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About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
The Enhanced Support Service is a multi-disciplinary team who provides person-led, long term support to people experiencing street homelessness and interconnecting needs. People eligible for the service are identified/ referred from The Connection Community (our wider group of service users regularly accessing our day centre). The team have small ‘caseloads’ and support the person from street homelessness to a new home with a community of support.
You will have substantial experience in delivering a person-led, psychologically, gender and culturally informed service to people who are street homeless. You will be excellent at building and strengthening trust in relationships. You will be a problem solver, with a positive attitude towards change and service development.
You will also have the personal credibility to build confidence in the wider community and across partnerships. You will be both strength-based and solution-focused, developing and enhancing the relationships with a commitment to embed coproduction into The Connections services.
Salary: £36,159
Closing Date: Monday 19th August
Interview Date: w/c 26th August
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
The Street Engagement Team is a multi-disciplinary team that provides person-led support to people experiencing street homelessness and interconnecting needs.
A day in this role is never the same – part of it will be spent on the street, offering support to people experiencing homelessness. You might be out with another member of the team, or with one of our specialist health partners like a homeless health nurse, or substance use worker.
You will also be supporting the Enhanced Practitioners with their caseloads day-to-day, responding to ad-hoc outreach referrals, and contributing to the overall running of the team in a duty capacity.
You will have experience in delivering a person-led, psychologically, gender and culturally informed service to people who are street homeless. You will be excellent at building and strengthening trust in relationships. You will be a problem solver, with a positive attitude towards change and service development.
You will also have the personal credibility to build confidence in the wider community and across partnerships. You will be both strength-based and solution-focused, developing and enhancing the relationships with a commitment to embed coproduction into The Connections services.
Salary: £33,860
Closing Date: Monday 19thAugust
Interview Date: w/c 26th August
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About The Connection at St Martin’s
We believe that no one should have to sleep rough on London’s streets, and that everyone should get the support they need to find a place to call home. We get to know every person we work with, understanding what they need to recover, helping them build on their strengths, and supporting them to find their own way home. Help us make London a city where no one sleeps rough on our streets.
London’s diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.
We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience of homelessness who we believe are an essential asset in our sector.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome the opportunity to consider flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
The Street Engagement Team is a multi-disciplinary team that provides person-led support to people experiencing street homelessness and interconnecting needs.
A day in this role is never the same – part of it will be spent on the street, offering support to people experiencing homelessness. You might be out with another member of the team, or with one of our specialist health partners like a homeless health nurse, or substance use worker. Alongside this element of the role, the rest of your day will be spent intensively supporting a small caseload of people who are isolated from services.
You will have substantial experience in delivering a person-led, psychologically, gender and culturally informed service to people who are street homeless. You will be excellent at building and strengthening trust in relationships. You will be a problem solver, with a positive attitude towards change and service development.
You will also have the personal credibility to build confidence in the wider community and across partnerships. You will be both strength-based and solution-focused, developing and enhancing the relationships with a commitment to embed coproduction into The Connections services.
Salary: £36,159
Closing Date: Monday 19th August
Interview Date: w/c 26th August
Our Benefits
· 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
· Generous training budget, plus an annual personal training budget
· Enhanced Sick Pay Policy
· Enhanced family friendly policies
· Day off for moving house
· Hybrid working (depending on role requirements)
· Pension – 5% Employer, 3% Employee
· Cycle to Work Scheme
· Season Ticket Loan
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Reward Gateway (access to discount vouchers and cashback at the UK’s favourite retailers)
We are a London Living Wage employer
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Exeter Students’ Guild
Head of Organisational Development
Salary: £53,000 to £60,000 (pro-rated)
Location: Exeter
Contract: Permanent – between 21 and 35 hours per week (our preference is 0.6 FTE, 21 hours; however, we are open to exploring a range of working patterns)
Are you a values-driven organisational development professional looking to play a crucial role in the smooth running and continued development of a busy Students’ Guild? We are looking for someone eager to help us become a sector-leading organisation dedicated to helping students love Exeter and ensure every person in the Guild is working towards that mission.
About the Students’ Guild
We are privileged to represent and enhance the experiences of over 26,000 students at the University of Exeter. As an independent charity, we offer a wide range of opportunities, services, and support to help students get the most out of their time at university. Our vision is to empower students to take their place in the world and make a positive difference. We pursue our purpose through the following:
• Influencing the Exeter student experience to ensure it is both a high quality, value-for-money experience for all students and transforms their lives.
• Collaborating with students to ensure there is a supportive, inclusive, empowering and enriching community at Exeter for every student. Students are proud of Exeter and feel they belong to the community here.
• Connecting Exeter student life to the wider world, ensuring that both whilst studying and beyond that, Exeter students and graduates are networked and connected.
Based across one of the most beautiful university campuses in the UK, the Guild offers a flexible, supportive and collaborative working environment and has a huge appetite for innovation and new ideas.
About the Role
As the Head of Organisational Development, you will be a key member of our Senior Management Team, supporting the CEO and elected Officers in shaping the Guild's future.
We are looking for someone who:
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Leads and manages initiatives spanning People, Culture, Operations, IT, facilities, and Health and Safety.
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Empowers and collaborates with Guild managers, dedicated to our Business Partnering model and fostering strong university relationships.
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Cultivates a culture that prioritises outcomes and people, guided by our charity-based values, and is focused on removing barriers for students.
The Guild offers an excellent benefits package, including 27 days holiday plus bank holidays & winter closure, paid time off to support with caring responsibilities & volunteering, sustainable travel incentives, a confidential employee advice service, well-being days, discounts via Perkbox and up to 6% employer pension contributions.
The Guild has a genuine commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, and people with a diverse range of skills, backgrounds and experiences are encouraged to apply.
How to apply:
Key Dates
Closing Date: 12 pm on Monday 19th August
First Stage Interviews (Remote): Wednesday 4th September
Final Interviews (In-person): Wednesday 11th September
Please click on ' How to Apply' to view the Candidate Information Pack with the link to apply for this role.
For an informal conversation about the role and application process, please get in touch with Nida Ashraf at Atkinson HR Consulting.
COMMUNITY FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER
OASIS HUB SHEFFIELD
PART-TIME, 12 HOURS PER WEEK (0.3 FTE)
12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT
SALARY: £7,594 p.a. (£25,312 for 1FTE)
Oasis Charitable Trust is a multi-national charity supporting young people and their families in 10 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 Family Support Worker to work as part of our Oasis Hubs in Sheffield, to engage and work with parents/carers, supporting them to access Hub activities, develop their personal and parenting skills, knowledge and aspirations.
Key responsibilities will be:
· Work with Parents/Carers and hard to reach families, supporting them to build their own health/wellbeing and to meet the health, wellbeing and safety of their children.
· Develop relationship and support the community as they access for emergency hardship. Ensure families have the skill and knowledge to not have to be reliant on emergency support.
· Develop a volunteer–led peer support service and drop in sessions.
· Support families in developing partnerships with local professionals.
The successful post holder must have:
· A relevant professional qualification in Family Support & Community Work (Level 3 or above) or able to demonstrate qualification by experience.
- Successful experience of working with parents / carers and complex families.
· 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.
- Be self-motivated, resilient, with excellent organisational/administrative and inter-personal skills.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing national organisation, making a difference to communities on a local level, while individually improving the life chances of young people. 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 details 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 Family Support Worker?
3. How do you see the Oasis ethos and 9 Habits being displayed in this role?
Completed applications should be returned by 9am on Friday 30th August 2024.
Interviews will take place in Sheffield on Monday 9th or Wednesday 11th September.
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
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
In their search for a new International Finance Manager on a permanent basis Family For Every Child are partnering with Robertson Bell to recruit to this pivotal role.
Family For Every Child is a global alliance of local organisations working on the front line with children and families in need. This exciting opportunity involves reporting directly to the Director of Finance and Corporate Resources and playing a crucial role in supporting the finance function across the charity's UK and New Zealand entities. The organisation seeks a qualified Accountant who is adept at managing diverse financial operations to further the charity's impactful global mission.
In this International Finance Manager role, you will:
- Be fully responsible for managing two finance service providers in the UK and New Zealand entities, ensuring that all invoices are processed and approved in time for fortnightly payment runs handling GBP and other currencies through different systems.
- Conduct quarterly reviews of accounts updated by the finance service provider, identifying variances and hold meetings with budget holders in the programmes team to support quarterly forecasting and maintain an 18-month rolling forecast.
- Ensure all reconciliations are completed by the finance service provider and present quarterly report summaries to the leadership team, and work with the Director of Finance and Corporate Resources to prepare reports for board presentations.
- Ensure annual year-end accounts are produced and reconciled, oversee the external audit process, and address any outstanding questions and lead the annual budgeting process with budget holders and review financial policies periodically to ensure compliance and relevance.
- Utilise your experience working within charities with complex funding streams by leading in the production of donor reporting and work with the finance service provider to establish standardised donor reporting processes.
Boasting a completely remote working pattern, the successful candidate will enjoy the flexibility to work from their home anywhere within the UK. In addition to this, they will benefit from an excellent employee benefit package, which includes a generous annual leave allowance, professional development opportunities, matched pension contributions, family-friendly policies, and other benefits to ensure you have the resources and support to thrive both personally and professionally.
The successful candidate will:
- Have extensive experience overseeing a finance function within a medium sized charity, including the production of management accounts, leading at year-end, and overseeing the transactional operations.
- Ideally, hold some accounting qualifications such as a degree or Masters in Accounting or Finance, CCAB affiliated qualification, AAT or equivalent.
- Preferably, have experience working in an international charity and have gained exposure to multiple currencies, and collaborating with international stakeholders.
- Have a thorough understanding of SORP and a background producing financial reports within the not-for-profit sector.
- Be a confident communicator and have the ability to work independently on a remote basis.
Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Job title: Senior Digital Project Manager
Responsible to: Head of Digital and Content Contract: 18 months
Location: Home based or hybrid office-based (Vauxhall). Some travel across England and Wales.
Working hours: Part-time – 28 per week
Salary: £42,000 per annum plus £3,323 London weighting if applicable (pro rata to part-time)
Valued Recruitment are working exclusively with a fantastic organisation who support carers and their families across the UK.They help carers to build communities of support and action by connecting families locally and across England and Wales. The charity support, connect and campaign – to keep families stronger by keeping them together.
About the team:
This is an exciting role, joining our newly formed Digital and Content team. As the organisation continues to invest in its digital estate to support organisational goals, the role of Senior Digital Project Manager will play a key role. You will work with the Head of Digital and Content to build a brilliant website and digital products, which meet the needs of our carers and our other key audiences.
What you need to know about this role:
In 2023, we launched an online information hub for our carers where they can find out about services that can support them in their journey. This currently sits separate to our main site. We are now working with Studio24 to bring these sites together, to create a unified user experience, with new website functionality. A key consideration for this development is our recent Department for Education contract to deliver high quality training to carers across England. As part of this service, we must ensure that carers can seamlessly book online or face-to-face training through our website. Additionally, they should have access to a wide range of online information and advice content. While some of this functionality exists within our current digital estate, not all of it does and there is room for improvement. Therefore, the redevelopment project aims to create a cohesive website experience with clear user journeys and new functionality.
The type of person we’re looking for:
We are seeking a candidate with a strong background in project management and UX. You will be experienced in managing complex digital projects throughout their lifecycle. You will be able to work collaboratively and have excellent communication skills to engage both internal and external stakeholders. You will have a genuine passion for working with and involving users in meaningful ways and have a particular interest in accessible and inclusive design. You will be able to build rapport with internal stakeholders, keeping them up to date with digital developments, explaining things in easily accessible language and obtaining buy-in from across the organisation. We are seeking someone who is curious and excited about digital developments. Who wants to explore how they can make a difference to carers lives, while understanding risks and ethical considerations.
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About the role
The Wilder Communities Officer will inspire and support community-led action for wildlife and empower local people to create more wildlife rich spaces on their doorstep. Working with colleagues across the Trust, the officer will help to build a wilder future through local community action for nature, with a particular focus on rivers and wetland habitats, and linking in with our Species Survival in Hertfordshire’s Chalk Rivers project.
For a full copy of our recruitment pack and details of how to apply please visit our website.
Project summary - Species Recovery for Chalk Steams – Wilder Communities
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust has secured a grant from the Species Survival Fund, a partnership between Defra and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
The Species Survival Fund is enabling the Trust to deliver an ambitious restoration programme for our chalk river and wetland habitats across 11.15km of the River Lea Catchment in Hertfordshire. As part of the project, with additional funding, the Trust will be working in local communities to highlight the importance of our chalk streams and wetland habitats and enabling groups and individuals to take their own local action for wildlife.
This community organising work will initially focus on communities in and around Welwyn Garden City and Hertford.
How do we support you?
The Trust strives to be a positive employer supporting our staff through flexible and hybrid working, and training and development. We recognise the importance of our staff team and looking after their health and wellbeing. Our values and expected behaviours reflect the culture which the Trust seeks to maintain to ensure productive, efficient, effective and pleasant workplaces and roles.
In support of this, we offer an excellent benefits package, ranging from office perks, generous leave entitlements and financial benefits. You can find out on our website.
About the Trust
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust is a local nature conservation charity.
We believe that wildlife should have space to thrive alongside our everyday lives and that everyone benefits from having access to nature.
Our staff team is enthusiastic, friendly and committed to making a difference.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Greenpeace are partnering exclusively with Robertson Bell in their search for a new Deputy Head of Finance to join their team on a permanent basis. Greenpeace is a movement of people who are passionate about defending the natural world from destruction. Our vision is a greener, healthier and more peaceful planet, one that can sustain life for generations to come.
The Deputy Head of Finance will assist in the smooth running of the finance department and provide accurate and timely financial management reporting, insight, analysis and business partnering to budget holders and other non-finance stakeholders. You will ensure completeness, integrity and value and will assist the Head of Finance with project work when required.
The organisation:
Greenpeace are independent. We don’t accept any funding from governments, corporations or political parties – our work is funded by ordinary people. That means we are free to confront governments and corporations responsible for the destruction of the natural world and push for real change.
We do this by investigating, documenting and exposing the causes of environmental destruction. We work to bring about change by lobbying, consumer pressure and mobilising members of the general public. And we take peaceful direct action to protect our Earth and promote solutions for a green and peaceful future.
The role:
- Assist the Head of Finance with the preparation of the Greenpeace Ltd monthly management accounts.
- Provide support and advice to budget holders to aid budgetary understanding and ownership.
- Proactively work to improve finance processes, including developing budget management processes.
- Assist the Head of Finance in the efficient and timely preparation of the Greenpeace Ltd annual accounts production and the conduct of the annual audit.
- Represent the team at a senior level including providing financial advice to the organisation.
- Share leadership responsibilities for the team with the Head of Finance. Provide expertise, insights, financial advice and problem solving as necessary.
- Assist the Head of Finance with improving VAT reporting, compliance, analysis and organisational understanding.
- Influence and manage the workload of the Finance team, including the delegation of work, weekly/monthly monitoring of workload and priorities against work plan/timetable, and resolution of any bottlenecks that occur.
- Lead and develop the Senior Finance officer who reports directly to you.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a qualified, or a finalist Accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA or other chartered accountancy qualification) or will be qualified by experience.
- Have substantial experience of management accounting, budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
- Be a self-starter, with the ability to work on own initiative
- Have proven experience of delivering a business partnering focussed service and providing in depth insight, analysis and guidance to budget-holders.
- Support and believe in the aims of Greenpeace.
- Have highly developed communication skills with credibility to operate outside the finance function up to senior management level.
The position will be based at Greenpeace’s head office a short walk away from Highbury and Islington station and requires two days attendance at the office. The closing date for applications is 4th August with interviews taking place the week commencing 12th August.
Applications will be under constant review before the closing date, so please submit your application to our exclusive search agent, Robertson Bell. Apply now to be considered!
New Horizon Youth Centre has been commissioned by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) as part of an Alliance with Safer London, St Giles Trust and the Anna Freud Centre to deliver on their Children and Young People’s Violence and Exploitation and Reduction support service. The commission will run from June 2024 for three years. As part of this, an additional service will be set up within the NHYC Youth Justice team specifically to deliver on the Alliance contract. This will include a team of Housing Caseworkers who will carry out assessments and advocacy work with young people under 25 who are fleeing violence and exploitation, in order to move them on successfully into both emergency and long-term housing options. You should be passionate about working with this client group, able to manage a fast-moving caseload, and committed to working collaboratively with a team across multiple services.
*Please note, previous applicants for this role need not reapply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Starting salary £45,000 per annum | Full-time (35 hours per week) | Permanent
This is a hybrid role involving, office based (in Vauxhall, Shepherd's Bush, and Ealing) and remote working, as well as travel across London. This may evolve overtime in line with Service User, service delivery and organisational requirements
About us
Women and Girls Network (WGN) has been supporting survivors of sexual violence for over 35 years. One of our first services was the Sexual Violence Helpline which offers confidential emotional support affected by any form of sexual violence. Over the last 5 years WGN has undergone significant growth and development as a provider of Sexual Violence services in London primarily with the addition of the London Survivors Gateway (which is a collaboration between eight specialist London agencies - the four Rape Crisis Centres, SurvivorsUK, Galop, Respond and the Havens - who work with survivors of sexual violence and abuse and this partnership is led by WGN).
About the role
We are now looking for a dynamic leader to take these services to the next stage of their evolution. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to lead around WGN’s pan London Sexual Violence helpline-based services both internally as well as coordinating the London Survivors Gateway partnership externally.
About you
The ideal candidate will have an in-depth understanding of sexual violence and a proven track record of delivering, managing and developing specialist support services offering advice, emotional support and / or advocacy of front-line services which has involved responsibility for safeguarding and ensuring the highest quality provision.
You will have the excellent management and leadership qualities required to lead and motivate a multi-disciplinary team including Managers, Caseworkers, Helpline Advisors and Navigators.
How to apply
Please scroll down to download the vacancy documents. Completed application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring forms should be submitted by the stated closing date.
Interview details
Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 29th August, however, please note that dates may be subject to change.
Further Information
This post is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check.
WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme.
We provide clinical supervision, access to an on-going CPD programme and the opportunity to work in a leading multi-cultural women-led feminist organisation.
We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Ethnic communities.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer. Posts are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Salary range £33,000 - £37,000 per annum (£26,400 - £29,600 pro-rated) | 28 hours per week (Part-time) | Permanent
Hybrid working from home and WGN offices (main office based in Vauxhall, occasional travel to community offices may be required within London) with regular evening work
About us
Women and Girls Network (WGN) was established in 1987 and has spent over 30 years supporting women and girls across London affected by gendered violence. This includes childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, prostitution (including trafficking and sexual exploitation), female genital mutilation (FGM), and so-called 'honour' based crimes such as forced marriage.
Our goal is to promote, preserve, and restore the mental health and wellbeing of women and girls, to empower them to make a total and sustainable recovery from the experiences of violence.
About the role
With expansion plans over the last few years at Women and Girls Network (WGN) and increase in the Executive Senior Leadership team, we are excited to be adding to the team with this hire of an Executive Assistant and Clerk to Trustees to join and support in making an impact in everything we do!
The position of Executive Assistant & Clerk to Trustees will directly support the two CEO’s (Clinical & Development), Director of Finance & Resources and Director Services; they will also act as Clerk to the Board of Trustees.
About you
We are seeking an outstanding administrative professional, who has directly supported CEO and Director level professionals previously in non-profit sector role. You will be highly organised, with a meticulous attention to detail and able to hold confidentiality to the highest standard. The ideal candidate will be friendly, proactive and bring a positive energy to work.
How to apply
Please scroll down to download the vacancy documents. Completed application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring forms should be submitted by the stated closing date.
Interview details
The interview process will consist of two stages, it is anticipated that the first stage interview will take place the week commencing 12th August 2024.
Further information
This post is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check.
WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme, as well as the opportunity to work with a leading multi-cultural, women-led feminist charity.
We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Ethnic communities.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer. Posts are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Starting salary £30,000 per annum | 35 hours per week (Full-time) | Permanent
This role will involve hybrid working from home and WGN offices, as well as travel across London and community-based working as determined by service user and service delivery requirements.
About us
Women and Girls Network (WGN) was established in 1987 and has spent over 30 years supporting women and girls across London affected by gendered violence. This includes childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, rape, prostitution (including trafficking and sexual exploitation), female genital mutilation (FGM), and so-called 'honour' based crimes such as forced marriage.
About the role
We are now looking for looking for an experienced and dynamic Pan-London Specialist Housing Caseworker to join our highly successful Advice Casework Service.
The Advice Casework Service provides trauma-informed, intersectional, woman-centred, rights and strengths-based advocacy and advice that supports survivors on their unique journey of healing and growth. The work is delivered through a commitment to an anti-oppressive, feminist framework that strives to address additional barriers and meet the diverse range of survivors needs, understanding the specific support needs of each survivor. We are passionate about social justice and being part of dismantling systems and structures which oppress survivors, and Caseworkers play a key role in identifying current issues affecting survivors in London and opportunities for change.
As a Caseworker you will work with young women (18-30) who have experienced any form of violence against women and girls (VAWG), providing medium and long-term practical, emotional and advocacy support. You will amplify young women’s voices and create a non-judgemental and creative space where survivors are free to be their authentic selves, safely explore their rights, options and impact of their experiences, and make informed choices about their future. You will manage a caseload of young women, as well as lead in delivering our one-off drop-in specialist practical support to sessions to young women as part of the Voice and Choice Project.
About you
The ideal candidate will be experienced in providing specialist advocacy support to young people, have an excellent insight into the needs of survivors of VAWG and to be passionate about delivering creative face-to-face sessions to young people. If you have the required skills and are passionate about supporting survivors, we would love to hear from you.
How to apply
Please scroll down to download the vacancy documents. Completed application form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring forms should be submitted by the stated closing date.
Interview details
Interviews are expected to take place remotely in the week commencing 26th August 2024, however, please note dates may be subject to change.
Further Information
This post is subject to satisfactory references and a DBS check.
WGN’s employee benefits include: 3% pension contribution, enhanced leave entitlement and an Employee Assistance Programme, as well as the opportunity to work with a leading multi-cultural, women-led feminist charity.
We welcome and encourage applications from women of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Ethnic communities.
WGN is an equal opportunities employer. Posts are exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.