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Our diocese has exciting plans for an ambitious growth programme to extend our ministry in local communities. We are looking to appoint a Project Manager to drive this forward.

• Can you lead the regular project reporting, evaluation and financial planning of these exciting projects?
• Do you have skills in communication, stakeholder engagement and project monitoring?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Growth is a priority for our diocese and the successful Project Manager will work with our churches, Ministry Areas and Bishop's & Diocesan Office teams.

For more information or an informal chat – please contact Isabel Thompson (Diocesan Secretary) 

Application form and full profile available on our Website

Closing date – Monday 25th November at 9am

Interviews -   Friday 6th December at the Diocesan Office, 64 Caerau Road, Newport

Background to School Food Matters

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

About Young Marketeers

Young Marketeers is our flagship food education programme which gives primary school children an opportunity to learn about food production, grow their own veg, and set up a stall at their local community market. The programme began in 2013 at London’s Borough Market.  Now, thanks to the support of The National Lottery’s Community Fund, we are taking the programme to cities across England.

Job Purpose

· To manage our Young Marketeers programme across England

Key Tasks include:

Staff management and training

• Provide support and training to a team of freelance Project Officers/Gardeners across the country
• Organise induction of new staff, including development of resources and training packages

Partner relationships

• Conduct desk research on schools and partners in new cities for recruitment

· Maintain good relationships with freelance team, schools and local partners, and visit regions

• Maintain an excellent relationship with funders, and support with written and verbal reports

Budgeting, monitoring and evaluation

· Manage the budget for the programme in collaboration with SFM’s Finance & HR Manager

· Ensure that the freelance team collects data and that accurate records are maintained on Airtable

• Work closely with our Impact & Strategy Manager and Evaluation Officer to complete all monitoring and evaluation processes
• Keep line manager updated on progress

Communications and general

• Gather content for our website and social media platforms
• Contribute to the smooth-running of SFM at this time of growth
• Keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and reporting procedures
• Maintain the ethos of the charity and positively promote our work at all times
• The Project Coordinator will also undertake any other tasks relevant to the affairs of SFM that may arise from time to time.  Therefore, being flexible and approaching the job with an open and positive mindset is essential!

Person specification

Essential  

· Excellent administrative and organisational skills

· Experience of planning, managing, and delivering a programme within budget 

· Excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload 

· Experience of building relationships with partner organisations and individuals

· Clear and engaging communication skills, both written and oral 

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

· Excellent IT skills including excel, word and email

· Experience of working in education

· An interest in food education and children’s health

· Willing to travel within England

Desirable  

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

· Experience of managing a team

· Interest in gardening and food growing

Main Purpose and Scope of the job

To support the Head of People with the provision of consistent and reliable Human Resources support in relation to policies and practices and with the practical application of employment law.

You will actively engage with managers to bring employee relation issues to resolution and proactively monitor trends and themes across the organisation. and will play a key part in the employee lifecycle with emphasis on recruitment processes, attraction and retention.

​You will provide coaching and support to line managers in relation to all aspects of early or informal employee relations including but not limited to; Probation, performance management and capability processes, grievance and disciplinary investigations. You will Actively provide guidance to staff and managers through employee relation processes seeking early resolutions and restorative conversations in the first instance. Actively take the lead on formal employee relation case work such as grievances, suspensions, investigations and present at hearings.

Reporting and monitoring of sickness/absence levels, advising line managers to ensure a consistent approach is taken to reduce absenteeism.  Oversee all Stage 1,2 and 3 absence meetings and OH reports where required.

Be integral to all organisational change developments including recommendations for change, structure and job design.  Ensure organisational change is managed sensitively and in line with policy and employment law. Assist on organisational restructures and TUPE regulations in times of expansion and growth.

Actively contribute to policy development in line with employment law and best practice.

Job Title: Programmes Officer - Sierra Leone
Reporting to: Head of Programmes – Sierra Leone & Liberia
Salary: £25,000 - £30,000
Contract Type: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Principal Location: Freetown, with frequent travel across Sierra Leone
Updated: October 2024

Our Organisation:

Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 1,000,000 children to go to school and learn.

Part 1: Role Purpose:

We are seeking an outstanding Programmes Officer for an exciting opportunity to support Street Child’s programme portfolio in Sierra Leone. The key objectives of this role are to work closely with Street Child’s national partner to support the effective implementation of adaptive programming, and to support accurate and timely donor reporting across a range of institutional, trust & foundations, and corporate donors. The ideal candidate will have strong written and excel skills, with experience of MEAL and financial management processes, and a strong preference for German language skills and experience of working with Bengo funding. The role will include regular, detailed interaction with Street Child’s UK and European fundraising community, in support of donor reporting and future funding opportunities

The role holder will work in close collaboration with Street Child’s regional Head of Programmes, based in Freetown, as well as partner Programmes, MEAL and Finance teams to coordinate timely and quality implementation and reporting across the programmes portfolio.

Part 2: Key Responsibilities:

1) Reporting & Programme Funding Engagement – 35%

• Review narrative and financial quarterly reporting from country teams and provide feedback.
• Lead on the consolidation of narrative reporting (low-mid value donors) for a variety of donors within the portfolio.
• Ensure regular information flow to Street Child communications and fundraising teams, inclusive of collection and drafting of case studies and photos.
• Supporting income-generation opportunities - potentially including supporting donor visits, in-country donor engagement and broad-based support to the group’s global programme-funding efforts for Sierra Leone.

2) Programme & MEAL Management – 35%

• Work in collaboration with national partner and cross-country implementation teams across Liberia and Sierra Leone to ensure quality and timely implementation of project activities.
• Work alongside social, enterprise and education teams across both countries to support a joined-up approach to project implementation and MEAL, ensuring relevant data are collected with due care and utilised for project planning, reporting and learning.
• Provide strong support to programme staff and partners in Sierra Leone in programme and MEAL department.
• Alongside colleagues provide training, guidance and advice to partner delivery staff to ensure effective and accurate use of programme documents and tools.
• In liaison with Safeguarding Focal Points monitor safeguarding policies ensuring adequate implementation of policies and procedures, and support to close feedback loops with partners & project participants.

3) Financial Support – 25%

• Support the country teams in compiling requisitions in line with programme forecasts and budgets.
• Support on the collation of financial reporting requirements for low-mid value donors.
• Support on tracking of donors & match funding.

4) Other – 5%

• Cordinating staff, stakeholders and donor visits.
• A strong commitment to Street Childs vision, mission and values
• Adhere to all Street Child’s policies and procedures.
• Represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally.
• Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role.

Part 3: Person Specification

Attributes / Essential / Beneficial

Experience and Knowledge:

• Relevant field experience of development programming, with a commitment to and respect for local partnership.
• Experience of successful delivery of team objectives by working closely and collaboratively within a team at all levels
• Experience of data collection, cleaning and analysis.
• Relevant experience of working in support of local partners.
• Demonstrable experience of quality programme implementation.
• Demonstrable experience of budget management.
• Demonstrable experience of capacity building with national staff.
• Demonstrable experience of donor reporting.
• Strong working knowledge of education, child protection and livelihoods approaches.
• Strong working knowledge of the Liberia and/or Liberia context.
• Experience with Bengo funding and/or other German donors.

Attributes / Essential / Beneficial

Skills and Abilities:

• Good organisation and administrative skills and an ability to forward plan
• Coaching / Capacity Strengthening Skills
• Good time management skills, able to work to tight deadlines and an ability to work under pressure

Attributes / Essential / Beneficial

Other:

• Excellent written and spoken communications in English (additional languages welcome).
• A ‘can-do’, and agile attitude, a passion for problem solving and adaptive thinking.
• Self-starter with strong motivation to succeed and ability to work independently in carrying out assigned tasks within a fast-paced team.
• German language skills advantageous.

Attributes / Essential / Beneficial

Education / Qualifications:

• Degree or Higher in International Development or related field; or relevant training courses in MEAL

Street Child’s commitment to Safeguarding:

Street Child is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff.

As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks. Street Child also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information 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.

To apply:

Please submit your CV and a covering note explaining why you think you could make an extraordinary impact in this role. Please also answer the pre-application questions in depth.

We will be reviewing applications as they are submitted so interested candidates are encouraged to apply early.

Would you like to work for an organisation that makes a difference and improves lives every single day? The people who turn to us need our help to address the obstacles in their lives. In our 85 year history, we are the busiest we have ever been and people need our help.

Citizens Advice Hammersmith and Fulham is an award-winning charity that provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice and information. We are a modern, innovative and progressive organisation working in a diverse and vibrant community. Weemploy over 50 people and have around 80 volunteers who help us to deliver information and signposting and generalist and specialist advice, undertake campaigning, and have a thriving portfolio of projects embedded within the local community. We are a flagship Local Citizens Advice within a nationally recognised network, delivering a multi-channel service including, face to face, telephone and digital channels.

About the role The role you are applying for is Training & Volunteer Coordinator which supports the administrative functions of volunteer recruitment, retention and training. We have many volunteers in a variety of roles, and the Training & Volunteer coordinator is crucial in ensuring volunteers have a positive experience. You will be responsible for leading the volunteer recruitment, including publicity, processing applications, arranging interviews and adding new volunteers to the IT systems. You will also be responsible for maintaining accurate records of current volunteers and report this regularly to the Training & Development Manager and Senior Management Team. You will assist theTraining & Development Manager by monitoring training and progression for all staff and volunteers through their learning and development plans.

Whatwecanofferyou: Wevalue our people and can offer a supportive culture within a high performing and award winning organisation. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and workplace to represent the diverse communities we service. We are committed to increasing our diversity and whatever your background, we welcome your application. Weofferanattractive remuneration package with excellent terms including:

● Pensionscheme
● Healthywork/life balance
● Generousholiday entitlement starting at 25 days per year ( in addition to bank holidays) and rising to 30 days with long service
● Accessto24/7 online wellbeing support
● Learning, development and personal growth opportunities

Closing Date: 5pm on 22nd November 2024

Test & Interview Date: Thursday 28th & Friday 29th November 

We reserve the right to close the applications earlier if suitable candidates are found, so we encourage early applications.

Power to Change is the think-do tank that backs community business. We turn bold ideas into action so communities have the power to change what matters to them. We know community business works to build stronger communities and better places to live. We’ve seen people create resilient and prosperous local economies when power is in community hands. We also know the barriers that stand in the way of their success. We’re using our experience to bring partners together to do, test and learn what works. We’re shaping the conditions for community business to thrive. 

To do that, we need strong relationships in politics and in government at a time where there is an exciting opportunity to shape the conditions for community business to thrive. The External Affairs Officer will provide essential support across the organisation by identifying key stakeholders and determining the most effective tactics to build and maintain relationships in both politics and government. This includes monitoring parliamentary and political developments to spot opportunities, drafting high-quality briefings, articles and press releases, as well as coordinating politically-focused events, such as those held at party conferences. 

Check out our Job Description for further details on this role, including how to apply.

Our ideal candidate will be an experienced, committed and highly organised Fundraising Manager. The postholder will have a central role in working with the Head of Fundraising to secure grants from statutory agencies and trusts and foundations but will also work to steward relationships with individual donors, support innovative digital fundraising campaigns and assist in the delivery of targeted fundraising activities and events. There is significant scope and opportunity for the Fundraising Manager to develop the charity’s work arounds trusts and foundations, individual giving, challenge/community events and corporate partnerships.

You will be ambitious and creative with a positive attitude, happy to roll up your sleeves and get involved to enable us to achieve our goals. This role would be ideal for applicants with successful fundraising experience and could suit someone wishing to progress their fundraising careers by stepping up into a Fundraising Manager role.

It is a rewarding role where your work will be transformational working within a friendly and hardworking team committed to keeping children safe from sexual harm.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the vulnerable adults, children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We believe in creating a positive environment where our differences are respected and each of us feels valued for our contribution. Showing respect and consideration to all is part of our values and at the core of our culture.

As an inclusive employer, all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, age, socioeconomic background, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibilities, marital status, nationality and disability including invisible disabilities and neurodiversity. As part of our safer recruitment process we actively remove bias from applications i.e applications are anonymised prior to sharing with the recruiting panel and equal opportunity monitoring forms are removed from applications on receipt and retained by HR for analysis reporting.

People’s Economy aims to build the agency and power of people facing injustice and working for social change so that they have the expertise, capabilities and resources to develop their own analysis of how the economic system is a root cause of the injustice they face, develop strategies to change it and then take action with others. Our vision is for a world with economies that meet the needs and priorities of people currently experiencing economic injustice.

The Head of People and Operations oversees the development of systems and processes to ensure the organisation operates as effectively as possible with particular focus on People & Culture, Finance and Operations. They manage People’s Economy’s freelance bookkeeper. 

Online Open House

Come and meet us! We are hosting an online open house on Monday October 28th at 12pm for anyone who is interested in hearing more about the roles we’re currently hiring for or what People’s Economy is all about.

You can use this space to ask any questions you might have about the role, find out more about the organisation and meet some of our staff team. Curious?  This will be hosted as a webinar and questions can be submitted via the Q&A function so you will be able to remain anonymous unless you choose to unmute or turn on your video to ask a question.

Sign up here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w2oUR_ckS6ycbSMqExXrkw#/registration

Job Description

People & Culture

• Lead the review and development of HR policies and processes to ensure that they embody People’s Economy’s values, and support effective working and staff wellbeing, drawing in external expertise as necessary.

• Lead the development and implementation of recruitment processes for staff vacancies, ensuring compliance with People’s Economy’s recruitment policy and employment law.

• Lead the implementation of formal HR processes e.g. disciplinary processes, contract variations, and act as the key point of contact with People’s Economy’s external HR advisers. 

• Contribute to the development of organisational culture and values and ensure that they are embedded, promoted and enacted throughout the organisation.

• Lead review and development of People’s Economy’s safeguarding policy, processes and practice including staff and trustee training.

• Lead the work to build and maintain staff health and safety and wellbeing, through developing appropriate systems, processes and practices.

• Undertake day-to-day HR administration, including leave booking and sickness absence recording. 

Operations

• Develop policies, systems and processes to support the effective functioning of the organisation and (with support from the Programme Director) which support the implementation of programme and project delivery.

• Develop and maintain People’s Economy’s IT systems, including working with external providers to review IT security. 

• Lead on regularly reviewing and updating People’s Economy’s remote and hybrid working policies and supporting colleagues to access suitable equipment and workspace to carry out their roles.

• Support the Programme Director set up and manage the operation of People’s Economy’s monitoring, evaluation and learning systems and their embedding across the organisation.

• Support the Executive Director to implement People’s Economy’s Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Oppression (DIAO) policy and lead the annual process of reviewing and updating the policy, and relevant organisational systems and processes to support the implementation of the policy. 

Finance

• Lead People’s Economy’s financial management and control, including:

  • Manage People’s Economy’s book-keeping and payroll providers to ensure that high quality records of income and expenditure are maintained and the smooth operation of supplier payments, invoicing, payroll and pensions contributions.

  • Oversee the timely production of regular financial reporting including management accounts, cash forecasting and quarterly reporting to the Board. Scrutinise regular finance reports and work to resolve any issues identified. 

  • Liaise with People’s Economy’s accountant and manage the annual process of independent examination and producing year-end reports and accounts.

• Lead on financial planning, including the preparation of an annual organisational budget and lead on updating budget information throughout the year.

• Create systems and processes to support staff to develop and manage budgets for the programmes and projects that they are leading.

• With support from the Executive Director, lead the development of organisational business plans and monitoring of progress against them, including reporting on progress to the Trustee Board.

• Lead on maintaining robust and up-to-date information about the organisation’s income pipeline. 

• Lead on fundraising administration:

  • Track progress against income targets ensuring information is kept up to date and regularly updating the Executive Director on the position.

  • Manage funder reporting and invoicing, working closely with colleagues leading funder relationships and with People’s Economy’s book-keeping provider.

Governance and Legal

• Lead on compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements including data protection, employment law, health and safety, and charity law.

• Ensure that People’s Economy has appropriate insurance in place.

• Lead on Trustee Board administration and support the good functioning of the Board, including by managing trustee recruitment processes when required.

• Lead on maintaining the organisational risk register and reporting on it to the Trustee Board. 

• Work with the Executive Director to ensure that there are effective mechanisms to ensure the robustness of external and internal controls (financial and non-financial).

Line Management

• Oversee People’s Economy’s book-keeping providers, and line manage possible future roles, supporting post-holders to carry out their roles effectively and to develop professionally.

For full role description and person specification see attached application pack

Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.

We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The IT Project Manager will be key figure for the successful delivery of our transformation plans and it present a fantastic opportunity to deliver projects that will directly have a positive benefit for young people and those who support them.The IT Project Manager will be responsible for leading on the project management of individual projects and all IT related projects. This will involve managing Salesforce development projects but will include other IT related projects.

The post-holder will be part of the IT department within Central Support Team, but they will also be working on strategic digital implementation projects across the organization. They will be joining a fast paced and busy environment, with plenty of autonomy in managing their own responsibilities but they will also work closely with others to deliver the project therefore a collaborative approach and clear communication skills will be needed to be successful.

Location

Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours, either at our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH) or our Northern Hub (Huckletree, The Express Building, 9 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester M4 5AD).

Contract duration

Permanent

Midday (12pm), Monday 4 November 2024.

Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.

Notification of interview

Shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Wednesday 13 November 2024. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Interviews

Interviews will be held between Thursday 21 and/or Friday 22 November 2024.

How to apply

Please click on the 'Apply now’ button. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Southall Community Alliance is a charity that has been working in Southall for over 30 years. We are now looking to recruit an ambitious and energetic Community Energy Adviser to support Southall’s economically disadvantaged residents and introduce home energy-saving advice to vulnerable residents.

Southall is home to many diverse communities for whom English is a second language, so the post will involve arranging activities to raise awareness of energy saving measures and improve domestic gas safety.

Part of this role will involve outreach work to connect with isolated residents through shared events and training that helps them deal with cost of living pressures.

This is an 18 month fixed term contract, funded by Cadent Gas Ltd.

This post is subject to a 3 month probation period, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Salary: £24,000 per annum (FTE salary = £30,000)

Hours : 28 hours per week (4 days per week)

Duration: 18 month fixed term contract

Location : Southall Town Hall, 1 High Street, Southall, UB1 3HA

Holiday entitlement : 20 days per annum Reports to : SCA Director 

Main Duties:

1. Arranging domestic gas safety and home energy advice sessions
2. Deliver carbon monoxide awareness outreach sessions with community groups
3. Developing and updating web portal with energy efficiency and gas safety advice and co-ordinating with other provision
4. Arrange ‘energy zones’ connecting residents at large faith events with energy efficiency information and signposting
5. Arranging community activities that promote social interaction and energy saving advice
6. To arrange healthy cooking and slow cooking classes for low income residents
7. Establish and service a network of community groups able to help families facing energy crisis and energy related issues
8. Gather monitoring data and produce progress reports and work summaries
9. Recruit and train volunteers to assist with project delivery
10. To attend meetings and prepare agendas, minutes and other relevant materials
11. Attend training courses and sessions as may be required
12. To carry out other duties as may be assigned by the Director, from time to time

Person Specification:

1. Have at least one year of experience of working with organisations and people from Black & Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities
2. Understand how to engage a diverse range of residents and stakeholders
3. Showing empathy with and experience of working with diverse and deprived communities to tackle financial barriers and challenges
4. Experience of customer facing roles and delivering community events and outreach activities to BAME organisations
5. Experience of arranging and delivering training for organisations
6. Ability to recruit, train and supervise volunteers
7. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office package Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook
8. Understanding of GDPR and other regulatory compliance issues that affect data management and utilisation
9. Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
10. Experience of producing publicity materials
11. Experience writing content for websites, reports, newsletters and social media platforms
12. Experience of securing funding and resources to support operational delivery
13. Ability to work independently with excellent organisational skills
14. Knowledge of a community language would be desirable

Closing date : Friday 15th November – ONLY completed application forms will be accepted. CV’s are not accepted

Interview date : w/c 25th November 2024

Westway Trust is seeking a highly committed and experienced Facilities Manager to join our thriving organisation based in North Kensington.

As Facilities Manager, you will oversee the maintenance and upkeep of Westway Trust’s properties, ensuring compliance with statutory obligations. You will manage both in-house teams and subcontractors to deliver effective and efficient facilities management, focusing on proactive and responsive maintenance across the Trust's land.

You will need to have the right blend and balance of technical and practical skills, legislative and commercial awareness, people management and facilities maintenance strategy formulation and delivery skills. You will also be committed to working for a charity supporting and enhancing the lives of people in the local community.

Key responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Actively procure and manage contracts and services providers.
• Management of hard & soft services.
• Managing the Facilities Maintenance team and subcontractors for organising day-to-day and reactive maintenance of Trust’s properties.
• Line management of the small maintenance team.
• Provide plant and asset performance reports to support future CAPEX projects.
• Responsible for the preparation and management of service charge budgets.
• Ensure the maintenance services fully meet both contractual and statutory requirements, including undertaking sub-contractor and in-house audits and monitoring KPI’s.
• Preparation of Risk Assessments and Method statements.
• Develop and manage systems for the ‘Control of Contractors’ including the delivery of permit-to-work systems.
• Develop a programme for improving the efficiency of plant across the Estate.
• Liaison with the Trust’s Property Management Team, to programme refurbishment works and ensure its delivery in a timely manner.

Qualification:

• Facilities Management qualification or relevant experience.  Formal H&S qualification.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Demonstrable experience of managing facilities across a diverse property portfolio.
• Demonstrable experience of the procurement of contractors and service providers for both hard & soft services.
• Experience of managing sub-contractor relationships and supply chain management within a multi-faceted operation.
• Experience in health and safety and risk management.
• Working knowledge of statutory compliance within the facilities environment.
• Experience in the development and management of PPM programmes.
• Experience in the understanding of COSHH.
• Understanding of EPC requirements..
• Experience of budget and project management.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully managing a team.

Benefits of working with us:

• Great location in the heart of Portobello, North Kensington
• Investor in People (IiP) employer
• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per year + statutory bank holidays
• Free gym membership at health club one minute walk from the office
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Sick pay scheme
• Season ticket / bicycle loan
• Free eye test voucher

The application deadline is Sunday 17 November when applications will be reviewed and shortlisted for interview.  However, we reserve the right to close the application early.  An early application is strongly recommended.

At The Reading Agency, we have a reputation of robust and insightful research and we are looking for a Research and Evaluation Officer to join our team.

This position offers the opportunity to support the design and delivery of our research and evaluation portfolio. The ideal candidate will have research and evaluation experience, including skills in desk research, research and/or evaluation design, data collection, data analysis and report writing.

Project Officer 

Salary:£18,000p.a. pro-rata (£30,000p.a. FTE)                            

We also offer 27 days of annual leave (pro-rated for hours worked) plus bank holidays and a birthday day off, 8% employer pension contributions, a core hours system of working and enhanced family friendly policies.

Contract:  12 months fixed term

Hours: 21 Hours per week (we are flexible with how this may work for you) 

Location: Office/hybrid based, within the borough of Kirklees

Keep Britain Tidy is the nation’s favourite environmental charity, campaigning on a range of environmental issues, effecting change at both a local and national levels. 

We are seeking a dynamic and friendly project officer to oversee the day-to-day delivery of a community engagement and behaviour change campaign in Kirklees.

This 12 month project, reporting in to the project manager is a partnership between food and drink manufacturers, local government and our charity.

Working in a busy marketing and communications team, the project officer will work to understand and engage local communities through research, engage community leaders to adopt and amplify our campaign and understand the impact of our work, and work with stakeholders on the ground. You will organise events, materials, reports and updates, but first and foremost, you will be the face of our charity within the community.

This is an exciting role within a fast-paced charity. You will have a proven track record in community/ grass roots engagement, event management and all round organisation.

All our roles benefit from generous holiday entitlements and pension contributions, including the opportunity to join the UK’s first net carbon pension scheme and to receive extra days leave for using alternatives to flights. If you have any special requirements for interview just let us know.

If you are interested in this job and want to help us make a difference, please review a copy of the full job description. After reading the application information, if you would love to work with us, please apply here: XXX

As part of the application process you will need to answer 3 questions, submit your CV and complete equal opportunities monitoring information as we want to try to make sure that our workforce is representative of the population and we are not excluding any community. Please note that this information will be held separately.

Please submit your application before the closing date.

The deadline for applications is 09:00, Monday 11 November 2024

For successful candidates, interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams on  27, 28 or 29 November 2024

If you require an in person interview, please let us know.

We have signed the pledge to always #ShowTheSalary for the roles that we advertise.

We are proud winners of the Working Families’ Best Small Employer Award 2021.

No agencies please.

Job Title: Victim Support Case Worker (London)

Salary: £23,616 (29,250 pro rata) + London Weighting (£4,723 for inner London, £3,542 for outer London)

Hours: 30 hours per week, or 0.8 FTE. 

Contract: 12-month fixed term contract (continuation subject to funding)

Annual Leave: 18.5 days plus 6.5 bank holidays 

Based: Hybrid, London

About NUM:

National Ugly Mugs (NUM) is an award-winning charity with a mission to ‘end all forms of violence against sex workers.’ NUM provides a mechanism for sex industry workers to report crimes and harm they experience and share this information within their communities to warn others of potentially dangerous individuals and situations. We have a dedicated casework team of industry experts who support sex workers to further access criminal justice remedies and other services as determined by these victims/survivors to cope and recover from crimes they experience. We also host a range of other projects in racial justice, mental health, drop-in support (Scotland), and vocational exploration.

Role Summary:

National Ugly Mugs are looking to recruit a Victim Support Case Worker to provide greater access to justice and protections for sex workers based in or touring in London. The post holder will work across multiple agencies, from London victim support services, Citizens Advice, SARCS/Rape Crisis, specialist sex worker support organisations to those providing services to sex workers, and sex worker-led groups. They will work with police and Met officials via working groups or direct engagement with BCU SPOCs to support reporting to police. 

The Victim Support Case Work plays a part in maintaining a wide network of practitioners and officials both local and national, to ensure that we are victim-centred and provide resources in ways that are individualised and safest for sex worker survivors as part of prevention, victim support and recovery. As such, the post holder will be supported by partners from sex worker-led groups and rights activists, and provided with relevant training and clinical supervision to support them in the role. 

If you are passionate and knowledgeable about sex worker rights and victim support, you could be the person we are looking for!

Applications from people with lived experience is desirable.

Job purpose:

To provide a pro-active victim support to marginalised and racialised sex workers when they are victims of crime by working within and outside of the criminal system and in partnership with other frontline support services and the police.

• Provision of victim support case work to London-based sex workers

• Risk assess and help members keep safe.

• Support members to access resources in keeping with their rights and entitlements.

• Support members to access (mental) health and other services they require.

• Monitor and keep members informed of case progress.

• Provide support through the criminal system from report to court and beyond.

Documents below contain and a full person specification and the main responsibilities of the role.

How to Apply:

Please send a CV and a cover letter, explaining why you’re interested in the post and how you fit the person specification, to admin[at]nationaluglymugs[dot]org, or apply via Charity Job by 5:30pm (UK time) on Tuesday 19th November. Interviews will take place on 5th December 2024.

We actively encourage applicants of all different ages, genders, social and economic backgrounds, ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations, and from people with disabilities. If you have any access requirements related to applying, please contact admin[at]nationaluglymugs[dot]org. We can also be contacted for any queried relating to this role.