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We have an exciting opportunity for a Service Delivery Assistant to join the Devon and Cornwall Victim Support team, working 37.5 hours a week. This is a hybrid working role; the majority of working hours will be spent in our office in Plymouth and the remainder working from home, so a suitable and confidential space is required.

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 customer service 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
• 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 is a hybrid working role with the majority of working hours spent in our new office in Plymouth and the remainder working from home. Therefore, residence in the Devon & Cornwall area and a confidential home work space is required.

As a Service Delivery Assistant you will be:

Providing a high quality and responsive administrative function for the service and whole team including Health and Safety, finance, fundraising, social media and data entry on to case management systems

Maintaining the day to day use of the VS office

Involved in some client contact through answering the local Helpline and gaining client satisfaction feedback

Working with the staff and volunteer team to provide a seamless service to clients.

You will need:

• Experience of working in an administrative role and undertaking a variety of administrative duties
• Experience of working in a client focused service area or setting
• Experience of working and adhering to policies, processes and procedures
• Excellent IT skills and conversant with all packages in the standard Microsoft Office suite and case management systems/databases
• Excellent customer service skills with the ability to communicate sensitively and effectively both verbally and in writing with a wide range of individuals and audiences
• Resilience when speaking with those affected by crime and reading notes on their experiences
• Excellent record keeping skills with a focus on quality and accuracy.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

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 look 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.

Job Title – Solicitor - Senior Solicitor (Education Law Team)

Contract - Permanent

Hours - 35 hours per week (but part-time minimum 21 hours per week will be considered)

Salary - Our salary range for this role is £31,000 to £48,000 per annum, dependant on experience and PQE. We anticipate that the successful candidate would be able to meet the legal aid supervisor standard or be able to work towards this in a short space of time.

The post holder will also benefit from eligibility for our bonus scheme.

Salary negotiable depending on experience and ability to provide supervision to junior members of the team.

Location – Coram Campus London or Colchester, depending on the preference of the successful candidate.

About Coram

Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.

We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) is the UK’s specialist centre for children’s rights championing access to justice through information and advice, legal practice and representation, policy and strategic litigation. Our Legal Practice Unit provides advice and representation in child and family law, education law, community care law and asylum and immigration law. Our Migrant Children’s Project delivers outreach advice, second tier advice, policy and research work.

Part of Coram’s growing Children’s Rights Centre, CCLC is co-located with Coram Voice, the specialist provider of advocacy services for young people in and leaving the care system, in the new Queen Elizabeth II Centre at the heart of our historic campus in Bloomsbury. CCLC also has an established practice operating in Colchester.

About the role

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Solicitor specialising in education law to work within the CCLC team. In this role you will provide legal advice, assistance and representation through education and discrimination law casework. You will be passionate about delivering high quality advice and client care and be committed to children’s human rights and supporting CCLC’s aims.

Applicants for the role need to be a qualified solicitor with experience of education law casework and/or related public law practice.

We are committed to the wellbeing of our staff.

We will consider requests for part-time working.

To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.

Closing date: 22nd September 2024 23.59pm (We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable amount of high quality applicants to take forward to interview)

Interview date: TBC

CCLC is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from, Asian, African, Caribbean and other minority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 312278.

About the role

• Reporting to: Communications and Engagement Manager
• Contract: Full-time 
• Hours per week: 35 hours, usually between 9:30 – 5:30. One hour for lunch. 
• Annual leave: 25 days holiday, plus statutory bank holidays 

We’re looking to recruit a Senior Communications and Engagement Officer to join the friendly CharityComms team to help us plan, organise and deliver communications and engagement outputs that support the needs of members, and drive organisational development.

A core part of the job will be overseeing the CharityComms’ social media work, by managing our channels, creating content, and delivering on our social media strategy to engage people and increase our brand profile.

Other key tasks include content creation and commissioning projects for our website, and having a supporting role in other general communications, engagement and marketing activity and administration as needed. This is a great opportunity for a strategic thinker with a passion for creative, impactful communications, who is ready to demonstrate their initiative.

Location 

Remote, with the option of occasional working in our central London office, and as needed for in-person events (full travel costs will be covered for any in-person events). 

About CharityComms 

CharityComms is a thriving membership network of communications professionals working in UK charities. Our amazing community is made up of more than 750 charities, adding up to almost 12,000 people. 

We work with our members and the wider communications community to raise the standard of charity communications, to enable them to deliver their world-changing missions more effectively. From our range of services and events to our best practice guides, reports, support for professional development and web and social media content, we represent, support, inspire, connect and inform our members and the wider charity communications community. 

We are a small, friendly team of 13, working closely together to achieve big things for our members and the sector. In 2021 we won Team of the Year and have recently been shortlisted for Best Professional Body or Learned Society at the Memcom awards. 

Purpose of the role 

You will be working with the Communications and Engagement team to promote CharityComms and what we offer, through the creation and development of effective and engaging content, and community and stakeholder engagement. 

Communications and content are at the heart of this role, and we’re looking for someone with demonstratable experience in strategic, content-based projects, including commissioning and editing content from external stakeholders, social media management and content creation, and community management. 

Social media management and community engagement 

You will own the social media management of our channels, maximising their performance and supporting stakeholder engagement with our work. You will:

• Deliver and adapt a creative and engaging social content strategy with the Communications and Engagement Manager that meets our wider business aims and objectives. 
• Craft key organisational messaging into engaging social media content and posts to generate conversations. 
• Be responsible for creating, scheduling and managing social content using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and our management tool, Sprout Social. 
• Responsible for maintaining upkeep of social analytics reporting, as directed by the Communications and Engagement Manager, to ensure activity supports wider marketing, communications and engagement strategies. 
• Continuously improve our social media presence and brand profile, including recommending and piloting new approaches to content and channel development to increase community engagement and meet targets. 
• Manage and monitor forum and social media groups and act as facilitator of conversations where needed, working closely with relevant colleagues and stakeholders. 
• Grow and deliver ways to increase engagement with new and existing audiences, including regular engagement activity on member’s posts (sharing, liking) and ensuring our member network is up to date within these channels. 

Content commissioning and creation 

Working proactively and collaboratively with the Communications and Engagement Manager to deliver our content plans. You will:

• Deliver and adapt our communications and engagement strategy to meet our objectives.
• Play an active role in content creation and marketing activity – including designing, producing and editing creative content i.e. graphics, photography, videos. 
• Develop, coordinate and update long-form pieces for our website, i.e. best practice guides and templates. 
• Have remit to commission content projects – using own initiative to develop initial pitches relevant to charity communicators and oversee the commissioning process. 
• Work with external providers where necessary to develop resources and creative materials where required. 
• Stay up to date with current communications, marketing and content trends, to advise the wider CharityComms team on best practice regarding content and campaigns, including accessibility. 

Website and email comms 

Working collaboratively with teams where needed or taking key roles to:

• Edit, upload, and publish content on the CharityComms website as directed. 
• Work with the Communications and Engagement Manager to continuously deliver on website strategy activities.
• Work alongside the Communications and Engagement Manager to deliver eNews campaigns. This could include commissioning, writing, research, proof-reading, scheduling, maintaining lists and reporting on performance as needed. 
• Actively provide feedback to the Communications and Engagement Manager and Head of Membership and Insight on planned activities and make recommendations for improvements. 

Other activities 

• Ability and confidence to deputise for the Communications and Engagement Manager where necessary.
• Analyse data for reporting and make recommendations.
• Work across the organisation to support communications and marketing activity to ensure consistent messaging, tone and content. 
• Provide communications support across key organisational projects, and on any other activity, as reasonably requested, that will generate social and/or financial return on investment for CharityComms. 
• Support the admin of the comms inbox, responding appropriately to requests or flagging for colleagues.
• Keep up to date with sector news, events and activities. 
• Attend CharityComms and sector events, where appropriate, either in-person or online. 

Person specification 

Experience 

• Experience of working in a professional membership organisation - desirable.
• Experience of digital content management; especially working with a CMS - desirable.
• Experience of running social media accounts and engaging communities through them - essential. 
• A good knowledge of current communications and engagement techniques and practice - essential. 
• Experience of both writing and editing for the web - essential. 
• Experience of video and photo editing - essential. 
• Experience of commissioning content - essential. 
• Experience of social analytics reporting - essential. 

Personal attributes 

• Highly motivated and goal orientated - essential. 
• Empathy with the goals and vision of CharityComms - essential. 
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills and ability to represent CharityComms externally - essential. 
• Strategically minded with a practical hands-on approach - essential. 
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills - essential. 
• Ability to work alone and with others and work under pressure - essential.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and creativity - essential. 
• A good level of IT literacy, including the use of data bases (preferably Salesforce) and AV systems - essential.
• Commitment to self-directed learning and networking across sectors and share new ways of working with colleagues - essential.
• Maintain an externally facing focus - essential. 
• Support CharityComms proactive, results orientated and collaborative culture - essential. 

Interviews 

Interviews will be held online via Zoom. Our friendly interview panel will be made up of staff members from the Comms and Engagement team. 

These are some of the types of questions we will be asking during the interview: 

• What interests you about working at CharityComms? 
• Tell us about a time when you had to prioritise multiple tasks or deadlines. 
• What is your previous experience of working remotely – particularly with communicating and making sure you are working most effectively with your teammates? 

Shortlisted candidates will be sent the list of interview questions in advance of the interview.

Diversity and Inclusion 

At CharityComms, we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, internally and in the wider charity sector, where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We value lived and learned experiences of social issues, justice and change.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and we will do our best to support you to upskill because we want to recruit, retain and develop the best talent available. 

Additional info 

All staff are currently working remotely from home, but there is the option to go into the office (located near London Bridge), to work and meet other members of the team as necessary. 

Benefits include: 

• Yearly personal development budget. 
• Generous pension contributions. 
• Opportunity to attend CharityComms events. 
• Reciprocal membership and training opportunities with many other sector organisations. 
• Flexible working is offered where possible. 

About the Role 

Sense is recruiting for a Senior Database Officer to join our fantastic team in King’s Cross, London. This is a permanent, hybrid role, working one day a week in the office. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in meeting the department’s complex and varied data requirements.  This is a high-energy varied role and the post holder will be expected to manage and push forward multiple work activities simultaneously. Your core focus will be delivering data selections and exports to all teams in the Supporter Engagement directorate as such, a solid working knowledge - and experience of the Raiser’s Edge is essential. This is an exciting time to be joining the team as we work towards moving over to Microsoft dynamics in March 2025 and the successful candidate will have a hand in shaping this work and support with the transition.

The main duties and responsibilities include: 

• Working with the Data Manager and all Supporter Engagement teams, the post holder will ensure data selections are delivered accurately, cleanly and on time working to an agreed process
• Proactively liaise with supporter facing teams to ensure clarity regarding upcoming selections and potential overlaps between audience groups
• Use this knowledge to champion the supporter’s interests during the planning and development phases of any and all campaigns
• Working with customer teams, produce accurate inclusion queries to extract data.
• Understand and maintain accurate suppression queries to ensure our compliance with both our legal responsibilities and the best practices expected by our supporters.
• Manipulate data exports to ensure consistent formatting and structures before releasing the selection to our internal stakeholders
• Perform quality control tasks on data selections to ensure accuracy before releasing the selection to our internal stakeholders

 
To succeed in this role, you will have: 

• Considerable experience of working with the Raiser’s Edge database with a demonstrable understanding of the single customer view
• Excellent understanding about how data can be used to drive a variety of disparate income streams with different audiences
• A track record of delivering multi segment data selections accurately and on time in a dynamic working environment
• A clear and demonstrable understanding of data protection regulations and other regulatory frameworks
• Sound understanding of direct marketing practices
• Experience of providing database training and documentation to users
• Excellent organisational skills with a logical and investigative approach to problem solving
• Excellent time management and co-ordination skills
• Experience manipulating and translating client requirements for data into a working technical framework with associated hierarchies and suppressions

For a full job description and person specification, please see the link below

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

To Apply 

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly.  We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. 

FICS is seeking a creative and committed Communications Officer to join the Development and Communications team. The purpose of this role is to deliver FICS' communications strategy, expanding our reach and producing engaging and accessible content. This role sits as part of the Development and Communications function, serving both the advancement of FICS’ theory of change as well as working with the programmatic teams in a support capacity. In this position, you'll thrive on collaboration, working closely with various teams and working in a busy, adaptive environment. 

Vision Rehabilitation Specialist

We’re looking for a qualified Vision Rehabilitation Specialist (ROVI) to work for an important charity offering a wide variety of services to vision-impaired people across Cheshire, Halton, and North Wales.
 

Position: Vision Rehabilitation Specialist (ROVI)

Location: Home based with regular travel across Wrexham, with the requirement to work from the Council Offices and company offices on occasion

Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £33,977.84 - £35,246.40 per annum

Closing date: 19th September 2024

Benefits of working for the organisation: Full 2 week induction where you will meet the teams and experience each service, access to a training suite and regular reviews of any required training, annual team building days and regular staff socials, 26 days’ holiday increasing to 32 days after 5 years’ services (plus bank holidays) and access to an employee assistance programme which includes free 24/7 counselling, legal and information line.

About the role:

As Vision Rehabilitation Specialist, you will identify, deliver and evaluate professional rehabilitation interventions to vision impaired people to enhance their skills and confidence to maximise their independence.

You will provide a person-centred outcome-focussed approach to rehabilitation; supporting people to identify measurable outcomes, carry out assessments and develop a plan that will support each person to achieve their outcomes and meet their needs, reducing risks and lessening the impact of their VI.

The Vision Rehabilitation Specialist will work collaboratively with other services within the organisation to ensure individuals are receiving support whilst waiting for assessment and rehabilitation.

Key areas of responsibility include:  

• Triage – To carry out an initial conversation, in line with the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act, to identify further actions, and risk factors, refer and signpost to the organisation’s wider services and other organisations to meet the individuals’ desired outcomes.
• Assessment - To undertake specialist VI assessments with the person to identify their needs and aspirations to promote independent living.
• Plan – To agree a plan with the person about how their needs can be met, through other services, equipment and rehabilitation.
• Rehabilitation and service provision – To implement, evaluate and review rehabilitative services to the vision-impaired person aimed at maximising and maintaining independence, safety, dignity, and choice.  Rehabilitation may include, but not be restricted to:
  • Daily Living Skills – to include the teaching of new skills or adapted practice for all aspects of daily living, home management, employment and leisure.

• Communication Skills – to include all forms of access to communication including but not limited to print, Braille, Moon, audio description, ICT, telephones, Deafblind manual and block alphabet.

• Mobility training – To develop planned programmes of training to develop independence in indoor and outdoor mobility environments, including training in guiding skills, pre-cane, long cane, orientation (including specialist equipment) and route planning techniques. 

• Low vision - To provide training/therapy in coordination with local NHS low vision services that help individuals make the best use of functional vision.

• Risk –To identify, assess and mitigate risk throughout the rehabilitation provision.

• To work with vision-impaired people who have additional complex needs.
• To assess and recommend minor works of adaptation and liaise with all relevant parties in line with appropriate budgets and policies.
• To provide statistical information to feed into quarterly contract monitoring reports.
• To enable the Local Authority to maintain their Partially Sighted/Sight Impaired and Blind/Severely Sight Impaired Registers.

Key skills required for this role:

• Foundation Degree in Rehabilitation Studies (Visual Impairment) or equivalent.
• Ability to develop clear plans and communicate these to service users and other staff.
• Recognised rehabilitation work qualification (or currently working towards it)
• Proven experience in performing rehabilitation assessments with visually impaired people and providing mobility, communication and daily living skills training.
• Working knowledge of good practice relating to safeguarding.
• Ability to deliver training/advice sessions to individuals or groups of service users, carers and other organisations.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety legislation, including lone worker policies.
• Ability to travel and work in all areas of Flintshire and Wrexham.
• Strong personal organisation/time management.
• Proven track record of maintaining and updating personal records for clients.
• Ability to record service management statistics.
• Be calm and deal sensitively with people and be open-minded to all cultures and ways of life.
• Work on own initiative, whilst exercising discretion and confidentiality.
• Be a team player.
• Be willing to work flexibly (outlook, work hours, work location).
• Able to implement programmes in partnership with other agencies.

About the organisation:

The employer is a well-established organisation with a strong history of promoting independence and support to people with vision impairments (VI). Offering a wide variety of services for vision-impaired people across Cheshire, Halton and North Wales, including counselling, digital skills, financial wellbeing and benefits advice, home visiting, community outreach, and peer support. These services complement rehabilitation to create a wraparound service for our clients. 

The organisation delivers the vision rehabilitation contracts to four local authorities across Northeast Wales. The team are managed and led by qualified and experienced Vision Rehabilitation Specialists (VRS), ensuring the best support from people who understand the role. You would be a part of a wider team of VRSs, meeting regularly to share learning and to give and receive support.

The employer understands the importance for all their staff to receive additional training as needed and support from the wider sector, so RWPN registration and membership fees are covered for the VRS team by the organisation. The organisation is also represented in the Wales Rehabilitation Officers Forum (WROF) and the Wales Vision Forum, to ensure that we are up to date with any changes affecting VRS working in Wales. VRS are also able to meet with other VRS more widely than Wales through the organisation’s membership of Visionary.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Connaught Road, Wolverhampton

You will have an understanding of working within the substance misuse field and associated health and social issues and preferably also have experience of working with adults in an addictions or social care setting.  We are seeking candidates with a professional qualification in health/social care, youth or community work or direct experience of delivering substance use related focused interventions. If all you need is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use then welcome to Aquarius as a Complex Needs Practitioner.

Right now, we are looking for someone like you to join our enhanced substance use service in Wolverhampton. You will have experience of creating and delivering group and coursework programmes, and of holding and managing a caseload of complex service users. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic person to help develop this service and expand our group and coursework psychological intervention programmes.

An energetic and confident self-starter, you will need a passion for working with people impacted by substance misuse concerns. As well as good knowledge of alcohol/drug and health related issues, you will have experience of liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies and health professionals. You will also have experience of engaging with clients in a variety of service delivery settings.  You will have a flexible approach, a commitment to the principles of confidentiality and excellent record keeping and Microsoft Office.

This is a permanent role requiring the post holder to work 37 hours per week.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and we would welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.

To apply please visit our website and submit a CV and supporting statement which should clearly outline your skills and experience.

This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as and when they are shortlisted. 

Aquarius is a subsidiary of Richmond Fellowship, with both organisations being part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. From 1st June 2024 Richmond Fellowship will be merging with the mental health charity Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. At the same time, Aquarius will become a subsidiary of Humankind, with no impact to terms and conditions of employment. In October 2024, Humankind will then be renamed to reflect the new, bigger and better organisation, of which Aquarius will remain a subsidiary.

Students’ Union UCL is an organisation that exists to make more happen. We are the representative body for University College London’s (UCL) students, one of the most diverse student communities in the world. We are one of the largest student-led organisations in the UK. It is a charity with over 48,000 members. We provide opportunities for 300 staff and have an annual turnover of more than £10.5m.
We are on a journey to be one of the best students’ unions in the UK and the world and we want you to join us on that mission.

Job description

The Networks Coordinator position will play a pivotal role in supporting the development of our student networks to create inclusive, dynamic, and engaging communities at UCL, a global top 10 university. 

You’ll empower, train, and support our students to host events, run campaigns, and raise awareness. You will help broker new partnerships with charities and other student groups facilitating our students to build community and get the most out of their time at UCL.

Our networks are run by student leaders, and you’ll act as a key link between them and our elected officers to ensure they can make meaningful change locally and nationally.

How to apply

Please apply directly through our website.

Applicants should note that CVs will not be accepted and that the statement of support for application should address the selection criteria in the person specification and outline your reasons for applying.

Interviews will take place on Friday 20 September, 2024.

I’m looking to hear from individuals who love to write, looking to join a busy communications team, at an international development education charity. As Communications Coordinator you will enjoy a varied workload, coordinating communications across PR, media relations, content, social media and events. The role is offered as 4 days a week, with flexibility to work from home 3 days, and 1 day based in their Central London office.

The charity is committed to ending the global education crisis and unleashing the potential of the next generation.

You will be a highly organised individual who enjoys coordinating activities. You’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and support events in the UK and internationally. We are open on sector experience and background, so if keen, please do enquire! 

You will join a passionate team, who offer great benefits;

- An inclusive environment, they are in their second year of trialling an innovative 4-day-working-week trial, with the office closed on Fridays.

- Travel – opportunities to visit global projects and attending the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York

- Regular in-house training

- Salary £28,000+

Open on sector background! If you have a can-do attitude, can manage multiple tasks, excellent written English and verbal communications skills, confident engaging with a variety of stakeholders, and a team-player approach I’d love to hear from you.  

Please apply today with your CV, to start the conversation. The charity is reviewing applications on a rolling basis, so please get in touch now.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Do you want to make a difference every day? Do you want to contribute to change & improvement for those who need it? 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

About the role:
This hybrid role is based in Brighton & Hove, which includes a combination of home and office-based working. You will meet regularly with young clients throughout Brighton & Hove at safe locations of their choosing.

As a Children and Young Person's Housing IDVA you will:

Empower young survivors and support them to identify features and dynamics of domestic abuse
Work with young survivors aged 16-25 years, with a particular focus on cases where housing, homelessness and risk of tenancy breakdown is a factor
Hold a caseload of varying complexity, prioritising high risk cases
Conduct comprehensive needs and risk assessments
Participate in the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC), acting as the voice of the young person and delivering on actions agreed
Attend multi-disciplinary meetings, including child protection, child in need and others
Use a person-centred, survivor-focused approach, being mindful of the effects of trauma and additional barriers to accessing safe accommodation that children and young people may experience
Take the lead on the development of responses to the needs of at-risk young survivors with a housing need, and the development of relationships and referral pathways with partner agencies in this area
Assist in delivering training, and provide workshops, consultancy and advice to other agencies as required

You will need:

An understanding of the issues faced by young survivors experiencing domestic abuse
A good understanding of housing legislation and accommodation options for young people experiencing housing insecurity, including social housing, private rented, and emergency placement
A good understanding of risk assessment, safety planning & risk management for children and young people at risk of domestic abuse
An understanding of safeguarding issues & the legal responsibilities surrounding these
Experience of working within a multi-agency and legislative framework
Experience of managing a complex caseload, prioritising work and dealing with competing demands demonstrating an organised and methodical approach to work
Ability to deliver indvidualised safety and support plans, demonstrating sufficient knowledge of risk reduction regarding harmful practices and modern slavery
Ability to deliver training sessions to professional agencies
Understanding and knowledge of and active commitment to promoting equal opportunities and diversity

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

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 is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe having a diverse workforce at all levels allows us to represent the communities we serve and connect better with people affected by crime. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all communities and monitor the diversity of applicants to analyse if we are representative of the communities we serve in terms of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, age and socio-economic status. As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we would particularly welcome applicants from BAME communities.

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.

The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)

PART TIME HEAD OF FINANCE AND IT

Location: Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex

Salary: c£70,000, depending on experience, plus benefits

Work for one of the most significant and influential journalism-related organisations in the UK, the standard bearer for quality, trusted journalism and diversity.

The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) exists to help create a better society . We provide a world-class education and training system that develops current and future journalists from all walks of life for the demands of a fast-changing multimedia industry. NCTJ is a trusted brand and its kite-mark for professional journalistic training is highly regarded and universally recognised in the media industry.

The charity is looking to appoint a part time head of finance and IT to help take the organisation to the next stage of its development. This is a pivotal senior leadership role responsible for the financial and technology functions of the charity and its trading company.

This multifaceted position requires a hard working pragmatic and practical strategic thinker who can ensure sound financial management, accountancy and administration, and drive technological innovation as appropriate.

Reporting to the chief executive, you'll have a proven track record in financial accountancy and IT management and an interest in corporate governance. It's very important to have a strong commercial understanding as you'll need to provide sound business advice and support.

Degree level education and/or senior level experience is preferred. Professional body recognition and membership such as ACCA or CIMA and/or relevant IT certifications would be advantageous.

A familiarity with non-profit/charity sector regulations, compliance and financial reporting would be useful but is not essential.

You're likely to have experience in managing digital transformation and IT contracts, and an interest in information technology trends, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Proficiency is required in financial software (Sage preferred), IT systems and Microsoft Office.

Good leadership, collaborative working, communication and interpersonal skills are important for this role.

You'll need to be able to think strategically as well as being adept at dealing with the detail - so strong management, analytical and administration skills are all important.

As the company secretary, the role includes responsibilities to ensure compliance with charity and financial regulatory requirements.

You should have an interest in journalism and appreciate its importance in our democratic society. You'll identify with our values as a charity.

We have a dedicated team based in a converted granary in the lovely North Essex village of Newport, near Saffron Walden in Essex, only 30 seconds' walk from the Newport train station, and just one hour by train to London Liverpool Street and 20 minutes to Cambridge.

We're a friendly, professional team and we're all very passionate about what we do - this comes across in the way we work and our organisational values. We pride ourselves on recruiting high performing people who are flexible in their approach and adaptable to change. This extends to how we see our work-life balance and we support staff who have family responsibilities or other needs.

This is a part-time role, 21 hours per week. We would prefer this role to be undertaken in the office, although an agreed hybrid working arrangement is possible.

This senior role is a fantastic opportunity to make a positive contribution to a high performing and successful charity. If you feel you have the skills, experience and commitment we are looking for, we look forward to hearing from you.

For more information and details of how to apply please contact our recruitment consultant, Simon Bascombe, at Harris Hill: [email protected] .

Closing date for formal applications: 9am, Thursday 12th September 2024.

As leading charity recruitment specialists and a certified B Corp™, Harris Hill is committed to high and ever-improving standards of equitable and inclusive recruitment. We actively welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sexuality and other protected characteristics.

Spitalfields Crypt Trust (SCT) is an East London charity embedded in the local community, providing practical help, support and training to people affected by homelessness or suffering from addiction. We are passionate about the people and communities we support and embrace creative, innovative and inclusive ways of working that build on our collective strengths. We provide a Recovery Hub (including an abstinence-based residential recovery facility, an addictions counselling programme and a Training & Development Programme), supported houses, a Housing First service, community support, charity shops and two social enterprises supporting people in recovery from addictions to rebuild their lives. Our integrative approach is based on the concept of ‘Recovery Capital’, a whole-person approach taking into account physical, cultural, social, human and spiritual factors and assets.

With a new corporate strategy and ambitious plans to develop a new brand, new services, and a new innovative approach to charity retail and building links with the community, it’s an exciting time to join SCT.

We seek to recruit people with a good combination of talent, skills and potential, promoting equality for all, and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates. We select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and commitment to the values and purposes of SCT.

 

Role and responsibilities

We are recruiting for a Community Shop Supervisor to join our diverse and engaged team in our shop.

It’s a great opportunity to deliver positive social impact in the local community and contribute to funding the vital work of SCT. As Shop Supervisor, you will be responsible for maintaining high standards on our shop floor, supporting volunteers to provide excellent customer service. As well as involvement in stock selection, pricing and merchandising. A key part of the role will be to engage the shop within the local community with the onboarding of new volunteers.

To be successful in this role you will have retail experience or experience of working within a busy environment. Experience of providing a high standard of customer service and will have the ability to deal effectively with conflicting priorities.

You will have strong administrative skills including using all Microsoft packages, be solution focused, resilient, have a high level of attention to detail and excellent organisation and prioritisation skills with the ability to successfully manage a busy and diverse workload.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with challenging situations and individuals with a range of needs.

Your duties will include the following in order to assist the Assistant Shop Manager and Shop Manager:

• To achieve maximum sales at all times.
• To ensure that a high standard of service to customers is maintained at all times.
• To maintain a high standard of display both in the shop and in the windows.
• To ensure that the shop is clean and tidy at all times.
• To ensure merchandise is clearly ticketed, sized and priced.
• In consultation with the Shop Manager and Assistant Shop Manager, arrange shop fittings to make the best use of space and to maximise sales.
• To rotate stock so that no garment remains on the rails for longer than the specified rotation period.
• To open and close the shop as specified by the Shop Manager.
• To recruit and train volunteers to ensure they are able to perform tasks efficiently and effectively.
• To complete all paperwork correctly and promptly.
• To reconcile each day’s takings, keeping a clear and accurate record and pass them onto the Administrator for banking.
• To control all shop expenses within the budget agreed with the Shop Manager.
• To ensure adequate stocks of necessary supplies are available by ordering on a regular basis.
• To ensure that all sales are correctly recorded.
• To ensure all money is kept secure.
• To keep valuable donations in a secure place.
• To be flexible when tasks not covered by the job description have to be undertaken.
• To comply and follow SCT policies and procedures.
• To be willing to cover at other shops when, and if, necessary.
• To keep stock rooms clean and tidy.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

• Good literacy and numeric skills
• Good team working and interpersonal skills
• Good verbal and communication skills
• Flexible approach to work with the ability to co-operate with other members of staff.

 

Experience

• Retail experience
• Experience of working with donated goods
• Charity shop background
• Working with and recruiting volunteers

Do you have a passion for developing funding opportunities to make a difference? Are you a natural leader who wants to play an important part in organisational success? If so, we have a great opportunity for you to join nasen as Head of Fundraising.

Head of Fundraising
Salary: £45,000 (circa)
Hours: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent
Location(s): Hybrid working arrangement, nominated office either Tamworth or London

nasen have a rare and exciting opportunity for a Head of Fundraising to work with our Executive Leadership team to identify opportunities and develop new business opportunities.

You will lead and implement development strategies and opportunities to support growth and funding for the overall organisation. You will play a key part in liaising with internal and external stakeholders and overseeing tender and funding opportunities including submissions.

This is a full-time permanent role working 35 hours per week (Monday – Friday) in line with our agile working policy, which blends homeworking with office time.

About us

nasen is the National Association for Special Educational Needs – a charitable organisation that exists to support and champion those working with, and for, children and young people with SEND and learning differences.

We seek to ensure that all education practitioners across early years, schools, post-16 and wider settings are equipped to understand, identify and support those with SEND and learning differences, and provide Continuing Professional Development (CPD), resources, advice, information and much more to enable all staff to meet the needs of all their learners.

nasen brings organisations together, whether locally or nationally, to share practice, shape solutions. Our priorities are those that matter to the education and SEND sector, drawing on our direct engagement with practitioners, school leaders, SENCOs, local authorities and hearing from the lived experience of children and young people.

Our work spans the delivery of international programmes of support through to direct, ‘on the ground’ engagement with schools and settings.

About the role

At nasen, we want to tackle barriers to inclusion. We want all children and young people to have the education they deserve, and we have ambitions to raise income to fund our purpose.  

As a not-for-profit organisation, developing new relationships and raising new income to do what matters is important to us. Over the past year we have been on a development journey, building a culture of development across our teams. Therefore, you will be joining us at an exciting time as we look to deepen our work across England, the UK and international markets. 

The Head of Fundraising role involves working alongside operational teams, co-creating responses to tender opportunities, leading the bidding process and pitching to funders about why nasen is the provider of choice. It’s about meeting people and organisations, forming partnerships and ensuring our offer is strategically relevant.  

You will be an essential and valued member of the Senior Leadership Team, helping us in our mission to create an inclusive and equitable education for all, reporting to the Executive Leadership team and the CEO whilst working with talented education professionals and our marketing team.  

You will line manage a Development and Income Generation Officer.

Employee Benefits

• 30 days annual leave per year
• Christmas Closure
• Hybrid working (Policy available on request)
• 8% employer contribution pension
• Flexible start and finish time, Friday early closure
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Life Insurance Policy x3 of your salary

Closing Date: Close of play Sunday 8th of September 2024.
We will be reviewing applications as they come in.
We reserve the right to close recruitment earlier than this date if we receive sufficient quality applicants.

Interviews will include a pre-prepared presentation or a desktop exercise during week commencing 16th September.

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. 

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We aim to be an inclusive employer – let us know if you have any access requirements for the recruitment process. We are happy to offer interviews online or in person. The interview process will include a conversation with prepared questions.

Please note that applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

No agencies please.

Let's make every day a chance to create a brighter future for the next generation!

Would you like to be part of the coolest team in town, collaborating with our Outreach and Marketing legends and our friendly customer service team here at The Prince’s Trust? Together, we'll ensure that our young people get onboarded and engaged in our programmes safely and with style.

Dive deep to uncover any barriers that stand in their way, helping to remove those barriers to enable them to shine and propelling them on their journey towards amazing outcomes. Responsible for a group of young people, for one-on-one support and guidance or just gently pointing them in the right direction. You'll be on a mission to assist with travel expenses and find clever ways to handle their other commitments. You'll champion their support and learning needs with employers, and you'll be the ultimate liaison, working alongside partners like the job centre to ensure that nothing stands in the way of their success!

You’ll also be the guiding light for our delivery partners and service providers as we want them to deliver the best experience and outcomes for our young people. High-fives all around! Roll up your sleeves and deliver employability sessions directly to our incredible young people. You'll also help our Delivery Partners and volunteers do the same, both in person and virtually through our trusty MS Teams. When we're doing things face-to-face, you’ll need to hit the road and be there in person to help with programme delivery or programme visits to make sure all is running as smoothly as possible.

And if that’s not enough to keep you busy, you’ll also be keeping meticulous records of information and data on our young people, volunteers, and partners. It's all about making sure every step of their journey is accurately reflected in our systems so that it complies with our funding contracts.

We are a massive advocate of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion so it would be amazing if you could lead the charge in creating an environment where everyone feels seen, by implementing a local action plan that supports our big-picture EDI goals. Let's make positive change happen!

Be ready for anything and everything. Alongside all these fantastic responsibilities, you might find yourself wearing different hats and rocking them like a pro, this could even include deputising when the need arises.

Join the Princes Trust Team and let’s make magic happen!

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Gadewch i ni wneud pob dydd yn gyfle i greu dyfodol mwy disglair i'n cenhedlaeth nesaf!

Hoffech chi fod yn rhan o'r tîm mwyaf cŵl yng Nghaerdydd, gan gydweithio gyda'n tîm Allgymorth a Marchnata anhygoel a'n tîm gwasanaeth cwsmeriaid cyfeillgar yma yn The Prince's Trust? Gyda'n gilydd, byddwn yn sicrhau bod ein pobl ifanc yn dod atom ac yn cymryd rhan yn ein rhaglenni'n ddiogel a gyda steil.

Cymerwch olwg fanwl i ddarganfod unrhyw rwystrau sy'n sefyll yn eu ffordd, gan helpu i gael gwared ar y rhwystrau hynny i'w galluogi i ddisgleirio a'u gyrru ar eu taith tuag at ganlyniadau anhygoel. Yn gyfrifol am grŵp o bobl ifanc, am gefnogaeth ac arweiniad

unigol neu eu cyfeirio'n garedig i'r cyfeiriad cywir. Byddwch allan yn y gymuned yn cymryd rhan mewn digwyddiadau allgymorth a datblygu partneriaeth. Byddwch ar genhadaeth i gynorthwyo gyda threuliau teithio a dod o hyd i ffyrdd clyfar o drin eu hymrwymiadau eraill. Byddwch yn hyrwyddo eu hanghenion cefnogaeth a dysgu gyda chyflogwyr, a chi fydd y cyswllt eithaf, gan weithio ochr yn ochr â phartneriaid fel y ganolfan waith i sicrhau nad oes unrhyw beth yn rhwystro eu llwyddiant!

Byddwch hefyd yn arwain y ffordd i'n partneriaid cyflenwi a'n darparwyr gwasanaethau gan ein bod am iddynt ddarparu'r profiad a'r canlyniadau gorau i'n pobl ifanc. Torchwch eich llewys a chyflwynwch sesiynau cyflogadwyedd yn uniongyrchol i'n pobl ifanc anhygoel. Byddwch hefyd yn helpu ein Partneriaid Cyflenwi a'n gwirfoddolwyr i wneud yr un peth, yn bersonol ac yn rhithwir trwy ein timau MS dibynadwy. Pan fyddwn yn gwneud pethau wyneb yn wyneb, bydd angen i chi fod yno yn bersonol i helpu gyda darparu rhaglen neu ymweliadau rhaglen i sicrhau bod popeth yn rhedeg mor esmwyth â phosibl.

Ac os nad yw hynny'n ddigon i'ch cadw'n brysur, byddwch hefyd yn cadw cofnodion manwl o wybodaeth a data ar ein pobl ifanc, ein gwirfoddolwyr a'n partneriaid. Mae'n ymwneud â sicrhau bod pob cam o'u taith yn cael ei adlewyrchu'n gywir yn ein systemau fel ei fod yn cydymffurfio â'n contractau cyllido. 

 Rydym yn eiriolwr enfawr dros Gydraddoldeb, Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant felly byddai'n anhygoel pe gallech fod ar flaen y gad wrth greu amgylchedd lle mae pawb yn teimlo eu bod yn cael eu gweld, trwy weithredu cynllun gweithredu lleol sy'n cefnogi ein nodau Cydraddoldeb, Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant.

Gadewch i ni wneud newid cadarnhaol i ddigwydd!

 Byddwch yn barod am unrhyw beth a phopeth. Ochr yn ochr â'r holl gyfrifoldebau gwych hyn, efallai y byddwch yn gorfod gwisgo hetiau gwahanol, gallai hyn hyd yn oed gynnwys dirprwyo pan fydd yr angen yn codi. 
 Ymunwch â Thîm y Prince’s Trust a gadewch i ni wneud i hud ddigwydd!

What happens next?  

Please submit a CV, and Cover Letter that includes your experience, transferrable skills and motivation to work for The Prince’s Trust! The Team will be in touch about the next steps shortly after the closing date. 

Why do we need Youth Development Leads? 

Last year, we helped more than 40,000 Young People, with every three in four moving into a positive outcome for either work, education or training. Youth Development Leads play a crucial role in supporting young people, no matter the young person's background or current circumstances, to fulfil their full potential. We want to continue having a positive impact on young people’s lives and we couldn’t do this without the important work of Youth Development Leads! 

Perks for working at The Trust! 

• Great holiday package! 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays. Office closure on the days between Christmas and New Year 
• Flexible working! Unless the location of the role is remote, the Youth Development Lead role requires a combination of office days and working from home. 
• You can volunteer for and/or attend events – music festivals, The Prince’s Trust Awards, active events etc. 
• In-house learning platform! Develop your skills for your career and your role 
• Benefits platform! Everything from health and financial well-being support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas. 
• Personal development opportunities through our Networks – PT CAN (Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network), and PULSE (LGBTQIA+ Network). 
• Fantastic Family leave! Receive 13 weeks of full pay and 13 weeks of half pay for maternity and adoption leave. Receive 8 weeks of full pay for paternity leave. 
• Interest-free season ticket loans 
• The Trust will contribute 5% of your salary to the Trust Pension Scheme 
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary) 

Equal Opportunities 

Here at The Prince's Trust, we're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We want to be an organisation that's representative of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion and sex. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be themselves and do the best work of their lives. 

We are looking for people who can bring different perspectives and experiences and especially welcome applications from those who are underrepresented in our organisation and sector, such as candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.  

We’re a Stonewall Diversity Champion and we are an employer that is Disability Confident. Our staff, volunteers and young people are supported by PT CAN (our Cultural Awareness Network), PT GEN (Gender Equality Network), PT DAWN (Disability & Wellbeing Network) and Pulse (LGBTQIA+ Network). 

Safeguarding 

The Prince's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks by the Codes of Practice for all roles within the Trust, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.