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Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life.
Our Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. Through our grants programme, we support hundreds of local organisations working with older people across the UK.
We use the knowledge and insight gained from our support services and partnerships to highlight the issues experienced by older people in poverty and campaign for change.
We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life. We would love to find individuals from all walks of life and diverse backgrounds to join us on this journey.
Responsibilities and Person Specification:
Working closely with the CEO, the Director of Policy and Influencing and the Head of Policy and Research, the Head of Influencing will lead a powerful influencing programme. They will ensure that our work is centred around the experiences of older people in poverty, and that we undertake strategic and sustained influencing activity to persuade key decision makers and persuaders to support and act on our policy recommendations across the nations. Alongside providing cross organisational media communications support. The Head of Influencing will provide effective, inspirational, transparent and compassionate leadership and line management to colleagues in the Influencing department. This is one of two new roles in our well established Policy and Influencing Directorate, building on our commitment to drive forward policy change that tackles poverty in later life.
You should have a passion to tackle poverty in later life, and significant experience leading the development and delivery of overarching influencing strategies across the nations to effectively target decision makers and secure support for our policy calls. It’s also essential to be an experienced line manager and team player, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders across the nations to secure policy change.
For full details on the role and requirements, please read the job description and person specification. If your experience doesn’t align perfectly with all of the criteria in the person specification but you do meet most of them and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.
This is a full-time role, 35 hours per week, which you can choose to work over five days or a 9-day fortnight.
What it’s like to work at Independent Age:
We celebrate diversity at Independent Age and champion the differences that make each of us unique. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We aim to attract and retain a wide range of talent and create an environment where everyone can feel safe, protected, welcome and included.
We offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave plus public holidays, a generous pension scheme with life assurance, and fantastic learning and development opportunities. We also offer a number of enhanced leave provisions and benefits.
We know that a good work life balance helps us perform at our best and supports wellbeing. Flexible working hours and hybrid working is standard for all (those contracted to work in the office usually attend 1 day per week). But if you need a different form of flexibility, we are always happy to talk flexible working.
You can find out more about what it’s like to work at Independent Age on the careers page of our website.
Application Process:
To apply, please submit a CV and a Supporting Statement, detailing how your skills and experience meet the criteria within the Person Specification, by visiting our jobs website (please do not hesitate to contact us if you have specific requirements and need support to apply in an alternative format).
To support our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion our hiring managers use anonymous shortlisting. Therefore, please do not include your name, photo, or information to indicate your gender or age in your CV and supporting statement. Please do however include dates of employment. Please ensure the title of any uploads does not contain your name.
Independent Age is committed to safeguarding and follows Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding those we work with. We therefore ask that you supply your full work history with explanations for any gaps in the application documents you submit and, if offered the post, we will require two employment references including your current or most recent employer. A Basic DBS Certificate will be required for this role.
Closing Date: 23:59 on Monday 12th August.
Interview Dates: Interviews to be held in person on 27th and 28th August.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Outward is a London based charity and is seeking a Deputy Manager to support the management of a respite service in Tower Hamlets.
Are you experienced and knowledgeable about working with adults with a learning disability/autism and complex needs or Positive behaviour support needs? Are you enthusiastic, motivated and committed?
This is an exciting opportunity to utilise your skills to support the Team manager and the Deputy Manager in coaching and mentoring the staff team, and to embed high standards in the running of the service.
You will be working closely with family carers, professionals and borough wide services to ensure guests have an enjoyable stay and that each person’s needs are met.
The respite service supports about 80 adults with learning disabilities and autism to have overnight stays at Hotel in the Park each year. This newly renovated 7 bed service provides support to people from the borough who have a vast range of support needs. Positioned next to the open space of Victoria Park and all the opportunities that London has to offer, guests enjoy a range of activities both in house and in the community.
About Outward
Outward (Housing) is a vibrant and inclusive charity providing care, supported housing, respite breaks and community support services to people with learning disabilities, autism or other support needs due to age, circumstance or disability. We have been operating successfully for over 45 years, are part of the Newlon Group and work predominantly across North and East London.
We employ more than 400 people, provide services in 9 London boroughs and work with many community volunteers who support our charitable activities. Our vision is that every person should have the opportunity to be valued, active participants in their communities; living the life they choose and breaking down barriers they face by support which engages, enables and empowers people towards further independence.
About the role
· You will work within the values and spirit of Outward to engage, enable and empower people to achieve their goals and ambitions within a person centred approach. You will be striving to promote individual choice, independence and self confidence in people
· You will be required to build and maintain strong relationships and partnership approach with families and involved professionals and stakeholders.
· You will develop, coach and mentor a positive and resilient team of support workers to deliver high quality and personalised support and embed a culture of positive behaviour support.
· You will be responsible for ensuring support is delivered innovatively, flexibly and on a person centred basis to meet the needs and outcomes of the guests supported.
· You will be responsible for ensuring the service is safe, effective, caring, well led, responsive and managed to meet CQC essential standards to a minimum of good service and with aim of achievement of outstanding.
· You will support the team to develop support plans and risk assessments that reflect people’s needs, preferences and aspirations; creating a culture where plans are actively implemented and reviewed so that people are supported in the way that they want.
· Your time at work will be split between support shifts and administration.
About You
· Experience of managing a service for people with a learning disability/autism and complex needs or behaviours of concern is essential
· You will have experience of staff management and the ability to lead, motivate and develop a large team, ensuring staff are appropriately trained. You will be visible in the service and strive to model best practice and inspire support workers.
· A qualification in Positive Behaviour Support Coaching (BILD accredited), or a willingness to gain the qualifications within the first 12 months of employment is essential.
· You will be an excellent communicator liaising effectively with key stakeholders including the multi-disciplinary and health professionals, family carers and people we support.
· You will be able to think creatively and be adaptable in approaches, with experience of implementing emergency management guidance to support staff.
· Experience of carrying out needs assessments and creating support and risk management plans and be committed to include the person, and their circle of support at all times.
· A commitment to providing high quality, personalised active support
· Leading by example, you will uphold the rights of people we support to be involved at all levels of decision making.
· You will share our values and passion to engage, enable and empower people with autism or
a learning disability to lead the lives they want.
· Knowledge of managing a budget or a willingness to learn the required skills
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post involves working with or having access to adults at risk and/or their records therefore we will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Services. This will be fully subsidised by Outward.
Benefits
We value everything our staff do for the people we support, so we provide a great benefits package:
- 25 days Annual Leave excluding Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time)
- Comprehensive Learning & Development Programme
- Computing Scheme
- Credit Union Scheme
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
- Death in Service Benefit
- Health Assured – Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care Vouchers
- Flu Jab Reimbursement
- Long Service Awards
- Pension Scheme
- Purchase Additional Annual Leave
- Refer-a-Friend Scheme
- Retirements
- Loans (including season tickets and parking permit loans)
- Blue Light Card
How to Apply
If you think you are who we are looking for, please submit an application form by following the link below:
Closing Date for all Applications is 23:59pm on 11th August 2024
Interview will be held week commencing on 20th August 2024
Outward is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
At Outward, we support people with learning disabilities, people on the autism spectrum, older people and young people at risk in their homes.
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The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Research Manager
Hours: 30 hours per week (part-time). Flexible working requests will be considered.
Salary: £32,076 (£26,008 per annum pro rata)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Dick Coles House, 2 Queensbridge, Northampton, NN4 7BF (hybrid and flexible working offered). There will be expectations for this role to attend the office at least twice per week. We encourage team members to meet face-to-face with all colleagues at least once a week to ensure good team relationships. Thursday is currently a protected office day when all staff are expected to be present in the office.
About:
This rewarding post oversees the exciting research portfolio of the Psoriasis Association. You will join at an exciting time with involvement in the updating of the Research Strategy. The Psoriasis Association is a busy charity who alongside promoting and funding research, offers authoritative, reliable, quality information, advice and support for people whose lives are affected by psoriasis, in addition to raising awareness of psoriasis.
We are a small but high performing team that is trusted and respected in our research community and the wider dermatology community we work within.
You will oversee all aspects of the research grant award and monitoring process, including managing our panels of lay and peer reviewers, and work alongside the communications department to promote and highlight the research supported and funded by the Psoriasis Association.
Principal Roles:
• Manage the processing of new grant applications, ensuring that the charity continues to attract high quality proposals and achieve high standards in their assessment. The work required as part of this process includes guidance for applicants, collating all reviewer feedback, undertaking quantitative and qualitative analysis of scores and feedback to inform discussion at the meetings of the Medical and Research Committee.
• Manage the monitoring of ongoing grants.
• Oversee annual Researchfish impact data gathering for all relevant grants and report on findings.
• Work alongside the Communications Department to promote the research funded by the Psoriasis Association.
Key Duties
• To provide support to the Chief Executive and Finance Officer on administering the ongoing awarding and monitoring of Psoriasis Association Grants.
• Work as part of a small team to further the important work of the Psoriasis Association.
• Analyse the impact of Psoriasis Association funded research.
• Update and implement the Psoriasis Association’s Research Strategy.
• Ensuring compliance with the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) membership criteria.
Person Specification
• Experience of analysing data and producing quality reports based on findings.
• Ability to assimilate, summarise and effectively communicate complex information to a wide variety of stakeholders.
• An understanding and commitment to lay involvement in research.
• Have ability to work alone and as part of a small team.
The successful applicant will be expected to promote a positive image of the services the Psoriasis Association offers and assist in the maintenance of good relationships with our members, supporters, fundraisers and all other outside organisations. The successful applicant will be expected to have high professional standards and engage in and undertake with enthusiasm all opportunities for his/her own training and professional development in order to achieve additional skills as this role develops.
Deadline to submit your application: 28th July 2024 – this role may close earlier if we receive a high number of suitable applications, please apply early.
Interviews to take place: w/c 12th August 2024 at Dick Coles House, 2 Queensbridge, Northampton, NN4 7BF
CV’s alone will not be accepted – applicants must fill out the application form.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
The Psoriasis Association is committed to providing equal opportunities in the recruitment, training and development of employees.
No agencies please.
Citizens Advice Eastleigh tries to help everyone find a way forward, whatever problem they face, and to the best of our ability. Our mission is to help people solve their problems.
As members of the Citizens Advice network, we also share the aims of that service:
- We provide the advice people need for the problems they face.
- We help drive improvements in the policies and practices that affect people’s live.
We provide a service which people can rely on because we're independent and totally impartial.
We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded five years of National Lottery Reaching Communities funding. This support will help us future-proof our services and develop sustainably to meet the needs of our community.
We are seeking a dynamic and engaging individual to join our team and enhance our volunteer support program. This role is pivotal in our mission to assist as many people as possible. You will have the opportunity to shape and implement our volunteer recruitment, training, and support processes.
We are looking for a candidate with at least two years of experience with Citizens Advice or a similar advice-giving organisation, and who has experience supporting volunteers or other workers in advising the public. You will be a good communicator and motivator, able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, along with an understanding of the differences of managing paid staff and volunteers.
This position is ideal for an existing Advice Session Supervisor, trainer, or an experienced generalist adviser looking to advance their career.
If this sounds like you, apply now and contribute to delivering positive social change across Eastleigh.
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The Peel is a 126-year-old charity based in Clerkenwell, dedicated to enhancing the well-being of the local community, particularly focusing on improving the life experience and chances of children and families facing hardship, supporting older people, and raising awareness around mental health.
We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join The Peel to ensure our finance function is effective and efficient. The Finance Manager will run The Peel’s accounts and financial operations, ensuring compliance with all statutory requirements and providing essential financial information, insight, and advice to support the organisation’s development and decision-making.
This is a key role within a developing and ambitious organisation that makes a significant difference in the local community. The role is part-time and initially on a 12-month, fixed-term basis, with the potential for extension and transitioning to a permanent contract.
Please click on the 'Quick Apply' button and sign into your candidate account to access the Recruitment Pack and submit your application.
In your short covering note, please tell us why you'd like to come and work with us at The Peel.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job overview
British Somali Community Centre is a small refugee women-led charity with a 30-year history of delivering much needed services in education, family support, advocacy, and health programmes to the community.
We are seeking a dynamic, proactive, part-time Senor Strategic and Operations Manager to oversee, grow and develop our organisation to continue to serve our community as we deal with an increase in demand for our services post pandemic and with the rise in the Cost-of-Living crisis.
The overall purpose of this role is to develop the organisation and oversee its operations. As a senior team member, you will play a pivotal role in both shaping and executing the organisation's vision and strategy. Working with the Trustees and Director to support the growth and development of the charity, this role will aid the organisation in making the most of new opportunities and to manage risk through informed strategic choices, stronger strategy development and greater strategic alignment across the organisation.
You will have knowledge of fundraising and be responsible for supporting income generation efforts by proactively seeking out and responding to funding opportunities from donor organisations.
The role will work closely to support the development and operations of projects and processes within the charity. You will make sure that all policies and processes are in place, relevant and regularly reviewed and updated and that the organisation is effectively managed.
You will have excellent communication and people skills, able to engage and work with a range of stakeholders including staff from across the organisation, service users, donors, volunteers, members of the public and trustees. You will be someone who will fit our positive culture and can bring together individuals and teams to deliver successful projects.
We are looking for someone who has great business and financial acumen, can deliver change, oversee project development, and manage and successfully complete multiple tasks.
Ideally the candidate will have experience in the charity/not-for-profit sector, but we welcome applications from people looking to move into this career.
Main responsibilities -
- Lead on organisational development, business, and strategy planning.
- Oversee strategic monitoring and reporting, internal audits, costing and business growth opportunities.
- Ensure policies and processes are in place, relevant and regularly reviewed and updated.
- Support the development and operations of projects and processes within the charity.
- Develop and deliver a research plan to identify the most promising prospective donors for BSCC’s programme priorities.
- Work collaboratively with senior management to develop and submit high value funding bids to meet fundraising targets.
- Secure long-term financing for programs by writing and applying for funding from a diverse range of funding streams.
- Develop the organisation to the vision of the board of trustees.
- Prepare updates, papers, and reports for trustee meetings, funding partners, and wherever else applicable.
Knowledge and skills -
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required.
- Experience in non-profit fundraising and writing successful business plans and strategies.
- Experience of leading on prospect management, taking the initiative, identifying, and reaching out to new trusts and foundations supporters.
- Experience in developing and managing high-quality relationships with trusts and foundations and/or high-net-worth individuals.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and to achieve results in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Note: This is an exciting new role, and we expect it will evolve over time. This job description is not intended to establish a total definition of the job, but an outline of the duties. The details above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out additional tasks from time to time, to enable the organisation to carry out its work efficiently.
Benefits -
- 25 days holiday (pro-rata for part-time role), plus bank holidays and the Christmas week.
- Excellent staff development and training opportunities.
- Job satisfaction from making a real difference on a small team for a charity integral to the local community.
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JOB TITLE: Service Manager
RESPONSIBLE TO: Chief Executive Officer
HOURS OF WORK: 37.5 hours per week
BASED AT: 11/13 Queen Street, Worksop, Notts, S80 2AN
HOLIDAYS: 28 days - including statutory holidays (pro rata)
SALARY: £34,000 per annum plus benefits
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Direct the work of Support Workers and Wardens, ensuring that the team are working efficiently and effectively, providing continuity of service for clients.
- Ensure organisational standards are being met in the accommodation service across all Hope properties.
- Draw up rotas in advance for sign-off from the CEO.
- Monitor staff attendance and report absences promptly to the Management Team.
- Motivate the team through regular one to one supervisions and by modelling good
- Practice.
- Monitor and manage team performance and progress reporting issues at the Management Team meetings.
- Identify staff training needs and submit requests to the Office Manager.
- Ensure adequate procedures are in place, policy is clear and understood by both staff and clients.
- Supervise the delivery of other services provided on site.
- Ensure that weekly property inspections are undertaken by the Wardens and that all health and safety requirements are being met, and they are reporting and recording any actions and concerns promptly to you on a weekly basis.
- Carry out monthly property inspections on all Hope properties.
- Work with the Office Manager to manage all Health and Safety issues.
- Assist in the recruitment and selection of staff and volunteers.
- Undertake regular file reviews ensuring all client files are regularly updated and are maintained in line with Hope’s requirements.
- Ensure that Support Workers are monitoring the needs of clients, and monitor the initial and further risk assessments against the clients support plan to ensure progress is being made and monitored.
- Monitor Support Worker caseloads and ensure that reports are completed thoroughly and accurately by the Support Worker and in an acceptable timeframe.
- Ensure housing benefit and council tax applications are completed adequately and submit-ted in a timely fashion.
- Undertake disciplinary and grievance procedures as necessary.
- Undertake evictions if these arise.
- Develop assessment criteria to determine suitability of clients applying for accommodation, and confirm applications submitted by Support Worker on behalf of clients.
- Deal with complaints from clients.
- Implement the warnings and exclusions’ policy where necessary.
- Ensure work with clients is tangible and leads to positive outcomes, and that Support workers are recording all outcomes.
- Submit verified staff timesheets and rotas to the Finance Manager/CEO for payment.
- Take overall responsibility for the hostel petty cash system.
- Ensure client charges are received, recorded and received by the Service Administrator and Finance Manager.
- Identify Health and Safety issues and action in line with policy and procedures.
- Keep up to date Health and Safety records in line with regulations.
- Take overall responsibility for accurate risk assessment recordings and actions.
- Take overall responsibility for the safeguarding of accommodation service staff and clients.
- Keep up to date incident reports.
- Work in partnership with other agencies to ensure a high standard of service is delivered.
- Monitor equality and diversity, ensuring an accessible service to all clients.
- Attend case conferences, joint assessments and meetings as necessary and directed by the CEO.
- Promote the service to a wider community.
- Provide written monthly reports for management/board meetings as required by the CEO.
- Provide statistical information as required by the CEO.
- To respect the confidential nature of the work.
- To participate in appropriate training and staff development programmes.
- To promote and ensure the implementation and compliance with Hope’s policies.
- To ensure that organisational services are delivered in accordance with Hope’s equal opportunity policy.
- Meet the requirements of rota systems.
- Work closely with the Finance Manager/Deputy CEO in CEO absence.
- To be on the on-call rota and available, when on call, to be on site when required in an emergency.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience of motivating and managing staff.
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to produce concise and relevant proposals with meticulous attention to detail.
- Proven work experience and in-depth understanding of funding procedures, rules and regulations.
- Ability to be flexible and your skills in problem solving.
- High standard of computer literacy (Excel, Word, Outlook).
- Ability to plan, prioritise and work within agreed timeframes.
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
- A working knowledge of and commitment to, equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice.
- An understanding of the need and practice for confidentiality.
- Ability to work on your own initiative, as part of a team, under pressure and with high levels of self-motivation.
- A thorough understanding of adult safeguarding and working with vulnerable people.
- Experience in managing contracts including quality assurance of services and the importance of monitoring and evaluating services.
Desirable
- An understanding of homelessness and relevant issues.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £34,000per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Worksop: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: SManager
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Summary
Salary: Starting salary at £24,525.54 - £27,597.03 (depending on experience)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Birmingham (at MWNUK offices)
Job Type: Permanent (subject to funding)
Deadline: Midday on Friday 2nd August 2024
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 12th August 2024
Start Date: Monday 19th August 2024
About Us
Muslim Women’s Network UK (MWNUK) is an award-winning national charity based in Birmingham working to advance equality and social justice for Muslim women and girls. MWNUK achieves its aims through research, campaigning, training, engaging with its membership, evidence-based advocacy, and by operating a culturally sensitive helpline and counselling service.
Who we are looking for?
A highly motivated and organised individual who is passionate about women’s rights and has management experience of leading a small team, able to plan ahead, work with minimal supervision and able to use own initiative.
Job Description
Purpose of the Role
The Helpline Manager will manage and provide support and advice to a team of Helpline Support / Case Workers and Helpline volunteers who will be handling calls. The role will also include occasionally providing helpline cover during staff shortages. The helpline supports women on more than 45 different issues with the majority of call related to various forms of violence and abuse as well as mental health and wellbeing.
The Helpline Manager will be responsible in ensuring that the service continues to be culturally sensitive and be able to respond to a diverse population of women with complex needs. A significant part of the role will encompass managing staff / volunteer rotas, monitoring staff performance, identifying and managing safeguarding issues, ensuring that the helpline database is being maintained and providing helpline data to other staff. The role will also include attending external stakeholder meetings and raising awareness of the helpline service. The Helpline Manager will also have some involvement in other MWNUK projects, services and activities as required. The role requires a proactive, organised and practical approach to ensure MWNUK’s projects are delivered effectively and efficiently, providing high quality support and customer service across the organisation, both internally and externally.
Main responsibilities
· Supervising the Helpline team of 11 staff (however this is equivalent to 3 full time staff per day only) and ensuring there is sufficient helpline cover and monitoring their wellbeing.
· Recruiting and training helpline volunteers and staff with the support of senior management and ensuring their development needs are flagged up.
· Monitoring performance of helpline staff through monthly supervision meetings and annual appraisals.
· Identification, handling and recording of all safeguarding risks and issues for both children and adults, including in instances of domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour-based violence, sexual abuse, self-harm, isolation, housing, marriage and divorce etc.
· Reviewing helpline cases before they are closed ensuring the data has been properly recorded.
· Monitoring helpline data and identifying any trends and sharing them with senior management and the Advocacy Officer.
· Maintenance of accurate records, online databases, filing systems and computer files and gathering of statistics as required by the Operational Director and / or CEO and external evaluating consultant.
· Maintenance of all information in line with confidentiality and data protection policies while observing professional boundaries at all times.
· Holding monthly helpline team meetings and sharing learning as well as identifying and sharing interesting cases with senior management and the Advocacy Officer.
· Attending external meetings e.g. MARAC meetings, engaging with police and social services.
Other duties
· When required (i.e. when there are staff shortages) provide cover on the helpline and respond to phone calls, emails, texts and webchat in a faith and culturally sensitive manner.
· Keeping up to date with helpline issues such as forced marriages, domestic violence, honour-based violence, sexual violence, female genital mutilation, mental health, discrimination and women’s rights – including assisting with projects and services on these issues.
· Promoting the helpline’s services to a range of stakeholders.
· Occasionally (if required) delivering training workshops and leading discussions online and in schools, colleges, and community organisations on issues such as forced marriages, domestic violence, FGM, honour-based violence, child sexual exploitation etc.
· Carrying out duties to support to the Operational Director and / CEO.
· Attending training as required.
· Undertaking outreach work if required.
Person Specification
· Strong experience of dealing with minority ethnic women particularly from Muslim communities who have suffered domestic violence and other forms of abuse such as forced marriage, honour-based violence, sexual violence, mental health issues etc.
· Knowledge of key issues that will arise on the helpline such as domestic violence, forced marriage, honour-based violence, sexual violence, mental health, hate crime etc.
· Strong experience of identifying and handling safeguarding issues for both children and vulnerable adults.
· Experience of managing, supporting and supervising a small team.
· Second language such as Arabic, Bangla, Punjabi or Urdu.
· Excellent IT skills (word processing, databases, spread sheets and Outlook).
· Able to build relationships with whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
· Proactiveness, enthusiasm and commitment along with an honest and trustworthy approach to the role.
· High level of professionalism when dealing with internal and external stakeholders.
· Strong organisational and interpersonal skills with solid communication skills – written and verbal.
· Experience of effective teamwork i.e. listening (including taking on feedback), being respectful and instilling confidence and motivation into staff and volunteers.
· Ability to work independently without supervision and being able to use initiative.
· The ability to work in a positive manner, under tight deadlines.
· Understanding of and adherence to confidentiality and data protection issues and an understanding of maintaining professional boundaries.
· Understanding and knowledge of the voluntary / non-profit women’s rights sector.
· Drive and willingness to go above and beyond role and be able to demonstrate a commitment to women’s rights.
Application Process
· 1st Stage: Please email your current CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for this role by midday on Friday 2nd August 2024.
· 2nd Stage: Shortlisted individuals will be invited to attend an interview in week beginning 12th August 2024.
(Please note we will be unable to provide feedback at stage 1 of the application process)
Further Information
· Basic DBS clearance is required.
· If successful, references will be requested. To help speed up the process please include references in your CV.
· Please note that in accordance with The Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1), this post is open to women only.
Our client, an ambitious and professional leading body is seeking a strategic Project Manager to join their learning and skills department temporarily. Join them in their mission to encourage the potential of physics for the benefit of all by step in and leading strategic projects that address the urgent skills gap in physics-powered sectors and contribute to pioneering advancements in the physics community!
This role involves growing and widening expertise, influencing networks, and forging impactful partnerships. You'll collaborate with internal teams across England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and engage with external stakeholders at senior levels to drive positive change.
If you're passionate about creating a diverse and skilled physics community, help shape the future of physics and apply today! Immediate start!
Role: Project Manager (Learning and Skills)
Organisation type: Professional Body/Charitable Organisation
Salary/day rate: £260 - £400 day rate (depending on number of days)
Working arrangements: Part time - 2/3 days per week (flexible, can spread days over week)
Location: Predominantly remote working, occasional visits to London-based office
Employment type: Temporary basis - immediate start!
Context of the role:
- Support the organisation's future long-term strategy to make physics accessible to all by addressing skills shortages.
- Work within the Skills team to meet current and future needs in physics-powered sectors.
- Provide project leadership cover for the Skills team leader, driving strategic projects.
- Collaborative and build strong working relationships with internal teams across the UK and Ireland and external stakeholders at senior levels.
- Lead the delivery of a major project focusing on skills challenges in semiconductors, quantum technologies, and photonics.
- Champion initiatives that promote reskilling, upskilling, and inclusivity in the workforce.
- Influence networks and build consensus to encourage partnerships for impactful outcomes.
- Enhance internal expertise and influence in the physics community to drive meaningful change.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaboratively scope and manage projects that contribute to achieving our skills objectives.
- Align and support skills-focused work across organisation's departments in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland, ensuring consistency and synergies.
- Allocate funds and manage budgets for projects and activities.
- Identify and build relationships with key partners to enhance project impact.
- Work effectively within the organisation's matrixed team, shaping priorities and developing integrated plans across related programs.
- Lead and oversee core skills projects, managing delivery risks, milestones, and impacts.
- Support coordination of skills-related activities across national and regional teams in England.
- Manage major national activities and relationships with skills stakeholders and partners.
The successful candidate:
- Strategic thinker with the ability to identify opportunities in a complex stakeholder and policy environment.
- Decision-making and project activities based on solid evidence.
- Inspiring leader and excellent project manager, able to promote cooperation and achieve collective goals.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication, influencing, and cooperative skills.
- Skilled at building relationships and connecting with various stakeholders.
- Ability to start quickly with a strong understanding of the skills landscape and how to drive impactful change.
Knowledge or understanding of physics-powered sectors is a plus but not essential and/or knowledge or experience in the membership/charity/education sector or organisation of a similar nature.
How to Apply:
To apply for the Project Manager role, please reply and upload your CV quoting reference 81357SOH and we can provide more information to you.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
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Partnership Manager - Wales
Location: The role will be based out of the BookTrust Offices in Cardiff. BookTrust works in a hybrid and flexible way with an expectation of a minimum of 8 face to face collaboration days per month which could be at the Cardiff office, visiting partners across Wales and on occasions UK wide travel. There will therefore be reasonable travel needed to fulfil the role, with occasional overnight stays.
Contract: Full-time, open to discussing flexible and part-time options
Salary: £36,000.00
BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more empathetic, and more creative. They also do better at school. Working with every local authority in England, Northern Ireland and Wales and supported by a range of funders including the Arts Council England, Northern Ireland and Wales Governments, we reach over 3 million families a year via partners in schools, children’s centres, health visitors and libraries. This incredible network helps us to get children reading across the country.
We’re looking for a positive and enthusiastic individual with a demonstrable ability to build strong and successful delivery and strategic relationships with a range of external stakeholders, including primary and secondary schools, local authorities, education sector organisations as well as other civil society organisations. The role will also involve ensuring the successful delivery of a set of BookTrust’s programmes and activities so strong organisational skills, experience of collaborating with different internal functional teams and being thorough and meticulous will be necessary attributes.
The Partnerships Manager will also contribute to the development of new activities and programmes and lead on the programme training and national and regional events for Wales so experience of devising and implementing new programmes and training would be advantageous.
To apply please send a copy of your CV to our website along with a covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. Your covering letter should not be longer than two sides.
Closing date: 31st July at 11:59pm.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis; therefore, early applications are encouraged.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity
We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team to discuss your requirements further.
BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.
The British Academy – the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences - is seeking an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Manager to join our Governance & Fellowship Office, providing key support in the delivery of the Academy’s overall EDI ambitions across all aspects of its work.
The Role
Working closely with the Academy’s senior management and workstream leads within other teams, you will oversee the delivery of the Academy’s ambitious EDI activity and strategy. With experience of supporting and delivering EDI initiatives in similar contexts (HE, research funding, fellowship bodies or the charity sector), you will be responsible for both overseeing current and ongoing EDI activity, as well as initiating new areas of work as needed.
You will need excellent communication skills, to be able to liaise and report internally across all levels but also to provide high-quality external communications and act as an ambassador for the Academy and its work.
You will have up-to-date knowledge of the statutory and best-practice contexts of EDI matters and be able to bring these to inform the Academy’s activity, acting as both internal adviser across Teams and the Fellowship and an ally for staff, researchers and the audiences we serve. You will have an understanding of the specific EDI challenges within the UK HE funding and research sector, and work closely with internal and external partners to develop responses and new initiatives. You will have the opportunity to design and deliver new EDI initiatives, but also to influence our governance and accountability processes to ensure EDI outcomes are measurable and effective. You will play a key role in implementing the Academy’s cross-cutting EDI strategy, and ensuring this is evidence-based and supports our role as a key player in the UK HE and Research landscape.
This post sits within the Governance and Fellowship Office and reports directly to the Head of Fellowship Engagement & Governance. This Team supports the Chief Executive and the President of the British Academy, as well as its executive and strategic committees (Council and Senior Management Team). The Office also provides core Fellowship support, including their biannual meetings, nomination and election processes and a number of Fellowship engagement activities. This means that not only will your EDI activity be embedded across the main governance functions of the Academy, but you will also have the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders and decision makers across all of our work.
About the Academy
The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences, established by Royal Charter in 1902. We mobilise these disciplines to understand the world and shape a brighter future. Today’s complex challenges can only be resolved by deepening our insight into people, culture, and societies. With a Fellowship of around 1,400 leading national and international academics, the Academy invests in researchers and projects across the UK and overseas, engages the public with fresh thinking and debates, and brings together scholars, government, business, and civil society to influence policy.
The Academy currently has five directorates: Communications & Marketing; Development, Policy, Research, and Resources, plus a small Governance & Fellowship Team. We have increased staffing in the last 12 months and expect to continue to grow this year.
Working at the Academy
Our senior management team have worked with staff to foster a culture of collaboration, respect, and empathy, in which all contributions are recognised as we work towards our common goals. Our people strategy and working practices focus on building strengths and sharing insights, with learning & development, wellbeing, and equality, diversity & inclusion at the centre of how we operate as an organisation. Investing in our staff and encouraging a healthy work/life balance is central to our success, as we move forward and continue to grow.
Terms and conditions
The British Academy is based at 10–11, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1, a Grade 1 listed building. We offer a competitive benefits package, including a 35-hour working week, with hours and location worked flexibly under our hybrid-working policy, 34 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays, a subsidised canteen and an excellent occupational pension.
How to apply
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, in line with our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, promoting equal opportunity, and addressing under-representation. We will make reasonable adjustments to support disabled job applicants and offer an interview to those meeting the minimum selection criteria.
To apply, and to see the full job description and our workplace values, please follow the link to access the Applied recruitment platform.
Applications must be received no later than 12:00 noon on Monday 12 August 2024.
Please contact the HR team if you have any questions.
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The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is Britain’s oldest, and one of its most prestigious independent research institutes. We specialise in applied social and economic research, combining high academic standards with relevance to policy making. Our reputation for quality and independence, outstanding networks and unrivalled location at the heart of Westminster makes us the ideal base to build a national profile for academic or policy research that makes real impact.
We are seeking a Finance Manager to join the Finance and Administration team. The purpose of the role is to formulate and implement NIESR’s financial and accounting practices, to support its business objectives and to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about improving organisational procedures, and able to work across the organisation to promote good financial practices. This role involves the line management of a Finance Officer, so a commitment to supporting and developing staff is vital.
To apply for this role, please send full CV and a covering letter of no more than 1500 words setting out your suitability for and interest in this post. Your covering letter should address the essential requirements outlined in the person specification: please number each point and address these one at a time to ensure that we are able to fully consider how your experience, skills and abilities meet the needs of the post
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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At Twins Trust our mission is to:
· Provide twins, triplets or more – and their families – with the information needed to make informed decisions.
· Facilitate a network of community support.
· Ensure that our community’s unique needs are understood by the professionals who care for them and reflected in research, care standards and public policy.
Membership Manager
This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and talented team in maximising income from a committed membership base with lots of potential.
With a healthy existing membership base, this role will support the Head of Development in evaluating and enhancing our membership offer to secure sustainable income for Twins Trust. You will be supported by a Membership Officer.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Four days per week (30 hours) (negotiable for the right candidate)
Flexibility: We are a flexible employer and most of our staff are juggling things (including caring for multiples!). We are great at making jobs work around life.
Salary: £35k - £37k pro rata
Reports to: Head of Development
Work location: Hybrid/remote. Office space in London Bridge and Woking, although entirely remote option is fine.
Closing date: 28 July 2024
Purpose of the role
- Accountable for Twins Trust’s annual membership income, delivering a high-quality membership journey through all phases of membership
- Advise on member-focused strategies, plans and measurement that improve member recruitment and retention
- Line manage one Membership Officer, guiding them to provide excellent customer service to Twins Trust's members, process all membership income and update membership information on the database, Microsoft Dynamics
- Support the Head of Development and team in ensuring that membership processes – including processing income - are efficient, effective and implemented consistently
- Draw intelligence from our membership database, analysing data and providing reports to inform decision-making about our membership offer
- Collaborate with fundraising colleagues to maximise fundraising opportunities reaching our membership pool
Ideal candidate
The ideal candidate will have experience in delivering a membership programme as well as managing the operational aspects of membership processing (database, compliance with codes of practice, data protection and BACS regulations), have excellent attention to detail, the ability to think creatively and analytically, excellent digital skills and IT skills, and a can-do attitude.
Person specification
Essential
- Experience of delivering and marketing membership schemes
- Experience working in a CRM and analysing data to inform decision-making, Microsoft Dynamics experience a plus.
- Excellent communications skills and attention to detail
- Knowledge of GDPR compliance and data protection
- A creative and analytical approach to problem solving
- Customer-focused in product development and promotional activities
- Able to collaborate with a team of various disciplines or work independently as required
- Strong IT skills, including SharePoint and advanced Excel.
- Enthusiasm for the issues we work on.
Desirable
- Working understanding of admin processes relating to membership
- Experience working with online payment/donation platforms, extracting and manipulating data.
- Experience of creating a strategy around membership schemes
- Line management experience
For further information please refer to the full Job Spec pdf attached.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location: Remote working / Cardiff office / Hybrid
Salary: £26,000 – £30,000 per annum pro rata
Working hours: 22.5 hours (60%) or 30 hours (80%) per week (subject to funding)
Contract type: 1-year fixed term with potential to extend
Flexible working
About Women’s Equality Network (wen) wales
WEN Wales is the leading gender equality charity in Wales. Our vision is of a Wales free from gender discrimination, where all have equal opportunity and authority to shape society and their own lives.
As a membership organisation, we work in coalition with our organisational and individual members connecting, campaigning and championing women to realise our vision.
About the role
This role is about researching the barriers to gender equality in Wales, developing our policy recommendations around them, and then using the evidence to advocate and influence, ensuring that our work has real impact.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of researching and drafting effective writing for a policy audience, ideally in a Welsh policy or third sector context. You will know how to identify and build relationships with key stakeholders, have strong political awareness and the ability to think strategically. You will also need a good eye for detail and excellent self-management skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
We particularly welcome applications from candidates who have lived experience of intersecting discrimination, including candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Welsh Speaker: Desirable
Closing date: 28 July 2024 at 5pm
The Noah’s Ark Charity supports the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales in providing world-class care, helping to ensure the best outcome and experience possible for children and their families.
We are a small organisation making big strides in our mission to create brighter todays and better tomorrows for children and families at the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales. Having raised more than £30 million to build and equip the hospital, today we continue to work hand in hand with the NHS, providing funding for the most up-to-date equipment and facilities. We also fund services like the play specialist team and emotional support for families.
This is a new role within the Noah’s Ark Charity. It has been created in response to a growth in our grant making programme and directly delivered services, a need to allocate greater resources to monitoring and evaluation, and a drive towards closer strategic partnership working with health board colleagues.
As programme manager you will be focussed on the management, implementation and delivery of a range of programmes across the charity, working collaboratively with strategic partners, commissioners and key stakeholders. In this brand new role, you will be required to develop and implement programme and project plans and in doing so, manage conflicting priorities, problem solve effectively and ensure key performance targets are achieved.
Working closely with the wider charity team, this role offers a real opportunity to help develop and grow the charity’s positive impact on the lives of children and families