Programme Quality And Impact Officer Jobs

About Us: 

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community.

At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best. On top of a competitive salary and flexible working environment, employees will also receive:

Benefits: 

• 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), 3 additional free days off at Christmas
• Life Insurance
• Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
• A variety of social and wellbeing activities each month
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Monthly talks, Wellbeing Hour, etc)
• Free Gym Membership
• Free breakfasts/snacks

Role Title:Research & Development Manager 

Reports to:Head of Growth & Branding 

Based: Battersea Park

Salary:£40,000 - £50,000 

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Work Arrangement:  40 hours per week, Hybrid Work Environment

DBS: Basic 

Role Overview:

Reporting to the Head of Growth & Branding, the Research & Development Manager will be responsible for leading Research and Development function at Enable. 

Working closely with colleagues in the Growth Team and managing the R&D Officer, this person will manage conduct research, summarise findings and make recommendations in line with Enable’s strategic plan. 

The Growth Team is a newly created team at Enable. They will be responsible for accelerating growth and development throughout our services and bringing Enable’s Strategic Plan to life! As a member of the Growth Team, you will have the unique opportunity to shape the future of our company, working collaboratively across departments to identify new opportunities, develop solutions, and implement strategic initiatives. This team is creative, innovative and always hungry for more.

Main Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Use quantitative and qualitative research methods to develop and support research across Enable’s many product and service offerings
• Work collaboratively with Business Development colleagues to understand Enable’s business model, current projects and potential growth areas
• Review and summarize data and research findings and make recommendations to Enable teams and services 
• Analyse current and prospective bids and grants, gathering supporting evidence and presenting findings to the Leadership Team 
• Work closely with the Business Development colleagues and other well-connected Enable colleagues to identify and engage with stakeholders who can support aspects of the R&D process (for example, community organisations, universities, think tanks). 
• Lead the development of an R&D Strategy and R&D Action Plan to guide Enable’s and the R&D Team’s approach to R&D. 
• Conduct and lead feasibility assessments of initial R&D ideas (sourced from Business Development, broader Enable colleagues, and/or community) to determine feasibility of an idea to progress to the proceeding R&D stages (i.e. research, design, development) 
• Lead data gathering and design-thinking workshops with internal and external stakeholders (i.e. potential consumers) to feed into the research, design and development of new products or services and/or the expansion of current products or services. 
• Test prototypes or early-stage versions of product/service with potential consumers and stakeholders and iteratively refine based on feedback and testing. 
• Lead analysis of qualitative and quantitative data collected through research, design and development stages (including monitoring and evaluation, and consumer testing feedback) and summarise into recommendations presented to Leadership Team / Growth Team to assist with the implementation of proposed R&D projects. 
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to develop communication and marketing products (i.e. emails, flyers, consent forms, presentations) to support R&D activities. 
• Collaborating with services to ensure social impact other tangible outcomes are being measured 
• Budget and forecast new research plans and developments.
• Line management and leadership of the Research and Development Officer, including performance and workload management, skills analysis and identifying and supporting opportunities for professional development. 
• Represent R&D as a legitimate and integral function in internal and external engagements. 
• Develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks for prototypes and the launched product and/or service, and lead quality assurance.
• Any other relevant duties that the Head of Growth & Branding may see fit

Skills and Experience: 

• 3-5 years of experience in a Research and Development role and  Experience designing and leading research studies through mixed-methods (quantitative and qualitative) with diverse community groups
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills (internal and external) through a range of engagement pathways (i.e. roundtables, meetings, emails) and platforms (virtual, in-person)
• Strong Project Management skills for research studies and interventions (including resource identification, workflow management, and budgeting)
• Experience developing strategies and action plans to guide work processes.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and efficient time and workload management.
• Experience managing research projects or programmes within timeframes and budgets
• Excellent communication, spoken and written skills 
• Experience developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks to measure performance. 
• Proficient written and oral communication skills, including evidence of writing for a range of audiences and translating technical information into comprehensive and accessible communication materials and products.
• Managerial and leadership experience, including managing and leading teams in the development of quality products and/or services
• Degree- or Masters-level qualification in research, with strong academic background. 

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them! If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts. 

Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website. 

The Hardman Trust supports people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life. As the Finance Manager your role is to help make this a reality through the effective management of our financial processes. You’ll use your experience from other charity finance roles, along with your accountancy / financial management qualifications, to help ensure our approach to financial management is effective, efficient, up-to-date and in line with charity accounting standards. 

You will be well-organised and motivated to support the wider team in their work. Reporting to the CEO and supporting the Treasurer, you will ensure we have up-to-date information on the financial health of the organisation. You will help to ensure we are maximising the use of restricted funding, and that money is spent in line with donors’ wishes. 

You will lead on ensuring we have robust organisational systems and processes in place for effective financial management. This includes the production and sharing of management accounts, ensuring payroll and invoices are paid on time, devising financial reports, and providing budgetary support. You’ll ensure that accurate records are maintained and that we are reporting our accounts in line with SORP guidelines. 

You will lead on the ongoing development and maintenance of our finance systems, policies and procedures, ensuring they are fit for purpose for a growing organisation. 

Read the attached Person Specification for more information.

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Location:  Remote, home-based (or use of London office is available)

Reporting to:  CEO

Hours:  Part-time, 14 hours per week (we can offer flexibility on times/days. We can offer a contracted, salaried role or a day rate for those who prefer freelance work)

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About us:

• Our purpose: We support people on long prison sentences to take their next steps in life so they benefit, their families benefit and the wider community benefits too.

• Our vision: A future where everyone can achieve their potential within and beyond prison.

• Our mission: Specialising in the unique needs of people on long sentences, we provide tailored practical and financial support to help people find belonging, move into work or training, and reach their personal goals.

Location: Hybrid – your time will be split between our office/venue on Bristol Harbourside, and your home or wherever you like to work, however we would like the successful candidate to be able to commit to at least two days a week in our Bristol office. ​

We’re happy to support a flexible working pattern across three, four or five days a week. You just need to be able to attend key meetings, have some crossover with the rest of the Development team and deliver the responsibilities of the role. ​

Department: Development​

Report to: Gifts and Partnerships Manager​

Salary: £24,000 - £32,000 per annum, (£40,000 pro-rata), dependent on whether the contract is 0.6 or 0.8 FTE (see Working Hours below)​

Contract: 18-month fixed term contract​

Working hours: Part-time, 22.5 hours a week (0.6 FTE) OR 30 hours a week (0.8 FTE), flexible over 3, 4 or 5 days. This may include attending events outside of normal working hours. ​

About We The Curious​

We The Curious is an educational charity and one of the UK's leading science centres. ​

We produce experiences that bring people together to play, get creative with science and explore different ideas. ​

We work with partners, locally and nationally, supporting people to be inquisitive, develop new skills and improve their wellbeing.​

We are progressive, inquisitive, collaborative, playful and creative. ​

Our Why, What & How​​

Our vision​

What if everyone is included, curious and inspired by science to build a better world together?​

Our mission​

To connect and empower people through sharing creative experiences which celebrate unknowns in science.​

Our pledges​

_Cultivate Curiosity​

_Strive for Sustainable Futures​

_Include Everyone​

_Build Resilience​

_Open Up Science​

You can find out more about these in our Manifesto.

Our Values​

_Inquisitive -  Asking questions​

_Progressive - Thinking about what's next ​

_Playful - Embracing the unexpected with a sense of fun​

_Creative - Generating and testing new ideas​

_Collaborative - Being inclusive, connecting and valuing

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Our Strategic Priorities​

/ SP1 - We will deliver collaborative, curiosity-led learning projects to reduce inequality and improve life chances.​

/ SP4 - To deliver our charitable mission, we will strengthen existing income sources and seek new opportunities to deliver long-term financial security.​

/ SP2 - Our team and those we work with will reflect the diversity of our city, delivering a more inclusive experience.​

/ SP5 - We will provide opportunities for people to explore new ideas, develop skills and influence scientific research.​

/ SP3 -We commit to being a carbon net zero organisation by 2030 and will inspire audiences to take positive action for our planet

About the role​​

We The Curious is about to enter an exciting new phase in its mission to connect and empower everyone through shared creative science learning experiences, as we prepare to reopen after two years of closure in early 2024. Our new multi-year strategy, Plan 2030, encompasses numerous major projects for which we must develop and cultivate support.​​

The Development Team is responsible for fundraising across the whole organisation and the stewardship and development of our donors and supporters. The other members of the team are the Development Manager, the Gifts and Partnerships Manager and Development Account Manager. We are looking for a Trusts and Foundations Manager who is collaborative, organised and an excellent communicator to join the team to help us maximise and unlock some very exciting fundraising opportunities.​

As Trusts and Foundations Manager you will use your skills in research and persuasion to identify grants funding opportunities, establish new relationships and write and submit proposals to trusts, foundations, Lottery funders, the local authority, universities and research councils. Working closely with the rest of the team and project managers from other departments you will raise between six and seven figure sums for our programme of creative science learning and inclusion projects.​

What will you do in this role?​​

Role specific responsibilities​​

_Identify new grants funding sources, including trusts and foundations, research councils and statutory/government funders. ​​

_Prepare and submit high quality funding proposals, expressions of interest and budgets in accordance with strict deadlines and application criteria, to a diverse range of funders, for up to seven-figure sums. ​​

_Work closely with internal departmental teams to develop We The Curious projects so that they are ready for fundraising and write detailed and compelling cases for support that include timelines, budgets and evaluation and reporting plans. ​​

_Support the funding applications of other partner organisations by collaboratively drafting budgets, attending project development meetings and writing letters of support. ​​

_Support the Development Account Manager to cultivate potential funders, including attending on-site visits and events, phone calls and delivering presentations to secure support. ​​

_Support the Development Account Manager to manage a portfolio of funders including overseas relationships, fulfilling reporting and public recognition requirements, thank you letters, regular communications and other correspondence. ​​

_Liaise with the finance team to record new income and report on expenditure in accordance with funder deadlines.​​

_Support the Gifts and Partnerships Manager and Development Manager in identifying new strategic opportunities and exploring new types of income stream. This may include presenting to the leadership team. Contribute to the delivery of the fundraising strategy, including proposing financial targets for grants, lottery and research income. ​​

_Work closely with the Open City Research (OCR) Manager to identify and pursue new funding opportunities for our ambitious OCR programme and work with the finance team to establish a new funding model for this activity. Support the Gifts and Partnerships Manager and Sustainability and Science Director in cultivating high-value stakeholders in STEM and research sectors. ​​

_Assist in the implementation of the Development Team’s migration onto a new CRM database working closely with the Development Account Manager to customise the database for the Development team’s needs.​​

_Work with the finance team to understand our financial position and as requested by the Finance Director, contributing to key organisational financial documentation, such as the annual business plan.​​

_Manage Fundraising Volunteers supporting the administrative workload of the team and attend Volunteer Key Contacts meetings. ​​

_Attend and occasionally present at We The Curious staff meetings, exhibition launches, project meetings, project development presentations and meetings as required. ​​​

General ​responsibilities​​

_Develop and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of We The Curious’ planned activities for communities and schools to present our work persuasively to funders and partners. ​​

_Embody and demonstrate our values; Collaborative, Creative, Inquisitive, Playful, Progressive. ​​

_Responsible for carefully following safeguarding policies and procedures and raising any concerns to manager/Designated Safeguarding Officer. ​​

_General responsibility for departmental compliance with GDPR. ​​

_Occasional out of hours work and travel to events.​​

What we’re looking for from you​​

_You’ll have at least three years of fundraising experience, with success at delivering against financial targets and strict deadlines. You’ll have the ability to network, build and manage funding relationships with a wide range of funders and other stakeholders. ​​

_You’ll be confident explaining and pitching ideas to internal and external stakeholders. ​​

_You’ll have experience of working very closely with project delivery teams to develop projects, ensure they know what they need to deliver for funders and monitor their expenditure. ​​

_You’ll have excellent budget management skills, the ability to work independently and effectively and will be confident reporting on six or seven figure budgets. ​​

_You will have good understanding of the financial and regulatory environment charities operate within. ​​

_You’ll have some technical knowledge and experience at using and developing fundraising databases. ​​

_You’ll have experience and confidence in managing multiple projects simultaneously. ​​

_You’ll have the ability to understand We The Curious’ broad-ranging project content and tailor it to appropriate style and content for target funders. ​​

_You’ll have excellent verbal and written communication skills. ​​

_You’ll ideally have an understanding or experience of working in education, culture and/or science charities.​

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Application process​​

Deadline for applications: Tuesday 2nd July at midnight​

Interview date(s) and location: 16th and 17th July 2024 at We The Curious offices in Bristol​​

Start date: 9th September 2024​​​​

If you would like to apply, please complete the application form. It contains questions designed to assess your interest in and suitability for the role. ​​

Please don't send in CVs or cover letters as we don't review them. ​​

We appreciate interviews can be stressful, so we try to make them more of a conversation and a chance for you to tell us about how your skills and interests make you the right person for the role. ​​

If you are invited for an interview, we'll send you the questions that you'll be asked beforehand so that you have time to prepare. ​​

If you have any particular needs or requirements, please do let us know so that we can make the required adjustments. ​​

If you would like to talk about the role or the application process, please contact us. ​

Support during the process​​

We The Curious is a Disability Confident Employer and we welcome applications from candidates who self-assess themselves as having a disability. We will guarantee an interview to applicants who advise that they have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy. To help you, under the Equality Act 2010 a person is defined as having a disability if a) they have a physical or mental impairment, and b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.​​

We want to work with you to ensure the recruitment process is accessible for you.​

If you are disabled, neurodivergent, or if you have a long-term health condition, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.​​

You’ll have the opportunity to let us know about any adjustments you may need throughout the application and selection process. We’ll continue this conversation if you join us as a staff member, and we’ll work with you to make sure you have the adjustments you need to succeed in your role.​​

Examples of adjustments could include:​​

_providing alternative formats at every stage​

_options to apply ​

_extra time for tasks​

_providing some extra information about what to expect​

_office orientation before an in-person interview.​​

Including everyone ​​

We value the positive impact greater representation will have on our organisation, programmes and culture. It’s our goal to become an inclusive place to work and for our teams to better reflect our city and the people who visit us. ​​

We welcome applications from people of all lived experiences and particularly those that are not well represented* in the science centre sector. ​​

  ​*By not well represented we mean people with lived experience including but not limited to:​​​

_African and African-Caribbean heritage​​

_South Asian and East Asian heritage ​​

_Global Majority ​

_Disabled​​

_Neurodivergent ​​

_Visually Impaired ​​

_Deaf community​

_LGBTQIA+ and/or non-binary   ​​

_Working class background​​

_Didn’t go to university or first in your immediate family to attend University​

Working with us​​

We value the people that work with us. Our staff have access to the following:​​

Wellbeing & support​

_Flexible working​

_Hybrid working 

_Mental Health First Aiders​

_Confidential advice & counselling through the Employee Support Programme​​

Leave​

_25 days holiday in addition/including bank holidays (all pro-rata).​​

Facilities & discounts​

_Free entry to the venue at any time with up to four guests, plus 12 additional entry tickets per calendar year to give away.​

_15% off in the We The Curious café​

_20% off in our shop​

_Range of discounts with local businesses and free entry to other local attractions.​

_Free parking​

_Cycle to work scheme​

_Secure cycle storage​​

Pension​

_We offer a pension scheme with 5% company contributions.​​

​Death in service benefit​

_Four times your annual salary.​​

New Parent Policy​

We are proud to be a family friendly organisation, which is why we work to develop our people practices in line with that value. We have recently introduced a non-gendered approach to Maternity and Paternity, re-branded as our “New Parent Policy”. There are eligibility criteria and terms and conditions, but the key take away is that anyone who is due to become a new parent, regardless of their gender, can take one year off work, and we’ll pay your full salary for the first five months.

Start date: Monday, 26th August 2024

Salary: £29,864 per annum (inclusive of £3,990 London/South East Weighting)

Working hours: 35 hours, full time

Location: South London (covering Lambeth, Merton, Sutton or Wandsworth) and working from home.

Contract: Permanent

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About Women in Prison

Women in Prison is a national, women-led, feminist organisation. We deliver front line support to women harmed by the criminal justice system, through our work in prisons, in the community and ‘through the prison gate’ as they resettle back into their communities. We also campaign for systems change that addresses the root causes of offending, reduces the harmful impact of prison, and creates workable, community-based alternatives to imprisonment.

Job Description:

Job Purpose: Women in Prison’s Advocates deliver high-quality, trauma-informed, independent advocacy for women in communities and in prisons, which focuses on early intervention, and holistic provision as part of a ‘whole system’ multi-agency response that looks to address the root causes of women’s offending.

Duties and Key Responsibilities:

1. Client Care: provide high-quality, trauma-responsive advocacy and emotional and practical support to women in contact with, or at risk of being in contact with the criminal justice system
2. Monitoring and Evaluation: accurately document all client interaction on Women in Prison’s case management database, working in line with Women in Prison’s case management policy at all times
3. Communication: develop and utilise a variety of strategies to communicate effectively with women using our services, colleagues, external organisations, stakeholders and the general public

Reports to: Hubs Manager

Department/Service: South London Women’s Hubs

Please ensure you clearly state whether you will be applying for the Part Time or Full Time role in your application.

This is a new and exciting role in Refuge, the post holder will be embedded within district borough housing teams to facilitate dual working that will ensure that survivors’ safety and housing needs are met. The housing advocate will be collocated within the council offices of their designated area to help facilitate:

• Close working relationships with Housing colleagues
• Provision of specialist knowledge relating to DA for Housing Officers and Homelessness Teams to draw on
• Specialist support for survivors at the moment of crisis
• Provision of advocacy; supporting survivors to access safe accommodation
• Joint working with the IDVA or Domestic Abuse Outreach services to ensure all the survivors’ needs are met.

This recognizes that many survivors will approach Housing at moments of crisis, when they are either considering fleeing, or have already fled.

The housing advocate will carry a caseload of survivors that require additional support. They will work closely with survivors of domestic abuse from the point of crisis, to provide high quality independent advocacy around housing needs.They will empower survivors by providing them with emotional, practical and individual safety support. They will ensure that survivors are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment, enabling them to access their rights, make decisions and increase their life options.

Co-located housing advocacy is another form of community-based specialist domestic abuse advocacy support that focuses on victim/survivors’ self-identified needs, rather than needs defined by the service and any pre-defined actions the agency thinks victim/survivors should take. The work is undertaken with the victim/survivor around their individual needs and for a period dictated by need, not targets.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Triage and Early Interventions Officer (DASS Helpline) to join the Domestic Abuse Specialist Service in Brighton & Hove. This role is full time working 37.5 hours per week and is offered on a hybrid basis working between home and our office in Brighton.

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

Do you have resilience & adaptability? Can you work effectively with a focus on trauma-informed support and care?

If yes, then we'd love to hear from you…

What we offer:

At Victim Support we believe in attracting & retaining the best people and offer a competitive rewards & benefits package including:

• Flexible working options including hybrid working
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, rising to 33 days plus Bank Holidays
• An extra day off for your Birthday
• Pension with 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced sick pay allowances, maternity & paternity payments
• High Street, retail, holiday, entertainment & leisure discounts
• Access to our financial wellbeing hub & salary deducted finance
• Employee assistance programme & wellbeing support
• Ongoing training & support with opportunities for career development & progression

About the role:

This hybrid role is based in Brighton & Hove. There is a mandatory office attendance requirement with a minimum of 1 day a week.

The role will involve:

• Making initial contact assessing and providing information to victims/survivors of domestic abuse
• Providing any immediate safety and support needs for the victims/and their children(s) including safeguarding when required.
• Providing administrative support to our wider team to support them in the delivery of advocacy to victims/survivors of mainly domestic abuse.
• Liaising with the police and other agencies to ensure all relevant information is collected including safe contact numbers and consent from victims/survivors.
• Gathering feedback from service users and collating this into monthly reports and contributing to monitoring information for the service.
• Participating in regular supervisions and reviews.

You will need to:

• Have a good understanding of domestic abuse including the impact of domestic abuse on victims and their children.
• Understand the myths, facts and misconceptions about domestic abuse.
• Understand Safeguarding issues, and the legal responsibilities surrounding these issues.
• Understand the needs of victims/survivors of domestic abuse.
• Understand the effects of trauma and the importance of trauma informed practice.
• Have a good understanding of the Criminal Justice System.
• Have strong crisis management skills and the ability to deal with stressful and difficult situations.
• Have excellent communication, negotiation and advisory skills, both written and verbal when interacting with a range of agencies and individuals.
• Demonstrate the ability to use IT applications competently including, Microsoft Word, Excel etc. and Case Management systems in order to keep accurate records and monitoring your performance.

About Us:

Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity providing a range of specialist services to people who have been affected by crime across England and Wales. We work towards a world where there are fewer victims but who have stronger rights, better support and a real influence in the Criminal Justice System. Everyone at VS is driven by our Vision Ambitions and Values to play their part in making a difference for those who experience crime and traumatic events. Working for VS gives you the opportunity to play a key role in a national charity providing high quality services to victims and witnesses and being a vital force for change.

Victim Support are committed to recruiting with care and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and Disclosed Barring Service checks may be required.

Victim Support strives to represent the diverse communities we serve and are passionate about creating an environment where all staff and volunteers feel respected and heard. Being a diverse organisation with an inclusive culture is integral to us being able to meet our aim of ensuring that anyone who is a victim of crime gets the support they need.

As part of our commitment to the Race at Work Charter we particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. VS is also a Disability Confident Employer and we provide a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for candidates that are disabled and meet all essential criteria for a role.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty such as dyslexia or a medical condition which you believe may affect your performance during any aspect of our selection process, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to perform at your best.

How to apply:

To apply for this role please follow the link below to the Jobs page on our website, and complete the application form demonstrating how you meet the essential shortlisting criteria.

We looking forward to hearing from you.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive enough suitable applications to take forward to interview prior to the published closing date.

The BNSSG VCSE Alliance exists to enable diverse VCSE organisations to engage and participate in system-wide changes to health and care systems. We are seeking a VCSE Brokerage Administrator to support the development of a Brokerage Framework, working under the VCSE Brokerage Manager. The framework will provide a clear, fair, inclusive and proportionate way for health and social care partners to reach VCSE organisations.

About Us

The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) VCSE Alliance launched in January 2024. It aims to influence and facilitate greater collaboration between the regional health system (BNSSG Integrated Care System) and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE). It seeks to do this by enhancing the role of the VCSE sector in the delivery and transformation of wellbeing and health, and cementing our sector’s role as a key strategic partner in the planning, design and delivery of health and care, in its widest possible definition.  

The co-design of a new ‘VCSE Brokerage Framework’ with colleagues from the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and System (ICS) is a key priority for the VCSE Alliance in 2024-25. The aim of the Brokerage Framework is to provide a clear, fair, inclusive and proportionate way for health and social care system partners to reach a diverse range of VCSE organisations. The intention is that will be a new process by which grants and opportunities can be distributed to the sector. 

This is a really exciting time to join the Alliance and support the delivery of a new innovative process which has the potential to be transformative for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. 

The Role:

The VCSE Brokerage Administrator's role is to support the further development, piloting, and preparation for launch of the VCSE Brokerage Framework. The role will work closely with the soon to be recruited VCSE Brokerage Manager and the current VCSE Alliance team. Ensuring that we have a clear, efficient and effective administrative process for the Brokerage Framework will be fundamental to its success.

About You

We're looking for someone who has experience of working in an administrative role who can bring a high level of competency, efficiency and organisation. You'll need to be able to work independently and use your own initiative at times, whilst being able to work with colleagues from multiple organisations.

You are an organised individual with a successful track record of administration and project support. Your skills include:

• Ability to develop and manage office systems, databases, and processes
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload without supervision
• Ability to work with and maintain confidential data and information

The Details

• Location: Bristol, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
• Contract: 12 months, with potential for extension
• Salary: £28,383 per annum (FTE) - £17,259.93 (pro rata)
• Hours: 22.5 hours per week.

Our approach

We take a highly supportive, flexible approach to enabling people to excel within their roles, and to reach their full potential. Examples include:

• Flexible working - we encourage people to put in flexible working requests where this supports their needs, including caring duties, long-term health conditions, or wellbeing.
• Hybrid working - 60% in the office or community venues and 40% work from home is typical for full-time staff.
• A core day in the office for all staff (Tuesday) to ensure that hybrid working works well, facilitating the quick conversations and team discussions that benefit from being face-to-face. The team also organise optional weekly team 'wellbeing' lunches to bring people together.
• We don't book any team meetings before 10am or after 4pm as we anticipate working around different people's flexible needs and we don't want you to miss out if you need a late start or an early finish.
• We aim to ensure that everyone can bring their whole selves to work with a workplace culture that embraces diversity and recognises the benefits of a diverse team for us all.
• We offer you a highly collaborative workplace with lots of discussion, knowledge-sharing, a collective approach to solution-finding and a shared sense of purpose.

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.    

We're looking for a new Volunteer-Led Services Manager to lead our transport and befriending services as well as helping us to grow our team of volunteers across the whole organisation. 

Key responsibilities are:

• Day to day oversight of our Volunteer Led Services (Community Connections Befriending, and Community Connections Transport and Care Home Befriending)
• Line management of Befriending and Transport teams
• To further develop these projects and ensure user/volunteer involvement

Join the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) and help promote excellence in the veterinary profession.

The role:

The BSAVA is looking for an experienced policy professional in the areas of policy development and legislative change set against a backdrop of a complex and regulated environment. The role operates within a changing landscape dealing with high-profile issues for the sector.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape BSAVA’s policies and national legislation with the aim of influencing outcomes of benefit to the veterinary profession, its clients and the health and welfare of companion animals.

Skills and experience:

We are looking for a self-motivated individual with a track record of success, who can demonstrate excellent understanding of policy-making and legislative change in an unpredictable environment. They will have significant previous experience of working in a policy role, ideally within a life-sciences or a veterinary or human medicine setting.

Experience of working with central government departments along with an understanding of parliamentary processes are preferable for the role. Equally important is the ability to analyse and critique information, formulate evidence-based solutions and accurately convey proposals to influence outcomes.

The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, with strong written and verbal skills. They will be able to demonstrate effective engagement skills across a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders, including the membership. Diplomacy and political awareness will be essential to ensure successful outcomes. Experience of PR and reputation management as part of the policy-making agenda is desirable.

The candidate must be flexible to work outside of normal office hours depending on the demands of the role which are often driven by the external environment and national events. The role is hybrid, incorporating working from home with travelling to meetings in or around London as required.  Therefore, to facilitate the needs of the role and the organisation, ideally candidates would be located in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire or Oxfordshire.

Other essential skills include:

· Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, as well as general IT skills

· Exceptional organisational and time management skills

· The ability to work effectively as part of a broader team.

· A flexible approach to work

About the BSAVA:

The BSAVA is a professional membership association which exists to advance care for companion animals. With a membership of more than 11,000 veterinary surgeons, vet nurses and students, we work in the UK and internationally to promote excellence in small animal practice through education and science, by facilitating training, conducting research, and developing policy. Each year we deliver numerous education courses, host a large small-animal Congress, and publish books, manuals, apps, and magazines. 

This post sits within the Policy and (Corporate) Communications Department and reports to the Head of Department.

Our reward package for this role includes a basic salary of between £43,000 - £48,000 per annum (depending on experience). In addition, we offer employer pension contributions starting at 7% and increasing up to 10% with length of service.

We also offer:

· Holiday starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 28 days, plus a further entitlement of an additional one day every 5 years of service.

· Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and other family-related leave.

· Life assurance of 3 x annual salary.

· Support for hybrid working for our employees, meaning you can work at home subject to agreement and we also have a comprehensive Flexible Working Policy.

· Access to a free legal helpline where you can ask our specialist lawyers for legal advice on an array of topics.

· Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and a network of mental health first aiders. Plus, enhanced Company sick pay, access to private medical insurance upon completion of 12 months’ service, occupational health service and annual flu vaccinations.

· Optional Bupa dental plan.

· Training and development.

· Free onsite parking, and for those who wish to cycle, we offer a cycle to work scheme which provides a discounted purchase of a bicycle and accessories for healthy, low carbon travel.

· Last but by no means least, we have regular social activities and events for those who wish to participate!

And we are:

Community friendly – offering a day’s paid leave to volunteer for a charity or not for profit organisation.

 Committed to supporting sustainability in our work and in the veterinary profession.  The Association has completed a certified carbon audit and has been awarded silver accreditation with Investors in the Environment.

So, if you are bold and innovative, strive for excellence whilst taking ownership and accountability of your work, show passion for what you do and work effectively in a team – then you’ll be a great fit for the Association, and we would love to hear from you.

We are recruiting for a Children’s Support Worker who will be working closely with children and their mothers who are living in our refuges escaping domestic violence and other forms of violence and abuse, to provide personal welfare support and ensure that our clients are provided with a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment.

A key requirement is to provide personal one to one and group support to children and young people to ensure they are provided with a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment. The post holder will support children who have witnessed or experienced domestic violence and plan and provide stimulating, safe, and appropriate activities.

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.

About Women in Prison

Women in Prison is a national, women-led, feminist organisation. We deliver front line support to women harmed by the criminal justice system, through our work in prisons, in the community and ‘through the prison gate’ as they resettle back into their communities. We also campaign for systems change that addresses the root causes of offending, reduces the harmful impact of prison, and creates workable, community-based alternatives to imprisonment.

Job Purpose:

You will be joining Women in Prison’s new fundraising team which secures funding from a range of sources including individual donors, corporate supporters, and charitable trusts and foundations. This role will set the foundations for Women in Prison’s ambitious fundraising plans leading on securing gifts from trusts and foundations and ensuring that all secured grants are well managed and effectively reported on. The post holder will identify new funding opportunities and ensure these are assessed and responded to in collaboration with staff across the organisation.

Key Responsibility Areas:

1. Develop a trusts and foundations strategy for Women in Prison and ensure its implementation
2. Fundraising research, proposal writing and income generation
3. Donor reporting and administration
4. Build positive relationships with funders

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Refuge Worker to provide high quality support and safety planning to women and children in crisis. This includes enabling women to access housing, welfare, benefits and legal advice.  A key requirement is to provide personal welfare support and to ensure that women are provided with a safe, supportive and welcoming environment in accordance with Refuge’s philosophical principles. 

Please note that 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.

As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on call rota. An enhanced DBS will also be required for the successful applicant.

A driving license and access to a car is essential to the role.

This is an opportunity to join Refuge as a Community Outreach Worker to provide high quality personal welfare support service to survivors of domestic violence and other forms of violence and abuse including those at the point of crisis. In this role the key responsibilities will be working within a multiagency framework to develop referral, joint working and information sharing protocol.

Please note that 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.

As part of this role, you will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on call rota. An enhanced DBS will also be required for the successful applicant.