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Housing Support Worker
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £24,962 Per Annum (Base salary £23,962 + £1,000 Unsociable Hours). This role is also eligible for a one-off retention payment of £1,000 upon successfully completing 9 months service.
Hours: Working hours are 8 hours per day, shift patterns and flexibility will be discussed during the interview. (The provision of the contract is between 08:00 and 22:00
Location: Reading
An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
Candidates are required to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for the purposes of undertaking the requirements of this role.
Nacro is a national Social Justice Charity with more than 50 years' experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and working with stakeholders towards reducing crime.
Nacro deliver the Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) which is a national service across England and Wales. The service allows Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed. CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders.
The Team provides flexible and holistic support to Residents who have a wide range of support needs. We aim to support our Residents to find and keep a stable home at the end of their CAS-2 placement. You will manage a caseload of Residents and properties in your allocated area.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Support clients to comply with the requirements of their HDC/Bail conditions.
- Producing a realistic and achievable Support Plan to include accessing and using housing and accommodation services to support move on to longer term accommodation.
- Ensure that all Support Plans and Risk Assessments are unique, inclusive and person-centred.
- Provide weekly support to Residents to engage with their support plan and contribute to the achievement of their objectives and aspirations.
- Support Residents to access Housing Benefit in the first instance to ensure that their tenancy is not put at risk with escalating rent arrears.
- Manage properties within your area of responsibility to ensure they are being maintained to Decent Homes Standard by reporting repairs, and replacing furniture and equipment are required.
- Undertake basic cleaning tasks as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver effective, person-centred Support and Safety Plans
- Provide weekly support sessions (up to 2 hours per week) working with our Residents to achieve the goals identified on individual Support and Move On Plans.
- Maintain up to date individual Resident records.
- Support Housing Benefit applications for each Resident.
- Complete referrals to specialist support agencies in the community as required.
- Liaise with Partner Agencies such as The Probation and Prison Services, Courts, and Police where necessary.
- Ensure that properties are always adequately equipped, maintained, furnished, and clean.
- Empower and motivate Residents to identify and achieve desired outcomes.
- Develop Move-on plans with Residents at the earliest opportunity, identifying realistic options for their future home.
What We Expect From You
- Ability to develop person centred support and move on plans.
- Understanding of safeguarding.
- Ability to work with vulnerable adults with complex needs (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).
- Flexibility to travel within your allocated area for training and team meetings and be flexible to cover other local patches as required.
- Familiarity with computer-based packages
What you can expect from us
- A dynamic and supportive team who delivers results for the people we support every day.
- The opportunity to work flexibly within the community as this role allows you to plan your own workload of support sessions and property visits.
- A commitment to helping you learn and develop your career.
- Excellent benefits including a great annual leave entitlement, an occupational sick pay scheme which exceeds statutory requirements, cycle-to-work scheme and many more.
This role requires regular travel across an allocated area and therefore, a Full Driving License and access to your own vehicle are essential. You will be able to claim mileage expenses from base location (to be ascertained) at 45p for every mile travelled.
An Enhanced DBS and Prison Clearance is required for this role. These will be completed as part of the Pre-Employment Screening process.
We are ready and waiting to receive your online application.
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal chat regarding the role, please email [email protected]
Youth Project Worker
The Eikon Charity
West Byfleet plus travel to various community locations across Surrey
Permanent
Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary £26,500-£28,000
Excellent benefits including 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, safeguarding training, flexible working opportunities, pension scheme, employee assistance programme, clinical supervision.
Charity People are delighted to be partnering with The Eikon Charity to find a brilliant Youth Project Worker to assist with planning, developing and supporting their LGBTQ+ projects.
Eikon is one of Surrey's leading charities supporting children and young people, their mission is to empower and support young people to have the wellbeing they need to be healthy and happy. Partnering with parents, carers, schools, policymakers, and young people themselves, Eikon is committed to continue being a leading provider of early intervention in Surrey.
The Eikon Charity understands the difficulties that LGBTQ+ young people can face in society; with many experiencing isolation, bullying and family conflict or rejection. Eikon focuses on empowering young people to navigate these challenges and discover safe communities where they can freely express themselves and experience the joy of feeling accepted.
The Youth Project Worker will be working within the LGBTQ+ team ensuring the project delivery and successful completion of funding contracts. Building relationships with LGBTQ+ partners and provide a safe space for young people who identify as LGBTQ+. The groups are focused on supporting LGBTQ+ young people to come together, explore their questions & identities, learn about LGBTQ+ culture, find local community, make friends and have fun.
Key responsibilities
Delivering services to children and young people
* Engaging with young people in face-to-face groups and 1-1 sessions to motivate, inspire and encourage potential
* Assess the needs and strengths of the referred child or young person and help them identify individual goals to achieve desired change in conjunction with families and professionals where appropriate
* To take responsibility for own caseload of children, young people and families some with complex and multiple needs
* Support to plan and deliver our LGBTQ+ sessions ensuring continued support is given by Eikon to young people; putting young people first, ensuring the right help is offered at the right time
* Support the LGBTQ+ team in ensuring young people are involved in the planning, delivery and evaluation of youth work
* Ensure that parents and carers are involved in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the peer parenting work
Supporting with Impact, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
* Use goal-based outcomes and additional monitoring tools to monitor effectiveness and the impact of support for CYP accessing the service
* To provide written case studies as evidence of the effectiveness of individual interventions
* Support the LGBTQ+ team to develop and evaluate service delivery and scale up the programme
* Support the LGBTQ+ team to ensure accurate and timely data reports, for internal management and funders in line with project reporting timelines and expectations, reported from both a qualitative and quantitative perspective
Personal Development/other duties
* To attend and actively participate in regular case reviews with line manager
* Keep up to date with good practice, legislation and policies that have an impact on service delivery at Eikon
* Work as part of a team to lead and inspire collaboration across Eikon.
* Attend training and supervision as discussed and agreed between yourself and line manager
The successful candidate will have a current valid UK driving licence and access to a car. The role is subject to an advanced DBS check on appointment, and references.
If you are excited by this opportunity and have the relevant skills and experience to apply, we would be delighted to hear from you.
How to apply:
The application process is CV and Supporting Statement. In the first instance, please send your up-to-date CV to Anish at Charity People for an informal confidential chat about the role and to hear about next steps. The closing date is 5pm on Tuesday 3 September. Interviews will take place on Tuesday 10 September in person with task.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with the skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
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!
River Church Ipswich is an HTB Network church plant in the town centre of Ipswich, which launched in September 2021 and has already grown quickly into a thriving resource church, with a congregation of more than 200, and three Sunday services.
The Spear Centre Manager will work as part of the River Church staff team to oversee the delivery of Spear—an employability programme equipping and empowering unemployed 16-24 year-olds to overcome barriers to employment and their lives around by moving into sustainable work or further education.
The important stuff
Salary: £25,213
Hours: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 9.30am-5.30pm with some out-of-hours work needed for events such as our Spear Celebrations
Location: River Church Ipswich – we are an office-based organisation
Closing date: We are interviewing on a rolling basis and might close the application early if we find the right candidate.
Application pack: Download our application pack for more information. Have a look at the Ipswich website to apply as we will not process applications through this page.
River Church has wheelchair access. Please feel free to contact the church for any enquiries regarding accessibility.
Key Responsibilities
Website
- Responsibility for maintenance and development of Resurgo’s website, delivering engaging content with a focus on dynamic visuals and videos, tailored to our different website audiences.
- Optimise user journeys across all Resurgo’s digital channels.
Partnership liaison and relationship management
- Establish the primary local referral agencies and build and implement a strategy for developing relationships with them to ensure recruitment of young people onto the Spear programme is effective.
- Maintain and develop relationships with local partners to form a strong referral network.
Oversight of Spear Programme Spear
Foundation is a 4-week initial phase, consisting of 2 group sessions and a 1:1 with each trainee per week, in which we coach young people around skills and mindsets to support them in returning to work or education, and equip them with the skills to stay there.
- As a confident communicator, you will lead group sessions of around 10 young people each, using coaching skills to transform attitudes to their own ability and the workplace, and to raise their awareness and maximise potential in stepping into the world of work.
- Prepare and coach group and 1-1 sessions with the Spear Assistant Coach.
- Ensure the programme is delivered in line with agreed targets, and report KPIs on recruitment, retention and completion of Spear Trainees to Resurgo and the Spear Trust, as well as their ongoing progress and sustainment of work or education
Line management and training
- Manage the Assistant Coach, using a coaching approach to invest in their growth and development.
- Be line managed by River Church staff, locally, and by Resurgo, nationally, to support with the set-up and ongoing operations of the centre and report back on KPI.
Supporting River Church’s mission and ministry
- You will be required to establish strong relationships with key people at the church to ensure the engagement and backing of church members, and help the Assistant coaches to establish a strong presence at the church to build a network of supporters for the Spear programme.
- Ensuring the Spear programme is a key missional feature of the work of the church
- Work with the Head of Operations and Fundraising Assistant to prepare successful grant funding applications for Spear Ipswich, and provide timely grant reporting.
- Attend and participate in Staff Meeting, Tuesday morning Prayer Meeting, and Sunday Services (serving on a team at one or more Sunday service) • Regularly pray for Spear, River Church, and in particular our Social Transformation work.
- Attending other River Church events and services, occasionally speaking and/or contributing as required • Ad hoc tasks and other project work.
Site management
- Liaise with relevant staff locally on site issues and work to resolve them as soon as possible, ensuring the office and training room are safe and tidy working spaces in line with health and safety policies.
Please apply on the website of River Church Ipswich. We will not process application through this page.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Our system keeps your personal information hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
The Evidence and Impact Officer will play a key role in improving Become’s approach to monitoring and evaluation, strengthening our research and evidence base, and ensuring that our policy influencing and service development is underpinned by robust evidence. This role will be part of the Policy, Campaigns and Communications department, but will work closely with colleagues in the Services department and across the organisation to deliver impact. We are looking for someone who is motivated, analytical, is passionate about improving the lives of care-experienced young people, and has a good understanding of research methods and data analysis.
Become, the national charity for children in care and young care leavers, is here to make a difference to individual lives right now, and the care system as a whole for future generations. We believe that young people who’ve experienced care should have the same chances as everyone else to live happy, fulfilled lives. We put young people at the heart of everything we do – helping them to be powerful agents of positive change in their own lives, in the care system and in society.
Your application and answers will be anonymously reviewed to ensure fairness and help remove bias from the application process. You’ll need to send us your CV, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review. Please do not include any additional wording or messages on the application.
As an organisation serving children in care and care leavers, we are keen to receive applications from people with experience of care. We actively seek to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from those from racially marginalised communities and people with disabilities. We also ask all applicants to fill in an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form so we can better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and will not be connected to your application.
If you would like an informal chat before applying, please contact Matt Blow, Policy and Public Affairs Manager to arrange a convenient time.
Please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application.
Interview details:
Interviews will have two parts:
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A session with young people;
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A panel interview with Become staff.
These interviews may be held virtually, using a video calling app (Zoom or Microsoft Teams) or face-to-face in person at our location in Central London. If access to technology/WiFiis difficult for you, please contact us so we can assist in making suitable arrangements.
Become also wants to ensure fairness in all of our interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance.
Interviews will take place:
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Young people’s panel: 20th September
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Staff panel: 26th September
Please note:
Before continuing with your application, you must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid, we do not offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates based outside of the UK.
To apply for this role, you will need to:
Provide us with a copy of your CV;
Answer the questions below in no more than 400 words per question, providing relevant examples to demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience required;
Complete the Equity and Diversity Monitoring Form (this is not compulsory but the information is very useful to us).
The charity for children in care and young care leavers.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Would you like to work flexibly, remotely, and with a small, friendly team? We're looking for someone to help us with our ambitious plans to support bullied children and their families.
The Head of Income Generation and Partnerships will help us to identify new partners, support and grow existing partnership arrangements, and explore innovative ways to boost commercial training income.
Why work for Kidscape?
- We support flexible working
- We work remotely
- We're a family-friendly employer
- We're friendly and approachable
- You'll be contributing to an incredible cause
What are we looking for?
- Demonstrable knowledge of creating compelling partnership and funding applications
- Well-proven community fundraising techniques and approaches
- Knowledge and understanding of managing consultancy work
- Innovative and challenging spirit
You can find out more about what we're after in our job description and person spec.
When does it close?
The vacancy closes at 23:59 on the 16th September. Interviews will be held online on the 3 rd October.
If you can no longer see the vacancy on CharityJob, head to the Careers page on our website and it'll be there!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Assistant Chief Operating Officer will support the Chief Operating Officer in their duties, principally in assisting with administration of the revised governance introduced as part of the Cathedrals Measure, as well as emerging requirements in Safeguarding and Net Zero.
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Salary: £31,133.37 (plus London Weighting of £5,023.71 if applicable)
Location: Old Street London (with flexibility to work from home)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Closing date: Monday 2nd September 2024 at 11:30pm
Interviews will be held Monday 9th - Thursday 12th September
Are you looking to develop a career in partnership management and corporate fundraising? Are you passionate about the private sector’s role in helping to tackle homelessness? If so, this is a great opportunity to join an award-winning team as Corporate Partnerships Executive and play a key role in driving our fundraising goals forward.
About Shelter
A home is a fundamental human need, as essential as education or healthcare. Yet millions of people across Britain struggle on a daily basis with homelessness, bad housing conditions, soaring rents, discrimination, and the threat of eviction. So, we are striving for change, with individuals, in communities, across society, and leading the way to a safe home. We need ambitious, best-in-class individuals who are passionate about our cause to join us at this exciting time. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home. Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe that to win that fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent.
We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
About the team
The Income Generation Directorate at Shelter comprises of 5 departments, delivering a mature fundraising programme that has seen continuous year on year diversity and growth. The directorate generates over £48m gross income each year, of which a high percentage is unrestricted. Our Corporate Partnerships team is split into two areas - New Partnerships which generates income by securing new relationships with private sector businesses, and the Partnership Management team, where this role sits, is responsible for the growth of Shelter’s voluntary income by managing and developing existing corporate partnerships spanning a variety of sectors. And, as the division as a whole continues to grow and develop, it's a truly exciting time to join us.
About the role
This is an essential and valued role within the Partnership Management team, as you will help design and deliver impactful partnerships to generate income to fund our vital work in response to the national housing emergency. You will lead on the employee fundraising and engagement activities across our valued corporate partnerships that include Ikea, B&Q, Nationwide, HSBC UK, M&S and Network Rail. You will also lead on the success and development of a dedicated portfolio of partners, delivering colleague and customer facing fundraising and commercial campaigns to a high quality. You will utilise your proactive nature and creative skills to deliver new and innovative partnership activities that deliver against team targets and will be responsible for developing clear and efficient partnership plans to achieve these agreed goals. You will also be responsible for monthly reporting on income from your partners, updating our supporter database, and supporting the team in their activities, ensuring accurate and up-to-date records are kept.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
About you
You will be proactive and have excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to engage and win people over and convey complex ideas succinctly, confidently and persuasively. You will be well organised with the ability to prioritise and work efficiently with confidence to work independently and as part of a project team. You may have experience of, or a background in, corporate fundraising or partnership management that will help you to strengthen and develop existing partnerships, build strong, productive working relationships at all levels, and identify new opportunities to grow income across partners. What’s for sure is that you have a passion for social justice and share our belief that everyone has the right to a safe home.
How to Apply
Please click ‘Apply for Job’ below. You are required to submit a CV and a one-page expression of interest. This should be relevant to the points in the ‘About You’ section of the job description attached to this advert and align with the following behaviours below.
- We prioritise diversity and have an inclusive and open mindset
- We work together to achieve a shared purpose
- We learn from our experiences and are open to risk
Diversity Statement
At Shelter we are united by our purpose to defend the right to a safe home; our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. We believe to win that fight; we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement for change. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, fair, equitable and transparent. We have committed to combat racism both within and outside Shelter and welcome you on our journey to becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
At Shelter we recognise that people from marginalised groups might face particular difficulties in their career journey and we are committed as an employer to tackle this injustice. Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they feel confident that they meet every requirement listed.
At Shelter we are dedicated to building an anti-racist, diverse, inclusive, equitable, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and your experience or skills to date don’t align perfectly with every part of the role requirements in the job description, please don’t let that stop you applying. We encourage you to tell us how your skills, knowledge, behaviours, and experience will aid your success in the role.
Safeguarding Statement
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing, and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
Recruitment Agencies
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Mentor Administrator
Post:Mentor Administrator – Sickle Cell Children and Young Persons’ Peer Mentoring Programme
Base:Flexible home working in the intervention areas which will cover Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield
Accountable to:North-West/South Yorkshire Programme Manager
Hours:Part-time (17.5 hours a week)
Salary:£11,500 (pro rated)
Length of contract:Fixed term, 12 months (post will be continued subject to the outcome of negotiations with funders).
Role Purpose
The Mentor Administrator will work with the mentoring team, as well as in partnership with local NHS services and local patient/family support groups, providing various administrative support tasks to ensure the delivery and smooth running of the Children and Young Adults Peer Mentoring programme. The post will be managed by the North-West and South Yorkshire Programme Manager. The post holder will have regular meetings for input and guidance to complete tasks to specified timelines. This role would suit an experienced administrator.
To apply
Complete the Application Form, and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form on our website. Please note we do not accept CVs.
Closing date: 12pm on Friday 13 September 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job type: Full Time, permanent
Salary £35,435 Per Annum + Area Weighting Allowance. This role is also eligible for a one-off retention payment of £1,500 upon successfully completing 9 months service
The quoted figure is a full-time equivalent value, which will be pro-rated for part-time staff – subject to qualifying eligibility of service and not being under notice at the qualifying date
Hours - Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00 with an hour lunch ( The successful candidate will also be expected to be a part of the CAS-2 on call rota, which spans over weekends, evenings and bank holidays. These shifts will be fairly allocated amongst the CAS-2 national management team )
Location - Birmingham
Travel is required as and when needed within region.
This role requires regular travel: A Full Driving License and access to your own vehicle are essential.
Nacro is a national Social Justice Charity with more than 50 years' experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and working with stakeholders towards reducing crime.
Nacro deliver the Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) which is a national service across England and Wales. The service allows Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed. CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders
Who are we looking for?
- This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Service Lead to manage and lead a team of Support Workers to deliver high quality, effective supported housing services and housing management services to a range of service user groups (including those on Bail, prison leavers and those going through the criminal justice system) that meet their needs, contractual requirements, and organisational financial target
- You will be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of support planning and safeguarding as well as experience of working with vulnerable adults with complex needs (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).
- We are looking for a Service Lead who is able to prioritise tasks effectively; ensuring their team are supported, Service Users needs are prioritised and contractual KPI’s are met. You will need to be adaptable and highly organised to balance your time. You will champion relationship mapping in your region, including developing links with supporting agencies, promoting CAS at external forums and being part of multi-agency meetings.
- You will have previous line management experience and the ability successfully lead and line manage a team. You will have excellent people skills, which will be inclusive of problem solving, and both written and verbal communication skills.
- The role offers flexible working in the community (visiting staff and properties), in the Northwest London region. The role includes lone working, you will meet with your team regularly to discuss complex cases. You will be required to travel for training and team meetings.
KEY RESPONSIBILITES:
- Effectively lead and deliver services which comply with the regulatory framework.
- Meeting service quality standards and ensuring your team are adhering to all operational and policy standards. Be the accountable lead for the service. Ensuring all service user support and safety plans are in place, are in date and reflect individual needs.
- Ensuring your staff team understand and meet the agreed financial standards on voids, arrears and re-lets.
- Acting as a lead operational partner liaising with other agencies, partners and commissioners as required. Agreeing service level agreements with external agencies that can provide specialist support to your service and build and maintain effective working relationships both externally and internally.
- Work collaboratively with other internal support services –such as Quality, Policy and Safeguarding as well as Finance, IT and HR in order to ensure we are providing the best service to our users.
- Promoting service user involvement in service design and Delivery. Managing the rota and on-call arrangements to ensure that appropriate support is in place and participate in that rota.
What you can expect from us
- A dynamic and supportive team who delivers results for the people we support every day.
- The opportunity to work flexibly within the community as this role allows you to work from home in between property visits
- A commitment to helping you learn and develop your career.
- Excellent benefits including a great annual leave entitlement, additional special leave, an occupational sick pay scheme which exceeds statutory requirements and cycle-to-work scheme.
An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role, as well as registration on the DBS Update Service. These will be completed as part of the Pre-Employment Screening process.
This role also requires a Prison Clearance.
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal chat regarding the role, please contact
The Boathouse Youth currently works with children and young people aged 5 to 17, from socio-economically deprived communities across Blackpool, to help tackle the challenges they’re experiencing and is excited to be launching a new Youth Centre in Fleetwood.
We have four programme areas each facilitating a variety of physical, creative and educational activities including centre based youth work, offsite visits and residential experiences.
We also have a specialist programme for children with additional needs and disabilities. Our entire offer is fully funded and therefore free at the point of access.
Our team of highly skilled professionals interact with young people on a daily-basis to deliver well thought out programmes in an engaging way.
We aim to facilitate a safe space to improve mental well-being, promote positive behaviours, support educational growth and encourage a healthy lifestyle.
The ideal candidate will have experience and strong skills in developing and overseeing community based organisations. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Youth Centre ensuring it is fit for purpose, used to its full capacity and delivers a high-standard of youth work programmes which align with the charity’s delivery model.
The successful candidate will manage a team of staff and ensure their workforce is developed effectively. They will be a member of the charity’s management team and will need to work collaboratively with colleagues towards our strategic goals and prepare and present updates regularly to relevant management channels, ensuring that our strategic goals are being achieved.
Responsibilities
- Under the direction of the Head of CYP Services oversee the day-to-day running of the Youth Centre and The BHY in Fleetwood.
- Provide effective Line Management supervision to the Fleetwood workforce.
- Act as an ambassador for The Boathouse Youth throughout partnerships and networking.
- Comply and implement all policies and procedures particularly in areas of statutory compliance such as Health & Safety and Safeguarding.
- Develop an understanding of The BHY’s delivery model and implement relevant elements (as agreed with Head of CYP Services).
- Lead, develop and oversee the planning and implementation of a relevant, participative and engaging youth work programme that is needs led and person centred.
- Ensure that an innovative, creative and fun programme is delivered to address to personal, social, physical and political development of young people as described in the charity’s strategy.
- Ensure regular review and evaluation of the programme to capture the outcomes and positive impact.
- Agree KPI’s with the Head of CYP Services and lead on increasing engagement of young people.
- Be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection and report to the DSL where appropriate to ensure the welfare of all children and young people.
- Seek to be a consistence positive presence within the community.
- Demonstrate clear and hands-on leadership to ensure high standards of youth work, session delivery and behaviour management.
- Create and participate in residential opportunities for young people.
- Meet ‘Gifts-in-Kind’ KPI’s as set by the Strategic Leadership Team.
- Enable young people to deliver community fundraising opportunities to increase budgets.
- Seek local sponsorship opportunities.
- Work with the Strategic Leadership Team to support any major funding opportunities.
ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE
- A minimum of three-years experiencing delivering face-to-face youth and/or community work and a similar length of relevant management experience.
- A successful record of developing community organisations and supporting the implementation of strategic plans.
- Experience of working within the voluntary sector.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ATTRIBUTES
- A minimum education standard at degree level, ideally in a relevant area but not essential. A JNC professional youth work qualification would be highly desirable.
- A flexible approach to work with ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. This role will require evening and weekend work.
- Organisation is key.
- Have extensive knowledge of management theory and practical applications in the workplace.
- Interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships.
- Written and verbal communication skills, required for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills.
- Team-working skills and a collaborative approach to work.
- Identify and manage risks.
- The ability to think strategically.
- Hold a UK Driving License.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
- Motivated to enable young people to lead their best lives.
- High and ambitious standards, with a relentless focus on seizing opportunities to achieve these.
- Displays excellent judgement and focus at all times.
- Has a strong commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
- Inspires trust, goodwill and action in others.
- Actively seeks to continuously learn and develop.
- Willingness to “buy into” the ethos of The Boathouse Youth as a charity, and work to share our journey and mission to those you meet, and in all our marketing and communications.
- Willing to travel and be flexible.
The normal hours of work are 40hr per week, or those necessary to fulfil the requirements of the position. Youth Centres are open when schools are closed, therefore there will be a requirement to work outside the normal 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. This will include working evenings and weekends, but it will be up to the individual to manage their own diary and work flexibly across the week.
Applicants will need to complete a specific form for this role.
Applicants will need to complete a specific form for this role. This form should be available to download from our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About us
Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don't have to be Christian to work here - we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we're open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for most of our roles too.
Learn about our vision, mission and values
About the role
The Senior Developer (Full-stack) plays a key role in developing and enhancing user-centric digital products at Christian Aid. This position focuses on delivering high-quality front-end (70%) and back-end (30%) solutions on the Drupal CMS, ensuring seamless and intuitive user experiences.
Working closely with the Technical Lead, you'll address complex challenges identified by stakeholders and user feedback, providing strategic direction and innovative solutions. This role is crucial to the success of our digital initiatives, requiring a blend of technical expertise, creativity, and strategic thinking.
Your responsibilities include developing and maintaining digital products, ensuring they meet user needs, adhering to accessibility standards, and maintaining brand integrity. Your work will be instrumental in creating engaging, user-friendly experiences that align with our organisational goals.
About you
You have extensive experience in front-end development, complemented by a solid understanding of back-end technologies. Your passion lies in creating products that prioritise user experience, and you excel at crafting intuitive, visually engaging interfaces. As a strong communicator, you can effectively translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
You're a forward-thinking developer who embraces new technologies and methodologies, staying up-to-date with industry trends and continually seeking to enhance your skills. You're a proactive problem solver, adept at navigating complex technical challenges and finding innovative solutions that align with business goals and user needs. Your user-centric approach ensures that the products you develop not only meet but exceed expectations, delivering exceptional digital experiences.
Further information
At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.
We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams.
We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths and none (with the exception of Director positions where there is a genuine occupational requirement to be a practicing Christian - Exempted under the Equality Act 2010).
All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this.
You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, a season ticket loan, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.
Homebased – UK
Closing Date: 8 September 2024
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Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a creative, dynamic and experienced fundraising professional with a proven track record in managing donor or supporter relationships to join us as our Fundraising and Engagement Manager.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About you
As our Fundraising and Engagement Manager, you will have the opportunity to maximise individual and corporate financial contribution through effective, supporter-led acquisition, and account management.
In this role, you will:
• Drive growth in our key income streams of regional corporates and ‘in aid of' fundraising individuals through new business and account management and pipeline management.
• Manage multiple priorities simultaneously whilst providing the highest level of stewardship to all supporters.
• Contribute to the growth and development of the regional pipeline of partnership opportunities for our key income streams.
• Contribute to departmental income reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Ensure that the pipeline of prospects and partners is kept up to date across all income streams.
To be successful, it is important that you have:
• Experience in a fundraising, supporter care or admin role or experience within a sales environment.
• Strong relationship management and organisational skills.
• Creative, and can generate new and innovative ways to support partners and fundraisers, with a strong desire to succeed and a specific interest in stewarding fundraisers to maximise their fundraising whilst building strong relationships with the aim to convert individuals into long term supporters.
• Experience of managing multiple priorities simultaneously while still providing the highest level of stewardship to all supporters.
• Extensive experience of building successful internal and external relationships.
• Experience of financial budgeting and reporting and familiarity with a CRM ideally.
• The ability to keep clear and accurate records, producing reports and analysis and presenting them in an effective way to stakeholders.
What we offer you:
• Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
• To have the best (and happiest) employees we focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health, and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
The willingness and ability to travel across the UK a times and occasional work outside core hours is also essential.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
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Anti-oppressive statement: Feedback is actively seeking to move through an anti-racist and anti-oppressive journey in every aspect of its work. We acknowledge that the environmental sector is less open to people from under-represented backgrounds, and we are strongly committed to identifying and correcting where we may be perpetuating patriarchal, white supremacist values and other forms of oppression in our organisational culture, partnerships, and community work. We especially want to hear from you if you feel that you have lived experience of power structures preventing you from accessing opportunities like this.
ABOUT US
Feedback is a UK- and Netherlands-based campaign group working for food that is good for people and planet. We want a world where:
• All people have secure access to delicious, culturally appropriate food that is nutritious and does not cause environmental harm
• Global supply chains, farming and fishing contribute to food sovereignty, good livelihoods, mitigate climate change and enable nature to thrive
• Communities have agency to create food economies that are inclusive, equitable, resilient and celebratory
To meet these objectives, we carry out the following activities:
• We delegitimize corporations
• We ideate and advocate for policy change and regulation
• We nurture community agency
• We widen our circle of allies
• We change culture and public discourse
Our current strategy framework can be found here: https://shorturl.at/19VLV
ABOUT THE ROLE
Exciting opportunity reporting directly to the Executive Director, responsible for all financial management of the organisation. Accountable for quality and reliability of finance reporting, management and controls, and for their support of the other parts of the organisation.
Advising and support Feedback EU and our associated Community Interest Companies (Sussex Surplus CIC and Alchemic Kitchen CIC) and partners on financial activities.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Finance Strategy
- financial planning and direction
- protection of financial position
- reporting to SMT
- development and management of control procedures
- cash management
Finance Team
- to ensure team aligned to organisational goals
- to manage and develop Trainee accountant
- to create a safe, supportive, collaborative, strong team environment
Financial accounting
- to develop and maintain accurate, efficient financial accounting processes
- to ensure accounting transactions are suitably approved and are in line with contracts
- to ensure timely, quality, relevant management information and reporting
- to prepare project reports for funders
- to ensure all external reporting requirements and filings are satisfied
- to create and manage annual organisational budget
- to liaise with project managers to ensure project funding is managed appropriately
- to liaise with and maintain effective working relationships with external parties
- to manage Unrestricted reserves
Innovation
- to provide fresh eyes and innovation to our financial ways and methods
- to streamline our processes wherever possible
Contracting
- responsible for reviewing and agreeing Funder contracts
- responsible for managing and developing contracts to be used with sub-grantees and consultants
- making the funding process as easy and supportive as possible
Governance
- responsible for annual audit and funder audit requirements
- responsible for maintaining strong relationships with auditors and bank
- to ensure compliance with all statutory and legal reporting and management requirements
- responsible for convening quarterly Finance Committee meetings and required reporting
- to manage financial risks appropriately and with care
All other reasonable tasks requested by the leadership team
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential skills:
- Qualified/part qualified accountant with good financial systems knowledge and understanding
- Proven ability to maintain effective policies, procedures and controls across an organisation
- Experience of using Xero or other cloud-based accounting software
- Ability to view organisational finances as a whole and as an enabler of the organisation’s goals
- Good communication skills and able to discuss financial matters with all team members
- Ability to prioritise under pressure, identify routes to maximum impact and work efficiently.
- A can-do attitude, flexibility and adaptability recognising that Feedback is a small, nimble organisation with fast-changing priorities.
- Senior level experience in previous finance roles.
- Shares Feedback’s values: audacity, collaboration, impact, celebration, solidarity.
- Understanding of, or willingness to learn the principles of anti-oppressive practice and their application to financial processes.
For any questions, access requirements, or if you require the job description in a different format, please contact us.
HOW TO APPLY
Please apply via Charity Jobs with a CV and cover letter (no longer than 1 A4 page) explaining how you meet the person specification and why you would like to work at Feedback. Please view the full job description and person specification for more information.
Deadline to apply: 9am, Monday 16th September 2024
Successful candidates for interview will be notified by Friday 20th September 2024.
Interviews and a written task will be held on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th September 2024.
Provisional dates for potential second round interviews on Monday 30th September 2024.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Patrons Coordinator
Advancement
Full-time
Permanent
£29,399 per annum
Application Deadline: 12pm (midday) on Thursday 29 August 2024
About the role:
In this role, you will support the Patrons team, enabling positive relationships with the Museum's Patrons and Departmental Supporter Groups. You will achieve this by ensuring that administrative processes such as Patrons' renewals and thank you letters are completed in an efficient, accurate and timely manner, and that, under the guidance of the Senior Patrons Manager, regular communications to Patrons reflect the level of excellence and bespoke service expected of the British Museum Patrons Team.
Key areas of responsibility:
To take primary responsibility for the administration and co-ordination of the Patrons scheme, including:
- Responding to Patrons enquiries, resolving any requests from Patrons as they arise or escalating them to the Senior Patrons Manager and Patrons Manager as appropriate.
- Drafting regular communications which reflect the high-level of service and special relationship held between the Patrons Team and Patrons.
- Liaising with the Operations and Membership and Supporter Services teams to organise and mail monthly Patron renewals, ensuring renewals data is accurate and sent in a timely manner.
- Working with the Membership and Supporter Engagement team to support the production of regular email and postal communications.
To assist in the organisation of regular Patrons events, including:
- Liaising with third-parties and Museum colleagues to arrange event logistics (as directed by the Membership and Supporter Events Manager).
- Providing effective and accurate support for two annual events: the Director's Dinner and Patrons' Open House.
- Liaising with the Development Data and Research Officer on briefing notes for events.
You will also assist with the preparations for the Patrons international travel programme.
Please refer to the job description for further information.
About you:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent.
- Experience of working in a professional office environment; working in a Development/fundraising office or customer facing profession; handling data and designing effective processes; working with financial data.
- Excellent attention to detail, proven organisation skills and able to evaluate and improve repetitive tasks.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal who can work proactively as part of a team or on own initiative.
- Resourceful, logical and analytical, good at problem solving and implementing solutions.
- Availability to work occasional evenings.
About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.
You can view a selection of our impressive collection of prints and drawings in our .
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:
- Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
- Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out what benefits a civil service pension provides).
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
- Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
Additional details:
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details
The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.
We offer a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you.
The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.
About MSI
MSI Reproductive Choices is one of the world’s leading providers of sexual and reproductive healthcare. We believe that everyone should have the right to choose. From contraception to safe abortion and life-saving post-abortion care, we are committed to delivering compassionate, affordable, high-quality services for all.
Today, our organisation has over 9,000 team members working in 37 countries across the world. Our success lies in the fact that MSI teams are locally led, entrepreneurial and results-driven, and are passionate about delivering high quality, client-centred care in their own communities. As a social business, we focus on sustainable delivery, efficiency, and funding models that are built to last, so that the women and girls we serve today will have a choice in the future too.
We know that access to reproductive choice is life changing. For some, it can mean the ability to complete an education or start a career. For others, it means being able to look after the family they already have. For everyone, it means the freedom to decide their own future, creating a fairer, more equal world.
About the Role
Working as part of a small team of support analysts, you will provide 2nd line technical support and expertise to multiple technology areas, such as global bespoke and in-house developed applications, Microsoft cloud applications and systems integrations reporting tools.
You will engage closely with the Senior Applications Manager (Frontline Applications), in proposing applications improvements through development, supporting scaleup implementations, lead continuous reporting improvement to enable data driven support for country programmes. You will work closely with other members of the Global Information Services team to help prioritise issues/responses to all tickets raised.
We are looking for someone with the technical skills to be effective straight away, who is a team player, has a positive attitude and who loves to learn, develop and grow continuously.
About You
We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission and a focus on delivering measurable results. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully. You must be open-minded, curious, resilient, and solutions-oriented, and committed to promoting equality, and safeguarding the welfare of team members and clients alike.
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following skills:
- Demonstrable capability of understanding and supporting in-house developed applications
- Proven understanding and use of Microsoft Dynamics (D365) and Microsoft Power Platform
- Demonstrable understanding of Microsoft SQL Server
- Exposure to application development using C#, .Net environment.
- Exposure to Cloud Computing
- Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
- Fluent in English, both written and verbal
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- Demonstrate problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to collaborate within a team environment
- Have provided end user support, including call logging, call resolution, updating knowledge base/FAQs etc
To perform this role, it is essential that you have the following experience:
- Microsoft Dynamics (D365) and Microsoft Power Platform
- Microsoft Azure, Google/Azure Cloud and/or support
- Demonstrable experience working with Microsoft Cloud Solutions
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server
- Proven knowledge of scripting tools for data manipulation as well as C# and .Net environment.
- Experience in Telephony PABX or PBX systems or equivalent (as an advantage)
- Any SQL Server or equivalent
- Awareness of ITIL and ITSM best practise
- Demonstratable capability of understanding and supporting in-house developed applications
- Demonstratable understanding of Microsoft SQL Server
- Proven understanding and use of Microsoft Dynamics (D365)
- Exposure to application development using C#, .Net environment (Share GitHub account)
Formal education/qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Microsoft Certified Solution Developer certification, Dynamics CRM certification or equivalent
- 4+ years working in IT or Information Systems with 1+ year working as an Application Support capacity
Personal Attributes:
We seek exceptional individuals who are aligned to MSI’s mission and entrepreneurial mindset. You must be a strong communicator, self-motivated and solutions-seeking, committed to driving social change in an environment that measures sustainable results and impact at an individual and global level. You must be able to work effectively with and across diverse teams and be comfortable with ambiguity.
For this role, we’re looking for an individual who is:
- Customer sensitive, able to empathise and create customer relationships
- Innovative individual with the ability to show initiative
- A quick learner who can pick up new skills quickly and easily
- Positive attitude and outlook
- Dependable and can self-manage
- Can keep calm and work effectively under pressure
- Pro-choice.
Please view the job framework on our website.
Location: London Support Office (hybrid working) or where any MSI country programme operates.
Full-time: 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday (for UK based team members).
Contract type: 1 year fixed term contract
Salary: £29,200 - £36,500 per annum for UK based candidates. Discretionary bonus + benefits. For all other locations, the salary will be banded within the national context.
Salary band: BG 6
Closing date: 2nd September (midnight BST). Interviews may take place before this date for exceptional candidates.
For internal employees applying from an MSI country programme, the role will be positioned within the existing salary structure of the country. Local terms and conditions of the country will apply.