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We're seeking a skilled and dedicated Maintenance Contracts Officer to join our team in Kings Cross. Working across almost all London Boroughs, we strive to provide a warm, safe home, from which our residents can begin their recovery, and our Maintenance Contract Officer plays a vital role in managing our contracted services effectively to enable this. This is a great opportunity for someone who is resourceful, interpersonal and a strong team player.

About the role:

As a Maintenance Contracts Officer, you will be responsible for ensuring our contracted suppliers provide high quality, reliable services to our supported housing schemes, to ensure clients have safe, good quality accommodation they can call home.

In your role, you will lead on tender and procurement processes to secure contracts with suppliers that deliver reliable, cost-effective, and high-quality services. You will be responsible for ensuring all contracted suppliers hold relevant qualifications, health and safety and, insurance requirements at the point of tender and throughout the contract period.

You will work within the portfolio of wider maintenance team, and work closely with colleagues from across our supported housing teams regarding queries and provision of contracted services.

About you:

• You’ll bring experience of contract administration and monitoring the performance of contracted suppliers, with the ability to implement and manage supplier performance improvement plans.
• Your toolkit includes an understanding of customer needs, and how to manage expectations to deliver a professional service, including recognising and managing dissatisfaction.
• You have strong negotiation skills, actively listening and effectively adapt to meet the needs of all stakeholders.
• Strong team-working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a collaborative approach to delivering the service.
• You are self-motivated and understand the impact of your work and follow through.
• You can handle multiple tasks and projects simultaneously and prioritise and schedule tasks to meet deadlines and goals.

About us:

Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity. Our vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.

We help single Londoners by preventing homelessness, providing support and accommodation, promoting wellbeing, enhancing opportunity, and being a voice for change. From supporting people in crisis to helping people take the final steps towards independence and employment, we make a difference to 10,000 lives every year across all 32 boroughs.

This role is more than a job, it’s about making a safe home for people who have experienced homelessness, we offer the opportunity to be part of supportive team who care about the way we do things, and work to improve homes and make a real difference in people’s lives.

Apply now to become a pivotal part of the Single Homeless Project’s Maintenance Team.

Important Info:

Closing Date: 28th July at midnight

Interview Date: 6th August at 245 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8QY 

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant. 

About us:

Carers’ Hub plays a vital role in Lambeth, supporting the many unpaid carers across the borough with 1 to 1 and peer support, signposting, training, workshops and social activities. Our work stems from the fact that carers often go about their roles despite the toll it might take on their own wellbeing, often having to make sacrifices that hamper their own ability to lead a normal life. Whether financial, educational or otherwise, we seek to limit the challenges that carers face. We achieve this through four core workstreams: 

1. raising awareness of carers, 

2. influencing local policy through community engagement activities, 

3. improving carer wellbeing and

4. connecting carers to each other and to support and training opportunities through our services. 

About the role:

We are seeking a dynamic and organised Office Administrator to join our team. To manage the overall running of the Carers’ Hub office, including overseeing HR admin, implement policy and procedures, including Health and Safety, maintain administrative processes, manage stakeholders, serve the trustee board, and work closely with the Carers’ Hub team in the implementation of events and projects.

The Office Administrator role is a new position that will provide a wide variety of operational support to the Carers’ Hub Leadership Team as we develop our offer and increase the number of carers who access our services. This job description will be reviewed on a regular basis and may be subject to change, particularly as the needs of the charity change.

About you

As the Office Administrator you will be responsible for managing the overall running of the Carers’ Hub office and administrative processes.

The post holder will:

• Work collaboratively and have excellent communication skills. 

• Be organised, self-motivated and able to manage your time effectively

• Have the ability to solve problems effectively and make decisions in the face of competing priorities

• Be adaptable and flexible, able to embrace change and quickly adjust to the evolving charity’s needs

• Be able to work unsupervised and under pressure.

• Be technically proficient, experience of a CRM system is desirable

What can we offer you?

• Professional development,  induction,  ongoing training and support

• Hybrid working

• Holiday pay and pension

• An Employee Assistance Programme

• Bright Exchange - an online marketplace that gives you access to hundreds of products, services and special offers from a wide range of different companies.

Closing date: 9am Friday 9th August

Interviews:  Thursday 15th August at 336 Brixton Road

Purposeful vision. Agile planning. Steadfast persistence. 

SENIOR MARKETING PLANNING MANAGER (PAID MEDIA)

Salary: £55,000 - £58,000 plus

Reports to: Head of Strategic Brand and Marketing

Directorate: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Contract: 12 month fixed-term contract

Hours: Full time 35 hours per week

Location: Stratford, London with highflexibility (1-2 days per week in the office)

Closing date: Sunday 28 July 2024, 23:55 *

* This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications is received or once a suitable candidate is found, therefore we strongly recommend that you apply early to avoid disappointment.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Marketing Planning Manager to join our marketing planning team, which take a centralised view across all our marketing activity, audiences and agencies. You will come with strong experience of working with paid media and liaising with media agencies to ensure we have optimal balance of spend, channel and audience across everything we deliver to drive media efficiency.

You'll develop a strong understanding of both department and organisational goals and define processes and ways of working to ensure we are allocating our media budgets in the most cost effective and impactful way.

What will I be doing?

• Lead the application of the Marketing strategy across channels, audiences and workstreams, ensuring close alignment with Engage Transformation Program, Growth strategy and Brand strategy

• Working closely with the Senior Planning manager (DM), Senior Commercial and Operations manager, the Marketing performance team and marketing teams to manage the development of the annual Marketing plan, contributing to MSE budget and target setting for all marketing campaigns, channels and activities

• Line manage and mentor a team of 3 Marketing Planning Managers

• Ensure visibility and oversight across paid marketing activity, working closely with relevant stakeholders across marketing, MFE and the wider organisation to minimise campaign, audience or channel saturation

• Lead the overall strategy and plans for above the line paid media campaigns and channel strategies including but not exclusive to; AV, OOH, Digital, social and press

• Work with Marketing Performance Managers to take an insight and data-led approach to marketing planning across our CRUK audiences, channels and campaigns. Use insight to develop campaign and channel benchmarks and targets which are shared across the marketing department and reported up as required.

What are you looking for?

• Significant marketing leadership experience, with proven track record of delivering results through effective team leadership

• Strategic thinker with significant experience planning and delivering complex, multi-channel campaigns

• Significant understanding of full funnel end-to-end supporter journeys and the role of different marketing channels in fully integrated campaigns

• Ability to build collaborative relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels

• Commercially aware with budget and project management experience

• A flexible approach to adapt to changing priorities

• A confident and effective communicator, including difficult situations.

Our organisation values are designed to guide all that we do:

Bold: Act with ambition, courage and determination

Credible: Act with rigour and professionalism

Human: Act to have a positive impact on people

Together: Act inclusively and collaboratively

We're looking for people who can believe in and embody these organisation values and can use them to drive forward progress against our mission to beat cancer.

What will I gain?

We create a working environment that supports your wellbeing and provide a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools. Our policies and processes enable you to improve your work-life balance, take positive steps in your career and achieve your personal wellbeing goals.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you fairly and objectively.

Our ambitious Next Stage initiative works to ensure that artists and music creators who have access requirements can thrive within the music industry. We run a growing network of disabled music creators alongside a vibrant programme of events, lead an engaged group of talent development organisations and funders, and are engaged in projects to influence the industry to improve accessibility. 

This new role will support the Artist Development Manager to deliver Next Stage by coordinating our peer support programme for disabled artists and creators and the onboarding process for new members of our network. The role will also assist with the production of content sharing the voices of network members on our website and social media and provide meeting and event support as required. 

Role Title

Family Support Manager

Reporting to

Head of Service

Location

ChAPS Autism Ark, Northwich

Hours

37.5 per week (full time)

Salary

£27,202.03

Contract

Permanent, employed

Role Overview

We are seeking a compassionate and experienced Family Support Manager to lead our family support services department. The Family Support Manager will be responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of programs and initiatives designed to provide practical and emotional support to families affected by autism. This role requires strong leadership skills, excellent communication abilities, and a deep understanding of the challenges faced by families living with autism.

Tasks

Key Responsibilities

•  Program Development: Develop and implement a comprehensive range of family support programs and services, including support groups, workshops, counselling services, and practical resources.
• Team Leadership: Provide leadership, supervision, and support to a team of family support workers, counsellors, and volunteers. Foster a positive and collaborative work environment that promotes teamwork, creativity, and professional growth.
• Member Engagement: Build and maintain positive relationships with families affected by autism. Act as a point of contact for families seeking support, guidance, and information about available services and resources.
• Needs Assessment: Conduct assessments to identify the specific needs and challenges of families living with autism. Develop personalised support plans and strategies to address the unique needs of each family.
• Advocacy and Empowerment: Advocate for the rights and needs of individuals with autism and their families. Empower families to access community resources, navigate systems, and advocate for themselves and their loved ones.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with other departments within the organization, as well as external partners and stakeholders, to coordinate services, share resources, and promote a holistic approach to supporting families affected by autism.
• Training and Education: Develop and deliver training sessions, workshops, and educational materials for families, professionals, and community members on topics related to autism awareness, understanding, and support.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of member interactions, program activities, and outcomes. Prepare reports and presentations as required by funders, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.

Purposes of the job

• To maintain high standards of practice in supporting families within ChAPS services in line with the charities ethos.
• To ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of work.
•  To implement good safeguarding practice in all areas of work.
• To contribute to the effective day to day operation of the family support activities across all ChAPS activity.
• To ensure all admission, risk assessments and support is in place and communicated to the team. 
• Receiving referrals and assessing needs of families across the charity.
•  Introducing families to appropriate support (such as signposting to specialist services or matching a family with volunteer support).
• Ensuring support to families is reviewed at regular intervals and are openly communicated with.
• Providing direct support to families when there are no volunteers available or where additional needs have been identified.
• Attending professional group meetings when necessary in order to support families and promote good working relationships with other agencies working alongside the family.
• To undertake designated responsibilities to safeguard and promote children and vulnerable adult welfare.

Managing Volunteers

• Recruiting, selecting and preparing suitable support workers and volunteers.
• Matching and introducing support workers and volunteers to families.
• Contribute as directed to the delivery of the ChAPS activities in full and to a high standard to all prospective volunteers
• Providing support, supervision and initial and on-going training opportunities for support workers and volunteers.

Supporting activities work

• Undertaking work to support the strategic management, development and future funding of the family support schemes.
• Supporting the implementation and review of all ChAPS policies and procedures.
• Complying with ChAPS administration, monitoring and financial systems.
• Promoting the work of ChAPS and promote the positive engagement for families and wider members.
• Contributing to and supporting the development of the ChAPS network locally, regionally and nationally.

Working in Partnership

• Ensuring appropriate liaison with referrers and other professionals.
• Networking appropriately within the community.

The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post as detailed above.

Person Specification

• Professional experience of working with children and families (e)
• Working regularly within a community environment (e)
• Success in developing and sustaining partnership working (e)
• Leadership of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults (e)
• Recruitment and line management experience (e)
• Volunteer management (d)
• Working within a charity with vulnerable children and adults (e)
• Ownership of strategic planning (e)
• Ability to keep accurate and up to date records (e)
• Full clean Driving Licence (Car) (e)
• Able to work in a busy environment where change is a constant feature (e)
• Knowledge of Inclusion, Equality & Diversity, Safeguarding policy (d)

A well established UK charity are seeking an experienced  Individual Giving and Data Manager to join their Development team. In this role, the you will manage donor data and deliver targeted communications to individual donors, focusing on regular giving programmes and fundraising from event attendees. You will also play a crucial role in our CRM transition to Salesforce, ensuring smooth data migration and implementing new fundraising processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• CRM/Data Management: Lead the Development team in transitioning to a new CRM system, ensuring data integrity and accessibility. Support team members in using the new system and develop processes for managing fundraising communications.
• Individual Giving: Implement and manage regular giving strategies and develop and enhance digital fundraising platforms and coordinate donation webpages.
• Donor Stewardship: Develop and maintain a robust stewardship process, ensuring donors receive timely acknowledgments and updates on the impact of their gifts. Support stewardship events and recognition activities.
• Communications: Create and manage fundraising communications for individual donors, working closely with the Digital and Public Events Teams. 

Requirements:

• Proven experience in individual giving fundraising and CRM management, preferably Salesforce.
• Strong skills in digital communications, content strategy, and data analysis.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of fundraising regulations and data protection laws, including GDPR.

To be considered for this position please apply with your CV as soon as possible, regrettably please note we may not be able to reply to each and every application.

We are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices that ensure equal opportunity for everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age or gender. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and will happily make reasonable adjustments to always ensure a fair process.

The Alumni and Development team at the University of Strathclyde seeks to appoint an experienced fundraiser to the post of Development Officer (Scholarships).  This is a 12-month maternity cover contract where you will be responsible for an exciting and popular student scholarships programme.  You will play a key role in the account management of student scholarship support from our alumni, trusts and company supporters.  This is an opportunity to progress your fundraising career in a Higher Education environment and to develop your fundraising skills.   

Strathclyde is a socially progressive university and we aim to widen access to university for students from all backgrounds, including those in financial need. We are also a research intensive university, which makes and impact on society and our scholarships help us to attract the most talented research students.  If you are passionate about helping students to succeed, then you will have the opportunity to support our vision and make an impact.

 Your day to day responsibilities include face-to-face fundraising meetings with donors and potential donors; organising small cultivation events to develop donor relationships and working across the University with staff and students to deliver a variety of important scholarship programmes. 

The successful candidate will have some face to face fundraising experience and will be looking to take the next step in their career as a fundraising professional in a supportive environment.

Brief Outline of Job:

·  

· Establish and deliver a programme of fundraising and donor engagement to raise philanthropic support for the University scholarship programme (gifts of £6,000+ - £30,000)

· Identify, build and develop relationships with potential donors through face-to-face meetings and by organizing small, exclusive events (lunches, dinners and receptions).

· Aim to raise c£300k in scholarship funds over the year’s contract.

· Prepare funding proposals for potential supporters. Scholarships donors include alumni, corporate donors and trusts & foundations. 

· Prepare reports and steward existing donors to ensure ongoing support.

· Support the development of scholarship fundraising strategy, working closely with the Individual Giving Manager.

· Manage relationships with major scholarship partners, working with senior colleagues from across the University in this goal. This includes creating funding proposals, producing annual reports and organising visit and events.

· Develop fundraising materials by producing engaging copy and cases for funding support.

Please refer to the full job desciption for more information and details on how to apply. 

The post holder will provide efficient, robust and proactive project support to the Delivery team within Creative Youth Network.

The post is a critical role for the delivery team and wider organisation supporting all aspects of delivery across Youth and Creative service provision.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience of working in an administrative and/or project support role providing a full range of administrative support services. They will have excellent organisational and time management skills with a solution focused, proactive approach to problem solving and an interest in improving outcomes for young people. They will be an excellent communicator and have the ability to work autonomously, balance workload across multiple work streams to meet deadlines along with excellent attention to detail and great stakeholder service skills. Excellent IT skills (preferably experience of Office 365), database, excel and record management skills.

About Us

Creative Youth Network is an award-winning charity with a mission to enable young people to reach their potential, no matter what their background or circumstances. Operating across Bristol and South Gloucestershire, we offer a range of services ranging from our 10 local youth clubs, to targeted support for young people with specific needs, work within schools (in particular for young people at risk of disengaging from education), and an exciting range of creative courses, programmes and activities, including early career support for young people embarking on careers in the creative sector. Our services are rated “Outstanding” by the National Youth Agency.

The Benefits

• 33 days annual leave (inc. bank holidays) per year pro rata
• Excellent family friendly policies
• A generous pension scheme
• A cycle to work scheme
• Paid breaks
• Fantastic development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Virtual GP consultation and medical advice service

Next Steps

A full Job Description, Job Pack and Application Form are available below. To apply please visit our website.   

In accordance with our Safer Recruitment Policy, we are unable to accept CV's and ask that you complete the application form instead.

This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Equity, diversity and inclusion

Creative Youth Network is committed to inclusivity, equality, and equity. We pride ourselves on giving opportunities to people of all walks of life and all class backgrounds. This includes people who identify as D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, are early in their careers or come from groups who experience racial inequality.

We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce, including people from Global Majority backgrounds (often referred to as BAME – Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic).

As an employer we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our staff.

If forms don’t work for you, get in touch with the team to talk about alternatives.

Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with people affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security, and conduct wider research and analysis. We use this evidence and learning to improve local, national and international policies and practices that can help build lasting peace. Our priority is people – we believe in a world where everyone can lead peaceful, fulfilling lives, free from fear and insecurity. We are a not-for-profit organisation operational in 12 countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. 

The Global Security Manager (GSM) will be responsible for managing and guiding on all security-related matters across Saferworld’s offices globally. This role includes developing and supporting systems, policies, processes and capacities to anticipate and mitigate risks to staff, while ensuring the continuity of effective programmes.

The GSM will collaborate with both country and global staff to address safety and security issues, aiming to foster a culture of high standards in security awareness, planning, practice and management. Additionally, the GSM will provide recommendations on global security policies to designated focal points and senior management and will respond to security threats and individual security situations as necessary globally.

A critical component of the role involves being an active member of the Crisis Management Team, offering continuous support during incidents.

In all cases, the GSM’s responsibilities extend to cybersecurity risks, working closely with IT and Operations teams to ensure comprehensive cyber security measures are in place and effectively managed.

Knowledge, qualifications and experience
• An understanding of international relations, geopolitics and ongoing international security issues
• People, team and organisational management experience
• An understanding of the role of international NGOs in development and humanitarian response, in particular peacebuilding NGOs
• Experience working in a security capacity with an international development or humanitarian NGO or multi-lateral agency (UN, EU) in a developing country • Progressively responsible experience in security, risk, disaster or emergency management in the public or private service areas, such as national security, military or police, or in an INGO, corporate environment or related field. Experience of security risk management standards, of undertaking security assessments and audits and implementing security management systems and protocols
• Experience of working in a variety of contexts and insecure environments

The Basics

Salary – £23,500 to £25,000 (pro rata if part time)

Location – Cardiff (daily travel to delivery sites)

Hours – Up to full time 37.5 hours (we are open to requests for part time and full time working)

Start - ASAP

Job overview

We are recruiting Lead Coaches across our delivery locations in England and Wales to join our squad in August for the new academic year. This is a frontline role where you will spend the majority of your time working with young people, building relationships with them and delivering our full programme of activities which includes rugby based activity sessions, employability workshops, career taster days and more.

You will be working with some of the hardest to reach young people who are most at risk of exclusion, in small groups of 8-10. We use rugby as a hook and mentorship as an anchor, using our four cornerstones (developing life skills, raising aspirations, improving physical wellbeing, focus on mental wellbeing) to develop young people throughout their time with us. We enable young people to be in a better position to enter sustained education, employment or training (EET) when they leave school.  

The delivery team always work in pairs, running our interventions across a variety of settings (including mainstream schools, Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Provisions, SEN schools, Youth Offenders Institutes, community centres and rugby clubs) working in the school timetable and between 3-7pm. While delivering our interventions is a big part of the job, you will also be responsible for supporting the team to ensure the successful collection of data, managing school relationships and delivering on partnership projects.

You do not need to be a rugby fanatic for this role, but you do need to be passionate about social mobility of the excluded. We are looking for someone with a youth work, teaching, mentoring or sports coaching background to help strengthen our team as we work towards our forward strategy.  

Applications

Just send us your CV to review!

Role Purpose

You will help people to speak up and act for themselves, by providing a statutory service to qualifying individuals under the Mental Health Act 1983. This can include listening and providing information and representing people’s views by speaking on their behalf. You may be asked to support people by attending Best Interests Meetings, Review Meetings, Hospital Manager’s Meetings, Mental Health Review Tribunals, Ward Round Meetings and Care Plan Approach meetings.

We must also provide community/generic advocacy to Ealing residents over 18. You will ensure that people have their voice heard, rights understood and feel more in control of decisions affecting them in relation to their care and treatment.

This role is for maternity cover for a period of 6 months, based within our Advocacy Team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide people with information about their rights
• Help people understand the information given to them and the options available
• When required liaise with key health care professionals on behalf of individuals when required
• Delivering Advocacy Awareness training and other workshops when required
• Administrative duties include the completion of case notes, quarterly reports, managing the inbox, triaging referrals to ensure they meet the eligibility requirements, onboarding clients onto the database
• Action planning with the client, identifying goals and empowering them to create this document and own it collaboratively
• Work in line with the Advocacy Charter
• Following our non-instructed advocacy policy to ensure those who have communication issues, still get effective representation

You will have:

• A IMHA (Independent Mental Health Advocate) qualification / experience.
• Experience of Safeguarding, identifying concerns and raising appropriately
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• The ability to build good relationships
• An awareness of diversity and ability to research complex and sensitive issues independently and quickly
• Ability to work to deadlines and work independently
• Flexibility, reliability, and confidence when speaking with a range of people
• Excellent report writing skills
• Knowledge and experience of supporting people with learning and communication difficulties

See JD attached for full requirements of the role. 

Are you the Youth Project Manager we’re looking for?

Let’s start with the expected bits of the role profile, just so we all know the basics 

Reporting to:  CEO 

Responsible for:  Development and Delivery of youth work provision

Location:  Cumbria wide (and WFH, ARC HQ, Flexible)  

Salary:  £36,000.00

Why do we need this role? 

Anti Racist Cumbria exists to make Cumbria an anti-racist county. That’s our aim. If we’re serious about doing that we need everyone (or more people than not) to want that too, and to work with us to make that happen. And yes, that means we need the young people who live here to be a part of that too. 

Your job isn’t to run the projects, although there might be some of that at the the start whilst you get things moving (there’s more about that below), your job is to manage them via actions like:

• setting them up

• scoping the costings to enable them to happen 

• working out where the money for this will come from

• figuring out what the team to run them needs to look like

• recruiting the young people to be part of them

You’re not a youth worker, you’re a manager of projects that are driven by youth workers and led by young people.
 

Main duties and responsibilities

Your job will be to build and coordinate projects that the young people want to do in creative ways, and to ensure that the projects meet our aim of becoming an anti-racist county. There is a current team of part time, self employed youth workers who do not work set hours or set days, so a big part of your job will be to work out what you need in terms of people and resources for projects, then work to deliver on that. The projects that you’re overseeing are with, and for, young people, so sessions will naturally take place during evenings, possibly at weekends, during school holidays and sometimes overnight (residentials) in a variety of settings. So you will need to be prepared for varied and often unsociable hours when projects are forming and during their life spans.

It’s also important to understand that although this is a project management role, initially as you start out, it will inevitably involve meeting and engaging with lots of young people. As projects begin to be created you’ll therefore need to be a key part of the delivery team and working directly with the young people. That means you will be delivering for a while as you get things off the ground, but longer term we envision you stepping back from direct delivery once things are up and running smoothly. So if working directly with young people is NOT your thing, even for a short period of time, this isn’t the role for you. Equally if working directly with young people and ONLY working directly with young people is your bag, again this job isn’t for you. 

You will need:

• the ability to manage a team of youth workers and build a foundation based on what good teamwork looks like. You will need to figure out who your team are, what skills they have or don’t have and what they will and can do: whilst assessing what else you might need in terms of support to develop your projects, including further recruitment of staff and volunteers

• to be able to work evenings, weekends and during school holidays yourself and take part in residentials too 

• to get to know the young people who are already involved in ARC youth projects (we have Young Black ARCtivists/TikTok project running at the moment and our Living Whilst Black Youth project is currently on hold but we’d like to see that reinstated in whatever way they young people would like). You’ll find out more about them and develop a relationship with them, as well as strengthening their relationships with the existing youth work team 

• to spend a good amount of your time scoping, exploring and investigating to begin to find out what’s already out there, who is doing what, where and how, and to form new relationships across broad spectrums of Cumbria’s young people 

• to support a programme of projects, ensuring anti-racism is embedded throughout, but at the same time remembering that projects need to engage and meet young people where they are at - with an asset-based approach that puts them at the centre of the work, not a ‘this is what we’re doing’ one. Your 

job is to ensure you and your team amplify their voices, voices which often go unheard or un-listened to, it’s not be their voice per se

• to recognise that it's also important to ensure that whilst the ARC youth programme places young people first, there is no adultification here, projects are youth led, informative, challenging…and fun. 

• to bear in mind that all of this is going to take money, so you will need to apply for small funding pots (and manage the budgets for these yourself) and with the support of the CEO, apply for larger funding pots which you will manage along with the Digital and Ops Manager

• to recognise that your team will look to you for safeguarding and welfare of children responsibilities, so you will need to know what your duties are, stay up to date yourself and ensure you keep your youth work team up to date too. You’ll also need to think about how you deal with issues that might arise during projects and sessions delivering on projects 

• to monitor, record and evaluate work and provide reports and information as required in order to ensure a consistently high quality provision and demonstrate the impact of the projects you are managing.

• to be aware of and adhere to Anti Racist Cumbria policies and procedures, in particular Safeguarding and racial trauma awareness.

That’s a lot to do isn’t it? And it isn’t an exhaustive list, so we want to manage your expectations from the start - it’s a big job! Check the person specification below to see if you have the managerial skills needed for this job. 

Person Specification

You will need to be extremely passionate about anti-racism; we are under no illusions that engaging in anti-racist practice exposes activists (and you will need to be an activist) to an increasingly profound awareness of white supremacy, structural racism and other intersecting structured systems of inequity (i.e. sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism). As such you’ll need to evidence and demonstrate your own anti-racist journey. 

Passion about this work isn’t enough on its own; you need to believe in young people and what they bring to the party, and you need to be creative and high achieving (but not necessarily in a qualifications way). To be our Youth Project Manager you should be knowledgeable and have the following qualities, skills and experience:

Knowledge 

• Understanding of national and local anti-racist groups and other initiatives

• Demonstrable knowledge of Health and Safety and Safeguarding best practice and how these relate to young people and staff within ARC

• Knowledge of factors affecting lives of young people

Qualities

• A strong and passionate commitment to anti-racism.

• Strong commitment to young people and ability to engage and build positive and professional relationships with all kinds of young people - (just because you are not always directly working with young people doesn’t mean you don’t engage with them, and that engagement needs to be a positive experience for all)

• Strong commitment to an asset based approach and have the creative drive to bring your team (and in turn young people) with you and with us

• Patience, flexibility, resilience and an ability to be resourced both emotionally and physically to do this work (with ARC’s regular wellbeing support topping this up)

Skills

• Strong project management skills 

• Along with the knowledge of factors affecting lives of young people (under Knowledge above) in our communities, the ability to provide reliable support to them and your team in times of stress

• Ability to design and implement high quality projects with your youth work team and young people

• Strong planning skills which enable you to plan and prioritise competing tasks, work at a fast pace, support multiple projects simultaneously and set realistic targets 

• Ability to communicate confidently with a wide range of people and organisations using platforms that work for your audience 

• Ability to identify and challenge racism and other intersectional and discriminatory behaviors, taking appropriate action as necessary.

• Ability to monitor, evaluate and report using a wide range of information and research to inform and measure your understanding  and outcomes

• Ability to coach or mentor others and bring out the best in them

• Strong IT skills (emails, googledrive, sheets, docs), smart phone camera and basic pic editing

• Ability to keep accurate, confidential and up-to-date work records, in line with our policies and procedures

• Ability to work independently to deliver projects and specific pieces of work

• Ability to work as part of a team

• Ability to listen and to understand (even if you don’t agree with)  the perspective and views of others     

Experience of

• Working with Black and Brown global majority communities

• Anti-racist initiatives

• Managing team or staff members 

• Project management 

• Working with young people both in groups and individually.

• Liaising with collaborative partners to deliver quality work.

• Experience of working effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, both locally, countywide and nationally 

• Supporting young people who are disaffected, underachieving and/or have social/emotional barriers to participation.

• Working with volunteers and community partners

• Face to face grass roots delivery

• Residential work

• Project Budget management 

• Funding applications (whether small or large)

• Promoting, reaching and engaging with young people through avenues such as social media 

General

We do need you to have an enhanced CRB certificate which is in accordance with our Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures, but if you haven’t got one and you get the job, we will organise this. We’re just letting you know you can’t do the job without one. 

Driving license and access to a car would be a big bonus- Cumbria is a big place! But  we understand that not everyone drives so this is not a dealbreaker. 

And finally…you will be working in a Black led organisation and we want to see more Black people, Brown people and people from under-represented groups in our growing and positive team. Anyone who joins ARC will be supported in an anti-racist environment with a fantastic network of volunteers and a Board of Trustees from a wide range of backgrounds; age, economic, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, heritage and cultures. 

Benefits and Entitlements 

This is a full-time permanent role (subject always to funding) - £36,000.00 (gross) per annum.

• Hybrid office/home working/ flexible working environment.

• 36 days annual leave including Bank Holidays.

• Statutory sick pay.

• Employers pension scheme contributions.

• Regular well-being and wellness support.

How to apply 

Please submit a statement, maximum of two sides of A4 pages, detailing your project management experience and why you meet the skills and qualities needed and the experience required for this role. Please also send your CV to demonstrate your previous work roles that evidence the skills, qualities and experience you have outlined.

Send both documents to us via email and please remember to let us know where you saw this post advertised

If you would prefer to give your statement in another format, please contact us to discuss.

Closing date 

6.00pm  19th July

Process 

1.  Pre-interview 

After sifting, those we are considering taking forward for interview will be invited to a brief chat over zoom on the 26th July about what we are looking for so we can all be really sure we are on the same page. If that goes well we will invite you to the interview stage

2.  Interviews

Will take place on Monday 5th Aug at our HQ in Ambleside and will involve an interview panel and a task which you will be left alone to complete and then asked questions on. More details will be provided if you are invited to interview. 

Please ensure you are available for the interview date if you decide to apply for this post as we are unable to change the date to accommodate external factors. We will inform you if you are called for an interview no later than 5pm on Monday 22nd July and standard rate/class travel expenses will be reimbursed.    

The Baobab Centre is a non-residential therapeutic community that supports young asylum seekers and refugees who have experienced human rights abuses and have sought asylum in the UK as unaccompanied minors. Our two focus areas are rehabilitation and justice.

This is a unique oppertunity for a passionate and experienced fundraiser to progress further in their career, with the freedom to creatively enhance and develop the fundraising strategy of an impactful community-based charity.

As Senior Fundraising Lead you will be Baobab’s key fundraiser and a self-starter with experience of working in a small or medium sized charity. You will lead on the development of fundraising at Baobab, exploring new avenues for funding, as well as nurturing and growing existing fundraising relationships. You will be responsible for strategising and carrying out a successful program of fundraising from small, medium and large charitable trusts and foundations to an agreed annual fundraising target. You will also assist in delivering Baobab’s individual major donor programme, helping to set up and deliver communications and events related to this income stream. There is scope to explore further fundraising activites including events, corporate and community fundraising. You will play a central role and work closely with our operations team, as well as recieving expert monthly mentoring from a senoir fundraising consultant. 

This role is for 4 or 5 days per week depending on your preference, it will include Fridays which is when staff meetings are held.

Please read the below alongside the full Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Mental Health:  All of the young people Baobab supports suffer significant mental health and developmental difficulties and many function in an unstable and more immature way than their chronological age. Due to their experiences it takes time to gain trust from the young people in our community. As a core member of our team, you will understand the impact of specific human rights abuses on the development of children and young people in exile and their individual experiences of loss, trauma and grief on their mental health and well-being. 

Baobab’s Model: Please read the accompanying ‘Baobab Clincial Context and Model’ document for a detailed introduction. It often takes a significant amount of time to understand Baobab’s model of working, which aims for rehabilitation and justice through attending to both the internal and external world of each young. It is important that you strive to have an insight to the experiences of both the internal and external factors impacting on the lives of unaccompanied young people attending our centre. It is also important that you understand the ways in which UK society and policy impacts on young asylum seekers (including invisibility, marginalisation, discrimination, and the fact of waiting in uncertainty for a long time).

Multi-disciplinary Working: Baobab aims to be a reflective, thinking organisation and we place a high value on shared thinking time, sharing responsibilities and working together with others. A key aspect of the role is communicating and working in a holistic way.

Business Development Manager

Do you have a strong track record of success in relationship-focused, consultative selling, with a strong ability to drive sales growth?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Business Development Manager to join a new awarding organisation (currently going through Ofqual registration) that's revolutionising music education across the UK.

This is a remote working role, offering a generous commission scheme, so there is lots of potential to significantly boost your earnings.

Position: Business Development Manager

Location: Remote (monthly visit to Gloucester)

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours (flexible working)

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum, depending on experience (plus commission, circa £57k OTE)

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 5th August 2024. Short-listing will be on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to close recruitment early if the right candidate is found. So, apply asap, don't wait!

Benefits include:

· Remote and flexible working

· Pension is 3% of basic salary

· Lots of staff training and development opportunities

· Cycle to work scheme

· Enhanced maternity policy: 6 weeks full pay, 6 weeks half pay, 27 weeks statutory

· Wellbeing and social programme for staff

· Annual leave entitlement: 22 days plus bank holidays plus all the days between Christmas and New Year

· Staff can request additional unpaid leave throughout the year

The Role

As the Business Development Manager, your primary focus will be to drive growth by recruiting centres (schools, colleges, and independent training providers) across the UK and internationally. Your success will be measured by your ability to establish these partnerships and work with centres to achieve high numbers of certified and registered students.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a start-up organisation with tremendous potential. As part of a small but dynamic team, you will have the opportunity to shape sales strategies and contribute to rapid growth. The role also involves participating in strategic development, with the potential to progress into a Director position as the organisation expands.

We anticipate quick growth, and the successful candidate will play a crucial role in establishing the organisation as a leading force in the awarding sector.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a significant impact and grow alongside an innovative organisation, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

About You

In this pivotal role, you will have a strong track record of success in relationship-focused, consultative selling, with a strong ability to drive sales growth. With exceptional communication, active listening, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to conduct professional and persuasive conversations, you will have an entrepreneurial spirit and ability to spot new opportunities within the market.

Experience selling qualifications, training, or learning solutions, preferably in the education sector is desirable.

This role requires a relational approach to sales, where you will conduct yourself professionally and persuasively, both over the phone and in face-to-face meetings.

Your passion, perseverance, and ability to spot new opportunities will be key to expanding reach and making the organisation a leading force in the awarding sector.

If you wish to apply, you will be asked to submit your current CV.

About the Organisation

Join a national award winning charity that uses music to transform the lives of young people. With a mission to inspire and transform young lives through music, the organisation aims to break down barriers and build confidence, self-belief, and motivation among young people, enabling them to reach their full potential in both music and in their lives. This work focuses on inclusivity and diversity, engaging with under-represented young people, particularly those from challenging circumstances

You may also have experience in areas such as Director, Director of Youth, Director of Community, Community Engagement, Youth and Community Engagement, Director of Community Engagement, Youth Work, Youth Worker, Director of Youth Work, Community, Community Development, Youth, Disability, Music, Music Hub. #INDNFP

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