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XLP is a youth work charity working to create positive futures for young people and at the cutting edge of tackling poverty and educational failure in inner London. We deliver holistic, long-term work with young people aged 11 to 25 in schools and communities.
The Director of People and Operations will be at the forefront of implementing our commitment to excellence as we grow. Having transitioned from a £2m to £3m charity in recent years, growing from 30 to over 60 staff, with all the resulting complexities to teams, systems and processes, this position offers an exciting opportunity to lead and develop the charity’s HR, finance, workplaces, IT and governance functions, including line management responsibilities. With a head for excellence, excellent interpersonal skills, and a heart for social change, this position will ensure the smooth and efficient running of XLP, whilst also leading on our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion work, and shaping organisational culture. The successful candidate will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and will sit on the XLP Executive Team, alongside a Director and a Deputy Director of Youth Work, and a Director of Fundraising and Comms.
The primary objective is to develop and support a culture of outstanding performance across XLP, and to ensure an excellent working environment and a well-supported team. In parallel, the role-holder will develop the operational processes, policies, and systems necessary to support an effective, impactful growing organisation. It focuses on supporting and developing our workforce and providing the infrastructure that enables all of XLP’s services and activities to operate in an impactful way.
To this end, we seek an organisational leader with the ability to develop the culture, people and processes and to efficiently deliver excellence across XLP. While this role requires an individual who is highly numerate and commercially minded, you will not need to be a trained accountant.
We’re keen to increase the diversity of our Executive Team and Senior Management Team. We particularly encourage applications from women and from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates.
About You
Key Skills:
- Experience of working in senior leadership in an organisation at least of similar size and complexity and a track record of seeing strategic vision become a reality.
- Experience in project and/ or operations management and a track record for developing the systems, quality assurance and management that support organisational excellence.
- Strategic thinker, who is able to grasp detail, with an ability to translate ideas into strategies and deliverable outcomes.
- Experience of leading an HR function within an organisation, including development and management of HR systems and processes.
- Experience in building, developing, managing and leading teams effectively, focusing on results delivery.
- Substantial experience of strategic project design, development and evaluation.
- Demonstrable project management skills and experience of delivering multiple concurrent programmes, with a track record of successful delivery.
- Experience in finance.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and non-verbal), which inspire confidence, contribute to and further a culture of excellence.
- Organised, flexible, agile and responsive, with a focus on results.
- Ability to develop and critically analyse systems and processes to ensure they are as effective and efficient as possible.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Useful if you have:
- Experience of the youth work/charity sector;
- Experience of leading on budgets. .
What We Offer
- 25 days annual leave, with 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Ongoing training and development
- Supportive and flexible work environment
- Diverse and inclusive culture
- Generous sick and compassionate leave policies
- Enhanced maternity leave policy
How To Apply
Please click the link to apply via our website. You'll be asked to complete a short form and upload a CV and personal statement. Applications close on Friday 12th July at 12pm (midday). Please note, we reserve the right to close applications early if a suitable candidate is found.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary : £50,000 - £60,000 pa dependent on experience
Parents 1st, a national charity dedicated to enabling quality peer support during pregnancy, birth and beyond. The evidence is clear - effective and sustainable peer support nurtures the emotional wellbeing of mothers, fathers, partners, and babies, and builds strengths in communities. We have extensive experience of delivering quality perinatal peer support. We also support commissioning organisations (public and voluntary sector) with the practicalities and planning of perinatal peer support, including design, implementation, and evaluation.
We are seeking a new Chief Executive to build on our history and unique strengths by developing our future strategy to grow our services and partnerships to meet the ever-increasing demand for the services and programs that we deliver so effectively.
As the CEO of Parents 1st, you will play a pivotal role in restructuring the organisation following the change in our constitution from CIC to a registered charity in 2023. Your leadership will be instrumental in fostering unity and cohesion, creating operational resilience and guiding the organisation towards sustained success in delivering vital services to parents, families and our partners.
The role
You are responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership across the organisation. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, you will support the mission of the organisation through development of strategic plans and strategies.
You will play a crucial role in creating a positive organisational culture that values diversity and inclusion and demonstrates a commitment to making a difference to our clients as well as working with our partners to realise both our and their potential.
You will ensure the organisation is managed effectively with good governance and financial processes in place, which are compliant with relevant legislation. As CEO you will report to the board of trustees, provide regular updates on the organisation's performance, challenges and progress towards strategic goals.
The following is not an exhaustive list but identifies the most significant duties which link to the responsibilities described above.
- Working with the Chair and Board of trustees
- Strategic leadership and management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Operational excellence, planning and delivery
- Financial stewardship
Person Specification
Essential experience, qualifications and attributes for the post are demonstrable
Ability to:
- Significant leadership and management experience, ideally within the non-profit, social services or healthcare sectors
- Ability and solid experience of motivating, supporting and developing people to achieve success as well as personal and organisational goals
- Exceptional interpersonal, influencing and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders internally and externally
- Experience of developing and implementing strategies and operating plans
- Experience of managing external relationships at a senior level on behalf of an organisation
- Experience of bid writing, securing funds and working with funding partners and grant making organisations
- Experience of growing new projects, services and income
- Evidence of being a strategic thinker with the proven ability to drive service innovation through resourcefulness and creativity
- Evidence of having strong financial acumen, with a track record of managing budgets and navigating financial challenges
- Experience and confidence in public speaking and dealing with press and media
- Evidence of continual professional and personal development
- Resilient, calm and rational in decision making including when under pressure
- Demonstrate a good level of knowledge of charity regulations and of the role of the Charity Commission
- Passionate commitment to the vision and mission of Parents 1st
Eastside People is supporting Parents 1st UK in the recruitment for this role. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter, which should address the points in the Person Specification.
Please note that we will focus on your demonstrable experience and potential in the above areas and do not expect candidates to have experience in all responsibilities outlined in the Job Description.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability, and potential. Please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustments so that we can help with making the application process work for you.
The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 22 July 2024. Initial longlisting discussions with Lucinda will take place that week and interviews will take place with Parents 1st week beginning 5 August 2024.
Closing date: 22-07-2024
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Are you an imaginative Philanthropy Manager with a passion for developing meaningful, multi-dimensional donor relationships?
Factory International is the brand-new organisation behind Manchester International Festival (MIF) and the landmark new cultural space, Aviva Studios - helping to put Manchester on the map as a world-leading destination for art. Producing an ambitious year-round programme of original work and one-of-a-kind events, Factory International builds on the magic of MIF - hosting the festival every other year at its new home and venues across Greater Manchester.
Salary: £45-50k, able to appoint across the band
Location: Hybrid between iconic new Manchester location and home
Contract: Permanent, either full time or 4 days considered
Benefits: 25 days holiday (+bank) and matched 5% employer pension contrubution
Culture: Based on trust and collaboration, with supportive line manager
The ambition
Factory International believes in a world that is more equitable, accessible and representative. This means pushing the boundaries of art in all its forms and throwing open the doors to the sector. By challenging established ways of thinking around skills development and refusing to accept the status quo in society, they are driving real social change through the arts.
You don't need to have worked in the arts before, but you do need feel confident developing relationships with high-net-worth individuals and be creative in crafting compelling opportunities for them to be involved.
About the role
You'll work with visionary philanthropists and donors who want to be part of the fabric of Factory International, and everything it means for Manchester.
You'll develop and steward relationships from £10k with ambition to engage with donors who can make significant contributions. You'll working with both new and existing prospect pools, using data insight, donor intelligence and exceptional stewardship to drive increased support and engagement.
About you
You're a passionate and skilled relationship manager who can see themselves working and thriving side-by-side with creatives, artists and other talented fundraisers. You're excited about with philanthropists and capable of positioning the organisational offer and making fundraising asks.
You are motivated by targets and enjoy working with clear metrics, which will include:
* developing strategic prospect plans and building relationships;
* securing high-level meetings;
* planning engagement opportunities;
* working across the team to develop meaningful cultivation and stewardship opportunities.
You don't need to come directly from an arts background, but you do need to be able to communicate the power of art to change lives and enrich communities.
Flexible, life and family-friendly; we are open to discussing how this role works for your personal circumstances. If in doubt, let's always have a conversation.
To apply, please send a profile or copy of your CV initially to Alice Wood at Charity People. We will then send additional information about the role, and details of how to complete your application.
Deadline to apply: Only because this role has been advertised before, we'll be working on a rolling basis so please get in touch for more details as soon as you can.
If you feel a rolling timeline disadvantages you in anyway, please get in touch with Alice and we promise to ensure that you don't miss out.
Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.
Leadership and Engagement Coordinator
Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £27,679 - £29,063 with excellent benefits
Location: London, UK
Hybrid Working: A minimum of 40% of working time is spent face to face, either in the London office or as a result of external engagement or travel for WaterAid. WaterAid is located at Canary Wharf, London and this will be your location and contract base.
About WaterAid:
Want to use your great organisation and coordination skills to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere?
We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.
Join WaterAid as Leadership and Engagement Co-ordinator to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.
About the Team:
The WaterAid Leadership and Engagement team is responsible for facilitating high levels of performance across WaterAid, through the development of integrated leadership, learning, engagement and internal communications strategies.
About the Role:
As our detail-oriented and problem-solving Leadership and Engagement Co-ordinator you will provide high quality co-ordination, administration and project support to the Leadership & Engagement Team.
In this role, you will:
- Co-ordinate logistics and provide administrative support for our learning, management and leadership programmes across WaterAid, including co-ordinating participant lists and invitations, logistical and travel administration, collation and production of materials, booking meetings, gathering and analysing evaluation data and other associated tasks.
- Provide administration of our learning management system (LMS), including managing users and all other LMS administration including setting up new starters and generating course completion reports.
- Provide administrative support for the pro bono coaching programme.
- Provide administrative support for psychometric assessments and 360-degree feedback including setting up assessments and managing responses.
- Monitor the Learning inbox and respond to and escalate queries as appropriate.
- Process invoices and expenses, ensuring complete and accessible records and reports on reasons for variances and provide cover for the Internal Communications and Engagement Officer.
- Provide contract management support ensuring compliance and best practice including the upload and registration of all Leadership and Engagement Team contracts on to WaterAid's contract register.
- Maintain Leadership and Learning pages on the global intranet.
- Support and update the global induction, keeping online resources up to date and supporting local People Teams with their local inductions. Project manage the global induction programme for senior leaders.
- Book, support and contribute to in person and virtual team meetings.
- Update & maintain learning resources and team files ensuring effective filing systems and GDPR compliance for the Leadership and Engagement Team through data cleansing and maintaining data security and integrity.
- Collaboratively work across the Leadership and Engagement Team, providing support and cross cover when necessary, including ensuring that all new team members are fully inducted and have access to and can use all relevant systems.
About You:
- Proven experience in providing excellent co-ordination and administration support to a team or an individual - including diary management and organisational skills.
- To be brilliantly organised and motivated by the desire to support others to be effective and efficient in their work.
- Strong time management and prioritisation skills with the tenacity to problem solve.
- Excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
- To be a good listener with great interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) including across geographical and cultural boundaries.
- A flexible and pro-active approach to work including the ability to identify and manage multiple and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Digital literacy with good IT Skills and ability to use Office 365 tools of Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and SharePoint and set up virtual meetings on MS Teams.
- Integrity and the ability to act with discretion and respect confidentiality.
- The ability to work calmly under pressure and drive tasks through to completion.
- A positive, outgoing, helpful disposition and a team player, able to work in a collaborative and adaptable way.
- The ability to represent the Leadership and Engagement Team across a range of local and global key stakeholders (internal and external), including external suppliers.
- An interest in Learning and Development and commitment to personal learning and development.
- A working style that reflects WaterAid's values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation.
Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:
- Experience in learning and development administration.
- Experience of using a Learning Management Software.
- Some knowledge of e-Learning.
- Ability to speak and write in French, Portuguese or Spanish would be an advantage.
- Experience of working in an international team and operating in a matrix structure.
- Experience or knowledge of the development sector.
Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on Monday 15th July. Availability for the first virtual interviews is required from 29th July to 2nd August. Final interviews will be in person at our office in Canary Wharf, London between 5th to 9th August.
How to Apply: To see the full job pack, please click 'Apply'. Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter in one document in either Word Document or PDF format.
Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK. All our vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.
Our Benefits:
- 36 days' holiday (including 8 Bank Holidays)
- Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
- We offer a generous pension plan with employer contribution of up to 10%
- Wide range of flexible and agile-working arrangement
- Season Ticket Loan
- Free annual eye tests
- Pay as You Give charitable giving scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Adoption/Surrogacy pay, Shared Parental Leave and Paternity Leave
- Sabbaticals
- Volunteer Day
Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.
Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.
Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.
Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere has sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
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About us
Room to Heal is an established therapeutic community in London. We support refugees and people seeking asylum, many of whom are torture survivors, through an integrated programme of therapeutic and casework assistance, in the context of a community of survivors. Our approach recognises the political context of our community members’ multiple and ongoing experiences of trauma and marginalisation including in their home country, on their journey to, and within, the UK. We offer long term and holistic support.
We are a small team of committed and hard working individuals who work collaboratively in a supportive and friendly environment.
We are looking for a Director (maternity cover) who:
- Understands the experiences of our members in order to sustain Room to Heal’s therapeutic community and ensure the safety and appropriateness of all of our services
- Has awareness and interest in psychotherapy and group work
- Makes strategic decisions that centre the experience of refugees and people seeking asylum alongside maintaining the sustainability of the organisation
- Has the drive, care and vision to create new opportunities to support refugees and people seeking asylum and to learn and share experiences through external networks and partnerships in the UK and internationally
- Is able to speak with authenticity and challenge injustices knowing directly what the impact is due to own lived experience
- Can lead by consensus and collaboration and has a strong belief in the therapeutic benefits of community.
Hours: 7.5 hours per day (typically 9.30am – 5.30 pm with a half hour for lunch) 5 days a week. We will also consider 4 days per week, salary pro-rata’d
Salary: £45,000 - 50,000 per annum (full time salary)
Start-date: Autumn 2024 with 8-10 weeks handover with the current Director
Pension and benefits: automatic enrolment pension scheme, 4% employer contributions and 4% employee contributions
Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays
We strongly encourage applications from those with some lived experience of the issues that our community members are experiencing.
Please apply for the role using the Charity Job portal. Your completed application should contain:
1. A current and detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV);
2. A statement of why you are interested in the role. Please write about the qualities detailed in the person specification (see below) and explain how your experience, abilities, skills and motivations will enable you to meet these requirements. It is important that you write about how you meet the ‘Essential’ criteria detailed in the first part of the person specification in your statement. Please limit the statement to 2 pages. We recognise there is a lot in the person specification. Please don’t be put off if you don’t meet all of the person specifications.
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!
Job Summary
We expect this role to focus on developing and maintaining relationships with key funders, stakeholders, institutions and individuals. It will undertake work to secure funding, resources and partnerships for both Shared Assets and the wider land justice movement, and to raise the profile and reputation of Shared Assets.
The role will have responsibility for securing core funding for Shared Assets from trusts, foundations and high net worth individuals, and for supporting colleagues to secure grant and commercial funding for consultancy, research, movement building and communications projects. It will have responsibility for reporting on core grants and providing quality control for colleagues for their bids, tenders and funder reports. As part of this work the role will play a key part in providing intelligence and foresight to contribute to the organisation’s strategy and business planning.
Beyond securing consistent core funding for Shared Assets the role will also work with funders and others to secure longer term resourcing of the wider land movement in order to deliver our collective ambitions for a just and sustainable land system.
As part of a self managing organisation all team members are expected to contribute to the day to day management of the organisation through participation in management circles, team days and working groups.
Main Responsibilities
Fundraising and resourcing
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Develop and maintain relationships with funders to fund work that seeks to support common good land use and to create a more just and sustainable land system.
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Work with the team to ensure we maintain a healthy pipeline of bids and tenders in order to meet income generation targets across the organisation.
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Work with the wider land justice movement and funders to secure significant, consistent and long term resourcing for the wider land movement, working in ways that are open and transparent to, and inclusive of, the wider movement and which will help to deliver systemic change that meets our collective objectives for a more just and sustainable land system.
Stakeholder relationships
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Develop and maintain relationships with key partner organisations in order to build an understanding of the wider context and system in which we are working in order to inform our strategic development and to identify opportunities for future partnership working. To understand where Shared Assets is valued and effective, and where it may need to adapt and change.
General
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Participate in the Funding & Finance circle, participate in relevant work groups and liaise with other circles where appropriate.
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Contribute to communications and raise the profile of the organisation - in particular working closely with the Communications Coordinator on external messaging with respect to Shared Assets and the wider land movement.
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Provide reports and information for the board as required.
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Provide support to colleagues where needed, including in the running of events, training and other activities.
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Participate in and contribute to the development of Shared Assets as an organisation, including involvement in collective decision making, being accountable to policies, and helping improve those policies where relevant.
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Any other duties as may be required in a small organisation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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About Home-Start:
We are a community-based charity with 30 years’ experience of supporting local families with children under the age of 5. We offer our combination of home-visiting, counselling and group support to families across Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere districts. By offering parents the support and guidance they need when their children are young, we can prevent crisis and ensure children have the best possible start in life. We tailor support to the needs of each family, supporting them to identify and tackle their most pressing needs. Our practical support ensures children have a safer, more stable home environment; our ethos of building family resilience ensures parents are better equipped to cope with adverse circumstances; and our focus on promoting a more secure parent-child attachment ensures parents can identify the kind of support their children need to thrive.
Working closely with colleagues from across the organisation and our contacts within the community, the successful applicant will support the external communications of the charity, helping to extend the reach of the charity. Raising awareness, developing donor and supporter relationships, working with the Directors to identify and develop funding streams.
The role:
As a Community Engagement and Fundraising Officer, you will play a vital role in helping our charity manage and develop relationships with our donors, supporters and our existing key relationships, whilst identifying and creating new relationships in our local areas to garner support and promote our services.
- You will be responsible for delivering activity to maximise fundraising from our community, including schools, individuals, local businesses and community groups. You will proactively recruit, grow and nurture supporters, empowering them to manage their own fundraising activities.
- You will manage our annual challenge event programme from supporter engagement, assisting fundraisers journey and utilising tools to maximise supporter’s impact.
- Crucial to your role will be building strong and lasting relationships with supporters, colleagues and volunteers, positively engaging with members of the public and maximising all fundraising opportunities.
What you’ll do:Principle duties and responsibilities
- Take responsibility for the delivery of effective Community Engagement and Fundraising.
- Actively promote all aspects of Home-Start Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere to local businesses, schools, community organisations, volunteer groups, and individuals.
- Motivate and influence supporters to independently manage their own fundraising activities, with your support, being the main contact for supporters.
- Work closely the Business Support Officer to manage and create social media content to promote fundraising activities, relationships with supporters and the relationships you build in the community.
- Prepare and deliver individualised communications, presentations and assemblies for a diverse range of audiences.
- Attend and run activities at a variety of community events when required, to ensure a strong presence from Home-Start Watford, Three Rivers and Hertsmere in the communities where we support.
- Identify and implement new fundraising opportunities and initiatives.
- Work closely with the other Community engagement and fundraisers, building on local knowledge, sharing best practice and creating a peer circle of support, including peers from HSUK our parent company.
- Act as an advocate within the community. Uphold our values, and communicate with enthusiasm, credibility, conviction and knowledge.
- This role will require occasional weekend and evening working.
- Keep up to date with all fundraising legal implications.
- You will be responsible for creating our quarterly newsletter, working with the rest of the team, to engage with our supporters.
- Create Bi-monthly board reports on the growth of community engagement, communications and fundraising, which will go directly to the trustee board. Occasional attendance at board, building a relationship with a trustee identified to manage fundraising.
- Annually, you will lead on the creation of the annual report and social impact reporting working across the team.
- Creating strong relationships with local magazines and identifying and managing news tools to ensure that we are sharing our successes and informing our audiences of our services. Occasionally creating press releases for campaigns and building a network of people to help share our news as far and wide as possible.
- You will also be involved in the updating of our website, working with the Business Support Officer and volunteers to ensure our website remains the best tool to advertise what we do.
- Creating and nurturing a small group of fundraising support volunteers to help facilitate events and share our story in the community.
What you’ll bring:Experience
- Preferable, fundraising experience of 1 year, in a community engagement or fundraising role in the charity sector.
- Demonstrable experience in building relationships within the community and with fundraisers.
- Demonstrable experience in managing your own income budget and monitoring expenditure against agreed targets. Analysis of income data, identifying trends, evaluating activity and ROI, and ensuring key learnings and insight are fed into planning and budgeting of future activity as appropriate.
- Demonstrated success in coordinating events, campaigns and initiatives.
- Familiarity with donor databases, CRM systems, and fundraising software.
- Able to provide direction, energy and capability to lead fundraising volunteers at community events.
- Understanding of fundraising principles, best practices, and ethical standards.
- Knowledge of Community Engagement and different fundraising channels.
- Awareness of current trends and innovations in fundraising.
Skills
- A motivated, articulate and confident communicator.
- A passion for making a difference to families and young children.
- An ability to analyse data.
- Understanding of risk management.
- Experience of client relationship management databases.
- Understanding of content creation systems such as Mail Chimp and Canva.
- Strong organisational and administrative skills including excellent attention to detail and effective time management.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with a varied group of stakeholders.
Personal Attributes
- Passion for the vision of Home-Start Watford and Three Rivers and alignment with their values for supporting families.
- Proactive and self-motivated with a positive and can-do attitude.
- Creative approach to a limited marketing budget and working within a small team.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
- Willingness to work occasional evenings or weekends for events and campaigns.
- Ability to represent the organisation professionally and ethically.
- Strong client facing aptitude and communication skills both written and verbal.
- Calm and patient when dealing with a range of internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Team Player: working collaboratively and flexibly to achieve outcomes and keen to add value to the organisation’s culture and ethos.
What you’ll get
- Working with a small, friendly, supportive team, who are supported by a proactive trustee board.
- Flexible working.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Job satisfaction, changing families lives and enabling children to have the childhood they deserve.
- Working in the charity hub, based near Leavesden film studios, in a modern office space, sitting amongst other charities and the local CVS, W3RT, within a collaborative and supportive workspace.
- Café and dining facilities, including outside space.
- Free onsite parking.
Closing date is July 11th at 5pm 2024, interviews are likely to take place w.c. 22nd July, in person, at our offices in Leavesden, Watford, Hertfordshire.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
The Assessment, Advocacy & Advice Lead will provide frontline services to people diagnosed with HIV in Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth as part of the Bridges partnership and South West London and Wandsworth HIV Support project. These services include assessment, emotional support and advice and advocacy for issues such as housing, welfare benefits, debt, dealing with HIV stigma or HIV treatment adherence. The Lead will facilitate signposting and referral into other support services including counselling, peer support and immigration services.
Programme
As part of Bridges programme, South West London HIV Partnership and Wandsworth HIV Support project, these services support new and previously diagnosed service users as well as family members/or carers who live in the same household. The programme will support people living with HIV and improve their health and well-being through the provision of services, delivered both face-to-face and virtually where appropriate.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Our vision is for a world where everyone experiencing a mental health issue receives support and respect. Join our passionate, dedicated team and make a difference today.
About the role
As a Wellbeing Assessor, you will use your skills and experience to work directly with people with mental health issues in one-to-one settings, including telephone, face-to-face and online engagement. You will work with clients to help them identify their needs and goals and offer some skills and techniques to self-manage their mental health and link them to the right mental health support for them. You will work collaboratively with other partners in the Primary Care Mental Health Service and Solent Mind Wellbeing Service.
This is a part-time role for 18.5 hours per week (over three weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday – must include Monday afternoons) working across the New Forest PCN (Lymington/Milford-on-Sea/Lyndhurst/Brockenhurst).
About you
Educated to a minimum of level 2 standard or extensive relevant experience, you will be experienced in working with vulnerable people with diverse needs in a mental health setting. You’ll also be able to work on your own initiative and within a team and have good written and verbal communication skills.
About us
We're Solent Mind! We’re part of a network of over 100 Local Minds who tailor trusted mental health services to our communities. We set our own strategies and partnerships and rely on the support of our brilliant local fundraisers.
We collaborate with Mind to make sure their pioneering campaigns, information and research make a difference in Hampshire. Together, we make better mental health possible both locally and nationally.
Benefits
Our Gold Award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and being a Mindful Employer reflects our commitment to our lively, friendly teams. We empower our people to have a voice, discover new opportunities and develop their careers. In addition to knowing you’re making a difference, you’ll also enjoy excellent benefits, including:
- Flexible working to promote a healthy work/life balance
- 25 days’ annual leave rising incrementally to 30 days per year (pro rata for part-time)
- Pension plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Season ticket and cycle-to-work scheme
If you’re ready to join the fight for mental health, visit our website to find out more and apply.
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Operations Lead Job Description
ROLE CONTEXT
ABOUT ALL SAINTS: There has never been a more exciting time to join the team at All Saints. As part of a new project to revitalise the church for the Island, we are planting the first-ever contemporary service into the Church as part of the HTB network of churches (including Harbour Church Portsmouth). We are currently building an amazing team to bring the vision to life. So, this is a rare opportunity to join a new foundational team and community and to be part of the team that sets the vision, values, and culture for the next phase of ministry at All Saints as we explore what it looks like to play our part in the evangelisation of the nation, the revitalisation of the Church, and the transformation of society.
ABOUT RYDE: Ryde is just a 10-minute journey on the hovercraft from Portsmouth Harbour. Ryde is known as ‘the gateway to the Island with several main travel points located within it. It also has a long stretch of sandy beach and lots of independent shops and cafes. The largest town on the Isle of Wight with a population of 37k. The Church is a landmark on the island with the spire visible from many places around the Isle of Wight and from the mainland projecting beyond the town skyline. The socioeconomic makeup of the town is very mixed and it is a great vibrant place to live and work.
ROLE PURPOSE
This is an amazing opportunity for someone who thrives on operational excellence and loves managing a project to completion to have a hugely impactful and pivotal role in a church entering a new phase of its life. You will be a key part of the leadership team and oversee the operational management of All Saint’s Ryde and assist other Ryde churches in the plurality group; ensuring structures and systems are in place to enable ministry and best use resources within our church, to advance the vision of the church. The Operations Lead will work with the Rector and Team Vicars to achieve the strategic objectives of All Saints in overseeing the operational, organisational, and financial aspects of the church.
KEY TASKS AND DELIVERABLES
Oversee Operational Excellence - Oversee the important day-to-day operations of the church and its buildings and hold oversight responsibility for: Project roll-out; Health and Safety; Food Hygiene, Fire Assessment; Risk Management; Infrastructure; GDPR and Accessibility issues.
- Develop and lead the ongoing strategic plan for the church’s activity in consultation with the wider team.
- Collect and collate data and process information to provide reports as required about church activity.
- Lead the process of planning, designing, developing and implementing church operating and governance procedures, processes and systems.
- Work as part of the leadership team to develop the church’s calendar of events and activities.
- Collect data regarding progress concerning the church’s key objectives and report regularly to relevant stakeholders.
Lead on rhythms to ensure great delivery and communication.
- Oversee the smooth operational running, development and communications of Sunday services & events.
- Responsible for the creation, implementation and ongoing development of excellent systems and processes to support the growth of the ministries and staff structure.
- Work with the team to ensure effective systems are in place for communicating with the church family and wider audiences, including the church website, social media channels and local press.
- Ensure that all church administrative systems are operating effectively and cost-efficiently to serve the running of the church, including all IT systems.
- Provide support to volunteers in the areas of Administration, Communications, IT, Safeguarding, Finance and Facilities to ensure that procedures are implemented and easily followed.
Help to oversee our greatest resource- People!
- Help to recruit, lead, onboard and equip a team of staff and volunteers to support the various functions of the church.
- Work with the team to develop and implement a relevant training strategy for staff and volunteers.
- Work with the leadership team to oversee the implementation of the performance management process to measure and evaluate progress against the strategic goals of the church.
- Responsible for ensuring all church policies, and staff handbooks are up to date and compliant with safeguarding, charity and employment law.
- Support the governance structures of the church and the churches working in plurality.
- Day-to-day oversight of the finances in conjunction with Church Wardens and Rector.
- Oversee the monthly payroll.
- Management of bank accounts, utilities, insurance, and various contracts as needed.
- Manage the church budgets in conjunction with Churchwardens, Rector and Team Vicars.
- Work with Rector, and churchwardens to ensure monthly and annual accounts and budgets are prepared for submission to the Charities Commission on time.
Ensure our facilities are the best they can be.
- Work with the church warden who oversees facilities to manage the premises and facilities ensuring the site is maintained to a high standard and used in line with the vision.
- Oversee facilities, insurance, health and safety and risk management.
- Project manage key organisational development projects within the church and where necessary liaise with external contractors and suppliers.
- Create systems that enable ministry and mission.
Be the Team – as All Saints has never had a contemporary worship service before, this is really a church-planting opportunity. We’re therefore looking to build a team of people who are energised by helping one another and who want to serve the wider vision of the church rather than work in team- specific silos. While most of your work will be focused on operational excellence, we’re aiming to be a close-knit team who all help each other and where no one is left with too much on their plate or a task they can’t manage. This means we’ll all help you with as needed, but in turn, we expect that you’ll help when needed with other projects as well. We think church is just more fun this way, anyway!
- Work with the Rector and Team Vicar to oversee and implement the church’s IT systems and infrastructure.
- Work with the Team Vicar to oversee and implement the church’s use and development of the ChurchSuite database - workflows, tags, GDPR compliance, data cleansing etc.
- Ensure that equipment and systems are fit for purpose and that security protocols and protection are up to date and compliant.
Learn and grow in community – we want to take our team time seriously, to pray for one another, and to help each other grow in our faith and giftings. So, we want an Operations Lead who is excited to participate in team meetings and vision days and has a desire to keep developing their skills, learning, and to create a culture where helpful and gracious feedback is encouraged at all levels. This will mean having a flexible attitude (being able to let go of something that hasn’t quite worked or improve an area that needs improving) and being a proactive member of the team- prepared to give and receive feedback openly.
KEY CHARACTERISTICS
The successful candidate will be:
- A mature and committed Christian, who is confident communicating the reason for their faith.
- A proactive self-starter, with a knack for seeing what needs to be done and finding a solution.
- Highly organised and can inspire others to be organised and use systems properly.
- Have an eye for detail and issue spotting.
- Undaunted by administrative work and have a knack for prioritising work and ticking things off
- the list, celebrating progress and achievements.
- A kind and considerate manager of people who delegates fairly and works well with others.
- Confident in advocating for and championing best practices.
- A passion for continuing improvements and upskilling of the team.
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
- A love for the church and a desire to see the Church grow.
- Reliable, excellent time-keeping skills (be able to arrive on time, as well as run meetings to an
- agenda and time).
- Have a sense of humour and fun – can make mundane tasks fun for staff and volunteers.
- Exercises diplomacy, grace, and extends kindness to other staff and volunteers – can balance
- loving and caring for people well with achieving outcomes.
- Is willing to learn, grow, and accept and give feedback well.
NECESSARY EXPERIENCE
- Educated to a degree level OR have extensive experience in a similar role.
- Must have experience working in an operational capacity in a previous role.
- Excellent and professional budget management and strategic financial management and planning.
- Regulatory compliance and risk assessments in a professional environment (understands and can keep the team organised on things such as safeguarding and health & safety and data privacy).
- Successful project management.
- Recruiting and working with volunteers.
- Successfully managing others.
- Managing projects where you are not the subject matter expert (such as facilities or IT) but are confident holding other staff and contractors to account.
- Technologically competent – excellent use of MS suite, spreadsheets, databases, and digital presentations.
HELPFUL EXPERIENCE
- Worked in the church or charity sector.
- Professional qualification in Finance, HR, or Project Management
- Line management experience in a professional environment.
- Understanding of grant fundraising or a willingness to learn how to raise funds.
- Familiarity with ChurchSuite
- Familiarity with Accounting and HR software
- Familiarity with MailChimp, MailerLite or another newsletter system
- Use of Canva or other simple design tools.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Being part an active part of the worship of the Christian Church is a genuine occupational requirement for this role. The Operations Lead will be expected to be part of the worshipping community at All Saints while holding this role. The role holder must be available to work a selection of Key Annual events which will include various Holiday services, Church Meetings, Focus (our church summer holiday festival), and other key ministry events (for which advanced notice of dates will be given and time in lieu will be given if outside of normal working hours). All staff must attend weekly staff meetings in person.
PAY AND BENEFITS
- Annual Salary: £30,000 per annum
- Help with relocation costs (if moving to the isle of Wight from another location) - Enrolment in our Nest pension scheme
- 25 days holiday per annum (+ bank and public holidays)
- Opportunities for continuing development and learning.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual with legal experience to join us as a Paralegal/Legal Adviser and provide the support we need to help us deliver an effective local service. This is an exciting opportunity and you will play a key part in standing up to the housing emergency.
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything,
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
About the Team
Our Legal team is based around England and is made up of over 100 people, delivering housing advice and litigation services for our clients. Working closely with other teams in Shelter Services, we take referrals from them including certified litigation work, controlled work and Housing Possession Court Duty Schemes.
Shelter Merseyside has been providing housing advice and support services to local people for over 20 years, helping those facing bad housing and homelessness. The Hub work in partnership with a range of organisations to improve the underlying systems that prevent people from living securely in suitable, safe, affordable accommodation. You will be working alongside the Housing Rights Workers, Management and Administration teams, Community Organising and Lived Experience Teams to bring about systemic change locally.
About the Role
This is a great chance to help us ensure we provide our clients with a full service. You will assist our solicitors to maintain an active caseload to enable homeless people, as well as those with housing and related problems, to enforce their rights. Your role will be varied and will include taking instructions and witness statements, drafting letters, making applications, providing court representation. You will also ensure time recording and income targets are met.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
About you
You will need a sound understanding of litigation work and be able to carry out legal research, with the ability to provide a good standard of professional service and client care. You enjoy collaborating as part of a team, respond quickly and positively to change and are not afraid to challenge the status quo and introduce new ideas when appropriate.
What's more, you will have excellent communication skills - having taken the facts into account, you are able to communicate your thoughts clearly both in writing and face-to-face. Housing law experience and Legal Aid/ CCMS would be an advantage. Proficiency using case management systems, and time recording will be needed, as well as the ability to manage your time and workload.
Any applications submitted without a supporting statement will not be considered.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension 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.
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Housing Support Worker
Job type: Full Time, permanent
Salary: £24,962 Per Annum (Base salary £23,962 + £1,000 Unsociable Hours)
Hours: Working hours are 8 hours per day, shift patterns and flexibility will be discussed during the interview. (The provision of the contract is between 08:00 and 22:00
Location: Grimsby
An enhanced DBS check will be required for this role.
Candidates are required to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle for the purposes of undertaking the requirements of this role.
Nacro is a national Social Justice Charity with more than 50 years' experience of changing lives, building stronger communities, and working with stakeholders towards reducing crime.
Nacro deliver the Community Accommodation Support service (CAS) which is a national service across England and Wales. The service allows Courts to make greater use of bail by providing accommodation in the community with support for adult defendants who could not otherwise be bailed. CAS also provides support for adults released from Custody in the last three months of their sentence on Home Detention Curfew (HDC) and other Licence Orders.
The Team provides flexible and holistic support to Residents who have a wide range of support needs. We aim to support our Residents to find and keep a stable home at the end of their CAS-2 placement. You will manage a caseload of Residents and properties in your allocated area.
Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Support clients to comply with the requirements of their HDC/Bail conditions.
- Producing a realistic and achievable Support Plan to include accessing and using housing and accommodation services to support move on to longer term accommodation.
- Ensure that all Support Plans and Risk Assessments are unique, inclusive and person-centred.
- Provide weekly support to Residents to engage with their support plan and contribute to the achievement of their objectives and aspirations.
- Support Residents to access Housing Benefit in the first instance to ensure that their tenancy is not put at risk with escalating rent arrears.
- Manage properties within your area of responsibility to ensure they are being maintained to Decent Homes Standard by reporting repairs, and replacing furniture and equipment are required.
- Undertake basic cleaning tasks as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver effective, person-centred Support and Safety Plans
- Provide weekly support sessions (up to 2 hours per week) working with our Residents to achieve the goals identified on individual Support and Move On Plans.
- Maintain up to date individual Resident records.
- Support Housing Benefit applications for each Resident.
- Complete referrals to specialist support agencies in the community as required.
- Liaise with Partner Agencies such as The Probation and Prison Services, Courts, and Police where necessary.
- Ensure that properties are always adequately equipped, maintained, furnished, and clean.
- Empower and motivate Residents to identify and achieve desired outcomes.
- Develop Move-on plans with Residents at the earliest opportunity, identifying realistic options for their future home.
What We Expect From You
- Ability to develop person centred support and move on plans.
- Understanding of safeguarding.
- Ability to work with vulnerable adults with complex needs (such as substance misuse, physical health, mental health, seeking employment and housing support).
- Flexibility to travel within your allocated area for training and team meetings and be flexible to cover other local patches as required.
- Familiarity with computer-based packages
What you can expect from us
- A dynamic and supportive team who delivers results for the people we support every day.
- The opportunity to work flexibly within the community as this role allows you to plan your own workload of support sessions and property visits.
- A commitment to helping you learn and develop your career.
- Excellent benefits including a great annual leave entitlement, an occupational sick pay scheme which exceeds statutory requirements, cycle-to-work scheme and many more.
This role requires regular travel across an allocated area and therefore, a Full Driving License and access to your own vehicle are essential. You will be able to claim mileage expenses from base location (to be ascertained) at 45p for every mile travelled.
An Enhanced DBS and Prison Clearance is required for this role. These will be completed as part of the Pre-Employment Screening process.
We are ready and waiting to receive your online application.
If you have any questions or would like to have an informal chat regarding the role, please
Work setting: Remote with occasional visits to office for training and events purposes
Salary: up to £32,760.00 per annum (pro rata)
Hours: 6-month FTC, full-time (35 hours per week)
Location: London
Do you enjoy providing support to delegates and volunteers by assisting, processing bulk event registrations, arranging complimentary committee registrations, and dealing with enquiries? This role does not include overseeing events' logistics. However, your contribution will be essential to providing strong administrative support to events and communication with stakeholders at all levels.
TPP are recruiting a proactive Events Registrations and Support Administrator on behalf of our client, a respected membership organisation whose objective is to promote education.
Benefits:
- App providing GP consultations, Physiotherapy, mental health support and life, money and wellbeing support.
- 22 to 27 days' holidays, depending on length of service, and pro-rated based on work pattern.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Life insurance (group personal accident scheme providing up to 3 times your salary in the event of permanent disability, loss of a limb or death).
- Private Medical Insurance.
- Aviva Group Pension Plan (9% employer and 3% employee contribution).
- Interest free loans.
The Role:
As an Events Registrations and Support Administrator, you will work with the Branch Network Manager to deliver the Events Programmes for Branches in line with budget, good governance and engagement principles, always being mindful of the charity's funds and reputation.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate affordable, inclusive, and accessible CPD via in-person, hybrid, and digital events.
- Work closely with the Branch Network Manager to implement Events Programmes for Branches.
- Collaborate with volunteers, Branch Network Officers, and the Branch Network Manager to create and promote the annual branch programme.
- Utilise Cvent to design event registration pages and delegate confirmation emails.
- Produce emails, local bulletins, adverts for publications, and social media content within brand guidelines.
- Update websites with branch activity information.
- Assist with bulk event registrations and complimentary committee registrations.
- Handle delegate and volunteer enquiries.
- Monitor and report on marketing campaigns and attendee statistics.
- Manage prospect data and support the process of branch prize winners.
- Distribute marketing materials, prepare delegate badges, and attend events as needed.
- Manage mailboxes, connect potential volunteers/speakers with the network, and maintain branch web pages.
- Survey members on behalf of branches and update CRM with committee changes.
- Contribute to the development of a speaker directory and formulation of content for branches conference, forum, and volunteer inductions.
- Promote the Branch Network at branches conference, branch events, and industry events.
To be considered for this Events Registrations and Support Administrator role:
- Demonstrate experience processing high volume registrations for events.
- Attention to details, excellent organisational skills and superb time management.
- Experience using event management software.
- Used to providing excellent administrative support to events.
- A background working for a Membership professional body
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with conflicting deadlines
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.
Do you have proven experience of day-to-day staff and service delivery, including casework support and supervision? Then join Shelter as a Team Leader and you could soon be playing a crucial role in our Sheffield Hub. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in standing up to the housing emergency.
About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet every day millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.
We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything,
We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.
Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.
About the team
Shelter Sheffield provide housing advice and support to people across the city, with a focus on emergency homelessness, intensive support for children and families, people experiencing domestic abuse and people with multiple and complex needs. We take a holistic approach to help people deal with interrelated issues that can impact their ability to keep a home and work for systemic changes to prevent homelessness.
About the role
The role of Team Leader is vital for the day-to-day management of the Hub to ensure the delivery of front-line services, contracts and projects. This role is in our Homelessness Prevention and Resettlement Service, with a particular focus on risk management and support for clients who have experienced domestic abuse. You will lead and supervise the staff and volunteer team to deliver high quality services, as well as supporting the Hub’s strategic lead and management team to deliver our local strategy. Everything you do will be working towards Shelter’s ultimate aim - that everyone has access to a safe and affordable home.
We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.
About you
You will need experience of staff and service management, including casework support and supervision, along with knowledge of housing and homelessness and IT skills. You have demonstrable experience of supporting people facing domestic abuse, disadvantage and exclusion and have worked with a variety of external stakeholders such as community groups and other agencies.
We would also like to invite any interested candidates to an informal drop-in session to hear more about the role before they apply, which will be held in the Sheffield Hub, 33 – 37 Hereford Street, Sheffield S1 4PP on Tuesday 2nd July 2024 1pm-2.30pm. For more information about this, please see the job advert on the Shelter website for the hiring manager's contact details.
For candidates unable to make that date, we are also happy to speak on the phone prior to application to explain details of the role further if interested.**
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave (pro rata), enhanced family friendly policies, pension 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.
Home is everything. We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Join us in ending the devastating impact the housing emergency has on people and our communities.
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies.
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.
The Schools and Youth Engagement Coordinator will support the delivery of our Trees in Schools Programme and Youth Programme.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our Trees for Schools programme aims to transform urban school grounds into leafy green oases for both the children of today and for future generations. Our award-winning work in schools is delivery-focused and involves transforming school grounds into greener and healthier places to be. Specialising in innovative design, high-quality planting and landscaping, and inclusive engagement of the school community.
This role involves creating and maintaining tree-planting projects, climate-adapted gardens and food-growing projects with pupils and supporting teaching staff to embed outdoor learning through trees and green spaces into the school curriculum. The coordinator will deliver school tree planting and educational workshops and other activities.
The coordinator will also support the delivery of our growing UK wide youth programme, engaging young people through educational workshops, tree planting, maintenance events and remote youth advisory and research panels.
ABOUT TREES FOR CITIES
TREES FOR CITIES IS AN AMBITIOUS, FAR-REACHING ORGANISATION.
Trees for Cities is the only charity that focuses on planting, protecting and promoting urban trees across the UK and overseas. We are a rapidly growing and developing organisation that suits ambitious, dedicated and passionate staff.
We are looking for an energetic and organised individual to coordinate our school and youth engagement activities and support our urban forest projects and initiatives. This involves planning, delivering and reporting back on engaging and enjoyable planting, maintenance and educational workshops for schools and educational partners, community groups, and the general public.
The role is public-facing, so we are looking for confident and adaptable communicators who are comfortable and experienced in engaging with children, young people, wider school communities and the general public about what we do at Trees for Cities.
We seek an individual who is happy to work hands-on outdoors in all weathers at a variety of locations, and over some weekends, with TOIL (time off in lieu), as well as being comfortable working indoors in an office environment.
We have roles available for people with varied relevant experience and a willingness to learn more. In return, we offer a warm and supportive team, on-the-job training and personal career planning.
Trees for Cities is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. We value diversity and are committed to promoting diversity within the workplace. We aim to ensure that our employees achieve their full potential and that all employment decisions, including recruitment, are taken without reference to irrelevant or discriminatory criteria. A full copy of our Equal Opportunities Policy can be provided on request.
HOW TO APPLY
Please visit our website to view the full job description. To apply, please send your CV and supporting statement (no more than 2 sides of A4) outlining why you are interested in the role and your fit with the Person Specification with the subject heading 'Schools and Youth Engagement Coordinator'.
Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role, you must therefore have a valid right to work in the UK to apply.
The deadline to apply is: 21st July
Interviews are scheduled for: 29th July- 1th August
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will normally be contacted within two weeks after applying. If you do not hear from us within this period then you should assume that on this occasion you have not been selected for interview.
Trees for Cities is the first UK environmental organisation to have been awarded social value certification. Trees for Cities is an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No: 1032154.
Previous applicants need not reapply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.