into actionable plans, tracking progress to ensure alignment with goals.
- Lead and deliver a corporate office function, supporting the CEO, Chair, and ELT through streamlined business management and administration systems.
Why we think you'll love this role:
- You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the governance and impact function of a purpose-driven organisation.
- It’s an opportunity to lead a central function that directly contributes to our mission of empowering people with different abilities.
- This role could be the perfect springboard for your career, offering a clear pathway towards future opportunities such as Chief of Staff or Company Secretary as you grow and develop your leadership expertise.
- You’ll collaborate with a forward-thinking, supportive team that values innovation and partnership.
- You’ll have the autonomy to bring your ideas to life and drive meaningful change within the organisation.
- Flexible working options that support a positive work-life balance.
- A real focus on personal and professional growth, offering you a fulfilling and impactful career.
What you’ll bring:
We’re open-minded about the background you come from or your education route—what matters most to us are your skills, competencies, and passion for good governance. We know that a perfect candidate who ticks every box doesn’t exist, so if you’re excited by the role and can do most of the below – please get in touch. You could be exactly what we need!
- A track record of leadership and management in a governance-focused role.
- Experience working with regulatory frameworks and producing high-quality compliance evidence.
- The ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, fostering collaboration and partnership.
- A passion for working with data to inform decision-making and drive performance improvements.
- A solution-focused mindset, with excellent organisational and administrative skills.
- Proven experience in managing and developing teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment, and ensuring effective line management and professional development of team members.
About Brandon Trust:
At Brandon Trust, we believe in the power of support and compassion. We're a pioneering charity supporting individuals with learning disabilities and autism. Our mission is to enable these individuals to live life to the fullest, with independence, and confidence. As part of our team, you'll be making a direct impact on the lives of the people we support, ensuring they have the resources they need to thrive.
Diversity is key to our success, and we work hard to ensure inclusivity. Let us know if you need any adjustments to the application or selection process, and we’ll be happy to help.
Join us and be part of a team that truly makes a difference.
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Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. The Talent Foundry (TTF), a UK education charity, bridges this gap and improves social mobility for young people in underserved schools.
Educational inequalities are vast, and the widening disadvantage gap is diminishing social mobility progress. Working with partners, including Barclays LifeSkills, Dell Technologies, Network Rail and the NHS we deliver industry-focused, skills workshops to enhance opportunities for young people (aged 9-18+).
Each year we impact 60,000 young people thanks to industry partnerships and their volunteers’ engagement across lightbulb moments in schools, through to intensive connections with employers.
The Programme Coordinator role
Due to the exciting expansion of our programmes we are seeking a new team member on a fixed term basis o support our next year of growth and delivery.
In this role you will provide crucial customer service and administration to support the delivery of our inspiring employability and skills-focused workshops in schools.
What you will be doing
- Coordination of multiple projects and events
- Using systems and administrative processes to manage workshop delivery
- Enhance our feedback and customer service to all our stakeholders, including schools and volunteers
The skills and experience you will bring
- Managing multiple and often conflicting priorities
- Use of IT, data and systems to operate efficient programmes (MS office, inc. Excel)
- Working in a fast paced environment
- Strong accuracy and attention to detail
- Understanding the importance of deadlines and achieving targets
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Planning, coordination and organisation
- Time management
- Customer service delivery focussed with a desire to achieve targets and objectives
- Technology (inc. MS office, including excel and spreadsheets) and seeking ways to maximise IT in administration
- Problem-solving and using initiative
To read the full job information pack please download the attachment. Please read this before completing your application as it contains some helpful advice of what we are looking for. For safer recruitment purposes - please ensure your CV includes the month and date of your previous employment and includes information about any employment gaps.
Job details
- £26,000 salary (pro-rata for part time)
- Full or part time opportunity (min 3 or 4 days a week)
- Hybrid working
- 28 days holiday + bank holidays
- Training budget
And if you join our team, you can expect to receive feedback like this from our former students:
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Hybrid working
This is a hybrid role. You will be working from home and join Team Together Days in a co-working space in London 2-3 individual days each month. These days are considered commuting days. You do not need to live in London to apply for this role, but you will need to consider what you feel is a reasonable commuting distance for the team days in London.
A cover letter is optional instead of completing the application questions. While we encourage the use of innovative technology in our work, we want to hear your voice and personality in your application. AI is a tool, not a shortcut. This doesn’t mean asking AI to do the work for you, or copying and pasting answers, as this would limit the way you can showcase your personal experiences and strengths.
Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. The Talent Foundry, a UK education charity, bridges this gap and improves social mobility for young people.
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We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Program Accountant to join our team in Thomson Reuters Foundation . In this pivotal role, you will manage a diverse portfolio of programs, leading all aspects of program accounting and reporting, including timely donor reporting, and ensuring clean donor audits. You will provide leadership and mentorship to Program Accountants working closely with the Head of Finance and the CFO to support strategic financial planning and drive key initiatives. If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact through meticulous financial management and leadership, we invite you to apply and join our organisation.
A successful candidate will have strong analytical skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team to ensure all Program reporting requirements are met on time. Additionally, you must possess excellent communication skills to effectively convey information between various levels within the Foundation and provide mentorship and support to project accountants .
About the Role
As a Senior Program Accountant at the Thomson Reuters Foundation, you will:
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Ensure accurate and timely project accounting and reporting for your portfolio, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
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Collaborate with the Business Development and Program Teams in the preparation of budget proposals to donors.
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Prepare and present financial reports to the CFO and Senior Leadership monthly.
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Ensure accurate and timely donor reporting in line with donor requirements, timelines, formats, contractual obligations, and timescales.
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Provide financial guidance and support to Program Managers and stakeholders supporting decision-making.
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Ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations, accounting standards, and donor regulations.
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Lead on improving program reporting and analysis to support decision-making in the Foundation.
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Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
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Contribute proactively in simplifying and automating finance systems, processes, and procedures.
About You
You're a fit for the role of a Senior Program Accountant if your background includes:
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Qualified Accountant with experience working in a program accounting, reporting and managing teams in a Charity (minimum of 5 years of experience).
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Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
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Strong financial reporting, budgeting, donor reporting including problem-solving and analytical skills.
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Knowledge of financial processes including cost allocation and cost recovery in charities.
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Excellent teamwork and collaboration capabilities, with experience working with stakeholders.
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Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
What’s in it For You
At the Thomson Reuters Foundation, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:
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Global Perspective and Impact: Interested in working for a dynamic global organization with a focus on social impact? With hubs all over the world from Bangkok to Madrid to Rio de Janeiro, join a truly international team with a shared goal of helping to build societies around the world that are free, fair and informed.
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A Unique Approach: Our expertise in media and the law is world class; we combine the power of both to address the critical issues faced by humanity.
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Our Relevance: With a focus on advancing media freedom, fostering more inclusive economies and promoting human rights, our work has never been more needed than right now.
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Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market-leading benefits.
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Learning & Development: We are dedicated to the continual professional development of our employees and offer access to both in-house and external training opportunities.
About Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA, we work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights. Through news, media development, free legal assistance and convening initiatives, we combine our unique media and legal services to drive systemic change.
Our Head of Membership Services will lead the development and implementation of an ambitious membership strategy and engagement plan, ensuring our offer remains competitive and meaningful, meets our members’ needs, and is responsive to feedback.
In this senior management role, you will be responsible for strategic and operational leadership of the membership team, ensuring that members have a positive and engaging experience, that their voices and interests are heard within RCEW, and their interests represented in decision-making.
You will lead on supporting our members to work within the framework of the Rape Crisis National Service Standards (2024), producing and updating guidance and information as necessary and facilitate the sharing of best practice through peer support spaces.
We require the post holder to be female - Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR), Schedule 9 (Work; Exceptions), Part 1 (Occupational Requirements), of the Equality Act (2010) applies. RCEW and local Rape Crisis Centres provide space where women and children who have experienced sexual violence and abuse are supported and can access services.
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About the role
We are looking for an innovative and strategic Director of Finance to join the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). In this key leadership position, you will lead our finance function, oversee the College’s financial operations, manage budgeting processes, and support the long-term financial sustainability of the organisation. This role is essential in ensuring financial stability while driving efficiency and innovation within the College to support the College’s mission of improving healthcare for women and girls worldwide.
What you will do:
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Lead the College’s finance team in development and delivery of the financial and commercial strategy
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Oversee financial planning, budgeting and the management of investments and cashflow
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Drive innovation and operational efficiency through systems improvement
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Collaborate with other teams and leadership across the organisation to ensure financial processes align with the College’s overall strategic objectives.
For the full list of key responsibilities, please check the recruitment pack.
About you
This position is well-suited to a strategic, detail-oriented and proactive finance professional who is looking to drive financial innovation, lead transformational change and contribute to the long-term financial sustainability of RCOG. You have a leadership and analytical skills with practical experience in managing finance teams, along with a strong commitment to the values and mission of the RCOG.
Requirements:
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Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent, with evidence of continued professional development.
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Wide-range leadership-level finance experience in the public, private or charity sector with a strong track record in strategic planning, budgeting and taxation
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Demonstrated success in system and process improvement and working with non-financial leadership teams
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Proven ability to lead and inspire teams and communicate complex financial information clearly.
Our culture and benefits
As a valued member of the team, you will be located in our stunning offices close to Borough Market. We offer a friendly; values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:
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Agile and flexible working
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25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January
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Up to 10% employer pension contribution after probation
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Enhanced occupational Maternity, Adoption, and Shared Parental leave policies
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Interest-free bike and season ticket after probation
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Tailored Learning and Development and study leave
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Affinity staff networks
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Free lunch in our Union Street office
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Employee assistance programme
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Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Schemes on joining the main pension scheme
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Lifestyle discounts
For a full list of the benefits we offer, please visit our careers site.
How to apply
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Click on Apply to be taken to our recruitment platform, Applied. Please visit our careers website, to download the full Job pack.
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Closing date: 10.00 am on Monday 28 October 2024.
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We encourage candidates to apply early and reserve the right to close the advert and appoint before the closing date.
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We will be interviewing candidates in the week commencing 4 November 2024.
We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We are therefore looking for candidates whose backgrounds, experience and identity enhance the diversity of our existing team. We are particularly encouraging applications from underrepresented groups at the College such as those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with a disability. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy on our careers site.
We are only accepting applicants with a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.
About us
The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women’s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women’s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 16,000 members in the UK and internationally.
We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.
St Stephen’s Twickenham is a vibrant, evangelical, charismatic resource church with over 600 people attending every week, roughly 200 of whom are under 18.
Our vision is to Love God, Grow Disciples and Transform Communities. Sundays are central to how we do this, as we gather across four services (one online) to worship together and learn from His Word. We are passionate about worshipping God and equipping each other to be whole life disciples. We love enabling people to explore faith through Alpha as well as our ever-expanding Youth, Children’s and Families ministries and we want to see change in society through church planting and various social transformation ministries.
We are presently undertaking a new strategy process and are excited where God will lead us over the next few years, in all aspects of church life but particularly in terms of our work with Kids and Youth.
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Head of Communications
Location: The role is based at the Trust’s office in West Berkshire with a minimum of three days per week expected to be worked at our Newbury office. Flexible working arrangements are available with the understanding that this must meet the objectives of the charity and requirements of the role.
Accountable to: CEO
Start date: 11/11/2024 or as soon as possible thereafter
Hours of work: Full-time (1 FTE), Monday-Friday, permanent
Salary range: £48,000 - £58,000, depending on experience.
Purpose
Key responsibilities and duties
This is an exciting and vital role to shape and deliver a multi-channel communications strategy for a leading mental health charity, focused on supporting the systems around children and young people including parents/carers, schools, colleges and universities. The main responsibilities will include creating and overseeing the activation of the marketing strategy and using data insights and analytics to grow and develop the Trust’s reach and support. The role will also act as the guardian to the organisation’s website as the main resource and marketing hub.
The role will enable the charity to proactively grow awareness, drive engagement, enhance its public profile and shape understanding of the Charlie Waller Trust by taking an audience-first approach to communicating our impact and purpose in an engaging and strategic way.
As a member of the senior leadership team, the role requires working closely with the CEO and other heads of teams to develop and grow the marketing and communications strategy, to raise awareness of the charity’s resources and to support the generation of income through the marketing of fundraising and workplace activities. The role will also work closely with and report into the Board of Trustees.
We are looking for a strategic thinker, with experience of both traditional and digital marketing. Someone who enjoys working with data and is always on the lookout for interesting angles or new channels or tactics to test. A passion for using marketing to understand and reach new audiences is vital. An analytical eye is needed alongside an ability to be creative and a desire to share success stories to further raise awareness of the organisation and to extend its reach.
Empathy for our audience and the ability to communicate in a way that allows them to feel seen and understood is important; you will need to have strong interpersonal skills, a desire to develop and build a team and to maintain communication and relationships with others across the organisation.
Inquisitive and creative, you’ll enjoy proposing fresh ideas and approaches for marketing with a keen eye for detail and a solid understanding of how marketing sits within the organisation as a whole.
Key Responsibilities and duties
Creating, leading and overseeing the delivery of the organisations marketing strategy including:
- Planning and developing the marketing strategy in line with organisational directives, new resources and initiatives.
- Overseeing strong relationships with key media outlets, journalists, and influencers to secure press coverage and increase public awareness.
- To ensure the appropriate and most effective marketing channels and tactics are used to support the programme and fundraising teams.
- Overall responsibility for the website - direction, content, consistency and tone of voice.
- Use of audience insight and data analysis to determine priorities and curate campaigns, projects and content from across the organisation.
- Development and improvement of user and supporter journeys.
- Marketing project initiation and management.
- Set and oversee marketing budgets
Strategic marketing sign-off including:
- Final sign-off on all website activity - strategy, content, SEO, landing pages and resources.
- Final sign-off of priority campaign materials - publications, newsletters, printed materials and press releases.
Internal and stakeholder communications including:
- Membership of the senior leadership and management teams.
- Assist the senior leadership team and trustees to oversee strategic and operational issues, managing risks related to communications, brand and public image.
- Quarterly marketing reporting to trustees.
- Working in partnership with other agencies on issues of common concern.
- Membership of project group (a cross-departmental group responsible for selecting, tracking and evaluating projects).
- Manage marketing agencies and freelancers to deliver work in line with the marketing strategy in an efficient and timely manner.
HR responsibilities including:
- Overseeing the recruitment to expand the marketing and communications team where required.
- Provide effective management of the communications team (5 direct line reports and 2 other staff).
About our Trust
The Charlie Waller Trust was created by the Waller family in 1997 in response to the loss of their son and brother Charlie who tragically took his own life whilst suffering from depression.
We have since become one of the UK’s most respected mental health charities for children and young people. Our overarching mission is to educate young people and those with responsibility for them - parents and carers, teachers, college and university staff, and employers - about children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
The Charlie Waller Trust is a great place to work. We care about mental health and wellbeing in our team and have a positive, enabling workplace culture. Our values drive our work:
- Warm: Positive personal connections are central to mental health; we aim to reflect that in all our relationships with beneficiaries, supporters, staff and volunteers.
- Empowering: We support all those we work with, and who work for us, to use their minds, hearts, energy and creativity to fulfil their potential.
- Collaborative: Partnership and cooperation are at the core of our work; we seek the views of those we wish to support and aim to put them at the centre of our activity.
- Compassionate: We recognise vulnerability in ourselves and others, especially where there is more than one reason people may be vulnerable to mental health problems, discrimination or inequality.
- Open: We believe in being honest about the way we work, our aspirations and where we need to improve; openness and good communication are key to good mental health.
Terms and Conditions
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and are working to ensure that our staff represent the communities we aim to support. We actively utilise positive action as set out in the Equalities Act (2010) to ensure we attract and recruit candidates from backgrounds and groups that are currently underrepresented in our workforce. We therefore particularly encourage applications from men and non-binary folk, and those from Black, Asian and minoritised backgrounds.
When we recruit, we will ask all our shortlisted candidates to tell us about any reasonable adjustments they need. Our current office is only accessible via a flight of stairs. We would of course discuss home-based working and holding team meetings in an accessible location as appropriate.
Benefits
We want people to thrive at the Trust; we believe you do your best work when you feel your best. That being the case, our team comes first, and we are proud of our culture: we offer a supportive, flexible and enjoyable place to work.
As part of our employed team, the following benefits are available to you:
- Flexible working policy - we're committed to helping you find a healthy work-life balance.
- Generous annual leave allowance - pro rata 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service), PLUS bank holidays PLUS the period between Christmas and New Year.
- A workplace pension scheme to support you with saving for your retirement with a sliding scale of matched contributions depending on length of service for the organisation.
- Access to a 'Mental Health and Wellbeing Plan' - helping staff to stay mentally well and to support them through periods of poor mental health. This includes support for the cost of talking therapies where these are not available via the NHS.
- Opportunities to experience our charitable activities and impact at first hand by attending training and events and through involvement in relevant projects.
- Learning and development opportunities specific to job roles and on mental health and wellbeing topics.
- Coaching (offered to CWT pro bono, depending on team member and need).
- Social events and team days.
- Bike to work scheme.
- Time off for volunteering.
- Unpaid leave/sabbatical particularly if this supports personal or professional development (offered after 2 years in post).
To apply
If you would like an informal discussion about the role with Dr Hannah Vickery, our CEO, this can be arranged via Kerryn Cyfka, Executive Assistant to the CEO, on kerryn.cyfka @charliewaller(dot)org (please remove the spaces in the email address and add the dot back in).
The deadline for applications is noon on Monday 21st October though we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient and suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you’re interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Previous applicants are invited to re-apply.
Candidates invited to interview will hear back from us by Tuesday 22nd October and the interview will take place in the week commencing the 28th October; it will involve a competency interview along with a short 10-minute presentation relevant to the role.
Please apply via your chosen job website, or send your CV and a supporting statement to Kerryn’s email above. We ask that you structure your supporting statement, by providing relevant information under person specification bullet points (combining these if multiple points are effectively responded to by one experience). Please try to keep your supporting statement to a maximum of 800 words, excluding headers. Applications will not be considered without a supporting statement.
We will provide details about the presentation at invitation to interview and we will also share 50% of the interview questions with candidates the day before the interview so that all candidates can perform at their best.
Person Specification – Head of Communications
The successful candidate is likely to have most of the following competencies and experience but not necessarily all. If you feel that you are a strong candidate, please do apply.
Skills required and relevant experience
Essential
- A minimum of two years’ experience at a senior level in a similar role.
- Experience of leading on strategic marketing planning and public relations (PR), analysis and activation.
- Demonstratable track-record of using audience data and insights to make strategic recommendations.
- Solid understanding of digital marketing channels and how to use them to target relevant audiences.
- Ability to build meaningful working relationships (internal and external) to shape and direct campaigns and activities and to work together to get the results.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to inspire confidence by adopting an entrepreneurial and creative approach.
- Demonstratable experience of managing budgets.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experience of planning, executing and evaluating effective awareness raising campaigns and public relations activities.
- Experience of producing / commissioning high-quality written information for a wide range of audiences.
- Experience of appointing, managing, developing and appraising staff.
Desirable
- Solid understanding of websites from front end – user experience, readability and content, to coding and infrastructure at the back end of the website.
- Experience of influencing and networking at a senior level – prior experience of working alongside a board of trustees beneficial.
- A proven leader, with the skills to manage and expand upon the marketing, PR and comms team.
- Experience of briefing and managing external agencies and freelancers to deliver against the marketing strategy.
Attainment
Essential
- A communications or marketing qualification (degree or CIM) or equivalent experience to a similar level.
Desirable
- Leadership or management training.
Personal attributes
Essential
- Initiative-taker and solution-minded with a can-do attitude towards any task or challenge.
- Professional, enthusiastic and flexible, with a strong willingness to learn.
- Capable of working as part of a team and autonomously.
- A commitment to working to meet the charity’s objectives.
Desirable
- Interest in and awareness of children and adolescent mental health issues.
To educate young people and those around them about their mental health and wellbeing.
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Permanent, Full Time
Circa £38,000 plus competitive benefits
Do you want to make a difference?
The RAF Benevolent Fund is the leading welfare charity for the RAF. Every year we make a real difference to over 40,000 people who benefit from our services. Working at the Fund is more than sitting at your desk ad in this role you will have the opportunity to be part of our RAF Family. Alongside helping our beneficiaries, we also get to hang out with Spitfires and Typhoons, take part in a Dambusters bike ride, attend events like Royal Ascot, the Chelsea Flower Show, and the Bomber Command Memorial Service. Every day you will make a difference and play your part in changing the lives of others and helping people in the RAF Family get through the toughest of times.
It doesn’t matter how long someone served or when. If they were part of the RAF, they and their family are part of our RAF Family. We will always be here to support them when they need it most.
Join the RAF Family and play your part in making a difference.
Do you want to play a part in what we do?
People are at the heart of what we do. Together we:
· Help reduce social isolation and loneliness among veterans.
· We support ill or injured men and women to have a safe place to call home, a home that meets their specific needs.
· We fund youth services on stations to provide clubs and activities for the children of serving personnel who move every few years.
· We provide grants to help with the cost of living. But this is just a few of the ways we help.
We are seeking a compassionate and highly organised individual to work within the Welfare Benefits Team. You will be required to undertake welfare benefit checks, provide tailored advice on missing benefit entitlements and advise on wider income maximisation areas. You will also be required to provide advocacy and representation at appeal tribunals with challenging, more complex, benefit decisions.
The successful candidate will need to have experience of providing welfare benefits advice with skills in advocacy, negotiation and communication. They will be an articulate communicator with excellent IT skills suited to working in a paperless environment. You must be able to demonstrate an ability to relate to people of all ages especially older beneficiaries, in a manner which is conducive to relieving stresses and concerns by giving sound and impartial information, guidance and assistance.
The role is based in our London HQ, with a minimum of three days working in the office per week. The successful candidate for this role will need to be Standard DBS checked and prove they have the right to work in the UK.
To apply, please click on this link and send your CV, together with a cover letter detailing why you believe you are suitable for this role, providing examples of how you meet the job profile when you apply through our recruitment portal.
The closing date for applications is Monday 21st October 2024, 5.00pm. Please note a skills test will take place w/c 4th November and interviews will take place on Thursday 7th November 2024.
A copy of the Fund’s Candidate Privacy Notice can be found on our website. As an equal opportunities employer, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Fund.
The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is a Registered Charity (No. 1081009).
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Our ambitious and creative team has been working hard over the last year to expand our work to help more people in need across Sussex and Surrey. FareShare is the UK’s biggest surplus food charity and today we find ourselves on the front line of an envornmental and socio economic crisis. As our work grows, so does our need for strong financial management.
We are looking for a talented, passionate person to join our Senior Leadership Team to oversee our finance operations. With more growth planned over the next 2 years we want to find someone who has the experience to oversee the day to day finances of a large regional charity and to lead and nurture our finance staff. This role will provide a stable platform for growth.
Using your can-do attitude, mixed with excellent communication, organisational and administration skills, you’ll focus on supporting our CEO and Trustees across our sites. The role includes tasks such as producing monthly management accounts, oversight of payroll, management of our internal financial controls, Year End reporting preparation and leading our small team in the general smooth running of finances. This is a part-time role with the potential to increase as we expand.
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Sightsavers is looking for a Deputy Technical Director, Economic Empowerment - a key role to provide technical expertise.
Salary: UK: £66,237 - £77,926 Other locations: local terms and conditions apply
Locations: UK remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex when required and international travel, Kenya or US
Contract: UK: Permanent, Other locations: Two-year fixed-term contract
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and lots of home working
Our vision is a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where people with disabilities can participate equally in society. Our Economic Empower programmes within labour and financial market systems in Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe help support people with disabilities to access pathways that increase their confidence and capabilities to achieve their employment, entrepreneurship and financial aspirations. We work to change regulatory frameworks so that barriers to inclusion are removed and people with disabilities are valued for their participation at work.
We are looking for an Economic Empowerment expert to lead on and ensure that Sightsavers' work in this area is strategically driven, technically-sound, at appropriate scale, and effectively implemented. The role will also provide strategic direction and oversee technical support to country-specific programmes and ensure that the overall portfolio of programmes is aligned with the organisational strategies. Read more about those by following the application link and reading the attached documents
Key duties will include
- leading on the operationalization of the Economic Empowerment work as defined within our social inclusion strategy
- providing leadership across the organisation to ensure programme teams are working towards common objectives
- to lead the Economic Empowerment team providing oversight of the technical leadership and expertise in this area to guide the development and delivery of effective programmes
- to strengthen collaboration across the organisation through working closely with thematic experts in other teams
- to lead in the identification of new strategic initiatives and innovative approaches in Economic Empowerment
- to undertake senior level representation of Sightsavers as a thematic/technical expert with external stakeholders, including with key partners and global networks
- to manage administrative, budgetary, compliance and reporting requirements
Please read the job description for further details
To succeed in this role you will need:
- Extensive experience in a relevant field, e.g., international development, business administration, international public policy or economics.
- Significant experience in economic empowerment/ livelihoods in the government, non-governmental or private sector organisations
- Experience of working with the private sector and in building innovative, impactful public-private partnerships
- Significant experience leading and developing programmes in Economic Empowerment.
- Experience in programme management and programme innovation
- Understanding of theories and practice of management in organisations
- Significant experience in managing diverse teams
- Experience of working in partnership with diverse organisations and partners including government ministries, professional bodies, the private sector, civil society organisations and bilateral and multilateral development organisations.
- Proven experience in understanding and responding to the complexities of working across multiple countries and continents in an international development organisation.
- Experience in developing and disseminating good practice guidance
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- The ability to travel internationally for at least 12 weeks per year
- The ability to communicate in French and/ or Portuguese would be desirable
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for people with disabilities
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW) and that extensive international travel is also required.
We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in early November and the evaluation process will include a written assessment to be completed by shortlisted candidates in advance of this.
Closing date: 3 November 2024
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Alive is seeking a talented individual to oversee and manage our Community Older People’s Services. This will involve leading a team of committed and talented staff delivering our gardening and horticulture therapy services (allotments/community gardens/hospital gardens) and our dementia Meeting Centres. You will have strong experience of working in the health care sector, in particular dementia, and a passion for providing person centred care and services for older people. A compassionate and empathetic leader, you will have strong people skills with experience in management and be able to inspire and motivate a team.
Alive is the UK’s leading charity enriching the lives of older people and training their carers. We believe passionately that all older people should feel connected to the world around them and our award-winning and innovative activity in the community and care settings make this possible, alongside the training and coaching we deliver to carers to equip them to engage older people more meaningfully. To find out more about our work, and read inspiring case studies, please go to our website.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a vibrant and innovative charity, and to help bring enjoyment and vitality to some of the most vulnerable older people in society.
We are looking for someone who can ideally work 4 days a week, but we would be interested in candidates who are able to work for 3 or 5 days a week and will adapt the job accordingly.
Please see the job description and person specification for details. To apply, please send in your CV with a covering letter detailing why you match the job description and would like to work for Alive. Please send your information in to Alive by 5pm 7th November 2024. Interviews will be held 14/15 November and second interviews 21/22 November.
If you would like any further information or for an informal chat, please call the CEO, Isobel Jones in the office.
Please send in your CV with a covering letter detailing why you are suited to the post.
To ensure older people live lives full of joy, meaning and opportunity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
As Supporter Care Manager you will play a key role in Viva’s Fundraising & Engagement team, building relationships with and providing exceptional supporter care to our donors – including individuals, churches and community groups. Your high level of organisation, strong administrative skills and love of engaging with a variety of people will ensure that Viva’s supporters have an excellent and personalised experience of Viva. Through all this you will play a vital role in making it possible for Viva to achieve its goal of enabling more children to live life in all its fullness.
Your responsibilities will include:
· Supporter communication: engaging with donors by email, letters, phone or in person.
· Supporter care administration: ensuring accuracy in reporting and recording donations.
· Supporter engagement: coordinating supporter events (e.g. our monthly prayer Zoom meeting), representing Viva at church services and managing our presence at events.
· Fundraising & Engagement team support: supporting team communication and the Director for Fundraising & Engagement in team administration.
Operations and office support: ensuring Viva’s UK office runs smoothly.
This role will suit you if you:
- enjoy engaging with supporters and building relationships
- are highly organised, thrive on accuracy and have a keen eye for detail
- are quick to learn and engage with systems and data
- would love to join a welcoming, creative, supportive and international team
This is a full- or part-time role for Viva, located at our Oxford office in the UK with the option to also work at home. Some working time will be needed in the office on a weekly basis, but the exact split of office/home working time can be decided in conversation between the successful candidate and line manager.
Take a look at the full job description and person specification in the information pack and, if this is you, then apply today to be part of this incredible work, making a real and lasting difference for children.
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than 2 pages explaining why you are applying for the role and how you are suitable for it. The person specification on pages 5 and 6 in the information pack will help you in this.
Please do let us know if you need any assistance or adjustments made as you apply for this role, and we would be happy to help.
The closing date will be midnight on Sunday 3 November 2024 and interviews will be held in Oxford on Wednesday 13 November 2024.
Life in all its fullness! That's what we want for children everywhere.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Action for Conservation is a grassroots charity using pioneering approaches to inspire and empower young people from diverse backgrounds, between the ages of 12 and 24, to become the next generation of environmental leaders. We're looking to appoint a Senior Programmes Manager - North West (Maternity cover) to help us shape and manage our programmes for young people nationally and lead our work in the North West.
Key terms
Start date: as soon as possible
Starting salary: £36,749.45 - £40,773.98 depending on location and experience
Contract: Fixed-term for 12 months, with possibility to extend this if needed
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Evening and weekend work: Regular evening and weekend work, including residential work, will be required. Time off in lieu (TOIL) can be taken for overtime worked.
Location: Remote or Manchester/London/Bristol (hybrid) - to be agreed with the successful candidate
Travel: Regular travel to Manchester and the North West of England will be required where this is not the jobholder’s usual place of work, as well as occasional national travel for meetings
About the role
This opportunity comes at a unique and exciting time in the evolution of our charity, as we look at how we continue to grow our work sustainably and deepen the connections between our youth and land-based work streams.
As Senior Programme Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape our work nationally as well as lead our programmes in the North West of England, enabling us to grow our reach, deepen our impact and ultimately deliver our mission. Your work will ensure that across our programmes we offer young people meaningful and impactful opportunities to take action for people and the planet and have a voice in shaping the future of our landscapes.
You will work closely with and report to the Head of Impact and Programme Operations. You will also line manage the other regional Programme Managers and a team of two Programme Coordinators in the North West, and will collaborate with the Land-Based Projects and Policy Lead and the Land-based Project Coordinator at the intersection of our youth programmes and land-based work.
With support from your manager and in consultation with the other regional Programme Managers, you will translate our annual programme strategy into a robust cross-regional implementation plan covering both programme design and operations and make tangible improvements to enhance efficiency and impact across our regions. You will also be responsible for ensuring that our programmes are delivered as planned, to a high standard in line with best practice and cohesively across regions, and that regional objectives and targets in the North West are achieved.
The ideal candidate will be a highly capable and experienced project/programmes manager and team leader with a proven track record of motivating and supporting others to achieve the best possible outcomes for your team and your programmes.
Key responsibilities
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Lead Action for Conservation’s work in the North West, ensuring that regional targets and objectives are achieved and supporting the expansion of our programmes and projects in line with our organisational strategy.
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Support the cross-regional planning and management of our programmes to ensure that programmes are delivered on time and to budget, to a high standard and cohesively across regions.
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Line manage the other regional Programme Manager and the North West Programme Coordinators, providing leadership, guidance and support as needed.
For a full job description and person specification please see the Recruitment Pack.
Why work with us?
You’ll be joining a young, mission-driven team who truly love what they do. Working with young people is always rewarding, sometimes challenging and never boring, and you’ll get to experience first-hand the positive impact that your work has. We work hard whilst maintaining a positive work-life balance and spend lots of time outdoors. In 2023, we were recognised by Escape the City as one of the top progressive places to work from over 13,000 nominations, after a rigorous assessment across six criteria, including Mission, Impact, People, Planet and Innovation.
Some of the benefits of working at Action for Conservation include:
- 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays, plus one additional day for each year served up to a maximum of 30 days
- Up to 5 days of professional development leave and up to 4 paid volunteer days each year
- A workplace pension with 3% employer contributions
- Access to flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Regular team and organisational away days in the great outdoors
- Joining a growing organisation with the possibility to progress within the team as opportunities arise
- A robust training package and a bespoke development plan to support your progression and career aims
- Opportunities to share your voice and shape the direction of our work, ensuring that our content is relevant and reflective of your interests and the issues facing your community
- Seeing the impact of what you do, as you transform young people's lives
Our commitment to diversity
Diversity is one of our core values as an organisation and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued and there is equality of opportunity. We also recognise that the climate and ecological crisis disproportionately impacts minority and/or marginalised communities – yet these voices are largely underrepresented in the sector. Currently, the environmental sector is the second least diverse in the UK, with just 4.8% of employees from ethnic minority backgrounds. If the environmental movement is to succeed in creating a greener future that supports society as a whole, we need diverse voices at the heart of our programmes. We therefore encourage people from demographics that are currently underrepresented in the environmental movement to apply.
Guaranteed interview scheme
We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds or living with a disability or long-term health conditions. We will offer an interview to any candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds or living with a disability who opt into our Guaranteed Interview Scheme when applying and who meet the essential criteria for this role.
How to apply
The deadline for applications is Sunday 27 October 2024 at midnight. Please click on 'Apply' to complete the online application form.
First interviews will be held remotely in the week commencing 04 November. Second interviews will be held in the week commencing 11 November.
If you would like further information, support with access requirements, such as an adjustment to the application or interview process, or an informal chat, please contact us by email.
Building the next generation of nature conservationists
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The role (what you will be doing)
You will work to create a strong sense of belonging and community cohesion in Lyde Green and the surrounding area, helping Lyde Green be a great place to live, work and play.
You will do this by embedding our strengths-based approach to community development and building a sustainable approach to volunteering, community engagement, and support.
You’ll champion that people know best what is needed in their local area and that they have the ideas, skills, and talents to make it happen, connecting like-minded individuals together and encouraging people to engage and act on things that matter to them.
The LGCA (about the charity)
Lyde Green Community Association CIO (LGCA) is a charity that has been set up by residents for the benefit of the community in Lyde Green and the surrounding area. It is run by local volunteers, with the objective of generating community spirit and making Lyde Green a great place to live and visit. As well as organising community events, we support a community partnership that meets regularly to solve problems that matter to residents and help the whole community shape its future.
The LGCA run and operate Lyde Green Community Centre, situated at the heart of Lyde Green near the local primary school and nursery. It is an exciting time to be working in Lyde Green, and the LGCA have received lots of support from both residents and local partners to date.
Your responsibilities
General
- · Work closely with the Charity Manager and Trustees to ensure the outcomes of the Community Connector project are delivered
- · Lead and embed the LGCA’s strengths-based community development approach
- · Work as the Charity’s Volunteer Coordinator, developing and maintaining guidance and encouraging active participation in the community
- · Help plan and support charity events
- · Being an initial point of contact for the charity’s community engagement work, dealing with enquiries across multiple channels
- · Report on and monitor project progress and agreed KPIs at the quarterly partnership meeting and via grant funding reports
- · Ensure notice boards, website and social media are up-to-date with opportunities to get involved
- · Work within LGCA’s policies and procedures
- · Undertake any other reasonable duties as required
Explore and discover
- · Develop a good understanding of Lyde Green and the surrounding area
- · Find out what is already happening in the area
- · Listen to local people and find out what they care about, what their hopes and dreams are for the area, and what they’d be willing to take action on
- · Build trusted and respectful relationships with residents, services and partners in the area
Make connections
- · Connect people together based on their interests or ideas
- · Connect people to existing groups or organisations
- · Signpost people to relevant support services eg employability, training
- · Encourage people to try new things
- · Promote use of Lyde Green Community Centre as a safe, warm space and use it and other local assets to bring people together
- · Share knowledge on how to access funding and guidance so that people can get started with their ideas or projects
Celebrate success
- · Help people share and celebrate their stories of success and encourage more volunteering
- · Work with those already linked to and engaged in Lyde Green to understand the role they wish to play in the wider community
- · Share what has worked well with other volunteers, groups and projects
Build momentum
- · Support the design of project outcomes when working with people
- · Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation requirements of a project
- · Demonstrate a commitment to personal learning
- · Increase the number of people volunteering and actively engaging in the community
- · Help demystify volunteering and overcome barriers (eg setting up groups, navigating processes, assessing risk, accessing funding etc)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.
Fundraising and Engagement Administrator
Post no: 617
Office base: HQ, Flitwick
Area covered: Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
Contract type: Permanent
Salary: £23,088.00 F.T.E (actual salary £9,360 per annum)
Hours: 15.0 hours per week, over 3 days (to be agreed)
About the Role
This role is an exciting opportunity to work for Mind BLMK as part of the Fundraising & Engagement Team.
The successful applicant will carry out general admin duties in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures, and processes. This is a busy role and will require excellent stewardship and donor care skills as well as meticulous organisation and innovative thinking. As an Ambassador for Mind BLMK, you will need to have a passion for mental health and an ability to operate at all levels.
Key Duties
- Carry out general admin duties in line with Mind BLMK’s policies, procedures, and processes (support meeting and greeting; post; email and telephone enquiries; finance, room bookings and meetings for fundraising and engagement / training departments; ordering and monitoring resources for fundraising and training.
- Deal with a wide variety of calls and enquiries from the general public, corporate organisations, operational staff, and managers, responding and taking action as appropriate (taking messages; relaying information accurately and on time; offer appropriate information regarding fundraising / communications and training.
- Responsible for stock checking and supplies and resources and open communication with internal and external parties.
- Ensure fundraising and marketing materials are stocked, and marketing materials are up to date.
- Monitor and maintain communications, training and fundraising email boxes.
- Liaise with internal / external parties regarding training duties as necessary and as directed by the Income Generation Manager.
- Write and send out outgoing thankyou letters to income streams.
- Help maintain an up to date and accurate supporter database and finance log.
- Provide general support to the Fundraising and Engagement Team.
- Provide general support to other Departments within the organisation.
Entitlements/benefits:
- 25 days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
- Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
- Westfield Health Plan – includes access to everyday healthcare and indemnifies towards the cost of routine health care.
- Discounts available through Blue Light Card & Tickets for Good
- In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
- Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)
If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.
Closedown: 5pm on Monday 11th November 2024
Interview date: Monday 2nd December 2024
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply
Start date: ASAP
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.
Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
No agencies please.