Service Director Jobs in Farringdon, Greater London
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SCIE Vision
We are committed to building a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives.
At the SCIE, we are driven by our values:
· Progressive – always learning and developing.
· Inclusive – working together for equality, diversity, and fairness.
· Credible – evidence-based, robust, and reliable.
· Transparent – open and honest.
The role:
A great opportunity for you to join our small friendly team and make a real difference to people’s lives by:
· Ensuring that SCIE’s evidence, drawn from research and people’s lived experiences, influences social care policy and practice.
· Developing and delivering influencing strategies, drafting policy papers and legislative briefings, and managing relationships with various stakeholders and key partners.
· Growing SCIE’s profile as an influential, informed, and powerful voice in the social care sector.
· Positioning SCIE to work as a partner to government, responding independently to new government policy, supporting and advising on a range of national policy programmes, initiatives, and influencing guidance and practice.
· Producing high-quality research and evaluations demonstrating what works and makes a difference in social care, promoting evidence-based good practice.
What we are looking for:
· Knowledge of the policy and political landscape developed from previous experience working in a policy or public affairs role, either in government, the civil service, charities, or non-governmental organisations.
· Proven experience developing and delivering public affairs strategies and leading influencing activities.
· Proven experience producing policy papers and applying policy research skills, such as evidence gathering, analysis and reporting.
· Proven experience as a strategic and analytic thinker who can influence policymakers with persuasive arguments, policy ideas and campaigns.
· Proven ability to manage a wide range of internal and external stakeholder relationships, including at senior levels, and to engage with people with diverse viewpoints and backgrounds.
What we offer in return.
We offer excellent staff benefits including a competitive salary and homeworking allowance. We provide an employer pension contribution above the statutory minimum, an award-winning employee assistance programme, and an attractive holiday package which rises with length of service.
If you would like to access the application form in a different format or if would like any assistance that might help improve your experience while completing the application, please contact us.
These are newly created administrative roles to increase capacity in Londonwide LMCs, the membership organisation representing approximately 7,000 NHS General Practitioners in nearly 1,100 practice teams in London, providing pan-London leadership and shared committee services for its members. The organisation has an important role to value, care for and protect general practice.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Primary Care team which supports committee effectiveness and ensures representation within Local Medical Committees within London. You will report to the Director of Primary Care, working across local committees within the Primary Care team.
The focus of this role is to provide administrative support to Local Medical Committees, enabling the smooth running of Committee meetings. It would be helpful if candidates have a contextual understanding of the health environment or other public-sector environments that we work in, along with excellent administration and note-taking skills. We would like to hear from candidates who have experience of:
- Owning the administrative tasks required to ensure Committee meetings have professional and timely agendas, papers and minutes/action records.
- Attending Committee meetings to support the facilitation of the meetings and ensuring accurate record keeping of meeting content.
- Working flexibly to provide cover across teams and for other Committee Administrators across Londonwide as required.
The salary for the role will be £30,000 pa plus membership of the group personal pension scheme with a 16% employer pension contribution (£4,800, making total remuneration £34,800). Benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, flexitime and other flexible working options. The company holds the Investors in People Silver award and is committed to the personal and professional development of all colleagues.
As an organisation, we work flexibly, and regular home working is supported. The post is contractually based at our offices located in central London near Euston, where we host quarterly connect days for all staff. Whilst regular home working is supported, some travel or office attendance may be required to attend pre-planned meetings.
For further information and to apply for this position, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 9am on Monday, 11 November 2024.
Interviews are planned for Wednesday, 20 November 2024.
Shortlisted candidates only will be contacted.
As a Quality Assurance Administrator, you will be a critical function of our work to deliver externally accredited, industry led programmes against our Industrial Cadets framework, endorsed by HRH King Charles III.
You will also support and help refine our internal business processes, especially around our CRM platform, Hubspot. Moreover, you will be given ample opportunity and encouragement to contribute to continuous improvement projects and put forward your own ideas for internal transformation.
ABOUT EDT: EDT is a UK-wide charity with over 35 years of experience developing and delivering industry-linked STEM educational content. Our mission is to connect young people with industry and inspire STEM futures. Our programmes are designed to engage a wide range of young people and meet the needs of industry and education, through face-to-face and virtual delivery. Young people are at the heart of what we do and through providing industry informed, curriculum enhancing learning experiences, we help them develop personal and interpersonal skills, fulfil their potential, and make informed decisions about their future. We recognise their achievement through Industrial Cadet accreditation and awards, an industry-led quality benchmark. Our mission is to connect young people with industry and inspire STEM futures. Our core values include being 'passionate, collaborative, dynamic and showing respect'.
Reporting to: Quality Assurance Manager
Salary: Band A, up to £27,800 p.a., depending on skills and experience. Permanent Contract
Benefits: 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays; pension (up to 10% employer contribution); life insurance (3 times annual salary); hybrid and flexible working; well-being support.
Location: Hybrid working, with travel to one of our regional offices as and when required. The preference is to be based close to our Manchester office, however applicants within commutable distance to one of our other offices (Glasgow, Birmingham, Welwyn Garden City, Southampton and Plymouth) will be considered.
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week).
Job Description
Quality Assurance
- Deal with external and internal enquiries
- Work closely with Industry Engagement and Partnership team to deliver industry-led (external) accreditation in a timely manner
- Lead the materials ordering process, including the distribution of certificates and badges to regional offices and external partners
- Take the lead on external partner feedback surveys, student data requests and observation reports, working with partners to ensure their completion and return
- Manage Quality Assurance data dashboards and work with the Head of Impact to provide evaluation and impact statistics for external Industrial Cadets accreditations
- Liaise with the Marketing team to update Industrial Cadets and Quality Assurance partner materials (such as certificates and information packs) on a periodic basis
- Perform an internal Quality Assurance moderation process three times a year to ensure consistency of delivery from internal teams and escalate any feedback where appropriate
CRM Support
- Be a Hubspot ‘super-admin’, acting as an initial point of contact for internal staff queries, making changes to the system and escalating queries internally and to external partners where appropriate
- Manage the support ticketing process for Hubspot queries
- Support, and eventually lead, weekly online Hubspot drop-in sessions for internal staff enquiries
- Perform data quality audits on Hubspot, ensuring data is entered consistently by teams in accordance with their processes, cleansing data where appropriate
Business Improvement
- Actively support the Quality Assurance Manager and Operations Director on continuous improvement projects, including supporting with team requirement gathering and process documentation
- Proactively identify opportunities to streamline internal processes or potential new initiatives, communicating this to the Quality Assurance Manager
Person specification
Essential
- Professional and proactive, with real pride in the quality of work
- Ability to take initiative and proactively investigate solutions to current and potential issues
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- A team worker who can liaise and collaborate with colleagues and other stakeholders
- Organised - can manage workload and deadlines and demonstrate effective time management
- Attention to detail and analytical skills
- Very confident IT user, in particular with CRM systems and Microsoft Office
- Positive and resilient attitude
Desirable
- Experience of the charity or education sector
- Experience of Hubspot and Microsoft Power Automate
Special conditions: The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an enhanced DBS/PVG check.
Closing date: Friday 1st November 2024
Interview date: W/C. Monday 4th November 2024
Start date: ASAP
Our mission is to connect young people with STEM and inspire STEM futures.
About the NEL VCSE Collaborative
The North East London (NEL) Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Collaborative works closely with the ICB to work together strategically by shaping, improving and delivering services and contributes to the system design and organisational development of the ICB, ensuring Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) contribution.
The leadership group of the seven borough representatives meets monthly and is currently working to develop a VCFSE strategy to raise the profile of the sector and support the VCFSE to work in partnership with the health system to address local health inequalities and improve the health outcomes of the communities in NEL. We are now keen to expand our work and recruit a Chair.
The NEL VCSE Collaborative is committed to our five values:
1. Equity and Inclusivity - Champion compassionate, collaborative, and inclusive multi-professional leadership.
2. Collaborative – Meaningful integration with ICB as a coordinated VCFSE voice
3. Innovative – VCFSE sector contributing expertise in an equitable manner in commissioning, service design and improvement processes
4. Transparent – building trust across sectors and ensuring VCFSE is a valued partner
5. Person and community focused – strengths based approach by championing our people and communities
Purpose of the role
- Provide influential and inspirational leadership to ensure the Voluntary, Community, Faith & Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector is an equal partner in the North East London (NEL) Integrated Care Partnerhsup (ICP).
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with health and social care stakeholders ensuring networks are kept informed of the Collaborative’s progress
- Advocate for the VCFSE sector and mobilise innovative approaches to support the health and wellbeing of NEL community
- To lead the NEL VCSE Collaborative, interfacing with the Partnership Development Director to drive forward the interests of the NEL VCSE Collaborative and the wider VCFSE sector it represents
- To act on behalf and represent the opinions and interests of the NEL VCSE Collaborative on relevant ICS boards, in particular as the NEL VCSE Collaborative representative on the NEL ICP
- To chair the leadership group meetings of the NEL VCSE Collaborative
- Ensure NEL VCSE Collaborative meetings are planned effectively, conducted according to the principles and agreements in place, and facilitated in collaboration with the Partnership Development Director
Key functions & Tasks (Role Description)
- To lead with compassion and inspiration to ensure strategic influence of VCFSE at system level to better enable integrated working approaches between system leaders and sector partners
- Work with the NEL VCSE Collaborative members to ensure they are effectively represented and actively involved across the structures that form the ICS
- Together with the Partnership Development Director, produce a quarterly budget report and regular updates including emerging opportunities and risks in a timely fashion
- Work with the Partnership Development Director on producing quarterly budget reports
- Lead and work with the NEL Collaborative to identify and communicate strategic and business development goals which are in line with community and ICS outcomes
- In collaboration with the Partnership Development Director, plan and Chair the NEL VCSE Collaborative meetings and ensure relevant business is discussed with clear actions
- Ensure that the NEL VCSE Collaborative leadership group adheres to the Terms of Reference (ToR) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in place and membership is fair and reviewed regularly with actions and conflicts of interest appropriately managed
- Ensure the NEL VCSE Collaborative addresses and incorporates relevant legislation, policies and best practice guidance, including equality and diversity
- Develop and regularly update an effective activity plan with NEL VCSE leadership group members which supports the work of Place Level Groups
- Work with the Partnerships Development Director to provide and promote system-wide communication through a range of media channels
Person Specification
- Demonstrable understanding and experience of the current and emerging challenges and opportunities within the regional Health and Care system and the local VCFSE
- Experience of working with the VCFSE sector at a strategic and senior management level, including championing and advocating on behalf of the VCFSE sector
- Demonstrate excellent knowledge of VCFSE and healthcare related policies with an understanding of the issues facing the VCFSE at local, regional and national level
- An understanding of the diversity of the VCFSE including grassroots level/micro- organisations
- Experience of leading meetings representing a diversity of views as well as change management processes at a strategic level
- Able to negotiate and influence with the ability to communicate with tact and sensitivity where appropriate. The role will include managing potentially complex and politically sensitive relationships.
- Ability to interpret highly complex information and communicate effectively across multiple stakeholders
- Strategic problem-solving skills, entrepreneurial and open to ideas and opportunities
- Experience of working in partnership with a range of stakeholders in health and social care services
Please see job specification on full details and how to apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
SMART is a vibrant and busy Charity supporting people affected by mental illness. Our main hub is in Chelsea where we run a number of work and training projects for members to learn new skills, build confidence, and develop a strong network of support. We also work in partnership with members to develop and deliver a programme of social, healthy and holisitic recovery activities in a friendly and enabling environment. Good food is the heart of SMART's work and we are looking for a Food Project Supervisor who can help us develop our food-related social enterprises so that they feed minds, bodies and souls.
To apply for this role, please send us your CV, and a covering letter (maximum, 2 A4 pages), detailing any relevant experience that you have, and covering the "competencies" part of the job description.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Black Thrive
Black Thrive Global (BTG) evolved from the work of the Black Thrive Lambeth Partnership, which was established in 2016. We exist to address the inequalities that negatively impact the mental health and wellbeing of Black people so that the thriving of Black communities is the norm.
Our guiding principle is that Black communities should be at the forefront of reimagining, redefining and co-creating a society where systemic racism and other oppressive systems have been dismantled so that they have fulfilling lives. We have two priorities – building a Black Thrive Research Institute and embedding race equity in systems change.
Job title: Head of Finance and Operations
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Manages: 1 x Finance Officer + 1 x Human Resources & Admin Manager + Dotted line management for all staff in different teams with finance and admin responsibilities
Geographic focus: All
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
Hours: 37.5 per week (flexible working available)
Benefits: 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pension contribution
Purpose of the role
The purpose of this role is to lead our finance and operations functions and support the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to implement management systems to efficiently run the business and achieve strategic objectives agreed by Global Black Thrive Board of Directors. This includes governance, finance, human resources, IT, legal, health and safety, and facilities management.
This role is strategic as well as multi-faceted and hands-on and will work collaboratively as part of Global Black Thrive’s Senior Leadership Team to
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Develop robust approaches to finance and operations and provide practical support for Black Thrive teams to manage their programmes and projects; and
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Support staff to take on delegated responsibility for finance, HR and operations and to develop their skills and knowledge base.
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Develop a Fundraising Strategy through creating comprehensive fundraising plans tailored to the organisation's needs and goals.
Duties and responsibilities
- Support the CEO to manage the organisation and ensure compliance with statutory requirements, including finance, HR, health and safety, data protection, and deadlines for annual returns to Companies House, the Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies, and HMRC.
- Put in place governance and management systems to support the efficient operation of the business, and the achievement of strategic objectives and milestones agreed by the Global Black Thrive Board of Directors.
- Support in the development of Black Thrive’s internal Learning and development infrastructure, particularly with the Learning Week.
- Lead on strategic reviews of organisational policies and procedures and work with the CEO and colleagues to review, update and operationalise policies and procedures.
- Line manage Finance Officer and lead finance functions, including working with managers to prepare and monitor budgets, ensuring that there are appropriate financial controls and operational arrangements in place (including for outgoing and incoming invoices and grants), liaising with external accounting and payroll providers and training staff as required.
- Line mange the HR and Admin Manager and support with updating policies, rolling out strategic changes and communicating these companywide.
- Provide timely and accurate strategic financial management information to enable the Board of Directors, CEO and managers to have effective oversight and make strategic short-term and long-term decisions.
- Work with others in the organisation and support the Fundraising Strategy. This will also include strategies for creating our own independent funds that are not linked to an external funder.
- Support the CEO to fulfil their role as Designated Lead Officer for safeguarding, including updating the safeguarding policy, ensuring that it is given effect and maintaining a robust system of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and training for staff, associates, consultants and volunteers.
- Ensure the provision of effective day-to-day administration of HR functions, including induction, training, learning week organisation and appraisal systems
- Ensure effective management of premises, facilities, and equipment, including maintenance of an asset register.
- Stay up to date with trends and best practices in governance, finance and operations relevant to Global Black Thrive’s mission.
- Work with Global Black Thrive Directors to resolve disputes or disagreements that negatively impact on the achievement of objectives.
- Ensure compliance with legislation and policies relevant to the job role, including equality, safeguarding, health and safety, data protection and financial probity.
- Produce and deliver presentations, reports and other material relevant to the role.
- Occasionally work at weekends and in the evenings when required.
Please note: The above is not an exhaustive list of duties, and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your evolving role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Head of Finance and Operations
E – Essential: requirements without which the job could not be done.
D – Desirable: requirements that would enable the candidate to perform the job well.
Qualifications and Experience
- Equivalent of a bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration or related fieldE
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in financial and operations in an organisation dealing with multiple and/or complex programmes and partnerships. E
- Experience in developing and implementing new systems and processes in start-up environments D
- Experience of using online accounting software e.g. Xero and setting up and maintaining financial and administrative systems that are compliant with data protection and privacy laws. E
- Experience of fundraising or generating funds for an organisation through grant applications, external funders or through fund raising events and activities. D
Ability, skills, knowledge - Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to balance “taking charge” with motivating others and supporting them to grow and develop. E
- A good track record of achieving objectives and meeting deadlines. E
- Excellent understanding of financial management and controls. E
- Knowledge of statutory frameworks relating to governance, finance, HR, health and safety and data protection and ability to ensure compliance.D
- Commitment to equality for all people as well as good knowledge and understanding of the experiences of Black people of African and Caribbean descent and a strong drive to address the factors which negatively impact upon their health and wellbeing. E
- Commitment to the key principles underpinning the Social Model of Disability. D
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. E
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including conveying complex information adaptable to people from different professional backgrounds and levels of seniority. E
- Excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail, ability to multitask and to manage a heavy workload and competing priorities.E
- Ability to work at speed through ambiguity and uncertainty and remain calm under pressure. D
- Ability to remain enthusiastic, optimistic and solutions-focused in the face of adversity and to deliver tangible results with minimal supervision. E
- High level of digital competence to support strategic and operational goals. D
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required but we will treat applicants who have a criminal record fairly and will not unreasonably discriminate because of a conviction or other information revealed.
Please ensure your cover letter demonstrate how you meet the requirements for this role and explain why you would like to work for Global Black Thrive.
We exist to change the odds stacked against Black people by embedding race equity into systemic change so that thriving is the norm not the exception
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Our Organisation
You will work a combination of office, client-home, community, and home-based working. Causeway is a 4-day week employer, so you will work 32 hours over 4 days a week. Causeway is a London living wage employer. You will receive a 6% pension contribution, rising to 12% after two years service. We also offer an employee assistance programme that provides free financial, legal, and mental health advice and support to our employees. We provide core training, and continuous learning and development throughout your career with us. Travel schemes such as cycle to work and travelcard loans are also available.
The Role
To provide a high-quality housing management service, ensuring outstanding customer service and service delivery, by a being a primary point of contact for tenants. Engage with tenants to provide a responsive efficient housing management service that is consistently excellent for all tenancies. Housing Officers are expected to carry out the vast majority of their duties (70%) at our managed accommodation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Peer Support Group Development Officer - Midlands Area
Must live in the Midlands area (Birmingham, Nottingham, Coventry, Worcester etc)
Job Type:
Full-Time- 37 hours per week, remote working with travel across region and occasional national travel, flexible working negotiable by prior arrangement.
Overview:
Following the successful application of a National Lottery award, we are seeking two dedicated and compassionate Peer Support Group Development Officers to set up and sustain local peer support groups for people living with and affected by prostate cancer. These roles focus on building on our established networks to expand peer support in defined areas, facilitating group formation, and enhancing service delivery through strategic outreach and resource development.
This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals living with and affected by prostate cancer, providing crucial support through community-based initiatives. If you are enthusiastic about volunteer management and community service and have the skills and experience, we are looking for, we encourage you to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Group formation and support: Oversee the setup and operation of 10-12 self-sustaining and independent peer support groups within your assigned region across the lifetime of the three-year project. Ensure smooth delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of group activities. Support existing group leaders and organisers to reach more people living with and affected by prostate cancer with tools and resources.
- Volunteer Coordination: Recruit, train, and support volunteer Support Group Leaders. Assist in the co-production of training materials and resources, aimed at creating self-sustainable groups.
- Community Engagement: Conduct outreach to map existing support services and facilitate the integration of these services with the peer support groups. Host local engagement events to boost volunteer recruitment.
- Data and Case Management: Use a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system to support high-quality volunteer and case management, ensuring accurate data collection to support service outcomes.
- Training and Development: Develop and deliver tailored training programmes for volunteers based on the specific needs of Group Leaders and Organisers. Set up regional forums for sharing best practices and peer networking. Encourage use of Members Portal to share good practice.
- Documentation and Compliance: Ensure compliance with Best Practice Guidance document. Ensure adherence to safeguarding policies to maintain safe governance of peer support groups.
Skills and Qualities Required:
- Strong Facilitation and Communication Skills: Ability to engage effectively with diverse groups. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.
- Project Management: Proven skills in managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders. Ability to meet deadlines and manage a varied workload.
- Volunteer Management: Experience in recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers in community settings. Knowledge of best practices in volunteer management.
- Influencing: Experience of influencing a wide range of partners and stakeholders, and in particular clinicians and voluntary and community providers within the health and wellbeing community.
- Community Development: Experience of developing and delivering community services with a range of stakeholders, including health and social care workers, commissioners, local authority and community and voluntary partners.
- Data-Driven Approach: Experience with data collection and CRM systems and a commitment to data-driven service evaluation.
- Community Sensitivity: Experience collaborating with people with a lived experience of cancer or other long-term conditions. Ability to understand and empathise with community needs.
- Administrative: Strong administration and IT skills to maintain accurate records and documentation.
- Safeguarding Knowledge: A good understanding of safeguarding practices, particularly concerning vulnerable populations.
Educational Qualifications:
- Relevant qualification or experience in Community Development, Psychology, Public Health, or a related field is preferred.
Essential Requirements:
- A genuine commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in all aspects of the role.
- Right to work in the UK.
- Willingness to travel within the designated region and, on occasion, nationally when required.
- Live in the area/region - Midlands (Birmingham, Nottingham, Coventry, Worcester etc)
Please provide a CV and a supporting statement that addresses the included questions
We are hiring for two positions. Please indicate which area you are applying for.
You MUST live in the area/region of the Midlands (Birmingham, Nottingham, Coventry, Worcester etc)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the Role
We are seeking a Programmes Delivery Officer within our Global Relationships Team, whose role will be to support our vision to equip the Methodist Church in Britain to be a growing, evangelistic, inclusive, justice-seeking Church for the 21st century.
Reporting to the Deputy Director of Global Relationships, the successful candidate will be a collaborative and professional member of the Global Relationships (GR) team within the Mission Team as it fulfils its strategy in response to Our Calling and a Methodist Way of Life.
In this post, you will focus on the following priorities:
- develop and implement our People to People programmes, including long-term Mission Partnering, Encounter Worldwide, Encounter Together, Global Mission Fellows, the incoming Evangelists Programme, Church Twinning and more.
- help facilitate and strengthen ongoing relationships between Partner Churches and the Methodist Church in Britain, and provide Methodist people with unique opportunities to learn and engage in mission in a variety of global contexts.
- promote the work of global relationships with children and young people at 3Generate, their annual gathering.
About You
Key Requirements
- Graduate qualification in mission, development studies, project management or equivalent, together with relevant experience.
- Excellent understanding of the global mission context in the 21st Century.
- Proven ability to work cross culturally and to relate to persons within different globally based organisations.
- Highly organised and able to track multiple areas of work.
- Availability for occasional on call and out of hours work.
It is a requirement that applicants have the right to work in the UK.
Our Culture, Values and Benefits
Thank you for considering joining our inclusive and welcoming team that strives for excellence and values employee wellbeing.
We value and support all those who join our team through a positive work-life balance augmented by generous annual leave (plus an extra 3 days over Christmas/New Year), TOIL, flexi-leave and an on-site Wellbeing Adviser service. We offer a generous occupational pension scheme, where the Methodist Church will pay double the employee contribution up to a maximum of 16% employer contribution.
The Methodist Church is an inclusive and supportive employer. We are actively committed to encouraging applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from people of Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic groups. We also welcome applications from people living with disabilities.
For an informal discussion with a member of the team please see our website for GR Admin contact details.
If you have questions about the vacancy or require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, please see our website for HR contact details.
Closing Date: 4 November 2024
Interviews: 21 November 2024
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
The Education & Training Manager will be responsible for grant managing the day-to-day aspects of commissioned Education and Training programmes.
They will work with partner organisations to create tailored training plans, and commission education and training programmes to deliver those plans. They will monitor training program effectiveness, manage related funding budgets, and stay updated on relevant training trends.
They will support the Head of Education and Training with the ongoing development of GambleAware’s approach to education and training of professionals across the sector and in adjacent sectors. Assisting in the identifying and assessing relevant training needs of professionals working with people experiencing gambling harm.
Working across the organisation with colleagues to identify education and training needs arising from new research, new stakeholder groups, policy change, advancements in treatment or legislative changes, for example. Supporting matrix working both in their capacity of managing and supporting programmes of work.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Shelter
We exist to defend the right to a safe home and fight the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people and society.
We do this through tireless campaigning to change things at the top and a complex range of support services to help people on the ground.
We believe that home is everything.
About the roles
If you’re a Creative Team who can come up with incredible ideas and have a strong desire to do some good in this world, then we want to meet you.
You’ll be joining a talented and friendly team of copywriters and designers who recently won In-House Agency of the Year at the Drum Awards.
We think and work a like an agency – we’re not here to simply cross the T’s and dot the I’s. Our work is all about finding the big ideas, so we need this to be one of your superpowers (and you’ll need a portfolio to prove it).
Our team takes on a variety of briefs from across the organisation and things move quickly. One day, you might be working on an experiential event or an OOH campaign. The next, you could be brainstorming ideas for a social media campaign or designing a policy report. Whatever the brief, you’ll be taking projects from concept to completion. Sometimes you’ll work together, but sometimes we’ll partner you with other designers and writers in the team, so you must be happy to collaborate with other creative minds.
About you
You have a proven track record of creating integrated campaign concepts that can be delivered across all media. You have experience of working to a brief, understanding different audience needs and applying this knowledge to creative solutions.
You’ll need real understanding of social media, an exceptional grasp of brand voice and design, meticulous attention to detail, and all the skills and versatility you’d expect from a top-notch copywriter and designer.
The designer in the team must be an expert across the Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign)
Does this sound like you? Then let’s have a chat.
About the team
You’ll be joining a friendly, talented and dedicated team who recently won In-house agency of the year at The Drum awards. You will work closely with your Creative Lead, Copy Lead and fellow writers and designers to deliver creative content to highest standard across all areas of our communication.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, a generous pension scheme, enhanced family-friendly policies and interest-free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle-to-work scheme and an employee assistance programme.
To find out more about the role and the benefits of working for Shelter, please visit our website. Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.
Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
This is an exciting time to join the London Museum on the journey towards opening the new museum at Smithfield in 2026. This role offers a unique opportunity to bring your business partnering expertise to the Museum and grow as the role evolves over the next few years.
As a Commercial Finance Business Partner, you will be a key member of the finance team working closely with finance and non finance colleagues across the Museum.
The main purpose of this role is to co-ordinate and deliver effective, consistent and timely business partnering to the Commercial and Visitor Operations teams and to the Trading Board.
Key duties are as follows:
• Providing effective monthly and quarterly financial reporting to the business, supporting the business through quarterly forecasting, annual planning and budgeting, and year end processes.
• Supporting and advising on specific projects and providing insightful analysis to inform decision making (e.g. the Docklands Masterplan, new museum Commercial Strategy).
• Collaborating closely with other Finance colleagues to strengthen and embed a business partnering approach to working with budget holders and to implement a process for measuring success
The role would suit somebody from a finance background who has a keen attention to detail and experience of successful finance business partnering with high standards of customer service and a collaborative business partner approach. This role sits within an experienced finance team and will report to the Head of Finance, being the key contact for the Commercial and Visitor Operations Teams.
Please get in touch with Holly Arrowsmith at Ivy Rock Partners with a copy of your CV for a confidential conversation about this opportunity.
The closing date for applications is Monday 28 October 2024. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to an interview from week commencing 4 November 2024
Reporting to the Director of Operations and working closely with the National Leadership Team representative for national events, you will manage the events team to deliver excellent service and event support for all New Wine events. This exciting role involves overseeing all aspects of event production, from content development to logistics and delegate management. You will also be responsible for ensuring that the strategic vision and goals of the events are realised, delivering an outstanding experience for global audiences.
The Events Team exists to support New Wine delegates, volunteers, and staff with the initial planning, coordination, and delivery of all New Wine events held throughout the year. This includes two annual national events, the New Wine Festival and the New Wine Leadership Conference, as well as a number of smaller events such as the Reset Women’s Conference, Worship Nights, and Network Days.
Areas of Responsibility:
Event Team Leadership:
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Line manage, train, and develop the events team, which consists of 5 individuals (one vacant), 3 of whom are direct reports.
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Motivate the team, communicating effectively and building relationships internally and externally with key stakeholders and partners.
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Set appropriate goals and key performance indicators (KPIs), managing them effectively to drive activity and performance.
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Join the core team in regular meetings, updating and chairing event specific discussions.
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Coordinating with other departments to rethink processes and strategy.
Event Planning:
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Manage and oversee the New Wine events calendar to ensure that events are planned in a coordinated manner.
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Liaise with specific event leadership teams to determine the vision, goals, and requirements for each New Wine event.
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Set up and chair event planning meetings for national events, monitoring that planning is on schedule and within budget.
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Support Event Managers in the planning and delivery of smaller events.
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Manage external consultants and professionals who support with delivery of events including Production Project Manager and Technical Production Manager.
Event Delivery:
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Ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and standards.
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Oversee the production, delegate and team experience on-site at any New Wine event. This includes managing the Production Project manager, front desk service team and back-office functions such as ticketing, accommodation, village allocation, telephone and email response, and volunteer team leader oversight and engagement.
Why join our team?
One team: We care about you and invest in our team with training opportunities, quarterly reviews, and flexible working. We are keen for you to flourish here at New Wine, so if you see something you’d like to learn or a skill you’d like to develop, let your manager know!
Workspace: We have moved our office to Work.Life, with our main base being the Liverpool Street branch. Within the building, there are fantastic spaces for meeting, networking and coworking, as well as free coffee and events, breakfasts and well-being activities for us as members.
Healthcare: We are pleased to have recently launched Vitality Healthcare for team members who work more than 15 hours a week.
Events: Joining New Wine has exciting opportunities as we head to our two main events, the New Wine Leadership Conference and the New Wine Summer Festival. Depending on your job role, there may be other opportunities to head to site, but you will be invited, and arrangements will be made in advance. Specifically, at our two main events, we will look after you so you can do your job to the best of your ability. We also make sure TOIL is accrued so that you can rest to the best of your ability too!
Prayer Days: Your physical, mental, and spiritual health are incredibly important to us. While onsite at our events and throughout the year, we make sure to honour Prayer Days.
Pension: After completing three months and passing your probation, you will be automatically enrolled in the New Wine pension scheme. As part of the scheme, we will contribute 10% of your salary. This scheme does not require any contributions from you. However, if you would like to make additional contributions, you can arrange this with the Finance Manager.
Find out more about individual specification and working patterns by downloading the job description.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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.
- Full time, permanent role in the Youth Justice Team
- Salary £31,200-£34,736
- Deadline: 9am, Monday 21 October
Context and Background
The NSPCC's mission is to end cruelty to children in the UK. To carry out its charitable work
and achieve its strategic objectives, the NSPCC must communicate efficiently and effectively
with the maximum possible impact, relevance, and emotional resonance. Communications
need to engage all key audiences including supporters, professionals, service users,
volunteers, and the public across a variety of offline and online channels (paid, owned, and
earned).
The NSPCC’s Brand and Content team create compelling, relevant content for our
audiences. Informed by channel and creative expertise, the team are focussed on delivering
practical advice and support to keep children safe.
The Creative team sit within Brand and Content, providing a range of services, advice and
creative expertise for the wider organisation related to campaigns, services, social media,
copywriting, web content, and organic social.
The Creative Team’s focus is to:
• lead the development of the organisation’s brand and content strategy and creative
execution.
• tell a clear and inspiring story of what we do and the impact we have
as a charity
• develop, deliver, and optimise content for our audiences across all channels – paid,
earned and owned.
Reporting to the Creative Director and supporting the rest of the Creative team,
stakeholders and commissioners, you will ensure our video content is relevant, engaging
and tailored to audience and channel.Job purpose
This role will deliver video content across a variety of briefs, advising and working closely
with teams across the organisation. The postholder will work alongside other creatives
(copy, production, design, organic social, web content) to ensure best-practice video
creative, working to budget and schedule, suitable to channel.
This will involve deploying a combination of hands-on creative skills (shoot / edit / simple
motion graphics) and commissioning external video production.
Key relationships - Internal
• Reports to the Creative Director, Brand and Content (Creative).
• Works closely with the Creative Director, Film and Photography Producer, Creative team,
Organic social and Web content
• Works collaboratively with all teams across the organisation who are responsible for
developing video propositions and content, to ensure creative excellence.
Key relationships - External
• This role briefs and collaborates with external agencies, freelancers, and contributors.
Main duties and responsibilities
• Creating or commissioning video/animation/gifs/motion graphics in response to a variety
of briefs.
• An understanding of the difference audiences, content and platforms for both the NSPCC
and Childline and ability to work across both
• Collaborating with Brand and Content team and other stakeholders to develop effective
and engaging video content
• Interpreting briefs and requests applying creativity to meet audience and channels
objectives
• Understanding established and emerging social trends
• Supporting and developing skills, process and workflows
• Sharing knowledge with peers, stakeholders and commissioners about what makes video
content effective and engaging.
Responsibilities for all staff in the Communications directorate
A commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
• To actively participate in regular department and team meetings, contributing to strategy,
discussions and decisions which will be beneficial to NSPCC’s communications activities.• To maintain an awareness of own and others’ Health and Safety and comply with the
NSPCC’s Health and Safety policy and procedures.
• To take personal responsibility for keeping up to date with NSPCC work to end cruelty to
children, including securing updates on project and service developments and general
NSPCC news.
Person specification
• Experience in hands-on creation of video assets, especially for social channels
• Comfortable using the Adobe CC suite (some combination of Premiere, After Effects,
Adobe Express, Photoshop, Illustrator) or similar.
• Practical photography and shooting (DSLR / phone / similar) skills preferable.
• Experience working with and commissioning external video production.
• Experience working with budgets and scheduling.
• Ability to translate objectives and audience insight from a brief into strong video content.
• Consistently delivers to high standards with a strong attention to detail whether
responding to reactively or within planned timeframes.
Safer Recruitment
As an organisation, we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes
safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk.
Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough
process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates
to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with our children and adults.
The recruitment and selection of our people will be conducted in a professional, timely and
responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant
safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.
Our principles:
• Always seek to recruit the best candidate for the role based on merit including their skills,
experience, motivation and competencies. Our robust recruitment and selection process
should ensure the identification of the person best suited to the role and the organisation.• Committed to diversity and equality of opportunity and will interview all applicants (internal
and external) who self-declare at application as having a disability and who meet the minimum
requirements in the person specification of the vacancy they are applying for.
• We will make reasonable adjustments at all stages of the recruitment process in order to
enable successful candidates who declare disabilities to start working or volunteering their
time with us.
• Any current member of staff or volunteer who wishes to apply for vacancies and is suitably
qualified will be considered and addressed fairly and objectively based on their merit.
• As an organisation committed to safeguarding, we will ensure all under 18’s joining the
organisation will have ongoing risk assessments to ensure their role and activities are safe and
appropriate.
• All documentation relating to candidates will be treated confidentially in accordance with the
GDPR legislation.