Service Manager Jobs in Guildford, Surrey

Join Cycle Sisters as our new Fundraising Lead to help us generate the resources we need to change the lives of more women through our cycling programmes.

Key info: 

Role title: Fundraising Lead 

Contract type: Self-employed (currently exploring moving to payroll in near future) 

Hours: 14 hours per week.   Hours can be worked flexibly but need to include some fixed hours during weekday standard working hours and ability to occasionally attend evening/weekend events

Duration: 2 year contract with opportunity to extend dependent on funding 

Rate: £23 per hour 

Location: Home-working but need to be based in London for travel to events and activities 

Reporting to: CEO

How would you contribute to Cycle Sisters’ mission? 

Cycle Sisters has grown hugely over the past few years, with an expanded range of programmes and activity. We are keen to continue this journey of growth and have just finalised a new strategy for 2024-2027 which prioritises reaching more women and girls, and ensuring our financial sustainability.

The Fundraising Lead will play a critical role in supporting our ‘sustainability' strategic priority to ensure Cycle Sisters can access the resources it needs to keep making a difference.   This post-holder will lead on growing Cycle Sisters’ unrestricted income, with a focus on community fundraising and corporate partnerships.

The post-holder will need to be an excellent networker, confident in representing the organisation externally and able to motivate a range of stakeholders to financially support Cycle Sisters’ work.

What would you be doing?

Below is a list of responsibilities which provide a broad outline of the role.   This is not an exhaustive list as Cycle Sisters is a small team which requires flexibility.

This is a new part-time role and we will work with the successful candidate to develop a workplan which is realistic within the hours available.   There will also be support from other team members on some of the areas of work.

General responsibilities 

• Develop strategies to achieve income targets across the areas outlined below 

• Ensure all fundraising initiatives are properly planned, delivered, monitored and evaluated.   All activities should be conducted in adherence to best practice, Cycle Sisters’ ethical policy and charity law. 

• Represent the organisation externally including networking, delivering presentations and speaking at events 

• Work with the Communications & Media Lead to create compelling fundraising messages and materials for a range of audiences 

• Work collaboratively with other team members in Cycle Sisters to maximise all opportunities for fundraising 

Individual Giving and Community Fundraising 

• Oversee event/challenge fundraising, liaising closely with volunteer fundraisers to maximise income and ensure fundraisers feel valued and appreciated 

• Work with the Communications & Media Lead to ensure donors feel valued and appreciated 

• Develop and implement a regular giving strategy, helping us to progress donors from one-off to regular giving

• Work with the CEO to develop a “membership” scheme to generate regular income from Cycle Sisters’ participant network with incentives and benefits for members 

• Work with an external agency to secure income through digital fundraising 

Corporate Fundraising 

Working closely with the CEO: 

• Develop relationships with existing corporate partners, ensuring partners feel valued and are receiving regular updates

• Research and identify new corporate fundraising prospects.  Develop relationships through networking and representing Cycle Sisters externally.

• Create tailored packages to secure in-kind and financial support from corporate partners 

• Develop ideas for earned income services for corporate partners e.g. led rides 

Who are we looking for? 

Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement.   At Cycle Sisters, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything listed below, we would encourage you to still apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Please note that we are only able to accept applications from female applicants due to the nature of our organisation and cause including the fact that the successful candidate would be required to interact with, represent and work within women-only spaces.

Essential 

• At least 3 years’ experience in a charity fundraising role or similar roles 

• Evidenced track record of personally meeting fundraising targets in previous roles 

• Networking, negotiation and people skills with the ability to inspire, motivate and build relationships 

• Public speaking skills

• Ability to develop and implement strategies as well as be involved with operational delivery, requiring good attention to detail 

• Written communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging, pitches and projects to differing donor needs and requirements 

• Organisational, planning and project management skills, with ability to be self-directed and work independently 

• Research skills, including identifying potential supporters and prospects 

• Experience and understanding of Muslim communities and of the networks and stakeholders Cycle Sisters engages with

• Commitment to the aims and values of Cycle Sisters including inclusion and diversity 

Desirable

• Well networked with corporates including (but not exclusively) within the Muslim community

• Experience of and passion for cycling, active travel or sport in general

Accessibility and further questions

One of Cycle Sister's core values is inclusion and we aim to reflect this in our recruitment processes. We encourage applications from a diverse range of people and are keen that our application process is accessible to those who are neurodivergent or have other access needs.

If you require any particular adjustments during the recruitment process or would like to understand any elements of this role's structure, contracting arrangements, responsibilities or anything else related to this role, please contact us.

What is Cycle Sisters? 

Cycle Sisters is an award-winning charity which supports Muslim women and girls to change their lives through cycling.  We are passionate about ensuring everyone has access to cycling without having to compromise cultural or religious values.

We have a thriving network of over 1500 women and operate women-only cycle groups across 10 London boroughs, led by a team of nearly 100 volunteer Ride Leaders.  We also have activities for teenage girls and our Tri Sisters project supports Muslim women to take on triathlons.

Our work is changing lives.  In our most recent impact survey,  92% of our participants reported improved physical and mental health, 85% felt more connected to their local community and 90% felt more confident in general.
 

Why join Cycle Sisters? 

• We offer a flexible working opportunity which can fit around other work and life commitments.   Many of our team are mums who work part-time at Cycle Sisters. 

• We offer the autonomy to shape both the role and Cycle Sisters’ future development and be part of making a real difference to the lives of women and girls. 

• We offer access to free/discounted places for exciting cycling events and challenges. 

• We are an inclusive and supportive organisation which values diversity. 

Are you a health or social care professional based in the West Midlands and experienced in supporting dementia carers? Would you like to support the work of a dynamic charity that is growing the reach of its services? If so, we’d love to hear from you. 

We are looking for associates who can support us to deliver a range of activities including the delivery of community-based carer training, one-to-one telephone consultations with carers, dementia awareness training for organisations, and the facilitation of online carer support groups. 

We are a remote based specialist team which includes a clinical psychologist, dementia nurse specialist, social worker, and benefits advisor. 

You may be in part-time employment, recently retired, or just looking for a more flexible approach to work, whatever the motivation, we are confident you will enjoy being part of our friendly team.

If you are interested and would like to know more, please contact Steve Dubbins, Director of Services, on 07376 596763 or via email: [email protected]

We look forward to hearing from you. 

Are you an organised and proactive professional with a knack for operational, governance, and HR administration? Are you used to supporting global teams and different cultures? Do you enjoy working both independently and as part of a team?

Work setting: Remote

Salary: FTE £26,705 and £27,705 per annum

Contract: 9-month FTC

Hours: Part-time (21 hours per week)

Location: London

TPP are recruiting a Corporate Resources Coordinator on behalf of our client, a civil society organisation focused on supporting children and their families.

The Role:

As the Corporate Resources Coordinator, you will provide comprehensive support across various functions, including global operations, governance, and HR administration. Your responsibilities will span managing IT equipment, ensuring compliance with operational policies, supporting committee and board meetings, and providing HR administration support. Key to this role is building strong relationships, being responsive, and communicating effectively.

Main responsibilities:

• Support the Senior International Finance and Operations Manager in global operations and facilities planning.
• Ensure compliance with operations policies, providing training and support as needed.
• Manage relationships with global facilities service providers and oversee virtual office operations.
• Maintain and archive corporate documentation and financial records.
• Assist in maintaining insurance provisions, including managing renewals and claims.
• Support health and safety standards, proposing policy improvements and ensuring staff compliance.
• Manage contracts with outsourced IT support providers and oversee IT equipment sourcing and setup.
• Oversee the Google platform, ensuring efficiency and security.
• Deliver IT inductions for new starters and manage the IT leaver process.
• Act as the first point of contact for all IT matters, including cyber security concerns.
• Coordinate board and committee meetings and assist with general meeting preparation.
• Maintain company registers and communicate with trustees.
• Assist with employee engagement activities, staff communication, and Learning and Development administration.
• Support safeguarding compliance by tracking and processing necessary documents and checks.
• Process all operations-related invoices and provide input for financial and operational planning.
• Build and maintain relationships across all teams.
• Establish efficient administration systems and undertake additional duties to support the Secretariat.

Essential requirements:

• Experience in varied administrative roles, managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong administrative and office experience, including systems administration with Google Apps.
• Effective communication skills across all organisational levels and experience in multicultural settings.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• High standard of numeracy and analytical skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy under pressure.
• Strong intercultural competence and ability to build relationships across borders.
• Flexible, adaptable, and capable of working outside typical hours across time zones.

If this sounds like the role for you, then we would love to hear back. We are reviewing CVs as and when we are receiving them so, if you are keen to apply, then please do so today!

TPP are always keen to speak with candidates looking to work in the sector so if this role isn't quite right for you, please do check out our website and pop your CV over to us!

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you.

Commercial Development Consultant

Location: Homebased
Department: Trading Support
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 35
Salary: £40,982.00

Who are we? 

The National Union of Students (NUS) is a voluntary membership organisation which makes a real difference to the lives of students and its member students' unions. 

We are a confederation of over 440 students’ unions representing just under 4m students and apprentices across Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. In Scotland, there are over 40 students’ associations representing 460,000 students.  

We do professional differently. We are a progressive charity representing students’ unions across the UK. The sector is inclusive, fun, dynamic and representative and we put students and students’ unions at the heart of everything we do. We are challenging but are committed to creating a supportive and flexible environment which pushes your personal development in your everyday activity.

What we do

NUS Services Limited (NUSSL) is the leading purchasing group serving students’ unions and the educational sector.

NUS Services being the commercial arm of the National Union of Students, resourcing the student movement through three core services: purchasing, commercial development and infrastructure support.

Owned by students’ unions and NUS, all of NUS Services work is membership-led and driven by powerful commercial intelligence, making it the gateway to the student market.

What’s the job?

We are searching for a talented commercial operator to join the team as Commercial Development Consultant. The role is fast paced, working with students’ union commercial teams around the UK, with frequent travel and some nights away involved.

A key part of the role is to initiate, grow and maintain engaging relationships with member students’ union commercial teams across retail, licensed hospitality and food service environments to enable them to grow their profitable contribution in a compliant, insight-led way.

The role has responsibility for implementing our inhouse compliance programmes, ensuring improved understanding and awareness to create programme longevity and continued benefits for both members and suppliers.

Our members take part in the Best Bar None accreditation, demonstrating that their licensed spaces are being operated in a safe and responsible manner. The role holder would therefore become a Best Bar None assessor and complete a number of in person assessments during the year.

Who you are

A talented operator who has experience in the commercial world of hospitality (catering and licensed), retail experience would be a bonus, either within a Students’ Union or a high street operator.

You will have held roles where you can demonstrate a vast knowledge of operating commercial outlets whilst controlling costs, managing margins, and delivering great operating standards.

Understanding the market is key as you’ll be helping our member students’ unions to interpret current trends and develop them into successful action within member commercial operations. 

Having a good eye for detail and understanding the need for compliance comes easy to you, along with the skill to challenge where non-compliance may be apparent, so you’ll have strong interpersonal and influencing skills and be a good communicator.

Why apply?

As well as a great place to work, we offer a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days per year rising with service to 30 days, pro rata for part time) 
• Enhanced sick, maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension scheme with employer matched contributions up to 6%
• Employee Assistance Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Childcare Allowance
• Paid volunteering days – three days per year for full time staff

Committed to Inclusion

We’re committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability. You can be yourself here whoever you are, be proud of the work you do and build a career in a place that knows different is good.

We recognise that candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised-Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are under-represented in our organisation, and that there are often additional barriers present for people from these groups when applying for roles in the charity sector and beyond. We are committed to taking positive action to expand the diversity of our staff team, and if you meet the essential criteria for a role and are from a BAME background, you'll be guaranteed a first stage interview. It is important to note that this scheme guarantees an interview for candidates who meet the minimum criteria and tell us that they'd like to be considered under the scheme. The selection decision at interview will be based on the most suitable candidate, regardless of any protected characteristic.

Please apply via our online application form, we are unable to accept CVs. 

Closing date for applications is Sunday 29th September 2024 (23:59).
If you’re successfully shortlisted, we’ll see you at an interview on Thursday 10th October 2024.

REF-216677

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

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

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

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

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

 

Unfortunately, we cannot accept CVs for this position.

The closing date for applications is midday Monday 30th September 2024..

Interviews Tuesday, 8th October 2024.

Infrastructure Engineer

Recruitment Agency Ref: 151230
We are working with a large Housing Association to recruit for an Infrastructure Engineer to join their IT team. The post holder will be responsible for the installation, monitoring, maintenance, and support of the organisation's hardware, software, and cloud systems, as well as managing and delivering technical projects, upgrades, and implementations.

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Benefits: 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, matched employer pension contribution up to 10%, personal development, and much more
Duration: Permanent
Location: Berkshire (hybrid working - 3 days per week in the office, occasional travel to other sites)

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing and administrating physical and virtual IT infrastructure, including servers, SANs, routers, switches, UPS, LANs, SD-WAN and wireless networks
• Maintaining the Azure cloud estate
• Delivering IT infrastructure projects, upgrades, and implementations
• Ensuring all systems, services, and platforms are patched
• Being an escalation point for incidents and problems from Service Desk
• Reviewing and remediating identified IT security risks
• Implementing security standards, procedures, policies, and guidelines for multiple platforms

The successful candidate will have:

• Demonstrable experience as an Infrastructure Engineer
• In-depth knowledge and experience in the implementation and support of hardware, software, servers and networks
• Solid understanding of Windows, O365, Azure, VMWare, enterprise storage, networking
• Knowledge of industry best practice for security standards and Cloud security standards
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with staff and students
• Valid UK driving licence and own car

To apply or for more information, please get in touch with Kirsty Mah on 020 7019 8856 or email [email protected]

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.

Are you ready to lead a finance team in a dynamic, purpose-driven environment?

Challengers is looking for a passionate and experienced Head of Finance to join our Senior Leadership Team, taking the helm of our finance operations and supporting our mission to transform the lives of disabled children and young people through the power of play.

Who We Are

At Challengers, we break down the barriers to play and make it possible for every disabled child and young person to play and have fun, without limits. Our mission is to transform the lives of disabled children, young peopleand their families through the power of play, to reach our vision of A world where all children and young people can play together, freely.

What We Offer:

• Generous Holiday Package: 31 days, including bank holidays, with additional days for long service. Plus, after your first year, your birthday off!
• Work-Life Balance: We value work-life balance and aim to support our teams in delivering the best outcomes for both those who use our services and our staff
• Free Training: Opportunities to expand your skills, including courses in Disability and Inclusion Awareness, Safeguarding, First Aid, Makaton, and more
• Free DBS: We cover the cost of DBS checks for all employees
• Pension & Healthcare: Access to a NEST pension scheme and a health cash plan through Simply Health
• Career Breaks: Available after three years of service, subject to approval

About the Role

As the Head of Finance, you will oversee all financial operations, ensuring the smooth running of the finance function with support from two Finance Officers. This is a pivotal moment to join Challengers as we embark on a new strategic journey, aiming to reach 1,000 families and deliver 100,000 hours of life-changing services for disabled children and young people.

You will work closely with various stakeholders, including trustees, parents, carers, auditors, and statutory funders. Your leadership and expertise will help drive our financial strategy as we work to expand our reach and impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee day-to-day finance operations and provide strategic financial insight
• Prepare annual accounts, manage audits, and ensure compliance with regulatory bodies
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis to support the organisation's growth
• Manage IT infrastructure, ensuring robust data security and GDPR compliance
• Lead and develop the finance team, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence

About You:

• You are a qualified accountant with at least three years of experience in a senior financial role
• You bring strong expertise in financial analysis, budgeting, and preparing annual accounts
• You are a seasoned leader with proven experience in managing small teams and working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders
• You possess excellent skills in financial modelling and database management, particularly in MS Excel
• You have experience in managing IT infrastructure and ensuring compliance with data security protocols, including GDPR
• You are passionate about the not-for-profit sector and have a deep understanding of the challenges faced by disabled children and their families

Other Job Details:

• Location: Guildford or Farnham office, with flexible remote working options
• Salary: £47,000 - £60,000
• Hours: Full-time (35 hours per week)
• Reports to: Chief Executive

Application Details:

• Closing Date: 30th September 2024
• Interview Dates: 2nd - 4th October 2024

Join us in making a lasting difference for disabled children and their families. Apply today to be part of something truly special, by submitting your CV to the link provided & we will be in direct contact.

This is a new role, and an exciting time to join our well-regarded and high performing team. 

You will have a strong background in advocacy and strategic communications at a senior level, with related skills and abilities, and have a good understanding of human rights in the UK, including our everyday rights.

CANCER AWARENESS BANK NURSE - SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND (REGISTERED ADULT NURSE)

Salary: £26 per hour

Reports to: Cancer Awareness Nurse Managers - Cancer Awareness in the Workplace (CAW)

Department: Policy, Information and Communications

Location: Home-based in South-West England. This will cover anywhere from Watford to the South-West including Bristol, Bath, Southampton, Portsmouth, Poole, Bournemouth and Cornwall.

Employment type: Casual Worker

Working hours: We expect to offer a minimum of 8 shifts per year, but the average is between 8 and 48 shifts dependent on availability and willingness to travel. Hours will be arranged by the Cancer Awareness in the Workplace Team (CAW) on an ad hoc basis. Typical working days vary and may occasionally include weekends, evening, or night work from time to time.

Closing date: Wednesday 2 October 2024, 23:55

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we we're looking for someone talented, someone who shares our vision, someone like you.

We are looking for a Bank Nurse to join our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace (CAW) team. You'll join a team of Bank Nurses that provides vital contingency cover where needed to Cancer Research UK's nurse-led face-to-face cancer awareness and health promotion activity across the UK.

In this role, you'll inform and empower people to make positive changes for their health and promote early diagnosis through providing face-to-face information in hard-to-reach audiences.

What will I be doing?

• Face-to-face delivery of the latest cancer prevention and early detection information in an appropriate and relevant way

• Delivering face to face cancer awareness activities for people at their place of work with our Cancer Awareness in the Workplace team - typically health information stands and occasionally short presentations

• Providing cover on the Cancer Awareness Roadshow, working alongside a small team to engage the public in indoor and outdoor community settings through individual face-to-face conversations

• Supporting other cancer awareness activities and Cancer Research UK events

• Representing Cancer Research UK in a positive and professional way and ensure that all information shared is in line with CRUK's core messages

• Responsible for collecting and inputting data for evaluation purposes and contributing to other general feedback

• Ensuring familiarity with local stats and local health information sheets to tailor activity and enable effective signposting to local services.

What skills are you looking for?

• Registered Adult Nurse - NMC registration is mandatory for this role and must always be maintained

• An interest in or experience of at least one of the following: health promotion, practice nursing, occupational health, health visiting, district/community nursing or other qualification/experience

• Excellent verbal communication skills - an ability to engage people in conversation and to use motivational interviewing techniques while ensuring accuracy of information conveyed

• Strong oral presentation skills, with the ability to convey clear and accurate information confidently and pitched appropriately for the audience

• A clear, demonstrable understanding of boundaries and of the importance and need for always adhering to data protection and other compliance policies

• Experience in delivering public-facing work, and a good understanding of the challenges associated with engaging hard to reach groups and addressing health inequalities

• Excellent written, administration and organisation skills with the ability to keep accurate confidential records

• Willingness to travel, including occasional unsocial hours work or overnight stays.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview.

Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

For more information on this career opportunity please or contact us at .

For more updates on our work and careers, follow us on: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Location: Elmbridge

Contract Type: Full time/ Permanent

Salary: £26,000 + benefits

Hours: average 39 hrs per week on a shift basis

“I genuinely look forward to going to work on a Monday – how many people can say that!” – Alex, Housing & Support Officer.

Why not be like Alex and join them as their next Housing and Support Officer and make a difference!

Do you thrive on empowering others and have the desire to support vulnerable individuals to live independently?

They believe everyone should live independent and fulfilling lives. They provide housing and support for many socially excluded and vulnerable people across Surrey, parts of Berkshire, West Sussex, and the London Borough of Sutton.

Come and join the Team and play a pivotal role in their incredible success stories, which have resulted in individuals finding stability, securing jobs, and their own homes.

If you're looking for a role where every day is different and brings new opportunities to make a meaningful difference, this is the place for you.

What You'll Be Doing

You will be joining the Team, a warm friendly and welcoming group, to provide a high-quality service to clients in Walton on Thames, Molesey, Hersham, Thames Ditton, Hinchley Wood and Cobham. They currently support 65 clients with a range of needs. Their clients include individuals who are homeless, some with mental health issues, those in recovery from substance misuse, and young people.

A little more about your day as a Housing & Support Officer:

- Act as a keyworker to clients, helping them achieve their goals and live independently.
- Family mediation and support, bringing families back together.
- Work with a community of professionals to support the right outcomes.
- Problem solving together and debriefs sharing experiences and learning as a team.
- Support clients with repair issues and repayment agreements for rent arrears.
- Carry out room inspections, health and safety checks and make rooms homely for new residents.

It is an exciting time to join the Team as you’ll also be involved in planning and running their extra-curricular workshops which range from sport activities such as basketball, table tennis and boxing, to relaxation sessions including yoga and meditation. They are always open to new ideas and projects, so if you have a particular talent or skill, please let them know!

What You'll Need

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- Ability to develop non-judgmental professional relationships with clients.
- The ability to manage your own time, delivering outcomes, meeting deadlines.
- An Enhanced DBS check (to be completed by them, upon successful application).
- A fully valid driving licence and use of your own car for business purposes.
- Tick most of the boxes but not all? The best candidate rarely does. So, if you are excited by the role and can do most of what they are looking for, go ahead and apply; you could be exactly who they need.

How they’ll set you up for success

They want to make sure you have the skills and knowledge to be great in your role. So, when you join them, you will complete a tailored induction programme which will include a combination of online training, in person training, and shadowing. Plus, after two years, you will have the opportunity to undertake a relevant extended training course, whether that be a college course, Open university degree or professional qualification.

Why work there

This is a place where everyone is valued. They want to make sure colleagues have the flexibility they need to balance their personal lives and do well at work. They focus on outcomes and are open to different ways of working, including flexible hours where possible.

Their benefits are great too and include:

- 28 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
- An additional 1 day (pro rata) per annum wellbeing day
- A defined contribution pension scheme
- Interest-free staff loans
- The opportunity to buy or sell up to five days annual leave per holiday year
- Life assurance cover

What's Next

They are all about celebrating diversity because they know it's key to success. They're committed to being inclusive, so if you're passionate about what you do and share their values, they want to hear from you!

If you need any adjustments during the application or selection process, please let them know, and they'll be happy to help.

They review CVs as they receive them and interview as soon as they have applications that look like a good match, so apply as soon as you can to avoid missing out.

You may have experience in the following: Support Officer, Resident Support Officer, Housing Caseworker, Housing Liaison Officer, Accommodation Support Officer, Supported Housing Officer, Housing Needs Officer, Housing Advice Worker, Homelessness Support Officer, Housing Coordinator, Tenant Liaison Officer, Housing Welfare Officer, Residential Services Officer, and Community Housing Officer.

REF-216766

The IRC: 

Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global leader in providing emergency relief, rehabilitation, post conflict development, human rights protection, resettlement services and advocacy for refugees and others uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression. Over the past 17 years, the IRC has pioneered and implemented programs that prevent and respond to violence against women and children, as well as other vulnerable groups in refugee settings and in other conflict-affected contexts. IRC is one of the first humanitarian organisations to bring together specific expertise involved in violence prevention and response (VPR) in conflict affected settings to ensure collaborative and still specialized support to survivors and those at risk of violence. IRC presently implements VPR programs in over 26 countries, to support social and political environments that foster freedom from violence, discrimination, and exclusion for marginalized populations in contexts of crisis.

Background: 

Building on a growing body of evidence – including IRC’s Cycles of Displacement report and other reports including The Only Way Is Up – in 2022, the IRC launched a flagship technical innovation project ‘TRANSFORM’ to develop mechanisms for humanitarian organizations to systematically embed diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) considerations in conflict and displacement response. Through this BHA-funded project, the IRC is seeking to address the systemic reluctance/capacity issues holding back the humanitarian sector in a way that models a deep involvement of diverse SOGIESC CSOs and extends diverse SOGIESC inclusion across the humanitarian architecture. The TRANSFORM project will develop and socialize new approaches to advancing conversations and furthering commitments to diverse SOGIESC inclusion in the humanitarian sector and architecture.

Job Overview / Summary: 

The Inclusion Specialist will support with ensuring the successful delivery of TRANSFORM, including the implementation of all key activities and deliverables.

The Inclusion Specialist will be based within the Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU)’s Inclusion Team, which promotes more inclusive humanitarian programming at the IRC, rooted in a strong analysis of context, power, gender and how intersecting aspects of identity may result in discrimination, oppression and exclusion. The Inclusion Specialist will be based in a sub-team responsible for the delivery of TRANSFORM and may have opportunities to support with other diverse SOGIESC inclusion initiatives.

Major Responsibilities:

In collaboration with the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM, the Inclusion Specialist will play a leading role in the implementation of all aspects of TRANSFORM until the end of the project, with a focus on technical programmatic components linked to diverse SOGIESC inclusion. Responsibilities include:

Project Management and Initiative Oversight and Coordination:

· Support with the management of all programmatic activities and deliverables within TRANSFORM.

· Actively work with relevant IRC country and headquarters staff and support project partners in delivery of project activities in all three pilot locations, ensuring effective implementation and with particular oversight of activities and deliverables in Ukraine and a disaster risk reduction (DRR) context.

· Support the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM and grant management focal point to produce programmatic donor reports, communications, and participate in meetings/calls as needed to keep the donor apprised of program progress.

· Coordinate with a wide range of project stakeholders, including the project team at IRC and the project partners, but also with IRC staff from pilot country locations to ensure timely implementation of project deliverables.

Learning and Impact:

· Document evidence and learning from TRANSFORM at the global level as well as from the pilot countries, in partnership with the MEAL focal point.

· Collaborate with IRC staff and project partners on the development of all knowledge management aspects (including but not limited to case studies, resource package and training materials) of the TRANSFORM project. This will include taking a leading role in the writing of substantial parts of the resources package and training materials.

· Support with documenting and sharing learning internally to support better diverse SOGIESC inclusion in programming – linking learning to IRC frameworks and strategies, and working with colleagues from across the organization as appropriate.

· Convene – with the support of the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM – an internal learning exchange / regularized discussion space to link together counterparts across the IRC and share learning from the TRANSFORM initiative.  This may include colleagues from VPRU and other Technical Units, as well as from Policy and Solutions (P&S), People and Culture (P&C), Resettlement, Asylum and Integration (RAI), Country Programs, and employee resource groups (ERGs).

 

Dissemination and External Representation:

· Support with the ongoing running of the project’s advisory group and ensure ongoing coordination between the advisory group and all project team members.

· Package and disseminate the growing evidence base, learning, and good practices around diverse SOGIESC inclusion on relevant internal and external platforms.

· Ensure dissemination of key project resources and learnings.

· Play a key role in IRC’s external representation for the project, including ensuring continued coordination and collaboration with external stakeholders within the relevant global humanitarian architecture, as well as representative organizations and local and national partners.

· Lead the development of communications materials linked to TRANSFORM.

 

 

Capacity Strengthening:

· Support the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM to develop capacity building resources and materials related to diverse SOGIESC inclusion.

· Support the Inclusion Team to provide capacity-strengthening opportunities to IRC staff (both within the Technical Units and in Country Programs).

 

Key Working Relationships

· Position reports to: VPRU’s Senior Inclusion Specialist

· Position directly supervises: N/A

· Regular internal (IRC) contact with: Fellow members of the Inclusion and Transformative Programming pillar; VPRU’s Deputy Director and Global Practice Leads, Regional Leads and Technical Advisors for Protection & Rule of Law (PRoL), Women’s Protection & Empowerment (WPE), and Child Protection; MEAL and Policy colleagues; and the VPRU Operations Team.

· Regular external contact with: Project partners, and representatives from LGBTIQ+ partner organizations.

Personal Specification:

Skills and Experience:

· Extensive experience within the humanitarian and/or development sector, related to the inclusion of people with diverse SOGIESC.

· Strong understanding of the existing external policy and practice landscape around diverse SOGIESC inclusion, including humanitarian architecture structures for representation at an Inter-Agency level.

· Experience of implementing projects in diverse humanitarian settings/contexts at both the field and global level.

· Experience coordinating multi-country and multi-stakeholder initiatives.

· Proven experience of knowledge management and development of diverse learning products.

· Excellent communication skills and experience representing an organization and building strong relationships at the local, national, and international level.

· Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

· Experience developing capacity-strengthening resources, preferably including toolkits for use in humanitarian contexts.

· Experience of writing technical documents (an enjoyment of writing is an added benefit).

· Excellent attention to detail and ability to synthesize complex information into written documents in English.

· Previous experience working in communications is an advantage.

Job Qualifications:

· Education: A relevant combination of academic qualifications and extensive experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

· Language: For this position, strong working proficiency in English is essential and additional languages are an advantage (particularly French, Spanish, or Arabic).

· Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, work under pressure, and travel to insecure environments;

· Excellent IT skills (i.e. Word, Outlook, Excel).

Working Environment

· Some international travel as needed, up to 25%.

· This position is required to have flexible work-day hours to accommodate varying time zones to complete required tasks and coordination functions.

The vacancy

We help young people to build life-long belief in themselves, supporting them to take on their own challenges, follow their own passions and discover talents they never knew they had. Because when you prove yourself that you’re ready for anything nothing can hold you back.

Do you want to be part of that?

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) is a world leading youth charity which gives young people the chance to develop skills for work and life.

Our structured programmes of volunteering, physical and skills-based challenges inspire, guide, and encourage young people to widen their experiences and learn new skills.

Through a licensing process, we partner with youth organisations and support them in their delivery of our programmes to their young people. These organisations range from schools and colleges to local authorities, charities, secure units, and community organisations.

Through our current five-year strategy Youth Without Limits, we are working to ensure the DofE is open to all young people aged 14-24 across the UK, and that our participants reflect the most diverse generation of young people ever.

What is the role?

This a 12 Month Maternity contract.

Working within our values and behavioural framework, the role involves closely managing the relationships of our partner organisations (known as Licensed Organisations – LOs) and ensuring those within your portfolio offer quality and inclusive DofE programmes to young people.

While managing these relationships across your portfolio area in Newcastle, Northumberland and South Tyneside, you will also identify and develop new relationships with appropriate educational and community organisations to widen the access of the DofE to young people, particularly those who experience marginalisation.

You will be undertaking regular meetings, in person and virtually, engaging with a wide variety of stakeholders at different levels within different organisations across your portfolio area. When not out at meetings, you will be working from home.

Whilst you won’t be working directly with young people, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are having a positive impact on their future opportunities.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a team player who has a passion for the development of young people and who will be enthusiastic, who can engage and influence a variety of stakeholders and who will be an authentic ambassador for the DofE.

You will need to have good communication and interpersonal skills to engage with internal and external stakeholders and have the skills to inspire and influence them to enable young people to participate in DofE.

To undertake the role, you’ll need to be exceptionally organised, have the ability to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and have excellent administrative skills, being both computer literate and competent in MS Office applications.

We are looking for someone who has a positive outlook and who will actively contribute to our team.

The role will be mixture of home based and field based. The successful application should live within, or very close to, the portfolio area of Newcastle, Northumberland and South Tyneside with a full driving/motorbike licence and access to a vehicle.

What will you get in return?

The opportunity to work for a successful and dynamic charity that has the development of young people at its heart and the wellbeing and development of its people constantly in focus.

You will be joining a team of empowered colleagues working together.

We offer excellent staff benefits including a generous pension contribution, an employee assistance programme, healthcare cash plan, life assurance and volunteer leave. Also, 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays and an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and the New Year with the opportunity to buy additional annual leave, and access to many additional benefits.

How to apply

If you feel excited by this role and believe you have the necessary skills and experience to become a valued team member, please go to our website and apply.

The deadline for applying for this role is Midnight on Sunday 29th September 2024.

Successful applicants will be invited to attend an interview during the week commencing 7th October 2024.  Interviews will be held in person, venue TBC.

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.

The DofE are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.   All successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. (e.g. DBS/PVG or similar), including references covering any gaps of employment/education, confirm eligibility to work in the UK and complete a health check.

As a charity we aim to follow the principles and practices associated with coproduction where all stakeholders are engaged in the designing, fundraising, delivering, monitoring, evaluating, and learning. In this way we are all accountable.

We are looking for a motivated, dynamic, passionate and experieinced person to join our team and take their seat at this table and take ownership of the fundraising function targeting the £10,000 plus market and by so doing, enable amazing change to happen. 

Job Profile

Role Name: Trusts and Foundation Officer

Reports To: Managing Director, Livingstone Tanzania Trust

Hours 16 hours per week

Salary c£14,500 per annum (Full time  c £34,000  per annum for 37.5 hrs per week)

Preferred Start date          13th January 2025

Location: Working from home, with occasional attendance in person

Summary

Livingstone Tanzania Trust (LTT) was set up in 2007. Our vision is to live in a world where every young person has access to a quality education.  Our mission is to work in partnership with communities in Tanzania to address the barriers that prevent young people from accessing the quality education they need to reach their full educational potential. To achieve this, we focus on infrastructure and resource programmes, developing teachers’ competencies and addressing issues surrounding household poverty.

As a charity we aim to follow the principles and practices associated with coproduction where all stakeholders are engaged in the designing, fundraising, delivering, monitoring, evaluating, and learning. In this way we are all accountable.

In addition, as a charity, we aim to support our partners in Tanzania to reduce their dependence on us, which we achieve by building their skills to stand on their own feet. This requires us to share our knowledge and provide mentoring services as our partners grow

Working with a team of three LTT employees, as well as Trustees and supporters the key objectives of the Partnerships team is to:

1. Support our ambitious vision: a quality, inclusive education for every child in Tanzania.
2. Plan; manage; deliver; monitor and maintain oversight of LTT’s Trust and Foundation fundraising portfolio, activities and opportunities. Target is to raise in excess of £300,000 per annum from UK and International Trusts, Foundations, other Institutional Donors and individuals in 2025-6 and increase by £40,000 a year thereafter. 

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

This position will focus on sourcing and developing potential national and international funders who provide single and multi-year grants in excess of £10,000 including those who do not accept unsolicited grants.

Duties include:

• Develop and manage opportunity pipelines of prospective funders, planning introductions.
• Write compelling, concise, well-presented, tailored approaches and grant applications in Word and Canva.
• Liaise with the Operations team, to gather the relevant information for grant applications (e.g. data, case studies, imagery etc).
• Ensure systems are kept up to date with all details of grant application documents, progress and outcomes and any other interactions with funders.
• Work with partners in Tanzania to offer them support and guidance 
• Draft programme reports for projects for which you have raised funds.
• Contribute with other team members to the organisational budgeting process, by producing a detailed breakdown of opportunities and likelihood of success.
• Contribute to production of key external documents which may impact Trust and Foundation fundraising e.g. Annual Report & Accounts, Impact Report.
• Attend team meetings at least twice a year
• Attend relevant third-party events/training as required.
• Attend and assist with some LTT fundraising events.
• Other related duties as required.

Key Requirements

• Knowledgeable and passionate about International Development/Education
• Understanding and respectful of cultural differences.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a grant fundraising role, with a successful track record of regularly securing 4 and 5 figure grants.
• Knowledge of funding databases and other sources of potential funders.
• Ability to absorb, collate and organise large amounts of information from different sources/channels.
• Ability to select and distil programme information to develop a core message for target funders, aligned to their specific interests.
• Persuasive writing skills – weaving powerful stories with clear evidence of programme impacts.
• Strong IT literacy and adept in making funding applications online.
• Experience of developing fundraising budgets.
• Excellent organisational/planning skills.
• Networking skills.
• Willingness for occasional travel for meetings and events.

Hillingdon Outreach Worker

Hours: 37.5 per week
Location: Hillingdon
Pay £15.09plus holiday pay = £16.91 per hour or £19.00 umbrella
Rota: 37.5 hours Monday - Friday
Hours: Mixture of shifts - 3x 09:00-17:00 shifts and 2x 05:00-13:00

Being a car driver is desirable but not a requirement

We are recruiting an outreach worker to join our client's Hillingdon Outreach Team. Working within the Outreach Team will give you the opportunity to make a huge impact to the lives of rough sleepers. This is a challenging but rewarding role that requires you to assess rough sleepers, advising them around their available options and link them in with external services in accordance with their needs. The role will see you most of the time in the Heathrow area

As an Outreach Worker you will:

• Provide a rapid response to referrals you receive ensuring people sleeping rough in Hillingdon are looked for within a tight time scale.
• Ensure that all paperwork is completed, and work is recorded and monitored.
• Build rapport and trust with clients.
• Work as part of a team.

To be Successful as an Outreach worker, you will have:

• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to build strong effective working relationships.
• The ability to empower individuals to make positive changes and a willingness to develop on these skills.
• The ability to work flexibly on a shift rota basis with people on the streets and in different locations within the borough.

Our Hillingdon based clients is willing to look at candidates who do not have direct outreach experience, but you must have experience in dealing with homeless people in a social care setting

This is a fantastic opportunity within a great team. If this sounds of interest to you apply today!

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