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Job title: Director of Fundraising and Engagement
Reports to: CEO
Location: East Molesey office, this is a hybrid work model between remote and office (minimum of twice a week)
Hours: 4-5 days a week
Salary: £55,000 – £63,000 (FTE) dependent on experience
The Director of Fundraising and Engagement plays a crucial part in helping us achieve our vision that no family whose child has cancer, or a life-challenging condition should have to cope alone. With an ambitious fundraising aim over the next 3 years, you will be leading a dedicated Fundraising and Engagement team to generate in excess of £1.2million income annually.
As a vital part of the Senior Management Team, you will report directly to the CEO. Your role involves leading the Fundraising and Engagement team, where you will develop and implement innovative fundraising and engagement ideas along with bringing a high level of enthusiasm. As a hands-on and creative fundraiser, your pivotal responsibility is to ensure Momentum’s income sustainability while fostering personal growth and development for our team members.
Role overview
§ Working with the team collaboratively, responsible for leading the implementation of the fundraising and engagement strategy, which seeks to build and improve existing income streams, accelerate the growth in under optimised and emerging income streams and invest in growth opportunities.
§ Build and maintain a portfolio of high value fundraising streams including legacy giving, major donors along with developing new strategy and approach for individual giving.
§ Develop and deliver Momentum’s annual income strategy to secure in excess of £1.2 million increasing to £1.5 million over the next 3 years.
§ Provide exemplary stewardship of our supporters, focussing on retention and development of supporter journeys.
§ Create opportunities to grow our unrestricted income and support our 3-year strategic plan.
§ Personally manage key trust, corporate and supporter relationships alongside CEO.
§ Responsible for managing, recruiting and leading our incredible fundraising and engagement team to achieve their individual targets
o Line management of key team members includes:
§ Head of Community Fundraising
§ Corporate Fundraising Manager
§ Trusts and Grants Manager
§ Challenge Events Consultant
§ Marketing Manager
§ Track progress towards income and engagement targets, adopting an agile approach to manage risk and directing the team’s efforts to optimise return on investment.
§ Create impactful fundraising and engagement initiatives across all revenue channels, pinpointing key focus areas to enhance the income generation portfolio. Continuously assess and adapt plans and strategies.
§ Monitor the impact of our engagement outputs.
§ Translate budgets and plans into inspiring cases for support.
§ Ensure team budgets are managed effectively.
§ Ensure all targets relevant to your role, within the strategic and operational plan, are met.
§ Be an active member of the leadership team, contributing to the overall strategic and operational plan of the charity.
§ Prepare board reports and attend meetings as required.
§ Optimise volunteer involvement across all fundraising activities and oversee relationships with Ambassadors and other prominent supporters as needed.
§ Guardian of Momentum’s brand, marketing and communications, along with playing a vital role in upholding our reputation.
§ Ensure Momentum complies with all statutory and best practice requirements of Health and Safety for all fundraising and engagement activities.
§ Responsible for maintaining compliance in line with relevant regulatory and best practice requirements, including Fundraising Code of Conduct, Data Protection and GDPR, Gift Aid, and Gambling Commission.
§ Act as a professional representative of the charity.
§ Undertake training as required for your role.
§ Other reasonable requests in line with requirements of the role.
Offer will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to employment start date. All staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults. The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.
Person specification
Essential
§ Extensive charity experience at senior level in fundraising
§ Experience of developing and delivering fundraising and engagement strategies and plans.
§ Proven experience in budgeting and monitoring performance.
§ Track record of growing and sustaining income for organisations with budgets more than £1million.
§ Extensive experience of leadership and line management of teams.
§ Excellent track record of setting and meeting income targets.
§ Expert knowledge of fundraising law, standards and best practice.
§ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to promote the charity to a range of audiences.
§ Ability to motivate and lead a team of fundraising professionals: building positive relationships, developing clear objectives and providing strategic leadership and support
§ Good project management skills with the ability to oversee multiple projects both small and large as well as established work streams.
§ Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise work, handle conflicting demands and meet tight deadlines
§ Work in collaboration across departments and as part of a cross functional team
§ High level of competence in use of IT including Microsoft Office packages and databases, ideally with Salesforce database experience.
§ Financially astute with experience of setting and managing budgets
Desirable
§ Institute of Fundraising member with Certificate in Fundraising
§ Recent experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams.
§ Event management experience.
§ Flexibility to work some evenings/weekends in line with needs.
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The Baytree Centre (registered charity no 1175145) is a women and girls social inclusion project based in the heart of Brixton, working to support local women and girls from some of the most deprived wards in Lambeth.
Inspired by Catholic Social Teaching and in response to local needs we offer programmes that include skills development (employability, language), 1-1 coaching & mentoring, welfare support and creative & academic activities that build confidence and self-esteem, promote aspirations, broaden horizons and opportunities. We aim to help our beneficiaries improve life chances for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Our Facilities and Reception Team is currently composed of an Operations & Facilities Manager, a Morning Receptionist and a Youth & Family Coordinator Receptionist. The mission of our team is to ensure that the Baytree Centre is a “Safe and Welcoming” place for all. We are looking for an afternoon receptionist to help us in our mission.
The Afternoon Receptionist is responsible for ensuring the security and identification of all girls, parents/guardians, and volunteers entering the premises during the after-school youth activities as well as efficiently managing reception and answering enquiries with the support of the Youth & Family Support coordinator.
Key Duties & Responsiblities:
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Manage reception
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Lock up centre every day during term time
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Provide some ad-hoc administrative support for facilities management and youth service (e.g. update facilities posters around the building etc.)
Knowledge & Experience:
The ideal candidate can demonstrate that they:
- Have experience working in a client-facing role
- Have experience working with and/or around children
- Understand and have experience of safeguarding and health & safety procedures and practices
- Have a good standard of English (written and spoken) for taking messages and dealing with visitors, callers and service-users
- Are IT Literate and comfortable using Microsoft Office Suite especially Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Teams
- Can deal confidently with all visitors, students and staff and know how to be diplomatic and patient as well as assertive and firm as needed
- Can deal courteously with all visitors, students and staff and are friendly and helpful and always greet visitors with a smile
- Are efficient, practical, proactive and able to stay calm under pressure to ensure that the Baytree Centre is always “Safe & Welcoming” especially during busy afternoons
- Are careful, organised and pay good attention to detail
Please see the attached document for the full job description and person specification.
This post is restricted to women only as a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 paragraph 1, Equality Act 2010.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We have a brand new Project Manager opportunity which is a full time, 12 month fixed term contract sat within our Funding Strategy, Communication and Impact Directorate, created to manage the development and implementation of our Evidence and Impact Strategy.
We are committed to investing in evidence, both lived and learned, and sharing what has and hasn’t worked, using our learning to adapt and help those we work with to do the same. We want to focus the funding we provide on where it can help make the biggest difference. Our impact strategy will guide us towards achieving these ambitions and it will be framed around five core purposes: informing our equity-based approach; learning with communities; leading the agenda; demonstrating our impact; supporting evidence-based funding practice.
You will support a multi-disciplinary project team drawn from across The National Lottery Community Fund to develop and deliver the Evidence & Impact Strategy. Using excellent project management skills, you will support the team to:
- deliver a programme of internal and external consultation that will inform the strategy’s focus and priorities
- develop the Impact Strategy for publication in January 2025
- develop a detailed delivery plan for colleagues working in Evidence & Impact that will outline the initial activities and actions that they will take to begin implementing the strategy
- monitor progress, address challenges, manage risks and ensure that key milestones and deliverables are met
The National Lottery Community Fund is the largest funder of community activity in the UK – we support people and communities to prosper and thrive. We award money raised by players of The National Lottery to community projects that bring people’s ideas and ambitions to life. We support a wide range of projects across our 4 mission areas of Community, Health, Environment and Children & Young People. Our grants range from as little as £500 to multi-million-pound projects.
National Lottery funding is open to everyone, but we focus on those communities and people facing the greatest needs.
Interview Date: Friday 2nd August - virtual
Location: UK (Flexible)- We have a hybrid approach to working, work pattern and location will be agreed with the successful candidate. The role can be based at any of our UK offices, these are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Newcastle.
On application, please align your supporting statement to the criteria below
Essential criteria
- Experience of planning and delivering projects and/or products
- Knowledge and experience of using project planning tools and delivery techniques
- Experience in the ability to build relationships with key colleague stakeholders as part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting the delivery of project objectives
- Ability and experience to balance multiple competing priorities
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use online planning tools, especially Microsoft Planner
- Knowledge or experience of risk management and approaches
- Knowledge of the National Lottery Community Fund and its strategic priorities
- Experience of delivering presentations and writing reports
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed.
We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ+, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment. (This can be related to a physical and mental health condition.)
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Camberwell with regular travel across London and Southwark
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Are you a proactive, highly organised and compassionate individual with a proven record of successfully engaging with young people involved in or at risk of serious youth violence and exploitation? Do you have strong experience of providing support, advice and advocacy and the ability to communicate clients’ needs effectively?
If so, St Giles is looking for a Senior Children and Young People Caseworker to join us and provide both face-to-face and virtual/remote one-to-one casework to young people aged between 10-25 years old at risk or on the periphery of gangs, serious youth violence and offending.
About St Giles Trust
An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.
About this key role
You will manage a caseload of up to 15 clients and support a minimum of 20 new clients annually and play a central role in preventing serious youth violence, exploitation, offending and ensuring the safety of at-risk individuals. To achieve this, you will conduct initial needs assessments, before developing individual support and risk management plans, ensuring that you promote inter-agency collaborating in the process, and regularly reviewing the progress against these plans.
We will also count on you to provide vital holistic support, including social and housing support, finances, benefits, parenting, health, education, training & employment, and criminal justice system involvement. Working closely with colleagues to ensure team effectiveness and building and maintaining relationships with partner agencies are also both key aspects of this role, as are collecting information and evidence for monitoring and service evaluation and ensuring that you efficiently close cases and identify ongoing support routes for your clients.
What we are looking for
• Proven record of recruiting, engaging, and motivating target client groups
• Experience of the effective delivery of bespoke training to one-to-one or with small groups
• A sound understanding of relevant services for young people and their families in the service provision area
• Knowledge of issues facing this client group, including youth offending, knife crime, social exclusion, child criminal exploitation, adverse childhood experiences, and trauma
• Developing monitoring systems and writing case studies on client sessions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
• A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work.
As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.
We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.
In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.
We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.
St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.
Closing date: 4th July 2024 Interview date: TBC
Our adult adoption support service works primarily with adopted adults and birth families. Adopted adults can access their adoption records and birth families are supported at the time of losing children to adoption, helped to stay in touch through letterbox and provided with independent emotional support.
We are looking for a Social Worker, who has experience of working directly with those affected by adoption. You will have experience and knowledge of adoption law and practice and able to liaise with partner agencies to deliver the service in the North East of England.
You will be a dedicated and enthusiastic professional who is committed to improving the outcomes for adoptive and birth families, adopted adults and relatives. You will also have strong verbal and written communications skills and be able to deliver the service to a high standard.
What will we offer you?
We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme and leave entitlements, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. We are happy to talk flexible working. All roles in Family Action are open to a discussion about possible flexible working options, subject to business needs, and all new starters will have the right to make a flexible working request from day one of employment. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with on-going quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an established, supportive and high-performing service and have the opportunity to thrive in an innovative organisation that values your opinion, encourages learning and has the needs of children and families at its core.
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.
To Apply:
· Complete: the Application Form
· Closing Date : Monday 8th July 2024 at 9:00am
· To learn more about Family Action: Recruitment Pack
· To learn more about our terms & conditions: Summary Terms & Conditions of Employment
· To help us fulfil our commitment to diversity and promoting equal opportunities: complete our anonymous Equality & Diversity Monitoring Information survey
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an in person interview.
* Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
ID: 1235
OTR are looking for a Grant & Bid Writer to work as part of the Business & Development Team providing increased trusts and foundation income across all regions and to cultivate and nurture relationships with funding and grant making organisations both new and existing.
The Grant & Bid Writer will be responsible for researching, writing, and submitting effective applications for funding, working with the Business & Development Manager to develop compelling cases for support, manage mid level donor opportunities, and continue accurate tracking of income.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience working in fundraising, with success in drafting proposals, raising funds, and applying different research techniques in identifying funding opportunities.
To find out more about the role please download the job pack below. Please reach out to Leilah (email in the Job Pack) if you would like an informal chat about the role.
OTR & Benefits:
OTR is a mental health social movement by and for young people. The charity is at an exciting stage of its 59-year history and is proud to be reaching more young people than ever before (over 20,000) across Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset with creative and diverse mental health and wellbeing info and support.
Our approach to mental health is grounded in a set of beliefs and assumptions that underpins all of our work. We believe in celebrating diversity, empowering and mobilising young people to make change, and that catering to the unique strengths, interests and circumstances surrounding young people is key. Our approach centres on collaboration and partnership, building relationships between individuals, peers and communities.
Each day is as engaging and fulfilling as the last, and with a network of supportive, community minded people, we hope you’ll feel welcome here. As a thank you, we like to compensate our employees for the important work they do with a range of benefits including a flexible leave policy (38 days), healthcare cost assistance with HealthShield, flexible and hybrid working arrangements, enhanced sick pay, parental leave, continual training and development, free yoga and reiki, and more (subject to contractual terms and conditions).
A Willingness to Work with Difference
At OTR, whatever your role or professional background, you will be expected to work in a way that is anti-oppressive and inclusive. A key focus for OTR is to develop an organisation that is inclusive for all but we do not claim to be experts in this. We are committed to continuous learning and improvement in these areas and invite you to join us on this journey.
OTR recognises the benefits to individual practice and organisational credibility of having a diverse community of staff and volunteers and to this end is continually working towards building and maintaining an environment which values and pursues diversity accordingly.
We recognise that tackling systemic inequality, prejudice, racism and oppressive practice requires each of us to actively engage, self-examine and make changes where necessary, in order to improve access and equitable experience for all in society and all of those who come through our doors at OTR.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Purpose of the post
To lead the representation of the VCS Alliance, and wider Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector (VCSE), in strategic meetings across Bradford District and Craven (BD&C). Develop and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders operating at grassroots and strategic levels to ensure Health and Social Care services are being designed and commissioned with representation of the VCSE, in support of our Act as One partnership vision for people to be Happy and Healthy at Home.
Duties and Responsibilities
Key working relationships
- Form a robust network and collaborate with a wide range of partners, across the Act as One Partnership. Foster strong relationships through effective partnership working, ensuring mutual benefits and successful relationship management.
- Represent the VCSE sector in conversations on Urgent and Emergency Care, High Intensity Use, Intermediate Care, and other strategic meetings as required.
- Ensure that VCSE partners are well represented in all engagement with commissioners and to develop the reputation of the VCSE as partners.
- Actively support the transformation of Enhanced care in the community, intermediate care offer, to support people with the appropriate level of care support and interventions to maximise independence and wellbeing.
- Lead and champion VCSE / community led High Intensity Use approaches and methodology in secondary and primary care across BD&C
Operational
- Responsible for creating an innovative way of developing the reduction in high intensity use of Emergency Departments.
- Manage and facilitate discussions and advise delivery partners as to how best practice might be adopted for future development of services and oversee their delivery.
- Facilitate, coordinate, and chair multi-disciplinary meetings, including managing data flow, to ensure a person centred and holistic approach to care provision.
- Work closely with VCSE partners to facilitate and coordinate the co-design of highly personalised projects that support improved wellbeing and health outcomes, whilst reducing inappropriate contact with health care services and unscheduled care.
- Attend a range of system forums / steering groups that are in support of unmet social needs e.g. homelessness, Mental Health.
- Work with other VCS Alliance staff to ensure links to other relevant programmes across the system.
- Develop and operate monitoring processes that support learning and assess effectiveness of provision.
- Lead on a range of projects to ensure that the outcomes agreed are delivered on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner, adjusting plans as required.
- Determine links to existing projects, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions, potential impacts on wider system/sector, resource requirements and building in contingency, as necessary.
- Work with finance team in preparation of budgets.
- Monitor finance expenditure and outputs relating to programme budget and report to Senior Leadership Team and Board as appropriate.
Information Management
- Present complex information and create briefs about projects in a way that make complex topics easier to understand and are appropriate for the audience.
- Coordinate and share learning of the work with the wider partnership to promote and ensure sustainability.
- Identify patterns, themes and ‘causal factors’ which trigger relapse behaviours in order to shape future commissioning of service and/or demand/capacity planning.
- Draft reports summarising status on issues, outcomes, and provide progress/highlight reports to ICB, including highlighting exceptions and risks ensuring mitigating action can be taken to keep programmes on track.
- Maintain a risk register and ensure actions are in place to mitigate unacceptable levels of risk.
Impact and Insight
- Plan, develop and evaluate methods and processes for gathering, analysing, interpreting, and presenting data and information.
- Collate as required, qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases.
- Analyse, interpret and present data to highlight issues, risks and support decision making across programme portfolio.
General Requirements
- Undertake personal training as required.
- Attend regular supervision sessions and staff meetings.
- Support general VCSA administration by handling inquiries via the telephone, email, and drop-ins.
- Provide relevant information for VCSA’s newsletter/s, mailings, website, and social media
- Comply with all organisational policies and procedures.
- Promote VCSA with all stakeholders during the duties of your work.
- Undertake any other duties prescribed by your line manager.
Special conditions
As part of this role, you will be required to work and travel across the Bradford District and Craven. While the VCS Alliance supports hybrid working, there is an expectation that you will be based at the office for at least two days per week.
Benefits
28 days annual leave per year (Pro Rata) plus bank holidays, an additional day of leave for your birthday, Employee Assistance Programme, hybrid working, workplace pension, opportunities for professional development and free office parking.
Notes
All jobs are subject to change from time to time and this job description will be reviewed regularly. This post is subject to a 3-month probationary period and will be subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Triage and Early Interventions Officer (DASS Helpline) to join the Domestic Abuse Specialist Service in Brighton & Hove. This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is offered on a hybrid basis working between home and our office in Brighton.
Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it?
Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on trauma-informed support and care?
If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…
What we offer:
At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:
- Flexible working options including hybrid working
- 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
- An extra day off for your Birthday
- Pension with 5% employer contribution
- Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
- High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
- Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
- Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
- Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression
About the role:
This hybrid role is based in Brighton & Hove. There is a mandatory office attendance requirement with a minimum of 1 day a week.
The role will involve:
- Making initial contact assessing and providing information to victims/survivors of domestic abuse
- Providing any immediate safety and support needs for the victims/and their children(s) including safeguarding when required.
- Providing administrative support to our wider team to support them in the delivery of advocacy to victims/survivors of mainly domestic abuse.
- Liaising with the police and other agencies to ensure all relevant information is collected including safe contact numbers and consent from victims/survivors.
- Gathering feedback from service users and collating this into monthly reports and contributing to monitoring information for the service.
- Participating in regular supervisions and reviews.
You will need to:
- Have a good understanding of domestic abuse including the impact of domestic abuse on victims and their children.
- Understand the myths, facts and misconceptions about domestic abuse.
- Understand Safeguarding issues, and the legal responsibilities surrounding these issues.
- Understand the needs of victims/survivors of domestic abuse.
- Understand the effects of trauma and the importance of trauma informed practice.
- Have a good understanding of the Criminal Justice System.
- Have strong crisis management skills and the ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations.
- Have excellent communication, negotiation and advisory skills, both written and verbal when interacting with a range of agencies and individuals.
- Demonstrate the ability to use IT applications competently including, Microsoft Word, Excel etc. and Case Management systems in order to keep accurate records and monitoring your performance.
About Us:
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.
Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.
Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.
As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.
How to apply:
To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website, and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.
We looking forward to hearing from you.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.
Intro
Our Head of Comms has made the difficult decision to move on after 17 years at CAT so we need a passionate, enthusiastic and motivated Comms professional to step in to her shoes.
About CAT
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is an internationally renowned environmental charity, a world-leading eco centre, and one of the foremost providers of postgraduate environmental education in the UK, based near Machynlleth in Mid Wales.
CAT provides inspiration, education and training in solutions to the climate and biodiversity emergency.
Key activities include residential short courses, vocational training and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of sustainability-related topics, with online courses and events offered alongside in-person learning.
Our Zero Carbon Britain team publishes research and works directly with councils, communities and other organisations to help transform complex economic, social and political systems
Job details:
HOC240603
Area of Responsibility:
Marketing, communications and policy
Responsible to:
Co-CEO
Responsible for:
Marketing and communications staff
Contract type: Permanent
Responsibility Grade: 7
Location: Flexible location, in travelling distance of CAT with regular visits to the CAT site near Machynlleth, Mid Wales
Hours: Full-time: 37.5 hours per week.
Working Days: Normally Monday to Friday, with occasional evening/weekend working
Salary and employee benefits:
£35,898 p.a.
CAT offers a generous annual leave allowance of 25 days p.a., plus bank holidays (usually 7- 9days), plus additional allowance at Christmas (usually 3 days), plus 1 extra day for every year worked (up to 5 days).
CAT also offers an attractive package of employee benefits, including:
· a free cooked lunch and free hot drinks from the café whenever working from the CAT eco centre
· 40% discount on retail goods purchased from CAT
· Opportunities for CPD training, qualifications & professional memberships to be funded by CAT
· Opportunity to take 2 CAT short courses per year free-of-charge
· the opportunity to purchase additional holiday days
· a ‘Cycle to Work’ scheme (planned)
· 5% pension contribution
· generous maternity and paternity entitlement and Death In Service benefit
· 2 hours per month for general health & wellbeing & 2 hours per month for Welsh language tuition.
Work remotely: See Location
Application deadline: 9am 5 July 2024
Interviews to be held: Week commencing 15 July 2024 (on site)
Expected start date: As soon as possible
Overview of Role:
CAT is entering an exciting phase in its development. In recent years the organisation has achieved significant growth in student numbers, membership and fundraising income. We have ambitious plans for a transformative project, Cynefin: a flagship, sustainable Welsh visitor attraction and skills hub which is included in the portfolio for the Mid Wales Growth Deal.
The Head of Communications will be a member of the Project Management Team contributing to developing the vision, strategy and business case for Cynefin, supporting the capital fundraising campaign and leading on the engagement and communications.
Main Responsibilities
- Strategic leadership of CAT’s marketing, policy and communications (internal and external).
- Liaise with key stakeholders, represent CAT at events and act as media spokesperson on behalf of the organisation when required.
- Line manage, lead, support and motivate the marketing and communications team.
- Set, monitor and report on team and individual goals and KPIs.
- To procure, brief and manage relationships with external agencies including creative, PR agencies etc in order to deliver strategic objectives.
- Manage the departmental budget and monitor KPIs to:
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- Ensure strong ROI on all marketing activities in support of CAT’s strategic objectives.
- Deliver on the key aims and objectives of CAT’s policy and communications work.
- Develop and implement communications and marketing strategies, tactics, campaigns and plans in support of key organisational objectives.
- To sit on the Project Management Group for Cynefin contributing to: developing the business case; effective project management; and communication and engagement strategies.
- Oversee/sign off key communications products, such as our supporter magazine, Clean Slate, newsletters, promotional materials, the annual report and press releases.
- Manage the brand to ensure consistent communication of the organisation’s vision, mission and values across all channels and to ensure that the integrity of the brand is maintained and promoted at all times.
- Put in place effective systems, policies and procedures for the effective management of CAT’s policy, communications and marketing work.
- To carry out research and analysis to improve our understanding of our target audiences and develop products to meet their needs.
- Manage crisis communications planning and response.
- Manage media relations and PR.
- Monitor our digital platforms.
- Work with the Head of Statutory Funding to identify other sources of funding for developing CAT’s policy and communications work.
- Any other appropriate duties as defined by the Co-Chief Executive Officer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Westway Trust is a community-guided organisation located in North Kensington which runs an adult learning programme of accredited and non-accredited provision across a range of subjects. We aim to enable people to progress in work, in learning and in life. Our learners come from a variety of backgrounds and have different prior experiences of learning.
The primary responsibility of the Digital Skills Tutor will be to design and deliver high quality, learner-centred teaching, and learning and assessment experiences to our employed and unemployed adult learners from Entry level to Level 1, while supporting the Adult and Community Learning Manager to achieve the Trust’s strategic objectives.
This is a sessional hours role. The working hours will be discussed and agreed at interview stage.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
Teaching
- Plan, prepare and deliver high-quality teaching and learning sessions, workshops, and tutorials in line with the curriculum requirements and the needs of individual learners, ensuring learning objectives are met
- Assess learners’ abilities and identify areas for improvement, tailoring teaching and learning methods and resources accordingly
- Rigorously monitor and track learners’ progress, providing regular feedback and implementing strategies to address areas of weakness or underperformance
- Set and mark assignments, tests, and examinations, providing constructive feedback to learners to support their learning and improvement
- Establish and maintain a positive and inclusive learning environment, actively promoting learner participation, motivation, and confidence in professional development
- Maintain accurate records of learners' attendance, progress, and assessment outcomes, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal requirements
Administration
- To carry out and keep records of initial and diagnostic assessments, identifying areas for improvement, tailoring teaching and learning methods and resources accordingly
- To identify materials and equipment/resource needs to assist the provision of teaching and learning by students
- To develop differentiated Individual Learning Plans with students, monitor and track learners’ progress, providing regular feedback and strategically addressing areas of weakness Maintaining up to date course files and submitting accurate data on attendance and achievement within agreed deadlines
- Preparing groups of learners for accredited assessment (exam or portfolio) & non-accredited assessment (RARPA), marking assessments and taking part in internal moderation and/or consultation meetings with appropriate Trust staff
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Essential
- Practical work experience as an ICT Tutor, demonstrating hands-on knowledge and skills applicable to real-world scenarios
- Experience of teaching adult learners and an understanding of appropriate teaching strategies in a similar role
- Experience of devising course outlines and schemes of work
- Experience of managing mixed groups of learners
- Knowledge and experience of working with a variety of exam boards
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and the ability to work as part of a highly collaborative team
Desirable
- Understanding of the RARPA (Recognising and Recording Progress and Achievement in non-accredited learning) system
- Experience of working/teaching refugees and or asylum seekers
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity principles and practices to impart essential knowledge to students
- The ability to speak a community language
Qualifications:
Essential
- Level 3 or above subject specialism qualification, such as IT User Skills,
- A full teaching qualification for working in adult learning (DTLLS, PGCE or DET)
Benefits of working with us:
- Great location in the heart of Portobello, North Kensington
- Free gym membership at health club one minute walk from the office
- Pension scheme
- Life Assurance
- Free eye test voucher
- Investor in People (IiP) employer
The application deadline is Sunday 14 July 2024 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)
We exist to work together with the local community to enable North Kensington to thrive.
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Development Officer
Hours: 35 hours (full-time with hybrid working)
Location: ISHA, 102 Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, N4 2DR / Hybrid
Salary: £39,670
Contract: Permanent
As Development Officer, the main part of the role will involve assisting the new Business Manager with appraisal of development opportunities across ISHA’s core and key working boroughs to meet the organisations business development growth. This will comprise review of potential projects and communication with multiple agencies to include Landowners, Estate Agents, and developers as well as internal and external stakeholders like local authorities plus our regulator and funding body, the Greater London Authority. The role also requires working closely with the development team both Delivery and Sales to the agreed development programme to achieve handover and completion.
In addition to the above, there are other aspects of the role you will be required to undertake and involve reporting and monitoring of defects and latent defects across our projects to ensure these are resolved to a satisfactory conclusion and outcome, whilst ensuring excellent customer services are delivered in line with ISHA’s core values. You will also help the team to take on the role of raising Purchase Orders and processing departmental invoices for payment to our approved suppliers within the agreed timeframe.
You
We are seeking an individual who is a good team player and has the ability and drive to contribute to the team tasks and learn new things. The development team is a busy environment so ideally, we are looking for a candidate who can work closely with the team and other departments within the organisation and has the tendency & flexibility to adapt to the changing environment.
This is a supporting role and therefore good communication is required as you will be engaging with multiple and a variety of people and clients at all levels both internal and external. Your support is crucial to ensuring a smooth and functional department which in turn will help to deliver our development programme, whilst providing housing to serve and meet local community needs.
Don’t feel you meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. At ISHA, we are dedicated to building an inclusive workforce, so if you’re excited by this role but your experience doesn’t quite align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You just might be the right candidate for this, or other roles, because of your transferable skills.
Staff Benefits
We’ll offer you a generous pension scheme (up to 10% employer matched contributions and a death in service benefit), 29 days annual leave (increasing after five years’ service), eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits (see attached). We have an evolving wellbeing offer, that is being developed following employee feedback, and we will invest in your professional development with on-going training and career development opportunities.
This role is based at our Head Office but there is some flexibility to work in a hybrid way if preferred.
About ISHA
We are a small but ambitious housing association at a critical juncture. Our ambition is for the communities we are anchored in and exist to serve, and we have done and achieved much over the past few years. But in these challenging times we know we’ll achieve nothing unless we are equally ambitious for own our people.
Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. We strive to build a more diverse organisation, where everyone feels empowered to bring, and be, their best self to work.
We can’t be a brilliant landlord if we don’t partner with brilliant colleagues. Could you be one of them and be trusted to make the difference?
If this sounds exciting, we want you on our team. Please do apply.
Deadline: 09:00am on Wednesday 17 July 2024.
Interview: 25 & 26 July 2024 in person at 102 Blackstock Road
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to where you can complete your application for this position.
Please note: We can only accept applications from candidates with eligibility to currently work in the UK.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want ISHA to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBTQ+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that passionate commitment to customers, respect for everyone, pride in Team ISHA and trusted to make the difference remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for adjustments
ISHA is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview, or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us.
No agencies please.
Location: Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey
Contract Type: Permanent, Part time
Salary: £27000
Benefits:
- 33 days annual leave rising with service
- Occupational/Enhanced Sick Pay
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Access to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Events
- Access to the Wellbeing Hub Money Purchase Pension
- Scheme Group Life Assurance Cover
- Group Income Protection Cover
- Critical Illness Cover
- Employee Assistance Programmes
- Hybrid working
- Development opportunities
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
The Rota Coordinator is an essential and integral part of Team KSS, focusing on supporting the clinical team to ensure safe and effective medical staffing across all areas of Service Delivery. It is dynamic, challenging and at times fast paced. The post holder will be required to undertake the Service Delivery Scheduling in relation to agreed standards and ensure the delivery of Service Delivery Scheduling is of the highest quality within agreed policies and procedures, maintaining operational cover utilising the resources available.
To coordinate an effective Scheduling function in liaison with the Head of Clinical Workforce to ensure the effective delivery of service is maintained. This will involve managing consultant, Registrar and junior doctor rotas, ensuring compliance with the European Time Working Directive and New Deal, together with staff under Agenda for Change Terms & Conditions.
You will ensure that systems are in place to manage all leave and sickness for medical staffing and ensure systems are in place to ensure Clinical Risk/Governance requirements are met.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assist in the delivery of effective, efficient, support service at all times, managing own workload without supervision, and be able to manage competing/conflicting demands on time.
- Responsible for day-to-day operational management of the roster, to ensure provision of planned resources against agreed schedules within the operational, dispatch and on-call rotas, and liaise with staff and Clinical Operational Managers (COM) to ensure rotas are planned and populated appropriately. Ensure “relief” hours are optimally allocated to balance hours worked vs contracted hours. Implement control measures to manage budget implications in the use of relief hours and emeritus staffing
- Assist in monitoring staffing requirements within designated Operation Areas in liaison with the Head of Clinical Workforce
- Check and authorise staffing swaps to ensure these maintain adequate cover
- Provide accurate and timely records of shifts undertaken by emeritus staff on a monthly basis to enable appropriate salary payments to be correctly administered
- In collaboration with the duty COM, arrange cover short-notice absences, allocating and recording emeritus shifts as required.
- Support the Clinical Director and nominated educational deputy in the rostering of the training/educational requirements, including compliance with mandatory training.
- Authorise and Input Abstractions in line with KSS policies and procedures ensuring that appropriate records are kept and annual leave allowances/TOIL are managed to maintain service provision
- Ensure that agreed procedures are followed in relation to the KSS Policy while on shift.
- Ensure that the Trusts computerised rota system is used appropriately in line with all KSS policies and procedures and the data held within the system remains confidential.
- In consultation with Clinical Operations Managers, prioritise use of own time and resources to ensure the best interest of KSS and of staff are observed.
- To attend relevant meetings & induction to outline the expectations of staff when in post in relation to absence reporting and rota compliance.
- Ensure that changes in circumstance of Service Delivery staff e.g grade/hours are actioned using KSS agreed policies and process, completing Staff Change Forms/Termination forms as necessary in collaboration with HR colleague
- Maintain effective working relationships with all departments within the KSS.
- Be flexible within the role and undertake other duties that are required and are commensurate with this role.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The closing date for this role is 16th July 2024. However, the role may close prior to this date if a suitable candidate is found.
Closing date 18-07-2024
REF-214935
Outreach Worker – Rough Sleepers Team
Hours: 35 Hours per week on a rolling rota basis. Some early morning, weekend and evening work is involved.
Shifts: The shift patterns are 6am-2pm, 8am-4pm and the occasional 3pm-9.30pm shift.
Salary: £22,989.32 per annum
Being able to drive will a full driving licence is essential to the role as you will be required to transport and having your own transport is essential.
Job Ref: A807
Do you want to support people with complex needs who are sleeping rough? Could you support people who may have complex and multiple needs to secure accommodation and exit rough sleeping? Could you carry out early morning street outreach, monitoring and identifying new rough sleeping locations? Are you computer literate in using Microsoft word, excel, email and the internet?
We are a dynamic organisation providing innovative and effective solutions in our work with people who have complex needs. We are a registered Housing Association providing accommodation, outreach support and a wide range of other community-based support services. Supporting and empowering customers using strength’s based, psychologically informed approach. We support people with mental health ill health, learning disabilities, addictions, people who may become socially isolated, people who may have come into contact with the criminal justice system, experienced homelessness and a range of trauma related issues.
The closing date is 26th July 2024 with an interview date to be confirmed. We may shortlist and interview before the closing date.
Benefits:
- Up to 40 days annual leave
- Provide excellent training and learning opportunities
- Financial support with professional studies & professional memberships
- Contributory pension scheme
- Group income protection
- Occupational sick pay
- Healthcare cash plan payback
Full information on how to apply can be found at Brighter Futures Website.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups and people with lived experience. Brighter Futures is an equal opportunities employer.
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The Internet of Production (60%) and the Global Innovation Gathering (40%) are looking for an experienced grant fundraiser and writer to help us with applications and build and grow our work.
We are two small, international charities with huge networks, scope and ambition. We have a track record of collaboration on brilliant projects that bring together ideas, innovations and innovators.
The Internet of Production is a UK charity that brings together a global alliance dedicated to building a future of decentralised and distributed manufacturing. We seek to enable a sustainable and globally networked system of production; to complement mass production and global supply chains with ‘production by the masses’ and local enterprise.
The Global Innovation Gathering is German non-profit association that brings together a vibrant, diverse community of innovation hubs, makerspaces, hackerspaces and other grassroots innovation communities with individual innovators, makers, technologists and changemakers.
The Grant Fundraiser will be employed by the Internet of Production and part-funded by the Global Innovation Gathering.
Grants will usually be £50k to £500k, and larger grants will also be sought in consortia with existing partners in the Internet of Production Alliance and the Global Innovation Gathering. Our funding proposals are usually focused on creating opportunities for others in our networks – whilst maintaining the core of our organisations.
We are bursting with ideas and opportunities!
Role & Responsibilities:
- Write and submit grant applications, including narratives and any additional materials (such as detailed budgets, budget justifications, workplaces, monitoring and evaluation plans, logical frameworks, pitch decks, etc).
- Work closely with the CEOs of the Internet of Production and the Global Innovation Gathering (also successful grant writers) and with inspiring networks of visionary experts to design exciting, effective and fundable concepts and projects for grant applications.
- Plan appropriately to best fulfil a pipeline of grant opportunities, where some opportunities may be very short notice and some may require months of co-authoring.
- Assist with seeking out and prioritising potential grant opportunities from around the world.
- Develop a master bid document or other grant application tools and manage and maintain grant application files and folders etc for each organisation.
Person Specification:
- Extensive experience in roles that included significant grant writing.
- Experience of Horizon Europe grants, research funding or other large consortia grants.
- Exceptionally effective and clear writing style, with excellent English, including when under time pressure. Ability to speak German could be helpful but is not required.
- Understanding or appreciation of issues/sectors including poverty, resilience, climate change, economic development, digitalisation, localisation, environmental sustainability and ‘green’ initiatives, etc, would be very helpful.
- Understanding or appreciation of innovative approaches and technologies, particularly those relating to grass-roots community building, experimentation, co-creation, open-source, networks, Internet, making/manufacturing, creativity, etc.
- Excellent time management, organisational and team communications skills.
- Commitment to working in a small organisation and in a highly diverse team.
- Skilled with Microsoft 365 and Office tools, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About the role
This is a senior role working across the whole Charity, tasked with growing public awareness and support for Clatterbridge Cancer Charity. Leading on marketing, PR, brand and design, this role will manage relations with media, stakeholders, supporters and the wider public, creating and delivering engaging campaigns, generating support for the Charity, demonstrating impact and increasing income generation.
This is an exciting time to join the Charity as it moves to the next stage in its growth. As part of a busy and ambitious team, this role would suit an experienced, proactive and creative individual with a talent for storytelling and a knowledge of data-driven marketing.
You’ll have strong commercial knowledge, with the ability to apply this to the Charity sector; adding value to our existing fundraising activities and impact reporting.
Key responsibilities include:
- Create and deliver a comprehensive marketing & public relations strategy for the Charity to increase levels of awareness, reaching and engaging audiences.
- Build brand awareness, promote income generation and communicate activities and impact.
- Identify, create and maximise press, PR and marketing opportunities for the Charity to achieve strong positive coverage in print, broadcast and online media.
- Utilise the full mix of communications and marketing tools, including media and public relations, internal communications, brand marketing, advertising, campaigns, direct marketing, digital and social media and production of materials
- Lead and give strategic marketing direction to the charity team, taking responsibility for all marketing activities within the charity to ensure consistent messaging
- Identify and develop key relationships with journalists and influencers across a broad range of media
- Lead, manage and plan key Charity marketing and communications initiatives such as the annual Glow Green Night Walk and Annual Ball.
- Be responsible for brand management, ensuring consistency across all internal and external communications and adherence to brand and corporate identity guidelines.
- Oversee the design, production and dissemination of marketing and communications collateral, as required including annual reports and impact statements.
About the Charity
Clatterbridge Cancer Charity is an independent Charity, dedicated to supporting patients and research at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - one of the UK’s leading cancer hospitals.
It’s thanks to our supporters that we can achieve so much for people with cancer across Merseyside and Cheshire, which may not be possible through NHS funding alone.
This includes fund life-saving research to shape cancer care for generations to come, investing in leading technology that drive better outcomes for people with cancer, enhancing the patient environment to support health & wellbeing and enabling innovations in care for every patient, every day.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Hybrid working with base office at The Spine Building, Paddington Village, Liverpool L7 3FA
Closing Date: 19 July 2024
Interview Date: 23 July 2024
Flexible / Hybrid Working Available
Please submit a cover letter with your CV detailing how you meet the criteria for the post and your reasons for applying.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.