Resourcing Partner Jobs in Farringdon, Greater London

The UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (UKHIH) is looking to recruit a Communications and Engagement Manager for a Maternity Cover for up to 1 year. 

In this role you will have the opportunity to lead processes and activities in support of the design and delivery of the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub’s (UKHIH) global communications and engagement strategy under the direction and guidance of the UKHIH Director.

The role will require you to have strong campaign and project management skills and a passion for driving the conversation around humanitarian research and innovation by delivering integrated multi-channel communications campaigns to engage the key stakeholders and drive impact around our work. 

The role also leads UKHIH’s convening work – bringing together stakeholders (e.g., innovators, academics, and humanitarians) through a range of mechanisms to promote and facilitate collaborations that focus on new and improved approaches, processes, and systems that make humanitarian action more effective.

The UKHIH Communications and Engagement Manager will work closely with Elrha’s communications team to align communications as part of a broader organisational development process and strategy, contributing to ongoing communications efforts for both Elrha and UKHIH during a period of strategic change. 

Your application will need to demonstrate: 

• Experience of planning and delivering multi-channel communications strategies in a way that is timely, targeted, impactful and ethical. 
• Experience in the international development or humanitarian sector, including an awareness of humanitarian issues and the way that the humanitarian system operates in terms of relevant media, networks, and organisations.  
• Excellent track record of Experience of managing external communications suppliers and agencies. 
• Experience supporting diverse teams in the development of communication and engagement strategies and capacity development. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage and develop creative content across digital, print and other mediums. 
• An understanding of transitioning brands through organisational change processes. 
• Experience with event management including webinars, round tables, conference events, workshops and networking events.
• Strong written and design skills to inform the development of high-quality content for publication and to support partners to summarise complex information in clear, non-technical language. 
• An understanding of how to track the impact of communications and engagement activities.

If you want to be part of an organisation that creates positive change in the humanitarian sector, then join us and we’ll give you every opportunity to succeed.   

We offer: 

• Remote working as standard – staff can access office bases in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester if required/ appropriate. We expect staff to attend team meetings and away days in person as required. 
• As standard we work 35 hours per week. We are also happy to discuss flexible working patterns and many of our staff work non-standard working hours. 
• Our benefits include minimum 5% employer pension contribution (3% employee contribution), life cover, organisational sick pay, family friendly pay and leave schemes; incremental increase in annual leave (25 day basic entitlement) depending on length of service, opportunities for learning and development, a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and retail discounts platform. 
• Please read through the Information for Candidates document for further information to support your application, including details on Our Values, Strategy, Benefits and Salary. 

Note for applicants: 

• Candidates must have the independent right to work in UK at the time of appointment as we are unable to support visa sponsorship for this role. 
• Please read through the job description for a detailed list of requirements, and ensure you complete the personal statement to explain how you feel you meet the requirements of the role and why you feel this is next career move for you. 
• When applying you will be taken through the Save the Children UK recruitment system. Elrha is an independent subsidiary of SCUK and benefits from some SCUK systems and processes. 

Closing date: Tuesday 19th November 2024 
Interview dates: Wednesday 4th December 2024 

About UKHIH   

Founded in 2020, the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (UKHIH) is an initiative hosted by Elrha, a global organisation committed to solving complex humanitarian challenges, and is funded by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO). Our mission is to address significant humanitarian issues through rigorous research and innovative solutions. We achieve this by bringing together diverse stakeholders from both within and beyond the humanitarian sector, fostering collaboration, co-creation, and the mobilisation of resources. This approach integrates the perspectives of crisis-affected communities with the expertise of humanitarian actors, leveraging UK and global capacities to develop effective, relevant solutions.  

Since its inception, UKHIH has been at the forefront of advancing humanitarian innovation through Accelerated Innovation Collaborations (AICs), which are high-impact partnerships that drive major advancements in the field via a shared strategic learning process. A key feature of these collaborations is the inclusion of researchers from Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) through the UKHIH fellowship scheme, allowing for invaluable insights and strengthening local capacities. Additionally, UKHIH supports the Humanitarian Rapid Research Initiative (HRRI), which conducts real-time research on emerging crises, producing pivotal reports on issues such as ethical concerns in Afghanistan, response capacities to cholera, and the humanitarian impacts of natural disasters like the Turkey/Syria earthquake and the Pakistan floods. More recently, UKHIH has expanded its efforts to include ecosystem development within the humanitarian sector, focusing on UK capability mapping and exploring emerging technologies to tackle future challenges effectively.  

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion 

Elrha is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBTQ+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. 

Please ensure you read the full job description, the Candidate Information pack, and complete the Personal Statement as requested in the application process. We look forward to hearing from you. 

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Specialist Support Worker to join our Mental Health Service in Redbridge.

£29,500.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you're making a difference? You'll feel at home here.

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

Specialist Support Workers provide information, social inclusion, and vocational opportunities to support people to recover and stay well; exercise choice and control in their care and lives; and participate on an equal footing in the community. Support is also provided to develop a model of re-enablement towards self-advocacy, self-management and empowerment, incorporating the principles and practice of recovery, co-production and peer support.Specialist Support Workers within Look Ahead are required to have either an extra dimension of experience or a higher qualification level as determined relevant for the particular post.

Well House is a crisis house supported accommodation service that supports individuals for between 14 and 28 days as an alternative to requiring hospital admission for their mental health needs. The service works closely in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team in order to meet individual needs, manage risk and support individuals to achieve positive outcomes. The service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to ensure members of the local community are able to access critical mental health support at all hours. The service receives referrals primarily from a local hospital emergency department and crisis lines, and may receive these referrals at anytime of day or night.

This role involves shift working including weekends, evenings and bank holidays.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

For a full job description, please visit our website and search REQ005850

What you'll do:

Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere
Carrying out holistic assessments of new customers which incorporate relevant statutory referral information
Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals
Create support plans for providing appropriate services based on on-going assessment and reflecting the services and resources available to enable customer to progress in their recovery
Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking
Provide support and access to relevant services to enable customers to continue their recovery and empower customers to self-manage their medication regimes through individual re-enablement programmes and informed decision making
Undertake support work in partnership with external stakeholders to compliment their interventions
Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
Demonstrate strong commitment to the functioning of the staff team and to support colleagues in providing a high level of service and safety to customers
Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
Being responsible for the handover of key information between shifts
Provide structured support and guidance to other front line staff in their area of expertise
To lead groups and activities - offering a range of appropriate therapeutic and recovery focused interactions and activities

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values: We focus on Excellence and innovation. We are Caring and Compassionate. We are Inclusive and Trusted. We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

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

Circa £44,000 per annum

Fixed Term – 3 years

London - primarily based at home with occasional attendance at our Stratford office plus school visits and meetings with allocated Boroughs. We are particularly looking to expand our team South of the River Thames.

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as a Professional Adviser in the Rights Respecting Schools Team.

UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting Schools Award is an innovative and creative Programme that aims to embed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in the ethos and practice of schools. The vision of the Programme is that all children in the UK learn in a rights respecting school community where the CRC is fully embedded in values and practice. Supported by a Senior Professional Advisor, you will promote the RRSA Programme in schools and your allocated London boroughs, supporting schools to achieve and maintain their rights representing practice.

You will contribute to the promotion, development and growth of the Programme within your region and will build relationships with key stakeholders. A confident and results- focused individual, you will have proven experience of working strategically at a senior level with children and young people in UK schools. You will also be an advocate for children’s rights, demonstrating a strong commitment to the CRC. Strong IT and communication skills are essential, including the ability to work efficiently, remotely and to manage multiple demands and priorities.

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.

Closing date: 10am, Tuesday 19 November 2024.

Interview date: Wednesday 4 December via video conferencing (MS Teams).

In return, we offer:

· excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)

· outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role

· impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

· an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.

· the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London (change to Scotland address if appropriate) and the rest of the time from home.  We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children. 

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact the Supporter Care line during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

Registered Charity Nos. 1072612 (England and Wales) SC043677 (Scotland)

Are you passionate about youth engagement and community growth? - Exciting Opportunity: Youth Operations and Community Engagement Manager at Caius House – Empower the Youth of Battersea!

About Caius House
Join us at Caius House (pronounced "Keys")—a dynamic youth community hub in Battersea with roots dating back to 1887! Originally founded by Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, our space has evolved from a small College “settlement” to a thriving youth centre focused on providing open-access, stigma-free support to young people aged 8-21. Our mission is simple yet powerful: help young people unlock their potential and navigate the journey from childhood to adulthood.

We offer mental and emotional support, targeted programmes, and structured pathways to empower young people in Battersea. From employability skills to mental health support, our holistic services aim to boost confidence, enhance social skills, and raise aspirations. As part of our sustainability plan, we are focused on user-led service design, increased community ownership, and meaningful partnerships—all of which make Caius House a vital lifeline in our community.

About the Role: Youth Operations and Community Engagement Manager
Are you passionate about youth engagement and community growth? As our new Youth Operations and Community Engagement Manager, you’ll play a critical role in expanding Caius House's reach across Battersea. Working closely with our CEO, you’ll ensure that every young person who walks through our doors has an enriching and impactful experience, inspiring them to stay connected and thrive.

In this role, you’ll:

• Lead and Develop – Oversee a team of Youth Workers and sessional staff, ensuring high-quality support and engagement in every programme.
• Empower Youth Voices – Gather insights from our young community to shape programmes that resonate and inspire.
• Drive Community Engagement – Build partnerships and increase participation in our activities to create a vibrant, supportive environment for young people and their families.

What We’re Looking For:
A strong communicator and leader who is passionate about youth and community work. The ideal candidate will bring operational expertise and a creative approach to growing our reach and impact. Your work will directly contribute to the future of young people in Battersea.

Ready to make a difference in the lives of young people? Apply today to join Caius House and be part of a proud legacy that’s making a real impact.

Job Title: Hounslow Paid Peer Supporter

Salary: £24,590 (FTE) pro-rate based on working hours

Working Hours: 14-21 hours per week 

Contract: Until 31st May 2025

Location: Hounslow Borough community based 

Benefits: NCT membership with access to exclusive benefits, pension scheme, 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank and public holiday (pro rata). 

About us at the NCT 

A lot of people know NCT for our antenatal classes, and we want to continue to support as many parents and families as we can to access evidence-based information. But we are also much more than this. We are a charity that campaigns on the issues that matter to parents. We run breastfeeding and infant feeding support, provided by specialist counsellors. We run thousands of free community activities and events across the UK, led by our fantastic volunteers and peers. And we support women and families facing specific challenges, such as social isolation, feeding difficulties or poor mental health. 

We are delighted to be commissioned to deliver a programme of work across Hounslow which supports parents to be able to feed their babies in the way that is right for them and feel informed and supported throughout.

We are seeking a capable Peer Supporter who will attend and provide support at all of our community groups. It will include travel across the Hounslow Borough (expenses will be reimbursed). Homeworking is required to complete administrative duties.

The Peer Supporter will work alongside volunteer Peer Supporters, the NCT Breastfeeding Counsellor and the Service Delivery Manger for Hounslow. They will be providing peer support in the community, offering one to one support at groups and via home visits. The post holder will be engaging with families most in need, liaising with health professionals and Children Centre staff and ensuring communities know how to access the service. 

This role will be working to continuously make a difference for the many families across Hounslow who struggle with feeding their baby and social isolation in pregnancy and postnatally.

NCT is a charity committed to social justice and Equity and Diversity, believing inclusion is everyone’s responsibility. We believe we all have a collective responsibility to demonstrate our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality and build an inclusive workforce and environment, so all our people can thrive, and we can best represent and meet the needs of the pregnant women, new parents, families, and communities we serve. 

About the Role 

Working closely with the NCT Hounslow Service Delivery Manager, you will provide peer support to parents and families within different settings, including in person at community groups. 

Some of the key responsibilities of the role include: 
 

• To provide breastfeeding and perinatal peer support to parents and families in Hounslow 

• To build relationships and create a rapport with a wide range of people easily. 

• Support in delivering inductions for volunteer peer supporters. 

• Collect data on parents supported including case studies

• Liaise with NCT staff, volunteers, Health Professionals and NCT Practitioners. 

• Be able to travel around the Hounslow area to groups. 

 
It is essential for this post that, unless already trained by NCT, you undertake the training to become an NCT Breastfeeding Peer Supporter.  This requires breastfeeding experience of ideally, at least 3 months. The training can be undertaken within your working hours.

The role is 14-21 hours per week which will be predominantly Monday to Friday within the working day. This is a community based role within Hounslow Borough.

About you 

• Are you willing to undertake our Peer Supporter training? (Requires ideally minimum of 3 months Breastfeeding Experience) 

• Can you work at pace and juggle a number of different priorities? 

• Are you passionate about supporting families to reach their parenting goals and contribute to their positive wellbeing? 

• Do you want to join an amazing Charity that supports parents across the UK? 

• Would you like to be part of an amazing team of passionate staff? 

If so, please read the job description attached.
 
What we offer 

We are taking positive action to increase diversity throughout our organisation, at all levels, and to nurture a culture of inclusion for all our people and the parents and families that we support. 

We are committed to zero discrimination both internally and externally regardless of visible or invisible difference such as sex, sexual orientation, age, race, ethnicity, disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, religion or belief, gender identity, economic class, marital/civil partnership, family status including single parents, socio-economic background and pregnancy and maternity. We provide reasonable adjustments and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

We welcome and actively encourage applications from all candidates including those from under-represented groups within NCT such as individuals from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQI+ people and people with a disability.

The welfare and safety of individuals is at the heart of everything that we do. NCT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. 

Closing date:  22/11/2024 
 
Interviews: Week beginning 25/11/2024. 

The NSPCC’s purpose is to prevent child abuse and neglect of children across the UK and Channel Islands. We have been fighting for childhood for the last 130 years and our organisational strategy for 2021-2031 is enabling the NSPCC to achieve greater change for children and inspiring others to join us in the fight for childhood.

Our services help children who’ve been abused, protect children at risk and find the best ways to prevent child abuse from ever happening. We work directly with children and families through our national and regional hubs across the UK and Channel Islands. We also give support to thousands of adults and young people in need through the NSPCC Helpline and Childline. We work with schools up and down the country through our Speak Out Stay Safe programme, helping children to keep themselves safe. And our projects such as Together for Childhood help children who’ve experienced abuse, support parents and work to transform the way communities come together to prevent child cruelty. 

The NSPCC is delivering our Letting the Future In service within The Lighthouse in Camden, the UK’s first Child House. This multi-disciplinary innovative service provides physical and emotional health assessment, criminal justice and advocacy support and a range of therapeutic interventions to children and young people, following the disclosure of sexual abuse. 

Letting the Future In includes: -

·An Assessment of Therapeutic Need

·Intervention to the child or young person who has been sexually abused, where appropriate 

·Work with parents/carers to support children though their interventions 

·Bespoke interventions with siblings who have been impacted by their sister/brother’s abuse.

·This whole family approach reflects the impact that child sexual abuse can have within a family. 

Job purpose

Provide direct services to children, families, carers or adults working in an inter-agency context where activities will be complex and where there is a requirement to take considerable responsibility and work autonomously.

Key relationships- Internal

·Reports to Team Manager

.      Partnerships Service Manager

·Specialist partnerships teams practitioners

·London and south-east Hub practitioners and support staff

·Consultant Social Workers

·NSPCC colleagues from other directorates i.e., Strategy and Knowledge, Income Generation

Key relationships- External

·Professionals from other agencies

·Key supporters

Main duties and responsibilities

·Provide direct services (on an individual or group work basis) for children, their families, carers and adults maintaining professional practice standards as outlined in legislation, guidance and consistent with NSPCC practice standards and guidance. 

·Hold case accountability for a number of cases most of which will be complex, ensuring all safeguarding practice and case recording conforms to NSPCC practice standards and guidance. Provide professional advice to internal and external enquires.

·Liaise and work positively with partner agencies and respectfully challenge where necessary in order to promote the best interest of children.

·Involve service users in planning, decision making and evaluation and promote the participation of Children and Young People.

·Plan and deliver services and contribute to their evaluation and ensure that issues of diversity and inclusion are identified and addressed in accordance with equal opportunity practices.

·Develop and maintain professional relationships and work in partnership with other agencies in order to deliver effective services and attend a range of internal and external meetings as required.

·Actively prepare for and participate in supervision, team meetings, briefings and training events and contribute to the development of learning materials or other resources.

·Take responsibility for developing and improving your own professional knowledge and skills and contribute to policy development within the organisation.

·Work with fundraising staff to promote the work of the team and the organisation to various audiences including supporters, fundraisers and volunteers.

·Support colleagues through co-working, mentoring or critical appraisal and supervise students as appropriate in line with agency policy.

Any other job-related duties as assigned: Although core duties of the post are set out above, a flexible approach to work is essential. The post holder may be required to adapt the above duties to take account of changes in work practices. The post holder may be required to undertake business travel. 

Responsibilities for all Staff within the Services Directorate

·A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and adults at risk

·To comply with all relevant NSPCC safeguarding policies

·A commitment to applying NSPCC Values and Behaviours to all aspects of work

·To maintain an awareness of own and other’s health and safety and comply with NSPCC’s Health and Safety procedures

·To comply with NSPCC Diversity and Equality policies and practices and work in a manner which facilitates inclusion.

·To maintain and develop competence in the use of IT systems.

·To manage confidential and/or sensitive information in accordance with NSPCC policies and Data Protection and GDPR regulations.

Person specification

1. A recognised social work qualification and registration with the relevant social care county within the UK.

2. Experience of direct prevention work with children and their families and proven ability in identifying risk and initiating child protection interventions, informed by a good knowledge of best practice, research and legislation.

3. Experience and proven ability of working in a way that reflects a child centered approach and an understanding of children’s rights, participation, needs, best interests and safeguarding practice. 

4. Ability to plan appropriate direct work and evaluate effectiveness.

5. Evidence of an ability to develop and maintain professional relationships including with other child protection agencies and supporters and experience of effective multi-agency working.

6. Experience and proven ability to champion equality, diversity, and inclusive practice.

7. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and the ability to present the NSPCC to internal and external audiences.

Applications will be considered from social work students who will be qualified and registered within three months of the closing date for the vacancy.

Centre Administrator 

£28,000 p/a + cost-of-living increase (pending), full-time 35 hours per week, plus excellent benefits and opportunities for progression 

Did you know that there may be over 20,000 Sutton residents who care, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is sick or disabled due to a physical, mental health or substance misuse issue? Sutton Carers Centre works in partnership to help improve and maintain the quality of life for these Young and Adult Carers living, working, studying or caring in the London Borough of Sutton. 

We are looking to recruit to a key and rewarding role in our charity. The members of our team are highly skilled, passionate and committed, so we are looking for an experienced administrator who can support them. The successful candidate will be skilled in office administrative functions, to ensure the delivery of an efficient, friendly and smooth-running Centre as well as office co-ordination and support services. The post-holder will have experience of developing, maintaining and improving systems in an office environment. The post-holder will also oversee reception functions, including the support of the administration and reception volunteers. 

You also will have excellent IT, literacy and numeracy skills and be able to express yourself well in person and in writing. The successful candidate will be positive, empathic, creative and boundaried in their ability to work alongside Carers as well as our colleagues and partners, in helping Carers maintain their own health and wellbeing alongside their caring roles.

Sutton Carers Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS and other appropriate checks.

We value the diversity of our teams and are looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. We particularly encourage people who are black, from other minoritised ethnic or refugee groups, or from LGBTQ+ communities to apply. Men are currently under-represented in our team as well. We also seek applicants with personal caring experience as well as welcoming applications from people with lived experience of mental health issues.   

Service Development Manager

Part funded with support from the National Lottery Community Fund

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Somebody goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds. Our client exists to ease the heartache experienced by those missing someone, and to help people who are away from home find their way back to safety. Their vision is for every missing child, adult and family left behind to find help, hope and a safe way to reconnect. They are a non-judgemental, highly skilled team of staff and volunteers working for everyone who needs the,. They provide free, confidential support, help and advice by phone, email, text and live chat. They coordinate a UK-wide network of people, businesses and media to join the search for the estimated 170,000 people who go missing each year. They aim to put people with lived experience at the heart of their work, amplifying their voices to achieve change. Working for them means living their values.

It’s a place where people are encouraged to ‘let fly’ so you can ‘make things happen’. They know you’re more than just a job title, and ‘be human’ is an important value to them..

IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE

This role will involve designing the 'Missing Employees' service, encompassing the scoping and structuring process, becoming the subject matter expert for the charity, and developing their menu of support to be able to offer casework support and guidance to organisations and individuals affected. This will involve working directly with adults at risk who are missing or who have experience of being missing.

You will develop guidance, policy and learning and development in this new area for the charity. You will form a new pioneering service through the building of expertise in this area and will lead in delivering support to individuals and organisations when someone goes missing, providing advice, advocacy and a confidential listening ear. You will reach out to organisations and HR leads to offer training and consultancy, so they are best prepared for missing employee experiences.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Service development

• Scope requirements for the service by working with the project steering group, identifying gaps in existing service provision and working with teams across the charity.
• Work with the Head of Service Development to design the service, including structure, design capacity, resource needs, KPIs and delivery methods.
• Develop the charity's expertise around employment law regarding missing, including policy and impact of those affected.
• Work closely through co-production with families, adults who have been missing and companies who have experienced a missing colleague, seeking feedback, sharing their experiences and developing the service and tools it needs.
• Build relationships with organisations and steward them to become financial supporters of the charity.
• Work with the Business Development Team and Corporate Fundraising team to create user journeys for companies from advice to financial support to the charity.

Service delivery

• Provide confidential consultation, advice and guidance to; employers, colleagues, adults who are returning to work after being missing and family members communicating with employers.
• Proactively contact organisations when it becomes clear they have a missing employee.
• Work with organisations, providing consultation and needs assessment, so HR professionals, line managers, and colleagues are trained and have processes in place to manage ‘Missing Employee’ incidents.

ABOUT YOU

Experience should include:

• Experience of scoping, designing and structuring a new service.
• Experience of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders – for example steering groups, service users, and cross-organisational colleagues.
• Experience of writing and designing guidance and forming new policy documents and operational guidelines.
• Experience of project management and leading change.

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge should include

• Ability to develop and drive forward new projects and initiatives, taking the lead and/or working collaboratively with colleagues.
• Skilled in delivering effective presentations and training in person and on line;
• Project management skills.

WHY WORK FOR THEM?

Would you like to work for a welcoming, caring organisation which really makes a difference to vulnerable people throughout the UK? They are a friendly and supportive place to work.

You will find plenty of scope for personal development including: getting involved in cross-charity projects; leadership development or volunteer supervision; training; e-learning; and hearing about the latest topics from some of their amazing partners

They offer a range of enhanced family friendly benefits. They are happy to talk about flexible working in many of their roles

Please find attached a detailed job description and person specification,

How to apply

Please ensure you include your CV and a brief covering letter explaining how you would be a good fit for this role.

Closing date: 23:59 on 21 November 2024. THey reserve the right to close the vacancy early in the event of a very large number of applications, so Apply Now!
Interviews: 28 November 2024

Location: South West London (Central Office is based in Mortlake – 12 mins from Clapham Junction and 23 mins from Waterloo)
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Fixed term contract until 30th December 2025
Salary: £36,000 per annum
Benefits:28 days annual leave per annum/pro rata plus statutory holidays on appointment. Additional annual leave days awarded on length of service* • Company pension contribution • Life insurance (3 x salary) * • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including 24/7 support helpline • Interest-free Season Ticket Loans* • Additional maternity pay and leave* •Additional paternity pay* • Additional sick pay* *available after probation period passed

You may also have experience in the following: Team Leader, Services, Service Manager, Project Management, , Charities.

REF-217 813

Family Support Supervisor

Location: South West London (Central Office is based in Mortlake – 12 mins from Clapham Junction and 23 mins from Waterloo)
Contract: Full Time, Permanent 
Salary: £31,900 per annum

This post is part funded with support from the National Lottery Community Fund.

About the role

As a Family Support Supervisor, you will play a key role in creating a space where people experiencing the trauma of someone going missing can be supported throughout their experience in a calm, insightful and consistent manner. You will proactively support family members during challenging experiences. You will provide high quality support to families; the approach to support will be based on an assessment of needs and the length of their missing incident / experience. The support is both practical and emotional in nature and can involve advice and advocacy so people can access the right service and support for them.

About you

You will need:

• experience of work on a helpline, crisis or advice service either as a volunteer or a paid worker and/or advice or support work with children, vulnerable adults and/or families;

• experience of casework, managing an active caseload with varying needs regarding frequency and level of support

• excellent communication skills;

• the ability to maintain a calm and considered approach, to evaluate situations objectively, consult effectively and give appropriate advice and guidance;

• strong IT skills including databases and data entry and the ability to learn new systems quickly including learning to operate a digital 1-2-1 chat platform.

What you will get in return

This position works alongside an award-winning helpline team providing quality support, guidance and safeguarding to missing children, vulnerable adults – those who have run away or left home – and the families of missing people. The service also works therapeutically alongside the counselling service. In this role you will be supported by volunteers, digital support structures, and peer support.

You will find plenty of scope for further personal development including: getting involved in volunteer supervision; training; e-learning; and hearing about the latest topics from some of our amazing partners. Working for Missing People means living our values. It’s a place where people are encouraged to ‘let fly’ so you can ‘make things happen’. We know you’re more than just a job title, and ‘be human’ is an important value here.

About Missing People

Somebody goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds. Missing People exists to ease the heartache experienced by those missing someone, and to help people who are away from home find their way back to safety. Our vision is for every missing child, adult and family left behind to find help, hope and a safe way to reconnect. We are a non-judgemental, highly skilled team of staff and volunteers working for everyone who needs us. We provide free, confidential support, help and advice by phone, email, text and live chat. We coordinate a UK-wide network of people, businesses and media to join the search for the estimated 170,000 people who go missing each year. Missing People aims to put people with lived experience at the heart of our work, amplifying their voices to achieve change.

Missing People is a friendly and supportive place to work – it’s a welcoming, caring organisation which really makes a difference to vulnerable people throughout the UK. We offer a range of enhanced family friendly benefits and are happy to talk about flexible working in many roles.

Ready to apply?

Please find attached a detailed job description and person specification, a letter to applicants from the line manager and a summary of Missing People's Achievements 2023.

To apply, please ensure you include your CV and a brief covering letter explaining how you would be a good fit for this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

Closing date: 23:59 on 17 November 2024. We reserve the right to close the advert early if we have sufficient interest - so APPLY NOW!

Interviews: 22 or 25 November 2024

Location: South West London (Central Office is based in Mortlake – 12 mins from Clapham Junction and 23 mins from Waterloo)
Contract Type: Permanent
Shift Pattern: Full time, 35 hours per week. Shift pattern: 12:30pm to 8:30pm, Monday to Friday
Salary: £31,900 per annum
Benefits: 28 days annual leave per annum/pro rata plus statutory holidays on appointment. Additional annual leave days awarded on length of service*, Company pension contribution, Life insurance (3 x salary)*,  Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including 24/7 support helpline,  Interest-free Season Ticket Loans*,  Additional maternity pay and leave*, Additional paternity pay* , Additional sick pay* *available after probation period passed

This post is part funded with support from the National Lottery Community Fund.

You may also have experience in the following: Senior Family Support Coordinator could be alternatively titled as Family Services Manager, Lead Family Support Specialist, Senior Care and Support Coordinator, Family Advocacy Coordinator, Family Resource Coordinator, Senior Family Outreach Specialist, Family Assistance Supervisor, Community Family Support Leader, Senior Families Project Supervisor

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A little bit about the role 

This role will be closing at 9am on Monday 18 November.

The Head of Delivery is responsible for all aspects of programme organisation and delivery. They are a vital and senior position expected to bring exceptional social work knowledge and expertise to the implementation and further development of Approach Social Work and wider work of the charity. They are required to work collaboratively with all teams on the programme, including curriculum, admissions and support, recruitment, partnerships and programme management.

We are seeking someone who is passionate about driving standards in social work through excellent practice, leadership and innovation, who can manage a geographically dispersed team and work effectively and closely with the Head of Delivery (North) and Head of Curriculum to ensure  a consistent one-team approach to programme delivery. 

The successful candidate will be a highly effective leader and manager of people with an ability to operationalise a large programme and develop strategic plans that support retention and quality. You will have a clear vision for outstanding social work practice and education with a commitment to systemic practice and other practice models.

Please note that you must be a qualified social worker, registered with Social Work England and possess a Masters’ degree in Social Work (or related subject) to apply.

Some key responsibilities include:

• Setting a cohort culture with high expectations, strong support and commitment to the mission amongst participants. 
• Responsible for ensuring programme quality in relation to teaching, learning and the placement experience. 
• Being part of the wider leadership group that steers and embeds organisational culture and strategy
• Reporting and presenting on key performance metrics (KPM’s) to the Department for Education (DfE) and other stakeholders

A little bit about you 

We’re looking for an experienced social worker and leader, who has a deep understanding of children and families’ social work within the local authority context. This is a senior leader role at Frontline, so in addition to the experience needed, a commitment to and passion for better social work and a leadership approach that is anti racist, rooted in equity, diversity and inclusion is paramount.

We have a fast-moving culture within the team and organisation, so we’re looking for someone who is who is well organised, details-focused and can use their initiative to do what works. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to build relationships with people and be willing to learn. There are lots of opportunities for growth and development in this role – and for the right candidate to make the role their own. 

If you feel you have the skills to make a real impact and contribute to creating lasting social change for children and families, we would love to hear from you. 

Important information

We have increased the diversity of Frontline’s workforce in the last 12 months, but we need to do more to have greater racialised minority representation in our senior roles. We know the value racialised minority voices bring and therefore, we are strongly encouraging applicants from these backgrounds to apply. We are also a disability confident employer and welcome applicants with disabilities.

We recognise that artificial intelligence (AI) such as ‘ChatGPT’ etc can be useful for applicants e.g. to shorten an initial draft, so we do not attempt to have an absolute ban on AI in applications. However we would caution applicants not to rely too much on AI in drafting answers to application questions. We want to hear your authentic voice arising out of your experience, and we will be looking for answers that use examples and experiences that are specific to you. You are more likely to be able to produce that kind of content yourself than an AI will.

We reserve the right to close this role ahead of the deadline once we reach a suitable number of applications, so please apply as soon as you can!

You will need to have current right-to-work in the UK prior to application and for at least the first six months (for permanent positions) or for the full duration of the contract (for fixed-term positions). Visa sponsorship is not guaranteed.

Head of Development, Operations and Impact.

About the organisation 

CARAS is a dynamic and exciting charity offering holistic support to refugees and people seeking asylum. We pride ourselves on coupling the expertise of our staff team with strong values that mean we always place the voices, needs and wants of our group members at the heart of all that we do. We know that this is a transformative way of working and. Our Strategy, Theory of Change, Monitoring Framework and Values were all written with full participation from our group members. 

Our Values are: 

Kindness. CARAS will nurture all who are part of our community, helping everyone to develop their skills, talents and interests. 

Justice. CARAS will strive for social justice following a rights-based approach in all of our work and challenging instances when rights are not upheld in wider society. 

Empowerment. CARAS works alongside people, recognising and respecting their skills and strengths and striving together for better outcomes. 

‘With’ not ‘for’. CARAS will put the voices, opinions, experiences and needs of its community members at the heart of all that we do. 

CARAS is a thriving organisation with a highly motivated, friendly and experienced staff team, bolstered by the generous support of equally skilled volunteers and trustees who come from many walks of life. We are impactful across a range of measures that demonstrate the life-changing work we do, and are proud to receive testimonials from our group members that bring our impact to life.

The Head of Development and Impact will be our lead fundraiser, drawing in support and expertise from across the team. They will take ownership of identifying funding sources, creating a strategy, forecasting our fundraising income, and building strong relationships with donors, bringing the experiences of our group members to life in fundraising communications. They will line management a full-time fundraiser who specialises in individual giving while the Head of Developent, Operations and Impact will lead on grant writing. 

In the last 5 years, this role has achieved huge success in CARAS’ development, more than trebling our income and enabling us to expand our staff team and therefore our reach. We are a highly impactful organisation that is often looked to for our insight in the sector. We have an ambitious five-year strategy, co-produced with group members, staff, volunteers, trustees and partner organisations, that guides our current work. 

This is an exciting role that comes with many varied commitments, expectations and timescales. We are seeking applicants who want to be at the forefront of change, striving to improve the rights, entitlements and day-to-day experiences of refugees and people seeking asylum. You will need to be able to show how your skills and experiences fit the role, as well as possessing a drive for social change in support of under-served people. Within this role, you will have scope to shape and secure the future of CARAS.

You will be supported in a variety of ways, including by an expert team of staff around you who will collaborate with you and work together as needed; a highly professional Board of Trustees who you will work with at key points throughout the year and who are available for consultation and advice as needed; robust and effective systems; and a network of organisations and funders who share CARAS’ goals. Additionally, you will have regular and detailed supervision with your line manager, and you can access our Employee Assistance Programme at any time. 

This opportunity comes at a very exciting time. CARAS will be piloting a 4 day week from the 1st of January- 30th June 2025, meaning that all staff will be working 80% less time for 100% pay. Full time employees will reduce their hours to 4 days per week. We anticipate that this will be a huge boost to staff wellbeing and will become part of our commitment to care for staff as well as our community members.  

We are also creating our next Strategic Plan, preparing for a future in which CARAS is a highly respected, impactful organisation with a £1million income. 

Key info 

Role title: Head of Development and Impact 

Salary: £43,000 - £46,000 p/a 

Hours: 4 days per week at full pay (pilot)

Contract type: permanent, full time 

Annual leave: 28 days full-time equivalent, plus additional time off between Christmas and the New Year. Annual leave increases with length of service. 

Employee benefits: 

4 day week

7% employer pension contributions 

Other benefits include flexible working, enhanced parental leave and sick pay, a cycle scheme, tech scheme, interest-free loans, study leave and volunteering leave. All staff are offered access to an Employee Assistance Programme. 

Preferred Start date: 1st January 2025, but flexible for the right candidate. Earlier would be welcome!

Reports to CEO 

Location:  The role is based in Tooting with a significant portion of remote working if desired. You can choose to work from home or from our premises in Tooting.  You will need to be able to attend meetings and events in Tooting and in other London locations on occasion.

Equalities Statement. 

As an organisation who works with refugees, we especially encourage applications from people with lived experience of forced migration. You will be invited to say whether you have been an asylum seeker or a refugee in the UK on the application form. Applicants with lived experience who meet essential criteria are guaranteed an interview.  

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The role: 

The Head of Development, Operations and Impact is required to lead a wide range of activities. You will be expected to manage your own time, prioritising tasks and leading a small team of people who contribute to CARAS’ fundraising. You will inherit excellent systems and skilled, supportive and enthusiastic team players. You will work closely with the CEO, and the senior leadership team which draws together Heads of Service from each of our programme areas. You will collaborate with our Finance Manager to ensure smooth management of grants and donations, and will play a key role in budget setting with the Finance Manager and CEO. 

The role demands cross-departmental working, and regular contact with community members to enhance your ability to advocate for them. You will be at the forefront of developing new ideas and approaches, and ensuring that teams have the money and resources to have an impact. 

Key tasks and activities. 

General 

• Lead the Operations department, line-managing team members in fundraising and operations management.

• Secure diverse and sustainable income streams to secure the future of CARAS. 

• Be the main point of contact for grant-makers and donors, communicating clearly and effectively about our work and its impacts. 

• Participate in organisational strategic reviews, making decisions on how to prioritise where limited resources are focused across the different activities and projects. 

• Carry out other duties as necessary and commensurate with the role. 

Fundraising 

• Line-manage our Fundraising Officer and work together to generate income to meet CARAS’s budgetary targets through trusts and foundations, individual giving, community fundraising and other means at our disposal. 

• Develop and deliver a fundraising strategy which synchronises with the CARAS Strategic Plan.

• Maintain a real-time pipeline of fundraising opportunities and oversee delivery. Lead or allocate all income generation opportunities in good time so that appropriate co-design and decision-making processes are behind applications. 

• Ensure compliance with best practice in fundraising including use of data and confidentiality. 

• Work collaboratively with Heads of Service and CARAS’ Finance Manager to develop, deliver and iterate systems to ensure grants are accurately and effectively managed. 

• Lead on the development of programmatic and core budgets for diverse grant funders. 

• Identify and build corporate partnerships based on organisational needs, values and income targets. 

Operations  

• Line-manage our Operations Manager and work together to ensure our premises, IT infrastructure, data management and risk management systems are effective, efficient, and legally compliant.

• Oversee or directly manage service providers and ensure that all contractors represent value for money and are appointed in line with our policies. 

• Maintain and develop strong, effective partnerships with delivery stakeholders such as our landlords, Wandsworth Council officers etc.

• Support the team to monitor projects from start to finish, including preparing costing for applications/bids, agreeing contracts and grant terms, monitoring deliverables and finance, and co-ordinating timely reporting. 

Finance 

• Work collaboratively with the Finance Manager to ensure the rigorous financial management across all income and expenditure to ensure all grants and donations are accurately accounted for and spent. 

• Working collaboratively with the Finance Manager and CEO, develop the organisational annual budget and lead on income projections for the year ahead to ensure expenditure budgets are feasible and unlock multi-year growth. 

Monitoring, evaluation and impact 

• Leading CARAS’ annual outcomes evaluation, managing work across departments to collect, disaggregate and analyse outcomes data from our Learning, Casework and Social Programmes. 

• Develop CARAS’ outcomes report and donor report ensuring they are data rich and clearly demonstrate impact. 

• Monitoring the wealth of data CARAS collects through our frontline service to ensure we stay agile and adaptable within a changing policy context, supporting Heads of Service and other relevant stakeholders to deliver excellence. 

Governance 

• Contribute to the maintenance of up-to-date policies relevant to the role.

• Attend board meetings as requested to share reports with the Board on fundraising.

• Work closely with the Treasurer and the Finance Committee on fundraising strategy. 

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Person Specification 

Essential  

Direct experience of the following: 

Proven experience in a leadership role. 

Proven experience of fundraising or business development successfully raising income from a range of sources. 

Proven experience in line management, supporting teams to deliver excellence and creating clear CPD plans to ensure staff are happy and motivated. 

Outstanding written communication with demonstrable experience of creating compelling cases for support and experience of successfully securing funds from large foundations. 

Confidence working with numbers and developing programmatic and organisational budgets. 

Experience collecting and analysing data. 

Committed to reflecting, refining and iterating practice to ensure learning is embedded throughout your work. 

Works collaboratively across teams and isn’t afraid to ask for help, recognising the diverse expertise held across the organisation.  

Proven experience in creating budgets, forecasting income, analysing and extracting data for reports. 

Ability to understand and clearly convey financial information to others for a wide range of purposes, ranging from grant applications and reporting, budget preparation and scrutiny with the Board of Trustees, and transparent communication with programme staff and participants. 

Proven experience building or delivering a fundraising strategy to increase corporate and individual funding streams. 

A confident and charismatic communicator. 

Commitment to upholding CARAS’s values in all your work. 

Desirable  

Experience in co-designing services or ideas with a community. 

Experience or knowledge of issues affecting refugees and asylum-seekers. 

Knowledge of the fundraising opportunities in the migration sector. 

Experience of working with accountancy software such as Quickbooks or Sage. 

An interest in keeping up to date with, and including, best practice within workplace culture. 

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To apply. 

Please complete our application form and return it by email.

We do not accept CVs or covering letters. You must include all details within the form.

Deadline: 9am, Friday 22nd November 2024. 

We offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet all essential criteria and who have lived experience of forced migration. 

The deadline for applications is Sunday 1st December 2024.

Location: London, minutes from Old Street Station

Location type: Hybrid

Reporting to: Chair of the Board of Trustees

Annual salary: Upwards of £105K GBP

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours:Full-time (35 per week worked on a hybrid basis)

Candidate level:  Chief Executive Officer

MAP’s Mission

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees. MAP is the leading UK charity delivering health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict, occupation, and displacement in the occupied Palestinian territory and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

Job Purpose

MAP is in a period of ambitious growth and rapid development, as we respond to the massive humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and in the West Bank and Lebanon. The role of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is to provide leadership, drive and direction in the development and delivery of MAP’s new strategic ambition, maximising the charity’s sustainable impact.

This is a key role for MAP, and it is expected that the job holder would be making a long-term commitment to the organisation. The post-holder will be tasked with leading MAP to deliver on the strategic ambition of becoming a high impact, global £50 M+ income organisation which enables over 1 million Palestinians to access improved healthcare annually by 2028.  MAP’s income in 2023 was £35 M and the forecast for 2024 is £47 M.

Duties and Key Responsibilities

Vision and leadership

• Provide vision, leadership, direction and drive to achieve MAP’s strategic ambition and mission.
• Drive forward organisational transformation, together with the Senior Management Team, always remaining true to MAP’s values and focus on being locally led.
• Ensure that the Board of Trustees and its appointed committees are supported in their responsibility to ensure robust governance of MAP and provide advice and information to the Trustees regarding organisational performance and direction.
• Ensure that the organisation embeds a focus on impact and the use of data in decision-making, course corrected as necessary during its development.
• Strengthen and protect MAP’s reputation externally and internally at all times, ensuring the effective mitigation and management of risks.

External relations and influence

• Act as an advocate and spokesperson for MAP at the highest level with the UK and other governments, the UN and similar institutions - building relationships that maximise the organisation’s influence over policies and practices that affect the health and dignity of Palestinians.
• Ensure MAP continues to develop strong relationships of trust with partners and networks central to MAP’s way of working. 
• Represent MAP effectively in the national and international media, enhancing the charity’s image and profile.
• Actively promote and represent MAP while maintaining our commitment to ensuring the Palestinian people we serve have access to international forums and are provided with a platform to speak out about issues impacting their right to health. 

Organisational development

• Work with the senior management team (SMT) to provide effective and inspirational leadership across the range of MAP’s functions and offices, creating a culture focused on impact, and an inclusive, values-driven working environment.
• Ensure the development and delivery of high-quality programmes that further MAP’s organisational objectives and meet the needs of the Palestinian communities living under occupation and as refugees.
• Oversee the development and implementation of MAP’s advocacy and communications strategy in a highly sensitive, rapidly changing environment.
• Ensure the development of robust systems for the close monitoring of financial budgets and forecasts.
• Ensure that MAP’s new fundraising strategy is successfully implemented and delivers against targets on sustainable income growth.
• Assess new markets for MAP to fundraise in and recommend a way forward on investment to the Board.
• Ensure that there is a robust approach to risk management, safeguarding, safety and security, due diligence, audit, and compliance with charity and company law and guidelines, and local and other relevant regulatory requirements.

General responsibilities

• Support the mission, ethos and values of MAP.
• Support and promote diversity, inclusivity and equality of opportunity in the workplace and externally
• Work collaboratively with others in all aspects of our work.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experienced leader in the non-profit sector or public sector in a relevant field, preferably with experience of international development and work in complex, protracted emergencies.
• Track record of driving organisational change and delivering clear results.
• Experience implementing strategies and using data to inform decision-making.
• Experience of working with a Board and a good understanding of charity governance.
• Working at the Executive Director level or equivalent as part of the senior management team within a complex organisation with geographical spread.
• Evidence of understanding the needs of Palestinian communities living under occupation and as refugees.
• Evidence of understanding the complex political and diplomatic landscape charities working with Palestinians operate in.
• A clear understanding of the importance of shifting the balance of power and influence for disadvantaged groups and empowering marginalised communities.
• Line management of senior staff, preferably including management of staff at remote locations, and experience managing a diverse workforce.
• Track record of leading and representing organisations with multiple stakeholders and relationships and of building strong relationships of trust with partners and allies.
• Experience in managing programmes and substantial budgets and resources.
• Experience communicating and influencing effectively with external audiences to influence outcomes such as government, parliament, donors and the media.
• Working in the international sector preferably in the Middle East and/or working in conflict settings.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• A record of high-impact leadership in a fast-paced organisation working in difficult settings. 
• Strong interpersonal and oral and written communication skills, including public speaking and media work.
• Sound financial management.
• Ability to inspire, empower and support people to achieve organisational objectives and sustained high levels of performance.
• Strong emotional intelligence and personal integrity
• Diplomatic skills and political judgement.
• Ability to thrive under pressure and to navigate complex topics with significant scrutiny.

Personal attributes and other requirements

• Able to travel extensively, mainly to Israel, Palestine and Lebanon.
• Able to work some evenings and weekends.
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice, inclusivity and equal opportunities. 
• Commitment to upholding the rights of people facing disadvantage and discrimination.

Terms and Conditions

This job description reflects the key requirements of the role and does not form part of your contract of employment. It can be amended from time to time as the needs of the organisation require and as appropriate to the role.

An offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and social media checks.

The deadline for applications is Sunday December 1st, 2024.

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Daryl Upsall International actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. In recruiting candidates, we seek candidates with the proven skills required; irrespective of race, gender, religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation.

 

The UK Men’s Sheds Association (UKMSA) is seeking a skilled and inspirational CEO to lead our charity through the next stage of its development and the continued delivery of our core mission of improving the lives and wellbeing of men (and women) through the Men’s Shed movement across the UK.

We are looking for a Chief Executive with the energy, vision and experience to take on the strategic leadership and direction of our well-respected and fast-growing national charity, which brings tangible benefits to men’s health, mental health and suicide prevention across the UK. Our strategy is one of ambitious targets to support the expansion, reach, diversity and sustainability of the Men’s Shed movement, in line with our vision of happier and healthier men by virtue of reduced loneliness, anxiety and depression, improved wellbeing, and saved lives.

Our new CEO will be a proven and exemplary strategic leader, who will head our mission, guide the team, represent our charity with partners, funders and politicians, and support the Shed Movement we exist to serve. Your track record of inspirational leadership and excellent communications skills will be a key part of building and diversifying our funding (including developing sustainable income growth strategies and bringing in commercial sponsorship), broadening and deepening our partnerships and our relationships with government, and driving our future success. Your experience in executive leadership in the nonprofit sectors will ensure the good management and statutory compliance of UKMSA. We recognise that you may not have a background in the Men’s Shed movement, but your strong emotional intelligence will enable you to quickly develop a good understanding of the community we serve.

Key Skills

• Leadership – the ability to motivate, develop, and deliver through a team of staff and volunteers such that the organisation meets its goals.
• Interpersonal & Communication Skills – these will need to be excellent (including written communication) in order to build rapport and effective relationships across a range of people, from our members to the general public, political figures and senior executives in other organisations. As UKMSA’s public face, the CEO must also be adept at showcasing our work, including in the media and to parliamentary and other government bodies.
• Financial Acumen – the CEO will be expected to operate the budget and develop our new strategy for ensuring sustainable income, actively leading the development of corporate sponsorships and other significant income streams.
• Flexibility & Adaptability – the new CEO will be expected to learn about the world of Men’s Sheds quickly, to be able confidently to represent UKMSA and to build strong relationships within the Men’s Shed community (both within the UK and internationally). And as we only have a staff team of 13 (geographically dispersed), it is expected that the CEO will actively engage in some of the more tactical work, including being ‘hands on’ at events.

DOTW UK has a small, high-performing and dynamic services team dedicated to delivering high quality, person-centred healthcare in a fast-paced environment, ensuring exceptional personal and team performance.

We are looking for an Outreach Senior Caseworker with experience of delivering effective advocacy on behalf of people from marginalised communities. This role will  play a key role in the delivery of services that will support equal access to primary medical services for people seeking asylum in contingency accommodation in Northeast London. The outreach service will offer initial health and social assessments, urgent care, and will facilitate GP registration and, and support access to wider healthcare and support services within the area through direct referrals and signposting, and coordination with other local services and partners.

As part of DOTWs Services team, you will support the service by proactively promoting DOTW’s service at individual accommodation sites, providing social assessments for residents and their dependents, escalating health issues of any immediate concern, and support responses to urgent health and/or safeguarding concerns. As part of a culture of best practice, you will ensure adherence to DotW policies and will provide support resolving complex cases, deploying your demonstrative experience delivering person-centred, compassionate care and/or advice and support to people seeking asylum or from other excluded communities.

You will lead by example, demonstrating effective advocacy, coordination, and multi-tasking skills, The role requires emotional agility, and resilience, especially when dealing with complex situations such as mental health crises, trafficking, and homelessness, where you will draw on your experience to manage complex situations calmly and compassionately. You will be someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and be able to work productively and constructively within a close-knit team by demonstrating an open and responsive attitude and using your excellent communication skills.

You will have strong IT skills and ideally a driving licence to be able to support us to deliver our services in our dedicated mobile clinic vans. You will have the skills to work independently and manage your own and volunteers' health and safety, sometimes working alone.

You will be supported by an experienced team, regular line management, and clinical supervision. Skills in Basic Life Support, First Aid, safeguarding, mental health management, and trauma-informed approaches will be provided.

Those with lived experience of migration, the asylum system, homelessness, or exclusion from health services are encouraged to apply. 

For more information on the role, including a person specification, please refer to the role profile. 

Closing Date:

Monday 18th November at 9am.

How to Apply 

To apply, please submit your CV & Covering Letter on the link provided with the following details:

- Why you would be interested in the role

Your CV and cover letter should be clearly tailored to the position and should reference points from the person specification section of the role profile. Interview dates TBC.

Applications which do not demonstrate the essential skills, knowledge, experience, and competencies will not be shortlisted.