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Prospectus is thrilled to partner exclusively with Peter Bedford Housing Association, a values-driven, psychologically informed organisation striving to be anti-racist, in the search for their new Director of Services. This critical leadership role will oversee the Housing, Recovery, Training, and Enterprises functions across the organisation. The role is hired on a permanent basis and it would be hybrid with 3 days a week working in their London office.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Director of Services will be responsible for developing and implementing new services that are strategically aligned with the needs of local stakeholders and growing the impact of PBHA. The successful candidate will ensure that the department operates efficiently, remains compliant, and delivers value for money while adhering to best practices and fostering continuous improvement. A key aspect of the role will be to enhance tenant satisfaction and enable opportunities for tenants to lead. The candidate will manage change and adapt services and resources to meet both current and future strategic objectives.

Additionally, the Director of Services will collaborate closely with the Fundraising Manager to lead fundraising initiatives and development bids, leveraging PBHA’s capacity to extend support to more individuals in need of housing and related services. As the department head, you will help to build PBHA’s strategy and long-term plans, and you will ensure that team objectives are aligned with the organisation’s annual plan and 5-year strategy, involving your team in the planning and development of departmental work plans.

We are seeking a highly organised and strategic leader with significant experience in driving change and providing exceptional leadership in supported housing, adult learning, or housing management. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of senior-level organisational leadership and a deep understanding of the housing sector, supported by a relevant qualification that meets the emerging Regulator of Social Housing Competence and Conduct Standard. You should be adept at promoting best practices in staff leadership, support, and development, with the capability to lead the services function in achieving outstanding standards in support, housing management, property services, and learning.

At Prospectus, we are committed to supporting your application journey. We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to enable all interested candidates to apply.

If this opportunity excites you, please submit your CV. If your experience aligns with our requirements, we will provide you with the full job description and arrange a call to discuss the role in more detail.

Community Fundraising Officer

Salary: Competitve- Self Emplyed

Responsible to: Executive Director

Main Purpose: To implement the fundraising strategy and generate over £200,000 annual income for the organisation

About MEWSo: Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation (MEWSo) is a women's charity run by and for women from ethnic minority communities. The majority of the communities we serve are from Middle Eastern, North African, and Asian backgrounds. Our mission is to defend and protect women from violence both at home and in the wider community, help them rebuild their lives through tailored advice, guidance, and support, and campaign for their equality and human rights to be respected.

Job Overview: MEWSo is seeking a dynamic and experienced Fundraising Officer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the fundraising strategy and generate over £200,000 annual income for the organisation. The ideal candidate will have a good background in fundraising, excellent communication skills, and a passion for our mission.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

· Working with the Executive Director, ensure an effective fundraising strategy consistent with MEWSo’s business plan for sustaining the Advice Department and project activities in Islington, Westminster and pan-London

· Research and identify potential donors and their priorities

· Write fundraising applications and budgets and/or tender documents

· Proactively seek funding opportunities and maintain a pipeline of different sources of funding, including one year and multi-year grants from trusts and foundations

· Engage the Chair and Board Members in pursuing fundraising opportunities.

· Assisting in the search for opportunities for tendering, contracts and grant applications to funders and donors

· Maintain accurate and up-to-date information on all submissions, grant-funded projects and donors

· Produce regular fundraising activity reports to track and monitor progress

· Be the first point of contact for trustees, staff and partners for all fundraising queries

· Attend fundraising events when needed

Skills/experience:

Essential:

1. Excellent understanding of the funding landscape

2. Track record in building successful donor portfolio (trust and foundations)

3. Experience of developing new funding applications from scratch

4. Experience of involving and empowering disadvantaged individuals and groups

5. Experience of liaising with statutory providers and voluntary organisations

6. Experience in building partnership work with sister organisations, ideally from the VAWG sector

7. Excellent knowledge of issues and challenges to women experiencing domestic abuse, including especially harmful practices

8. Good IT skills, MS office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point,

9. Administrative skills and ability to set up systems for monitoring and reporting

10. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

11. Fluent in English

Desirable:

1. At least 3+ years in a similar role

2. Track record in building successful donor portfolio (corporate donors, individual donors)

3. Experience with securing funding through crowdfunding platforms

4. Experience with working with volunteers

5. Experience in donor reporting

6. Experience in project management, including MEL frameworks

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £50,000 – 55,000
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Works with: Head of Business Incubation, Head of Marketing, Head of Operations – Maternity Cover

Applications due by: Midnight, 12th September 2024

Cockpit is a centre of excellence in craft and home to over 175 of the world’s finest makers.  Established in 1986, Cockpit is a registered charity and an award-winning social enterprise. Cockpit provides business support and dedicated studio space to enable makers to make the most of their talent. With an international reputation for excellence, Cockpit is proud to have launched the careers of many of the leading names in contemporary craft.

As a key member of the leadership team, the Head of Development plays a vital role in securing significant income to support Cockpit’s activities and ambitions. Working closely with the Chief Executive, other members of the senior leadership team and the Board of Trustees, the Head of Development will deliver significant income for Cockpit against agreed fundraising targets, currently c£350,000.

This role would suit an entrepreneurial self-starter with significant fundraising experience and a demonstrable track record of securing funds from Trusts and Foundations. The role requires effective management of existing relationships and the ability to work strategically to attract new support. You will have a sound understanding of individual and corporate fundraising, planning campaigns and events with the ability to develop and deliver revenues from the same.

We are seeking an individual who is a real team player, wants to be involved in the development of Cockpit and who is highly competent, organised and efficient in their working practices and is a self-starter.

To apply: 

1. Download the job pack from Cockpit's website.

2. Submit a CV along with a covering letter of no more than 500 words setting out your interest in Cockpit, this post and how your skills and experience fulfil the job description.

The Fundraising Administrator will play a crucial role in supporting the Fundraising Team to generate funds through a range of activities, including Individual Giving Appeals and event-based fundraising. The primary focus of the role is providing administrative support to the team and supporting fundraisers and donors, making sure they are effectively and appropriately stewarded, and their contribution recognised.

Are you excited about seeing Christians in the UK and Ireland engage in world mission? Do you have a passion to equip and disciple others to serve God in short-term mission reaching out to East Asia?

As Lead Serve Asia Coordinator, you will be giving oversight to team developing and delivering high quality placements for Serve Asia, our short-term mission programme.

The Lead Serve Asia Coordinator will need experience of short-term cross-cultural mission, good administrative and interpersonal skills and a deep commitment to world mission and an ability to pass that passion on to others.

Are you an experienced accredited IDVA with experience in a multi-agency?

If so, the Drive Partnership is looking for a DAPO Triage IDVA in Manchester. 

The Drive Partnership was formed by Respect, Safe Lives and Social Finance, is working to transform the national response to perpetrators of domestic abuse. 

The Triage IDVA will work as part of the Triage Team in their pilot area, reporting to the Triage Team Leader and working alongside the Triage Worker. They will be responsible  for supporting and presenting the voice of the victims and their children in cases where  the perpetrator has been referred to the team for an assessment of suitability for a Positive Requirement during an application for a DAPO.

They will be responsible for attempting to contact the victims to carry out the relevant safety checks, risk assessments and provide advocacy during the assessment stage and make onward referrals for further support for the victim. They will capture the voice of the victim as part of the overall assessment for a positive requirement and feed their views and any relevant information about risk or need into the overall recommendation. The IDVA’s work and expertise will ensure that the risks and needs for both the Perpetrator and Victims/families are considered so that a co-ordinated and individual intervention plan can be created when appropriate and safe to apply as part of the DAPO.

About the Role 

Sense is recruiting for a Senior Database Officer to join our fantastic team in King’s Cross, London. This is a permanent, hybrid role, working one day a week in the office. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in meeting the department’s complex and varied data requirements.  This is a high-energy varied role and the post holder will be expected to manage and push forward multiple work activities simultaneously. Your core focus will be delivering data selections and exports to all teams in the Supporter Engagement directorate as such, a solid working knowledge - and experience of the Raiser’s Edge is essential. This is an exciting time to be joining the team as we work towards moving over to Microsoft dynamics in March 2025 and the successful candidate will have a hand in shaping this work and support with the transition.

The main duties and responsibilities include: 

• Working with the Data Manager and all Supporter Engagement teams, the post holder will ensure data selections are delivered accurately, cleanly and on time working to an agreed process
• Proactively liaise with supporter facing teams to ensure clarity regarding upcoming selections and potential overlaps between audience groups
• Use this knowledge to champion the supporter’s interests during the planning and development phases of any and all campaigns
• Working with customer teams, produce accurate inclusion queries to extract data.
• Understand and maintain accurate suppression queries to ensure our compliance with both our legal responsibilities and the best practices expected by our supporters.
• Manipulate data exports to ensure consistent formatting and structures before releasing the selection to our internal stakeholders
• Perform quality control tasks on data selections to ensure accuracy before releasing the selection to our internal stakeholders

 
To succeed in this role, you will have: 

• Considerable experience of working with the Raiser’s Edge database with a demonstrable understanding of the single customer view
• Excellent understanding about how data can be used to drive a variety of disparate income streams with different audiences
• A track record of delivering multi segment data selections accurately and on time in a dynamic working environment
• A clear and demonstrable understanding of data protection regulations and other regulatory frameworks
• Sound understanding of direct marketing practices
• Experience of providing database training and documentation to users
• Excellent organisational skills with a logical and investigative approach to problem solving
• Excellent time management and co-ordination skills
• Experience manipulating and translating client requirements for data into a working technical framework with associated hierarchies and suppressions

For a full job description and person specification, please see the link below

About Sense

For everyone living with complex disabilities. For everyone who is deafblind. Sense is here to help people communicate and experience the world. We believe that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. Sense are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

To Apply 

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly.  We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKER (ISLE OF SHEPPEY)

HOURS: Flexible up to 1 FTE to be discussed at interview

24 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

SALARY:  £26,072 - £28,615 p.a. for 1FTE, pro rata to contracted hours

Oasis Charitable Trust is a multi-national charity supporting communities in 8 countries worldwide. Our vision is for building healthy communities: places where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Community Development Worker to work as part of our Oasis Hub on the Isle of Sheppey, to engage and work with the community by helping them to access Hub activities, and the social supermarket project.

Key responsibilities will be:

1. To deliver the Sheppey Support Bus project and ensure its day-to-day operational tasks are fulfilled.
2. To liaise with our community partners including supermarkets, Fairshare etc to support and provide for Oasis activities, including the Sheppey Support Bus.
3. To monitor and evaluate activities using monitoring tools available to the team.
4. To develop other opportunities that will enhance our offer to the local community.

The successful post holder must have:

• A relevant professional qualification in Community Work or able to demonstrate qualification by experience.
• Successful experience of working with complex communities.
• The ability to deal with private information and sensitive issues with a calm and confident approach in difficult situations.
• Ability to function in diverse settings and with a wide range of professional agencies.
• Self-motivation, resilience, excellent organisational/administrative and inter-personal skills are essential for this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of something pioneering on the Isle of Sheppey and to help make a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of everyone.  As part of the package, Oasis offers:

• A pension scheme, currently offering 7% employer contribution.
• A generous holiday allowance, starting at 25 days per year (plus 8 Bank Holidays).

If you are interested in this position, please email your most recent CV and covering letter. For further information please visit the Oasis Charity Jobs Website.  In your covering letter, please answer the following questions:

1. Expand on your CV to explain how your skills and experience meets the Job Description. Give specific examples.
2. What personal attributes does a person need to do well as a Community Development Worker?
3. How do you see the Oasis ethos and 9 Habits being displayed in this role?

Completed applications should be returned by 12 noon Tuesday 10th September 2024

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 18th September 2024

We actively encourage applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds and minority and underrepresented groups. If you require any assistance to overcome potential barriers, please let us know.

Applicants must be able to prove their right to work in the UK. Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours which flow from the Oasis ethos.  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.

Oasis supports Equal Opportunities.  Registered Charity No. 1163889

• Influence the financial strategy of a leading UK charity
• Help drive the strategy of one of the UK's largest charity retailers

About Our Client

Barnardo's exists to make sure children and young people are safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful, by running over 800 specialist services across the UK, and campaigning to change the way that support system work for the better. They have been changing childhoods and changing lives for over 150 years, and will be here for as long as they are needed. Barnardo's are proud to be the UK's largest children's charity - reaching over 350,000 children, parents and carers last year.

In the financial year of 2022-23 their total income was £315.3 million.

Job Description

The Director of Finance role is essential in maintaining the charity's fiscal health, supporting income generation, and managing financial risks. It will provide strategic support to the Executive Leadership Team and strategic direction and oversight to a large and diverse finance team, ensuring robust financial management, proactive financial planning and commercial decision support.

This role is one of the Senior Leaders of the Business Services Directorate, which includes essential support functions such as finance, HR operations, technology, data, property, procurement, audit & assurance, legal, and company secretary. The Director of Finance reports directly to the Corporate Director of Business Services, who also serves as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

The Director of Finance will lead a team of approximately 70 finance colleagues and manage an expenditure budget of up to £35 million.

The key responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing financial strategies to support the charity's goals, ensuring the charity's funds deliver the most positive impact for children and young people.
• Supporting and driving income growth and commercial decision making in the business development, retail and fundraising teams.
• Leading and mentoring the finance team, ensuring they provide high-quality financial data and support.
• Managing the charity's reserves, investments, and treasury functions.
• Overseeing budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes.
• Maintaining the highest standards of financial control and compliance.

The Successful Applicant

Experience in a voluntary or public sector environment is not necessarily required. Alignment with the charity's mission and values, a strong track record and a commercial outlook is more important.

Education/Knowledge

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent) with significant financial and management accounting knowledge and an robust understanding of financial control frameworks and cash flow and treasury management.

Experience

• Experience of operating at a senior level in large complex organisations with geographically spread operational delivery models.
• Proven experience in a group accounting structure and of project management.
• Experience of engaging and influencing a range of stakeholders, including at Board level, with complex information in a clear, simple and straightforward manner which enables and empowers them to act accordingly.
• Proven track record of successful leadership, making complex decisions and recommendations and acting as a champion of change.
• Experience of collaboration and engagement with non-finance managers, including those from other specialisms, to deliver organisational and operational objectives.
• Significant experience of using financial systems and technology to drive change and efficiency. Microsoft D365 experience advantageous. Other standard package, experience (particularly Excel) also expected.
• Demonstrable ability to plan and organise high volume workloads and conflicting scheduling and client priorities for the department ensuring timely achievement of deadlines.

What's on Offer

This is a hybrid working role and requires attendance on average once per week at Barnardo's offices, either in Euston or at a Regional Office (this may vary week to week).

Salary is £100-£110K + benefits

Employer contributory pension scheme

This is a permanent appointment.

This role closes on 13th September.

Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents. All third party applications will be forwarded to Page Executive.

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Waking Night Support Worker to join our Mental Health service in Slough.

£24,960.00 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 have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

This role will suit a support worker looking to working throughout the night. You will report to the team leader and engage with/ support customers during anti-social hours.

This is a great opportunity for a Waking Night Support Worker, wanting to gain exceptional experience within the mental health field, based on the solid working relationship with (SCMHT). We have since implemented training directly from SCMHT to support staff with understanding Mental Health diagnosis and Managing Crisis with our customers in-house.

You will be based at Hope House. We have two sites: Hope House and Doddsfield Rd. Hope House/ Place is a 10 bed supported housing service, providing support for 16 customers overall. The support hours for Hope House are 24 hours, 7 days a week, with one waking night.

Doddsfield Rd has 6 independent living flats with floating support.

This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation.

What you'll do:

- Undertake key-working responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager.
- Undertake initial and continuous assessment of needs and potential risks and agree levels of support and actions.
- Create support/action plans for providing appropriate services based on the assessment and reflecting the services and resources available.
- Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation.
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community.
- Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
- Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards.
- Encourage and enable tenants to pay their rent and to ensure that rent accounts are managed effectively in conjunction with the Housing Management team.
- Ensure that referrals are chased proactively so that properties which can be used to house those in need are filled as efficiently as possible.
- Adhere to Look Ahead's Policies and Procedures.
- Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills.
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned.

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, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement.
- 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 and flexible.
- Open to feedback and self-development.
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments.
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem.
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication.
- Is essentially customer-focused.
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can-do attitude.
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours.

What you'll bring:

Essential:

- Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable:

- Experience working in mental health.

About us:

Look Ahead is a dynamic, leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. As an organisation we deliver over 110 services, providing support to around 7000 customers each year. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

Operational Support Coordinator

We are delighted to share this new and exciting opportunity for an Operational Support Coordinator to join a dynamic organisation.

Position: Operational Support Coordinator

Location: Holyoake House, Manchester 

Salary: £33,570 per annum (pro-rated to 21 hours - £20,142)

Hours: Part-time, 3 days a week (21 hours)

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Midnight, Friday 20th September 2024

Interviews: Week commencing 30th September 2024, in Manchester

Benefits: Flexible working options, pension scheme, discounted travel to work schemes, employee wellbeing assistance programme including free eye tests, personal and professional growth and development, including coaching and trade union.

We reserve the right to close the role early should a suitable candidate be found before this date. Applicants are required to submit a current CV and cover letter.

About the role:

As Operational Support Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in the Operational Support Unit, ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of the organisation’s various processes. This role involves working closely with various teams to promote cross-functional collaboration and supporting the delivery of our operational plan through digital coordination, project management and process improvement.

As an organisation we are led by our unwavering values of solidarity, self-responsibility, equity, and honesty, therefore if you share these core values, we would be delighted to receive your application.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead on the end-to-end project management for cross-functional initiatives, ensuring clear communication and tracking timelines; Utilise digital coordination tools like Asana to manage resource planning, evaluate team capacity, and monitor progress.
• Facilitate communication channels across departments to stay informed about progress and potential roadblocks of our operational plan.
• Develop and manage a centralised reporting system that consolidates key metrics, performance indicators, and resourcing plans from across the organisation; Provide Leadership Team and managers with comprehensive data on organisational performance and trends for informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with the Research Officer and Digital Team to identify and implement technological solutions that enhance efficiencies for the organisation and its members in line with the tech and digital strategy.
• Identify, develop and implement process improvement initiatives that span multiple departments, to streamline operations and promote cross-functional collaboration.
• Assist in the business development programmes, supporting the trial of new products.
• Participate in the AI squad, contributing to technology and efficiency initiatives.
• Coordinate and chair monthly operational meetings; record accurate minutes of meetings and ensure all matters arising and actions are dealt with by the appropriate person within agreed timescales; Provide administrative support at other relevant meetings as appropriate.

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will be enthusiastic about the organisation and its mission, and you will have experience working as an Operational Support Coordinator in another organisation.

• Experience in process improvement, operational support or project management 

• A positive and proactive attitude with the ability to identify operational challenges and issues, take initiative to develop and implement effective solutions 

• Strong interest in technology and methods for efficiency improvement 

• Demonstrate an agile approach to project management and adapt to changing priorities 

• Attention to detail, good organisational and administrative skills 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams 

• Highly developed IT skills with the ability to use a variety of computer systems, and proficient in Microsoft Office applications

About the organisation:

As the voice of the UK’s co-operative movement, we empower and support co-operative enterprises with specialised knowledge and expertise, to grow the co-operative economy and create a fairer society. From football clubs and farms to convenience stores and pubs, there are more than 7,000 co-operatives in the UK, each owned and controlled by their members and based on a set of shared principles and values. By promoting shared wealth through member ownership, we are committed to enabling anyone in the UK to form, or join, thriving and sustainable co-ops.

As an organisation we are led by our unwavering values of solidarity, self-responsibility, equity, and honesty, therefore if you share these core values, we would be delighted to receive your application.

Other roles you may have experience in could include Operations, Operations Support, Operational Support, Admin, Project management, Project Manager, Operational Support, Operational Support Officer, Admin Support, Administration Support, Senior Administrator, Senior Admin etc.

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

Are you passionate about empowering individuals with learning disabilities and autism to access essential healthcare services? Join our team as a Healthcare Access Advocate, Hospital Liaison, and Workshop Facilitator at The Elfrida Society, where you will play a crucial role in advocating for service users, liaising with healthcare providers, and facilitating empowering workshops.

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Advocacy: Provide personalised support to ensure that each individual’s voice is heard and their healthcare needs are met.
• Collaborative Environment: Work closely with hospital staff and other professionals to create a more inclusive healthcare system.
• Empower Through Education: Develop and deliver engaging workshops that equip individuals and their families with the tools they need to navigate the healthcare landscape effectively.
• Supportive Community: Be part of a dedicated team committed to making a lasting impact on the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and autism.

About the Role:

This part-time, permanent position offers a competitive salary of £27,629 - £28,451.57 pro-rata, with excellent benefits, including a generous pension plan and holiday entitlement. Based at our offices in Islington, London, you will have the flexibility to travel and engage with various stakeholders across Islington and neighbouring areas.

What We’re Looking For:

We are seeking individuals with strong advocacy skills, excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, and a good understanding of the healthcare system. Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism is essential, as is a commitment to promoting their rights and well-being.

Apply Today:

If you’re ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others and have the skills and passion to excel in this role, we want to hear from you. Join us in our mission to create a more inclusive and accessible healthcare environment for all.

Location: Home Based
Salary: £50,000
Hours: 35
Department: Fundraising
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent

Re-engage is a charity that is positive about older age and committed to fighting loneliness so that people can have social lives and friendship groups however old they are. We inspire and enable meaningful connections and shared experiences within communities across the UK for people over 75 facing loneliness and social isolation.

We are looking for a Head of Fundraising and Partnerships to join Re-engage. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will oversee the charity’s fundraising teams with responsibility for the whole range of fundraised income, as well as developing and supporting partnerships across the organisation.

With our ambition to grow over the next five years, this role will be critical to the success of Re-engage and our ability to reach more older people and reduce more loneliness.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a successful track record in at least two fundraising disciplines including major donors, corporate partnerships, individual giving, legacies and / or trust fundraising. You will have excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills, line management experience, and be used to taking a proactive approach to your work.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will work with colleagues to deliver the organisation’s strategy, developing the necessary plans to achieve challenging income targets and support the development of productive partnerships to enable the organisation’s growth.

Leadership

Develop and deliver the organisation’s fundraising strategy
Provide leadership to fundraising teams, including line managing team managers
Maintain quality standards, including ethical standards, in donor stewardship and fundraising communications
Communicate with colleagues sharing information to ensure you have a well-informed and well-connected team

Fundraising

- Draft fundraising applications, cases for support, proposals and reports to funders
- Work with colleagues to set, achieve and report on targets associated with funder requirements
- Work closely with colleagues in Engagement and Service Delivery to ensure fundraising and income generation support the overall strategy and direction of the organisation
- Ensure all applications are recorded on the CRM (OPUS) to support planning, delivery and reporting requirements
- Work with fundraising teams to build pipeline of funders across different strands of activity
- Build cases for support and proposals to illustrate the work of the organisation, working with colleagues in Service Delivery, Communications and Impact teams
- Grow a portfolio of current and potential major donors

Partnerships

- Work with colleagues to identify potential partners who can contribute to both fundraising and broader organisational objectives
- Develop and implement stewardship plans for funders and partners to support long-lasting and constructive relationships
- Oversee the management of successful long term relationships with partners and funders, providing advice and support to colleagues as necessary to ensure high standards of stewardship

Organisational

- Play an active role in SMT and all staff activities
- Contribute to the development of Re-engage’s strategic direction and operational plan
- Lead by example, demonstrating Re-engage’s values and expected behaviours in your work with colleagues and external stakeholders
- Ensure all fundraising activities are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Fundraising Regulator
- Ensure compliance with VAT, GDPR and data protection regulations
- Work with colleagues to make best use of OPUS, identifying opportunities to upgrade and further develop the system to enhance the work and efficiency of the organisation
- You may be required to undertake other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities of the post and there will be occasional out of hours work required.

A full driving licence and own car is preferred, as this post will require travel across the UK as and when required, and quarterly overnight stays

Person Specification

- Significant experience in a fundraising role with demonstrable achievements in at least two fundraising disciplines including major donors, corporate partnerships, community fundraising, direct mail, legacies and trust fundraising
- Experience creating income products and packages from the needs of our beneficiaries
- Experience approaching and securing funding from a wide range of public funders, trusts and foundations, private and public sector organisations
- Experience managing and stewarding a varied portfolio of supporters whilst developing new prospects
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills, with excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to nurture and develop junior talent into high performing fundraisers
- Strong relationship building skills, with the ability to engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
- A track record of growing fundraised income
- Proven ability to establish and maintain income forecasting systems and manage budgets
- Up-to-date knowledge of fundraising best practice and regulation, including GDPR

We are an equal opportunities employer

Re-engage is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging among our team of staff and to eliminating unlawful discrimination. We want the Re-engage team of staff to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

How we recruit

Diversity and inclusion are important to us. We want our team of staff to be representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. We understand that you may not meet every requirement listed, but if you feel you could make a valuable contribution to our charity, we encourage you to apply. You may be a great fit for this or another role.

We use the recruitment platform Hireful. Using Hireful allows us to reduce unconscious bias and subjectivity, and candidates experience a more skills-based recruitment process which helps us to hire the best talent for our roles

The application process includes an inbuilt anonymisation feature which removes identifiable personal data from your CV. To enable this please ensure your name you use on the application form matches exactly with that on your CV.

We also add competency questions to the process which asses your approach to real issues that you would face in this role. Each response is anonymised and reviewed separately by each hiring team member before the total scores are averaged to create a leader board of candidates. We would rather AI wasn't used for your answers as we want the real you, however we do reserve the right to reject applications if we feel the use of AI has been excessive.

The closing date is Monday 9 September at 9am
Interviews will be held on Friday 20 September

Benefits: Annual leave: 26 days plus bank holidays Remote working Flexible working Health: Bupa cash plan Pension Enhanced family friendly policies

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Individual Giving & Legacy Officer - flexible location, including hybrid or remote, with office base in Derby.

Full time role - 37 hours per week 

For more than 80 years, families have been choosing MHA to support the needs and aspirations of their loved ones in later life. People have been forging friendships through our community programmes; fundraising to drive our charitable goals; and spreading the warmth, comfort and spirituality that you’ll find across every MHA home, community and development.

We are here to help people to live later life well.

Could you be the person to join MHA as our Individual Giving & Legacy Officer as we continue to enable people to thrive in later life?

About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference and play a vital role within the Fundraising team at MHA. You will be responsible for developing and implementing the individual giving programme in line with the wider strategic objectives.

To do this you will manage the direct mail appeals and online campaigns, coordinate the regular giving programme, develop the strategy for the acquisition of new supporters and retention of existing ones, and produce the twice-yearly supporter newsletter. You would also provide additional support for the legacy programme when required.

For more information on the role please see the attached Job Description.

About You
We are looking for a passionate and creative individual giving fundraiser or marketeer to develop and drive forward the programme. You will have a track record of delivering against income targets and KPIs, and be experienced in delivering campaigns and activities on time and within budget.

With excellent writing and communication skills, you will be able to build strong relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally. 

In return we offer a committed and supportive team and a great staff membership scheme which includes training, pension, life assurance, access to high street vouchers and lots more.

About us 
Methodist Homes (MHA) is the largest charity care provider in the U.K. We have 80 years’ experience of delivering care and support to over 19,000 older people. We understand what it takes to help people live later life well through our care homes, retirement living schemes and community groups.

At MHA we place great importance on nurturing the mind, body and spirit of those we care for and their families, along with commitment and dedication from our 7,000 employees and 4,000 volunteers, regardless of faith, background or belief.

We offer some of the highest quality care, accommodation and support services for older people throughout Britain. Our mission is to inspire the best care and wellbeing at every stage of later life.

Why join MHA?
We have a supportive 'family' like culture, the people at MHA are genuinely warm, friendly and a pleasure to work with.

• High colleague employee engagement scores.
• Highly supportive and compassionate leadership team.
• Colleagues have access to chaplaincy and pastoral support.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Independent free counselling and legal advice
• Favourable pension scheme
• Hardship/welfare fund
• Competitive pay and benefits including a discount scheme
• A range of flexible benefits including an option to buy or sell additional annual leave
• Genuine career progression and development.

MHA are fully committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) as this is embedded in our values: respect, nurture and inspire.  In addition, as a committed employer we have been awarded level 2 under the Disability Confident Scheme. Click here to read more about this.

“Agencies: Please note, MHA do not accept unsolicited CV’s from any agencies, regardless of whether they are on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) or not. We only accept CV’s from agencies that have been appointed and briefed by MHA’s central Talent Acquisition Team.”