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Job title: Language Programme Caseworker
Location: Hybrid work with 40% from Breaking Barriers’ office in London, Manchester or Birmingham with some national travel
Salary: £25,500-£31,000 (London), £24,500-£30,000 (Manchester or Birmingham)
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week), part-time considered
Overall purpose
The aim of the language programme caseworker is to ensure students on the language programme are being well supported towards their goal of passing a language exam or reaching a high level of English. You will facilitate this by enrolling them in school, in online courses or with a tutor whichever best meets their needs.
You will maintain a good relationship with the students, schools and tutors through regular communication. You will offer advice and support on the student's next steps once the language programme has been completed.
Key responsibilities
We are a fast-growing charity that prides itself on its flexibility and responsiveness, and as a result your responsibilities may change, develop, and grow according to the needs and development of our programmes.
- Casework; directly working with clients to ensure they are eligible for the programme and are on the correct pathway
- Casework; ensuring your clients are well supported and signposting to support services where required
- Providing programme guidance and educational/careers advice
- Maintaining strong relationships with partner schools and reaching out to new schools to establish partnerships
- Enrolling students at partner schools and monitoring their progress
- Working towards ensuring all available school spaces are filled
- Matching volunteer tutors with suitable students ensuring all available tutors are utilised
- Processing payments for students when required
- Ensuring that all information is recorded accurately and that databases remain up to date
- Representing Breaking Barriers at sector related events whenever required
To view the full job description and person specification, as well as details on our accessible recruitment process, please view the attached recruitment pack.
Other considerations
- As part of our safeguarding commitment to our clients, we carry out preemployment checks to ensure that successful applicants are suitable to work with adults at risk. These include basic DBS checks, obtaining references and verifying a candidate’s identity and right to work in the UK.
- Some travel between our different areas of operation (including London, Birmingham and Manchester) will be required. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required. Time off in lieu would be provided in this case.
- We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
How to apply
If you are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, we want to hear from you. To apply, please submit a CV and statement (up to approximately 500 words/1 A4 page) outlining:
- Why you are interested in the role
- What skills you would bring to be successful in this role
- Any experience you would like to highlight
- Any reasonable adjustments you require for the interview process
- Disclosure of disabilities if you wish to do so (as a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role)
Please note that applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
Closing date for applications is 11:30pm on Saturday 15th February. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
We belong to the Experts by Experience Employment Initiative, which advocates and supports organisations to employ more people from a refugee background. With this in mind, we particularly welcome applicants with experience of seeking asylum and/or a refugee background.
If you are an expert by experience (a refugee or a migrant with direct, first-hand experience of issues and challenges of the UK asylum or immigration system), you can ask for an independent and confidential support for your job application from the Experts by Experience Employment Network. Please reach out to HR Manager Dani Meier for further details (we are unable to include email addresses in this advert, but you can find contact details on the final page of the attached recruitment pack).
Breaking Barriers exists so that every refugee can access meaningful employment and build a new life.
Our Communications & Campaigns Coordinator leads our communications and supporter engagement work including developing and implementing our communications strategy and events plan.
Big Leaf Foundation is now entering its sixth year and we are looking to the future. To ensure we can continue to fulfil our objectives we want to engage more people in our work and make our collective ‘voice’ louder through increased awareness of the issues and how people can help.
We’re determined to put user-voice at the heart of what we do and to provide a more hopeful and human-centred narrative around asylum. Our Communications Coordinator will lead this work, building case studies and supporting our young people to share their stories through our new Youth Ambassadors programme. We also want to build links with other organisations that campaign to improve the rights of displaced young people and/or ensure existing legal rights are upheld – exploring how Big Leaf can best support and add value to these campaigns.
KEY TASKS
Communications
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Develop and implement a communications strategy to engage more people in our work and make our collective ‘voice’ louder through increased awareness of both the issues and how people can support.
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Cultivate existing and new relationships with the media/journalists to grow the organisation’s influence and reach.
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Create, edit and proofread materials including website content, newsletter, blogs, reports, social media and multi-media content etc.
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Support the wider Big Leaf Foundation (BLF) team to create impactful content that is consistently on brand, representative of BLF’s voice and in line with the overall communications strategy, providing team training and editorial oversight.
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Contribute to BLF fundraising activities through the writing of case studies/content as needed and/or supporting community fundraising events;
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Ensure BLF communications represent the voices of the young people we support;
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Recognise, understand and manage risks around the identification of our beneficiaries in
communications and media work, keeping safeguarding front of mind at all times;
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Support BLFs Youth Ambassadors to amplify our message and that of our beneficiaries e.g. through
print and broadcast media; partner training; participation in relevant consultations/focus groups
etc including arranging speaking events and helping them prepare for interviews;
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Regularly evaluate communication activities and make recommendations for continuous
improvement.
Events
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Lead on our Refugee Week plans each June - working with young people to co-create a series of events and activities that provide the opportunity for our young people, team, volunteers, supporters and wider network to come together and build connections while also maximising comms potential around RW;
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Support the wider Big Leaf team in planning and delivering other community events throughout the year; specifically providing communications support and ensuring the events have local media coverage where appropriate.
Campaigns & advocacy
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Cultivate relationships with organisations that campaign to improve the rights of displaced people; and/or ensure existing legal rights are upheld, exploring how Big Leaf Foundation (BLF) can best support and add value to these campaigns.
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Support our Youth Ambassadors who want to make their voices heard in local and national debates around displacement and immigration;
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Ensure BLF campaigns and advocacy activities are in-line with Charity Commission rules on political campaigning.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Prospectus are excited to be working with a national refugee charity to help them recruit for a New Business Lead - Corporate Partnerships to join their team. This charity is the UN Refugee Agency's national partner for the United Kingdom. They help refugees by advocating for their protection and raising funds that help UNHCR deliver humanitarian relief to displaced families across the globe. They are apolitical and believe that every person fleeing conflict and persecution has the right to seek protection, regardless of their race, religion, nationality, political affiliation, or social group.
Thanks to their UK supporters, UNHCR teams can deliver humanitarian relief to families left with no one else to turn to. From rushing life-saving aid to civilians fleeing the frontlines of conflict, to ongoing care, such as education and healthcare, for families whose lives may remain in limbo for years.
This role is offered on a flexible full-time 18 months contract basis paying a salary between £45,500 to £50,500 per annum with flexible hybrid working arrangements at their London office.
This newly created new role will be responsible for securing high-value, seven-figure (financial and non-financial) partnerships with corporate entities that protect and empower refugees globally. The post holder will lead the prospecting cycle: from first meeting, through to opportunity development, through to negotiation and contracting. They will oversee the development and implementation of strategic partnership prospecting, manage relationships with key corporate prospects, and line manage a Senior Corporate Partnerships Officer.
They are looking for someone with a demonstrable track record of securing seven-figure corporate partnerships and developing new business strategies. They are looking for a candidate with demonstrable success across all types of corporate support, including grant-based, brand-led, pro bono, in-kind and employee engagement. They are looking for someone with demonstrable experience of working with multiple stakeholders in a complex, multi-cultural and international environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in business development in an international development or humanitarian organisation.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process, then please contact Firas El Dib at Prospectus.
If you feel you meet some of the criteria but not all, we really hope you'll enquire and learn more. Prospectus can advise and support on each part of the role and hopefully your application, so we look forward to hearing from you.
In order to apply please submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will arrange for a meeting to brief you on the role. You'll then have all the information you need to formally apply. We are looking forward to connecting with you soon.
Reading Community Learning Centre is a passionate, women-centred independent charity which provides education and support for migrant, refugee and asylum- seeking women from minority ethnic communities who may be unable to access more mainstream services because of the educational, social or cultural barriers they face.
We currently have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for an experienced Charity Business Development Manager who is an ambitious, self-motivated individual, with strong business development experience. Most of RCLC's income comes from grants, so a key part of this role will involve identifying grant opportunities and carrying out the applications. In addition, the postholder will be responsible for diversifying RCLC’s income streams to include crowd funding and engaging with businesses and corporate organisations to attract funding, volunteers and rental income.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Although the role includes face to face working, we welcome applications for flexible working arrangements. The job holder needs to have the ability to attend local sessions in the Reading area. They will report to the Centre Manager.
RCLC is a disability confident employer who welcomes disabled applicants and applications from neurodiverse individuals. RCLC is willing to make adjustments in the interview process to best suit the needs and strengths of the individual. If you require adjustments, please let us know when we contact you to schedule your initial interview
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop, implement and regularly review RCLC’s income generation strategy to ensure we have diverse and healthy income streams to underpin our work
- Develop new and existing RCLC services by writing tenders/bids to fund them and building Corporate Social responsibility relationships e.g. with local companies
- Research and produce a business development plan to implement strategies and opportunities across RCLC to promote growth and boost income
- Explore active research and gathering market intelligence through external sources to increase our profile through effective marketing and identify potential new business development opportunities
- Leading our fundraising subgroup to oversee RCLC’s fundraising activity
- Senior leadership engagement with external stakeholders to raise the profile of RCLC
- Successfully manage the delivery of the charity's business development projects so they are on time, within budget and to a high standard
This post is open only to women - section 7 (2) of 1975 Sex Discrimination Act applies.
Closing date for applications: by 5pm on Wed 26/2/2025
Interview dates: Thursday 13th Mar 2025 or Friday 14th Mar 2025
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Right to Remain is looking for a skilled and proactive Finance and Operations Manager to join its small staff team in London. This is a new, critical, post for the organisation.
Job title: Finance and Operations Manager
Location: Right to Remain Office, Bethnal Green, London. Hybrid working could be arranged.
Salary: £42,000 (inclusive of London weighting) per annum FTE, pro-rated.
Hours: Part time 0.8 FTE (28 hours per week). 0.6 FTE (21 hours per week) could be considered, depending on experience.
Contract: A fixed term 12 month contract, 6 month probationary period. Possibility of contract extension subject to funding.
Reporting to: Director
Benefits: 36 days of annual leave per year, inclusive of statutory holidays; (pro-rata entitlement for 0.8 FTE / 28 hours is 28.8 days per year inclusive of statutory holidays); employer pension contribution of 5%.
Closing date for applications: 12:00 noon, Monday 27 January 2025.
We are a dynamic national migration justice organisation, working with hundreds of communities and groups across the UK. As a key anchor organisation within the migration justice movement, we uniquely combine public legal education that democratises knowledge, facilitates strategic convenings that harness radical solidarity with campaigning and community organising that builds power, further empowering people to establish their right to remain and collectively challenge injustices of the immigration and asylum system. Our vision is a world where everyone can exercise their right to remain where they need to be with dignity and humanity. Our values are agency, people power, mutual aid, solidarity, anti-racism and foregrounding people with experience.
The successful candidate will utilise their previous experience of managing finance, HR and office administration in small charities or non-profit making organisations to ensure Right to Remain operates smoothly and effectively. They will be working with the Director to improve, set up and embed a number of new office management systems. They need to be confident in stepping into this new, critical role for the organisation, working closely with the Director to help the organisation grow to implement its strategy. They will combine their excellent attention to detail with their skills in holistically and strategically supporting the organisation, working both independently and in close liaison with colleagues.
This is a part-time post based at our London office, offered either 0.8 or 0.6 FTE, depending on the successful candidate’s level of experience, skill sets and circumstances. Hybrid working could be arranged.
Please note that applicants must have a current legal right to work in the UK.
Right to Remain is a national migration justice organisation, creating a world where everyone can exercise their right to remain where they need to be
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
St Sidwell’s Community Centre
We are a community centre in the heart of Exeter giving a warm welcome regardless of background, ability or circumstance. We offer a wide programme of activities, events and services for the local community.
At the heart of St Sid’s is our volunteering and work-experience programme, which provides opportunities across all areas of our work. We run a community café, a bakery and a cookery school; we grow vegetables and look after one of the few large green spaces in the city centre; we offer affordable meeting rooms and venue hire; free English for Speakers of Other Languages classes; and provide a wide range of additional support to the local community.
St Sidwell’s is open to all, but we specialise in working with people facing barriers to participation including people experiencing long-term unemployment; people with disabilities; people with convictions; people experiencing mental health problems; people with English as an additional language; refugees and asylum seekers; people experiencing addiction; and those who are homeless or vulnerably housed.
Background
Over the past few years there has been increasing demand for volunteer placements within the organisation alongside a growing need for a wide range of support within the community. We want to build and develop our offer to meet the needs of the community in a financially sustainable way. Thanks to support from The National Lottery Community Fund – we are now able to hire a person to a new role to help grow and reshape our volunteering and support programmes, helping to better meet the needs of our community and making our work more resilient for the future.
Role description
Key responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to lead the development of our Volunteer and Support programmes to:
- Provide a greater number of meaningful volunteering opportunities within the Community Centre
- Increase and enhance our support and training for all volunteers
- Ensure there is a clear, consistent and sustainable support offer for the local community
- Design and establish new Support Volunteer roles, to help provide increased support for the community, as well as increased volunteer opportunities
Volunteer Programme Development
- Set up volunteer working groups and committees to ensure the voice of a wide range of volunteers and potential volunteers is always integral to project development
- Lead the design and development of new volunteer roles within the organisation, in particular a range of roles focused on supporting others (Support Volunteers)
- Work with volunteers and staff across the organisation to identify training needs, design and embed appropriate training and induction for volunteers
- Support design and delivery of new volunteer pathways, including structured and/or accredited training enabling volunteers to develop in the ways they want to e.g. moving onto employment or education, supporting others or learning new skills
- Ensure volunteers are recognised and achievements are celebrated
- Ensure a consistently inclusive and compassionate approach to volunteers
Community Support Development
- Conduct a strategic assessment of ongoing support needs of centre users
- Creation of clear framework for support offered within the community centre by staff and volunteers
- As above, development of new Support Volunteer roles providing support to others including: peer mentors sharing lived experience; skills-based support e.g. IT; wellbeing and 1:1 listening support
- Facilitate other organisations providing support from within the Community Centre
- Development and implementation of partnership-based volunteer roles
Overarching project and organisational development
- Work collaboratively and proactively with key partners and stakeholders to improve volunteering and community support across organisations
- Develop new partnerships to improve outcomes for our beneficiaries and improve access to services
- Embed a framework for trauma-informed and compassion focussed ways of working within the organisation
- Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework, support project staff to collect monitoring data and evaluate the programme for continuous improvement
- Report to funders
- Work with the Centre Manager on developing a sustainable funding model for the programme and contribute to funding applications as required
- Contribute to organisational strategic development and innovation
Safeguarding
- Safeguarding Lead for the organisation
Staff management and relationships
- Manage the Volunteer Coordinator and Mental Health, Support and Wellbeing Lead. Potential to add management of Gardening Lead in Programme Year 2.
- Identify staff training and support needs
- Work collaboratively with team members from across the organisation to ensure effective project development and implementation
- Responsible to Centre Manager
Additional duties
- Attend team meetings and participate in community centre events
- Participate in training as required for the role and by the organisation
- Promotion of environmental sustainability throughout the project
- Any other duties as required by St Sidwell’s Centre
Person specification
Essential
· Minimum two years’ experience working with volunteers
· Experience working with people experiencing barriers to participation (see background description above)
· Strong understanding of community mental health needs and challenges and the support services available locally and nationally
· Understanding of trauma and compassion-informed approaches
· Experience designing and facilitating training
· Strong written and verbal communication skills and confidence communicating with people from a wide range of backgrounds and with people who have English as an additional language
· Project management experience, including budget management
· Ability to work effectively within a team
· Ability to effectively manage time and workload
· Experience implementing a monitoring and evaluation framework and keeping accurate records
· Experience reporting to funders
· Understanding of and commitment to confidentiality and data protection
· Strong IT skills including Word and Excel
· Strong commitment to our organisational values particularly equality, diversity and inclusion
· Willingness to undertake additional formal training and self-directed learning
Desirable
· Personal experience as a volunteer
· Experience working in the field of mental health and wellbeing support
· Evidence of training, CPD or qualifications relevant to the role
· Experience of providing supervision / 1:1 support to colleagues
· Experience writing successful funding bids
· Experience developing a monitoring and evaluation framework
· Experience developing income generation activities within a charity or social enterprise setting
· Skills in conflict resolution, de-escalation and non-violent communication
· An interest in and understanding of social justice and community development
Contract and employment terms
· £31,560-£33,392 (pro rata) depending on experience
· 22.5 hours / week (0.6FTE)
· 33 days holiday per year (including bank holidays) pro rata, with additional day added for every year of service (to a maximum of 5 additional days)
· Lunch in our community café on working days
· Statutory pension contributions
· Contract will be on a 3-year fixed term basis, with possibility to make the role permanent subject to project development and funding
· Role is subject to an enhanced DBS check
This role is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Young Carers Service Manager
We are looking for a Young Carers Service Manager (job share) who will work with colleagues to provide effective and high-quality support to Youth Carers across Newham.
Position: Young Carers Service Manager
Location: Newham
Hours: Part time (18 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £32,000 to £35,000 dependent on qualifications, skills, and experience.
Closing date: Sunday 26th January 2025
About the role:
This role will be set within a wider consortium team making up the Newham Carers Community Project, led by Age UK East London and supported by partners. You will be employed by one of the partners but will be expected to work collaboratively with consortium partners.
Key areas of responsibility include:
• Lead and manage the young carers aspect of the Newham Carers service offering, including but not exclusively, the line management of staff (sessional and holiday activities staff), liaison with project partners and service commissioners.
• To ensure the day to day delivery of a high quality service to support the needs of Young carers in Newham.
• Ensure the effective delivery of a needs led and co-produced service for Young Carers in Newham.
• Promote awareness of Young Carers and the challenges they face in Newham, including through networking and influencing commissioners, schools and other relevant youth focussed professionals.
• Provide leadership in the development of new and innovative services to meet the needs of Young Carers in Newham.
• Provide specialist in person support to Young Carers from the community in Newham.
• To increase access for Young Carers for information, advice, and support within the Newham locality.
• Enable Young carers to be better able to manage their caring role and look after their own health and wellbeing.
• Review, monitor and evaluate all elements of the service to ensure delivery is adhering to best practice and meeting assessed needs.
About you:
Your expertise and leadership skills will be essential in motivating and supporting our team in achieving the best possible outcomes for our Young Carers. You will work closely with the team to ensure that all our services are delivered to the highest possible standards and in line with the needs of our residents, stakeholders, and funders. A proactive approach to safeguarding and incident management will ensure a safe and progressive environment for all residents.
Key skills required for this role:
• Experience of effective leadership and management of staff.
• Experience of working within a Carers service or similar support service.
• Experience of liaising with and supporting Carers and/or Young Carers.
• Sound understanding and knowledge of Safeguarding practices.
• Experience of working in partnership with other organisations or agencies.
• Knowledge and understanding of the impact on health and wellbeing relating to Carers and/or Young Carers and those cared for.
• Knowledge of resources available to support Carers in Newham.
• Experience of developing services.
• Understanding of diversity issues within the context of service delivery and/or staff recruitment and management.
• Good Knowledge and understanding of the Care Act 2014 and how this applies to unpaid Carers.
About the organisation:
The employer is a well-established and respected local charity based in the London Borough of Newham. They support those who are facing multiple challenges – they might be a carer, migrant or refugee without access to public funds, suffering from homelessness, experiencing poverty, or unable to communicate in English. They empower people to reach their full potential through offering advocacy, education, temporary accommodation and a wide range of positive activities. They support over 3000 people a year and have been working with Newham communities for over 50 years.
You may also have experience in areas such as: Team Leader, Social Care Team Leader, Mental Health Team Leader, Service Team Leader, Youth worker, Community Youth Worker, Children Support Worker, Youth work, Service Manager, Homeless Support Worker, Vulnerable Youths, Mental Health, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.
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1-Year Maternity Cover
4 days per week (3 days considered)
Hybrid / High Wycombe
About the charity
Embrace the Middle East is an international Christian charity helping people of all faiths and none to free themselves from a life of poverty and injustice. Our work and the work of our 45 courageous and inspiring Christian partners transforms lives in six countries in the Middle East.
We support them in various ways, including through grants of over £2m per year supporting them to run hospitals, clinics, schools and centres for people with disabilities. Our work and the work of our Christian partners in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Iraq provide support services for refugees, enable women's empowerment, work for community development and offer emergency humanitarian relief. We have been doing this work for nearly 170 years and have deep roots in the region. Sustaining the active and powerful social impact of Christian led NGOs in this amazing and diverse region is what drives us. The challenges are often immense. The sense of purpose is uniquely motivating.
About the role
We are seeking to recruit a Programmes, Partnerships & Advocacy Officer to join our team on a fixed-term basis. This role involves supporting Embrace’s Programme, Partnerships and Advocacy team to manage relationships with a portfolio of local partner organisations, churches, and stakeholders to bring hope and lasting change to some of the poorest and most marginalised people living in the Middle East. Walking and working with them as they deliver high-impact programmes to benefit communities in need of assistance supporting them in their work; encouraging and advocating for local Christian organisations on issues of justice and inclusion in the Middle East.
Main responsibilities include:
- Providing programme support to Embrace’s Programme Managers (PMs) with a particular focus on supporting the PM responsible for managing Embrace’s partner and programme portfolio for Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories (IoPt).
- Assisting with the planning and implementation of Embrace’s advocacy campaigns.
- Coordinating the supply and transfer of information from partners to communication and fundraising colleagues.
- Providing admin and data support for the whole team.
- Supporting the Charity in every way possible to fulfil its vision and charitable aims.
This role is a great opportunity for someone keen to develop their transferable skills and increase their international development and programmatic interest and experience, whilst contributing in a supporting role to Embrace’s Programme, Partnerships and Advocacy team.
To be successful in this role, candidates will:
- Understand the work of Embrace the Middle East and share the Charity’s vision and mission.
- Bring experience and/or interest of grant management – including Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning.
- Have excellent knowledge/experience of using Microsoft 365, including SharePoint, Teams, Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Have excellent organisational and administrative skill, and experience of working in a team support role.
- Have strong oral and written communication skills.
- Be self-motivated and able to work under pressure and prioritise effectively.
- Be flexible in a multi-task environment and keen to offer a ‘can do’ attitude.
- Have an awareness of the context, dynamics, and challenges of working in the Middle East.
- Be flexible to work remotely and in an office environment as required.
- Have a strong theological understanding with the ability to refer to scripture and be comfortable to pray with Partners and colleagues.
- Have excellent attention to detail.
We are seeking applicants who actively practise Embrace’s Christian values and want to join us in strengthening relationships with our broad base of local Christian partner organisations in the Middle East.
Staff benefits at Embrace the Middle East
- To support every member of staff to work as effectively as possible, Embrace offers remote and flexible working arrangements. This includes flexitime and home-working arrangements
- Flexitime - start work between 7:30am – 10:00am and finish between 3:00pm – 6:00pm. Our core collaborative working hours are between 10:00am to 3:00pm
- Pension - option to join from day 1. Maximum employer contribution of 10%
- Holiday - 32 days, including 8 bank holidays and a day off work for your birthday – rising to 33 days after 5 years' service and 34 days after 10 years' service, plus 3 days leave between Christmas and the New Year
- Life Assurance - 3x salary
- Access to retail discount portal
- Employee Assistant Programme (confidential counselling, legal and financial advice) - available 24 /7, 365 days a year
- Training and development programme for all employees
- Commitment to staff health & wellbeing
This role is hybrid working, with the requirement to work at Embrace’s office at least one to two days a month in High Wycombe for team building purposes and other times as requested.
For more information and to apply, please visit our vacancies page.
Closing date: 7 February 2025.
We aim to contact all shortlisted candidates either before or shortly after the closing date for applications.
Embrace the Middle East provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We are dedicated to an inclusive culture, and we strive to create a workplace where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristic, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together. We welcome applications from all individuals irrespective of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability.
Please note that in order to be considered for this position you need to have the right to work in the UK, either through nationality or relevant work visa. The successful candidate will be required to complete a medical questionnaire and undertake a disclosure check as part of the Charity’s safer recruitment policy.
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Overview
Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to migrant domestic workers in the UK to improve and to help them access their rights. Alongside offering advice and support, Kalayaan draws on this experience to produce data, evidence and briefings to inform policy and advocate for improvements in policy and the rights of migrant domestic workers.
The is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the Community Engagement project at
Kalayaan, creating a diverse programme of events for service users. You will be part of a
passionate and dedicated team committed to improving the rights of migrant domestic
workers.
The Role
We are seeking a dynamic, creative and resourceful person to lead, manage and facilitate
community engagement events, campaigns, webinars and workshops. You will be a self-
starter with the initiative and drive to continue an impactful schedule of events focused on
delivering value and support to service users. The right candidate will bring a combination of
strong organizational and project management skills, creativity and initiative, along with
excellent communication skills to build strong relationships with service users, the local
community and key stakeholders.
See the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
We will invite suitable candidates to interview on a rolling basis.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Fundraising and Events Officer at Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) will play a pivotal role in supporting the organisation’s mission to provide safe surgery for children by managing the stewardship of mid-level donors, coordinating all administrative aspects of the Fundraising team, supporting the three Heads of Fundraising, managing fundraising events, overseeing fundraising pages, handling Raisers Edge database management, and ensuring appropriate donor recognition and thanking processes are in place.
Working across all income streams - Corporate, Trusts & Foundations, Philanthropy, Institutions, and Community fundraising - this role is key to fostering strong relationships with supporters and enhancing the impact of KidsOR’ s development initiatives.
This position will also involve collaboration with multiple internal stakeholders within the organisation to align efforts and maximise fundraising impact, and offers a great opportunity for someone interested in gaining a broad experience across fundraising income streams.
Putting life-saving tools in life-changing hands
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Senior Philanthropy Officer will play a pivotal role in growing Kids Operating Room’s portfolio of major donors by identifying, cultivating and stewarding mid-level donors (five figure gifts).
This is a new role and is ideal for a self-motivated, skilled relationship-builder ready to take the next step in their career. The position also provides the opportunity to work on a hybrid basis, offering flexibility for the candidate.
As a key member of our dynamic and expanding fundraising team, you will create, develop, and manage accounts for a patron's programme. Starting from a cold pipeline, you will identify and grow philanthropic unrestricted income from newly identified and lapsed supporters.
This position will also involve collaboration with multiple internal stakeholders within the organisation to align efforts and maximise fundraising impact. This role offers a great opportunity for someone interested in stepping up and developing their experience working with major donors.
Putting life-saving tools in life-changing hands
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) is a human rights, feminist organisation led by and for Latin American migrant women in the UK. Our work is dedicated to supporting the immediate and long-term needs of Latin American migrant women exposed to violations of their fundamental human rights; facing violence against women and girls, exploitation or trafficking; enduring difficult living and working conditions in low paid jobs and facing barriers to social protection. Around 2,000 women use our services every year, benefitting from practical and emotional support, learning new skills and improving their own opportunities. We strive to provide essential tools for women to empower themselves in their pursuit of personal and social change.
The Administrator and Finance Officer provides both clerical and administrative support to the LAWRS team on a day-to-day basis. They are involved with the coordination and implementation of office procedures and have responsibility for specific project activities and tasks as needed.
This post is open to Latin American women only* in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and LGBTQ+ candidates as they are currently underrepresented within the team.
*women who identify as Latin Americans (1st and 2nd generation) and speak Spanish and/or Brazilian Portuguese.
Please note that only applicants with the right to work in the UK covering the duration of the contract will be considered for this position.
Background
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people affected by humanitarian crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. We deliver lasting impact by providing health care, helping children learn, and empowering individuals and communities to become self-reliant, always with a focus on the unique needs of women and girls. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, we now work in over 40 crisis-affected countries as well as communities throughout the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
The Global Advocacy & Influence Department is a dynamic team that uses the power of IRC’s ideas to solve the biggest challenges facing IRC’s clients. From the drivers of conflict to the needs of displaced people, the team partners with politicians, policy makers and civil society to bring these solutions to life. We take pride in being creative and focused on solutions. We are precise in our tactics, and messages. We lead change year over year, knowing that system change takes dedicated focus while maintaining the flexibility to respond to emerging needs. Finally, we are collaborative, working not only with programs, strategy, research and innovation, and communications teams across the IRC, but also externally, constantly seeking new insights and perspectives from others in the humanitarian sector and beyond.
IRC UK
IRC UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its global headquarters in New York. We raise profile, deliver policy and practice change, and increase funding to help restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Since 2021, IRC UK has also provided integration services directly to refugees in England, a programme that is rapidly growing. In Europe, the IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.
Job Overview
As the Senior Advocacy Officer, you will be responsible for supporting the IRC to build the profile, influence and credibility of our work with UK politicians, political parties and opinion formers on international and domestic issues, in order to bring about policies and practices that deliver immediate and lasting change to IRC’s clients’ lives. You will be identifying strategic lobbying opportunities and enabling colleagues to exploit them fully through the use of innovative and creative tactics that help IRC stand out in a crowded arena. The role will play a crucial role in delivering IRC’s UK advocacy strategy.
Major Responsibilities:
Advocacy Strategy: Implement advocacy strategies for specific policy goals, collaborating with policy leads, public advocacy and communications colleagues, to advance IRC’s key advocacy objectives.
Influence Analysis: Develop power maps to identify influence priorities and targets. Work with team to support development and execution of creative UK influence strategies, including with nontraditional partners encouraging IRC to develop innovative approaches to advocacy as usual.
Stakeholder management: Support efforts to build IRC’s credibility, profile and relationships by engaging with political stakeholders and supporting opportunities to raise IRC’s profile at key meetings and events.
Political and Policy Tracking. Expand IRC’s political reach by tracking and analysing shifting government positions, individuals engaging on IRC issues. Translate policy asks into political asks. Track political processes and profile opportunities / events; including bills, select committee inquiries, and other parliamentary and political developments. Analyse and report on relevant political and policy trends and regularly communicate across external relations teams.
Policy Engagement: Contribute to policy generation by providing UK specific analysis that increases the credibility and efficacy of our solutions through constant collaboration and in focused policy roundtables. Support IRC’s policy team in identifying and developing policy priorities that are impactful and achievable for the UK.
Communications: Provide market and audience expertise to communications team to craft public advocacy in the UK. Support team in developing communications strategy and develop materials for advocacy targets, including digital/social content and take actions. Support planning and implementation of strategic activities including events.
Teamwork: Support a positive team culture by acting openly and collaboratively, supporting colleagues in their work and sharing credit with others where appropriate.
Steward Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: both in the culture of IRC, as well as in the policy solutions we develop and the ways we wield influence.
Key Working Relationships:
Position reports to: UK Advocacy Director
Internal contacts: Policy and Advocacy colleagues across the globe; Communications; Awards Management; Technical Excellence leads; International Programs leads; and External Relations Department
External contacts: Parliamentarians, FCDO and Home Office stakeholders, key opinion formers, and sector colleagues in the UK.
Job Requirements:
Work experience:
Demonstrated experience in advocacy strategy development with a focus on creativity, strategy and critical thinking. Experience working on complex humanitarian, and/or development issues.
Demonstrated skills and competencies:
· Demonstrated success in creating and implementing strategies that influence/impact on legislative and executive policy.
· Strong understanding of relevant the UK’s political structures and processes, and familiar with leverage points within these institutions that can be targeted to achieve policy change objectives.
· Knowledge of development and humanitarian issues.
· Successful implementation of integrated influencing strategies that work alongside comms to achieve advocacy objectives.
· Ability to think strategically and creatively, being oriented around solutions when traditional advocacy means do not suffice
· Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate successfully with experts, decision-makers, and colleagues in the humanitarian and development fields.
· Excellent writing skills and the ability to translate complex material and data into coherent narratives that resonate with policymakers.
· Ability to work within demanding timelines. Initiative and capability to work independently on fast-paced issues while balancing demands.