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Praxis is a dynamic, award-winning human rights charity. We have 40 years of experience working with migrant communities in London. Our immigration advice service offers support to more than 2,000 people each year. Praxis provides a safe space and support through immigration advice and support to access services such as housing and health. We run peer support groups that build social networks and confidence. Together with people with lived experience, Praxis campaigns for a compassionate and humane immigration system where no one is discriminated against based on their immigration status, race, or class.

 We are currently hiring for a Receptionist – maternity cover.

Purpose of the role:

· To provide a friendly and welcoming service to all clients and visitors coming to Praxis’ Pott Street offices.

· To take day to day responsibility for the reception area; keeping it tidy and well stocked with service leaflets, timetables, fliers etc.

· Responsibility for the in and out-going post, answering of incoming calls and relaying messages, and carrying out necessary administrative tasks and taking responsibility for health & safety in the reception area.

· Overall, being a helpful, friendly, and professional first point of contact for everybody who comes through the door at Praxis.

See the Person Specification and Job Description for more detail. 

Our Attractive Benefits Package Includes 

· A 35-hour working week including flexible working hours (pro rata for part time posts)

· 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays) 

· Option to buy up to 3 days annual leave each year.

· 1-day additional birthday leave

· A defined contribution pension scheme 

· Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you 24/7. 

· A season ticket loan to help you spread the cost of your commute. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from those with lived experience of migration, and from diverse applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital/civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or pregnancy/maternity leave status. 

Please see our website to find out more about our work.

For further details, please contact Austeja Gaigalaite, Office Manager.

To apply, send us your CV and an optional cover letter demonstrating your capabilities in relation to each of the points of the person specification. Where relevant use your answers to illustrate how your competencies have helped you to achieve positive results. This will give you the best possible chance to be shortlisted. 

If you would like to speak to someone about any adjustments or have any questions you can email and we will be in touch with you to make the necessary arrangements.

We are taking a dynamic approach in recruiting for this role, applications for this role will be processed on a rolling basis.

ABOUT US

We’re a small, creative and fast-growing charity that was established from inside The Economist in 2012. We support children, aged 10 to 16, from under-served backgrounds to develop essential skills for the modern world. We do this by enabling them to join inspiring discussions about the news, which teach them to think critically, communicate effectively and understand global issues. 

Our activities

Our programme, Topical Talk, brings about these discussions in four ways:

• We create world-class teaching resources for classroom discussions about global news stories
• We run Topical Talk Festival: the only news festival for young people. Children from countries all over the world join discussions with each other and global experts; and they work towards publishing their opinions in written, audio and film format for the chance to win awards 
• We offer Topical Talk Prizes: collections of resources for a series in-depth discussions about a big global issue or theme, following which students submit their work for the chance to win prizes
• We train and support teachers to bring high-quality news discussions into their classrooms; including through intensive, in-person community partnerships in the UK, US and Nigeria

Our impact

Children who take part in Topical Talk can make seven times more progress compared to their peers in creativity, problem-solving, open-minded listening and confident speaking. These skills are linked with better outcomes at school, in employment and as citizens. Our programme has received international recognition, including by HundrED as one of the top 100 educational initiatives of 2020 and 2021, and as first-prize winner of the UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Awards 2022.

Our ambitions

We are at an exciting point in our trajectory. We have demonstrated huge growth potential, going from a small UK pilot in 2013 to working with thousands of teachers globally today, including on-the-ground work in the UK and US. There is still an enormous unmet need, so we have bold plans to reach one million children in 2026, with 100,000 engaging on a weekly basis. 

THE ROLE 

We’re looking for a qualified teacher or ex-teacher who is excited to play a hands-on role in our team, training and building relationships with Topical Talk teachers in the UK and internationally.

You’ll be responsible, alongside our Teacher Engagement and Development Lead, for supporting teachers to get the most from Topical Talk programmes. You’ll do this by building strong relationships with a range of individual teachers, school groups (for example multi-academy trusts) and organisations. You'll be confident communicating with and motivating teachers, and delivering inspiring teacher training in a range of settings in the UK and internationally. You’ll also work directly with 10- to 16-year-old students on a regular basis, to model lessons to teachers, deliver workshops and facilitate online discussions. 

From time to time you will work with our content team to give input into the creation of interactive lessons on news topics. You’ll share ideas for class activities or topics, join idea-generation and feedback sessions, and occasionally draft lessons yourself. 

OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Real impact: you’ll work directly with teachers and students to make a real difference to children’s ability to think critically, listen well, express themselves and understand the big issues of our time
• Growth and development: you’ll join a fast-growing charity with opportunities to grow your skills and responsibility as the organisation takes on bigger challenges. We invest in training and development and will support you to build the skills and experience as you need, for example, working with you to find expert mentors within The Economist Group 
• A friendly, driven and highly-effective team: we are deeply committed to being an inspiring, happy place to work, where we learn and achieve things that matter together. We work collaboratively and supportively, with the freedom to use our own judgement and be creative 
• Flexible working: our core hours are from 10am to 4pm with a minimum of two days spent in the office each week (Wednesdays and Thursdays)
• Other benefits: Economist Group benefits include a great central-London office (The Adelphi Building near Charing Cross), private medical insurance, a cycle to work scheme and more

RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and deliver teacher training and support to maximise impact of Topical Talk (40%)

• Work with the Teacher Engagement and Development Lead to design and deliver online and in-person teacher training that supports and inspires teachers to run Topical Talk lessons regularly
• Visit schools to observe, and occasionally teach, Topical Talk lessons
• Collect data, such as case studies and progress reports, to help evaluate the impact of Topical Talk 
• Test and evaluate different approaches to teacher support in order to continually improve how we work with teachers

Engage students with Topical Talk lessons (30%)

• Deliver inspiring workshops and lessons about the news to young people aged 10 to 16 globally
• Co-plan and present Live Lessons to a global audience
• Facilitate online discussions between young people during Topical Talk Festivals 
• Collaborate with the content team to share ideas, give feedback and occasionally draft lessons about the news

Build and nurture effective relationships with teachers, school groups and organisations (30%) 

• Build strong relationships with teachers, administrators, local education authorities, school districts or multi-academy trusts, to make Topical Talk a long-term success in the schools 
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of Topical Talk in depth in these schools or communities, using evidence to recommend programme-wide changes
• Work with the Head of Marketing and Teacher Engagement Development Lead to recruit schools to participate in Topical Talk Festival, liaising with teachers and persistently following up as needed
• Support teachers to get ready to participate in the Topical Talk Festival, including briefing them, guiding them through the sign-up process and answering their questions / troubleshooting

This role will involve international travel so a valid passport is required. It also involves working with young people, so you will need to have an enhanced DBS check (which The Foundation will organise).

REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE

You are…

• A clear and compelling communicator, verbally and in writing – you’re able to engage people with our work and build strong relationships
• Willing to travel – you are keen to travel across the UK on a regular (weekly) basis, and overseas on a termly basis
• Highly personable – you build rapport quickly and nurture ongoing relationships 
• Passionate about current affairs – you want to help young people to understand the news
• Meticulous in your work – you have exceptional attention to detail and time management
• Collaborative – you are happy to work as part of a team to ensure the best results
• A great problem-solver – you can manage the needs of different audiences and stakeholders
• Results-oriented – you use your initiative and are driven to achieve our targets

You have…

• Qualified Teacher Status (or equivalent) – you have at least two years of experience teaching primary or secondary students and an up-to-date knowledge of educational research and developments
• Experience delivering training to teachers on multiple pastoral and curriculum-related topics
• Experience of building relationships and managing stakeholders to secure what’s needed from them
• A proven track record of planning, analysing and reporting on projects

You might have…

• Experience of working in schools or with teachers outside of the UK 

We’re particularly keen for you to apply if you are from a community under-represented in the charity sector or have lived experience of facing extra barriers because of your background. If you require any adjustments for your interview, just let us know.

Join us to play a vital role in raising funds so that Catching Lives can meet the increasing need for our homelessness services. As Fundraising Officer, you'll work closely with the CEO as part of an enthusiastic, dedicated team of staff and volunteers.

Catching Lives will support you to join the Level Three Fundraiser Apprenticeship at the University of Kent and provide day study release during the programme, which is mostly taught online. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your knowledge and skills for a career in charity fundraising. For more information see the recruitment pack.

The role requires strong communication and organisational skills. You’ll manage a varied workload, including public-facing responsibilities such as attending events and engaging supporters across the community, alongside desk-based activities around data, finance and planning. You’ll be supported to apply your transferable skills and to develop as a fundraiser.

Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is the only UK charity dedicated to raising awareness of economic abuse and transforming responses to it. Our vision is a world in which all women and girls are economically equal and live their lives free of abuse and exploitation.

Economic abuse is a form of coercive and controlling behaviour: 95% of women who experience domestic abuse will experience economic abuse. It limits their choices and ability to access safety. 

We work in partnership to ensure women have access to and control over their own economic resources. We focus on four strategic priorities: public education and awareness-raising; transforming professional responses; ensuring systems do not inadvertently facilitate economic abuse; and influencing policy.

Our work is led by victim-survivors of economic abuse (Experts by Experience). Their lived experience and knowledge shapes everything we do. We are always learning, and we share our expertise via a national working group and an international network of practitioners, researchers and policymakers.

Founded in 2017, we are purposeful and agile in approach. We led the successful call to recognise and define economic abuse within the UK Parliament’s Domestic Abuse Bill. This has created a framework and momentum for change. Our aim now is to ensure that policy and practice recognises economic abuse so that victim-survivors are supported to achieve economic justice and abusers are held accountable for their behaviour.

About the Compass Project

The Compass Project Coordinator will work as part of an exciting new partnership between Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA), Living Without Abuse (LWA) and RISE (Refuge, Information, Support & Education). The Compass Project seeks to develop best practice responses to economic abuse within the coordinated community response by working with local professionals to help them understand and respond to economic abuse.

About the Compass Project Coordinator role

The Compass Project Coordinator will work to:

• Act as a point of contact for stakeholders across the Project areas (Brighton & Hove, Leicester, Rutland and Leicestershire), coordinating stakeholder engagement and access to training and resources. 
• Work closely with the Interim Women’s Sector Manager to coordinate and implement the Compass Project in pilot sites.

The Compass Project Coordinator will:

1. Collaborate with Compass Project Partners to:

• Support the coordination of training and dissemination of resources to professionals across the two pilot sites.
• Identify and engage with local lived experience groups and women with experience of economic abuse, ensuring inclusion of women from minoritised groups, to inform and guide our work.
• Develop and maintain key working relationships and partnerships with various stakeholders and partners across the two local sites including the facilitation of links with money and debt advice services, and local financial services.
• Support the collection of qualitative and quantitative data from the network for the purpose of project and external evaluation.

2. Facilitating access to economic abuse training and resources:

• Develop and deliver tailored training sessions on economic abuse to enable frontline workers to recognise and respond to economic abuse.
• Work with Compass Project Partners to integrate relevant economic abuse content into existing resources.
•  Implement data collection processes to support the evaluation of the project.
• Ensure effective communication with the project group and coordination of activities across the two pilot sites. Promote and facilitate SEA’s established routes to support for survivors and professionals.
• Attend local VAWG/DA Network meetings in a consultative capacity as an expert for economic abuse.
• Work with the communications teams across project partners to effectively promote the project.
• Facilitate referrals for women to the Domestic and Financial Abuse Team at Lloyds Banking Group and other banks/building societies we have direct links into.

3. General Duties and Responsibilities

• As part of the Specialist Team at SEA, manage the info@ email account on a designated day.
•  Represent SEA in training and presentation requests.
• Contribute to evaluation reports and presentations as required for the Compass Project.
• To contribute to the promotion of SEA and its work and uphold its behaviours and values.
• To participate and contribute to team meetings and organisational development.
• To engage in learning and take responsibility for continuous personal development.
• To comply with SEA and MAP’s policies and procedures and legal requirements, such as provisions set out in the GDPR, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and Equality Act 2010.

Person specification

We are looking for a domestic abuse and/or frontline community professional with an interest in developing expertise around economic abuse. In order to apply, you should have the following skills and experience:

Essential knowledge/skills/experience

• Knowledge and experience of supporting and working with victim-survivors of domestic abuse. Frontline experience of working with victim-survivors would be an advantage.
• An understanding of the coordinated community response to domestic abuse and commitment to all aspects of partnership working to improve the response.
•  A strong and demonstrable interest in economic abuse.
• Experience of developing and delivering training face to face and online.
• Strong communication and engagement skills.
• Experience of safeguarding and managing risk.
• Experience of working in partnership and managing relationships with voluntary and statutory sector agencies to enable their full participation in the partnership.
• Demonstratable experience of implementing project delivery plans with a range of stakeholders, and reporting on progress and risk management.
• Ability to produce high quality documents and maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills including the ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and on own initiative.
• A commitment to the values and ethos of SEA.

Desirable knowledge/skills

• Experience of contributing to the development of resources for self-advocacy/professional practice.

Abilities

• A fast learner who can hit the ground running.
•  Adaptable and a good team player.
• A positive, can-do approach.
• Resilient, with a calm, measured approach.

Additional information

• This role is home-based. A laptop and telephone are provided, and travel expenses are covered.
• The team meets approximately once a month, virtually and in various locations across the UK on a quarterly basis.
• Appointment to this role will be subject to right to work in the UK.
• Due to the nature of our work, this role will also be subject to satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) enhanced check and references.

What we offer

• 25 days annual leave (pro rata), plus 5 Wellbeing Days (pro rata) and Statutory Bank Holidays.
• Flexible working.
• Working from home allowance.
• 3% Employer Pension Contribution.
• Reflective practice and Employee Assistance Programme.
• The chance to be part of our highly professional, supportive team.

Application and interview 

• This post is only open to female applicants as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
• Apply via the link to the jobs page on our website.
• Applications will be reviewed, and interviews arranged, on a rolling basis, so for the best chance of success, please apply ASAP.
• If you have been shortlisted for interview, you will be informed by email. 
• If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of your application being submitted, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.
• All posts, including remote posts, must be based in the UK.
• The deadline to submit your application is 2nd August 2024 at 1600hrs, although please note that we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
• Interviews will be held throughout July and August.

Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) is committed to developing an inclusive team which reflects the diversity of the communities we support. Our culture celebrates diverse voices, and we particularly encourage applications from Black and minoritised applicants and disabled applicants who are under-represented at SEA.

Would you like to work with nursery age children inspiring the next group of Coin Street champions?

Do you have a level 2 or 3 qualification in working with children?

How would you like to be part of a friendly team doing a job that makes a difference to children’s lives in an organisation that puts people before profit?

If the answer is YES then we would like to hear from you

Coin Street Nursery have a fantastic opportunities for experienced, energetic, and enthusiastic early years educators to join our team. 

We are looking for people who have: 

• a recognised qualification in childcare, ideally NVQ Level 3 or above or NVQ Level 2
• appreciate the importance of parent partnership
• knowledge of how to support children’s learning and development 
• a can-do and enthusiastic attitude
• an understanding of how to safeguard and protect children

What can we offer you?

• Competitive salary (based on your qualification and experience)
• Flexible working days for better work-life balance
• Access to high quality training
• Coaching and mentoring support
• Generous pension at 8% - 5% from the employer if you contribute 3%
• 20% discount of childcare fees
• 35 days off a year, including 8 bank holidays, 3 days off between Christmas and New Year (additional days awarded for long service)
• Personal development grant of up to £1,000 per year

There's more… 

• Six inset days per year (three for nursery staff only and three with the wider Coin Street team)
• Refer a friend bonus of £500 for existing employees
• Health and wellbeing package including a confidential employee assistance programme and online therapy sessions plus free gym and daily fresh fruit
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme (on completion of probation)
• Staff social events (summer BBQ and Christmas party)
• Opportunities to join Coin Street committees (for example the Black lives Matter Race & Equality Steering Committee, Inset planning, staff social committee)
• Local retail (star card) and online discounts

Contract
Permanent, 40 hours per week (shift rotas). We are open to part-time options.

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

Application Closing Date: August 12th, 2024 at 23:00 BST
Location: Remote or hybrid working within the UK; individuals will be required to attend occasional in-person office days in London as needed and prescribed by the organisation. This role requires applicants to be able to show that they have the right to work in the UK.
Term: Full-time - 35 hours a week, Fixed-Term Contract (18 months)
Organisation: Global Greengrants Fund UK
Salary: Salaries at Global Greengrants Fund UK (GGF UK) are dependent on applicable salary scales, and internal pay policies including equity considerations and budget. Due to how salary negotiations perpetuate existing structural inequities, GGF UK has moved away from salary negotiation processes for any candidate. Our best offer for this position is £44,000 per annum
Benefits: We have improved our benefits package and we now offer 10% employer’s pension contribution, remote and flexible remote working, generous family and sick leave, employee assistance programme, health and life insurance, 28 days annual leave plus all UK bank holidays.

About Global Greengrants Fund:
Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) supports grassroots activists and civil society organisations around the world working to address environmental and social justice in over 160 countries. GGF applies a participatory and decentralised model in making grants to grassroots groups through regional and thematic boards of advisors, global partner networks and independent funds, to support grassroots environmental and social justice action. Global Greengrants Fund comprises two organisations located in the USA, Global Greengrants Fund Inc (established in 1993), and Global Greengrants Fund UK
(established in 2012). The two organisations work closely together with a shared grantmaking programme and strategic collaboration at the senior leadership level. GGF UK consists of thirteen staff members working on fundraising and influencing philanthropy; finance; communications; and operations, with all of these functions operating autonomously but in close collaboration with their US counterpart functions.

In 2024, Global Greengrants Fund is amid a strategic journey in which we collectively centre our values, including diversity, equity and inclusion, and organisational care in our work, and to rediscover our identity and potential after 30 years of work. We have experienced tremendous growth over the past two years and we are thoughtfully, yet rapidly, growing our annual grantmaking, our philanthropic advocacy, and our global partnerships and collaborations to new levels. This includes creating a globally networked learning organisation and transforming our organisational culture to be more collaborative and self-steering – we call this our transformative journey. The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Officer needs to understand the challenges and opportunities that come with these transformations and can remain flexible, steady, and adaptable.

The role
Global Greengrants Fund UK is looking to hire an energetic and passionate individual who will play a key role in establishing and developing Global Greengrants Fund UK’s Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) work. The new role of MEAL Officer will undertake high-quality data management and analysis to produce key learnings on the outcomes of GGF’s grantmaking and other programmatic activity, as well as leading system improvements to our evolving monitoring, evaluation and learning framework in collaboration with global colleagues. They will be providing support to the emerging global learning function, and the role will support the delivery of learning activities across our network to develop clear briefs, learnings and findings that can be used by other functions, including the Communications and Philanthropic Partnerships teams, to strengthen the organisation’s external and internal engagement and knowledge sharing activities. This will include developing appropriate methodologies and tools to collate, validate, summarise, analyse and report on key trends within our grantmaking using and improving on a range of data sources including grantee application forms and reports. Working as part of the UK Programme Support function and reporting to the Deputy Executive Director, the post holder will also collaborate closely with colleagues across the global organisation Global Greengrants Fund, particularly within the Programmes, Communications, and Learning teams towards realising organisational aims.

The candidate profile
The successful applicant will have significant relevant experience in a similar role in a charitable, environmental, development, and/or grant-making organisation. They will be an experienced, senior-level specialist with a strong track record in data collection, monitoring and analysis, with good working knowledge of a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, tools and systems, and in using this information to evaluate and recommend adaptations, and in reporting. Higher-level qualifications/certification in a relevant field, post-graduate qualification would be a distinct advantage, particularly in the social sciences and/or use of mixed method approaches. They will have demonstrated experience authoring MEAL related reports, either organisational reports or academic publications; demonstrated ability to coordinate and improve the process of data collection, analysis and reporting and demonstrated experience in managing datasets, databases, programming, and other analysis software. They will have excellent written and verbal communication skills; and be confident in engaging a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including at senior levels. They have exceptional organisational and research abilities, with strong attention to detail and accuracy, including analysing large amounts of information from disparate sources. They should have excellent interpersonal understanding, relationship building, and interpersonal skills to build strong alliances with diverse constituencies. They also thrive in a virtual environment and are motivated to take on challenges and collaboratively find innovative and creative solutions.
 
The right candidate will understand GGF’s core values and be committed to the guiding principles and mission of GGF and ensure they uphold them in the way they take up the responsibilities of the role.

How to apply:
Applications need to be submitted through GGF UK’s job platform by August 12th, 2024 at 23:00 BST. To apply via the job platform and to see the detailed Job Description please click here. You will be required to upload a current CV, along with a cover letter explaining why you want to work for Global Greengrants Fund and how you meet the requirements of the role as part of your application. You will need to submit these in English. If you’re intrigued by this position but feel like you don’t fit the profile precisely, please still apply.

Global Greengrants Fund UK is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our team is critical to our success. We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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

Healthwatch Sutton is a dynamic charitable organisation, set up to improve the health and wellbeing of people of Sutton. We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to work with us to hear from the diverse communities of Sutton and to use their views to improve the health and wellbeing of local people. The successful applicant will be able to raise our profile and awareness of our work in the Borough.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about enabling local people to have a voice in health and wellbeing agenda. You will be a strong communicator, with experience of engaging with a range of people to help identify their issues and concerns.

Demonstrating your ability to deliver successful projects is a key part of the role. Problem-solving and influencing others are important skills needed to ensure our projects deliver results.

The ability to be able to capture people’s attention using your flare for designing engaging publicity material and publications will be essential as will the skills to manage our social media and website. You will need to have great IT skills to deliver all aspects of communications and engagement activity. Ability to create innovative, interactive online content is desirable.

Our ideal candidate will have excellent organisational and administrative skills to ensure the smooth delivery of our events, meetings and other activities. You will also need to be friendly and approachable to build relationships with our Board, volunteers and member of the public. We would like a person with an enthusiasm for improving people lives.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept CVs for this position.

The closing date for applications is midday Friday, 16th August 2024.

If you're passionate about building sustainable partnerships that transform lives, we want to hear from you. This role offers an ambitious candidate the opportunity to lead Transaid’s corporate income stream, and to work closely with major blue-chip businesses (which form the mainstay of our corporate partnership base). Working in the fundraising team of four, the post-holder will be taking on an exciting portfolio of existing partnerships, with scope to build strategic and creative partnerships with a range of organisations.

Transaid is an international development organisation working to transform lives through safe, available and sustainable transport. As one of the chosen charities of the transport and logistics industry, this is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, creative and ambitious self-starter to shape and grow Transaid’s well established corporate partnership scheme. Responsible for a portfolio of 32 corporate partners, currently contributing c. 40% of Transaid’s fundraising income, you will lead on maintaining and developing these critical relationships whilst creating and implementing new engagement opportunities.

January 2024 marked the beginning of a new organisational strategy for Transaid, with strategic partnerships (with companies both in the UK and globally) a significant part of the agenda. As well as looking to strengthen existing relationships, business development is a core part of this role. Working alongside the Head of Fundraising, you will be confident in scoping, pitching and winning new partnerships.

You will enjoy working as part of a small and impactful fundraising team who support each other to achieve great success. The ideal candidate must be open to regular UK travel (particularly to the Midlands) for events and meetings with a range of transport and logistics companies, and be open to some potential African travel.

Who we are:

As an award-winning charity, KEEN exists because children and adults with disabilities and additional needs are still not fully included in their communities, and this has to change! We create our own inclusive programme of sessions and projects for our children and adults to support and empower their development, assisted by our enthusiastic, friendly and active volunteer team, support other organisations to make their own provision open to all, and campaign more widely for a fairer inclusive society.

The Role:

Our Project Coordinator for In-Person activities in Oxford is a key leadership role at the heart of our sociable and fun team. You will coordinate all aspects of our inspiring and unique in-person session programme with six sessions a week spanning gardening to sports, recruit and support our exceptional volunteers, and be the primary contact for them and our community. 

Each day as the KEEN Coordinator is very different. In one day, you might be a guest speaker in a local school or business, then running a Zig-Zag dinosaur themed crafts session for our under 10’s, before training new volunteers in adaptations they could use in our young adult’s drama session. On another day you might be in meetings with the local authority about enhancing inclusivity, finalising a KEEN fundraising application and then attending a volunteer social in the evening.

If those sounds like worthwhile days that you could see yourself making the most of: you could be our new Programme Coordinator. 

Download our candidate application pack for the detailed job specification, additional information on our session programmes and guidance on making a successful application. To discuss the role further, request an informal phone call with one of our Trustee team.

To Apply

• To apply, press the 'Quick Apply button' and attach a CV and a cover letter (no more than one page each) detailing how you meet the position requirements or situations in which you have demonstrated some of the listed qualities.
• Please also state your availability for interview (dates and time blocks) during the week of the 29th of July – 11th August.
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and those on a shortlist invited to a first interview in the period between the 29th of July – 11th August, with assessment also including a practical task. The successful candidate will be subject to a full DBS check before any appointment is confirmed.

Accessibility

Can we make any accessibility adaptations that would help you to complete this application? We are happy to provide recruitment materials in large print, audio and other formats, to accept applications in other formats, and to make adjustments throughout the interview process. Please get in touch with us via email or message to discuss any ways we can assist you.

KEEN is a Disability Confident Employer (Registration Number DCS043173) and is committed to offering an interview to all applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the job role where possible. When submitting your application, please select 'Yes' to the question on the application form asking 'Do you wish to be considered under the Disability Confident Employers Guaranteed Interview Scheme'.

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.

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

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