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Clean Slate is an exciting and innovative social enterprise working towards a world where everyone can provide for themselves and their families, where society addresses everyone's needs and where it doesn't it costs more to be poor.

​We believe in fair opportunity for all so that anyone who is ready and able can get work. We enable people to improve their financial wellbeing, supporting them to access the support they need to manage their money well and find work. Clean Slate, in partnership with Quids in! magazine, is overhauling the rulebook on helping low-income households become better off. Clean Slate is expanding.

Our Reach Housing Support Worker is seconded to Developing Health and Independence (DHI) to deliver housing related advice and support to service users referred to the Reach Housing Advice & Support Service, who are experiencing difficulties in securing and sustaining their homes and living independently within the community. 

To succeed, you will be a great communicator with excellent advocacy skills. You will have experience or willingness to learn of working innovatively and effectively with people who are socially excluded and/or in housing need.

You must be a competent user of Office packages and web-based facilities, and an organised administrator. It would be helpful if you have an understanding of discrimination, equality and diversity issues, including those not set out in law such as the ‘poverty premium’. The ability to speak Bengali, Polish, Romanian, Ukrainian or the language of another group affected by financial and digital exclusion would be an advantage.

There will be the possibility of additional hours working in Support Work for Clean Slate, delivering financial and employment support for clients over the phone or in Quids In Centres. Sharing our values is essential.

Your home must be in the UK as Clean Slate is not able to take on the administration of tax etc in jurisdictions outside the UK. Likewise you must already have the right to work in the UK as Clean Slate is not in a position to sponsor applicants to gain the right to work here.

The rate of pay for this job is £25,119 per year although this salary is under review.

Other staff benefits include a company sick pay scheme, an incremental holiday scheme, access to mental and emotional health support via our employee assistance programme and opportunities to further develop your skills, including by our own excellent in-house training. Our culture is open and we encourage everyone to contribute to the direction of the organisation. 

To apply:
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If you feel this role is one you could thrive in, please apply by midnight on Sunday 25 August 2024 at the latest. However, we will review applications as we receive them and you may be called for an interview via video link before the closing date.

To apply, please upload your CV and a covering letter with a supporting statement. Your letter should outline why you would be suitable for the role, clearly stating your qualification and/or practical experience in Information, Advice and Guidance and any languages ​​you speak.

Venn Group is partnering with a public service broadcasting organisation to recruit for an Internal Communications Coordinator on a 3 months interim contract. The role involves collaborating with the team to communicate business changes, develop key messages and communication plans, manage logistics for internal events and broadcasts, and advise on the most effective communication channels.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Create, edit, and refine communications, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and relevance to the audience
• Assist in conveying changes and supporting change management programs
• Develop innovative campaigns and ideas to effectively engage staff
• Oversee the production and logistics of live events, both online and in-person, including broadcasts, briefings, and roadshows
• Work closely with business stakeholders on announcements and project communications
• Manage digital communication channels by creating and publishing content for intranets and office screens
• Analyse audience responses and advise on the best communication strategies and channels
• Lead the planning process for events and maintain the communications calendar
• Ensure communication materials and messages are consistent with broader organisational values and goals

Ideal candidate profile:

• Available to start immediately or at short notice
• Prior experience in commercial or media sectors
• Strong system skills including Microsoft Powerpoint
• Ability to convey complex messages clearly and effectively, both in writing and verbally, ensuring alignment with organisational goals
• Ability to foster positive relationships with the team and stakeholders
• Ability to exercise good judgment and maintain confidentiality with sensitive information

Agency reference number: J83226

Location: London

Duration: 3 months initial contract, with possibility to extend

Rate: £225-250 per day, paid via an Umbrella company

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Working pattern: Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

Start: ASAP

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Building Advisor. You will be responsible for ensuring that Refuge complies with statutory building and property obligations and monitor changes in industry standards and regulators requirements. The post holder will also monitor obligations in property agreements and support corporate services and provide technical advice which may require research. The post holder will collect property data to demonstrate compliance and for reporting purposes as well as update Refuge’s property polices accordingly and train people.

This post is restricted to women due to the nature of the role. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

Our client, a prestigious London University, is currently seeking a temporary, full time (35 hours per week) Quality Assurance Administrator, running for 2-months in the first instance, based onsite 5-days per week in East London.

Key Responsibilities for this role include:

• Evaluating curriculum management processes and assessing learning processes within the school.
• Supporting academics in developing new or amending module specifications, including module proposal/amendment forms, ensuring relevant documentation is accurate & timely.
• Distribution of examination paper templates to module organisers, facilitating the moderation of all examination papers and marking guidelines using the systems in place.
• Allocating taught modules to external examiners, aligning to their areas of expertise, for review and maintaining accurate records of external examiner appointments.
• Distribution of exam timetables, ensuring that all moderation support is agreed with Heads of Department in a timely manner and communicated to the programme delivery teams - including updating and retaining a copy of the moderators list on SharePoint.
• Providing relevant and accurate information to students regarding assessment deadlines and procedures - fully understanding the Academic Regulations and their impact on students.
• Liaising with module organisers and the Appeals, Complaints and Conduct office to provide administrative support on plagiarism reports and related assessment disputes, maintaining accurate records.
• Assisting the Subject Examination Board Secretary and Chair with the preparation of board meetings, including relevant documents.

To be considered for this position, you should possess:

• Previous experience in a similar role working within a higher education setting.
• Experience in supporting examination processes.
• Detailed knowledge of higher education institutional procedures, regulations and codes of practice.
• Strong experience working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong customer service, administration, and organisational skills.
• Excellent IT skills, including usage of Microsoft Office packages and student databases e.g. SITS.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and submit your CV in Word format.

As a specialist Recruitment Practice, we are committed to building inclusive and diverse organisations, and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you in your application.

Job Purpose: To provide advice, support and services to children, young people and their families in accordance with the aims and objectives of the service. (Specifics of Service attached as applicable). Key Responsibilities: For Service Users Under guidance and instruction:  To work with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.  To work in partnership with parents/carers to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.  To work co-operatively with children’s services, health agencies and other community based services, to provide the most effective service for children young people and families.  To contribute to Service development.  To apply safeguarding and child protection procedures. For Resources  To be responsible for equipment/resources used in day to day work.  To be responsible for case note recording, contributing to case reports. For People (Staff, Students, Volunteers)  No management/supervisory responsibility for staff, students or volunteers other than to help and advise colleagues as necessary. (See Addendum.) For Health and Safety  To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment Project Worker 1 – Generic Grade: E Page 2 of 4 Version date: 04/02/2015 This Job Description and Person Specification reflect the duties of the post as they exist at this time and may be subject to change based on the needs of the Department Programme. The post-holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the salary and competence requirements of this post from time to time as required. 

Are you a collaborative, compassionate and highly organised individual with a proven record as a caseworker delivering gender specific and trauma responsive interventions? If so, join St Giles Trust as a Rural Area Women’s Wellbeing Coach, where you will deliver vital holistic and trauma-informed women’s services to females with multiple complex needs.

We are looking for female applicants only for this role as it is an all-women’s service. The Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1, Paragraph 1 applies to this post.

About St Giles Trust

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. 

About this key role

You will be required to drive a transit size vehicle which will provide a base for a multi-agency team to provide support within rural areas.  Using the vehicle and its facilities as a safe place to meet with women, you will work alongside other professionals to offer person-centred support to a caseload of service users who will be female adults aged 18 years and above, focusing on holistically addressing a range of issues faced.

We will count on you to complete trauma-informed assessments, develop action plans and create a safe and trusting environment, using trauma-informed practice to successfully facilitate a supportive and constructive relationship with service users.  You will also develop and maintain positive working relationships with external agencies including Councils, Police and Fire services. Providing support and supervision to volunteer Peer Advisors is also a key aspect of this role.

What we are looking for

• Experience of working with women and supporting them to achieve positive outcomes
• Experience of engaging successfully with people who have complex needs, are/have been victims of abuse or exploitation or reluctant to discuss their needs
• Experience in delivery of one-to-one and group coaching solutions
• To have relevant qualification(s) to a good standard or be working towards one (inc. A level standard or above in any aspect of social care, advice work, youth work, etc).
• Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of managing a caseload
• Ability to assess clients’ needs and provide tailored, person-led support through action planning, and interventions involving advice, guidance, advocacy and coaching
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building and communication skills, both verbal and written.

A full clean Driving Licence Is essential for this role, along with the ability and confidence to drive automatic and manual Ford Transit size vehicles. Candidates must be over 25 years old for insurance purposes.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

Please note that the role requires Enhanced Adult DBS checks under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).  

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications, and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 8 September 2024.

Ref TRR-241

Are you a proactive, compassionate and engaging individual with experience of working with socially excluded young people and adults, as well as engaging successfully with challenging people who have multiple and complex needs?

If so, St Giles is looking for a Trainee Caseworker to play an integral role on a key project that works with City of London Rough Sleepers, offering a client-centred approach personalised to meet each individual’s requirements, while addressing wider barriers and issues as well as improving their employability and readiness for sustainable employment.

About St Giles Trust 

An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need.  Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others.

About this key role

As part of a high-performing multi-disciplinary team, our successful candidate will deliver flexible services to clients and support then with their employability skills and readiness to get back to sustainable and fulfilling work.  You will also create action plans with each of your assigned clients and support them throughout their journey to complete each defined goal on their plan.

We will also count on you to promote St Giles Trust Services in a positive manner and safeguard our reputation, as well as attending relevant meetings within the team and the community network and to carry out any other similar duties as required.

What we are looking for

• Experience of developing successful inter-agency work, particularly with a view to working successfully with referring agencies to support the needs of participants

• Experience of maintaining accurate financial records and evidencing all spend

• The ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of the issues faced by our client group

• The ability to assess the needs of vulnerable clients and provide client led support to address these needs in a variety of ways

• Excellent prioritisation, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written

• A flexible, collaborative and professional approach to your work. 

As an organisation that works with children and adults at risk we are committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the safety of our clients and successful applicants will require an Enhanced Child and Adult with Child Barred DBS Check.

We actively encourage people with personal experience of the criminal justice system or lived experience of the issues facing this client group to apply for this role.

In return, you can expect a competitive salary, generous leave allowance, staff pension, flexible working, a mentoring programme, an advice and counselling service, clinical therapist sessions, life insurance (4 x annual salary), duvet days, season ticket loan, employee perks programme, eye care voucher and much more.

We are an equity and inclusion confident employer. We welcome all applications and we particularly encourage applications from people of the global majority (black, brown, multi- heritage) and those who identify as disabled, neuroexpansive, neurodiverse, with any protected characteristics and/or social barriers or challenges. We value the empowering and informative impact that all lived experiences and diversity of thought can offer the organisation.

St Giles will guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria set out in the Job Description for the vacancy.

Closing date: 25th August 2024 @ 11:45pm     Interview date: W/C: 2nd September 2024

The Diocese of Truro is committed to resourcing and encouraging church communities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and needs a highly skilled person to encourage a Diocesan-wide spirit of generosity.

We are looking to appoint a Generous Giving Adviser to implement our generous giving strategy in alignment with the National Giving Strategy. This aims to broaden the understanding of and engagement with stewardship across the diocese and help build a thriving and generous church.

The majority of the role will be about getting out and meeting with Parochial Church Councils (PCC's), treasurers, clergy and congregations to encourage and enable them to identify and then find the resources, both financial and non-financial, necessary to fulfil their mission. The role involves the continuing promotion and take up of the national Parish Giving Scheme and technology for giving.

You will have a passion for mission and stewardship, excellent communication skills, the ability to inspire and engage, and confidence in talking about faith and giving. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who loves working with people to make a real difference to the church communities that make up our diocese. This role will focus on working across West Cornwall to compliment colleagues serving the rest of the county.

At the Diocese of Truro we really value work-life balance and employee wellbeing, have a friendly and comfortable office environment and are committed to supporting your development. We offer additional benefits such as free parking, a range of wellbeing activities and the Diocesan Pension Scheme with 9-15% employer contribution. For more information about working with us see here.

Due to the nature of the role there is an occupational requirement for the role holder to be a practising Christian.

The role is hybrid which means homeworking is permitted but with regular attendance at the office in Truro and travel around Cornwall. We cannot pay for people to commute from outside Cornwall.

Working for an established local charity, this post is a key role in our portfolio of services for unpaid carers. Working primarily at the main general hospital in the borough, promoting our services to unidentified carers and hospital staff at all levels within this NHS trust. 

Further aims and objectives; include working in partnership with the hospital discharge, enablement and social worker teams. Providing advice and support and improving the hospital discharge experience for unpaid carers.

The successful postholder can be assured that thier contribution can make a real difference to the lives of unpaid carers and the people that they in turn care for.

*Definition of an unpaid carer;  A carer is someone of any age, who provides support to a partner, family member or friend who could not manage without them.

Support could inculde looking after someone who is ill, elderly, disabled or has a mental health or substance misuse condition. 

Anyone can become a carer at any time in thier life and we support adult and young carers from 5 years of age.

Job Title: Employment & Engagement adviser 

Reports to:  Services Manager  

Line Reports: N/A 

Location:  Hybrid. Liverpool role: involves regular travel within Liverpool to provide in-person support to clients (approx. 1-2 days per week), and travel to Manchester office for team working (approx. once per fortnight as a minimum). West Midlands role: contracted to work at our Birmingham office at least 2 days a week. Manchester role: contracted to work at our Manchester office at least 2 days a week. 

Salary: £24,000-£26,500 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, with occasional evening/weekend work (TOIL provided) 

Contract: 12 month fixed term contract

Language requirements: Fluency in English and at least one target language is desirable e.g., Arabic, Tigrinya, Ukrainian, Pashto, Farsi, and Dari, Cantonese. 

Overall purpose: 

We are excited to offer the opportunity of a new role within our Services team. In this role, you will work closely with our team of Employment Advisers to co-work with clients who need support for intensive jobs search and applications. You will also be involved in the enrolment and management of your own caseload of work-ready clients.

We are looking for candidates with experience of supporting individuals with barriers to work into paid employment, who also understand how to create links with local employers to advocate for individual clients. Within this role you will carry a significant responsibility, managing a caseload of work ready clients who have experienced forced migration who are closer to the labour market and supporting them in securing meaningful employment.   

You will provide one-to-one personalised support to ensure your clients access employment opportunities. This involves working with clients to progress in their employment goal, agreeing actions to provide a clear pathway into employment.   

You will work with clients online and by phone, as well as in person to monitor their progress towards their goal.

Another part of your role is to reach out to local employers to facilitate access to local jobs and build relationships to advocate for your clients. You will also support the wider team to understand where to find employment opportunities and build relationships with key employment networks. 

Complementary support will be delivered through use of our volunteers where you will book appointments for clients who require interview practice/mock interviews, allocating time slots according to availability and the volunteer’s specialty.   

We offer a strong team environment, where your ideas and drive will be welcomed and where you as an individual can make a real difference to people’s lives.  

To view the full job description and person specification, as well as details on our accessible recruitment process, please view the attached recruitment pack.

Other considerations

• As part of our safeguarding commitment to our clients, we carry out preemployment checks to ensure that successful applicants are suitable to work with adults at risk. These include basic DBS checks, obtaining references and verifying a candidate’s identity and right to work in the UK.
• Some travel between our different areas of operation (including London, Birmingham and Manchester) will be required. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required. Time off in lieu would be provided in this case.
• We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

How to apply

If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you. To apply, please submit a CV and statement (up to approximately 500 words/1 A4 page) outlining:

• Which location you are applying for
• Why you are interested in the role
• What skills you would bring to be successful in this role
• Any experience you would like to highlight
• Any reasonable adjustments you require for the interview process
• Disclosure of disabilities if you wish to do so (as a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role)

Please note that applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Closing date for applications is 11:30pm on Sunday 1st September. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Previous applicants need not apply.

We belong to the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative, which advocates and supports organisations to employ more people from a refugee background. With this in mind, we particularly welcome applicants with experience of seeking asylum and/or a refugee background. 

If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for an independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network. Please reach out to HR Manager Dani Meier for further details (we are unable to include email addresses in this advert, but you can find contact details on the final page of the attached recruitment pack).

WHAT IS START NETWORK?

Our purpose is to be a catalyst for system-level change that improves the efficiency, effectiveness and ethics of humanitarian action. We do this by working as a network to develop, test & spread new ways of collaborating and resourcing locally-led crisis response and anticipation.

Our current membership is made up of over 100 local, national and international NGOs based all around the world. We also support 10 national and regional hubs made up of civil society organisations and NGOs as our vehicle for devolving power, resources and accountability.

OUR SOLUTIONS

DECENTRALISATION & LOCALLY-LED ACTION: Shifting power and resources and decentralising decision-making to locally led networks and organisations.

EARLY & RAPID FINANCING: Building a global financing system that reduces risk, anticipates, and acts ahead of predictable crises.

COMMUNITY-LED INNOVATION: Catalysing innovative, locally led, and contextual solutions - and learning from them together with people affected by crises.

For more information about Start Network and what we do, please visit our website. 

OUR VALUES

WE PUT PEOPLE FIRST: Communities come first in our decision-making and programming.

WE ARE BRAVE: We have great ambition and are willing to explore new things and take risks to achieve it.

WE OPERATE COLLECTIVELY: We leverage the value of working as a network, sharing risk and resources, and learning together.

WE ARE INCLUSIVE: We see the value in diverse perspectives and work to remove the barriers that prevent voices from being heard.

WE ARE OPEN: We work transparently and with integrity, building mutual trust in all levels of our work, from governance to programming.

WE ARE ETHICAL: We behave and operate based on key principles of anti-racism, non-discrimination, and anti-colonialism. This is a work in progress.

JOB PURPOSE

The Head of Resource Mobilisation is a crucial role within Start Network. You will hold responsibility for setting and driving the income generation strategy, in collaboration with the Director of Business Development, for all of our global initiatives, particularly the Global Start Fund, Start Ready, our Innovation initiatives and our hubs. You will work closely with the Director of Business Development and relevant team heads to ensure financial stability for the organisation, and be responsible for overseeing all fundraising activities for our global programmes. This is a role for an ambitious and bold fundraising leader who has significant experience in securing large seven and ideally eight figure grants.

A large part of this role will focus on maintaining relations with governments, private foundations, corporate partners and making sure we maximise current donors for the benefit of the overall strategy. An exciting upcoming opportunity within this role will securing a new eight figure business case from FCDO in 2025. Beyond this, diversifying our donor base is also critical, so experience in securing new donors from scratch, particularly trusts and foundations and corporates (at the seven-figure level) will be paramount, so bringing a creative take to this area of work will be important. 

Start Network’s programmes are innovative, impactful, unique and life-changing for vulnerable communities around the world. You and your team will need to convince donors to support our vision and provide them a refreshing and engaging experience. We will also look to this role to develop with key allies in our members and the sector to build relationships and influence how funding flows to the people affected by humanitarian crises.

You will have a passion for locally led action and will be able to speak eloquently around this point, as well as influence donors to change and flex their ways of working to shift power and resources to the front lines to enable locally led decision making and action.

Finally this role, will be a key driver in maintaining cooperative and fruitful relationships with our existing donor base.

Overall, this role will suit a positive, high performing leader, who has great self-leadership skills in order to manage and enable our talented resource mobilisation team to reach new heights.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Retain and maximise current donors

• Maintain the overall donor portfolio for global initiatives and maximising key strategic donors

• Ensure that Start Network meets the needs and expectations of current donors

• Oversee the development of quality donor reports

• Support finance and grant management to report effectively to large strategic donors

• Develop exciting new pitches for current donors, making sure we engage them across a range of initiatives

• Lead on the development of a new eight figure FCDO business case, together with the institutional funding team and other Heads across the organisation as required

• Create a positive and engaging donor engagement culture

  Diversify and grow income

• Develop, cultivate and convert new donor relationships

• Diversify our income for global initiatives even further by securing new 7-8 figure grants from trusts and foundations and corporates

• Secure new large, pivotal multi-year grants from government

• Work with the Director of Business Development to deliver a strategy to grow the income of our financing mechanisms 15%-20% annually

• Secure flexible funds to support specifically our hub and innovation initiatives

• Work with government donors to increase the flexibility and accessibility of their funding

• Support the development of creating quality donor proposals, including by providing strategic guidance to the team

• Create complex budgets and log frames

• Form positive relations with key teams such as finance, grant management, monitoring and evaluation and others to improve the donor proposal development processes

• Negotiate the terms of new grants, making sure principals around localisation, flexible funding and risk sharing are considered

• Ensure the organisation supports and adheres to donor policies and compliance requirements

  Influence externally 

• Work with the Director of Business Development to position Start Network strategically in global funding discussions

• Engage key donors at strategic events and meetings

• Oversee the design, development and implementation of biannual strategic donor meetings together with the Director of Business Development

• Work with the Head of Advocacy and External Affairs to coordinate advocacy messages for donors

• Represent the organisation in key donor events globally, as required

  Team management and leadership

• Oversee and manage small and high performing team

• Coach and mentor team members, as appropriate, enabling them to fulfil their potential

• Represent the team on the Senior Management Group

• Help to lead the Directorate Management Group

• Ensure the organisation builds it’s capacity around donors’ compliance and policies

• Deputise for the Director of Business Development where required

• Ensure all staff members in the resource mobilisation team have relevant objectives, targets and other KPI’s

• Lead by example, building the team’s confidence, supporting them as appropriate and being a positive influence across the organisation

• Develop and manage the resource mobilisation budget

• Drive a positive culture of fundraising within the Resource Mobilisation team and across Start Network

START NETWORK CULTURE

• To carry out the responsibilities of the role in line with the Start Network Code of Conduct and with a commitment to safeguarding adults and children

• A commitment to the Start Network vision, principles, values, and approach

• The Start Network team is an agile group of individuals who use their experience and skills across the network, so flexibility to work in and with different teams and functions is a part of our culture.

PERSON PROFILE

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

• Substantial experience as a senior fundraising manager/head, directly responsible for managing strategic donor relations

• Demonstrated experience in securing and maintaining significant 7 figure grants

• Demonstrate ability to manage a growing, dynamic and complex donor portfolio

• Excellent networks with strong relationship-building skills and the confidence to work with people at all levels of seniority

• Proven ability to drive a strategic agenda, and the ability to apply this to Start Network

• Experience with institutional donors, corporate donors, trust and foundations

• Experience in diversifying income and securing donors from scratch (particularly with trusts and foundations and corporate donors)

• Excellent knowledge of the aid sector and trends in global philanthropy

• Demonstrated extensive experience of proposal development, and creating compelling pitches and cases for support for large funders

• Experience in setting bold fundraising strategies that focus on growth and securing flexible funding

• Experience in raising funds for complex programming

• Experience in managing medium size teams  effectively

• Experience in managing complex projects

• Master’s Degree in a related field OR substantial equivalent experience working in the humanitarian sector /development sector / with government actors

• Excellent communication and coordination skills in English

• Able to present complex technical information to a non-technical audience

• Confident public speaker

• Advance budgeting skills and the ability to review and understand complex financial reporting

• Ability to negotiate, persuade and influence a variety of stakeholders

• Ability to motivate a high performing team

• Passion for Start Network’s vision, mission and values

• Able to take initiative and demonstrate agility

• Experience in setting communication plans to strategically engage donors across a range of topics

• Excellent people leadership and interpersonal skills

  DESIRABLE

• Spanish or French language skills

• Previous experience with innovative funding models such as pooled funds or disaster risk financing

• Understanding of the global localisation agenda (Charter for Change, Grand Bargain)

• Previous experience of being a part of a management team

• Experience of managing £7m+ donor portfolios

KEY COMPETENCIES

Communication: Able to convey complex information concisely to different audiences

Strategic Thinking: Deliver results with awareness of impact on others internally and externally by considering the positions and perspectives of relevant stakeholders

Collaboration: Actively promote collaboration by spotting and breaking down barriers to siloed working, connecting colleagues, teams and initiatives

Leadership of self and others: Willing to share own expertise with others in the organisation and network, both formally and informally

Ability to adapt and learn: Balance the need to follow systems and processes with the courage, identifying when systems and processes do not align with the mission, suggesting alternatives

Getting things done the Start Network way: Deliver results in pursuit of our mission by holding yourself to account for your work

Are you looking for a role that will change the future of Brain Tumour Research in the UK? If you’re excited to take on such a key position, then Communication Officer is the role for you.

Position: Communications Officer
Location: Head Office, Milton Keynes. We offer a hybrid working model, where team members are expected to be in the office for a minimum of three days per week.
Salary: £35,00 per annum, pro rata
Contract Maternity Cover
Hours: Full time, 35 hours per week
Benefits: Holiday entitlement, 25 days per annum, excluding UK Public Holidays, death in service policy, access to an Employee Assistance Programme and option to join our healthcare scheme.

About the Role

At Brain Tumour Research, we are looking for a Communications Officer to join our Marketing and Communications team, as well as giving assistance to our fundraising team, as they drive to meet remarkable income targets. We would like to hear from anyone with experience working in communications and a passion to make a difference for brain tumour patients and their loved ones.

This is an amazing chance for an individual to become a pivotal figure in one of the most advanced and exciting fundraising charities in the UK. Through this role, you will develop your skills and knowledge as Communications Officer, gaining experience of working with a contact management system. Your day will involve creating captivating content for our website and newsletters for our different audiences as well as establishing different models that will encompass many who are in support of the charity.

About You

If you would like to join an exciting, innovative, and ambitious charity, with a passion for finding a cure for brain tumours, then we would love to hear from you. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Communications professional looking to further their career, whilst making a difference at one of the most innovative and ambitious medical research funding charities in the UK as a Communications Officer.

Do you have:

• Demonstrable excellence in copywriting and editorial skills
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, media communications or a related field, or similar professional level of experience of at least two years
• Understands importance of brand and producing powerful and engaging content that delights and inspires our loyal supporters

About Brain Tumour Research

Brain Tumour Research is an exciting, innovative and ambitious charity. We are passionate about finding a cure for brain tumours through the establishment of dedicated Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence around the UK.

We are invested in our employees and are proud to be accredited by Investors in People.

Closing Date: August 4th 2024

Interested?

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We are currently seeking two dynamic Practitioners to join our Young People’s service (Yuva), working directly with young people using abuse and violence and their families.

Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP), a division of Richmond Fellowship since 2018, has been a leading provider of Respect accredited community perpetrator programmes working to stop domestic violence, increase safety for women and children, and reduce harm to families for over 29 years.

This role works within the Yuva team to develop and deliver intervention and safety programmes to families affected by Child to Parent Violence and Young People’s Intimate Partner Violence. This role requires a robust and detailed understanding and experience of working with adolescent development, domestic abuse, child abuse and trauma, and the impacts of these on young people’s development. As well as a good understanding of the nature of domestic violence and its effects on women and children, and on the parent-child relationship. You will have experience of providing direct work with young people and their parents/carers, working flexibly but robustly and supportively, responding to challenging or harmful behaviour to facilitate change. You will have experience of providing structured one-to-one and/or group-work counselling or behavioural change interventions, and of working with both children and adults from diverse backgrounds. You will have an excellent understanding of Safeguarding procedures and be confident working both independently and as part of a team, working closely and collaboratively alongside partner agencies such as Child Services and Youth Offending Services. Candidates with undergraduate degree level qualifications in relevant fields will be considered, alongside those with extensive experience working in the domestic abuse field with young people.

You will have the opportunity to play a key role in developing DVIP’s young people’s services, working in partnerships with a range of statutory and voluntary agencies to deliver effective community responses to domestic violence, in line with RESPECT practice standards. Day to day, you will be working flexibly across a number of locations (including regular days working co-located within Local Authority Children and Families Services and providing outreach in schools and other relevant or referring services) managing referrals, assessing risk and suitability for therapeutic intervention, and engaging families.

In this rewarding role you will be working directly with young people and their parents/carers, delivering structured interventions to increase safety, as well as providing specialist support to other professionals working with families experiencing abuse, through provision of expert consultations and training.

You will be able to work independently and flexibly, including some early evenings, in areas where DVIP is contracted, for part of the working week. You will be comfortable managing your own workload and related admin, and you will be able to communicate clearly with a range of people about sensitive and complex issues, including the writing of professional reports.

This is a permanent full time role requiring the post-holder to work 37.5 hours a week. The role will require working across Surrey and a driving licence/use of a car are highly recommended.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in facilitating positive change for young people and their families who have been impacted by abuse and violence.

It is a mandatory requirement of the application process for this post that candidates submit a CV and Supporting Statement, thus only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification, will be considered for an interview.

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

DVIP are actively seeking to develop a workforce which reflects the diverse communities we work within; we offer flexible working arrangements and ongoing professional development to all staff and volunteers. Applicants who speak another language fluently are particularly welcome. We also welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.

This post is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

On 1st June 2024, Richmond Fellowship, part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence merged with Humankind to form a single organisation that provides the joined-up mental health, housing and drug and alcohol support we’ve all known has been needed for decades. In October 2024, Humankind will be renamed to reflect the new organisation.

We require all full-time staff to work a minimum of 2 days per week on average working in our London office/in person, in line with our hybrid working framework.

The Health Foundation is an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK.

We have an exciting opportunity for a policy fellow to join our policy team. Your main focus will be on a programme of work on NHS reform, exploring the role of national policy levers in achieving the ambitions set by policymakers in England. The scope of this work includes the organization of the NHS, devolution, approaches to regulation, payment reform and the wider politics of health reform. Projects include understanding the development of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) and their approach to tackling inequalities and the wider determinants of health.

The policy fellow will be a core member of our team, working on a mix of short and longer-term projects, including in-house policy analysis and research, reactive work, and the development of projects to commission externally.

You’ll have robust research skills, for example experience of synthesizing qualitative and quantitative research evidence, analysing various policy documents, grey literature, and official reports related to a particular policy area, or carrying out in-depth interviews and coding qualitative data.

You’ll join a team which collaborates with other analytical teams in the Health Foundation to support more evidence-informed policies on health and social care in the UK, contributing to better population health. We do this by analysing, understanding, and informing national policies on health, social care and public health in the UK, with a particular focus on the overall direction of the health system in England and how it is performing.

To find out more about the role and what we are looking for, please read the job description.

Candidates should have the right to work in the UK at the time of appointment, as we do not provide visa sponsorship.

Application deadline:23:59, Wednesday 28th August 2024

Interview dates: w/c 16th and w/c 23rd September 2024

Our commitment to you

Our top priority is finding the best candidate, and that might be you.

We're committed to building an inclusive workplace that values diversity, which is why we encourage you to apply for our job even if you don't meet every requirement. We value professional and lived expertise and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We particularly encourage those from underrepresented and underserved groups in this field, such as people of colour, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds to apply.

We encourage you to speak with us about your neuro-diversities, disabilities, long term medical conditions, chronic illness, mental health, wider health conditions and/or caring responsibilities etc. so we can work together on adjustments to make the recruitment process and work more accessible and enjoyable for you. We offer flexible working as well as a range of excellent benefits.

We're dedicated to an inclusive hiring process, where every candidate has the chance to showcase their skills in a comfortable environment.

So, come apply to join our team and let's work towards building a diverse and authentic workplace together.