Policy Specialist Jobs in Manchester
We are seeking an enthusiastic Volunteer Manager to join our small, collaborative team. You will be a proactive, organised individual with experience of working with volunteers and a talent for building strong relationships. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on variety and is committed to enhancing the experience and contributions of volunteers.
As Volunteer Manager, you will oversee all aspects of volunteer management, including recruitment, training, development of new volunteer projects, and ongoing support. You will be willing to develop and deliver training programmes yourself where needed and identify and support volunteers to take on roles such as trainers and facilitators. A key focus will be ensuring volunteers are well-prepared and integrated into ADCH activities.
As part of a small team, you will need to be hands-on and flexible, taking on a variety of tasks and supporting organisational events and projects. With occasional travel and overnight stays required, this role suits someone adaptable, resourceful, and ready to make a meaningful impact.
If you are an innovative and driven individual ready to embrace this challenging and rewarding role, we’d love to hear from you!
This is a 12-month fixed-term position, with the potential for extension subject to securing further funding.
Closing Date: Monday, 13th January 2025, 5pm.
Interviews: Tuesday 21 January 2025 at Birmingham Dogs Home, Solihull.
If you do not hear from us within 5 days of the closing date, please assume you were unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we reserve the right to close this post early, should we receive a high volume of applications.
Further details about the role, including key responsibilities and criteria, can be found in the job description within our recruitment pack. Please ensure you review the pack carefully before beginning your application.
This role is made possible thanks to support from Pets Foundation
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Job Title: Content Officer (9 Month FTC)
Reports to: Digital Lead
Benefits: Nine-day fortnight (with alternate Fridays designated as a day off), pension contributions, 25 days Annual Leave, staff learning fund, enhanced parental benefits package.
Based in: London office. (We are willing to consider remote working within the UK, with monthly in-person meetings in London, for the right candidate.)
Application deadline: 13th January 2025 (9AM)
Why this role is important – and why you’ll make a difference doing it:
HOPE not hate is the UK’s leading anti-fascist organisation. Our mission is simple – to monitor and challenge the far right, to engage in the communities that are susceptible to them and to address the issues and policies which give rise to them.
Our team includes researchers, educators, community activists and policy experts, as well as specialists with inside access to far right groups.
As a Content Officer, you’ll play a critical role in driving our digital engagement. By creating compelling content for our social media, website and email programmes, you’ll help us attract, inspire, and mobilise more people to stand against hate.
Your role will include:
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Content Creation: Write, design, and produce engaging content, including social media posts, emails, website copy and more. Use tools like Canva, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and CapCut to create graphics and videos from new and existing footage.
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Digital Campaigns: Work with the Digital Lead to plan and execute creative campaigns that inspire action and raise funds.
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Audience Engagement: Build and manage our presence on Instagram, Facebook, Linkedin, X, and BlueSky, and engage with supporters through other platforms. Act as the first point of contact for supporters, responding to messages and comments and managing replies.
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Performance Monitoring: Run tests on content across platforms, analyse results, and use insights to refine and improve our engagement strategies.
What we think you’ll need to be able to do the job:
Essential
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1+ year of experience in digital work for a campaign, charity, or political organisation.
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Creativity and strong ideas for engaging content.
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Experience in copywriting, graphic design, and video production and tools like Canva, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and CapCut.
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Strong organisational skills, and ability to prioritise effectively.
Desirable:
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Knowledge and experience in the areas we work on would be an advantage – tackling the far right; building community resilience against hate, division and oppression; and campaigning against policies that fuel hate.
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Experience using tools like Engaging Networks or WordPress.
We are looking for someone with the emotional resilience to work in a field that involves challenging content, good political judgement and awareness and the ability to work under pressure and reduced timescales.
We believe that our work will be at its best if it is created by people with a range of backgrounds and experiences. We are keen to interview people who will add diversity to our team. We are an antifascist organisation, which strives to be an effective ally in the wider fight against racism and inequity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Are you an experienced leader with a vision for empowering communities and volunteers?
We are seeking FOUR motivated and experienced Community Support Managers to lead and manage our regional community support function that truly impacts those living with and affected by MND. These roles are home-based and have travel requirements across the designated region. These roles offer the opportunity to lead and support both staff and volunteers in delivering exceptional local services.
We are recruiting Community Support Managers to cover the following areas:
Central & West: Bristol, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bath & North-East Somerset, West Midlands, Central & East Midlands, Somerset & Dorset, Devon & Cornwall, and Thames Valley
South-East: London, East and West Sussex, Hertfordshire, Essex, East Anglia, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Jersey, Surrey and Kent
North: Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria, North-East, Yorkshire and North & North-East Lincolnshire
Devolved Nations: Wales and Northern Ireland
Candidates must be located within or close to the region they are interested in.
About Us:
Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. We work to remove barriers for everyone affected by MND, employees, volunteers, and stakeholders.
As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the role's requirements.
What We Offer:
- 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays.
- Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eyecare, health screenings, and therapies.
- 24/7 GP access via phone and video.
- Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines.
- Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave).
- Access to Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping.
- Enhanced pension scheme.
- Opportunities for training and personal development.
- Hybrid working.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Community Support Manager, you will:
- Lead and manage a team of Community Support Coordinators (CSCs), ensuring their training, development, and wellbeing.
- Collaborate with the Volunteering Team to support recruitment and retention of key volunteer roles.
- Facilitate a community of practice with colleagues to ensure consistent service delivery and knowledge sharing.
- Maintain awareness of external services and partnerships to enhance local support provision.
- Oversee regional data collection and reporting to inform business planning and align with organisational objectives.
- Ensure compliance with key policies, including safeguarding, GDPR, and health and safety, empowering your team to follow best practices.
- Work with the Head of Regional Services and Partnerships to develop local and regional plans for improving support services.
- Report regularly on regional activities, challenges, and impact using agreed processes.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with external organisations to enhance services.
- Support the implementation of new initiatives and provide cover for team members as needed.
About You:
We're looking for an inspiring leader with the skills and experience to excel in this role. You should have:
- Proven experience managing remote teams, including both staff and volunteers.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Skills in performance data management and reporting.
- A track record of delivering support services in statutory, private, or voluntary sectors.
- Experience managing risk and safeguarding.
- The ability to build and maintain relationships with diverse communities and external partners.
- A commitment to inclusion and diversity.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and make independent decisions.
- Proficiency in computer literacy.
- Flexibility to work occasional unsocial hours.
- A full driving licence.
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, apply now to join a dedicated team making a real difference every day!
The full job description is available in the candidate pack.
Salary: £43,600 per annum
Hours: 37 per week
Location: Home-based with travel requirements across designated region.
Contract: Permanent
Regions:
Central & West: Bristol, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bath & North-East Somerset, West Midlands, Central & East Midlands, Somerset & Dorset, Devon & Cornwall, and Thames Valley
South-East: London, East and West Sussex, Hertfordshire, Essex, East Anglia, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Jersey, Surrey and Kent
North: Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria, North-East, Yorkshire and North & North-East Lincolnshire
Devolved Nations: Wales and Northern Ireland
Candidates must be located within or close to the region they are interested in.
We are open to part-time applications or job shares - please indicate your preferred working arrangement in your application.
How to apply:
Please submit a CV and supporting statement. Your supporting statement should be no longer than one side of A4 and demonstrate how you meet the following areas of the role.
- Experience leading, supporting and measuring performance for remote teams with staff and volunteers.
- Skilled in performance data management and reporting.
- Demonstrable understanding and delivery of support services in the statutory, private and/or voluntary sectors including value.
Important Information:
- We may close applications early if we receive a high volume, so early submissions are encouraged.
- If you require sponsorship for this role, please clearly indicate this in your application.
- Depending on the role, a DBS check may be required.
- If you need reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact us for support.
- We are happy to consider alternative application formats for those who find the online form challenging.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
We are here for anyone affected by dementia to help them navigate some of the hardest and most frightening times of their lives.
We are advisors, supporters, fundraisers, researchers, influencers, communicators, technical specialist and so much more. We are volunteers, we are employees, and together we are here to make a difference to the lives of people living with dementia and their carers.
Strategic evidence are our in-house experts in dementia data, economics, care and clinical research evidence. If you are passionate about using evidence for good – this role is for you!
We are accountable and responsible for gathering, analysing, contributing and mobilising evidence and insight to strengthen the case for dementia across the UK - bringing this to bear to our people in Alzheimer’s Society and the dementia system locally and nationally.
We are evidence and data driven, factual and solution focused. Our strategic evidence base will ensure that the Society’s decisions and interpretation of dementia and the system is based on the highest quality of dementia evidence and will:
- Demonstrate the scale of dementia in the UK
- Demonstrate the impact of dementia on the system and those affected by the disease
- Underpin the response of Alzheimer’s Society and the wider system to the big challenges dementia poses
As Health Economics Lead, you will have a new and exciting opportunity to lead and develop how we use health economics evidence in the development and curation of our strategic evidence base. You will play a significant role in making dementia the priority it needs to be.
You will be a recognised expert in your field, providing leadership on complex assignments and projects, and providing technical guidance to others in resolving complex issues related to economic analysis.
You will work alongside a Dementia Data and Intelligence Lead and Strategic Evidence Manager. Together, you will provide expertise on evidence, data and insight in the context of dementia, ensuring that the Society’s decisions and interpretation of dementia and the system is based on the highest quality of dementia evidence.
Your role is also part of an even larger Evidence, Policy & Influencing (EP&I) function which is laser-focused on ending the devastation of dementia through changing policy. You will be an integral part of the part of EP&I Management Team. Integration and teamwork are everything in this role – with colleagues internally and with the system externally.
You will:
- Hold responsibility for providing leadership and in house expertise in health economic analysis and economic approaches, helping us to develop and curate our strategic evidence base
- Identify, synthesise and summarise complex health economics literature, using your critical thinking skills to accurately present findings in reports, varying formats appropriate to the anticipated audience, to facilitate evidence-based policy and to inform strategic decision making
- Be at the leading edge of health economics, ensuring specialist knowledge is kept up to date by being aware of developments in the field of health economics, attending training courses and participating in other knowledge sharing events or networks.
- Make our strategic evidence base everyone’s business – to our people, and key players in the dementia system.
- Inspire and motivate people towards shared objectives and goals, encouraging an environment where people can be themselves and safely share their opinion and be able to listen and support others.
About you
You are passionate about making a difference for people affected by dementia and understand the vital role credible and robust evidence can play in making this happen.
You are:
- Experienced in using health economics o inform internal and external decision making and achieve results, with the ability to lead and manage data projects simultaneously using project management approaches
- Identify, synthesise and summarise complex cost effectiveness literature and present findings in reports, varying formats appropriate to different audiences, to facilitate evidence informed decision making
- Confident in navigating the health, care, economics and system analysis research environment and can work with a range of researchers, think tanks and other suppliers to gather and generate credible evidence
- An opportunity spotter, able to work independently and collaboratively across internal and external boundaries to ensure our evidence is maximised to inform decisions and solutions that address the biggest challenges facing dementia across the UK
- Confident to hold others to account to ensure decisions and interpretation of dementia and the system are based on the highest quality of dementia evidence.
- Curious and constantly questioning the status quo
- Flexible, creative, and committed to continuous improvement
- Appreciate the complexities that come with working in a large and fast-moving organisation and are eager and able to work at pace in a complex environment, prioritising tasks and managing your time effectively to get the job done.
For this application, we strongly recommend including a supporting statement letting us know you are motivated for this role.
If in doubt, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team for further support.
Thank you!
Please note this is a 12-month fixed term role. This role is funded by The Law Family Charitable Foundation.
The role of the Learning Content Producer is to create original, innovative digital content based on existing FA learning courses to support our Factory Academy and provide support to wider teams. Utilising specialised production skills and knowledge of learning styles, you will produce a series of digital training and learning courses, masterclasses, videos and resources to sit on a new Factory International learning platform and training hub.
The key responsibilities for the Learning Content Producer include;
- Translate existing in person lessons, courses and modules from Factory Academy into innovative and engaging online/digital content that reflects and encapsulates the intended learning experience
- Planning, producing, and managing distinctive end-to-end training and learning content projects, employing a range of specialist production skills. Providing full production and project management
- Working with the Marketing and PR departments to develop online content to support campaigns for Factory International to enhance visibility, and engagement
- Seeking improvements in content production to enhance efficiency and staying updated on emerging digital content trends
- Adhering to FI compliance policies, including editorial guidelines, and addressing matters of potential controversy
- Ensuring that the content reflects FI’s diverse audiences and audience development strategy
The person specification for the Learning Content Producer are;
ESSENTIAL
- Understanding of a variety of Learning styles and how these can be translated to online platforms
- Experience in the gamification of content
- Knowledge of the target audience, their needs and expectations
- Proven knowledge and experience of production techniques and technologies and the technical skills to produce quality content across multi-platforms including (Film and audio editing experience)
- Experience of taking ideas from concept to finished product whilst driving forward creativity
- Effective planning and organising skills. Ability to manage several areas of work at one time, prioritising, delivering consistently to deadlines and reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities
- Commitment to championing representation and inclusion at every level of the organisation with a proven ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds
DESIRABLE
- Experiences of works with rights and distributors
- Demonstrable ability to develop fresh, new creative ideas
- Enthusiasm for training, mentoring and support of emerging talent
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Tenancy Sustainment Officer
Bolton
Full time
Temporary, ongoing
£14.00 - £15.00 per hour
Our client
Morgan Hunt is working with a specialist provider of quality housing and support services, delivering tailored support plans, training, education, and employment opportunities to help people achieve stable lives and realise their full potential. Those they help include asylum seekers, ex-offenders, expectant and new mums, people with mental health issues, recovering addicts, survivors of domestic abuse, those homeless or at risk of becoming homelessness, and young people leaving care. They offer a variety of services including supported housing, floating support, housing management and specialist support.
The role
As a Tenancy Sustainment Officer, you will.
- Provide a customer focused service contributing to the delivery of housing services to residents. Co-ordinating tenancy management and rent collection to ensure all housing management income is collected effectively.
- Ensuring fair access, process of applications, relevant background checks and allocation of vacant properties and that supported accommodation is available for use, ensuring no vacant properties and void turnaround time is minimised.
- Ensuring H&S and property standards are maintained and work effectively as a team member delivering excellent services to residents.
- Assure compliance with Management Agreements and Leases and report as required to partner landlords on housing management performance.
- Ensure the appropriate actions are undertaken for disposal or acquisition of properties.
- Effectively work for the efficient turnaround of void properties to ensure quick re-let with pre-let and post let checks, ensuring repairs and replacements are completed quickly. You will ensure supported accommodation is available for use in line with local Key Performance Indicators.
- Oversee and carry out where necessary the basic cleaning and room turnaround tasks to ensure standards are maintained.
- Carry out regular H&S checks as determined by the client group, management agreements and policies.
- Support and empower residents to maintain cleanliness of communal and personal space in accordance with their tenancy / licence agreement.
- Ensure the process for Gas Safety checks is strictly adhered to and residents are aware of their obligations.
- Ensure that accommodation furnishings and Welcome Packs are available for new lets. Order replacement furniture. Maintain inventory and agree the condition of accommodation at the point of re-let with the new tenant and again when the tenant is leaving.
- To generate referrals and promote accommodation vacancies by liaising with partner agencies (e.g. Housing options, Single Point of access).
- Ensure adequate induction of residents, ensuring they are aware of the input given by Housing services.
The candidate
- Knowledge of working with and supporting vulnerable people.
- Knowledge and practice in housing and tenancy management in relation to statutory obligations.
- Track record in effective tenancy management, particularly voids and arrears management.
- Sound understanding of Housing Benefit regulations and welfare reform.
- A working knowledge of Health and Safety in the workplace, implications for staff and residents.
- Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing, including letter and report writing.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to manage challenging and diverse client groups.
For more information, or to apply for the role of Tenancy Sustainment Officer, contact me today on 0161 838 3616.
Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.
Thank you!
Learning and Development Officer (Scotland)
Part time (28 hrs per week)
Are you passionate about helping to further the mission of our churches, circuits and districts? Are you an excellent facilitator, able to enable others in their learning and support organisational development and change? If you are, we would like to hear from you. In this role, you will be part of the GB-wide Learning Network of the Methodist Church, encouraging and resourcing life-long learning.
This role is aligned to Scotland and covers a wide range of learning and development areas within the life of the church, aimed at supporting, encouraging and inspiring the church in living out ‘Our Calling: to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission’.
The Learning Network works primarily with lay and ordained church leaders, equipping them as they in turn seek to equip all God’s people. A particular focus of this role will be to further the mission of churches, circuits and districts and support the development of new worshipping communities in different contexts.
As the successful applicant, you will work with other team members across the Learning Network and wider Connexional Team, to enable Methodist people in all aspects of their calling as together we seek to be an inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing church.
About You
The role includes:
- supporting circuits in exploring vision and developing mission plans;
- working collaboratively with colleagues to plan, develop and review learning and development in areas such as leadership development, biblical literacy, vocation, worship leading and preaching, pastoral care, ministerial wellbeing, supervision, conflict resolution, mission and ministry with all ages;
- facilitating effective and potentially transformational conversations on a variety of subjects;
- enabling, equipping and resourcing through preparation, delivery and evaluation of a wide range of contextually relevant learning and development activities, events and initiatives, both for onsite and online contexts;
- contributing your particular gifts and experiences to enhance learning and development across the connexion;
- helping churches in their commitment to support the Church’s aspiration to be inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing;
- a requirement to travel, and work during some evenings and weekends.
- a requirement to be a member of a church in good standing with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or equivalent.
Key skills include:
- Building good relationships with the District(s) and with individuals and communities across the church and beyond;
- An ability to work interculturally, being sensitive to working across different nations or jurisdictions, with an understanding of contextual theology;
- Good communication, including utilising digital mediums, planning, organising, and leadership skills;
- An understanding of safeguarding;
- Supporting adult learners;
- Theologically thinking and the ability to facilitate others in developing theological conversation;
- Flexible and creative approach.
You will have significant experience in offering learning and development support and theological reflection in a relevant context.
Our Culture, Values and Benefits
Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.
We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), annualised hours and a Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.
The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.
The successful applicant will be required to live within the geographical area of the aligned Methodist District, or close commutable distance, and be expected to travel for work purposes.
If you require reasonable adjustments to made at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know (contact detaiils on our website).
How to Apply:
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Closing date: 5 January 2025
Shortlisting date: 6 January 2025
Interview date: 17 January 2025 at Paisley Methodist Central Hall
N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Part Time (21 hours) Learning and Development Officer. Aligned to East Anglia District
Are you passionate about helping to further the mission of our churches, circuits and districts? Are you an excellent facilitator and educator? Do you have imagination, creativity and a pastoral heart for understanding rural communities and those living on the edge? If you are, we would like to hear from you. As an experienced professional with a proven track record in learning and development, you will be part of the GB-wide Learning Network of the Methodist Church, encouraging and resourcing life-long learning.
This position is aligned to the East Anglia Methodist District and will work with circuits and churches in rural, coastal and urban settings. The role includes a wide range of learning and development activities within the life of the church. These are aimed at supporting, encouraging and inspiring the church in living out ‘Our Calling: to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission’. The Learning Network works primarily with lay and ordained church leaders, equipping them as they in turn seek to equip all God’s people.
As the successful applicant aligned to the East Anglia District, you will work with other team members across Learning Network and the wider Connexional Team, to support, encourage and inspire Methodist people in all aspects of their calling as together we seek to be an inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing church.
About you
The role includes:
enabling, equipping and resourcing through preparation, delivery and evaluation of a wide range of contextually relevant learning and development activities, events and initiatives, both for onsite and online contexts;
supporting circuits in exploring vision and developing mission plans;
facilitating effective and potentially transformational conversations on a variety of subjects;
helping churches in their commitment to support the Church’s aspiration to be inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing;
working collaboratively with colleagues to plan, develop and review learning and development programmes;
contributing your particular gifts and experiences to enhance learning and development across the connexion
a requirement to travel, and work during some evenings and weekends
a requirement to live within the East Anglia District of the Methodist Church
a requirement to be a member of a church in good standing with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or equivalent.
Key skills include:
Building good relationships with the Districts and with individuals and communities across the church and beyond;
Good communication (including digital mediums), planning, organising, and leadership skills;
An understanding of safeguarding;
Supporting adult learners;
Theological thinking and the ability to facilitate others in developing theological conversation;
The ability to work with people across a broad demographic;
Flexible and creative approach.
You will have significant experience in offering learning and development support and theological reflection in a relevant context.
Our Culture, Values and Benefits
Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.
We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), annualised hours and a Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.
The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.
The successful applicant will be required to live within the geographical area of the East Anglia Methodist District and will be expected to travel for work purposes.
Closing date: 15 January 2025
Interviews to take place on: 3 February 2025 in Thetford
N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
Thank you!
Full time (35 hours) Learning and Development Officer (aligned to Chester & Stoke-on-Trent and Isle of Man Districts)
Are you passionate about helping to further the mission of our churches, circuits and districts? Are you an excellent facilitator and educator? If you are, we would like to hear from you. As an experienced professional with a proven track record in learning and development, you will be part of the GB-wide Learning Network of the Methodist Church, encouraging and resourcing life-long learning.
This role is aligned to two Methodist Districts, Chester & Stoke-on-Trent and Isle of Man, and covers a wide range of learning and development areas within the life of the church, aimed at supporting, encouraging and inspiring the church in living out ‘Our Calling: to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission’. The Learning Network works primarily with lay and ordained church leaders, equipping them as they in turn seek to equip all God’s people.
As the successful applicant, aligned to both the Chester & Stoke-on-Trent District and Isle of Man District, you will work with other team members across the Learning Network and the wider Connexional Team to enable Methodist people in all aspects of their calling as together we seek to be an inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing church.
About you
The role includes:
enabling, equipping and resourcing through preparation, delivery and evaluation of a wide range of contextually relevant learning and development activities, events and initiatives, both for onsite and online contexts;
supporting circuits in exploring vision and developing mission plans;
facilitating effective and potentially transformational conversations on a variety of subjects;
helping churches in their commitment to support the Church’s aspiration to be inclusive, justice seeking, evangelistic and growing;
working collaboratively with colleagues to plan, develop and review learning and development programmes in areas such as leadership development, biblical literacy, vocation, worship leading and preaching, pastoral care, ministerial wellbeing, supervision, conflict resolution, mission and ministry with all ages;
contributing your particular gifts and experiences to enhance learning and development across the connexion
a requirement to travel, and work during some evenings and weekends.
a requirement to live within the Chester & Stoke-on-Trent District of the Methodist Church and to travel to the Isle of Man as required
a requirement to be a member of a church in good standing with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland or equivalent.
Key skills include:
Building good relationships with the Districts and with individuals and communities across the church and beyond;
An ability to work interculturally - being sensitive to working across different nations or jurisdictions, with an understanding of contextual theology;
Good communication (including digital mediums), planning, organising, and leadership skills;
An understanding of safeguarding;
Supporting adult learners;
Theological thinking and the ability to facilitate others in developing theological conversation;
Flexible and creative approach.
You will have significant experience in offering learning and development support and theological reflection in a relevant context.
Our Culture, Values and Benefits
Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.
We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), annualised hours and a Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.
The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.
The successful applicant will be required to live within the geographical area of the Chester & Stoke-on-Trent Methodist District and will be expected to travel to the Isle of Man for work purposes.
Closing date: 12 January 2025
Interviews to take place on: 4th February 2025 in Crewe
N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Registered Charity
101 - 500
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
Thank you!
We are here for anyone affected by dementia to help them navigate some of the hardest and most frightening times of their lives.
We are advisors, supporters, fundraisers, researchers, influencers, communicators, technical specialist and so much more. We are volunteers, we are employees, and together we are here to make a difference to the lives of people living with dementia and their carers.
Strategic evidence are our in-house experts in dementia data, economics, care and clinical research evidence. If you are passionate about using evidence for good – this role is for you!
We are accountable and responsible for gathering, analysing, contributing and mobilising evidence and insight to strengthen the case for dementia across the UK - bringing this to bear to our people in Alzheimer’s Society and the dementia system locally and nationally.
We are evidence and data driven, factual and solution focused. Our strategic evidence base will ensure that the Society’s decisions and interpretation of dementia and the system is based on the highest quality of dementia evidence and will:
- Demonstrate the scale of dementia in the UK
- Demonstrate the impact of dementia on the system and those affected by the disease
- Underpin the response of Alzheimer’s Society and the wider system to the big challenges dementia poses
As Dementia Data and Intelligence Lead, you have a new and exciting opportunity to lead how we evolve our ability to use health related dementia data in the development and curation of our strategic evidence base. You will play a significant role in our mission to make dementia the priority it needs to be.
You will work alongside a Health Economics Lead and Strategic Evidence Manager and line manage a Dementia Data Analyst. Together, you will provide expertise on evidence, data and insight in the context of dementia, ensuring that the Society’s decisions and interpretation of dementia and the system is based on the highest quality of dementia evidence.
You will also be part of an even larger Evidence, Policy & Influencing (EP&I) function which is laser-focused on ending the devastation of dementia through changing policy. You will also be an integral part of the part of EP&I Management Team. Integration and teamwork are everything in this role – with colleagues internally and with the system externally.
You will:
- Hold responsibility for providing leadership and in house expertise on health-related dementia data, helping us to develop and curate our strategic evidence base, with minimal supervision, reflecting your high-level responsibilities.
- Identify, track and analyse datasets specifically related to dementia, but also across the wider health and social care landscape and from a range of sources.
- Be an expert in building intelligence within a health or social environment, providing leadership on complex assignments and projects, and providing technical guidance to others in resolving complex issues related to dementia data.
- Make our strategic evidence base everyone’s business – to our people, and key players in the dementia system.
- Inspire and motivate people towards shared objectives and goals, encouraging an environment where people can be themselves and safely share their opinion and be able to listen and support others.
About you
You are passionate about making a difference for people affected by dementia and understand the vital role credible and robust evidence can play in making this happen.
You are:
- Experienced in using health related data developing to inform internal and external decision making and achieve results, with the ability to lead and manage data projects simultaneously using project management approaches
- Advanced in interpreting statistical analysis and data visualisation, with the ability to tailor the communication of insight from data to different audiences
- Confident in navigating the health, care, economics and system analysis research environment and can work with a range of researchers, think tanks and other suppliers to gather and generate credible evidence
- An opportunity spotter, able to work independently and collaboratively across internal and external boundaries to ensure our evidence is maximised to inform decisions and solutions that address the biggest challenges facing dementia across the UK
- Confident to hold others to account to ensure decisions and interpretation of dementia and the system are based on the highest quality of dementia evidence.
- Curious and constantly questioning the status quo
- Flexible, creative, and committed to continuous improvement
- Appreciate the complexities that come with working in a large and fast-moving organisation and are eager and able to work at pace in a complex environment, prioritising tasks and managing your time effectively to get the job done.
For this application, we strongly recommend including a supporting statement letting us know you are motivated for this role.
If in doubt, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team for further support.
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Location: On site · Brussels, Belgium
Team: Community Healthcare Services
We are seeking a motivated and experienced Health Visitor to deliver and lead the Healthy Child programme across mainland Europe and Turkey. You will be responsible for supporting and monitoring the health and development of children across the 0-19 age range. The desired applicant will work in developing, implementing, and evaluating health plans in response to identified needs of the individual, family and community; participating in health promotion and public health campaigns; and assisting with the delivery of childhood immunisations.
You will work collaboratively with the Community Health Team, Primary Care, Social Care, Education and welfare agencies. Furthermore, you will be involved with Early Help Assessments and attend multi-agency meetings.
About the team
You will be a member of the SSAFA Community Health Team overseas and will be based in Belgium, responsible for the delivery of HV services to four GP practices, three firm base and one virtual practice. You will be supported through clinical and safeguarding supervision remotely.
The successful candidate will be co located within a DPHC GP practice in SHAPE NATO HQ Belgium.
About you
You must be a Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor) with a minimum of three years post SCPHN qualification experience. Experience of working within a military environment would be an advantage. You will be able to manage and prioritise a caseload effectively, have good time management skills, excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills and be committed to personal and professional development. You will have a good working knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children. You will have good IT skills, including Microsoft Teams.
All SSAFA staff are required to be committed to safeguarding children and adults and to adhere to child protection policies and guidelines in conjunction with Command Local Safeguarding Children’s Board procedures.
A valid driving license and the ability to drive a manual car is essential.
About SSAFA
SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of support for the Armed Forces community in their time of need. In 2023 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 53,000 people, including veterans, serving personnel (regulars and reserves) and their families.
SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person and their family, any time they need us and in any way they need us.
Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA
SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.
Review the benefits that SSAFA has to offer here
No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.
Closing date: Midnight on Tuesday 07 January 2025. SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy once we receive sufficient suitable applications.
Please be aware that our response times may be longer than usual from 24 December to 02 January.
Interviews: TBC
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Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.
We believe that everyone deserves a chance to learn and space to thrive and that the right education can change lives. You’ll help break down barriers to education for young people, helping them learn and grow at their own pace.
- Lead on a Art across the school from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 5.
- Develop or support the production of Schemes of Work and resources to support the delivery of your subject curriculum across all Key Stages
- Teach the Art National Curriculum, (which could include working towards Entry Level, Arts Award, GCSE or A-Level) to students in Key Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 or Post 16.
- Adapt the teaching of curricula to meet the varying learning needs of pupils with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
- Use progress data to monitor progress, set targets and plan subsequent lessons.
- Give pupils regular feedback, both orally and through accurate marking, and encourage pupils to respond to the feedback.
- To provide feedback and advice to staff and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the assessment and treatment of a pupils physical, functional, cognitive, sensory and perceptual abilities. This includes psychosocial needs.
- To provide feedback to parents, carers and external agencies, as consented by the pupil or their advocate(s).
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Have a secondary teaching qualification with a specialism in Art.
- Experience of working with children who have autism and communication difficulties co-morbid with learning difficulties, ADHD, Mental health and/or sensory processing issues
- A strong commitment to working co-operatively with parents.
- Knowledge of approaches/methodologies that can support children with autism e.g. TEACCH, Attention Autism and SPELL.
- Knowledge and understanding of the National Curriculum and the demands it places on children with additional needs.
- High Level of personal resilience
- Knowledge of Safeguarding and Keeping Children Safe in Education
Benefits
- Teachers Pension Scheme
- Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
- Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
- Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
- Proud to be a real living wage employer
- Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
- Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
- Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home
Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you
The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).
This role will involve regulated activity.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Salford CVS to support our grants and investment programmes.
We are looking to recruit a part-time (30 hours per week) Grants Development Worker on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract.
You will assist the Grants Manager and Grants Coordinator in the development and delivery of a large grants and investments programme (aimed at voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations and schools) in excess of £1.6m per year, largely focused on addressing health inequalities in the city of Salford. The role will be based in both the office and community settings. We currently operate a hybrid working model, which includes office days and working from home.
To be successful, you will be able to communicate effectively with people from a wide range of backgrounds, from small community groups to large charities, schools and public-sector commissioners. This will include tailoring information, advice and guidance to the needs of the VCSE sector.
If that sounds like you – then we want to hear from you!
In return, we offer:
- 28 days’ holiday rising to 30 days (after five years) plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Paid sick leave – subject to terms and conditions of service
- A compassionate approach to dependants’ leave and compassionate leave – to help deal with life’s unforeseen circumstances
- Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer-subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
- RHS family membership (optional and non-contractual)
- Development opportunities – we support and encourage our staff to progress in their careers (including formal training)
- A supportive working culture – we respect and support one another to do the best we can
For further information, please view the Job Pack.
To apply, please return your application form to us via the Apply button.
Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 8th January 2024.
Interview date: Thursday 23rd January 2024 (in person at Salford CVS offices in Eccles).
Please note late applications will not be accepted.
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We’re on the look out for a new member of our team, a new member of our Executive Team, and someone that is going to be part a key part of this inspirational organisation, We Are Survivors.
Could you be our new Criminal Justice Services Director?
Are you the person that wants to lead an amazing team of therapists working both outside in the community and inside prison and secure settings?
Do you want to inspire a team of ISVAs, the first male focused ISVA team in the UK to do more for those victims/survivors in the criminal justice process as the system across England and Wales is straining?
Do you, like us, think that every person has the capacity to create change and so want to be part of an organisation that is not only ground breaking but now the largest male victim/survivor organisation in the UK?
The Criminal Justice Services Directorate is an incredibly important part of our organisation, delivering services in the community and in secure settings including Prisons, with a range of individuals and groups that have all been impacted by sexual harms (including sexual abuse, rape and sexual exploitation, or boys and men) alongside the impact on their families and friends.
Over the past 15+ years we have grown as an organisation, both physically and metaphorically, and we’re now supporting approximately 2,500 male survivors every single year across all our services in the Community Services Directorate and the Criminal Justice Services Directorate. The current state of the criminal justice system, the difficulties in the mental health system, the cost of living and other societal pressures will make the next few years both challenging and fascinating and you could get to help shape our local and regional response, along with influencing the national discussion on tackling sexual and domestic abuse, gender-based violence, and the ever-growing prison population.
This role is one that will give you the opportunity to use your:
- strategic planning skills;
- systems leadership experience;
- people management and influencing; and
- governance and performance leadership.
You’ll work with the Community Services Director and the Operations Director, and alongside the Deputy Chief Executive Officer to be part of the Executive Leadership team; whilst supporting and working with the Chief Executive Officer to ensure we make our vision a reality.
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WorkWell is an opportunity to create a more collective approach to supporting residents with health conditions to retain or find work, integrate existing health and work services, and support and increase capacity to provide additional support within the system.
As a Community Connector, you will use strength-based approaches to support individuals referred to Wellbeing Matters by the primary care networks and WorkWell partners to connect with appropriate community assets, activities or services that support their wellbeing and self-care.
Working within the WorkWell Salford multi-disciplinary team and primary care networks, you will be a strong communicator, able to promote the WorkWell offer and identify individuals who will benefit from your support. You will be a team player working as part of the Wellbeing Matters staff team.
To be successful, you will be experienced in working collaboratively, working one-to-one with clients to access support, and sharing insight and information to support the wider Wellbeing Matters team based on your engagement within the WorkWell partnership.
If that sounds like you – then we want to hear from you!
In return, we offer:
- 28 days’ holiday rising to 30 days after five years plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Paid sick leave – subject to terms and conditions of service
- A compassionate approach to dependants’ leave and compassionate leave to help deal with life’s unforeseen circumstances
- Pension scheme with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution)
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer-subsidised scheme (optional and non-contractual)
- RHS family membership (optional and non-contractual)
- Development opportunities – we support and encourage our staff to progress in their careers (including formal training)
- A supportive working culture – we respect and support one another to do the best we can
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.
We are actively reviewing applications and will be reaching out to suitable candidates promptly, so don’t hesitate to submit your application.
The first review of applications will be on 9th December 2024 at noon. If we are unable to identify suitable candidates at this stage, we will extend the deadline to 2nd January 2025 at noon.
Initial interview date (subject to response): 16th December 2024.
Please note late applications will not be accepted.