Public Policy Jobs
Location: Wilson Carlile Centre, Sheffield (Hybrid)
Salary: £25,307 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full-time)
Contract: Full Time, Open Ended
Church Army & The Role
For over 140 years Church Army has equipped and empowered people to share the good news of the gospel in accessible ways across the UK & Ireland.
We go to places where hope is hard to find; journeying with people, giving them the opportunity to meet and connect with the God who restores and brings life in all its fullness. And this is what compels us: our vision for everyone to encounter God’s love and be empowered to transform their communities.
We are an army of hope with good news to share. Igniting faith in Jesus; restoring life: physically, emotionally, spiritually.
As the role of Social Media Officer, you will create, curate and commission engaging content. Using a data-led approach you will help build a supportive and vibrant online community.
You will need to effectively communicate our key messages and the heart behind what we do, helping to grow new audiences and deliver content to them that is inspiring and informative.
Main Responsibilities
- Creating, curating, commissioning and scheduling engaging posts that help to grow new audiences for Church Army
- Developing and managing a content calendar for Church Army’s social media content
- Monitoring and engaging on social media channels with audience comments, questions and interactions
- Build and maintain a strong online community that supports Church Army’s values and enhances audience engagement and retention
- Working with the digital analyst to regularly analyse engagement data and metrics to assess performance of social media activities
- Participate in regular team meetings and strategy sessions, providing updates and insights on social media trends
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
The successful candidate will have:
- In-depth knowledge of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and X.
- Understanding of digital marketing principles and how social media fits into broader marketing strategies.
- Awareness of social media trends and their implications for engagement and content strategy.
- Experience in managing social media accounts for an organisation or brand and experience in creating and executing a content calendar.
- Monitor social media channels for audience comments, questions, and interactions (including during crisis communications events); engage with the community to foster a positive atmosphere and provide timely responses.
- Build and maintain a strong online community that supports Church Army’s values and enhances audience engagement and retention.
- Work with the Digital Analyst to regularly analyse engagement data and metrics to assess the performance of social media activities
- Utilise insights from data to refine and optimise social media strategies, ensuring alignment with Church Army’s overall digital objectives.
- Collaborate with the Digital Team to align social media strategies with broader digital and communication goals.
- Contribute to the development of social media strategies using insights and data to support decision-making and creative processes.
- Participate in regular team meetings and strategy sessions, providing updates and insights on social media trends and audience preferences.
Benefits
Church Army employees get access to a variety of different benefits, to see what benefits you would be eligible for please check the job pack linked below.
WeCare – Provides access to a 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programmes, counselling and wellbeing support.
LifeWorks – LifeWorks allows employees to access ‘employee perks’ which supplies exclusive discounts, cashback, gift cards and cinema deals.
Cycle to Work Scheme – CycleScheme allows you to purchase a new bike and accessories through Church Army. With no upfront payment it can save you 25% – 39% with tax-effective monthly repayments.
Specsavers Eye Tests – Employees who habitually use display screen equipment for their job, will be eligible for an eye test voucher with Specsavers.
For more information on this role please refer to the job pack attatched.
Closing Date: 29/07/24
Interviews: w/c 19/08/24
We want everyone everywhere to encounter God’s love and be empowered to transform their communities through faith shared in words and action.
Are you a finance professional with experience of Unit 4 ERPx and a passion for enhancing dog welfare?
As we continue our digital transformation programme, we’re looking for a motivated Systems Accountant to develop and optimise our brand-new accounting system.
About this job:
As Systems Accountant, you’ll:
- lead on the development and enhancement of Unit 4 ERPx, functioning as system administration and SUPER-user,
- work closely with various internal stakeholders (particularly the IT team) to ensure integration between existing systems and Unit 4 ERPx, building strong relationships with leaders to ensure the system meets requirements,
- be the main point of contact with the system supplier, responsible for ensuring both the smooth-running of the system and continuous improvement,
- be a problem solver, proactively identifying system gaps and working to resolve them in the most efficient way,
- build reports based on business requirements, ensuring decision-makers have financial reporting that provides meaningful insights and recommendations.
About you:
To excel in this role, you'll need extensive hands-on experience with the Unit 4 ERPx system, with a thorough understanding of its demands, capabilities, risks, and opportunities. Excellent communication skills are essential, as you'll be cultivating relationships with both external and internal stakeholders, taking a diplomatic and empathetic approach. Strong analytical skills and a deep understanding of financial accounting system processes and management are also crucial. A commitment to, and empathy for, the aims and objectives of Dogs Trust is vital.
About Dogs Trust:
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.
What you need to know:
Interviews for this role will take place on Teams and are provisionally scheduled for the week commencing 22nd July 2024.
To apply for this position please visit our website. Our application process requires you complete an application form and a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role. Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive enough suitable interest, so to avoid disappointment early application is encouraged.
Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust. We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way.
UK Financial Accountant
Salary - £50,209 to £55,443 per annum
Full time, permanent
About the Role
Reporting to the Head of UK Finance, the role will manage a small team and work alongside both UK and International colleagues and stakeholders and work closely with the International Finance Managers to coordinate the global audit. They have responsibility to help maintain a robust financial control environment within the UK, UK taxation and for banking, investments, and foreign currency management.
Responsibilities are focused on the delivery of timely and accurate financial accounting activities of the UK, group reporting and audit. Includes three UK companies.
The role also acts as principal professional advisor on accounting standards, taxation and financial control to colleagues in finance and senior management. They will also play a central role in investigating and managing allegations or suspicions of terrorist financing.
Key Working Relationships
Head of UK Finance, the Chief Finance Officer, International Finance Managers and Head of Internal Audit
Key Accountabilities
Person Profile
- Ability to work in a professional environment, keep organised and manage multiple demands on their time.
- Proactive and resilient, with ability to engage others and independently overcome obstacles.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to lead tasks/activities and drive for a successful solution.
- Self-motivated with strong problem solving and analytical skills, with a proven ability to manage time properly, set priorities, plan and organise work.
- Ability to work under pressure to prioritise deliverables.
- Ability to motivate a team and inspire ownership and continual improvement.
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive relevant accounting experience for an international organisation with good technical knowledge in consolidated group accounting.
- Knowledge of working in a multi-currency environment.
- Strong stakeholder management with the ability to understand and convey accounting/financial technical terms to others using plain language.
- Strong technical skills as well as financial analysis, reporting and compliance.
- ACCA or CIMA finalist.
- Knowledge of SORP and VAT
- Strong experience of managing a team.
Desirable
- Experience in a finance role within the INGO sector.
- Qualified ACCA or CIMA.
- Strong knowledge in Power BI reporting
- Experience of MS Business Central.
- Experience in SUN accounting system and Q&A reporting very desirable.
Skills, Abilities and Competences
- Advanced Excel skills and excellent understanding of other MS Office applications.
- Ability to motivate and instil continual improvement in a team.
- Ability to work and effectively communicate with finance and non-finance colleagues at different levels.
Why join us?
You will join a high performing team of Financial professionals, all committed to making the world work better for everyone. You will experience and contribute to a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged teams, and where work life balance and agile working is valued. You will have the opportunity to help develop an evolving team where collaboration and personal growth are encouraged, build strong processes and rigorous compliance, while working in a fast moving environment.
Our open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby near to the train station, and we offer free
parking near to the office.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week.
It is our normal practice to operate a hybrid working policy, where flexible working hours are enabled as well as remote working.
- 27 days’ holiday rising with continuous service, in addition to public holidays
- Pension scheme - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes a minimum of 5%.
- Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave.
- Life assurance (3 x annual salary).
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to our Wellbeing platform which offers emotional
- and practical support.
- Learning and Development opportunities
- Cycle to Work / Shower Facilities
- Sit / Stand desks available in our modern offices
Additional information
Practical Action believes that having a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace culture based on respect will enable us to be an effective organisation. We seek to create an inclusive workplace in which people are accepted as individuals, regardless of their differences and where they feel their contribution is valued. Practical Action is an equal opportunities employer, and we encourage applications from under-represented groups.
We stay committed to cultivating an inclusive and diverse working environment and believe that people from different backgrounds or cultures give us different perspectives, and the more perspectives we have, the more successful we will be. By building a culture where everyone feels heard, respected, and valued we give everyone working with us the opportunity to achieve their full potential.
Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults, and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
Please note that should we recruit a suitable candidate before the closing date, we will close applications earlier than the specified date.
The successful applicant must have a pre-existing right to both live and work in the UK.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 7th July 2024
Interviews: It is anticipated that first round interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 15th July 2024.
HOW TO APPLY
If you want to work for a charity with significant people ambitions, then we would like to hear from you. Please visit our careers page to view the full recruitment pack. To apply, please submit your CV along with a supporting statement outlining your suitability for the role.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Are you passionate about helping vulnerable people? You may be who we are looking for!
We are looking for an advisor to join the team linking vulnerable Islington residents to the services that can support them, providing advocacy and support with form filling. We bring services and support right to people's doorstep. You will be resilient, and able to work flexibly across the borough providing advice to people in a variety of settings including food banks, community centres, on their doorstep and on the phone.
We work at the heart of the voluntary sector and have a long-established network of partners that we work alongside to deliver support to residents in Islington. Our work with partners is all about building relationships and linking vulnerable Islington residents to specialist organisations and ensuring they get the support they need when they most need it.
If you have a passion to support and empower people experiencing challenges in Islington, then this Connect Advisor role at Help on Your Doorstep could be the role for you!
We are actively recruiting and reserve the right to close the recruitment process before the deadline date. Early application is encouraged.
To apply please click on the 'apply button' and submit a CV and covering letter which demonstrates your suitability for the role against the criteria, in the attached JD and Person Specification
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Senior Quality Assurance Officer
Location: Remote (UK based) with travel required
Salary: £34,200 (Grade 4) per year (plus Inner London Weighting of £3,483.94, if eligible)
Length of contract: Fixed Term Contract 12 months
Hours per week: 37 hours per week – some flexibility required around the standard working pattern due to site visits etc.
Please note that applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged, on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success, please apply ASAP.
Who are Women’s Aid?
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of over 170 organisations which provide just under 300 local lifesaving services to women and children across England. For almost 50 years we have campaigned on behalf of our members and survivors to shape policy and practice, and to raise awareness of domestic abuse.
Purpose of the Senior Quality Assurance Officer role:
As Senior Quality Assurance Officer, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in conducting and innovating Women’s Aid’s National Quality Standards (NQS) offer for member services. Sitting within Women’s Aid’s busy Membership Team, the postholder will successfully lead in supporting member services to continually improve and evidence good quality specialist responses to survivors’ needs in local service provision and will support the internal team alongside external consultant assessors to deliver a strong quality framework that reflects the diversity, and complex work of our members. A key time for Women’s Aid to connect our policy work, our membership and our strategic campaigning work around the standards that fully represents the unique value of the membership body.
Key duties and responsibilities of the Senior Quality Assurance Officer:
- To be responsible for the coordination of delivery of Women’s Aid National Quality Standards assessments including ensuring assessment processes are completed in a timely manner.
- Scheduling Quality Assessment Panels including recruitment of panelists. This will include responsibility for ensuring terms of reference are fulfilled and ensuring potential conflicts of interest are identified and addressed.
- Presenting assessments to the Quality Assessment Panel in the unavoidable absence of the assessor and notetaking including recording outcomes, actions and decisions where required.
- To support the Chair of the Quality Assessment Panel in conducting panel meetings and highlight areas of risk or conflict to the Chair in advance of meetings.
- Be first point of contact for dealing with appeals and complaints, managing low to middle-risk complaints and escalating to the Membership Resolution Manager as required for high risk complaints.
- Responsibility for allocation of assessments to internal and consultant assessors ensuring target dates are met and operational considerations, such as location and conflict of interests, are considered.
- To conduct quality standards assessments of domestic abuse services, including reviewing evidence, making site visits, writing assessment reports and presenting cases to the Quality Assessment Panel.
- Review of assessment reports for quality, adherence to standards and consistency prior to presentation at Quality Assessment Panel, including giving feedback to the assessor and ensuring this is actioned.
- Develop a clear strategy and delivery plans to support the sustainability and growth of the Women’s Aid National Quality standards including supporting increase of income-generation activities.
- Line management of Quality Assurance Officer including day-to-day support, supervision and appraisal activities.
- To work across WAFE to promote the Women’s Aid National Quality Standards to commissioners and government as the ‘gold standard’ quality framework for services working with women and child survivors of domestic violence.
What we are looking for in our Senior Quality Assurance Officer:
- Knowledge of quality frameworks appropriate to domestic violence services.
- Knowledge and proven experience of the principles of quality assurance and good practice in delivering accreditation processes.
- A very good understanding of the experiences and needs of women and children affected by domestic and sexual violence and violence against women and girls and the intersectionality that impacts this
- Thorough understanding of the role of specialist services supporting women and children at risk of violence against women and girls
- Experience of writing and producing briefings and reports
- Experience of planning, delivering and managing projects within a set timeframe and with clear outputs.
- Experience of providing and/or managing direct services to survivors of violence against women and girls.
- Excellent verbal, written and computer literacy skills.
- Ability to analyse complex information and identify the implications for women and children affected by domestic violence and the services supporting them.
Benefits of joining us as our Senior Quality Assurance Officer include:
- Generous Annual Leave: 25 days + 2 Company Holidays + 8 UK Bank Holidays, with an extra 1 day per year after 1 year of service, up to a maximum of 5 additional days.
- Valuable Pension Benefits: a generous 7% employer contribution.
- Flexible Working: remote working, a generous TOIL scheme, and family-friendly policies
- Wellness and Support: including a cycle to work scheme, free optician check-ups, annual flu vaccines, access to a 24-hour employee assistance counselling helpline, a ‘Headspace’ app for mindfulness, and ‘Reflective Practice’ sessions.
- Making a Genuine Difference: in a rewarding role where your work will directly result in helping Women’s Aid to be able to provide lifesaving services for women and children across England
How to apply?
- Please submit your CV and a Cover Letter. Your Cover Letter should be no more than 2 pages long and should include a summary of your reasons for applying for the position. You should also include details of how your skills, behaviours and experience meet those necessary for the role, as listed in the Job Description and Person Specification.
- Please ensure that you also complete the EDI form and send all completed paperwork to the recruitment email address. (Please clearly mark your name and the role title in the subject line of your email).
NB:
- Women only need apply under schedule 9 (Part 1) of the Equality Act 2010
- If you have been shortlisted for interview, you will be informed by email. Regrettably, we are normally unable to acknowledge unsuccessful applicants.
- All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.
- Women’s Aid is committed to quality, equality, and valuing diversity. Applications are particularly welcome from Black and minoritised women.
- Please read our Single Sex Statement on our website
- Please note that applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged, on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success, please apply ASAP.
Introduction
This role is an exciting opportunity to positively impact the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in Sheffield. It is a post which we are looking to fill with an organised, empathetic and proactive individual. In the post you will have the opportunity to develop and manage the City of Sanctuary Sheffield volunteer team. You will be a vital part of the running of City of Sanctuary Sheffield - ensuring that the volunteer team is inclusive, cohesive and well trained and that it supports all the incredible work that City of Sanctuary Sheffield do. Crucially, you will ensure that people seeking sanctuary remain at the heart of the volunteer team – guiding our work, contributing to the team, and growing in themselves.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Recruitment and Induction
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Volunteer recruitment – Conduct advertising and recruitment to ensure that there are enough people applying to volunteer at CoSS; ensuring people seeking sanctuary are aware of the opportunities available and able to access them.
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Inductions – Lead and further develop inductions for new volunteers ensuring that these sessions are well attended and are accessible to volunteers from all backgrounds.
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Initial support - Support new volunteers to start volunteering at CoSS and facilitate an initial probation period during which more support is available to each volunteer.
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Administration - Work with the CoSS Administrator to conduct required administration associated with inducting new volunteers and running the volunteer team.
Volunteer Training and Progression
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Volunteer Training – Deliver a wide range of training for the volunteer team that covers key essential areas alongside other training needs that may arise.
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Training for people seeking sanctuary – Provide additional support to people seeking sanctuary to access a wide range of training and development opportunities.
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Volunteer Reviews - Conduct regular volunteer reviews and meetings to gather feedback and to celebrate the work of the team.
Volunteer Socials and Personal Support
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Volunteer Wellbeing - Support the wellbeing of volunteers and provide spaces for them to share and work through the challenges faced.
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Volunteer Socials - Organise volunteer socials throughout the year.
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Code of Conduct - Ensure all volunteers adhere to the CoSS code of conduct and manage issues that arise using CoSS's established policies and procedures.
The Sanctuary
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Work alongside the rest of the CoSS team, to ensure the smooth-running of The Sanctuary, our unique welcome centre for people seeking sanctuary.
Additional duties and Line Management
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The context of our work is constantly changing. Additional duties that reflect the changing needs of the organisation may be required including possible line management of other staff members.
Personal Specification
This can be found in the attachments linked to the job advert.
To Apply
To apply, please send the following to our vacancies email address:
1. A covering letter (no more than 2 pages long). In this letter:
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Say why you are applying for the job.
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Tell us how you meet the job requirements detailed in the person specification. Give practical examples of what you have done that meets the requirements.
2. A brief summary of the work and volunteering you have done or a short CV.
3. Name, phone number, and email addresses of two references, at least one of whom can comment on recent work or volunteer experience.
Free preparation sessions will be run by the New Beginnings team at Voluntary Action Sheffield. This will be open to anyone applying for the role to learn a bit more about the job and get support with their application. These sessions will run on Thursday 11th July and Thursday 18th July at 4pm at The Quaker Meeting House.
Closing date for applications is 5pm on Sunday 21st July.
Longlist Interview will be held W/C 29th July
Shortlist Interviews, should they be needed, will be held W/C 5th August
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Programme Coordinator (Scotland)
Employment Type: Full time
Location: Hybrid · Edinburgh, UK
Salary: £28,000 - £35,500 (GBP)
Job Description
Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. We provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching.
We also run the annual Into Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and the Into Film Awards – the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.
The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
Our vision: Film enriches the life of every child and young person.
Our mission: To inspire and support young people to learn, and to realise their creative, cultural and career aspirations, through film and the moving image.
Into Film operates a hybrid working policy with offices in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and Salford. We are open to flexible working and offer staff a health plan.
Role Summary
The Programme Coordinator (Scotland) is a key point of contact for the Into Film Programme in Scotland and delivers Into Film’s Programmes and projects both face to face and online within a bespoke Scottish context/approach. This will require detailed knowledge and understanding of the education and screen industry landscape in Scotland.
Due to the nature of the role, occasional weekend and extended working hours are required, along with regular travel to designated regions and occasional travel elsewhere in the UK.
Main Responsibilities:
- To deliver various elements of the new Into Film programme in Scotland including, but not limited to, CPD/training for teachers at all career stages, events, conferences, round tables, Teachmeet style gatherings and teacher panels both online and face to face
- To develop, sustain and be the local point of contact for schools, partners, individuals and organisations that add value or are users of the Into Film programme including a focus on EEDI and how Into Film can specifically, positively reach and include those who are underserved and underrepresented.
- To feed into and then deliver the plans in Scotland across the programme (including Teaching with Film, Careers and Progression and Young Creatives (plus Into Film Festival, Into Film Awards and additionally funded programmes, as needed)
- To work with all departments at Into Film to ensure a joined-up approach and delivery of set outcomes, KPIs whilst adhering to budgets and deadlines
- To ensure Scotland-wide reach and to feed into UK wide work and awareness of Into Film Programmes responding where possible to local needs
- Activation and delivery of the programme across Scotland including feeding relevant regional content into email campaigns and managing the regional social media account.
- Managing local partnerships and relationships with individuals and organisations
- Utilise CRM to input and analyse data, creating dashboards and reports.
- Feeding into fundraising proposals and assessing the activity needed to achieve outcomes when planning a project.
General Responsibilities:
- Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with the public, members, teachers, children and young people, partners, funders, supporters etc.
- Contribute to long term planning to ensure growth in line with demand and resources
- Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of the Into Film’s work
- Commitment to equality of opportunity in line with Into Film’s Equal Opportunities Policy
- Any other reasonable duties assigned by Into Film
Person Specification:
- Deep knowledge and understanding of the Scotland landscape including education policy and curriculum, and the screen industries.
- Experience in activating and delivering a programme of activity within an educational context including training for teachers, workshops, events and panels.
- Ability and experience in activating and delivering other funded work including, but not limited to, Into Film Festival, Into Film Awards and other additionally funded work as it arises.
- Experience of starting, sustaining and managing relationships and partnerships with individuals and organisations locally and sometimes nationally.
- Experience of successfully delivering projects on budget and on time.
- Ability to work across a variety of strands within programmes.
- Ability to work with and agree work plans across departments in Into Film to ensure KPIs, targets and agreed outcomes are met.
- Experience and full understanding of monitoring, reporting and evaluation to ensure the programmes continually improve and evolve.
- Experience and knowledge of project planning liaising across different departments delivering to time and both managing expectations and achieving the necessary buy-in from industry.
- Awareness of the process of fundraising and feeding key information and research into successful applications.
- Experience of using CRM/Salesforce is desirable.
Closing: 11:59pm, 7th July 2024 BST
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our application portal to complete your application for this position.
All employees regularly working with children and member data are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at Into Film’s expense; employment is dependent upon this.
At Into Film, we use Applied for our recruitment. Applied aims to overcome unconscious bias in recruiting. The responses are anonymised, and reviewed in a random order by members of our team.
No agencies please.
This is a critical senior role in the organisation, reporting to the CEO. The role is responsible for managing the organisation’s programmes across 3 locations in Sub Saharan Africa and South East Asia, managing 10 personnel. The position provides leadership on community-led investigations and evidence gathering and works closely with the Senior Management Team (SMT) on critical areas including fundraising and strategic development.
The priority for this role is the safe and high quality performance of projects. The balance between ‘doing’ and ‘managing’ in this role varies depending on available resources for each project, and the ability to create competent teams to delegate to.
Location: UK, France or Thailand preferred. Remote applicants considered.
Package: Pay is dependent on location. The UK salary of £62,000 plus pension contribution will be converted using ICSC scales. All locations receive 28 days annual leave, counselling support and annual wellbeing days.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- The development and implementation of strategy and annual plans for the organisation’s direct programming, and its alignment with organisational strategy.
- Responsible for the relevant team’s human resources, staff welfare, safety and security, and risk management.
- The safety and quality of operational practices including data collection on the ground, secure data storage and transfer and proper financial management of the project including procurement practices.
- Responsible for the relevant team’s financial and spending strategy and financial management.
- Ensuring all aspects of the role’s work advances diversity, equality and inclusion.
- Actively contributing networking, ideas and concept note drafting to the Fundraising Team, with a particular focus on building the project funding and teams that will enable this role to grow and evolve.
- Be a member of the Strategic Planning Team and other strategic conversations with SMT and the Management Team, bringing ideas and challenge to move the organisation forward.
- Coordinate closely with the Senior Director – Innovation where areas of work and organisational improvement projects overlap.
Programmes
- Design and oversee the relevant operations and project workplans, ensuring projects are delivered safely and to a high degree of quality.
- Oversight of project’s design, objectives and goals and their budget.
- Cultivate a management culture that is performance-based, supportive and collegial.
- Provide ongoing support and mentoring to direct reports, including through the annual performance review process.
- Work with project teams to jointly identify and make available learning and development opportunities for them and their teams.
- Administrative oversight for projects and their staff, including the review of expenses, annual leave, salary/benefits etc.
- Represent the organisation in relevant areas in relation to programmatic partners such as media, lawyers, diplomats, NGOs and civil society as well as to donors and governments.
- Assist in developing our methodology for investigation and monitoring within projects, including working closely with the Senior Director – Strategy to ensure alignment with the Impact Strategy.
Security and Compliance
- Ensure compliance with organisational policies, safety and security policies and processes.
- Ensure effective risk management for staff and researchers, following organisational policies.
SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS
Essential
- Professional writing and speaking in either English or French, with at least effective operational efficiency in the other language (B2 or above).
- Experience managing teams or individuals across multiple international locations.
- An understanding of risk management methodologies and experience applying them.
- An understanding of human rights and a strong belief in their indivisibility and interdependence.
- Excellent project management skills, with the ability to plan, organize, and prioritize tasks effectively to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality results.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including experience working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams and building relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
- Flexibility and adaptability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with the ability to respond to changing priorities and requirements.
- Commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of work.
Preferred
- Experience with human rights research, investigations or legal cases.
- Experience with filming or documentary making.
- Strong technology / IT skills and/or aptitude.
- Experience with fundraising or confidence in public speaking and presenting.
APPLICATION PROCESS & TIMELINE
- Please apply via our Website: submit your CV (maximum two pages) and a Cover Letter (maximum 400 words) describing your suitability for this position.
- Applications will close on 10 July.
- Initial interviews will be conducted remotely.
- Second round interviews may be conducted in-person depending on applicants’ location. Requesting an online interview will not be detrimental to your application.
- We intend to complete the recruitment process by mid-August.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're looking for two kind, compassionate and resilient Senior Support Workers join our Mental Health service in Newham.
£29,000.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.
IBIS House MH Step Down & Crisis
Working in partnership with the London Borough of Newham and East London Foundation Trust, IBIS House supports people who are medically fit for discharge from mental health inpatient stays but have other barriers to discharge. These may include housing, living skills, accessing benefits or the community, or other interventions and will be on a person-centred basis. The main aim of the service is to provide short-term support to customers to link with longer-term services to reduce escalations in need, and reduce inpatient readmission and reduce pressure on inpatient beds.
As a Senior Support Worker, you will be expected to undertake some duties as part of the management team which may include supporting the team with their responsibilities whilst working flexibly to respond to the needs of your own customer case load. This role will require either an extra dimension of experience or have/be working towards a higher qualification level in order to meet the role specific competencies for this position.
Shifts will be on a rota pattern and include morning shifts (08:00-16:00) and afternoon shifts (14:00-22:00).
Includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
What you'll do:
Work proactively with the team to handle the service caseload and support an effective team approach to meeting each customer's identified needs in a recovery-focussed way
Assessing referrals received by the service, within the 4-hour target, and providing a rapid response to these - supporting the team to identify and promote positive risk management.
Contribute to a positive service environment, ensuring the service is supportive and a place of safety and stability for customers. This includes working flexibly and being proactively in delivering, reviewing and arranging effective support for emerging needs and risks in order to prevent escalating concerns
Inducting new customers, and helping orient them to the community and local area
Completing/supporting housing referrals as required, supporting customers with budgeting tools and providing support to customers in accessing any benefits or addressing any issues such as benefits.
Building a relationship with the local borough and any key agencies. For example: no recourse to public funds teams, homelessness teams, community mental health teams etc.
Support planning, including ward management liaison, medication profiles and medication reviews as required, identifying the goals and steps to support customers to manage their own support and risk and ensuring these are correctly documented within Look Ahead's paperwork.
Involve customers in the design, development and delivery of the service through co-production.
Report and react to any observations relating to customers welfare
Proactive development of links with local statutory and voluntary organizations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for customers in the community
Shift lead, ensuring effective coordination of staff time so that all planned service and customer activities are attended to during the course of the shift
Maintain a good standard of records as required at the project under the direction of the Managers.
Proactively engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills on an ongoing basis.
Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times, to ensure the safety of the customers and premises including responding to maintenance, fire and health and safety issues
Competent use of relevant systems, company policies and frameworks
Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements
Carry out other duties commensurate with the designated role level, as may be deemed reasonable by Look Ahead including working at an alternative patch, if such a need arises
This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead
About you:
Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, networks in local business community
Approachable and open behaviour
Prefers working as part of a group or team
Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments with an ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour
Is highly motivated and a self-starter
Enjoys managing and motivating others
Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
Is passionate and enthusiastic about his/her career and job experiences
What you'll bring:
Essential:
NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
Desirable:
Previous experience with Look Ahead or another similar provider, in a support worker role.
Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications
35 hours per week
£29,855.00 per annum (National) / £32,880.72 per annum (London)
Location - remote with occasional visits to London office
The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.
This role sits within our Sitting in our Storytelling knowledge group, you'll live our values every day. You will support colleagues to be brave and ambitious in raising our brand profile and building audience awareness through multichannel storytelling techniques.
We are currently looking for a passionate and enthusiastic designer. You cannot wait to grab hold of our bold, ambitious brand. You'll push and stretch to create inspiring, distinctive design across digital and print. You'll work with colleagues across the charity to deliver clear, consistent content that's challenging and arresting. You'll make sure your contribution reaches the right audiences, is driven by insight, attracts people and inspires action. And you'll help to promote a culture of learning and growth within our storytelling knowledge group and beyond.
You'll bring your skills and ideas to design work of your own, helping to stretch our brand. You'll also be supported by the Senior Designer and Lead creative to upskill people throughout the charity so that they can use our visual identity confidently. You'll help to develop training and toolkits and guides for colleagues. You'll ensure we're promoting inclusive representation across our brand and have opportunities to co-create with young people; ensuring our brand not only elevates youth voice but gives young people agency.
We work across domains, and knowledge groups. Our work is carried out in activity groups. As our Midweight Designer, you'll play a pivotal role in many of these groups. And all your great work will go towards making as big a difference to the lives of children and young people as we can. If that sounds exciting, we'd love to hear from you.
About you
You'll bring
-design and content creation for a wide range of communications - including advertising, marketing, brand, fundraising comms
-understanding of how to use audience insight to drive change and improvement
-experience and evidence of using design and visuals to complement and enhance communications messages
-broad digital knowledge and interest; including content design, content management, UX, accessibility and analytics
-a keen eye for detail and a willingness to learn new skills
-new ideas and a desire to explore your, and others', ideas with colleagues
-understanding of working in cross-functional groups aligned to a shared goal.
You'll
-ensure a strong, consistent visual identity that considers the needs of children and young people and brings our brand to life
-create designs for colleagues across the charity, providing direction on their approach to ensure consistency
-work with copy, video production, digital producers, and story and voice colleagues to explore concepts and develop standout creative that will work for the target audience
-develop, champion, and protect our brand's visual identity principles champion co-creation with children and young people, actively seeking out opportunities to go beyond contributions of stories
-build strong collaborative relationships across knowledge groups and expeditions to deliver effective creative campaigns.
Benefits
Flexible working hours: to be agreed with your manager.Family-friendly policies: Including enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave.Season ticket loan: Interest free loan for annual or quarterly season tickets for public transport to and from work.Cycle to work scheme: Save up to 39% on the cost of a new bike and spread the cost across the year.Pension: Stakeholder pension scheme with company-matched employee contributions of up to 8%.Death in service benefit: Four times annual salary for all employees.Discounted health scheme: Simplyhealth cash plan - 20% discounted rate on healthcare such as dental, optical and chiropody for yourself and your children.Free confidential counselling service: Available to all staff and volunteers'Xtras': Employee discount scheme offering a range of savings across groceries, fuel, clothing and holidays
The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.
Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.
The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.
Therefore, candidates applying for work in our CYP Directorate will be required to complete an “Employment history_template” document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Monday 8th July.
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 22nd July.
IN3
We Are Survivors are looking for therapists to come and join our ever-growing Community Services team.
The organisation has an ambitious strategy to ensure that #NoMaleSurvivorsIsLeftBehind and is looking for several new members of staff to help us achieve this.
You will help us to provide key services across Greater Manchester. The Community Team is made of Therapists and Community Development Workers to support men and boys to access the services they need. The roles we are recruiting are to grow this from our central hub wider across Greater Manchester.
Trauma Informed Therapist (Part Time)
Role Purpose
To deliver quality assured trauma-informed therapeutic services to primary and secondary beneficiaries.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Deliver trauma-informed therapeutic services.
• Accurately record clinical interventions.
• Undertake specific therapeutic projects as directed by the Senior Management Team
Senior Trauma Informed Therapist (Full Time)
Role Purpose
To deliver quality assured trauma-informed therapeutic services to primary and secondary beneficiaries.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Lead peer-mentoring support to trauma-informed therapists.
• Deliver trauma-informed therapeutic services.
• Lead accurate clinical record keeping of therapeutic service interventions.
• Lead the supervision of therapeutic services waiting lists.
• Undertake specific therapeutic projects as directed by the Senior Management Team.
Do you feel you could support We Are Survivors in providing key services to male survivors and their loved ones? Then take a look at the role profile we have available below:
- 1 x Full-Time (37.5hrs) Senior Trauma Informed Therapist - £29,870
- 1 x Part-Time (22.5hrs) Trauma Informed Therapist - £27,810 (FTE)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Operations Lead Job Description
ROLE CONTEXT
ABOUT ALL SAINTS: There has never been a more exciting time to join the team at All Saints. As part of a new project to revitalise the church for the Island, we are planting the first-ever contemporary service into the Church as part of the HTB network of churches (including Harbour Church Portsmouth). We are currently building an amazing team to bring the vision to life. So, this is a rare opportunity to join a new foundational team and community and to be part of the team that sets the vision, values, and culture for the next phase of ministry at All Saints as we explore what it looks like to play our part in the evangelisation of the nation, the revitalisation of the Church, and the transformation of society.
ABOUT RYDE: Ryde is just a 10-minute journey on the hovercraft from Portsmouth Harbour. Ryde is known as ‘the gateway to the Island with several main travel points located within it. It also has a long stretch of sandy beach and lots of independent shops and cafes. The largest town on the Isle of Wight with a population of 37k. The Church is a landmark on the island with the spire visible from many places around the Isle of Wight and from the mainland projecting beyond the town skyline. The socioeconomic makeup of the town is very mixed and it is a great vibrant place to live and work.
ROLE PURPOSE
This is an amazing opportunity for someone who thrives on operational excellence and loves managing a project to completion to have a hugely impactful and pivotal role in a church entering a new phase of its life. You will be a key part of the leadership team and oversee the operational management of All Saint’s Ryde and assist other Ryde churches in the plurality group; ensuring structures and systems are in place to enable ministry and best use resources within our church, to advance the vision of the church. The Operations Lead will work with the Rector and Team Vicars to achieve the strategic objectives of All Saints in overseeing the operational, organisational, and financial aspects of the church.
KEY TASKS AND DELIVERABLES
Oversee Operational Excellence - Oversee the important day-to-day operations of the church and its buildings and hold oversight responsibility for: Project roll-out; Health and Safety; Food Hygiene, Fire Assessment; Risk Management; Infrastructure; GDPR and Accessibility issues.
- Develop and lead the ongoing strategic plan for the church’s activity in consultation with the wider team.
- Collect and collate data and process information to provide reports as required about church activity.
- Lead the process of planning, designing, developing and implementing church operating and governance procedures, processes and systems.
- Work as part of the leadership team to develop the church’s calendar of events and activities.
- Collect data regarding progress concerning the church’s key objectives and report regularly to relevant stakeholders.
Lead on rhythms to ensure great delivery and communication.
- Oversee the smooth operational running, development and communications of Sunday services & events.
- Responsible for the creation, implementation and ongoing development of excellent systems and processes to support the growth of the ministries and staff structure.
- Work with the team to ensure effective systems are in place for communicating with the church family and wider audiences, including the church website, social media channels and local press.
- Ensure that all church administrative systems are operating effectively and cost-efficiently to serve the running of the church, including all IT systems.
- Provide support to volunteers in the areas of Administration, Communications, IT, Safeguarding, Finance and Facilities to ensure that procedures are implemented and easily followed.
Help to oversee our greatest resource- People!
- Help to recruit, lead, onboard and equip a team of staff and volunteers to support the various functions of the church.
- Work with the team to develop and implement a relevant training strategy for staff and volunteers.
- Work with the leadership team to oversee the implementation of the performance management process to measure and evaluate progress against the strategic goals of the church.
- Responsible for ensuring all church policies, and staff handbooks are up to date and compliant with safeguarding, charity and employment law.
- Support the governance structures of the church and the churches working in plurality.
- Day-to-day oversight of the finances in conjunction with Church Wardens and Rector.
- Oversee the monthly payroll.
- Management of bank accounts, utilities, insurance, and various contracts as needed.
- Manage the church budgets in conjunction with Churchwardens, Rector and Team Vicars.
- Work with Rector, and churchwardens to ensure monthly and annual accounts and budgets are prepared for submission to the Charities Commission on time.
Ensure our facilities are the best they can be.
- Work with the church warden who oversees facilities to manage the premises and facilities ensuring the site is maintained to a high standard and used in line with the vision.
- Oversee facilities, insurance, health and safety and risk management.
- Project manage key organisational development projects within the church and where necessary liaise with external contractors and suppliers.
- Create systems that enable ministry and mission.
Be the Team – as All Saints has never had a contemporary worship service before, this is really a church-planting opportunity. We’re therefore looking to build a team of people who are energised by helping one another and who want to serve the wider vision of the church rather than work in team- specific silos. While most of your work will be focused on operational excellence, we’re aiming to be a close-knit team who all help each other and where no one is left with too much on their plate or a task they can’t manage. This means we’ll all help you with as needed, but in turn, we expect that you’ll help when needed with other projects as well. We think church is just more fun this way, anyway!
- Work with the Rector and Team Vicar to oversee and implement the church’s IT systems and infrastructure.
- Work with the Team Vicar to oversee and implement the church’s use and development of the ChurchSuite database - workflows, tags, GDPR compliance, data cleansing etc.
- Ensure that equipment and systems are fit for purpose and that security protocols and protection are up to date and compliant.
Learn and grow in community – we want to take our team time seriously, to pray for one another, and to help each other grow in our faith and giftings. So, we want an Operations Lead who is excited to participate in team meetings and vision days and has a desire to keep developing their skills, learning, and to create a culture where helpful and gracious feedback is encouraged at all levels. This will mean having a flexible attitude (being able to let go of something that hasn’t quite worked or improve an area that needs improving) and being a proactive member of the team- prepared to give and receive feedback openly.
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
The successful candidate will be:
- A mature and committed Christian, who is confident communicating the reason for their faith.
- A proactive self-starter, with a knack for seeing what needs to be done and finding a solution.
- Highly organised and can inspire others to be organised and use systems properly.
- Have an eye for detail and issue spotting.
- Undaunted by administrative work and have a knack for prioritising work and ticking things off
- the list, celebrating progress and achievements.
- A kind and considerate manager of people who delegates fairly and works well with others.
- Confident in advocating for and championing best practices.
- A passion for continuing improvements and upskilling of the team.
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
- A love for the church and a desire to see the Church grow.
- Reliable, excellent time-keeping skills (be able to arrive on time, as well as run meetings to an
- agenda and time).
- Have a sense of humour and fun – can make mundane tasks fun for staff and volunteers.
- Exercises diplomacy, grace, and extends kindness to other staff and volunteers – can balance
- loving and caring for people well with achieving outcomes.
- Is willing to learn, grow, and accept and give feedback well.
NECESSARY EXPERIENCE
- Educated to a degree level OR have extensive experience in a similar role.
- Must have experience working in an operational capacity in a previous role.
- Excellent and professional budget management and strategic financial management and planning.
- Regulatory compliance and risk assessments in a professional environment (understands and can keep the team organised on things such as safeguarding and health & safety and data privacy).
- Successful project management.
- Recruiting and working with volunteers.
- Successfully managing others.
- Managing projects where you are not the subject matter expert (such as facilities or IT) but are confident holding other staff and contractors to account.
- Technologically competent – excellent use of MS suite, spreadsheets, databases, and digital presentations.
HELPFUL EXPERIENCE
- Worked in the church or charity sector.
- Professional qualification in Finance, HR, or Project Management
- Line management experience in a professional environment.
- Understanding of grant fundraising or a willingness to learn how to raise funds.
- Familiarity with ChurchSuite
- Familiarity with Accounting and HR software
- Familiarity with MailChimp, MailerLite or another newsletter system
- Use of Canva or other simple design tools.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Being part an active part of the worship of the Christian Church is a genuine occupational requirement for this role. The Operations Lead will be expected to be part of the worshipping community at All Saints while holding this role. The role holder must be available to work a selection of Key Annual events which will include various Holiday services, Church Meetings, Focus (our church summer holiday festival), and other key ministry events (for which advanced notice of dates will be given and time in lieu will be given if outside of normal working hours). All staff must attend weekly staff meetings in person.
PAY AND BENEFITS
- Annual Salary: £30,000 per annum
- Help with relocation costs (if moving to the isle of Wight from another location) - Enrolment in our Nest pension scheme
- 25 days holiday per annum (+ bank and public holidays)
- Opportunities for continuing development and learning.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are delighted to be recruiting for a Director to lead Respond, in our final year in our current strategy. This is also a new role, developed within the context of change following an in-principle agreement that Respond will join the Bild Group of charities in 2024.
Respond is entering its thirty fourth year as a charity and has grown from a small London based charity to a medium sized national charity in recent years. Our mission is to reduce the impact of trauma in the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people, by developing trusting relationships, through psychotherapeutically informed services.
As Director you will be the clinical and safeguarding lead across Bild group and will lead Respond to fulfil its mission of reducing the impact of trauma in the lives of people with learning disabilities, autistic people and their families. You will champion our highly regarded trauma informed advocacy and psychotherapy services and ensure appropriate clinical governance processes are in place. You will also work in collaboration with Bild to continue to develop the Respond branded training and consultation service and develop key stakeholder relationships within the sector, enhancing Responds reputation, encouraging partnership working and supporting the diversification of income generation.
It is an exciting time to join Respond as we join Bild group of charities. We recognise that this is a specialist leadership role for someone who is passionate about reducing the impact of trauma in the lives of autistic people and people with learning disabilities and their families.
Therefore, this new role may attract candidates with a variety of skills and experiences, and we’re keen to encourage diversity, inclusion and authenticity across Respond in line with our ongoing work within our EDI action plan. So, you may be a specialist from the Violence Against Women and Girls sector (VAWG), a Psychotherapist, an Arts Therapist, a Healthcare professional or Social Worker for example within significant transferable leadership experience.
If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement in the person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate. We really look forward to hearing from you.
About the Bild Group
Bild is a national charity that, for over 50 years, has protected and supported the rights of people with learning disabilities to build a more fair and equal society where everyone has the same opportunities.
The Bild Group of charities includes Bild, the Restraint Reduction Network and Bild Association of Certified Training. Bild is delighted to be welcoming Respond to the Bild Group in 2024. Each is an independent charity with their own governance arrangements, who share a number of back-office functions including communications, admin, HR and IT.
Collectively, the Bild Group work with people with lived experience to promote best practice, improve lives, champion human rights and build a more inclusive society that empowers and enables people to thrive.
Further information about Respond
An important part of our work at Respond is working in a trauma-informed way. What this means for us is that we hold in mind the impact of trauma at all levels of the organisation, and all staff take part in reflective practice.
We provide a range of trauma-informed services for children, young people, adults and professionals. These include psychotherapy, advocacy, campaigning, training and other support services. The work we do is generally long term in recognition of research that clients with autism and learning disabilities who have experienced abuse and trauma take longer to process their trauma and to recover.
We are keen to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates including people with lived experience, who are both interested in working in partnership to provide support, as well as supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people who have experienced trauma.
We are committed to the furthering of human rights, equality, and positive social change through our therapeutic and advocacy work and are committed to anti-racism and other forms of anti-discriminatory practice. We recognise that we need to continually keep this as a focus in our work and as an integral part of our organisational strategy.
We celebrate diversity as an employer and as a provider of services to people who often experience multiple discriminations because of (but not limited to) being autistic or having a learning disability and experiences of trauma.
Respond Benefits package (all per financial year)
We offer a generous and comprehensive package of flexible benefits to all of our staff.
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Hybrid working model, which means that if you’re full time you make a commitment to be working in the office at least two days a week, with the remainder working from home. Part time hours are altered accordingly.
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Generous paid leave benefits including 28.5 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), with some to be taken between Christmas and New year.
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Up to 4 weeks paid sickness leave at full pay and a further 4 weeks at half pay,
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Discretionary study leave to support training relevant to your role.
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Paid leave to employees who may need to take one day off a year when a religious festival falls on a workday.
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Up to 5 days paid time off for dependents per financial year.
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Opportunity to apply for up to 2 days (14 hours) paid leave per year to participate in volunteering activities relevant to the role.
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Access to a workplace pension scheme, administered by NEST, with a minimum 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution from commencement of employment.
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Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes 24/7 telephone service and counselling.
Note all of the above days per annum stated are pro rata’d for part time employees.
If you’d like to find out more about this role, please read through the job description and our person specification. When you apply, please send a CV and address the points in the person specification in an accompanying supporting statement. Your statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4.
To find out more or for an informal conversation please contact Georgina Hoare the Interim CEO via ceo @ respond. org. uk
Deadline for applications – Thursday 11th July 9am
Interviews w/c 15th July 2024
Stage One - online
Stage Two - in person, in London 18th July
When you apply, please send a CV and address the points in the person specification in an accompanying supporting statement. Your statement should be no more than 2 sides of A4.
Please note that we are unable to accept applications without a supporting statement.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Legal Officer
Full time and permanent from London office
Salary: £39,520 full time and permanent from London office
Benefits: 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), generous workplace pension, wellbeing support, resources for learning & development, and we can offer a modest relocation fund.
Join us: You’re curious about how technologies affect power and shape the future. You’re an advocate who wants to speak out for change with a voice that is both nuanced and engaging. You want to help build an organisation that is always learning. You want to cooperate closely with colleagues and partners across the world on a tapestry of topics, developing and sharing diverse skillsets along the way. You’re keen to explore new multidisciplinary and resourceful methods to achieve meaningful change.
Working together: You’ll join an organisation of 25+ people in our Central London office from diverse backgrounds, collaborating, building and learning together. We are delivering our multi-year strategic plan to protect democracy and civic spaces from authoritarian technologies, defend people’s dignity as they seek access and protection, challenge companies who profit from exploitation, and hold governments accountable for the extraordinary powers they amass. We engage stakeholders, institutions, and adversaries with tact and persistence. We target systems-level change and establish safeguards for people across the world so that freedom and privacy will be the foundations of tomorrow’s societies.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
What you’ll be doing
The Legal Officer will conduct advocacy to achieve PI’s goals. This will include legal, policy, research, outreach and public engagement initiatives as PI formulates new and creative ways to demand change globally, including working with our partners across the world.
Essential Requirements:
Experiences
• Experience working with international human rights standards and/or national rights frameworks.
• Law degree or equivalent postgraduate diploma in any jurisdiction.
• Admitted/qualified to practice in any jurisdiction.
• Experience in a legal role post admission/qualification.
• Understanding of and experience working within a variety of local, national, and international jurisdictions, including those governed by common law or civil law.
• Experience taking creative approaches to novel legal challenges.
• Experience in NGOs/human rights organisations or working with national and/or international human rights bodies and mechanisms.
• Knowledge of legal issues related to data and privacy, including data protection, or the legal concerns raised by techniques such as the use of artificial intelligence, automated decision-making and profiling.
• Experience mitigating legal risks faced by organisations.
• Passion for technology and its interaction with human rights.
• Proven track record of communicating complex issues to diverse audiences.
• Experience in engaging in strategic advocacy regarding conduct of state or non-state actors.
• Experience in designing and delivering learning and education activities and content, i.e. trainings, workshops, etc.
Skills
• Ability to work with and manage relationships with partner organisations, coalitions and counsel.
• Proactive and self-motivated, capable of working unsupervised and taking responsibility for managing relationships with key partners, stakeholders, and adversaries.
• Capable to deliver projects, working collaboratively through delegation and coordination, and incorporate critical reflections into future planning.
• Thoughtful interpersonal skills for engaging with colleagues and stakeholders from experientially, demographically, cognitively, and culturally diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrable excellent written and oral communication skills, with attention to detail and audiences.
Desirable experience and skills
• Knowledge of and experience advocating for the protection of social, economic and cultural rights.
• Record of stakeholder engagement, promoting or enabling meaningful participation of communities and civil society in advocacy.
• Deft at speaking publicly, including with the media and at conferences and high-level stakeholder meetings.
• Experience in identifying, researching, monitoring and documenting technologies and technology-related policies and practices of state actors, companies, and other third-parties.
• Willing and able to travel internationally.
• Fluency in a language other than English, with one of the other 5 UN languages (Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and Chinese) an asset.
HOW TO APPLY
We want to encourage applicants with diverse experiences, backgrounds and talents. And you might be reading this page and thinking ‘they won’t want someone with my unusual background’. Well, you’d be wrong. Each of us here have followed our unique paths. PI is built on genuine diversity, and we would encourage you to apply if you think you can meet the criteria of the role based on your life experiences
To apply please send:
• a CV (not more than two pages)
• a covering letter (not more than two pages)
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 14 July 2024 at 11:59pm GMT.
Please send the requested material in one email. Only complete applications will be considered.
The candidates who we choose to interview will be contacted by the end of the day on Wednesday, 17 July 2024.
Interviews will take place between 22 and 29 July – please reserve these days for a possible interview, which can be arranged in person or as a video conference.
We may conduct a second round of interviews, which will be decided only after the first round of interviews takes place.
For information about how Privacy International will use your data during recruitment please see our policy on our website.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description – Operations Manager
IcFEM Dreamland Mission is a Christian charity set up to help fund and support the work of IcFEM in
Kenya. We had been running for almost 20 years with volunteers
running a home-based UK office. Three years ago we employed staff in the UK for the first time. We
currently have income of £350k- £400k a year depending on the projects running. IcFEM Kenya is a
locally run organisation based at Kimilili in Western Kenya. IcFEM Kenya runs community projects as
well as a school and hospital. The past five years has seen our work grow significantly, including the
school and hospital which have developed into large institutions that are valued by the community
in Kimilili and fit well into the local government set up.
We are looking for an individual who is ambitious to see our ministry grow and is experienced at
blending trust in God with human endeavour.
We are seeking an Operations Manager who has experience of the charity sector and is prepared to
be flexible and adaptable to the needs of this small charity. There is the potential for flexibility within
this role and we would be willing to discuss a variation in hours worked. Some occasional evening or
weekend work will be needed, and occasional travel to Kenya is an important part of the role,
particularly to build relationships with the Kenyan team.
Operations manager
Full-Time: 37.5 hours a week or part time/job share considered.
Flexible working available
Work from home
Salary: £30,000-£40,000 PA (Based on experience)
Annual Leave: 25 days PA plus Bank holidays and your birthday if it falls on a weekday. The office
will shut 25th December -1st January and these days will not be counted as part of your leave
entitlement.
Accountable: Chair of Trustees, Treasurer and Secretary
Contract: Permanent (6-month probation)
Handover period: During the probation period some work currently undertaken by Trustees will be
handed over to the post holder. Upon successful completion of the probationary period the post
holder will report to the Chair of Trustees.
Job description
Governance and legal compliance
➢ Review and keep updated UK policy and procedure documentation, writing new policies
where necessary to encompass latest regulations
➢ Regularly review the Safeguarding policy, and risk assessment, with the Trustee who leads
on safeguarding
➢ Work with the Treasurer and Secretary to ensure compliance and deadlines for Charity
Commission
➢ Review “new volunteer” and “new staff member” packs to ensure they meet the legal
requirement of the Charity Commission and all data protection policies
➢ Ensure all staff and volunteers hold correct documentation such as DBS certificates
➢ Ensure compliance with all regulatory authorities and regularly report on these to the
Trustees
➢ Maintain up to date knowledge of Charity policy and procedures
Finance and administration
➢ Manage the charity income and donations, including processing of cheques, bank transfers
and donor management system to acknowledge donations
➢ Grow the number of individuals and churches in the UK who support this charity
➢ Develop and manage donor relationships.
➢ Maintain and develop appropriate financial policies
➢ Manage income from giving sites such as Just Giving, Virgin Giving and PayPal
➢ Manage designated project funds and other finance tasks
➢ Oversee the marketing and communication role to promote the charity
➢ Line manages the Operations Assistant
Project management
➢ Alongside the Operations Assistant, and working closely with the Kenya team, continue to
manage the school sponsorship scheme for IcFEM DEC primary school
➢ Alongside the Kenyan team grow and develop the secondary school sponsorship scheme
➢ Alongside the hospital staff, co-ordinate the UK funded DMH hospital projects including
reports and stories from Kenya
➢ Present own ideas for projects and start to take ownership of new projects
➢ Work with donors including churches to develop current and new projects
➢ Represent the charity externally and strengthen partnerships with all relevant stakeholders
➢ Manage the UK end of Community based projects (e.g. Tree Growing and Bee’s & Honey)
including communications, funding, donor and partner management
➢ Monitoring and evaluation
➢ Set up and manage a monitoring and evaluation system for all UK-funded projects
➢ Provide regular feedback to relevant Trustees or Volunteers who are partners on specific
projects and once a quarter feedback to Trustees meetings
General administration and IT
➢ Oversee regular updates to the website, and social media
➢ Manage enquires both on the telephone and via email
➢ Co-ordinate volunteers both in the UK and those wishing to visit Kenya
➢ Co-ordinate the office including annual leave and day to day planning
➢ Assist Trustees with other administrative matters
Person specification
We are seeking a servant-hearted, emotionally intelligent, self-aware and authentic individual who is
outward looking, a good communicator, level headed and tenacious.
Required experience
➢ Have had extensive experience of the charity sector
➢ Book-keeping, banking or other finance skills and/or experience
➢ Experience of managing teams including volunteers
➢ Proven track record of being a team player
➢ Proven track record of managing charity offices and projects
➢ Experience of working with the highest levels of discretion, integrity and honesty.
Desirable experience
➢ Experience of working in East Africa
➢ Experience of using Beacon Donor Manager, and Xero finance manager systems, and if not
willing to learn
➢ Experience of managing online donor platforms
➢ Experience of website management
➢ Educated to degree level in relevant area or relevant professional qualifications
➢ Fundraising experience
➢ Experience of marketing in a charity setting
➢ Experience of working with volunteers
Required skills and abilities
➢ Able to work with minimal supervision
➢ Good relationship management skills
➢ Have tact and diplomacy skills
➢ Excellent written and verbal communication, marketing and PR skills
➢ Have excellent IT skills including Excel and the ability to learn website management
➢ Highly organised, able to manage multiple tasks at once and under pressure, and adept at
building good relationships
➢ Able to foster a culture of innovation and initiative-taking, creating a ‘can do’ atmosphere
that values everyone’s contribution and coaches out the best in the team.
Desirable knowledge
➢ Be up to date with charity law and have experience of coordinating policy and procedures
➢ Educated at least to A level or equivalent with GCSE passes English and Maths
➢ Knowledge of charity governance and developing new policies for growing charities
Personal qualities
➢ An active Christian faith with an openness to engage in devotions in the office
➢ Willing to work with ethos of a Christian Mission including partaking in prayer meetings and
church meetings
➢ Model professionalism and a passion for excellence.
➢ Willing to be flexible and work some evenings
➢ Comfortable lone working or with only one colleague
➢ Be willing to travel to Kenya when required
This job has an occupational requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 to be held by an
active, practising Christian who assents to our Statement of Faith.
Please send a CV with 2 references and a maximum of a 2 page cover letter
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.